UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 19, 2014

 

 

Eclipse Resources Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36511   46-4812998

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2121 Old Gatesburg Road, Suite 110

State College, Pennsylvania

  16803
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(866) 590-2568

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Underwriting Agreement

On June 19, 2014, Eclipse Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) with the stockholders of the Company named therein (the “ Selling Stockholders ”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “ Underwriters ”), relating to the offer and sale of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”). The Underwriting Agreement provides for the offer and sale (the “ Offering ”) by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, and the purchase by the Underwriters, of an aggregate of 30,300,000 shares of Common Stock, consisting of 21,500,000 shares of Common Stock sold by the Company and 8,800,000 shares of Common Stock sold by the Selling Stockholders, at a price to the public of $27.00 per share ($25.5825 per share net of underwriting discounts and commissions). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Selling Stockholders have granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,545,000 additional shares of Common Stock held by the Selling Stockholders if the Underwriters sell more than an aggregate of 30,300,000 shares of Common Stock. The material terms of the Offering are described in the prospectus, dated June 19, 2014 (the “ Prospectus ”), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) on June 23, 2014, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”). The Offering is registered with the Commission pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-195679), initially filed by the Company on May 5, 2014.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, agreements and obligations, closing conditions and termination provisions. The Company and the Selling Stockholders have agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to make because of any of those liabilities.

The Offering is expected to close on June 25, 2014, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, and the Company expects to receive proceeds from the Offering of approximately $545.2 million (net of underwriting discounts and commissions and the estimated offering expenses payable by the Company). As described in the Prospectus, the Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to repay all outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility and to fund a portion of its capital expenditure plan. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders.

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Relationships

As more fully described under the caption “Underwriting—Other Relationships” in the Prospectus, certain of the Underwriters and their respective affiliates have in the past, and may in the future, perform investment banking, commercial banking, advisory and other services for the Company and its affiliates from time to time for which they have received, and may in the future receive, customary fees and expenses. Affiliates of certain Underwriters are lenders under the Company’s revolving credit facility and, accordingly, will receive a portion of the net proceeds of the Offering upon the repayment of borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facility in connection with the closing of the Offering. In addition, an affiliate of one of the underwriters acts as trustee with respect to the indenture governing the Company’s senior unsecured notes.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information provided in Item 5.03 hereto is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Long-Term Incentive Plan

On June 23, 2014, prior to and in anticipation of the closing of the Offering, the Company adopted the Eclipse Resources Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ LTIP ”) for employees, consultants and directors of the Company. The LTIP provides for the grant of all or any of the following components: (1) stock options, (2) stock appreciation rights, (3) restricted stock, (4) restricted stock units, (5) dividend equivalents, (6) performance and annual incentive awards, (7) bonus stock awards and (8) other stock-based awards. Subject to adjustment in accordance with the


LTIP, 16,000,000 shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance pursuant to awards under the LTIP. Shares of Common Stock subject to an award that are canceled, settled in cash, forfeited, withheld or tendered to satisfy exercise prices or tax withholding obligations will be available for delivery pursuant to other awards. The LTIP will be administered by the Company’s Board of Directors or a subcommittee thereof.

The foregoing description of the LTIP is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the LTIP, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

On June 23, 2014, prior to and in anticipation of the closing of the Offering, the Company amended and restated its Certificate of Incorporation (as amended and restated, the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), which was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 23, 2014. A description of the Certificate of Incorporation is contained in the section of the Prospectus entitled “Description of Capital Stock” and is incorporated herein by reference.

The foregoing description of the Certificate of Incorporation is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Incorporation, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Amended and Restated Bylaws

On June 23, 2014, prior to and in anticipation of the closing of the Offering, the Company amended and restated its Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “ Bylaws ”). A description of the Bylaws is contained in the section of the Prospectus entitled “Description of Capital Stock” and is incorporated herein by reference.

The foregoing description of the Bylaws is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws, which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2014, by and among Eclipse Resources Corporation, the Selling Stockholders named therein and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein
  3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Eclipse Resources Corporation
  3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Eclipse Resources Corporation
10.1    Eclipse Resources Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

ECLIPSE RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Christopher K. Hulburt
Name:   Christopher K. Hulburt
Title:   Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

Date: June 24, 2014


Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2014, by and among Eclipse Resources Corporation, the Selling Stockholders named therein and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein
  3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Eclipse Resources Corporation
  3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Eclipse Resources Corporation
10.1    Eclipse Resources Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan

Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

Eclipse Resources Corporation

30,300,000 Shares

Common Stock

($0.01 par value)

Underwriting Agreement

New York, New York

June 19, 2014

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

As Representatives of the several Underwriters

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Eclipse Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “ Underwriters ”), for whom you (the “ Representatives ”) are acting as representatives, 21,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”), and the persons named in Schedule II hereto (the “ Selling Stockholders ”) propose to sell to the several Underwriters 8,800,000 shares of Common Stock (said shares to be issued and sold by the Company being hereinafter called the “ Company Underwritten Securities ,” said shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders being hereinafter called the “ Selling Stockholder Underwritten Securities ,” and the Company Underwritten Securities and the Selling Stockholder Underwritten Securities, collectively being hereinafter referred to as the “ Underwritten Securities ”). The Selling Stockholders also propose to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 4,545,000 additional shares of Common Stock, to cover over-allotments, if any (the “ Option Securities ”; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the “ Securities ”). To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term “Representatives” as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms “Representatives” and “Underwriters” shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. In addition, to the extent that there is not more than one Selling Stockholder named in Schedule II, the term “Selling Stockholders” shall mean either the singular or plural. The use of the neuter in this Agreement shall include the feminine and masculine wherever appropriate. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 21 hereof.

It is understood and agreed by all parties that the Company was recently incorporated to become a holding company for Eclipse Resources I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Eclipse I ”), as described more particularly in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.


The following transactions shall have occurred on or before the Closing Date (as defined herein):

 

  1. the exchange of equity interests in Eclipse I by certain members of the Company’s management team for similar equity interests in Eclipse Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Management Holdco ”);

 

  2. the acquisition by Eclipse I of all of the outstanding equity interests in Eclipse Resources Operating, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Eclipse Operating ”);

 

  3. the exchange of equity interests in Eclipse I by EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII, L.P., EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII Co-Investors, L.P., and EnCap Energy Capital Fund IX, L.P. (collectively, the “ EnCap Funds ”), The Hulburt Family II Limited Partnership, CKH Partners II, L.P., and Kirkwood Capital, L.P. (collectively, the “ Management Funds ”), and Management Holdco for similar equity interests in Eclipse Resources Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Eclipse Holdings ”);

 

  4. the transfer by the EnCap Funds of all of the outstanding equity interests in Eclipse GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of Eclipse I (“ Eclipse GP ”), to Eclipse Holdings; and

 

  5. the contribution by Eclipse Holdings of its equity interests in Eclipse I and equity interests in Eclipse GP to the Company, in exchange for 138,500,000 shares of Common Stock.

The steps outlined in paragraphs (1) through (5) above, and the transactions contemplated thereby, are collectively referred to as the “ Reorganization ”. As a result of the Reorganization, the Company will become a majority controlled direct subsidiary of Eclipse Holdings, and Eclipse I will become a direct subsidiary of the Company. As used in this Agreement, references to the “Company” with respect to periods prior to the consummation of the Reorganization shall be deemed to be references to Eclipse I, unless the context otherwise requires.

1. Representations and Warranties .

(i) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.

(a) Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission a registration statement (file number 333-195679) on Form S-1, including a related preliminary prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become effective. The Company may have filed one or more amendments thereto, including a related preliminary prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein.

 

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(b) Form of Documents; No Material Misstatements or Omission in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein) and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (a “ Settlement Date ”), the Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder; on the Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date and any Settlement Date, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(c) No Material Misstatements or Omission in the Disclosure Package. (i) The Disclosure Package and the price to the public, the number of Underwritten Securities and the number of Option Securities to be included on the cover page of the Prospectus, when taken together as a whole, (ii) each electronic road show, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package and the price to the public, the number of Underwritten Securities and the number of Option Securities to be included on the cover page of the Prospectus, and (iii) any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communication (as defined herein), when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package and the price to the public, the number of Underwritten Securities and the number of Option Securities to be included on the cover page of the Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(d) Ineligible Issuer. (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an “Ineligible Issuer” (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.

(e) Emerging Growth Company. From the time of initial confidential submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any person authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing-the-Waters Communication (as defined herein)) through the Execution Time, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Act (an “ Emerging Growth Company ”). “ Testing-the-Waters Communication ” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Act.

 

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(f) No Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company (i) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the consent of the Representatives with entities that are qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act or institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Act and (ii) has not authorized anyone other than the Representatives to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representatives have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications (as defined herein) other than those listed on Schedule IV hereto. “ Written Testing-the-Waters Communication ” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.

(g) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(h) Formation, Good Standing and Foreign Qualification. The Company and each of Buckeye Minerals & Royalties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Buckeye ”), Eclipse Operating and Eclipse Resources—Ohio, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Eclipse Ohio ” and, together with Buckeye and Eclipse Operating, the “ Subsidiaries ”), has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as applicable, and has corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined herein).

(i) Duly Authorized and Validly Issued Interests . All the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid (to the extent required under the applicable limited liability company agreement of such Subsidiary) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-303, 18-607 and 18-803 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “ DLLCA ”), and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, after giving effect to the Reorganization, all outstanding limited liability company interests of the Subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through its wholly owned subsidiary, Eclipse I, free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, charges, liens or encumbrances (“ Liens ”), except for (1) Liens under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of February 18, 2014 among the Company, as borrower, Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, as amended (the “ Credit Agreement ”); and (2) such Liens as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. After giving effect to the Reorganization, other than the Subsidiaries and Eclipse I, the Company has no significant subsidiaries as defined by Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.

 

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(j) Capitalization . The Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus and the capital stock of the Company conforms to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus. The outstanding shares of Common Stock (including the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The Securities being sold by the Selling Stockholders have been approved to be listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“ NYSE ”), subject to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution. After giving effect to the Reorganization, the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Securities and, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding.

(k) Accuracy of Statements in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. There is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required (and the Preliminary Prospectus contains in all material respects the same description of the foregoing matters contained in the Prospectus); and the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings “Summary—Midstream Agreements”; “Summary—Corporate Reorganization”; “Business—Midstream Agreements”; “Business—Regulation of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry”; “Business—Regulation of Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health Matters”; “Business—Legal Proceedings”; “Corporate Reorganization”; “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions”; “Description of Capital Stock”; “Shares Eligible for Future Sale”; and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders,” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.

(l) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(m) Reorganization. The Reorganization has been duly authorized by the Company. The Master Reorganization Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2014, by and among Eclipse I, Eclipse GP, the EnCap Funds, the Management Funds, Management Holdco, Eclipse Holdings, the Company, Benjamin W. Hulburt, Christopher K. Hulburt and Thomas S. Liberatore (the “ Master Reorganization Agreement ”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Eclipse I, Eclipse GP, Eclipse Holdings and the Company. The Master Reorganization Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of Eclipse I, Eclipse GP, Eclipse Holdings and the Company, enforceable against such entities in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited (A) by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) relating to enforceability and (B) public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (collectively, the “ Enforceability Exceptions ”).

 

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(n) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(o) No Consent. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein or by the Master Reorganization Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or which, if not obtained, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p) No Conflicts. None of (i) the issue and sale of the Securities, (ii) the application of the proceeds from the offering as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and Registration Statement, (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Master Reorganization Agreement or (iv) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Master Reorganization Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, (A) the charter, by-laws or limited liability company agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) the terms of any material indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (C) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties.

(q) Registration Rights. No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.

(r) Financial Statements. The historical consolidated financial statements and schedules of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The selected financial data set forth under the caption “Selected Historical Consolidated and Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Data” in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects, on the basis stated in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, the information included therein. The pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and

 

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events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. The pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the Act and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements.

(s) Statistical and Market Related Data. The statistical and market-related data and forward-looking statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and Registration Statement, including, but not limited to, the well recovery data and initial production rate data in “Summary—Our Properties” and “Business—Our Properties,” are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects and, where estimates are made on the basis of data derived, represent its good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources.

(t) Legal Proceedings. No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or administrative or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement, the Master Reorganization Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business, operations or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”), except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(u) No Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto): (i) there has been no Material Adverse Effect, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries, considered as one entity, have not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the ordinary course of business nor entered into any material transaction or agreement not in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or, except for dividends paid to the Company or to other Subsidiaries, any of its Subsidiaries on any class of equity or repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any class of equity.

(v) Title to Properties. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries have (i) defensible title to all of their oil and gas properties (including oil and gas wells, producing leasehold interests and appurtenant personal property), title investigations having been carried out by the Company and its Subsidiaries consistent with reasonable practice in the oil and gas industry in the areas in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, and (ii) good and marketable title to all other items of real property and personal property owned by them that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free from Liens (other than Liens disclosed in

 

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the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus or Liens that do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property) that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries hold all leased real and personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(w) Non-Contravention. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such Subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(x) Independent Accountants. Grant Thornton LLP, who have opined on certain financial statements of the Company, Eclipse Resources I and its consolidated Subsidiaries, Eclipse Ohio and Eclipse Operating and delivered their reports with respect to the audited financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company, Eclipse Resources I and Eclipse Operating within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and are independent public accountants with respect to Eclipse Ohio under the standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

(y) [Reserved]

(z) Tax Returns. The Company has filed all tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto)) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(aa) Labor Disputes. No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that would have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(bb) Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and

 

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its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(cc) No Restricted Payments. No Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, except (i) as described in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) and (ii) for those prohibitions under the Credit Agreement and the Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2013, as amended, by and among the Company and each of the Subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, relating to the 12.0% Senior Unsecured PIK Notes due 2018.

(dd) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by all applicable authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(ee) Intellectual Property Rights . The Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, knowhow, patents, copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual property (collectively, “ Intellectual Property Rights ”) that are necessary to conduct their business as described in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus, or presently employed by them, and have not received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights that, if determined adversely to the Company and its Subsidiaries would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ff) Accounting Controls. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and its Subsidiaries’ internal controls over financial reporting are effective and the Company and its Subsidiaries are not aware of any material weakness in their internal controls over financial reporting.

 

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(gg) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

(hh) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(ii) Environmental Laws. Except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“ Environmental Laws ”), (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Law, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

(jj) Environmental Compliance. In the ordinary course of its business, the Company periodically reviews the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(kk) ERISA Compliance. None of the following events has occurred or exists: (i) a failure to fulfill the obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”), and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to a Plan that is required to be funded, determined without regard to any waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period that would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) an audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) any breach of any contractual obligation, or any violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (i) a material increase in the aggregate amount of

 

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contributions required to be made to all Plans in the current fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made in the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (ii) a material increase in the “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) of the Company and its Subsidiaries compared to the amount of such obligations in the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (iii) any event or condition giving rise to a liability under Title IV of ERISA that would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) the filing of a claim by one or more employees or former employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries related to their employment that would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “ Plan ” means a plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may have any liability.

(ll) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), including Section 402 relating to loans and Sections 302 and 906 relating to certifications.

(mm) FCPA. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer or controlled affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is not controlled by or under common control with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is aware of, has taken or will take any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Company, its Subsidiaries and its controlled affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith and with the representation and warranty contained herein.

(nn) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(oo) OFAC. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) is currently subject to any sanctions administered imposed by the United States (including any administered or enforced

 

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by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”) or (ii) will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of this offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person in any manner that will result in a violation of any economic sanctions imposed by the United States (including any administered or enforced by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, or the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or the United Kingdom (including sanctions administered or controlled by Her Majesty’s Treasury) (collectively, “ Sanctions ” and such persons, “ Sanction Persons ”) by, or could result in the imposition of Sanctions against, any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).

(pp) Sanctioned Countries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is a person that is, or is 50% or more owned or otherwise controlled by a person that is: (i) the subject of any Sanctions; or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria) (collectively, “ Sanctioned Countries ” and each, a “ Sanctioned Country ”). Except as has been disclosed to the Underwriters, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any dealings or transactions with or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Person, or with or in a Sanctioned Country, in the preceding five years, nor will the Company or any of its Subsidiaries engage in any dealings or transactions with Sanctioned Persons, or with or in Sanctioned Countries.

(qq) Brokerage Fee. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

(rr) Independent Reserve Engineers. Netherland, Sewell and Associates, Inc. (“ NSAI ”), who has delivered the letter referred to in Section 7(i) hereof, was, as of the date of such report, and is, as of the date hereof, an independent reserve engineer with respect to the Company.

(ss) Reserve Engineer Information. The information underlying the estimates of the proved reserves of the Company and its Subsidiaries that was supplied by the Company to NSAI, for the purposes of preparing the reports of such petroleum engineer referenced in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (the “ Reserve Reports ”) and estimates of the proved reserves of the Company and its Subsidiaries disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including, production, costs of operation and, to the knowledge of the Company, future operations and sales of production, was true and correct in all material respects on the dates such information was provided, and such information was supplied and was prepared in accordance with customary industry practices; and the estimates of such reserves and present value as described in Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and reflected in the Reserve Reports are in compliance with the applicable requirements of the rules under the Act. Other than normal production of the reserves, product price fluctuations and fluctuations of demand for such products, and except as disclosed in Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would result in a materially adverse change in the reserves in the aggregate, or the aggregate present value of the future net cash flows therefrom as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and as reflected in the Reserve Reports.

 

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(tt) Related Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus, no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or its affiliates, on the one hand, and any director, officer, member, stockholder, customer or supplier of the Company or its affiliates, on the other hand, which is required by the Act to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or its affiliates to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or its affiliates or any of their respective family members.

(uu) FINRA Member Affiliations. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no affiliations or associations between any member of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”) and any of the Company’s officers, directors or 5% or greater stockholders, except as described in the Disclosure Package, Prospectus and Registration Statement.

(vv) No Registration Rights. Except with respect to the registration and sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders pursuant hereto or as disclosed in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package or Prospectus, no holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.

(ii) Each Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:

(a) Ownership of Securities. On the applicable Closing Date, such Selling Stockholder is the record and beneficial owner of the Securities to be sold by it hereunder free and clear of all Liens and has duly endorsed such Securities in blank, and has full power and authority to sell its interest in the Securities, and, assuming that each Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased from such Selling Stockholder without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (“ UCC ”)), each Underwriter that has purchased such Securities delivered on the Closing Date to The Depository Trust Company or other securities intermediary by making payment therefor as provided herein, and that has had such Securities credited to the securities account or accounts of such Underwriters maintained with The Depository Trust Company or such other securities intermediary will have acquired a security entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities purchased by such Underwriter, and no action based on an adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) may be asserted against such Underwriter with respect to such Securities.

(b) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. Such Selling Stockholder has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(c) Custody Agreement. Certificates in negotiable form or book-entry shares for such Selling Stockholder’s Securities have been placed in custody, for delivery pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, under a Custody Agreement duly authorized, executed and delivered by

 

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such Selling Stockholder, in the form heretofore furnished to you (the “ Custody Agreement ”) with Computershare Inc., as Custodian (the “ Custodian ”); the Securities represented by the certificates or book-entry shares so held in custody for such Selling Stockholder are subject to the interests hereunder of the Underwriters; the arrangements for custody and delivery of such certificates or book-entry shares, made by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and under the Custody Agreement, are not subject to termination by any acts of such Selling Stockholder, or by operation of law, whether by the death or incapacity of such Selling Stockholder or the occurrence of any other event; and if any such death, incapacity or any other such event shall occur before the delivery of such Securities hereunder, certificates or book-entry shares for the Securities will be delivered by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Custody Agreement as if such death, incapacity or other event had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Custodian shall have received notice of such death, incapacity or other event.

(d) No Consent. No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as may have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and such other approvals as have been obtained.

(e) No Conflicts. Neither the sale of the Securities being sold by such Selling Stockholder nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated by such Selling Stockholder or the fulfillment of the terms hereof by such Selling Stockholder will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any law or the charter or by-laws (or equivalent organizational documents) of such Selling Stockholder or the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound, or any judgment, order or decree applicable to such Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries.

(f) Affirmation of Representations and Warranties . Such Selling Stockholder has no reason to believe that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Section 1 are not true and correct in all material respects, is familiar with the Disclosure Package and Registration Statement and has no knowledge of any material fact, condition or information not disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or any supplement thereto which has adversely affected or may adversely affect the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and the sale of Securities by such Selling Stockholder pursuant hereto is not prompted by any information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is not set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(g) Registration Statement, Prospectus, Disclosure Package and Issuer Free Writing Prospectus . In respect of any statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto used by the Company or any Underwriter, as the case may be, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Selling Stockholder specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof, such Selling Stockholder hereby makes the same representations and warranties to each Underwriter as the Company makes to such Underwriter under paragraphs (i)(b), (i)(c) and (i)(g) of this Section 1.

 

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(h) Reorganization. The Master Reorganization Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Selling Stockholders party thereto. The Master Reorganization Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of each of the Selling Stockholders party thereto, enforceable against each such individual or entities in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited the Enforceability Exceptions.

Any certificate signed by any officer of any Selling Stockholder and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.

2. Purchase and Sale . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company and the Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price of $25.5825 per share, the amount of the Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Selling Stockholders hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 4,545,000 Option Securities at the same purchase price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Underwritten Securities, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. Said option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Underwritten Securities by the Underwriters. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time on or before the 30th day after the date of the Prospectus upon written or telegraphic notice by the Representatives to the Company and such Selling Stockholders setting forth the number of shares of the Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the Settlement Date. The maximum number of Option Securities which each Selling Stockholder agrees to sell is set forth in Schedule II hereto. In the event that the Underwriters exercise less than their full option to purchase Option Securities, the number of Option Securities to be sold by each Selling Stockholder shall be, as nearly as practicable, in the same proportion as the maximum number of Option Securities to be sold by each Selling Stockholder and the number of Option Securities to be sold. The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of shares of the Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.

3. Delivery and Payment . Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date) shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on June 25, 2014, or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement among the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Stockholders or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “ Closing Date ”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the respective aggregate purchase prices of the Securities being sold by the Company and each Selling Stockholder to or upon the order of the Company and the Selling Stockholders by wire

 

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transfer payable in same-day funds to the accounts specified by the Company and the Selling Stockholders. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.

Each Selling Stockholder will pay all applicable state transfer taxes, if any, involved in the transfer to the several Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them from such Selling Stockholder and the respective Underwriters will pay any additional stock transfer taxes involved in further transfers.

If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Selling Stockholders will deliver the Option Securities (at the expense of the Company) to the Representatives, at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, on the date specified by the Representatives (which shall be within three Business Days after exercise of said option) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Selling Stockholders by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the accounts specified by the Selling Stockholders. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Company and such Selling Stockholders will deliver to the Representatives on the Settlement Date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

4. Offering by Underwriters . It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.

5. Agreements .

(i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:

(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to

 

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obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.

(b) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (iii) supply any supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(d) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Act.

(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.

(f) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as reasonably required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.

(g) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of each Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual

 

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disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock, pursuant to any employee stock option plan, incentive plan, employee stock purchase plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time or disclosed in the Prospectus, (ii) issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time, (iii) file one or more registration statements on Form S-8, and (iv) offer, issue and sell shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock, in connection with any acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership) as long as (x) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable does not exceed 10% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement and (y) each recipient of any such Common Stock issued or issuable agrees to the restrictions on the resale of securities that are consistent with the lock-up letters described in Section 6(p) hereof for the remainder of the 180-day restricted period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5(g) shall not apply to or prohibit any of the following: (A) the sale of shares of Common Stock by the Company and the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or (B) distributions of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, such capital stock to stockholders of the Company, including, without limitation, Eclipse Holdings, and similar distributions from Eclipse Holdings to its limited partners; provided, that in the case of any distribution pursuant to clause (B), each distributee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (to the extent such distributee has not already executed and delivered to the Representatives a lock-up letter covering such shares of capital stock).

(h) If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(p) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto through a major news service at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.

(i) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(j) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or

 

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supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the NYSE; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification up to $20,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings up to $30,000); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company and the Selling Stockholders; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their obligations hereunder; provided, however, that the Underwriters shall be responsible for 50% of all costs and expenses of any aircraft chartered in connection with the “road show” for the Securities (and the Company shall be responsible for the remaining 50% of all such aircraft charter costs and expenses).

(k) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.

(l) The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Act and (ii) completion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in Section 5(g) hereof.

(m) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under

 

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which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that use of the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested.

(ii) Each Selling Stockholder agrees with the several Underwriters that:

(a) Such Selling Stockholder will not take, without giving effect to activities by the Underwriters, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(b) Such Selling Stockholder will advise you promptly, and if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing, so long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the Securities by an underwriter or dealer may be required under the Act, of any change in information in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus any Preliminary Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto relating to such Selling Stockholder.

(c) Such Selling Stockholder represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.

(d) Such Selling Stockholder will deliver to the Underwriters prior to or at the Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).

(e) Such Selling Stockholder agrees to do and perform all things required or necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement by it prior to the Closing Date and any Settlement Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the Underwriters’ obligations hereunder to purchase the Securities.

6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters . The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any Settlement Date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.

 

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(b) The Company shall have requested and caused Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (a member of Norton Rose Fulbright), counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives (i) their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1, and (ii) their negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.

(c) Certain of the Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused (i) Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (a member of Norton Rose Fulbright), New York legal counsel for such Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the matters indicated in Exhibit C-2, and (ii) Christopher K. Hulburt, Pennsylvania legal counsel for such Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Representatives his opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the matters indicated in Exhibit C-2.

(d) Certain of Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused Thompson & Knight LLP, counsel for such Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-3.

(e) The Representatives shall have received from Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company and each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(f) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by the President and Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that:

(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and

(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

 

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(g) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, signed by the Managing Partner or Manager of the general partner of such Selling Stockholder (or such other person reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives), dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement and that the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as if made on the Closing Date.

(h) The Company shall have requested and caused Grant Thornton LLP to have furnished to the Representatives at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, and (ii) stating the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial and other matters ordinarily covered by an independent accountant’s “comfort letter” to the underwriters in connection with a registered public offering.

(i) The Underwriters shall have received on each of the dates hereof, the Closing Date and any Settlement Date, a letter dated the date hereof, the Closing Date or such Settlement Date, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, of NSAI.

(j) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (h) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, prospects, business or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(k) As of the Closing Date, all transactions described in the Preliminary Prospectus under the heading “Corporate Reorganization” shall have been completed in the manner described therein, and the Reorganization will be effective and valid in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

(l) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.

(m) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

 

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(n) The Securities shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the NYSE, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Representatives.

(o) On or prior to the Execution Time, the NYSE shall have approved the Underwriters’ participation in the distribution of the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder in accordance with Rule 393 of the NYSE.

(p) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto from each Selling Stockholder and each of the individuals listed on Schedule V hereto.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company and each Selling Stockholder in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at 811 Main Street, Suite 3700, Houston, Texas 77002, on the Closing Date.

7. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses . If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or any Selling Stockholders to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through Citigroup Global Markets Inc. on demand for all expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities. If the Company is required to make any payments to the Underwriters under this Section 7 because of any Selling Stockholder’s refusal, inability or failure to satisfy any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6, the Selling Stockholders pro rata in proportion to the percentage of Securities to be sold by each shall reimburse the Company on demand for all amounts so paid.

8. Indemnification and Contribution . (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and its affiliates, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or

 

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action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Selling Stockholder severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its affiliates, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, each Underwriter and its affiliates, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Selling Stockholder may otherwise have.

(c) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its affiliates, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each Selling Stockholder, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company and each Selling Stockholder acknowledge that the statements set forth in the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the Securities and (i) the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the Securities, (ii) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and (iii) the paragraph related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids under the heading “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided , however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel (which, if the Company is the indemnifying party, shall be limited to one such separate counsel

 

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for any Underwriter, together with all persons who control such Underwriter within the meaning of the Exchange Act, and no more than three such separate counsel for all the Underwriters) if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.

(e) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively “ Losses ”) to which the Company, one or more of the Selling Stockholders and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, by the Selling Stockholders and by the Underwriters from the offering of the Securities; provided , however , that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company, of the Selling Stockholders and of the Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by each of them, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company, the Selling Stockholders on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (e), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (e).

 

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(f) The liability of each Selling Stockholder under such Selling Stockholder’s representations and warranties contained in Section 1 hereof and under the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 shall be limited to an amount equal to the initial public offering price of the Securities sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters. The Company and the Selling Stockholders may agree, as among themselves and without limiting the rights of the Underwriters under this Agreement, as to the respective amounts of such liability for which they each shall be responsible. Each Underwriter agrees that the Selling Stockholders shall have no responsibility for the Company’s obligations under this Section 8 or any other provision of this Agreement, except as expressly set forth herein.

9. Default by an Underwriter . If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided , however , that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter, the Selling Stockholders or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company, the Selling Stockholders and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

10. Termination . This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such delivery and payment (i) trading in the Company’s Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the NYSE or trading in securities generally on the NYSE or NASDAQ shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by federal or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive . The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers, of each Selling Stockholder and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any Selling Stockholder or the Company or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

 

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12. Notices . All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the Citigroup Global Markets Inc. General Counsel (fax no.: (212) 816-7912) and confirmed to the General Counsel, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: General Counsel; Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Registration Department; and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Christopher Hulburt, Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel (fax no.: (480) 393-4565) and confirmed to it at 2121 Old Gatesburg Road, Suite 110, State College, Pennsylvania 16803, attention of the Legal Department; or if sent to any Selling Stockholder, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed and confirmed to it at the address set forth in Schedule II hereto.

13. Patriot Act . In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L, 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their clients, which may include the name and address of their clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their clients.

14. Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

15. No Fiduciary Duty . The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby acknowledge that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Selling Stockholders and (c) the Company’s engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company and the Selling Stockholders agree that they are solely responsible for making their own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company or any Selling Stockholder on related or other matters). The Company and the Selling Stockholders agree that they will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or any of the Selling Stockholders, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

16. Integration . This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

17. Applicable Law . This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.

18. Waiver of Jury Trial . The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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19. Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

20. Headings . The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

21. Definitions . The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.

Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.

Commission ” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Disclosure Package ” shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus that is generally distributed to investors and used to offer the Securities, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III hereto, and (iii) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.

Effective Date ” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or becomes effective.

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Execution Time ” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

Free Writing Prospectus ” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.

Preliminary Prospectus ” shall mean any preliminary prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(i)(a) above and any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date that omits Rule 430A Information.

Prospectus ” shall mean the prospectus relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time.

Registration Statement ” shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(i)(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A, as amended at the Execution Time and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.

 

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Rule 158 ”, “ Rule 172 ”, “ Rule 405 ”, “ Rule 415 ”, “ Rule 424 ”, “ Rule 430A ”, “ Rule 433 ” and “ Rule 462 ” refer to such rules under the Act.

Rule 430A Information ” shall mean information with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.

Rule 462(b) Registration Statement ” shall mean a registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred to in Section 1(i)(a) hereof.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters.

 

Very truly yours,
Eclipse Resources Corporation
 
By:   /s/ Benjamin W. Hulburt
  Name: Benjamin W. Hulburt
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII, L.P.

 

By: EnCap Equity Fund VIII GP, L.P., its General
Partner

  By:   EnCap Investments L.P., its General Partner
    By:   EnCap Investments GP, L.L.C., its General Partner
By:   /s/ Robert L. Zorich
  Name: Robert L. Zorich
  Title: Managing Partner
EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII Co-Investors, L.P.

 

By: EnCap Equity Fund VIII GP, L.P., its General Partner

  By:   EnCap Investments L.P., its General Partner
    By:   EnCap Investments GP, L.L.C., its General Partner
By:   Robert L. Zorich
  Name: Robert L. Zorich
  Title: Managing Partner
EnCap Energy Capital Fund IX, L.P.

 

By: EnCap Equity Fund IX GP, L.P., its General Partner

  By:   EnCap Investments L.P., its General Partner
    By:   EnCap Investments GP, L.L.C., its General Partner
By:   Robert L. Zorich
  Name: Robert L. Zorich
  Title: Managing Partner

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


The Hulburt Family II Limited Partnership

 

By: BWH Management Company II, LLC, its General Partner

By:   /s/ Benjamin W. Hulburt
  Name: Benjamin W. Hulburt
  Title: Manager
CKH Partners II, L.P.

 

By: CKH Management Company II, LLC, its General Partner

By:   /s/ Christopher K. Hulburt
  Name: Christopher K. Hulburt
  Title: Manager
Kirkwood Capital, L.P.

 

By: Mountaineer Ventures, LLC, its General Partner

By:   /s/ Thomas S. Liberatore
  Name: Thomas S. Liberatore
  Title: Manager

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Goldman, Sachs & Co. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

 

For themselves and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the foregoing Agreement.

 

By: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

By:   /s/ James Jackson
  Name: James Jackson
  Title: Vice President
By: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
By:   /s/ Richard Cohn
  Name: Richard Cohn
  Title: Managing Director
By: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:   /s/ Kevin Bonebrake
  Name: Kevin Bonebrake
  Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


SCHEDULE I

 

Underwriters

   Number of
Underwritten
Securities to
be Purchased
 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     5,757,000   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     5,757,000   

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     5,757,000   

Barclays Capital Inc.

     2,121,000   

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

     2,121,000   

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     2,121,000   

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

     2,121,000   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     2,121,000   

Jefferies LLC

     606,000   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     606,000   

Capital One Securities, Inc.

     303,000   

Johnson Rice & Company L.L.C.

     303,000   

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

     303,000   

Simmons & Company International

     303,000   
  

 

 

 

Total

     30,300,000   
  

 

 

 


SCHEDULE II

 

Selling Stockholders:

   Number of
Underwritten
Securities to be Sold
     Maximum Number of
Option Securities

to be Sold
 

EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII, L.P.

1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 4900,

Houston, Texas 77002

Fax: (713) 659-6130

     3,766,343         1,945,230   

EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII Co-Investors, L.P.

1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 4900,

Houston, Texas 77002

Fax: (713) 659-6130

     2,092,413         1,080,684   

EnCap Energy Capital Fund IX, L.P.

1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 4900,

Houston, Texas 77002

Fax: (713) 659-6130

     2,845,976         1,469,881   

The Hulburt Family II Limited Partnership

2121 Old Gatesburg Road, Suite 110,

State College, Pennsylvania 16803

Attn: Benjamin W. Hulburt

Fax: (480) 393-4565

     63,512         32,803   

CKH Partners II, L.P.

2121 Old Gatesburg Road, Suite 110,

State College, Pennsylvania 16803

Attention: Christopher K. Hulburt

Fax: (480) 393-4565

     15,878         8,201   

Kirkwood Capital, L.P.

2121 Old Gatesburg Road, Suite 110,

State College, Pennsylvania 16803

Attention: Thomas S. Liberatore

Fax: (480) 393-4565

     15,878         8,201   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     8,800,000         4,545,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


SCHEDULE III

Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package

 

1. Public offering price: $27.00 per share.

 

2. Number of Underwritten Securities offered: 30,300,000.

 

3. Number of Option Securities offered: 4,545,000.


SCHEDULE IV

Schedule of Written Testing-the-Waters Communication

None.


SCHEDULE V

Schedule of Lock-up Parties

 

1. Eclipse Resources Holdings, L.P.

 

2. Eclipse Management, L.P.

 

3. EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII, L.P.

 

4. EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII Co-Investors, L.P.

 

5. EnCap Energy Capital Fund IX, L.P.

 

6. The Hulburt Family II Limited Partnership

 

7. CKH Partners II, L.P.

 

8. Kirkwood Capital, L.P.

 

9. Benjamin W. Hulburt

 

10. Christopher K. Hulburt

 

11. D. Martin Phillips

 

12. Robert L. Zorich

 

13. Douglas E. Swanson, Jr.

 

14. Mark E. Burroughs, Jr.

 

15. Matthew DeNezza

 

16. Thomas S. Liberatore

 

17. Oleg Tolmachev

 

18. Marty L. Byrd

 

19. Bruce King

 

20. Dr. Brian Panetta

 

21. Bryan M. Moody

 

22. Melissa L. Hamsher

 

23. Lawrence Gorski

 

24. Todd Bart

 

25. Roy Steward

 

26. John Colling, Jr.


[Form of Lock-Up Agreement]    EXHIBIT A

[Letterhead of officer, director or major shareholder of

Eclipse Resources Corporation]

Eclipse Resources Corporation

Public Offering of Common Stock

June 19, 2014

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

As Representatives of the several Underwriters

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

      388 Greenwich Street

      New York, New York 10013

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), among Eclipse Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and you as representatives (the “ Representatives ”) of a group of underwriters (the “ Underwriters ”) named therein, relating to an underwritten public offering of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company (the “ Offering ”).

In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of each Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement (other than a registration statement on Form S-8) with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period from the date hereof until 180 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the “ Restricted Period ”). If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing restrictions shall be equally applicable to any issuer-directed shares of Common Stock the undersigned may purchase in the Offering.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph shall not apply to or prohibit any of the following: (i) the sale of shares of Common Stock by the undersigned to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; (ii) transfers of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock as a bona fide gift or gifts; (iii) transfers or dispositions of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock to any trust for the direct


or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned in a transaction not involving a disposition for value; (iv) transfers or dispositions of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity all of the beneficial ownership interests of which are held by the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned in a transaction not involving a disposition for value; (v) transfers or dispositions of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock by will, other testamentary document or intestate succession to the legal representative, heir, beneficiary or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned; or (vi) distributions of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock to partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned, including, without limitation, distributions from Eclipse Resources Holdings, L.P. to its limited partners and further similar distributions by such limited partners; provided, that in the case of any transfer, disposition or distribution pursuant to clause (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi), (A) no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Restricted Period, and (B) each transferee, donee or distributee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form of this letter (to the extent such transferee, done or distributee has not already executed and delivered to the Representatives such a lock-up letter). For purposes of this letter, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. Furthermore, notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by this letter, the undersigned may, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (a) exercise an option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted under any stock incentive plan or stock purchase plan of the Company or exercise outstanding warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s capital stock, provided that the underlying shares issuable upon exercise thereof shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this letter, (b) establish a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that such plan does not provide for any transfers of Common Stock during the Restricted Period, (c) transfer shares of Common Stock to the Company in connection with the termination of the undersigned’s employment with the Company and (d) transfer or dispose of shares of Common Stock purchased in the Offering from the Underwriters (other than any issuer-directed shares of Common Stock purchased in the Offering by an officer or director of the Company) or on the open market following the Offering; provided, that in the case of any transaction pursuant to clause (b), (c) or (d), no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Restricted Period.

If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) the Representatives agree that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of shares of Common Stock, the Representatives will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by the Representatives hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this letter to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.

If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.

Yours very truly,


[Signature of officer, director or major stockholder]

[Name and address of officer, director or major stockholder]


[Form of Press Release]

   EXHIBIT B

Eclipse Resources Corporation

[Date]

Eclipse Resources Corporation (the “Company”) announced today that Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, the lead book-running managers in the Company’s recent public sale of 30,300,000 shares of common stock, is [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to [  l  ] shares of the Company’s common stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on [  l  ], 2014, and the shares may be sold on or after such date.

This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


[Letterhead of CGMI]

Eclipse Resources Corporation

Public Offering of Common Stock

            , 20     

[Name and Address of

Officer or Director

Requesting Waiver]

Dear Mr./Ms. [Name]:

This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the offering by Eclipse Resources Corporation (the “Company”) of 30,300,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company and the lock-up letter dated June 19, 2014 (the “Lock-up Letter”), executed by you in connection with such offering, and your request for a [waiver] [release] dated [  l  ], 2014, with respect to [  l  ] shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”).

Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC hereby agree to [waive] [release] the transfer restrictions set forth in the Lock-up Letter, but only with respect to the Shares, effective [  l  ], 2014; provided , however , that such [waiver] [release] is conditioned on the Company announcing the impending [waiver] [release] by press release through a major news service at least two business days before effectiveness of such [waiver] [release]. This letter will serve as notice to the Company of the impending [waiver] [release].

Except as expressly [waived] [released] hereby, the Lock-up Letter shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Yours very truly,
[Signature of each Representative]
[Name and title]

cc: Company


EXHIBIT C-1

FORM OF FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI LLP OPINION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPANY

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (a member of Norton Rose Fulbright), counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:

 

  1. The Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act as of 2:30 pm New York City time on June 19, 2014; any required filing of the Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) under the Act; to our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Act has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened by the Commission.

 

  2. The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto (in each case other than (a) the financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules thereto and the auditor’s report thereon, (b) the other financial information contained therein, and (c) the oil and natural gas reserve data or reports, in each case included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we express no opinion), as of their respective effective times or issue dates, appeared on their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder.

 

  3. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of Delaware, with full corporate or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction set forth in Exhibit A .

 

  4. All of the outstanding limited liability company interests of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid (to the extent required under the applicable limited liability company agreement of such Subsidiary) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-303, 18-607 and 18-803 of the DLLCA); except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all the outstanding limited liability company interests of the Subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through its wholly owned subsidiary, Eclipse I, free and clear of any Lien in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the Company as a debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, except for those under the Credit Agreement.

 

  5.

The Securities delivered by the Company to the Underwriters on the delivery date thereof pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and conform to the description of such Securities contained in the Prospectus; the authorized equity capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the Disclosure Package; the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the Securities under federal law, the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other instrument to which


  the Company is a party; and, except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding.

 

  6. There is no pending or, to our knowledge, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or, to our knowledge, any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their property of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and, to our knowledge, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required.

 

  7. The statements included in (a) the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings “Business—Regulation of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry”; “Business—Regulation of Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health Matters”; “Business—Legal Proceedings”; “Corporate Reorganization”; “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions”; “Description of Capital Stock”; “Shares Eligible for Future Sale”; and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders” and (b) the Registration Statement in Items 14 and 15, in each case, insofar as they constitute descriptions of agreements or refer to statements of law or legal conclusions, are accurate in all material respects.

 

  8. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

  9. The Master Reorganization Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, Eclipse GP, Eclipse Holdings and Eclipse I, are the legally valid and binding agreements of the Company, Eclipse GP, Eclipse Holdings and Eclipse I, enforceable against them in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

  10. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

  11. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required to be obtained or made by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or by the Master Reorganization Agreement, except (A) such as have been, or prior to the Closing Date will be, obtained or made, or (B) for the registration of the Securities under the Act and such as may be required under the Exchange Act, the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction and the rules of FINRA, in each case where the failure to obtain such consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of, would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of the Company, Eclipse I and the Subsidiaries to consummate the Reorganization or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities by the Company.

 

  12.

None of (i) the issue and sale of the Securities, (ii) the application of the proceeds from the offering as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, (iii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the


  Master Reorganization Agreement or (iv) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Master Reorganization Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company, Eclipse I or the Subsidiaries pursuant to, (A) the charter, by-laws or limited liability company agreement of the Company, Eclipse I or the Subsidiaries, (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company, Eclipse I or the Subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, or (c) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company, Eclipse I or the Subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company, Eclipse I or the Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except in the case of (B) and (C) which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; with respect to clause (c) above, we express no opinion as to the application of any state securities or Blue Sky laws or federal or state antifraud laws, rules or regulations.

 

  13. No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement described in or created pursuant to any agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

  14. The Reorganization has occurred and is legal, effective and valid and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.


EXHIBIT C-2

FORM OF FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI LLP OPINION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (a member of Norton Rose Fulbright), New York legal counsel for certain of the Selling Stockholders, shall have furnished to the Representatives its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:

 

  1. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any United States federal or New York governmental authority or regulatory body, or any third party that is a party to any Applicable Contract (as defined below), is required under Applicable Laws for the due execution, delivery or performance by a Relevant Party of either Transaction Document.

 

  2. Each Underwriter has acquired a security entitlement with respect to a number of Securities equal to the number of Seller Securities to be purchased by it pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, and no action based on an “adverse claim”, within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(1) of the New York UCC, whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien or other theory, to a financial asset to which such security entitlement relates may be asserted against such Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement.

 

  3. The Custody Agreement is each Relevant Party’s valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms thereof.

FORM OF CHRISTOPHER K. HULBURT OPINION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

Christopher K. Hulburt, Pennsylvania legal counsel for certain of the Selling Stockholders, shall have furnished to the Representatives his written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:

 

  1. Each Relevant Party is a limited partnership that is validly existing and its authority to transact business is active under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania.

 

  2. Each Relevant Party (a) has the limited partnership power to execute, deliver and perform each Transaction Document, (b) has taken all limited partnership action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of each Transaction Document, and (c) has duly executed and delivered each Transaction Document.

 

  3. The execution and delivery by each Relevant Party of the Transaction Documents do not, and the performance by each Relevant Party of its obligations thereunder will not, (a) violate the certificate of limited partnership or limited partnership agreement of such Relevant Party, (b) breach or result in a default or the creation of any lien under any agreement or instrument listed in Section B of Schedule I to such opinion (the “Applicable Contracts”) or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award listed in Section C of Schedule I to such opinion, or (c) result in a violation by a Relevant Party of any Applicable Laws.


EXHIBIT C-3

FORM OF THOMPSON & KNIGHT LLP OPINION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

  1. Each Relevant Party is a limited partnership that is validly existing and its authority to transact business is active under the laws of the State of Texas.

 

  2. Each Relevant Party (a) has the limited partnership power to execute, deliver and perform each Transaction Document, (b) has taken all limited partnership action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of each Transaction Document, and (c) has duly executed and delivered each Transaction Document.

 

  3. The Custody Agreement is each Relevant Party’s valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

  4. The execution and delivery by each Relevant Party of the Transaction Documents do not, and the performance by each Relevant Party of its obligations thereunder will not, (a) violate the certificate of limited partnership or limited partnership agreement of such Relevant Party, (b) breach or result in a default or the creation of any lien under any agreement or instrument listed in Section B of Schedule I to such opinion (the “Applicable Contracts”) or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award listed in Section C of Schedule I to such opinion, or (c) result in a violation by a Relevant Party of any Applicable Laws.

 

  5. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any United States federal or New York governmental authority or regulatory body, or any third party that is a party to any Applicable Contract, is required under Applicable Laws for the due execution, delivery or performance by a Relevant Party of either Transaction Document.

 

  6. Each Underwriter has acquired a security entitlement with respect to a number of Securities equal to the number of Seller Securities to be purchased by it pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, and no action based on an “adverse claim”, within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(1) of the New York UCC, whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien or other theory, to a financial asset to which such security entitlement relates may be asserted against such Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement.

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

ECLIPSE RESOURCES CORPORATION

Eclipse Resources Corporation (the “ Corporation ”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code (the “ DGCL ”), hereby certifies as follows:

1. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “ Original Certificate of Incorporation ”) was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 13, 2014.

2. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “ Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ”), which restates and amends the Original Certificate of Incorporation, has been declared advisable by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”), duly adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation and duly executed and acknowledged by the officers of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 103, 228, 242 and 245 of the DGCL.

3. The Original Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Eclipse Resources Corporation.

SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 in New Castle County, Delaware. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD: The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL as it currently exists or may hereafter be amended.

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,050,000,000 shares of stock, classified as (i) 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), and (ii) 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Common Stock ”).

The designations and the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of Preferred Stock and Common Stock are as follows:

1. Provisions Relating to Preferred Stock .

(a) Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more classes or series, the shares of each class or series to have such designations and powers, preferences and rights, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, as are stated and expressed herein and in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such class or series adopted by the Board as hereafter prescribed (a “ Preferred Stock Designation ”).


(b) Authority is hereby expressly granted to and vested in the Board to authorize the issuance, without stockholder approval, of Preferred Stock from time to time in one or more classes or series, and with respect to each class or series of Preferred Stock, to fix and state by the resolution or resolutions from time to time adopted by the Board providing for the issuance thereof the designation and the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions relating to each class or series of Preferred Stock, including, but not limited to, the following:

(i) whether or not the class or series is to have voting rights, full, special or limited, or is to be without voting rights, and whether or not such class or series is to be entitled to vote as a separate class either alone or together with the holders of one or more other classes or series of stock;

(ii) the number of shares to constitute the class or series and the designations thereof;

(iii) the preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, with respect to any class or series;

(iv) whether or not the shares of any class or series shall be redeemable at the option of the Corporation or the holders thereof or upon the happening of any specified event, and, if redeemable, the redemption price or prices (which may be payable in the form of cash, notes, securities or other property), and the time or times at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such shares shall be redeemable and the manner of redemption;

(v) whether or not the shares of a class or series shall be subject to the operation of retirement or sinking funds to be applied to the purchase or redemption of such shares for retirement, and, if such retirement or sinking fund or funds are to be established, the annual amount thereof, and the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof;

(vi) the dividend rate, whether dividends are payable in cash, securities of the Corporation or other property, the conditions upon which and the times when such dividends are payable, the preference to or the relation to the payment of dividends payable on any other class or classes or series of stock, whether or not such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative, and if cumulative, the date or dates from which such dividends shall accumulate;

(vii) the preferences, if any, and the amounts thereof which the holders of any class or series thereof shall be entitled to receive upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation;

(viii) whether or not the shares of any class or series, at the option of the Corporation or the holder thereof or upon the happening of any specified event, shall be convertible into or exchangeable for securities or other property of the Corporation and the conversion price or prices or ratio or ratios or the rate or rates at which such exchange may be made, with such adjustments, if any, as shall be stated and expressed or provided for in such resolution or resolutions;

 

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(ix) whether or not the holders of shares of any class or series shall have any preemptive rights, and the extent of any such rights; and

(x) such other powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to any class or series as may to the Board seem advisable.

(c) The shares of each class or series of Preferred Stock may vary from the shares of any other class or series thereof in any or all of the foregoing respects.

2. Provisions Relating to Common Stock .

(a) Each share of Common Stock shall have identical rights and privileges in every respect. Common Stock shall be subject to the express terms of Preferred Stock and any class or series thereof. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in a Preferred Stock Designation or by applicable law, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share upon all questions presented to the stockholders, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes, and the holders of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote at or receive notice of any meeting of stockholders. Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders meeting in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation (as in effect at the time in question) and applicable law at which any matter is to be put to a vote of the holders of Common Stock.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by applicable law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any class or series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding classes or series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected class or series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other classes or series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any class or series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

(c) Subject to the prior rights and preferences, if any, applicable to shares of Preferred Stock or any class or series thereof, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them such dividends and distributions (payable in cash, securities or otherwise), if any, as may be declared thereon by the Board at any time and from time to time out of any funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.

(d) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after distribution in full of the preferential amounts, if any, to be distributed to the holders of shares of Preferred Stock or any class or series thereof, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them. A liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, as such terms are used in this paragraph (d), shall not be deemed to be occasioned by or to include any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or corporations or other entity or a sale, lease, exchange or conveyance of all or a part of the assets of the Corporation.

 

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(e) The number of authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of either Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor.

FIFTH: The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. The directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock specified in the related Preferred Stock Designation, shall be divided, with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as is reasonably possible, with the initial term of office of the first class to expire at the 2015 annual meeting (the “ Class I Directors ”), the initial term of office of the second class to expire at the 2016 annual meeting (the “ Class II Directors ”), and the initial term of office of the third class to expire at the 2017 annual meeting (the “ Class III Directors ”), with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms then expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after their election, with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. The Board is authorized to assign members of the Board already in office to Class I, Class II or Class III at the time such classification becomes effective. Subject to applicable law, the rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock and the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders Agreement, among the Corporation and certain of its stockholders, dated as of June 25, 2014 (the “ Stockholders Agreement ”), any newly created directorship that results from an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board that results from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director or from any other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and shall not be filled by the stockholders. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office for the remaining term of his or her predecessor. No decrease in the number of authorized directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

Until the first date on which Eclipse Resources Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, CKH Partners II, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership, The Hulburt Family II Limited Partnership, a Pennsylvania limited partnership, Kirkwood Capital, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership, EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII Co-Investors, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, EnCap Energy Capital Fund IX, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, and Eclipse Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and their respective Affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (each, a “ Sponsor ” and together, the “ Sponsor Group ”) no longer collectively beneficially own more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “ Trigger Date ”), subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation thereunder) and the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, any director may be removed at any time, either for or without cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of more than 50% in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, acting at a meeting of the stockholders or by written consent (if permitted) in accordance with the DGCL, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation. For purposes of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, beneficial ownership of shares shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. On and after the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of the holders of

 

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shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation thereunder) and the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, any director may be removed only for cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2 / 3 % in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, acting at a meeting of the stockholders or by written consent (if permitted) in accordance with the DGCL, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation.

Subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, if any, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board. Unless and except to the extent that the bylaws of the Corporation so provide, the election of directors need not be by written ballot.

SIXTH: Prior to the Trigger Date, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual meeting or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote of stockholders, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is or are signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. On and after the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock with respect to such class or series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be taken at a duly held annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken by any consent in writing of such stockholders unless the taking of such action by consent in writing has been previously approved by the Board.

SEVENTH: Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies; provided , however , that prior to the Trigger Date, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may also be called by the Secretary of the Corporation at the request of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. On and after the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, the stockholders of the Corporation do not have the power to call a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation.

EIGHTH: In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation without any action on the part of the stockholders of the Corporation; provided that any bylaw adopted, altered or amended by the Board, and any powers thereby conferred, may be amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders of the Corporation. The provisions of this Article Eighth notwithstanding, the bylaws of the Corporation shall not be adopted, altered, amended or repealed by the stockholders of the Corporation (i) prior to the Trigger Date, except by the vote of holders of more than 50% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, or (ii) on and after the Trigger Date, except by the vote of holders of not less than 66  2 / 3 % in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class. No bylaws hereafter adopted, nor any repeal of or amendment or alteration thereto, shall invalidate any prior act of the Board that was valid at the time it was taken.

NINTH: No director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as it now exists. In addition to the circumstances in which a director of the Corporation is not personally liable as set forth in the preceding sentence, a director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the fullest extent permitted by any amendment to the DGCL hereafter enacted that further limits the liability of a director.

 

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Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article Ninth shall be prospective only and shall not affect any limitation on liability of a director for acts or omissions occurring prior to the date of such amendment, repeal or modification.

TENTH: To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities that are from time to time presented to any of the Sponsors (or any agents, stockholders, members, partners, directors, officers or employees of the Sponsors) or any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective agents, stockholders, members, partners, directors, officers, employees, affiliates or subsidiaries (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries) (each, a “ Specified Person ”), including any director or officer of the Corporation who is also a Specified Person, even if the business opportunity is one that the Corporation or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so, and no such person shall have any duty to communicate or offer any such business opportunity to the Corporation or be liable to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any stockholder, including for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or controlling stockholder or otherwise, and the Corporation shall indemnify each such person against any claim that such person is liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty, by reason of the fact that such person (i) participates in, pursues or acquires any such business opportunity, (ii) directs any such business opportunity to another person or (iii) fails to present any such business opportunity, or information regarding any such business opportunity, to the Corporation or its subsidiaries, unless, in the case of a Specified Person who is a director or officer of the Corporation, such business opportunity is expressly offered to such director or officer in writing solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation.

Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article Tenth , nor the adoption of any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, any modification of law, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any right or protection of any person granted pursuant hereto existing at, or arising out of or related to any event, act or omission that occurred prior to, the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification (regardless of when any proceeding (or part thereof) relating to such event, act or omission arises or is first threatened, commenced or completed).

If any provision or provisions of this Article Tenth shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever, (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article Tenth (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article Tenth containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article Tenth (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Article Tenth containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

This Article Tenth shall not limit any protections or defenses available to, or indemnification or advancement rights of, any director or officer of the Corporation under this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws of the Corporation or applicable law. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any securities of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, including this Article Tenth .

 

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ELEVENTH: The Corporation shall not be governed by or subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL as now in effect or hereafter amended, or any successor statute thereto, as permitted under and pursuant to subsection (b)(3) thereof.

TWELFTH: The Corporation shall have the right, subject to any express provisions or restrictions contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation, from time to time, to amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in any manner now or hereafter provided by applicable law, and all rights and powers of any kind conferred upon a director or stockholder of the Corporation by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any amendment hereof are subject to such right of the Corporation.

THIRTEENTH: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by applicable law, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation), prior to the Trigger Date, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by applicable law, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation), on and after the Trigger Date, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66  2 / 3 % in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

FOURTEENTH: Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any securities of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, including this Article Fourteenth .

(Signature page follows.)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as of this 23rd day of June, 2014.

 

ECLIPSE RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Benjamin W. Hulburt
Name:   Benjamin W. Hulburt
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

[Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation – Eclipse Resources Corporation]

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

ECLIPSE RESOURCES CORPORATION

Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I OFFICES AND RECORDS

     1   

Section 1.1.

  Registered Office      1   

Section 1.2.

  Other Offices      1   

Section 1.3.

  Books and Records      1   

ARTICLE II STOCKHOLDERS

     1   

Section 2.1.

  Annual Meeting      1   

Section 2.2.

  Special Meeting      1   

Section 2.3.

  Record Date      2   

Section 2.4.

  Stockholder List      2   

Section 2.5.

  Place of Meeting      3   

Section 2.6.

  Notice of Meeting      3   

Section 2.7.

  Quorum and Adjournment of Meetings      4   

Section 2.8.

  Proxies      4   

Section 2.9.

  Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations      4   

Section 2.10.

  Conduct of Business      9   

Section 2.11.

  Required Vote      9   

Section 2.12.

  Treasury Stock      10   

Section 2.13.

  Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls      10   

Section 2.14.

  Stockholder Action by Written Consent      10   

ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     10   

Section 3.1.

  General Powers      10   

Section 3.2.

  Number, Tenure and Qualifications      10   

Section 3.3.

  Regular Meetings      11   

Section 3.4.

  Special Meetings      11   

Section 3.5.

  Notice      11   

Section 3.6.

  Action by Consent of Board      11   

Section 3.7.

  Conference Telephone Meetings      11   

Section 3.8.

  Quorum      11   

Section 3.9.

  Vacancies      12   

Section 3.10.

  Removal      12   

Section 3.11.

  Records      12   

Section 3.12.

  Compensation      12   

Section 3.13.

  Regulations      12   

 

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ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES

     12   

Section 4.1.

  Designation; Powers      12   

Section 4.2.

  Procedure; Meetings; Quorum      13   

Section 4.3.

  Substitution of Members      13   

ARTICLE V OFFICERS

     13   

Section 5.1.

  Officers      13   

Section 5.2.

  Election and Term of Office      13   

Section 5.3.

  Chairman of the Board      14   

Section 5.4.

  Chief Executive Officer      14   

Section 5.5.

  President      14   

Section 5.6.

  Treasurer      14   

Section 5.7.

  Secretary      14   

Section 5.8.

  Vacancies      14   

Section 5.9.

  Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations      14   

ARTICLE VI STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS

     15   

Section 6.1.

  Stock Certificates and Transfers      15   

Section 6.2.

  Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates      15   

Section 6.3.

  Ownership of Shares      15   

Section 6.4.

  Regulations Regarding Certificates      15   

ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     16   

Section 7.1.

  Fiscal Year      16   

Section 7.2.

  Checks, Notes, Drafts, Etc.      16   

Section 7.3.

  Dividends      16   

Section 7.4.

  Seal      16   

Section 7.5.

  Waiver of Notice      16   

Section 7.6.

  Resignations      16   

Section 7.7.

  Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses      16   

Section 7.8.

  Notices      18   

Section 7.9.

  Facsimile Signatures      18   

Section 7.10.

  Time Periods      18   

 

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Section 7.11.

  Conflict with Applicable Law or the Certificate of Incorporation      19   

Section 7.12.

  Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records      19   

ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENTS

     19   

Section 8.1.

  Amendments      19   

 

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ARTICLE I

OFFICES AND RECORDS

SECTION 1.1. Registered Office . The registered office of Eclipse Resources Corporation (the “ Corporation ”) in the State of Delaware shall be located at The Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801, and the name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) in the manner provided by applicable law.

SECTION 1.2. Other Offices . The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board may designate or as the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.

SECTION 1.3. Books and Records . The books and records of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may from time to time be designated by the Board. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business may be maintained on any information storage device or method; provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 2.1. Annual Meeting . If required by applicable law, an annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such date, time and place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be fixed by resolution of the Board. Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board.

SECTION 2.2. Special Meeting . Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer or the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies; provided , however , that prior to the first date on which Eclipse Resources Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, CKH Partners II, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership, The Hulburt Family II Limited Partnership, a Pennsylvania limited partnership, Kirkwood Capital, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership, EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII Co-Investors, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, EnCap Energy Capital Fund IX, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, and Eclipse Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and their respective Affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)) (each, a “ Sponsor ” and together, the “ Sponsor Group ”) no longer collectively beneficially own more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “ Trigger Date ”), special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may also be called by the Secretary of the Corporation at the request of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. For purposes of these Bylaws, beneficial ownership of shares shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. On and after the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, the stockholders of the Corporation do not have the power to call a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of the stockholders previously scheduled by the Board.

 

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SECTION 2.3. Record Date .

(A) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by applicable law, not be more than 60 nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting. If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however , that the Board may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

(B) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than 60 days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

(C) Unless otherwise restricted by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as it may be amended from time to time (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board. If no record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board, (i) when no prior action of the Board is required by applicable law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law, and (ii) if prior action by the Board is required by applicable law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

SECTION 2.4. Stockholder List . The officer who has charge of the stock ledger shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders ( provided, however , if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the 10 th day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of such stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any

 

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purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either on a reasonably accessible electronic network (provided that the information required to gain access to the list is provided with the notice of the meeting) or during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. The stock list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled by this section to examine the list required by this section or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.

SECTION 2.5. Place of Meeting . The Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be, may designate the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting of the stockholders. If no designation is so made, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive offices of the Corporation. The Board, acting in its sole discretion, may establish guidelines and procedures in accordance with applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code (the “ DGCL ”) and any other applicable law for the participation by stockholders and proxyholders in a meeting of stockholders by means of remote communications, and may determine that any meeting of stockholders will not be held at any place but will be held solely by means of remote communication. Stockholders and proxyholders complying with such procedures and guidelines and otherwise entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be deemed present in person and entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication.

SECTION 2.6. Notice of Meeting . Written or printed notice, stating the place, if any, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten days nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting (unless a different time is specified by applicable law), in a manner pursuant to Section 7.8 hereof, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice shall specify (i) the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), (ii) the place, if any, date and time of such meeting, (iii) the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, (iv) in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called and (v) such other information as may be required by applicable law or as may be deemed appropriate by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation. If the stockholder list referred to in Section 2.4 of these Bylaws is made accessible on an electronic network, the notice of meeting must indicate how the stockholder list can be accessed. If the meeting of stockholders is to be held solely by means of electronic communications, the notice of meeting must provide the information required to access such stockholder list during the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. The Corporation may provide stockholders with notice of a meeting by electronic transmission provided such stockholders have consented to receiving electronic notice in accordance with the DGCL. Such further notice shall be given as may be required by applicable law. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the notice of meeting. Meetings may be held without notice if all stockholders entitled to vote are present, or if notice is waived by those not present in accordance with Section 7.5 of these Bylaws.

 

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SECTION 2.7. Quorum and Adjournment of Meetings .

(A) Except as otherwise provided by applicable law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting (the “ Voting Stock ”), represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders, except that when specified business is to be voted on by a class or series of stock voting as a class, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum of such class or series for the transaction of such business. The chairman of the meeting or a majority in voting power of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, whether or not there is such a quorum. The stockholders present at a duly called meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

(B) Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, if any, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided , however , that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

SECTION 2.8. Proxies . At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy executed in writing (or in such other manner prescribed by the DGCL) by the stockholder or by such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Any copy, facsimile transmission or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile transmission or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission. No proxy may be voted or acted upon after the expiration of three years from the date of such proxy, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Every proxy is revocable at the pleasure of the stockholder executing it unless the proxy states that it is irrevocable and applicable law makes it irrevocable. A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or by filing another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation.

SECTION 2.9. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations .

(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders .

        (1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made only (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof or (c) subject to the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders Agreement, among the Corporation and certain of its stockholders, dated as of June 25, 2014 (the “ Stockholders Agreement ”), by any stockholder of the Corporation who (i) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these Bylaws and at the time of the annual meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in these Bylaws as to such business or nomination; Section 2.9(A)(1)(c) of these Bylaws shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of the stockholders.

 

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(2) For any nominations or any other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 2.9(A)(2)(c) of these Bylaws, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action under the DGCL. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120 th day and not later than the close of business on the 90 th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (which anniversary, in the case of the first annual meeting of stockholders following the close of the Corporation’s initial public offering, shall be deemed to be May 1, 2015; provided , however , that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120 th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90 th day prior to such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the 10 th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice (whether given pursuant to this Section 2.9(A)(2) or Section 2.9(B) ) to the Secretary of the Corporation must:

(a) set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, if any, (ii) (A) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (B) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a “ Derivative Instrument ”), directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, (C) a description of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (D) any short interest in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of these Bylaws a person shall be deemed to have a “short interest” in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (F) any

 

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proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (G) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such stockholder’s immediate family sharing the same household (which information shall be supplemented by such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, not later than ten days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date), (iii) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (iv) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such nomination or other business before the meeting, and (v) a representation as to whether such stockholder or any such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group that intends to (x) deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or to elect each such nominee or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination. If requested by the Corporation, the information required under clauses (a)(i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence of this Section 2.9(A)(2) shall be supplemented by such stockholder and any such beneficial owner not later than ten days after the record date for notice of the meeting to disclose such information as of such record date;

(b) if the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, set forth (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such business and (ii) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder;

(c) set forth, as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board (i) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner,

 

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if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and

(d) with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the Board, include a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 2.9(A)(2) of these Bylaws. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 2.9(A)(2) of these Bylaws to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board at least 100 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by these Bylaws shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10 th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(4) The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 2.9(A) shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business or a nomination if such stockholder has notified the Corporation of such stockholder’s intention to present a proposal or make a nomination at an annual meeting in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal or nomination has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.

(5) The requirements of this Section 2.9(A) shall apply to any business or nominations to be brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder whether such business or nominations are to be included in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act or presented to stockholders by means of an independently financed proxy solicitation

(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to a notice of meeting (a) by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof (or stockholders pursuant to Article Seventh of the Certificate of Incorporation and Section 2.2 of these Bylaws prior to the Trigger Date) or (b)  provided , that the Board (or stockholders pursuant to Article Seventh of the

 

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Certificate of Incorporation and Section 2.2 of these Bylaws prior to the Trigger Date) has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who (i) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these Bylaws and at the time of the special meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in these Bylaws. The proposal by stockholders of other business to be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders may be made only in accordance with Article Seventh of the Certificate of Incorporation prior to the Trigger Date. In the event a special meeting of stockholders is called for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by Section 2.9(A)(2) of these Bylaws with respect to any nomination (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 2.9(A)(2) of these Bylaws) shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120 th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90 th day prior to such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such special meeting, the 10 th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(C) General .

(1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws shall be eligible to serve as directors, and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.

(2) For purposes of these Bylaws, “ public announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by Dow Jones News Service, the Associated Press, or any other national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of these Bylaws, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in these Bylaws; provided , however , that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to Section 2.9(A)(2)(c) or Section 2.9(B) of these Bylaws. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation (“ Preferred Stock ”) if and to the extent provided for under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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(4) The Corporation may require any proposed stockholder nominee for director to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation. Unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) making a nomination or proposal under this Section 2.9 does not appear at a meeting of stockholders to present such nomination or proposal, the nomination shall be disregarded and the proposed business shall not be transacted, as the case may be, notwithstanding that proxies in favor thereof may have been received by the Corporation.

For purposes of this Section 2.9 , to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 2.10. Conduct of Business . The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

SECTION 2.11. Required Vote . Subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, at any meeting at which directors are to be elected, so long as a quorum is present, the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes validly cast in such election. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, cumulative voting for the election of directors shall be prohibited. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors and certain non-binding advisory votes described below, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter shall be the act of the stockholders. In non-binding advisory matters with more than two possible vote choices, the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter shall be the recommendation of the stockholders.

 

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SECTION 2.12. Treasury Stock . The Corporation shall not vote, directly or indirectly, shares of its own stock owned by it or any other corporation, if a majority of shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such corporation is held, directly or indirectly by the Corporation, and such shares will not be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation or such other corporation, to vote stock of the Corporation held in a fiduciary capacity.

SECTION 2.13. Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls . At any meeting at which a vote is taken by ballots, the Board by resolution may, and when required by applicable law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors, which inspector or inspectors may include individuals who serve the Corporation in other capacities, including, without limitation, as officers, employees, agents or representatives, to act at the meetings of stockholders and make a written report thereof. One or more persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate has been appointed to act or is able to act at a meeting of stockholders and the appointment of an inspector is required by applicable law, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before discharging his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to faithfully execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall have the duties prescribed by applicable law.

SECTION 2.14. Stockholder Action by Written Consent . Prior to the Trigger Date, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual meeting or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote of stockholders, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is or are signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. On and after the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock with respect to such class or series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be taken at a duly held annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken by any consent in writing of such stockholders unless the taking of such action by consent in writing has been previously approved by the Board.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 3.1. General Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board elected in accordance with these Bylaws. In addition to the powers and authorities by these Bylaws expressly conferred upon them, the Board may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. The directors shall act only as a Board, and the individual directors shall have no power as such.

SECTION 3.2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications . Subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board. The election and term of director shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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SECTION 3.3. Regular Meetings . Subject to Section 3.5 , regular meetings of the Board shall be held on such dates, and at such times and places, as are determined from time to time by resolution of the Board.

SECTION 3.4. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board shall be called at the request of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the Board then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board may fix the place, if any, and time of the meetings. Any business may be conducted at a special meeting of the Board.

SECTION 3.5. Notice . Notice of any meeting of directors shall be given to each director at his or her business or residence in writing by hand delivery, first-class or overnight mail, courier service or facsimile or electronic transmission or orally by telephone. If mailed by first-class mail, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when deposited in the United States mails so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid, at least five days before such meeting. If by overnight mail or courier service, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the notice is delivered to the overnight mail or courier service company at least 24 hours before such meeting. If by facsimile or electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the notice is transmitted at least 24 hours before such meeting. If by telephone or by hand delivery, the notice shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the time set for the meeting and shall be confirmed by facsimile or electronic transmission that is sent promptly thereafter. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board need be specified in the notice of such meeting, except for amendments to these Bylaws, as provided under Section 8.1 . A meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in accordance with Section 7.5 of these Bylaws.

SECTION 3.6. Action by Consent of Board . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, including by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting, and may be stated as such in any document or instrument filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 3.7. Conference Telephone Meetings . Members of the Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board or such committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where such person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

SECTION 3.8. Quorum . Subject to Section 3.9 , a whole number of directors equal to at least a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the Board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice unless (i) the date, time and place, if any, of the adjourned meeting are not announced at the time of adjournment, in which case notice conforming to the requirements of Section 3.5 of these Bylaws shall be given to each director, or (ii) the meeting is adjourned for more than 24 hours, in which case the notice referred to in clause (i) shall be given to those directors not present at the announcement of the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board. The directors present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough directors to leave less than a quorum.

 

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SECTION 3.9. Vacancies . Subject to applicable law, the rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock and the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders Agreement, any newly created directorship that results from an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board that results from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director or from any other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and shall not be filled by the stockholders. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office for the remaining term of his or her predecessor. No decrease in the number of authorized directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

SECTION 3.10. Removal . Until the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation thereunder) and the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders Agreement, any director may be removed at any time, either for or without cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of more than 50% in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, acting at a meeting of the stockholders or by written consent (if permitted) in accordance with the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws. On and after the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation thereunder) and the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders Agreement, any director may be removed only for cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2 / 3 % in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, acting at a meeting of the stockholders or by written consent (if permitted) in accordance with the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws.

SECTION 3.11. Records . The Board shall cause to be kept a record containing the minutes of the proceedings of the meetings of the Board and of the stockholders, appropriate stock books and registers and such books of records and accounts as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the Corporation.

SECTION 3.12. Compensation . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board shall have authority to fix the compensation of directors, including fees and reimbursement of expenses. The Corporation will cause each non-employee director serving on the Board to be reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by him or her in connection with such service.

SECTION 3.13. Regulations . To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws, the Board may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of the Board and for the management of the affairs and business of the Corporation as the Board may deem appropriate.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

SECTION 4.1. Designation; Powers . The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.

 

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SECTION 4.2. Procedure; Meetings; Quorum . Any committee designated pursuant to Section 4.1 shall choose its own chairman by a majority vote of the members then in attendance in the event the chairman has not been selected by the Board, shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested, and shall meet at such times and at such place or places as may be provided by the charter of such committee or by resolution of such committee or resolution of the Board. At every meeting of any such committee, the presence of a majority of all the members thereof shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary for the adoption by it of any resolution. The Board shall adopt a charter for each committee for which a charter is required by applicable laws, regulations or stock exchange rules, may adopt a charter for any other committee, and may adopt other rules and regulations for the governance of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws or any such charter, and each committee may adopt its own rules and regulations of governance, to the extent not inconsistent with these Bylaws or any charter or other rules and regulations adopted by the Board.

SECTION 4.3. Substitution of Members . The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified member.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

SECTION 5.1. Officers . The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, a General Counsel, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as the Board from time to time may deem proper. The Chairman of the Board shall be chosen from among the directors. All officers elected by the Board shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of this Article V and any applicable resolution of the Board. Such officers shall also have such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board or by any committee thereof. The Board or any committee thereof may from time to time elect, or the Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer may appoint, such other officers (including one or more Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers) and such agents, as may be necessary or desirable for the conduct of the business of the Corporation. Such other officers and agents shall have such duties and shall hold their offices for such terms as shall be provided in these Bylaws or as may be prescribed by the Board or such committee thereof or by the Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 5.2. Election and Term of Office . The officers of the Corporation shall be elected or appointed from time to time in accordance with Section 5.1 . Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected or appointed and shall have qualified or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign, but any officer may be removed from office at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board or, except in the case of an officer or agent elected by the Board, by the Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer. Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights, if any, of the person so removed. No elected officer shall have any contractual rights against the Corporation for compensation by virtue of such election beyond the date of the election of his or her successor, his or her death, his or her resignation or his or her removal, whichever event shall first occur, except as otherwise provided in an employment contract or under an employee deferred compensation plan.

 

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SECTION 5.3. Chairman of the Board . The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be responsible for the general management of the affairs of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incidental to his or her office that may be required by law and all such other duties as are properly required of him or her by the Board. He or she shall make reports to the Board and the stockholders, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board and of any committee thereof are carried into effect. The Chairman of the Board may also serve as Chief Executive Officer, if so elected by the Board.

SECTION 5.4. Chief Executive Officer . The Chief Executive Officer shall act in a general executive capacity and shall assist the Chairman of the Board in the administration and operation of the Corporation’s business and general supervision of its policies and affairs. The Chief Executive Officer shall, in the absence of or because of the inability to act of the Chairman of the Board, perform all duties of the Chairman of the Board and preside at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the authority to sign, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, checks, orders, contracts, leases, notes, drafts and all other documents and instruments in connection with the business of the Corporation.

SECTION 5.5. President . The President shall report and be responsible to the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned or delegated to him by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or are incident to the office of President.

SECTION 5.6. Treasurer . The Treasurer shall exercise general supervision over the receipt, custody and disbursement of corporate funds. The Treasurer shall cause the funds of the Corporation to be deposited in such banks as may be authorized by the Board, or in such banks as may be designated as depositaries in the manner provided by resolution of the Board. He or she shall have such further powers and duties and shall be subject to such directions as may be granted or imposed upon him or her from time to time by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

SECTION 5.7. Secretary . The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept in one or more books provided for that purpose, the minutes of all meetings of the Board, the committees of the Board and the stockholders; he shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws and as required by applicable law; he or she shall be custodian of the records and the seal of the Corporation and affix and attest the seal to all stock certificates of the Corporation (unless the seal of the Corporation on such certificates shall be a facsimile, as hereinafter provided) and affix and attest the seal to all other documents to be executed on behalf of the Corporation under its seal; and he or she shall see that the books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept and filed are properly kept and filed; and in general, he or she shall perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

SECTION 5.8. Vacancies . A newly created elected office and a vacancy in any elected office because of death, resignation, or removal may be filled by the Board for the unexpired portion of the term at any meeting of the Board. Any vacancy in an office appointed by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer because of death, resignation, or removal may be filled by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

SECTION 5.9. Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations . Unless otherwise directed by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of security holders of or with respect to any action of security holders of any other corporation in which the Corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers that the Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other corporation.

 

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ARTICLE VI

STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS

SECTION 6.1. Stock Certificates and Transfers . The interest of each stockholder of the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock in such form (other than bearer form) as the appropriate officers of the Corporation may from time to time prescribe, provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock may be uncertificated or electronic shares. The shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued and shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation, which may be maintained by one or more third-party registrars or transfer agents appointed by the Board or an officer authorized to make such appointment, by the holder thereof in person or by such holder’s attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for at least the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require or upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of uncertificated shares and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form, at which time the Corporation shall cancel the old certificate, issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto (if the stock is then represented by certificates) and record the transaction upon its books. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.

Certificated shares of stock shall be signed by, or in the name of, the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. Any or all such signatures may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

SECTION 6.2. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . No certificate for shares or uncertificated shares of stock in the Corporation shall be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost, destroyed or stolen, except on production of such evidence of such loss, destruction or theft and on delivery to the Corporation of a bond of indemnity in such amount, upon such terms and secured by such surety, as the Board or any officer may in its or his or her discretion require.

SECTION 6.3. Ownership of Shares . The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock of the Corporation as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 6.4. Regulations Regarding Certificates . The Board shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration or the replacement of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation. The Corporation may enter into additional agreements with stockholders to restrict the transfer of stock of the Corporation in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.

 

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ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 7.1. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January and end on the thirty-first day of December of each year.

SECTION 7.2. Checks, Notes, Drafts, Etc . All checks, notes, drafts or other orders for the payment of money of the Corporation shall be signed, endorsed or accepted in the name of the Corporation by such officer, officers, person or persons as from time to time may be designated by the Board or by an officer or officers authorized by the Board to make such designation.

SECTION 7.3. Dividends . Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares of stock, which dividends may be paid in either cash, property or securities of the Corporation. A member of the Board, or a member of any committee designated by the Board, shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person as to matters the director reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation, as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities or net profits of the Corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

SECTION 7.4. Seal . The seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise, as may be prescribed by law or custom or by the Board.

SECTION 7.5. Waiver of Notice . Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or director of the Corporation under the provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, including by electronic transmission, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual or special meeting of the stockholders or the Board or committee thereof need be specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

SECTION 7.6. Resignations . Any director or any officer, whether elected or appointed, may resign at any time by giving written notice, including by electronic transmission, of such resignation to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary, and such resignation shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the date said notice is received by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary, or at such later time as is specified therein. No formal action shall be required of the Board or the stockholders to make any such resignation effective.

SECTION 7.7. Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses .

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threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ proceeding ”) by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (a “ Covered Person ”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all expenses, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Covered Person in connection with such proceeding.

(B) The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided , however , that to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 7.7 or otherwise.

(C) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Section 7.7 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to a Covered Person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.7 , except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Covered Person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

(D) If a claim for indemnification under this Section 7.7 (following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within sixty days after the Corporation has received a claim therefor by the Covered Person, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this Section 7.7 is not paid in full within thirty days after the Corporation has received a statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the Covered Person shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim. If successful in whole or in part, the Covered Person shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. In any such action, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

(E) The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Section 7.7 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, any agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

(F) This Section 7.7 shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

 

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(G) Any Covered Person entitled to indemnification and/or advancement of expenses, in each case pursuant to this Section 7.7 , may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement and/or insurance provided by one or more persons with whom or which such Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor). The Corporation hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Corporation shall be the indemnitor of first resort with respect to any proceeding, expense, liability or matter that is the subject of this Section 7.7 , (ii) the Corporation shall be primarily liable for all such obligations and any indemnification afforded to a Covered Person in respect of a proceeding, expense, liability or matter that is the subject of this Section 7.7 , whether created by law, organizational or constituent documents, contract or otherwise, (iii) any obligation of any persons with whom or which a Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor) to indemnify such Covered Person and/or advance expenses or liabilities to such Covered Person in respect of any proceeding shall be secondary to the obligations of the Corporation hereunder, (iv) the Corporation shall be required to indemnify each Covered Person and advance expenses to each Covered Person hereunder to the fullest extent provided herein without regard to any rights such Covered Person may have against any other person with whom or which such Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor) or insurer of any such person, and (v) the Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases any other person with whom or which a Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor) from any claim of contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect of amounts paid by the Corporation hereunder.

(H) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.

SECTION 7.8. Notices . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein or required by applicable law, all notices required to be given to any stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent shall be in writing and may in every instance be effectively given by hand delivery to the recipient thereof, by depositing such notice in the mails, postage paid, or by sending such notice by commercial courier service, or by facsimile or other electronic transmission, provided that notice to stockholders by electronic transmission shall be given in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL. Any such notice shall be addressed to such stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent at his or her last known address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively, notice to any stockholder shall be deemed given: (1) if by facsimile, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (3) if by posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; (4) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder; and (5) if by mail, when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 7.9. Facsimile Signatures . In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board or a committee thereof.

SECTION 7.10. Time Periods . In applying any provision of these Bylaws that require that an act be done or not done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included.

 

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SECTION 7.11. Conflict with Applicable Law or the Certificate of Incorporation . These Bylaws are adopted subject to any applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation. Whenever these Bylaws conflict with any applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, such conflict shall be resolved in favor of such law or the Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 7.12. Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records . Each director, each member of any committee designated by the Board, and each officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees designated by the Board, or by any other person as to the matters such director, member or officer reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 8.1. Amendments . Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed (a) by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors present at any special or regular meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, (b) until the Trigger Date, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of the holders of more than 50% in voting power of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, or (c) on and after the Trigger Date, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66  2 / 3 % in voting power of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. So long as the Stockholders Agreement remains in effect, the Board shall not approve any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of these Bylaws, or the adoption of any new Bylaw, that would be contrary to or inconsistent with the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 3.9 and Section 3.10 and this paragraph of Section 8.1 may only be amended, altered or repealed (a) until the Trigger Date, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of holders of more than 50% in voting power of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, or (b) on and after the Trigger Date, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66  2 / 3 % in voting power of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) no amendment to the Stockholders Agreement (whether or not such amendment modifies any provision to the Stockholders Agreement to which these Bylaws are subject) shall be deemed an amendment of these Bylaws for purposes of this Section 8.1 , and (y) no amendment, alteration or repeal of Section 7.7 shall adversely affect any right or protection existing under these Bylaws immediately prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal, including any right or protection of a present or former director, officer or employee thereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

ECLIPSE RESOURCES CORPORATION

2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

 

 


Table of Contents

 

ARTICLE I          GENERAL      1   

Section 1.01

   Purposes      1   

Section 1.02

   Definitions      1   

Section 1.03

   Administration      4   

(a)

         Authority of the Committee      4   

(b)

         Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority      5   

(c)

         Limitation of Liability      5   

Section 1.04

   Stock Subject to Plan      5   

(a)

         Total Shares Available      5   

(b)

         Stock Offered      6   

Section 1.05

   Eligibility      6   

Section 1.06

   Award Limitations      6   

(a)

         Annual Limit on Qualified Performance-Based Awards      6   

(b)

         Plan Limit on Awards of Incentive Stock Options      6   

(c)

         Annual Limit on Options and SARs      6   

(d)

         Annual Limit on Awards to Non-Employee Directors      6   

ARTICLE II

         AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN      7   

Section 2.01

   General      7   

Section 2.02

   Options      7   

(a)

         Exercise Price      7   

(b)

         Time and Conditions of Exercise      7   

(c)

         Payment      7   

(d)

         Exercise Term      7   

(e)

         ISOs      8   

(f)

         Prohibition on Repricing      8   

Section 2.03

   Stock Appreciation Rights      8   

(a)

         Right to Payment      8   

(b)

         Time and Conditions of Exercise      8   

(c)

         Prohibition on Repricing      9   

Section 2.04

   Restricted Stock      9   

(a)

         Restrictions      9   

(b)

         Rights as Stockholder      9   

(c)

         Certificates for Stock      9   

(d)

         Dividends and Splits      9   

Section 2.05

   Restricted Stock Units      10   

Section 2.06

   Dividend Equivalent Rights      10   

Section 2.07

   Stock or Other Stock-Based Awards      10   

Section 2.08

   Performance Awards      10   

(a)

         Performance Conditions      10   

(b)

         Performance Awards Granted to Covered Employees      10   

(c)

         Written Determinations      12   

ARTICLE III

         PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS      13   

Section 3.01

   Term of Awards      13   

Section 3.02

   Forfeiture Events      13   

Section 3.03

   No Rights as a Stockholder      13   

Section 3.04

   Form and Timing of Payment under Awards; Deferrals      13   

 

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Section 3.05

   Existence of Plans and Awards      14   

Section 3.06

   Change of Control      14   

(a)

         General      14   

(b)

         Options and SARs      14   

Section 3.07

   Adjustments      15   

Section 3.08

   Substitute Awards      15   

Section 3.09

   Transferability of Awards      15   

Section 3.10

   Taxes      16   

Section 3.11

   Amendment, Modification and Termination      16   

Section 3.12

   Correction of Errors      17   

Section 3.13

   Limitation on Rights Conferred under Plan      17   

Section 3.14

   Unfunded Status of Awards      17   

Section 3.15

   Nonexclusivity of this Plan      17   

Section 3.16

   Fractional Shares      17   

Section 3.17

   Severability      18   

Section 3.18

   Governing Law      18   

Section 3.19

   Conditions to Delivery of Stock      18   

Section 3.20

   Special Provisions Related Section 409A of the Code      18   

Section 3.21

   Plan Establishment and Term      18   

 

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ARTICLE I

GENERAL

Section 1.01 Purposes . The purposes of the Eclipse Resources Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) are to assist the Company and its Affiliates to attract, retain and motivate officers, directors, employees (including prospective employees) and consultants, and to promote the alignment of their interests with those of the Company’s stockholders.

Section 1.02 Definitions . Wherever the following terms are used they will have the meanings set forth below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a) “ Affiliate ” means a corporation, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or other form of business organization at least a majority of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or other equity interests of which is directly or indirectly owned by the Company.

(b) “ Award ” means any Option, SAR, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit, Dividend Equivalent Right, Other Stock-Based Award or Performance Award, together with any other right or interest granted under the Plan to a Participant.

(c) “ Award Agreement ” means the written document or documents by which each Award is evidenced.

(d) “ Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

(e) “ Beneficiary ” means one or more persons, trusts or other entities designated by a Participant, in his or her most recent written beneficiary designation filed with the Committee (pursuant to a form prescribed by the Committee), to receive the benefits specified under this Plan upon such Participant’s death, or to which Awards or other rights are transferred as permitted under Section 3.09 . If upon a Participant’s death there is no designated Beneficiary or surviving designated Beneficiary, the term Beneficiary means the Participant’s estate.

(f) “ Board ” means the Company’s Board of Directors.

(g) “ Change of Control ” means, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the occurrence of any of the following:

(i) A transaction or series of related transactions (other than an offering of Stock to the general public through a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) whereby any “person” or related “group” of “persons” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (other than the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefits plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or any “person” that, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control

 

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with, the Company (collectively, “ Excluded Persons ”)) directly or indirectly becomes the Beneficial Owner of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities with respect to the election of directors of the Company; or

(ii) During any twenty-four (24) consecutive month period, the individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board (the “ Incumbent Directors ”) cease for any reason other than death to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided , however , that except as set forth in the following sentence, an individual who becomes a member of the Board subsequent to the beginning of the twenty-four (24) month period will be deemed to have satisfied such twenty-four (24) month requirement (and be an Incumbent Director) if such director was elected by, or on the recommendation of or with the approval of, at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors who then qualified as Incumbent Directors;

(iii) The consummation of a sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Company’s assets in one or a series of related transactions;

(iv) The consummation of a merger, consolidation, or reorganization of the Company or the acquisition of outstanding Stock and as a result of or in connection with such transaction (A) fifty (50%) or more of the outstanding Stock or the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto or the outstanding shares of common stock or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity are owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person other than an Excluded Person, or (B) the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto do not immediately after such transaction continue to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company (or such surviving entity) outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation, or reorganization; or

(v) The stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

(h) “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference herein to a section of the Code includes any successor provision to such section.

(i) “ Committee ” means a committee of two or more directors designated by the Board to administer this Plan, and, to the extent the Board determines it is appropriate for the compensation realized from Awards under the Plan to be “performance-based” compensation under section 162(m) of the Code, will be a committee or subcommittee of the Board composed of two or more members, each of whom is an “outside director” within the meaning of section 162(m) of the Code, and which, to the extent the Board determines it is appropriate for Awards under the Plan to qualify for the exemption available under Rule 16b-3, will be a committee or subcommittee of the Board composed of two or more members, each of whom is a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3.

 

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(j) “ Covered Employee ” means an Eligible Person who is both (i) designated by the Committee as likely to be a “covered employee” within the meaning of section 162(m)(3) of the Code, and (ii) expected by the Committee to be the recipient of compensation (other than “performance-based compensation” under section 162(m)(3) of the Code) in excess of $1,000,000 for the tax year of the Company with regard to which a deduction for compensation paid to such Participant under the Plan would be allowed notwithstanding section 162(m) of the Code.

(k) “ Dividend Equivalent Right ” means a right granted under Section 2.06 , which represents an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay to the recipient amounts equal to all or any portion of the regular cash dividends that would be paid on shares of Stock covered by an Award if such shares had been delivered pursuant to an Award.

(l) “ Effective Date ” means, notwithstanding the Plan’s establishment date described in Section 3.21 , the first date on which Awards may be granted pursuant to the Plan, which date will be immediately prior to the closing of the initial public offering of the Company.

(m) “ Eligible Person ” means an individual described in Section 1.05 .

(n) “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(o) “ Exercise Price ” means (i) the case of Options, the price specified in the recipient’s Award Agreement as the price-per-share of Stock at which such share can be purchased pursuant to the Option, or (ii) in the case of SARs, the price specified in the recipient’s Award Agreement as the reference price-per-share of Stock used to calculate the amount payable upon settlement of the SAR.

(p) “ Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to Stock as of any specified date, (i) if the Stock is traded on a national securities exchange, the closing price of the Stock on the immediately preceding date (or if no sales occur on that date, on the last preceding date on which such sales of the Stock are so reported); (ii) if the Stock is not traded on a national securities exchange but is traded over the counter, the average between the reported high and low or closing bid and asked prices of the Stock on the most recent date on which Stock was publicly traded; (iii) if the Stock is not publicly traded, the amount determined by the Committee in its discretion in such manner as it deems appropriate; or (iii) if the specified date is the date of an initial public offering of Stock, the offering price under such initial public offering. In all events, Fair Market Value will be determined pursuant to a method that complies with the requirements of section 409A of the Code.

(q) “ Incentive Stock Option ” or “ ISO ” means an Option that is intended to qualify for special Federal income tax treatment pursuant to sections 421 and 422 of the Code, and which is so designated in the applicable Award Agreement.

(r) “ Non-Employee Director ” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(s) “ Nonqualified Stock Option ” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

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(t) “ Option ” means a right granted to a Participant under Section 2.02 to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time periods.

(u) “ Other Stock-Based Award ” means an Award granted to a Participant under Section 2.07 .

(v) “ Participant ” means, as of a specified date, a person who holds an Award that is outstanding as of such specified date.

(w) “ Performance Award ” means a right, granted to a Participant under Section 2.08 , to receive a cash payment, Stock or other Award based upon performance criteria specified by the Committee.

(x) “ Qualified Performance-Based Award ” means a Performance Award granted to a Covered Person that is intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of section 162(m)(3) of the Code.

(y) “ Restricted Stock ” means Stock granted to a Participant under Section 2.03 , that is subject to certain restrictions and to a risk of forfeiture.

(z) “ Restricted Stock Unit ” means an unfunded and unsecured right granted to a Participant under Section 2.05 , to receive Stock, cash or a combination thereof at the end of a specified period, which right is subject to certain restrictions and to a risk of forfeiture.

(aa) “ Rule 16b-3 ” means Rule 16b-3, promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under section 16 of the Exchange Act, applicable to the Plan and Participants.

(bb) “ Section 162(m) Transition Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(b) .

(cc) “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(dd) “ Stock ” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and such other securities as may be substituted for Stock pursuant to Section 3.07 .

(ee) “ Stock Appreciation Right ” or “ SAR ” means a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of exercise over (ii) the exercise price of the SAR.

Section 1.03 Administration .

(a) Authority of the Committee . The Plan will be administered by the Committee except to the extent the Board elects to administer the Plan, in which case references herein to the “ Committee ” are deemed to be references to the “ Board .” The Committee has complete control over the administration of the Plan and has the authority in its sole discretion to (i) exercise all of the powers granted to it under the Plan, (ii) to the extent not inconsistent with the Plan, prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan including rules

 

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governing its own operations, (iii) make all determinations necessary or advisable in administering the Plan, (iv) correct any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, (v) grant Awards and determine who will receive Awards, when such Awards will be granted and the terms of such Awards, including setting forth provisions with regard to the termination of a recipient’s employment or service, (vi) accelerate the time or times at which an Award becomes vested, unrestricted or may be exercised, and (vii) waive or amend any goals, restrictions or conditions set forth in an Award Agreement, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement. The determinations of the Committee will be final, binding and conclusive. By accepting any Award under the Plan, each Participant and each person claiming under or through him or her will be conclusively deemed to have indicated his or her acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, any action taken under the Plan by the Committee.

(b) Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority . Actions of the Committee may be taken by the vote of a majority of its members present at a meeting (which may be held telephonically). Any action taken by written instrument signed by a majority of the Committee members, and action so taken, will be fully as effective as if it had been taken by a vote at a meeting. The Committee may allocate among its members and delegate to any person who is not a member of the Committee, any of its powers, responsibilities or duties. In delegating its authority the Committee will consider the extent to which any delegation may cause an Award to fail to be deductible under section 162(m) of the Code or to fail to meet the requirements of Rule 16b-3.

(c) Limitation of Liability . The Committee and each member thereof will be entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to him or her by any officer or employee of the Company, the Company’s legal counsel, independent auditors, consultants or any other agents assisting in the administration of this Plan. Members of the Committee and any officer or employee of the Company acting at the direction or on behalf of the Committee will not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Plan, and will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be indemnified and held harmless by the Company with respect to any such action or determination. The foregoing right of indemnification is not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which the member may be entitled under the Company’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws, each as may be amended from time to time, or otherwise.

Section 1.04 Stock Subject to Plan .

(a) Total Shares Available . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3.07 , the aggregate number of shares of Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan will be 16,000,000. No Award may be granted if the number of shares of Stock to be delivered in connection with such Award exceeds the number of shares of Stock remaining available under the Plan minus the aggregate number of shares of Stock to be delivered in connection with then-outstanding Awards. If an Award is forfeited or otherwise terminates or is canceled without the delivery of shares of Stock, shares of Stock are surrendered or withheld from an Award to satisfy any obligation of the Participant (including Federal or state taxes) or shares of Stock owned by a Participant are tendered to pay the exercise price of an Award, then the shares of Stock covered by such forfeited, terminated or canceled Award or which are equal to the number of shares of Stock surrendered, withheld or tendered, will again become available for issuance under the Plan.

 

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(b) Stock Offered . The shares of Stock that may be delivered pursuant to Awards may be authorized but unissued Stock or authorized and issued Stock held in the Company’s treasury, or otherwise acquired for purposes of the Plan.

Section 1.05 Eligibility . Awards under the Plan may be made to current, former (solely with respect to their final year of service) and prospective officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company or an Affiliate as the Committee may select.

Section 1.06 Award Limitations . Except as provided under this Section 1.06 , there is no limit on the amount of cash and securities (other than the overall Plan limit on shares of Stock as provided in Section 1.04 ) that may be subject to Awards to any Eligible Person under the Plan.

(a) Annual Limit on Qualified Performance-Based Awards . The maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to which Qualified Performance-Based Awards may be granted during any calendar year to any Covered Employee shall be 4,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.07 ). The maximum payment under any Qualified Performance-Based Award denominated in dollars that may be granted during any calendar year to any Covered Employee shall be $5,000,000 for each 12-month period contained in the performance period for such Qualified Performance-Based Award.

(b) Plan Limit on Awards of Incentive Stock Options . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3.07 , no more than 16,000,000 shares of Stock that can be delivered under the Plan may be deliverable pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options.

(c) Annual Limit on Options and SARs . In any single calendar year an employee may not be granted Options or SARs covering or relating to more than 4,000,000 shares of Stock, subject to adjustment in a manner consistent with any adjustment made pursuant to Section 3.07 .

(d) Annual Limit on Awards to Non-Employee Directors . The maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to which Awards may be granted during any calendar year to any Non-Employee Director shall be 500,000 (as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.07 ). The maximum payment under any Award denominated in dollars that may be granted during any calendar year to any Non-Employee Director shall be $1,000,000.

 

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ARTICLE II

AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN

Section 2.01 General . Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock, Performance Awards, Other Stock-Based Awards, or any combination thereof, may be granted to such Eligible Persons and for, covering or relating to, such number of shares of Stock as the Committee may determine. Determinations made by the Committee under the Plan need not be uniform and Awards may be made selectively among Eligible Persons under the Plan, whether or not such Eligible Persons are similarly situated.

Section 2.02 Options . The Committee is authorized to grant Options to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:

(a) Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of Stock under an Option will be determined by the Committee, provided that the exercise price for any Option (other than an Option issued as a substitute Award pursuant to Section 3.08 ) will not be less than the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on the date of grant (or in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an individual who possesses more than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or its parent or any subsidiary, 110% of the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on the date of grant).

(b) Time and Conditions of Exercise . The Committee will determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee or provided in an Award Agreement or other written agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, in the event that the employment of a Participant with the Company and its Affiliates (or the Participant’s service to the Company and its Affiliates) terminates for any reason, (i) all of the Participant’s Options that were exercisable on the date of such termination of employment or service will remain exercisable for, and will otherwise terminate at the end of, a period of 90 days after the date of such termination, but in no event after the expiration date of the Options, and (ii) all of the Participant’s Options that were not exercisable on the date of such termination will be forfeited immediately; provided , however , that such Options may become fully vested and exercisable in the discretion of the Committee.

(c) Payment . The Committee will determine the methods by which the exercise price of any Option may be paid, the form of payment, and the methods by which shares of Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to a Participant upon his or her exercise of the Option. As determined by the Committee at or after the date of grant of an Option, the payment of the exercise price of an Option may be made, in whole or in part, in the form of (i) cash or cash equivalents, (ii) delivery (by either actual deliver or attestation) of previously-acquired shares of Stock based on the Fair Market Value of such Stock on the date of exercise, (iii) withholding of shares of Stock from the Option based on the Fair Market Value of such Stock on the date of exercise, (iv) broker-assisted market sales, or (v) any other cashless exercise arrangement.

(d) Exercise Term . No Option granted under the Plan may be exercisable for more than ten years following the date of grant of the Option.

 

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(e) ISOs . The Committee may grant Incentive Stock Options only to eligible employees of the Company or its subsidiaries (as defined for this purpose in section 424(f) of the Code). The terms of any ISO granted under this Plan will comply in all respects with the provisions of section 422 of the Code. ISOs may not be granted more than ten years after the earlier of the adoption of this Plan or the approval of this Plan by the Company’s stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock subject to an ISO and the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of stock of any parent or subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code) subject to any other ISO (within the meaning of section 422 of the Code) of the Company or a parent or subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code) that first becomes purchasable by a Participant in any calendar year may not (with respect to that Participant) exceed $100,000, or such other amount as may be prescribed under section 422 of the Code. Failure to comply with this provision will cause the excess to be reclassified as Nonqualified Stock Options in accordance with the Code.

(f) Prohibition on Repricing . Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.07 , without the prior approval of the stockholders of the Company: (i) the exercise price of an Option may not be reduced, directly or indirectly, (ii) an Option may not be cancelled in exchange for cash in an amount, or other Awards with a value, that exceeds the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock subject to the Option at the time of the cancellation or exchange over the exercise price of such Option, or for Options or SARs with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Option, except as permitted in accordance with Section 3.06, and (iii) the Company may not repurchase an Option for value (in cash, substitutions, cash buyouts, or otherwise) from a Participant if the current Fair Market Value of the Stock underlying the Option is lower than the exercise price of the Option.

Section 2.03 Stock Appreciation Rights . The Committee is authorized to grant SARs to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:

(a) Right to Payment . Upon the exercise of a SAR the Participant has the right to receive, for each share of Stock with respect to which the SAR is being exercised, the excess, if any, of (i) the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of exercise, over (ii) the exercise price of the SAR as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement, which exercise price will not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of grant of the SAR.

(b) Time and Conditions of Exercise . The Committee will determine the time or times at which and the circumstances under which a SAR may be exercised in whole or in part (including based on achievement of performance goals or future service requirements), the method of exercise, method of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, method by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, and any other terms and conditions of the SAR. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee or provided in an Award Agreement or other written agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, in the event that the employment of a Participant with the Company and its Affiliates (or the Participant’s service to the Company and its Affiliates) terminates for any reason, (i) all of the Participant’s SARs that were exercisable on the date of such termination of employment or service will remain exercisable for, and will otherwise terminate at the end of,

 

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a period of 90 days after the date of such termination, but in no event after the expiration date of the SARs, and (ii) all of the Participant’s SARs that were not exercisable on the date of such termination will be forfeited immediately; provided , however , that such SARs may become fully vested and exercisable in the discretion of the Committee.

(c) Prohibition on Repricing . Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.07 , without the prior approval of the stockholders of the Company: (i) the exercise price of a SAR may not be reduced, directly or indirectly, (ii) a SAR may not be cancelled in exchange for cash in an amount, or other Awards with a value, that exceeds the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock subject to the SAR at the time of the cancellation or exchange over the exercise price of such SAR, or for Options or SARs with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original SAR, except as permitted in accordance with Section 3.06, and (iii) the Company may not repurchase a SAR for value (in cash, substitutions, cash buyouts, or otherwise) from a Participant if the current Fair Market Value of the Stock underlying the SAR is lower than the exercise price of the SAR.

Section 2.04 Restricted Stock . The Committee may grant Awards of Restricted Stock to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:

(a) Restrictions . Shares of Restricted Stock will be subject to such restrictions on transferability, risk of forfeiture and other restrictions, if any, as the Committee may impose, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances (including based on achievement of performance goals or future service requirements), in such installments or otherwise, as the Committee may determine. During the restricted period applicable to the Restricted Stock, the Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, margined or otherwise encumbered by the Participant, except as permitted pursuant to Section 3.09.

(b) Rights as Stockholder . Upon the issuance of shares of Restricted Stock in the name of a Participant the Participant will have the rights of a stockholder with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock and will become the record holder of such shares, subject to the provisions of the Plan and the Award Agreement.

(c) Certificates for Stock . Restricted Stock granted under this Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may determine. If certificates representing Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, the Committee may require that such certificates bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, that the Company retain physical possession of the certificates, and that the Participant deliver a stock power to the Company, endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted Stock.

(d) Dividends and Splits . As a condition to the grant of an Award of Restricted Stock, the Committee may require or permit a Participant to elect that any cash dividends paid on a share of Restricted Stock be automatically reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock, applied to the purchase of additional Awards, or deferred without interest to the date of vesting of the associated Restricted Stock. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Stock distributed in connection with a stock split or stock dividend, and other property (other than cash) distributed as a dividend, will be subject to restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock with respect to which such Stock or other property has been distributed.

 

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Section 2.05 Restricted Stock Units . The Committee may at any time and from time to time grant Restricted Stock Units under the Plan to such Eligible Persons and in such amounts as it determines. Each Restricted Stock Unit will entitle the recipient to receive upon vesting one share of Stock from the Company or an amount of cash equal to the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee. Restricted Stock Units granted to a Participant will be subject to risk of forfeiture and other restrictions, if any, as the Committee may impose, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances (including based on achievement of performance goals or future service requirements), in such installments or otherwise, as the Committee may determine.

Section 2.06 Dividend Equivalent Rights . The Committee may grant Dividend Equivalent Rights to a Participant, entitling the Participant to receive cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property equal in value to dividends paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Stock. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be awarded on a free-standing basis or in connection with another Award, and may be subject to such restrictions on transferability and risks of forfeiture as the Committee may specify. The Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalent Rights will be paid or distributed when accrued or deemed reinvested in additional Stock, other Awards or other investment vehicles.

Section 2.07 Stock or Other Stock-Based Awards . The Committee is authorized, subject to the limitations under applicable law, to make such other Awards that are payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to shares of Stock, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan, including without limitation shares of Stock awarded purely as a “bonus” and not subject to any restrictions or conditions, convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Stock, and Awards valued by reference to the book value of shares of Stock. The Committee will determine the terms and conditions of such Awards.

Section 2.08 Performance Awards .

(a) Performance Conditions . The right of a Participant to exercise or receive a grant or settlement of any Award, and the timing thereof, may be subject to such performance conditions as may be specified by the Committee. The Committee may use such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any performance conditions, and may exercise its discretion to reduce or increase the amounts payable under any Award subject to performance conditions, except as limited under Section 2.08(b) .

(b) Performance Awards Granted to Covered Employees . If the Committee intends that a Performance Award to be granted to a Covered Person should qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of section 162(m) of the Code, the grant, exercise or settlement of such Performance Award will be contingent upon achievement of pre-established performance goals and other terms set forth in this Section 2.08(b) . Notwithstanding

 

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anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Company intends to rely on the transition relief set forth in Treasury Regulation § 1.162-27(f) and, as such, the deduction limitation imposed by section 162(m) of the Code will not apply to the Company until the earliest to occur of (i) the material modification of the Plan within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.162-27(h)(1)(iii), or (ii) the first meeting of the shareholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected that occurs after December 31, 2018 (the “ Section 162(m) Transition Period ”) and during the Section 162(m) Transition Period awards to Covered Employees will only be required to comply with the annual award limitations in Section 1.06 .

(i) Performance Goals Generally . The performance goals for such Performance Awards will consist of one or more business criteria and a targeted level or levels of performance with respect to each of such criteria, as specified by the Committee consistent with this Section 2.08(b) . Performance goals will be objective and will be designed to meet the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee may determine that such Performance Awards will be granted, exercised, or settled upon achievement of any one or more performance goals.

(A) Performance Goals . One or more of the following business criteria will be used by the Committee in establishing performance goals for such Performance Awards: (1) earnings per share, (2) increase in revenues, (3) increase in cash flow, (4) increase in cash flow from operations, (5) increase in cash flow return, (6) return on net assets, (7) return on assets, (8) return on investment,(9) return on capital, (10) return on equity, (11) economic value added, (12) operating margin, (13) contribution margin, (14) net income, (15) net income per share, (16) pretax earnings, (17) pretax earnings before interest, (18) depreciation and amortization, (19) pretax operating earnings after interest expense and before incentives, service fees, and extraordinary or special items, (20) total stockholder return, (21) debt reduction, (22) market share, (23) change in the fair market value of Stock, (24) operating income, (25) amount of oil and natural gas reserves, (26) oil and natural gas reserve additions, (27) cost of finding oil and natural gas reserves, (28) oil and natural gas reserve replacement ratios, (29) oil and natural gas production amounts, (30) oil and natural gas production sales amounts, (31) safety targets, and (32) regulatory compliance. Such performance goals may be measured on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) or non-GAAP basis, and be based solely by reference to the performance of the Company as a whole or any subsidiary, division, business segment or business unit of the Company, or any combination thereof or based upon the relative performance of other companies or upon comparisons of any of the indicators of performance relative to a peer group of other companies. Unless otherwise stated in an Award Agreement a performance goal need not be based on an increase or positive result under a particular business criterion and could include, for example, maintaining the status quo or limiting economic losses (measured, in each case, by reference to specific business criteria).

(B) Adjustments to Performance Goals . The Committee may provide that one or more objectively determinable adjustments will be made to one or more of the performance goals. Such adjustments may include one or more of the following: (1) items related to a change in accounting principle; (2) items relating to financing activities; (3) expenses for restructuring or productivity initiatives; (4) other non-operating items; (5) items related to acquisitions; (6) items attributable to the business operations of any entity acquired by the Company during the applicable performance period; (7) items related to the disposal of a

 

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business or segment of a business; (8) asset write downs; (9) items related to discontinued operations that do not qualify as a segment of a business under applicable accounting standards; (10) items attributable to any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of stock occurring during the applicable performance period; (11) any other items of significant income or expense which are determined to be appropriate adjustments; (12) items relating to unusual or extraordinary corporate transactions, events or developments, (13) items related to amortization of acquired intangible assets; (14) items that are outside the scope of the Company’s core, on-going business activities; (15) items relating to changes in tax laws; (16) items relating to major licensing or partnership arrangements; (17) items relating to asset impairment charges; (18) items relating to gains or losses for litigation, arbitration and contractual settlements; or (19) items relating to any other unusual or nonrecurring events or changes in applicable law, accounting principles or business conditions identified by the Committee.

(ii) Performance Period; Timing for Establishing Performance Goals . Achievement of performance goals in respect of such Performance Awards will be measured over a performance period of up to ten years, as specified by the Committee. Performance goals will be established not later than 90 days after the beginning of any performance period, or at such other date as may be required or permitted for “performance-based compensation” under section 162(m) of the Code.

(iii) Performance Award Pool . The Committee may establish a Performance Award pool, which will be an unfunded pool, for purposes of measuring performance of the Company in connection with Performance Awards. The amount of such Performance Award pool will be based upon the achievement of a performance goal or goals based on one or more of the criteria set forth in Section 2.08(b)(i) hereof during the given performance period, as specified by the Committee in accordance with Section 2.08(b)(ii) hereof. The Committee may specify the amount of the Performance Award pool as a percentage of any of such criteria, a percentage thereof in excess of a threshold amount, or as another amount which need not bear a strictly mathematical relationship to such criteria.

(iv) Settlement of Performance Awards; Other Terms . After the end of each performance period, the Committee will determine the amount, if any, of (A) the Performance Award pool and the maximum amount of the potential Performance Award payable to each Participant in the Performance Award pool, or (B) the amount of the potential Performance Award otherwise payable to each Participant. Settlement of such Performance Awards will be in cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, in the discretion of the Committee. The Committee may reduce the amount of any settlement otherwise to be made in connection with such Performance Awards, but may not increase any such amount payable to a Covered Employee in respect of a Performance Award subject to this Section 2.08(b) . The Committee will specify the circumstances in which such Performance Awards will be paid or forfeited in the event of a Participant’s termination of employment before the end of a performance period or settlement date.

(c) Written Determinations . All determinations by the Committee as to the establishment of performance goals, the amount of any Performance Award pool or potential individual Performance Awards, or the achievement of performance goals relating to Performance Awards under Section 2.08(b) , will be made in writing in the case of any Award intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee may not delegate any responsibility relating to such Performance Awards.

 

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ARTICLE III

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS

Section 3.01 Term of Awards . Except as specified herein, the term of each Award will be for such period as may be determined by the Committee; provided , however , that in no event will the term of any Option or SAR exceed a period of ten years (or such shorter term as may be required in respect of an ISO under section 422 of the Code).

Section 3.02 Forfeiture Events . Awards under the Plan are subject to any compensation recoupment policy that the Company may adopt from time to time that is applicable by its terms to the Participant. In addition, the Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award will be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events may include, but will not be limited to, (i) termination of employment or service for cause, (ii) violation of a material policy of the Company or an Affiliate, (iii) breach of noncompetition, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant, (iv) other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company or an Affiliate, or (v) a later determination that the vesting of, or amount realized from, a Performance Award was based on materially inaccurate financial statements or any other materially inaccurate performance metric criteria, whether or not the Participant caused or contributed to such material inaccuracy. The Company will seek to recover any Award as required by the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or any other “clawback” provision required by law or exchange listing standards.

Section 3.03 No Rights as a Stockholder . No Participant (or other person having rights pursuant to an Award) will have any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to shares of Stock subject to an Award until the delivery of such shares. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.07 , no adjustments will be made for dividends or distributions (whether ordinary or extraordinary, and whether in cash, shares of Stock, other securities or other property) on, or other events relating to, shares of Stock subject to an Award for which the record date is before the date such shares of Stock are delivered.

Section 3.04 Form and Timing of Payment under Awards; Deferrals . Subject to the terms of this Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, payments to be made by the Company or a subsidiary upon the exercise of an Option or SAR or settlement of any other Award may be made in such forms as the Committee may determine, including without limitation cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis; provided , however , that any such deferred payment will be set forth in the Award Agreement or otherwise made in a manner that will not result in additional taxes under section 409A of the Code. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Committee may provide that the settlement of any Award be accelerated, and cash paid in lieu of Stock in connection with such settlement or upon occurrence of one or more specified events (in addition

 

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to a Change of Control). Installment or deferred payments may be required by the Committee (subject to Section 3.11 , including the consent provisions thereof in the case of any deferral of an outstanding Award not provided for in the existing Award Agreement) or permitted at the election of the Participant on terms and conditions established by the Committee and in compliance with the requirements of section 409A of the Code.

Section 3.05 Existence of Plans and Awards . The existence of this Plan and the Awards granted hereunder will not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of stock or of options, warrants or rights to purchase stock or of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks where rights are superior to or affect the Stock or the rights thereof or which are convertible into or exchangeable for Stock, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or any part of its assets or business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

Section 3.06 Change of Control .

(a) General . Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, in connection with a Change of Control the Committee may, acting in its sole discretion and without the consent of any holder of an Award, accelerate the vesting, delivery or exercisability of, or the lapse of restrictions or deemed satisfaction of performance goals with respect to, any Award. The exercise of the Committee’s discretion under the preceding sentence may vary among individual holders and may vary among Awards. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement and except as otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event of a merger, consolidation, mandatory share exchange or other similar business combination of the Company with or into any other entity (“successor entity”) or any transaction in which another person or entity acquires all of the issued and outstanding Stock, or all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, outstanding Awards may be assumed or a substantially equivalent Award may be substituted by such successor entity or a parent or subsidiary of such successor entity, and such an assumption or substitution will not be deemed to violate this Plan (including, without limitation, Section 2.02(f) or Section 2.03(c) ), or any provision of any Award Agreement.

(b) Options and SARs . Upon a Change of Control described in Section 1.02(g)(iii) or (iv) (a “ Covered Transaction ”), the Committee, acting in its sole discretion, may:

(i) Terminate and cancel any outstanding and unexercised Option or SAR, immediately following which all rights of the holder thereunder will terminate, provided that no Option or SAR may be terminated and canceled without the consent of the holder before the expiration of ten (10) days following the later of date on which the Option or SAR is exercisable or the date on which the holder receives written notice of the Covered Transaction; or

 

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(ii) Require the mandatory surrender to the Company any outstanding and unexercised Option or SAR (irrespective of whether such Option or SAR is then exercisable) at, preceding or following the time of the Covered Transaction, upon which surrender the Committee will cancel such Option or SAR and pay to the holder an amount of cash (or other consideration including securities or other property) per share equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock subject to the Option or SAR immediately prior to the Covered Transaction (the “ Change of Control Price ”) over the exercise price of such Option or SAR, provided, that, if the exercise price equals or exceeds the Change of Control Price no amount will be payable upon surrender of the Option or SAR.

(c) Dissolution or Liquidation . To the extent not previously exercised, settled or assumed, Options, SARs and Performance Awards shall terminate immediately prior to the dissolution or liquidation of the Company.

Section 3.07 Adjustments . The Committee may adjust the number of shares of Stock authorized pursuant to Section 1.04(a) and will adjust (including, without limitation, by payment of cash) the terms of any Awards (including, without limitation, the number of shares of Stock covered by each Award, the type of property to which the Award relates and the exercise price of any Award), in such manner as it deems appropriate to prevent the enlargement or dilution of rights, for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Stock (or issuance of shares of stock other than shares of Stock) resulting from a recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, spinoff, splitup, combination, reclassification or exchange of shares of Stock, merger, consolidation, rights offering, separation, reorganization or any other change in the corporate structure or event, the Committee determines affects the capitalization of the Company; provided, however, that no such adjustment will be required if the Committee determines that such action would cause an Award to fail to satisfy the conditions of an applicable exception from the requirements of Section 409A or otherwise would subject a Participant to an additional tax imposed under Section 409A in respect of an Award. After any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3.06, the number of shares of Stock subject to each outstanding Award will be rounded down to the nearest whole number as determined by the Committee.

Section 3.08 Substitute Awards . The Committee may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for stock and stock-based awards held by employees of another entity who become employees of the Company or an Affiliate as a result of a merger or consolidation of the former employing entity with the Company or a Subsidiary or the acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of property or stock of the former employing entity. The Committee may direct that the substitute awards be made on such terms and conditions as the Committee determines appropriate in the circumstances.

Section 3.09 Transferability of Awards . No Award (or any rights and obligations thereunder) may be sold, exchanged, transferred or assigned, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and all such Awards (and any rights thereunder) will be exercisable during the life of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Committee may permit, under such terms and conditions that it deems appropriate in its sole discretion, (a) that a Participant may transfer an Award in whole or in part without payment of consideration to a member of the Participant’s immediate family, to a trust established for the benefit of a member of the Participant’s immediate family, or to a partnership whose only

 

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partners are members of the Participant’s immediate family, or (b) that except as prohibited by Rule 16b-3, a Participant may transfer all or a portion of an Award to a person for which the Participant is entitled to a deduction for a “charitable contribution” under section 170(a)(i) of the Code, provided in either case that no further transfer by such permitted transferee will be permitted, and provided further that the exercise of the Award remains the power and responsibility of the Participant or his or her legal representative. Any sale, exchange, transfer or assignment violation of the provisions of this Section 3.09 will be null and void. All of the terms and conditions of this Plan and the Award Agreements will be binding upon any permitted successors and assigns.

Section 3.10 Taxes . As a condition to the delivery of any shares Stock, other property or cash pursuant to any Award or the lifting or lapse of restrictions on any Award, or in connection with any other event that gives rise to a Federal or other governmental tax withholding obligation on the part of the Company or an Affiliate relating to an Award (including, without limitation, FICA tax), (a) the Company or Affiliate may deduct or withhold (or cause to be deducted or withheld) from any payment or distribution to the Participant, whether or not pursuant to the Plan, (b) the Committee will be entitled to require that the Participant remit cash to the Company or Affiliate (through payroll deduction or otherwise) or (c) the Company or Affiliate may enter into any other suitable arrangements to withhold, in each case in an amount sufficient in the opinion of the Company or Affiliate to satisfy such withholding obligation. If the event giving rise to the withholding obligation involves a transfer of shares of Stock, then, at the discretion of the Committee, the Participant may satisfy the withholding obligation by electing to have the Company withhold shares of Stock (which withholding, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, will be at a rate not in excess of the statutory minimum rate) or by tendering previously owned shares of Stock, in each case having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of tax to be withheld (or by any other mechanism as may be required or appropriate to conform with local tax and other rules). The Company and any Affiliate is authorized to withhold from any Award granted, or any payment relating to an Award under this Plan, including from a distribution of Stock, amounts of withholding and other taxes due or potentially payable in connection with any transaction involving an Award, and to take such other action as the Committee may deem advisable to enable the Company and Participants to satisfy obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to any Award. This authority includes, without limitation, the authority to withhold or receive Stock or other property and to make cash payments in respect thereof in satisfaction of a Participant’s tax obligations, either on a mandatory or elective basis.

Section 3.11 Amendment, Modification and Termination . The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate this Plan or the Committee’s authority to grant Awards under this Plan without the consent of the Company’s stockholders; provided , however , that if an amendment to the Plan would, in the reasonable opinion of the Board, (i) increase the number of shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan, (ii) expand the types of Awards under the Plan, (iii) materially expand the class of individuals eligible to participate in the Plan, (iv) materially extend the term of the Plan, or (v) otherwise constitute a material change requirement stockholder approval under applicable laws, policies or regulations or the applicable listing or other requirements of the national securities exchange on which the shares of Stock are then listed, then such amendment will be subject to stockholder approval; and provided further , that the Board may condition any other amendment or modification on the approval of the Company’s stockholders for any reason. No Board action under this Section 3.11 may materially and adversely affect the rights of a Participant under any outstanding Award held by such Participant immediately prior to the effective time of such Board action.

 

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Section 3.12 Correction of Errors . Notwithstanding anything in this Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, the Committee may amend an Award, to take effective retroactively or otherwise, as deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of correcting errors occurring in connection with the grant or documentation of an Award, including rescinding an Award erroneously granted, including, but not limited to, an Award erroneously granted to an individual who does not qualify as an Eligible Person on the date of grant of the Award. By accepting an Award under the Plan, each Participant agrees to any amendment made pursuant to this Section 3.12 to any Award made under the Plan without further consideration or action.

Section 3.13 Limitation on Rights Conferred under Plan . Neither this Plan nor any action taken hereunder may be construed as (i) giving any Eligible Person or Participant the right to continue as an Eligible Person or Participant or in the employ or service of the Company or an Affiliate, (ii) interfering in any way with the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate any Eligible Person’s or Participant’s employment or service relationship at any time, (iii) giving an Eligible Person or Participant any claim to be granted any Award under this Plan or to be treated uniformly with other Participants or employees or other service providers, or (iv) conferring on a Participant any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company unless and until the Participant is duly issued or transferred shares of Stock in accordance with the terms of an Award Agreement and the Plan.

Section 3.14 Unfunded Status of Awards . This Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan and nothing in the Plan or any Award Agreement will give the Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company. The Plan will not constitute an “employee benefit plan” for purposes of section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Section 3.15 Nonexclusivity of this Plan . Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor its submission to the stockholders of the Company for approval may be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or a committee thereof to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including incentive arrangements and awards which do not qualify under section 162(m) of the Code. Nothing contained in this Plan may be construed to prevent the Company or an Affiliate from taking any corporate action which is deemed by the Company or such Affiliate to be appropriate or in its best interest, whether or not such action would have an adverse effect on this Plan or any Award made under this Plan. No employee, beneficiary or other person will have any claim against the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of any such action.

Section 3.16 Fractional Shares . No fractional shares of Stock will be issued or delivered pursuant to this Plan or any Award. The Committee may determine whether cash, other Awards or other property will be issued or paid in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any rights thereto will be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

 

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Section 3.17 Severability . If any provision of this Plan is held to be illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity will not affect the remaining provisions hereof, but such provision will be fully severable and the Plan will be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein. If any of the terms or provisions of this Plan or any Award agreement conflict with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 (as those terms or provisions are applied to Eligible Persons who are subject to section 16(b) of the Exchange Act) or section 422 of the Code (with respect to Incentive Stock Options), then those conflicting terms or provisions will be deemed inoperative to the extent they so conflict with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 (unless the Board or the Committee, as appropriate, has expressly determined that the Plan or such Award should not comply with Rule 16b-3) or section 422 of the Code.

Section 3.18 Governing Law . All questions arising with respect to the provisions of the Plan and Awards shall be determined by application of the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any conflict of law provisions thereof, except to the extent Delaware law is preempted by federal law. The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver Stock hereunder is subject to applicable federal and state laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Stock.

Section 3.19 Conditions to Delivery of Stock . Nothing herein or in any Award granted hereunder or any Award agreement will require the Company to issue any shares with respect to any Award if that issuance would, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, constitute a violation of the Securities Act or any similar or superseding statute or statutes, any other applicable statute or regulation, or the rules of any applicable securities exchange or securities association, as then in effect.

Section 3.20 Special Provisions Related Section 409A of the Code . It is intended that the payments and benefits provided under the Plan and any Award will either be exempt from the application of, or comply with, the requirements of section 409A of the Code. The Plan and all Award Agreements will be construed in a manner that effects such intent. Nevertheless, the tax treatment of the benefits provided under the Plan or any Award is not warranted or guaranteed. Neither the Company, its Affiliates, nor their respective directors, officers, employees or advisers (other than in his or her capacity as a Participant) will be held liable for any taxes, interest, penalties or other amounts owed by any Participant or other taxpayer as a result of the Plan or any Award.

Section 3.21 Plan Establishment and Term . This Plan was adopted by the Board approved by the Company’s stockholders on June 6, 2014. Awards may be granted under this Plan no earlier than the Effective Date specified in Section 1.02(l) , and no Awards may be granted under this Plan on or after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

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