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): April 27, 2017

 

 

ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-37712   47-5500436

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

16200 Park Row, Suite 300

Houston, Texas, 77084

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(281) 675-3400

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)

 

(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:

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

  Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 


Introductory Note

On April 27, 2017 (the “ Closing Date ”), Rosehill Resources Inc. (formerly known as “KLR Energy Acquisition Corp.”) (the “ Company ” or “ KLRE ”) consummated the previously announced business combination (the “ Business Combination ”) pursuant to that certain Business Combination Agreement (the “ Business Combination Agreement ”) dated as of December 20, 2016 by and between KLRE and Tema Oil and Gas Company (“ Tema ”). Subject to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and the adjustments set forth therein, we acquired a portion of the equity of Rosehill Operating Company, LLC (“ Rosehill Operating ”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tema, to which Tema contributed and transferred a portion of its assets and liabilities, for (i) the contribution to Rosehill Operating by us of $35.0 million in cash (the “ Cash Consideration ”) and for the issuance to Rosehill Operating by us of 29,807,692 shares of our newly created Class B common stock (subject to certain adjustments as set out in the Business Combination Agreement) (which cash and shares of Class B common stock were immediately distributed by Rosehill Operating to Tema), (ii) the assumption by Rosehill Operating of $55.0 million in Tema indebtedness (the “ Tema Liabilities ”) and (iii) the contribution to Rosehill Operating by us of the remaining cash proceeds of our initial public offering (“ IPO ”). In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, (a) we issued to Rosehill Operating 4,000,000 warrants exercisable for shares of Class A common stock (the “ Tema warrants ”) in exchange for 4,000,000 warrants exercisable for Rosehill Operating Common Units (such class of warrants, the “ Rosehill warrants ”) and (b) the Tema warrants and the Cash Consideration were immediately distributed to Tema. In addition, we contributed proceeds from the issuance of 75,000 shares of 8% Series A preferred stock, common stock and 5,000,000 warrants of the Company (the “ PIPE Investment ”) concurrent with the Business Combination to Rosehill Operating in exchange for Rosehill Operating Series A preferred units and additional Rosehill warrants. The material provisions of the Business Combination Agreement, the Business Combination and transactions related thereto are described in KLRE’s Proxy Statement dated April 12, 2017 (the “ Proxy Statement ”) relating to the special meeting of KLRE’s stockholders held on April 26, 2017 (the “ Special Meeting ”), which is incorporated by reference herein.

In connection with the closing of the Business Combination (the “ Closing ”), the Company changed its name from “KLR Energy Acquisition Corp.” to “Rosehill Resources Inc.” Unless the context otherwise requires, when used in this Current Report on Form 8-K,“KLRE” refers to the registrant prior to the Closing, and “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refer to the registrant and its subsidiaries following the Closing.

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Tax Receivable Agreement

On April 27, 2017, in connection with the Closing, KLRE entered into that certain Tax Receivable Agreement (the “ Tax Receivable Agreement ”) with Tema. The Tax Receivable Agreement generally provides for the payment by the Company to Tema of 90% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that the Company actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods after the Closing as a result of: (i) any tax basis increases in the assets of Rosehill Operating resulting from the distribution to Tema of the Cash Consideration, the shares of Class B common stock and the warrants and the assumption of the Tema Liabilities in connection with the Business Combination, (ii) the tax basis increases in the assets of Rosehill Operating resulting from the redemption by Rosehill Operating or the exchange by the Company, as applicable, of the membership interests in Rosehill Operating (the “ Rosehill Operating Common Units ”) for Class A common stock or cash, as applicable, and (iii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by the Company as a result of, and additional tax basis arising from, payments it makes under the Tax Receivable Agreement. The Tax Receivable Agreement also provides that, until 36 months from the Closing Date (the “ Protection Period ”), for so long as Tema beneficially holds at least 20% of the total issued and outstanding equity of Rosehill Operating (excluding Tema’s beneficial ownership of Rosehill Operating through Tema’s ownership of Class A common stock of the Company), the Company shall not cause Rosehill Operating to sell, exchange or dispose of Contributed Assets (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) in any 12-month period during the Protection Period if, following such disposition, the cumulative aggregate amount realized (as that term is defined in Section 1001 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) from all dispositions of Contributed Assets during such 12-month period would be in excess of $40 million, without the consent of Tema, which consent may be granted or withheld in Tema’s sole discretion. The Company shall provide notice to Tema of any proposed disposition of Contributed Assets which would have an amount realized in excess of $20 million and the material terms of such disposition no later than 15 business days prior to the proposed disposition. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the amount and timing of future

 

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redemptions of Rosehill Operating Common Units by Tema, it is uncertain as to when payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement will commence. However, it is expected that payments will continue to be made under the Tax Receivable Agreement for 15 years after the date of the last exchange of the Rosehill Operating Common Units by Tema.

The foregoing description of the Tax Receivable Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Tax Receivable Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rosehill Operating

At the Closing, KLRE and Tema entered into that certain First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rosehill Operating (the “ A&R LLC Agreement ”). Following the Closing, we will operate our business through Rosehill Operating and its subsidiaries. The operations of Rosehill Operating, and the rights and obligations of the holders of the Rosehill Operating Common Units, are set forth in the A&R LLC Agreement.

Appointment as Managing Member.   Under the A&R LLC Agreement, we are a member and the sole managing member of Rosehill Operating. As the sole managing member, we control all of the day-to-day business affairs and decision-making of Rosehill Operating without the approval of any other member, unless otherwise stated in the A&R LLC Agreement. As such, we, through our officers and directors, are responsible for all operational and administrative decisions of Rosehill Operating and the day-to-day management of Rosehill Operating’s business.

Compensation.   We are not entitled to compensation for our services as managing member. We are entitled to reimbursement by Rosehill Operating for any costs, fees or expenses incurred on behalf of Rosehill Operating (including costs of securities offerings not borne directly by members, board of directors compensation and meeting costs, cost of periodic reports to its stockholders, litigation costs and damages arising from litigation, accounting and legal costs);  provided  that we will not be reimbursed for any of our income tax obligations.

Distributions . The A&R LLC Agreement requires Rosehill Operating to make a corresponding cash distribution to the Company at any time a dividend is to be paid by us to the holders of our Series A Preferred Stock. The A&R LLC Agreement allows for distributions to be made by Rosehill Operating to its members on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of Rosehill Operating Common Units owned by each member out of funds legally available therefor. We expect Rosehill Operating may make distributions out of distributable cash periodically to the extent permitted by the debt agreements of Rosehill Operating and necessary to enable us to cover our operating expenses and other obligations, as well as to make dividend payments, if any, to the holders of our Class A common stock. In addition, the A&R LLC Agreement generally requires Rosehill Operating to make pro rata distributions to its members, including us, in an amount at least sufficient to allow us to (i) pay our taxes and (ii) satisfy our obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement.

Rosehill Operating Common Unit Redemption Right.  The A&R LLC Agreement provides Tema with a redemption right, which entitles Tema to cause Rosehill Operating to redeem, from time to time, all or a portion of its Rosehill Operating Common Units (and a corresponding number of shares of Class B common stock) for, at Rosehill Operating’s option, newly-issued shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis or a cash payment equal to the average of the volume-weighted closing price of one share of Class A common stock for the twenty trading days prior to the date Tema delivers a notice of redemption for each Rosehill Operating Common Unit redeemed (subject to customary adjustments, including for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications). In the event of a “Reclassification Event” (as defined in the A&R LLC Agreement), the managing member is to ensure that each Rosehill Operating Common Unit (and a corresponding share of Class B common stock) is redeemable for the same amount and type of property, securities or cash that a share of Class A common stock becomes exchangeable for or converted into as a result of such “Reclassification Event.” Upon the exercise of the redemption right, Tema will surrender its Rosehill Operating Common Units (and a corresponding number of shares of Class B common stock) to Rosehill Operating and (i) Rosehill Operating shall cancel such Rosehill Operating Common Units and issue to the Company a number of Rosehill Operating Common Units equal to the number of surrendered Rosehill Operating Common Units and (ii) the Company shall cancel the surrendered shares of Class B common stock. The A&R LLC Agreement requires that we contribute cash or shares of our Class A common stock to Rosehill Operating in exchange for the issuance to the Company described in clause (i). Rosehill Operating will

 

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then distribute such cash or shares of our Class A common stock to Tema to complete the redemption. Upon the exercise of the redemption right, we may, at our option, effect a direct exchange of cash or our Class A common stock for such Rosehill Operating Common Units in lieu of such a redemption.

Maintenance of One-to-One Ratios . The A&R LLC Agreement includes provisions intended to ensure that we at all times maintain a one-to-one ratio between (a) (i) the number of outstanding shares of Class A common stock and (ii) the number of Rosehill Operating Common Units owned by the Company (subject to certain exceptions for certain rights to purchase equity securities of the Company under a “poison pill” or similar shareholder rights plan, if any, certain convertible or exchangeable securities issued under the Company’s equity compensation plans and certain equity securities issued pursuant to the Company’s equity compensation plans (other than a stock option plan) that are restricted or have not vested thereunder) and (b) (i) the number of other outstanding equity securities of the Company (including the Series A Preferred Stock and the warrants) and (ii) the number of corresponding outstanding equity securities of Rosehill Operating. These provisions are intended to result in Tema having a voting interest in the Company that is identical to Tema’s economic interest in Rosehill Operating.

Transfer Restrictions . The A&R LLC Agreement generally does not permit transfers of Rosehill Operating Common Units by members, subject to limited exceptions. Any transferee of Rosehill Operating Common Units must, among other things, assume by written agreement all of the obligations of a transferring member with respect to the transferred units.

Dissolution . The A&R LLC Agreement provides that Rosehill Operating shall dissolve upon the earlier of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Rosehill Operating or upon the determination of the managing member. Upon a dissolution event, the proceeds of a liquidation will be distributed in the following order: (i) first, to pay the expenses of winding up Rosehill Operating; (ii) second, to pay debts and liabilities owed to creditors of Rosehill Operating; and (iii) third, to set up cash reserves which the managing member reasonably deems necessary for contingent or unforeseen liabilities or certain future payments and (iv) fourth, (A) to the holders of Series A preferred units pursuant to the terms of such securities and (B) then to the members pro-rata in accordance with their respective relative ownership of Rosehill Operating Common Units.

Indemnification and Fiduciary Duties.  The A&R LLC Agreement provides for indemnification of the managing member, members and officers of Rosehill Operating and their respective subsidiaries or affiliates and provides that, except as otherwise provided therein, we, as the managing member of Rosehill Operating, have the same fiduciary duties to Rosehill Operating and its members as are owed to a corporation organized under Delaware law and its stockholders by its directors.

A copy of the A&R LLC Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the A&R LLC Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

Gathering Agreements

At the Closing, Rosehill Operating entered into certain crude oil gathering and gas gathering agreements with Gateway Gathering and Marketing Company (“ Gateway ”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rosemore, Inc., pursuant to which Gateway will receive, gather, store, treat, and redeliver crude oil and gas production from receipt points within certain production areas located in Loving County, Texas that are exclusively dedicated by Rosehill Operating to Gateway, at certain delivery points for downstream transportation. Each gathering agreement has a term of 10 years that automatically renews on a year-to-year basis until terminated by either party pursuant to the agreements. Rosehill Operating will pay Gateway a fee for such services set forth in the gathering agreements. Gateway provided the same services to Tema in the same dedicated area before the Business Combination.

Copies of the crude oil gathering agreement and gas gathering agreement are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.6 and 10.7 and are incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing descriptions of each of the crude oil gathering agreement and gas gathering agreement are qualified in their entirety by references thereto.

 

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Indemnification Agreements

Effective as of the Closing, we entered into indemnification agreements with certain of our directors and executive officers. Each indemnification agreement provides that, subject to limited exceptions, and among other things, we will indemnify the director or executive officer to the fullest extent permitted by law for claims arising in his or her capacity as our director or officer.

A copy of a form indemnification agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the indemnification agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

Credit Agreement

On April 27, 2017, Rosehill Operating and PNC Bank, National Association (as lender, Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank), and each of the lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “ Lenders ”) entered into a Credit Agreement (the “ Credit Agreement ”).

Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, Rosehill Operating has a revolving line of credit and a letter of credit facility of up to $250 million, subject to a borrowing base that is determined semi-annually by the Lenders based upon Rosehill Operating’s financial statements and the estimated value of its oil and gas properties, in accordance with the Lenders’ customary practices for oil and gas loans. Rosehill Operating and the Lenders may each request an additional redetermination of the borrowing base once between two successive scheduled redeterminations. The borrowing base will be automatically reduced upon the issuance or incurrence of debt under senior unsecured notes or upon Rosehill Operating’s or any of its subsidiary’s disposition of properties or liquidation of hedges in excess of certain thresholds. Amounts borrowed under the Credit Agreement may not exceed the borrowing base. Rosehill Operating’s initial borrowing base is $55 million, which may be increased with the consent of all lenders. The senior secured revolving credit facility also does not permit Rosehill Operating to borrow funds if at the time of such borrowing, Rosehill Operating is not in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants. Additionally, Rosehill Operating’s borrowing base may be reduced in connection with the subsequent redetermination of the borrowing base. The amounts outstanding under the senior secured revolving credit facility are secured by first priority liens on substantially all of Rosehill Operating’s oil and natural gas properties and associated assets and all of the stock of Rosehill Operating’s material operating subsidiaries that are guarantors of the senior secured revolving credit facility. If an event of default occurs under the senior secured revolving credit facility, PNC Bank, National Association will have the right to proceed against the pledged capital stock and take control of substantially all of Rosehill Operating and Rosehill Operating’s material operating subsidiaries that are guarantors’ assets.

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement will bear interest at a base rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.00% to 2.00% or at LIBOR plus an applicable margin ranging from 2.00% to 3.00%. The Credit Agreement will mature on April 27, 2022.

The Credit Agreement contains various affirmative and negative covenants. These negative covenants may limit Rosehill Operating’s ability to, among other things: incur additional indebtedness; make loans to others; make investments; enter into mergers; make or declare dividends or distributions; enter into commodity hedges exceeding a specified percentage of Rosehill Operating’s expected production; enter into interest rate hedges exceeding a specified percentage of Rosehill Operating’s outstanding indebtedness; incur liens; sell assets; and engage in certain other transactions without the prior consent of PNC Bank, National Association and/or lenders.

The Credit Agreement also requires Rosehill Operating to maintain the following financial ratios: (1) a working capital ratio, which is the ratio of consolidated current assets (including unused commitments under the Credit Agreement, but excluding non-cash assets) to consolidated current liabilities (excluding non-cash obligations, reclamation obligations to the extent classified as current liabilities and current maturities under the Credit Agreement), of not less than 1.0 to 1.0, and (2) a leverage ratio, which is the ratio of the sum of all of Rosehill Operating’s Total Funded Debt to EBITDAX (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement) for the four fiscal quarters then ended, of not greater than 4.00 to 1.00.

 

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The foregoing summary of the Credit Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Credit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.8 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.02. Termination of Material Definitive Agreement.

Registration Rights Agreement

Effective as of the Closing, the parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement (the “ Prior RRA ”), dated March 10, 2016, by and among KLRE, KLR Energy Sponsor, LLC (the “ Sponsor ”) and the other parties named therein, agreed to terminate the Prior RRA and their rights and obligations thereunder.

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

The disclosure set forth under “Introductory Note” above is incorporated in this Item 2.01 by reference. The material provisions of the Business Combination Agreement are described in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Proposal No. 1—Approval of the Business Combination,” which is incorporated by reference herein.

The Business Combination was approved by KLRE’s stockholders at the Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting, 8,858,525 shares of KLRE common stock were voted in favor of the proposal to approve the Business Combination, 1,026,003 shares of KLRE common stock were voted against that proposal, and holders of 3,826 shares abstained from voting on the proposal. In connection with the Closing, the Company redeemed a total of 5,804,404 shares of its Class A common stock pursuant to the terms of KLRE’s Charter, resulting in a total payment to redeeming stockholders of $60.5 million.

In connection with the Business Combination: we acquired a portion of the equity of Rosehill Operating, to which Tema contributed and transferred a portion of its assets and liabilities, for (i) the contribution to Rosehill Operating by us of the Cash Consideration and for the issuance to Rosehill Operating by us of 29,807,692 shares of our newly created Class B common stock (which cash and shares of Class B common stock were immediately distributed by Rosehill Operating to Tema), (ii) the assumption by Rosehill Operating of the Tema Liabilities and (iii) the contribution to Rosehill Operating by us of the remaining cash proceeds of our IPO. In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, (i) we issued to Rosehill Operating the Tema warrants in exchange for the Rosehill warrants and (ii) the Tema warrants and the Cash Consideration were immediately distributed to Tema. In addition, we contributed the net proceeds from the PIPE Investment concurrent with the Business Combination to Rosehill Operating in exchange for Rosehill Operating Series A preferred units and additional Rosehill warrants. Immediately following the completion of the Business Combination, we owned approximately 16% of Rosehill Operating’s common equity and Tema owned the remaining 84%. After giving effect to the conversion of the Series A preferred units into Rosehill Operating Common Units, we would own approximately 32% of Rosehill Operating’s common equity and Tema would own the remaining 68%.

Immediately following the completion of the Business Combination, the Company’s outstanding securities were as follows: (a) 5,856,579 shares of Class A common stock, (b) 29,807,692 shares of Class B common stock, (c) 25,594,158 warrants exercisable for 25,594,158 shares of Class A common stock and (d) 95,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock. As of the Closing Date and following the completion of the Business Combination, Tema owned 29,807,692 Rosehill Operating Common Units exchangeable on a one-for-one basis or a cash payment equal to the average of the volume-weighted closing price of one share of Class A common stock for the 20 trading days prior to the date Tema delivers a notice of redemption for each Rosehill Operating Common Unit redeemed (subject to customary adjustments, including for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications). Upon the exercise of the redemption right, Tema will surrender its Rosehill Operating Common Units (and a corresponding number of shares of Class B common stock) to Rosehill Operating and (i) Rosehill Operating shall cancel such Rosehill Operating Common Units and issue to the Company a number of Rosehill Operating Common Units equal to the number of surrendered Rosehill Operating Common Units and (ii) the Company shall cancel the surrendered shares of Class B common stock. The A&R LLC Agreement requires that we contribute cash or shares of our Class A common stock to Rosehill Operating in exchange for the issuance to the Company described in clause (i). Rosehill Operating will then distribute such cash or shares of our Class A common stock to Tema to complete the redemption. Upon the exercise of the redemption right, we may, at our option, effect a direct exchange of cash or our Class A common stock for such Rosehill Operating Common Units in lieu of such a redemption .

 

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Immediately following the completion of the Business Combination, the ownership interests of the Company’s stockholders were as follows:

 

  the public stockholders own 2,380,916 shares of our Class A common stock, representing a 40.6% economic interest and a 6.7% voting interest;

 

  the holders of Founder Shares (as defined below), including our Sponsor, current and former directors and officers, own 2,961,911 shares of our Class A common stock and our Sponsor owns 2,200 shares of Series A Preferred Stock , representing a 50.6% economic interest and a 8.3% voting interest;

 

  Tema owns 29,807,692 shares of Class B common stock and 4,000,000 warrants exercisable for shares of Class A common stock, representing a 0% economic interest and a 83.6% voting interest;

 

  Rosemore Inc. owns 750,000 warrants exercisable for shares of Class A common stock and Rosemore Holdings, Inc. owns 17,800 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, representing a 0% economic interest and 0% voting interest; and

 

  the PIPE Investors own 513,752 shares of Class A common stock, 75,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 5,000,000 warrants exercisable for shares of Class A common stock, representing a 8.8% economic interest and a 1.4% voting interest.

The ownership percentages with respect to the Company following the Business Combination take into account the shares of Class A common stock issued upon conversion of the Founder Shares, but do not take into account (i) warrants to purchase Class A common stock outstanding following the Business Combination, (ii) the issuance of any shares upon completion of the Business Combination under the Rosehill Resources Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan dated as of April 27 2017 (the “ LTIP ”) or (iii) the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock or Class B common stock into shares of Class A common stock. Share numbers and percentages may not foot due to rounding.

Prior to the Closing, KLRE was a shell company with no operations, formed as a vehicle to effect a business combination with one or more operating businesses. After the Closing, the Company became a holding company whose assets primarily consist of interests in Rosehill Operating. The following information is provided about the business of the Company reflecting the consummation of the Business Combination.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The Company makes forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K. These forward-looking statements relate to expectations for future financial performance, business strategies or expectations for our business. Specifically, forward-looking statements may include statements relating to:

 

  the benefits of the Business Combination;

 

  the future financial performance of the Company following the Business Combination;

 

  changes in Rosehill Operating’s reserves and future operating results;

 

  expansion plans and opportunities; and

 

  other statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “target” or similar expressions.

These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any subsequent date, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

 

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As a result of a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, our actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include:

 

  declines in oil, natural gas, and NGL prices;

 

  the occurrence of drilling failures, lower than expected production, and delays;

 

  the inability to access capital to expand production;

 

  the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Tema or the Company following the closing of the Business Combination and transactions contemplated thereby;

 

  the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of the post-combination company’s common stock on NASDAQ following the Business Combination;

 

  the risk that the Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the transactions described herein;

 

  costs related to the Business Combination;

 

  changes in applicable laws or regulations;

 

  the possibility that Tema or the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and

 

  other risks and uncertainties set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 46 of the Proxy Statement.

Business and Properties

The business of Rosehill Operating prior to the Business Combination is described in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Information About Rosehill Operating” beginning on page 212 of the Proxy Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference. The business of KLRE prior to the Business Combination is described in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Information About the Company” beginning on page 192 of the Proxy Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Risk Factors

The risk factors related to the Company’s business and operations are described in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 46, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Selected Historical Financial Information of Rosehill Operating

The selected historical financial information of Rosehill Operating for the three years ended December 31, 2016 is provided in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Selected Historical Financial Information of Rosehill Operating” beginning on page 41, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information

The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information of KLRE as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016 is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations of Rosehill Operating prior to the Business Combination is included in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Management’s

 

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Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Rosehill Operating” beginning on page 242, which is incorporated by reference herein. Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations of KLRE prior to the Business Combination is described in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “The Company’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” beginning on page 207, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth information known to the Company regarding ownership of shares of common stock of the Company as of April 28, 2017:

 

  each person who is the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s voting common stock;

 

  each of the Company’s current officers and executive directors; and

 

  all current officers and executive directors of the Company, as a group.

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days.

The percentages in the table below are based on 5,856,579 shares Class A common stock and 29,807,692 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding as of April 28, 2017. In calculating the percentages for a particular holder, we treated as outstanding the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of that particular holder’s warrants or conversion of that particular holder’s Series A Preferred Stock and did not assume exercise of any other holder’s warrants or conversion of any other holder’s Series A Preferred Stock.

Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of voting common stock beneficially owned by them.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owners (1)

   Class A Stock     Class B Stock     % of Total
Voting
Power
 
   Number of
Shares
     %     Number of
Shares
     %    

KLR Energy Sponsor, LLC (our Sponsor) (2)

     10,076,366        76.6     —          —         23.5

Gary C. Hanna (3)

     —          —         —          —         —    

Edward Kovalik (2)

     10,076,366        76.6     —          —         23.5

T.J. Thom

     140,000        2.4     —          —        

Frank Rosenberg

     —          —         —          —         —    

William Mayer

     —          —         —          —         —    

Harry Quarls

     —          —         —          —         —    

Francis Contino

     —          —         —          —         —    

J.A. (Alan) Townsend

     —          —         —          —         —    

Brian K. Ayers

     —          —         —          —         —    

R. Colby Williford

     —          —         —          —         —    

Rosemore, Inc. (4)

     36,105,518        86.0     29,807,692        100     86.0

K2 Principal Fund, L.P. (5)

     2,567,064        30.5       —          —         6.7

Anchorage (6)

     8,441,287        59.0       —          —         19.1

Geode Diversified Fund (7)

     2,107,704        26.5     —          —         5.6

All directors and executive officers as a group (10 individuals)

     10,253,578        76.8     —          —         23.7

 

* Less than one percent.
(1) Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the entities or individuals set forth in the table is c/o Rosehill Resources Inc., 16200 Park Row, Suite 300, Houston, Texas 77084.
(2)

Includes 7,113,150 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants and 191,304 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock. KLR Group Investments, LLC is the managing member of our Sponsor. Mr. Kovalik is the managing member of KLR Group Holdings, LLC, which owns

 

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  100% of KLR Group Investments, LLC, which is the managing member of KLR Energy Sponsor, LLC. Our Sponsor has entered into a Shareholders’ and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2016 (“the SHRRA ”) with Tema and other holders. Pursuant to the SHRRA, our Sponsor and Tema have agreed to, among other things, vote their shares of common stock to elect members of the Board of Directors of the Company as set forth therein. Because of the relationship between our Sponsor and Tema as a result of the SHRRA, our Sponsor may be deemed, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Act, to beneficially own the shares of common stock held by Tema. Our Sponsor disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock held by Tema.
(3) Mr. Hanna does not beneficially own any shares of our common stock. However, Mr. Hanna has a pecuniary interest in shares of our common stock through his ownership of membership interests of KLR Energy Sponsor, LLC.
(4) Rosemore, Inc.’s address is 1 North Charles Street, 22nd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201. Includes: (i) 29,807,692 shares of Class B common stock convertible into Class A common stock on a one-to-one basis held by Tema, (ii) 4,000,000 warrants to purchase Class A common stock held by Tema, (iii) 750,000 warrants to purchase Class A common stock held by Rosemore, Inc. and (iv) 17,800 shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by Rosemore Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rosemore, Inc. that are convertible into 1,547,826 shares of Class A common stock. Shares held by Tema and Rosemore Holdings, Inc. may be deemed beneficially owned by Rosemore, Inc., their sole parent. Tema’s address is 1 North Charles Street, 22nd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, and Rosemore Holdings, Inc.’s address is 7 St. Paul Street, Suite 820, Baltimore, MD 21202. Tema has entered into the SHRRA with our Sponsor and other holders. Pursuant to the SHRRA, our Sponsor and Tema have agreed to, among other things, vote their shares of common stock to elect members of the Board of Directors of the Company as set forth therein. Because of the relationship between our Sponsor and Tema as a result of the SHRRA, Tema may be deemed, pursuant to Rule 13d 3 under the Act, to beneficially own the shares of common stock held by our Sponsor. Tema disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock held by our Sponsor.
(5) Includes 1,165,848 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants and 869,565 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock. K2 Principal Fund, L.P.’s address is 2 Bloor St West, Suite 801, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3E2. The reported securities are owned directly by the K2 Principal Fund, L.P. (the “Fund”), and indirectly by: K2 GenPar L.P., the general partner of the Fund (the “GP”), K2 GenPar 2009 Inc., the general partner of the GP (“GenPar 2009”), Shawn Kimel Investments Inc., which owns 100% of the equity interests in GenPar 2009 (“SKI”), and Shawn Kimel, the sole owner of SKI. SKI owns 66.5% of the equity interests of K2 & Associates Investment Management Inc. (“K2 & Associates”). K2 & Associates is the investment manager of the Fund. Shawn Kimel, through his ownership of SKI and his being president of each of SKI, the GP, GenPar2009 and K2 & Associates, controls the voting and dispositive power for all of its shares of our common stock.
(6) Includes a total of 3,245,678 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants, including 1,570,759 shares issuable to Anchorage Illiquid Opportunities V, L.P. and 1,674,919 shares issuable to AIO V AIV 3 Holdings, L.P., and a total of 4,782,607 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, including 2,314,521 shares issuable to Anchorage Illiquid Opportunities V, L.P. and 2,468,086 shares issuable to AIO V AIV 3 Holdings, L.P. Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C. (“ACG”), an SEC-registered investment advisor, is the investment manager of each of Anchorage Illiquid Opportunities V, L.P. and AIO V AIV 3 Holdings, L.P. ACG’s address is 610 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10112. Anchorage Advisors Management, L.L.C. (“AAM”) is the sole managing member of ACG. Mr. Kevin Ulrich is the Chief Executive Officer of ACG and the senior managing member of AAM. ACG, AAM and Mr. Ulrich have indirect voting or investment power with respect to each of Anchorage Illiquid Opportunities V, L.P. and AIO V AIV 3 Holdings, L.P., but each of those entities or natural persons disclaims beneficial ownership in the registrable securities owned by each of Anchorage Illiquid Opportunities V, L.P. and AIO V AIV 3 Holdings, L.P..
(7) Includes 1,238,139 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants and 869,565 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Geode is a segregated account of Geode Capital Master Fund Ltd and is in the care of Geode Capital Management LP (“GCM LP”). GCM LP’s address is One Post Office Square, 20th Floor, Boston, MA 02109. GCM LP has the sole voting or investment power with respect to Geode.

Directors and Officers

The Company’s Charter provides for the classification of our board of directors into three separate classes, with each class serving a three-year term. At the Special Meeting, the stockholders elected seven directors to our board of directors, with each Class I director having a term that expires at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2018, each Class II director having a term that expires at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2019 and each Class III director having a term that expires at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2020, or in each case until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation, removal or death.

Our newly elected board of directors consists of each of two individuals serving as Class I directors, two individuals serving as Class II directors and three individuals serving as Class III directors. Information with respect to each of these directors is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Proposal No. 10 – Election of Directors to the Board of Directors” beginning on page 173, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Independence of Directors

Following the completion of the Business Combination, Tema and our Sponsor control a majority of the combined voting power of all classes of our outstanding voting stock. As a result, we qualify as a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NASDAQ corporate governance standards and may elect not to comply with certain NASDAQ corporate governance requirements, including requirements that: a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors; the nominating and governance committee be composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities; and the

 

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compensation committee be composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities. We have elected to utilize these exemptions, and therefore do not have a majority of independent directors serving on our board and have individuals serving on our compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee that may not qualify as independent according to NASDAQ listing standards and the rules and regulations of the SEC. These independence requirements will not apply to us as long as we remain a controlled company.

The Company’s board of directors has determined that Messrs. Contino, Mayer, Quarls and Rosenberg are independent within the meaning of NASDAQ Rule 5605(a)(2).

Committees of the Board of Directors

Following the Closing, the standing committees of the Company’s board of directors consist of an audit committee (the “ Audit Committee ”), a compensation committee (the “ Compensation Committee ”) and a corporate governance and nominating committee (the “ Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee ”). Each of the committees reports to the board of directors.

The composition, duties and responsibilities of these committees are set forth below.

Audit Committee

The principal functions of the Company’s Audit Committee are detailed in the Company’s Audit Committee charter, which is available on the Company’s website, and include:

 

  the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement, and oversight of the work of the independent auditors and any other independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us;

 

  pre-approving all audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditors or any other registered public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures;

 

  reviewing and discussing with the independent auditors all relationships the auditors have with the Company in order to evaluate their continued independence;

 

  setting clear hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent auditors;

 

  setting clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

 

  obtaining and reviewing a report, at least annually, from the independent auditors describing (i) the independent auditor’s internal quality-control procedures and (ii) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the audit firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities, within, the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to deal with such issues;

 

  reviewing and approving any related party transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior to us entering into such transaction; and

 

  reviewing with management, the independent auditors, and our legal advisors, as appropriate, any legal, regulatory or compliance matters, including any correspondence with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies and any significant changes in accounting standards or rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.

Under the NASDAQ listing standards and applicable SEC rules, the Company is required to have at least three members of the Audit Committee, all of whom must be independent. Following the Closing, our Audit Committee consists of Messrs. Contino, Mayer and Quarls, with Mr. Contino serving as the Chair. We believe that Messrs. Contino, Mayer and Quarls qualify as independent directors according to the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect to audit committee membership. We also believe that Mr. Contino qualifies as our “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined in Item 401(h) of Regulation S-K.

 

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Compensation Committee

The principal functions of the Company’s Compensation Committee are detailed in the Company’s Compensation Committee charter, which is available on the Company’s website, and include:

 

  reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluating its Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of its Chief Executive Officer based on such evaluation;

 

  reviewing and approving on an annual basis the compensation of all of the Company’s other officers;

 

  reviewing on an annual basis the Company’s executive compensation policies and plans;

 

  implementing and administering the Company’s incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;

 

  assisting management in complying with the Company’s proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements;

 

  approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for the Company’s officers and employees;

 

  if required, producing a report on executive compensation to be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement; and

 

  reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.

Following the Closing, our Compensation Committee consists of Messrs. Mayer, Quarls, Rosenberg and Kovalik, with Mr. Mayer serving as the Chair.

Nominating and Governance Committee

The principal functions of the Company’s Nominating and Governance Committee are detailed in the Company’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee charter, which is available on the Company’s website, and include:

 

  identifying individuals qualified to become members of our board of directors, consistent with criteria approved by our board of directors;

 

  overseeing the organization of our board of directors to discharge the board’s duties and responsibilities properly and efficiently;

 

  identifying best practices and recommending corporate governance principles; and

 

  developing and recommending to our board of directors a set of corporate governance guidelines and principles applicable to us.

The Nominating and Governance Committee also develops and recommends to the board of directors corporate governance principles and practices and assists in implementing them, including conducting a regular review of our corporate governance principles and practices. The Nominating and Governance Committee oversees the annual performance evaluation of the board of directors and the committees of the board of directors and makes a report to the board of directors on succession planning.

Following the Closing, our Nominating and Governance Committee consists of Messrs. Rosenberg, Contino and Kovalik, with Mr. Rosenberg serving as the Chair.

 

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Indemnification of Directors and Executive Officers

Information about the indemnification of the Company’s directors and executive officers is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors” beginning on page 204, which is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Indemnification Agreements under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.

Executive Officer and Director Compensation

Rosehill Operating

The compensation of Rosehill Operating’s named executive officers and directors before the consummation of the Business Combination is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Executive Compensation—Rosehill Operating” beginning on page 239, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Post-Closing Compensation of Executive Officers and Directors

In connection with the Closing, Rosehill Operating entered into employment agreements with certain of our executive officers (the “ Employment Agreements ”) setting forth the terms and conditions of their employment. The Employment Agreements provide for a two-year initial term beginning on the Closing Date, which initial term is automatically extended for successive, additional one-year periods, unless either the applicable executive or Rosehill Operating provides 30 days’ prior written notice that no such automatic extension will occur. The Employment Agreements provide for an annualized base salary and a discretionary annual bonus based on performance targets determined annually by the Compensation Committee. The Employment Agreements also provide that the applicable executives will be eligible to receive annual awards under the LTIP on the terms and conditions determined by the Compensation Committee from time to time. While employed under the Employment Agreements, the executives are eligible for certain additional benefits, including reimbursement of reasonable business expenses, paid vacation, and participation in Rosehill Operating’s benefit plans, programs or arrangements.

The Employment Agreements provide for potential severance benefits in connection with certain terminations of employment. Generally, the Employment Agreements provide that, upon a resignation by the applicable executive for “good reason” or upon a termination by Rosehill Operating without “cause” (including upon the expiration of the then-existing initial term or renewal term, as applicable, due to non-renewal by Rosehill Operating), then, subject to the applicable executive’s execution and non-revocation of a release within the time provided to do so, the applicable executive will be eligible to receive a severance payment in an amount equal to 12 months’ worth of the applicable executive’s base salary for the year in which such termination occurs, payable in a lump sum following such termination.

The Employment Agreements also contain certain restrictive covenants, including provisions that create restrictions, with certain limitations, on the applicable executive competing with the Company and its affiliates, soliciting any customers, or soliciting or hiring Company employees or inducing them to terminate their employment. These restrictions are intended to generally apply during the term of the executives’ employment with Rosehill Operating and for the one-year period following termination of employment.

Post-Closing Compensation of Non-Employee Directors

In connection with the Closing, the Company adopted a compensation policy for our non-employee directors (the “ Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy ”). Our non-employee directors are entitled to receive compensation for services they provide to us consisting of retainers, fees and equity compensation as described below. Each non-employee director will be eligible to receive the following for each complete calendar year pursuant to the Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy:

 

    an annual retainer fee of $75,000 per year;

 

    an additional $50,000 per year for the Chairman of the board of directors;

 

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    an additional retainer of $20,000 per year for the non-employee director serving as Chair of the Audit Committee;

 

    an additional retainer of $15,000 per year for the non-employee director serving as Chair of the Compensation Committee; and

 

    an additional retainer of $10,000 per year for the non-employee director serving as Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

All retainers are paid in cash on a quarterly basis in arrears. In addition, each director is reimbursed for: (1) travel and miscellaneous expenses to attend meetings and activities of the board of directors or its committees and (2) travel and miscellaneous expenses related to his or her participation in general education and orientation programs for directors.

In addition to cash compensation, the Company’s non-employee directors will receive annual equity-based compensation consisting of restricted stock awards with an aggregate grant date value equal to $140,000. The forfeiture restrictions applicable to the restricted stock awards generally lapse on the one-year anniversary of the date of grant of such awards. The restricted stock awards granted to the Company’s non-employee directors are subject to the terms and conditions of the LTIP and the award agreements pursuant to which such awards are granted.

On April 27, 2017, the stockholders of the Company approved the LTIP. The description of the LTIP set forth in the Proxy Statement section entitled “Proposal No. 12—The Incentive Plan Proposal” beginning on page 178 is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the full text of the LTIP is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. Following the consummation of the Business Combination, we expect that our board of directors or our Compensation Committee will make grants of awards under the LTIP to certain key management employees, including each of our current named executive officers.

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

Founder Shares

In November 2015, pursuant to that certain Securities Subscription Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2015, our Sponsor purchased 4,312,500 shares of common stock (such, stock, the “ Founder Shares ”), for $25,000, or approximately $0.006 per share. The Founder Shares are identical to the common stock included in the units sold in the IPO except that the Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below. In December 2015 and February and March 2016, our Sponsor returned to us, at no cost, an aggregate of 1,972,500 Founder Shares, which we cancelled. In January 2016, our Sponsor transferred 150,000 shares to Ms. Thom, 50,000 shares to Mr. Dow, and 10,000 shares to Messrs. Abbas, Buckner and York. In March 2016, Mr. Dow and Ms. Thom returned to us, at no cost, 10,000 and 30,000 Founder Shares, respectively, which we cancelled. Also in March 2016, the Sponsor forfeited an aggregate of 253,670 Founder Shares at no cost upon receiving the underwriters’ notice of only a partial exercise of their over-allotment option in connection with the IPO. All of the Founder Shares forfeited were cancelled by the Company. The 2,046,330 remaining Founder Shares represented 20.0% of the outstanding shares upon the completion of the IPO.

On April 28, 2017, all of the outstanding Founder Shares were automatically converted into 3,475,663 shares of Class A common stock in connection with the Closing. As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, “Founder Shares” are deemed to include the shares of Class A common stock issued upon conversion thereof.

Subject to certain limited exceptions, 50% of the Founder Shares will not be transferred, assigned or sold until the earlier of (i) one year after the date of the consummation of Business Combination or (ii) the date on which the closing price of our common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing 150 days after the Business Combination and pursuant to the transfer restrictions agreed upon by our Sponsor at the time of our IPO, the remaining 50% of the Founder Shares will not be transferred, assigned or sold until six months after the date of the consummation of the Business Combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to the Business Combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their common stock for cash, securities or other property, which we refer to as the “Lock-Up Period.”

 

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Private Placement Warrants

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the private placement of 8,310,000 warrants at a price of $0.75 per warrant, of which 7,776,667 private placement warrants were sold to our Sponsor, and 533,333 private placement warrants were sold to EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. (“ EBC ”), the representative of the underwriters in the IPO, and its designees, generating gross proceeds of approximately $6.2 million.

On March 21, 2016, simultaneously with the exercise of the over-allotment, the Company consummated the private placement of an additional 98,838 private placement warrants to the Sponsor and EBC and its designees, among which 86,483 private placement warrants were purchased by the Sponsor and 12,355 private placement warrants were purchased by EBC and its designees, generating gross proceeds of approximately $74,000. The purchase price of the private placement warrants was added to the proceeds from the IPO to be held in the Trust Account pending completion of the Business Combination. Each private placement warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of our Class A common stock at $11.50 per share.

The private placement warrants (including the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by our Sponsor until 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination and they will be non-redeemable so long as they are held by our Sponsor or its permitted transferees. Our Sponsor agreed to additional transfer restrictions relating to its common stock in connection with its entry into the SHRRA. If the private placement warrants are held by someone other than our Sponsor or its permitted transferees, the private placement warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the public warrants included in the units being sold in the IPO. Otherwise, the private placement warrants have terms and provisions that are identical to those of the public warrants sold as part of the units issued in the IPO.

Series A Preferred Stock

Pursuant to a side letter entered into among Rosemore, Inc., our Sponsor and the Company, on the Closing Date, the Company sold 2,200 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to our Sponsor and 17,800 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to Rosemore Holdings, Inc. for total consideration of $20.0 million. Under the terms of the Side Letter, certain shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Sponsor may be reallocated to Rosemore, Inc. on the second anniversary of the Closing Date as a result of (i) certain acquisition activities undertaken by the Company as of certain times of determination and (ii) the volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock as of certain times of determination. The information set forth under “Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement—The Business Combination Agreement and Side Letter—Stockholder Redemptions” of KLRE’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 20, 2016 is incorporated herein by reference.

Shareholders’ and Registration Rights Agreement

The holders of the Founder Shares and private placement warrants hold registration rights to require the Company to register the sale of any of the securities held by them pursuant to a registration rights agreement. The holders of these securities, including Anchorage, are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form registration demands, that the Company register such securities for sale under the Securities Act. In addition, these holders, including Anchorage, have “piggy-back” registration rights to include their securities in other registration statements filed by the Company. The Company will bear the costs and expenses of filing any such registration statements. The SHRRA governs the rights and obligations of our Sponsors and Anchorage with respect to the Company following the closing of the Business Combination.

Tax Receivable Agreement

At the Closing, the Company entered into the Tax Receivable Agreement with Tema. The description of the Tax Receivable Agreement included in Item 1.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.

Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rosehill Operating

At the Closing, the Company and Tema entered into the A&R LLC Agreement. The description of the A&R LLC Agreement included in Item 1.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.

Gathering Agreements

At the Closing, Rosehill Operating entered into certain crude oil gathering and gas gathering agreements with Gateway, a whole-owned subsidiary of Rosemore, Inc. The description of the Gathering Agreements included in Item 1.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.

Other Related Party Transactions

Our Sponsor and its affiliates loaned the Company $275,000 in the aggregate by the issuance of unsecured promissory notes, which we refer to as the “Notes”, for $275,000 to cover expenses related to the IPO. These Notes

 

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were non-interest bearing and payable on the completion of the IPO. In October 2016, the sponsor provided a commitment to loan KLRE up to an additional $100,000 for working capital purposes. On March 1, 2017, KLRE borrowed the full amount under this commitment.

If any of our executive officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity that falls within the line of business of any entity to which he or she has then current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she may be required to present such business combination opportunity to such entity prior to presenting such business combination opportunity to us. Our executive officers and directors currently have certain relevant fiduciary duties or contractual obligations that may take priority over their duties to us.

Prior to the completion of the Business Combination, KLR Group Holdings, LLC (“KLR Group”), an affiliate of our Sponsor, provided, at no cost to KLRE, office space and general administrative services.

Pursuant to an employment agreement entered into between us and Ms. Thom, we paid Ms. Thom an annualized salary of $200,000 from the consummation of the IPO through December 31, 2016. In lieu of any salary in 2017, Ms. Thom is eligible to receive a bonus equal to the amount of salary she would have received from January 1, 2017 through the date of our initial business combination, or approximately $65,000. We have historically reimbursed an affiliate of our Sponsor for certain expenses incurred in connection with the employment of Mr. Hanna and Ms. Thom, including employment related taxes (to be paid in connection with Ms. Thom’s annual salary and bonus) and health benefits.

Our Sponsor, executive officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, have historically been reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee reviews on a quarterly basis all payments that are made to our Sponsor, executive officers, directors or our or their affiliates and determines which expenses and the amount of expenses that will be reimbursed. There is no cap or ceiling on the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such persons in connection with activities on our behalf.

In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, or thereafter, we may retain KLR Group to provide certain financial advisory, underwriting, capital raising, and other services for which they may receive fees upon consummation of such business combination or thereafter. The amount of fees we pay to KLR Group will be based upon the prevailing market for similar services rendered by comparable investment banks for such transactions at such time, and will be subject to the review of our audit committee pursuant to the audit committee’s policies and procedures relating to transactions that may present conflicts of interest.

In October 2016, we entered into an agreement with a placement agent and KLR Group in connection with the PIPE Investment. As compensation for the services, we paid the placement agent and KLR Group a cash fee equal to 5.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the PIPE Investment (or $4.125 million). Such fee has been split 50-50 among the placement agent and KLR Group.

At the time of our initial public offering, we engaged EBC as an advisor in connection with our business combination. We agreed to pay EBC a cash fee for such services upon the consummation of our initial business combination in an amount equal to $2,800,000 (exclusive of any applicable finders’ fees which might become payable). Of such amount, we were allowed to allocate 1% of the gross proceeds of our initial public offering to other firms that assisted us with our initial business combination, and in connection with the closing of the Business Combination, we allocated $818,530 to KLR Group in consideration of its role in assisting us with our initial business combination.

Legal Proceedings

Information about legal proceedings of Rosehill Operating is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Information About Rosehill Operating—Legal Proceedings” beginning on page 237, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

KLRE

Our units, each of which consists of one share of our Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and one warrant to purchase one share of our Class A common stock at $11.50 per share, began trading on NASDAQ under the symbol “KLREU” on March 11, 2016. On March 28, 2016, we announced that holders of our units could elect to separately trade the shares of Class A common stock and the warrants included in the units. Those units not separated continued to trade on the NASDAQ under the symbol “KLREU,” and each of the shares and warrants traded separately on the NASDAQ under the symbols “KLRE” and “KLREW,” respectively. Warrants may be exercised only for a whole number of shares of Class A common stock. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the warrants. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Class A common stock to be issued to the warrant holder.

The following table sets forth, for the calendar quarter indicated, the high and low sales prices per unit, Class A common stock and warrants as reported on NASDAQ for the periods presented.

 

     Units (KLREU)      Class A Common Stock
(KLRE)
     Warrants (KLREW)  
   High      Low      High      Low      High      Low  

Fiscal 2016:

                 

Quarter ended 3/31/2016(1)

   $ 10.10      $ 9.96      $ 9.95      $ 9.95      $ 0.30      $ 0.17  

Quarter ended 6/30/2016

   $ 10.32      $ 9.99      $ 10.15      $ 9.90      $ 0.25      $ 0.14  

Quarter ended 9/30/2016

   $ 10.50      $ 10.10      $ 10.15      $ 9.91      $ 0.59      $ 0.17  

Quarter ended 12/31/2016

   $ 12.55      $ 10.41      $ 10.50      $ 10.10      $ 1.75      $ 0.36  

Fiscal 2017:

                 

Quarter ended 3/31/2017

   $ 13.20      $ 11.20      $ 10.65      $ 10.19      $ 1.71      $ 1.05  

Quarter ended 6/30/2017(2)

   $ 12.75      $ 11.46      $ 11.69      $ 9.98      $ 2.00      $ 1.11  

 

(1) Beginning on March 11, 2016 with respect to KLREU and March 31, 2016 with respect to KLRE and KLREW.
(2) Through April 28, 2017.

On December 19, 2016, the trading date before the public announcement of the Business Combination, KLRE’s units, Class A common stock and warrants closed at $10.59, $10.15 and $0.45, respectively.

KLRE has not paid any cash dividends on its common stock to date. The Company’s board of directors is considering whether or not to institute a dividend policy. It is the present intention of the Company to retain any earnings for use in its business operations and, accordingly, the Company does not anticipate the board of directors declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future.

As of the Closing Date, there were 10 holders of record of the Company’s Class A common stock.

In connection with the Closing, the Company’s trading symbol for its Class A common stock was changed to “ROSE,” the trading symbol for its warrants was changed to “ROSEW” and the trading symbol for its units was changed to “ROSEU.”

Rosehill Operating

Historical market price information regarding Rosehill Operating is not provided because there is no public market for Rosehill Operating’s units. Rosehill Operating has not made any cash distributions on its units to date.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

Information about unregistered sales of KLRE’s equity securities is set forth in “Part II, Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities” of Amendment No. 3 to KLRE’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-209041) filed with the SEC on March 7, 2016.

 

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Private Placements

On the Closing Date, KLRE completed the sale of an aggregate of 75,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 5,000,000 warrants to Anchorage Illiquid Opportunities V, L.P. and AIO AIV 3 Holdings, L.P. (together, “ Anchorage ”), Geode Diversified Fund (“ Geode ”) and The K2 Principal Fund, L.P. (“ K2 ,” and together with Anchorage and Geode, the “ PIPE Investors ”), for gross proceeds to the Company of $75.0 million (the “ PIPE Investment ”), which proceeds were contributed to Rosehill Operating in exchange for Rosehill Operating Series A preferred units and additional Rosehill warrants. The Series A Preferred Stock and warrants sold in the PIPE Investment were issued pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”). The information set forth under “Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement—Subscription Agreements” of KLRE’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 20, 2016 is incorporated herein by reference.

Class B Common Stock and Warrant Issuance

On the Closing Date, the Company issued 29,807,692 shares of Class B common stock and 4,000,000 warrants to Rosehill Operating in connection with the Business Combination. These issuances were made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Descriptions of the rights, preferences and privileges of the Class B Common Stock and the warrants are set forth under “—Description of the Company’s Securities—Class B Common Stock” and “—Warrants,” respectively, below.

Side Letter

On the Closing Date, the Company sold 2,200 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to our Sponsor and 17,800 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to Rosemore Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of Rosemore, Inc., pursuant to the Side Letter entered into among Rosemore, Inc., our Sponsor and the Company. These issuances were made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The information set forth under “Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement—The Business Combination Agreement and Side Letter—Stockholder Redemptions” of KLRE’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 20, 2016 is incorporated herein by reference.

Description of the Company’s Securities

The Company has authorized 95,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, 30,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, 6,000,000 shares of Class F common stock, $0.0001 par value per share and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of the Closing Date, there were: (a) 10 holders of record of Class A common stock and 5,856,579 shares of Class A common stock outstanding; (b) 1 holder of record of Class B common stock and 29,807,692 shares of Class B common stock outstanding; (c) 6 holders of record of Series A Preferred Stock and 95,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding and (d) 9 holders of the Company’s warrants and 25,594,158 warrants outstanding. The number of shares of Class A Common Stock and warrants outstanding include 208,453 outstanding units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one warrant.

Class A Common Stock

The Charter provides that after the Closing, the Class A common stock has identical rights, powers, preferences and privileges to Class A common stock prior to the Business Combination.

Class B Common Stock

In connection with the Business Combination, KLRE issued 29,807,692 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Shares of Class B common stock may be issued only to Tema, their respective successors and assigns, as well as any permitted transferees of Tema. A holder of Class B common stock may transfer shares of Class B common stock to any transferee (other than KLRE) only if, and only to the extent permitted by the A&R LLC Agreement, such holder also simultaneously transfers an equal number of such holder’s Rosehill Operating Common Units to such transferee in compliance with the A&R LLC Agreement. Holders of our

 

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Class B common stock will vote together as a single class with holders of our Class A common stock on all matters properly submitted to a vote of the stockholders. In addition, the holders of Class B common stock, voting as a separate class, will be entitled to approve any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of our proposed certificate that would alter or change the powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other or special rights of the Class B common stock. Holders of Class B common stock will not be entitled to any dividends from KLRE and will not be entitled to receive any of our assets in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs.

Tema generally has the right to cause Rosehill Operating to redeem all or a portion of its Rosehill Operating Common Units in exchange for shares of our Class A common stock or, at Rosehill Operating’s option, an equivalent amount of cash;  provided  that we may, at our option, effect a direct exchange of cash or Class A common stock for such Rosehill Operating Common Units in lieu of such a redemption. Upon the future redemption or exchange of Rosehill Operating Common Units held by Tema, a corresponding number of shares of Class B common stock will be cancelled. Our certificate requires us to maintain a one-to-one ratio between the number of outstanding shares of our Class B common stock and the number of Rosehill Operating Common Units owned by Tema. This construct is intended to result in Tema having a voting interest in KLRE that is identical to Tema’s percentage economic interest in Rosehill Operating. For more information on the redemption and exchange rights related to the Class B Common Stock and Rosehill Operating Common Units, see the section of the Proxy Statement entitled “Proposal No. 1—Approval of the Business Combination—Related Agreements—Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rosehill Operating,” which is incorporated by reference herein.

Preferred Stock

Our Charter provides that shares of preferred stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Our board of directors is authorized to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences, the relative, participating, optional or other special rights and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, applicable to the shares of each series. Our board of directors is able to, without stockholder approval, issue preferred stock with voting and other rights that could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of the holders of the common stock and could have anti-takeover effects. The ability of our board of directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of us or the removal of existing management.

8.0% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock

At the Closing KLRE issued 75,000 shares of 8.0% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “ Series  A Preferred Stock ”) pursuant to the PIPE Investment and 20,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the Side Letter. Pursuant to the Certificate of Designations (as defined below), holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by our board of directors, cumulative dividends, payable in cash, Series A Preferred Stock, or a combination thereof, in each case, at the sole discretion of the Company, at an annual rate of 8% on the $1,000 liquidation preference per share of the Series A Preferred Stock, payable quarterly in arrears on January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on July 15, 2017.

Each share of Series A Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share and is convertible, at the holder’s option at any time, initially into 86.9565 shares of our Class A common stock (which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $11.50 per share of Class A common stock), subject to specified adjustments and limitations as set forth in the Certificate of Designations. Under certain circumstances, we will increase the conversion rate upon a “fundamental change” as described in the Certificate of Designations. Based on the initial conversion rate, 8,260,867 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock would be issuable upon conversion of all of the Series A Preferred Stock.

At any time on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, we may, at our option, give notice of our election to cause all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be automatically converted into shares of our Class A common stock at the conversion rate, if the closing sale price of our Class A common stock equals or exceeds 120% of the conversion price for at least 20 trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days, as described in the Certificate of Designations. However, in any 30-day period, we may not convert a number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock in excess of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock which would convert into 15% of the number of shares of Class A common stock traded on NASDAQ in the preceding calendar month.

 

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Except as required by law or the Charter, which includes the Certificate of Designations, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock have no voting rights (other than with respect to certain matters regarding the Series A Preferred Stock or when dividends payable on the Series A Preferred Stock have not been paid for an aggregate of six or more quarterly dividend periods, whether or not consecutive, as provided in the Certificate of Designations).

Upon our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive a liquidation preference in the amount of $1,000 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares to but excluding the date fixed for liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, to be paid out of our assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to our creditors and distributions to holders of shares of senior stock and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of junior stock (including our Class A common stock).

The terms, rights, obligations and preferences of the Series A Preferred Stock are set forth in that certain Certificate of Designations of Series A Preferred Stock (the “ Certificate of Designation s”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 27, 2017. A copy of the Certificate of Designations is attached as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Series A Preferred Stock is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

Founder Shares

The Founder Shares are identical to the shares of Class A common stock, and holders of Founder Shares have the same stockholder rights as public stockholders, except that (i) the Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below, (ii) our initial stockholders entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they agreed to waive certain rights in connection with the completion or non-completion of the Business Combination and (iii) the Founder Shares were automatically converted into shares of our Class A common stock at the Closing on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment pursuant to certain anti-dilution rights, as described herein.

At the time of our Business Combination, our shares of Class F common stock automatically converted into 3,475,663 shares of Class A common stock and there were no shares of Class F common stock outstanding. The shares of Class A common stock issued upon conversion of the Class F common stock remain subject to the transfer restrictions on the Class F common stock.

Pursuant to the transfer restrictions agreed upon by our Sponsor at the time of our IPO, 50% of the Founder Shares will not be transferred, assigned or sold until the earlier of (i) one year after the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or (ii) the date on which the closing price of our common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing 150 days after the Business Combination and pursuant to the transfer restrictions agreed upon by our Sponsor at the time of our IPO, the remaining 50% of the Founder Shares will not be transferred, assigned or sold until six months after the date of the consummation of the Business Combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to the Business Combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their common stock for cash, securities or other property.

Additionally, our Sponsor and Rosemore, Inc. have agreed to additional transfer restrictions pursuant to the terms of the SHRRA, which include restrictions on the transfer of (i) 33% of their common stock through the first anniversary the Closing Date and (ii) 67% of their common stock through the second anniversary of the Closing Date,  provided  that sales of common stock above $18.00 per share (or, in connection with underwritten offerings by our Sponsor and Tema and subject to certain conditions, at a price reasonably expected to equal or exceed $18.00 per share and in any case equal to or in excess of $16.00 per share) will be permitted between the first and second anniversaries of the Closing Date.

 

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Warrants

Public Stockholders’ Warrants

Each of our warrants entitles the registered holder to purchase one share of our Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination. The warrants will expire five years after the completion of our initial business combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

No warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and we will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, unless an exemption is available. In the event that the conditions in the immediately preceding sentence is not satisfied with respect to a warrant, the holder of such warrant will not be entitled to exercise such warrant and such warrant may have no value and expire worthless, in which case, the purchaser of a unit containing such warrant will have paid the full purchase price for the unit solely for the share of Class A common stock underlying such unit.

We have agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days after the closing of the Business Combination, we will use our best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. We will use our best efforts to cause the same to become effective no later than 90 days after the closing of our initial business combination and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the public warrants is not effective within 90 days following the consummation of our initial business combination, public warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of shares of Class A common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Class A common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the shares of Class A common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the day prior to the date of exercise. If an exemption from registration is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis.

Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may call the warrants for redemption:

 

  in whole and not in part;

 

  at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

 

  upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption (the “ 30-day redemption period ”) to each warrant holder; and

 

  if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $21.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date we send to the notice of redemption to the warrant holders;  provided  there is an effective registration statement with respect to the shares of Class A common stock underlying such warrants and a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock is available throughout the 30-day redemption period.

We have established the last of the redemption criterion discussed above to prevent a redemption call unless there is at the time of the call a significant premium to the warrant exercise price. If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and we issue a notice of redemption of the warrants, each warrant holder will be entitled to exercise his, her or its warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. However, the price of the Class A common stock may fall below the $21.00 redemption trigger price as well as the $11.50 warrant exercise price after the redemption notice is issued.

 

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If we call the warrants for redemption as described above, our management will have the option to require any holder that wishes to exercise his, her or its warrant to do so on a “cashless basis.” In determining whether to require all holders to exercise their warrants on a “cashless basis,” our management will consider, among other factors, our cash position, the number of warrants that are outstanding and the dilutive effect on our stockholders of issuing the maximum number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of our warrants. If our management takes advantage of this option, all holders of warrants would pay the exercise price by surrendering their warrants for that number of shares of Class A common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Class A common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the Class A common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. If our management takes advantage of this option, the notice of redemption will contain the information necessary to calculate the number of shares of Class A common stock to be received upon exercise of the warrants, including the “fair market value” in such case. Requiring a cashless exercise in this manner will reduce the number of shares to be issued and thereby lessen the dilutive effect of a warrant redemption. If we call our warrants for redemption and our management does not take advantage of this option, our Sponsor and its permitted transferees would still be entitled to exercise their private placement warrants for cash or on a cashless basis using the same formula described above that other warrant holders would have been required to use had all warrant holders been required to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis, as described in more detail below.

A holder of a warrant may notify us in writing in the event it elects to be subject to a requirement that such holder will not have the right to exercise such warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the warrant agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of 9.8% (or such other amount as a holder may specify) of the shares of Class A common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise.

If the number of outstanding shares of Class A common stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Class A common stock, or by a split-up of shares of Class A common stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such stock dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable on exercise of each warrant will be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding shares of Class A common stock. A rights offering to holders of Class A common stock entitling holders to purchase shares of Class A common stock at a price less than the fair market value will be deemed a stock dividend of a number of shares of Class A common stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Class A common stock actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for Class A common stock) multiplied by (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per share of Class A common stock paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the fair market value. For these purposes (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Class A common stock, in determining the price payable for Class A common stock, there will be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) fair market value means the volume weighted average price of Class A common stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the shares of Class A common stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.

In addition, if we, at any time while the warrants are outstanding and unexpired, pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of Class A common stock on account of such shares of Class A common stock (or other shares of our capital stock into which the warrants are convertible), other than (a) as described above, (b) certain ordinary cash dividends, (c) to satisfy the redemption rights of the holders of Class A common stock in connection with the Business Combination or any initial business combination, (d) as a result of the repurchase of shares of Class A common stock by the company if the Business Combination or any initial business combination is presented to the stockholders of the company for approval, or (e) in connection with the redemption of our public shares upon our failure to complete the Business Combination or any initial business combination, then the warrant exercise price will be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such event, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value of any securities or other assets paid on each share of Class A common stock in respect of such event.

 

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If the number of outstanding shares of our Class A common stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse stock split or reclassification of shares of Class A common stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable on exercise of each warrant will be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Class A common stock.

Whenever the number of shares of Class A common stock purchasable upon the exercise of the warrants is adjusted, as described above, the warrant exercise price will be adjusted by multiplying the warrant exercise price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which will be the number of shares of Class A common stock purchasable upon the exercise of the warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which will be the number of shares of Class A common stock so purchasable immediately thereafter.

In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock (other than those described above or that solely affects the par value of such shares of Class A common stock), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of us with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which we are the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of our outstanding shares of Class A common stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of us as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which we are dissolved, the holders of the warrants will thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the warrants and in lieu of the shares of our Class A common stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the holder of the warrants would have received if such holder had exercised their warrants immediately prior to such event. However, if such holders were entitled to exercise a right of election as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other assets receivable upon such consolidation or merger, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets for which each warrant will become exercisable will be deemed to be the weighted average of the kind and amount received per share by such holders in such consolidation or merger that affirmatively make such election, and if a tender, exchange or redemption offer has been made to and accepted by such holders (other than a tender, exchange or redemption offer made by the company in connection with redemption rights held by stockholders of the Company as provided for in the Company’s Charter or as a result of the repurchase of shares of Class A common stock by the company if a proposed initial business combination is presented to the stockholders of the company for approval) under circumstances in which, upon completion of such tender or exchange offer, the maker thereof, together with members of any group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) of which such maker is a part, and together with any affiliate or associate of such maker (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) and any members of any such group of which any such affiliate or associate is a part, own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock, the holder of a warrant will be entitled to receive the highest amount of cash, securities or other property to which such holder would actually have been entitled as a stockholder if such warrant holder had exercised the warrant prior to the expiration of such tender or exchange offer, accepted such offer and all of the Class A common stock held by such holder had been purchased pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, subject to adjustments (from and after the consummation of such tender or exchange offer) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for in the warrant agreement. Additionally, if less than 70% of the consideration receivable by the holders of Class A common stock in such a transaction is payable in the form of Class A common stock in the successor entity that is listed for trading on a national securities exchange or is quoted in an established over-the-counter market, or is to be so listed for trading or quoted immediately following such event, and if the registered holder of the warrant properly exercises the warrant within thirty days following public disclosure of such transaction, the warrant exercise price will be reduced as specified in the warrant agreement based on the per share consideration minus Black-Scholes Warrant Value (as defined in the warrant agreement) of the warrant.

The warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the warrant certificate on or prior to the expiration date at the offices of the warrant agent, with the exercise form on the reverse side of the warrant certificate completed and executed as indicated, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price (or on a cashless basis, if applicable), by certified or official bank check payable to us, for the number of warrants being exercised. The warrant holders do not have the rights or privileges of holders of Class A common stock and any voting rights until they exercise their

 

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warrants and receive shares of Class A common stock. After the issuance of shares of Class A common stock upon exercise of the warrants, each holder will be entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by stockholders.

Warrants may be exercised only for a whole number of shares of Class A common stock. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the warrants. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Class A common stock to be issued to the warrant holder.

The public warrants were issued in registered form under a warrant agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us. The warrant agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires the approval by the holders of at least 65% of the then outstanding public warrants to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders of public warrants. The information set forth in Exhibit 4.1 to KLRE’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2016 is incorporated herein by reference.

Private Placement Warrants

The private placement warrants (including the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants) will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination and they will not be redeemable by us and will be exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the initial holders or their permitted transferees. Our Sponsor agreed to additional transfer restrictions relating to its common stock in connection with its entry into the SHRRA, which is described in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Proposal No. 1—Approval of the Business Combination—Related Agreements—Shareholders’ and Registration Rights Agreement.” Otherwise, the private placement warrants have terms and provisions that are identical to those of the warrants sold as part of the units in our IPO. If the private placement warrants are held by holders other than the initial holders or their permitted transferees, the private placement warrants will be redeemable by us and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the warrants included in the units being sold in our IPO.

If holders of the private placement warrants elect to exercise them on a cashless basis, they will pay the exercise price by surrendering his, her or its warrants for that number of shares of Class A common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Class A common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the Class A common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of warrant exercise is sent to the warrant agent. The reason that we agreed that these warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by our Sponsor and permitted transferees is because it was not known at the time whether they will be affiliated with us following a business combination. If they remain affiliated with us, their ability to sell our securities in the open market will be significantly limited. We have policies in place that prohibit insiders from selling our securities except during specific periods of time. Even during such periods of time when insiders will be permitted to sell our securities, an insider cannot trade in our securities if he or she is in possession of material non-public information. Accordingly, unlike public stockholders who could exercise their warrants and sell the shares of Class A common stock received upon such exercise freely in the open market in order to recoup the cost of such exercise, the insiders could be significantly restricted from selling such securities.

Warrants Issued in Connection with Business Combination

In connection with the Closing, we issued 5,000,000 warrants to PIPE Investors and 4,000,000 warrants to Tema. These warrants were issued on the same terms, and be subject to the same rights and obligations, as the public stockholder warrants.

 

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Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The historical financial statements of Rosehill Operating for the three years ended December 31, 2016 are included in the Proxy Statement beginning on page FIN-22 are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

The information set forth under Items 2.01 and 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K concerning financial information of Rosehill Operating, is incorporated in this Item 2.02 by reference.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under “Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement—Credit Agreement” is incorporated in this Item 2.03 by reference.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Shares of Equity Securities.

The information set forth under “Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets—Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities” is incorporated in this Item 3.02 by reference.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.

On April 27, 2017, the Company filed a Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ A&R Certificate ”) of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The material terms of the A&R Certificate and the general effect upon the rights of holders of the Company’s capital stock are included in the Proxy Statement under the sections, which are incorporated by reference herein, entitled:

 

    “Proposal No. 2—Classification of the Board of Directors” beginning on page 136,

 

    “Proposal No. 3—Approval of Amendments to Current Certificate to Adopt Delaware as the Exclusive Forum for Certain Legal Actions” beginning on page 138,

 

    “Proposal No. 4—Approval of Amendments to Current Certificate to Enable Stockholders to Call a Special Meeting of Stockholders” beginning on page 141,

 

    “Proposal No. 5—Approval of Amendments to Current Certificate to Change the Stockholder Vote Required to Remove Any or All Directors and to Fill Newly Created Vacancies” beginning on page 143,

 

    “Proposal No. 6—Approval of Amendments to Current Certificate to Change the Stockholder Vote Required to Amend the Certificate and Bylaws of the Company” beginning on page 146,

 

    “Proposal No. 7—Approval of Amendments to Current Certificate to Authorize the Establishment of the Class B Common Stock as a New Class of Capital Stock” beginning on page 149,

 

    “Proposal No. 8—Approval of Amendments to Current Certificate to Authorize Additional Shares of Capital Stock” beginning on page 151 and

 

    “Proposal No. 9—Approval of Additional Amendments to Current Certificate in Connection with the Business Combination” beginning on page 153.

 

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Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

On April 27, 2017, the Company completed the Business Combination, which was treated as a “reverse acquisition” for accounting purposes. As a result, the historical financial statements of Rosehill Operating, which were audited by BDO USA, LLP (“ BDO ”), will become the historical financial statements of the Company.

 

(a) Previous independent registered public accounting firm:

On April 27, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company elected to dismiss Marcum LLP (“ Marcum ”), which was the Company’s auditor prior to the Business Combination, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm effective upon the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2017.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the period from September 21, 2015 (inception) through December 31, 2015, Marcum’s audit report on the Company’s financial statements did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified as to audit scope or accounting principles, except that it contained an emphasis paragraph with respect to the uncertainty about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the period from September 21, 2015 (inception) through December 31, 2015 and the subsequent period through April 27, 2017, (i) there were no “disagreements” (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between the Company and Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to Marcum’s satisfaction, would have caused Marcum to make reference in connection with Marcum’s opinion to the subject matter of the disagreement; and (ii) there were no “reportable events” as the term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K. We furnished a copy of this disclosure to Marcum and have requested that Marcum furnish us with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether such firm agrees with the above statements or, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. We have received the requested letter from Marcum, and a copy of the letter is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 16.1.

 

(b) New independent registered public accounting firm:

On April 27, 2017, as part of the deemed change in independent registered public accounting firms described in section (a) above, the Board confirmed, recommended and approved the appointment of BDO as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

BDO previously served as the auditor for Rosehill Operating prior to the Business Combination and provided audit opinions in connection with Rosehill Operating’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016. During the two most recent fiscal years and through April 27, 2017, the Company has not consulted with BDO regarding (1) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event described in Items 304(a)(1)(iv) or (v), respectively, or (2) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event described in Items 304(a)(1)(iv) or (v), respectively, of Regulation S-K.

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired

The historical financial statements of Rosehill Operating for the three years ended December 31, 2016 are included in the Proxy Statement beginning on page FIN-22 are incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated combined financial information of KLRE for the year ended December 31, 2016 is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  3.1*    Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rosehill Resources Inc.
  3.2*    Certificate of Designations of Series A Preferred Stock of Rosehill Resources Inc.
  3.3*    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rosehill Resources Inc.
  4.1    Warrant Agreement, dated March 10, 2016, by and between KLRE and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to KLRE’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2016).
10.1*    Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2017, by and between KLRE and Tema.
10.2*    Form of Indemnification Agreement.
10.3*    First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rosehill Operating dated as of April 27, 2017.

 

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10.4*    Rosehill Resources Inc. 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan.
10.5*    Form of Employment Agreement.
10.6*    Crude Oil Gathering Agreement, dated April 27, 2017, by and between Rosehill Operating Company, LLC and Gateway Gathering and Marketing Company.
10.7*    Gas Gathering Agreement, dated April 27, 2017, by and between Rosehill Operating Company, LLC and Gateway Gathering and Marketing Company.
10.8*    Credit Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2017, among Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, PNC Bank, National Association and PNC Capital Markets LLC.
10.9*    Form of Restricted Stock Grant Notice and Agreement for Non-Employee Directors.
14.1*    Financial Code of Ethics
16.1*    Letter from Marcum LLP. 1
21.1*    Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
99.1*    Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information of KLRE as of and for the three year ended December 31, 2016.

 

* Filed herewith.

 

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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.

 

    ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.
Date: May 3, 2017     By:  

/s/ J. A. Townsend

    Name:   J. A. Townsend
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  3.1*    Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rosehill Resources Inc.
  3.2*    Certificate of Designations of Series A Preferred Stock of Rosehill Resources Inc.
  3.3*    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rosehill Resources Inc.
  4.1    Warrant Agreement, dated March 10, 2016, by and between KLRE and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to KLRE’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2016).
10.1*    Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2017, by and between KLRE and Tema.
10.2*    Form of Indemnification Agreement.
10.3*    First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rosehill Operating dated as of April 27, 2017.
10.4*    Rosehill Resources Inc. 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan.
10.5*    Form of Employment Agreement.
10.6*    Crude Oil Gathering Agreement, dated April 27, 2017, by and between Rosehill Operating Company, LLC and Gateway Gathering and Marketing Company.
10.7*    Gas Gathering Agreement, dated April 27, 2017, by and between Rosehill Operating Company, LLC and Gateway Gathering and Marketing Company.
10.8*    Credit Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2017, among Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, PNC Bank, National Association and PNC Capital Markets LLC.
10.9*    Form of Restricted Stock Grant Notice and Agreement for Non-Employee Directors.
14.1*    Financial Code of Ethics.
16.1*    Letter from Marcum LLP.
21.1*    Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
99.1*    Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information of KLRE as of and for the three year ended December 31, 2016.

 

* Filed herewith.

 

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Exhibit 3.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

KLR ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.

April 27, 2017

KLR Energy Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Corporation ”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:

1. The present name of the Corporation is “KLR Energy Acquisition Corp.” The original certificate of incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 21, 2015 (the “ Original Certificate ”). The first amendment to the Original Certificate was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 19, 2015. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 10, 2016 (as amended, the “ Amended and Restated Certificate ”).

2. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Second Amended and Restated Certificate ”) was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) and the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”).

3. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate amends and restates the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate. Certain capitalized terms used in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate are defined where appropriate herein.

4. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate shall become effective upon filing.

5. The text of the Amended and Restated Certificate is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the corporation is Rosehill Resources Inc.

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.

 

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ARTICLE III

REGISTERED AGENT

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 874 Walker Road, Suite C, Dover, Delaware 19904, Kent County, and the name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is United Corporate Services, Inc.

ARTICLE IV

CAPITALIZATION

Section 4.1 Authorized Capital Stock . The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 132,000,000 shares, consisting of (a) 131,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), including (i) 95,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “ Class A Common Stock ”); (ii) 30,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock (the “ Class B Common Stock ”) and (iii) 6,000,000 shares of Class F Common Stock (the “ Class F Common Stock ”) and (b) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”).

Section 4.2 Preferred Stock . The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board is hereby expressly authorized to provide for the issuance of shares of the Preferred Stock in one or more series and to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series and to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, if any, of each such series and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, as shall be stated in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board providing for the issuance of such series and included in a certificate of designation (a “ Preferred Stock Designation ”) filed pursuant to the DGCL, and the Board is hereby expressly vested with the authority to the full extent provided by law, now or hereafter, to adopt any such resolution or resolutions. Except as otherwise provided in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, no vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock or Common Stock shall be a prerequisite to the designation or issuance of any shares of any series of the Preferred Stock authorized by and complying with the conditions of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, the right to have such vote being expressly waived by all present and future holders of the capital stock of the Corporation. Any shares of Preferred Stock that are redeemed, purchased or acquired by the Corporation may be reissued except as otherwise provided by law or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate. Different series of Preferred Stock shall not be construed to constitute different classes of shares for the purposes of voting by classes unless expressly provided in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board.

Section 4.3 No Class Vote on Changes in Authorized Number of Shares of Preferred Stock . Subject to the special rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, any Preferred Stock Designation or any resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such series of stock adopted by the Board, the number of authorized shares of 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 of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

 

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Section 4.4 Common Stock .

(a) Voting .

(i) Except as otherwise required by law or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), the holders of the Common Stock shall exclusively possess all voting power with respect to the Corporation.

(ii) Except as otherwise required by law or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders on which the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to vote.

(iii) Except as otherwise required by law or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, holders of the Class A Common Stock, holders of the Class B Common Stock and holders of the Class F Common Stock, voting together as a single class, shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and on all other matters properly submitted to a vote of the stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by law or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), holders of shares of any series of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any amendment to any Preferred Stock Designation) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock or other series of Common Stock if the holders of such affected series of Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as applicable, are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or the DGCL.

(b) Class F Common Stock .

(i) Shares of Class F Common Stock are convertible into shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis (the “ Conversion Ratio ”) and shall automatically convert into Class A Common Stock on the business day following the closing of the initial Business Combination, as defined and further described in that certain Business Combination Agreement by and between the Corporation and Tema Oil and Gas Company, a Maryland corporation, dated December 20, 2016 (as amended, the “ Business Combination Agreement ”) (such date, the “ Conversion Date ”).

(ii) Notwithstanding Section 4.4(b)(i) , in the case that additional shares of Class A Common Stock, or equity-linked securities (collectively, “ Additional Shares ”), are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the Corporation’s initial

 

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public offering of securities (the “ Offering ”), in a transaction that is related to the initial Business Combination, the Conversion Ratio shall be adjusted so that the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable, on the Conversion Date, upon the conversion of all shares of Class F Common Stock, in the aggregate, shall equal, on an as converted basis, 20% of the Outstanding Shares. “ Outstanding Shares ” shall mean (a) all shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding upon the completion of the Offering, plus (b) all Additional Shares issued or deemed issued in connection with the initial Business Combination (excluding any securities issued or issuable to any seller in the initial Business Combination and any securities issued to the Sponsor (defined below) or affiliates of the Corporation upon conversion of working capital loans made to the Corporation), minus (c) any shares of Class A Common Stock redeemed in connection with the initial Business Combination.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event may the Class F Common Stock convert into Class A Common Stock at a ratio that is less than one-for-one.

Each share of Class F Common Stock shall convert into its pro rata number of shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to this Section 4.4(b) . The pro rata share for each holder of Class F Common Stock will be determined as follows: Each share of Class F Common Stock shall convert into such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as is equal to the product of 1 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which all of the issued and outstanding shares of Class F Common Stock shall be converted pursuant to this Section 4.4(b) and the denominator of which shall be the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Class F Common Stock at the time of conversion. Concurrently with such conversion pursuant to this Section 4.4(b), the number of authorized shares of Class F Common Stock shall be reduced to zero. It is intended that the conversion of shares of Class F Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to this Section 4.4(b) will be treated as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(c) Class B Common Stock .

(i) Permitted Owners . Shares of Class B Common Stock may be issued only to, and registered in the name of, the Existing Owners (as defined below), their respective successors and assigns as well as their respective transferees permitted in accordance with Section 4.4(c)(iv) (including all subsequent successors, assigns and permitted transferees) (the Existing Owners together with such persons, collectively, “ Permitted Class B Owners ”). As used in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, (A) “ Existing Owner ” means Tema Oil and Gas Company and (B) “ Common Unit ” means a membership interest in Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, authorized and issued under its First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2017, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “ A&R LLC Agreement ”), and constituting a “Common Unit” as defined in the A&R LLC Agreement as in effect as of the effective time of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate.

 

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(ii) Voting . Except as otherwise required by law or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), for so long as any shares of Class B Common Stock shall remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the prior vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the shares of Class B Common Stock then outstanding, voting separately as a single class, amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, if such amendment, alteration or repeal would alter or change the powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other or special rights of the Class B Common Stock. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the holders of Class B Common Stock may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of the outstanding Class B Common 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 of Class B Common Stock were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which minutes of proceedings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Prompt written notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent of the holders of Class B Common Stock shall, to the extent required by law, be given to those holders of Class B Common Stock who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders of Class B Common Stock to take the action were delivered to the Corporation.

(iii) Dividends . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, other than as set forth in Section 4.4(e) , dividends shall not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock.

(iv) Transfer of Class B Common Stock .

(A) A holder of Class B Common Stock may surrender shares of Class B Common Stock to the Corporation for no consideration at any time. Following the surrender of any shares of Class B Common Stock to the Corporation, the Corporation will take all actions necessary to retire such shares and such shares shall not be re-issued by the Corporation.

(B) A holder of Class B Common Stock may transfer shares of Class B Common Stock to any transferee (other than the Corporation) only if, and only to the extent permitted by the A&R LLC Agreement, such holder also simultaneously transfers an equal number of such holder’s Common Units to such transferee in compliance with the A&R LLC Agreement. The transfer restrictions described in this Section 4.4(c)(iv)(B) are referred to as the “ Restrictions .”

 

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(C) Any purported transfer of shares of Class B Common Stock in violation of the Restrictions shall be null and void. If, notwithstanding the Restrictions, a person shall, voluntarily or involuntarily, purportedly become or attempt to become, the purported owner (“ Purported Owner ”) of shares of Class B Common Stock in violation of the Restrictions, then the Purported Owner shall not obtain any rights in and to such shares of Class B Common Stock (the “ Restricted Shares ”), and the purported transfer of the Restricted Shares to the Purported Owner shall not be recognized by the Corporation’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”).

(D) Upon a determination by the Board that a person has attempted or may attempt to transfer or to acquire Restricted Shares in violation of the Restrictions, the Board may take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to such transfer or acquisition on the books and records of the Corporation, including without limitation to cause the Transfer Agent to record the Purported Owner’s transferor as the record owner of the Restricted Shares, and to institute proceedings to enjoin or rescind any such transfer or acquisition.

(E) The Board may, to the extent permitted by law, from time to time establish, modify, amend or rescind, by bylaw or otherwise, regulations and procedures that are consistent with the provisions of this Section 4.4(c)(iv) for determining whether any transfer or acquisition of shares of Class B Common Stock would violate the Restrictions and for the orderly application, administration and implementation of the provisions of this Section 4.4(c)(iv) . Any such procedures and regulations shall be kept on file with the Secretary of the Corporation and with its Transfer Agent and shall be made available for inspection by any prospective transferee and, upon written request, shall be mailed to holders of shares of Class B Common Stock.

(F) The Board shall have all powers necessary to implement the Restrictions, including without limitation the power to prohibit the transfer of any shares of Class B Common Stock in violation thereof.

(v) Issuance of Class A Common Stock Upon Redemption; Cancellation of Class B Common Stock .

(A) To the extent that any Permitted Class B Owner exercises its right pursuant to the A&R LLC Agreement to have its Common Units redeemed by the LLC in accordance with the A&R LLC Agreement (together with the transfer and surrender of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock), then simultaneous with the payment of the consideration due under the A&R LLC Agreement to such Permitted Class B Owner, the Corporation shall cancel such number of surrendered shares of Class B Common Stock. The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of

 

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Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon redemption of the Common Units (together with the transfer and surrender of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock) for Class A Common Stock pursuant to the A&R LLC Agreement, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock that shall be issuable upon any such redemption and surrender pursuant to the A&R LLC Agreement; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the Corporation from satisfying its obligations in respect of any such redemption of Common Units (together with the transfer and surrender of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock) pursuant to the A&R LLC Agreement by delivering to the holder of such Common Units (and corresponding shares of Class B Common Stock) upon such redemption and surrender cash in lieu of shares of Class A Common Stock in the amount permitted by and provided in the A&R LLC Agreement. All shares of Class A Common Stock that shall be issued upon any such redemption and surrender will, upon issuance in accordance with the A&R LLC Agreement, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

(B) Notwithstanding the Restrictions, (A) in the event that an outstanding share of Class B Common Stock shall cease to be held by a registered holder of Common Units, such share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically and without further action on the part of the Corporation or any holder of Class B Common Stock be cancelled for no consideration, and the Corporation will take all actions necessary to retire such share and such share shall not be re-issued by the Corporation, (B) in the event that one or more of the Common Units held by a registered holder of Class B Common Stock ceases to be held by such holder (other than as a result of a transfer of one or more Common Units together with an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock as permitted by the A&R LLC Agreement), a corresponding number of shares of Class B Common Stock registered in the name of such holder shall automatically and without further action on the part of the Corporation or such holder be cancelled for no consideration, and the Corporation will take all actions necessary to retire such shares and such shares shall not be re-issued by the Corporation and (C) in the event that no Permitted Class B Owner owns any Common Units that are redeemable pursuant to the A&R LLC Agreement, then all shares of Class B Common Stock will be cancelled for no consideration, and the Corporation will take all actions necessary to retire such shares and such shares shall not be re-issued by the Corporation.

(vi) Restrictive Legend . All certificates or book entries representing shares of Class B Common Stock, as the case may be, shall bear a legend substantially in the following form (or in such other form as the Board may determine):

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS [CERTIFICATE][BOOK ENTRY] ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS (INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER) SET FORTH IN THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION (A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION AND SHALL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO ANY STOCKHOLDER MAKING A REQUEST THEREFOR).

 

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(vii) Amendment . At any time when there are no longer any shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate automatically shall be deemed amended to delete this Section 4.4(c) .

(viii) Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up of the Corporation . The holders of Class B Common Stock shall not be entitled to receive any assets of the Corporation in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(d) Dividends . Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of the Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock (other than holders of shares of Class B Common Stock) shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions (payable in cash, property or capital stock of the Corporation) when, as and if declared thereon by the Board from time to time out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and shall share equally on a per share basis in such dividends and distributions.

(e) Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock . In no event shall the shares of either Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock be split, divided, or combined (including by way of stock dividend) unless the outstanding shares of the other class shall be proportionately split, divided or combined.

(f) Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up of the Corporation . Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of the Preferred Stock, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Common Stock (other than holders of shares of Class B Common Stock) shall be entitled to receive all the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock (other than shares of Class B Common Stock) held by them.

Section 4.5 Rights and Options . The Corporation has the authority to create and issue rights, warrants and options entitling the holders thereof to acquire from the Corporation any shares of its capital stock of any class or classes, with such rights, warrants and options to be evidenced by or in instrument(s) approved by the Board. The Board is empowered to set the exercise price, duration, times for exercise and other terms and conditions of such rights, warrants or options; provided , however , that the consideration to be received for any shares of capital stock issuable upon exercise thereof may not be less than the par value thereof.

ARTICLE V

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 5.1 Board Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon the Board by statute, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate or the Bylaws (“ Bylaws ”) of the Corporation, the Board is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the DGCL and this Second Amended and Restated Certificate.

 

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Section 5.2 Number, Election and Term .

(a) The number of directors of the Corporation, other than those who may be elected by the holders of one or more series of the Preferred Stock voting separately by class or series, shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board. All elections of directors shall be determined by a plurality of votes cast.

(b) Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, the Board shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible of one-third (1/3) of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board and the allocation of directors among the three classes shall be determined by the Board and designated as Class I, Class II and Class III. The Board is authorized to assign members of the Board already in office to Class I, Class II or Class III. The term of the initial Class I Directors shall expire at the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate; the term of the initial Class II Directors shall expire at the second annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate; and the term of the initial Class III Directors shall expire at the third annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate. At each succeeding annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, beginning with the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, if the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.

(c) Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, a director shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

(d) Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws shall so require, the election of directors need not be by written ballot.

Section 5.3 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies . Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause may be filled solely by a majority vote of the remaining directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director except that (a) subject to clause (b) below, any vacancy created by the removal of a director by the stockholders for cause shall only be filled, in addition to any other vote otherwise required by law, by vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, which such majority must include at least 80% of the shares then held by the Sponsor Holders, and (b) prior to the Trigger Date (as defined below),

 

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any vacancy created by the removal of a director designated or nominated by a Sponsor Holder (as defined below) shall be filled exclusively by such Sponsor Holder. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office, and a director chosen to fill a position resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors to which the new directorship was added or in which the vacancy occurred and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

Section 5.4 Removal . Except as otherwise provided in the Shareholder’ and Registration Rights Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and among Tema Oil and Gas Company and KLR Energy Sponsor, LLC, and subject to Section 5.5 hereof, any or all of the directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause or by the affirmative vote of holders of 75% of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose; provided , however , that prior to the first date (the “ Trigger Date ”) on which Tema Oil and Gas Company and its successors and Affiliates (collectively, the “ Tema Entities ”) and KLR Energy Sponsor, LLC and its successors and Affiliates (collectively, the “ KLR Entities ” and together with the Tema Entities, the “ Sponsor Holders ”) cease collectively to beneficially own (directly or indirectly) more than 30% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the directors of the Corporation may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, which such majority must include at least 80% of the shares then held by the Sponsor Holders. “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person; the term “ control ,” as used in this definition, means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “ controlled ” and “ controlling ” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. “ Person ” means an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity. For the purpose of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, “ beneficial ownership ” shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”).

Section 5.5 Preferred Stock – Directors . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article V , and except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of one or more series of the Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect one or more directors, the term of office, the filling of vacancies, the removal from office and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of such series of the Preferred Stock as set forth in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation) and such directors shall not be included in any of the classes created pursuant to this Article V unless expressly provided by such terms.

 

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ARTICLE VI

BYLAWS

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by law, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws; provided that with respect to the powers of stockholders entitled to vote with respect thereto to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws, (i) prior to the Trigger Date, in addition to any other vote otherwise required by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto, voting together as a single class, which such majority must include at least 80% of the shares then held by the Sponsor Holders, shall be required to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation and (ii) from and after the Trigger Date, in addition to any other vote otherwise required by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto, voting together as a single class, shall be required to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VII

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS; ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT

Section 7.1 No Action by Written Consent . Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be effected only at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

Section 7.2 Meetings . Subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of the Preferred Stock, and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only (a) by the Chairman of the Board or the Lead Director, (b) by the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board, or (c) prior to the Trigger Date, by the Secretary of the Corporation at the request of either Sponsor Holder, provided that such requesting Sponsor Holder then owns 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Any business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting. After the Trigger Date, the ability of the stockholders to call a special meeting is hereby specifically denied.

Section 7.3 Advance Notice . Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws.

ARTICLE VIII

LIMITED LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION

Section 8.1 Limitation of Director Liability . A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not

 

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permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing sentence shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.

Section 8.2 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses .

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the Corporation shall indemnify, advance expenses and hold harmless each person who is or was made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any 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 or has agreed to serve as 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 (an “ indemnitee ”), 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 liability and loss suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee in connection with such proceeding. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending or otherwise participating in 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 or on behalf of the indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 8.2 or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Section 8.2 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee 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 8.2(a) , except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to an indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

(b) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred on any indemnitee by this Section 8.2 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that any indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under law, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, the Bylaws, an agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

(c) Any repeal or amendment of this Section 8.2 by the stockholders of the Corporation or by changes in applicable law, or the adoption of any other provision of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate inconsistent with this Section 8.2 , shall, unless otherwise required by law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in applicable law permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights to indemnitees on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto), and shall not in any way

 

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diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision in respect of any proceeding (regardless of when such proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) arising out of, or related to, any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision. If the DGCL is amended after the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personally liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended.

(d) This Section 8.2 shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than indemnitees.

ARTICLE IX

CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY

Section 9.1 Scope . The provisions of this Article IX are set forth to define, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the duties of Exempted Persons (as defined below) to the Corporation with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities. “ Exempted Persons ” means each Sponsor Holder and their respective Affiliates (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries) and all of their respective partners, principals, directors, officers, members, managers and/or employees, including any of the foregoing who serve as officers or directors of the Corporation.

Section 9.2 Competition and Allocation of Corporate Opportunities . The Exempted Persons shall not have any fiduciary duty to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. 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, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to the Exempted Persons, even if the 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 each such Exempted Person shall have no duty to communicate or offer such business opportunity to the Corporation and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such Exempted Person pursues or acquires such business opportunity, directs such business opportunity to another person or fails to present such business opportunity, or information regarding such business opportunity, to the Corporation or its subsidiaries.

Section 9.3 Certain Matters Deemed Not Corporate Opportunities . In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article IX , a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to belong to the Corporation if it is a business opportunity that the Corporation is not financially able or contractually permitted or legally able to undertake, or that is, from its nature, not in the line of the Corporation’s business or is of no practical advantage to it or that is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.

 

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Section 9.4 Amendment of this Article . No amendment or repeal of this Article IX in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.2(c) shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any Exempted Person for or with respect to any activities or opportunities of which such Exempted Person becomes aware prior to such amendment or repeal. This Article IX shall not limit any protections or defenses available to, or indemnification or advancement rights of, any director or officer of the Corporation under this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, the Corporation’s Bylaws or applicable law.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENT OF AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, and notwithstanding that a lesser percentage may be permitted from time to time by applicable law, (a) prior to the Trigger Date, no provision of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate may be altered, amended or repealed in any respect, nor may any provision or bylaw inconsistent therewith be adopted, unless, in addition to any other vote required by this Second Amended and Restated Certificate or otherwise required by law, such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, which such majority must include at least 80% of the shares then held by the Sponsor Holders, and (b) from and after the Trigger Date, no provision of Article III , Article V , Section 7.1 , Section 7.2 , Article IX and this Article X may be altered, amended or repealed in any respect, nor may any provision or bylaw inconsistent therewith be adopted, unless, in addition to any other vote required by this Second Amended and Restated Certificate or otherwise required by law, such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose.

ARTICLE XI

FORUM SELECTION

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 (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, creditors or other constituents, (c) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the Corporation’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate or Bylaws (as either may be amended and/or restated from time to time) or (d) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation

 

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governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to said court having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein; provided that if and only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware dismisses any such action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, such action may be brought in another state court sitting in the State of Delaware. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consents to the provisions of this Article XI .

ARTICLE XII

SEVERABILITY

If any provision or provisions of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate 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 Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate 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 Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate 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 law.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Second Amended and Restated Certificate to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf by an authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

KLR ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

/s/ Gary C. Hanna

  Name:   Gary C. Hanna
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO

S ECOND A MENDED AND R ESTATED

C ERTIFICATE OF I NCORPORATION

Exhibit 3.2

Execution Version

ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

Pursuant to Section 151 of the General

Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

 

 

8.000% SERIES A CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

(Par Value $0.0001 Per Share)

Rosehill Resources Inc. (the “ Corporation ”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”), hereby certifies that, pursuant to the authority expressly granted to and vested in the Board by the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as so amended and as further amended from time to time in accordance with its terms and the DGCL, the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), which authorizes the Board, by resolution, to set forth the designation, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, in one or more series of up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”), and in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 of the DGCL, the Board duly adopted on April 27, 2017 the following resolution, which resolution remains in full force and effect on the date hereof:

RESOLVED , that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in it, the Board hereby creates a new series of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation, designated 8.000% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, and hereby fixes the relative rights, preferences, and limitations of the Preferred Stock as set forth in this certificate of designations (this “ Certificate of Designations ”):

1. General .

(a) There shall be created from the 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation authorized to be issued pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, a series of Preferred Stock designated as “8.000% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock” par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”), and the authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be 150,000. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation, or that are converted into shares of Common Stock, shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(b) The Series A Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation, ranks: (i) senior to all Junior Stock; (ii) on a parity with all Parity Stock; (iii) junior to all Senior Stock; (iv) junior to existing and future indebtedness of the Corporation; and (v) structurally junior to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries and any Capital Stock of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries not held by the Corporation, in each case as provided more fully herein.


2. Definitions . As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “ Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation or, with respect to any action to be taken by the Board of Directors, any committee of the Board of Directors duly authorized to take such action.

(b) “ Business Day ” shall mean any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.

(c) “ Capital Stock ” shall mean, for any entity, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock issued by that entity; provided that , “Capital Stock” shall not include any convertible or exchangeable debt securities which, prior to conversion or exchange, will rank senior in right of payment to the Series A Preferred Stock.

(d) “ Certificated Series A Preferred Stock ” shall mean Series A Preferred Stock in certificated form.

(e) “ Certificate of Designations ” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals.

(f) “ Certificate of Incorporation ” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals.

(g) “ Close of Business ” shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

(h) “ Closing Sale Price ” of the Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average closing bid and the average closing ask prices) on such date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded or, if the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date, as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. In the absence of such a quotation, the Closing Sale Price shall be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Corporation for this purpose. The Closing Sale Price of any other security shall be determined in the same manner as set forth in this Section 2(h) for the determination of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock.

(i) “ Common Stock ” shall mean the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation, subject to Section 8(h) .

(j) “ Conversion Agent ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8(b) .

 

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(k) “ Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8(b) .

(l) “ Conversion Price ” shall mean, at any time, $1,000.00 divided by the Conversion Rate in effect at such time.

(m) “ Conversion Rate ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8(a) .

(n) “ Corporation ” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals.

(o) “ CUSIP ” shall mean the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.

(p) “ DGCL ” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals.

(q) “ Dividend Agent ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4(d) .

(r) “ Dividend Payment Date ” shall mean January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on July 15, 2017.

(s) “ Dividend Rate ” shall mean the rate per annum of 8.000% per share of Series A Preferred Stock on the Liquidation Preference plus all accumulated and unpaid dividends on a per share basis, whether or not declared.

(t) “ Dividend Record Date ” shall mean, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, the January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date.

(u) “ Effective Date ” shall mean the date on which a Fundamental Change event occurs or becomes effective, except that, as used in Section 8(d) , Effective Date shall mean the first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, reflecting the relevant share subdivision or share combination, as applicable.

(v) “ Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(w) “ Ex-Date ,” when used with respect to any issuance, dividend or distribution of Common Stock, shall mean the first date on which the Common Stock trades on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution from the Corporation or, if applicable, from the seller of the Common Stock on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise), as determined by such exchange or market.

(x) “ Expiration Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8(d)(v) .

 

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(y) A “ Fundamental Change ” shall be deemed to have occurred at any time after the Series A Preferred Stock is originally issued if any of the following occurs:

(i) the consummation of any transaction (other than any transaction described in clause (ii) below, whether or not the proviso therein applies) the result of which is that a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Corporation, the Corporation’s wholly-owned Subsidiaries and its or their employee benefit plans, Rosehill Operating Company, LLC or Tema Oil and Gas Company, has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of more than 50% of the voting power of the Corporation’s common equity;

(ii) the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or changes resulting from a subdivision or combination), as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof); (B) any consolidation, merger or other combination of the Corporation or binding share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof); or (C) any sale, lease or other transfer or disposition in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more of the Corporation’s wholly-owned Subsidiaries; provided , however , that none of the transactions described in clauses (A) , (B)  or (C)  shall constitute a “Fundamental Change” if (x) the holders of all classes of the Corporation’s common equity immediately prior to such transaction continue to own at least, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the surviving corporation or transferee, or the parent thereof, immediately after such event or (y) such transaction is effected solely to change the Corporation’s jurisdiction of formation or to form a holding company for the Corporation and that results in a share exchange or reclassification or similar exchange of the outstanding Common Stock solely into common stock of the surviving entity;

(iii) the Corporation’s Common Stock (or other common stock into which the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible) ceases to be listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market (or any of their respective successors), other than any cessation to be listed or quoted that persists for not more than ten (10) days in connection with a transition among the above exchanges; or

(iv) the stockholders of the Corporation approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation (other than in a transaction described in clause (ii) above);

provided , however , that a transaction or transactions described in clause (i) or (ii)  above shall not constitute a “Fundamental Change” if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by holders of Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights) in connection with such transaction or transactions that would otherwise constitute a “Fundamental

 

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Change” consists of shares of common stock or common equity interests that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market (or any of their respective successors), or that will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions and as a result of such transaction or transactions the Series A Preferred Stock becomes convertible into such consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights).

(z) “ Fundamental Change Conversion Period ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5(a) .

(aa) “ Fundamental Change Notice ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5(d) .

(bb) “ Holder ” shall mean a holder of record of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(cc) “ Initial Issue Date ” shall mean April 27, 2017, the original date of issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock.

(dd) “ Junior Stock ” shall mean (i) the Common Stock and (ii) each other class or series of the Corporation’s Capital Stock established after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and distribution rights upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation.

(ee) “ Liquidation Preference ” shall mean, with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock, $1,000.00.

(ff) “ Make-Whole Premium ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5(f) .

(gg) “ Mandatory Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9(b) .

(hh) “ Notice of Certificated Conversion ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8(b) .

(ii) “ Notice of Uncertificated Conversion ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8(b) .

(jj) “ Officer ” shall mean the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation.

(kk) “ Officers’ Certificate ” shall mean a certificate signed by two Officers.

(ll) “ Open of Business ” shall mean 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

(mm) “ Parity Stock ” shall mean any class or series of the Corporation’s Capital Stock established after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and distribution rights upon the liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Corporation.

 

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(nn) “ Person ” shall mean any individual, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

(oo) “ Preferred Stock ” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals.

(pp) “ Record Date ” shall mean, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which Common Stock (or such other security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of the holders of Common Stock (or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board, statute, contract or otherwise).

(qq) “ Reference Property ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8(h) .

(rr) “ Reorganization Event ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8(h) .

(ss) “ SEC ” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(tt) “ Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(uu) “ Senior Stock ” shall mean any class or series of the Corporation’s Capital Stock established after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and distribution rights upon the liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Corporation.

(vv) “ Series A Preferred Stock ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 1(a) .

(ww) “ Shelf Registration Statement ” shall mean a shelf registration statement filed with the SEC covering resales of Transfer Restricted Securities by holders thereof.

(xx) “ Special Rights End Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5(a) .

(yy) “ Spin-Off ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8(d)(iii) .

(zz) “ Stock Price ” shall mean (i) if holders of shares of Common Stock receive in exchange for their Common Stock only cash in the transaction constituting a Fundamental Change, the cash amount paid per share or (ii) otherwise, the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock on the 10 consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding, but not including, the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change.

(aaa) “ Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting

 

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power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partners or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person; (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

(bbb) “ Trading Day ” shall mean a day during which trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the NASDAQ Capital Market or, if the Common Stock is not listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchanges on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or admitted for trading. If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, Trading Day means a Business Day.

(ccc) “ Transfer Agent ” shall mean Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as the Corporation’s duly appointed transfer agent, registrar, redemption, conversion and dividend disbursing agent for the Series A Preferred Stock and the Common Stock. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent with 10 days’ prior notice to the Transfer Agent and Holders; provided that the Corporation shall appoint a successor Transfer Agent who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal.

(ddd) “ Transfer Restricted Securities ” shall mean each share of Series A Preferred Stock (or the shares of Common Stock into which such share of Series A Preferred Stock is converted) until a) such shares shall be freely tradable pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act, or b) such shares are disposed of in accordance with the plan of distribution set forth in an effective Shelf Registration Statement, in each case unless otherwise agreed to by the Corporation and the Holder thereof.

(eee) “ Voting Rights Class ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6(a) .

(fff) “ Voting Rights Triggering Event ” shall mean a time at which dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock or dividends on any other series of Preferred Stock or preference securities that ranks equally with the Series A Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends and with similar voting rights are in arrears and unpaid with respect to six or more quarterly dividend periods (whether or not consecutive and including the dividend period beginning on the Initial Issue Date and ending on July 15, 2017).

(ggg) “ VWAP ” shall mean the volume-weighted average price, as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “KLRE <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on each such trading day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable on any such day, the Closing Sale Price shall be used for such day). The per share VWAP on each such day will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

 

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3. Dividends.

(a) Subject to the rights of holders of Senior Stock, Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board out of funds of the Corporation legally available for payment, cumulative dividends at the Dividend Rate, payable in cash, by delivery of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or through any combination of cash and shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the Corporation’s sole election, as provided pursuant to Section 4 . Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable quarterly in arrears at the Dividend Rate, and shall accumulate on a daily basis from the most recent date as to which dividends have been paid, or, if no dividends have been paid, from the Initial Issue Date (whether or not (i) in any dividend period or periods any agreements of the Corporation prohibit the current payment of dividends, (ii) there shall be earnings or funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of such dividends or (iii) the Corporation declares the payment of dividends). Dividends shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date (commencing on July 15, 2017) to the Holders as they appear on the Corporation’s stock register at the Close of Business on the relevant Dividend Record Date. Dividends payable for any period less than a full quarterly dividend period (based upon the number of days elapsed during the period) shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

(b) If any Dividend Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest or dividends on such payment will accrue or accumulate, as the case may be, in respect of the delay.

(c) No dividend shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum of cash set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding share of the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to any dividend period unless all accumulated dividends for all preceding dividend periods have been declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum in cash or number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(d) So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends or other distributions (other than (x) in the case of Parity Stock, a dividend or distribution payable solely in shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (y) in the case of Junior Stock, a dividend or distribution payable solely in shares of Junior Stock and (z) cash in lieu of fractional shares) may be declared, made or paid upon, or set apart for payment upon, any Parity Stock or Junior Stock, nor may any Parity Stock or Junior Stock be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any money paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any Parity Stock or Junior Stock) by the Corporation or on behalf of the Corporation or by any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries, unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all preceding dividend periods have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid in full on, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the payment thereof is set apart for such dividends upon, the Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock for all dividend payment periods ending on or prior to the date of such declaration, payment, redemption, purchase or acquisition. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to:

(i) conversions into or exchanges for, (A) in the case of Parity Stock, shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock or cash solely in lieu of fractional shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, and, (B) in the case of Junior Stock, shares of Junior Stock or cash solely in lieu of fractional shares of Junior Stock;

 

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(ii) payments in connection with the satisfaction of employees’ tax withholding obligations pursuant to employee benefit plans or outstanding awards (and payment of any corresponding requisite amounts to the appropriate governmental authority);

(iii) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Parity Stock or Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any benefit or other incentive plan, including any employment contract, in the ordinary course of business;

(iv) any dividends or distributions of rights in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; or

(v) the deemed purchase or acquisition of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if full dividends have not been paid on the Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, dividends may be declared and paid on the Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock so long as the dividends are declared and paid pro rata so that the amounts of dividends declared per share on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and shares of such Parity Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accumulated and unpaid dividends per share (whether or not declared) on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and shares of such Parity Stock bear to each other, in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences.

(e) Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividend in excess of full cumulative dividends.

(f) Holders at the Close of Business on a Dividend Record Date shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board, out of funds legally available for payment, the dividend payment on their respective shares of Series A Preferred Stock on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date; provided , however , that shares of Series A Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion during the period between the Close of Business on any Dividend Record Date and the Close of Business on the Conversion Date or the Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable, shall only be entitled to the dividends accrued and unpaid through the Conversion Date or the Mandatory Conversion Date, respectively.

(g) Subject to the foregoing, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board may be declared and paid on any of the Corporation’s securities, including Common Stock, from time to time out of funds legally available for such payment, and the Holders shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

 

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4. Method of Payment of Dividends .

(a) The Corporation will pay any dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock for a current dividend period or any prior dividend period (including in connection with the payment of declared and unpaid dividends pursuant to Section 5 , Section 8 , and Section 9 ), at the Corporation’s sole election, either: (i) in cash, (ii) by delivery of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or (iii) through a combination of cash and shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(b) If the Corporation makes any payment of dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock in shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock deliverable shall be equal to (i) the cash amount of such dividend payment that would apply if no payment were to be made in Series A Preferred Stock, or such portion, divided by (ii) the Liquidation Preference (as equitably adjusted by the Board to the extent necessary for any stock splits, combinations or like transactions).

(c) The Corporation shall make each dividend payment on the Series A Preferred Stock in cash, except to the extent the Corporation elects to make all or any portion of such payment in shares of Series A Preferred Stock as set forth above. The Corporation shall give Holders notice of any such election and the portion of such payment that will be made in cash and the portion that will be made in Series A Preferred Stock ten (10) scheduled Trading Days prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such dividend.

(d) If the Corporation elects to pay all or a portion of a dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock in the form of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall deliver such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Transfer Agent or another agent (in such capacity, the “ Dividend Agent ”) on behalf of the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and shall instruct the Dividend Agent to deliver such shares to or for the account of the Holders less any shares required to be withheld on account of taxes or other governmental charges. In order to satisfy any obligation to withhold taxes arising from any payment of a dividend or deemed dividend with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation and the Dividend Agent shall be authorized to make any deductions required by law, and pay to any taxing authority any amount necessary to satisfy such obligation.

(e) The Corporation shall not issue fractional shares in respect of any dividend payment. If a dividend would result in the issuance of a fractional share of Series A Preferred Stock, each fractional share shall be rounded to the nearest whole share (with 0.5 shares of Series A Preferred Stock rounded to the next higher share of Series A Preferred Stock).

5. Special Rights Upon a Fundamental Change .

(a) A Holder shall have the right, in connection with any Fundamental Change, to convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 8 for that number of shares of Common Stock set forth in Section 5(b)  at any time during the period (the “ Fundamental Change Conversion Period ”) beginning at the Open of Business on the Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date of a Fundamental Change and ending at the Close of Business on the 20th Trading Day immediately following such Effective Date (or (x) if earlier, the Mandatory Conversion Date, if applicable, or (y) if later, as extended by Section 5(d) ) (such end date, the “ Special Rights End Date ”), subject to the provisions of this Section 5 .

 

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(b) If a Holder converts shares of its Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 5 during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period, the Corporation shall deliver to such converting Holder, for each share of Series A Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the sum of (A) the Conversion Rate and (B) the Make-Whole Premium determined pursuant to Section 5(f) , if any. In addition, each Holder that converts shares of its Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 5 , in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion pursuant to this Section 5(b) shall, on any conversion date during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period, have the right to receive an amount equal to any accumulated and unpaid dividends on such converted shares, whether or not declared prior to that date, for all prior dividend periods ending on or prior to the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding (or, if applicable, ending on) the conversion date (other than previously declared dividends payable to Holders of record as of a prior date), provided that the Corporation is then legally permitted to pay such dividends. The amount payable in respect of such dividends will be paid, at the Corporation’s sole election, either: (i) in cash, (ii) by delivery of shares of Common Stock or (iii) through a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock. If the Corporation elects to issue shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5(b) in respect of any accrued and unpaid dividends on Series A Preferred Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock to be so issued will be determined by (x) first, determining the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that would be issuable pursuant to Section 4(b) in respect to such dividend (or partial dividend) and (y) second, determining the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable upon conversion pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 5(b) of such number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(c) For any shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are converted pursuant to this Section 5 during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period, subject to the limitations described herein, the Corporation shall have the right to pay the Make-Whole Premium, in its sole discretion, (i) in cash; (ii) by delivery of shares of Common Stock; or (iii) by delivery of any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock. Except to the extent the Corporation elects to make all or any portion of such payment in shares of Common Stock, the Corporation will pay the Make-Whole Premium on the Series A Preferred Stock in cash.

(d) The Corporation shall give notice (a “ Fundamental Change Notice ”) of each Fundamental Change to all Holders no later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the anticipated Effective Date of the Fundamental Change or, if such prior notice is not practicable, no later than two (2) Business Days after such Fundamental Change. If the Corporation notifies Holders of a Fundamental Change later than the 15th Business Day prior to the actual Effective Date of such Fundamental Change, the Fundamental Change Conversion Period will be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days from, and including, the 15th Business Day prior to the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change to, but not including, the date of the notice; provided that the Fundamental Change Conversion Period will not be extended beyond the Mandatory Conversion Date, if applicable.

(e) The Fundamental Change Notice shall be given in writing to each Holder on the date such notice is given. The Fundamental Change Notice shall state (i) the anticipated

 

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Effective Date of such Fundamental Change, (ii) the Special Rights End Date, (iii) the name and address of the Transfer Agent and (iv) the procedures that Holders must follow to exercise their conversion right pursuant to this Section 5 .

(f) The number of additional shares of Common Stock, if any, to be added to the Conversion Rate per share of Series A Preferred Stock in connection with a Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 5(b) above (the “ Make-Whole Premium ”) shall be determined by reference to the table below, based on the Effective Date and the Stock Price with respect to such Fundamental Change.

 

     Stock Price  
     $10.400      $11.000      $11.500      $12.500      $15.000      $17.500      $20.000      $25.000      $50.000      $75.000  

April 27, 2017

     9.1973        8.4980        7.9826        7.1075        5.5168        4.4435        3.6585        2.5755        0.5575        0.0821  

April 27, 2018

     9.1973        6.2344        5.7043        4.8515        3.5501        2.8149        2.3235        1.6715        0.4115        0.0648  

April 27, 2019

     9.1973        4.3162        3.5217        2.0995        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

(g) The exact Stock Price and Effective Date may not be set forth on the table above, in which case:

(i) if the Stock Price is between two Stock Prices on the table or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates on the table, the Make-Whole Premium shall be determined by straight-line interpolation between the Make-Whole Premium set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices or the earlier and later Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year;

(ii) if the Stock Price is in excess of $75.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices), no Make-Whole Premium will be added to the Conversion Rate; and

(iii) if the Stock Price is less than $10.40 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices), no Make-Whole Premium will be added to the Conversion Rate.

(h) Whenever any provision of this Certificate of Designations requires the Corporation to calculate the Closing Sale Prices or the Stock Prices for purposes of determining any Make-Whole Premium in connection with a Fundamental Change, the Board shall make appropriate adjustments to each to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Record Date of the event occurs, at any time during the period when such Closing Sale Prices or Stock Prices are to be calculated.

6. Voting. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have voting rights other than those set forth below or as otherwise required by Delaware law or the Certificate of Incorporation:

(a) If at any time a Voting Rights Triggering Event has occurred, then the Holders, voting as a single class with any other series of Preferred Stock or preference securities having similar voting rights that are exercisable (together, the “ Voting Rights Class ”), shall be entitled at the next regular or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to elect two additional directors to the Board. Upon the election of any such additional directors, the number of directors that comprise the Board shall be increased by such number of additional directors.

 

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(b) The voting rights set forth in Section 6(a) may be exercised at a special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders, or at any annual meeting of stockholders held for the purpose of electing directors, and thereafter at each such special or annual meeting until such time as all dividends in arrears, the nonpayment of which caused the Voting Rights Triggering Event, shall have been paid in full, at which time or times, automatically and without any further action by any Person, such voting rights shall terminate (subject to the reinstatement of such rights upon a subsequent Voting Rights Triggering Event).

(c) At any meeting at which the holders of shares of the Voting Rights Class shall have the right to elect directors as provided in Section 6(a) , the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares representing more than fifty percent (50%) in voting power of the then outstanding shares of the Voting Rights Class shall be required and shall be sufficient to constitute a quorum of such class for the election of directors by such class. The affirmative vote of the holders of shares representing more than fifty percent (50%) in voting power of the then outstanding shares of the Voting Rights Class present at such meeting, in person or by proxy, shall be sufficient to elect any such director. Any director elected pursuant to the voting rights set forth in this Section 6 may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the holders of record of shares representing more than fifty percent (50%) in voting power of the then outstanding shares of the Voting Rights Class at any time during which such holders’ rights pursuant to Section 6(a) continue. Any vacancy in respect of any such additional director arising at any time during which such holders’ rights pursuant to Section 6(a) continue (other than prior to the first election immediately following the applicable Voting Rights Triggering Event) may be filled by the written consent of the director elected by the Voting Rights Class remaining in office, or, if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of shares representing more than fifty percent (50%) in voting power of the then outstanding shares of the Voting Rights Class; provided that the filling of each vacancy shall not violate the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation as in effect on the effective date of this Certificate of Designations or the corporate governance requirements of the NASDAQ Capital Market (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which securities of the Corporation may be listed or quoted) that requires listed or quoted companies to have a majority of independent directors. Directors elected pursuant to the voting rights set forth in Section 6(a) shall be entitled to one vote per director on any matter.

(d) Any director elected pursuant to the voting rights set forth in Section 6(a) shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however , notwithstanding the foregoing, at such time as all dividends in arrears, the nonpayment of which caused the Voting Rights Triggering Event, have been paid in full, then, automatically and without any further action by any Person, the terms of office of directors elected pursuant to the voting rights set forth in this Section 6 shall cease and the number of directors comprising the Board shall be reduced accordingly.

(e) So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of at least a majority in voting power of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding at the time, voting

 

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together as a single class with all series of Parity Stock upon which similar voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting:

(i) amend or alter the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designations so as to authorize or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of Senior Stock or reclassify any of our authorized Capital Stock into shares of Senior Stock, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any shares of Senior Stock;

(ii) amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designations so as to adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock;

(iii) consummate a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another entity, unless in each case: (A) shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent; and (B) such shares of Series A Preferred Stock remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the Series A Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole;

provided, however , that:

(A) any increase in the amount of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock;

(B) any increase in the authorized or issued shares of Series A Preferred Stock; and

(C) the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any other series of Parity Stock or Junior Stock,

shall be deemed not to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of Holders and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of Holders.

(f) If any amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described in this Section 6 would affect one or more but not all series of voting Preferred Stock (including the Series A Preferred Stock for this purpose), then only the series of voting Preferred Stock adversely affected and entitled to vote shall vote as a class in lieu of all other series of voting Preferred Stock.

(g) Whether a plurality, majority or other portion of the Series A Preferred Stock and any other voting Preferred Stock have been voted in favor of any matter shall be determined by reference to the respective liquidation preference amounts of the Series A Preferred Stock and such other voting Preferred Stock.

 

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(h) Without the consent of the Holders, the Corporation may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Series A Preferred Stock to file a certificate of correction with respect to this Certificate of Designations to the extent permitted by Section 103(f) of the DGCL.

7. Liquidation Preference.

(a) In the event of any liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each Holder shall be entitled to receive in respect of its shares of Series A Preferred Stock and to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to the Corporation’s creditors and holders of shares of Senior Stock and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of Junior Stock (including the Common Stock), the Liquidation Preference per share of Series A Preferred Stock plus an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid dividends on such shares, whether or not declared, to, but not including the date fixed for liquidation, winding up or dissolution.

(b) Neither the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer of all or substantially all the assets or business of the Corporation (other than in connection with the liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Corporation), nor the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other Person, nor any share exchange or division involving the Corporation pursuant to applicable statutes providing for the consolidation, merger, share exchange or division, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, winding up or dissolution, whether voluntary or involuntary, for the purposes of this Section 7 , notwithstanding that, for other purposes, such as for tax purposes, such an event may constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In addition, no payment shall be made to Holders pursuant to this Section 7 upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up, whether voluntary or involuntary, of any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries or upon any reorganization of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries with or without the approval of the Corporation’s stockholders.

(c) After the payment to the Holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock of full preferential amounts provided for in this Section 7 , the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.

(d) In the event the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to the Holders and holders of shares of Parity Stock upon any liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be insufficient to pay in full all amounts to which such holders are entitled pursuant to this Section 7 , such Holders and such holders of shares of Parity Stock shall share, equally and ratably in proportion to the respective full amounts to which such holders are entitled pursuant to this Section 7 , in any distribution of the assets of the Corporation.

 

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8. Conversion.

(a) Each Holder shall have the right at any time, at its option, to convert, subject to the terms and provisions of this Section 8 , any or all of such Holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock at an initial conversion rate of 86.9565 shares of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in this Section 8 , (the “ Conversion Rate ”), per share of Series A Preferred Stock. Upon conversion of any share of Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall deliver to the converting Holder, in respect of each share of Series A Preferred Stock being converted, (i) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the third Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date plus (ii) the amount of any accumulated and unpaid dividends on such share, whether or not declared (subject to the proviso in Section 3(f) ), which will be paid, at the Corporation’s election, either: (i) in cash, (ii) by delivery of shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate or (iii) through a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that if a Holder so elects, all or any portion of any accrued and unpaid dividend owed to such Holder pursuant hetero shall be paid by the delivery of shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate.

(b) Before any Holder shall be entitled to convert a share of Series A Preferred Stock as set forth in Section 8(a) , such Holder shall (i) in the event such Holder holds uncertificated, book-entry shares of Series A Preferred Stock, give written notice (the “ Notice of Uncertificated Conversion ”), a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 , to the Corporation stating that such Holder elects to so convert shares of Series A Preferred Stock and shall state therein: (A) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted by such Holder and (B) the name or names in which such Holder wishes the shares of Common Stock to be issued, and (ii) in the event such Holder holds Certificated Series A Preferred Stock, (A) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of such share of Certificated Series A Preferred Stock (or a facsimile thereof), stating the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which such Holder wishes the certificate or certificates for any shares of Common Stock to be delivered to be registered (a “ Notice of Certificated Conversion ”), a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B-2 , and deliver such Notice of Certificated Conversion, which is irrevocable, to the Transfer Agent, in its capacity as the conversion agent (or such other agent designated by the Corporation) (the “ Conversion Agent ”), (B) surrender such shares of Certificated Series A Preferred Stock to the Conversion Agent, (C)if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, and (D) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes, if any, as set forth more fully herein. The Conversion Agent shall notify the Corporation of any conversion pursuant to this Section 8 on the Conversion Date for such conversion. The date on which a Holder complies with the procedures in this Section 8(b) is the “ Conversion Date .” If more than one share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon conversion of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock so surrendered.

(c) Immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Conversion Date with respect to a conversion, conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion shall be deemed to have been effected, and, as of the Close of Business on the Conversion Date, the converting Holder of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed to be the

 

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holder of record of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Holder’s Series A Preferred Stock notwithstanding that the share register of the Corporation shall then be closed or that certificates representing such Common Stock shall not then be actually delivered to such Holder. On the date of any conversion, all rights with respect to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so converted, including the rights, if any, to receive notices, will terminate, excepting only the rights of holders thereof to (i) receive certificates for the number of whole shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been converted, and (ii) exercise the rights to which they are thereafter entitled as holders of Common Stock.

(d) The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, without duplication, upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) If the Corporation issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all shares of Common Stock, or if the Corporation effects a share subdivision or share combination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

CR 1  =   

OS 1

  
CR 0 ×    OS 0   

 

      where,
CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Effective Date of such share subdivision or share combination, as the case may be;
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the Open of Business on the Effective Date of such share subdivision or share combination, as the case may be;
OS 0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Effective Date of such share subdivision or share combination, as the case may be; and
OS 1    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, giving effect to such dividend or distribution, or such share subdivision or share combination, as the case may be.

Any adjustment made under this Section 8(d)(i)  shall become effective immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the Open of Business on the Effective Date for such share subdivision or share combination, as the case may be. If any dividend, distribution, share subdivision or share combination of the type described in this Section 8(d)(i)  is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted,

 

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effective as of the earlier of (A) the date the Board determines not to pay or make such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination and (B) the date the dividend or distribution was to be paid or the date the subdivision or combination was to have been effective, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination had not been declared.

The Corporation shall not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in treasury.

(ii) If the Corporation distributes to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period expiring not more than 45 calendar days after the date of issuance thereof, to purchase or subscribe for shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date of such distribution, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

CR 1  = CR 0   

    OS0 + X    

  
×        OS0 + Y       

 

      where,
CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution;
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution;
OS 0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution;
X    =    the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and
Y    =    the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants and (B) the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date of such distribution.

Any increase made under this Section 8(d)(ii) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution. To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not issued prior to the expiration or termination of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date of such expiration, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the distribution of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If

 

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such rights, options or warrants are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the earlier of (A) the date the Board determines not to make such distribution and (B) the date such rights, options or warrants were to have been issued, to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Record Date for such distribution had not occurred. If such rights, options or warrants are only exercisable upon the occurrence of certain triggering events, then the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted until the triggering events occur.

For purposes of this Section 8(d)(ii) , in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of the Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date of such distribution, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Corporation for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board.

(iii) If the Corporation distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other assets, securities or property of the Corporation or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, excluding (A) dividends, distributions, rights, options, warrants or other issuances as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 8(d)(i) or Section 8(d)(ii) , (B) rights issued to all holders of Common Stock pursuant to a rights plan, where such rights are not presently exercisable, trade with Common Stock and the plan provides that Holders will receive such rights along with any Common Stock received upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, (C) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to (or a cash amount paid pursuant to the last paragraph of) Section 8(d)(iv) , (D) any dividends and distributions in connection with any recapitalization, reclassification, change, consolidation, merger or other combination, share exchange, or sale, lease or other transfer or disposition resulting in the change in the conversion consideration as described in Section 8(h) and (E) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in the last two paragraphs of this Section 8(d)(iii) shall apply, then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

CR 1  = CR 0  ×   

SP 0

  
   SP 0  – FMV   

 

      where,
CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution;
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution;

 

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SP 0    =    the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such distribution; and
FMV    =    the fair market value as of the Record Date for such distribution (as determined in good faith by the Board) of the shares of the Corporation’s Capital Stock (other than Common Stock), evidences of indebtedness, assets, securities, property, rights, options or warrants distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock.

Any increase made under the portion of this Section 8(d)(iii)  above shall become effective immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the earlier of (A) the date the Board determines not to pay the distribution and (B) the date such dividend or distribution was to have been paid, to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), or if the difference is less than $1.00, in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, for each share of Series A Preferred Stock held by it, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, the amount and kind of the Corporation’s Capital Stock (other than Common Stock), evidences of indebtedness, or other assets, securities or property of the Corporation, or rights, options or warrants to acquire the Corporation’s Capital Stock or other securities that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for the distribution.

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 8(d)(iii)  where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock consisting solely of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Corporation where such Capital Stock or similar equity interest is, or will be when issued, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “ Spin-Off ”), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

     FMV   

CR 1  =

     +   

CR 0 ×

  

  MP 0     

  
     MP 0        

 

      where,
CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off;

 

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CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off;
FMV    =    the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period immediately following, and including, the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off; and
MP 0    =    the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period immediately following, and including, the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off.

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph shall become effective at the Close of Business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off; provided that, for purposes of determining the Conversion Rate in respect of any conversion during the 10 Trading Days following, and including, the Ex-Date of any Spin-Off, references to “10 consecutive Trading Days” within the portion of this Section 8(d)(iii) related to Spin-Offs shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of consecutive Trading Days as have elapsed between the Ex-Date of such Spin-Off and the relevant Conversion Date.

(iv) If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock (excluding dividends or distributions made in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and any consideration payable in connection with a tender or exchange offer made by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries), the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

CR 1  =     

  SP 0              

 
CR 0  ×        SP 0 – C  
      where,
CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;
SP 0    =    the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution; and
C    =    the amount in cash per share of Common Stock the Corporation distributes to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock.

Any adjustment made under this Section 8(d)(iv) shall become effective immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or

 

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distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the earlier of (A) the date the Board determines not to pay or make such dividend or distribution and (B) the date such dividend or distribution was to have been paid, to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined above), of if the difference is less than $1.00, in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Record Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

(v) If the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for Common Stock to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “ Expiration Date ”), the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

CR 1  =        AC +  
CR 0  ×     

  (SP 1  × OS 1 )    

 
       SP 1 × OS 0  
      where,
CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
AC    =    the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined in good faith by the Board) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;
OS 0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Expiration Date (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);
OS 1    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Date (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and

 

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SP 1    =    the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date.

Any increase made under this Section 8(d)(v) shall become effective at the Close of Business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date; provided that, for purposes of determining the Conversion Rate in respect of any conversion during the 10 Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date, references to “10 consecutive Trading Days” within this Section 8(d)(v) shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of consecutive Trading Days as have elapsed between the Expiration Date for such tender or exchange offer and the relevant Conversion Date.

In the event that the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the Corporation or such Subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be such Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made.

(vi) All calculations and other determinations under this Section 8(d) shall be made by the Corporation and shall be made to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000th) of a share. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no adjustment under this Section 8(d) shall be made to the Conversion Rate unless such adjustment would result in a change of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate then in effect. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment, if any, which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to a change of at least 1% in such Conversion Rate; provided , however , that the Corporation shall make all such carried-forward adjustments, regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is less than 1%, (A) on December 31 of each calendar year, (B) on the Conversion Date for any conversions of Series A Preferred Stock, (C) upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change and (D) in the event that the Corporation exercises its mandatory conversion right pursuant to Section 9 . No adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be made if it results in a Conversion Price that is less than the par value (if any) of the Common Stock. The Corporation shall not take any action that would result in the Conversion Price being less than the par value (if any) of the Common Stock pursuant to this Certificate of Designations and without giving effect to the previous sentence.

(vii) In addition to those adjustments required by clauses (i) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv)  and (v)  of this Section 8(d) , and to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable rules of the NASDAQ Capital Market, the Corporation, from time to time, may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least twenty (20) Business Days or any longer period permitted or required by law, so long as the increase is irrevocable during that period and the Board determines that such increase would be in the Corporation’s best interest. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to

 

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the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall send to each Holder at its last address appearing on the stock register of the Corporation a notice of the increase at least 15 calendar days prior to the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.

(viii) Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 8(d) and for the avoidance of doubt, the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted for: (A) the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the Corporation and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan; (B) the issuance of Common Stock, options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units or rights to purchase those shares or similar equity instruments pursuant to any present or future employee, director, trustee or consultant benefit plan, employee agreement or arrangement or program of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or excisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Initial Issue Date; (D) a change in the par value of Common Stock; (E) a sale of Common Stock, or securities convertible or exercisable for Common Stock, for cash, other than in a transaction described in Section 8(d)(i) through Section 8(d)(v) ; (F) ordinary course of business stock repurchases that are not tender offers referred to in Section 8(d)(v) , including structured or derivative transactions or pursuant to a stock repurchase program approved by the Board; (G) a third-party tender or exchange offer, other than a tender or exchange offer by one of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries as described in Section 8(d)(v) ; and (H) accumulated and unpaid dividends or distributions, except as provided in Section 5 , Section 8 , and Section 9 . Except as described in this Section 8 , we will not adjust the Conversion Rate.

(e) Notwithstanding Section 8(d)(ii) and Section 8(d)(iii) , if the Corporation has a rights plan (including the distribution of rights pursuant thereto to all holders of Common Stock) in effect while any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding (including the rights plan adopted by the Corporation in May 2016), Holders will receive, upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in addition to shares of Common Stock to which each such Holder is entitled, a corresponding number of rights in accordance with such rights plan. If, prior to any conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, such rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable rights plan, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Corporation had distributed to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, securities, property, rights, options or warrants as described in Section 8(d)(iii) above, subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights. Any distribution of rights, options or warrants pursuant to a rights plan that would allow a Holder to receive upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in addition to any shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled, the rights described therein (unless such rights, options or warrants have separated from the Common Stock (in which case the Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Corporation made a distribution to all holders of Common Stock as described in Section 8(d)(iii) , subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights)) shall not constitute a distribution of rights, options or warrants that would entitle such Holder to an adjustment to the Conversion Rate.

 

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(f) The Corporation may also (but is not required to) increase each Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock in connection with a dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) or similar event. However, in either case, the Corporation may only make such a discretionary adjustment if it makes the same proportionate adjustment to each Conversion Rate.

(g) Upon any increase in the Conversion Rate, the Corporation promptly shall deliver to each Holder a certificate signed by an Officer of the Corporation, setting forth in reasonable detail the event requiring the adjustment and the method by which such adjustment was calculated, and specifying the increased Conversion Rate then in effect following such adjustment.

(h) In the case of:

(i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change in Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or changes resulting from a subdivision or combination),

(ii) any consolidation, merger or other combination involving the Corporation,

(iii) any sale, lease or other transfer or disposition to a third party of the consolidated assets of the Corporation and the Corporation’s Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety, or

(iv) any statutory share exchange of the Corporation’s securities with another person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition),

in each case, as a result of which Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such transaction or event, a “ Reorganization Event ”), then, at and after the effective time of such Reorganization Event, the right to convert each share of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock shall be changed into a right to convert such share of Series A Preferred Stock into the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such Reorganization Event would have been entitled to receive upon such Reorganization Event (such stock, securities or other property or assets, the “ Reference Property ”). The Corporation shall amend its Certificate of Incorporation to effect this change, if applicable. In the event that, in connection with any such Reorganization Event, the holders of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of all or any portion of the consideration to be received by such holders in such Reorganization Event, the Reference Property into which shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such election (or of all holders of Common Stock if no holders of Common Stock make such election). The Corporation shall not become a party to any Reorganization Event unless its terms are consistent with this

 

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Section 8(h) . Notwithstanding Section 8(d) , no adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be made for any Reorganization Event to the extent stock, securities or other property or assets become the Reference Property receivable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock.

The Corporation shall provide, by amendment hereto effective upon any such Reorganization Event, for anti-dilution and other adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as is possible to the adjustments provided for in this Section 8 . The provisions of this Section 8(h)  shall apply to successive Reorganization Events.

None of the foregoing provisions of this Section 8(h) shall affect the right of a Holder to convert its Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock as set forth in Section 8(a) prior to the effective time of such Reorganization Event.

In this Certificate of Designations, if Common Stock has been replaced by Reference Property as a result of any such Reorganization Event, references to “ Common Stock ” are intended to refer to such Reference Property.

(i) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock a number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock equal to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock (including the maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period), and shall take all action required to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock if at any time there shall be insufficient unissued shares of Common Stock to permit such reservation or to permit the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(j) A converting Holder is not required to pay any transfer or similar taxes due upon conversion of such Holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock, except that such Holder shall pay such transfer or similar taxes payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock, if any, due upon conversion of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock in a name other than that of the converting Holder. The Corporation may require that such converting Holder establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Corporation, that such converting Holder has paid in full all applicable transfer or similar taxes, if any, payable by such converting Holder prior to issuing and delivered the shares of Common Stock due upon conversion of such converting Holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon surrender of a share of Series A Preferred Stock for conversion, the Corporation or an applicable withholding agent may deduct and withhold on cash dividends, shares of Common Stock or sale proceeds paid, subsequently paid or credited (or on the consideration otherwise delivered) with respect to such Holder or its successors and assigns the amount required to be deducted and withheld under applicable law.

9. Mandatory Conversion.

(a) At any time on or after April 27, 2019, the Corporation shall have the right, at its option, to elect to cause all or any portion of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be automatically converted into that number of shares of Common Stock for each share of

 

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Series A Preferred Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Mandatory Conversion Date. The Corporation may exercise its right to cause a mandatory conversion pursuant to this Section 9 only if the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds 120% of the Conversion Price then in effect for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) in a period of 30 consecutive Trading Days, including the last Trading Day of such 30 Trading Day period, ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Business Day on which the Corporation issues a press release announcing the mandatory conversion as described in Section 9(b) . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9(a) , the Corporation shall not, in any calendar month, convert pursuant to this Section 9 a number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock in excess of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock the conversion of which would result in the issuance of a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of 15% the number of shares of Common Stock traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which securities of the Corporation may be listed or quoted) during the calendar month preceding the month of the Mandatory Conversion Date (as defined below).

(b) To exercise the mandatory conversion right described in Section 9(a) , the Corporation must issue a press release giving notice of such mandatory conversion for publication on the Dow Jones News Service or Bloomberg Business News (or another broadly disseminated news or press release service selected by the Corporation) prior to the Open of Business on the first Trading Day immediately following any date on which the condition described in Section 9(a) is met, announcing such a mandatory conversion. The conversion date will be a date selected by the Corporation (the “ Mandatory Conversion Date ”) and will be no later than 10 calendar days after the date on which the Corporation issues the press release described in this Section 9(b) . In addition to any information required by applicable law or regulation, such press release and notice of a mandatory conversion shall state, as appropriate: (i) the Mandatory Conversion Date; (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of each share of Series A Preferred Stock; and (iii) that dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock to be converted will cease to accumulate on the Mandatory Conversion Date.

(c) On and after the Mandatory Conversion Date, dividends shall cease to accumulate on the Series A Preferred Stock called for a mandatory conversion pursuant to this Section 9 and all rights of Holders shall terminate except for the right to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof and, if applicable, a dividend on the Mandatory Conversion Date as provided in the following sentence. An amount equal to the amount of any accumulated and unpaid dividends with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock called for a mandatory conversion pursuant to this Section 9 as of the Close of Business on the Mandatory Conversion Date shall be paid on such Mandatory Conversion Date to the record holder of such share at the Close of Business on such Mandatory Conversion Date at the Corporation’s sole election, either: (i) in cash, (ii) by delivery of shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate or (iii) through a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock.

(d) The Corporation may not authorize, issue a press release or give notice of any mandatory conversion pursuant to this Section 9 unless, prior to giving the mandatory conversion notice, all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock (whether or not declared) for dividend periods ended prior to the date of such mandatory conversion notice shall have been paid or such accumulated and unpaid dividends are declared and a sufficient sum in cash or number of shares of Series A Common Stock or Common Stock for payment of such dividends shall have been set aside for payment on or prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date.

 

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10. No Fractional Shares . No fractional shares of Common Stock or securities representing fractional shares of Common Stock will be delivered upon redemption or conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, whether voluntary or mandatory. Instead, the Corporation shall round up to the nearest whole share the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered.

11. Rule 144A Information . At any time the Corporation is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Corporation will, so long as any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock will, at such time, constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, promptly provide to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Transfer Agent, and, upon written request, provide to any holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Corporation will take such further action as any Holder or beneficial owner of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock may reasonably request to the extent from time to time required to enable such Holder or beneficial owner to sell such shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time.

12. [Reserved.]

13. Uncertificated Shares; Certificated Shares

(a) Uncertificated Shares.

(i) Form . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless requested in writing by a Holder to the Corporation, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof shall be in uncertificated, book entry form as permitted by the bylaws of the Corporation and the DGCL.

(ii) Transfer . The Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof held in uncertificated book-entry form shall be held in a transfer restricted account by the Transfer Agent. Transfers of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof held in uncertificated, book-entry form shall be made only upon the transfer books of the Corporation kept at an office of the Transfer Agent upon receipt of a request to register the transfer of such stock from the registered owner of such uncertificated shares, or from a duly authorized attorney or from an individual presenting proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer the stock, provided that its reasonable requirements for such transfer set forth below are met:

(A) Such stock is being transferred or exchanged pursuant to subclause (1) or (2) below, and is accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:

(1) if a Holder is requesting registration of the Series A Preferred Stock in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto; or

 

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(2) if such Series A Preferred Stock is being transferred to the Corporation or to a “qualified institutional buyer” in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act, a certification to that effect (in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto) and if the Corporation so requests, an opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 13(b)(iv) .

(iii) Legends . Each share of uncertificated Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed to bear, and each share of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall bear, a legend in substantially the following form:

“THE SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY AND THE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH SHARES OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, IF ANY, HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE SHARES OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OR THE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH SHARES OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, IF ANY, AND ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (2) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND THE SECURITIES LAWS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND IN THE CASE OF A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION, UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSACTION DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.”

(b) Certificated Shares.

(i) Form and Dating . Series A Preferred Stock certificates and the Transfer Agent’s certificates of authentication shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A , which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Certificate of Designations. A Series A Preferred Stock certificate may have notations, legends or endorsements required by applicable law, stock exchange rules, agreements to which the Corporation is subject, if any, or usage; provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Corporation. Each Series A Preferred Stock certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.

 

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(ii) Execution and Authentication . Two Officers shall sign each Series A Preferred Stock certificate for the Corporation by manual or facsimile signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Series A Preferred Stock certificate no longer holds that office at the time the Transfer Agent authenticates the Series A Preferred Stock certificate, the Series A Preferred Stock certificate shall be valid nevertheless.

A Series A Preferred Stock certificate shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Transfer Agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Series A Preferred Stock certificate. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Series A Preferred Stock certificate has been authenticated under this Certificate of Designations.

The Transfer Agent shall authenticate and deliver certificates for shares of Series A Preferred Stock for original issue upon a written order of the Corporation signed by two Officers or by an Officer and an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation. Such order shall specify the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of the Series A Preferred Stock is to be authenticated.

The Transfer Agent may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Corporation to authenticate the certificates for the Series A Preferred Stock. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate certificates for the Series A Preferred Stock whenever the Transfer Agent may do so. Each reference in this Certificate of Designations to authentication by the Transfer Agent includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as the Transfer Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

(iii) Transfer and Exchange . When Certificated Series A Preferred Stock is presented to the Transfer Agent from the registered owner of such stock, or from a duly authorized attorney or from an individual presenting proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer the stock with a request to register the transfer of such Certificated Series A Preferred Stock or to exchange such Certificated Series A Preferred Stock for an equal number of shares of Certificated Series A Preferred Stock, the Transfer Agent shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided , however , that the Certificated Series A Preferred Stock surrendered for transfer or exchange:

(A) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and the Transfer Agent, duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing; and

 

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(B) is being transferred or exchanged pursuant to subclause (1) or (2) below, and is accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:

(1) if such Certificated Series A Preferred Stock is being delivered to the Transfer Agent by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect in substantially the form of Error! Reference source not found. hereto; or

(2) if such Certificated Series A Preferred Stock is being transferred to the Corporation or to a “qualified institutional buyer” in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act, a certification to that effect (in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto) and if the Corporation so requests, an opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 13(b)(iv) .

(iv) Legends.

(A) Each certificate evidencing Certificated Series A Preferred Stock or any Common Stock issued upon the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THE SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY AND THE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH SHARES OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, IF ANY, HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE SHARES OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OR THE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH SHARES OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, IF ANY, AND ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (2) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND THE SECURITIES LAWS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND IN THE CASE OF A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION, UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSACTION DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.”

(B) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security held in certificated form pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or another exemption from registration under the Securities Act or an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, the Transfer Agent shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for Certificated Series A Preferred Stock or certificated Common Stock that does not bear a restrictive legend and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security.

 

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(v) Replacement Certificates . If any of the Series A Preferred Stock certificates shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Series A Preferred Stock certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the Series A Preferred Stock certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Series A Preferred Stock certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent amount of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Series A Preferred Stock certificate and indemnity, if requested, satisfactory to the Corporation and the Transfer Agent.

(vi) Temporary Certificates . Until definitive Series A Preferred Stock certificates are ready for delivery, the Corporation may prepare and the Transfer Agent shall authenticate temporary Series A Preferred Stock certificates . Any temporary Series A Preferred Stock certificates shall be substantially in the form of definitive Series A Preferred Stock certificates but may have variations that the Corporation considers appropriate for temporary Series A Preferred Stock certificates . Without unreasonable delay, the Corporation shall prepare and the Transfer Agent shall authenticate definitive Series A Preferred Stock certificates and deliver them in exchange for temporary Series A Preferred Stock certificates.

(vii) Cancellation . In the event the Corporation shall purchase or otherwise acquire Certificated Series A Preferred Stock, the same shall thereupon be delivered to the Transfer Agent for cancellation. The Transfer Agent and no one else shall cancel and destroy all Series A Preferred Stock certificates surrendered for transfer, exchange, replacement or cancellation and deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Corporation unless the Corporation directs the Transfer Agent to deliver cancelled Series A Preferred Stock certificates to the Corporation. The Corporation may not issue new Series A Preferred Stock certificates to replace Series A Preferred Stock certificates to the extent they evidence Series A Preferred Stock which the Corporation has purchased or otherwise acquired.

(c) Certain Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Series A Preferred Stock.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Corporation shall execute and the Transfer Agent shall authenticate Certificated Series A Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the provisions of this 13(c).

(ii) All shares of Series A Preferred Stock, whether or not Certificated Series A Preferred Stock, issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be the valid obligations of the Corporation, entitled to the same benefits under this Certificate of Designations as the shares of Series A Preferred Stock surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

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(iii) Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the Transfer Agent and the Corporation may deem and treat the Person in whose name such shares of Series A Preferred Stock are registered as the absolute owner of such Series A Preferred Stock and neither the Transfer Agent nor the Corporation shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(iv) No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of any Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock issued upon the conversion thereof on the transfer books of the Corporation or the Transfer Agent or upon surrender of any Series A Preferred Stock certificate or Common Stock certificate at the office of the Transfer Agent maintained for that purpose. However, the Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock if the Person receiving shares in connection with such transfer or exchange is not the holder thereof.

(d) No Obligation of the Transfer Agent . The Transfer Agent shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Certificate of Designations or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Series A Preferred Stock other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Certificate of Designations, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

14. Other Provisions.

(a) With respect to any notice to a Holder required to be provided hereunder, neither failure to send such notice, nor any defect therein or in the sending thereof, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of the notice or the validity of the proceedings referred to in such notice with respect to the other Holders or affect the legality or validity of any distribution, rights, warrant, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, or the vote upon any such action . Any notice which was mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Holder receives the notice.

(b) Shares of Series A Preferred Stock that have been issued and reacquired in any manner, including shares of Series A Preferred Stock that are purchased or exchanged or converted, shall (upon compliance with any applicable provisions of the laws of Delaware) have the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation undesignated as to series and may be designated or redesignated and issued or reissued, as the case may be, as part of any series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation; provided that any issuance of such shares as Series A Preferred Stock must be in compliance with the terms hereof.

(c) All notice periods referred to herein shall commence on the date of the mailing of the applicable notice . Notice to any Holder shall be given to the registered address set forth in the Corporation’s records for such Holder.

 

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(d) Any payment required to be made hereunder on any day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest or dividends on such payment will accrue or accumulate, as the case may be, in respect of such delay.

(e) Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any preemptive rights to acquire additional Capital Stock of the Corporation.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has caused this Certificate of Designations to be duly executed this 27th day of April, 2017.

 

ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.
By:  

/s/ Gary C . Hanna

  Name:   Gary C. Hanna
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

[ Signature Page to Certificate of Designations of KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. ]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF CERTIFICATED SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK CERTIFICATE

FACE OF SECURITY

THE SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK EVIDENCED HEREBY AND THE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH SHARES OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, IF ANY, HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NONE OF THE SHARES OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OR THE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH SHARES OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, IF ANY, AND ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (2) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND THE SECURITIES LAWS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND IN THE CASE OF A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION, UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSACTION DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.

 

Exhibit A-1


Certificate Number [    ]    Number of Shares of
   Series A Preferred Stock [    ]

8.000% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

of

Rosehill Resources Inc.

ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”) hereby certifies that [                    ] (the “ Holder ”) is the registered owner of [                    ] fully paid and non-assessable shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation, designated as the 8.000% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”). The shares of Series A Preferred Stock are transferrable on the books and records of the Transfer Agent, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Series A Preferred Stock represented hereby are as specified in, and the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of, the Certificate of Designations dated April 27, 2017, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “ Certificate of Designations ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Certificate of Designations. The Corporation will provide a copy of the Certificate of Designations to a Holder without charge upon written request to the Corporation at its principal place of business.

Reference is hereby made to the Certificate of Designations, which shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Certificate of Designations and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

Unless the Transfer Agent’s Certificate of Authentication hereon has been properly executed, these shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Certificate of Designations or be valid for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has executed this certificate this [    ] day of [            ], 20[    ]

 

ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.
By:                                                                                              
Name:  

 

Title:  

 

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

Exhibit A-2


TRANSFER AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

These are shares of Series A Preferred Stock referred to in the within-mentioned Certificate of Designations.

Dated:                                                              

 

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

Exhibit A-3


REVERSE OF SECURITY

The Corporation will furnish without charge and upon written request to each Holder the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Requests may be made to:

Rosehill Resources Inc.

811 Main Street, 18 th Floor

Houston, Texas

Attention: J. A. Townsend

 

Exhibit A-4


ASSIGNMENT

To assign this Series A Preferred Stock certificate, fill in the form below:

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby assigns and transfer the shares of Series A Preferred Stock evidenced hereby to:

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax identification number)

(Insert assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoints:

as agent to transfer the shares of Series A Preferred Stock evidenced hereby on the books of the Transfer Agent. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

Dated:                                                              

 

Your Signature:                                                                           

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this certificate)

Signature Guarantee: 1                                     

 

 

1   Signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting the requirements of the Transfer Agent, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“ STAMP ”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Transfer Agent in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exhibit A-5


EXHIBIT B-1

FORM OF NOTICE OF CERTIFICATED CONVERSION

NOTICE OF UNCERTIFICATED CONVERSION

(To be executed by the Holder in order to convert the Series A Preferred Stock)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert (the “ Conversion ”) [NUMBER] shares of 8.000% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”) of Rosehill Resources Inc. (the “ Corporation ”) into shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation (“ Common Stock ”) according to the conditions of the Certificate of Designations of the Series A Preferred Stock (the “ Certificate of Designations ”). The Corporation will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or tax on the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, unless the tax is due because the undersigned requests such shares of Common Stock to be issued in a name other than the undersigned’s name, in which case the undersigned will pay the tax.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Certificate of Designations.

Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted:

Name(s) (with address(es)) in which the certificate(s) for any shares of Common Stock are to be registered: 2

Signature:                                                              

Name of registered Holder:                                 

Fax No.:                                                                

Telephone No.:                                                     

 

 

2   The Corporation is not required to issue shares of Common Stock until you, among other things, (a) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and (b) if required, pay funds equal to any dividend payable on the next Dividend Payment Date to which you are not entitled.

 

Exhibit B-1


EXHIBIT B-2

FORM OF NOTICE OF CERTIFICATED CONVERSION

NOTICE OF CERTIFICATED CONVERSION

(To be executed by the Holder in order to convert the Series A Preferred Stock)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert (the “ Conversion ”) shares of 8.000% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”) of Rosehill Resources Inc. (the “ Corporation ”), represented by stock certificate No(s). [                    ] (the “ Preferred Stock Certificates ”), into shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation (“ Common Stock ”) according to the conditions of the Certificate of Designations of the Series A Preferred Stock (the “ Certificate of Designations ”). The Corporation will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or tax on the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, unless the tax is due because the undersigned requests such shares of Common Stock to be issued in a name other than the undersigned’s name, in which case the undersigned will pay the tax. A copy of each Preferred Stock Certificate is attached hereto (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof).

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Certificate of Designations.

Number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted:

Name(s) (with address(es)) in which the certificate(s) for any shares of Common Stock are to be registered: 3

Signature:                                                              

Name of registered Holder:                                 

Fax No.:                                                                

Telephone No.:                                                     

 

 

3   The Corporation is not required to issue shares of Common Stock until you, among other things, (a) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and (b) if required, pay funds equal to any dividend payable on the next Dividend Payment Date to which you are not entitled.

 

Exhibit B-2


EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR

REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF PREFERRED STOCK

 

Re: Series A Preferred Stock (the “ Preferred Stock ”) of Rosehill Resources Inc. (the “ Corporation ”)

This Certificate relates to shares of Preferred Stock held by (the “ Transferor ”) in*/:

 

book entry form; or

 

definitive form.

The Transferor has requested the Transfer Agent by written order to exchange or register the transfer of Preferred Stock.

In connection with such request and in respect of such Preferred Stock, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with the Certificate of Designations relating to the above-captioned Preferred Stock and that the transfer of this Preferred Stock does not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Securities Act ”) because */:

 

such Preferred Stock is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account without transfer;

 

such Preferred Stock is being transferred to the Corporation;

 

such Preferred Stock is being transferred to a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), in reliance on Rule 144A; or

 

such Preferred Stock is being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based on an Opinion of Counsel if the Corporation so requests).

 

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By:                                                                                                    

Date:                     

 

 

*/ Please check applicable box.

 

Exhibit C-1

Exhibit 3.3

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC. (THE “CORPORATION”)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.1 Registered Office . The registered office of the Corporation within the State of Delaware shall be located at either (a) the principal place of business of the Corporation in the State of Delaware or (b) the office of the corporation or individual acting as the Corporation’s registered agent in Delaware.

Section 1.2 Additional Offices . The Corporation may, in addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, have such other offices and places of business, both within and outside the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) may from time to time determine or as the business and affairs of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS

Section 2.1 Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at such place and time and on such date as shall be determined by the Board and stated in the notice of the meeting; provided that the Board may in its sole discretion determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication pursuant to Section 9.5(a) . At each annual meeting, the stockholders shall elect those directors of the Corporation to fill any term of a directorship that expires on the date of such annual meeting and may transact any other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

Section 2.2 Special Meetings . Subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of the preferred stock of the Corporation (“ Preferred Stock ”), and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called only in the manner set forth in the Corporation’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”). Special meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place and time and on such date as shall be determined by the Board and stated in the Corporation’s notice of the meeting; provided that the Board may in its sole discretion determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication pursuant to Section 9.5(a) .

Section 2.3 Notices . Notice of each stockholders meeting stating the place, if any, date, and time of the meeting, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, shall be given in the manner permitted by Section 9.3 to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat by the Corporation not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If said

 

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notice is for a stockholders meeting other than an annual meeting, it shall in addition state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and the business transacted at such meeting shall be limited to the matters so stated in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto). Any meeting of stockholders as to which notice has been given may be postponed, and any special meeting of stockholders as to which notice has been given may be cancelled, by the Board upon public announcement (as defined in Section 2.7(c) ) given before the date previously scheduled for such meeting.

Section 2.4 Quorum . Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, at a stockholders meeting of the holders of shares of outstanding capital stock of the Corporation representing a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting, except that when specified business is to be voted on by a class or series of stock voting as a class, the holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum of such class or series for the transaction of such business. If a quorum shall not be present or represented by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 2.6 until a quorum shall attend. The stockholders present at a duly convened meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation or any such other corporation to vote shares held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

Section 2.5 Voting of Shares .

(a) Voting Lists . The Secretary of the Corporation (the “ Secretary ”) shall prepare, or shall cause the officer or agent who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation to prepare, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders of record entitled to vote at such meeting and showing the address and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Nothing contained in this Section 2.5(a) shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network; provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall 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 a meeting of stockholders is to be held solely by means of remote

 

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communication as permitted by Section 9.5(a) , the list shall 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 meeting. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list required by this Section 2.5(a) or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

(b) Manner of Voting . At any stockholders meeting, every stockholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy. If authorized by the Board, the voting by stockholders or proxy holders at any meeting conducted by remote communication may be effected by a ballot submitted by electronic transmission (as defined in Section 9.3 ); provided that any such electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which the Corporation can determine that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder or proxy holder. The Board, in its discretion, or the chairman of the meeting of stockholders, in such person’s discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.

(c) Proxies . Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed with the Secretary before being voted. Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, either of the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority.

(i) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or such stockholder’s authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing or causing such person’s signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means, including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.

(ii) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of an electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission; provided that any such electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission authorizing another person or persons to act as proxy for a stockholder 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 telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.

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of the votes cast by the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon. All other matters shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the votes cast by the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon, unless the matter is one upon which, by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or applicable stock exchange rules, a different vote is required, in which case such provision shall govern and control the decision of such matter.

(e) Inspectors of Election . The Board may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more persons as inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation or otherwise serve the Corporation in other capacities, to act at such meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Board may appoint one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspectors of election or alternates are appointed by the Board, 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 faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall ascertain and report the number of outstanding shares and the voting power of each; determine the number of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots; count all votes and ballots and report the results; determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors; and certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election. Each report of an inspector shall be in writing and signed by the inspector or by a majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors.

Section 2.6 Adjournments . Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned by the chairman of the meeting, from time to time, whether or not there is a quorum, to reconvene at the same or some other place. Notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the date, time, and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the stockholders, or the holders of any class or series of stock entitled to vote separately as a class, as the case may be, may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 2.7 Advance Notice for Business .

(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders . No business may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than business that is either (i) specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (x) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this

 

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Section 2.7(a) and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (y) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.7(a) . Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.7(a) to the contrary, only persons nominated for election as a director to fill any term of a directorship that expires on the date of the annual meeting pursuant to Section 3.2 will be considered for election at such meeting.

(i) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business (other than nominations) to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary and such business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. Subject to Section 2.7(a)(iii) , a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary with respect to such business, to be timely, must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the opening of business on the 120th day before the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided , however , that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 45 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than the opening of business on the 120th day before the meeting and not later than the later of (x) the close of business on the 90th day before the meeting or (y) the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made by the Corporation. The public announcement of an adjournment of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in this Section 2.7(a) .

(ii) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary with respect to any business (other than nominations) must set forth as to each such matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (B) the name and record address of such stockholder and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (C) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (D) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder, (E) any material interest of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made in such business and (F) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting.

(iii) The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 2.7(a) shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder as to any proposal (other than nominations) if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of such stockholder’s intention to present such proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereof) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and such stockholder has complied with the

 

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requirements of such Rule for inclusion of such proposal in a proxy statement prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. No business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of stockholders except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.7(a) ; provided , however , that once business has been properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 2.7(a) shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the Board or the chairman of the annual meeting determines that any stockholder proposal was not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.7(a) or that the information provided in a stockholder’s notice does not satisfy the information requirements of this Section 2.7(a) , such proposal shall not be presented for action at the annual meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7(a) , if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present the proposed business, such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such matter may have been received by the Corporation.

(iv) In addition to the provisions of this Section 2.7(a) , 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 herein. Nothing in this Section 2.7(a) shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

(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 the Corporation’s notice of meeting only pursuant to Section 3.2 .

(c) Public Announcement . For purposes of these Bylaws, “ public announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(d) Miscellaneous . All provisions of this Section 2.7 are subject to, and nothing in this Section 2.7 shall in any way limit the exercise, or the method or timing of the exercise of, the rights of any person granted by the Corporation to nominate directors, which rights may be exercised without compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.7 .

Section 2.8 Conduct of Meetings . The chairman of each annual and special meeting of stockholders shall be the Chairman of the Board or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chairman of the Board, the Lead Director, or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Lead Director, the Chief Executive Officer (if he or she shall be a director) or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chief Executive Officer or if the Chief Executive Officer is not a director, the President (if he or she shall be a director) or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the President or if the President is not a director, such other person as shall be appointed by the Board. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls

 

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for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the chairman of the meeting. The Board may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with these Bylaws or such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and to adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (c) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (d) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (e) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure. The secretary of each annual and special meeting of stockholders shall be the Secretary or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary so appointed to act by the chairman of the meeting. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 2.9 Consents in Lieu of Meeting . Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, stockholders may not take any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting of stockholders.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 3.1 Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, which 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. Directors need not be stockholders or residents of the State of Delaware.

Section 3.2 Advance Notice for Nomination of Directors .

(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation, except as may be otherwise provided by the terms of one or more series of Preferred Stock with respect to the rights of holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock to elect directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors as set forth in the Corporation’s notice of such special meeting, may be made (i) by or at the direction of the Board or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation (x) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 3.2 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (y) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.2 .

 

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(b) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) in the case of an annual meeting, not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the opening of business on the 120th day before the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided , however , that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 45 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than the opening of business on the 120th day before the meeting and not later than the later of (x) the close of business on the 90th day before the meeting or (y) the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was first made by the Corporation; and (ii) in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the special meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an annual meeting or special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in this Section 3.2 .

(c) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (b) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board at an annual meeting is greater than the number of directors whose terms expire on the date of the annual meeting and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for the additional directors to be elected or specifying the size of the increased Board before the close of business on the 90th day prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 3.2 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships created by such increase that are to be filled by election at such annual meeting, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the date on which such public announcement was first made by the Corporation.

(d) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (C) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially or of record by the person and (D) any other information relating to the 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 pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice (A) the name and record address of such stockholder and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, (B) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, (C) a description of all arrangements or

 

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understandings relating to the nomination to be made by such stockholder among such stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names), (D) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (E) any other information relating to such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made 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 pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.

(e) If the Board or the chairman of the meeting of stockholders determines that any nomination was not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.2 , then such nomination shall not be considered at the meeting in question. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.2 , if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present the nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nomination may have been received by the Corporation.

(f) In addition to the provisions of this Section 3.2 , a stockholder shall also comply with all of the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth herein. Nothing in this Section 3.2 shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 3.3 Compensation . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be reimbursed their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board and may be paid either a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board or other compensation as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of committees of the Board may be allowed like compensation and reimbursement of expenses for service on the committee.

Section 3.4 Chairman of the Board . The Board shall, from time to time by vote of the Board, elect a Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside when present at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have general supervision and control of the acquisition activities of the Corporation subject to the ultimate authority of the Board, and shall be responsible for the execution of the policies of the Board with respect to such matters. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chairman of the Board, the Lead Director shall preside when present at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board. The powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board shall not include supervision or control of the preparation of the financial statements of the Corporation (other than through participation as a member of the Board). The position of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer may be held by the same person.

 

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Section 3.5 Lead Director . The Board shall, from time to time by vote of the Board, elect a Lead Director. The Lead Director shall have the ability to call meetings of the Board and the stockholders and shall set the agenda for all such meetings, and shall otherwise exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board in accordance with the terms of Section 3.4 and any other powers as explicitly set forth in these Bylaws or in the Certificate of Incorporation. The Lead Director shall be independent under the rules of the national securities exchange on which the Company’s Class A Common Stock is listed.

ARTICLE IV

BOARD MEETINGS

Section 4.1 Annual Meetings . The Board shall meet as soon as practicable after the adjournment of each annual stockholders meeting at the place of the annual stockholders meeting unless the Board shall fix another time and place and give notice thereof in the manner required herein for special meetings of the Board. No notice to the directors shall be necessary to legally convene this meeting, except as provided in this Section 4.1 .

Section 4.2 Regular Meetings . Regularly scheduled, periodic meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such times, dates and places as shall from time to time be determined by the Board and publicized among all directors.

Section 4.3 Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board may be called by (a) the Chairman of the Board, (b) the Lead Director or (c) two or more directors then in office (and, if fewer than three directors constitute a majority of the directors then in office, a majority of the directors then in office, or the sole director, as the case may be), and shall be held at such time, date and place as may be determined by the person calling the meeting or, if called upon the request of directors or the sole director, as specified in such written request. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall be given, as provided in Section 9.3 , to each director (i) at least 24 hours before the meeting if such notice is oral notice given personally or by telephone or written notice given by hand delivery or by means of a form of electronic transmission and delivery; (ii) at least two days before the meeting if such notice is sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service; and (iii) at least five days before the meeting if such notice is sent through the United States mail. If the Secretary shall fail or refuse to give such notice, then the notice may be given by the officer who called the meeting or the directors who requested the meeting. Any and all business that may be transacted at a regular meeting of the Board may be transacted at a special meeting. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. A special 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 9.4 .

Section 4.4 Quorum; Required Vote . A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

 

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Section 4.5 Consent In Lieu of Meeting . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or 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 or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions (or paper reproductions thereof) are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

Section 4.6 Organization . The chairman of each meeting of the Board shall be the Chairman of the Board or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chairman of the Board, the Lead Director or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Lead Director, the Chief Executive Officer (if he or she shall be a director) or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chief Executive Officer or if the Chief Executive Officer is not a director, the President (if he or she shall be a director) or in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the President or if the President is not a director, a chairman elected from the directors present. The Secretary shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of the Secretary at such meeting. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

ARTICLE V

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

Section 5.1 Establishment . The Board may by resolution passed by a majority of the Board designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board when required. The Board shall have the power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of, or to dissolve any such committee. All provisions of this Section 5.1 are subject to, and nothing in this Section 5.1 shall in any way limit the exercise, or method or timing of the exercise of, the rights of any person granted by the Corporation with respect to the existence, duties, composition or conduct of any committee of the Board.

Section 5.2 Available Powers . Any committee established pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, to the extent permitted by applicable law and by resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise all of 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 that may require it.

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Section 5.4 Procedures . Unless the Board otherwise provides, the time, date, place, if any, and notice of meetings of a committee shall be determined by such committee. At meetings of a committee, a majority of the number of members of the committee (but not including any alternate member, unless such alternate member has replaced any absent or disqualified member at the time of, or in connection with, such meeting) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee, except as otherwise specifically provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the Board. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of a committee, the members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. Unless the Board otherwise provides and except as provided in these Bylaws, each committee designated by the Board may make, alter, amend and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board is authorized to conduct its business pursuant to Article III and Article IV of these Bylaws.

ARTICLE VI

OFFICERS

Section 6.1 Officers . The officers of the Corporation elected by the Board shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, a Secretary and such other officers (including without limitation, Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and a Treasurer) as the Board from time to time may determine. 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 VI . Such officers shall also have such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board. The Chief Executive Officer or President may also appoint such other officers (including without limitation one or more Vice Presidents and Controllers) as may be necessary or desirable for the conduct of the business of the Corporation. Such other officers shall have such powers and duties and shall hold their offices for such terms as may be provided in these Bylaws or as may be prescribed by the Board or, if such officer has been appointed by the Chief Executive Officer or President, as may be prescribed by the appointing officer.

(a) Chief Executive Officer . The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Corporation and general control of all of its business subject to the ultimate authority of the Board, and shall be responsible for the execution of the policies of the Board with respect to such matters, except to the extent any such powers and duties have been prescribed to the Chairman of the Board or the Lead Director. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chairman of the Board and the Lead Director, the Chief Executive Officer (if he or she shall be a director) shall preside when present at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board. The position of Chief Executive Officer and President may be held by the same person.

(b) President . The President shall make recommendations to the Chief Executive Officer on all operational matters that would normally be reserved for the final executive responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chairman of the Board, Lead Director and Chief Executive Officer, the President (if he or she

 

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shall be a director) shall preside when present at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board. The President shall also perform such duties and have such powers as shall be designated by the Board. The position of President and Chief Executive Officer may be held by the same person.

(c) Vice Presidents . In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the President, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board) shall perform the duties and have the powers of the President. Any one or more of the Vice Presidents may be given an additional designation of rank or function.

(d) Secretary .

(i) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders, the Board and (as required) committees of the Board and shall record the proceedings of such meetings in books to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, Lead Director, Chief Executive Officer or President. The Secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation and the Secretary, or any Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing thereof by his or her signature.

(ii) The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, if one has been appointed, a stock ledger, or duplicate stock ledger, showing the names of the stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each and, with respect to certificated shares, the number and date of certificates issued for the same and the number and date of certificates cancelled.

(e) Assistant Secretaries . The Assistant Secretary or, if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board shall, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary, perform the duties and have the powers of the Secretary.

(f) Chief Financial Officer . The Chief Financial Officer shall perform all duties commonly incident to that office (including, without limitation, the care and custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation, which from time to time may come into the Chief Financial Officer’s hands and the deposit of the funds of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may authorize).

(g) Treasurer . The Treasurer shall, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer.

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elected and qualified by the Board or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal from office. Any officer may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the Board. Any officer appointed by the Chief Executive Officer or President may also be removed, with or without cause, by the Chief Executive Officer or President, as the case may be, unless the Board otherwise provides. Any vacancy occurring in any elected office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office appointed by the Chief Executive Officer or President may be filled by the Chief Executive Officer, or President, as the case may be, unless the Board then determines that such office shall thereupon be elected by the Board, in which case the Board shall elect such officer.

Section 6.3 Other Officers . The Board may delegate the power to appoint such other officers and agents, and may also remove such officers and agents or delegate the power to remove same, as it shall from time to time deem necessary or desirable.

Section 6.4 Multiple Officeholders; Stockholder and Director Officers . Any number of offices may be held by the same person unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide. Officers need not be stockholders or residents of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE VII

SHARES

Section 7.1 Certificated and Uncertificated Shares . The shares of the Corporation may be certificated or uncertificated, subject to the sole discretion of the Board.

Section 7.2 Multiple Classes of Stock . If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the Corporation shall (a) cause the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences or rights to be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of any certificate that the Corporation issues to represent shares of such class or series of stock or (b) in the case of uncertificated shares, within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of such shares, send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth on certificates as specified in clause (a) above; provided , however , that, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of such certificate or, in the case of uncertificated shares, on such written notice a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences or rights.

Section 7.3 Signatures . Each certificate representing capital stock of the Corporation shall be signed by or in the name of the Corporation by (a) the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President and (b) the Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall

 

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have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar on the date of issue.

Section 7.4 Consideration and Payment for Shares .

(a) Subject to applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation, shares of stock may be issued for such consideration, having in the case of shares with par value a value not less than the par value thereof, and to such persons, as determined from time to time by the Board. The consideration may consist of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the Corporation including cash, promissory notes, services performed, contracts for services to be performed or other securities.

(b) Subject to applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation, shares may not be issued until the full amount of the consideration has been paid, unless upon the face or back of each certificate issued to represent any partly paid shares of capital stock or upon the books and records of the Corporation in the case of partly paid uncertificated shares, there shall have been set forth the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon up to and including the time said certificate representing certificated shares or said uncertificated shares are issued.

Section 7.5 Lost, Destroyed or Wrongfully Taken Certificates .

(a) If an owner of a certificate representing shares claims that such certificate has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate representing such shares or such shares in uncertificated form if the owner: (i) requests such a new certificate before the Corporation has notice that the certificate representing such shares has been acquired by a protected purchaser; (ii) if requested by the Corporation, delivers to the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, wrongful taking or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares; and (iii) satisfies other reasonable requirements imposed by the Corporation.

(b) If a certificate representing shares has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, and the owner fails to notify the Corporation of that fact within a reasonable time after the owner has notice of such loss, apparent destruction or wrongful taking and the Corporation registers a transfer of such shares before receiving notification, the owner shall be precluded from asserting against the Corporation any claim for registering such transfer or a claim to a new certificate representing such shares or such shares in uncertificated form.

Section 7.6 Transfer of Stock .

(a) If a certificate representing shares of the Corporation is presented to the Corporation with an endorsement requesting the registration of transfer of such shares or an instruction is presented to the Corporation requesting the registration of transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall register the transfer as requested if:

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(ii) (A) with respect to certificated shares, the endorsement is made by the person specified by the certificate as entitled to such shares; (B) with respect to uncertificated shares, an instruction is made by the registered owner of such uncertificated shares; or (C) with respect to certificated shares or uncertificated shares, the endorsement or instruction is made by any other appropriate person or by an agent who has actual authority to act on behalf of the appropriate person;

(iii) the Corporation has received a guarantee of signature of the person signing such endorsement or instruction or such other reasonable assurance that the endorsement or instruction is genuine and authorized as the Corporation may request;

(iv) the transfer does not violate any restriction on transfer imposed by the Corporation that is enforceable in accordance with Section 7.8(a) ; and

(v) such other conditions for such transfer as shall be provided for under applicable law have been satisfied.

(b) Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security and not absolutely, the Corporation shall so record such fact in the entry of transfer if, when the certificate for such shares is presented to the Corporation for transfer or, if such shares are uncertificated, when the instruction for registration of transfer thereof is presented to the Corporation, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so.

Section 7.7 Registered Stockholders . Before due presentment for registration of transfer of a certificate representing shares of the Corporation or of an instruction requesting registration of transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation may treat the registered owner as the person exclusively entitled to inspect for any proper purpose the stock ledger and the other books and records of the Corporation, vote such shares, receive dividends or notifications with respect to such shares and otherwise exercise all the rights and powers of the owner of such shares, except that a person who is the beneficial owner of such shares (if held in a voting trust or by a nominee on behalf of such person) may, upon providing documentary evidence of beneficial ownership of such shares and satisfying such other conditions as are provided under applicable law, may also so inspect the books and records of the Corporation.

Section 7.8 Effect of the Corporation’s Restriction on Transfer .

(a) A written restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of the Corporation or on the amount of shares of the Corporation that may be owned by any person or group of persons, if permitted by the DGCL and noted conspicuously on the certificate representing such shares or, in the case of uncertificated shares, contained in a notice, offering circular or prospectus sent by the Corporation to the registered owner of such shares within a reasonable time prior to or after the issuance or transfer of such shares, may be enforced against the holder of such shares or any successor or transferee of the holder including an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of the holder.

 

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(b) A restriction imposed by the Corporation on the transfer or the registration of shares of the Corporation or on the amount of shares of the Corporation that may be owned by any person or group of persons, even if otherwise lawful, is ineffective against a person without actual knowledge of such restriction unless: (i) the shares are certificated and such restriction is noted conspicuously on the certificate; or (ii) the shares are uncertificated and such restriction was contained in a notice, offering circular or prospectus sent by the Corporation to the registered owner of such shares prior to or within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of such shares.

Section 7.9 Regulations . The Board shall have power and authority to make such additional rules and regulations, subject to any applicable requirement of law, as the Board may deem necessary and appropriate with respect to the issue, transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock or certificates representing shares. The Board may appoint one or more transfer agents or registrars and may require for the validity thereof that certificates representing shares bear the signature of any transfer agent or registrar so appointed.

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 8.1 Right to Indemnification . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the Corporation shall indemnify, advance expenses, and hold harmless each person who is or was made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any 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 or has agreed to serve as 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 (an “ indemnitee ”), 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 liability and loss suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee in connection with such proceeding; provided , however , that, except as provided in Section 8.3 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify an indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

Section 8.2 Right to Advancement of Expenses . In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 8.1 , an indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any such

 

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proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “ advancement of expenses ”); provided , however , that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law (“ DGCL ”) requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon the Corporation’s receipt of an undertaking (hereinafter an “ undertaking ”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or otherwise.

Section 8.3 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit . If a claim under Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (a) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by an indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (b) in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “ final adjudication ”) that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including a determination by its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, shall be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

Section 8.4 Non-Exclusivity of Rights . The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred on any indemnitee by this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that any indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, an agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

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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 8.6 Indemnification of Other Persons . This Article VIII shall not limit the right of the Corporation to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than indemnitees. Without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation and to any other person who 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 or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of indemnitees under this Article VIII .

Section 8.7 Amendments . Any repeal or amendment of this Article VIII by the Board or the stockholders of the Corporation or by changes in applicable law, or the adoption of any other provision of these Bylaws inconsistent with this Article VIII , shall, unless otherwise required by law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in applicable law permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights to indemnitees on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto), and shall not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision in respect of any proceeding (regardless of when such proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) arising out of, or related to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision; provided , however , that amendments or repeals of this Article VIII shall require the affirmative vote of the stockholders holding at least 66.7% of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation.

Section 8.8 Certain Definitions . For purposes of this Article VIII , (a) references to “other enterprise” shall include any employee benefit plan; (b) references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; (c) references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service that imposes duties on, or involves services by, a person with respect to any employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and (d) a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation” for purposes of Section 145 of the DGCL.

Section 8.9 Contract Rights . The rights provided to indemnitees pursuant to this Article VIII shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, agent or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.

Section 8.10 Severability . If any provision or provisions of this Article VIII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VIII shall not in any way be

 

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affected or impaired thereby; and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article VIII (including, without limitation, each such portion of this Article VIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.1 Place of Meetings . If the place of any meeting of stockholders, the Board or committee of the Board for which notice is required under these Bylaws is not designated in the notice of such meeting, such meeting shall be held at the principal business office of the Corporation; provided , however , if the Board has, in its sole discretion, determined that a meeting shall not be held at any place, but instead shall be held by means of remote communication pursuant to Section 9.5 hereof, then such meeting shall not be held at any place.

Section 9.2 Fixing Record Dates .

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which 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 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. 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 business day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business 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 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 the stockholders 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 be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no 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.

Section 9.3 Means of Giving Notice .

(a) Notice to Directors . Whenever under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any director, such notice shall be given either (i) in writing and sent by mail, or by a nationally recognized delivery service, (ii) by means of facsimile telecommunication or other form of electronic transmission, or (iii) by oral notice given personally or by telephone. A notice to a director will be deemed given as follows: (i) if given by hand delivery, orally, or by telephone, when actually received by the director, (ii)

 

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if sent through the United States mail, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage and fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at the director’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation, (iii) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at the director’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation, (iv) if sent by facsimile telecommunication, when sent to the facsimile transmission number for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation, (v) if sent by electronic mail, when sent to the electronic mail address for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation, or (vi) if sent by any other form of electronic transmission, when sent to the address, location or number (as applicable) for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation.

(b) Notice to Stockholders . Whenever under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any stockholder, such notice may be given (i) in writing and sent either by hand delivery, through the United States mail, or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery, or (ii) by means of a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder, to the extent permitted by, and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 232 of the DGCL. A notice to a stockholder shall be deemed given as follows: (i) if given by hand delivery, when actually received by the stockholder, (ii) if sent through the United States mail, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage and fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address appearing on the stock ledger of the Corporation, (iii) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address appearing on the stock ledger of the Corporation, and (iv) if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given and otherwise meeting the requirements set forth above, (A) if by facsimile transmission, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice, (B) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice, (C) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specified posting, upon the later of (1) such posting and (2) the giving of such separate notice, and (D) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. A stockholder may revoke such stockholder’s consent to receiving notice by means of electronic communication by giving written notice of such revocation to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (1) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and (2) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or to the Corporation’s transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided , however , the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.

(c) Electronic Transmission . “ Electronic transmission ” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process, including but not limited to transmission by telex, facsimile telecommunication, electronic mail, telegram and cablegram.

 

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(d) Notice to Stockholders Sharing Same Address . Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively by the Corporation to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. A stockholder may revoke such stockholder’s consent by delivering written notice of such revocation to the Corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Corporation within 60 days of having been given written notice by the Corporation of its intention to send such a single written notice shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.

(e) Exceptions to Notice Requirements . Whenever notice is required to be given, under the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting that shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

Whenever notice is required to be given by the Corporation, under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to any stockholder to whom (1) notice of two consecutive annual meetings of stockholders and all notices of stockholder meetings or of the taking of action by written consent of stockholders without a meeting to such stockholder during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (2) all, and at least two payments (if sent by first-class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a 12-month period, have been mailed addressed to such stockholder at such stockholder’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such stockholder shall not be required. Any action or meeting that shall be taken or held without notice to such stockholder shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any such stockholder shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice setting forth such stockholder’s then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such stockholder shall be reinstated. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the certificate need not state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to Section 230(b) of the DGCL. The exception in subsection (1) of the first sentence of this paragraph to the requirement that notice be given shall not be applicable to any notice returned as undeliverable if the notice was given by electronic transmission.

Section 9.4 Waiver of Notice . Whenever any notice is required to be given under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a written waiver of such notice, signed before or after the date of such meeting by the person or persons entitled to said notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to said notice, shall be deemed equivalent to such required notice. All such waivers shall be kept with the books of the

 

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Corporation. Attendance at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

Section 9.5 Meeting Attendance via Remote Communication Equipment .

(a) Stockholder Meetings . If authorized by the Board in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt, stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication:

(i) participate in a meeting of stockholders; and

(ii) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication; provided that (A) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxy holder, (B) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxy holders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (C) if any stockholder or proxy holder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such votes or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

(b) Board Meetings . Unless otherwise restricted by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

Section 9.6 Dividends . The Board may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends (payable in cash, property or shares of the Corporation’s capital stock) on the Corporation’s outstanding shares of capital stock, subject to applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 9.7 Reserves . The Board may set apart out of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.

Section 9.8 Contracts and Negotiable Instruments . Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any contract, bond, deed, lease, mortgage or other instrument may be executed and delivered in the name and on behalf of the Corporation by such officer or officers or other employee or employees of the Corporation as the Board may from time to time authorize. Such authority may be general or confined to specific

 

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instances as the Board may determine. The Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or any Vice President may execute and deliver any contract, bond, deed, lease, mortgage or other instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Board, Chairman of the Board, Lead Director, Chief Executive Officer, President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or any Vice President may delegate powers to execute and deliver any contract, bond, deed, lease, mortgage or other instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation to other officers or employees of the Corporation under such person’s supervision and authority, it being understood, however, that any such delegation of power shall not relieve such officer of responsibility with respect to the exercise of such delegated power.

Section 9.9 Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board.

Section 9.10 Seal . The Board may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in such form as the Board determines. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or otherwise reproduced.

Section 9.11 Books and Records . The books and records of the Corporation may be kept within or outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may from time to time be designated by the Board.

Section 9.12 Resignation . Any director, committee member or officer may resign by giving notice thereof in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chairman of the Board, the Lead Director, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. The resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or at the time of receipt of such notice if no time is specified or the specified time is earlier than the time of such receipt. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 9.13 Surety Bonds . Such officers, employees and agents of the Corporation (if any) as the Chairman of the Board, the Lead Director Chief Executive Officer, President or the Board may direct, from time to time, shall be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of their death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in their possession or under their control belonging to the Corporation, in such amounts and by such surety companies as the Chairman of the Board, Lead Director, Chief Executive Officer, President or the Board may determine. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the Corporation and the bonds so furnished shall be in the custody of the Secretary.

Section 9.14 Securities of Other Corporations . Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents in writing and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, Lead Director, Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President. Any such officer, may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities, or to consent in writing, in the name of the Corporation as such holder, to any action by such corporation, and at any such

 

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meeting or with respect to any such consent shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed. The Board may from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

Section 9.15 Amendments . These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

by and between

ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.,

TEMA OIL AND GAS COMPANY,

AND

AGENT

DATED AS OF APRIL 27, 2017


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article I DEFINITIONS

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Section 1.1 Definitions

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Section 1.2 Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions

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Article II DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN REALIZED TAX BENEFITS

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Section 2.1 Basis Adjustment Schedules

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Section 2.2 Tax Benefit Payment Schedules

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Section 2.3 Procedure; Amendments

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Article III TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS

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Section 3.1 Payments

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Section 3.2 No Duplicative Payments

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Section 3.3 Pro Rata Payments

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Article IV TERMINATION

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Section 4.1 Early Termination at Election of the Corporate Taxpayer

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Section 4.2 Breach of Agreement

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Section 4.3 Early Termination Notice

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Section 4.4 Payment upon Early Termination

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Article V SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS

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Section 5.1 Subordination

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Section 5.2 Late Payments by the Corporate Taxpayer

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Article VI NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION; APPROVALS

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Section 6.1 Participation in the Corporate Taxpayer’s and Rosehill LLC’s Tax Matters

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Section 6.2 Consistency

     17  

Section 6.3 Cooperation

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Section 6.4 Section 754 Election to be Filed

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Section 6.5 Approvals

     17  

Article VII MISCELLANEOUS

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Section 7.1 Notices

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Section 7.2 Counterparts

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Section 7.3 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries

     19  

Section 7.4 Governing Law

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Section 7.5 Severability

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Section 7.6 Successors; Assignment

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Section 7.7 Amendments; Waivers

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Section 7.8 Titles and Subtitles

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Section 7.9 Resolution of Disputes

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Section 7.10 Reconciliation

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Section 7.11 Withholding

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Section 7.12 Admission of the Corporate Taxpayer into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets

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Section 7.13 Confidentiality

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Section 7.14 Post-Closing TRAs

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Section 7.15 Change in Law

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TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of April 27, 2017, is hereby entered into by and among Rosehill Resources Inc. (formerly KLR Energy Acquisition Corp.), a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporate Taxpayer ”), the TRA Holders and the Agent.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Corporate Taxpayer is the managing member of Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Rosehill LLC ”), an entity classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and holds limited liability company interests in Rosehill LLC;

WHEREAS, Rosehill LLC and each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), for each Taxable Year in which an Exchange occurs, which election is expected to result, with respect to the Corporate Taxpayer, in an adjustment to the Tax basis of the assets owned by Rosehill LLC and such Subsidiaries;

WHEREAS, for U.S. federal and applicable state income Tax purposes, (i) Rosemore, the tax owner of the initial TRA Holder, Tema Oil and Gas Company, a Maryland corporation (“ Tema ”), will be treated as contributing the Reference Assets to Rosehill LLC in exchange for Units, the assumption of liabilities related to the Reference Assets and the distribution of cash and Class B Shares, and (ii) such contribution and distribution together are intended to qualify for nonrecognition of gain or loss pursuant to Section 721 of the Code, except to the extent characterized as a disguised sale transaction described in Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code with respect to any amounts treated as a transfer of consideration pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.707-3(a)(1) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, excludes any part of the cash or Class B Shares received as a reimbursement of preformation expenditures within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.707-4(d)) (any such disguised sale, a “ Disguised Sale ”) or to the extent gain is required to be recognized by the TRA Holder pursuant to Section 731(a)(1) of the Code (an “ Excess Distribution ”);

WHEREAS, if there were a Disguised Sale or Excess Distribution, as a result of such Disguised Sale or Excess Distribution the Corporate Taxpayer would be expected to obtain or be entitled to certain Tax benefits as further described herein;

WHEREAS, the TRA Holders may transfer all or a portion of their Units pursuant to the Exchange Right or the Call Right, as applicable, in a transaction that is or is deemed to be a sale of such Units to the Corporate Taxpayer for U.S. federal income tax purposes (each such transfer, an “ Exchange ”), and as a result of such Exchanges, the Corporate Taxpayer is expected to obtain or be entitled to certain Tax benefits as further described herein;

WHEREAS, this Agreement is intended to set forth the agreements among the parties hereto regarding the sharing of the Tax benefits realized by the Corporate Taxpayer as a result of the Basis Adjustment Events (as defined herein);

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined).

Accrued Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.

Actual Tax Liability ” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the actual liability for U.S. federal income Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer (taking into account, for the avoidance of doubt, any deduction attributable to Imputed Interest for the Taxable Year); provided that the actual liability for U.S. federal income Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer shall be calculated assuming deductions of (and other impacts of) state income Taxes are excluded.

Advisory Firm ” means PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or another accounting or law firm that is nationally recognized as being expert in tax matters, approved by each of the Corporate Taxpayer and the Agent.

Advisory Firm Letter ” means a letter from the Advisory Firm stating that the relevant schedule, notice or other information to be provided by the Corporate Taxpayer to the Agent and all supporting schedules and work papers were prepared in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement and, to the extent not expressly provided in this Agreement, on a reasonable basis in light of the facts and law in existence on the date such schedule, notice or other information is delivered to the Agent. The cost of any Advisory Firm Letter to be provided hereunder shall be borne equally by the Corporate Taxpayer, on the one hand, and the TRA Holders, on the other hand; provided , that the Corporate Taxpayer shall not be required to pay more than $50,000 in Advisory Firm Letter costs in the aggregate during each calendar year.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person.

Agent ” means Tema or such other Person designated as such pursuant to Section 7.6(c) .

Agreed Rate ” means a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 300 basis points.

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Amended Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) of this Agreement.

Assumed State and Local Tax Rate ” means (a) the sum of the products of (i) the Corporate Taxpayer’s income and franchise tax apportionment rate(s) for each state and local jurisdiction in which Rosehill LLC (or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries that are treated as a partnership or disregarded entity) or the Corporate Taxpayer files an income or franchise tax

 

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return for the relevant Taxable Year and (ii) the highest corporate income and franchise tax rate(s) for each state and local jurisdiction in which Rosehill LLC (or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries that are treated as pass-through entities) or the Corporate Taxpayer files an income or franchise tax return for each relevant Taxable Year, reduced by (b) the product of (i) the Corporate Taxpayer’s marginal U.S. federal income tax rate for the relevant Taxable Year and (ii) the rate calculated under clause (a).

Attributable ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.

Basis Adjustment ” means (a) one hundred percent (100%) of any adjustment to the Tax basis of a Reference Asset as a result of any Disguised Sale or Excess Distribution and the payments made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to any Disguised Sale or Excess Distribution (as calculated under Section 2.1 of this Agreement), including, but not limited to, under Sections 734(b) and 1012 of the Code, and (b) one hundred percent (100%) of any adjustment to the Tax basis of a Reference Asset as a result of an Exchange and the payments made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Exchange (as calculated under Section 2.1 of this Agreement), including, but not limited to: (i) under Sections 734(b) and 743(b) of the Code (in situations where, following an Exchange, Rosehill LLC remains classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes); and (ii) under Sections 732(b), 734(b) and 1012 of the Code (in situations where, as a result of one or more Exchanges, Rosehill LLC becomes an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes). For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of any Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of Units shall be determined without regard to any Section 743(b) adjustment attributable to such Units prior to such Exchange; and, further, payments made under this Agreement shall not be treated as resulting in a Basis Adjustment to the extent such payments are treated as Imputed Interest.

Basis Adjustment Date ” means each date on which a Basis Adjustment Event occurs.

Basis Adjustment Events ” means and any and all Exchanges, any Disguised Sale and any Excess Distribution.

Basis Adjustment Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.

Beneficial Owner ” means, with respect to a security, a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares: (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security and/or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such security. The terms “ Beneficially Own ” and “ Beneficial Ownership ” shall have correlative meanings.

Board ” means the board of directors of the Corporate Taxpayer.

Business Combination Agreement ” means the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2016, by and among the Corporate Taxpayer and Tema.

Business Day ” means Monday through Friday of each week, except that a legal holiday recognized as such by the government of the United States of America or the State of Texas shall not be regarded as a Business Day.

 

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Call Right ” has the meaning set forth in the Rosehill LLC Agreement.

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) any Person (other than Tema and its respective Permitted Transferees) or any group of Persons acting together which would constitute a “group” for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor provisions thereto (other than any “group” for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor provisions thereto, which includes Tema and its respective Permitted Transferees) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporate Taxpayer representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Corporate Taxpayer’s then outstanding voting securities;

(ii) the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors of the Corporate Taxpayer then serving: individuals who were directors of the Corporate Taxpayer on the Closing Date and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Corporate Taxpayer) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Corporate Taxpayer’s stockholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors of the Corporate Taxpayer on the Closing Date or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended by the directors referred to in this clause (ii);

(iii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Corporate Taxpayer with any other corporation or other entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, either (A) the members of the Board immediately prior to the merger or consolidation do not constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the company surviving the merger or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (B) the voting securities of the Corporate Taxpayer immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent or are not converted into more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof;

(iv) the stockholders of the Corporate Taxpayer approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporate Taxpayer or there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other disposition, directly, or indirectly, by the Corporate Taxpayer of all or substantially all of the Corporate Taxpayer’s assets, other than such sale or other disposition by the Corporate Taxpayer of all or substantially all of the Corporate Taxpayer’s assets to an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by stockholders of the Corporate Taxpayer in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Corporate Taxpayer immediately prior to such sale.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with respect to clause (ii) and clause (iii)(A) above, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the shares of the Corporate Taxpayer immediately prior to such

 

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transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns, either directly or through a Subsidiary, all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporate Taxpayer immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

Class B Shares ” means the Class B common stock of the Corporate Taxpayer.

Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of the Business Combination Agreement.

Code ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

Control ” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Corporate Taxpayer ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Corporate Taxpayer Return ” means the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporate Taxpayer (including any consolidated group of which the Corporate Taxpayer is a member, as further described in Section 7.12(a) of this Agreement) filed with respect to any Taxable Year.

Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit ” for a Taxable Year means the cumulative amount (but not less than zero) of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporate Taxpayer, up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be determined based on the most recent Tax Benefit Payment Schedule or Amended Schedule, if any, in existence at the time of such determination.

Default Rate ” means a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 550 basis points.

Determination ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code, or similar provision of U.S. state or local tax law, as applicable, or any other event (including the execution of IRS Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for Tax.

Disguised Sale ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

Dispute ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(a) of this Agreement.

Disputing Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.10 of this Agreement.

Early Termination ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 of this Agreement.

Early Termination Date ” means the date of an Early Termination Notice for purposes of determining the Early Termination Payment.

Early Termination Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 of this Agreement.

Early Termination Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 of this Agreement.

 

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Early Termination Objection Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 of this Agreement.

Early Termination Payment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(b) of this Agreement.

Early Termination Rate ” means a per annum rate of LIBOR plus 150 basis points.

Early Termination Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 of this Agreement.

Excess Distribution ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

Exchange ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

Exchange Right ” means the right set forth in Section 4.6 of the Rosehill LLC Agreement.

Expert ” means Grant Thornton LLP or such nationally recognized expert in the particular area of disagreement as is mutually acceptable to both parties.

Family Group ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Permitted Transferee”.

Hypothetical Tax Liability ” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the liability for U.S. federal income Taxes of the Corporate Taxpayer (using the same methods, elections, conventions, U.S. federal income tax rate and similar practices used on the relevant Corporate Taxpayer Return), but without taking into account (i) any Basis Adjustments and (ii) any deduction attributable to Imputed Interest for the Taxable Year. For the avoidance of doubt, Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be determined without taking into account the carryover or carryback of any U.S. federal income Tax item (or portions thereof) that is attributable to any Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest. Furthermore, the Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be calculated assuming deductions of (and other impacts of) state and local income and franchise Taxes are excluded.

Imputed Interest ” means any interest imputed under Section 1272, 1274 or 483 or other provision of the Code with respect to the Corporate Taxpayer’s payment obligations under this Agreement.

IRS ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

LIBOR ” means during any period, an interest rate per annum equal to the one-year LIBOR rate reported, on the date two (2) calendar days prior to the first day of such period, on the Telerate Page 3750 (or if such screen shall cease to be publicly available, as reported on Reuters Screen page “LIBOR01” or by any other publicly available source of such market rate) for London interbank offered rates for United States dollar deposits for such period.

Net Tax Benefit ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.

Objection Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.

Owners ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Permitted Transferee”.

 

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Payment Date ” means any date on which a payment is required to be made pursuant to this Agreement.

Permitted Transferee ” means, with respect to any TRA Holder, (a) its Affiliates (including, in the case of any TRA Holder that is an entity, any distribution by such Person to its members, partners or shareholders (the “ Owners ”), and any related distributions by the Owners to their respective members, partners or shareholders) and (b) in the case of an individual, any member of its Family Group. For purposes hereof, “ Family Group ” means for any individual, such individual’s current or former spouse, their respective parents, descendants of such parents (whether natural or adopted) and the spouses of such descendants, and any trust, limited partnership, corporation or limited liability company established solely for the benefit of such individual or such individual’s current or former spouse, their respective parents, descendants of such parents (whether natural or adopted) or the spouses of such descendants.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.

Protection Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5 of this Agreement.

Realized Tax Benefit ” means, for a Taxable Year, the sum of (i) the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the Actual Tax Liability and (ii) the State and Local Tax Benefit. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by the IRS of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination.

Realized Tax Detriment ” means, for a Taxable Year, the sum of (i) the excess, if any, of the Actual Tax Liability over the Hypothetical Tax Liability and (ii) the State and Local Tax Detriment. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by the IRS of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination.

Reconciliation Dispute ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.10 of this Agreement.

Reconciliation Procedures ” means the procedures described in Section 7.10 of this Agreement.

Reference Asset ” means, with respect to any Basis Adjustment Event, an asset (other than cash or a cash equivalent) that is held (or acquired) by Rosehill LLC, or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes (but only to the extent such Subsidiaries are not held through any entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes), at the time of (or as a result of) such Basis Adjustment Event. A Reference Asset also includes any asset that is “substituted basis property” under Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code with respect to a Reference Asset.

Rosehill LLC ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

Rosehill LLC Agreement ” means the First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rosehill LLC, as amended from time to time.

 

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Rosemore ” means Rosemore, Inc., a Maryland corporation.

Schedule ” means any of the following: (i) a Basis Adjustment Schedule, (ii) a Tax Benefit Payment Schedule, or (iii) the Early Termination Schedule.

Senior Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of this Agreement.

State and Local Tax Benefit ” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the Actual Tax Liability; provided that, for purposes of determining the State and Local Tax Benefit, each of the Hypothetical Tax Liability and the Actual Tax Liability shall be calculated using the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate instead of the rate applicable for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

State and Local Tax Detriment ” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Actual Tax Liability over the Hypothetical Tax Liability; provided that, for purposes of determining the State and Local Tax Detriment, each of the Actual Tax Liability and the Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be calculated using the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate instead of the rate applicable for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Subsidiaries ” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, any other Person as to which such Person, owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests or the sole general partner interest or managing member or similar interest of such Person.

Tax Benefit Payment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.

Tax Benefit Payment Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 of this Agreement.

Tax Proceeding ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 of this Agreement.

Tax Return ” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement required to be filed with respect to Taxes (including any attached schedules), including, without limitation, any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated Tax.

Taxable Year ” means a taxable year of the Corporate Taxpayer as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than twelve (12) months for which a Tax Return is made), ending on or after the date hereof.

Taxes ” means any and all U.S. federal, state and local taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits, and any interest related to such Tax.

Taxing Authority ” means any federal, national, state, county or municipal or other local government, any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body exercising any taxing authority or any other authority exercising Tax regulatory authority.

Tema ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

 

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TRA Holder ” means Tema and its successors and permitted assigns pursuant to Section 7.6(a) of this Agreement.

Transferor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.12(b) of this Agreement.

Treasury Regulations ” means the final, temporary and proposed regulations under the Code promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect for the relevant Taxable Year.

Units ” has the meaning set forth in the Rosehill LLC Agreement.

Valuation Assumptions ” means, as of an Early Termination Date or following a Change of Control, as applicable, the assumptions that (i) in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Date, the Corporate Taxpayer will have taxable income sufficient to fully utilize the deductions arising from all Basis Adjustments and the Imputed Interest during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest that would result from future Tax Benefit Payments that would be paid in accordance with the Valuation Assumptions, further assuming such future Tax Benefit Payments would be paid on the due date, without extensions, for filing the Corporate Taxpayer Return for the applicable Taxable Year) in which such deductions would become available, (ii) any loss or credit carryovers generated by deductions or losses arising from any Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest (including such Basis Adjustment and Imputed Interest generated as a result of payments made under this Agreement) that are available in the Taxable Year that includes the Early Termination Date will be fully utilized by the Corporate Taxpayer on a pro rata basis over a five year period beginning on the Early Termination Date, (iii) the U.S. federal, state and local income and franchise tax rates that will be in effect for each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Date will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code and other law as in effect on the Early Termination Date, and all taxable income of the Corporate Taxpayer will be subject to the maximum applicable rates for taxes throughout the relevant period, (iv) except as provided in clause (vi) below, any non-amortizable Reference Assets (including, without limitation, undeveloped property) to which any Basis Adjustment is attributable will be disposed of in a fully taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes on the earlier of (A) the fifteenth anniversary of the Basis Adjustment Event which gave rise to such Basis Adjustment, as applicable, or (B) the Early Termination Date, (v) if, at the Early Termination Date, there are Units that have not been transferred in an Exchange, then all Units shall be deemed to be transferred pursuant to the Exchange Right effective on the Early Termination Date, and (vi) for purposes of calculating depletion deductions and resulting reductions in adjusted tax basis with respect to depletable properties held by Rosehill LLC and its Subsidiaries that are treated as disregarded entities or partnerships for U.S. federal tax purposes, (A) the remaining recoverable reserves with respect to each such property are equal to the recoverable reserves estimated in the most recent reserve report relating to such property (or, if there is no reserve report with respect to such property, the most recent estimate of recoverable reserves with respect to such property which is reflected in the financial records of Rosehill LLC) and (B) Rosehill LLC (or such Subsidiaries) will recover the remaining recoverable reserves with respect to each such depletable property within the time estimated and at the rate reflected in the most recent reserve reports relating to such property (or, if there is no reserve report with respect to such property, the most recent estimate of the rate of recovery of recoverable reserves with respect to such property which is reflected in the financial records of Rosehill LLC).

 

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Section 1.2 Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions . The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. “Writing,” “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any agreement or contract are to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively.

ARTICLE II

DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN REALIZED TAX BENEFITS

Section 2.1 Basis Adjustment Schedules . Within ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporate Taxpayer for each Taxable Year in which any Basis Adjustment Event occurs, the Corporate Taxpayer shall deliver to the Agent a schedule (the “ Basis Adjustment Schedule ”) that shows, in reasonable detail necessary to perform the calculations required by this Agreement, including with respect to each TRA Holder participating in the Basis Adjustment Event during such Taxable Year, (i) the actual tax basis of the Reference Assets as of each applicable Basis Adjustment Date, (ii) the Basis Adjustments with respect to the Reference Assets as a result of the Basis Adjustment Event effected by such TRA Holder in such Taxable Year and (iii) the period (or periods) over which such Basis Adjustments are amortizable and/or depreciable. At the time the Corporate Taxpayer delivers the Exchange Basis Schedule to the Agent, it shall (x) deliver to the Agent an Advisory Firm Letter supporting such Exchange Basis Schedule, (y) provide to the Agent schedules and work papers providing reasonable detail regarding the preparation of the Exchange Basis Schedule and (z) allow the Agent and its representatives reasonable access at no cost to the appropriate representatives of the Corporate Taxpayer, Rosehill LLC and the Advisory Firm in connection with its review of such schedule.

Section 2.2 Tax Benefit Payment Schedules .

(a) Within ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporate Taxpayer for any Taxable Year in which there is a Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment, the Corporate Taxpayer shall provide to the Agent: (i) a schedule

 

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showing, in reasonable detail, (A) the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year, (B) the portion of the Net Tax Benefit, if any, that is Attributable to each TRA Holder who has participated in the Basis Adjustment Event, (C) the Accrued Amount with respect to any such Net Tax Benefit that is Attributable to such TRA Holder, (D) the Tax Benefit Payment due to each such TRA Holder, and (E) the portion of such Tax Benefit Payment that the Corporate Taxpayer intends to treat as Imputed Interest (a “ Tax Benefit Payment Schedule ”), (ii) a reasonably detailed calculation by the Corporate Taxpayer of the Hypothetical Tax Liability, (iii) a reasonably detailed calculation by the Corporate Taxpayer of the Actual Tax Liability, (iv) any other work papers reasonably requested by the Agent, and (v) an Advisory Firm Letter supporting such Tax Benefit Payment Schedule. In addition, the Corporate Taxpayer shall allow the Agent and its representatives reasonable access at no cost to the appropriate representatives of the Corporate Taxpayer, Rosehill LLC and the Advisory Firm in connection with a review of such Tax Benefit Payment Schedule. The Tax Benefit Payment Schedule will become final as provided in Section 2.3(a) and may be amended as provided in Section 2.3(b) (subject to the procedures set forth in Section 2.3(b) ).

(b) The Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease or increase in the actual Tax liability of the Corporate Taxpayer for such Taxable Year attributable to the Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest, determined using a “with and without” methodology. For purposes of calculating the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for any Taxable Year, carryovers or carrybacks of any U.S. federal income Tax item attributable to the Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations, as applicable, governing the use, limitation and expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type. If a carryover or carryback of any U.S. federal income Tax item includes a portion that is attributable to the Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest and another portion that is not so attributable, such respective portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the “with and without” methodology. The parties agree that (i) any payment under this Agreement (to the extent permitted by law and other than amounts accounted for as Imputed Interest) will have the effect of creating additional Basis Adjustments to Reference Assets for the Corporate Taxpayer in the year of payment, and (ii) as a result, such additional Basis Adjustments will be incorporated into the current year calculation and into future year calculations, as appropriate.

Section 2.3 Procedure; Amendments .

(a) An applicable Schedule or amendment thereto shall become final and binding on all parties thirty (30) calendar days from the first date on which the Agent has received the applicable Schedule or amendment thereto unless (i) the Agent, within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving an applicable Schedule or amendment thereto, provides the Corporate Taxpayer and each other Agent with notice of a material objection to such Schedule (“ Objection Notice ”) made in good faith or (ii) the Agent provides a written waiver of such right of any Objection Notice within the period described in clause (i) above, in which case such Schedule or amendment thereto becomes binding on the date a waiver from the Agent has been received by the Corporate Taxpayer. If the Corporate Taxpayer and Agent, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in an Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporate Taxpayer of such Objection Notice, the Corporate Taxpayer and Agent shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures under Section 7.10 or Resolution of Disputes procedures under Section 7.9 , as applicable.

 

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(b) The applicable Schedule for any Taxable Year may be amended from time to time by the Corporate Taxpayer (i) in connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct inaccuracies in the Schedule identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year after the date the Schedule was provided to the Agent, (iii) to comply with the Expert’s determination under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryback or carryforward of a loss or other Tax item to such Taxable Year, (v) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended U.S. federal income Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year or (vi) to take into account payments made pursuant to this Agreement, including by adjusting a Basis Adjustment Schedule (any such Schedule, an “ Amended Schedule ”). The Corporate Taxpayer shall provide an Amended Schedule to the Agent within sixty (60) calendar days of the occurrence of an event referenced in clauses (i) through (vi) of the preceding sentence, together with (x) an Advisory Firm Letter supporting such Amended Schedule, (y) schedules and work papers providing reasonable detail regarding the preparation of the Amended Schedule and (z) reasonable access for the Agent and its representatives to the appropriate representatives of the Corporate Taxpayer , Rosehill LLC and the Advisory Firm in connection with its review of such schedule. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event a Schedule is amended after such Schedule becomes final pursuant to Section 2.3(a) , the Amended Schedule shall not be taken into account in calculating any Tax Benefit Payment in the Taxable Year to which the amendment relates but instead shall be taken into account in calculating the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit for the Taxable Year in which the amendment actually occurs.

ARTICLE III

TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS

Section 3.1 Payments .

(a) Within five (5) Business Days after a Tax Benefit Payment Schedule delivered to the Agent becomes final in accordance with Section 2.3(a) , the Corporate Taxpayer shall pay to each TRA Holder the Tax Benefit Payment in respect of such TRA Holder determined pursuant to Section 3.1(b) for such Taxable Year. Each such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account previously designated by the TRA Holder to the Corporate Taxpayer, or as otherwise agreed by the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holder. For the avoidance of doubt, no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of estimated Tax payments, including, without limitation, U.S. federal or state estimated income Tax payments.

(b) A “ Tax Benefit Payment ” in respect of a TRA Holder for a Taxable Year means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of the portion of the Net Tax Benefit Attributable to such TRA Holder and the Accrued Amount with respect thereto. A Net Tax Benefit is “ Attributable ” to a TRA Holder (i) with respect to any Disguised Sale, to the extent that it is derived from any Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest that is attributable to the undivided interest in the Reference Assets acquired or deemed acquired by Rosehill LLC in such Disguised Sale from such TRA Holder, (ii) with respect to any Excess Distribution, to the extent that it is

 

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derived from any Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest that is attributable to such Excess Distribution with respect to such TRA Holder and (iii) with respect to an Exchange, to the extent that it is derived from any Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest that is attributable to the Units acquired or deemed acquired by the Corporate Taxpayer in an Exchange undertaken by or with respect to such TRA Holder. The “ Net Tax Benefit ” for a Taxable Year shall be an amount equal to the excess, if any, of 90% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit as of the end of such Taxable Year over the total amount of payments previously made under this Section 3.1 (excluding payments attributable to Accrued Amounts); provided , for the avoidance of doubt, that no TRA Holder shall be required to return any portion of any previously made Tax Benefit Payment. The “ Accrued Amount ” with respect to any portion of a Net Tax Benefit shall equal an amount determined in the same manner as interest on such portion of the Net Tax Benefit for a Taxable Year calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing the Corporate Taxpayer Return for such Taxable Year until the Payment Date. For the avoidance of doubt, for Tax purposes, the Accrued Amount shall not be treated as interest but shall instead be treated as additional consideration with respect to the relevant Basis Adjustment Event, unless otherwise required by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for each Taxable Year ending on or after the date of a Change of Control, if the Corporate Taxpayer has not elected to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 4.1 , then all Tax Benefit Payments, whether paid with respect to a Basis Adjustment Event (y) prior to the date of such Change of Control or (z) on or after the date of such Change of Control, shall be calculated by utilizing the assumptions in clauses (i), (ii), (iv), and (v) of the definition of Valuation Assumptions, substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” for an “Early Termination Date”.

Section 3.2 No Duplicative Payments . It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in duplicative payment of any amount (including interest) required under this Agreement. It is also intended that the provisions of this Agreement will result in 90% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit, and the Accrued Amount thereon, being paid to the TRA Holders. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed in the appropriate manner to achieve these fundamental results.

Section 3.3 Pro Rata Payments .

(a) If for any reason the Corporate Taxpayer does not fully satisfy its payment obligations to make all Tax Benefit Payments due under this Agreement in respect of a particular Taxable Year, then (i) the Corporate Taxpayer will pay the same proportion of each Tax Benefit Payment due to each TRA Holder to whom a payment is due under this Agreement in respect of such Taxable Year, without favoring one obligation over the other, and (ii) no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of any Taxable Year until all Tax Benefit Payments in respect of prior Taxable Years have been made in full.

(b) To the extent the Corporate Taxpayer makes a payment to a TRA Holder in respect of a particular Taxable Year under Section 3.1(a) of this Agreement (taking into account Section 3.3(a) , but excluding payments attributable to Accrued Amounts) in an amount in excess of the amount of such payment that should have been made to such TRA Holder in respect of such Taxable Year, then (i) such TRA Holder shall not receive further payments under Section 3.1(a) until such TRA Holder has foregone an amount of payments equal to such excess and (ii) the Corporate Taxpayer will pay the amount of such TRA Holder’s foregone payments to the

 

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other TRA Holders to whom a payment is due under this Agreement in a manner such that each such TRA Holder to whom a payment is due under this Agreement, to the maximum extent possible, receives aggregate payments under Section 3.1(a) (taking into account Section 3.3(a) , but excluding payments attributable to Accrued Amounts) in the amount it would have received if there had been no excess payment to such TRA Holder.

ARTICLE IV

TERMINATION

Section 4.1 Early Termination at Election of the Corporate Taxpayer . Within 30 days of a Change of Control, the Corporate Taxpayer may terminate this Agreement by paying to each TRA Holder the Early Termination Payment due to such TRA Holder pursuant to Section 4.4(b) (such termination, an “ Early Termination ”); provided that the Corporate Taxpayer may withdraw any notice of exercise of its termination rights under this Section 4.1 prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment by the Corporate Taxpayer, the Corporate Taxpayer shall not have any further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (i) Tax Benefit Payment previously due and payable but unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (ii) and (ii) Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the Early Termination Date (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (ii) is included in the Early Termination Payment).

Section 4.2 Breach of Agreement .

(a) In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, as a result of failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, then if the Agent so elects, such breach shall be treated as an Early Termination. Upon such election, all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but shall not be limited to, (i) the Early Termination Payment calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a breach, (ii) any Tax Benefit Payment previously due and payable but unpaid as of the date of the breach and (iii) any Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of such breach (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (ii) is included in the Early Termination Payment). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporate Taxpayer breaches this Agreement, the Agent, on behalf of the TRA Holders, shall be entitled to elect either to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof.

(b) The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it shall not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of this Agreement if the Board determines in good faith that the Corporate Taxpayer does not have

 

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sufficient cash to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer has insufficient funds to make such payment; provided that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient cash to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any existing credit agreement to which Rosehill LLC or any Subsidiary of Rosehill LLC is a party, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate); and provided further that it shall be a breach of this Agreement, and the provisions of Section 4.2(a) shall apply as of the original due date of the Tax Benefit Payment, if the Corporate Taxpayer makes any distribution of cash or other property to its shareholders while any Tax Benefit Payment is due and payable but unpaid.

Section 4.3 Early Termination Notice . If the Corporate Taxpayer chooses to exercise its right of early termination under Section 4.1 above, the Corporate Taxpayer shall deliver to the Agent notice of such intention to exercise such right (the “ Early Termination Notice ”) together with a schedule (the “ Early Termination Schedule ”) showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Early Termination Payment in a manner consistent with the definition of such term and an Advisory Firm Letter supporting such calculation. The Corporate Taxpayer shall provide the Agent and its representatives with reasonable access to the appropriate representatives of the Corporate Taxpayer, Rosehill LLC and the Advisory Firm in connection with its review of such calculation. The Early Termination Schedule shall become final and binding on all parties thirty (30) calendar days from the first date on which the Agent has received such Schedule or amendment thereto unless(i) the Agent, within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Early Termination Schedule, provides the Corporate Taxpayer with notice of an objection to such Schedule made in good faith (“ Early Termination Objection Notice ”) or (ii) the Agent provides a written waiver of such right of an Early Termination Objection Notice within the period described in clause (i) above, in which case such Schedule becomes binding on the date a waiver from the Agent has been received by the Corporate Taxpayer (the “ Early Termination Effective Date ”). If the Corporate Taxpayer and Agent, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in such notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporate Taxpayer of the Early Termination Objection Notice, the Corporate Taxpayer and Agent shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures under Section 7.10 or Resolution of Disputes procedures under Section 7.9 , as applicable.

Section 4.4 Payment upon Early Termination .

(a) Subject to its right to withdraw any notice of Early Termination pursuant to Section 4.1 , within three (3) Business Days after the Early Termination Effective Date, the Corporate Taxpayer shall pay to each TRA Holder its Early Termination Payment. Each such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by the TRA Holder, or as otherwise agreed by the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holder. The TRA Holders shall not be required to return any portion of any Early Termination Payment even if there is later a Determination affecting such Early Termination Payment.

(b) The “ Early Termination Payment ” shall equal, with respect to a TRA Holder, the present value, discounted at the Early Termination Rate as of the Early Termination Date, of all Tax Benefit Payments that would be required to be paid by the Corporate Taxpayer to such TRA Holder beginning from the Early Termination Date and assuming that the Valuation Assumptions are applied.

 

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ARTICLE V

SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS

Section 5.1 Subordination . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any Tax Benefit Payment, Early Termination Payment or any other payment required to be made by the Corporate Taxpayer to any TRA Holder under this Agreement shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to any principal, interest or other amounts due and payable in respect of any obligations in respect of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporate Taxpayer and its Subsidiaries (such obligations, “ Senior Obligations ”) and shall rank pari passu with all current or future unsecured obligations of the Corporate Taxpayer that are not Senior Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the above, the determination of whether it is a breach of this Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due is governed by Section 4.2(a) .

Section 5.2 Late Payments by the Corporate Taxpayer . The amount of all or any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment, Early Termination Payment or any other payment under this Agreement not made to any TRA Holder when due under the terms of this Agreement shall be payable together with any interest thereon, computed at the Default Rate (or, if so provided in Section 4.2(a) , at the Agreed Rate) and commencing from the date on which such Tax Benefit Payment, Early Termination Payment or any other payment under this Agreement was due and payable.

ARTICLE VI

NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION; APPROVALS

Section 6.1 Participation in the Corporate Taxpayer’s and Rosehill LLC’s Tax Matters . Except as otherwise provided herein, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all Tax matters concerning the Corporate Taxpayer and Rosehill LLC, including without limitation preparing, filing or amending any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to Taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporate Taxpayer shall notify the Agent of, and keep the Agent reasonably informed with respect to the portion of any audit, examination, or any other administrative or judicial proceeding (a “ Tax Proceeding ”) of the Corporate Taxpayer or Rosehill LLC by a Taxing Authority the outcome of which is reasonably expected to affect the rights and obligations of a TRA Holder under this Agreement, and shall provide the Agent with reasonable opportunity to provide information and other input to the Corporate Taxpayer, Rosehill LLC and their respective advisors concerning the conduct of any such portion of such Tax Proceeding; provided, however , that the Corporate Taxpayer shall not settle or otherwise resolve any part of a Tax Proceeding described in the previous clause that relates to a Basis Adjustment or the deduction of Imputed Interest without the consent of the Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided further , that the Corporate Taxpayer and Rosehill LLC shall not be required to take any action that is inconsistent with any provision of the Rosehill LLC Agreement.

 

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Section 6.2 Consistency . Unless there is a Determination to the contrary, the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Holders agree to report and cause to be reported for all purposes, including U.S. federal, state and local Tax purposes and financial reporting purposes, all Tax-related items (including, without limitation, the Basis Adjustments and each Tax Benefit Payment) in a manner consistent with that set forth in any Schedule required to be provided by or on behalf of the Corporate Taxpayer under this Agreement, as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.3 . If the Corporate Taxpayer and any TRA Holder, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve any disagreement concerning such treatment within thirty (30) calendar days, the Corporate Taxpayer and such TRA Holder shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures under Section 7.10 or Resolution of Disputes procedures under Section 7.9 , as applicable.

Section 6.3 Cooperation . The Corporate Taxpayer, each TRA Holder and the Agent shall (i) furnish to each other in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the other may reasonably request for purposes of making any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return or contesting or defending any Tax Proceeding, (ii) make itself or its employees and its representatives available to each other to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as may reasonably be requested in connection with any of the matters described in clause (i) above, and (iii) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter. The Corporate Taxpayer shall reimburse the TRA Holder and the Agent for any reasonable third-party costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this Section 6.3 .

Section 6.4 Section 754 Election to be Filed . Consistent with Section 10.2(a) of the Rosehill LLC Agreement, Rosehill LLC and any eligible Subsidiary of Rosehill LLC shall make an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code effective for such entity’s Taxable Year that includes the Closing Date (or, if such entity is formed or acquired after such Taxable Year, for the Taxable Year of such formation or acquisition) and shall not thereafter revoke such election until this Agreement is no longer in effect.

Section 6.5 Approvals . During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending 36 months from the Closing Date (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) (the “ Protection Period ”), for so long as Tema beneficially holds at least 20% of the total issued and outstanding Units of Rosehill LLC (excluding Tema’s beneficial ownership of Rosehill LLC through Tema’s ownership of Class A common stock of the Corporate Taxpayer), the Corporate Taxpayer shall not cause Rosehill LLC to sell, exchange or dispose of Contributed Assets (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) in any twelve month period during the Protection Period if, following such disposition, the cumulative aggregate amount realized (as that term is defined in Section 1001 of the Code) from all dispositions of Contributed Assets during such twelve month period would be in excess of $40,000,000, without the consent of Tema, which consent may be granted or withheld in Tema’s sole discretion. The Corporate Taxpayer shall provide notice to Tema of any proposed disposition of Contributed Assets which would have an amount realized (as defined in Section 1001 of the Code) in excess of $20,000,000 and the material terms of such disposition no later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the proposed disposition.

 

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ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.1 Notices . All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given and received (i) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or by facsimile upon confirmation of transmission by the sender’s fax machine if sent on a Business Day (or otherwise on the next Business Day), (ii) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service or (iii) five Business Days after the date of mailing to the recipient’s address. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:

If to the Corporate Taxpayer, to:

Rosehill Resources Inc.

16200 Park Row, Suite 300

Houston, Texas 77084

Attention: Alan Townsend

with required copies to (which shall not constitute notice to the Corporate Taxpayer):

KLR Energy Acquisition Corp.

811 Main Street, 18th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

Facsimile: (713) 654-8080

Attention: Edward Kovalik

KLR Group, LLC

405 Lexington Avenue, Suite 29C

New York, New York 10174

Facsimile: (646) 576-8640

Attention: Gregory R. Dow

with a required copy (which shall not constitute notice to the Corporate Taxpayer) to:

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: W. Matthew Strock; John Lynch

If to the Agent, to:

Tema Oil and Gas Company

c/o Rosemore, Inc.

1 North Charles Street, 22nd Floor

Baltimore, MD 21201

Facsimile: (410) 347-7081

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with a required copy (which shall not constitute notice to the Agent) to:

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

1301 McKinney, Suite 5100

Houston, Texas 77010

Facsimile: (713) 651-5246

Attention: Charles D. Powell, Partner

If to a TRA Holder, other than an Agent, that is or was a partner in Rosehill LLC, to the address set forth in the records of Agent.

Any party may change its address or fax number by giving the other party written notice of its new address or fax number in the manner set forth above.

Section 7.2 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or otherwise (including an electronically executed signature page) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 7.3 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

Section 7.4 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof that would mandate the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

Section 7.5 Severability . If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

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Section 7.6 Successors; Assignment .

(a) No TRA Holder may assign this Agreement to any person without the prior written consent of the Corporate Taxpayer; provided , however, that:

(i) to the extent Units are transferred in accordance with the terms of the Rosehill LLC Agreement, the transferring TRA Holder shall have the option to assign to the transferee of such Units the transferring TRA Holder’s rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Units as long as such transferee has executed and delivered, or, in connection with such transfer, executes and delivers, a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Corporate Taxpayer, agreeing to become a “TRA Holder” for all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in such joinder, and

(ii) any and all payments payable or that may become payable to a TRA Holder pursuant to this Agreement that, once a Basis Adjustment Event has occurred, arise with respect to such Basis Adjustment Event, may be assigned to any Person or Persons as long as any such Person has executed and delivered, or, in connection with such assignment, executes and delivers, a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Corporate Taxpayer, agreeing to be bound by Section 7.13 and acknowledging specifically the terms of Section 7.6(b) .

For these purposes, a pledge by a TRA Holder of some or all of its rights, interests or entitlements under this Agreement to any U.S. bank in connection with a bona fide loan or other indebtedness shall not constitute an assignment of this agreement; provided that (y) if Units are transferred to such U.S. bank as a result of a foreclosure or other action relating to such pledge, such transfer shall be a transfer within the meaning of Section 7.6(a)(i) or (z) if such U.S. bank becomes entitled to payments payable or that may become payable to a TRA Holder as a result of such pledge, such U.S. bank will be treated as a Person to whom such payments were assigned within the meaning of Section 7.6(a) (ii) . For the avoidance of doubt, if a TRA Holder transfers Units but does not assign to the transferee of such Units the rights of such TRA Holder under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Units, such TRA Holder shall continue to be entitled to receive the Tax Benefit Payments, if any, due hereunder with respect to, including any Tax Benefit Payments arising in respect of a subsequent Exchange of, such Units.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.6 , no assignee described in clause (ii) of Section 7.6(a) shall have any rights under this Agreement except for the right to enforce its right to receive payments under this Agreement.

(c) The Person designated as the Agent may not be changed without the prior written consent of the Corporate Taxpayer and TRA Holders who would be entitled to receive more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate amount of the Early Termination Payments payable to all TRA Holders hereunder if the Corporate Taxpayer had exercised its right of early termination on the date of the most recent Basis Adjustment Event prior to such amendment (excluding, for purposes of this sentence, all payments made to any TRA Holder pursuant to this Agreement since the date of such most recent Basis Adjustment Event).

 

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(d) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporate Taxpayer shall cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporate Taxpayer, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporate Taxpayer would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

Section 7.7 Amendments; Waivers . No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in writing by each of the Corporate Taxpayer and by TRA Holders who would be entitled to receive more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate amount of the Early Termination Payments payable to all TRA Holders hereunder if the Corporate Taxpayer had exercised its right of early termination on the date of the most recent Basis Adjustment Event prior to such amendment (excluding, for purposes of this sentence, all payments made to any TRA Holder pursuant to this Agreement since the date of such most recent Basis Adjustment Event); provided , however, that no such amendment shall be effective if such amendment would have a disproportionate effect on the payments certain TRA Holders will or may receive under this Agreement unless all such disproportionately affected TRA Holders consent in writing to such amendment. No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.

Section 7.8 Titles and Subtitles . The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

Section 7.9 Resolution of Disputes .

(a) Any and all disputes which are not governed by Section 7.10 , including any ancillary claims of any party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this Section 7.9 and Section 7.10 ) (each a “ Dispute ”) shall be governed by this Section 7.9 . The parties hereto shall attempt in good faith to resolve all Disputes by negotiation. If a Dispute between the parties hereto cannot be resolved in such manner, such Dispute shall be finally settled by arbitration conducted by a single arbitrator in Houston, Texas in accordance with the then-existing Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. If the parties to the Dispute fail to agree on the selection of an arbitrator within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of the request for arbitration, the International Chamber of Commerce shall make the appointment. The arbitrator shall be a lawyer admitted to the practice of law in the State of Texas and shall conduct the proceedings in the English language. Performance under this Agreement shall continue if reasonably possible during any arbitration proceedings. In addition to monetary damages, the arbitrator shall be empowered to award equitable relief, including an injunction and specific performance of any obligation under this Agreement. The arbitrator is not empowered to award damages in excess of compensatory damages, and each party hereby irrevocably waives any right to recover punitive, exemplary or similar damages with respect to any Dispute. The award shall be the sole and exclusive remedy between the parties regarding any claims, counterclaims, issues, or accounting presented to the arbitral tribunal. Judgment upon any award may be entered and enforced in any court having jurisdiction over a party or any of its assets.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.9(a) , the Corporate Taxpayer may bring an action or special proceeding in accordance with Section 7.9(c) for the purpose of compelling a party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of an arbitration hereunder, and/or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this Section 7.9(b) , the Agent and each TRA Holder (i) expressly consents to the application of Section 7.9(c) to any such action or proceeding, and (ii) agrees that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions of this Agreement would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate.

(c) EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION 7.9 OR ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING ANCILLARY TO AN ARBITRATION OR CONTEMPLATED ARBITRATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO OR CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT. Such ancillary judicial proceedings include any suit, action or proceeding to compel arbitration, to obtain temporary or preliminary judicial relief in aid of arbitration, or to confirm an arbitration award. The parties acknowledge that the fora designated by this Section 7.9(c) have a reasonable relation to this Agreement, and to the parties’ relationship with one another. Each party further agrees that it will not bring any such judicial proceeding in any court other than in Harris County, Texas.

(d) The parties hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they now or hereafter may have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such ancillary suit, action or proceeding brought in any court referred to in Section 7.9(c) and such parties agree not to plead or claim the same.

Section 7.10 Reconciliation . In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer and the Agent or any TRA Holder (as applicable, the “ Disputing Party ”) are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to the calculations required to produce the schedules described in Section 2.3 , Section 4.3 or Section 6.2 (but not, for the avoidance doubt, with respect to any legal interpretation with respect to such provisions or schedules) within the relevant period designated in this Agreement (each, a “ Reconciliation Dispute ”), such Reconciliation Dispute shall be submitted for determination to the Expert. The Expert shall be a partner or principal in a nationally recognized accounting or law firm, and unless the Corporate Taxpayer and the Disputing Party agree otherwise, the Expert shall not, and the firm that employs the Expert shall not, have any material relationship with the Corporate Taxpayer or the Disputing Party or other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the parties are unable to agree on an Expert within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt by a party of written notice from another party of the existence of a Reconciliation Dispute, the Expert shall be appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce Centre for Expertise. The Expert shall resolve (a) any matter relating to the Basis Adjustment Schedule or an amendment thereto or the Early Termination Schedule or an amendment thereto within thirty (30) calendar days, (b) any matter relating to a Tax Benefit Payment Schedule or an amendment thereto within fifteen (15) calendar days, and (c) any matter

 

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related to treatment of any tax-related item as contemplated in Section 6.2 within fifteen (15) calendar days, or, in each case, as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable after such matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement would be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, any portion of such payment that is not under dispute shall be paid on the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporate Taxpayer, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporate Taxpayer except as provided in the next sentence. The Corporate Taxpayer and the Disputing Party shall each bear its own costs and expenses of such proceeding, unless (i) the Expert adopts such Disputing Party’s position (as determined by the Expert), in which case the Corporate Taxpayer shall reimburse such Disputing Party for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding, or (ii) the Expert adopts the Corporate Taxpayer’s position (as determined by the Expert), in which case such Disputing Party shall reimburse the Corporate Taxpayer for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding. Any dispute as to whether a dispute is a Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.10 shall be decided by the Expert. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute and the determinations of the Expert pursuant to this Section 7.10 shall be binding on the Corporate Taxpayer and its Subsidiaries and the Disputing Party and may be entered and enforced in any court having jurisdiction.

Section 7.11 Withholding . The Corporate Taxpayer shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Corporate Taxpayer is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporate Taxpayer, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the relevant TRA Holder.

Section 7.12 Admission of the Corporate Taxpayer into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets .

(a) If the Corporate Taxpayer becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income Tax Return pursuant to Sections 1501 et seq. of the Code or any corresponding provisions of U.S. state or local Tax law, then, subject to the application of the Valuation Assumptions upon a Change of Control: (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole; and (ii) Tax Benefit Payments, Early Termination Payments and other applicable items hereunder shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole to the extent that any applicable Basis Adjustments can be used against such consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.

(b) If the Corporate Taxpayer (or any other entity that is obligated to make a Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment hereunder), Rosehill LLC or any of Rosehill LLC’s direct or indirect Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes (but only to the extent such Subsidiaries are not held through any

 

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entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) (a “ Transferor ”) transfers one or more Reference Assets to a corporation (or a Person classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) with which the Transferor does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code, the Transferor, for purposes of calculating the amount of any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment (e.g., calculating the gross income of the entity and determining the Realized Tax Benefit of such entity) due hereunder, shall be treated as having disposed of such Reference Assets in a fully taxable transaction on the date of such contribution. The consideration deemed to be received by the Transferor shall be equal to the fair market value of the transferred Reference Assets, plus, without duplication, (i) the amount of debt to which any such Reference Asset is subject, in the case of a transfer of an encumbered Reference Asset or (ii) the amount of debt allocated to any such Reference Asset, in the case of a contribution of a partnership interest. For purposes of this Section 7.12(b) , a transfer of a partnership interest shall be treated as a transfer of the Transferor’s share of each of the assets and liabilities of that partnership.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, before causing Rosehill LLC or any of its Subsidiaries that are treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes to dispose of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Reference Assets in a single transaction, the Corporate Taxpayer shall provide written notice of the proposed disposition to the Agent, and each TRA Holder may, within ten (10) calendar days after the receipt of such notice by the Agent, exercise its Exchange Right with respect to all of its remaining Units; provided , that the period of time that each TRA Holder has to exercise its Exchange Right pursuant to the foregoing clause shall be extended to the extent the Corporate Taxpayer reasonably determines is necessary for, and the Corporate Taxpayer and such TRA Holder shall take any action reasonably necessary to cause, such exercise of such TRA Holder’s Exchange Right and any subsequent sale of the Corporate Taxpayer’s common stock resulting therefrom to be in compliance with applicable securities law. If any TRA Holder exercises its Exchange Right during such period, the Corporate Taxpayer shall not cause Rosehill LLC or any such Subsidiary to dispose of the Reference Assets before the Exchange is consummated pursuant to the Rosehill LLC Agreement and the foregoing sentence. For the avoidance of uncertainty, the rights set forth in this Section 7.12(c) shall cease to be available to any TRA Holder that no longer holds any Units.

Section 7.13 Confidentiality .

(a) The Agent, the TRA Holder and each of the TRA Holder’s assignees acknowledges and agrees that the information of the Corporate Taxpayer is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporate Taxpayer and its Affiliates, as required by law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, such person shall keep and retain in the strictest confidence and not disclose to any Person any confidential matters, acquired pursuant to this Agreement, of the Corporate Taxpayer and its Affiliates and successors, concerning Rosehill LLC and its Affiliates and successors or the TRA Holders, learned by the Agent or any TRA Holder heretofore or hereafter. This Section 7.13 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporate Taxpayer or any of its Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of an Agent or a TRA Holder in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community and (ii) the disclosure of information (A) as may be proper in the course of

 

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performing such TRA Holder’s obligations, or monitoring or enforcing such TRA Holder’s rights, under this Agreement, (B) as part of such TRA Holder’s normal reporting, rating or review procedure (including normal credit rating and pricing process), or in connection with such TRA Holder’s or such TRA Holder’s Affiliates’ normal fund raising, financing, marketing, informational or reporting activities, or to such TRA Holder’s (or any of its Affiliates’) or its direct or indirect owners or Affiliates, auditors, accountants, employees, attorneys or other agents, (C) to any bona fide prospective assignee of such TRA Holder’s rights under this Agreement, or prospective merger or other business combination partner of such TRA Holder, provided that such assignee or merger partner agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 7.13 , (D) as is required to be disclosed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, administrative body or governmental body, or by subpoena, summons or legal process, or by law, rule or regulation; provided that any TRA Holder required to make any such disclosure to the extent legally permissible shall provide the Corporate Taxpayer prompt notice of such disclosure, or to regulatory authorities or similar examiners conducting regulatory reviews or examinations (without any such notice to the Corporate Taxpayer), or (E) to the extent necessary for a TRA Holder or its direct or indirect owners to prepare and file their Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding such Tax Returns from any Taxing Authority or to prosecute or defend any Tax Proceeding with respect to such Tax Returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Agent (and each employee, representative or other agent of Agent or its assignees, as applicable) and each TRA Holder and each of its assignees (and each employee, representative or other agent of such TRA Holder or its assignees, as applicable) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the Tax treatment and Tax structure of the Corporate Taxpayer, Rosehill LLC, the Agent, the TRA Holders and their Affiliates, and any of their transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other Tax analyses) that are provided to the Agent or the TRA Holder relating to such Tax treatment and Tax structure.

(b) If an Agent or an assignee or a TRA Holder or an assignee commits a breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any of the provisions of this Section 7.13 , the Corporate Taxpayer shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Section 7.13 specifically enforced by injunctive relief or otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach shall cause irreparable injury to the Corporate Taxpayer or any of its Subsidiaries or the TRA Holders and the accounts and funds managed by the Corporate Taxpayer and that money damages alone shall not provide an adequate remedy to such Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available at law or in equity.

Section 7.14 Post-Closing TRAs . Neither the Corporate Taxpayer nor any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any additional agreement providing rights similar to this Agreement to any Person (including any agreement pursuant to which the Corporate Taxpayer is obligated to pay amounts with respect to tax benefits resulting from any net operating losses or other tax attributes to which the Corporate Taxpayer becomes entitled as a result of a transaction) without the prior written consent of the TRA Holders who would be entitled to receive more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate amount of the Early Termination Payments payable to all TRA Holders hereunder if the Corporate Taxpayer had exercised its right of early termination on the date of the most recent Basis Adjustment Event (excluding, for purposes of this sentence, all payments made to any TRA Holder pursuant to this Agreement since the date of such most recent Basis Adjustment Event).

 

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Section 7.15 Change in Law . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, in connection with an actual or proposed change in law, a TRA Holder reasonably believes that the existence of this Agreement could cause income (other than income arising from receipt of a payment under this Agreement) recognized by such TRA Holder upon any Exchange to be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain (or otherwise taxed at ordinary income rates) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or would have other material adverse tax consequences to the TRA Holder and/or its direct or indirect owners, then at the election of the TRA Holder and to the extent specified by the TRA Holder, this Agreement (i) shall cease to have further effect, (ii) shall not apply to an Exchange by the TRA Holder occurring after a date specified by it, or (iii) shall otherwise be amended in a manner determined by the TRA Holder to waive any benefits to which such TRA Holder would otherwise be entitled under this Agreement, provided that such amendment shall not result in an increase in or acceleration of payments under this Agreement at any time as compared to the amounts and times of payments that would have been due in the absence of such amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporate Taxpayer, the Agent, and the TRA Holder have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

CORPORATE TAXPAYER:
ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.
By:  

/s/ J. Alan Townsend

  Name:   J. Alan Townsend
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

[ Signature page to Tax Receivable Agreement ]


AGENT:
TEMA OIL AND GAS COMPANY
By:  

/s/ J. A. Townsend

  Name:   J. A. Townsend
  Title:   President
TRA HOLDER:
TEMA OIL AND GAS COMPANY
By:  

/s/ J. A. Townsend

  Name:   J. A. Townsend
  Title:   President

 

[ Signature page to Tax Receivable Agreement ]

Exhibit 10.2

Execution Version

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This Indemnification Agreement (“ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of April 27, 2017, by and among Rosehill Resources Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates (together with the Company, the “ Rosehill Companies ” and each a “ Rosehill Company ”), and [●] (“ Indemnitee ”).

WHEREAS, in light of the litigation costs and risks to directors and officers resulting from their service to companies, and the desire of the Rosehill Companies to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve as directors and officers, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for each of the Rosehill Companies to indemnify and advance expenses on behalf of its and the other Rosehill Companies’ directors and/or officers to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Rosehill Companies free from undue concern regarding such risks;

WHEREAS, the Rosehill Companies have requested that Indemnitee serve or continue to serve as a director and/or an officer of one or more of the Rosehill Companies and may have requested or may in the future request that Indemnitee serve one or more Rosehill Entities (as hereinafter defined) as a director or an officer or in other capacities;

WHEREAS, one of the conditions that Indemnitee requires in order to serve as a director and/or an officer of one or more of the Rosehill Companies is that such Indemnitee be so indemnified; and

WHEREAS, Indemnitee may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by one or more of the Designating Stockholders (as hereinafter defined) (or their affiliates) and/or any insurer providing insurance coverage under any policy purchased or maintained by such Designating Stockholders (or their affiliates), which Indemnitee, the Rosehill Companies and the Designating Stockholders (or their affiliates) intend to be secondary to the primary obligation of the Rosehill Companies to indemnify Indemnitee as provided herein, with the Rosehill Companies’ acknowledgement of and agreement to the foregoing being a material condition to Indemnitee’s willingness to serve as a director and/or officer of each of the Rosehill Companies.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Rosehill Companies and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

1. Services by Indemnitee . Indemnitee agrees to serve as a director and/or an officer of one or more of the Rosehill Companies. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any contractual obligation the Indemnitee may have under any other agreement).

2. Indemnification—General . On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Rosehill Companies shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify Indemnitee with respect to, and hold Indemnitee harmless from and against, all losses, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, costs, amounts paid in settlement, Expenses (as hereinafter defined) and other amounts that Indemnitee reasonably incurs and that result from, arise in connection with or are by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status (as hereinafter defined) and shall advance Expenses to Indemnitee. The obligations of the Rosehill Companies under this Agreement (a) are joint and several obligations of each Rosehill Company, (b) shall continue after such time as Indemnitee ceases to serve as a director or an officer of the Rosehill Companies or in any other Corporate Status, and (c) include, without limitation, claims for monetary damages against Indemnitee in respect of any actual or alleged liability or other loss of Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law (including, if applicable, Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) as in existence on the date hereof, as amended from time to time. A limitation under law of any Rosehill Company on providing indemnification or an advance of expenses to Indemnitee shall not limit the indemnification and advancement obligations of any Rosehill Company not so limited.

3. Proceedings Other Than Proceedings by or in the Right of the Rosehill Companies . If in connection with or by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) other than a Proceeding by or in the right of any of the Rosehill Companies to procure a judgment in its favor, the Rosehill Companies shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify Indemnitee with respect to, and hold Indemnitee harmless from and against, all Expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments


and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein.

4. Proceedings by or in the Right of the Rosehill Companies . If in connection with or by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of any of the Rosehill Companies to procure a judgment in such Rosehill Company’s favor, the Rosehill Companies shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify Indemnitee with respect to, and hold Indemnitee harmless from and against, all Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein.

5. Mandatory Indemnification in Case of Successful Defense . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein (including, without limitation, any Proceeding brought by or in the right of any Rosehill Company), the Rosehill Companies shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify Indemnitee with respect to, and hold Indemnitee harmless from and against, all Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in defense of such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Rosehill Companies shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For purposes of this Section 5 and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, on substantive or procedural grounds, or settlement of any such claim prior to a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction with respect to such Proceeding, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter; provided , however , that any settlement of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding shall not be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter if such settlement is effected by Indemnitee without the Rosehill Companies’ prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

6. Partial Indemnification . If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise to indemnification by any of the Rosehill Companies for some or a portion of the Expenses, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by Indemnitee or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Rosehill Companies shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent to which Indemnitee is entitled to such indemnification.

7. Indemnification for Additional Expenses Incurred to Secure Recovery or as Witness .

(a) The Rosehill Companies shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify Indemnitee with respect to, and hold Indemnitee harmless from and against, any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall advance on an as-incurred basis (as provided in Section 8 of this Agreement) such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action or proceeding or part thereof brought by Indemnitee for (i) indemnification or advance payment of Expenses by the Rosehill Companies under this Agreement, any other agreement, the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the applicable Rosehill Company as now or hereafter in effect, or pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2016, by and between KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. and Tema Oil and Gas Company; or (ii) recovery under any director and officer liability insurance policies maintained by any Rosehill Entity.

(b) To the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a witness (or is forced or asked to respond to discovery requests) in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, the Rosehill Companies shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify Indemnitee with respect to, and hold Indemnitee harmless from and against, and the Rosehill Companies will advance on an as-incurred basis (as provided in Section 8 of this Agreement), all Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection therewith.

8. Advancement of Expenses . The Rosehill Companies shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, pay on a current and as-incurred basis all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding in any way connected with, resulting from or relating to Indemnitee’s Corporate Status. Such Expenses shall be paid in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, without regard to whether Indemnitee will ultimately be entitled to be

 

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indemnified for such Expenses and without regard to whether an Adverse Determination (as hereinafter defined) has been or may be made. Upon submission of a request for advancement of Expenses pursuant to Section 9(c) of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to advancement of Expenses as provided in this Section 8 , and such advancement of Expenses shall continue until such time (if any) as there is a final non-appealable judicial determination that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification. Indemnitee shall repay such amounts advanced if and to the extent that it shall ultimately be determined in a decision by a court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal can be taken that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Rosehill Companies for such Expenses. Such repayment obligation shall be unsecured and shall not bear interest. The Rosehill Companies shall not impose on Indemnitee additional conditions to advancement or require from Indemnitee additional undertakings regarding repayment. Indemnitee shall, in all events, be entitled to advancement of Expenses, without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification, until the final determination of the Proceeding.

9. Indemnification Procedures .

(a) Notice of Proceeding . Indemnitee agrees to notify the Rosehill Companies promptly upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder. Any failure by Indemnitee to notify any Rosehill Company will not relieve the Rosehill Companies of its advancement or indemnification obligations under this Agreement unless, and only to the extent that, the Rosehill Companies can establish that such omission to notify resulted in actual and material prejudice to it which prejudice cannot be reversed or otherwise eliminated without any material negative effect on the Rosehill Companies, and the omission to notify such Rosehill Companies will, in any event, not relieve any Rosehill Company from any liability which it may have to indemnify Indemnitee otherwise than under this Agreement. If, at the time of receipt of any such notice, the Rosehill Companies have director and officer liability insurance policies in effect, the Rosehill Companies will promptly notify the relevant insurers in accordance with the procedures and requirements of such policies.

(b) Defense; Settlement . Indemnitee shall have the sole right and obligation to control the defense or conduct of any claim or Proceeding with respect to Indemnitee. The Rosehill Companies shall not, without the prior written consent of Indemnitee, which may be provided or withheld in Indemnitee’s sole discretion, effect any settlement of any Proceeding against Indemnitee or which could have been brought against Indemnitee or which potentially or actually imposes any cost, liability, exposure or burden on Indemnitee unless (i) such settlement solely involves the payment of money or performance of any obligation by persons other than Indemnitee and includes an unconditional, full release of Indemnitee by all relevant parties from all liability on any matters that are the subject of such Proceeding and an acknowledgment that Indemnitee denies all wrongdoing in connection with such matters and (ii) the Rosehill Companies have fully indemnified the Indemnitee with respect to, and held Indemnitee harmless from and against, all Expenses and other amounts incurred by Indemnitee or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding. The Rosehill Companies shall not be obligated to indemnify Indemnitee against amounts paid in settlement of a Proceeding against Indemnitee if such settlement is effected by Indemnitee without the Rosehill Companies’ prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, unless such settlement solely involves the payment of money or performance of any obligation by persons other than the Rosehill Companies and includes an unconditional release of the Rosehill Companies by any party to such Proceeding other than the Indemnitee from all liability on any matters that are the subject of such Proceeding and an acknowledgment that the Rosehill Companies deny all wrongdoing in connection with such matters.

(c) Request for Advancement; Request for Indemnification .

(i) To obtain advancement of Expenses under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Rosehill Companies a written request therefor, together with such invoices or other supporting information as may be reasonably requested by the Rosehill Companies and reasonably available to Indemnitee, and, only to the extent required by applicable law which cannot be waived, an unsecured written undertaking to repay amounts advanced; provided , that in connection with any request for advancement of Expenses, Indemnitee shall not be required to provide any materials or information to the extent that the provisions of such materials or information would undermine or otherwise jeopardize attorney-client privilege. The Rosehill Companies shall make advance payment of Expenses to Indemnitee no later than five (5) business days after receipt of the written request for advancement (and each subsequent request for advancement) by Indemnitee. If, at the time of receipt of any such written request for advancement of Expenses, the Rosehill Companies have director and officer insurance policies in effect, the Rosehill Companies will promptly notify the relevant insurers in accordance with the procedures and requirements

 

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of such policies. The Rosehill Companies shall thereafter keep such director and officer insurers informed of the status of the Proceeding or other claim and take such other actions, as appropriate to secure coverage of Indemnitee for such claim.

(ii) To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, at any time before or after submission of a request for advancement pursuant to Section 9(c)(i) of this Agreement, Indemnitee may submit a written request for indemnification hereunder. The time at which Indemnitee submits a written request for indemnification shall be determined by the Indemnitee in the Indemnitee’s sole discretion. Once Indemnitee submits such a written request for indemnification (and only at such time that Indemnitee submits such a written request for indemnification), a Determination (as hereinafter defined) shall thereafter be made, as provided in and only to the extent required by Section 9(d) of this Agreement. In no event shall a Determination be made, or required to be made, as a condition to or otherwise in connection with any advancement of Expenses pursuant to Section 8 and Section 9(c)(i) of this Agreement. If, at the time of receipt of any such request for indemnification, the Rosehill Companies have director and officer insurance policies in effect, the Rosehill Companies will promptly notify the relevant insurers and take such other actions as necessary or appropriate to secure coverage of Indemnitee for such claim in accordance with the procedures and requirements of such policies.

(d) Determination . The Rosehill Companies agree that Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by law and that no Determination shall be required in connection with such indemnification unless specifically required by applicable law which cannot be waived. In no event shall a Determination be required in connection with indemnification for Expenses pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement or incurred in connection with any Proceeding or portion thereof with respect to which Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise. Any decision that a Determination is required by law in connection with any other indemnification of Indemnitee, and any such Determination, shall be made within thirty (30) days after receipt of Indemnitee’s written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 9(c)(ii) and such Determination shall be made either (i) by the Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined), even though less than a quorum, so long as Indemnitee does not request that such Determination be made by Independent Counsel (as hereinafter defined), or (ii) if so requested by Indemnitee, in Indemnitee’s sole discretion, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Rosehill Companies and Indemnitee. If a Determination is made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within five (5) business days after such Determination. Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such Determination. Any Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the Disinterested Directors or Independent Counsel, as the case may be, making such determination shall be advanced and borne by the Rosehill Companies (irrespective of the Determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and each Rosehill Company is liable to indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom. If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under this Section 9(d) to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Rosehill Companies of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided , however , that such thirty (30) day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto; and provided , further , that the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(d) shall not apply if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 9(e) .

(e) Independent Counsel . In the event Indemnitee requests that the Determination be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 9(d) of this Agreement, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 9(e) . The Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors, in which event the Board of Directors shall make such selection on behalf of the Rosehill Companies, subject to the remaining provisions of this Section 9(e) ), and Indemnitee or the Rosehill Companies, as the case may be, shall give written notice to the other, advising the Rosehill Companies or Indemnitee of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. The Rosehill Companies or Indemnitee, as the

 

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case may be, may, within five (5) days after such written notice of selection shall have been received, deliver to Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided , however , that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 15 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If a written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within ten (10) days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 9(c)(ii) of this Agreement and after a request for the appointment of Independent Counsel has been made, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Rosehill Companies or Indemnitee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Rosehill Companies or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the court or by such other person as the court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 9(d) of this Agreement. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 9(f) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing). Any expenses incurred by or in connection with the appointment of Independent Counsel shall be borne by the Rosehill Companies (irrespective of the Determination of Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and not by Indemnitee.

(f) Consequences of Determination; Remedies of Indemnitee . The Rosehill Companies shall be bound by and shall have no right to challenge a Favorable Determination. If an Adverse Determination is made, or if for any other reason the Rosehill Companies do not make timely indemnification payments or advances of Expenses, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence a Proceeding before a court of competent jurisdiction to challenge such Adverse Determination and/or to require the Rosehill Companies to make such payments or advances (and the Company shall have the right to defend its position in such Proceeding and to appeal any adverse judgment in such Proceeding). Indemnitee shall be entitled to be indemnified for all Expenses incurred in connection with such a Proceeding and to have such Expenses advanced by the Company in accordance with Section 8 of this Agreement. If Indemnitee fails to challenge an Adverse Determination within thirty (30) business days, or if Indemnitee challenges an Adverse Determination and such Adverse Determination has been upheld by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal can be taken, then, to the extent and only to the extent required by such Adverse Determination or final judgment, the Rosehill Companies shall not be obligated to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement.

(g) Presumptions; Burden and Standard of Proof . The parties intend and agree that, to the extent permitted by law, in connection with any Determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification hereunder by any person, including a court:

(i) it will be presumed that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement (notwithstanding any Adverse Determination), and the Rosehill Entities or any other person or entity challenging such right will have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption;

(ii) the termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the applicable Rosehill Entity, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful;

(iii) Indemnitee will be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the applicable Rosehill Entity, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers, employees, or committees of the board of directors of the applicable Rosehill Entity, or on the advice of legal counsel or other advisors (including financial advisors and accountants) for the applicable Rosehill Entity or on information or records given in reports made to the applicable Rosehill Entity by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert or advisor selected by the applicable Rosehill Entity; provided, however, that Indemnitee will not be deemed to have acted in good faith if such record or book of account of the applicable Rosehill Entity that was the basis for Indemnitee’s action was created by or at the direction of Indemnity acting in bad faith or with gross negligence; and

 

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(iv) the knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of any of the Rosehill Entities or relevant enterprises will not be imputed to Indemnitee in a manner that limits or otherwise adversely affects Indemnitee’s rights hereunder; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be true if Indemnitee acts or fails to act in bad faith or with gross negligence.

The provisions of this Section 9(g) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.

10. Remedies of Indemnitee .

(a) In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 9(d) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 8 and Section 9(c)(i) of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 9(d) of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Rosehill Companies of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5 , 6 or 7 of this Agreement within five (5) business days after receipt by the Rosehill Companies of a written request therefor, (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3 , 4 or 7 of this Agreement is not made within five (5) business days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vi) in the event that the Rosehill Companies or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or Proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, the Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to the Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of his entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The Rosehill Companies shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.

(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 9(d) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 10 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits, in which (i) Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination, and (ii) the Rosehill Companies shall bear the burden of establishing that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification.

(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 9(d) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Rosehill Companies shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 10 , absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

(d) The Rosehill Companies shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 10 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Rosehill Companies are bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

11. Insurance; Subrogation; Other Rights of Recovery, etc .

(a) Each Rosehill Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to purchase and maintain a policy or policies of insurance with reputable insurance companies with A.M. Best ratings of “A” or better, to provide insurance for Indemnitee for any liability asserted against, and incurred by, Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, or arising out of Indemnitee’s status as such, whether or not any such Rosehill Company would have the power to indemnify Indemnitee against such liability. Such insurance policies shall have coverage terms and policy limits at least as favorable to Indemnitee as the insurance coverage provided to any other director or officer of the Rosehill Companies. If any Rosehill Company has such insurance in effect at the time it receives from Indemnitee any notice of the commencement of an action, suit, proceeding or other claim, such Rosehill Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such action, suit, proceeding or other claim to the insurers and take such other actions in accordance with the procedures set forth in the policy as required or appropriate to secure coverage of Indemnitee for such action, suit, proceeding or other claim. Such Rosehill

 

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Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such action, suit, proceeding or other claim in accordance with the terms of such policy. Such Rosehill Company shall continue to provide insurance for Indemnitee for a period of at least six (6) years after Indemnitee ceases to serve as a director or an officer or in any other Corporate Status.

(b) In the event of any payment by any Rosehill Company under this Agreement, such Rosehill Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against any other Rosehill Entity, and Indemnitee hereby agrees, as a condition to obtaining any advancement or indemnification from the Rosehill Companies, to assign to such Rosehill Company all of Indemnitee’s rights to obtain from such other Rosehill Entity such amounts to the extent that they have been paid by such Rosehill Company to or for the benefit of Indemnitee as advancement or indemnification under this Agreement and are adequate to indemnify Indemnitee with respect to the costs, Expenses or other items to the full extent that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or other payment hereunder; and Indemnitee will (upon request by the Rosehill Companies) execute all papers required and use reasonable best efforts to take all action reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable such Rosehill Company to bring suit or enforce such rights.

(c) Each of the Rosehill Companies hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases, and covenants and agrees not to exercise (and to cause each of the other Rosehill Entities not to exercise), any rights that such Rosehill Company may now have or hereafter acquire against any Designating Stockholder (or former Designating Stockholder), insurer of such Designating Stockholder (or former Designating Stockholder) or Indemnitee that arise from or relate to the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Rosehill Companies’ obligations under this Agreement or under any other indemnification agreement (whether pursuant to contract, by-laws or charter) with any person or entity, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation (whether pursuant to contract or common law), reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification, or to be held harmless, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of Indemnitee against any Designating Stockholder (or former Designating Stockholder) or Indemnitee, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from any Designating Stockholder (or former Designating Stockholder), insurer of such Designating Stockholder (or former Designating Stockholder) or Indemnitee, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right.

(d) The Rosehill Companies shall not be liable to pay or advance to Indemnitee any amounts otherwise indemnifiable under this Agreement or under any other indemnification agreement if, and to the extent that, Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise; provided , however , that (i) the Rosehill Companies hereby agree that they are the indemnitors of first resort under this Agreement and under any other indemnification agreement (i.e., their obligations to Indemnitee under this Agreement or any other agreement or undertaking to provide advancement and/or indemnification to Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of any Designating Stockholder (or any affiliate thereof other than a Rosehill Company) and/or any obligation of any insurer providing insurance coverage under any policy purchased or maintained by such Designating Stockholders (or by any affiliate thereof, other than a Rosehill Company) to provide advancement or indemnification for the same Expenses, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by Indemnitee are secondary), and (ii) if any Designating Stockholder (or any affiliate thereof other than a Rosehill Entity) pays or causes to be paid, for any reason, any amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder or under any other indemnification agreement (whether pursuant to contract, by-laws or charter) with Indemnitee, then (x) such Designating Stockholder (or such affiliate, as the case may be) shall be fully subrogated to all rights of Indemnitee with respect to such payment and (y) the Rosehill Companies shall fully indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless such Designating Stockholder (or such other affiliate) for all such payments actually made by such Designating Stockholder (or such other affiliate).

(e) The Rosehill Companies’ obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee in respect of or relating to Indemnitee’s service at the request of any of the Rosehill Companies as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, trustee, representative, partner or agent of any other Rosehill Entity shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as payment of indemnification or advancement of Expenses from such other Rosehill Entity, except to the extent that such indemnification payments and advance payment of Expenses when taken together with any such amount actually received from other Rosehill Entities or under director and officer insurance policies maintained by one or more Rosehill Entities are inadequate to fully pay all costs, Expenses or other items to the full extent that Indemnitee is otherwise entitled to indemnification or other payment hereunder.

 

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(f) Except as provided in Sections 11(c) , 11(d) and 11(e) of this Agreement, the rights to indemnification and advancement of Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time, whenever conferred or arising, be entitled under applicable law, under the Rosehill Entities’ Certificates of Incorporation or By-Laws, or under any other agreement including the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2016, by and between KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. and Tema Oil and Gas Company, vote of stockholders or resolution of directors of any Rosehill Entity, or otherwise. Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement are present contractual rights that fully vest upon Indemnitee’s first service as a director or an officer of any of the Rosehill Companies. The Parties hereby agree that Sections 11(c) , 11(d) and 11(e) of this Agreement shall be deemed exclusive and shall be deemed to modify, amend and clarify any right to indemnification or advancement provided to Indemnitee under any other contract, agreement or document with any Rosehill Entity.

(g) No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in Indemnitee’s Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (or other applicable law), whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Rosehill Entities’ Certificates of Incorporation or By-Laws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

12. Employment Rights; Successors; Third Party Beneficiaries .

(a) This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Rosehill Companies and Indemnitee. This Agreement shall continue in force as provided above after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as a director and/or an officer of the Rosehill Companies or any other Corporate Status.

(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon each of the Rosehill Companies and their successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. If any of the Rosehill Companies or any of their respective successors or assigns shall (i) consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any individual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Rosehill Companies shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Agreement.

(c) The Designating Stockholders are express third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, are entitled to rely upon this Agreement, and may specifically enforce the Rosehill Companies’ obligations hereunder (including but not limited to the obligations specified in Section 11 of this Agreement) as though a party hereunder.

13. Severability . If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.

14. Exception to Right of Indemnification or Advancement of Expenses . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and except as provided in Section 7(a) of this Agreement or as may otherwise be agreed by any Rosehill Company, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses under this Agreement with respect to any Proceeding brought by Indemnitee (other than a Proceeding by Indemnitee (i) by way of defense or counterclaim or other similar portion of a Proceeding, (ii) to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement or (iii) to enforce any other rights of Indemnitee to indemnification, advancement or contribution from the Rosehill Companies under any other contract, by-laws or charter or under statute or other law, including any rights under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law), unless the bringing of such Proceeding or making of such claim shall have been approved by the Board of Directors of the applicable Rosehill Company.

 

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15. Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement:

(a) “ Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company.

(b) “ By-laws ” means (i) in the case of the Company, its by-laws and (ii) in the case of any other entity, its by-laws or similar governing document, in each case, as such governing document is amended from time to time.

(c) “ Certificate of Incorporation ” means, (i) in the case of the Company, its certificate of incorporation and (ii) in the case of any other entity, its certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation or similar constituting document, in each case, as such constituting document is amended from time to time.

(d) “ Corporate Status ” describes the status of a person by reason of such person’s past, present or future service as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, trustee, or agent of any of the Rosehill Companies (including, without limitation, one who serves at the request of any of the Rosehill Companies as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, trustee or agent of any other Rosehill Entity).

(e) “ Designating Stockholder ” means any of the Sponsors, in each case so long as an individual designated by the Sponsors or any of their respective affiliates (as provided by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws and Stockholders Agreement) serves or has served as a director and/or officer of any Rosehill Entity.

(f) “ Determination ” means a determination that either (x) there is a reasonable basis for the conclusion that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee met a/the particular standard(s) of conduct (a “ Favorable Determination ”) or (y) there is no reasonable basis for the conclusion that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee met a/the particular standard(s) of conduct (an “ Adverse Determination ”). An Adverse Determination shall include the decision that a Determination was required in connection with indemnification and the decision as to the applicable standard of conduct.

(g) “ Disinterested Director ” means a director of the Company (or, if a Determination is necessary with respect to a Rosehill Company other than the Company, a director of such Rosehill Company) who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee and does not otherwise have an interest materially adverse to any interest of the Indemnitee.

(h) “ Expenses ” shall mean all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature whatsoever and shall specifically include, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees and costs of experts, witness fees and costs, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness, in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding or an appeal resulting from a Proceeding, including, but not limited to, the premium for appeal bonds, attachment bonds or similar bonds and all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of any such Expenses, and shall also specifically include, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and all other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with preparing and submitting any requests or statements for indemnification, advancement, contribution or any other right provided by this Agreement. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.

(i) “ Independent Counsel ” means, at any time, any law firm, or a member of a law firm, that (a) is experienced in matters of corporation law and (b) is not, at such time, or has not been in the five years prior to such time, retained to represent: (i) any Rosehill Entity or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnities under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Rosehill Companies or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Rosehill Companies agree to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto and to be jointly and severally liable therefor.

 

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(j) “ KLRE Entities ” means KLR Energy Sponsor, LLC and its successors and affiliates and any other investment fund or related investment adviser, management company, managing member or general partner that is an affiliate of any of the foregoing entities (other than any Rosehill Entity) or that is advised by the same investment adviser as any of the foregoing entities or by an affiliate of such investment adviser

(k) “ Proceeding ” includes any actual, threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation (formal or informal), inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened, pending or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of any Rosehill Company or otherwise and whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, in which Indemnitee was, is, may be or will be involved as a party, witness or otherwise, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status or by reason of any action taken by Indemnitee or of any inaction on Indemnitee’s part while acting as director, officer, employees, fiduciary, trustee or agent of any Rosehill Entity (in each case whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity or has such status at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification or advancement of Expenses can be provided under this Agreement). If the Indemnitee believes in good faith that a given situation may lead to or culminate in the institution of a Proceeding, this shall be considered a Proceeding under this paragraph.

(l) “ Sponsors ” means KLRE Entities and the Tema Entities.

(m) “ Stockholders Agreement ” means the Shareholders’ and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 20, 2016, by and among Tema Oil and Gas Company, KLR Energy Sponsor, LLC, KLR Energy Acquisition Corp., Anchorage Illiquid Opportunities V, L.P. and AIO V AIV 3 Holdings, L.P.

(n) “ Tema Entities ” means Tema Oil and Gas Company and its successors and affiliates (other than any Rosehill Entity).

(o) “ Rosehill Entities ” means any Rosehill Company, any of their respective subsidiaries and any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise with respect to which Indemnitee serves as a director, officer, employee, partner, representative, fiduciary, trustee, or agent, or in any similar capacity, at the request of any Rosehill Company.

16. Construction . Whenever required by the context, as used in this Agreement the singular number shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and all words herein in any gender shall be deemed to include (as appropriate) the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.

17. Reliance . The Rosehill Companies expressly confirm and agree that they have entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on each of them hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director and/or an officer of one or more of the Rosehill Companies, and the Rosehill Companies acknowledge that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director and/or an officer of one or more of the Rosehill Companies.

18. Modification and Waiver . No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in a writing identified as such by all of the parties hereto. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the rights of a party hereunder (including the right to enforce the obligations hereunder of the other parties) may be waived only with the written consent of such party, and no waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

19. Notice Mechanics . All notices, requests, demands or other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (i) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, or (ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed:

 

(a) If to Indemnitee to:   

[●]

Rosehill Resources Inc.

16200 Park Row, Suite 300

Houston, Texas, 77084

(b) If to any Rosehill Company, to:   

Rosehill Resources Inc.

16200 Park Row, Suite 300

Houston, Texas, 77084

Attention: J.A. Townsend

 

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or to such other address as may have been furnished (in the manner prescribed above) as follows: (a) in the case of a change in address for notices to Indemnitee, furnished by Indemnitee to the Rosehill Companies and (b) in the case of a change in address for notices to any Rosehill Company, furnished by the Rosehill Companies to Indemnitee.

20. Contribution . To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Rosehill Companies, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for reasonably incurred Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Rosehill Companies and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Rosehill Companies (and their other directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).

21. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for Service of Process . This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The Rosehill Companies and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the “ Delaware Court ”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (iv) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or otherwise inconvenient forum.

22. Headings . The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.

23. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the day and year first above written.

 

Company:     ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.
    By:                                                                                                                         
    Name:   J.A. Townsend
    Title:   President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO

I NDEMNIFICATION A GREEMENT


Indemnitee:      

 

      Name: [●]

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO

I NDEMNIFICATION A GREEMENT

Exhibit 10.3

Execution Version

FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC

DATED AS OF APRIL 27, 2017

THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS IN ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, AND HAVE BEEN OR ARE BEING ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH LAWS. SUCH INTERESTS MUST BE ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH (I) THE SECURITIES ACT, ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS; (II) THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT; AND (III) ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREED TO IN WRITING BETWEEN THE MANAGING MEMBER AND THE APPLICABLE MEMBER. THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OF RECORD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, THIS FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT, AND ANY OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREED TO IN WRITING BY THE MANAGING MEMBER AND THE APPLICABLE MEMBER. THEREFORE, PURCHASERS AND OTHER TRANSFEREES OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE RISK OF THEIR INVESTMENT OR ACQUISITION FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.


Table of Contents

 

Article I DEFINITIONS    2  

Section 1.1 Definitions

     2  

Section 1.2 Interpretive Provisions

     13  

Article II ORGANIZATION OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

     14  

Section 2.1 Formation

     14  

Section 2.2 Filing

     14  

Section 2.3 Name

     14  

Section 2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent

     14  

Section 2.5 Principal Place of Business

     14  

Section 2.6 Purpose; Powers

     15  

Section 2.7 Term

     15  

Section 2.8 Intent

     15  

Article III CLOSING TRANSACTIONS

     15  

Section 3.1 Transactions In Connection With the Combination Agreement

     15  

Article IV OWNERSHIP AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

     16  

Section 4.1 Authorized Units; General Provisions With Respect to Units

     16  

Section 4.2 Voting Rights

     19  

Section 4.3 Capital Contributions; Unit Ownership

     19  

Section 4.4 Capital Accounts

     20  

Section 4.5 Other Matters

     21  

Section 4.6 Exchange of Common Units

     21  

Article V ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS AND LOSSES

     27  

Section 5.1 Profits and Losses

     27  

Section 5.2 Special Allocations

     28  

Section 5.3 Allocations for Tax Purposes in General

     30  

Section 5.4 Income Tax Allocations with Respect to Depletable Properties

     31  

Section 5.5 Other Allocation Rules

     33  

Section 5.6 Tax Consolidation

     34  

Article VI DISTRIBUTIONS

     35  

Section 6.1 Distributions

     35  

Section 6.2 Tax-Related Distributions

     36  

Section 6.3 Distribution Upon Withdrawal

     37  

Article VII MANAGEMENT

     37  

Section 7.1 The Managing Member; Fiduciary Duties

     37  

Section 7.2 Officers

     38  

Section 7.3 Warranted Reliance by Officers on Others

     39  

 

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Section 7.4 Indemnification

     39  

Section 7.5 Maintenance of Insurance or Other Financial Arrangements

     40  

Section 7.6 Resignation or Termination of Managing Member

     40  

Section 7.7 No Inconsistent Obligations

     40  

Section 7.8 Reclassification Events of Rosehill

     40  

Section 7.9 Certain Costs and Expenses

     41  

Article VIII ROLE OF MEMBERS

     41  

Section 8.1 Rights or Powers

     41  

Section 8.2 Voting

     42  

Section 8.3 Various Capacities

     42  

Article IX TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS

     43  

Section 9.1 Restrictions on Transfer

     43  

Section 9.2 Notice of Transfer

     44  

Section 9.3 Transferee Members

     44  

Section 9.4 Legend

     44  

Article X ACCOUNTING

     45  

Section 10.1 Books of Account

     45  

Section 10.2 Tax Elections

     45  

Section 10.3 Tax Returns; Information

     46  

Section 10.4 Tax Matters Member and Company Representative

     47  

Section 10.5 Withholding Tax Payments and Obligations

     48  

Article XI DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION

     49  

Section 11.1 Liquidating Events

     49  

Section 11.2 Bankruptcy

     49  

Section 11.3 Procedure

     50  

Section 11.4 Rights of Members

     51  

Section 11.5 Notices of Dissolution

     51  

Section 11.6 Reasonable Time for Winding Up

     51  

Section 11.7 No Deficit Restoration

     51  

Article XII GENERAL

     52  

Section 12.1 Amendments; Waivers

     52  

Section 12.2 Further Assurances

     52  

Section 12.3 Successors and Assigns

     53  

Section 12.4 Entire Agreement

     53  

Section 12.5 Rights of Members Independent

     53  

Section 12.6 Governing Law

     53  

Section 12.7 Jurisdiction and Venue

     53  

Section 12.8 Headings

     53  

Section 12.9 Counterparts

     53  

Section 12.10 Notices

     54  

 

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Section 12.11 Representation By Counsel; Interpretation

     55  

Section 12.12 Severability

     55  

Section 12.13 Expenses

     55  

Section 12.14 No Third Party Beneficiaries

     55  

 

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FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC

This FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of April 27, 2017, by and among Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), and each other Person who is or at any time becomes a Member in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Act. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in Section 1.1 .

RECITALS

WHEREAS , the Company was formed pursuant to a Certificate of Formation filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 6, 2017 and is currently governed by the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company dated as of January 6, 2017 (the “ Existing LLC Agreement ”);

WHEREAS , Rosehill Resources Inc. (formerly KLR Energy Acquisition Corp.), a Delaware corporation (“ Rosehill ”), and Tema Oil and Gas Company, a Maryland corporation (“ Tema ”), have entered into a Business Combination Agreement dated December 20, 2016 (the “ Combination Agreement ”), which contemplates that Tema will contribute certain assets to the Company subject to certain liabilities in exchange for Units;

WHEREAS , pursuant to the Combination Agreement, Rosehill is contributing all of its assets, including the net proceeds of its initial public offering and the Equity Financing (as defined in the Combination Agreement) to the Company and issuing and contributing shares of its Class B Common Stock (as defined below) to the Company in exchange for (x) a number of Common Units equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock (as defined below) and (y) a number of Series A Preferred Units equal to the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock (as defined below), in each case outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement;

WHEREAS , pursuant to the Combination Agreement, Rosehill is issuing and contributing the Tema Warrants to the Company in exchange for a number of Warrants equal to the number of Tema Warrants;

WHEREAS , pursuant to the Combination Agreement, the Company will distribute cash, all of its shares of Class B Common Stock and the Tema Warrants (as defined below) to Tema in redemption of a certain number of Common Units;

WHEREAS , each Common Unit (other than any Common Unit held by Rosehill) may be redeemed, at the election of the holder of such Common Unit (together with the transfer and surrender by such holder of one share of Class B Common Stock), for one share of Class A Common Stock in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement;


WHEREAS , the Members of the Company desire that Rosehill become the sole managing Member of the Company (in its capacity as managing Member, the “ Managing Member ”);

WHEREAS , the Members of the Company desire to amend and restate the Existing LLC Agreement; and

WHEREAS , this Agreement shall supersede the Existing LLC Agreement in its entirety as of the date hereof.

NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions . As used in this Agreement and the Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:

Act ” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq., as amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).

Action ” means any claim, action, suit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Entity.

Adjusted Basis ” has the meaning given such term in Section 1011 of the Code.

Adjusted Capital Account Deficit ” means the deficit balance, if any, in such Member’s Capital Account at the end of any Fiscal Year or other taxable period, with the following adjustments:

 

  (a) credit to such Capital Account any amount that such Member is obligated to restore under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( c ), as well as any addition thereto pursuant to the next to last sentences of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5) after taking into account thereunder any changes during such year in Company Minimum Gain and Member Minimum Gain; and

 

  (b) debit to such Capital Account the items described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )(4), (5) and (6).

This definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d ) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

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Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For these purposes, “control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided that, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) no Member shall be deemed an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed an Affiliate of any Member.

After-Tax TRA Payments ” means, at any date of determination, with respect to a Member that has received payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, the excess of (i) the aggregate payments received by such Member pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement at such time, over (ii) the cumulative amount of federal, state and local income taxes payable with respect to such payments, determined taking into account the character of income or gain applicable to such payments and assuming the Member is subject to tax at the Assumed Tax Rate.

Agreement ” is defined in the preamble.

Assumed Tax Liability ” means, with respect to any Member at any Tax Advance Date, an amount equal to the cumulative amount of federal, state and local income taxes (including any applicable estimated taxes), determined taking into account the character of income and loss allocated as it affects the Assumed Tax Rate, that the Managing Member estimates would be due from such Member as of the relevant Tax Advance Date, (i) assuming such Member were an individual who earned solely the items of income, gain, deduction, loss, and/or credit allocated to such Member pursuant to Article V , (ii) taking into account items determined at the Member level with respect to Depletable Properties owned by the Company, as if such items were allocated at the Company level and using the cost depletion method, (iii) after taking proper account of loss carryforwards available to individual taxpayers resulting from losses allocated to the Members by the Company, to the extent not taken into account in prior periods, and (iv) assuming that such Member is subject to tax at the Assumed Tax Rate. The Managing Member shall reasonably determine the Assumed Tax Liability for each Member based on such assumptions as the Managing Member deems necessary.

Assumed Tax Rate ” means, for any taxable year, the sum of the highest marginal effective rate of federal, state, and local income tax applicable to any direct, or in the case of ownership through an entity classified as a partnership or disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes, indirect owner of a Member (other than Rosehill) (including any tax rate imposed under Section 1411 of the Code) determined by applying the rates applicable to ordinary income (in cases where taxes are being determined on ordinary income allocated to a Member) and capital gains (in cases where taxes are being determined on capital gains allocated to a Member), and excluding any deduction of state and local income taxes in computing a Member’s liability for federal income tax. The Managing Member shall consult in good faith with each other Member to determine the Assumed Tax Rate for such Member for any taxable year.

beneficially own ” and “ beneficial owner ” shall be as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the rules promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

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Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 ” means Title XI of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, as may be amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law), and any related provisions of law, including court decisions, regulations and administrative guidance.

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by Law to be closed in the City of New York.

Call Election Notice ” is defined in Section 4.6(f)(ii) .

Call Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(f)(i) .

Capital Account ” means, with respect to any Member, the Capital Account maintained for such Member in accordance with Section 4.4 .

Capital Contribution ” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of cash and the initial Gross Asset Value of any property (other than cash) contributed to the Company by such Member. Any reference to the Capital Contribution of a Member will include any Capital Contributions made by a predecessor holder of such Member’s Units to the extent that such Capital Contribution was made in respect of Units Transferred to such Member.

Cash Election ” is defined in Section 4.6(a)(iv) .

Cash Election Amount ” means with respect to a particular Exchange on any Exchange Date, an amount of cash equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that would be received in such Exchange, multiplied by the Class A VWAP Price.

Class A Common Stock ” means, as applicable, (i) the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Rosehill or (ii) following any consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event involving Rosehill, any shares or other securities of Rosehill or any other Person or cash or other property that become payable in consideration for the Class A Common Stock or into which the Class A Common Stock is exchanged or converted as a result of such consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event.

Class A VWAP Price ” means the (i) the volume weighted average price of a share of Class A Common Stock for the 20 trading days ending on and including the trading day prior to the Exchange Notice Date, as reported by Bloomberg, L.P., or its successor, or (ii) in the event the shares of Class A Common Stock are not then publicly traded, the value, as reasonably determined by the Managing Member in good faith, that would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction for cash between an informed and willing buyer and an informed and willing seller, neither of whom is under any compulsion to purchase or sell, respectively, and without regard to the particular circumstances of the buyer or seller.

Class B Common Stock ” means, as applicable, (i) the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Rosehill or (ii) following any consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event involving Rosehill, any shares or other securities of Rosehill or any other Person or cash or other property that become payable in consideration for the Class B Common Stock or into which the Class B Common Stock is exchanged or converted as a result of such consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event.

 

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Closing Date Capital Account Balance ” means, with respect to any Member, the positive Capital Account balance of such Member as of the date hereof, the amount or deemed value of which is set forth on Exhibit A as determined immediately following the contributions and distributions from and to the Members, respectively, pursuant to the Combination Agreement.

Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).

Combination Agreement ” is defined in the Recitals.

Commission ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b) .

Company ” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

Company Minimum Gain ” has the meaning of “partnership minimum gain” set forth in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d). It is further understood that Company Minimum Gain shall be determined in a manner consistent with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), including the requirement that if the adjusted Gross Asset Value of property subject to one or more Nonrecourse Liabilities differs from its adjusted tax basis, Company Minimum Gain shall be determined with reference to such Gross Asset Value.

Company Representative ” has the meaning assigned to the term “partnership representative” in Section 6223 of the Code and any Treasury Regulations or other administrative or judicial pronouncements promulgated thereunder and as appointed in Section 10.4 .

Consolidated Group ” has the meaning set forth in in Section 5.6(a) .

Contract ” means any written agreement, contract, lease, sublease, license, sublicense, obligation, promise or undertaking.

control ” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), with respect to the relationship between or among two or more Persons, means the possession, directly or indirectly or as trustee, personal representative or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee, personal representative or executor, by contract, credit arrangement or otherwise.

Debt Securities ” means, with respect to Rosehill, any and all debt instruments or debt securities that are not convertible or exchangeable into Equity Securities of Rosehill.

Depletable Property ” means each separate oil and gas property as defined in Code Section 614.

 

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Depreciation ” means, for each Fiscal Year or other taxable period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction (excluding depletion) allowable with respect to an asset for such Fiscal Year or other taxable period, except that (a) with respect to any such property the Gross Asset Value of which differs from its Adjusted Basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes and which difference is being eliminated by use of the “remedial method” pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(d), Depreciation for such Fiscal Year or other taxable period shall be the amount of book basis recovered for such Fiscal Year or other taxable period under the rules prescribed by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(d)(2), and (b) with respect to any other such property the Gross Asset Value of which differs from its Adjusted Basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such Fiscal Year or other taxable period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such Fiscal Year or other taxable period bears to such beginning Adjusted Basis; provided, however, that if the Adjusted Basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes of an asset at the beginning of such Fiscal Year or other taxable period is zero, Depreciation with respect to such asset shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the Tax Matters Member.

DGCL ” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).

Discount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9 .

Effective Time ” means the time of the Closing (as defined in the Combination Agreement).

Equity Securities ” means (a) with respect to a partnership, limited liability company or similar Person, any and all units, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options or other equivalents of, or other ownership interests in, any such Person as well as debt or equity instruments convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into any such units, interests, rights or other ownership interests and (b) with respect to a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participation or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, including all common stock and preferred stock, or warrants, options or other rights to acquire any of the foregoing, including any debt instrument convertible or exchangeable into any of the foregoing.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).

Exchange ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(a)(i) .

Exchange Date ” means (i) (x) if the Company has not made a valid Cash Election with respect to the relevant Exchange, the date that is three (3) Business Days after the Exchange Notice Date or (y) if the Company has made a valid Cash Election with respect to the relevant Exchange, the date that is the first Business Day on which the Company has available funds to pay the Cash Election Amount (but in any event no more than 10 days after the Exchange Notice Date), or (ii) such later date specified in or pursuant to the Exchange Notice.

 

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Exchange Notice ” is defined in Section 4.6(a)(iii) .

Exchange Notice Date ” is defined in Section 4.6(a)(iii) .

Exchanging Member ” is defined in Section 4.6(a)(ii) .

Existing LLC Agreement ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Fair Market Value ” means the fair market value of any property as determined in good faith by the Managing Member after taking into account such factors as the Managing Member shall reasonably deem appropriate.

Fiscal Year ” means the fiscal year of the Company, which shall end on December 31 of each calendar year unless, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, another fiscal year is required. The Company shall have the same fiscal year for U.S. federal income tax purposes and for accounting purposes.

GAAP ” means U.S. generally acceptable accounting principles at the time.

Good Faith ” means a Person having acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to a criminal proceeding, having had no reasonable cause to believe such Person’s conduct was unlawful.

Governmental Entity ” means any federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local, foreign or other government, governmental, stock exchange, regulatory, self-regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body.

Gross Asset Value ” means, with respect to any asset, the asset’s Adjusted Basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

 

  (a) the initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the gross Fair Market Value of such asset as of the date of such contribution;

 

  (b)

the Gross Asset Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross Fair Market Values as of the following times: (i) the acquisition of an interest (or additional interest) in the Company by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution (including any Series A Preferred Units issued/distributed to Rosehill with respect to Series A Preferred Units pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i) ) to the Company or in exchange for the performance of more than a de minimis amount of services to or for the benefit of the Company; (ii) the distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of Company assets as consideration for an interest in the Company; (iii) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( g )(1) (other than pursuant to Code Section 708(b)(1)(B)), (iv) the acquisition of an interest in the Company by any

 

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  new or existing Member upon the exercise of a noncompensatory option in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( s ); or (v) any other event to the extent determined by the Managing Member to be permitted and necessary or appropriate to properly reflect Gross Asset Values in accordance with the standards set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( q ); provided, however, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) above shall be made only if the Managing Member reasonably determines that such adjustments are necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members in the Company. If any noncompensatory options are outstanding upon the occurrence of an event described in this paragraph (b)(i) through (b)(v), the Company shall adjust the Gross Asset Values of its properties in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) (f )(1) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) (h )(2);

 

  (c) the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to any Member shall be adjusted to equal the gross Fair Market Value of such asset on the date of such distribution;

 

  (d) the Gross Asset Values of Company assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the Adjusted Basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( m ) and subsection (g)  in the definition of “Profits” or “Losses” below or Section 5.2(h) ; provided , however, that the Gross Asset Value of a Company asset shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection to the extent the Managing Member determines that an adjustment pursuant to subsection (b)  of this definition is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this subsection (d) ; and

 

  (e) if the Gross Asset Value of a Company asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subsections (a) , (b)  or (d)  of this definition of Gross Asset Value, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation and Simulated Depletion taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Profits, Losses and other items allocated pursuant to Article V .

Indebtedness ” means (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money (including capitalized lease obligations, sale-leaseback transactions or other similar transactions, however evidenced), (b) any other indebtedness that is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture, draft or similar instrument, (c) notes payable and (d) lines of credit and any other agreements relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit.

Interest ” means the entire interest of a Member in the Company, including the Units and all of such Member’s rights, powers and privileges under this Agreement and the Act.

 

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Law ” means any federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local or similar statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order, requirement or rule of law (including common law).

Legal Action ” is defined in Section 12.7 .

Liability ” means any liability or obligation, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated and whether due or to become due, regardless of when asserted.

“Liquidating Events is defined in Section 11.1 .

Managing Member ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Member ” means any Person that executes this Agreement as a Member, and any other Person admitted to the Company as an additional or substituted Member, that has not made a disposition of such Person’s entire Interest.

Member Minimum Gain ” has the meaning ascribed to “partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain” set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). It is further understood that the determination of Member Minimum Gain and the net increase or decrease in Member Minimum Gain shall be made in the same manner as required for such determination of Company Minimum Gain under Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(d) and -2(g)(3).

Member Nonrecourse Debt ” has the meaning of “partner nonrecourse debt” set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).

Member Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning of “partner nonrecourse deductions” set forth in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(2).

National Securities Exchange ” means an exchange registered with the Commission under the Exchange Act.

Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning assigned that term in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b).

Nonrecourse Liability ” is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(3).

Officer ” means each Person appointed as an officer of the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.2 .

Permitted Transferee ” means, with respect to any Member, (a) any Affiliate of such Member; (b) any partner, shareholder or member of such Member, (b) any successor entity of such Member; (c) a trust established by or for the benefit of a Member of which only such Member and his or her immediate family members are beneficiaries; (d) any Person established for the benefit of, and beneficially owned solely by, an entity Member or the sole individual direct or indirect owner of an entity Member; and (e) upon an individual Member’s death, an executor, administrator or beneficiary of the estate of the deceased Member.

 

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Person ” means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, as well as any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

Plan Asset Regulations ” means the regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor at Section 2510.3-101 of Part 2510 of Chapter XXV, Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations as the same may be amended from time to time.

“President and Chief Executive Officer is defined in Section 7.2(b) .

Prime Rate ” means, on any date of determination, a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest most recently published by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” at large U.S. money center banks.

Proceeding ” is defined in Section 7.4 .

Profits ” or “ Losses ” means, for each Fiscal Year or other taxable period, an amount equal to the Company’s taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments (without duplication):

 

  (a) any income or gain of the Company that is exempt from U.S. federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses shall be added to such taxable income or loss;

 

  (b) any expenditures of the Company described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( i ), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses, shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;

 

  (c) in the event the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to subsections (b)  or (c)  of the definition of Gross Asset Value above, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the Gross Asset Value of the Company asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases the Gross Asset Value of the Company asset) from the disposition of such asset and shall, except to the extent allocated pursuant to Section 5.2 , be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses;

 

  (d) gain or loss resulting from any disposition of Company assets (other than Depletable Property) with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be computed with reference to the Gross Asset Value of the asset disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such asset differs from its Gross Asset Value;

 

  (e) Gain resulting from any disposition of a Depletable Property with respect to which gain is recognized for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be treated as being equal to the corresponding Simulated Gain;

 

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  (f) in lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation;

 

  (g) to the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( m )(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Account balances as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Member’s interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses; and

 

  (h) any items of income, gain, loss or deduction which are specifically allocated pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or the provisions of Section 5.2 shall not be taken into account in computing Profits or Losses for any taxable year, but such items available to be specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.1(a) and Section 5.2 will be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in subparagraphs (a) through (g) above.

Property ” means all real and personal property owned by the Company from time to time, including both tangible and intangible property.

Reclassification Event ” means any of the following: (i) any reclassification or recapitalization of Rosehill Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination or any transaction subject to Section 4.1(g) ), (ii) any merger, consolidation or other combination involving Rosehill, or (iii) any sale, conveyance, lease, or other disposal of all or substantially all the properties and assets of Rosehill to any other Person, in each of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), as a result of which holders of Rosehill Common Stock shall be entitled to receive cash, securities or other property for their shares of Rosehill Common Stock.

Regulatory Allocations is defined in Section 5.2(j) .

Reporting Member ” has the meaning set forth in in Section 5.6(a) .

Retraction Notice ” is defined in Section 4.6(b)(i).

Rosehill ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Rosehill Common Stock ” means all classes and series of common stock of the Managing Member, including the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock.

Rosehill Offer ” is defined in Section 4.6(g) .

Rosehill Stock ” means the Rosehill Common Stock, together with any other stock of Rosehill, including the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).

Series A Preferred Stock ” means, as applicable, the 8.0% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Rosehill.

Series A Preferred Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b) .

Simulated Basis ” means the Gross Asset Value of any Depletable Property.

Simulated Depletion ” means, with respect to each Depletable Property, a depletion allowance computed in accordance with U.S. federal income tax principles (as if the Simulated Basis of the property were its Adjusted Basis) using the cost depletion method in the manner specified in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( k )(2). For purposes of computing Simulated Depletion with respect to any Depletable Property, the Simulated Basis of such property shall be deemed to be the Gross Asset Value of such property, and in no event shall such allowance, in the aggregate, exceed such Simulated Basis.

Simulated Gain ” means the amount of gain realized from the sale or other disposition of Depletable Property as calculated in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( k )(2).

Simulated Loss ” means the amount of loss realized from the sale or other disposition of Depletable Property as calculated in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( k )(2).

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person with respect to which such specified Person (a) has, directly or indirectly, the power, through the ownership of securities or otherwise, to elect a majority of directors or similar managing body or (b) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of such Person’s Equity Securities.

Tax Advance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(b) .

Tax Advance Date ” means any date that is two business days prior to the date on which estimated federal income tax payments are required to be made by individual taxpayers and the due date for federal income tax returns of individual taxpayers (without regard to extensions).

Tax Matters Member ” means the “tax matters partner” as defined in Code Section 6231(a)(7) and as appointed in Section 10.4 .

Tax Receivable Agreement ” means the Tax Receivable Agreement dated as of April 27, 2017 by and among Rosehill, Tema and the Agent as set forth thereunder and any similar agreement entered into by Rosehill after the date hereof.

Tax Return Preparer ” has the meaning provided in Section 10.3(d) .

Tax Returns ” has the meaning provided in Section 10.3(a) .

Tema ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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Tema Warrants ” is defined in Section 3.1(c) .

Transfer ” means, as a noun, any voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect (whether through a change of control of the Transferor or any Person that controls the Transferor, the issuance or transfer of Equity Securities of the Transferor, by operation of law or otherwise), transfer, sale, pledge or hypothecation or other disposition and, as a verb, voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly (whether through a change of control of the Transferor or any Person that controls the Transferor, the issuance or transfer of Equity Securities of the Transferor or any Person that controls the Transferor, by operation of law or otherwise), to transfer, sell, pledge or hypothecate or otherwise dispose of. The terms “Transferee,” “Transferor,” “Transferred,” and other forms of the word “Transfer” shall have the correlative meanings.

Transfer Agent ” is defined in Section 4.6(a)(iii) .

Treasury Regulations ” means pronouncements, as amended from time to time, or their successor pronouncements, which clarify, interpret and apply the provisions of the Code, and which are designated as “Treasury Regulations” by the United States Department of the Treasury.

Units ” means the units issued hereunder, including the Common Units and the Series A Preferred Units, and shall also include any equity security issued in respect of or in exchange for such units, whether by way of dividend or other distribution, split, recapitalization, merger, rollup transaction, consolidation, conversion or reorganization.

Unpaid Excess Cash Amount ” shall mean the total amount of any unpaid excess cash payment amounts excused from payment as a dividend on Series A Preferred Stock as a result of restrictions in any financing agreements or other third party agreement to which the Company is a party or legal requirement set forth in the Certificate of Designation for the Series A Preferred Stock.

Warrants ” has the meaning set forth in in Section 3.1(f) .

Winding-Up Member ” is defined in Section 11.3(a) .

Section 1.2 Interpretive Provisions . For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

  (a) the terms defined in Section 1.1 are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms;

 

  (b) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned under GAAP;

 

  (c) all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein shall mean United States (U.S.) dollars and all payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars;

 

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  (d) when a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;

 

  (e) whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

 

  (f) “or” is not exclusive;

 

  (g) pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; and

 

  (h) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

ORGANIZATION OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Section 2.1 Formation . The Company has been formed as a limited liability company subject to the provisions of the Act upon the terms, provisions and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

Section 2.2 Filing . The Company’s Certificate of Formation has been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the Act. The Members shall execute such further documents (including amendments to such Certificate of Formation) and take such further action as is appropriate to comply with the requirements of Law for the formation or operation of a limited liability company in Delaware and in all states and counties where the Company may conduct its business.

Section 2.3 Name . The name of the Company is “Rosehill Operating Company, LLC” and all business of the Company shall be conducted in such name or, in the discretion of the Managing Member, under any other name.

Section 2.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent . The location of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, or at such other place as the Managing Member from time to time may select. The name and address for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware are United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Suite C, Dover, Delaware 19904, Kent County, or such other qualified Person as the Managing Member may designate from time to time and its business address.

Section 2.5 Principal Place of Business . The principal place of business of the Company shall be located in such place as is determined by the Managing Member from time to time.

 

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Section 2.6 Purpose; Powers . The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act. The Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all actions and engage in any and all activities necessary, appropriate, desirable, advisable, ancillary or incidental to the accomplishment of the foregoing purpose.

Section 2.7 Term . The term of the Company commenced on the date of filing of the Certificate of Formation of the Company with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the Act and shall continue indefinitely. The Company may be dissolved and its affairs wound up only in accordance with Article XI .

Section 2.8 Intent . It is the intent of the Members that the Company be operated in a manner consistent with its treatment as a “partnership” for U.S. federal and state income tax purposes. It is also the intent of the Members that the Company not be operated or treated as a “partnership” for purposes of Section 303 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code. Neither the Company nor any Member shall take any action inconsistent with the express intent of the parties hereto as set forth in this Section 2.8 .

ARTICLE III

CLOSING TRANSACTIONS

Section 3.1 Transactions In Connection With the Combination Agreement .

 

  (a) Effective immediately prior to the Effective Time, Tema shall contribute the Contributed Assets (as defined in the Combination Agreement) to the Company in exchange for 100% of the Equity Securities of the Company. Immediately following such contribution and effective as of the Effective Time, the Company will be recapitalized as set forth in this Agreement.

 

  (b) Effective as of the Effective Time and immediately following the transactions contemplated by Section 3.1(a) , and in accordance with the terms of the Combination Agreement, Rosehill will contribute, transfer, assign and deliver (i) all of its right, title and interest in all of its assets, including the net proceeds of its initial public offering and the Equity Financing, and (ii) the number of shares of its Class B Common Stock as contemplated under the Combination Agreement to the Company in exchange for (y) a number of Common Units equal to the number of Common Units set forth opposite its name in Exhibit A and (z) a number of Series A Preferred Units equal to the number of Series A Preferred Units set forth opposite its name in Exhibit A .

 

  (c) Effective as of the Effective Time and immediately following the transactions contemplated by Sections 3.1(a)-(b) , and in accordance with the terms of the Combination Agreement, Rosehill will contribute, transfer, assign and deliver the number of warrants to purchase shares of Rosehill Class A Common Stock as contemplated under the Combination Agreement to the Company (the “ Tema Warrants ”) in exchange for a number of Warrants equal to the number of Tema Warrants (as set forth in Section 3.1(f) );

 

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  (d) Effective as of the Effective Time and immediately following the transactions contemplated by Sections 3.1(a)-(c) , and in accordance with the terms of the Combination Agreement, the Company will distribute cash, all of its shares of Class B Common Stock and the Tema Warrants to Tema in redemption of a certain number of Common Units as is set forth in the Combination Agreement.

 

  (e) The total number of Units issued and outstanding and held by the Members immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by Sections 3.1(a)-(d)  of this Agreement and the Combination Agreement is set forth on Exhibit A hereto (as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).

 

  (f) Effective as of the Effective Time and immediately following the transactions contemplated by Sections 3.1(a)-(c) , and prior to giving effect to Section 4.1 , the Company shall issue to Rosehill a number of warrants exercisable for Common Units (the “ Warrants ”) in an amount equal to the number of warrants exercisable for shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance of Warrants pursuant to this Section 3.1(e) (including, but not limited to, a number of warrants equal to the number of Tema Warrants). For the avoidance of doubt, each Warrant shall be treated as a “noncompensatory option” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.721-2(f) and 1.761-3(b)(2) and not be treated as a partnership interest pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.761-3(a).

ARTICLE IV

OWNERSHIP AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

Section 4.1 Authorized Units; General Provisions With Respect to Units .

 

  (a) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall be authorized to issue from time to time such number of Units and such other Equity Securities as the Managing Member shall determine in accordance with Section 4.3 . Each authorized Unit may be issued pursuant to such agreements as the Managing Member shall approve, including pursuant to options and warrants. The Company may reissue any Units that have been repurchased or acquired by the Company.

 

  (b) As of the date of this Agreement, the Company shall have two authorized classes of Units, consisting of units of limited liability company interests denominated as “ Common Units” and “ Series A Preferred Units .” All Common Units shall be identical and all Series A Preferred Units shall be identical.

 

  (c)

Initially, none of the Units will be represented by certificates. If the Managing Member determines that it is in the interest of the Company to issue certificates representing the Units, certificates will be issued and the Units will be represented

 

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  by those certificates, and this Agreement shall be amended as necessary or desirable to reflect the issuance of certificated Units for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code. Nothing contained in this Section 4.1(c) shall be deemed to authorize or permit any Member to Transfer its Units except as otherwise permitted under this Agreement.

 

  (d) The total number of Units issued and outstanding and held by the Members is set forth on Exhibit A (as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) as of the date set forth therein.

 

  (e)

If at any time after the Effective Time Rosehill issues a share of its Class A Common Stock, its Series A Preferred Stock or any other Equity Security of Rosehill (other than shares of Class B Common Stock), (i) the Company shall concurrently issue to Rosehill one Common Unit (if Rosehill issues a share of Class A Common Stock), one Series A Preferred Unit (if Rosehill issues a share of Series A Preferred Stock) or such other Equity Security of the Company (if Rosehill issues Equity Securities other than Class A Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock) corresponding to the Equity Securities issued by Rosehill, and with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of Rosehill to be issued and (ii) Rosehill shall concurrently contribute to the Company the net proceeds received by Rosehill for such share of Class A Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock or other Equity Security (including any exercise price related thereto); provided , however , that if Rosehill issues any shares of Class A Common Stock in order to purchase or fund the purchase from a Member of a number of Common Units (and shares of Class B Common Stock) equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock so issued, then the Company shall not issue any new Common Units in connection therewith, Rosehill shall not be required to transfer such net proceeds to the Company, and such net proceeds shall instead be transferred to such Member as consideration for such purchase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.1(e) shall not apply to (i) the issuance and distribution to holders of shares of Rosehill Stock of rights to purchase Equity Securities of Rosehill under a “poison pill” or similar shareholders rights plan (and upon any exchange of Common Units for Class A Common Stock, such Class A Common Stock will be issued together with a corresponding right under such plan) or (ii) the issuance under Rosehill’s employee benefit plans of any warrants, options, other rights to acquire Equity Securities of Rosehill or rights or property that may be converted into or settled in Equity Securities of Rosehill, but shall in each of the foregoing cases apply to the issuance of Equity Securities of Rosehill in connection with the exercise or settlement of such rights, warrants, options or other rights or property (it being understood that Rosehill shall contribute to the Company the net proceeds, if any, received by Rosehill in connection with such exercise or settlement). Except pursuant to Section 4.6 , (x) the Company may not issue any additional Common Units to Rosehill or any of its Subsidiaries unless substantially simultaneously therewith Rosehill or such Subsidiary issues or sells an equal number of shares of Rosehill’s Class A Common Stock to another Person, (y) the Company may not

 

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  issue any additional Series A Preferred Units to Rosehill or any of its Subsidiaries unless substantially simultaneously therewith Rosehill or such Subsidiary issues or sells an equal number of shares of Rosehill’s Series A Preferred Stock to another Person and (z) the Company may not issue any other Equity Securities of the Company to Rosehill or any of its Subsidiaries unless substantially simultaneously Rosehill or such Subsidiary issues or sells, to another Person, an equal number of shares of a new class or series of Equity Securities of Rosehill or such Subsidiary with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of the Company. If at any time Rosehill issues Debt Securities, Rosehill shall transfer to the Company (in a manner to be determined by the Manager Member in its reasonable discretion) the proceeds received by Rosehill in exchange for such Debt Securities in a manner that directly or indirectly burdens the Company with the repayment of the Debt Securities. In the event any Equity Security outstanding at Rosehill (including the Series A Preferred Stock) is exercised or otherwise converted and, as a result, any shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities of Rosehill are issued, the corresponding Equity Security outstanding at the Company (including the Series A Preferred Units or the Warrants, if applicable) shall be similarly exercised or otherwise converted, as applicable, and an equivalent number of Common Units or other Equity Securities of the Company shall be issued to Rosehill as contemplated by the first sentence of this Section 4.1(e) .

 

  (f)

Rosehill or any of its Subsidiaries may not redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (i) any shares of Class A Common Stock (including upon forfeiture of any unvested shares of Class A Common Stock) unless substantially simultaneously the Company redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires from Rosehill or such Subsidiary an equal number of Common Units for the same price per security, (ii) any shares of Series A Preferred Stock (including upon forfeiture of any unvested shares of Series A Preferred Stock) unless substantially simultaneously the Company redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires from Rosehill or such Subsidiary an equal number of Series A Preferred Units for the same price per security or (iii) any other Equity Securities of Rosehill, unless substantially simultaneously the Company redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires from Rosehill an equal number of Equity Securities of Rosehill of a corresponding class or series with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of Rosehill for the same price per security. The Company may not redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire (x) except pursuant to Section 4.6 , any Common Units from Rosehill or any of its Subsidiaries unless substantially simultaneously Rosehill or such Subsidiary redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock for the same price per security from holders thereof, (y) any Series A Preferred Units from Rosehill or any of its Subsidiaries unless substantially simultaneously Rosehill or such Subsidiary redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires an equal number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the same price per security from holders thereof or (z) any other Equity Securities of the Company from Rosehill

 

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  or any of its Subsidiaries unless substantially simultaneously Rosehill or such Subsidiary redeems, repurchases or otherwise acquires for the same price per security an equal number of Equity Securities of Rosehill of a corresponding class or series with substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions (including distribution upon liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity Securities of Rosehill. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any consideration payable by Rosehill in connection with the redemption or repurchase of any shares of Class A Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock or other Equity Securities of Rosehill or any of its Subsidiaries consists (in whole or in part) of shares of Class A Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock or such other Equity Securities (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the cashless exercise of an option or warrant), then the redemption or repurchase of the corresponding Units or other Equity Securities of the Company shall be effectuated in an equivalent manner.

 

  (g) The Company shall not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any equity split, equity distribution, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse equity split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of the outstanding Units or any class thereof unless accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the outstanding Rosehill Stock or applicable class thereof, with corresponding changes made with respect to any other exchangeable or convertible securities. Rosehill shall not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any stock split, stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of the outstanding Rosehill Stock or any class thereof unless accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the outstanding Units or applicable class thereof, with corresponding changes made with respect to any other exchangeable or convertible securities.

Section 4.2 Voting Rights . No Member has any voting right except with respect to those matters specifically reserved for a Member vote under the Act and for matters expressly requiring the approval of Members under this Agreement. Except as otherwise required by the Act, each Unit will entitle the holder thereof to one vote on all matters to be voted on by the Members. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the holders of Common Units having voting rights will vote together as a single class on all matters to be approved by the Members.

Section 4.3 Capital Contributions; Unit Ownership .

 

  (a) Capital Contributions . Each Member named on Exhibit A shall be credited with the Closing Date Capital Account Balance set forth on Exhibit A in respect of its Interest specified thereon. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.1(e) , no Member shall be required to make additional Capital Contributions.

 

  (b)

Issuance of Additional Units or Interests . Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement including but not limited to Section 4.1 , the Managing Member

 

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  shall have the right to authorize and cause the Company to issue on such terms (including price) as may be determined by the Managing Member (i) additional Units or other Equity Securities in the Company (including creating preferred interests or other classes or series of interests having such rights, preferences and privileges as determined by the Managing Member, which rights, preferences and privileges may be senior to the Units), and (ii) obligations, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities or interests convertible or exchangeable for Units or other Equity Securities in the Company; provided that, at any time following the date hereof, in each case the Company shall not issue Equity Securities in the Company to any Person unless such Person shall have executed a counterpart to this Agreement and all other documents, agreements or instruments deemed necessary or desirable in the discretion of the Managing Member. Upon such issuance and execution, such Person shall be admitted as a Member of the Company. In that event, the Managing Member shall amend Exhibit A to reflect such additional issuances. Subject to Section 12.1 , the Managing Member is hereby authorized to amend this Agreement to set forth the designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties of such additional Units or other Equity Securities in the Company, or such other amendments that the Managing Member determines to be otherwise necessary or appropriate in connection with the creation, authorization or issuance of, any class or series of Units or other Equity Securities in the Company pursuant to this Section 4.3(b) . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Managing Member shall have the right to amend this Agreement as set forth in this sentence without the approval of any other Person (including any Member) and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (including Section 12.1 ) if such amendment is necessary in order to consummate any offering of shares of Rosehill Stock or other Equity Securities of Rosehill provided that the designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties of any such additional Units or other Equity Securities of the Company as set forth in such amendment are substantially similar to those applicable to such shares of Rosehill Stock or other Equity Securities of Rosehill.

Section 4.4 Capital Accounts . A Capital Account shall be maintained for each Member in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and, to the extent consistent with such regulations, the other provisions of this Agreement. The Capital Account balance of each of the Members as of the date hereof is its respective Closing Date Capital Account Balance set forth on Exhibit A . Thereafter, each Member’s Capital Account shall be (a) increased by (i) allocations to such Member of Profits pursuant to Section 5.1 and any other items of income or gain allocated to such Member pursuant to Section 5.2 , (ii) the amount of additional cash or the initial Gross Asset Value of any asset (net of any Liabilities assumed by the Company and any Liabilities to which the asset is subject) contributed to the Company by such Member, and (iii) any other increases allowed or required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), and (b) decreased by (i) allocations to such Member of Losses pursuant to Section 5.1 and any other items of deduction or loss allocated to such Member pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.2 , (ii) the amount of any cash or the Gross Asset Value of any asset (net of any Liabilities assumed by the Member and any Liabilities to which the asset is subject) distributed to such Member, and (iii) any other decreases allowed or required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). In the event of a Transfer of Units made in

 

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accordance with this Agreement, the Capital Account of the Transferor that is attributable to the Transferred Units shall carry over to the Transferee Member in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( l ). For the avoidance of doubt, any distribution/issuance of Series A Preferred Units to Rosehill pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i) shall be treated as: (i) a distribution of cash in an amount that would apply if payment were made in cash rather than Series A Preferred Units; and (ii) a contribution of the amount described in clause (i) to the Company in exchange for the Series A Preferred Units issued.

Section 4.5 Other Matters .

 

  (a) No Member shall demand or receive a return on or of its Capital Contributions or withdraw from the Company without the consent of the Managing Member. Under circumstances requiring a return of any Capital Contributions, no Member has the right to receive property other than cash.

 

  (b) No Member shall receive any interest, salary, compensation, draw or reimbursement with respect to its Capital Contributions or its Capital Account, or for services rendered or expenses incurred on behalf of the Company or otherwise in its capacity as a Member, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.9 or otherwise contemplated by this Agreement.

 

  (c) The Liability of each Member shall be limited as set forth in the Act and other applicable Law and, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or required by Law, no Member (or any of its Affiliates) shall be personally liable, whether to the Company, to any of the other Members, to the creditors of the Company, or to any other third party, for any debt or Liability of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, solely by reason of being a Member of the Company.

 

  (d) Except as otherwise required by the Act, a Member shall not be required to restore a deficit balance in its Capital Account, to lend any funds to the Company or, except as otherwise set forth herein, to make any additional contributions or payments to the Company.

 

  (e) The Company shall not be obligated to repay any Capital Contributions of any Member.

Section 4.6 Exchange of Common Units .

 

  (a) (i) Each of the Members (other than Rosehill) shall be entitled to cause the Company to redeem, at any time and from time to time, all or any portion of such Member’s Common Units (together with the transfer and surrender of the same number of shares of Class B Common Stock) for an equivalent number of shares of Class A Common Stock (an “ Exchange ”) or, at the Company’s election made in accordance with Section 4.6(a)(iv) , cash equal to the Cash Election Amount calculated with respect to such Exchange, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 4.6 and in Section 6.2(b) . Upon the Exchange by a Member of all of its Common Units, if the Member does not hold any other Units, such Member shall, for the avoidance of doubt, cease to be a Member of the Company.

 

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  (ii) Each exchanging Member (the “ Exchanging Member ”) shall be permitted to effect a redemption of Common Units pursuant to Section 4.6(a)(i) that involves less than 1,500,000 Common Units no more frequently than (i) six times per calendar year and (ii) no more than two times per calendar quarter; provided, however , that if an Exchanging Member provides an Exchange Notice with respect to all of the Common Units held by such Exchanging Member, such Exchange may occur at any time, subject to this Section 4.6 ; provided, further , that the Managing Member may, in its sole discretion and at any time, permit any Member to effect a redemption of a lesser number of Common Units.

 

  (iii) In order to exercise the redemption right under Section 4.6(a)(i) , the Exchanging Member shall provide written notice (the “ Exchange Notice ”) to the Company, with a copy to Rosehill (the date of delivery of such Exchange Notice, the “ Exchange Notice Date ”), stating (i) the number of Common Units (together with the transfer and surrender of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock) the Exchanging Member elects to have the Company redeem, (ii) if the shares of Class A Common Stock to be received are to be issued other than in the name of the Exchanging Member, the name(s) of the Person(s) in whose name or on whose order the shares of Class A Common Stock are to be issued, and (iii) if the Exchanging Member requires the Exchange to take place on a specific date, such date, provided that, any such specified date shall not be earlier than the date that would otherwise apply pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Exchange Date. If the Common Units to be redeemed (or the shares of Class B Common Stock to be transferred and surrendered) by the Exchanging Member are represented by a certificate or certificates, prior to the Exchange Date, the Exchanging Member shall also present and surrender such certificate or certificates representing such Common Units (or shares of Class B Common Stock) during normal business hours at the principal executive offices of the Company, or if any agent for the registration or transfer of Class A Common Stock is then duly appointed and acting (the “ Transfer Agent ”), at the office of the Transfer Agent. If required by the Managing Member, any certificate for Common Units and any certificate for shares of Class B Common Stock (in each case, if certificated) surrendered to the Company hereunder shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in forms reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Member and the Transfer Agent, duly executed by the Exchanging Member or the Exchanging Member’s duly authorized representative.

 

  (iv)

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  Common Stock that would be received in such Exchange, an amount of cash equal to the Cash Election Amount for such Exchange. In order to make a Cash Election with respect to an Exchange, the Company must provide written notice of such election to the Exchanging Member (with a copy to Rosehill) prior to 1:00 p.m., Houston time, on the second Business Day after the Exchange Notice Date. If the Company fails to provide such written notice prior to such time, it shall not be entitled to make a Cash Election with respect to such Exchange.

 

  (v) For U.S. federal income (and applicable state and local) tax purposes, each of the Exchanging Member, the Company and Rosehill, as the case may be, agree to treat each Exchange and, in the event Rosehill exercises its Call Right, each transaction between the Exchanging Member and Rosehill, as a sale of the Exchanging Member’s Common Units (together with the same number of shares of Class B Common Stock) to Rosehill in exchange for shares of Class A Common Stock or cash, as applicable.

 

  (b) (i) The Exchange shall be completed on the Exchange Date; provided that the Company, Rosehill and the Exchanging Member may change the number of Common Units specified in the Exchange Notice as to be redeemed and/or the Exchange Date to another number and/or date by unanimous agreement signed in writing by each of them; provided further that an Exchange Notice may specify that the Exchange is to be contingent (including as to timing) upon the consummation of a purchase by another Person (whether in a tender or exchange offer, an underwritten offering or otherwise) of the shares of Class A Common Stock into which the Common Units are redeemable, or the closing of an announced merger, consolidation or other transaction or event in which the shares of Class A Common Stock would be exchanged or converted or become exchangeable for or convertible into cash or other securities or property, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any Exchange with respect to which the Company has made a valid Cash Election; provided further , that the Exchange Date may be moved to a later date to the extent Rosehill reasonably determines is necessary for, and the Company, Rosehill and the Exchanging Member shall take any action reasonably necessary to cause, the Exchange and any subsequent sale of Class A Common Stock resulting therefrom to be in compliance with applicable securities Law. Provided the Company has not made a valid Cash Election, the Exchanging Member may retract its Exchange Notice by giving written notice (the “ Retraction Notice ”) to the Company (with a copy to Rosehill) at any time prior to the Exchange Date. The timely delivery of a Retraction Notice shall terminate all of the Exchanging Member’s, the Company’s and Rosehill’s rights and obligations arising from the retracted Exchange Notice.

 

  (ii)

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  pursuant to Section 4.6(f) , on the Exchange Date (to be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Exchange Date) (A) the Exchanging Member shall transfer and surrender the Common Units to be redeemed (and a corresponding number of shares of Class B Common Stock) to the Company, in each case free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, (B) Rosehill shall contribute to the Company the consideration the Exchanging Member is entitled to receive under Section 4.6(a)(i) , (C) the Company shall (x) cancel the redeemed Common Units, (y) transfer to the Exchanging Member the consideration the Exchanging Member is entitled to receive under Section 4.6(a)(i) , and (z) if the Common Units are certificated, issue to the Exchanging Member a certificate for a number of Common Units equal to the difference (if any) between the number of Common Units evidenced by the certificate surrendered by the Exchanging Member pursuant to clause (ii)(A) of this Section 4.6(b) and the number of redeemed Common Units, (D) the Company shall issue to Rosehill a number of Common Units equal to the number of Common Units surrendered by the Exchanging Member and (E) Rosehill shall cancel the surrendered shares of Class B Common Stock. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Company makes a valid Cash Election, Rosehill shall only be obligated to contribute to the Company an amount in cash equal to the net proceeds (after deduction of any underwriters’ discounts or commissions and brokers’ fees or commissions) from the sale by Rosehill of a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Common Units to be redeemed with such cash; provided that Rosehill’s Capital Account shall be increased by an amount equal to any such discounts, commissions and fees relating to such sale of shares of Class A Stock in accordance with Section 7.9 ; provided further , that the contribution of such net proceeds shall in no event affect the Exchanging Member’s right to receive the Cash Election Amount.

 

  (c)

If (i) there is any reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction pursuant to which the shares of Class A Common Stock are converted or changed into another security, securities or other property (other than as a result of a subdivision or combination or any transaction subject to Section 4.1(g) ), or (ii) Rosehill, by dividend or otherwise, distributes to all holders of the shares of Class A Common Stock evidences of its Indebtedness or assets, including securities (including shares of Class A Common Stock and any rights, options or warrants to all holders of the shares of Class A Common Stock to subscribe for or to purchase or to otherwise acquire shares of Class A Common Stock, or other securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for shares of Class A Common Stock) but excluding any cash dividend or distribution as well as any such distribution of Indebtedness or assets received by Rosehill from the Company in respect of the Units, then upon any subsequent Exchange, in addition to the shares of Class A Common Stock or the Cash Election Amount, as applicable, each Member shall be entitled to receive the amount of such security, securities or other property that such Member would

 

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  have received if such Exchange had occurred immediately prior to the effective date of such reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization, other similar transaction, dividend or other distribution, taking into account any adjustment as a result of any subdivision (by any split, distribution or dividend, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of such security, securities or other property that occurs after the effective time of such reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, if there is any reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction in which the shares of Class A Common Stock are converted or changed into another security, securities or other property, or any dividend or distribution (other than an excluded dividend or distribution, as described above), this Section 4.6 shall continue to be applicable, mutatis mutandis , with respect to such security or other property. This Agreement shall apply to the Units held by the Members and their Permitted Transferees as of the date hereof, as well as any Units hereafter acquired by a Member and his or her or its Permitted Transferees.

 

  (d) Rosehill shall at all times keep available, solely for the purpose of issuance upon an Exchange, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock that shall be issuable upon the Exchange of all outstanding Common Units (other than those Common Units held by Rosehill or any Subsidiary of Rosehill); provided , that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude Rosehill from satisfying its obligations with respect to an Exchange by delivery of cash pursuant to a Cash Election or shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities that are held in the treasury of Rosehill. Rosehill covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock and other Equity Securities that shall be issued upon an Exchange shall, upon issuance thereof, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. In addition, for so long as the shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities are listed on a National Securities Exchange, Rosehill shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause all shares of Class A Common Stock and such other Equity Securities issued upon an Exchange to be listed on such National Securities Exchange at the time of such issuance.

 

  (e) The issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities upon an Exchange shall be made without charge to the Exchanging Member for any stamp or other similar tax in respect of such issuance; provided , however , that if any such shares of Class A Common Stock or other Equity Securities are to be issued in a name other than that of the Exchanging Member, then the Person or Persons in whose name the shares are to be issued shall pay to Rosehill the amount of any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in such issuance or shall establish to the satisfaction of Rosehill that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

 

  (f)

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.6 , but subject to Section 4.6(g) , an Exchanging Member shall be deemed to have offered to sell its Common Units as described in the Exchange Notice to Rosehill, and Rosehill

 

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  may, in its sole discretion, by means of delivery of Call Election Notice in accordance with, and subject to the terms of, this Section 4.6(f) , elect to purchase directly and acquire such Common Units (together with the transfer and surrender of the same number of shares of Class B Common Stock) on the Exchange Date by paying to the Exchanging Member (or, on the Exchanging Member’s written order, its designee), that number of shares of Class A Common Stock the Exchanging Member (or its designee) would otherwise receive pursuant to Section 4.6(a)(i) or, at Rosehill’s election, an amount of cash equal to the Cash Election Amount of such shares of Class A Common Stock (the “ Call Right ”), whereupon Rosehill shall acquire the Common Units offered for exchange by the Exchanging Member (together with the transfer and surrender of the same number of shares of Class B Common Stock) and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of such Common Units and shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

  (ii) Rosehill may, at any time prior to the Exchange Date, in its sole discretion deliver written notice (a “ Call Election Notice ”) to the Company and the Exchanging Member setting forth its election to exercise its Call Right. A Call Election Notice may be revoked by Rosehill at any time; provided that any such revocation does not prejudice the ability of the parties to consummate an Exchange on the Exchange Date. Except as otherwise provided by this Section 4.6(f) , an exercise of the Call Right shall be consummated pursuant to the same timeframe and in the same manner as the relevant Exchange would have been consummated if Rosehill had not delivered a Call Election Notice.

 

  (g) In the event that a tender offer, share exchange offer, issuer bid, take-over bid, recapitalization or similar transaction with respect to shares of Class A Common Stock (a “ Rosehill Offer ”) is proposed by Rosehill or is proposed to Rosehill or its stockholders and approved by the board of directors of Rosehill or is otherwise effected or to be effected with the consent or approval of the board of directors of Rosehill, the Members (other than Rosehill) shall be permitted to participate in such Rosehill Offer by delivery of a contingent Exchange Notice in accordance with the second proviso of the first sentence of Section 4.6(b)(i) . In the case of a Rosehill Offer proposed by Rosehill, Rosehill will use its reasonable best efforts expeditiously and in good faith to take all such actions and do all such things as are necessary or desirable to enable and permit the Members to participate in such Rosehill Offer to the same extent or on an economically equivalent basis as the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock without discrimination; provided that, without limiting the generality of this sentence, Rosehill will use its reasonable best efforts expeditiously and in good faith to ensure that such Members may participate in each such Rosehill Offer without being required to redeem Common Units (or, if so required, to ensure that any such redemption pursuant to an Exchange shall be effective only upon, and shall be conditional upon, the closing of such Rosehill Offer). In no event shall Members participating in a Rosehill Offer pursuant to this Section 4.6(g) be entitled to receive in such Rosehill Offer aggregate consideration for each Common Unit that is greater than the consideration payable in respect of each share of Class A Common Stock in connection with a Rosehill Offer.

 

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  (h) No Exchange shall impair the right of the Exchanging Member to receive any distributions payable on the Common Units redeemed pursuant to such Exchange in respect of a record date that occurs prior to the Exchange Date for such Exchange. For the avoidance of doubt, no Exchanging Member, or a Person designated by an Exchanging Member to receive shares of Class A Common Stock, shall be entitled to receive, with respect to such record date, distributions or dividends both on Common Units redeemed by the Company from such Exchanging Member and on shares of Class A Common Stock received by such Exchanging Member, or other Person so designated, if applicable, in such Exchange.

 

  (i) Any Common Units acquired by the Company under this Section 4.6 and transferred by the Company to Rosehill shall remain outstanding and shall not be cancelled as a result of their acquisition by the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Rosehill shall be automatically admitted as a member of the Company with respect to any Common Units or other Equity Securities in the Company it receives under this Agreement (including under this Section 4.6 in connection with any Exchange).

ARTICLE V

ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS AND LOSSES

Section 5.1 Profits and Losses .

 

  (a) Following any allocations under Section 5.2 and prior to any allocations under Section 5.1(b) , items of gross income and gain shall be allocated to Rosehill in respect of its Series A Preferred Units until the cumulative amount of items of income and gain so allocated to Rosehill for the current and all prior Fiscal Years or other relevant periods equals the sum of (i) the cumulative amount of distributions received by Rosehill pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i) in respect of the Series A Preferred Units for the current and all prior Fiscal Years or other relevant periods, plus (ii) the sum of the accrued and unpaid dividends and Unpaid Excess Cash Amounts on all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock as of the end of the current Fiscal Year or other relevant period. For purposes of clause (i) above, any issuance/distribution of Series A Preferred Units to Rosehill with respect to its Series A Preferred Units pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(i) shall be treated as a distribution of cash in an amount that would apply if payment were made in cash rather than Series A Preferred Units followed by an immediate contribution of such amount of cash to the Company in exchange for Series A Preferred Units.

 

  (b)

After giving effect to the allocations under Section 5.1(a) , Section 5.2 and subject to Section 5.5 , Profits and Losses (and, to the extent determined by the Managing

 

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  Member to be necessary and appropriate to achieve the resulting Capital Account balances described below, any allocable items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit includable in the computation of Profits and Losses) for each Fiscal Year or other taxable period shall be allocated among the Members during such Fiscal Year or other taxable period in a manner such that, after giving effect to the allocations set forth in Section 5.1(a) and Section 5.2 and all distributions through the end of such Fiscal Year or other taxable period, the Capital Account balance of each Member, immediately after making such allocation, is, as nearly as possible, equal to (i) the amount such Member would receive pursuant to Section 11.3(b)(iii) if all assets of the Company on hand at the end of such Fiscal Year or other taxable period were sold for cash equal to their Gross Asset Values, all liabilities of the Company were satisfied in cash in accordance with their terms (limited with respect to each Nonrecourse Liability to the Gross Asset Value of the assets securing such liability), and all remaining or resulting cash was distributed, in accordance with Section 11.3(b) , to the Members immediately after making such allocation, minus (ii) such Member’s share of Company Minimum Gain and Member Minimum Gain, computed immediately prior to the hypothetical sale of assets, and the amount any such Member is treated as obligated to contribute to the Company, computed immediately after the hypothetical sale of assets.

Section 5.2 Special Allocations .

 

  (a) Nonrecourse Deductions for any Fiscal Year or other taxable period shall be specially allocated to the Members pro rata in proportion to their Units. The amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a Fiscal Year or other taxable period shall equal the excess, if any, of the net increase, if any, in the amount of Company Minimum Gain during that Fiscal Year or other taxable period over the aggregate amount of any distributions during that Fiscal Year or other taxable period of proceeds of a Nonrecourse Liability that are allocable to an increase in Company Minimum Gain, determined in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).

 

  (b) Any Member Nonrecourse Deductions for any Fiscal Year or other taxable period shall be specially allocated to the Member who bears economic risk of loss with respect to the Member Nonrecourse Debt to which such Member Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). If more than one Member bears the economic risk of loss for such Member Nonrecourse Debt, the Member Nonrecourse Deductions attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt shall be allocated among the Members according to the ratio in which they bear the economic risk of loss. This Section 5.2(b) is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

  (c)

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  prior Fiscal Year or other taxable period and the Company did not have sufficient amounts of income and gain during prior periods to allocate among the Members under this Section 5.2(c) ), each Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such Fiscal Year or other taxable period in an amount equal to such Member’s share of the net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during such year (as determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(2)). This section is intended to constitute a minimum gain chargeback under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

  (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement except Section 5.2(c) , if there is a net decrease in Member Minimum Gain during any Fiscal Year or other taxable period (or if there was a net decrease in Member Minimum Gain for a prior Fiscal Year or other taxable period and the Company did not have sufficient amounts of income and gain during prior periods to allocate among the Members under this Section 5.2(d) ), each Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such year in an amount equal to such Member’s share of the net decrease in Member Minimum Gain (as determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4)). This section is intended to constitute a partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain chargeback under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

  (e) Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary except Section 5.2(a) and Section 5.2(b) , no Losses or other items of loss or expense shall be allocated to any Member to the extent that such allocation would cause such Member to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit (or increase any existing Adjusted Capital Account Deficit) at the end of such Fiscal Year or other taxable period. All Losses and other items of loss and expense in excess of the limitation set forth in this Section 5.2(e) shall be allocated to the Members who do not have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit in proportion to their relative positive Capital Accounts but only to the extent that such Losses and other items of loss and expense do not cause any such Member to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit.

 

  (f) Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary except Section 5.2(c) and Section 5.2(d) , in the event any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocation or distribution described in paragraph (4), (5) or (6) of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d ), items of income and gain (consisting of a pro rata portion of each item of income, including gross income, and gain for the Fiscal Year or other taxable period) shall be specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate any Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of that Member as quickly as possible; provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.2(f) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all other allocations provided for in this Article V have been tentatively made as if this Section 5.2(f) were not in this Agreement. This Section 5.2(f) is intended to constitute a qualified income offset under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii) (d ) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

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  (g) If any Member has a deficit balance in its Capital Account at the end of any Fiscal Year or other taxable period that is in excess of the sum of (i) the amount that such Member is obligated to restore and (ii) the amount that the Member is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and (i)(5), that Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income, gain and Simulated Gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.2(g) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have a deficit balance in its Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in this Article V have been made as if Section 5.2(f) and this Section 5.2(g) were not in this Agreement.

 

  (h) To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Sections 734(b) or 743(b) is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( m )(2) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) (m) (4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution to any Member in complete liquidation of such Member’s Interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) and such item of gain or loss shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) (m) (2) if such section applies or to the Member to whom such distribution was made if Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) (m) (4) applies.

 

  (i) Simulated Depletion for each Depletable Property, and Simulated Loss upon the Disposition of a Depletable Property, shall be allocated among the Members in proportion to their shares of the Simulated Basis in such property.

 

  (j) The allocations set forth in Sections 5.2(a) through 5.2(i) (the “ Regulatory Allocations ”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article V (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Regulatory Allocations (and anticipated future Regulatory Allocations) shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Members so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocation of other items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Member should be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Member if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred. This Section 5.2(j) is intended to minimize to the extent possible and to the extent necessary any economic distortions which may result from application of the Regulatory Allocations and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.

Section 5.3 Allocations for Tax Purposes in General .

 

  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.3 , each item of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as such item is allocated under Sections 5.1 and 5.2 .

 

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  (b) In accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (including the Treasury Regulations applying the principles of Code Section 704(c) to changes in Gross Asset Values) , items of income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any Company property having a Gross Asset Value that differs from such property’s adjusted U.S. federal income tax basis shall, solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes, be allocated among the Members to account for any such difference using such method or methods determined by the Managing Member to be appropriate and in accordance with the applicable Treasury Regulations; provided that the Managing Member will use the “traditional method with curative allocations” (provided, however, that curative allocation to correct ceiling rule limitations attributable to a property shall be limited to gains from the sale of such property) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(c) with respect to the assets contributed by Tema to the Company pursuant to the Combination Agreement including, for the avoidance of doubt: (i) with respect to the difference between Gross Asset Value and adjusted U.S. federal income tax basis for such assets; and (ii) with respect to increases or decreases in the Gross Asset Value as adjusted pursuant to a revaluation of such assets pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Gross Asset Value. For the avoidance of doubt, the method applied under Section 704(c) for purposes of Section 5.4(a) shall be the same method specified for the relevant asset under this Section 5.3(b) .

 

  (c) Any recapture of depreciation or any other item of deduction shall be allocated, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.1245-1(e) and 1.1254-5, to the Members who received the benefit of such deductions (taking into account the effect of remedial allocations) to the extent the Member is allocated gain from the sale or disposition of the property.

 

  (d) Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.3 are solely for purposes of U.S. federal, state and local taxes and shall not affect or in any way be taken into account in computing any Member’s Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, other items or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

 

  (e) If, as a result of an exercise of a noncompensatory option to acquire an interest in the Company (including the conversion of the Series A Preferred Units hereunder), a Capital Account reallocation is required under Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( s )(3), the Company shall make corrective allocations pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(x).

Section 5.4 Income Tax Allocations with Respect to Depletable Properties .

 

  (a)

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  704(c) of the Code (which for the avoidance of doubt shall be applied using the method specified for the relevant asset under Section 5.3(b) ) and Treasury Regulation Section 1.613A-3(e)(5), for purposes of such computations, the federal income tax basis of each Depletable Property shall be allocated to each Member pro rata, in accordance with the number of Units owned by such Member as of the time such Depletable Property is acquired by the Company (and any additions to such federal income tax basis resulting from expenditures required to be capitalized in such basis shall be allocated among the Members in a manner designed to cause the Members’ proportionate shares of such adjusted federal income tax basis to be in accordance with their proportionate ownership of Units as determined at the time of any such additions), and shall be reallocated among the Members pro rata, in accordance with the number of Units owned by such Member as determined immediately following the occurrence of an event giving rise to an adjustment to the Gross Asset Values of the Company’s Depletable Properties pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Gross Asset Value. The Company shall inform each Member of such Member’s allocable share of the federal income tax basis of each Depletable Property promptly following the acquisition of such Depletable Property by the Company, any adjustment resulting from expenditures required to be capitalized in such basis, and any reallocation of such basis as provided in the previous sentence, together with such other information that a Member may reasonably request in connection with the Member’s (or its direct or indirect owner) obligation to file its U.S. federal, state or local income tax returns. All such information shall be provided in electronic format at such time and from time to time as reasonably requested by the Member.

 

  (b) For purposes of the separate computation of gain or loss by each Member on the taxable disposition of Depletable Property, the amount realized from such disposition shall be allocated (i) first, to the Members in an amount equal to the Simulated Basis in such Depletable Property in proportion to their allocable shares thereof and (ii) second, any remaining amount realized shall be allocated consistent with the allocation of Simulated Gains.

 

  (c) The allocations described in this Section 5.4 are intended to be applied in accordance with the Members’ “interests in partnership capital” under Section 613A(c)(7)(D) of the Code; provided that the Members understand and agree that the Managing Member may authorize special allocations of federal income tax basis, income, gain, deduction or loss, as computed for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in order to eliminate differences between Simulated Basis and adjusted federal income tax basis with respect to Depletable Properties, in such manner as determined consistent with the principles outlined in Section 5.3(b) . The provisions of this Section 5.4(c) and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to allocations under Code Section 613A(c)(7)(D) are intended to comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(v) and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Treasury Regulations.

 

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  (d) Each Member, with the assistance of the Company, shall separately keep records of its share of the adjusted tax basis in each Depletable Property, adjust such share of the adjusted tax basis for any cost or percentage depletion allowable with respect to such property and use such adjusted tax basis in the computation of its cost depletion or in the computation of its gain or loss on the disposition of such property by the Company. Upon the reasonable request of the Company, each Member shall advise the Company of its adjusted tax basis in each Depletable Property and any depletion computed with respect thereto, both as computed in accordance with the provisions of this subsection for purposes of allowing the Company to make adjustments to the tax basis of its assets as a result of certain transfers of interests in the Company or distributions by the Company. The Company may rely on such information and, if it is not provided by the Member, may make such reasonable assumptions as it shall determine with respect thereto.

 

  (e) The Simulated Basis of each Depletable Property shall be allocated to each Member pro rata, in accordance with the number of Units owned by such Member as of the time such Depletable Property is acquired by the Company (and any additions to such Simulated Basis resulting from expenditures required to be capitalized in such Simulated Basis shall be allocated among the Members in a manner designed to cause the Members’ proportionate shares of such Simulated Basis to be in accordance with their proportionate ownership of Units as determined at the time of any such additions), and shall be reallocated among the Members pro rata, in accordance with the number of Units owned by such Member as determined immediately following the occurrence of an event giving rise to an adjustment to the Gross Asset Values of the Company’s Depletable Properties pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Gross Asset Value.

Section 5.5 Other Allocation Rules .

 

  (a) The Members are aware of the income tax consequences of the allocations made by this Article V and the economic impact of the allocations on the amounts receivable by them under this Agreement. The Members hereby agree to be bound by the provisions of this Article V in reporting their share of Company income and loss for income tax purposes.

 

  (b) The provisions regarding the establishment and maintenance for each Member of a Capital Account as provided by Section 4.4 and the allocations set forth in Sections 5.1 , 5.2 , 5.3 and 5.4 are intended to comply with the Treasury Regulations and to reflect the intended economic entitlement of the Members. If the Managing Member determines, in its sole discretion, on advice of tax counsel to the Company (and after consultation with Tema for so long as it holds at least 20% of the then-outstanding Common Units), that the application of the provisions in Sections 4.4 , 5.1 , 5.2 , 5.3 or 5.4 would result in non-compliance with the Treasury Regulations or would be inconsistent with the intended economic entitlement of the Members, the Managing Member is authorized to make any appropriate adjustments to such provisions.

 

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  (c) All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit allocable to an interest in the Company that may have been Transferred shall be allocated between the Transferor and the Transferee based on the portion of the Fiscal Year or other taxable period during which each was recognized as the owner of such interest, without regard to the results of Company operations during any particular portion of that year and without regard to whether cash distributions were made to the Transferor or the Transferee during that year; provided, however, that this allocation must be made in accordance with a method permissible under Code Section 706 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

  (d) The Members’ proportionate shares of the “excess nonrecourse liabilities” of the Company, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), shall be allocated to the Members in any manner determined by the Managing Member and permissible under the Treasury Regulations; provided , however , that with respect to liabilities assumed by the Company from Tema in connection with contribution of properties by Tema pursuant to the Combination Agreement or to which assets contributed by Tema to the Company pursuant to the Combination Agreement were subject, such liabilities to the extent they are excess nonrecourse liabilities shall be allocated under Treasury Regulation Section 1.752-3(a) to Tema up to the amount of the built-in gain that is allocable to Tema under Section 704(c) of the Code for such assets to the extent such built-in gain exceeds the gain allocated under Treasury Regulation Section 1.752-3(a)(2) with respect to such assets.

Section 5.6 Tax Consolidation .

 

  (a) If the Company is treated as a member of a consolidated, combined, or unitary group for any tax purpose with any Member or an Affiliate thereof (a “ Consolidated Group ”), such Member shall cause one of the members of such Consolidated Group other than the Company to be the reporting or parent entity for any tax return of such Consolidated Group (the “ Reporting Member ”) and pay the tax liability due with respect to such Consolidated Group.

 

  (b)

The Members agree that the Company shall promptly reimburse the Reporting Member for any Applicable Tax (defined below) paid by or on behalf of the Reporting Member or any other member of such Consolidated Group; provided, however, that the Members agree that (a) any such Applicable Tax shall be considered as paid on behalf of the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (b) except as provided in clause (c) below, the Company shall deduct for U.S. federal income tax purposes one hundred percent (100%) of the Applicable Tax, and (d) in the event that it is determined, pursuant to a final determination as defined in Section 1313 of the Code, that all or a portion of such deduction may be properly claimed by the Reporting Member, its Affiliate or any other member of the Consolidated Group, but not the Company, the Company shall reimburse the Reporting Member only for the after-tax cost of such payment of Applicable Tax. With respect to any tax of a Consolidated Group of which the Company is a member, the “Applicable Tax” shall be equal to the tax of the

 

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  Consolidated Group that the Company would have paid if it had computed its tax liability for the applicable period on a separate entity basis (rather than as a member of the Consolidated Group). Except as provided in this Section 5.6 with respect to the amount of such Consolidated Group’s tax that the Company is required to reimburse the Reporting Member, the Reporting Member shall indemnify and hold the Company harmless from and against any and all taxes of the Consolidated Group.

ARTICLE VI

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 6.1 Distributions .

 

  (a) Distributions .

 

  (i) Immediately prior to the time that any cash dividends are to be paid by Rosehill with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock, the Company shall make a cash distribution to Rosehill with respect to the Series A Preferred Units in an amount equal to such cash dividends to be paid by Rosehill with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock. At the time that any dividends are to be paid in kind by Rosehill with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock through the issuance of additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the Company shall issue additional Series A Preferred Units to Rosehill in a number equal to the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock being distributed by Rosehill with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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To the extent permitted by applicable Law and hereunder, and after making provision for distributions under Section 6.1(a)(i) and Section 6.2 , except as otherwise provided in Section 11.3 , distributions to Members may be declared by the Managing Member out of funds legally available therefor in such amounts and on such terms (including the payment dates of such distributions) as the Managing Member shall determine using such record date as the Managing Member may designate; any such distribution shall be made to the Members as of the close of business on such record date on a pro rata basis (except that, for the avoidance of doubt, distributions described in Section 6.1(a)(i) , the distributions described in the last sentence of this Section 6.1(a)(ii) , repurchases or redemptions made in accordance with Section 4.1(f) or Section 4.6 or payments made in accordance with Section 7.4 or Section 7.9 need not be on a pro rata basis), in accordance with the number of Common Units owned by each Member as of the close of business on such record date. Promptly following the designation of a record date and the declaration of a distribution pursuant to this Section 6.1(a)(ii) , the Managing Member shall give notice to each Member of the record date, the amount and the terms of the distribution and the payment date thereof. For the avoidance of

 

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  doubt, the receipt and subsequent distribution to Tema by Company of the “Unadjusted Consideration” (as defined in the Combination Agreement) on the date of this Agreement and any amounts received as adjustments thereto shall not be subject to this Section 6.1(a)(ii) .

The Managing Member shall have the obligation to make distributions set forth in Section 6.1(a)(i) , Section 6.2 and Section 11.3(b)(iii) , provided, however that notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no distributions shall be made to any Member to the extent such distribution would render the Company insolvent or violate the Act. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, insolvency means the inability of the Company to meet its payment obligations when due.

 

  (b) Successors . For purposes of determining the amount of distributions, each Member shall be treated as having made the Capital Contributions and as having received the Distributions made to or received by its predecessors in respect of any of such Member’s Units.

 

  (c) Distributions In-Kind . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any distributions may be made in cash or in kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind, as determined by the Managing Member. To the extent that the Company distributes property in-kind to the Members, the Company shall be treated as making a distribution equal to the Fair Market Value of such property for purposes of Section 6.1(a) and such property shall be treated as if it were sold for an amount equal to its Fair Market Value. Any resulting gain or loss shall be allocated to the Member’s Capital Accounts in accordance with Section 5.1 and Section 5.2 .

Section 6.2 Tax-Related Distributions .

 

  (a) The Company shall make distributions to all Members on a pro rata basis, in accordance with the number of Common Units owned by each Member, at such times and in such amounts as the Managing Member reasonably determines is necessary to enable Rosehill to (i) timely satisfy all of its U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax liabilities and (ii) timely meet its obligations pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 

  (b)

If a Member (other than Rosehill) has an Assumed Tax Liability at a Tax Advance Date in excess of the sum of the cumulative amount of distributions under Section 6.1(a)(ii) , distributions under Section 6.2(a), any Tax Advances (as defined below) and After-Tax TRA Payments made to such Member through such date, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, but subject to the Act, the availability of funds and any restrictions contained in any agreement to which the Company is bound, make advances to such Member in an amount equal to such excess (a “ Tax Advance ”). Any such Tax Advance shall be treated as an advance against and, thus, shall reduce (without duplication), any future distributions that would otherwise be made to such Member pursuant to Sections

 

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  6.1(a)(ii) , 6.2(a) and 11.3(b)(iii) . If there is a Tax Advance outstanding with respect to a Member who elects to participate in an Exchange, such Member shall be required to pay to the Company within fifteen (15) days after the Exchange Date an amount of cash equal to the proportionate share of such Tax Advance relating to its Common Units subject to the Exchange (determined at the time of the Exchange based on the number of Common Units subject to the Exchange as compared to the total number of Common Units held by such Member). For the avoidance of doubt, any repayment of a Tax Advance pursuant to the previous sentence shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution.

Section 6.3 Distribution Upon Withdrawal . No withdrawing Member shall be entitled to receive any distribution or the value of such Member’s Interest in the Company as a result of withdrawal from the Company prior to the liquidation of the Company, except as specifically provided in this Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

MANAGEMENT

Section 7.1 The Managing Member; Fiduciary Duties .

 

  (a) Rosehill shall be the sole Managing Member of the Company. Except as otherwise required by Law or as explicitly set forth in this Agreement, (i) the Managing Member shall have full and complete charge of all affairs of the Company, (ii) the management and control of the Company’s business activities and operations shall rest exclusively with the Managing Member, and the Managing Member shall make all decisions regarding the business, activities and operations of the Company (including the incurrence of costs and expenses) in its sole discretion without the consent of any other Member and (iii) the Members other than the Managing Member (in their capacity as such) shall not participate in the control, management, direction or operation of the activities or affairs of the Company and shall have no power to act for or bind the Company. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Managing Member may be taken by a consent thereto in writing

 

  (b) In connection with the performance of its duties as the Managing Member of the Company, except as otherwise set forth herein, the Managing Member acknowledges that it will owe to the Members the same fiduciary duties as it would owe to the stockholders of a Delaware corporation if it were a member of the board of directors of such a corporation and the Members were stockholders of such corporation. The Members acknowledge that the Managing Member will take action through its board of directors, and that the members of the Managing Member’s board of directors will owe comparable fiduciary duties to the stockholders of the Managing Member. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities of the Managing Member otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members to replace, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, such other duties and liabilities of the Managing Member.

 

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  (c) Whenever in this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein, the Managing Member is permitted or required to take any action or to make a decision in its “sole discretion” or “discretion” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the Managing Member shall be entitled to consider such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company or other Members.

Section 7.2 Officers .

 

  (a) The Managing Member may appoint, employ or otherwise contract with any Person for the transaction of the business of the Company or the performance of services for or on behalf of the Company, and the Managing Member may delegate to any such Persons such authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Managing Member may from time to time deem appropriate.

 

  (b) The initial president and chief executive officer of the Company (the “ President and Chief Executive Officer ”) will be Alan Townsend.

 

  (c) Except as otherwise set forth herein, the President and Chief Executive Officer will be responsible for the general and active management of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and will see that all orders of the Managing Member are carried into effect. The President and Chief Executive Officer will report to the Managing Member and have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president and chief executive officer of a corporation organized under the DGCL, subject to the terms of this Agreement, and will have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Managing Member or this Agreement. The President and Chief Executive Officer will have the power to execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Company, except where required or permitted by Law to be otherwise signed and executed, and except where the signing and execution thereof will be expressly delegated by the Managing Member to some other Officer or agent of the Company.

 

  (d) Except as set forth herein, the Managing Member may appoint Officers at any time, and the Officers may include one or more vice presidents, a secretary, one or more assistant secretaries, a chief financial officer, a general counsel, a treasurer, one or more assistant treasurers, a chief operating officer, an executive chairman, and any other officers that the Managing Member deems appropriate. Except as set forth herein, the Officers will serve at the pleasure of the Managing Member, subject to all rights, if any, of such Officer under any contract of employment. Any individual may hold any number of offices, and an Officer may, but need not, be a Member of the Company. The Officers will exercise such powers and perform such duties as specified in this Agreement or as determined from time to time by the Managing Member.

 

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  (e) Subject to this Agreement and to the rights, if any, of an Officer under a contract of employment, any Officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Managing Member. Any Officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Managing Member. Any resignation will take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation will not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Company under any contract to which the Officer is a party. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause will be filled in the manner prescribed in this Agreement for regular appointments to that office.

Section 7.3 Warranted Reliance by Officers on Others . In exercising their authority and performing their duties under this Agreement, the Officers shall be entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements of the following persons or groups unless they have actual knowledge concerning the matter in question that would cause such reliance to be unwarranted:

 

  (a) one or more employees or other agents of the Company or subordinates whom the Officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented; and

 

  (b) any attorney, public accountant, or other person as to matters which the Officer reasonably believes to be within such person’s professional or expert competence.

Section 7.4 Indemnification . Subject to the limitations and conditions provided in this Section 7.4 , each Person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or arbitrative (each, a “ Proceeding ”), or any appeal in such a Proceeding or any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such a Proceeding, by reason of the fact he, she or it, or a Person of which he, she or it is the legal representative, is or was a Member, an Officer, or acting as the, Managing Member, Tax Matters Member or Company Representative of the Company, in each case, shall be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than such Law permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment) against all judgment, penalties (including excise and similar taxes and punitive damages), fines, settlement and reasonable expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) actually incurred by such Person in connection with such Proceeding, appeal, inquiry or investigation, if such Person acted in Good Faith. Reasonable expenses incurred by a Person of the type entitled to be indemnified under this Section 7.4 who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a Proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding as such expenses are incurred upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be

 

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determined that he, she or it is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. Indemnification under this Section 7.4 shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such Person to indemnity hereunder. The rights granted pursuant to this Section 7.4 shall be deemed contract rights, and no amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.4 shall have the effect of limiting or denying any such rights with respect to actions taken or Proceedings, appeals, inquiries or investigations arising prior to any amendment, modification or repeal. It is expressly acknowledged that the indemnification provided in this Section 7.4 could involve indemnification for negligence or under theories of strict liability.

Section 7.5 Maintenance of Insurance or Other Financial Arrangements . In compliance with applicable Law, the Company (with the approval of the Managing Member) may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any Person who is or was a Member, employee or agent of the Company, or at the request of the Company is or was serving as a manager, director, officer, employee or agent of another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, for any Liability asserted against such Person and Liability and expenses incurred by such Person in such Person’s capacity as such, or arising out of such Person’s status as such, whether or not the Company has the authority to indemnify such Person against such Liability and expenses.

Section 7.6 Resignation or Termination of Managing Member . Rosehill shall not, by any means, resign as, cease to be or be replaced as Managing Member except in compliance with this Section 7.6 . No termination or replacement of Rosehill as Managing Member shall be effective unless proper provision is made, in compliance with this Agreement, so that the obligations of Rosehill, its successor (if applicable) and any new Managing Member and the rights of all Members under this Agreement and applicable Law remain in full force and effect. No appointment of a Person other than Rosehill (or its successor, as applicable) as Managing Member shall be effective unless Rosehill (or its successor, as applicable) and the new Managing Member (as applicable) provide all other Members with contractual rights, directly enforceable by such other Members against Rosehill (or its successor, as applicable) and the new Managing Member (as applicable), to cause (a) Rosehill to comply with all Rosehill’s obligations under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 4.6 ) other than those that must necessarily be taken in its capacity as Managing Member and (b) the new Managing Member to comply with all the Managing Member’s obligations under this Agreement.

Section 7.7 No Inconsistent Obligations . The Managing Member represents that it does not have any contracts, other agreements, duties or obligations that are inconsistent with its duties and obligations (whether or not in its capacity as Managing Member) under this Agreement and covenants that, except as permitted by Section 7.1 , it will not enter into any contracts or other agreements or undertake or acquire any other duties or obligations that are inconsistent with such duties and obligations.

Section 7.8 Reclassification Events of Rosehill . If a Reclassification Event occurs, the Managing Member or its successor, as the case may be, shall, as and to the extent necessary, amend this Agreement in compliance with Section 12.1 , and enter into any necessary supplementary or additional agreements, to ensure that, following the effective date of the Reclassification Event: (i) the exchange rights of holders of Common Units set forth in Section 4.6 provide that each Common Unit and share of Class B Common Stock is exchangeable for the

 

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same amount and same type of property, securities or cash (or combination thereof) that one share of Class A Common Stock becomes exchangeable for or converted into as a result of the Reclassification Event and (ii) Rosehill or the successor to Rosehill, as applicable, is obligated to deliver such property, securities or cash upon such exchange. Rosehill shall not consummate or agree to consummate any Reclassification Event unless the successor Person, if any, becomes obligated to comply with the obligations of Rosehill (in whatever capacity) under this Agreement.

Section 7.9 Certain Costs and Expenses . The Company shall (i) pay, or cause to be paid, all costs, fees, operating expenses and other expenses of the Company (including the costs, fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants or other professionals and the compensation of all personnel providing services to the Company) incurred in pursuing and conducting, or otherwise related to, the activities of the Company, and (ii) in the sole discretion of the Managing Member, reimburse the Managing Member for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by it in connection with serving as the Managing Member. To the extent that the Managing Member determines in its sole discretion that such expenses are related to the business and affairs of the Managing Member that are conducted through the Company and/or its Subsidiaries (including expenses that relate to the business and affairs of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and that also relate to other activities of the Managing Member), the Managing Member may cause the Company to pay or bear all expenses of the Managing Member, including, without limitation, costs of securities offerings not borne directly by members, board of directors compensation and meeting costs, cost of periodic reports to its stockholders, litigation costs and damages arising from litigation, accounting and legal costs; provided that the Company shall not pay or bear any income tax obligations of the Managing Member. In the event that (i) shares of Class A Stock are sold to underwriters in any public offering after the Effective Time, in each case, at a price per share that is lower than the price per share for which such shares of Class A Stock are sold to the public in such public offering after taking into account underwriters’ discounts or commissions and brokers’ fees or commissions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any deferred discounts or commissions and brokers’ fees or commissions payable in connection with or as a result of such public offering) (such difference, the “ Discount ”) and (ii) the proceeds from such public offering are used to fund the Cash Election Amount for any redeemed Common Units or otherwise contributed to the Company, the Company shall reimburse the Managing Member for such Discount by treating such Discount as an additional Capital Contribution made by the Managing Member to the Company, issuing Common Units in respect of such deemed Capital Contribution in accordance with Section 4.6(b)(ii) , and increasing the Managing Member’s Capital Account by the amount of such Discount. For the avoidance of doubt, any payments made to or on behalf of the Managing Member pursuant to this Section 7.9 shall not be treated as a distribution pursuant to Section 6.1(a) but shall instead be treated as an expense of the Company.

ARTICLE VIII

ROLE OF MEMBERS

Section 8.1 Rights or Powers . Other than the Managing Member, the Members, acting in their capacity as Members, shall not have any right or power to take part in the management or control of the Company or its business and affairs or to act for or bind the

 

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Company in any way. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Members have all the rights and powers specifically set forth in this Agreement and, to the extent not inconsistent with this Agreement, in the Act. A Member, any Affiliate thereof or an employee, stockholder, agent, director or officer of a Member or any Affiliate thereof, may also be an employee or be retained as an agent of the Company. The existence of these relationships and acting in such capacities will not result in the Member (other than the Managing Member) being deemed to be participating in the control of the business of the Company or otherwise affect the limited liability of the Member. Except as specifically provided herein, a Member (other than the Managing Member) shall not, in its capacity as a Member, take part in the operation, management or control of the Company’s business, transact any business in the Company’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Company.

Section 8.2 Voting .

 

  (a) Meetings of the Members may be called upon the written request of Members holding at least 50% of the outstanding Common Units. Such request shall state the location of the meeting and the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting. Written notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Members not less than two Business Days and not more than 30 days prior to the date of such meeting. Members may vote in person, by proxy or by telephone at any meeting of the Members and may waive advance notice of such meeting. Whenever the vote or consent of Members is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote or consent may be given at a meeting of the Members or may be given in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this Section 8.2 . Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the affirmative vote of the Members holding a majority of the outstanding Common Units shall constitute the act of the Members.

 

  (b) Each Member may authorize any Person or Persons to act for it by proxy on all matters in which such Member is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by such Member or its attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Member executing it.

 

  (c) Each meeting of Members shall be conducted by an Officer designated by the Managing Member or such other individual person as the Managing Member deems appropriate.

 

  (d) Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Members may be taken without a meeting if the requisite Members whose approval is necessary consent thereto in writing.

Section 8.3 Various Capacities . The Members acknowledge and agree that the Members or their Affiliates will from time to time act in various capacities, including as a Member and as the Tax Matters Member or Company Representative.

 

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ARTICLE IX

TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS

Section 9.1 Restrictions on Transfer .

 

  (a) Except as provided in Section 4.6 and except for the Transfers by a Member to Permitted Transferee, no Member shall Transfer all or any portion of its Interest without the Managing Member’s prior written consent, which consent shall be granted or withheld in the Managing Member’s sole discretion. If, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9.1(a) , all or any portion of a Member’s Interests are Transferred in violation of this Section 9.1(a) , involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, then without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the other parties under this Agreement or otherwise, the Transferee of such Interest (or portion thereof) shall not be admitted to the Company as a Member or be entitled to any rights as a Member hereunder, and the Transferor will continue to be bound by all obligations hereunder, unless and until the Managing Member consents in writing to such admission, which consent shall be granted or withheld in the Managing Member’s sole discretion. Any attempted or purported Transfer of all or a portion of a Member’s Interests in violation of this Section 9.1(a) shall be null and void and of no force or effect whatsoever. For the avoidance of doubt, the restrictions on Transfer contained in this Article IX shall not apply to the Transfer of any capital stock of the Managing Member; provided that no shares of Class B Common Stock may be Transferred unless a corresponding number of Common Units are Transferred therewith in accordance with this Agreement.

 

  (b) In addition to any other restrictions on Transfer herein contained, including the provisions of this Article IX , in no event may any Transfer or assignment of Interests by any Member be made (i) to any Person who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own Interests; (ii) if in the opinion of legal counsel or a qualified tax advisor to the Company such Transfer presents a material risk that such Transfer would cause the Company to cease to be classified as a partnership or to be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704(b) of the Code; (iii) if such Transfer would cause the Company to become, with respect to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a “party-in-interest” (as defined in Section 3 (14) of ERISA) or a “disqualified person” (as defined in Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code); (iv) if such Transfer would, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, cause any portion of the assets of the Company to constitute assets of any employee benefit plan pursuant to the Plan Asset Regulation or otherwise cause the Company to be subject to regulation under ERISA; (v) if such Transfer requires the registration of such Interests or any Equity Securities issued upon any exchange of such Interests, pursuant to any applicable U.S. federal or state securities Laws; or (vi) if such Transfer subjects the Company to regulation under the Investment Company Act or the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, each as amended (or any succeeding law). Any Transfer purported to be made in violation of this Section 9.1(b) shall be void ab initio.

 

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Section 9.2 Notice of Transfer . Other than in connection with Transfers made pursuant to Section 4.6 , each Member shall, after complying with the provisions of this Agreement, but in any event no later than three Business Days following any Transfer of Interests, give written notice to the Company of such Transfer. Each such notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the Transfer.

Section 9.3 Transferee Members . A Transferee of Interests pursuant to this Article IX shall have the right to become a Member only if (i) the requirements of this Article IX are met, (ii) such Transferee executes an instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Member agreeing to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and assuming all of the Transferor’s then existing and future Liabilities arising under or relating to this Agreement, (iii) such Transferee represents that the Transfer was made in accordance with all applicable securities Laws, (iv) the Transferor or Transferee shall have reimbursed the Company for all reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) of any Transfer or proposed Transfer of a Member’s Interest, whether or not consummated and (v) if such Transferee or his or her spouse is a resident of a community property jurisdiction, then such Transferee’s spouse shall also execute an instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Member agreeing to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement to the extent of his or her community property or quasi-community property interest, if any, in such Member’s Interest. Unless agreed to in writing by the Managing Member, the admission of a Member shall not result in the release of the Transferor from any Liability that the Transferor may have to each remaining Member or to the Company under this Agreement or any other Contract between the Managing Member, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and such Transferor or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand. Written notice of the admission of a Member shall be sent promptly by the Company to each remaining Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.3 , and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, following a Transfer by one or more Members (or a transferee of the type described in this sentence) to an Permitted Transferee of all or substantially all of their Interests, such transferee shall succeed to all of the rights of such Member(s) under this Agreement.

Section 9.4 Legend . Each certificate representing a Unit, if any, will be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.

THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SUCH ACT.

THE TRANSFER AND VOTING OF THESE SECURITIES IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC DATED AS OF APRIL 27, 2017 AMONG THE MEMBERS LISTED THEREIN, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED AND/OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND NO

 

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TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES WILL BE VALID OR EFFECTIVE UNTIL SUCH CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ISSUER OF SUCH SECURITIES.”

ARTICLE X

ACCOUNTING

Section 10.1 Books of Account . The Company shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain true books and records of account in which full and correct entries shall be made of all its business transactions pursuant to a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and shall set aside on its books all such proper accruals and reserves as shall be required under GAAP. Such books and records of account shall be kept in sufficient detail to provide each Member with the information required for such Member to prepare their tax returns to the extent the Company is notified by such Member that such information is required for such Member to prepare its tax returns. Any such information may be reasonably requested by such Member. Electronic version of such books and records of account shall be provided to a Member upon request, at the Company’s expense.

Section 10.2 Tax Elections .

 

  (a) The Company and any eligible Subsidiary shall make an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code, shall not thereafter revoke such election and shall make a new election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code to the extent necessary following any “termination” of the Company or the Subsidiary, as applicable, under Section 708 of the Code. In addition, the Company shall make the following elections on the appropriate forms or tax returns:

 

  i. to adopt the calendar year as the Company’s Fiscal Year, if permitted under the Code;

 

  ii. to adopt the accrual method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

 

  iii. to elect to amortize the organizational expenses of the Company as permitted by Section 709(b) of the Code;

 

  iv. to elect to deduct intangible drilling costs under Section 263(c) of the Code; and

 

  v. any other election the Managing Member may deem appropriate and in the best interests of the Company.

 

  (b) Upon request of the Tax Matters Member or Company Representative, as applicable, each Member shall cooperate in good faith with the Company in connection with the Company’s efforts to elect out of the application of the company-level audit and adjustment rules of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, if applicable.

 

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Section 10.3 Tax Returns; Information .

 

  (a) The Managing Member (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) shall cause the Tax Return Preparer to prepare and timely file all income and other tax and informational returns (collectively the “ Tax Returns ”) of the Company. No later than 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, the Managing Member shall furnish to each Member that holds at such time at least 20% of the then-outstanding Common Units a draft of each Tax Return for the preceding Fiscal Year together with all supporting schedules and other information as approved by the Managing Member and shall consider in good faith any comments provided by such Member with respect to such draft Tax Return within 15 days after such Member’s receipt of such draft Tax Return. No later than 60 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, the Managing Member shall furnish to each Member a copy of each Tax Return for the preceding Fiscal Year to be filed with the applicable taxing authority together with all supporting schedules and other information that is necessary for each Member to comply with its applicable U.S. federal, state and local income tax reporting obligations. The Tax Returns together with schedules and other information required by this Section 10.3 shall be furnished electronically to the Members.

 

  (b) No later than 30 days before the end of each Fiscal Year, the Managing Member (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) shall provide electronically to each Member that holds at such time at least 20% of the then-outstanding Common Units a projection of the U.S. federal (and state and local as applicable) taxable income or loss of the Company for the next succeeding Fiscal Year together with supporting schedules as approved by the Managing Member and such Member’s estimated allocable share of such taxable income or loss. No later than the end of each Quarterly Period, the Managing Member shall provide electronically to each Member that holds at such time at least 20% of the then-outstanding Common Units an update of the projections of taxable income or loss for the Fiscal Year and such Member’s allocable share thereof in sufficient detail that will permit such Member to comply with its U.S. federal, state and local income tax filing obligations.

 

  (c) All Tax Returns and other reports required by this Section 10.3 to be provided to a Member that holds at such time at least 20% of the then-outstanding Common Units will be accompanied with: (i) two balance sheets as of the end of the applicable period covered by the report, one of which shall be prepared in accordance with the Capital Account maintenance rules provided herein and one of which shall be on a tax basis; and (ii) two income or loss statements for the applicable period covered by such statement, one of which will be prepared showing Profits and Losses and one of which will show taxable income or loss.

 

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  (d) The “ Tax Return Preparer ” shall be Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP, (or such other nationally recognized accounting firm mutually agreed to by the Members).

 

  (e) The Members agree to take all actions reasonably requested by the Company Representative to comply with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, including where applicable, filing amended returns as provided in Sections 6225 or 6226 of the Code and providing confirmation thereof to the Company Representative. The Company Representative is authorized to make or refrain from making any elections permitted by the Company Representative under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. As long as a Member holds at least 20% of the then-outstanding Common Units, the Company Representative shall keep such Member timely informed of any proposed actions and elections referred to above in this Section 10.3(e) and consider in good faith such Member’s timely written comments regarding such proposed actions and elections. The Company agrees, upon request by a Member, to provide detailed financial forecasts of the Company’s operations sufficient to allow such Member to perform its own internal tax forecasting; provided, that the preparation of such forecasts shall be subject to the Company’s public reporting obligations.

 

  (f) Within thirty (30) days following the end of each Fiscal Year, or as such other times as reasonably requested in writing by the Managing Member, each Member agrees to provide the Company the written data required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.613A-3(e)(3(iii)(B).

Section 10.4 Tax Matters Member and Company Representative .

 

  (a) The Managing Member is specially authorized and appointed to act as the Tax Matters Member and as the Company Representative (as applicable) and in any similar capacity under state or local Law. The Tax Matters Member or Company Representative (as applicable) may retain, at the Company’s expense, such outside counsel, accountants and other professional consultants as it may reasonably deem necessary in the course of fulfilling its obligations as Tax Matters Member or Company Representative (as applicable).

 

  (b) As long as a Member holds at least 20% of the then-outstanding Common Units:

 

  (i)

The Managing Member shall promptly notify such Member if any federal income tax return of the Company is audited. In addition, the Managing Member shall promptly furnish to such member all notices concerning administrative and judicial proceedings relating to federal income tax audits and litigation of the Company. During the pendency of any administrative proceeding or judicial proceeding of the Company, the Managing Member shall furnish such Member timely notice of any material meeting, conferences or hearings with the Internal Revenue Service, Justice Department or the courts, and allow such Member (at such Member’s sole cost and expense) the right to attend such meetings, conferences or proceedings and to review and comment on any material

 

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  written submissions to the Internal Revenue Service, Justice Department or the courts prepared by or on behalf of the Managing Member. The Managing Member will promptly inform such Member of any settlement offers by the taxing authority and consider in good faith any timely written comments from such Member regarding any such settlement offers.

 

  (ii) The Managing Member shall not file a request for an administrative adjustment of items for any Company taxable year without first providing written notification to the Member prior to the filing of such adjustment and considering in good faith the Member’s written comments thereto.

 

  (iii) Before the Managing Member files a petition in a judicial proceeding with respect to any federal income tax item or other matter involving the Company, the Managing Member shall provide timely written notification to such Member of such intention and the nature of the contemplated proceeding and consider in good faith such Member’s written comments.

Section 10.5 Withholding Tax Payments and Obligations .

 

  (a) The Company and its Subsidiaries may withhold from distributions, allocations or portions thereof if it is required to do so by any applicable rule, regulation or law, and each Member hereby authorizes the Company and its Subsidiaries to withhold or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Member any amount of taxes that the Managing Member determines, in good faith, that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Member pursuant to this Agreement.

 

  (b) To the extent that any tax is paid by (or withheld from amounts payable to) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the Managing Member determines, in good faith, that such tax relates to one or more specific Members (including any tax payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6225 of the Code with respect to items of income, gain, loss deduction or credit allocable or attributable to such Member), such tax shall be treated as an amount of taxes withheld or paid with respect to such Member pursuant to this Section 10.5 .

 

  (c) For all purposes under this Agreement, any amounts withheld or paid with respect to a Member pursuant to this Section 10.5  shall be treated as if distributed to such Member at the time such withholding or payment is made. Further, to the extent that the cumulative amount of such withholding or payment for any period exceeds the distributions to which such Member is entitled for such period, the amount of such excess shall be considered a loan from the Company to such Member, with interest accruing at the Prime Rate in effect from time to time, compounded annually. The Managing Member may, in its discretion, either demand payment of the principal and accrued interest on such demand loan at any time (which payment shall not be deemed a Capital Contribution for purposes of this Agreement), and enforce payment thereof by legal process, or may withhold from one or more distributions to a Member amounts sufficient to satisfy such Member’s obligations under any such demand loan.

 

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  (d) Neither the Company nor the Managing Member shall be liable for any excess taxes withheld in respect of any Member, and, in the event of overwithholding, a Member’s sole recourse shall be to apply for a refund from the appropriate Governmental Entity.

 

  (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, (i) any Person who ceases to be a Member shall be treated as a Member for purposes of this Section 10.5 and (ii) the obligations of a Member pursuant to this Section 10.5 shall survive indefinitely with respect to any taxes withheld or paid by the Company that relate to the period during which such Person was actually a Member, regardless of whether such taxes are assessed, withheld or otherwise paid during such period.

ARTICLE XI

DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION

Section 11.1 Liquidating Events . The Company shall dissolve and commence winding up and liquidating upon the first to occur of the following (“ Liquidating Events ”):

 

  (a) The sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; and

 

  (b) The determination of the Managing Member to dissolve, wind up, and liquidate the Company.

The Members hereby agree that the Company shall not dissolve prior to the occurrence of a Liquidating Event and that no Member shall seek a dissolution of the Company, under Section 18-802 of the Act or otherwise, other than based on the matters set forth in subsections (a)  and (b)  above. If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Company has dissolved prior to the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Members hereby agree to continue the business of the Company without a winding up or liquidation. In the event of a dissolution pursuant to Section 11.1(b) , the relative economic rights of each class of Units immediately prior to such dissolution shall be preserved to the greatest extent practicable with respect to distributions made to Members pursuant to Section 11.3 in connection with such dissolution, taking into consideration tax and other legal constraints that may adversely affect one or more parties to such dissolution and subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, unless, with respect to any class of Units, holders of a majority of the Units of such class consent in writing to a treatment other than as described above.

Section 11.2 Bankruptcy . For purposes of this Agreement, the “bankruptcy” of a Member shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (a) any Governmental Entity shall take possession of any substantial part of the property of that Member or shall assume control over the affairs or operations thereof, or a receiver or trustee shall be appointed, or a writ, order, attachment or garnishment shall be issued with respect to any substantial part thereof, and such possession, assumption of control, appointment, writ or order shall continue for a period of 90

 

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consecutive days; or (b) a Member shall admit in writing of its inability to pay its debts when due, or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or apply for or consent to the appointment of any receiver, trustee or similar officer or for all or any substantial part of its property; or shall institute (by petition, application, answer, consent or otherwise) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debts, dissolution, liquidation, or similar proceeding under the Laws of any jurisdiction; or (c) a receiver, trustee or similar officer shall be appointed for such Member or with respect to all or any substantial part of its property without the application or consent of that Member, and such appointment shall continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of 90 consecutive days or any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangements, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar proceedings shall be instituted (by petition, application or otherwise) against that Member and shall remain undismissed for a period of 90 consecutive days.

Section 11.3 Procedure .

 

  (a) In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the Members shall commence to wind up the affairs of the Company and to liquidate the Company’s investments; provided that if a Member is in bankruptcy or dissolved, another Member, who shall be the Managing Member unless the Managing Member is in bankruptcy or dissolved (“ Winding-Up Member ”), shall commence to wind up the affairs of the Company and, subject to Section 11.4(a) , such Winding-Up Member shall have full right and unlimited discretion to determine in good faith the time, manner and terms of any sale or sales of the Property or other assets pursuant to such liquidation, having due regard to the activity and condition of the relevant market and general financial and economic conditions. The Members shall continue to share profits, losses and distributions during the period of liquidation in the same manner and proportion as though the Company had not dissolved. The Company shall engage in no further business except as may be necessary, in the reasonable discretion of the Managing Member or the Winding-Up Member, as applicable, to preserve the value of the Company’s assets during the period of dissolution and liquidation.

 

  (b) Following the payment of all expenses of liquidation and the allocation of all Profits and Losses as provided in Article V , the proceeds of the liquidation and any other funds of the Company shall be distributed in the following order of priority:

 

  i. First, to the payment and discharge of all of the Company’s debts and Liabilities to creditors (whether third parties or Members), in the order of priority as provided by Law, except any obligations to the Members in respect of their Capital Accounts;

 

  ii. Second, to set up such cash reserves which the Managing Member reasonably deems necessary for contingent or unforeseen Liabilities or future payments described in Section 11.3(b)(i) (which reserves when they become unnecessary shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (iii) , below); and

 

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  iii. Third, subject to Section 6.2 , (A) first, to Rosehill in respect of the Series A Preferred Units, until Rosehill has received an amount equal to the total amount that would then be required to be distributed by Rosehill in respect of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock if Rosehill were to liquidate, wind up or dissolve, and (B) the balance to the Members, pro rata in proportion to their respective Common Units.

 

  (c) Except as provided in Section 11.4(a) , no Member shall have any right to demand or receive property other than cash upon dissolution and termination of the Company.

 

  (d) Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Company and the distribution of all Company funds, the Company shall terminate and the Managing Member or the Winding-Up Member, as the case may be, shall have the authority to execute and record a certificate of cancellation of the Company, as well as any and all other documents required to effectuate the dissolution and termination of the Company.

Section 11.4 Rights of Members .

 

  (a) Each Member irrevocably waives any right that it may have to maintain an action for partition with respect to the property of the Company.

 

  (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, (i) each Member shall look solely to the assets of the Company for the return of its Capital Contributions, and (ii) no Member shall have priority over any other Member as to the return of its Capital Contributions, distributions or allocations.

Section 11.5 Notices of Dissolution . In the event a Liquidating Event occurs or an event occurs that would, but for the provisions of Section 11.1 , result in a dissolution of the Company, the Company shall, within 30 days thereafter, (a) provide written notice thereof to each of the Members and to all other parties with whom the Company regularly conducts business (as determined in the discretion of the Managing Member), and (b) comply, in a timely manner, with all filing and notice requirements under the Act or any other applicable Law.

Section 11.6 Reasonable Time for Winding Up . A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets in order to minimize any losses that might otherwise result from such winding up.

Section 11.7 No Deficit Restoration . No Member shall be personally liable for a deficit Capital Account balance of that Member, it being expressly understood that the distribution of liquidation proceeds shall be made solely from existing Company assets.

 

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ARTICLE XII

GENERAL

Section 12.1 Amendments; Waivers .

 

  (a) The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be waived, modified or amended (including by means of merger, consolidation or other business combination to which the Company is a party) only with the approval of the Managing Member; provided , however , that no amendment to this Agreement may:

 

  i. waive, modify or amend this Section 12.1(a) without the written consent of each Member;

 

  ii. waive, modify or amend any provision of this Agreement which requires the approval or action of certain Persons or percentage thereof without obtaining the consent of such Persons or percentage thereof;

 

  iii. modify the limited liability of any Member, or increase the liabilities or obligations of any Member, in each case, without the written consent of each such affected Member; or

 

  iv. materially alter or change any rights, preferences or privileges of any Interests in a manner that is different or prejudicial relative to any other Interests, without the written consent of the Members holding a majority of the Interests affected in such a different or prejudicial manner.

 

  (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing subsection (a), the Managing Member, acting alone, may amend this Agreement, including Exhibit A , (i) to reflect the admission of new Members, Transfers of Interests, the issuance of additional Units or Equity Securities, as provided by the terms of this Agreement, and, subject to Section 12.1(a) , subdivisions or combinations of Units made in compliance with Section 4.1(g) and (ii) to the minimum extent necessary to (A) comply with the provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 and any Treasury Regulations or other administrative pronouncements promulgated thereunder and (B) to administer the effects of such provisions in an equitable manner.

 

  (c) No waiver of any provision or default under, nor consent to any exception to, the terms of this Agreement or any agreement contemplated hereby shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the party to be bound and then only to the specific purpose, extent and instance so provided.

Section 12.2 Further Assurances . Each party agrees that it will from time to time, upon the reasonable request of another party, execute such documents and instruments and take such further action as may be required to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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Section 12.3 Successors and Assigns . All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon the parties and their respective successors and assigns, but shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the successors and assigns of any Member only to the extent that they are permitted successors and assigns pursuant to the terms hereof. No party may assign its rights hereunder except as herein expressly permitted.

Section 12.4 Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with all Exhibits and Schedules hereto and all other agreements referenced therein and herein, constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the parties in connection with the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth herein and therein.

Section 12.5 Rights of Members Independent . The rights available to the Members under this Agreement and at Law shall be deemed to be several and not dependent on each other and each such right accordingly shall be construed as complete in itself and not by reference to any other such right. Any one or more and/or any combination of such rights may be exercised by a Member and/or the Company from time to time and no such exercise shall exhaust the rights or preclude another Member from exercising any one or more of such rights or combination thereof from time to time thereafter or simultaneously.

Section 12.6 Governing Law . This Agreement, the legal relations between the parties and any Action, whether contractual or non-contractual, instituted by any party with respect to matters arising under or growing out of or in connection with or in respect of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and performed in such State and without regard to conflicts of law doctrines.

Section 12.7 Jurisdiction and Venue . The parties hereto hereby agree and consent to be subject to the jurisdiction of any federal court of the District of Delaware or the Delaware Court of Chancery over any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (a “ Legal Action ”). The parties hereto irrevocably waive the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such Legal Action. Each of the parties hereto further irrevocably consents to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such Legal Action by the mailing of copies thereof by registered mail, postage prepaid, to such party at its address set forth in this Agreement, such service of process to be effective upon acknowledgment of receipt of such registered mail. Nothing in this Section 12.7 shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law.

Section 12.8 Headings . The descriptive headings of the Articles, Sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

Section 12.9 Counterparts . This Agreement and any amendment hereto or any other agreement (or document) delivered pursuant hereto may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts. All of such counterparts shall constitute one and the same agreement (or other document) and shall become effective (unless otherwise provided therein) when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.

 

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Section 12.10 Notices . Any notice or other communication hereunder must be given in writing and (a) delivered in person, (b) transmitted by facsimile or telecommunications mechanism, provided , that any notice so given is also mailed as provided in clause (c), or (c) mailed by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, receipt requested as follows:

If to the Company or the Managing Member, addressed to it at:

Rosehill Resources Inc.

16200 Park Row, Suite 300

Houston, Texas 77084

Attention: Alan Townsend

With copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Rosehill Resources Inc.

811 Main Street, 18th Floor

Houston, TX 77002

Facsimile: (713) 654-8080

Attention: Edward Kovalik

Rosehill Resources Inc.

405 Lexington Avenue, Suite 29C

New York, NY 10174

Facsimile: (646) 576-8640

Attention: Gregory R. Dow

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

1001 Fannin St., Suite 2500

Houston, TX 77002

Facsimile: (713) 758-4588

Attention: W. Matthew Strock; Bryan Loocke

If to Tema, addressed to it at:

Tema Oil and Gas Company

c/o Rosemore, Inc.

1 North Charles Street, 22nd Floor

Baltimore, MD 21201

Facsimile: (410) 347-7081

Attention: General Counsel

or to such other address or to such other person as either party shall have last designated by such notice to the other parties. Each such notice or other communication shall be effective (i) if given

 

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by telecommunication, when transmitted to the applicable number so specified in (or pursuant to) this Section 12.10 and an appropriate answerback is received or, if transmitted after 4:00 p.m. local time on a Business Day in the jurisdiction to which such notice is sent or at any time on a day that is not a Business Day in the jurisdiction to which such notice is sent, then on the immediately following Business Day, (ii) if given by mail, on the first Business Day in the jurisdiction to which such notice is sent following the date three days after such communication is deposited in the mails with first class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid or (iii) if given by any other means, on the Business Day when actually received at such address or, if not received on a Business Day, on the Business Day immediately following such actual receipt.

Section 12.11 Representation By Counsel; Interpretation . The parties acknowledge that each party to this Agreement has been represented by counsel in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Accordingly, any rule of Law, or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the party that drafted it has no application and is expressly waived.

Section 12.12 Severability . If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by any Governmental Entity, the remaining provisions of this Agreement, to the extent permitted by Law shall remain in full force and effect, provided , that the essential terms and conditions of this Agreement for all parties remain valid, binding and enforceable.

Section 12.13 Expenses . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or in the Combination Agreement, each party shall bear its own expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 12.14 No Third Party Beneficiaries . Except as expressly provided in Section 7.4 and Section 10.2 , nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, any rights or remedies under this Agreement or otherwise create any third party beneficiary hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , each of the parties hereto has caused this First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:
ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
By:  

/s/ J. A. Townsend

Name:   J. A. Townsend
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
MEMBERS:
TEMA OIL AND GAS COMPANY
By:  

/s/ J. A. Townsend

Name:   J. A. Townsend
Title:   President

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO

F IRST A MENDED AND R ESTATED L IMITED L IABILITY C OMPANY A GREEMENT OF

R OSEHILL O PERATING C OMPANY , LLC


ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.
By:  

/s/ J. A. Townsend

Name:   J. A. Townsend
Title:   President, Chief Executive Officer
MANAGING MEMBER:
ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.
By:  

/s/ J. A. Townsend

Name:   J. A. Townsend
Title:   President, Chief Executive Officer

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO

F IRST A MENDED AND R ESTATED L IMITED L IABILITY C OMPANY A GREEMENT OF

R OSEHILL O PERATING C OMPANY , LLC


EXHIBIT A 1

 

Member

   Number of Common
Units Owned
     Number of Series
A Preferred Units
Owned
     Closing Date Capital
Account Balance
 

Rosehill Resources Inc.

     5,856,579        95,000      $ 119,857,139.00  

Tema Oil and Gas Company

     29,807,692        0      $ 253,067,343.54  

 

 

1   To be updated by the Managing Member in its reasonable discretion following the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement, including to take into account any adjustments to the consideration as described in the Combination Agreement.

 

A-1

Exhibit 10.4

ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

1.     Purpose . The purpose of the Rosehill Resources Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) is to provide a means through which (a) Rosehill Resources Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and its Affiliates may attract, retain and motivate qualified persons to serve as employees, directors and consultants, thereby enhancing the profitable growth of the Company and its Affiliates and (b) persons upon whom the responsibilities of the successful administration and management of the Company and its Affiliates rest, and whose present and potential contributions to the Company and its Affiliates are of importance, can acquire and maintain stock ownership or other awards tied to the performance of the Company, thereby strengthening their concern for the Company and its Affiliates. Accordingly, the Plan provides for the grant of Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Awards, Dividend Equivalents, Other Stock-Based Awards, Cash Awards, Substitute Awards, Performance Awards, or any combination of the foregoing, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

2.     Definitions . For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

(a)    “ Affiliate ” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust or other organization that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company. For purposes of the preceding sentence, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any entity or organization, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote more than 50% of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the controlled entity or organization or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the controlled entity or organization, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

(b)    “ ASC Topic 718 ” means Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation , as amended or any successor accounting standard.

(c)    “ Award ” means any Option, SAR, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Award, Dividend Equivalent, Other Stock-Based Award, Cash Award, Substitute Award or Performance Award, together with any other right or interest, granted under the Plan.

(d)    “ Award Agreement ” means a written or electronic agreement (including any employment, severance or change in control agreement) or other instrument or document evidencing an Award, which agreement, instrument, or document may, but need not be, executed or acknowledged by a Participant.

(e)    “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(f)    “ Cash Award ” means an Award denominated in cash granted under Section 6(i) .


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

(i)    A “change in the ownership” of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v), whereby any one person, or more than one person acting as a “group” (for purposes of this Section 2(g)(i) , as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)), acquires ownership of stock in the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company.

(ii)    A “change in the effective control” of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi), whereby either (A) any one person, or more than one person acting as a “group” (for purposes of this Section 2(g)(ii) , as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi)(D)), acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of the Company possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Company; or (B) a majority of the members of the Board are replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by at least a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of such appointment or election.

(iii)    A “change in the ownership of a substantial portion” of the Company’s assets within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii), whereby any one person, or more than one person acting as a “group” (for purposes of this Section 2(g)(iii) , as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii)(C)), acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets of the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40% of the total gross fair market value of all the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions.

The preceding provisions of this Section 2(g) are intended to merely summarize the provisions of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5) and, to the extent that the preceding provisions of this Section 2(g) do not incorporate fully all of the provisions (or are otherwise inconsistent with the provisions) of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5), then the relevant provisions of such Treasury Regulation shall control. In addition, for purposes of this Section 2(g) and except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, “Company” includes (x) the Company, (y) the entity for whom a Participant performs the services for which an Award is granted, and (z) an entity that is a stockholder owning more than 50% of the total fair market value and total voting power (a “ Majority Stockholder ”) of the Company or the entity identified in (y) above, or any entity in a chain of entities in which each entity is a Majority Stockholder of another entity in the chain, ending in the Company or the entity identified in (y) above.

(h)    “ Change in Control Price ” means the amount determined in the following clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v), whichever the Committee determines is applicable, as follows: (i) the price per share offered to holders of Stock in any merger or consolidation, (ii) the per share fair market value of the Stock immediately before the Change in Control or other event without regard to assets sold in the Change in Control or other event and assuming the Company has received the consideration paid for the assets in the case of a sale of the assets, (iii) the

 

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amount distributed per share of Stock in a dissolution transaction, (iv) the price per share offered to holders of Stock in any tender offer or exchange offer whereby a Change in Control or other event takes place, or (v) if such Change in Control or other event occurs other than pursuant to a transaction described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of this Section 2(h) , the value per share of the Stock that may otherwise be obtained with respect to such Awards or to which such Awards track, as determined by the Committee as of the date determined by the Committee to be the date of cancellation and surrender of such Awards. In the event that the consideration offered to stockholders of the Company in any transaction described in this Section 2(h) or in Section 8(e) consists of anything other than cash, the Committee shall determine the fair cash equivalent of the portion of the consideration offered which is other than cash and such determination shall be binding on all affected Participants to the extent applicable to Awards held by such Participants.

(i)    “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, including the guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance and regulations thereto.

(j)    “ Committee ” means a committee of two or more directors designated by the Board to administer the Plan; provided, however, that, unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee shall consist solely of two or more Qualified Members.

(k)    “ Covered Employee ” means an Eligible Person who is (i) a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) or (ii) designated by the Committee, at the time of grant of a Performance Award or at any subsequent time, as reasonably expected to be a “covered employee” with respect to the taxable year of the Company in which any applicable Award will be paid.

(l)    “ Dividend Equivalent ” means a right, granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(g) , 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, or other periodic payments.

(m)    “ Effective Date ” means the date on which the Plan is adopted by the Board.

(n)    “ Eligible Person ” means any individual who, as of the date of grant of an Award (other than a Substitute Award), is an officer or employee of the Company or of any of its Affiliates, and any other person who provides services to the Company or any of its Affiliates, including directors of the Company; provided ; however , that any such individual must be an “employee” of the Company or any of its parents or subsidiaries within the meaning of General Instruction A.1(a) to Form S-8 if such individual is granted an Award that may be settled in Stock. An employee on leave of absence may be an Eligible Person.

(o)    “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, including the guidance, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance, rules and regulations thereto.

(p)    “ Fair Market Value ” of a share of Stock means, as of any specified date, (i) if the Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the closing sales price of the Stock, as reported on the stock exchange composite tape on the preceding date (or if no sales occur on

 

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such 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 on such date, the average between the reported high and low bid and asked prices of Stock on the most recent date on which Stock was publicly traded preceding the specified date; or (iii) in the event Stock is not publicly traded at the time a determination of its value is required to be made under the Plan, the amount determined by the Committee in its discretion in such manner as it deems appropriate, taking into account all factors the Committee deems appropriate, including the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. Notwithstanding this definition of Fair Market Value, with respect to one or more Awards types, or for any other purpose for which the Committee must determine the Fair Market Value under the Plan, the Committee may elect to choose a different measurement date or methodology for determining Fair Market Value so long as the determination is consistent with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules and all other applicable laws and regulations.

(q)    “ ISO ” means an Option intended to be and designated as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

(r)    “ Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules ” means the limitations or requirements of Section 409A of the Code, as amended from time to time, including the guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance and regulations thereto.

(s)    “ Nonstatutory Option ” means an Option that is not intended to be an ISO.

(t)    “ Option ” means an option granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(b) to purchase Stock that may either be an ISO or a Nonstatutory Stock Option.

(u)    “ Other Stock-Based Award ” means an Award granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(h) .

(v)    “ Participant ” means a person who has been granted an Award under the Plan that remains outstanding, including a person who is no longer an Eligible Person.

(w)    “ Performance Award ” means an award granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(k) , the grant, vesting, exercisability and/or settlement of which (and/or the timing or amount thereof) is subject to the achievement of one or more performance goals specified by the Committee.

(x)    “ Qualified Member ” means a member of the Board who is (i) a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3, (ii) an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m), and (iii) “independent” under the listing standards or rules of the securities exchange upon which the Stock is traded, but only to the extent such independence is required in order to take the action at issue pursuant to such standards or rules.

(y)    “ Restricted Stock ” means Stock granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(d) that is subject to certain restrictions and to a risk of forfeiture.

 

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(z)    “ Restricted Stock Unit ” means a right, granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(e) , to receive Stock, cash or a combination thereof at the end of a specified period (which may or may not be coterminous with the vesting schedule of the Award).

(aa)    “ Rule 16b-3 ” means Rule 16b-3, promulgated by the SEC under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

(bb)    “ SAR ” means a stock appreciation right granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(c) .

(cc)    “ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(dd)    “ Section 162(m) ” means Section 162(m) of the Code and Treasury Regulation § 1.162-27, as amended from time to time, and any other guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance and regulations thereto.

(ee)    “ Section 162(m) Award ” means a Performance Award granted under Section 6(k)(i) to a Covered Employee that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m).

(ff)    “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, including the guidance, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and successor provisions, guidance, rules and regulations thereto.

(gg)    “ Stock ” means the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and such other securities as may be substituted (or re-substituted) for Stock pursuant to Section  8 .

(hh)    “ Stock Award ” means unrestricted shares of Stock granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6(f) .

(ii)    “ Substitute Award ” means an Award granted under Section 6(j) .

3.     Administration .

(a)     Authority of the Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee except to the extent the Board elects to administer the Plan, in which case references herein to the “Committee” shall be deemed to include references to the “Board.” Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, Rule 16b-3 and other applicable laws, the Committee shall have the authority, in its sole and absolute discretion, to:

(i) designate Eligible Persons as Participants;

(ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to an Eligible Person;

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(iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award, including whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be vested, settled, exercised, cancelled or forfeited (including, conditions based on continued employment or the achievement of one or more performance goals);

(v) modify, waive or adjust any term or condition of an Award that has been granted, which may include the acceleration of vesting, waiver of forfeiture restrictions, modification of the form of settlement of the Award (for example, from cash to Stock or vice versa), early termination of a performance period, or modification of any other condition or limitation regarding an Award;

(vi) determine the treatment of an Award upon a termination of employment or service relationship;

(vii) impose a holding period with respect to an Award or the shares of Stock received in connection with an Award;

(viii) interpret and administer the Plan and any Award Agreement;

(ix) correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, in any Award, or in any Award Agreement; and

(x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.

The express grant of any specific power to the Committee, and the taking of any action by the Committee, shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of the Committee. Any action of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, its Affiliates, stockholders, Participants, beneficiaries, and permitted transferees under Section 7(a) or other persons claiming rights from or through a Participant.

(b)     Exercise of Committee Authority . At any time that a member of the Committee is not a Qualified Member, any action of the Committee relating to (i) an Award granted or to be granted to an Eligible Person who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company where such action is not taken by the full Board, or (ii) a Section 162(m) Award, may be taken either (A) by a subcommittee, designated by the Committee, composed solely of two or more Qualified Members, or (B) by the Committee but with each such member who is not a Qualified Member abstaining or recusing himself or herself from such action; provided , however , that upon such abstention or recusal, the Committee remains composed solely of two or more Qualified Members. Such action, authorized by such a subcommittee or by the Committee upon the abstention or recusal of such non-Qualified Member(s), shall be the action of the Committee for purposes of the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, the full Board may take any action relating to an Award granted or to be granted to an Eligible Person who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company, so long as such Award is not a Section 162(m) Award.

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Company, including the power to perform administrative functions and grant Awards; provided , however , that such delegation does not (i) violate state or corporate law, (ii) result in the loss of an exemption under Rule 16b-3(d)(1) for Awards granted to Participants subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company, or (iii) cause Section 162(m) Awards to fail to so qualify. Upon any such delegation, all references in the Plan to the “Committee,” other than in Section  8 , shall be deemed to include any subcommittee or officer of the Company to whom such powers have been delegated by the Committee. Any such delegation shall not limit the right of such subcommittee members or such an officer to receive Awards; provided , however , that such subcommittee members and any such officer may not grant Awards to himself or herself, a member of the Board, or any executive officer of the Company or an Affiliate, or take any action with respect to any Award previously granted to himself or herself, a member of the Board, or any executive officer of the Company or an Affiliate. The Committee may also appoint agents to assist it in administering the Plan that are not executive officers of the Company or members of the Board; provided , however , that such individuals may not be delegated the authority to (i) grant or modify any Awards that will, or may, be settled in Stock or (ii) take any action that would cause Section 162(m) Awards to fail to so qualify, if applicable.

(d)     Limitation of Liability . The Committee and each member thereof shall 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 or any of its Affiliates, the Company’s legal counsel, independent auditors, consultants or any other agents assisting in the administration of the Plan. Members of the Committee and any officer or employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates acting at the direction or on behalf of the Committee shall not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be indemnified and held harmless by the Company with respect to any such action or determination.

(e)     Participants in Non-U.S. Jurisdictions . Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, to comply with applicable laws in countries other than the United States in which the Company or any of its Affiliates operates or has employees, directors or other service providers from time to time, or to ensure that the Company complies with any applicable requirements of foreign securities exchanges, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to: (i) determine which of the Company’s Affiliates shall be covered by the Plan; (ii) determine which Eligible Persons outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (iii) modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Eligible Persons outside the United States to comply with applicable foreign laws or listing requirements of any foreign exchange; (iv) establish sub-plans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable (any such sub-plans and/or modifications shall be attached to the Plan as appendices), provided , however , that no such sub-plans and/or modifications shall increase the share limitations contained in Section 4(a) ; and (v) take any action, before or after an Award is granted, that it deems advisable to comply with any applicable governmental regulatory exemptions or approval or listing requirements of any such foreign securities exchange. For purposes of the Plan, all references to foreign laws, rules, regulations or taxes shall be references to the laws, rules, regulations and taxes of any applicable jurisdiction other than the United States or a political subdivision thereof.

 

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4.     Stock Subject to Plan .

(a)     Number of Shares Available for Delivery . Subject to adjustment in a manner consistent with Section  8 , 7,500,000 shares of Stock are reserved and available for delivery with respect to Awards, and such total shall be available for the issuance of shares upon the exercise of ISOs.

(b)     Application of Limitation to Grants of Awards . Subject to Section  4(c) , no Award may be granted if the number of shares of Stock that may be delivered in connection with such Award exceeds the number of shares of Stock remaining available under the Plan minus the number of shares of Stock issuable in settlement of or relating to then-outstanding Awards. The Committee may adopt reasonable counting procedures to ensure appropriate counting, avoid double counting (as, for example, in the case of tandem or Substitute Awards) and make adjustments if the number of shares of Stock actually delivered differs from the number of shares previously counted in connection with an Award.

(c)     Availability of Shares Not Delivered Under Awards . If all or any portion of an Award expires or is cancelled, forfeited, exchanged, settled in cash or otherwise terminated, the shares of Stock subject to such Award shall, to the extent of any such cancellation (including (i) shares forfeited with respect to Restricted Stock, and (ii) the number of shares withheld or surrendered to the Company in payment of any exercise or purchase price of an Award or taxes relating to Awards) shall not be considered “delivered shares” under the Plan, shall be available for delivery with respect to Awards, and shall no longer be considered issuable or related to outstanding Awards for purposes of Section  4(b) , except that if any such shares could not again be available for Awards granted to a particular Participant under any applicable law or regulation, such shares shall be available exclusively for Awards to Participants who are not subject to such limitation. If an Award may be settled only in cash, such Award need not be counted against any share limit under this Section  4 , but will remain subject to the limitations in Section  5 to the extent required to preserve the status of any Award intended to be a Section 162(m) Award.

(d)     Stock Offered . The shares of Stock to be delivered under the Plan shall be made available from (i) authorized but unissued shares of Stock, (ii) Stock held in the treasury of the Company, or (iii) previously issued shares of Stock reacquired by the Company, including shares purchased on the open market.

5.     Eligibility; Per Person Award Limitations .

(a)    Awards may be granted under the Plan only to Eligible Persons.

(b)    In each calendar year during any part of which the Plan is in effect, a Covered Employee may not be granted Awards intended to be Section 162(m) Awards (i) to the extent such Award is based on a number of shares of Stock (including Awards that may be settled in either cash or shares of Stock) relating to more than 500,000 shares of Stock, subject to adjustment in a manner consistent with any adjustment made pursuant to Section  8 , and (ii) to the extent such Award is designated to be paid only in cash and is not based on a number of shares of Stock, having a value determined on the date of grant in excess of $10,000,000. If an Award is cancelled, then the cancelled Award shall continue to be counted toward the applicable limitation in this paragraph to the extent required by Section 162(m).

 

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(c)    Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Plan, in any other incentive compensation plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or any other compensatory policy or program of the Company applicable to its non-employee members of the Board, for any individual, non-employee member of the Board for any single calendar year, the sum of (i) the aggregate grant date fair value (computed as of the date of grant in accordance with applicable financial accounting rules) of all awards granted under the Plan or otherwise (other than with respect to compensation described in clause (ii) of this sentence) to such non-employee member of the Board during such calendar year, and (ii) the aggregate cash value of such non-employee member of the Board’s retainer, meeting attendance fees, committee assignment fees, lead director retainer, committee chair and member retainers and other Board fees related to service on the Board or committee(s) of the Board that are initially denominated as a cash amount or any property other than Stock (whether paid currently or on a deferred basis or in cash or other property (including shares of Stock)) for such calendar year shall not exceed $750,000; provided , however , that the limitation described in this sentence shall be determined without regard to grants of Awards and compensation, if any, paid to a non-employee member of the Board during any period in which such individual was an employee of the Company or of any of its Affiliates or was otherwise providing services to the Company or to any of its Affiliates other than in the capacity as a director of the Company.

6.     Specific Terms of Awards .

(a)     General . Awards may be granted on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section  6 . Awards granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with any other Award. In addition, the Committee may impose on any Award or the exercise thereof, at the date of grant or thereafter (subject to Section  10 ), such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine.

(b)     Options . The Committee is authorized to grant Options, which may be designated as either ISOs or Nonstatutory Options, to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:

(i)     Exercise Price . Each Award Agreement evidencing an Option shall state the exercise price per share of Stock (the “ Exercise Price ”) established by the Committee; provided , however , that except as provided in Section 6(j) or in Section  8 , the Exercise Price of an Option shall not be less than the greater of (A) the par value per share of the Stock or (B) 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Stock as of the date of grant of the Option (or in the case of an ISO granted to an individual who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or its parent or any of its subsidiaries, 110% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Stock on the date of grant). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Exercise Price of a Nonstatutory Option may be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of Stock as of the date of grant of the Option if the Option (1) does not provide for a deferral of compensation by reason of satisfying the short-term deferral exception set forth in the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules or (2) provides for a deferral of compensation and is compliant with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules.

 

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(ii)     Time and Method of Exercise; Other Terms . The Committee shall determine the methods by which the Exercise Price may be paid or deemed to be paid, the form of such payment, including cash or cash equivalents, Stock (including previously owned shares or through a cashless exercise, i.e., “net settlement”, a broker-assisted exercise, or other reduction of the amount of shares otherwise issuable pursuant to the Option), other Awards or awards granted under other plans of the Company or any Affiliate, other property, or any other legal consideration the Committee deems appropriate (including notes or other contractual obligations of Participants to make payment on a deferred basis), the methods by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, including the delivery of Restricted Stock subject to Section 6(d) , and any other terms and conditions of any Option. In the case of an exercise whereby the Exercise Price is paid with Stock, such Stock shall be valued based on the Stock’s Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise. No Option may be exercisable for a period of more than ten years following the date of grant of the Option (or in the case of an ISO granted to an individual who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or its parent or any of its subsidiaries, for a period of more than five years following the date of grant of the ISO).

(iii)     ISOs . The terms of any ISO granted under the Plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code. ISOs may only be granted to Eligible Persons who are employees of the Company or employees of a parent or any subsidiary corporation of the Company. Except as otherwise provided in Section  8 , no term of the Plan relating to ISOs (including any SAR in tandem therewith) shall be interpreted, amended or altered, nor shall any discretion or authority granted under the Plan be exercised, so as to disqualify either the Plan or any ISO under Section 422 of the Code, unless the Participant has first requested the change that will result in such disqualification. ISOs shall not be granted more than ten years after the earlier of the adoption of the Plan or the approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of shares of Stock subject to an ISO and the aggregate Fair Market Value of 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 incentive stock options of the Company or a parent or subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code) that are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, or such other amount as may be prescribed under Section 422 of the Code, such excess shall be treated as Nonstatutory Options in accordance with the Code. As used in the previous sentence, Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the date the ISO is granted. If a Participant shall make any disposition of shares of Stock issued pursuant to an ISO under the circumstances described in Section 421(b) of the code (relating to disqualifying dispositions), the Participant shall notify the Company of such disposition as required in the applicable Award Agreement.

(c)     SARs . The Committee is authorized to grant SARs to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:

(i)     Right to Payment . An SAR is a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of exercise over (B) the grant price of the SAR as determined by the Committee.

 

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(ii)     Grant Price . Each Award Agreement evidencing an SAR shall state the grant price per share of Stock established by the Committee; provided , however , that except as provided in Section 6(j) or in Section  8 , the grant price per share of Stock subject to an SAR shall not be less than the greater of (A) the par value per share of the Stock or (B) 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Stock as of the date of grant of the SAR. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the grant price of an SAR may be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of Stock subject to an SAR as of the date of grant of the SAR if the SAR (1) does not provide for a deferral of compensation by reason of satisfying the short-term deferral exception set forth in the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules or (2) provides for a deferral of compensation and is compliant with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules.

(iii)     Method of Exercise and Settlement; Other Terms . The Committee shall determine the form of consideration payable upon settlement, the method by or forms in which Stock (if any) will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, and any other terms and conditions of any SAR. SARs may be either free-standing or granted in tandem with other Awards. No SAR may be exercisable for a period of more than ten years following the date of grant of the SAR.

(iv)     Rights Related to Options . An SAR granted in connection with an Option shall entitle a Participant, upon exercise, to surrender that Option or any portion thereof, to the extent unexercised, and to receive payment of an amount determined by multiplying (A) the difference obtained by subtracting the Exercise Price with respect to a share of Stock specified in the related Option from the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR, by (B) the number of shares as to which that SAR has been exercised. The Option shall then cease to be exercisable to the extent surrendered. SARs granted in connection with an Option shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Award Agreement governing the Option, which shall provide that the SAR is exercisable only at such time or times and only to the extent that the related Option is exercisable and shall not be transferable except to the extent that the related Option is transferrable.

(d)     Restricted Stock . The Committee is authorized to grant Restricted Stock to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:

(i)     Restrictions . Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability, risk of forfeiture and other restrictions, if any, as the Committee may impose. Except as provided in Section 7(a)(iii) and Section 7(a)(iv) , during the restricted period applicable to the Restricted Stock, the Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, hedged, hypothecated, margined or otherwise encumbered by the Participant.

(ii)     Dividends and Splits . As a condition to the grant of an Award of Restricted Stock, the Committee may allow a Participant to elect, or may require, 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 Award of Restricted Stock. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and specified in the applicable Award Agreement, Stock distributed in connection with a Stock split or Stock dividend, and other property (other than cash) distributed as a dividend, shall 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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(e)     Restricted Stock Units . The Committee is authorized to grant Restricted Stock Units to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:

(i)     Restrictions . Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions (which may include a risk of forfeiture) as the Committee may impose.

(ii)     Settlement . Settlement of vested Restricted Stock Units shall occur upon vesting or upon expiration of the deferral period specified for such Restricted Stock Units by the Committee (or, if permitted by the Committee, as elected by the Participant). Restricted Stock Units shall be settled by delivery of (A) a number of shares of Stock equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units for which settlement is due, or (B) cash in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the specified number of shares of Stock equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units for which settlement is due, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee at the date of grant or thereafter.

(f)     Stock Awards . The Committee is authorized to grant Stock Awards to Eligible Persons as a bonus, as additional compensation, or in lieu of cash compensation any such Eligible Person is otherwise entitled to receive, in such amounts and subject to such other terms as the Committee in its discretion determines to be appropriate.

(g)     Dividend Equivalents . The Committee is authorized to grant Dividend Equivalents to Eligible Persons, entitling any such Eligible Person to receive cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property equal in value to dividends or other distributions paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Stock. Dividend Equivalents may be awarded on a free-standing basis or in connection with another Award (other than an Award of Restricted Stock or a Stock Award). The Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalents shall be paid or distributed when accrued or at a later specified date and, if distributed at a later date, may be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Stock, Awards, or other investment vehicles or accrued in a bookkeeping account without interest, and subject to such restrictions on transferability and risks of forfeiture, as the Committee may specify. With respect to Dividend Equivalents granted in connection with another Award, absent a contrary provision in the Award Agreement, such Dividend Equivalents shall be subject to the same restrictions and risk of forfeiture as the Award with respect to which the dividends accrue and shall not be paid unless and until such Award has vested and been earned.

(h)     Other Stock-Based Awards . The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Eligible Persons such other Awards that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Stock, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan, including convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into Stock, purchase rights for Stock, Awards with value and payment contingent upon performance of the Company or any other factors designated by the Committee, and Awards valued by reference to the book value of Stock or the value of securities of, or the performance of, specified Affiliates of the Company. The Committee shall determine the terms and

 

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conditions of such Other Stock-Based Awards. Stock delivered pursuant to an Other-Stock Based Award in the nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 6(h) shall be purchased for such consideration, paid for at such times, by such methods, and in such forms, including cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, as the Committee shall determine.

(i)     Cash Awards . The Committee is authorized to grant Cash Awards, on a free-standing basis or as an element of, a supplement to, or in lieu of any other Award under the Plan to Eligible Persons in such amounts and subject to such other terms as the Committee in its discretion determines to be appropriate.

(j)     Substitute Awards; No Repricing . Awards may be granted in substitution or exchange for any other Award granted under the Plan or under another plan of the Company or an Affiliate or any other right of a person to receive payment from the Company or an Affiliate. Awards may also be granted under the Plan in substitution for awards held by individuals who become Eligible Persons as a result of a merger, consolidation or acquisition of another entity or the assets of another entity by or with the Company or an Affiliate. Such Substitute Awards referred to in the immediately preceding sentence that are Options or SARs may have an exercise price that is less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of the substitution if such substitution complies with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules and other applicable laws and exchange rules. Except as provided in this Section 6(j) or in Section  8 , without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, the terms of outstanding Awards may not be amended to (i) reduce the Exercise Price or grant price of an outstanding Option or SAR, (ii) grant a new Option, SAR or other Award in substitution for, or upon the cancellation of, any previously granted Option or SAR that has the effect of reducing the Exercise Price or grant price thereof, (iii) exchange any Option or SAR for Stock, cash or other consideration when the Exercise Price or grant price per share of Stock under such Option or SAR exceeds the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock or (iv) take any other action that would be considered a “repricing” of an Option or SAR under the applicable listing standards of the national securities exchange on which the Stock is listed (if any).

(k)     Performance Awards . The Committee is authorized to designate any of the Awards granted under the foregoing provisions of this Section  6 as Performance Awards. The Committee may use such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any performance goals applicable to a Performance Award, and may exercise its discretion to reduce or increase the amounts payable under any Performance Award, except as limited under Section 6(k )( i) . Performance goals may differ for Performance Awards granted to any one Participant or to different Participants. The performance period applicable to any Performance Award shall be set by the Committee in its discretion but shall not exceed ten years.

(i)     Section 162(m) Awards . If the Committee determines in its discretion that a Performance Award granted to a Covered Employee shall be designated as a Section 162(m) Award, the grant, exercise, vesting and/or settlement of such Performance Award shall be contingent upon achievement of a pre-established performance goal or goals and other terms set forth in this Section 6(k)(i) ; provided , however , that nothing in this Section 6(k) or elsewhere in the Plan shall be interpreted as preventing the Committee from granting Performance Awards or other Awards to Covered Employees that are not intended to constitute Section 162(m) Awards or from determining that it is no longer necessary or appropriate for a Section 162(m) Award to qualify as such.

 

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(A)     Performance Goals Generally . The performance goals for Section 162(m) Awards shall 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. Performance goals shall be objective and shall otherwise meet the requirements of Section 162(m), including the requirement that the level or levels of performance targeted by the Committee must be “substantially uncertain” at the time the Committee actually establishes the performance goal or goals.

(B)     Business Criteria for Performance Goals . One or more of the following business criteria for the Company, on a consolidated basis, and/or for specified subsidiaries, business or geographical units or operating areas of the Company (except with respect to the total stockholder return and earnings per share criteria), shall be used by the Committee in establishing performance goals for Section 162(m) Awards: (1) revenues, sales or other income; (2) cash flow, discretionary cash flow, cash flows from operations, cash flows from investing activities, and/or cash flows from financing activities; (3) return on net assets, return on assets, return on investment, return on capital, return on capital employed or return on equity; (4) income, operating income or net income; (5) earnings or earnings margin determined before or after any one or more of depletion, depreciation and amortization expense; exploration and abandonments; impairment of oil and gas properties; impairment of inventory and other property and equipment; accretion of discount on asset retirement obligations; interest expense; net gain or loss on the disposition of assets; income or loss from discontinued operations, net of tax; noncash derivative related activity; amortization of stock-based compensation; income taxes; or other items; (6) equity; net worth; tangible net worth; book capitalization; debt; debt, net of cash and cash equivalents; capital budget or other balance sheet goals; (7) debt or equity financings or improvement of financial ratings; (8) production volumes, production growth, or debt-adjusted production growth, which may be of oil, gas, natural gas liquids or any combination thereof; (9) general and administrative expenses; (10) proved reserves, reserve replacement, drillbit reserve replacement and/or reserve growth; (11) exploration/finding and/or development costs, capital expenditures, drillbit finding and development costs, operating costs (including lease operating expenses, severance taxes and other production taxes, gathering and transportation and other components of operating expenses), base operating costs, or production costs; (12) net asset value; (13) Fair Market Value of the Stock, share price, share price appreciation, total stockholder return or payments of dividends; (14) achievement of savings from business improvement projects and achievement of capital projects deliverables; (15) working capital or working capital changes; (16) operating profit or net operating profit; (17) internal research or development programs; (18) geographic business expansion; (19) corporate development (including licenses, innovation, research or establishment of third party collaborations); (20) performance against environmental, ethics or sustainability targets; (21) safety performance and/or incident rate; (22) human resources management targets, including medical cost reductions, employee satisfaction or retention, workforce diversity and time to hire; (23) satisfactory internal or external audits; (24) consummation, implementation or completion of a Change in Control or other strategic partnerships, transactions, projects, processes or initiatives or other goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures (in whole or in part), joint ventures or strategic alliances; (25) regulatory approvals or other regulatory milestones; (26)

 

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legal compliance or risk reduction; (27) drilling results; (28) market share; (29) economic value added; or (30) cost reduction targets. Any of the above goals may be determined pre-tax or post-tax, on an absolute or relative basis, as compared to the performance of a published or special index deemed applicable by the Committee including the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index or a group of comparable companies, as a ratio with other business criteria, as a ratio over a period of time or on a per unit of measure (such as per day, or per barrel, a volume or thermal unit of gas or a barrel-of-oil equivalent), on a per-share basis (basic or diluted), and on a basis of continuing operations only. The terms above may, but shall not be required to be, used as applied under generally accepted accounting principles, as applicable.

(C)     Effect of Certain Events . The Committee may, at the time the performance goals in respect of a Section 162(m) Award are established, provide for the manner in which actual performance and performance goals with regard to the business criteria selected will reflect the impact of specified events or occurrences during the relevant performance period, which may mean excluding the impact of one or more events or occurrences, as specified by the Committee, for such performance period so long such events are objectively determinable. The adjustments described in this paragraph shall only be made, in each case, to the extent that such adjustments in respect of a Section 162(m) Award would not cause the Section 162(m) Award to fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m).

(D)     Timing for Establishing Performance Goals . No later than 90 days after the beginning of any performance period applicable to a Section 162(m) Award, or at such other date as may be required or permitted for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m), the Committee shall establish (i) the Eligible Persons who will be granted Section 162(m) Awards, and (ii) the objective formula used to calculate the amount of cash or Stock payable, if any, under such Section 162(m) Awards, based upon the level of achievement of a performance goal or goals with respect to one or more of the business criteria selected by the Committee from the list set forth in Section 6(k)(i)(B) and, if desired, the effect of any events set forth in Section 6(k)(i)(C) .

(E)     Performance Award Pool . The Committee may establish an unfunded pool, with the amount of such pool calculated using an objective formula based upon the level of achievement of one or more performance goals with respect to business criteria selected from the list set forth in Section 6(k)(i)(B) during the given performance period, as specified by the Committee in accordance with Section 6(k)(i)(D) . The Committee may specify the amount of the pool as a percentage of any of such business criteria, a percentage in excess of a threshold amount with respect to such business criteria, or as another amount which need not bear a direct relationship to such business criteria but shall be objectively determinable and calculated based upon the level of achievement of pre-established goals with regard to the business criteria. If a pool is established, the Committee shall also establish the maximum amount payable to each Covered Employee from the pool for each performance period.

(F)     Settlement or Payout of Awards; Other Terms . Except as otherwise permitted under Section 162(m), after the end of each performance period and before any Section 162(m) Award is settled or paid, the Committee shall certify the level of performance achieved with regard to each business criteria established with respect to each

 

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Section 162(m) Award and shall determine the amount of cash or Stock, if any, payable to each Participant with respect to each Section 162(m) Award. The Committee may, in its discretion, reduce the amount of a payment or settlement otherwise to be made in connection with a Section 162(m) Award, but may not exercise discretion to increase any such amount.

(G)     Written Determinations . With respect to each Section 162(m) Award, all determinations by the Committee as to (1) the establishment of performance goals and performance period with respect to the selected business criteria, (2) the establishment of the objective formula used to calculate the amount of cash or Stock payable, if any, based on the level of achievement of such performance goals, and (3) the certification of the level of performance achieved during the performance period with regard to each business criteria selected, shall each be made in writing.

(H)     Options and SARs . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(k)(i) , Options and SARs with an Exercise Price or grant price not less than the Fair Market Value on the date of grant awarded to Covered Employees are intended to be Section 162(m) Awards even if not otherwise contingent upon achievement of one or more pre-established performance goal or goals with respect to business criteria set forth in Section 6(k)(i)(B) .

(ii)     Status of Section 162(m) Awards . The terms governing Section 162(m) Awards shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with Section 162(m), in particular the prerequisites for qualification as “performance-based compensation,” and, if any provision of the Plan as in effect on the date of adoption of any Award Agreement relating to a Section 162(m) Award does not comply or is inconsistent with the requirements of Section 162(m), such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements.

7.     Certain Provisions Applicable to Awards .

(a)     Limit on Transfer of Awards .

(i)    Except as provided in Sections 7(a)(iii) and (iv) , each Option and SAR shall be exercisable only by the Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or by the person to whom the Participant’s rights shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7(a) , an ISO shall not be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

(ii)    Except as provided in Sections 7(a)(i) , (iii) and (iv) , no Award, other than a Stock Award, and no right under any such Award, may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate.

(iii)    To the extent specifically provided by the Committee, an Award may be transferred by a Participant without consideration to immediate family members or related family trusts, limited partnerships or similar entities or on such terms and conditions as the Committee may from time to time establish.

 

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(iv)    An Award may be transferred pursuant to a domestic relations order entered or approved by a court of competent jurisdiction upon delivery to the Company of a written request for such transfer and a certified copy of such order.

(b)     Form and Timing of Payment Under Awards; Deferrals . Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, payments to be made by the Company or any of its Affiliates upon the exercise or settlement of an Award may be made in such forms as the Committee shall determine in its discretion, including cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis (which may be required by the Committee or permitted at the election of the Participant on terms and conditions established by the Committee); provided , however , that any such deferred or installment payments will be set forth in the Award Agreement. Payments may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installment or deferred payments or the grant or crediting of Dividend Equivalents or other amounts in respect of installment or deferred payments denominated in Stock.

(c)     Evidencing Stock . The Stock or other securities of the Company delivered pursuant to an Award may be evidenced in any manner deemed appropriate by the Committee in its sole discretion, including in the form of a certificate issued in the name of the Participant or by book entry, electronic or otherwise and shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which such Stock or other securities are then listed, and any applicable federal, state or other laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be inscribed on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. Further, if certificates representing Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, the Company may retain physical possession of the certificates and may require that the Participant deliver a stock power to the Company, endorsed in blank, related to the Restricted Stock.

(d)     Consideration for Grants . Awards may be granted for such consideration, including services, as the Committee shall determine, but shall not be granted for less than the minimum lawful consideration.

(e)     Additional Agreements . Each Eligible Person to whom an Award is granted under the Plan may be required to agree in writing, as a condition to the grant of such Award or otherwise, to subject an Award that is exercised or settled following such Eligible Person’s termination of employment or service to a general release of claims and/or a noncompetition or other restricted covenant agreement in favor of the Company and its Affiliates, with the terms and conditions of such agreement(s) to be determined in good faith by the Committee.

8.     Subdivision or Consolidation; Recapitalization; Change in Control; Reorganization .

(a)     Existence of Plans and Awards . The existence of the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company, the Board or the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization,

 

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reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of debt or equity securities ahead of or affecting Stock or the rights thereof, 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.

(b)     Additional Issuances . Except as expressly provided herein, the issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, including upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, and in any case whether or not for fair value, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of shares of Stock subject to Awards theretofore granted or the purchase price per share of Stock, if applicable.

(c)     Subdivision or Consolidation of Shares . The terms of an Award and the share limitations under the Plan shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee from time to time, in accordance with the following provisions:

(i)    If at any time, or from time to time, the Company shall subdivide as a whole (by reclassification, by a Stock split, by the issuance of a distribution on Stock payable in Stock, or otherwise) the number of shares of Stock then outstanding into a greater number of shares of Stock, then, as appropriate (A) the maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery with respect to Awards and applicable limitations with respect to Awards provided in Section  4 and Section  5 (other than cash limits) shall be increased proportionately, and the kind of shares or other securities available for the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted, (B) the number of shares of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) that may be acquired under any then outstanding Award shall be increased proportionately, and (C) the price (including the Exercise Price or grant price) for each share of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) subject to then outstanding Awards shall be reduced proportionately, without changing the aggregate purchase price or value as to which outstanding Awards remain exercisable or subject to restrictions.

(ii)    If at any time, or from time to time, the Company shall consolidate as a whole (by reclassification, by reverse Stock split, or otherwise) the number of shares of Stock then outstanding into a lesser number of shares of Stock, then, as appropriate (A) the maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery with respect to Awards and applicable limitations with respect to Awards provided in Section  4 and Section  5 (other than cash limits) shall be decreased proportionately, and the kind of shares or other securities available for the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted, (B) the number of shares of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) that may be acquired under any then outstanding Award shall be decreased proportionately, and (C) the price (including the Exercise Price or grant price) for each share of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) subject to then outstanding Awards shall be increased proportionately, without changing the aggregate purchase price or value as to which outstanding Awards remain exercisable or subject to restrictions.

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in an additional compensation expense to the Company pursuant to the provisions of ASC Topic 718, if adjustments to Awards with respect to such event were discretionary or otherwise not required (each such an event, an “ Adjustment Event ”), then the Committee shall equitably adjust (i) the aggregate number or kind of shares that thereafter may be delivered under the Plan, (ii) the number or kind of shares or other property (including cash) subject to an Award, (iii) the terms and conditions of Awards, including the purchase price or Exercise Price of Awards and performance goals, as applicable, and (iv) the applicable limitations with respect to Awards provided in Section  4 and Section  5 (other than cash limits) to equitably reflect such Adjustment Event (“ Equitable Adjustments ”). In the event of any change in the capital structure or business of the Company or other corporate transaction or event that would not be considered an Adjustment Event, and is not otherwise addressed in this Section  8 , the Committee shall have complete discretion to make Equitable Adjustments in such manner as it deems appropriate with respect to such other event.

(e)     Change in Control and Other Events . Except to the extent otherwise provided in any applicable Award Agreement, vesting of any Award shall not occur solely upon the occurrence of a Change in Control and, in the event of a Change in Control or other changes in the Company or the outstanding Stock by reason of a recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange or other relevant change occurring after the date of the grant of any Award, the Committee, acting in its sole discretion without the consent or approval of any holder, may exercise any power enumerated in Section  3 and may also effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual holder:

(i) accelerate the time of exercisability of an Award so that such Award may be exercised in full or in part for a limited period of time on or before a date specified by the Committee, after which specified date all unexercised Awards and all rights of holders thereunder shall terminate;

(ii) provide for a cash payment with respect to outstanding Awards by requiring the mandatory surrender to the Company by selected holders of some or all of the outstanding Awards held by such holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then vested or exercisable) as of a date, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Awards and the Company shall pay to each holder an amount of cash or other consideration per Award (other than a Dividend Equivalent or Cash Award, which the Committee may separately require to be surrendered in exchange for cash or other consideration determined by the Committee in its discretion) equal to the Change in Control Price, less the Exercise Price with respect to an Option and less the grant price with respect to a SAR, as applicable to such Awards; provided , however , that to the extent the Exercise Price of an Option or the grant price of an SAR exceeds the Change in Control Price, such Award may be cancelled for no consideration;

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(iv) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control or other such event (including the substitution, assumption, or continuation of Awards by the successor company or a parent or subsidiary thereof);

provided , however , that so long as the event is not an Adjustment Event, the Committee may determine in its sole discretion that no adjustment is necessary to Awards then outstanding. If an Adjustment Event occurs, this Section 8(e) shall only apply to the extent it is not in conflict with Section 8(d) .

9.     General Provisions .

(a)     Tax Withholding . The Company and any of its Affiliates are authorized to withhold from any Award granted, or any payment relating to an Award, including from a distribution of Stock, 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, its Affiliates and Participants to satisfy the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to any Award in such amounts as may be determined by the Committee. The Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, the form of payment acceptable for such tax withholding obligations, including the delivery of cash or cash equivalents, Stock (including previously owned shares, net settlement, a broker-assisted sale, or other cashless withholding or reduction of the amount of shares otherwise issuable or delivered pursuant to the Award), other property, or any other legal consideration the Committee deems appropriate. Any determination made by the Committee to allow a Participant who is subject to Rule 16b-3 to pay taxes with shares of Stock through net settlement or previously owned shares shall be approved by either a committee made up of solely two or more Qualified Members or the full Board. If such tax withholding amounts are satisfied through net settlement or previously owned shares, the maximum number of shares of Stock that may be so withheld (or surrendered) shall be the number of shares of Stock that have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of withholding or repurchase equal to the aggregate amount of such tax liabilities determined based on the greatest withholding rates for federal, state, foreign and/or local tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that may be utilized without creating adverse accounting treatment for the Company with respect to such Award, as determined by the Committee.

(b)     Limitation on Rights Conferred Under Plan . Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall 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 any of its Affiliates, (ii) interfering in any way with the right of the Company or any of its Affiliates 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 the Plan or to be treated uniformly with other Participants and/or employees and/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.

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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. With respect to any claim or dispute related to or arising under the Plan, the Company and each Participant who accepts an Award hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction, forum and venue of the state and federal courts located in Delaware.

(d)     Severability and Reformation . If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable law or, if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect. If any of the terms or provisions of the 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 of the Exchange Act), Section 162(m) (with respect to any Section 162(m) Award) or Section 422 of the Code (with respect to ISOs), then those conflicting terms or provisions shall be deemed inoperative to the extent they so conflict with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) (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 162(m)) or Section 422 of the Code, in each case, only to the extent Rule 16b-3 and such sections of the Code are applicable. With respect to ISOs, if the Plan does not contain any provision required to be included herein under Section 422 of the Code, that provision shall be deemed to be incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if that provision had been set out at length herein; provided , further, that, to the extent any Option that is intended to qualify as an ISO cannot so qualify, that Option (to that extent) shall be deemed a Nonstatutory Option for all purposes of the Plan.

(e)     Unfunded Status of Awards; No Trust or Fund Created . The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for certain incentive awards. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate and a Participant or any other person. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any general unsecured creditor of the Company or such Affiliate.

(f)     Nonexclusivity of the Plan . Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor its submission to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall 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 constitute “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m). Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed to prevent the Company or any of its Affiliates 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 the Plan or any Award made under the Plan. No employee, beneficiary or other person shall have any claim against the Company or any of its Affiliates as a result of any such action.

 

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(g)     Fractional Shares . No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional shares of Stock or whether such fractional shares of Stock or any rights thereto shall be cancelled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated with or without consideration.

(h)     Interpretation . Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof. Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, and, where appropriate, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of an Award Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. The use herein of the word “including” following any general statement, term or matter shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation,” “but not limited to,” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. References herein to any agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof and not prohibited by the Plan.

(i)     Facility of Payment . Any amounts payable hereunder to any individual under legal disability or who, in the judgment of the Committee, is unable to manage properly his financial affairs, may be paid to the legal representative of such individual, or may be applied for the benefit of such individual in any manner that the Committee may select, and the Company shall be relieved of any further liability for payment of such amounts.

(j)     Conditions to Delivery of Stock . Nothing herein or in any Award Agreement shall 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, any other applicable statute or regulation, or the rules of any applicable securities exchange or securities association, as then in effect. In addition, each Participant who receives an Award under the Plan shall not sell or otherwise dispose of Stock that is acquired upon grant, exercise or vesting of an Award in any manner that would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws, the Plan or the rules, regulations or other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange upon which the Stock is then listed. At the time of any exercise of an Option or SAR, or at the time of any grant of any other Award, the Company may, as a condition precedent to the exercise of such Option or SAR or settlement of any other Award, require from the Participant (or in the event of his or her death, his or her legal representatives, heirs, legatees, or distributees) such written representations, if any, concerning the holder’s intentions with regard to the retention or disposition of the shares of Stock being acquired pursuant to the Award and such written covenants and agreements, if any, as to the manner of disposal of such shares

 

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as, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, may be necessary to ensure that any disposition by that holder (or in the event of the holder’s death, his or her legal representatives, heirs, legatees, or distributees) will not involve a violation of the Securities Act, any other applicable state or federal statute or regulation, or any rule of any applicable securities exchange or securities association, as then in effect. Stock or other securities shall not be delivered pursuant to any Award until payment in full of any amount required to be paid pursuant to the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement (including any Exercise Price, grant price, or tax withholding) is received by the Company.

(k)     Section 409A of the Code . It is the general intention, but not the obligation, of the Committee to design Awards to comply with or to be exempt from the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules, and Awards will be operated and construed accordingly. Neither this Section 9(k) nor any other provision of the Plan is or contains a representation to any Participant regarding the tax consequences of the grant, vesting, exercise, settlement, or sale of any Award (or the Stock underlying such Award) granted hereunder, and should not be interpreted as such. In no event shall the Company be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest or other expenses that may be incurred by the Participant on account of non-compliance with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, in the event that a “specified employee” (as defined under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules) becomes entitled to a payment under an Award that would be subject to additional taxes and interest under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules if the Participant’s receipt of such payment or benefits is not delayed until the earlier of (i) the date of the Participant’s death, or (ii) the date that is six months after the Participant’s “separation from service,” as defined under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules (such date, the “ Section 409A Payment Date ”), then such payment or benefit shall not be provided to the Participant until the Section 409A Payment Date. Any amounts subject to the preceding sentence that would otherwise be payable prior to the Section 409A Payment Date will be aggregated and paid in a lump sum without interest on the Section 409A Payment Date. The applicable provisions of the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules are hereby incorporated by reference and shall control over any Plan or Award Agreement provision in conflict therewith.

(l)     Clawback . The Plan and all Awards granted hereunder are subject to any written clawback policies that the Company, with the approval of the Board or an authorized committee thereof, may adopt either prior to or following the Effective Date, including any policy adopted to conform to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and rules promulgated thereunder by the SEC and that the Company determines should apply to Awards. Any such policy may subject a Participant’s Awards and amounts paid or realized with respect to Awards to reduction, cancelation, forfeiture or recoupment if certain specified events or wrongful conduct occur, including an accounting restatement due to the Company’s material noncompliance with financial reporting regulations or other events or wrongful conduct specified in any such clawback policy.

(m)     Status under ERISA . The Plan shall not constitute an “employee benefit plan” for purposes of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

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(n)     Plan Effective Date and Term . The Plan was adopted by the Board to be effective on the Effective Date. No Awards may be granted under the Plan on and after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date. However, any Award granted prior to such termination (or any earlier termination pursuant to Section  10 ), and the authority of the Board or Committee to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or terminate any such Award or to waive any conditions or rights under such Award in accordance with the terms of the Plan, shall extend beyond such termination until the final disposition of such Award.

10.     Amendments to the Plan and Awards. The Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate any Award or Award Agreement, the Plan or the Committee’s authority to grant Awards without the consent of stockholders or Participants, except that any amendment or alteration to the Plan, including any increase in any share limitation, shall be subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders not later than the annual meeting next following such Committee action if such stockholder approval is required by any federal or state law or regulation or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock may then be listed or quoted, and the Committee may otherwise, in its discretion, determine to submit other changes to the Plan to stockholders for approval; provided , that, without the consent of an affected Participant, no such Committee action may materially and adversely affect the rights of such Participant under any previously granted and outstanding Award. For purposes of clarity, any adjustments made to Awards pursuant to Section  8 will be deemed not to materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant under any previously granted and outstanding Award and therefore may be made without the consent of affected Participants.

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Exhibit 10.5

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (“ Agreement ”) is executed and agreed to as of     , 2017 by and between Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), and      (“ Employee ”).

1.     Employment . During the Employment Period (as defined in Section  4 ), the Company shall employ Employee, and Employee shall serve, as      of the Company and in such other position or positions as may be assigned from time to time, with Employee’s consent, by the [Company] [board of directors (the “ Board ”) of KLR Energy Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation that is expected to be converted into Rosehill Resources Inc. in connection with the closing of the transaction contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below) and parent of the Company (the “ Parent ”)].

2.     Duties and Responsibilities of Employee .

(a)    During the Employment Period, Employee shall devote Employee’s full business time, attention and best efforts to the business of the Parent [(as defined below)] and its direct and indirect subsidiaries including the Company (collectively, the “ Company Group ”) as may be requested by the [Company] [Board] from time to time. Employee’s duties shall include those normally incidental to the position(s) identified in Section  1 , as well as such additional duties as may be assigned to Employee by the [Company] [Board] from time to time, which duties may include providing services to other members of the Company Group in addition to the Company. Employee may, without violating this Agreement, (i) as a passive investment, own publicly traded securities in such form or manner as will not require any services by Employee in the operation of the entities in which such securities are owned; (ii) engage in charitable and civic activities; or (iii) with the prior written consent of the [board of directors (the “ Board ”) of KLR Energy Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation that is expected to be converted into Rosehill Resources Inc. in connection with the closing of the transaction contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below) and parent of the Company (the “ Parent ”)] [Board], engage in other personal and passive investment activities, in each case, so long as such interests or activities do not interfere with Employee’s ability to fulfill Employee’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement and are not inconsistent with Employee’s obligations to the Company Group or competitive with the business of the Company Group.

(b)    Employee hereby represents and warrants that Employee is not the subject of, or a party to, any employment agreement, non-competition, non-solicitation, restrictive covenant, non-disclosure agreement, or any other agreement, obligation, restriction or understanding that would prohibit Employee from executing this Agreement or fully performing each of Employee’s duties and responsibilities hereunder, or would in any manner, directly or indirectly, limit or affect any of the duties and responsibilities that may now or in the future be assigned to Employee hereunder. Employee expressly acknowledges and agrees that Employee is strictly prohibited from using or disclosing any confidential information belonging to any prior employer (excluding any member of the Company Group) in the course of performing services for any member of the Company Group, and Employee shall not do so. Employee shall not introduce documents or other materials containing confidential information of any such prior employer to the premises or property (including computers and computer systems) of any member of the Company Group.


(c)    Employee owes each member of the Company Group fiduciary duties (including (i) duties of loyalty and disclosure and (ii) such fiduciary duties that an officer of the Company would have if the Company were a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware), and the obligations described in this Agreement are in addition to, and not in lieu of, the obligations Employee owes each member of the Company Group under statutory and common law.

3.     Compensation .

(a)     Base Salary . During the Employment Period, the Company shall pay to Employee an annualized base salary of $     (the “ Base Salary ”) in consideration for Employee’s services under this Agreement, payable in substantially equal installments in conformity with the Company’s customary payroll practices for similarly situated employees as may exist from time to time, but no less frequently than monthly.

(b)     Annual Bonus . Employee shall be eligible for discretionary bonus compensation for each complete calendar year that Employee is employed by the Company hereunder (the “ Annual Bonus ”). The performance targets that must be achieved in order to be eligible for certain bonus levels shall be established by the Board (or a committee thereof) annually, in its sole discretion, and communicated to Employee within the first ninety (90) days of the applicable calendar year (the “ Bonus Year ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall be eligible to receive a discretionary, pro rata bonus for the portion of the 2017 calendar year that Employee is employed by the Company hereunder (the “ 2017 Bonus ”). Each Annual Bonus (including the 2017 Bonus), if any, shall be paid as soon as administratively feasible after the Board (or a committee thereof) certifies whether the applicable performance targets for the applicable Bonus Year have been achieved, but in no event later than March 15 following the end of such Bonus Year. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3(b) to the contrary, no Annual Bonus (including the 2017 Bonus), if any, nor any portion thereof, shall be payable for any Bonus Year unless Employee remains continuously employed by the Company from the Effective Date through the last day of the applicable Bonus Year, except that, in the event that Employee’s employment terminates pursuant to Section 7(b) , 7(c) or 7(d) or upon the expiration of the then-existing Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable, as a result of a non-renewal of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section  4 ), Employee shall be eligible to receive a pro rata bonus for the calendar year in which such termination occurs, payable on the date annual bonuses are paid to similarly situated employees who have continued employment with the Company; provided that Employee executes on or before the Release Expiration Date (as defined below), and does not revoke within the time provided by the Company to do so, a Release (as defined below).

(c)     Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards . Employee shall be eligible to receive annual awards under the Rosehill Resources Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ LTIP ”) on such terms and conditions as the Board (or a committee thereof) shall determine from time to time. All awards granted to Employee under the LTIP, if any, shall be subject to and governed by the terms and provisions of the LTIP as in effect from time to time and the award agreements evidencing

 

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such awards. Nothing herein shall be construed to give Employee any rights to any amount or type of grant or award except as provided in a written award agreement provided to Employee and authorized by the Board (or a committee thereof).

4.     Term of Employment . The initial term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall be for the period beginning on date of the closing of the transaction contemplated in that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2016, by and between KLR Energy Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and Tema Oil and Gas Company, a Maryland corporation (as amended, the “ Business Combination Agreement ” and such date, the “ Effective Date ”), and ending on the second anniversary of the Effective Date (the “ Initial Term ”). On the second anniversary of the Effective Date and on each subsequent anniversary thereafter, the term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall automatically renew and extend for a period of twelve (12) months (each such twelve-month period being a “ Renewal Term ”) unless written notice of non-renewal is delivered by either party to the other not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the then-existing Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Employee’s employment pursuant to this Agreement may be terminated at any time in accordance with Section  7 . The period from the Effective Date through the expiration of this Agreement or, if sooner, the termination of Employee’s employment pursuant to this Agreement, regardless of the time or reason for such termination, shall be referred to herein as the “ Employment Period .”

5.     Business Expenses . Subject to Section  22 and the Company’s policies then in effect, the Company shall reimburse Employee for Employee’s reasonable out-of-pocket business-related expenses actually incurred in the performance of Employee’s duties under this Agreement so long as Employee timely submits all documentation for such reimbursement, as required by Company policy in effect from time to time. Any such reimbursement of expenses shall be made by the Company upon or as soon as practicable following receipt of such documentation (but in any event not later than the close of Employee’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense is incurred by Employee). In no event shall any reimbursement be made to Employee for such expenses incurred after the date of Employee’s termination of employment with the Company.

6.     Benefits; Vacation .

(a)     Benefits . During the Employment Period, Employee shall be eligible to participate in the same benefit plans and programs in which other similarly situated Company employees are eligible to participate, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and programs in effect from time to time. The Company shall not, however, by reason of this Section  6 , be obligated to institute, maintain, or refrain from changing, amending, or discontinuing, any such plan or policy, so long as such changes are similarly applicable to similarly situated Company employees generally.

(b)     Vacation . Employee shall be eligible to take up to      weeks paid vacation each complete calendar year (an aggregate of two (2) weeks (which equals 10 days) of which may be carried forward to succeeding calendar years), which shall accrue and be taken, and which may increase, in accordance with the Company’s vacation policy as in effect from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, Employee’s vacation shall be pro-rated for the calendar year that includes the

 

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Effective Date. Employee shall cease accruing vacation as of any time that Employee has accrued five (5) weeks of unused vacation, and Employee shall resume accruing vacation in accordance with this Section 6(b) only after Employee’s accrued, unused vacation is less than five (5) weeks.

7.     Termination of Employment .

(a)     Company s Right to Terminate Employee s Employment for Cause . The Company shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment hereunder at any time for “Cause.” For purposes of this Agreement, “ Cause ” shall mean:

(i)    Employee’s material breach of this Agreement or any other written agreement between Employee and one or more members of the Company Group, including Employee’s breach of any material representation, warranty or covenant made under any such agreement, or Employee’s breach of any policy or code of conduct established by a member of the Company Group and applicable to Employee;

(ii)    the commission of an act of gross negligence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, theft or embezzlement on the part of Employee;

(iii)    the commission by Employee of, or conviction or indictment of Employee for, or plea of nolo contendere by Employee to, any felony (or state law equivalent) or any crime involving moral turpitude; or

(iv)    Employee’s willful failure or refusal, other than due to Disability, to perform Employee’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement or to follow any lawful directive from the [Company] [Board], as determined by the [Company] [Board (sitting without Employee, if applicable)]; provided , however , that if Employee’s actions or omissions as set forth in this Section 7(a)(iv) are of such a nature that the [Company] [Board] determines that they are curable by Employee, such actions or omissions must remain uncured thirty (30) days after the [Company] [Board] has provided Employee written notice of the obligation to cure such actions or omissions.

(b)     Company s Right to Terminate for Convenience . The Company shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment for convenience at any time and for any reason, or no reason at all, upon written notice to Employee.

(c)     Employee s Right to Terminate for Good Reason . Employee shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment with the Company at any time for “Good Reason.” For purposes of this Agreement, “ Good Reason ” shall mean:

(i)    a material diminution in Employee’s Base Salary (other than an across-the-board reduction that affects similarly-situated employees in substantially the same proportion as Employee) or authority, duties and responsibilities with the Company or its Subsidiaries; provided, however , that if Employee is serving as an officer or member of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of any member of the Company Group or any other entity in which a member of the Company Group holds an equity interest, in no event shall the removal of Employee as an officer or board member, regardless of the reason for such removal, constitute Good Reason;

 

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(ii)    a material breach by the Company of any of its covenants or obligations under this Agreement; or

(iii)    the relocation of the geographic location of Employee’s principal place of employment by more than seventy-five (75) miles from the location of Employee’s principal place of employment as of the Effective Date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7(c) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any assertion by Employee of a termination for Good Reason shall not be effective unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (A) the condition described in Section 7(c)(i) , (ii) or (iii)  giving rise to Employee’s termination of employment must have arisen without Employee’s consent; (B) Employee must provide written notice to the Board of the existence of such condition(s) within thirty (30) days of the initial existence of such condition(s); (C) the condition(s) specified in such notice must remain uncorrected for thirty (30) days following the Board’s receipt of such written notice; and (D) the date of Employee’s termination of employment must occur within sixty (60) days after the initial existence of the condition(s) specified in such notice.

(d)     Death or Disability . Upon the death or Disability of Employee, Employee’s employment with Company shall terminate with no further obligation under this Agreement of either party hereunder except as provided in Section 3(b) . For purposes of this Agreement, a “ Disability shall exist if Employee is unable to perform the essential functions of Employee’s position (after accounting for reasonable accommodation, if applicable), due to an illness or physical or mental impairment or other incapacity that continues, or can reasonably be expected to continue, for a period in excess of one hundred-twenty (120) consecutive days or one hundred-eighty (180) days in any twelve (12)-month period, whether or not consecutive. The determination of whether Employee has incurred a Disability shall be made in good faith by the Board.

(e)     Employee’s Right to Terminate for Convenience . In addition to Employee’s right to terminate Employee’s employment for Good Reason, Employee shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment with the Company for convenience at any time and for any other reason, or no reason at all, upon thirty (30) days’ advance written notice to the Company; provided , however , that if Employee has provided notice to the Company of Employee’s termination of employment, the Company may determine, in its sole discretion, that such termination shall be effective on any date prior to the effective date of termination provided in such notice (and, if such earlier date is so required, then it shall not change the basis for Employee’s termination of employment nor be construed or interpreted as a termination of employment pursuant to Section 7(b) ).

(f)     Effect of Termination .

(i)    If Employee’s employment hereunder is terminated by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 7(b) (including upon the expiration of the then-existing Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable, as a result of a non-renewal of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section  4 ), or is terminated by Employee for Good Reason pursuant to Section 7(c) , then so long as (and only if) Employee: (A)

 

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executes on or before the Release Expiration Date, and does not revoke within the time provided by the Company to do so, a release of all claims in a form acceptable to the Company (the “ Release ”), which Release shall release each member of the Company Group and their respective affiliates, and the foregoing entities’ respective shareholders, members, partners, officers, managers, directors, fiduciaries, employees, representatives, agents and benefit plans (and fiduciaries of such plans) from any and all claims, including any and all causes of action arising out of Employee’s employment with the Company and any other member of the Company Group or the termination of such employment, but excluding all claims to severance payments Employee may have under this Section  7 ; and (B) abides by the terms of each of Sections 9 , 10 and 11 , then the Company shall make a severance payment to Employee in a total amount equal to twelve (12) months’ worth of Employee’s Base Salary for the year in which such termination occurs (such total severance payments being referred to as the “ Severance Payment ”). The Severance Payment will be paid in a single lump sum on the first business day of the Company that is on or after the date that is sixty (60) days after the date on which Employee’s employment terminates (the “ Termination Date ”).

(ii)    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Severance Payment (and any portion thereof) shall not be payable if (A) Employee’s employment hereunder terminates upon the expiration of the then-existing Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable, as a result of a non-renewal of this Agreement by Employee pursuant to Section  4 , or (B) if Employee fails to assume employment with the Company as of the Effective Date for any reason, including in the event that the transactions contemplated in the Business Combination Agreement are not consummated.

(iii)    If the Release is not executed and returned to the Company on or before the Release Expiration Date, or the required revocation period has not fully expired without revocation of the Release by Employee, then Employee shall not be entitled to any portion of the Severance Payment. As used herein, the “ Release Expiration Date ” is that date that is twenty-one (21) days following the date upon which the Company delivers the Release to Employee (which shall occur no later than seven (7) days after the Termination Date) or, in the event that such termination of employment is “in connection with an exit incentive or other employment termination program” (as such phrase is defined in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended), the date that is forty-five (45) days following such delivery date.

(g)     After-Acquired Evidence . Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Company determines that Employee is eligible to receive the Severance Payment pursuant to Section 7(f) but, after such determination, the Company subsequently acquires evidence or determines that: (i) Employee has failed to abide by the terms of Sections 9 , 10 or 11 ; or (ii) a Cause condition existed prior to the Termination Date that, had the Company been fully aware of such condition, would have resulted in the termination of Employee’s employment pursuant to Section 7(a) , then the Company shall have the right to cease the payment of any portion of the Severance Payment that has not been paid and Employee shall promptly return to the Company any portion of the Severance Payment received by Employee prior to the date that the Company determines that the conditions of this Section 7(g) have been satisfied.

 

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8.     Disclosures . Promptly (and in any event, within three business days) upon becoming aware of (a) any actual or potential Conflict of Interest or (b) any lawsuit, claim or arbitration filed against or involving Employee or any trust or vehicle owned or controlled by Employee, in each case, Employee shall disclose such actual or potential Conflict of Interest or such lawsuit, claim or arbitration to the Board. A “ Conflict of Interest ” shall exist when Employee engages in, or plans to engage in, any activities, associations, or interests that conflict with Employee’s duties, responsibilities, authorities, or obligations for and to the Company Group.

9.     Confidentiality . In the course of Employee’s employment with the Company and the performance of Employee’s duties on behalf of the Company Group hereunder, Employee will be provided with, and will have access to, Confidential Information (as defined below). In consideration of Employee’s receipt and access to such Confidential Information and in exchange for other valuable consideration provided hereunder, and as a condition of Employee’s employment, Employee shall comply with this Section  9 .

(a)    Both during the Employment Period and thereafter, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or by directive of the Board, Employee shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any person or entity and shall not use any Confidential Information except for the benefit of the Company Group. Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employee would inevitably use and disclose Confidential Information in violation of this Section  9 if Employee were to violate any of the covenants set forth in Section  10 . Employee shall follow all Company policies and protocols regarding the physical security of all documents and other material containing Confidential Information (regardless of the medium on which Confidential Information is stored). The covenants of this Section 9(a) shall apply to all Confidential Information, whether now known or later to become known to Employee during the period that Employee is employed by or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group.

(b)    Notwithstanding any provision of Section 9(a) to the contrary, Employee may make the following disclosures and uses of Confidential Information:

(i)    disclosures to other employees of the Company Group who have a need to know the information in connection with the businesses of the Company Group;

(ii)    disclosures to customers and suppliers when, in the reasonable and good faith belief of Employee, such disclosure is in connection with Employee’s performance of Employee’s duties under this Agreement and is in the best interests of the Company Group;

(iii)    disclosures and uses that are approved in writing by the Board; or

(iv)    disclosures to a person or entity that has (x) been retained by a member of the Company Group to provide services to one or more members of the Company Group and (y) agreed in writing to abide by the terms of a confidentiality agreement.

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documents (including electronically stored information) and all copies thereof and all other materials of any nature containing or pertaining to all Confidential Information in Employee’s possession, custody or control and Employee shall not retain any such document or other materials. Within five (5) business days of any such request, Employee shall certify to the Company in writing that all such documents and materials have been returned to the Company. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if Employee and Company are involved in a dispute at the expiration of the Employment Period or at any other time that a return of documents or other materials is requested by the Company, Employee shall be entitled to deliver a record copy of any documents and materials relevant to such dispute to Employee’s attorney for retention until such time as such dispute is resolved; provided, that Employee’s attorney agrees in writing to be bound by the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Section  9 .

(d)    All trade secrets, non-public information, designs, ideas, concepts, improvements, product developments, discoveries and inventions, whether patentable or not, that are conceived, made, developed or acquired by or disclosed to Employee, individually or in conjunction with others, during the period that Employee is employed by the Company or any other member of the Company Group (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on the Company’s premises or otherwise) that relate to any member of the Company Group’s businesses or properties, products or services (including all such information relating to business opportunities, operations, future plans, methods of doing business, business plans, strategies for developing business and market share, research, financial and sales data, pricing terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, analyses, compilations, forecasts, studies, geophysical data, engineering analyses or reports, geological maps and data, well logs, cartographic data, reserve engineering data, samples, acquisition prospects, lists of mineral interests and lease holders, project costs and related details, the identity of customers, producers, gatherers or service providers or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within the organizations of customers, producers, gatherers, service providers or acquisition prospects, or marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names and marks) is defined as “ Confidential Information .” Moreover, all documents, videotapes, written presentations, brochures, drawings, memoranda, notes, records, files, correspondence, manuals, models, specifications, computer programs, e-mail, voice mail, electronic databases, maps, drawings, architectural renditions, models and all other writings or materials of any type including or embodying any of such information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries, inventions and other similar forms of expression are and shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company Group and be subject to the same restrictions on disclosure applicable to all Confidential Information pursuant to this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information shall not include any information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure or wrongful act of Employee or any of Employee’s agents; (ii) was available to Employee on a non-confidential basis before its disclosure by a member of the Company Group; or (iii) becomes available to Employee on a non-confidential basis from a source other than a member of the Company Group; provided, however , such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other obligation with respect to confidentiality to, a member of the Company Group.

(e)    Notwithstanding the rest of this Section  9 :

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disclosure of trade secrets or other Confidential Information that is: (A) made (x) in confidence to a federal, state or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (y) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of applicable law; (B) made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal; or (C) protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable law; and

(ii)    in the event Employee files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for Employee’s reporting of a suspected violation of law, Employee may (A) disclose a trade secret to Employee’s attorney and (B) use the trade secret information in the court proceeding related to such lawsuit, in each case, if Employee (x) files any document containing such trade secret under seal; and (y) does not otherwise disclose such trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

10.     Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation .

(a)    The Company shall provide Employee access to Confidential Information for use only during the Employment Period, and Employee acknowledges and agrees that the Company Group will be entrusting Employee, in Employee’s unique and special capacity, with developing the goodwill of the Company Group, and in consideration thereof and in consideration of the Company providing Employee with access to Confidential Information and as an express incentive for the Company to enter into this Agreement and employ Employee, Employee has voluntarily agreed to the covenants set forth in this Section  10 . Employee agrees and acknowledges that the limitations and restrictions set forth herein, including geographical and temporal restrictions on certain competitive activities, are reasonable in all respects, will not cause Employee undue hardship, and are material and substantial parts of this Agreement intended and necessary to prevent unfair competition and to protect the Company Group’s Confidential Information, goodwill and substantial and legitimate business interests.

(b)    During the Prohibited Period, Employee shall not, without the prior written approval of the Board, directly or indirectly, for Employee or on behalf of or in conjunction with any other person or entity of any nature:

(i)    engage in or participate within the Market Area in competition with any member of the Company Group in any aspect of the Business, which prohibition shall prevent Employee from directly or indirectly owning, managing, operating, joining, becoming an officer, director, employee or consultant of, or loaning money to, or selling or leasing equipment or real estate to or otherwise being affiliated with any person or entity engaged in, or planning to engage in, the Business in the Market Area in competition, or anticipated competition, with any member of the Company Group;

(ii)    appropriate any Business Opportunity of, or relating to, the Company Group located in the Market Area;

(iii)    solicit, canvass, approach, encourage, entice or induce any customer or supplier of any member of the Company Group to cease or lessen such customer’s or supplier’s business with the Company Group; or

 

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(iv)    solicit, canvass, approach, encourage, entice or induce any employee or contractor of the Company Group to terminate his, her or its employment or engagement with any member of the Company Group.

(c)    Because of the difficulty of measuring economic losses to the Company Group as a result of a breach or threatened breach of the covenants set forth in Section  9 and in this Section  10 , and because of the immediate and irreparable damage that would be caused to the members of the Company Group for which they would have no other adequate remedy, the Company and each other member of the Company Group shall be entitled to enforce the foregoing covenants, in the event of a breach or threatened breach, by injunctions and restraining orders from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the necessity of showing any actual damages or that money damages would not afford an adequate remedy, and without the necessity of posting any bond or other security. The aforementioned equitable relief shall not be the Company’s or any other member of the Company Group’s exclusive remedy for a breach but instead shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies available to the Company and each other member of the Company Group at law and equity.

(d)    The covenants in this Section  10 , and each provision and portion hereof, are severable and separate, and the unenforceability of any specific covenant (or portion thereof) shall not affect the provisions of any other covenant (or portion thereof). Moreover, in the event any arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the scope, time or territorial restrictions set forth are unreasonable, then it is the intention of the parties that such restrictions be enforced to the fullest extent which such arbitrator or court deems reasonable, and this Agreement shall thereby be reformed.

(e)    The following terms shall have the following meanings:

(i)    “ Business shall mean the business and operations that are the same or similar to those performed by the Company and any other member of the Company Group for which Employee provides services or about which Employee obtains Confidential Information during the Employment Period, which business and operations include the exploration or production of oil or natural gas.

(ii)    “ Business Opportunity shall mean any commercial, investment or other business opportunity relating to the Business.

(iii)    “ Market Area ” shall mean: (a) Texas, Loving, Reeves, Culberson, Pecos, Ward, Winkler counties in the State of Texas; (b) Lea and Eddy counties in the State of New Mexico; (c) Wise County, Texas (for so long as a member of the Company Group owns or leases any assets within such county); and (d) any other county in which any member of the Company Group conducts Business during the Employment Period.

(iv)    “ Prohibited Period ” shall mean the period during which Employee is employed by the Company or any other member of the Company Group and continuing for a period of twelve (12) months following the date that Employee is no longer employed by the Company or any other member of the Company Group.

 

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11.     Ownership of Intellectual Property . Employee agrees that the Company shall own, and Employee shall (and hereby does) assign, all right, title and interest (including patent rights, copyrights, trade secret rights, mask work rights, trademark rights, and all other intellectual and industrial property rights of any sort throughout the world) relating to any and all inventions (whether or not patentable), works of authorship, mask works, designs, know-how, ideas and information authored, created, contributed to, made or conceived or reduced to practice, in whole or in part, by Employee during the period in which Employee is or has been employed by or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group that either (a) relate, at the time of conception, reduction to practice, creation, derivation or development, to any member of the Company Group’s businesses or actual or anticipated research or development, or (b) were developed on any amount of the Company’s or any other member of the Company Group’s time or with the use of any member of the Company Group’s equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information (all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as “ Company Intellectual Property ”), and Employee shall promptly disclose all Company Intellectual Property to the Company. All of Employee’s works of authorship and associated copyrights created during the period in which Employee is employed by or affiliated with the Company or any member of the Company Group and in the scope of Employee’s employment shall be deemed to be “works made for hire” within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Employee shall perform, during and after the period in which Employee is or has been employed by or affiliated with the Company or any other member of the Company Group, all reasonable acts deemed necessary by the Company to assist the Company Group, at the Company’s expense, in obtaining and enforcing its rights throughout the world in the Company Intellectual Property. Such acts may include execution of documents and assistance or cooperation (i) in the filing, prosecution, registration, and memorialization of assignment of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, or other applications, (ii) in the enforcement of any applicable patents, copyrights, mask work, moral rights, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, and (iii) in other legal proceedings related to the Company Intellectual Property.

12.     Defense of Claims . During the Employment Period and thereafter, upon request from the Company, Employee shall cooperate with the Company Group in the defense of any claims or actions that may be made by or against any member of the Company Group that relate to Employee’s actual or prior areas of responsibility. The Company shall pay or reimburse Employee for all of Employee’s reasonable travel and other direct expenses reasonably incurred, to comply with Employee’s obligations under this Section  12 , so long as Employee provides reasonable documentation of such expenses and obtains the Company’s prior approval before incurring such expenses.

13.     Withholdings; Deductions . The Company may withhold and deduct from any benefits and payments made or to be made pursuant to this Agreement (a) all federal, state, local and other taxes as may be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling and (b) any deductions consented to in writing by Employee.

14.     Title and Headings; Construction . Titles and headings to Sections hereof are for the purpose of reference only and shall in no way limit, define or otherwise affect the provisions hereof. Any and all Exhibits or Attachments referred to in this Agreement are, by such reference, incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all purposes. Unless the context requires otherwise, all references herein to an agreement, instrument or other document shall be deemed to refer to such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented, modified and restated

 

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from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof. All references to “dollars” or “$” in this Agreement refer to United States dollars. The words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and other compounds of the word “here” shall refer to the entire Agreement, including all Exhibits attached hereto, and not to any particular provision hereof. Wherever the context so requires, the masculine gender includes the feminine or neuter, and the singular number includes the plural and conversely. All references to the word “including” shall be construed as meaning “including without limitation.” Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed or resolved against any party hereto, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by each of the parties hereto and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to fairly accomplish the purposes and intentions of the parties hereto.

15.     Applicable Law; Submission to Jurisdiction . This Agreement shall in all respects be construed according to the laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflict of laws principles that would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. With respect to any claim or dispute related to or arising under this Agreement, the parties hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction, forum and venue of the state and federal courts (as applicable) located in the Houston, Texas.

16.     Entire Agreement and Amendment . This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, oral or written, between the parties hereto concerning the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument executed by both parties hereto. In entering into this Agreement, Employee expressly acknowledges and agrees that Employee has received all sums and compensation that Employee has been owed or ever could be owed (with the exception of any base salary first earned in the pay period including the Effective Date) by any current or former employer for all periods prior to the date hereof.

17.     Waiver of Breach . Any waiver of this Agreement must be executed by the party to be bound by such waiver. No waiver by either party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other party, or of compliance with any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party, will operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by such other party or any similar or dissimilar provision or condition at the same or any subsequent time. The failure of either party hereto to take any action by reason of any breach will not deprive such party of the right to take action at any time.

18.     Assignment . This Agreement is personal to Employee, and neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder shall be assignable or otherwise transferred by Employee. The Company may assign this Agreement without Employee’s consent, including to any member of the Company Group and to any successor (whether by merger, purchase or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the equity, assets or businesses of the Company.

19.     Notices . Notices provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly received (a) when delivered in person, (b) when sent by facsimile transmission (with confirmation of transmission) on a Business Day to the number set forth below, if applicable; provided , however , that if a notice is sent by facsimile transmission after normal

 

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business hours of the recipient or on a non-Business Day, then it shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day after it is sent, (c) on the first Business Day after such notice is sent by express overnight courier service, or (d) on the second Business Day following deposit with an internationally-recognized second-day courier service with proof of receipt maintained, in each case, to the following address, as applicable:

If to the Company, addressed to:

Rosehill Operating Company, LLC

16200 Park Row, Suite 300

Houston, TX 77084

Facsimile: (281) 829-0856

Attention: Gary C. Hanna

If to Employee, addressed to:

Employee’s last known address on file with the Company.

20.     Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, including by electronic mail or facsimile, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a copy hereof containing multiple signature pages, each signed by one party, but together signed by both parties hereto.

21.     Deemed Resignations . Except as otherwise determined by the Board or as otherwise agreed to in writing by Employee and any member of the Company Group prior to the termination of Employee’s employment with the Company or any member of the Company Group, any termination of Employee’s employment shall constitute, as applicable, an automatic resignation of Employee: (a) as an officer of the Company and each member of the Company Group; (b) from the Board; and (c) from the board of directors or board of managers (or similar governing body) of any member of the Company Group and from the board of directors or board of managers (or similar governing body) of any corporation, limited liability entity, unlimited liability entity or other entity in which any member of the Company Group holds an equity interest and with respect to which board of directors or board of managers (or similar governing body) Employee serves as such Company Group member’s designee or other representative.

22.     Section 409A .

(a)    Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all provisions of this Agreement are intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and the applicable Treasury regulations and administrative guidance issued thereunder (collectively, “ Section 409A ”) or an exemption therefrom and shall be construed and administered in accordance with such intent. Any payments under this Agreement that may be excluded from Section 409A either as separation pay due to an involuntary separation from service or as a short-term deferral shall be excluded from Section 409A to the maximum extent possible. For purposes of Section 409A, each installment payment provided under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment. Any payments to be made under this Agreement upon a termination of Employee’s employment shall only be made if such termination of employment constitutes a “separation from service” under Section 409A.

 

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(b)    To the extent that any right to reimbursement of expenses or payment of any benefit in-kind under this Agreement constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A), (i) any such expense reimbursement shall be made by the Company no later than the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which such expense was incurred by Employee, (ii) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and (iii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided during any taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits to be provided in any other taxable year; provided , that the foregoing clause shall not be violated with regard to expenses reimbursed under any arrangement covered by Section 105(b) of the Code solely because such expenses are subject to a limit related to the period in which the arrangement is in effect.

(c)    Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, if any payment or benefit provided for herein would be subject to additional taxes and interest under Section 409A if Employee’s receipt of such payment or benefit is not delayed until the earlier of (i) the date of Employee’s death or (ii) the date that is six (6) months after the Termination Date (such date, the “ Section 409A Payment Date ”), then such payment or benefit shall not be provided to Employee (or Employee’s estate, if applicable) until the Section 409A Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representations that the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement are exempt from, or compliant with, Section 409A and in no event shall any member of the Company Group be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest or other expenses that may be incurred by Employee on account of non-compliance with Section 409A.

23.     Certain Excise Taxes . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Employee is a “disqualified individual” (as defined in Section 280G(c) of the Code), and the payments and benefits provided for in this Agreement, together with any other payments and benefits which Employee has the right to receive from the Company or any of its affiliates, would constitute a “parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code), then the payments and benefits provided for in this Agreement shall be either (i) reduced (but not below zero) so that the present value of such total amounts and benefits received by Employee from the Company or any of its affiliates shall be one dollar ($1.00) less than three times Employee’s “base amount” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) and so that no portion of such amounts and benefits received by Employee shall be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or (ii) paid in full, whichever produces the better net after-tax position to Employee (taking into account any applicable excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code and any other applicable taxes). The reduction of payments and benefits hereunder, if applicable, shall be made by reducing, first, payments or benefits to be paid in cash hereunder in the order in which such payment or benefit would be paid or provided (beginning with such payment or benefit that would be made last in time and continuing, to the extent necessary, through to such payment or benefit that would be made first in time) and, then, reducing any benefit to be provided in-kind hereunder in a similar order. The determination as to whether any such reduction in the amount of the payments and benefits provided hereunder is necessary shall be made by the Company in good faith. If a reduced payment or benefit is made or provided and through error or otherwise that

 

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payment or benefit, when aggregated with other payments and benefits from the Company or any of its affiliates used in determining if a “parachute payment” exists, exceeds one dollar ($1.00) less than three times Employee’s base amount, then Employee shall immediately repay such excess to the Company upon notification that an overpayment has been made. Nothing in this Section  24 shall require the Company to be responsible for, or have any liability or obligation with respect to, Employee’s excise tax liabilities under Section 4999 of the Code.

24.     Clawback . To the extent required by applicable law or any applicable securities exchange listing standards, or as otherwise determined by the Board (or a committee thereof), amounts paid or payable under this Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of any applicable clawback policies or procedures adopted by the Company, which clawback policies or procedures may provide for forfeiture and/or recoupment of amounts paid or payable under this Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company reserves the right, without the consent of Employee, to adopt any such clawback policies and procedures, including such policies and procedures applicable to this Agreement with retroactive effect.

25.     Effect of Termination . The provisions of Sections 7 , 9 - 13 and 21 and those provisions necessary to interpret and enforce them, shall survive any termination of this Agreement and any termination of the employment relationship between Employee and the Company.

26.     Third-Party Beneficiaries . Each member of the Company Group that is not a signatory to this Agreement shall be a third-party beneficiary of Employee’s obligations under Sections 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 and 12 and shall be entitled to enforce such obligations as if a party hereto.

27.     Severability . If an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement (or portion thereof) is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of that provision (or portion thereof) shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank;

Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Employee and the Company each have caused this Agreement to be executed and effective as of the date first above written.

 

EMPLOYEE

 

[Name of Employee]
ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

S IGNATURE P AGE TO

E MPLOYMENT A GREEMENT

Exhibit 10.6

Execution Version

CRUDE OIL GATHERING AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, AS PRODUCER

AND

GATEWAY GATHERING AND MARKETING COMPANY, AS GATHERER


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

ARTICLE 1 Definitions

     1  

Section 1.1 Definitions

     1  

Section 1.2 Other Terms

     11  

Section 1.3 References and Rules of Construction

     11  

ARTICLE 2 Product Dedication and Real Property Dedication

     11  

Section 2.1 Producer’s Dedications

     11  

Section 2.2 Conflicting Dedications

     12  

Section 2.3 Producer’s Reservation

     12  

Section 2.4 Releases from Dedication

     13  

Section 2.5 Covenants Running with the Land

     14  

Section 2.6 Memorandum

     14  

Section 2.7 Construction Costs

     14  

ARTICLE 3 System Expansion and Connection of Wells

     15  

Section 3.1 Development Report; System Plan; Meetings

     15  

Section 3.2 Expansion of System and Connection of Separator Facilities

     18  

Section 3.3 Temporary Services

     20  

Section 3.4 Cooperation

     21  

Section 3.5 Grant of Access; Real Property Rights

     21  

ARTICLE 4 Measurement Devices

     22  

Section 4.1 Measurement Devices

     22  

Section 4.2 Measurement Procedures

     24  

Section 4.3 Product Meter Adjustments

     25  

ARTICLE 5 Tender, Nomination, and Gathering of Production

     25  

Section 5.1 Tender of Dedicated Production

     25  

Section 5.2 Services; Service Standard

     25  

Section 5.3 Nominations, Scheduling, and Curtailment

     26  

Section 5.4 Suspension/Shutdown of Service

     27  

Section 5.5 Marketing and Transportation

     28  

Section 5.6 No Prior Flow of Product in Interstate Commerce

     28  

ARTICLE 6 Fees

     28  

Section 6.1 Fees

     28  

Section 6.2 Fee Adjustments

     28  

Section 6.3 Treatment of Byproducts, System Gains/Losses, Fuel and Related Matters

     29  

 

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ARTICLE 7 Quality

     30  

Section 7.1 Quality Specifications

     30  

Section 7.2 Failure to Meet Specifications

     31  

Section 7.3 Indemnification Regarding Quality

     32  

ARTICLE 8 Term

     32  

Section 8.1 Term

     32  

Section 8.2 Effect of Termination or Expiration of the Term

     32  

ARTICLE 9 Title and Custody

     33  

Section 9.1 Title

     33  

Section 9.2 Custody

     33  

ARTICLE 10 Billing and Payment

     33  

Section 10.1 Statements

     33  

Section 10.2 Payments

     34  

Section 10.3 Adequate Assurances

     34  

Section 10.4 Audit

     35  

ARTICLE 11 Remedies

     35  

Section 11.1 Suspension of Performance; Temporary Release from Dedication

     35  

Section 11.2 No Election

     36  

Section 11.3 DIRECT DAMAGES

     36  

ARTICLE 12 Force Majeure

     36  

Section 12.1 Force Majeure

     36  

Section 12.2 Extension Due to Force Majeure

     37  

ARTICLE 13 Change in Law; Uneconomic Service

     37  

Section 13.1 Changes in Applicable Law

     37  

Section 13.2 Unprofitable Operations and Rights of Termination

     38  

ARTICLE 14 Regulatory Status

     39  

Section 14.1 Non-Jurisdictional System

     39  

Section 14.2 Government Authority Modification

     40  

ARTICLE 15 Indemnification and Insurance

     40  

Section 15.1 Reciprocal Indemnity

     40  

Section 15.2 Indemnification Regarding Third Parties

     41  

Section 15.3 Penalties

     41  

Section 15.4 Insurance

     41  

 

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ARTICLE 16 Assignment

     41  

Section 16.1 Assignment of Rights and Obligations under this Agreement

     41  

Section 16.2 Pre-Approved Assignments

     42  

Section 16.3 Change of Control

     42  

ARTICLE 17 Other Provisions

     43  

Section 17.1 Relationship of the Parties

     43  

Section 17.2 Notices

     43  

Section 17.3 Entire Agreement; Conflicts

     43  

Section 17.4 Waivers; Rights Cumulative

     44  

Section 17.5 Amendment

     44  

Section 17.6 Governing Law; Venue

     44  

Section 17.7 Parties in Interest

     44  

Section 17.8 Preparation of Agreement

     44  

Section 17.9 Severability

     44  

Section 17.10 Counterparts

     45  

Section 17.11 Confidentiality

     45  

 

EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBIT A

 

DESCRIPTION OF DEDICATION AREA

EXHIBIT B

 

INSURANCE

EXHIBIT C

 

INDIVIDUAL FEE; THRESHOLD AMOUNT

 

 

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CRUDE OIL GATHERING AGREEMENT

This Crude Oil Gathering Agreement is made and entered into on April 27, 2017 (together with each Agreement Addendum and the Exhibits hereto, this “Agreement”), but is effective as of April 27, 2017 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Producer”), and Gateway Gathering and Marketing Company, a Maryland corporation (“Gatherer”). Producer and Gatherer may be referred to individually as “Party” or collectively as “Parties.”

Recitals:

A.    Producer owns rights, title and interests in certain oil and gas leases and other interests located within the Dedication Area (defined below) that require services related to the gathering of hydrocarbons.

B.    Producer wishes to obtain such gathering services from Gatherer pursuant to this Agreement.

C.    Producer desires to dedicate all crude oil it owns or Controls that is attributable to its right, title, and interest in certain oil and gas leases and other interests located within the Dedication Area to the System (defined below).

D.    Gatherer owns and operates an Individual System that gathers Product from certain oil and gas leases and other interests.

Agreements:

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Gatherer and Producer hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

Abandonment Date ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.2(d).

Additional/Accelerated Well ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.2(c).

Adequate Assurance of Performance ” has the meaning given to it in Section 10.3.

Adjustment Year ” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.2(a)(ii).

Administrator ” has the meaning given to it in Section 7.1(f) .

 

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Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person. Producer and Gatherer and Raven Gathering System, LLC shall not be considered Affiliates of each other for purposes of this Agreement, except for Section 2.2(b).

Affiliate Entity ” means any Affiliate to whom Gatherer assigns its rights and obligations under this Agreement.

Affiliate Entity Dedicated Properties ” has the meaning given to it in Section 16.1(a)(ii).

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

Agreement Addendum ” means an Agreement Addendum by and between Producer and Gatherer that expressly states that it is governed by this Agreement.

Agreement Addenda ” shall be the collective reference to each Agreement Addendum then in effect.

Associated Water ” means water that is produced with Producer’s owned or Controlled Product and delivered with such Product to the System at the Receipt Point, which Gatherer will separate (if and to the degree required) from such Product prior to the redelivery of such Product to Producer at the Delivery Point; provided that from and after the point that such water has been separated from such Product (such term, in this context, used excluding Associated Water) and delivered into the Water System, such water shall cease to be Associated Water hereunder and shall be deemed to be Produced Water.

Barrel ” means a quantity consisting of forty-two Gallons.

Beneficiary ” has the meaning given to it in Section 4.1(g).

BS&W ” means basic sediment and water (which for the avoidance of doubt, includes both Associated Water and Produced Water).

Business Day ” means a Day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks in the State of Texas are generally open for business.

Cancellation Date ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(c).

Claiming Party ” has the meaning given to it in the definition of “Force Majeure”.

Communications ” has the meaning given to it in Section 17.2.

Conditional Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(a).

Conflicting Dedication ” means any gathering agreement, commitment, or arrangement (including any volume commitment) that requires Producer’s owned Product or Product that Producer Controls to be trucked from or sold to a Third Party at the lease or to be gathered on any gathering system or similar system other than the System, including any such agreement, commitment, or

 

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arrangement burdening properties hereinafter acquired by Producer in the Dedication Area. No dedication of acreage shall constitute a Conflicting Dedication if Producer’s requirement under such dedication is to deliver Product from the tailgate of the System or any other point that is a Delivery Point hereunder.

Control ” (including the term “ Controlled ”) means (a) with respect to any Person, the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting shares, by contract, or otherwise and (b) with respect to any Product, such Product produced from the Dedication Area and owned by a Third Party or an Affiliate and with respect to which Producer has the contractual right or obligation (pursuant to a marketing, agency, operating, unit, or similar agreement) to market such Product and Producer elects or is obligated to market such Product on behalf of the applicable Third Party or Affiliate.

Credit-Worthy Person ” means a Person with a senior unsecured and credit-unenhanced long term debt rating equivalent to A- or better as determined by at least two rating agencies, one of which must be either Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s (or if either one or both are not available, equivalent ratings from alternate rating sources reasonably acceptable to Gatherer).

Day ” means a period of time beginning at 12:00 a.m. (midnight) Central Time on a calendar day and ending at 12:00 a.m. (midnight) Central Time on the succeeding calendar day. The term “Daily” shall have the correlative meaning.

Dedicated Production ” means (a) Product owned by Producer or an Affiliate of Producer and produced from a Well within the Dedication Area that is operated by Producer or an Affiliate of Producer, (b) Product produced within the Dedication Area that is owned by a Third Party and under the Control of Producer, and (c) Purchased Dedicated Production.

Dedicated Properties ” means the interests held by Producer or its Affiliates in the oil and/or gas leases, mineral interests, and other similar interests as of the Effective Date or acquired by Producer or its Affiliates after the Effective Date that relate to land within the Dedication Area. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any interest that is permanently released pursuant to Section 2.4(a) or otherwise shall cease to be included in this definition of “Dedicated Properties” immediately upon the effectiveness of such permanent release.

Dedications ” means the Product Dedication and the Real Property Dedication together, and “Dedication” means the Product Dedication or the Real Property Dedication, as applicable.

Dedication Area ” means the area described on Exhibit A, including any additions or supplements to such Exhibit after the Effective Date and when the context requires.

Delivery Point ” means the point at which custody transfers from Gatherer to or for the account of Producer. The custody transfer point may include (a) the facilities of a Downstream Facility, (b) trucks, (c) the facilities of an oil processing facility or (d) any other point as may be mutually agreed between the Parties. The Delivery Points for each Individual System in existence on the Effective Date shall be set forth in writing between Producer and Gatherer, and additional points may become Delivery Points hereunder upon mutual agreement of the Parties as construction is completed on additional facilities in satisfaction of the needs identified by Producer and the Parties shall continuously update the list of Delivery Points by mutual agreement.

 

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Development Report ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a).

Downstream Facility ” means any pipeline downstream of any Delivery Point on the System.

Drilling Unit ” means the area fixed for the drilling of one Well by order or rule of any applicable Governmental Authority, or (if no such order or rule is applicable) the area fixed for the drilling of a Well or Planned Well reasonably established by the pattern of drilling in the applicable area or otherwise established by Producer in its reasonable discretion.

Drip Condensate ” means that portion of Gas owned or Controlled by Producer received into the Gas System (without manual separation or injection) that condenses in the Gas System, and is recovered from the Gas System by Gatherer. If at any time Gatherer is not providing gathering services to Producer in the Dedication Area with respect to Gas, there will be no Drip Condensate delivered into the Individual System.

Effective Date ” has the meaning given to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Escalation Percentage ” means 3.0%.

Excluded Amounts ” means Gatherer’s general and administrative costs and any costs for design or construction of facilities that can be used to connect other Planned Wells or Planned Separator Facilities in the Development Report that Producer at such time intends to develop.

Facility Segment ” means each segment of an Individual System comprised of facilities beginning at a Receipt Point and ending at a Delivery Point. If an Individual System does not contain any such distinct segment, then the term Facility Segment shall be synonymous with Individual System.

First Development Report ” means the first Development Report delivered by Producer to Gatherer that satisfies the requirements for a Development Report in Section 3.1(a) and Section 3.1(b).

Flash Gas ” means any gas that has been vaporized from Product resulting from the gathering and treating of Product in the Individual System pursuant to this Agreement and has been collected by Gatherer.

Force Majeure ” means an event that is not within the reasonable control of the Party claiming suspension (the “Claiming Party”), and that by the exercise of reasonable due diligence the Claiming Party is unable to avoid or overcome in a reasonable manner. To the extent meeting the foregoing requirements, Force Majeure includes: (a) acts of God; (b) wars (declared or undeclared); (c) insurrections, hostilities, riots; (d) floods, droughts, fires, storms, storm warnings, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, washouts; (e) industrial disturbances, acts of a public enemy, acts of terror, sabotage, blockades, epidemics; (f) arrests and restraints of rulers and peoples; (g) civil disturbances; (h) explosions, breakage or accidents to machinery or lines of pipe; (i) hydrate obstruction or blockages of any kind in lines of pipe; (j) freezing of wells or delivery facilities, partial or entire failure of wells, and

 

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other events beyond the reasonable control of the Claiming Party that affect the timing of production or production levels; (k) action or restraint by court order or any Governmental Authority (so long as the Claiming Party has not applied for or assisted in the application for, and has opposed where and to the extent commercially reasonable, such action or restraint), (l) delays or failures by a Governmental Authority to grant Permits applicable to the System (or any Individual System) so long as the Claiming Party has used its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly make any and all required filings with such Governmental Authority relating to such Permits, and (m) delays or failures by the Claiming Party to obtain easements and rights of way, surface leases and other real property interests related to the System (or any Individual System) from Third Parties, so long as the Claiming Party has used its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such easements and rights of way, surface leases and other real property interests. The failure of a Claiming Party to settle or prevent a strike or other labor dispute with employees shall not be considered to be a matter within such Claiming Party’s control.

Gallon ” means one U.S. Standard gallon measured at 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

Gas ” means any mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons, consisting essentially of methane and heavier hydrocarbons, including Flash Gas and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, liquefiable hydrocarbons, and including inert and noncombustible gases, produced in the Dedication Area.

Gas System ” means the Gas gathering system providing Gas gathering services to Producer.

Gatherer ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Gatherer Group ” means Gatherer, its Affiliates, and the directors, officers, employees, and agents, of Gatherer and its Affiliates; including Raven Pipeline even though Raven holds no equity in Gatherer.

Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, local, municipal, tribal or other government; any governmental, regulatory (including self-regulatory) or administrative agency, commission, body or other authority exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, regulatory or taxing authority or power; and any court or governmental tribunal, including any tribal authority having or asserting jurisdiction.

Group ” means (a) with respect to Gatherer, the Gatherer Group, and (b) with respect to Producer, the Producer Group.

Increase in Fee ” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.2(b).

Individual Fee ” means the rate for each Individual System set forth on Exhibit C.

Individual System ” means the portion of the System beginning at the Receipt Points described on the applicable Agreement Addendum and ending at the Delivery Points described on the applicable Agreement Addendum. The Individual Systems in existence on the Effective Date are more particularly described in the applicable Agreement Addendum. Additional Individual Systems may be added to the System from time to time in satisfaction of the needs identified by Producer and evidenced in writing between Producer and Gatherer.

 

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Initial Term ” has the meaning given to it in Section 8.1.

Interest Rate ” means, on the applicable date of determination, the prime rate (as published in the “Money Rates” table of The Wall Street Journal , eastern edition, or if such rate is no longer published in such publication or such publication ceases to be published, then as published in a similar national business publication as mutually agreed by the Parties) plus an additional two percentage points (or, if such rate is contrary to any applicable Law, the maximum rate permitted by such applicable Law).

Inventory Account ” has the meaning given to it in Section 5.4(f).

Invoice Month ” has the meaning given to it in Section 10.1(a).

Law ” means any applicable statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, code, ruling, writ, injunction, decree or other official act of or by any Governmental Authority.

Loss ” or “ Losses ” means any actions, claims, causes of action (including actions in rem or in personam), settlements, judgments, demands, liens, encumbrances, losses, damages, fines, penalties, interest, costs, liabilities, expenses (including expenses attributable to the defense of any actions or claims and attorneys’ fees) of any kind or character, including Losses for bodily injury, death, or property damage, whether under judicial proceedings, administrative proceedings or otherwise, and under any theory of tort, contract, breach of contract, breach of representation or warranty (express or implied) or by reason of the conditions of the premises of or attributable to any Person or Person or any Party or Parties.

Measurement Device ” means the lease automatic custody transfer, coriolis, or other metering device or equipment which, along with application of test results (e.g. shrinkage factors, BS&W factors, meter proves, etc), as required for the Individual System, measure the amount of oil, water, and BS&W, all of which shall conform to industry standards and government regulations, as further described in Article 4.

Measurement Point ” means the Measurement Device that the Parties have agreed in writing will measure the volume of Product moving through the Individual System.

Meetings of Senior Management ” means meetings between senior members of management of Gatherer and Producer, or, if applicable, senior members of management of an Affiliate of Gatherer or Producer, respectively, that Controls such entity.

Modifications ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(c).

Month ” means a period of time from 7:00 a.m. Central Time on the first Day of a calendar month until 7:00 a.m. Central Time on the first Day of the next succeeding calendar month. The term “Monthly” shall have the correlative meaning.

Monthly Loss/ Gain Report ” means, with respect to any Invoice Month, the report delivered pursuant to Section 10.1(c), which shall include statements of the following with respect to such Invoice Month: (a) the System Gains/Losses, (b) the Other System Fuel used by Gatherer in the

 

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operation of the Individual System, (c) the Associated Water returned to Producer, and (d) to the extent required by a writing signed by Producer and Gatherer, the Drip Condensate, the Recovered Oil and Flash Gas recovered by Gatherer and returned to Producer. With respect to any allocated volumes (specifically, those described in clauses (c) and, if applicable, (d)), the information included shall be of sufficient detail such that Producer may verify that the allocation procedures then in effect for the applicable Invoice Month were applied.

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor to its statistical rating business.

Net Standard Volume ” means, with respect to Product, the gross standard volume, excluding BS&W. For purposes of this definition, the following terms have the definitions set forth below:

1.    “ Indicated Volume ” means the change in meter reading which occurs during a receipt or delivery (Indicated Volume = closed meter reading - open meter reading).

2.    “ Gross Volume ” means the Indicated Volume multiplied by the meter factor for the particular liquid and flow rate under which the meter was proved.

3.    “ Gross Standard Volume ” means the Gross Volume, corrected for base gravity, at standard temperature corrected to standard pressure.

Oil Quality ” means the inherent characteristics of Product as determined by measurement or tests including BS&W, API gravity, sulfur content, viscosity, pour point, wax crystallization temperature, metals content, and similar characteristics.

On-Line Deadline ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.2(b).

Other System Fuel ” means any (a) Gas delivered by Producer to Gatherer pursuant to a Transaction Document between Producer and Gatherer related to gas gathering services, or (b) Flash Gas, in each case, measured and used as fuel by Gatherer.

Owner ” has the meaning given to it in Section 4.1(g).

Party ” or “ Parties ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Period of Five Years ” means, with respect to any report delivered hereunder, the period from the first Day of the fiscal quarter during which such report is required to be delivered until the fifth anniversary thereof.

Period of Three Years ” means, with respect to any report delivered hereunder, the period beginning on the first Day of the fiscal quarter during which such report is required to be delivered and ending 36 Months after such date.

Permits ” means any permit, license, approval, or consent from a Governmental Authority.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust, estate, Governmental Authority, or any other entity.

 

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Planned Separator Facility ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(b)(i).

Planned Well ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(b)(i).

Produced Water ” means water that is produced as a byproduct of Producer’s operation of the Wells that are located in the Dedication Area; provided that any water that is Associated Water shall not constitute Produced Water hereunder until such time as it has been separated from Product and ceases being Associated Water. The term “Produced Water” shall refer to all water that is in the Water System, whether such water is in the form of saltwater or water that has completed the recycling and treating processes.

Producer ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.

Producer Group ” means Producer, its Affiliates, and the directors, officers, employees, and agents of Producer and its Affiliates.

Producer Line Fill ” has the meaning given to it in Section 5.4(f)(i).

Producer Meters ” means any Measurement Device owned and operated by Producer (or caused to be installed or operated by Producer).

Product ” means the crude oil produced from oil or gas wells, in its natural form, which may include Associated Water and Flash Gas naturally produced therewith.

Product Dedication ” means the dedication and commitment made by Producer pursuant to Section 2.1(a). “Psig” means pounds per square inch gauge.

Purchased Dedicated Production ” means Product produced by a Third Party that (a) either (i) has been purchased by Producer or (ii) the Parties have mutually agreed should be considered “Dedicated Production,” and (b) for which the Parties have agreed upon a Receipt Point for delivery into the Individual System.

Real Property Dedication ” means the dedication and commitment made by Producer pursuant to the first sentence in Section 2.1(b).

Receipt Point ” means the point at which custody transfers from Producer to Gatherer. The custody transfer point may include: (a) with respect to any Well serviced by a Separator Facility, each of the connecting flanges on the System located at or near such Separator Facility, which flanges connect such Separator Facility to the System, (b) with respect to any Well that is not serviced by a Separator Facility, each of the connecting flanges on the System that connect the Producer’s line to the System, (c) with respect to any Product delivered to an Individual System by truck, the applicable truck unload facility or (d) any other point as may be mutually agreed between the Parties. The Receipt Points in existence on the Effective Date shall be set forth in writing between Producer and Gatherer, and additional points may become Receipt Points hereunder upon mutual agreement of the Parties as construction is completed on additional facilities in satisfaction of the needs identified by Producer and the Parties shall continuously update the list of Receipt Points by mutual agreement.

 

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Recovered Oil ” means that portion of Product Controlled by Producer received into the Water System that is recovered by Gatherer. If at any time Gatherer is not providing gathering services to Producer in the Dedication Area with respect to Produced Water, there will be no Recovered Oil delivered into the Individual System.

Redetermination Deadline ” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.2(a)(ii).

Redetermination Proposal ” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.2(a)(i).

Redetermined Individual Fee ” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.2(a)(i).

Reimbursed Amount ” has the meaning given to it in Section 10.1(a).

Rules ” has the meaning given to it in Section 17.6.

Separator Facility ” means the surface facility where the Product produced from one or more Wells in the Dedication Area is collected and gas and Associated Water are separated from the Product. A Separator Facility may be known by Gatherer as an econode but may also refer to a well pad or other facility from which Product is delivered into the System.

Services ” means: (a) the receipt of Producer’s owned or Controlled Product (including Associated Water and Flash Gas, as applicable in the approved System Plan) at the Receipt Points; (b) the receipt of Producer’s owned or Controlled Recovered Oil, (c) the gathering of such Product; (d) the storage of such Product; (e) the gathering of such Associated Water from the applicable Well to the point in the Individual System where Associated Water is delivered into the Water System, (f) the heating, separation, and chemical and other treatment of Product to remove Associated Water and Flash Gas from the Product prior to the applicable Delivery Point to the extent agreed between Producer and Gatherer and to the extent required to meet Oil Quality specification of Downstream Facilities or markets designated by the Producer; (g) the redelivery of Product to Producer at the applicable Delivery Point for Producer’s account (inclusive of actual System gains or losses for the respective Individual System), (h) the delivery of Flash Gas into the Gas System at an appropriate Delivery Point; and (i) the other services to be performed by Gatherer in respect of such Product as set forth in this Agreement and the System Plan for an Individual System, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including any services with respect to metering services).

Services Fee ” means, collectively, the fees described in Section 6.1.

Standard  & Poor’s ” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Group, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc., or any successor to its statistical rating business.

System ” means, collectively, the Individual Systems described in the Agreement Addenda, collectively, including: (a) pipelines; (b) central facilities inclusive of pumping, heating, separating, treating, stabilizing, vapor recovery, and other equipment, (c) controls; (d) Delivery Points, meters and measurement facilities; (e) storage for Product; (f) easements, licenses, rights of way, fee parcels, surface rights and Permits; (g) pumping facilities, if any, and (h) all appurtenant facilities, in each case, that are owned, leased or operated by Gatherer to provide Services to Producer or Third Parties, as such gathering system and facilities are modified or extended from time to time to provide Services to Producer pursuant to the terms hereof or to Third Parties, including the Facility Segments operated under this Agreement by Gatherer.

 

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System Gains/Losses ” means any Product, in terms of Barrels, received into the System that is lost, gained, or otherwise not accounted for incident to, or occasioned by, the gathering, and redelivery, of Product, including Product lost or gained in connection with the operation of a pipeline, excluding line pack for new facilities. System Gains/Losses will be determined and allocated on an Individual System basis.

System Plan ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(c).

Target On-Line Date ” means, as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 3.2(c), (a) with respect to a Planned Separator Facility or, with respect to a Planned Well that is not intended to be serviced by a Separator Facility, such Planned Well, in either case, that is described for the first time in the First Development Report, the date specified in the First Development Report for the applicable Planned Separator Facility or Planned Well, as applicable, and (b) with respect to any Planned Separator Facility or, with respect to any Planned Well that is not intended to be serviced by a Separator Facility, such Planned Well, in either case, that is not described in the First Development Report, 24 Months after the date of the Development Report that initially reflected the Planned Separator Facility or Planned Well, as applicable, unless Gatherer consents to a shorter time period.

Target Pressure ” means 90 Psig, as measured at the inlet to the applicable central facility, unless otherwise set forth in writing between Producer and Gatherer.

Tender ” means the act of Producer’s making Product available or causing Product to be made available to the System at a Receipt Point, and “ Tendered ” shall have the correlative meaning.

Term ” has the meaning given to it in Section 8.1.

Third Party ” means any Person other than a Party to this Agreement or any Affiliate of a Party to this Agreement.

Threshold Amount ” means the “Threshold Amount” set forth on Exhibit C.

Transaction Document ” means each agreement entered into pursuant to the agreement terms and conditions related to gas gathering services, agreement terms and conditions related to oil gathering services, agreement terms and conditions related to produced water services, agreement terms and conditions related to gas processing services, agreement terms and conditions related to crude oil treating services, and agreement terms and conditions related to fresh water services, now or in the future existing between Producer, on the one hand, and Gatherer or one or more subsidiaries of Gatherer, on the other hand, together with (i) each additional or replacement agreement entered into between such Persons and (ii) all amendments or modifications to each of the foregoing. .

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Well ” means a well (i) for the production of hydrocarbons, (ii) that is located in the Dedication Area, (iii) in which Producer owns an interest, and (iv) for which Producer has a right or obligation to market Product produced thereby through ownership or pursuant to a marketing, agency, operating, unit, or similar agreement.

Year ” means a period of time from January 1 of a calendar year through December 31 of the same calendar year; provided that the first Year shall commence on the Effective Date and run through December 31 of that calendar year, and the last Year shall commence on January 1 of the calendar year and end on the Day on which this Agreement terminates.

Section 1.2 Other Terms . Other capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined in Section 1.1 have the meanings ascribed to them throughout this Agreement.

Section 1.3 References and Rules of Construction . All references in this Agreement to Exhibits, Articles, Sections, subsections and other subdivisions refer to the corresponding Exhibits, Articles, Sections, subsections and other subdivisions of or to this Agreement unless expressly provided otherwise. Titles appearing at the beginning of any Articles, Sections, subsections and other subdivisions of this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute any part of this Agreement, and shall be disregarded in construing the language hereof. The words “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and “hereof,” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the applicable Agreement Addendum and all Exhibits and other attachments hereto and the applicable Agreement Addendum, all of which are incorporated herein, and not to any particular Exhibit, Article, Section, subsection or other subdivision unless expressly so limited. The word “including” (in its various forms) means “including without limitation.” The word “or” shall mean “and/or” unless a clear contrary intention exists. The word “from” means from and including, the word “through” means through and including, and the word “until” means until but excluding. All references to “$” or “dollars” shall be deemed references to United States dollars. The words “will” and “shall” have the same meaning, force, and effect. Each accounting term not defined herein will have the meaning given to it under generally accepted accounting principles. Pronouns in masculine, feminine or neuter genders shall be construed to state and include any other gender, and words, terms and titles (including terms defined herein) in the singular form shall be construed to include the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires. References to any Law, contract or other agreement mean such Law, contract or agreement as it may be amended, supplemented, released, revised, replaced, or otherwise modified from time to time.

ARTICLE 2

PRODUCT DEDICATION AND REAL PROPERTY DEDICATION

Section 2.1 Producer s Dedications .

(a)    Product Dedication. Subject to Section 2.2 through Section 2.4, during the Term, Producer exclusively dedicates and commits to deliver to Gatherer under this Agreement, as and when produced, all of the Dedicated Production and agrees not to deliver any Dedicated Production to any other gatherer, purchaser, marketer, or other Person prior to delivery to Gatherer at the Receipt Points.

 

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(b)    Real Property Dedication. Subject to Section 2.2 through Section 2.4, during the Term, Producer grants, dedicates, and commits the Dedicated Properties to Gatherer for performance of the Services pursuant to this Agreement. Except for the Parties’ performance of their obligations under this Agreement, no further performance is required by either Party to effectuate the Real Property Dedication.

Section 2.2 Conflicting Dedications .

(a)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Producer shall have the right to comply with each of the Conflicting Dedications existing on the date hereof and any other Conflicting Dedication applicable immediately before the acquisition of any oil and/or gas leases, mineral interests, and other similar interests within the Dedication Area (i) that are acquired by Producer after the Effective Date and (ii) which otherwise would have become subject to the Dedications (but not any Conflicting Dedications entered into in connection with such acquisition). Producer shall have the right to comply with a Conflicting Dedication only until the first Day of the Month following the termination of such Conflicting Dedication, at which time the Product subject to such Conflicting Dedication shall automatically be dedicated to this Agreement. Producer shall not extend or renew any Conflicting Dedication and shall terminate each Conflicting Dedication as soon as permitted under the underlying contract without causing Producer to incur any costs or expenses deemed unreasonable or inappropriate in the opinion of Producer and shall not enter into any new Conflicting Dedication.

(b)    Certain Conflicting Dedications may contain rights of first refusal or other provisions that (i) entitle Producer to a release of acreage from such Conflicting Dedication if Producer dedicates the released acreage to a Third Party or (ii) expressly prohibit Producer from dedicating such released acreage to an Affiliate of Producer. As used herein, the term “Conflicting Dedication” shall include both the original right of first refusal (or similar right) and the dedication resulting from an exercise of such right of first refusal (or similar right) so long as the resulting dedication covers the same acreage as the original Conflicting Dedication.

(c)    To the extent Producer claims that a Conflicting Dedication exists with respect to certain Services on specified Dedicated Properties, Gatherer shall have the right to review the documentation creating such Conflicting Dedication, subject to confidentiality requirements applicable to such Conflicting Dedication.

Section 2.3 Producer s Reservation . Producer reserves the following rights respecting Dedicated Production for itself:

(a)    to operate (or cause to be operated) Wells producing Dedicated Production in its sole discretion, including the right to drill new Wells, repair and rework old Wells, temporarily shut in Wells, renew or extend, in whole or in part, any oil and gas lease or term mineral interest, or cease production from or abandon any Well or surrender any applicable oil and gas lease, in whole or in part, when no longer deemed by Producer to be capable of producing in paying quantities under normal methods of operation;

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(c)    to pool, communitize or unitize Producer’s interests with respect to Dedicated Production; provided that Producer’s share of Dedicated Production produced from such pooled, communitized, or unitized interests shall be committed and dedicated pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 2.4 Releases from Dedication .

(a)    Permanent Releases. Dedicated Production from a Well or Wells affected by one or more of the conditions below, and the acreage in each Drilling Unit with respect to such Wells (or, with respect to Purchased Dedicated Production, the Product delivered by Producer to the Individual System if the applicable Receipt Point is affected by one or more of the conditions below), shall be permanently released from dedication under this Agreement, and Producer may deliver and commit such Dedicated Production to such other gatherer or gatherers as it shall determine (including an Affiliate Entity):

(i)    Gatherer’s election pursuant to Section 3.3(b) not to provide Services for (A) any Well or Separator Facility for which Producer failed to deliver a Development Report on or before the applicable deadline set forth in Section 3.1(a), (B) any Well or Separator Facility not described in the applicable Development Report or (C) any excess volume of Product produced from any Well during any Day that exceeds the volume included in Producer’s estimate set forth in the most recent Development Report delivered to Gatherer;

(ii)    expiration of the Term, as further described in Section 8.2;

(iii)    written agreement of Producer and Gatherer;

(iv)    upon written notice from Producer, the occurrence of a Force Majeure of the type described in clauses (k), (l) or (m) of the definition of “Force Majeure” affecting Gatherer that continues for a period of 12 consecutive Months or more or a temporary interruption or curtailment described in Section 5.4(d) that continues for 12 consecutive Months, except to the extent such interruption or curtailment is caused by the acts or omissions of Producer;

(v)    upon an assignment by Gatherer to an Affiliate Entity in accordance with Section 16.1(a)(ii), provided that simultaneously with such release, the Affiliate Entity Dedicated Properties are made subject to a gathering agreement entered into with the Affiliate Entity;

(vi)    upon written notice from Producer, if a termination of Services pursuant to Section 13.2(a) has continued for more than six consecutive Months or, without a waiting period, if Producer has received notice from Gatherer of its decision not to provide Services to any planned facilities pursuant to Section 13.2(b); or

(vii)    in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 3.2(b).

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accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 3.2(b) or Section 5.4(d), except to the extent such interruption or curtailment is caused by the acts or omissions of Producer, and (ii) in the event of a termination of Services pursuant to Section 13.2 that continues for a period of greater than 60 Days but less than the period specified in Section 2.4(a)(v). To the extent that an interruption or curtailment can be limited to a Facility Segment, Gatherer shall so limit such interruption or curtailment, and to the extent that Gatherer does so limit such curtailment or interruption, the temporary release permitted by this Section 2.4(b) shall only apply to the affected Facility Segment. Such temporary release shall terminate on the date specified herein or on the date notified in writing by Gatherer to Producer (which date shall, in all cases, be the first Day of a Month); provided that, if Producer obtained temporary services from a Third Party (pursuant to a contract that does not give rise to a default under this Agreement) during the pendency of the applicable interruption, curtailment or other temporary cessation described in this Section 2.4(b), such reservation shall continue until the earlier of (x) the first Day of the Month that is three Months after the event or condition that gave rise to the interruption, curtailment or other temporary cessation has been corrected and (y) the first Day of the Month after the termination of the applicable contract with such Third Party.

(c)    Evidence of Permanent Release. At the request of Producer, the Parties shall execute a release agreement reasonably acceptable to all Parties (which, in the case of a permanent release, shall be in recordable form) reflecting any release of Dedicated Production or Dedicated Properties pursuant to this Section 2.4.

Section 2.5 Covenants Running with the Land . Each of the Dedications (a) is a covenant running with the Dedicated Properties, (b) touches and concerns Producer’s interests in the Dedicated Properties, and (c) shall be binding on and enforceable by Gatherer and its successors and assigns. Except as set forth in Article 16, (i) in the event Producer sells, transfers, conveys, assigns, grants or otherwise disposes of any or all of its interest in the Dedicated Properties, then any such sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment, grant or other disposition shall be made subject to this Agreement and (ii) in the event Gatherer sells, transfers, conveys, assigns, grants or otherwise disposes of any or all of its interest in the Individual System, then any such sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment, grant or other disposition shall be made subject to this Agreement. This Agreement is not an executory contract under Section 365 of Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. § 365).

Section 2.6 Memorandum . Producer hereby authorizes Gatherer to record a memorandum of the Agreement in the real property records of the counties in which the Dedication Area is located. All payment terms and pricing information shall remain confidential and be redacted from any filings in the real property records.

Section 2.7 Construction Costs .

(a)    To compensate Gatherer for the construction costs of each Individual System, during each quarter of each of the first four years of commercial operation of such Individual System, Producer must deliver a certain minimum quantity of Product to Gatherer. Such minimum quantity during each quarter shall be equal to the quantity (in Barrels) that, when multiplied by the Individual Fee as of the Effective Date, equals 1/16 th of the aggregate of Gatherer’s direct documented third party construction costs for such Individual System (the “Minimum Commitment”). If Producer does not deliver the Minimum Commitment to Gatherer during any quarter during the first four years of

 

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commercial operation of an Individual System, then Producer shall pay Gatherer an amount equal to the Individual Fee as of the Effective Date multiplied by the difference between the Minimum Commitment and the number of Barrels of Product actually delivered by Producer to Gatherer during such quarter.

(b)    Gatherer shall provide monthly updates to Producer of the construction costs incurred by Gatherer during the construction of each Individual System, and within 60 days after the completion of such Individual System, Gatherer shall provide Producer with an itemized statement of the aggregate of the construction costs incurred by Gatherer with respect to such Individual System. Producer shall have the right to audit, and Gatherer shall provide access to, Gatherer’s books and records for purposes of verifying such construction costs. Such audit shall be at Producer’s sole cost and expense.

ARTICLE 3

SYSTEM EXPANSION AND CONNECTION OF WELLS

Section 3.1 Development Report; System Plan; Meetings .

(a)    Development Report. On or before May 29, 2017, Producer will provide Gatherer with its First Development Report, which shall describe (x) in detail the planned development, drilling, and production activities relating to the Dedicated Production through the end of the applicable Period of Three Years, and (y) generally the long-term drilling and production expectations for those project areas in which drilling activity is expected to occur during the applicable Period of Five Years, including the information described in Section 3.1(b). On or before each January 1, each April 1, each July 1, and each October 1 of each Year following the date on which the First Development Report is to be delivered, Producer shall provide to Gatherer an update of the then-current report describing (i) in detail the planned development, drilling, and production activities relating to the Dedicated Production for the applicable Period of Three Years and (ii) generally the long-term drilling and production expectations for those project areas in the Dedication Area in which drilling activity is expected to occur during the applicable Period of Five Years (the First Development Report, as updated in accordance with the foregoing and as the then current report may be updated from time to time, the “Development Report”).

(b)    Development Report Content. With respect to the Dedication Area, the Development Reports shall include information as to:

(i)    the Wells (each, a “Planned Well”) and Separator Facilities (each, a “Planned Separator Facility”) that Producer expects will be drilled or installed during the applicable Period of Three Years, including the expected locations, completion dates thereof (which completion dates shall not be earlier than the applicable Target On-Line Dates), the expected spud dates of such Planned Wells, the dates flow is anticipated to initiate from such Wells, and forward looking production estimates for the applicable Period of Three Years;

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(iii)    the earliest date on which one or more Wells are expected to be fractured, if applicable;

(iv)    the Receipt Point(s) and Delivery Point(s) (including proposed receipt points and delivery points not yet included in the applicable Agreement Addendum) at which Gas produced from such Wells is to be delivered or redelivered to Producer;

(v)    the earliest date on which one or more Wells or Separator Facilities, as applicable, are expected to be completed and ready to be placed on-line, which date shall not be earlier than the Target On-line Date;

(vi)    the number of Planned Wells and Planned Separator Facilities anticipated to be producing after the Period of Three Years and before the end of the Period of Five Years, broken out by an appropriate geographic area, such as a development plan area;

(vii)    the number of rigs that Producer intends to operate in the Dedication Area each year during the Period of Five Years (including sufficient detail regarding the anticipated location of such rigs to allow Gatherer to determine which Individual System would be impacted by such rig activity);

(viii)    with respect to the Period of Three Years, the anticipated date on which Gatherer may initiate construction or other development activities at the Well or Separator Facility in order to complete the interconnection into the Individual System; and

(ix)    such other information as may be reasonably requested by Gatherer with respect to Wells and Separator Facilities that Producer intends to drill or from which Producer intends to deliver Product during the Period of Three Years and Period of Five Years.

To the extent possible, any information Producer is required to provide under this Section 3.1(b) with respect to Wells or Separator Facilities shall also include such information related to Planned Wells and Planned Separator Facilities. In addition, if appropriate to provide a complete and accurate Development Report, any information requested with respect to Planned Wells and Planned Separator Facilities shall also be provided with respect to existing Wells or Separator Facilities.

(c)    System Plan. Based on the Development Report and such other information about the expected development of the Dedicated Properties as shall be provided to Gatherer by or on behalf of Producer, including as a result of meetings between representatives of Gatherer and Producer, Gatherer shall develop and periodically update a plan (the “System Plan”) describing and/or depicting the modifications, extensions, enhancements, major maintenance and/or other actions necessary in order for the Individual System to be able to provide timely Services for the Product produced by the Wells and Separator Facilities described in the most recent Development Report (including Planned Wells, Planned Separator Facilities and changes in anticipated production from existing Wells and Separator Facilities) (the “Modifications”). If (i) Gatherer elects to make such Modifications, (ii) Producer thereafter modifies the Development Report or provides other information (the date on which the modified Development Report or such other information is provided to Gatherer, the “Cancellation Date”) indicating that such Modifications are no longer necessary, and (iii) as of the Cancellation Date, the actual aggregate costs and expenses (excluding Excluded Amounts) incurred or committed by Gatherer to make such cancelled Modifications exceeds the Threshold Amount, then Producer shall

 

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reimburse Gatherer for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses (other than the Excluded Amounts) incurred or committed by Gatherer through the Cancellation Date to make such Modifications. The System Plan (or, with respect to the allocation procedures described in clause (vi), the applicable writing signed by Gatherer and Producer) shall include information as to:

(i)    each Facility Segment then existing and operational, under construction, or planned and the Individual System of which such Facility Segment is a part;

(ii)    all Receipt Points and Delivery Points served or to be served by each such Facility Segment;

(iii)    estimated gathering pressures for the 12 Month period beginning on the Target On-Line Date for the applicable Facility Segment and the Target Pressures for each Individual System included in the Development Report;

(iv)    all pumps, heaters, stabilizers, treatment, Associated Water and Flash Gas separation, and other major physical facilities located or to be located on or within each such Facility Segment, together with their sizes, operating parameters, capacities, and other relevant specifications (including the maximum operating pressures of the low pressure gathering lines and the high pressure gathering lines), which sizes, parameters, capacities and other relevant specifications shall be sufficient to (x) connect the Individual System to the Receipt Points and Delivery Points for all Planned Separator Facilities and (with respect to any Planned Wells not intended to be serviced by a Separator Facility) Planned Wells set forth in the most recent Development Report and (y) perform the Services for all Dedicated Production projected to be produced from the Dedicated Properties as contemplated by the most recent Development Report;

(v)    the anticipated schedule for completing the construction and installation of the planned Facility Segments and all planned Receipt Points and Delivery Points, in each case, for all Planned Separator Facilities or Planned Wells, as applicable, included in the most recent Development Report;

(vi)    the allocation methodologies to be used by Gatherer with respect to System Gains/ Losses, Other System Fuel and other allocations hereunder (including, to the extent required by a writing signed by Producer and Gatherer, allocations with respect to Drip Condensate, Recovered Oil and Flash Gas) and, with respect to any System Plan after the initial System Plan, any proposed changes to the allocation methodologies then in effect, which allocation methodologies shall (A) permit allocations to be made by Gatherer in a commercially reasonable manner; and (B) be based upon the measurements taken and quantities determined for the applicable Month. To the extent required by a writing signed by Producer and Gatherer, Gatherer shall allocate, in a manner that is commercially reasonable and determined by Gatherer in good faith, to a particular Receipt Point, the Flash Gas, Recovered Oil and Drip Condensate from a Facility Segment.

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Gatherer be obligated to supply to Producer (A) pricing, budget or similar financial information or (B) information that is covered by a confidentiality agreement or confidentiality obligations; Gatherer shall deliver the applicable System Plan (including any updated System Plan) to Producer for Producer’s review and comment not later than 30 Days after Producer’s delivery to Gatherer of the applicable Development Report or amendment thereto.

(d)    Meetings. Gatherer shall make representatives of Gatherer available to discuss the most recent System Plan from time to time with Producer and its representatives at Producer’s request. Producer shall make representatives of Producer available to discuss the most recent Development Report from time to time with Gatherer and its representatives at Gatherer’s request. Gatherer and its representatives shall have the right to meet not less frequently than Monthly with one or more representatives of Producer. At all such meetings, the Parties shall exchange updated information about their respective plans for the development and expansion of the Dedicated Properties (including amendments to the Development Report) and the System (including amendments to the System Plan for Producer’s review and comment) and shall have the opportunity to discuss and provide comments on the other Party’s plans.

(e)    Scope and Purpose of Planning Tools. The Development Report and the System Plan are intended to assist Gatherer and Producer with long-term planning and goals. None of the Development Reports nor the System Plans shall amend or modify this Agreement in any way. Gatherer may, in its sole discretion, work with any third party providers of Gatherer’s services hereunder, to the extent under contract with Gatherer, to prepare and deliver a System Plan jointly with such other entity or entities. To the extent that a Development Report or System Plan that satisfies the requirements above is delivered or deemed delivered under any other Transaction Document, such Development Report or System Plan shall be deemed delivered hereunder.

Section 3.2 Expansion of System and Connection of Separator Facilities.

(a)    Service Standards. Gatherer shall, at its sole cost and expense, design and construct the Individual System in a good and workmanlike manner and in accordance with the System Plan and this Section 3.2. Until such time as Producer has delivered a Development Report, Gatherer shall have no obligation under this Section 3.2(a). In the event that Producer elects to deliver Purchased Dedicated Production into the Individual System, Gatherer and Producer shall mutually agree on the Receipt Point at which Producer shall deliver such Purchased Dedicated Production.

(b)    On-Line Deadline. Subject to Section 3.4, Gatherer shall by the later of (x) the date that the first Planned Well on a particular Planned Separator Facility (or, with respect to a Planned Well that is not intended to be serviced by a Separator Facility, the date that such Planned Well) is ready for connection to the System and (y) the applicable Target On-Line Date (such later date, as may be extended pursuant to this Section 3.2(b) , the “On-Line Deadline”): (i) have completed (or caused the completion of) the construction of the necessary facilities, in accordance with the then current System Plan, (A) to connect such Planned Separator Facility or such Planned Well to the System and (B) to connect the System to each planned Delivery Point for such Planned Separator Facility or such Planned Well, as applicable, and (ii) be ready and able to commence Services with respect to Dedicated Production from such Planned Separator Facility or Planned Well, as applicable. If and to the extent that Gatherer is delayed in completing any such facilities or providing such services by a

 

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Force Majeure event or reasons attributable to the acts or omissions of Producer, then the On-Line Deadline applicable thereto shall be extended by a period of time equal to that during which Gatherer was delayed by such event. If Gatherer anticipates that Gatherer will be unable to meet an On-Line Deadline for causes that are not attributable to Force Majeure or the acts or omissions of Producer, then Gatherer shall deliver a written notice to Producer no later than 30 days before the On-Line Deadline with respect a Planned Well or a Planned Separator Facility stating that Gatherer will be unable to meet the On-Line Deadline for such Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility, and that Gatherer elects to have such Planned Well and related Dedicated Production and any acreage covering such Dedicated Production (and the following shall apply) (x) permanently released from this Agreement or (y) temporarily released from this Agreement, in which case Gatherer shall reimburse Producer for its actual, verifiable increase in costs (if any) in utilizing a different gatherer provide gathering services with respect to Product from such Planned Well during the period of such temporary release, and such temporary release shall terminate upon Gatherer’s connection of such Planned Well to the System; provided, however, that if such temporary release lasts for a period of greater than 90 days after the On-Line Deadline, then such Planned Well shall be permanently released. The permanent release, temporary release, and reimbursement described in this Section 3.2(b) shall be Producer’s sole and exclusive remedies for Gatherer’s failure to meet any On-Line Deadline.

(c)    Additional/Accelerated Wells and Elimination of Wells. From time to time, Producer may provide written notice to Gatherer that Producer (i) has accelerated the Target On-Line Date for a Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility, (ii) anticipates the Target On-Line Date for a Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility to be earlier than 24 Months following the delivery of the Development Report in which such Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility was initially included or (iii) anticipates drilling a Well or putting into service a Separator Facility that has not been included in a Development Report and that has a Target On-Line Date earlier than 24 Months following the next delivery of a Development Report (any such Well or Separator Facility, an “ Additional/Accelerated Well ”); provided that any Well that is to be serviced by a Separator Facility or a Planned Separator Facility that is not described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) shall not constitute an Additional/ Accelerated Well. Gatherer will use its commercially reasonable efforts to modify the System Plan and to cause the necessary gathering facilities to be constructed prior to the On-Line Deadline for such Additional/Accelerated Well; provided that, with respect to Additional/ Accelerated Wells of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of this paragraph, there shall be no penalty to Gatherer hereunder unless Gatherer fails to connect such Additional/ Accelerated Well on or prior to the Target On-Line Date set forth in the applicable Development Report (prior to the acceleration of such timeline) and, with respect to Additional/ Accelerated Wells of the type described in clause (iii) of the first sentence of this paragraph, there shall be no penalty to Gatherer hereunder unless Gatherer fails to connect such Additional/ Accelerated Well on or prior to 24 Months following receipt of written notice regarding such Additional/ Accelerated Well. From time to time, Producer may provide written notice to Gatherer that Producer (i) has delayed the Target On-Line Date for a Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility, (ii) anticipates eliminating a Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility from its development plans and the Development Report or (iii) anticipates shutting in a Well or Separator Facility that has been producing. Producer shall endeavor to ensure that the Development Report does not include any planned or existing Wells or Separator Facilities that Producer has determined should not be drilled, operated, maintained or put into service. To the extent that Producer has included any such Well or Separator Facility in a Development Report, Producer shall provide Gatherer with information regarding its revised assessment of such Well or Separator Facility. Gatherer may adjust the System Plan as it determines to be appropriate and commercially reasonable to accommodate such elimination of Wells and Separator Facilities.

 

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(d)    Cancellation of Planned Wells and Planned Separator Facilities. If (i) Gatherer reasonably determines that Producer has permanently abandoned the drilling or installation of any Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility or Producer notifies Gatherer that Producer intends to permanently abandon the drilling or installation of any Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility (whether through the delivery of an updated Development Report or otherwise, the date on which such determination is made, the “Abandonment Date”), (ii) Gatherer had begun to design or construct the Facility Segment to connect such Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility to the System prior to such Abandonment Date, and (iii) the actual aggregate costs and expenses (excluding Excluded Amounts) incurred or committed by Gatherer prior to the Abandonment Date exceeds the Threshold Amount, then Producer shall reimburse Gatherer for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses (other than the Excluded Amounts) incurred or committed by Gatherer prior to such Abandonment Date to design and construct such Facility Segment.

(e)    Substation and Interconnection Facilities. The obligations of Gatherer hereunder to design and construct the Individual System and to perform the Services do not include the design or construction of any substation or other interconnecting facilities required to procure electricity for the Individual System. If a substation or any other interconnecting facility is required in order for Gatherer to perform its obligations hereunder, Gatherer and Producer shall enter into a separate agreement setting forth each Party’s responsibilities in connection therewith, including an allocation of responsibility for all associated costs and expenses.

Section 3.3 Temporary Services .

(a)    If Gatherer fails to complete any facilities described Section 3.2(b) by the On-Line Deadline for such facilities and Gatherer elects to temporarily release such the applicable Dedicated Production under Section 3.2(b), then Producer may enter into a contract with a Third Party to provide services with respect to the Dedicated Production that is anticipated to be serviced by the new facilities if the term of such contract does not exceed three Months (and may be renewed in three-Month increments until such time as Gatherer has completed the applicable facilities). If any such contract is in effect with respect to any Well, Producer will not be obligated to connect such Well to the System until the first Day of the Month following expiration of such contract.

(b)    If at any time, (i) Producer fails to deliver a Development Report on or before the applicable deadline set forth in Section 3.1(a), (ii) a Development Report delivered by Producer failed to describe any Well, or (iii) the average rate of production at any Receipt Point described in the then-applicable Development Report exceeds Producer’s forecast for such Receipt Point set forth in such Development Report, and as a result, Gatherer has not completed any new, modified, or enhanced facilities necessary to allow Gatherer to accept all of the Product Tendered by Producer at a Receipt Point, then (x) within a reasonable time after Gatherer becomes aware of the need for such new, modified, or enhanced facilities, Gatherer shall elect, in its sole discretion, whether to proceed with the development and completion of such facilities by providing notice to Producer, and (y) if Gatherer elects to proceed with the development and completion of such facilities, (1) Gatherer shall cause such facilities to be completed within a reasonable time after such election, and (2) pending the completion

 

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of such facilities, Gatherer may elect (in its reasonable discretion and in exchange for reasonable compensation) to permit Producer to enter into a contract with a Third Party as provided in Section 3.3(a) to provide services with respect to the Dedicated Production that Gatherer is unable to accept.

(c)    Any time Producer makes alternative arrangements with a Third Party for the provision of services or to accept Product as provided for in this Agreement, Producer shall (i) if Gatherer anticipates being able to provide Services hereunder or to accept Product within a period of time that is shorter than three Months, use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into a contract with a term that expires on or around the date on which Gatherer anticipates being able to provide Services hereunder or to accept Product, and (ii) notify Gatherer of the term of such contract promptly after execution thereof. Prior to requiring Producer to begin using, or resume using, as applicable, Services hereunder, Gatherer shall provide notice to Producer of the date on which Gatherer expects to be ready, willing and able to begin providing Services to Producer no later than 45 Days prior to the expiration of the Third Party contract. In no event shall Producer be required to begin using, or resume using, as applicable, Services on a Day other than the first Day of a Month.

Section 3.4 Cooperation . The Parties shall work (at their own cost and expense) together in good faith to obtain such Permits as are necessary to drill and complete each Planned Well and construct the required extensions of the System to each Planned Separator Facility (and each Planned Well, as applicable) as expeditiously as reasonably practicable, all as provided in this Agreement. The Parties shall cooperate with each other and to communicate regularly regarding their efforts to obtain such Permits. Upon request by Producer, Gatherer shall promptly provide to Producer copies of all Permits obtained by Gatherer in order to construct any Facility Segment (or portion of a Facility Segment) of the System.

Section 3.5 Grant of Access; Real Property Rights .

(a)    Producer’s Grant of Easement. Producer hereby grants to Gatherer, without warranty of title, either express or implied, to the extent that it may lawfully and is contractually permitted to do so without the incurrence of additional expense, an easement and right of way upon all lands constituting Dedicated Properties for the purpose of installing, using, maintaining, servicing, inspecting, repairing, operating, replacing, disconnecting and removing all or any portion of the applicable Individual System, including all pipelines, meters and other equipment necessary for the performance by Gatherer of this Agreement. If necessary, Producer agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to assign to Gatherer rights under any Lease to the extent such assignment is necessary to grant such easement and right of way. Any property of Gatherer placed in or upon such lands shall remain the property of Gatherer and may be disconnected or removed by Gatherer at any time for any reason. Gatherer shall release, protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Producer Group from and against all Losses arising out of or in connection with Gatherer’s use of or operations on the easement and right-of-way granted under this Section 3.5(a), except to the extent that such Losses are caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of Gatherer Group.

(b)    Producer Does Not Have Obligation to Maintain. Producer shall not have a duty to maintain in force and effect any underlying agreements (such as any lease, easement, or surface use agreement) that the grants of easements or rights of way by Producer to Gatherer under Section 3.5(a) are based upon, and such grants of easements or rights of way will terminate if Producer loses its rights to the applicable property, regardless of the reason for such loss of rights.

 

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(c)    Gatherer Does Not Have Obligation to Maintain. Gatherer shall not have a duty to maintain in force and effect any underlying agreements that the grants of easements or rights of way by Gatherer to Producer pursuant to Section 3.5(a) are based upon, and such grants of easements or rights of way will terminate if Gatherer loses its rights to the applicable property, regardless of the reason for such loss of rights.

(d)    No Interference. Gatherer’s exercise of the rights granted to Gatherer by Producer pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall not unreasonably interfere with Producer’s operations or with the rights of owners in fee with respect to the applicable lands, and such rights will be exercised in material compliance with all applicable Laws and the safety and other reasonable access requirements of Producer.

ARTICLE 4

MEASUREMENT DEVICES

Section 4.1 Measurement Devices .

(a)    Gatherer shall construct, install, own, and operate (or cause to be constructed, installed, and operated) the Measurement Devices located at the Measurement Points. Gatherer may, in its discretion, construct, install, own, and operate (or cause to be constructed, installed, and operated) Measurement Devices located at or upstream of the Delivery Points or at or downstream of the Receipt Points.

(b)    Gatherer shall cause all Measurement Devices that are owned by Gatherer to be constructed, installed, and operated in accordance with applicable industry standards and applicable Laws, and as set forth in the current System Plan.

(c)    Producer shall have the right, at its sole expense, to install, own and operate Measurement Devices located at the Measurement Points, Receipt Points and Delivery Points. Producer shall cause Producer Meters to be installed, subsequent to providing a minimum of 72 hours’ notice to Gatherer, so as not to interfere with Gatherer’s Measurement Devices and shall take steps that are reasonable and customary in the industry to mitigate or prevent any problems that may interfere with Gatherer’s Measurement Devices at the Measurement Points.

(d)    Gatherer may elect to use a Producer Meter as the Measurement Device for a Measurement Point in lieu of constructing, installing, owning, and operating a Measurement Device located at such Measurement Point by providing notice to Producer (including by detailing such election in the applicable System Plan). If Gatherer elects to use such Producer Meter as the Measurement Device for a Measurement Point, Producer shall provide Gatherer reasonable access to such Producer Meter, including prior advance notice of, and the ability to witness, the calibration of such Producer Meter.

 

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(e)    Producer and Gatherer shall cause Measurement Devices owned by such Party to be constructed, installed and operated in accordance with the following depending on the type of meter used:

(i)    API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standard, Chapter 6.1, Metering Assemblies, Lease Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT)

(ii)    API, MPMS, Spec 11N, Specification for Lease Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT)

(f)    Gatherer may (but shall not be obligated to) replace or make any alterations to the Measurement Devices necessary to comply with any subsequent amendments, revisions or modifications of applicable Law or the American Gas Association Reports cited above. With respect to Producer Meters that Gatherer has elected to use, Producer may (but shall not be obligated to) replace or make any alterations to the Measurement Devices necessary to comply with any subsequent amendments, revisions or modifications of applicable Law or the American Gas Association Reports cited above.

(g)    The accuracy of all Measurement Devices at the Measurement Points and Delivery Points and of all Measurement Devices that serve as “check meters” for any such Measurement Point or Delivery Point Measurement Devices will be verified by the owner of such Measurement Device (the “Owner”) at Monthly intervals and, if requested, in the presence of a representative of the other Party (the “Beneficiary”). The Owner shall verify the accuracy of any owned Measurement Device before the next Monthly verification required by the preceding sentence if the Beneficiary makes a written request for a special test as described below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when Daily deliveries of Product at any Measurement Point or Delivery Point average 100 Barrels per Day or less during any Month, the Owner may request from the Beneficiary that the accuracy of the Measurement Devices at such Measurement Point or Delivery Point be verified quarterly. If, upon any test, any (i) Measurement Device at the Measurement Point is found to be inaccurate by 2.0% or less or (ii) Measurement Device at the Delivery Point is found to be inaccurate by 0.25% or less, previous readings of such Measurement Device will be considered correct in computing the deliveries of Product under this Agreement. If, upon any test, any (1) Measurement Device at the Measurement Point is found to be inaccurate by more than 2.0% or (2) Measurement Device at the Delivery Point is found to be inaccurate by more than 0.25% (excessive meter factor deviation), such Measurement Device will immediately be removed from service, adjusted, repaired or replaced to record accurately (within the manufacturer’s allowance for error) and reproved prior to returning to service. If the excessive meter factor deviation can be explained by changing conditions (gravity, temperature or flow-rate) no corrective action may be taken if mutually agreed upon by both the Owner and the Beneficiary. Any previous recordings of such Measurement Device with an excessive meter factor deviation will be corrected by using the arithmetic average of the malfunction factor and the previous factor shall be applied to the production measured through the meter between the date of the previous factor and the date of the malfunction factor. The proving report must clearly indicate the meter’s malfunction factor and all remarks associated with the repairs or adjustments. If the Beneficiary desires a special test of any Measurement Device, at least 72 hours’ advance written notice will be given to the Owner, and the Parties will cooperate to secure a prompt test of the accuracy of such Measurement Device. If the Measurement Device so tested is found to be inaccurate by 2.0% or less or 0.25% or less, as applicable, the Owner will have the right to bill the Beneficiary for the costs incurred due to such special test, including any labor and transportation costs, and the Beneficiary will pay such costs promptly upon invoice therefor.

 

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(h)    If requested by the Beneficiary, the Measurement Devices owned by Owner shall include a sufficient number of data ports, and Owner shall permit Beneficiary to connect to such data ports, as shall be required to provide to Beneficiary on a real-time basis all measurement data generated by such measurement equipment. Beneficiary shall be responsible at its own cost for obtaining equipment and services to connect to such data ports and receive and process such data.

(i)    Each Party shall make the charts and records by which measurements are determined available for the use of the other Party in fulfilling the terms and conditions thereof. Each Party shall, upon written request of the other Party, mail, email or deliver for checking and calculation all volume, BS&W, and gravity, average flowing temperature, average flowing pressure and other meter or test records in its possession and used in the measurement or allocation of Product delivered under this Agreement within 30 Days after the last chart for each billing period is removed from the meter. Such data shall be returned within 90 Days after the receipt thereof.

(j)    Each Party shall preserve or cause to be preserved for mutual use all test data or other similar records in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of regulatory bodies having jurisdiction, if any, with respect to the retention of such records, and, in any event, for at least 24 Months.

(k)    So long as the Parties to this Agreement are also parties to a Transaction Document that covers Gas, the requirements for Measurement Devices in respect of Flash Gas shall be covered by such Transaction Document. If at any time the Parties to this Agreement are not also party to another Transaction Document that covers Gas, the Parties shall set forth in the Agreement Addendum or an appropriate amendment to this Agreement the requirements for Measurement Devices pertaining to Flash Gas; absent such agreement, Gatherer shall install and maintain measuring equipment at the Delivery Points that is in accordance with applicable API standards.

Section 4.2 Measurement Procedures . Gatherer shall use the Measurement Devices owned by Gatherer (or if Gatherer’s rights under Section 4.1(d) are exercised, then the Measurement Devices owned by Producer) at the Measurement Points to determine the volumes of Product passing through the Individual System for purposes of Article 6 and Article 10 . Gatherer shall cause (or if Gatherer’s rights under Section 4.1(d) are exercised, then Producer shall cause) the measurements of the quantity and quality of all Product measured at the Measurement Points (and at each Receipt Point or Delivery Point at which measurements are taken) to be conducted in accordance with industry standards (referenced below) and governmental regulations.

API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards:

Chapter 4, Proving Systems

Chapter 5.1. General Considerations for Measurement by Meters

Chapter 5.6, Measurement of Liquid by Coriolis Meters

Chapter 7, Temperature Determination Chapter 8, Sampling

 

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Chapter 8.2, Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products

Chapter 9, Density Determination

Chapter 10, Sediment and Water

Chapter 12.2, Calculation of Petroleum Quantities Measured by Turbine or Displacement Meters

Section 4.3 Product Meter Adjustments . If a Measurement Device is out of service or registering inaccurately, the Parties shall determine the quantities of Product received or delivered during such period as follows:

(a)    By using the registration of any check meter or meters, if installed and accurately registering; or in the absence of such check meters,

(b)    By using a meter operating in parallel with the estimated volume corrected for any differences found when the meters are operating properly,

(c)    By correcting the error if the percentage of error is ascertainable by calibration, tests or mathematical calculation, such as step change, uncertainty calculation or balance adjustment; or in the absence of check meters and the ability to make corrections under this Section 4.3(c), then,

(d)    By estimating the quantity received or delivered by receipts or deliveries during periods under similar conditions when the meter was registering accurately.

ARTICLE 5

TENDER, NOMINATION, AND GATHERING OF PRODUCTION

Section 5.1 Tender of Dedicated Production . Subject to Section 5.3(b), each Day during the Term, Producer shall Tender to the Individual System at each applicable Receipt Point all of the Dedicated Production available to Producer at such Receipt Point.

Section 5.2 Services ; Service Standard .

(a)    Services. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Gatherer shall (i) provide Services for all Product that is Tendered by Producer to Gatherer at the applicable Receipt Point, (ii) redeliver to Producer or for the benefit of Producer at the relevant Delivery Point (as designated by Producer) equivalent quantities of such Product, less any Associated Water and Flash Gas removed therefrom attributable to Producer’s owned or Controlled Product, taking into account any System Gains/ Losses, and (iii) cause the System to be able to flow such Product at volumes produced into each Individual System, in each case, so long as total crude volumes for the respective Individual System are not greater than the current capacity of the System.

(b)    Services Standard. Gatherer shall own and operate the System and perform the Services in a good and workmanlike manner in accordance with standards customary in the industry.

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obligations under Section 5.3(a) with respect to any Product produced from any Well but not included on a Development Report or for which new, modified, or enhanced facilities are contemplated in a System Plan, shall at all times be subject to the available capacity on the System at the time that Product is available to be Tendered by Producer at a Receipt Point; provided, however, that Producer may make alternative arrangements for the Product not received by Gatherer pursuant to Section 3.3.

Section 5.3 Nominations , Scheduling, and Curtailment . Nominations and scheduling of Product available for, and interruptions and curtailment of, Services under this Agreement shall be performed in accordance with the following provisions:

(a)    Nominations. Product shall be received only under a nomination submitted by Producer. For purposes of this Agreement, a nomination is the volume, in Barrels per day, forecasted by Producer to be delivered to Receipt Points and redelivered by Gatherer to Delivery Points for a particular month of Deliver. Nominations shall be submitted on or before the 25th day of the Month preceding the Month of delivery.

(b)    Consistent Quantities. Producer and Gatherer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause Product to be received and redelivered under this Agreement at similar quantities for a delivery Month. System storage shall be used only for the operational purposes of Gatherer, as determined solely by Gatherer.

(c)    Target Pressures. Gatherer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the operating pressure of each Facility Segment, as measured at the inlet flange of the central facility of the applicable Facility Segment, at a level that is equal to or less than the Target Pressure.

(d)    Adjustments. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude Gatherer from taking reasonable actions necessary to adjust receipts or deliveries under this Agreement in order to maintain the operational integrity and safety of the System.

(e)    Line Fill .

(i)    Producer shall deliver to Gatherer a pro rata portion of the Product that Gatherer determines is necessary for efficient operation of the System (such pro rata portion, the “Producer Line Fill”), and Gatherer shall not be obligated to receive any Product Tendered by Producer until Producer’s delivery of Product to Gatherer has met the Producer Line Fill.

(ii)    Gatherer shall maintain an inventory account (the “Inventory Account”) for Producer and each other shipper or producer on the System which reflects for each Month with respect to each producer and shipper on the System (including Producer) (i) the total volumes received and delivered; (ii) the starting and ending minimum line fill required; (iii) the starting and ending amount of crude oil inventory in Gatherer’s facilities above the minimum line fill required; and (iv) any other information deemed necessary and appropriate by Gatherer, all on an Individual System basis. Gatherer shall provide a statement of Producer’s Inventory Account as part of the supplemental and supporting information for each invoice.

(iii)    At the end of the Term, Producer’s Product in inventory (both Producer Line Fill and any amounts above Producer Line Fill quantities) within Gatherer’s System, or within the respective Individual System within Gatherer’s System, will be delivered by Gatherer to the Delivery Point specified by Producer within sixty (60) days after the end of the Term.

 

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Section 5.4 Suspension/Shutdown of Service .

(a)    Shutdown. During any period when all or any portion of the Individual System is shut down (i) because of maintenance, repairs, or Force Majeure, (ii) because such shutdown is necessary to avoid injury or harm to Persons or property, to the environment or to the integrity of all or any portion of the Individual System or (iii) because providing Services hereunder has become uneconomic as further described in Section 13.2, Gatherer may interrupt or curtail receipts of Producer’s Product and the Product of other producers as set forth herein. In such cases, Gatherer shall have no liability to Producer (subject to Section 5.4(d) and Section 11.1(b)) for its failure to receive Product, except to the extent such shutdown is caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Gatherer. If Gatherer is required to so interrupt or curtail receipts of Product, Gatherer will advise (by telephone, following up by writing, which writing may be in the form of electronic mail) Producer of such interruption or curtailment as soon as practicable or in any event within twenty-four hours after the occurrence of such event.

(b)    Planned Curtailments and Interruptions.

(i)    Gatherer shall have the right to curtail or interrupt receipts and deliveries of Product for brief periods to perform necessary maintenance of and repairs or modifications (including modifications required to perform its obligations under this Agreement) to the Individual System; provided, however, that to the extent reasonably practicable, Gatherer shall coordinate its maintenance, repair and modification operations with the operations of Producer and, in any case, will use its reasonable efforts to schedule maintenance, repair and modification operations so as to avoid or minimize to the greatest extent possible service curtailments or interruptions.

(ii)    Gatherer shall provide Producer (x) with 10 Days prior notice of any upcoming normal and routine maintenance, repair and modification projects that Gatherer has planned that would result in a curtailment or interruption of Producer’s deliveries and the estimated time period for such curtailment or interruption and (y) with six Months prior notice of any maintenance (A) of which Gatherer has knowledge at least six Months in advance and (B) that is anticipated to result in a curtailment or interruption of Producer’s deliveries for five or more consecutive Days.

(c)    Other Operations. It is specifically understood by Producer that operations and activities on facilities upstream or downstream of the Individual System beyond Gatherer’s control may impact operations on the Individual System, and the Parties agree that Gatherer shall have no liability for any operations or activities upstream or downstream of the Individual System.

(d)    Temporary Release. If at any time Gatherer interrupts or curtails receipts and deliveries of Product pursuant to this Section 5.4 for a period of 30 consecutive Days, then at Producer’s written request, the affected volumes of Product shall be temporarily released from dedication to this Agreement commencing as of the date of such request and ending on the date described in Section 2.4(b).

 

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Section 5.5 Marketing and Transportation . As between the Parties, Producer shall be solely responsible, and shall make all necessary arrangements at and downstream of the Delivery Points, for the receipt, further transportation, and marketing of Producer’s owned and Controlled Product delivered hereunder.

Section 5.6 No Prior Flow of Product in Interstate Commerce . Producer represents and warrants that at the time of Tender, none of the Product delivered at a Receipt Point hereunder has flowed in interstate commerce.

ARTICLE 6

FEES

Section 6.1 Fees . Producer shall pay Gatherer each Month in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for all Services provided by Gatherer with respect to Dedicated Production received by Gatherer from Producer or for Producer’s account during such Month, an amount, for each Individual System, equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) the Net Standard Volume of Product, stated in Barrels, received by Gatherer from Producer or for Producer’s account at the applicable Receipt Points for such Product within the applicable Individual System during such Month, multiplied by (y) the applicable Individual Fee, plus (ii) an amount equal to Producer’s allocated portion of the actual costs incurred by Gatherer for electricity required to provide Services, such allocation to be based upon the aggregate quantities of Product received by Gatherer.

Section 6.2 Fee Adjustments.

(a)    Redetermination.

(i)     Redetermination Proposal . Between November 1 and December 31 of any Year, Gatherer may prepare and deliver to Producer for its review and comment a written proposal (each, a “Redetermination Proposal”) to redetermine each Individual Fee in accordance with this Section 6.2(a). Each Redetermination Proposal shall include relevant supporting documentation based upon the latest updated Development Report and System Plan and shall take into account future items including projected production volumes, operating revenue projections, and budgeted amounts for capital expenditures and all estimated operating expenses that Gatherer believes will be necessary to provide the applicable Services as contemplated by the latest updated Development Report and System Plan; provided that a redetermined Individual Fee as agreed to by the Parties (a “Redetermined Individual Fee”) shall not recoup the difference between (A) estimated operating expenses or revenues and (B) actual operating expenses or revenues for periods prior to the effective date of such Redetermined Individual Fee. The Parties may agree to redetermine a particular Individual Fee without obligation to agree to redetermine any other Individual Fee.

(ii)     Subsequent Redetermination Timing . Any Redetermined Individual Fee agreed to by the Parties on or prior to the last Business Day of February of the applicable Adjustment Year (“Redetermination Deadline”) shall become effective as of the first Day of the Month following the Month in which agreement has been reached. If the Parties fail to agree upon a redetermination of any Individual Fee set forth in the applicable Redetermination Proposal on

 

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or prior to the Redetermination Deadline, such Individual Fee shall remain in effect without redetermination pursuant to this Section 6.2(a). For purposes of this Section 6.2(a)(ii), the Year during which a Redetermination Proposal is delivered is herein the “ Delivery Year ” and the immediately subsequent Year is herein the “ Adjustment Year ”.

(b)    Annual Escalation. Effective as of January 1 of each Year, the Individual Fee will be increased by multiplying the then-applicable Individual Fee by the Escalation Percentage (herein, the “Increase in Fee”) and adding the then-applicable Individual Fee to the Increase in Fee. Such annual increase to the Individual Fee shall become effective on January 1 of the applicable Year, even if such Individual Fee was redetermined pursuant to Section 6.2(a), with an effective date during the same Year.

Section 6.3 Treatment of Byproducts, System Gains/Losses, Fuel and Related Matters . No separate fee shall be chargeable by Gatherer and no refund or reduction in the Individual Fee shall be chargeable by or owed to Producer for the hydrocarbons or services described in this Section 6.3, except as provided in Section 6.3(d).

(a)    Recovered Oil. Gatherer shall deliver to Producer, each Month, all Recovered Oil allocated to Producer or for Producer’s account to the extent Producer and Gatherer have agreed in writing to require such allocation.

(b)    Flash Gas. Gatherer shall deliver to Producer, each Month, all Flash Gas allocated to Producer or for Producer’s account by delivering such Flash Gas into the Gas System to the extent Producer and Gatherer have agreed in writing to require such allocation. At all times during the Term, either (x) Gatherer and Producer shall be party to both this Agreement and another Transaction Document that covers Gas (in which case Producer shall not owe any amount under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which Gatherer is a Party as a result of Flash Gas being transported through the Gas System) or (y) the Parties shall set forth in the Agreement Addendum or an appropriate amendment to this Agreement the methodology for Gatherer to deliver Flash Gas to Producer and any fee applicable thereto.

(c)    System Gains/Losses.

(i)    Gatherer will perform a Monthly material balance for each Individual System based on comparison of Product delivered, Product inventory change within Gatherer’s facilities, and the theoretical Product (after removal of Associated Water and Flash Gas) received into the Individual System at Receipt Points (or measured if Associated Water and Flash Gas of Product at Receipt Points meets Oil Quality specifications of Downstream Facilities or markets without treatment by Gatherer). Actual System gains or losses from the material balance will be allocated back to Producer’s Receipt Points to determine allocated quantities of Product received at Receipt Points for each Month.

(ii)    If, during any Month, System Gains/Losses on an Individual System allocated to Producer in accordance with this Agreement exceeds 0.5% of the total quantities of Producer’s owned or Controlled Product delivered to the Individual System in such Month, then Gatherer will, for the respective Individual System, obtain updated test data (i.e. sample results, meter proves, etc.) from Receipt Points involved in calculating theoretical Product (after removal of

 

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Associated Water and Flash Gas) received into the System at Receipt Points on the Individual System and conduct a field-wide (on an Individual System basis) meter inspection and proving, if necessary, followed by an updated balance. If Gatherer determines that a repair to the Individual System is needed to reduce the System Gains/Losses below 0.5%, Gatherer shall undertake such repairs in a commercially reasonable manner and as soon after making such determination as is commercially reasonable.

(iii)    Gatherer shall provide Producer with prior notice of, and reasonable access to observe, any such field-wide meter balance.

(d)    Other System Fuel. Gatherer may elect to use Other System Fuel as fuel to operate the Individual System, or to generate electricity for the operation of the Individual System and shall account for any Other System Fuel used by Gatherer. Producer, at its sole cost and expense, shall procure all fuel except diesel, in addition to Other System Fuel used by Gatherer, if any, required to operate the Individual System or to generate electricity for the operation of the Individual System and arrange for transportation of such fuel to the Individual System.

(e)    Associated Water. Gatherer shall deliver to Producer, each Month, all Associated Water allocated to Producer or for Producer’s account by delivering such Associated Water into the Water System. The Parties acknowledge that there is no separate fee chargeable by Gatherer hereunder for Services with respect to Associated Water and that the fees chargeable by Gatherer hereunder for Product sufficiently compensate Gatherer for Services with respect to Associated Water. The Monthly Loss/ Gain Report shall include a statement of the Associated Water separated from the Product and delivered to Producer into the Water System.

ARTICLE 7

QUALITY

Section 7.1 Quality Specifications .

(a)    Each Individual System will be operated as a field System, and as such, Product received from Producer at the Receipt Points shall conform to the following quality specifications, provided that the following may be varied or adjusted as described in this Section 7.1 or by express language set forth in the applicable Agreement Addendum. Gatherer will not accept any Product unless it meets the specifications listed in the chart below and unless other properties of such Product (viscosity, pour point, and other properties) are such that it will be readily susceptible to transportation through Gatherer’s pipeline system. These specifications may be applied to each Barrel of Producer’s nomination and not be limited to the composite sample of the nomination.

 

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Sulfur Content, Weight %   <= 0.40   

BS&W

  <= 3.5%   
  Of which, basic sediment is no more than   
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(b)    All Product delivered by Producer to Gatherer shall have a maximum temperature of one hundred forty degrees (140º) Fahrenheit at the Receipt Point.

(c)    From time to time, Gatherer may require that Producer furnish certified laboratory reports showing the results of quality tests on the Product tendered for gathering. Gatherer may also from time to time obtain samples for laboratory analysis to check compliance with the specifications cited above.

(d)    If any Product Tendered by Producer to the Individual System fails at any time to conform to the applicable specifications, then Gatherer will have the rights specified in Section 7.2.

(e)    If Producer’s Product delivered to the Receipt Points complies with such quality specifications, then all Product redelivered at the Delivery Points by Gatherer to Producer shall meet the quality specifications of the applicable Downstream Facility. Subject to Section 7.1(f), Gatherer may commingle Product received into the Individual System with other Product shipments and, subject to Gatherer’s obligation to redeliver to Producer at the Delivery Points Product that satisfies the applicable quality specifications of the Delivery Points, (i) such Product shall be subject to such changes in quality, composition and other characteristics as may result from such commingling and the removal of Associated Water and Flash Gas (if any), (ii) Gatherer shall have no other obligation to Producer associated with changes in quality of Product as the result of such commingling and Associated Water and Flash Gas removal, and (iii) Gatherer shall have the right to change the quality specifications to comply with any changes in the Downstream Facility specifications.

(f)    Gatherer shall establish a quality bank with respect to Product transported within the same common stream. Such quality bank shall initially apply only to the API gravity of Product transported within the same common stream. Gatherer shall have the right to expand such quality bank to also apply to the sulphur content of Product transported within the same common stream. All shippers shall be required to participate in the quality bank. The quality bank (i) shall be administered by an entity to be designated by Gatherer, which may be Gatherer, (“Administrator”), and such Administrator shall calculate, collect, and remit monetary adjustments among all shippers tendering within the common streams from changes in specified constituents (i.e., API gravity and/or sulphur, as applicable) for which such quality bank is established and which result from common stream operations, and (ii) each shipper agrees to pay the Administrator the computed quality adjustments due from such shipper in accordance with the quality bank policy.

Section 7.2 Failure to Meet Specifications . If any Product Tendered by Producer to the Individual System fails at any time to conform to the applicable specifications, then Gatherer will have the right to discontinue receipt of such non-conforming Product. Unless such non-conforming Product creates a safety hazard or may damage existing infrastructure (in the opinion of Gatherer), Gatherer shall provide notice (which notice may be verbal initially, followed by written confirmation) to Producer twenty-four (24) hours prior to such discontinuation, and Producer shall cease delivery of Product until such time as the Product Tendered by Producer will again conform to the applicable specifications. If Producer fails to comply with the discontinuation notice (or deliver a formal dispute,

 

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as specified in the following sentence) prior to the expiration of twenty-four (24) hours after receiving such notice from Gatherer, then Gatherer shall be entitled to unilaterally cease receiving Product. If Producer disputes Gatherer’s determination that any Product fails to conform to the applicable specifications, then Producer shall (a) notify Gatherer thereof within twenty-four (24) hours after receiving such notice from Gatherer, (b) submit the applicable Product to a mutually agreed upon Third Party laboratory, and (c) cause such laboratory to analyze the Product within seventy-two (72) hours after Producer’s receipt of Gatherer’s notice of non-conformance (during which time Gatherer shall continue to accept deliveries from Producer, unless Gatherer believes such deliveries present a safety hazard or may damage installed infrastructure). If the results of such analysis provide that the applicable Product is non-conforming, the costs and expenses associated with such analysis shall be borne by Producer; if the results of such analysis provide that the applicable Product conforms to the specifications, then Gatherer shall reimburse Producer for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by Producer to cause such Third Party laboratory to perform such analysis. Producer will promptly undertake commercially reasonable measures to eliminate the cause of such non-conformance. Gatherer, in its sole discretion, may accept receipt, or continue to receive, non-conforming Product if the blending and commingling of such Producer’s non-conforming Product with other Product in the Individual System does not materially affect the System and the ability of Gatherer to deliver Product at Delivery Points within applicable Delivery Point specifications. Gatherer’s continued taking of non-conforming Product shall not relieve Producer of the responsibility to undertake commercially reasonable measures to eliminate the cause of such non-conformance.

Section 7.3 Indemnification Regarding Quality . PRODUCER SHALL RELEASE, PROTECT, DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS GATHERER GROUP FROM AND AGAINST ALL LOSSES DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH OR IN ANY MANNER ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FAILURE OF THE PRODUCT DELIVERED BY PRODUCER TO THE INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM TO MEET THE QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, INCLUDING DISPOSAL COSTS, DAMAGE TO OR SUSTAINED BY THE INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM (INCLUDING THE EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENT PARTS), COSTS EXPENDED BY GATHERER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES TO RETURN THE INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM AND RELATED FACILITIES TO SERVICES.

ARTICLE 8

TERM

Section 8.1 Term . This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date, and this Agreement shall remain in effect until the 10th anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Initial Term”) and thereafter on a Year to Year basis until terminated by Gatherer or Producer effective upon the expiration of the Initial Term or the expiration of any Year thereafter upon written notice no less than 90 Days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or the expiration of any Year thereafter (such period of time, the “Term”).

Section 8.2 Effect of Termination or Expiration of the Term . Upon the termination of the Term, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and the Parties shall have no liability or obligation under this Agreement, except that (a) the termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any Party from any expense, liability or other obligation or remedy therefor that has accrued or attached prior to

 

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the date of such termination, (b) the provisions of Section 7.3, this Section 8.2, Section 9.1, Article 15 and Section 17.1 through Section 17.10 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect indefinitely, and (c) Section 10.4 and Section 17.11 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect for the period of time specified in such Sections.

ARTICLE 9

TITLE AND CUSTODY

Section 9.1 Title . A nomination of Product by Producer shall be deemed a warranty of title to such Product by Producer or a warranty that Producer Controls the Product and has the right to deliver such Product for gathering under this Agreement, as applicable. Title to Product shall not transfer to Gatherer by reason of Gatherer’s performance of the Services. By nominating Product, Producer also agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold Gatherer harmless from any and all Losses resulting from any claims by a Third Party of title or rights to such Product. If any claim is made challenging Producer’s right to deliver such Product to Gatherer, then Gatherer shall have the right to suspend receipt of deliveries of such Product hereunder until such claim is finally resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of Gatherer.

Section 9.2 Custody . From and after Producer’s delivery of Product to Gatherer at the Receipt Points, and until Gatherer’s redelivery of such Product to or for Producer’s account at the applicable Delivery Points, as between the Parties, Gatherer shall have custody and control of, and be responsible for, such Product. In all other circumstances, as between the Parties, Producer shall be deemed to have custody and control of, and be responsible for, such Product.

ARTICLE 10

BILLING AND PAYMENT

Section 10.1 Statements .

(a)    Ordinary Course. Gatherer shall submit invoices to Producer on or before the 25th Day after the end of a Month (the “Invoice Month”). Each invoice shall be accompanied by supporting information for all amounts charged by such invoice. All amounts owed for Services provided during an Invoice Month shall be reflected on the applicable invoice for such Invoice Month; provided that to the extent any amount appearing on an invoice is in respect of an amount paid by Gatherer to a Third Party (collectively, the “Reimbursed Amount”) or the calculation of such amount is contingent on information provided by a Third Party (collectively, the “Conditional Amount”), such Reimbursed Amount and Conditional Amount, shall be reflected on an invoice within 90 Days after the end of the Month in which such Reimbursed Amount was paid by Gatherer.

(b)     Other . If actual measurements of volumes of Dedicated Production are not available by the date stated in Section 10.1(a) , then the invoice submitted by the date stated in Section 10.1(a) , may be prepared and submitted based on Gatherer’s good faith estimate of the volumes of Dedicated Production received in the applicable Invoice Month. If Gatherer submits an invoice based on estimated volumes, Gatherer shall prepare and submit to Producer an invoice based on actual measurements on or before the close of business of the 40th Day after the applicable Invoice Month, together with a reconciliation to the invoice submitted based on Gatherer’s estimate.

 

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(c)    Detail . Gatherer’s invoices and supporting information shall include information reasonably sufficient to explain and support any estimates and charges reflected therein, the reconciliation of any estimates made in a prior Month to the actual measurements for such Month, and any adjustments to prior period volumes and quantities.

(d)    Monthly Loss/ Gain Report . Gatherer shall deliver to Producer, on or before the close of business of the 40th Day after the applicable Invoice Month a Monthly Loss/ Gain Report. If Gatherer elects, it may deliver such Monthly Loss/ Gain Report concurrently with the applicable invoice.

(e)    One Invoice; Netting . To the extent that Gatherer and Producer are party to this Agreement and one or more other Transaction Documents, one invoice may be delivered in respect of all amounts owing under such Transaction Documents. The Parties shall net all undisputed amounts due and owing or past due and owing arising under the Transaction Documents to which Producer and Gatherer are parties such that the Party owing the greater amount shall make a single payment of the net amount to the other Party. To the extent possible, all fee adjustments set forth in Article 6 shall be accomplished by setoff or netting.

Section 10.2 Payments .

(a)    Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, all invoices under this Agreement shall be due and payable in accordance with each invoice’s instructions on or before the later of the 30 th Day of each Month and the 10th Day after receipt of the invoice or, if such Day is not a Business Day, then on the next Business Day. All payments by Producer under this Agreement shall be made by electronic funds transfer to the account designated by Gatherer. Any amounts not paid by the due date will be deemed delinquent and, will accrue interest at the Interest Rate, such interest to be calculated from and including the due date but excluding the date the delinquent amount is paid in full.

(b)    If Producer, in good faith, disputes the amount of any invoice of Gatherer, Producer will pay Gatherer such amount, if any, that is not in dispute and shall provide Gatherer notice, no later than 30 Days after the date that payment of such invoice would be due under Section 10.2(a), of the disputed amount accompanied by reasonable documentation to support Producer’s dispute. If Producer fails to provide notice of dispute within such 30-Day period, then Producer shall be deemed to have waived its right to dispute the applicable invoice, except for a dispute following an audit conducted in accordance with Section 10.4. Following Gatherer’s receipt of such dispute notice, Producer and Gatherer shall endeavor in good faith to resolve such dispute, and if the Parties are unable to resolve such dispute within a reasonable time, such dispute may be resolved in accordance with Section 17.6 of this Agreement. Upon resolution of the dispute, any required payment shall be made within 15 Days after such resolution, and such amount shall be paid along with interest accrued at the Interest Rate from and including the due date but excluding the date paid.

Section 10.3 Adequate Assurances . If (a) Producer fails to pay according to the provisions hereof and such failure continues for a period of 5 Business Days after written notice of such failure is provided to Producer, or (b) Gatherer has reasonable grounds for insecurity regarding the performance

 

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by Producer of any obligation under this Agreement, then Gatherer, by notice to Producer, may, singularly or in combination with any other rights it may have, demand Adequate Assurance of Performance from Producer. “Adequate Assurance of Performance” means, at the option of Producer, any of the following, (x) advance payment in cash by Producer to Gatherer for Services to be provided under this Agreement in the following Month or (y) delivery to Gatherer by Producer of an irrevocable standby letter of credit or a performance bond, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Gatherer, issued by a Credit-Worthy Person, in an amount equal to not less than the aggregate proceeds due from Producer under Section 10.1 for the prior 2-Month period. Promptly following the termination of the condition giving rise to Gatherer’s reasonable grounds for insecurity or payment in full of amounts outstanding, as applicable, Gatherer shall release to Producer the cash, letter of credit, bond or other assurance provided by Producer (including any accumulated interest, if applicable, and less any amounts actually applied to cover Producer’s obligations hereunder).

Section 10.4 Audit . Each Party has the right, at its sole expense and during normal working hours, to examine the records of the other Party to the extent reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of any statement, charge or computation made pursuant to the provisions of the Transaction Documents. The scope of such examination will be limited to the 24 Months preceding the date such notice of audit, statement, charge or computation was presented. No Party may conduct more than one audit (taking all Transaction Documents to which Producer is a party together) of another Party during any Year (except that, if a Party is in default hereunder, additional audits may be conducted during the continuance of such default). If any such examination reveals any inaccuracy in any statement or charge, the necessary adjustments in such statement or charge and the payments necessitated thereby shall be made within 60 Days of resolution of the inaccuracy. This provision of this Agreement will survive any termination of this Agreement for the later of (a) a period of 24 Months from the end of the Year in which the date of such termination occurred or (b) until a dispute initiated within the 24 Month period is finally resolved, in each case for the purpose of such statement and payment objections.

ARTICLE 11

REMEDIES

Section 11.1 Suspension of Performance; Temporary Release from Dedication .

(a)    Suspension by Gatherer as Remedy for Payment Default. If Producer fails to pay any invoice rendered under Article 10, such failure is not due to a good faith dispute by Producer in accordance with Section 10.2(b), and such failure is not remedied within 15 Business Days after Producer’s receipt of written notice of such failure from Gatherer, Gatherer shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to suspend performance (including withholding any undisputed payments that are owed by Gatherer to Producer, and such withheld undisputed amounts shall not be subject to setoff under Section 10.1(d)) under this Agreement until such undisputed amount, including interest at the Interest Rate, is paid in full

(b)    Additional Suspensions as Remedies. If Producer fails to perform or comply with any material warranty, covenant or obligation (other than as provided in Section 11.1(a) contained in this Agreement and such failure has not been remedied within 60 Days after Producer’s receipt of written notice from Gatherer of such failure, then Gatherer shall have the right to suspend performance under this Agreement.

 

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(c)    Specific Performance and Declaratory Judgments. Damages in the event of breach of this Agreement by a Party hereto may be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain. Therefore, each Party, in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, will have the right to seek a declaratory judgment and will have the right to an injunction or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction, enjoining any such breach, and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof, and each of the Parties hereto hereby waives any and all defenses it may have on the ground of lack of jurisdiction or competence of the court to grant such an injunction or other equitable relief. The existence of this right will not preclude any Party from pursuing any other rights and remedies at law or in equity that such Party may have.

Section 11.2 No Election . In the event of a default by a Party under this Agreement, the other Party shall be entitled in its sole discretion to pursue one or more of the remedies set forth in this Agreement, or such other remedy as may be available to it under this Agreement, at Law or in equity, subject, however, to the limitations set forth in Section 11.3 and Article 15. No election of remedies shall be required or implied as the result of a Party’s decision to avail itself of a remedy under this Agreement.

Section 11.3 DIRECT DAMAGES . A PARTY’S DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A BREACH OR VIOLATION OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, COVENANT, AGREEMENT OR CONDITION CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ACT OR OMISSION ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DIRECT DAMAGES AND SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY OTHER LOSS OR DAMAGE, INCLUDING INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, PRODUCTION, OR REVENUES, AND EACH PARTY RELEASES THE OTHER PARTY FROM ALL SUCH CLAIMS FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE OTHER THAN ACTUAL DIRECT DAMAGES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS LIMITATION TO DIRECT DAMAGES SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY DAMAGE, CLAIM, OR LOSS (A) RESULTING FROM THE DELIVERY BY PRODUCER OF PRODUCT NOT MEETING THE SPECIFICATIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, (B) ASSERTED BY OR AWARDED TO THIRD PARTIES AGAINST A PARTY AND FOR WHICH THE OTHER PARTY WOULD OTHERWISE BE RESPONSIBLE UNDER ARTICLE 15 , OR (C) THAT PRODUCER WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER UNDER SECTION 7.1(E) .

ARTICLE 12

FORCE MAJEURE

Section 12.1 Force Majeure . If either Gatherer or Producer is rendered unable by an event of Force Majeure to carry out, in whole or part, its obligations under this Agreement and such Party gives notice (which notice may initially be delivered orally so long as written notice is delivered as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter) and reasonably full details of the event (including the nature, extent, effect, and likely duration of the event or circumstances constituting the Force Majeure event) to the other Party as soon as practicable after the occurrence of the event, then, during the pendency of such

 

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Force Majeure, but only during that period, the obligations of the Party affected by the event shall be canceled or suspended, as applicable, to the extent required; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, no Party shall be relieved from any indemnification obligation or any obligation to make payments, as the result of Force Majeure, regardless of which Party is affected; provided further that if the Force Majeure impacts only a particular Facility Segment or Individual System, then the suspension of obligations described in this sentence shall apply only to the applicable Facility Segment or Individual System and not to the obligations owing in connection with the rest of the System. The Party affected by Force Majeure shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remedy the Force Majeure condition with all reasonable dispatch, shall give notice to the other Party of the termination of the Force Majeure, and shall resume performance of any suspended obligation promptly after termination of such Force Majeure.

Section 12.2 Extension Due to Force Majeure . If a Party is unable to meet any deadline set forth herein as a result of a Force Majeure, then provided that such Party complies with the provisions of Section  12.1, such deadline shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period of time during which such Party is delayed due to the Force Majeure.

ARTICLE 13

CHANGE IN LAW; UNECONOMIC SERVICE

Section 13.1 Changes in Applicable Law .

(a)    If any new Laws are enacted or amended or any new interpretations in respect of previously existing Laws are issued after the Effective Date that require Gatherer to make capital expenditures with respect to the System, then Gatherer may propose an increase to the applicable Individual Fee as may be necessary or appropriate to preserve and continue for the Parties the rights and benefits originally contemplated for the Parties by this Agreement; provided, however , that no increase to the applicable Individual Fee pursuant to this Section 13.1 shall be applicable unless and until, Gatherer would be required to make capital expenditures with respect to the System in order to comply with such new Law that materially and adversely affects the economics of the Services provided, fees received, or the other economic benefits of this Agreement for Gatherer.

(b)    Producer shall accept or reject, in its sole discretion, Gatherer’s proposed increase to the Individual Fee within 30 Days after receiving such proposal from Gatherer. If Producer fails to provide notice of such acceptance or rejection within such 30-Day period, then Producer shall be deemed to have rejected such increase. If Producer rejects or is deemed to reject the amount of the proposed increase, then either Party may submit the determination of the proposed increase to binding arbitration in accordance with Section 17.6. The Parties will amend, update, or revise the applicable Agreement Addendum in accordance with this Agreement to reflect any changes in the applicable Individual Fees agreed to in accordance with this Section 13.1.

(c)    Producer and Gatherer shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to comply with new and amended applicable Laws and new interpretations of existing Laws.

 

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Section 13.2 Unprofitable Operations and Rights of Termination .

(a)    Existing Facilities. If (x) the gathering of Product from any Wells, Separator Facilities or Receipt Points, (y) the delivery of Product to any Delivery Points or (z) the provision of any other Service under this Agreement, is or becomes uneconomical due to its volume, quality, or for any other cause, then Gatherer shall not be obligated to provide the applicable Services so long as such condition exists. If Gatherer validly suspends Services under this Section 13.2(a) as a result of Producer’s (A) negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of this Agreement, (B) delivery of Product that fails to meet the quality specifications required by Section 7.1, or (C) execution of a plan of development that deviates from the then-applicable Development Report, then Gatherer may resume providing such Services at any time, upon two months’ advance written notice delivered to Producer, and the affected Wells, Separator Facilities, Receipt Points, Drilling Units. For purposes of this Section 13.2(a) , the term “uneconomical” shall include, with respect to the gathering of Product from any Well, Separator Facility, or Receipt Point, the delivery of Product to any Delivery Point, or the provision of any other Service under this Agreement, that the actual, direct operating and maintenance expenses incurred by Gatherer with respect thereto during any rolling three month period, including expenses charged to Gatherer by third parties providing services for Gatherer, exceed the total revenues received by Gatherer for Services rendered with respect thereto during such period, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

(b)    Election not to Expand System. If Gatherer determines, in its discretion, that an expansion of the Individual System to satisfy the needs of Producer, as described in Section 3.2, would be uneconomical, then Gatherer shall neither be obligated to undertake such expansion nor to provide the applicable Services. Producer shall be entitled to a release of the applicable Planned Wells, Planned Separator Facilities and Dedicated Production pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(vi) immediately upon Gatherer’s delivery of a System Plan (marked as “Final”) indicating that a requested expansion would be uneconomical pursuant Section 13.2(d).

(c)    Start Date of Suspension of Services. Gatherer shall cause any suspension of Services permitted by this Section 13.2 to commence on the first Day of a Month and not on any other Day.

(d)    Supporting Documentation and Management Discussions. As soon as Gatherer determines that an expansion of the Individual System will not be economic or that continuing to provide Services at existing facilities has been rendered uneconomic, Gatherer shall communicate the same in writing to Producer.

(i)    With respect to existing facilities, such notice shall be delivered to Producer at least 180 Days in advance of any proposed curtailment under this Section 13.2 and such notice shall be accompanied by documentation supporting its claim that certain Services have become uneconomical. Commencing on the date on which such notice is delivered and continuing for 180 Days, Gatherer shall participate in Meetings of Senior Management if so requested by Producer, so long as such Meetings of Senior Management are scheduled at mutually agreeable times and locations, in order to negotiate a transition of Services that will not materially adversely affect Producer. Such discussions may include the following matters and such other matters aimed at ameliorating the detrimental effects of Gatherer ceasing to provide Services: (A) purchase by Producer from Gatherer of the pipe, rights of way or other assets necessary for the types of services that otherwise would have been performed under this Agreement, (B) a

 

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continuation of the provision of Services hereunder by Gatherer for a period of time longer than the 180 Days required hereby in order to permit Producer sufficient time to take over operations or find an alternate midstream service provider and (C) adjustments to the Development Plan or rework certain Wells in order to address the concerns of Gatherer with respect to providing Services thereto. In no event shall Gatherer’s obligation to be available for Meetings of Senior Management create an obligation on Gatherer to continue providing services past the 180 Days required hereby, and Gatherer is under no obligation to agree to any amendments to this Agreement or modifications to the Services provided in order to accommodate requests of Producer during such negotiations. However, both Parties have an obligation to negotiate in good faith during such discussions.

(ii)    With respect to planned facilities, Gatherer shall indicate that providing Services to Planned Wells or Planned Separator Facilities is uneconomical by failing to include the necessary expansion projects in the applicable System Plan and shall provide supporting documentation for its determination that such expansion would be uneconomical, if requested by Producer. If Gatherer delivers a System Plan (marked as “Final”) describing the necessary expansion projects, such delivery shall be deemed to be a commitment by Gatherer to complete such expansion without exercising its rights under Section 13.2(b), so long as conditions (including anticipated throughput, pricing, the ability to obtain rights-of-way, Producer’s continued execution of the Development Report, and any other factors deemed material by Gatherer) do not materially change; provided, however that upon the initiation of Services through such expansion project or through a component part of such expansion project, such expansion (or applicable portion thereof) shall be considered “existing facilities” for purposes of this Section 13.2 and Gatherer shall have all of the rights set forth herein with respect to existing facilities that become uneconomical. Nothing in this Section 13.2(d) shall give Producer a right to consent to a suspension under this Section 13.2.

(e)    No Obligation to Drill or Operate. Without limiting the right of Producer to revise the Development Report to eliminate any proposed Wells or Separator Facilities, nothing herein shall be construed to require Producer to drill or conduct any operations as to any Well, to continue to operate any Well, to place any new Separator Facility into service or to maintain the operation of any Separator Facility that a prudent operator would not in like circumstances drill or continue to operate.

ARTICLE 14

REGULATORY STATUS

Section 14.1 Non -Jurisdictional System . This Agreement is subject to all valid present and future Laws of Governmental Authorities now or hereafter having jurisdiction over the Parties, this Agreement, the Services performed, or the System. It is the intent of the Parties that no Governmental Authority shall alter any provisions in the Agreement in such a way that would have the effect of altering the economic benefits of either Party, as originally contemplated under this Agreement. The Parties shall (a) vigorously defend and support in good faith the enforceability of this Agreement and the continuance, without alternation, of the Services in any and all proceedings before any Governmental Authority in which this Agreement is subject to review and (b) not initiate or support, either directly or indirectly, any challenge with any Governmental Authorities to the rates provided

 

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herein or any other modification to this Agreement that would alter the economic benefits of a Party as originally contemplated under this Agreement; provided , however , nothing set forth herein shall restrict or prohibit Producer from contesting or challenging or disputing with the other Party as to the interpretation, breach, default or performance of this Agreement or any filings of tariffs or any amendments thereto with respect to the System to the extent such tariffs are not substantively identical to the economic terms set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Producer shall have the right to assert in the appropriate forum in response to any change or proposed change in any tariffs that such change is not in substantial accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Section 14.2 Government Authority Modification . Notwithstanding the provisions of Section  14.1, if the rates are changed or required to be changed or any other modification to this Agreement that alters the economic benefits of a Party, as originally contemplated under this Agreement, in response to any order, regulation, or other mandate of a Governmental Authority, then no such change or modification shall constitute a breach or other default under the terms of this Agreement, and the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to enter into such amendments to this Agreement or a separate arrangement in order to give effect, to the greatest extent possible, the economic benefit as originally contemplated in this Agreement.

ARTICLE 15

INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

Section 15.1 Reciprocal Indemnity . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and except as otherwise set forth in Section  7.3:

(a)    Producer Indemnification. Producer shall release, protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Gatherer Group from and against all Losses directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with bodily injury, death, illness, disease, or loss or damage to property of Producer or any member of Producer Group in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement, directly or indirectly. THIS RELEASE, DEFENSE AND INDEMNITY OBLIGATION SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF FAULT OF GATHERER GROUP OR ANY OTHER PERSONS. (EXCEPT THAT IT SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LOSSES ARE CAUSED BY THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF GATHERER).

(b)    Gatherer Indemnification. Gatherer shall release, protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Producer Group from and against all Losses directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with bodily injury, death, illness, disease, or loss or damage to property of Gatherer or any member of Gatherer Group in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement, directly or indirectly. THIS RELEASE, DEFENSE AND INDEMNITY OBLIGATION SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF FAULT OF PRODUCER GROUP OR ANY OTHER PERSONS. (EXCEPT THAT IT SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LOSSES ARE CAUSED BY THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF PRODUCER).

(c)    Regardless of Fault. AS USED IN THE PRECEDING TWO SUBCLAUSES, THE PHRASE “REGARDLESS OF FAULT” SHALL MEAN, WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOSS THAT IS CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE (WHETHER SOLE, JOINT,

 

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CONCURRENT, COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY, ACTIVE, PASSIVE, OR OTHERWISE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHER FAULT, OF ANY MEMBER OF GATHERER GROUP OR THE PRODUCER GROUP, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CAUSE OR CAUSES THEREOF AND WITHOUT LIMITATION OF SUCH LOSS AND WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.

Section 15.2 Indemnification Regarding Third Parties . Each Party shall release, protect, defend, indemnify and hold the other Party harmless against any Loss by a Third Party that is not a member of the Producer Group or Gatherer Group, to the extent such Loss (a) is caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of said indemnifying Party or such Party’s Group, or (b) in the case of Producer as indemnifying Party, results from claims by a Third Party of title, rights, or encumbrances in or to Product delivered by Producer to a Receipt Point.

Section 15.3 Penalties . Producer shall release, protect, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Gatherer from any Losses resulting from penalties imposed by a Downstream Facility in any transportation contracts or service agreements associated with, or related to, Producer’s owned or Controlled Product, including any penalties imposed pursuant to the Downstream Facility’s tariff.

Section 15.4 Insurance . Gatherer and Producer shall (a) carry and maintain no less than the insurance coverage set forth in Exhibit B, and (b) cause such insurance to be (i) the primary coverage without any right of contribution from any other insurance held by the other Party to the extent of the insured Party’s indemnification obligations hereunder, and (ii) written and endorsed to include waivers of all subrogation rights of the insurers against Gatherer and its Group (in the case of Producer’s insurance) or Producer and its Group (in the case of Gatherer’s insurance). Producer shall also cause the insurance carried and maintained by it pursuant to this Section  15.4 to be endorsed to name Gatherer and its Group as additional insureds or provide blanket additional insured status that covers Gatherer and its Group as additional insureds, except in the case of worker’s compensation insurance.

ARTICLE 16

ASSIGNMENT

Section 16.1 Assignment of Rights and Obligations under this Agreement .

(a)    Assignment. Except as specifically otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Party shall have the right to assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement (in whole or in part) to another Person except with the prior consent of Gatherer (in the case of an assignment by Producer) or Producer (in the case of an assignment by Gatherer), which consent may be withheld at such Party’s sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing,

(i)    Producer may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Person to whom Producer assigns or transfers an interest in any of the Dedicated Properties, insofar as this Agreement relates to such Dedicated Properties, without the consent of Gatherer; provided that (A) such Person assumes in writing the obligations of Producer under this Agreement insofar as it relates to the portion of the Dedicated Properties so assigned or transferred, such writing shall take the form of an Agreement Addendum, executed by Gatherer, Producer and the assignee (and others, if appropriate) and such writing shall be recorded in the real property

 

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records of the counties in which the Dedication Area is located, (B) such assignment is made subject to this Agreement, (C) if such assignment or transfer is made to an Affiliate of Producer, Producer shall not be released from any of its obligations under this Agreement, and (D) if such transfer or assignment is to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Producer, Producer shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Dedicated Properties so assigned or transferred; provided, further , that to the extent such Person is not an Affiliate of Producer, except for the Dedicated Properties assigned or transferred, this Agreement shall not bind any interests of such Person or its Affiliates in any oil and/or gas leases, mineral interests, and other similar interests owned by such Person as of or after the date of such assignment or transfer;

(ii)    Gatherer may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Affiliate Entity insofar and only insofar as this Agreement relates to the Dedicated Properties for which such Affiliate Entity will be providing Services (such Dedicated Properties, the “ Affiliate Entity Dedicated Properties ”); provided that in lieu of assigning a portion of this Agreement (in the manner set forth in this subclause (ii)), Producer and Affiliate Entity may enter into a separate gathering agreement applicable to the Affiliate Entity Dedicated Properties that is substantially similar to this Agreement and, with respect to the Dedicated Properties covered by such separate gathering agreement (and only with respect to such Dedicated Properties), this Agreement shall terminate and cease to control.

(b)    Notice; Binding Effect. Within 30 Days prior to the date of execution of a permitted assignment by Producer, Producer shall give Gatherer notice of any assignment of this Agreement or Dedicated Properties. Gatherer shall give Producer written notice of any assignment of this Agreement within 30 Days after the date of execution of such permitted assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective permitted successors and assigns of the Parties. Any attempted assignment made without compliance with the provisions set forth in this Section 16.1 shall be null and void ab initio .

(c)    Releases not Assignments. Any release of any of the Dedicated Properties from the Dedications pursuant to Section 2.4 shall not constitute an assignment or transfer of such Dedicated Properties for the purposes of this Article 16.

Section 16.2 Pre -Approved Assignments . Each Party shall have the right without the prior consent of the other Party to (a) mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise impress a lien or security interest upon its rights and interest in and to this Agreement, and (b) make a transfer pursuant to any security interest arrangement described in (a) above, including any judicial or non-judicial foreclosure and any assignment from the holder of such security interest to another Person.

Section 16.3 Change of Control . Except as provided in Section 16.1, nothing in this Article 16 shall prevent Producer’s members or owners from transferring their respective interests (whether equity or otherwise and whether in whole or in part) in Producer and nothing in this Article 16 shall prevent Gatherer’s members or owners from transferring their respective interests (whether equity or otherwise and whether in whole or in part) in Gatherer. However, if a change of control of a Party gives rise to a reasonable basis for insecurity on the part of the other Party, such change of control may be the basis for a request of Adequate Assurance of Performance. Each member or owner of Producer

 

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or Gatherer, as applicable, shall have the right to assign and transfer such member’s or owner’s interests (whether equity or otherwise and whether in whole or in part) in Producer or Gatherer, as applicable, without restriction contained in this Agreement.

ARTICLE 17

OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 17.1 Relationship of the Parties . The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any Agreement Addendum shall create a binding agreement between the Parties signatory thereto consisting of the terms set forth in such Agreement and Addendum. This Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to create, a partnership, joint venture or association or a trust between Producer and Gatherer. This Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to authorize any Party to act as an agent, servant or employee for any other Party for any purpose whatsoever except as explicitly set forth in this Agreement. In their relations with each other under this Agreement, the Parties shall not be considered fiduciaries.

Section 17.2 Notices . Unless otherwise specified in the applicable provision, all notices, consents, approvals, requests, and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered personally, or sent by bonded overnight courier, mailed by U.S. Express Mail or by certified or registered United States Mail with all postage fully prepaid, return receipt requested, or, except in the case of notices of breach or default, sent by electronic mail (including with a PDF of the notice or other communication attached), in each case, addressed (i) if to Producer, at the address set forth on the applicable Agreement Addendum and (ii) if to Gatherer, at the address set forth on the signature page; provided that in the case of any notice by electronic mail, such notice is confirmed by communication via another method permitted by this Section 17.2. Any notice, consent, approval, request, or other communication (“Communications”) given in accordance herewith shall be deemed to have been given when (a) actually received or rejected by the addressee in person or by courier, (b) ( reserved ), or (c) actually received or rejected by the addressee upon delivery by overnight courier or United States Mail, as shown in the tracking report or return receipt, as applicable. Communications may not be transmitted by electronic mail, except for ordinary course business communications that shall be deemed to be received, if transmitted during normal business hours on such Business Day, or if transmitted after normal business hours, on the next Business Day. Any Person may change their contact information for notice by giving notice to the other Party in the manner provided in this Section 17.2.

Section 17.3 Entire Agreement; Conflicts . This Agreement (including the applicable Agreement Addendum and Exhibits) constitutes the entire agreement of Producer and Gatherer pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations, and discussions, whether oral or written, of Producer and Gatherer pertaining to the subject matter hereof. There are no warranties, representations, or other valid and subsisting agreements between Producer and Gatherer relating to the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, including the exhibits hereto, and no Party shall be bound by or liable for any alleged representation, promise, inducement, or statements of intention not so set forth.

 

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Section 17.4 Waivers; Rights Cumulative . Any of the terms, covenants, or conditions hereof may be waived only by a written instrument executed by or on behalf of the Person waiving compliance. No course of dealing on the part of any Party, or their respective officers, employees, agents, or representatives, nor any failure by a Party to exercise any of its rights under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof or affect in any way the right of such Party at a later time to enforce the performance of such provision. No waiver by any Party of any condition, or any breach of any term or covenant contained in this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such condition or breach or a waiver of any other condition or of any breach of any other term or covenant. The rights of Producer and Gatherer under this Agreement shall be cumulative, and the exercise or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude the exercise of any other right.

Section 17.5 Amendment . This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing executed (except as otherwise set forth in this Section 17.5) by Producer and Gatherer and expressly identified as an amendment or modification.

Section 17.6 Governing Law; Venue . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EXCEPT THAT ANY PROVISION OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION SHALL NOT APPLY. HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, SHALL BE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE VENUE FOR RESOLUTION OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. THE PREVAILING PARTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER ITS ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPERT EXPENSES FROM THE NON-PREVAILING PARTY. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS UNDER APPLICABLE LAW TO TRIAL BY JURY.

Section 17.7 Parties in Interest . Except for parties indemnified hereunder, nothing in this Agreement shall entitle any Person other than the Parties to any claim, cause of action, remedy or right of any kind.

Section 17.8 Preparation of Agreement . The Parties and their respective counsel participated in the preparation of this Agreement. In the event of any ambiguity in this Agreement, no presumption shall arise based on the identity of the draftsman of this Agreement.

Section 17.9 Severability . If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any adverse manner to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced, Producer and Gatherer, as applicable, shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of Producer and Gatherer as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible. A ruling of invalidity, illegality or unenforceability as to one Agreement shall only be applicable to that Agreement, not all the Agreements covered by these Agreement Terms and Conditions.

 

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Section 17.10 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all of such counterparts shall constitute for all purposes one agreement. Any signature hereto delivered by a Party by electronic mail shall be deemed an original signature hereto.

Section 17.11 Confidentiality . The Parties agree that this Agreement and all related data and information (including any and all Development Reports) exchanged by them or otherwise delivered hereunder shall be maintained in strict and absolute confidence and no Party shall disclose or use, without the prior written consent of the other Parties, any part of this Agreement or such data or information unless the release of such information is required by Law (including any requirement associated with an elective filing with a Governmental Authority) or the rules or regulations of any stock exchange on which any securities of the Parties or any Affiliates are traded or such use as is reasonably necessary for such Party to exercise its rights and perform its obligations hereunder. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Parties from disclosing whatever information in such manner as may be required by statute, rule or regulation; nor shall any Party be prohibited by the terms hereof from disclosing information acquired under this Agreement to any financial institution or investors providing or proposing financing to either Party or to any Person proposing to purchase the equity in any Party to this Agreement or the assets owned by any Party to this Agreement to the extent such financial institutions and investors are bound by a written confidentiality and non-use agreement that, at a minimum, is as restrictive (both as to scope and duration) as the terms of this Section 17.11 and each Party hereto shall be an express third-party beneficiary to such agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions in this Section  17.11 will not apply to information that (i) is in the possession of the Party receiving such information prior to disclosure by the other Party, (ii) is or becomes known to the public other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement or (iii) becomes available to a Party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the other Party, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other fiduciary obligations of confidentiality to, the other Party. With respect to any Third Party that holds a working interest in any portion of the Dedicated Properties, Gatherer, with the consent of Producer, may (x) share a copy of this Agreement to any such Person who requests a copy and (y) provide a gathering agreement, substantially in the form hereof, with such adjustments or modifications to accommodate a non-operating working interest owner as deemed necessary or appropriate by Gatherer to any such Person who elects to take production in kind, rather than having Producer market such production. This Section will survive any termination of this Agreement for a period of 24 Months from the end of the Year in which the date of such termination occurred.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Producer
ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
By:  

/s/ J. A. Townsend

Name:   J. A. Townsend
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
Gatherer
GATEWAY GATHERING AND MARKETING COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Paul Ebner

Name:   Paul Ebner
Title:   President

 

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EXHIBIT A

TO CRUDE OIL GATHERING

AGREEMENT

Description of Dedication Area

 

    Section 20, Block 54, Township 1 South, T&P RR, Loving County, Texas

 

    East 240 acres of Section 24, Block 54, Township 1 South, T&P RR, Loving County, Texas

 

    Section 26, Block 54, Township 1 South, T&P RR, Loving County, Texas

 

    Section 32, Block 54, Township 1 South, T&P RR, Loving County, Texas

 

    East  1 2 of Section 42, Block 54, Township 1 South, T&P RR, Loving County, Texas

 

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EXHIBIT B

INSURANCE

Gatherer and Producer shall purchase and maintain in full force and effect at all times during the Term of this Agreement, at such Party’s sole cost and expense and from insurance companies that are rated (or whose reinsurers are rated) “A-VII” or better by AM Best or “BBB-” or better by Standard & Poor’s or an equivalent rating from another recognized rating agency, policies providing the types and limits of insurance indicated below, which insurance shall be regarded as a minimum and, to the extent of the obligations undertaken by such Party in this Agreement, shall be primary (with the exception of the Excess Liability Insurance and Workers’ Compensation) as to any other existing, valid, and collectable insurance. Each Party’s deductibles shall be borne by that Party.

 

  A. Where applicable, Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Insurance, in accordance with the statutory requirements of the State of Texas, and endorsed specifically to include the following:

 

  1. Employers’ Liability, subject to a limit of liability of not less than $1,000,000 per accident, $1,000,000 for each employee/disease, and a $1,000,000 policy limit.

The Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Insurance policy(ies) shall contain an alternate employer endorsement.

 

  B. Commercial General Liability Insurance, with limits of liability of not less than the following:

$2,000,000 general aggregate

$1,000,000 each occurrence, Bodily Injury or Property Damage Combined Single Limit

Such insurance shall include the following:

 

  1. Premises and Operations coverage.

 

  2. Contractual Liability covering the liabilities assumed under this Agreement.

 

  3. Broad Form Property Damage Liability endorsement, unless policy is written on November 1988 or later ISO form.

 

  4. Products and Completed Operations.

 

  5. Time Element Limited Pollution coverage.

 

  C. If applicable, Automobile Liability Insurance, with limits of liability of not less than the following:

$1,000,000 Bodily Injury or Property Damage Combined Single Limit, for each occurrence.

Such coverage shall include hired and non-owned vehicles and owned vehicles where applicable.

 

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  D. Excess Liability Insurance, with limits of liability not less than the following:

Limits of Liability - $10,000,000 Occurrence/Aggregate for Bodily Injury and Property Damage in excess of the coverage outlined in Paragraphs A, B, and C.

The limits of coverage required in this Agreement may be met with any combination of policies as long as the minimum required limits are met.

Each Party to this Agreement shall have the right to acquire, at its own expense, such additional insurance coverage as it desires to further protect itself against any risk or liability with respect to this Agreement and operations and activities under this Agreement or related thereto. All insurance maintained by or on behalf of Producer or Gatherer shall contain a waiver by the insurance company of all rights of subrogation in favor of the other Party.

Neither the minimum policy limits of insurance required of the Parties nor the actual amounts of insurance maintained by the Parties under their insurance program shall operate to modify the Parties’ liability or indemnity obligations in this Agreement.

A Party may self-insure the requirements in this Exhibit B, if such Party or its parent is considered investment grade (S&P BBB- or equivalent or higher).

(End of Exhibit B)

 

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EXHIBIT C

INDIVIDUAL FEE; THRESHOLD

AMOUNT

[Provided Separately]

 

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Exhibit 10.7

Execution Version

GAS GATHERING AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, AS PRODUCER

AND

GATEWAY GATHERING AND MARKETING COMPANY, AS GATHERER


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

     1  

Section 1.1

  

Definitions

     1  

Section 1.2

  

Other Terms

     10  

Section 1.3

  

References and Rules of Construction

     10  

ARTICLE 2 DEDICATION OF PRODUCTION

     11  

Section 2.1

  

Producer’s Dedication

     11  

Section 2.2

  

Conflicting Dedications

     11  

Section 2.3

  

Producer’s Reservation

     12  

Section 2.4

  

Releases from Dedication

     12  

Section 2.5

  

Covenant Running with the Land

     14  

Section 2.6

  

Memorandum

     14  

Section 2.7

  

Construction Costs

     14  

ARTICLE 3 SYSTEM EXPANSION AND CONNECTION OF WELLS

     15  

Section 3.1

  

Development Report; System Plan; Meetings

     15  

Section 3.2

  

Expansion of System and Connection of Separator Facilities

     18  

Section 3.3

  

Temporary Services

     20  

Section 3.4

  

Cooperation

     21  

Section 3.5

  

Compression

     21  

Section 3.6

  

Grant of Access; Real Property Rights

     21  

ARTICLE 4 TENDER, NOMINATION, AND GATHERING OF PRODUCTION

     22  

Section 4.1

  

Tender of Dedicated Production

     22  

Section 4.2

  

Services; Service Standard

     22  

Section 4.3

  

Nominations, Scheduling, Balancing and Curtailment

     22  

Section 4.4

  

Suspension/Shutdown of Service

     23  

Section 4.5

  

Marketing and Transportation

     24  

Section 4.6

  

No Prior Flow of Gas in Interstate Commerce

     24  

ARTICLE 5 FEES

     24  

Section 5.1

  

Fees

     24  

Section 5.2

  

Fee Adjustments

     24  

Section 5.3

  

Treatment of Byproducts, L&U, Fuel and Related Matters

     25  

 

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ARTICLE 6 QUALITY AND PRESSURE SPECIFICATIONS

     27  

Section 6.1

  

Quality Specifications

     27  

Section 6.2

  

Failure to Meet Specifications

     28  

Section 6.3

  

Pressure

     28  

ARTICLE 7 TERM

     28  

Section 7.1

  

Term

     28  

Section 7.2

  

Effect of Termination or Expiration of the Term

     28  

ARTICLE 8 TITLE AND CUSTODY

     29  

Section 8.1

  

Title

     29  

Section 8.2

  

Custody

     29  

ARTICLE 9 BILLING AND PAYMENT

     29  

Section 9.1

  

Statements

     29  

Section 9.2

  

Payments

     30  

Section 9.3

  

Adequate Assurances

     31  

Section 9.4

  

Audit

     31  

ARTICLE 10 REMEDIES

     31  

Section 10.1

  

Suspension of Performance; Temporary Release from Dedication

     31  

Section 10.2

  

No Election

     32  

Section 10.3

  

DIRECT DAMAGES

     32  

ARTICLE 11 FORCE MAJEURE

     32  

Section 11.1

  

Force Majeure

     32  

Section 11.2

  

Extension Due to Force Majeure

     33  

ARTICLE 12 CHANGE IN LAW; UNECONOMIC SERVICE

     33  

Section 12.1

  

Changes in Applicable Law

     33  

Section 12.2

  

Unprofitable Operations and Rights of Termination

     34  

 

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ARTICLE 13 REGULATORY STATUS

     36  

Section 13.1

  

Non-Jurisdictional System

     36  

Section 13.2

  

Government Authority Modification

     36  

ARTICLE 14 INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

     36  

Section 14.1

  

Reciprocal Indemnity

     36  

Section 14.2

  

Indemnification Regarding Third Parties

     37  

Section 14.3

  

Penalties

     37  

Section 14.4

  

Insurance

     37  

ARTICLE 15 ASSIGNMENT

     38  

Section 15.1

  

Assignment of Rights and Obligations under this Agreement

     38  

Section 15.2

  

Pre-Approved Assignments

     39  

Section 15.3

  

Change of Control

     39  

ARTICLE 16 OTHER PROVISIONS

     39  

Section 16.1

  

Relationship of the Parties

     39  

Section 16.2

  

Notices

     39  

Section 16.3

  

Entire Agreement; Conflicts

     40  

Section 16.4

  

Waivers; Rights Cumulative

     40  

Section 16.5

  

Amendment

     40  

Section 16.6

  

Governing Law; Venue

     40  

Section 16.7

  

Parties in Interest

     41  

Section 16.8

  

Preparation of Agreement

     41  

Section 16.9

  

Severability

     41  

Section 16.10

  

Counterparts

     41  

Section 16.11

  

Confidentiality

     41  

 

EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE A

  

OPERATING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

EXHIBIT A

  

DESCRIPTION OF DEDICATION AREA

EXHIBIT B

  

INSURANCE

EXHIBIT C

  

INDIVIDUAL FEE; THRESHOLD AMOUNT

 

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GAS GATHERING AGREEMENT

This Gas Gathering Agreement is made and entered into on April 27, 2017 (together with each Agreement Addendum and the Exhibits hereto, this “ Agreement ”), but is effective as of April 27, 2017 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and between Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Producer ”), and Gateway Gathering and Marketing Company, a Maryland corporation (“ Gatherer ”). Producer and Gatherer may be referred to individually as “ Party ” or collectively as “ Parties.

Recitals:

A. Producer owns rights, title and interests in certain oil and gas leases and other interests located within the Dedication Area that require services related to the gathering of hydrocarbons.

B. Producer wishes to obtain such gathering services from Gatherer pursuant to this Agreement.

C. Producer desires to dedicate certain Gas attributable to its right, title, and interest in certain oil and gas leases and other interests located within the Dedication Area to the System (defined below).

D. Gatherer owns and operates an Individual System that gathers Gas from certain oil and gas leases and other interests.

Agreements:

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Gatherer and Producer hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

Abandonment Date ” has the meaning given to it in Section  3.2(d) .

Additional/Accelerated Well ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.2(c) .

Adequate Assurance of Performance ” has the meaning given to it in Section  9.3 .

Adjustment Year ” has the meaning given to it in Section 5.2(a)(ii) .

Administrator ” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.1(b) .


Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person. Producer and Gatherer and Raven Gathering System, LLC shall not be considered Affiliates of each other for purposes of this Agreement, except for Section 2.2(b) .

Affiliate Entity ” means any Affiliate to whom Gatherer assigns its rights and obligations under this Agreement.

Affiliate Entity Dedicated Properties ” has the meaning given to it in Section 15.1(a)(ii) .

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

Agreement Addendum ” means an Agreement Addendum by and between Producer and Gatherer that expressly states that it is governed by this Agreement.

Agreement Addenda ” shall be the collective reference to each Agreement Addendum then in effect.

Btu ” means the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at a pressure of 14.73 Psia and determined on a gross, dry basis.

Business Day ” means a Day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks in the State of Texas are generally open for business.

Cancellation Date ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(c) .

Claiming Party ” has the meaning given to it in the definition of “ Force Majeure ”.

Communications ” has the meaning given to it in Section  16.2 .

Conditional Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a) .

Conflicting Dedication ” means any gathering agreement, commitment, or arrangement (including any volume commitment) that requires Producer’s owned Gas or Gas that Producer controls to be gathered on any gathering system or similar system other than the System, including any such agreement, commitment, or arrangement burdening properties hereinafter acquired by Producer in the Dedication Area. No dedication of acreage shall constitute a Conflicting Dedication if Producer’s requirement under such dedication is to deliver Gas from the tailgate of the System or any other point that is a Delivery Point hereunder.

Control ” (including the term “ Controlled ”) means (a) with respect to any Person, the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting shares, by contract, or otherwise and (b) with respect to any Gas, such Gas produced from the Dedication Area and owned by a Third Party or an Affiliate and with respect to which Producer has the contractual right or obligation (pursuant to a marketing, agency, operating, unit, or similar agreement) to market such Gas and Producer elects or is obligated to market such Gas on behalf of the applicable Third Party or Affiliate.

 

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Credit-Worthy Person ” means a Person with a senior unsecured and credit-unenhanced long term debt rating equivalent to A- or better as determined by at least two rating agencies, one of which must be either Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s (or if either one or both are not available, equivalent ratings from alternate rating sources reasonably acceptable to Gatherer).

Crude Oil ” has the meaning assigned to such term in any Transaction Document relating to the provision of crude oil gathering services by Gatherer.

Crude Oil Gathering System ” has the meaning assigned to the term “ Individual System ” in any Transaction Document relating to the provision of crude oil gathering services by Gatherer.

Day ” means a period of time beginning at 12:00 a.m. (midnight) Central Time on a calendar day and ending at 12:00 a.m. (midnight) Central Time on the succeeding calendar day. The term “ Daily ” shall have the correlative meaning.

Dedicated Production ” means (a) Gas owned by Producer or an Affiliate of Producer and produced from a Well within the Dedication Area that is operated by Producer or an Affiliate of Producer, (b) Gas produced within the Dedication Area that is owned by a Third Party and under the Control of Producer and (c) Purchased Dedicated Production.

Dedicated Properties ” means the interests held by Producer or its Affiliate in the oil and/or gas leases, mineral interests, and other similar interests as of the Effective Date or acquired by Producer or its Affiliates after the Effective Date that relate to land within the Dedication Area. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any interest that is permanently released pursuant to Section 2.4(a) or otherwise, shall cease to be included in this definition of “ Dedicated Properties ” immediately upon the effectiveness of such permanent release.

Dedication Area ” means the area described on Exhibit A , including any additions or supplements to such Exhibit after the Effective Date, and, when the context requires.

Delivery Point ” means the point at which custody transfers from Gatherer to or for the account of Producer. The custody transfer point may include (a) the facilities of a Downstream Facility, (b) the facilities of a gas processing facility, or (c) any other point as may be mutually agreed between the Parties. The Delivery Points for each Individual System in existence on the Effective Date shall be set forth in writing between Producer and Gatherer, and additional points may become Delivery Points hereunder upon mutual agreement of the Parties as construction is completed on additional facilities in satisfaction of the needs identified by Producer and the Parties shall continuously update the list of Delivery Points by mutual agreement.

Development Report ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a) .

Downstream Facility ” means any pipeline downstream of any Delivery Point on the System.

Drilling Unit ” means the area fixed for the drilling of one Well by order or rule of any applicable Governmental Authority, or (if no such order or rule is applicable) the area fixed for the drilling of a Well or Planned Well reasonably established by the pattern of drilling in the applicable area or otherwise established by Producer in its reasonable discretion.

 

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Drip Condensate ” means that portion of Gas owned or Controlled by Producer that is received into the System (without manual separation or injection) that condenses in the System, and is recovered from the System as a liquid by Gatherer.

Effective Date ” has the meaning given to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Escalation Percentage ” means 3.0%.

Excluded Amounts ” means Gatherer’s general and administrative costs and any costs for design or construction of facilities that can be used to connect other Planned Wells or Planned Separator Facilities in the Development Report that Producer at such time intends to develop.

Facility Segment ” means each segment of an Individual System comprised of facilities beginning at a Receipt Point and ending at a Delivery Point. If an Individual System does not contain any such distinct segment, then the term Facility Segment shall be synonymous with Individual System.

First Development Report ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(a) .

Flash Gas ” means any gas that has been vaporized from Crude Oil resulting from the gathering and treating of Crude Oil in the Crude Oil Gathering System pursuant to any Transaction Document relating to the provision of crude oil gathering services by Gatherer and that has been collected by Gatherer.

Force Majeure ” means an event that is not within the reasonable control of the Party claiming suspension (the “ Claiming Party ”), and that by the exercise of reasonable due diligence the Claiming Party is unable to avoid or overcome in a reasonable manner. To the extent meeting the foregoing requirements, Force Majeure includes: (a) acts of God; (b) wars (declared or undeclared); (c) insurrections, hostilities, riots; (d) floods, droughts, fires, storms, storm warnings, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, washouts; (e) industrial disturbances, acts of a public enemy, acts of terror, sabotage, blockades, epidemics; (f) arrests and restraints of rulers and peoples; (g) civil disturbances; (h) explosions, breakage or accidents to machinery or lines of pipe; (i) hydrate obstruction or blockages of any kind in lines of pipe; (j) freezing of wells or delivery facilities, partial or entire failure of wells, and other events beyond the reasonable control of the Claiming Party that affect the timing of production or production levels; (k) action or restraint by court order or any Governmental Authority (so long as the Claiming Party has not applied for or assisted in the application for, and has opposed where and to the extent commercially reasonable, such action or restraint), (l) delays or failures by a Governmental Authority to grant Permits applicable to the System (or any Individual System) so long as the Claiming Party has used its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly make any and all required filings with such Governmental Authority relating to such Permits, and (m) delays or failures by the Claiming Party to obtain easements and rights of way, surface leases and other real property interests related to the System (or any Individual System) from Third Parties, so long as the Claiming Party has used its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such easements

 

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and rights of way, surface leases and other real property interests. The failure of a Claiming Party to settle or prevent a strike or other labor dispute with employees shall not be considered to be a matter within such Claiming Party’s control.

Gallon ” means one U.S. Standard gallon measured at 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

Gas ” means any mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons, consisting essentially of methane and heavier hydrocarbons, including Flash Gas and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, liquefiable hydrocarbons and including inert and noncombustible gases.

Gatherer ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Gatherer Group ” means Gatherer, its Affiliates, and the directors, officers, employees, and agents of Gatherer and its Affiliates, including Raven Pipeline, even though Raven Pipeline holds no equity in Gatherer.

Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, local, municipal, tribal or other government; any governmental, regulatory (including self-regulatory) or administrative agency, commission, body or other authority exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, regulatory or taxing authority or power; and any court or governmental tribunal, including any tribal authority having or asserting jurisdiction.

Gross Heating Value ” means the number of Btu produced by the combustion, on a dry basis and at a constant pressure, of the amount of Gas which would occupy a volume of 1 cubic foot at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and at a pressure of 14.73 Psia, with air of the same temperature and pressure as the Gas, when the products of combustion are cooled to the initial temperature of the Gas and air and when the water formed by combustion is condensed to the liquid state. Hydrogen sulfide shall be deemed to have no heating value.

Group ” means (a) with respect to Gatherer, the Gatherer Group, and (b) with respect to Producer, the Producer Group.

Increase in Fee ” has the meaning given to it in Section 5.2(b) .

Index ” has the meaning given to it in Schedule A .

Individual Fee ” means the rate for each Individual System set forth on Exhibit C .

Individual System ” means the portion of the System beginning at the Receipt Points described on the applicable Agreement Addendum and ending at the Delivery Points described on the applicable Agreement Addendum. The Individual Systems in existence on the Effective Date are more particularly described in the applicable Agreement Addendum. Additional Individual Systems may be added to the System from time to time in satisfaction of the needs identified by Producer and evidenced in writing between Producer and Gatherer.

Initial Term ” has the meaning given to it in Section  7.1 .

 

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Interest Rate ” means, on the applicable date of determination, the prime rate (as published in the “ Money Rates ” table of The Wall Street Journal , eastern edition, or if such rate is no longer published in such publication or such publication ceases to be published, then as published in a similar national business publication as mutually agreed by the Parties) plus an additional two percentage points (or, if such rate is contrary to any applicable Law, the maximum rate permitted by such applicable Law).

Invoice Month ” has the meaning given to it in Section 9.1(a) .

Law ” means any applicable statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, code, ruling, writ, injunction, decree or other official act of or by any Governmental Authority.

Loss ” or “ Losses ” means any actions, claims, causes of action (including actions in rem or in personam), settlements, judgments, demands, liens, encumbrances, losses, damages, fines, penalties, interest, costs, liabilities, expenses (including expenses attributable to the defense of any actions or claims and attorneys’ fees) of any kind or character (except punitive or exemplary damages), including Losses for bodily injury, death, or property damage, whether under judicial proceedings, administrative proceedings or otherwise, and under any theory of tort, contract, breach of contract, breach of representation or warranty (express or implied) or by reason of the conditions of the premises of or attributable to any Person or Person or any Party or Parties.

MAOP ” means maximum allowable operating pressure for the applicable Individual System, or relevant Facility Segment, as specified in the applicable Agreement Addendum.

Mcf ” means one thousand Standard Cubic Feet.

Measurement Device ” means the meter body (which may consist of an orifice meter or ultrasonic meter), Gas metering device, tube, orifice plate, connected pipe, tank strapping, and fittings used in the measurement of Gas flow and volume and/or Btu content.

Meetings of Senior Management ” means meetings between senior members of management of Gatherer and Producer, or, if applicable, senior members of management of an Affiliate of Gatherer or Producer, respectively, that Controls such entity.

MMBtu ” means one million Btu.

Modifications ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(c) .

Month ” means a period of time from 7:00 a.m. Central Time on the first Day of a calendar month until 7:00 a.m. Central Time on the first Day of the next succeeding calendar month. The term “ Monthly ” shall have the correlative meaning.

Monthly Loss/ Gain Report ” means the report delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) , which shall include all of the information required to be included in such report as detailed in Section  5.3 .

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor to its statistical rating business.

 

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On-Line Deadline ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.2(b) .

Other System Fuel ” means all actual Gas measured and used as fuel by Gatherer for Other Services. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent any Gas is used as fuel and is not System Fuel but such fuel has not been measured, such Gas shall be System L&U.

Other Services ” means services that (i) may be provided to Producer, any of its Affiliates or to any Third Party and (ii) pertain to the production of oil, other hydrocarbons, water and waste products from the production of hydrocarbons.

Party ” or “ Parties ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Period of Five Years ” means, with respect to any report delivered hereunder, the period from the first Day of the fiscal quarter during which such report is required to be delivered until the fifth anniversary thereof.

Period of Three Years ” means, with respect to any report delivered hereunder, the period beginning on the first Day of the fiscal quarter during which such report is required to be delivered and ending 36 Months after such date.

Permits ” means any permit, license, approval, or consent from a Governmental Authority.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust, estate, Governmental Authority, or any other entity.

Planned Separator Facility ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(b)(i) .

Planned Well ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(b)(i) .

Process Flare ” means the Gas flared by Gatherer (a) in its discretion in light of safety, environmental or maintenance considerations or (b) at the direction of Producer.

Producer ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.

Producer Group ” means Producer, its Affiliates, and the directors, officers, employees, and agents of Producer and its Affiliates.

Producer Meters ” means any Measurement Device owned and operated by Producer (or caused to be installed or operated by Producer).

Psia ” means pounds per square inch absolute.

Purchased Dedicated Production ” means Gas produced by a Third Party that (a) either (i) has been purchased by Producer or (ii) the Parties have mutually agreed should be considered “Dedicated Production,” and (b) for which the Parties have agreed upon a Receipt Point for delivery into the Individual System.

 

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Receipt Point ” means the point at which custody transfers from Producer to Gatherer. The custody transfer point may include: (a) the flange at which the applicable Separator Facility or Well connects to the System, (b) the upstream flange of the first Measurement Device owned by Gatherer on the System, or (c) any other point mutually agreed between Gatherer and Producer that is listed in the applicable Agreement Addendum. The Receipt Points in existence on the Effective Date shall be set forth in writing between Producer and Gatherer, and additional points may become Receipt Points hereunder upon mutual agreement of the Parties as construction is completed on additional facilities in satisfaction of the needs identified by Producer and the Parties shall continuously update the list of Receipt Points by mutual agreement.

Redetermination Deadline ” has the meaning given to it in Section 5.2(a)(ii) .

Redetermination Proposal ” has the meaning given to it in Section 5.2(a)(i) .

Redetermined Individual Fee ” has the meaning given to it in Section 5.2(a)(i) .

Rules ” has the meaning given to it in Section  16.6 .

Separator Facility ” means the surface facility where the Gas produced from one or more Wells in the Dedication Area is collected and gas and water are separated from the Crude Oil. A Separator Facility may be known by Gatherer as an econode but may also refer to a well pad or other facility from which Gas is delivered in the System.

Services ” means: (a) the receipt of Producer’s owned or Controlled Gas at the Receipt Points; (b) the receipt of Flash Gas into the System, (c) the gathering and compressing of such Gas and the collection of any Drip Condensate; (d) the redelivery of Gas with a Thermal Content specified in Section  4.4 ; and (e) the other services to be performed by Gatherer in respect of such Gas as set forth in this Agreement, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including any services with respect to the Thermal Content of the received or delivered Gas and received Drip Condensate, metering services, other services to account for Flash Gas, Drip Condensate, System L&U, System Fuel, and Other System Fuel that may result in a reduction of or an increase to the redelivered Gas pursuant to Section  4.2 .)

Services Fee ” means, collectively, the fees described in Section  5.1 .

Standard  & Poor’s ” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Group, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc., or any successor to its statistical rating business.

Standard Cubic Foot ” means that quantity of Gas that occupies one cubic foot of space when held at a base temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of 14.73 Psia.

System ” means, collectively, the Individual Systems described in the Agreement Addenda, collectively, including: (a) pipelines; (b) compression facilities; (c) central processing facilities, (d) controls, (e) Delivery Points, meters and measurement facilities; (f) owned condensate collection and storage facilities; (g) easements, licenses, rights of way, fee parcels, surface rights and Permits; and (h) all appurtenant facilities, in each case, that are owned, leased or operated by each Gatherer to provide Services to Producer or Third Parties, as such gathering

 

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system and/or facilities are modified and/or extended from time to time to provide Services to Producer pursuant to the terms hereof or to Third Parties, including the Facility Segments operated under this Agreement by Gatherer.

System Fuel ” means all actual Gas measured and used as fuel for the System, including Gas used as fuel for compressor stations, stated in MMBtu. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent any Gas is used as fuel and is not Other System Fuel but such fuel has not been measured, such Gas shall be System L&U.

System L&U ” means any Gas, in terms of MMBtu, received into the System that is lost or otherwise not accounted for incident to, or occasioned by, the gathering, compressing, and redelivery, of Gas, including Gas used as fuel to the extent not measured by Gatherer, Gas released through leaks, instrumentation, relief valves, flares and blow downs of pipelines, vessels and equipment, measurement losses or inaccuracies, or is vented, flared or lost in connection with the operation of a pipeline, including line pack for new facilities; provided that Process Flare shall not constitute System L&U.

System Plan ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.1(c) .

Target On-Line Date ” means, as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 3.2(c) , (a) with respect to a Planned Separator Facility or, with respect to a Planned Well that is not intended to be serviced by a Separator Facility, such Planned Well, in either case, that is described for the first time in the First Development Report, the date specified in the First Development Report for the applicable Planned Separator Facility or Planned Well, as applicable, and (b) with respect to any Planned Separator Facility or, with respect to any Planned Well that is not intended to be serviced by a Separator Facility, such Planned Well, in either case, that is not described in the First Development Report, 24 Months after the date of the Development Report that initially reflected the Planned Separator Facility or Planned Well, as applicable, unless Gatherer consents to a shorter time period.

Target Pressure ” means, with respect to any Individual System, the pressure set forth on the applicable Agreement Addendum, which such stated “ Target Pressure ” shall be the pressure for the applicable Individual System in the System Plan.

Tender ” means the act of Producer’s making Gas available or causing Gas to be made available to the System at a Receipt Point, and “ Tendered ” shall have the correlative meaning.

Term ” has the meaning given to it in Section  7.1 .

Thermal Content ” means, for Gas, the product of the measured volume in Mcfs multiplied by the Gross Heating Value per Mcf, adjusted to the same pressure base of 14.73 Psia and expressed in MMBtu; and for a liquid, the product of the measured volume in gallons multiplied by the Gross Heating Value per Gallon determined in accordance with the GPA 2145-09 Table of Physical Properties for Hydrocarbons and GPA 8173 Method for Converting Mass of Natural Gas Liquids and Vapors to Equivalent Liquid Volumes, in each case as revised from time to time.

 

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Third Party ” means any Person other than a Party to this Agreement or any Affiliate of a Party to this Agreement.

Threshold Amount ” means the “Threshold Amount” set forth on Exhibit C .

Transaction Document ” means each agreement entered into pursuant to the agreement terms and conditions related to gas gathering services, agreement terms and conditions related to oil gathering services, agreement terms and conditions related to produced water services, agreement terms and conditions related to gas processing services, agreement terms and conditions related to crude oil treating services, and agreement terms and conditions related to fresh water services, now or in the future existing between Producer, on the one hand, and Gatherer or one or more subsidiaries of Gatherer, on the other hand, together with (i) each additional or replacement agreement entered into between such Persons and (ii) all amendments or modifications to each of the foregoing.

Well ” means a well (i) for the production of hydrocarbons, (ii) that is located in the Dedication Area, (iii) in which Producer owns an interest, and (iv) for which Producer has a right or obligation to market Gas produced thereby through ownership or pursuant to a marketing, agency, operating, unit, or similar agreement.

Year ” means a period of time from January 1 of a calendar year through December 31 of the same calendar year; provided that the first Year shall commence on the Effective Date and run through December 31 of that calendar year, and the last Year shall commence on January 1 of the calendar year and end on the Day on which this Agreement terminates.

Section 1.2 Other Terms . Other capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined in Section  1.1 have the meanings ascribed to them throughout this Agreement.

Section 1.3 References and Rules of Construction . All references in this Agreement to Exhibits, Articles, Sections, subsections and other subdivisions refer to the corresponding Exhibits, Articles, Sections, subsections and other subdivisions of or to this Agreement unless expressly provided otherwise. Titles appearing at the beginning of any Articles, Sections, subsections and other subdivisions of this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute any part of this Agreement, and shall be disregarded in construing the language hereof. The words “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and “hereof,” and words of similar import, refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the applicable Agreement Addendum and all Exhibits and other attachments hereto, all of which are incorporated herein, and not to any particular Exhibit, Article, Section, subsection or other subdivision unless expressly so limited. The word “including” (in its various forms) means “including without limitation.” The word “or” shall mean “and/or” unless a clear contrary intention exists. The word “from” means from and including, the word “through” means through and including, and the word “until” means until but excluding. All references to “$” or “dollars” shall be deemed references to United States dollars. The words “will” and “shall” have the same meaning, force, and effect. Each accounting term not defined herein will have the meaning given to it under generally accepted accounting principles. Pronouns in masculine, feminine or neuter genders shall be construed to state and include any other gender, and words, terms and titles (including terms defined herein) in the singular form shall be construed to include the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires. References to any Law, contract or other agreement mean such Law, contract or agreement as it may be amended from time to time.

 

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ARTICLE 2

DEDICATION OF PRODUCTION

Section 2.1 Producer s Dedication . Subject to Section  2.2 through Section  2.4 , during the Term, Producer:

(a) exclusively dedicates and commits to deliver to Gatherer under this Agreement, as and when produced, all of the Gas owned or hereafter acquired by Producer or an Affiliate of Producer and produced from the Dedicated Properties;

(b) commits to deliver to Gatherer under this Agreement, as and when produced, all Gas under the control of Producer or an Affiliate of Producer that is produced from the Dedicated Properties;

(c) agrees not to deliver any Dedicated Production to any other gatherer, purchaser, marketer or other Person prior to delivery to Gatherer at the Receipt Points, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Parties; and

(d) dedicates and commits the Dedicated Properties to Gatherer for performance of the Services pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 2.2 Conflicting Dedications .

(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Producer shall have the right to comply with each of the Conflicting Dedications existing on the date hereof and any other Conflicting Dedication applicable immediately before the acquisition of any oil and/or gas leases, mineral interests, and other similar interests within the Dedication Area (i) that are acquired by Producer after the Effective Date and (ii) which otherwise would have become subject to dedication under this Agreement (but not any Conflicting Dedications entered into in connection with such acquisition). Producer shall have the right to comply with a Conflicting Dedication only until the first Day of the Month following the termination of such Conflicting Dedication, at which time the Gas subject to such Conflicting Dedication shall automatically be dedicated to this Agreement. Producer shall not extend or renew any Conflicting Dedication and shall terminate each Conflicting Dedication as soon as permitted under the underlying contract, without causing Producer to incur any costs or expenses deemed unreasonable or inappropriate in the opinion of Producer and shall not enter into any new Conflicting Dedication.

(b) Certain Conflicting Dedications may contain rights of first refusal or other provisions that (i) entitle Producer to a release of acreage from such Conflicting Dedication if Producer dedicates the released acreage to a Third Party or (ii) expressly prohibit Producer from dedicating such released acreage to an Affiliate of Producer. As used herein, the term “ Conflicting Dedication ” shall include both the original right of first refusal (or similar right) and the dedication resulting from an exercise of such right of first refusal (or similar right) so long as the resulting dedication covers the same acreage as the original Conflicting Dedication.

 

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(c) To the extent Producer claims that a Conflicting Dedication exists with respect to certain Services on specified Dedicated Properties, Gatherer shall have the right to review the documentation creating such Conflicting Dedication, subject to confidentiality requirements applicable to such Conflicting Dedication.

Section 2.3 Producer s Reservation . Producer reserves the following rights respecting Dedicated Production for itself:

(a) to operate (or cause to be operated) Wells producing Dedicated Production in its sole discretion, including the right to drill new Wells, repair and rework old Wells, temporarily shut in Wells, renew or extend, in whole or in part, any oil and gas lease or term mineral interest, and to cease production from or abandon any Well or surrender any applicable oil and gas lease, in whole or in part, when no longer deemed by Producer to be capable of producing in paying quantities under normal methods of operation;

(b) to use Dedicated Production for lease operations (including reservoir pressure maintenance) and water treatment facility operations relating to the lands within the Dedication Area;

(c) to deliver such Dedicated Production or furnish such Dedicated Production to Producer’s lessors and holders of other burdens on production with respect to such Dedicated Production as is required to satisfy the terms of the applicable oil and gas leases or other applicable instruments; and

(d) to pool, communitize or unitize Producer’s interests with respect to Dedicated Production; provided that Producer’s share of Dedicated Production produced from such pooled, communitized, or unitized interests shall be committed and dedicated pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 2.4 Releases from Dedication .

(a) Permanent Releases . Dedicated Production from a Well or Wells affected by one or more of the conditions below, and the acreage in each Drilling Unit with respect to such Wells (or, with respect to Purchased Dedicated Production, the Gas delivered by Producer to the Individual System if the applicable Receipt Point is affected by one or more of the conditions below), shall be permanently released from dedication under this Agreement, and Producer may deliver and commit such Dedicated Production to such other gatherer or gatherers as it shall determine (including an Affiliate Entity):

(i) Gatherer’s election pursuant to Section 3.3(b) not to provide Services for (A) any Well or Separator Facility for which Producer failed to deliver a Development Report on or before the applicable deadline set forth in Section 3.1(a) , (B) any Well or Separator Facility not described in the applicable Development Report or (C) any excess volume of Gas produced from any Well during any Day that exceeds the volume included in Producer’s estimate set forth in the most recent Development Report delivered to Gatherer;

 

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(ii) upon expiration of the Term, as further described in Section  7.2 ;

(iii) upon written agreement of Producer and Gatherer;

(iv) upon written notice from Producer, the occurrence of a Force Majeure of the type described in clauses (k), (l) or (m) of the definition of “Force Majeure” affecting Gatherer that continues for a period of 12 consecutive Months or more or a temporary interruption or curtailment described in Section 4.4(d) that continues for 12 consecutive Months, except to the extent such interruption or curtailment is caused by the acts or omissions of Producer;

(v) upon an assignment by Gatherer to an Affiliate Entity in accordance with Section 15.1(a)(ii) , provided that simultaneously with such release, the Affiliate Entity Dedicated Properties are made subject to a gathering agreement entered into with the Affiliate Entity;

(vi) upon written notice from Producer, if a termination of Services pursuant to Section 12.2(a) has continued for more than six consecutive Months or, without a waiting period, if Producer has received notice from Gatherer of its decision not to provide Services to any planned facilities pursuant to Section 12.2(b) ; or

(vii) in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 3.2(b).

(b) Temporary Release . Dedicated Production and any acreage covering such Dedicated Production may also be temporarily released from dedication under this Agreement (i) in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 3.2(b) or Section 4.4(d) , except to the extent such interruption or curtailment is caused by the acts or omissions of Producer, and (ii) in the event of a termination of Services pursuant to Section  12.2 that continues for a period of greater than 60 Days but less than the period specified in  Section 2.4(a)(vi) . To the extent that an interruption or curtailment can be limited to a Facility Segment, Gatherer shall so limit such interruption or curtailment, and to the extent that Gatherer does so limit such curtailment or interruption, the temporary release permitted by this Section 2.4(b) shall only apply to the affected Facility Segment. Such temporary release shall terminate on the date specified herein or on the date notified in writing by Gatherer to Producer (which date shall, in all cases, be the first Day of a Month); provided that, if Producer obtained temporary services from a Third Party (pursuant to a contract that does not give rise to a default under this Agreement) during the pendency of the applicable interruption, curtailment or other temporary cessation described in this Section 2.4(b) , such reservation shall continue until the earlier of (x) the first Day of the Month that is three Months after the event or condition that gave rise to the interruption, curtailment or other temporary cessation has been corrected and (y) the first Day of the Month after the termination of the applicable contract with such Third Party.

(c) Evidence of Permanent Release . At the request of Producer, the Parties shall execute a release agreement reasonably acceptable to all Parties (which, in the case of a permanent release, shall be in recordable form) reflecting any release of Dedicated Production or Dedicated Properties pursuant to this Section 2.4.

 

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Section 2.5 Covenant Running with the Land . Each of the dedications, commitments, and covenants made by Producer under this Agreement (a) is a covenant running with the Dedicated Properties, (b) touches and concerns Producer’s interests in the Dedicated Properties, and (c) shall be binding on and enforceable by Gatherer and its successors and assigns. Except as set forth in Article 15 , (a) in the event Producer sells, transfers, conveys, assigns, grants or otherwise disposes of any or all of its interest in the Dedicated Properties, then any such sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment, grant or other disposition shall be made subject to this Agreement and (b) in the event Gatherer sells, transfers, conveys, assigns, grants or otherwise disposes of any or all of its interest in the Individual System, then any such sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment, grant or other disposition shall be made subject to this Agreement. This Agreement is not an executory contract under Section 365 of Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. § 365).

Section 2.6 Memorandum . Producer hereby authorizes Gatherer to record a memorandum of the Agreement in the real property records of the counties in which the Dedication Area is located. All payment terms and pricing information shall remain confidential and be redacted from any filings in the real property records.

Section 2.7 Construction Costs .

(a) To compensate Gatherer for the construction costs of each Individual System, during each quarter of each of the first four years of commercial operation of such Individual System, Producer must deliver a certain minimum quantity of Gas to Gatherer. Such minimum quantity during each quarter shall be equal to the quantity (in McF) that, when multiplied by the Individual Fee as of the Effective Date, equals 1/16 th of the aggregate of Gatherer’s direct documented third party construction costs for such Individual System (the “ Minimum Commitment ”). If Producer does not deliver the Minimum Commitment to Gatherer during any quarter during the first four years of commercial operation of an Individual System, then Producer shall pay Gatherer an amount equal to the Individual Fee as of the Effective Date multiplied by the difference between the Minimum Commitment and the quantity of McF of Gas actually delivered by Producer to Gatherer during such quarter.

(b) Gatherer shall provide monthly updates to Producer of the construction costs incurred by Gatherer during the construction of each Individual System, and within 60 days after the completion of such Individual System, Gatherer shall provide Producer with an itemized statement of the aggregate of the construction costs incurred by Gatherer with respect to such Individual System. Producer shall have the right to audit, and Gatherer shall provide access to, Gatherer’s books and records for purposes of verifying such construction costs. Such audit right shall be at Producer’s sole cost and expense.

 

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ARTICLE 3

SYSTEM EXPANSION AND CONNECTION OF WELLS

Section 3.1 Development Report; System Plan; Meetings .

(a) Development Report . On or before May 29, 2017, Producer will provide Gatherer with a report (“ First Development Report ”), which shall describe (x) in detail the planned development, drilling, and production activities relating to the Dedicated Production through the end of the applicable Period of Three Years, and (y) generally the long-term drilling and production expectations for those project areas in which drilling activity is expected to occur during the applicable Period of Five Years, including the information described in Section 3.1(b). On or before each January 1, each April 1, each July 1, and each October 1 of each Year following the date on which the First Development Report is to be delivered, Producer shall provide to Gatherer an update of the then-current report describing (i) in detail the planned development, drilling, and production activities relating to the Dedicated Production for the applicable Period of Three Years and (ii) generally the long-term drilling and production expectations for those project areas in the Dedication Area in which drilling activity is expected to occur during the applicable Period of Five Years (the First Development Report, as updated in accordance with the foregoing and as the then current report may be updated from time to time, the “ Development Report ”).

(b) Development Report Content . With respect to the Dedication Area, the Development Reports shall include information as to:

(i) the Wells (each, a “ Planned Well ”) and Separator Facilities (each, a “ Planned Separator Facility ”) that Producer expects will be drilled or installed during the applicable Period of Three Years, including the expected locations, completion dates thereof (which completion dates shall not be earlier than the applicable Target On-Line Dates), the expected spud dates of such Planned Wells, the dates flow is anticipated to initiate from such Wells, and forward looking production estimates for the applicable Period of Three Years;

(ii) the anticipated characteristics of the production from such Wells (including liquids content and gas and liquids composition) and the projected Gas production volumes and production pressures;

(iii) the earliest date on which one or more Wells are expected to be fractured, if applicable;

(iv) the Receipt Point(s) and Delivery Point(s) (including proposed receipt points and delivery points not yet included in the applicable Agreement Addendum) at which Gas produced from such Wells is to be delivered or redelivered to Producer

(v) the earliest date on which one or more Wells or Separator Facilities, as applicable, are expected to be completed and ready to be placed on-line, which date shall not be earlier than the Target On-line Date;

 

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(vi) the number of Planned Wells and Planned Separator Facilities anticipated to be producing after the Period of Three Years and before the end of the Period of Five Years, broken out by an appropriate geographic area, such as a development plan area;

(vii) the number of rigs that Producer intends to operate in the Dedication Area each year during the Period of Five Years (including sufficient detail regarding the anticipated location of such rigs to allow Gatherer to determine which Individual System would be impacted by such rig activity);

(viii) with respect to the Period of Three Years, the anticipated date on which Gatherer may initiate construction or other development activities at the Well or Separator Facility in order to complete the interconnection into the Individual System; and

(ix) such other information as may be reasonably requested by Gatherer with respect to Wells and Separator Facilities that Producer intends to drill or from which Producer intends to deliver Gas during the Period of Three Years and Period of Five Years.

To the extent possible, any information Producer is required to provide under this Section 3.1(b) with respect to Wells or Separator Facilities shall also include such information related to Planned Wells and Planned Separator Facilities. In addition, if appropriate to provide a complete and accurate Development Report, any information requested with respect to Planned Wells and Planned Separator Facilities shall also be provided with respect to existing Wells or Separator Facilities.

(c) System Plan . Based on the Development Report and such other information about the expected development of the Dedicated Properties as shall be provided to Gatherer by or on behalf of Producer, including as a result of meetings between representatives of Gatherer and Producer, Gatherer shall develop and periodically update a plan (the “System Plan”) describing and/or depicting the modifications, extensions, enhancements, major maintenance and/or other actions necessary in order for the Individual System to be able to provide timely Services for the Gas produced by the Wells and Separator Facilities described in the most recent Development Report (including Planned Wells, Planned Separator Facilities and changes in anticipated production from existing Wells and Separator Facilities) (the “Modifications”). If (i) Gatherer elects to make such Modifications, (ii) Producer thereafter modifies the Development Report or provides other information (the date on which the modified Development Report or such other information is provided to Gatherer, the “Cancellation Date”) indicating that such Modifications are no longer necessary, and (iii) as of the Cancellation Date, the actual aggregate costs and expenses (excluding Excluded Amounts) incurred or committed by Gatherer to make such cancelled Modifications exceeds the Threshold Amount, then Producer shall reimburse Gatherer for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses (other than the Excluded Amounts) incurred or committed by Gatherer through the Cancellation Date to make such Modifications. The System Plan (or, with respect to the allocation procedures described in clause (vi), the applicable writing signed by Gatherer and Producer) shall include information as to:

(i) each Facility Segment then existing and operational, under construction, or planned and the Individual System of which such Facility Segment is a part;

 

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(ii) all Receipt Points and Delivery Points served or to be served by each such Facility Segment;

(iii) estimated gathering pressures for the 12 Month period beginning on the Target On-Line Date for the applicable Facility Segment and the Target Pressures and the MAOP for each Individual System included in the Development Report;

(iv) all compression and other major physical facilities located or to be located on or within each such Facility Segment, together with their sizes, operating parameters, capacities, and other relevant specifications, which sizes, parameters, capacities and other relevant specifications shall be sufficient to (A) connect the Individual System to the Receipt Points and Delivery Points for all Planned Separator Facilities and (with respect to any Planned Wells not intended to be serviced by a Separator Facility) Planned Wells set forth in the most recent Development Report and (B) perform the Services for all Dedicated Production projected to be produced from the Dedicated Properties as contemplated by the most recent Development Report;

(v) the anticipated schedule for completing the construction and installation of the planned Facility Segments and all planned Receipt Points and Delivery Points, in each case, for all Planned Separator Facilities or Planned Wells, as applicable, included in the most recent Development Report;

(vi) the allocation methodologies to be used by Gatherer with respect to Flash Gas, Drip Condensate, System L&U, System Fuel, Other System Fuel and other allocations hereunder and, with respect to any System Plan after the initial System Plan, any proposed changes to the allocation methodologies then in effect (all such allocation methodologies shall comply with Section  1.8 of Schedule A); and

(vii) other information reasonably requested by Producer that is relevant to the design, construction, and operation of the System, the relevant Individual System, the relevant Facility Segment, and the relevant Receipt Points and Delivery Points; provided that in no event shall Gatherer be obligated to supply to Producer (A) pricing, budget or similar financial information or (B) information that is covered by a confidentiality agreement or confidentiality obligations; Gatherer shall deliver the applicable System Plan (including any updated System Plan) to Producer for Producer’s review and comment not later than 30 Days after Producer’s delivery to Gatherer of the applicable Development Report or amendment thereto.

(d) Meetings . Gatherer shall make representatives of Gatherer available to discuss the most recent System Plan from time to time with Producer and its representatives at Producer’s request. Producer shall make representatives of Producer available to discuss the most recent Development Report from time to time with Gatherer and its representatives at Gatherer’s request. Gatherer and its representatives shall have the right to meet not less

 

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frequently than Monthly with one or more representatives of Producer. At all such meetings, the Parties shall exchange updated information about their respective plans for the development and expansion of the Dedicated Properties (including amendments to the Development Report) and the System (including amendments to the System Plan for Producer’s review and comment) and shall have the opportunity to discuss and provide comments on the other Party’s plans.

(e) Scope and Purpose of Planning Tools . The Development Report and the System Plan are intended to assist Gatherer and Producer with long-term planning and goals. None of the Development Reports nor the System Plans shall amend or modify this Agreement in any way. Gatherer may, in its sole discretion, work with any third party providers of Gatherer’s services hereunder, to the extent under contract with Gatherer, to prepare and deliver a System Plan jointly with such other entity or entities. To the extent that a Development Report or System Plan that satisfies the requirements above is delivered or deemed delivered under any other Transaction Document, such Development Report or System Plan shall be deemed delivered hereunder.

Section 3.2 Expansion of System and Connection of Separator Facilities .

(a) Service Standards . Gatherer shall, at its sole cost and expense, design and construct the Individual System in a good and workmanlike manner and in accordance with the System Plan and this Section 3.2. Until such time as Producer has delivered a Development Report, Gatherer shall have no obligation under this Section 3.2(a). In the event that Producer elects to deliver Purchased Dedicated Production into the Individual System, Gatherer and Producer shall mutually agree on the Receipt Point at which Producer shall deliver such Purchased Dedicated Production.

(b) On-Line Deadline . Subject to Section  3.4 , Gatherer shall by the later of (x) the date that the first Planned Well on a particular Planned Separator Facility (or, with respect to a Planned Well that is not intended to be serviced by a Separator Facility, the date that such Planned Well) is ready for connection to the System and (y) the applicable Target On-Line Date (such later date, as may be extended pursuant to this Section 3.2(b) , the “ On-Line Deadline ”), (i) have completed (or caused the completion of) the construction of the necessary facilities, in accordance with the then current System Plan, (A) to connect such Planned Separator Facility or such Planned Well to the System and (B) to connect the System to each planned Delivery Point for such Planned Separator Facility or such Planned Well, as applicable and (ii) be ready and able to commence Services with respect to Dedicated Production from such Planned Separator Facility or Planned Well, as applicable. If and to the extent that Gatherer is delayed in completing any such facilities or providing such services by a Force Majeure event or reasons attributable to the acts or omissions of Producer, then the On-Line Deadline applicable thereto shall be extended by a period of time equal to that during which Gatherer was delayed by such event. If Gatherer anticipates that Gatherer will be unable to meet an On-Line Deadline for causes that are not attributable to Force Majeure or the acts or omissions of Producer, then Gatherer shall deliver a written notice to Producer no later than 30 days before the On-Line Deadline with respect a Planned Well or a Planned Separator Facility stating that Gatherer will be unable to meet the On-Line Deadline for such Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility, and that Gatherer elects to have such Planned Well and related Dedicated Production and any acreage covering such Dedicated Production (and the following shall apply) (x) permanently

 

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released from this Agreement or (y) temporarily released from this Agreement, in which case Gatherer shall reimburse Producer for its actual, verifiable increase in costs (if any) in utilizing a different gatherer provide gathering services with respect to Gas from such Planned Well during the period of such temporary release, and such temporary release shall terminate upon Gatherer’s connection of such Planned Well to the System; provided, however, that if such temporary release lasts for a period of greater than 90 days after the On-Line Deadline, then such Planned Well shall be permanently released. The permanent release, temporary release, and reimbursement described in this Section 3.2(b) shall be Producer’s sole and exclusive remedies for Gatherer’s failure to meet any On-Line Deadline.

(c) Additional/Accelerated Wells and Elimination of Wells . From time to time, Producer may provide written notice to Gatherer that Producer (i) has accelerated the Target On-Line Date for a Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility, (ii) anticipates the Target On-Line Date for a Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility to be earlier than 24 Months following the delivery of the Development Report in which such Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility was initially included or (iii) anticipates drilling a Well or putting into service a Separator Facility that has not been included in a Development Report and that has a Target On-Line Date earlier than 24 Months following the next delivery of a Development Report (any such Well or Separator Facility, an “ Additional/Accelerated Well ”); provided that any Well that is to be serviced by a Separator Facility or a Planned Separator Facility that is not described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) shall not constitute an Additional/ Accelerated Well. Gatherer will use its commercially reasonable efforts to modify the System Plan and to cause the necessary gathering facilities to be constructed prior to the On-Line Deadline for such Additional/Accelerated Well; provided that, with respect to Additional/ Accelerated Wells of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of this paragraph, there shall be no penalty to Gatherer hereunder unless Gatherer fails to connect such Additional/ Accelerated Well on or prior to the Target On-Line Date set forth in the applicable Development Report (prior to the acceleration of such timeline) and, with respect to Additional/ Accelerated Wells of the type described in clause (iii) of the first sentence of this paragraph, there shall be no penalty to Gatherer hereunder unless Gatherer fails to connect such Additional/ Accelerated Well on or prior to 24 Months following receipt of written notice regarding such Additional/ Accelerated Well. From time to time, Producer may provide written notice to Gatherer that Producer (i) has delayed the Target On-Line Date for a Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility, (ii) anticipates eliminating a Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility from its development plans and the Development Report or (iii) anticipates shutting in a Well or Separator Facility that has been producing. Producer shall endeavor to ensure that the Development Report does not include any planned or existing Wells or Separator Facilities that Producer has determined should not be drilled, operated, maintained or put into service. To the extent that Producer has included any such Well or Separator Facility in a Development Report, Producer shall provide Gatherer with information regarding its revised assessment of such Well or Separator Facility. Gatherer may adjust the System Plan as it determines to be appropriate and commercially reasonable to accommodate such elimination of Wells and Separator Facilities.

(d) Cancellation of Planned Wells and Planned Separator Facilities . If (i) Gatherer reasonably determines that Producer has permanently abandoned the drilling or installation of any Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility or Producer notifies Gatherer that Producer intends to permanently abandon the drilling or installation of any Planned Well or

 

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Planned Separator Facility (whether through the delivery of an updated Development Report or otherwise, the date on which such determination is made, the “Abandonment Date”), (ii) Gatherer had begun to design or construct the Facility Segment to connect such Planned Well or Planned Separator Facility to the System prior to such Abandonment Date, and (iii) the actual aggregate costs and expenses (excluding Excluded Amounts) incurred or committed by Gatherer prior to the Abandonment Date exceeds the Threshold Amount, then Producer shall reimburse Gatherer for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses (other than the Excluded Amounts) incurred or committed by Gatherer prior to such Abandonment Date to design and construct such Facility Segment.

(e) Substation and Interconnection Facilities . The obligations of Gatherer hereunder to design and construct the Individual System and to perform the Services do not include the design or construction of any substation or other interconnecting facilities required to procure electricity for the Individual System. If a substation or any other interconnecting facility is required in order for Gatherer to perform its obligations hereunder, Gatherer and Producer shall enter into a separate agreement setting forth each Party’s responsibilities in connection therewith, including an allocation of responsibility for all associated costs and expenses.

Section 3.3 Temporary Services .

(a) If Gatherer fails to complete any facilities described Section 3.2(b) by the On-Line Deadline for such facilities and Gatherer elects to temporarily release such the applicable Dedicated Production under Section 3.2(b) , then Producer may enter into a contract with a Third Party to provide services with respect to the Dedicated Production that is anticipated to be serviced by the new facilities if the term of such contract does not exceed three Months (and may be renewed in three-Month increments until such time as Gatherer has completed the applicable facilities). If any such contract is in effect with respect to any Well, Producer will not be obligated to connect such Well to the System until the first Day of the Month following expiration of such contract.

(b) If at any time, (i) Producer fails to deliver a Development Report on or before the applicable deadline set forth in Section 3.1(a) , (ii) a Development Report delivered by Producer failed to describe any Well, or (iii) the average rate of production at any Receipt Point described in the then-applicable Development Report exceeds Producer’s forecast for such Receipt Point set forth in such Development Report, and as a result, Gatherer has not completed any new, modified, or enhanced facilities necessary to allow Gatherer to accept all of the Gas Tendered by Producer at a Receipt Point, then (x) within a reasonable time after Gatherer becomes aware of the need for such new, modified, or enhanced facilities, Gatherer shall elect, in its sole discretion, whether to proceed with the development and completion of such facilities by providing notice to Producer, and (y) if Gatherer elects to proceed with the development and completion of such facilities, (1) Gatherer shall cause such facilities to be completed within a reasonable time after such election, and (2) pending the completion of such facilities, Gatherer may elect (in its reasonable discretion and in exchange for reasonable compensation) to permit Producer to enter into a contract with a Third Party as provided in Section 3.3(a) to provide services with respect to the Dedicated Production that Gatherer is unable to accept.

 

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Section 3.4 Cooperation . The Parties shall work (at their own cost and expense) together in good faith to obtain such Permits as are necessary to drill and complete each Planned Well and construct the required extensions of the System to each Planned Separator Facility (and each Planned Well, as applicable) as expeditiously as reasonably practicable, all as provided in this Agreement. The Parties shall cooperate with each other and to communicate regularly regarding their efforts to obtain such Permits. Upon request by Producer, Gatherer shall promptly provide to Producer copies of all Permits obtained by Gatherer in order to construct any Facility Segment (or portion of a Facility Segment) of the System.

Section 3.5 Compression . The System Plan will describe the compression facilities that will be constructed as part of the System as well as the maximum operating pressures of the low pressure gathering lines, which shall be subject to the approval of Producer, and the maximum operating pressures of the high pressure gathering lines, which shall be sufficient to permit Gas to enter the facilities of Downstream Facilities but no higher than the MAOP, and other maximum operating parameters. The MAOP and the Target Pressure for each Individual System shall be set forth in the applicable Agreement Addendum when the applicable subpart for such Individual System is delivered or updated.

Section 3.6 Grant of Access; Real Property Rights .

(a) Producer s Grant of Easement . Producer hereby grants to Gatherer, without warranty of title, either express or implied, to the extent that it may lawfully and is contractually permitted to do so without the incurrence of additional expense, an easement and right of way upon all lands constituting Dedicated Properties for the purpose of installing, using, maintaining, servicing, inspecting, repairing, operating, replacing, disconnecting and removing all or any portion of the applicable Individual System, including all pipelines, meters and other equipment necessary for the performance by Gatherer of this Agreement. If necessary, Producer agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to assign to Gatherer rights under any Lease to the extent such assignment is necessary to grant such easement and right of way. Any property of Gatherer placed in or upon such lands shall remain the property of Gatherer and may be disconnected or removed by Gatherer at any time for any reason. Gatherer shall release, protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Producer Group from and against all Losses arising out of or in connection with Gatherer’s use of or operations on the easement and right-of-way granted under this Section 3.6(a), except to the extent that such Losses are caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of Gatherer Group.

(b) Producer Does Not Have Obligation to Maintain . Producer shall not have a duty to maintain in force and effect any underlying agreements (such as any lease, easement, or surface use agreement) that the grants of easements or rights of way by Producer to Gatherer under Section 3.6(a) are based upon, and such grants of easements or rights of way will terminate if Producer loses its rights to the applicable property, regardless of the reason for such loss of rights.

(c) Gatherer Does Not Have Obligation to Maintain . Gatherer shall not have a duty to maintain in force and effect any underlying agreements that the grants of easements or rights of way by Gatherer to Producer pursuant to Section 3.6(a) are based upon, and such grants of easements or rights of way will terminate if Gatherer loses its rights to the applicable property, regardless of the reason for such loss of rights.

 

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(d) No Interference . Gatherer’s exercise of the rights granted to Gatherer by Producer pursuant to this Section  3.6 shall not unreasonably interfere with Producer’s operations or with the rights of owners in fee with respect to the applicable lands, and such rights will be exercised in material compliance with all applicable Laws and the safety and other reasonable access requirements of Producer.

ARTICLE 4

TENDER, NOMINATION, AND GATHERING OF PRODUCTION

Section 4.1 Tender of Dedicated Production .

Each Day during the Term, Producer shall Tender to the Individual System at each applicable Receipt Point all of the Dedicated Production available to Producer at such Receipt Point.

Section 4.2 Services; Service Standard .

(a) Services . Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Gatherer shall (i) provide Services for all Gas that is Tendered by Producer to Gatherer at the applicable Receipt Point, (ii) redeliver to Producer or for the benefit of Producer at the relevant Delivery Point (as designated by Producer) such Gas with an equivalent Thermal Content and hydrocarbon constituent composition as the Gas received at the Receipt Point (as may be increased by any Flash Gas delivered into the System), less the Thermal Content of Drip Condensate, less System L&U allocated to Producer in accordance with this Agreement, less such Gas consumed as Other System Fuel or System Fuel allocated to Producer in accordance with this Agreement, less such Gas consumed as Process Flare, and (iii) cause the System to be able to flow such Gas at volumes produced into each Individual System, in each case, so long as total crude volumes for the respective Individual System are not greater than the current capacity of the System.

(b) Services Standard . Gatherer shall own and operate the System and perform the Services in a good and workmanlike manner in accordance with standards customary in the industry.

(c) System for Other Gathering . Producer acknowledges that Gatherer has constructed facilities and may construct additional facilities to accommodate Other Services on the same property as the Individual System (including but not limited to the Crude Oil Gathering System). To the extent required for the efficient operation of such facilities together with the Individual System, Gatherer may use Gas to the extent and as further described, including compensation, if any, in Article 5 .

Section 4.3 Nominations, Scheduling, Balancing and Curtailment . Nominations, scheduling, and balancing of Gas available for, and interruptions and curtailment of, Services under this Agreement shall be performed in accordance with the applicable Operating Terms and Conditions set forth in Schedule A .

 

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Section 4.4 Suspension/Shutdown of Service .

(a) Shutdown . During any period when all or any portion of the Individual System is shut down (i) because of maintenance, repairs, or Force Majeure, (ii) because such shutdown is necessary to avoid injury or harm to Persons or property, to the environment or to the integrity of all or any portion of the Individual System, or (iii) because providing Services hereunder has become uneconomic as further described in Section  12.2 , Gatherer may interrupt or curtail receipts of Producer’s Gas and/or Drip Condensate and the Gas and/or Drip Condensate of other producers as set forth herein. In such cases Gatherer shall have no liability to Producer (subject to Section 4.4(d) and Section  12.2 ), except to the extent such shutdown is caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Gatherer; provided that Gatherer shall have no liability for any special, indirect, or consequential damages. If Gatherer is required to so interrupt or curtail receipts of Gas and/or Drip Condensate, Gatherer will advise (by telephone, following up by writing, which writing may be in the form of electronic mail) Producer of such interruption or curtailment as soon as practicable or in any event within twenty-four hours after the occurrence of such event.

(b) Planned Curtailments and Interruptions .

(i) Gatherer shall have the right to curtail or interrupt receipts and deliveries of Gas and Drip Condensate for brief periods to perform necessary maintenance of and repairs or modifications (including modifications required to perform its obligations under this Agreement) to the Individual System; provided, however, that to the extent reasonably practicable, Gatherer shall coordinate its maintenance, repair and modification operations with the operations of Producer and, in any case, will use its reasonable efforts to schedule maintenance, repair and modification operations so as to avoid or minimize to the greatest extent possible service curtailments or interruptions.

(ii) Gatherer shall provide Producer (x) with 10 Days prior notice of any upcoming normal and routine maintenance, repair and modification projects that Gatherer has planned that would result in a curtailment or interruption of Producer’s deliveries and the estimated time period for such curtailment or interruption and (y) with six Months prior notice of any maintenance (A) of which Gatherer has knowledge at least six Months in advance and (B) that is anticipated to result in a curtailment or interruption of Producer’s deliveries for five or more consecutive Days.

(c) Other Operations . It is specifically understood by Producer that operations and activities on facilities upstream or downstream of the Individual System beyond Gatherer’s control may impact operations on the Individual System, and the Parties agree that Gatherer shall have no liability for any operations or activities upstream or downstream of the Individual System.

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Producer’s written request, the affected volumes of Gas shall be temporarily released from dedication to this Agreement commencing as of the date of such request and ending on the date described in Section 2.4(b) .

Section 4.5 Marketing and Transportation . As between the Parties, Producer shall be solely responsible, and shall make all necessary arrangements at and downstream of the Delivery Points, for the receipt, further transportation, and marketing of Producer’s owned and Controlled Gas delivered hereunder.

Section 4.6 No Prior Flow of Gas in Interstate Commerce . Producer represents and warrants that at the time of Tender, none of the Gas delivered at a Receipt Point hereunder has flowed in interstate commerce.

ARTICLE 5

FEES

Section 5.1 Fees . Producer shall pay Gatherer each Month in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, for all Services provided by Gatherer with respect to Dedicated Production received by Gatherer from Producer or for Producer’s account during such Month, an amount, for each Individual System, equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) the aggregate quantity of such Gas, stated in MMBtu, received by Gatherer from Producer or for Producer’s account at the applicable Receipt Points for such Gas within the applicable Individual System during such Month multiplied by (y) the applicable Individual Fee, plus (ii) an amount equal to Producer’s allocated portion of the actual costs incurred by Gatherer for electricity required to provide Services, such allocation to be based upon the aggregate quantities of Gas received by Gatherer.

Section 5.2 Fee Adjustments

(a) Redetermination.

(i) Redetermination Proposal . Between November 1 and December 31 of any Year, Gatherer may prepare and deliver to Producer for its review and comment a written proposal (each, a “ Redetermination Proposal ”) to redetermine each Individual Fee in accordance with this Section 5.2(a) . Each Redetermination Proposal shall include relevant supporting documentation based upon the latest updated Development Report and System Plan and shall take into account future items including projected production volumes, operating revenue projections, and budgeted amounts for capital expenditures and all estimated operating expenses that Gatherer believes will be necessary to provide the applicable Services as contemplated by the latest updated Development Report and System Plan; provided that a redetermined Individual Fee as agreed to by the Parties (a “ Redetermined Individual Fee ”) shall not recoup the difference between (A) estimated operating expenses or revenues and (B) actual operating expenses or revenues for periods prior to the effective date of such Redetermined Individual Fee. The Parties may agree to redetermine a particular Individual Fee without obligation to agree to redetermine any other Individual Fee.

 

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(ii) Subsequent Redetermination Timing . Any Redetermined Individual Fee agreed to by the Parties on or prior to the last Business Day of February of the applicable Adjustment Year (“ Redetermination Deadline ”) shall become effective as of the first Day of the Month following the Month in which agreement has been reached. If the Parties fail to agree upon a redetermination of any Individual Fee set forth in the applicable Redetermination Proposal on or prior to the Redetermination Deadline, such Individual Fee shall remain in effect without redetermination pursuant to this Section 5.2(a) . For purposes of this Section 5.2(a)(ii) , the Year during which a Redetermination Proposal is delivered is herein the “ Delivery Year ” and the immediately subsequent Year is herein the “ Adjustment Year ”.

(b) Annual Escalation . Effective as of January 1 of each Year, the Individual Fee will be increased by multiplying the then-applicable Individual Fee by the Escalation Percentage (herein, the “ Increase in Fee ”) and adding the then-applicable Individual Fee to the Increase in Fee. Such annual increase to the Individual Fee shall become effective on January 1 of the applicable Year, even if such Individual Fee was redetermined pursuant to Section 5.2(a) , with an effective date during the same Year.

(c) Target Pressures . Gatherer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the Daily arithmetic average operating pressure of the system pressures at the Target Pressure.

(d) Other Fee Adjustments . The amount invoiced by Gatherer hereunder may be adjusted to reflect other adjustments expressly set forth in this Agreement, including pursuant to Section  6.2 and Section  12.1 .

(e) Reinjection Volumes and Buy-Back . Pursuant to Producer’s reservations under Section 2.3(b) , Gatherer shall ensure that the volumes measured at the applicable Receipt Point shall not include the volumes used by or returned to Producer for use in connection with Producer’s lease operations (including, but not limited to, Producer’s reservoir pressure maintenance operations) and water treatment facility operations. Gas volumes used for lease operations and water treatment facility operations shall be deducted from the measured Receipt Point volumes. It is the express intent of the Parties that Producer shall not pay the Individual Fee on gas used for lease and water treatment facility operations more than once, even if some portion of the gas reserved for such operations passes through the applicable Individual System more than once, whether as a result of reinjection, recycling, buy back or other similar operation.

Section 5.3 Treatment of Byproducts, L&U, Fuel and Related Matters . The Producer and Gatherer acknowledge that the fees chargeable by Gatherer pursuant to Section  5.1 , as adjusted pursuant to Section  5.2 , appropriately compensate Gatherer for Services and no separate fee shall be chargeable by Gatherer and no refund or reduction in the fee shall be chargeable by Producer for the hydrocarbons or services described in this Section  5.3 . The Producer and Gatherer acknowledge that the Transaction Documents among Producer and Gatherer are intended to be treated as a suite of documents. As such, pursuant to Article 9 , the Producer may receive one invoice from Gatherer that details the amounts owed under this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which Gatherer is a Party. In addition, Gatherer shall have no responsibility to allocate back Drip Condensate, Flash Gas, System L&U, System Fuel or Other

 

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System Fuel to any particular Receipt Point, except as otherwise expressly stated in Section 1.8 of Schedule A . However, Gatherer shall prepare a Monthly Loss/ Gain Report that details the quantities of each of the following on a Monthly basis and shall deliver such Monthly Loss/ Gain Report as specified in Section 9.1(d) .

(a) Drip Condensate . Gatherer shall own, retain, and have the sole right to the proceeds from any sale of Drip Condensate collected in the System, and Gatherer shall not pay Producer the proceeds from any such sale.. The Monthly Loss/ Gain Report shall include a statement of the Drip Condensate recovered by Gatherer.

(b) Flash Gas . Gatherer shall deliver to Producer, each Month, all Flash Gas allocated to Producer or for Producer’s account by delivering such Flash Gas into the System. The Parties acknowledge that there is no separate fee chargeable by Gatherer hereunder for Services with respect to Flash Gas and that the fees chargeable by Gatherer hereunder for Gas sufficiently compensate Gatherer for Services with respect to Flash Gas. The Parties further acknowledge that (i) the Flash Gas is a byproduct of the Crude Oil gathered by Gatherer (which is among the services described hereunder as Other Services), (ii) at all times during the Term, Producer and Gatherer shall be party to both this Agreement and another Transaction Document that covers Crude Oil and (iii) the Producer shall not owe any amount under any other Transaction Document to which Gatherer is a Party as a result of the Flash Gas being delivered into the System. The Monthly Loss/ Gain Report shall include a statement of the Flash Gas recovered by Gatherer and returned to Producer, as measured in the Measuring Device at the point where Flash Gas is received into the System.

(c) System L&U . No adjustment to the Services Fee will be made for System L&U.

(i) Gatherer will perform a Monthly material balance for each Individual System based on comparison of Gas delivered to the Gas received into the applicable Individual System at Receipt Points (or, with respect to Flash Gas, such other receipt points).

(ii) If, during any Month, System L&U on an Individual System exceeds 2.00% of either energy or volumes of Producer’s owned or Controlled Gas delivered to the Individual System in such Month, then Gatherer will, for the respective Individual System, obtain updated test data from the Receipt Points in the applicable Individual System and conduct a field-wide (on an Individual System basis) meter inspection and calibration followed by an updated balance. If Gatherer determines that a repair to the Individual System is needed to reduce the System L&U below 2.00%, Gatherer shall undertake such repairs in a commercially reasonable manner and as soon after making such determination as is commercially reasonable.

(iii) Gatherer shall provide Producer with prior notice of, and reasonable access to observe, any such field-wide meter balance.

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(d) System Fuel and Other System Fuel . Gatherer shall account for the actual fuel used by Gatherer in the operation of the Individual System, and such accounting shall detail whether such fuel is System Fuel or Other System Fuel (and, if Other System Fuel, whether for the account of Crude Oil, water or other product). The Parties acknowledge that the Producer shall not be reimbursed for System Fuel or Other System Fuel; provided that if during any Month, the Producer does not deliver to Gatherer Crude Oil under any Transaction Document to which Gatherer is a Party, then Gatherer shall calculate the value of the Other System Fuel used during the applicable Month based on the price of Gas received by Producer during such Month and such amount shall appear as a reduction in the Fees within 90 days of the end of the applicable Month. The Monthly Loss/ Gain Report shall include a statement of the System Fuel and the Other System Fuel.

ARTICLE 6

QUALITY AND PRESSURE SPECIFICATIONS

Section 6.1 Quality Specifications .

(a) Subject to Section  6.2 below, all Gas delivered at the Receipt Points by Producer to Gatherer shall meet the quality specifications set forth in Section  1.1 of Schedule A , except, with respect to any Individual System for which different quality specifications are set forth in the applicable Agreement Addendum, such specifications that are set out in the applicable Agreement Addendum shall control. If Producer’s Gas delivered to the Receipt Points complies with such quality specifications or, after blending in accordance with the second sentence of Section  6.2 , otherwise complies such specifications , then all Gas redelivered at the Delivery Points by Gatherer to Producer shall meet the quality specifications applicable at the relevant Delivery Points. Subject to Section 6.1(b) , Gatherer may commingle Gas received into the Individual System may be commingled with other Gas shipments and, subject to Gatherer’s obligation to redeliver to Producer at the Delivery Points Gas that satisfies the applicable quality specifications of the Delivery Points, (i) such Gas shall be subject to such changes in quality, composition and other characteristics as may result from such commingling, (ii) Gatherer shall have no other obligation to Producer associated with changes in quality of Gas as the result of such commingling and (iii) Gatherer shall have the right to change the quality specifications to comply with any changes in the Downstream Facility specifications.

(b) Gatherer shall establish a quality bank with respect to Gas transported within the same common stream. Such quality bank shall initially apply only to the API gravity of Gas transported within the same common stream. Gatherer shall have the right to expand such quality bank to also apply to the sulphur content of Gas transported within the same common stream. All shippers shall be required to participate in the quality bank. The quality bank (i) shall be administered by an entity to be designated by Gatherer, which may be Gatherer, (“ Administrator ”), and such Administrator shall calculate, collect, and remit monetary adjustments among all shippers tendering within the common streams from changes in specified constituents (i.e., API gravity and/or sulphur, as applicable) for which such quality bank is established and which result from common stream operations, and (ii) each shipper shall pay the Administrator the computed quality adjustments due from such shipper in accordance with the quality bank policy.

 

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Section 6.2 Failure to Meet Specifications . If any Gas Tendered by Producer to the Individual System fails at any time to conform to the applicable specifications, then Gatherer will have the right to immediately discontinue receipt of such non-conforming Gas and shall notify Producer of the specifications violation within twenty-four (24) hours. Gatherer agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to blend and commingle such non-conforming Gas with other Gas in the Individual System so that it meets the applicable specifications. Gatherer may charge Producer a reasonable fee to compensate Gatherer for its use of commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Gas Tendered by Producer to conform to the applicable specifications. Producer will promptly undertake commercially reasonable measures to eliminate the cause of such non-conformance and will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Gatherer from and against all Losses suffered or incurred by Gatherer as a result of, arising out of, or caused by the delivery of non-conforming Gas by Producer with respect to which Producer does not notify Gatherer of such non-conformance before Tendering such Gas to Gatherer.

Section 6.3 Pressure . Producer shall Tender or cause to be Tendered Gas to each applicable Receipt Point at sufficient pressure to enter the applicable Individual System, but not in excess of the MAOP set forth in the design documents for the applicable Individual System as shown in the applicable Agreement Addendum (which such maximum operating pressure shall be sufficient to permit such Gas to enter the Individual System and the Downstream Facilities but not higher than the MAOP of the Downstream Facilities). Producer shall have the obligation to ensure that Gas is prevented from entering the System at pressures in excess of such MAOP, and Gatherer shall have the right to restrict or relieve the flow of Gas into the System to protect the System from over pressuring. Gatherer shall install, own, operate and maintain compression facilities sufficient to deliver Producer’s owned and Controlled Gas into the applicable Delivery Points. Redeliveries of Gas by Gatherer to or for the account of Producer at the applicable Delivery Points shall be at such pressures as may exist from time to time in the System at the applicable Delivery Point. Gatherer’s obligation to redeliver Gas to a given Delivery Point shall be subject to the operational limitations of the Downstream Facilities receiving such Gas, including the Downstream Facility’s capacity, Gas measurement capability, operating pressures and any operational balancing agreements as may be applicable.

ARTICLE 7

TERM

Section 7.1 Term . This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date, and this Agreement shall remain in effect until the 10th anniversary of the Effective Date (the “ Initial Term ”) and thereafter on a Year to Year basis until terminated by Gatherer or Producer effective upon the expiration of the Initial Term or the expiration of any Year thereafter upon written notice no less than 90 Days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or the expiration of any Year thereafter (such period of time, the “ Term ”).

Section 7.2 Effect of Termination or Expiration of the Term . Upon the termination of the Term, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and the Parties shall have no liability or obligation under this Agreement, except that (a) the termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any Party from any expense, liability or other obligation or remedy therefor that has accrued or attached prior to the date of such termination, (b) the provisions of Section  6.2 , this

 

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Section  7.2 , Section  8.1 , Article 14 and Section  16.1 through Section  16.10 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect indefinitely, and (c)  Section 9.4 and Section  16.11 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect for the period of time specified in such Sections.

ARTICLE 8

TITLE AND CUSTODY

Section 8.1 Title . A nomination of Gas by Producer shall be deemed a warranty of title to such Gas by Producer or a warranty that Producer Controls the Gas and has the right to deliver such Gas for gathering under this Agreement, as applicable. Title to Gas shall not transfer to Gatherer by reason of Gatherer’s performance of the Services. By nominating Gas, Producer also agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold Gatherer harmless from any and all Losses resulting from any claims by a Third Party of title or rights to such Gas. If any claim is made challenging Producer’s right to deliver such Gas to Gatherer, then Gatherer shall have the right to suspend receipt of deliveries of such Gas hereunder until such claim is finally resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of Gatherer.

Section 8.2 Custody . From and after Producer’s delivery of Gas to Gatherer at the Receipt Point(s), and, until Gatherer’s redelivery of such Gas to or for Producer’s account at the applicable Delivery Point(s), as between the Parties, Gatherer shall have custody and control of, and be responsible for, such Gas. In all other circumstances, as between the Parties, Producer shall be deemed to have custody and control of, and be responsible for, such Gas.

ARTICLE 9

BILLING AND PAYMENT

Section 9.1 Statements .

(a) Ordinary Course . Gatherer shall submit invoices to Producer on or before the 25th Day after the end of a Month (the “ Invoice Month ”). Each invoice shall be accompanied by supporting information for all amounts charged by such invoice. All amounts owed for Services provided during an Invoice Month shall be reflected on the applicable invoice for such Invoice Month; provided that to the extent any amount appearing on an invoice is in respect of an amount paid by Gatherer to a Third Party (collectively, the “ Reimbursed Amount ”) or the calculation of such amount is contingent on information provided by a Third Party (collectively, the “ Conditional Amount ”), such Reimbursed Amount and Conditional Amount shall be reflected on an invoice within 90 Days after the end of the Month in which such Reimbursed Amount was paid by Gatherer.

(b) Other . If actual measurements of volumes of Dedicated Production are not available by the date stated in Section 9.1(a) , then the invoice submitted by the date stated in Section 9.1(a) , may be prepared and submitted based on Gatherer’s good faith estimate of the volumes of Dedicated Production received in the applicable Invoice Month. If Gatherer submits an invoice

 

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based on estimated volumes, Gatherer shall prepare and submit to Producer an invoice based on actual measurements on or before the close of business of the 40th Day after the applicable Invoice Month, together with a reconciliation to the invoice submitted based on Gatherer’s estimate.

(c) Detail . Gatherer’s invoices and supporting information shall include information reasonably sufficient to explain and support any estimates and charges reflected therein, the reconciliation of any estimates made in a prior Month to the actual measurements for such Month, and any adjustments to prior period volumes and quantities.

(d) Monthly Loss/ Gain Repor t. Gatherer shall deliver to Producer, on or before the close of business of the 40th Day after the applicable Invoice Month a Monthly Loss/ Gain Report, which shall set forth the volumes specified in Section  5.3 and in Schedule A. If Gatherer elects, it may deliver such Monthly Loss/ Gain Report concurrently with the applicable invoice.

(e) One Invoice; Netting . To the extent that Gatherer and Producer are party to this Agreement and one or more other Transaction Documents, one invoice may be delivered in respect of all amounts owing under such Transaction Documents. The Parties shall net all undisputed amounts due and owing or past due and owing arising under the Transaction Documents to which Producer and Gatherer are parties such that the Party owing the greater amount shall make a single payment of the net amount to the other Party. To the extent possible, all fee adjustments set forth in Article 5 shall be accomplished by setoff or netting.

Section 9.2 Payments .

(a) Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, all invoices under this Agreement shall be due and payable in accordance with each invoice’s instructions on or before the later of the 30th Day of each Month and the 10th Day after receipt of the invoice or, if such Day is not a Business Day, then on the next Business Day. All payments by Producer under this Agreement shall be made by electronic funds transfer to the account designated by Gatherer. Any amounts not paid by the due date will be deemed delinquent and will accrue interest at the Interest Rate, such interest to be calculated from and including the due date but excluding the date the delinquent amount is paid in full.

(b) If Producer, in good faith, disputes the amount of any invoice of Gatherer, Producer will pay Gatherer such amount, if any, that is not in dispute and shall provide Gatherer notice, no later than 30 Days after the date that payment of such invoice would be due under Section 9.2(a) , of the disputed amount accompanied by reasonable documentation to support Producer’s dispute. If Producer fails to provide notice of dispute within such 30-Day period, then Producer shall be deemed to have waived its right to dispute the applicable invoice, except for a dispute following an audit conducted in accordance with Section  9.4 . Following Gatherer’s receipt of such dispute notice, Producer and Gatherer shall endeavor in good faith to resolve such dispute, and if the Parties are unable to resolve such dispute within a reasonable time, such dispute may be resolved in accordance with Section  16.6 of this Agreement. Upon resolution of the dispute, any required payment shall be made within 15 Days after such resolution, and such amount shall be paid along with interest accrued at the Interest Rate from and including the due date but excluding the date paid.

 

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Section 9.3 Adequate Assurances . If (a) Producer fails to pay according to the provisions hereof and such failure continues for a period of 5 Business Days after written notice of such failure is provided to Producer or (b) Gatherer has reasonable grounds for insecurity regarding the performance by Producer of any obligation under this Agreement, then Gatherer, by notice to Producer, may, singularly or in combination with any other rights it may have, demand Adequate Assurance of Performance from Producer. “ Adequate Assurance of Performance ” means, at the option of Producer, any of the following, (x) advance payment in cash by Producer to Gatherer for Services to be provided under this Agreement in the following Month or (y) delivery to Gatherer by Producer of an irrevocable standby letter of credit or a performance bond, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Gatherer, issued by a Credit-Worthy Person, in an amount equal to not less than the aggregate proceeds due from Producer under Section  9.1 for the prior 2-Month period. Promptly following the termination of the condition giving rise to Gatherer’s reasonable grounds for insecurity or payment in full of amounts outstanding, as applicable, Gatherer shall release to Producer the cash, letter of credit, bond or other assurance provided by Producer (including any accumulated interest, if applicable, and less any amounts actually applied to cover Producer’s obligations hereunder).

Section 9.4 Audit . Each Party has the right, at its sole expense and during normal working hours, to examine the records of the other Party to the extent reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of any statement, charge or computation made pursuant to the provisions of the Transaction Documents. The scope of such examination will be limited to the 24 Months preceding the date such notice of audit, statement, charge or computation was presented. No Party may conduct more than one audit (taking all Transaction Documents to which Producer is a party together) of the other Party during any Year (except that, if a Party is in default hereunder, additional audits may be conducted during the continuance of such default). If any such examination reveals any inaccuracy in any statement or charge, the necessary adjustments in such statement or charge and the payments necessitated thereby shall be made within 60 Days of resolution of the inaccuracy. This provision of this Agreement will survive any termination of this Agreement for the later of (a) a period of 24 Months from the end of the Year in which the date of such termination occurred or (b) until a dispute initiated within the 24 Month period is finally resolved, in each case for the purpose of such statement and payment objections.

ARTICLE 10

REMEDIES

Section 10.1 Suspension of Performance; Temporary Release from Dedication .

(a) Suspension by Gatherer as Remedy for Payment Default . If Producer fails to pay any invoice rendered under Article 9 , such failure is not due to a good faith dispute by Producer in accordance with Section 9.2(b) and such failure is not remedied within 15 Business Days after Producer’s receipt of written notice of such failure from Gatherer, Gatherer shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to suspend performance (including withholding any undisputed payments that are owed by Gatherer to Producer, and such withheld undisputed amounts shall not be subject to setoff under Section 9.1(e) ) under this Agreement until such undisputed amount, including interest at the Interest Rate, is paid in full.

 

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(b) Additional Suspensions as Remedies . If Producer fails to perform or comply with any material warranty, covenant or obligation (other than as provided in Section 10.1(a) ) contained in this Agreement and such failure has not been remedied within 60 Days after Producer’s receipt of written notice from Gatherer of such failure, then Gatherer shall have the right to suspend performance under this Agreement.

(c) Specific Performance and Declaratory Judgments . Damages in the event of breach of this Agreement by a Party hereto may be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain. Therefore, each Party, in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, will have the right to seek a declaratory judgment and will have the right to an injunction or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction, enjoining any such breach, and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof, and each of the Parties hereto hereby waives any and all defenses it may have on the ground of lack of jurisdiction or competence of the court to grant such an injunction or other equitable relief. The existence of this right will not preclude any Party from pursuing any other rights and remedies at law or in equity that such Party may have.

Section 10.2 No Election . In the event of a default by a Party under this Agreement, the other Party shall be entitled in its sole discretion to pursue one or more of the remedies set forth in this Agreement, or such other remedy as may be available to it under this Agreement, at Law or in equity, subject, however, to the limitations set forth in Section 10.3 and Article 14 . No election of remedies shall be required or implied as the result of a Party’s decision to avail itself of a remedy under this Agreement.

Section 10.3 DIRECT DAMAGES . A PARTY’S DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A BREACH OR VIOLATION OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, COVENANT, AGREEMENT OR CONDITION CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ACT OR OMISSION ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DIRECT DAMAGES AND SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY OTHER LOSS OR DAMAGE, INCLUDING INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, PRODUCTION, OR REVENUES, AND EACH PARTY RELEASES THE OTHER PARTY FROM ALL SUCH CLAIMS FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE OTHER THAN ACTUAL DIRECT DAMAGES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS LIMITATION TO DIRECT DAMAGES SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY DAMAGE, CLAIM, OR LOSS (A) RESULTING FROM THE DELIVERY BY PRODUCER OF GAS NOT MEETING THE SPECIFICATIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, (B) ASSERTED BY OR AWARDED TO THIRD PARTIES AGAINST A PARTY AND FOR WHICH THE OTHER PARTY WOULD OTHERWISE BE RESPONSIBLE UNDER ARTICLE 14 , OR (C) THAT PRODUCER WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER UNDER SECTION 6.1 .

ARTICLE 11

FORCE MAJEURE

Section 11.1 Force Majeure . If either Gatherer or Producer is rendered unable by an event of Force Majeure to carry out, in whole or part, its obligations under this Agreement and such Party gives notice (which notice may initially be delivered orally so long as written notice is

 

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delivered as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter) and reasonably full details of the event (including the nature, extent, effect, and likely duration of the event or circumstances constituting the Force Majeure event) to the other Party as soon as practicable after the occurrence of the event, then, during the pendency of such Force Majeure, but only during that period, the obligations of the Party affected by the event shall be canceled or suspended, as applicable, to the extent required; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, neither Party shall be relieved from any indemnification obligation or any obligation to make payments, as the result of Force Majeure, regardless of which Party is affected; provided further that if the Force Majeure impacts only a particular Facility Segment or Individual System, then the suspension of obligations described in this sentence shall apply only to the applicable Facility Segment or Individual System and not to the obligations owing in connection with the rest of the System. The Party affected by Force Majeure shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remedy the Force Majeure condition with all reasonable dispatch, shall give notice to the other Party of the termination of the Force Majeure, and shall resume performance of any suspended obligation promptly after termination of such Force Majeure.

Section 11.2 Extension Due to Force Majeure . If a Party is unable to meet any deadline set forth herein as a result of a Force Majeure, then provided that such Party complies with the provisions of Section 12.1, such deadline shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period of time during which such Party is delayed due to the Force Majeure.

ARTICLE 12

CHANGE IN LAW; UNECONOMIC SERVICE

Section 12.1 Changes in Applicable Law .

(a) If any new Laws are enacted or amended or any new interpretations in respect of previously existing Laws are issued after the Effective Date that require Gatherer to make capital expenditures with respect to the System, then Gatherer may propose an increase to the applicable Individual Fee as may be necessary or appropriate to preserve and continue for the Parties the rights and benefits originally contemplated for the Parties by this Agreement; provided, however , that no increase to the applicable Individual Fee pursuant to this Section 13.1 shall be applicable unless and until Gatherer would be required to make capital expenditures with respect to the System in order to comply with such new Law that materially and adversely affects the economics of the Services provided, fees received, or the other economic benefits of this Agreement for Gatherer.

(b) Producer shall accept or reject, in its sole discretion, Gatherer’s proposed increase to the Individual Fee within 30 Days after receiving such proposal from Gatherer. If Producer fails to provide notice of such acceptance or rejection within such 30-Day period, then Producer shall be deemed to have rejected such increase. If Producer rejects or is deemed to reject the amount of the proposed increase, then either Party may submit the determination of the proposed increase to binding arbitration in accordance with Section  16.6 . The Parties will amend, update, or revise the applicable Agreement Addendum in accordance with this Agreement to reflect any changes in the applicable Individual Fees agreed to in accordance with this Section  12.1 .

(c) Producer and Gatherer shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to comply with new and amended applicable Laws and new interpretations of existing Laws.

 

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Section 12.2 Unprofitable Operations and Rights of Termination .

(a) Existing Facilities . If (x) the gathering of Gas from any Wells, Separator Facilities or Receipt Points, (y) the delivery of Gas to any Delivery Points or (z) the provision of any other Service under this Agreement, is or becomes uneconomical due to its volume, quality, or for any other cause, then Gatherer shall not be obligated to provide the applicable Services so long as such condition exists. If Gatherer validly suspends Services under this Section 12.2(a) as a result of Producer’s (A) negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of this Agreement, (B) delivery of Gas that fails to meet the quality specifications required by Section  6.1 , or (C) execution of a plan of development that deviates from the then-applicable Development Report, then Gatherer may resume providing such Services at any time, upon two months’ advance written notice delivered to Producer, and the affected Wells, Separator Facilities, Receipt Points, Drilling Units. For purposes of this Section 12.2(a) , the term “uneconomical” shall include, with respect to the gathering of Gas from any Well, Separator Facility, or Receipt Point, the delivery of Gas to any Delivery Point, or the provision of any other Service under this Agreement, that the actual, direct operating and maintenance expenses incurred by Gatherer with respect thereto during any rolling three month period, including expenses charged to Gatherer by third parties providing services for Gatherer, exceed the total revenues received by Gatherer for Services rendered with respect thereto during such period, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

(b) Election not to Expand System . If Gatherer determines, in its discretion, that an expansion of the Individual System to satisfy the needs of Producer, as described in Section  3.2 , would be uneconomical, then Gatherer shall neither be obligated to undertake such expansion nor to provide the applicable Services. Producer shall be entitled to a release of the applicable Planned Wells, Planned Separator Facilities and Dedicated Production pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(vi) immediately upon Gatherer’s delivery of a System Plan (marked as “Final”) indicating that a requested expansion would be uneconomical pursuant to Section 12.2(d) .

(c) Start Date of Suspension of Services . Gatherer shall cause any suspension of Services permitted by this Section  12.2 to commence on the first Day of a Month and not on any other Day.

(d) Supporting Documentation and Management Discussions . As soon as Gatherer determines that an expansion of the Individual System will not be economic or that continuing to provide Services at existing facilities has been rendered uneconomic, Gatherer shall communicate in writing the same to Producer.

(i) With respect to existing facilities, such notice shall be delivered to Producer at least 180 Days in advance of any proposed curtailment under this Section  12.2 and such notice shall be accompanied by documentation supporting its claim that

 

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certain Services have become uneconomical. Commencing on the date on which such notice is delivered and continuing for 180 Days, Gatherer shall participate in Meetings of Senior Management if so requested by Producer, so long as such Meetings of Senior Management are scheduled at mutually agreeable times and locations, in order to negotiate a transition of Services that will not materially adversely affect Producer. Such discussions may include the following matters and such other matters aimed at ameliorating the detrimental effects of Gatherer ceasing to provide Services: (A) purchase by Producer from Gatherer of the pipe, rights of way or other assets necessary for the types of services that otherwise would have been performed under this Agreement, (B) a continuation of the provision of Services hereunder by Gatherer for a period of time longer than the 180 Days required hereby in order to permit Producer sufficient time to take over operations or find an alternate midstream service provider and (C) adjustments to the Development Plan or rework certain Wells in order to address the concerns of Gatherer with respect to providing Services thereto. In no event shall Gatherer’s obligation to be available for Meetings of Senior Management create an obligation on Gatherer to continue providing services past the 180 Days required hereby, and Gatherer is under no obligation to agree to any amendments to this Agreement or modifications to the Services provided in order to accommodate requests of Producer during such negotiations. However, both Parties have an obligation to negotiate in good faith during such discussions.

(ii) With respect to planned facilities, Gatherer shall indicate that providing Services to Planned Wells or Planned Separator Facilities is uneconomical by failing to include the necessary expansion projects in the applicable System Plan and shall provide supporting documentation for its determination that such expansion would be uneconomical, if requested by Producer. If Gatherer delivers a System Plan (marked as “Final”) describing the necessary expansion projects, such delivery shall be deemed to be a commitment by Gatherer to complete such expansion without exercising its rights under Section 12.2(b) , so long as conditions (including anticipated throughput, pricing, the ability to obtain rights-of-way, Producer’s continued execution of the Development Report, and any other factors deemed material by Gatherer) do not materially change; provided, however that upon the initiation of Services through such expansion project or through a component part of such expansion project, such expansion (or applicable portion thereof) shall be considered “existing facilities” for purposes of this Section  12.2 and Gatherer shall have all of the rights set forth herein with respect to existing facilities that become uneconomical. Nothing in this Section 12.2(d) shall give Producer a right to consent to a suspension under this Section  12.2 .

(e) No Obligation to Drill or Operate . Without limiting the right of Producer to revise the Development Report to eliminate any proposed Wells or Separator Facilities, nothing herein shall be construed to require Producer to drill or conduct any operations as to any Well, to continue to operate any Well, to place any new Separator Facility into service or to maintain the operation of any Separator Facility that a prudent operator would not in like circumstances drill or continue to operate.

 

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ARTICLE 13

REGULATORY STATUS

Section 13.1 Non-Jurisdictional System . This Agreement is subject to all valid present and future Laws of Governmental Authorities now or hereafter having jurisdiction over the Parties, this Agreement, the Services performed, or the System. It is the intent of the Parties that no Governmental Authority shall alter any provisions in the Agreement in such a way that would have the effect of altering the economic benefits of either Party, as originally contemplated under this Agreement. The Parties shall (a) vigorously defend and support in good faith the enforceability of this Agreement and the continuance, without alternation, of the Services in any and all proceedings before any Governmental Authority in which this Agreement is subject to review and (b) not initiate or support, either directly or indirectly, any challenge with any Governmental Authorities to the rates provided herein or any other modification to this Agreement that would alter the economic benefits of a Party as originally contemplated under this Agreement; provided , however , nothing set forth herein shall restrict or prohibit Producer from contesting or challenging or disputing with the other Party as to the interpretation, breach, default or performance of this Agreement or any filings of tariffs or any amendments thereto with respect to the System to the extent such tariffs are not substantively identical to the economic terms set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Producer shall have the right to assert in the appropriate forum in response to any change or proposed change in any tariffs that such change is not in substantial accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Section 13.2 Government Authority Modification . Notwithstanding the provisions of Section  13.1 , if the rates are changed or required to be changed or any other modification to this Agreement that alters the economic benefits of a Party, as originally contemplated under this Agreement, in response to any order, regulation, or other mandate of a Governmental Authority, then no such change or modification shall constitute a breach or other default under the terms of this Agreement, and the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to enter into such amendments to this Agreement or a separate arrangement in order to give effect, to the greatest extent possible, the economic benefit as originally contemplated in this Agreement.

ARTICLE 14

INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

Section 14.1 Reciprocal Indemnity . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and except as otherwise set forth in Section  6.2 and Section  8.1 :

(a) Producer Indemnification . Producer shall release, protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Gatherer Group from and against all Losses directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with bodily injury, death, illness, disease, or loss or damage to property of Producer or any member of Producer Group in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement, directly or indirectly. THIS RELEASE, DEFENSE AND INDEMNITY OBLIGATION SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF FAULT OF GATHERER GROUP OR ANY OTHER PERSONS. (EXCEPT THAT IT SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LOSSES ARE CAUSED BY THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF GATHERER).

 

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(b) Gatherer Indemnification . Gatherer shall release, protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Producer Group from and against all Losses directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with bodily injury, death, illness, disease, or loss or damage to property of Gatherer or any member of Gatherer Group in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement, directly or indirectly. THIS RELEASE, DEFENSE AND INDEMNITY OBLIGATION SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF FAULT OF PRODUCER GROUP OR ANY OTHER PERSONS. (EXCEPT THAT IT SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LOSSES ARE CAUSED BY THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF PRODUCER).

(c) Regardless of Fault . AS USED IN THE PRECEDING TWO SUBCLAUSES, THE PHRASE “REGARDLESS OF FAULT” SHALL MEAN, WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOSS THAT IS CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE (WHETHER SOLE, JOINT, CONCURRENT, COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY, ACTIVE, PASSIVE, OR OTHERWISE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHER FAULT, OF ANY MEMBER OF GATHERER GROUP OR THE PRODUCER GROUP, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CAUSE OR CAUSES THEREOF AND WITHOUT LIMITATION OF SUCH LOSS AND WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.

Section 14.2 Indemnification Regarding Third Parties . Each Party shall release, protect, defend, indemnify and hold the other Party harmless against any Loss by a Third Party that is not a member of the Producer Group or Gatherer Group, to the extent such Loss (a) is caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of said indemnifying Party or such Party’s Group, or (b) in the case of Producer as indemnifying Party, results from claims by a Third Party of title, rights, or encumbrances in or to Gas delivered by Producer to a Receipt Point.

Section 14.3 Penalties . Producer shall release, protect, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Gatherer from any Losses resulting from penalties imposed by a Downstream Facility in any transportation contracts or service agreements associated with, or related to, Producer’s owned or Controlled Gas, including any penalties imposed pursuant to the Downstream Facility’s tariff.

Section 14.4 Insurance . Gatherer and Producer shall (a) carry and maintain no less than the insurance coverage set forth in Exhibit B , and (b) cause such insurance to be (i) the primary coverage without any right of contribution from any other insurance held by the other Party to the extent of the insured Party’s indemnification obligations hereunder, and (ii) written and endorsed to include waivers of all subrogation rights of the insurers against Gatherer and its Group (in the case of Producer’s insurance) or Producer and its Group (in the case of Gatherer’s insurance). Producer shall also cause the insurance carried and maintained by it pursuant to this Section  14.4 to be endorsed to name Gatherer and its Group as additional insureds or provide blanket additional insured status that covers Gatherer and its Group as additional insureds, except in the case of worker’s compensation insurance.

 

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ARTICLE 15

ASSIGNMENT

Section 15.1 Assignment of Rights and Obligations under this Agreement .

(a) Assignment . Except as specifically otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Party shall have the right to assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement (in whole or in part) to another Person except with the prior written consent of Gatherer (in the case of an assignment by Producer) or Producer (in the case of an assignment by Gatherer), which consent may be withheld at such Party’s sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing,

(i) Producer may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Person to whom Producer assigns or transfers an interest in any of the Dedicated Properties, insofar as this Agreement relates to such Dedicated Properties, without the consent of Gatherer; provided that (A) such Person assumes in writing the obligations of Producer under this Agreement insofar as it relates to the portion of the Dedicated Properties so assigned or transferred, (B) such assignment is made subject to this Agreement, (C) if such assignment or transfer is made to an Affiliate of Producer, Producer shall not be released from any of its obligations under this Agreement and (D) if such transfer or assignment is to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Producer, Producer shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Dedicated Properties so assigned or transferred; provided, further , that to the extent such Person is not an Affiliate of Producer, except for the Dedicated Properties assigned or transferred, this Agreement shall not bind any interests of such Person or its Affiliates in any oil and/or gas leases, mineral interests, and other similar interests owned by such Person as of or after the date of such assignment or transfer; and

(ii) Gatherer may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Affiliate Entity insofar and only insofar as this Agreement relates to the Dedicated Properties for which such Affiliate Entity will be providing Services (such Dedicated Properties, the “ Affiliate Entity Dedicated Properties ”); provided that in lieu of assigning a portion of this Agreement (in the manner set forth in this subclause (ii)), Producer and Affiliate Entity may enter into a separate gathering agreement applicable to the Affiliate Entity Dedicated Properties that is substantially similar to this Agreement and, with respect to the Dedicated Properties covered by such separate gathering agreement (and only with respect to such Dedicated Properties), this Agreement shall terminate and cease to control.

(b) Notice; Binding Effect . Within 30 Days prior to the date of execution of a permitted assignment by Producer, Producer shall give Gatherer notice of any assignment of this Agreement or Dedicated Properties. Gatherer shall give Producer notice of any assignment of this Agreement within 30 Days after the date of execution of such permitted assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective permitted successors and assigns of the Parties. Any attempted assignment made without compliance with the provisions set forth in this Section  15.1 shall be null and void ab initio.

 

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(c) Releases not Assignments . Any release of any of the Dedicated Properties from dedication under this Agreement pursuant to Section  2.4 shall not constitute an assignment or transfer of such Dedicated Properties for the purposes of this Article 15 .

Section 15.2 Pre-Approved Assignments . Each Party shall have the right without the prior consent of the other Party to (a) mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise impress a lien or security interest upon its rights and interest in and to this Agreement, and (b) make a transfer pursuant to any security interest arrangement described in (a)  above, including any judicial or non-judicial foreclosure and any assignment from the holder of such security interest to another Person.

Section 15.3 Change of Control . Except as provided in Section  15.1 , nothing in this Article 15 shall prevent Producer’s members or owners from transferring their respective interests (whether equity or otherwise and whether in whole or in part) in Producer and nothing in this Article 15 shall prevent Gatherer’s members or owners from transferring their respective interests (whether equity or otherwise and whether in whole or in part) in Gatherer. However, if a change of control of a Party gives rise to a reasonable basis for insecurity on the part of the other Party, such change of control may be the basis for a request of Adequate Assurance of Performance. Each member or owner of Producer or Gatherer, as applicable, shall have the right to assign and transfer such member’s or owner’s interests (whether equity or otherwise and whether in whole or in part) in Producer or Gatherer, as applicable, without restriction contained in this Agreement.

ARTICLE 16

OTHER PROVISIONS

Section 16.1 Relationship of the Parties . The execution and delivery of this Agreement and any Agreement Addendum shall create a binding agreement between the Parties signatory thereto consisting of the terms set forth in such Agreement and Agreement Addendum. This Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to create, a partnership, joint venture or association or a trust between Producer and Gatherer. This Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to authorize any Party to act as an agent, servant or employee for any other Party for any purpose whatsoever except as explicitly set forth in this Agreement. In their relations with each other under this Agreement, the Parties shall not be considered fiduciaries.

Section 16.2 Notices . Unless otherwise specified in the applicable provision, all notices, consents, approvals, requests, and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered personally, or sent by bonded overnight courier, mailed by U.S. Express Mail or by certified or registered United States Mail with all postage fully prepaid, return receipt requested, or, except in the case of notices of breach or default, sent by electronic mail (including with a PDF of the notice or other communication attached), in each case, addressed (i) if to Producer, at the address set forth on the applicable Agreement Addendum and (ii) if to Gatherer, at the address set forth on the signature page; provided that in the case of any notice by electronic mail, such notice is confirmed by communication via another method permitted by this Section  16.2 . Any notice, consent, approval, request, or other communication (“ Communications ”) given in accordance herewith shall be deemed to have been

 

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given when (a) actually received or rejected by the addressee in person or by courier, or (b) actually received or rejected by the addressee upon delivery by overnight courier or United States Mail, as shown in the tracking report or return receipt, as applicable. Communications may not be transmitted by electronic mail, except for ordinary course business communications that shall be deemed to be received, if transmitted during normal business hours on such Business Day, or if transmitted after normal business hours, on the next Business Day. Any Person may change their contact information for notice by giving notice to the other Party in the manner provided in this Section  16.2 .

Section 16.3 Entire Agreement; Conflicts . This Agreement (consisting of the Agreement Terms and Conditions and the applicable Agreement Addendum) constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations, and discussions, whether oral or written, of the Parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof. There are no warranties, representations, or other agreements among the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, including the exhibits hereto, and no Party shall be bound by or liable for any alleged representation, promise, inducement, or statements of intention not so set forth.

Section 16.4 Waivers; Rights Cumulative . Any of the terms, covenants, or conditions hereof may be waived only by a written instrument executed by or on behalf of the Party waiving compliance. No course of dealing on the part of any Party, or their respective officers, employees, agents, or representatives, nor any failure by a Party to exercise any of its rights under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof or affect in any way the right of such Party at a later time to enforce the performance of such provision. No waiver by any Party of any condition, or any breach of any term or covenant contained in this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such condition or breach or a waiver of any other condition or of any breach of any other term or covenant. The rights of the Parties under this Agreement shall be cumulative, and the exercise or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude the exercise of any other right.

Section 16.5 Amendment . This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing executed by Producer and Gatherer and expressly identified as an amendment or modification.

Section 16.6 Governing Law ; Venue . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EXCEPT THAT ANY PROVISION OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION SHALL NOT APPLY. HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, SHALL BE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE VENUE FOR RESOLUTION OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. THE PREVAILING PARTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER ITS ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPERT EXPENSES FROM THE NON-PREVAILING PARTY. EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS UNDER APPLICABLE LAW TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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Section 16.7 Parties in Interest . Except for parties indemnified hereunder, nothing in this Agreement shall entitle any Person other than the Parties to any claim, cause of action, remedy or right of any kind.

Section 16.8 Preparation of Agreement . The Parties and their respective counsel participated in the preparation of this Agreement. In the event of any ambiguity in this Agreement, no presumption shall arise based on the identity of the draftsman of this Agreement.

Section 16.9 Severability . If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any adverse manner to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal, or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible. A ruling of invalidity, illegality or unenforceability as to one Agreement shall only be applicable to that Agreement, not all the Agreements covered by these Agreement Terms and Conditions.

Section 16.10 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all of such counterparts shall constitute for all purposes one agreement. Any signature hereto delivered by a Party by electronic mail shall be deemed an original signature hereto.

Section 16.11 Confidentiality . The Parties agree that this Agreement and all related data and information (including any and all Development Reports) exchanged by them or otherwise delivered hereunder shall be maintained in strict and absolute confidence and no Party shall disclose or use, without the prior written consent of the other Parties, any part of this Agreement or such data or information unless the release of such information is required by Law (including any requirement associated with an elective filing with a Governmental Authority) or the rules or regulations of any stock exchange on which any securities of the Parties or any Affiliates are traded or such use as is reasonably necessary for such Party to exercise its rights and perform its obligations hereunder. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Parties from disclosing whatever information in such manner as may be required by statute, rule or regulation; nor shall any Party be prohibited by the terms hereof from disclosing information acquired under this Agreement to any financial institution or investors providing or proposing financing to either Party or to any Person proposing to purchase the equity in any Party to this Agreement or the assets owned by any Party to this Agreement to the extent such financial institutions and investors are bound by a written confidentiality and non-use agreement that, at a minimum, is as restrictive (both as to scope and duration) as the terms of this Section  16.11 and each Party hereto shall be an express third-party beneficiary to such agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions in this Section  16.11 will not apply to information that (i) is in the possession of the Party receiving such information prior to disclosure by the other Party, (ii) is or becomes known to the public other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement or (iii) becomes available to a Party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the other Party, provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other fiduciary obligations

 

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of confidentiality to, the other Party. With respect to any Third Party that holds a working interest in any portion of the Dedicated Properties, Gatherer, with the consent of Producer, may (x) share a copy of this Agreement to any such Person who requests a copy and (y) provide a gathering agreement, substantially in the form hereof, with such adjustments or modifications to accommodate a non-operating working interest owner as deemed necessary or appropriate by Gatherer to any such Person who elects to take production in kind, rather than having Producer market such production. This Section will survive any termination of this Agreement for a period of 24 Months from the end of the Year in which the date of such termination occurred.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Producer
ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
By:  

/s/ J. A. Townsend

Name:   J. A. Townsend
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
Gatherer
GATEWAY GATHERING AND MARKETING COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Paul Ebner

Name:   Paul Ebner
Title:   President

 

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SCHEDULE A

OPERATING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1.1. Quality Specifications . Each Individual System will be operated as a field gathering system, and as such, Gas received from Producer at the Receipt Points shall conform to the following specifications at a base pressure of fourteen and seventy-three hundredths (14.73) Psia and at a base temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60°F); provided that the following may be varied or adjusted as described in Section  6.1 or by express language set forth in the applicable Agreement Addendum.

(a) Such Gas shall be commercially free of all objectionable dust or other solid or liquid or gaseous matters which might interfere with its merchantability or cause injury to or interference with proper operations of any of the facilities constituting such Individual System or the System through which the Gas flows.

(b) Such Gas shall not contain more than one-quarter (1/4) grain of hydrogen sulfide per one hundred (100) Cubic Feet.

(c) Such Gas shall not contain more than five (5) grains of total sulfur per one hundred (100) Cubic Feet.

(d) Such Gas shall not contain more than (1) grain mercaptans per one hundred (100) Cubic Feet.

(e) Such Gas shall not contain more than two-tenths percent (0.2%) by volume of oxygen.

(f) Such Gas shall be at temperatures above twenty degrees Fahrenheit (20ºF) but shall not exceed one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit (120ºF).

1.2. Gas Nominations and Scheduling .

(a) Gas shall be received only under a nomination submitted by Producer. For purposes of this Agreement, a nomination is an offer by Producer to Gatherer of a stated quantity of Gas for gathering from all of the Receipt Points in an Individual System to all of the Delivery Points in the Individual System. The terms of such nomination shall comply with the nominating procedures set forth in the following clause (b).

(b) Producer shall nominate according to the Downstream Facility’s requirements. Nominations may be electronically transmitted according to the Downstream Facility’s requirements. Should Producer desire to change the nomination during such Month, such change to the nomination shall be made in accordance with the nomination procedures of the Downstream Facility. Gas shall be delivered by Gatherer in accordance with confirmation by the Downstream Facility of the nomination and/or changes to the nomination.

 

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1.3. Nominations Gas Balancing.

(a) Deliveries. Volumes of Gas delivered by Producer and received by Gatherer at the Receipt Points (taken in the aggregate for any Individual System) shall conform as closely as possible to the volumes nominated by Producer at the Receipt Points (taken in the aggregate for any Individual System) and shall be delivered by Producer to Gatherer at hourly rates of flow that are, as nearly as practicable, uniform throughout the Day. Subject to Gatherer’s operating conditions and contractual requirements, volumes delivered by Gatherer to Producer or for Producer’s account at the Delivery Points (taken in the aggregate for any Individual System) shall conform as closely as possible to the volumes nominated by Producer for delivery by Gatherer that Day at the Delivery Points (taken in the aggregate for any Individual System), less any deductions applicable to Producer for System L&U, System Fuel and Other System Fuel (and any other adjustments for Drip Condensate or Flash Gas), except that Gatherer may conform such volumes to the volumes actually delivered by Producer at Gatherer’s Receipt Points (taken in the aggregate for any Individual System) to the extent possible. Gatherer may temporarily interrupt or curtail receipts and/or deliveries at any time, and from time to time in accordance with operating conditions on the applicable Individual System in order to balance receipt or deliveries on the applicable Individual System.

(b) Producer and Gatherer agree that:

(i) It is the intent of Producer and Gatherer that Gas shall be received and redelivered under this Agreement at the same rates, as nearly as commercially practicable and subject to changes mandated by the Downstream Facility, and Producer shall not in any manner use the System for storage or peaking purposes.

(ii) Gas delivered to Gatherer under this Agreement during any Day shall be delivered at as nearly a constant rate as operating conditions and relevant Downstream Facilities will permit.

(iii) In the event interruption or curtailment of service is required, Gatherer’s dispatcher (who shall be designated in writing by Gatherer) will advise (by telephone, following up by writing, which writing may be in the form of electronic mail) Producer of an interruption or curtailment as soon as practicable or in any event within twenty-four hours of the occurrence of such event.

(iv) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude Gatherer from taking reasonable actions necessary to adjust receipts or deliveries under this Agreement in order to maintain the operational integrity and safety of the System or any Individual System.

(c) Monthly Delivery of Data. The Monthly Loss/ Gain Report shall reflect, with respect to each producer and shipper on the System (including Producer), each of the following, broken out by Individual System: (i) the total volumes received, delivered, and retained; and (ii) any other information deemed necessary and appropriate by Gatherer, all on an Individual System basis.

 

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1.4. Measurement Devices .

(a) Gatherer shall construct, install, own and operate (or cause to be installed, owned, and operated) the Measurement Devices located at the Receipt Points. The Measurement Devices installed by Gatherer shall be, subject to Producer’s approval of such location, on the Receipt Point.

(b) Gatherer shall, at its discretion, install, own and operate (or cause to be installed, owned, and operated) the Measurement Devices located at or upstream of the Delivery Points.

(c) Measurement Devices will be constructed, installed and operated in accordance with applicable industry standards and governmental regulations and as set forth in the current System Plan.

(d) Gatherer may, but shall not be obligated to, replace or make any alterations to the Measurement Devices that it owns necessary to comply with any applicable Laws.

(e) Producer shall have the right, at its sole expense, to install, own and operate Measurement Devices located at the Receipt Points. Producer Meters shall be installed so as not to interfere with Gatherer’s Measurement Devices and Producer shall take steps that are reasonable and customary in the industry to mitigate or prevent any Gas pulsation problems or Gas quality problems (such as sand or water) that may interfere with Gatherer’s Measurement Devices at the Receipt Points.

(f) Gatherer may elect to use a Producer Meter as the Measurement Device for a Receipt Point in lieu of constructing, installing, owning and operating a Measurement Device located at such Receipt Point by providing written notice to Producer (including by detailing such election in the applicable System Plan). If Gatherer elects to use such Producer Meter as the Measurement Device for a Receipt Point, Producer shall provide Gatherer reasonable access to such Producer Meter, including prior advance written notice of, and the ability to witness, the calibration of such Producer Meter.

(g) Measurement Devices under the control of Producer or Gatherer will be constructed, installed and operated in accordance with the following depending on the type of meters used:

(i) Orifice Meters – in accordance with AGA Report No. 3, API 14.3 part 2, GPA 8185, part 2, Orifice Metering of Natural Gas and Other Hydrocarbon Fluids, Fourth Edition, April 2000, and any subsequent amendments, revisions or modifications thereof.

(ii) Electronic Transducers and Flow Computers (solar and otherwise) – in accordance with the applicable American Gas Association and API MPMS 21.1 standards, including American Gas Association Measurement Committee Report Nos. 3, 5, 6 and 7 and any subsequent amendments, revisions, or modifications thereof.

(iii) Ultrasonic Meters – in accordance with the American Gas Association Measurement Committee Report No. 9 (American Gas Association Report No. 9), dated June 1998, and any subsequent amendments, revisions or modifications thereof.

 

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(h) Gatherer may, but shall not be obligated to, replace or make any alterations to the Measurement Devices necessary to comply with any subsequent amendments, revisions or modifications of the American Gas Association Reports cited above. With respect to Producer Meters that Gatherer has elected to use, Producer may, but shall not be obligated to, replace or make any alterations to the Measurement Devices necessary to comply with any subsequent amendments, revisions or modifications of the American Gas Association Reports cited above.

(i) The accuracy of all Measurement Devices listed as Receipt Points or Delivery Points in the applicable Agreement Addendum, and of all Measurement Devices that serve as “ check meters ” for any such Receipt Point or Delivery Point Measurement Devices will be verified by the owner of such Measurement Device (for purposes of this paragraph, the “ Owner ”) at Monthly intervals and, if requested, in the presence of a representative of the other Party (for purposes of this paragraph, the “ Beneficiary ”). The Owner shall verify the accuracy of any owned Measurement Device before the next Monthly verification required by the preceding sentence if the Beneficiary requests a special test as described below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, when Daily deliveries of Gas at any Receipt Point or Delivery Point average 1,000 Mcf per Day or less during any Month, the Owner may request from the Beneficiary that the accuracy of the Measurement Devices at such Receipt Point or Delivery Point will be verified quarterly. If, upon any test, any Measurement Device is found to be inaccurate by 2% or less, previous readings of such Measurement Device will be considered correct in computing the deliveries of Gas under this Agreement; provided that, if such Measurement Device is adjusted to record accurately (within the manufacturer’s allowance for error), then the previous readings of such Measurement Device will be corrected to zero error for any period during which an inaccurate reading is known to have occurred or such other period as agreed between the Parties. If, upon any test, any Measurement Device is found to be inaccurate by more than 2% of a recording corresponding to the average hourly flow rate for the period since the last test, such Measurement Device will immediately be adjusted to record accurately (within the manufacturer’s allowance for error) and any previous recordings of such Measurement Device will be corrected to zero error for any period during which an inaccurate reading is known to have occurred or such other period as agreed between the Parties. If such period is not known or agreed upon, such correction will be made for a period covering one-half ( 1/2) of the time elapsed since the date of the most recent test. If the Beneficiary desires a special test of any Measurement Device, at least 72 hours’ advance notice will be given to the Owner, and both Parties will cooperate to secure a prompt test of the accuracy of such Measurement Device. If the Measurement Device so tested is found to be inaccurate by 2% or less, the Owner will have the right to bill the Beneficiary for the costs incurred due to such special test, including any labor and transportation costs, and the Beneficiary will pay such costs promptly upon invoice therefor.

 

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(j) As requested by Producer the Measurement Devices owned by Gatherer shall include a sufficient number of data ports, and Gatherer shall permit Producer to connect to such data ports, as shall be required to provide to Producer on a real-time basis all measurement data generated by such measurement equipment. Producer shall be responsible at its own cost for obtaining equipment and/or services to connect to such data ports and receive and process such data.

(k) The charts and records by which measurements are determined shall be available for the use of both Parties in fulfilling the terms and conditions thereof. Each Party shall, upon request of the other, mail, email or deliver for checking and calculation all measurement data, including but not limited to flowing parameters, characteristics, constants, configurations and events in its possession and used in the measurement of Gas delivered under this Agreement within 30 Days after the last chart for each billing period is removed from the meter. Such data shall be returned within 90 Days after the receipt thereof.

(l) Each Party shall preserve or cause to be preserved for mutual use all test data, charts or other similar records in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of regulatory bodies having jurisdiction, if any, with respect to the retention of such records, and, in any event, for at least 24 Months. Each Party shall comply with Noble Document Retention Policy FIN027.

1.5. Measurement Procedures . The measurements of the quantity and quality of all Gas delivered at the Receipt Points and Delivery Points will be conducted in accordance with the following:

(a) The unit of volume for measurement will be one Standard Cubic Foot. Such measured volumes, converted to Mcf, will be multiplied by their Gross Heating Value per Mcf.

(b) The temperature of the Gas will be determined by a recording thermometer installed so that it may record the temperature of the Gas flowing through the meters, or such other means of recording temperature as may be mutually agreed upon by the Parties. The average of the record to the nearest one degree Fahrenheit, obtained while Gas is being delivered, will be the applicable flowing Gas temperature for the period under consideration.

(c) The specific gravity of the Gas will be determined by a recording gravitometer or chromatographic device installed and located at a suitable point determined by Producer to record representative specific gravity of the Gas being metered or, at Producer’s or its designee’s option, by continuous sampling using standard type gravity methods. If a recording gravitometer or chromatographic device is used, the gravity to the nearest one-thousandth (0.001) obtained while Gas is being delivered will be the specific gravity of the Gas sampled for the recording period. The gravity to the nearest one-thousandth (0.001) will be determined once per Month from a Gas analysis. The result will be applied during such Month for the determination of Gas volumes delivered. All analyses shall be determined by a mutually agreed upon third party laboratory using GPA 2145, Table of Physical Constants, and GPA 2172, Calculation of Gross Heating Value.

 

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(d) Adjustments to measured Gas volumes for the effects of supercompressibility will be made in accordance with accepted American Gas Association standards. Gatherer or its designee will obtain appropriate carbon dioxide and nitrogen mole fraction values for the Gas delivered as may be required to compute such adjustments in accordance with standard testing procedures. At Gatherer’s or its designee’s option, equations for the calculation of supercompressibility will be taken from American Gas Association Report No. 8 Detail, dated December 1985, or API 14.2; Compressibility and Supercompressibility for Natural Gas and Other Hydrocarbon Gases, latest revision and as amended from time to time.

(e) For purposes of measurement and meter calibration, the atmospheric pressure for each of the Receipt Points and Delivery Points will be assumed to be the pressure value determined by Gatherer for the county elevation in which such point is located pursuant to generally accepted industry practices irrespective of the actual atmospheric pressure at such points from time to time and shall be consistent throughout the Individual System.

(f) The Gross Heating Value of the Gas delivered at the Receipt Points and Delivery Points will be determined at least quarterly by means of GPA 2172; provided, however, that when Daily deliveries of Gas at any Receipt Point or Delivery Point average 1,000 Mcf per Day or greater during any Month, the Gross Heating Value of the Gas delivered at such Receipt Point or Delivery Point will be determined Monthly by a chromatographic analysis of a flow proportional sample taken at a suitable point on the facilities to be representative of the Gas being metered. To the extent possible, the calibration conducted pursuant to clause (e) of this Section 1.5 of Exhibit A, clause (e) of Section 1.4 of this Exhibit A and the testing conducted pursuant to this clause (f) of this Section 1.5 of Exhibit A shall be conducted concurrently or at least with the same test frequency.

(g) Other tests to determine water content, sulfur and other impurities in the Gas will be conducted whenever requested by either Party and will be conducted in accordance with standard industry testing procedures. The Party requested to perform such tests will bear the cost of such tests only if the Gas tested is determined not to be within the quality specification set forth herein or, if applicable, in the applicable Agreement Addendum. If the Gas is within such quality specification, the requesting Party will bear the cost of such tests.

(h) If, during the Term of this Agreement, a new method or technique is developed with respect to Gas measurement or the determination of the factors used in such Gas measurement, such new method or technique may be substituted for the method set forth in this Agreement if the new method or technique is in accordance with accepted standards of the American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute and Gas Processor’s Association.

 

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1.6. Gas Meter Adjustments . If a meter is out of service or registering inaccurately, the quantities of Gas received or delivered during such period shall be determined as follows:

(a) By using the registration of any check meter or meters, if installed and accurately registering; or in the absence of such check meters,

(b) By using a meter operating in parallel with the estimated volume corrected for any differences found when the meters are operating properly,

(c) By correcting the error if the percentage of error is ascertainable by calibration, tests or mathematical calculation, such as step change, uncertainty calculation or balance adjustment; or in the absence of check meters and the ability to make corrections under this sub-paragraph (c) , then,

(d) By estimating the quantity received or delivered by receipts or deliveries during periods under similar conditions when the meter was registering accurately.

1.7. (Reserved) .

1.8. Allocations .

(a) Allocations required for determining payments or fees due under this Agreement or the amounts shown on the Monthly Loss/ Gain Report shall be made by Gatherer in a commercially reasonable manner. Gatherer shall provide an allocation methodology to Producer for its review and approval through the process outlined in Section 3.1(c) with respect to the System Plan. The factors that Gatherer may use in making such allocations include but are not limited to throughput volumes, total consumption of System Fuel, total consumption of Other System Fuel, System L&U, the Thermal Content of Drip Condensate, the Thermal Content of Flash Gas, the relative effort required to move the applicable product through the facilities of Gatherer and other factors determined in good faith by Gatherer. Profit shall not be a component in the allocation of Drip Condensate, Flash Gas, System L&U, System Fuel or Other System Fuel. The allocations shall be based upon the measurements taken and quantities determined for the applicable Month.

(b) Gatherer will allocate, in a manner that is commercially reasonable and determined by Gatherer in good faith, to a particular Receipt Point, the Drip Condensate collected from a Facility Segment.

(End of Schedule A)

 

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EXHIBIT A

DESCRIPTION OF DEDICATION AREA

 

  Section 20, Block 54, Township 1 South, T&P RR, Loving County, Texas

 

  East 240 acres of Section 24, Block 54, Township 1 South, T&P RR, Loving County, Texas

 

  Section 26, Block 54, Township 1 South, T&P RR, Loving County, Texas

 

  Section 32, Block 54, Township 1 South, T&P RR, Loving County, Texas

 

  East  1 2 of Section 42, Block 54, Township 1 South, T&P RR, Loving County, Texas

 

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EXHIBIT B

INSURANCE

Each of Gatherer and Producer shall purchase and maintain (or cause to be purchased and maintained) in full force and effect at all times during the Term of this Agreement, at such Party’s sole cost and expense and from insurance companies that are rated (or whose reinsurers are rated) “ A-VII ” or better by AM Best or “ BBB- ” or better by Standard & Poor’s or an equivalent rating from another recognized rating agency, policies providing the types and limits of insurance indicated below, which insurance shall be regarded as a minimum and, to the extent of the obligations undertaken by such Party in this Agreement, shall be primary (with the exception of the Excess Liability Insurance and Workers’ Compensation) as to any other existing, valid, and collectable insurance. Each Party’s deductibles shall be borne by that Party.

A. Where applicable, Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Insurance, in accordance with the statutory requirements of the State of Texas, and endorsed specifically to include the following:

1. Employers’ Liability, subject to a limit of liability of not less than $1,000,000 per accident, $1,000,000 for each employee/disease, and a $1,000,000 policy limit.

The Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Insurance policy(ies) shall contain an alternate employer endorsement.

B. Commercial General Liability Insurance, with limits of liability of not less than the following:

$2,000,000 general aggregate

$1,000,000 each occurrence, Bodily Injury or Property Damage Combined Single Limit

Such insurance shall include the following:

 

  1. Premises and Operations coverage.

 

  2. Contractual Liability covering the liabilities assumed under this Agreement.

 

  3. Broad Form Property Damage Liability endorsement, unless policy is written on November 1988 or later ISO form.

 

  4. Products and Completed Operations.

 

  5. Time Element Limited Pollution coverage.

C. If applicable, Automobile Liability Insurance, with limits of liability of not less than the following:

$1,000,000 Bodily Injury or Property Damage Combined Single Limit, for each occurrence.

 

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Such coverage shall include hired and non-owned vehicles and owned vehicles where applicable.

D. Excess Liability Insurance, with limits of liability not less than the following:

Limits of Liability - $10,000,000 Occurrence/Aggregate for Bodily Injury and

Property Damage in excess of the coverage outlined in Paragraphs A, B, and C.

The limits of coverage required in this Agreement may be met with any combination of policies as long as the minimum required limits are met.

Each Party to this Agreement shall have the right to acquire, at its own expense, such additional insurance coverage as it desires to further protect itself against any risk or liability with respect to this Agreement and operations and activities under this Agreement or related thereto. All insurance maintained by or on behalf of Producer or Gatherer shall contain a waiver by the insurance company of all rights of subrogation in favor of the other Party.

Neither the minimum policy limits of insurance required of the Parties nor the actual amounts of insurance maintained by the Parties under their insurance program shall operate to modify the Parties’ liability or indemnity obligations in this Agreement.

A Party may self-insure the requirements in this Exhibit B if such Party or its parent is considered investment grade (S&P BBB- or equivalent or higher).

(End of Exhibit B)

 

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EXHIBIT C

INDIVIDUAL FEE; THRESHOLD AMOUNT

 

[Provided Separately]

 

1

Exhibit 10.8

 

 

C REDIT A GREEMENT

dated as of

April 27, 2017

among

ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC ,

as Borrower,

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,

as Administrative Agent,

and

the Lenders party hereto

 

 

PNC C APITAL M ARKETS LLC

Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Runner


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS

     1  

Section 1.01

 

Terms Defined Above

     1  

Section 1.02

 

Certain Defined Terms

     1  

Section 1.03

 

Types of Loans and Borrowings

     27  

Section 1.04

 

Terms Generally; Rules of Construction

     27  

Section 1.05

 

Accounting Terms and Determinations; GAAP

     27  

Section 1.06

 

Timing of Payment or Performance

     28  

ARTICLE II THE CREDITS

     28  

Section 2.01

 

Commitments

     28  

Section 2.02

 

Loans and Borrowings

     28  

Section 2.03

 

Requests for Borrowings

     29  

Section 2.04

 

Interest Elections

     30  

Section 2.05

 

Funding of Borrowings

     31  

Section 2.06

 

Termination and Reduction of Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts

     31  

Section 2.07

 

Borrowing Base

     32  

Section 2.08

 

Letters of Credit

     35  

ARTICLE III PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; PREPAYMENTS; FEES

     40  

Section 3.01

 

Repayment of Loans

     40  

Section 3.02

 

Interest

     40  

Section 3.03

 

Alternate Rate of Interest

     41  

Section 3.04

 

Prepayments

     41  

Section 3.05

 

Fees

     43  

ARTICLE IV PAYMENTS; PRO RATA TREATMENT; SHARING OF SET-OFFS

     44  

Section 4.01

 

Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs

     44  

Section 4.02

 

Presumption of Payment by the Borrower

     45  

Section 4.03

 

Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent

     45  

Section 4.04

 

Disposition of Proceeds

     46  

Section 4.05

 

Defaulting Lenders

     46  

ARTICLE V INCREASED COSTS; BREAK FUNDING PAYMENTS; TAXES

     48  

Section 5.01

 

Increased Costs

     48  

Section 5.02

 

Break Funding Payments

     49  

Section 5.03

 

Taxes

     50  

Section 5.04

 

Designation of Different Lending Office

     54  

Section 5.05

 

Replacement of Lenders

     54  

Section 5.06

 

Illegality

     54  

ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     55  

Section 6.01

 

Effective Date

     55  

Section 6.02

 

Each Credit Event

     57  

ARTICLE VII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     58  

Section 7.01

 

Organization; Powers

     58  

Section 7.02

 

Authority; Enforceability

     58  

 

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Section 7.03

 

Approvals; No Conflicts

     58  

Section 7.04

 

Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change

     58  

Section 7.05

 

Litigation

     59  

Section 7.06

 

Environmental Matters

     59  

Section 7.07

 

Compliance with the Laws and Agreements; No Defaults

     60  

Section 7.08

 

Investment Company Act

     60  

Section 7.09

 

Taxes

     60  

Section 7.10

 

ERISA

     61  

Section 7.11

 

Disclosure; No Material Misstatements

     61  

Section 7.12

 

Insurance

     62  

Section 7.13

 

Restriction on Liens

     62  

Section 7.14

 

Loan Parties

     62  

Section 7.15

 

Foreign Operations

     62  

Section 7.16

 

Location of Business and Offices

     62  

Section 7.17

 

Properties; Defensible Title, Etc

     62  

Section 7.18

 

Maintenance of Properties

     63  

Section 7.19

 

Gas Imbalances; Prepayments

     63  

Section 7.20

 

Marketing of Production

     64  

Section 7.21

 

Security Documents

     64  

Section 7.22

 

Swap Agreements and Eligible Contract Participant

     64  

Section 7.23

 

Use of Loans and Letters of Credit

     64  

Section 7.24

 

Solvency

     64  

Section 7.25

 

Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; OFAC

     65  

Section 7.26

 

EEA Financial Institution

     65  

ARTICLE VIII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     65  

Section 8.01

 

Financial Statements; Other Information

     65  

Section 8.02

 

Notices of Material Events

     68  

Section 8.03

 

Existence; Conduct of Business

     69  

Section 8.04

 

Payment of Obligations

     69  

Section 8.05

 

Performance of Obligations under Loan Documents

     69  

Section 8.06

 

Operation and Maintenance of Properties

     69  

Section 8.07

 

Insurance

     70  

Section 8.08

 

Books and Records; Inspection Rights

     70  

Section 8.09

 

Compliance with Laws

     70  

Section 8.10

 

Environmental Matters

     70  

Section 8.11

 

Further Assurances

     71  

Section 8.12

 

Reserve Reports

     72  

Section 8.13

 

Title Information

     73  

Section 8.14

 

Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors

     74  

Section 8.15

 

ERISA Compliance

     75  

Section 8.16

 

Account Control Agreements; Location of Proceeds of Loans

     75  

Section 8.17

 

EEA Financial Institution

     75  

Section 8.18

 

Post-Closing Obligations

     75  

ARTICLE IX NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     76  

Section 9.01

 

Financial Covenants

     76  

Section 9.02

 

Debt

     76  

Section 9.03

 

Liens

     77  

Section 9.04

 

Restricted Payments

     77  

Section 9.05

 

Investments, Loans and Advances

     78  

 

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Section 9.06

 

Nature of Business; No International Operations

     79  

Section 9.07

 

Proceeds of Loans

     79  

Section 9.08

 

ERISA Compliance

     79  

Section 9.09

 

Sale or Discount of Receivables

     80  

Section 9.10

 

Mergers, Etc

     80  

Section 9.11

 

Sale of Properties and Termination of Hedging Transactions

     80  

Section 9.12

 

Sales and Leasebacks

     81  

Section 9.13

 

Environmental Matters

     81  

Section 9.14

 

Transactions with Affiliates

     81  

Section 9.15

 

Negative Pledge Agreements; Dividend Restrictions

     81  

Section 9.16

 

Take-or-Pay or Other Prepayments

     82  

Section 9.17

 

Swap Agreements

     82  

Section 9.18

 

Amendments to Organizational Documents and Material Contracts

     83  

Section 9.19

 

Changes in Fiscal Periods

     83  

Section 9.20

 

No Subsidiaries

     83  

Section 9.21

 

Redemption of Senior Unsecured Notes; Amendment of Senior Unsecured Notes Documents

     83  

Section 9.22

 

Marketing Activities

     84  

ARTICLE X EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

     84  

Section 10.01

 

Events of Default

     84  

Section 10.02

 

Remedies

     86  

ARTICLE XI THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

     87  

Section 11.01

 

Appointment; Powers

     87  

Section 11.02

 

Duties and Obligations of Administrative Agent

     87  

Section 11.03

 

Action by Administrative Agent

     88  

Section 11.04

 

Reliance by Administrative Agent

     89  

Section 11.05

 

Subagents

     89  

Section 11.06

 

Resignation of Administrative Agent

     89  

Section 11.07

 

Administrative Agent as Lender

     89  

Section 11.08

 

No Reliance

     90  

Section 11.09

 

Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

     90  

Section 11.10

 

Authority of Administrative Agent to Release Collateral and Liens

     91  

Section 11.11

 

Duties of the Arranger

     91  

ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS

     91  

Section 12.01

 

Notices

     91  

Section 12.02

 

Waivers; Amendments

     92  

Section 12.03

 

Expenses, Indemnity; Damage Waiver

     93  

Section 12.04

 

Successors and Assigns

     96  

Section 12.05

 

Survival; Revival; Reinstatement

     99  

Section 12.06

 

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

     100  

Section 12.07

 

Severability

     100  

Section 12.08

 

Right of Setoff

     100  

Section 12.09

 

GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS

     100  

Section 12.10

 

Headings

     102  

Section 12.11

 

Confidentiality

     102  

Section 12.12

 

Interest Rate Limitation

     102  

Section 12.13

 

Collateral Matters; Swap Agreements

     103  

 

iii


Section 12.14

 

No Third Party Beneficiaries

     103  

Section 12.15

 

EXCULPATION PROVISIONS

     103  

Section 12.16

 

USA Patriot Act Notice

     104  

Section 12.17

 

Flood Insurance Provisions

     104  

Section 12.18

 

Releases

     104  

Section 12.19

 

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

     104  

 

iv


ANNEXES, EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

 

Annex I

 

List of Maximum Credit Amounts

Exhibit A

 

Form of Note

Exhibit B

 

Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit C

 

Form of Interest Election Request

Exhibit D

 

Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit E

 

Form of Solvency Certificate

Exhibit F

 

Security Instruments

Exhibit G

 

Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit H-1

 

Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

 

(Non-U.S. Lenders; non-partnerships)

Exhibit H-2

 

Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

 

(Foreign Participants; non-partnerships)

Exhibit H-3

 

Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

 

(Foreign Participants; partnerships)

Exhibit H-4

 

Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

 

(Non-U.S. Lenders; partnerships)

Schedule 7.05

 

Litigation

Schedule 7.06

 

Environmental Matters

Schedule 7.12

 

Insurance

Schedule 7.14

 

Loan Parties

Schedule 7.19

 

Gas Imbalances

Schedule 7.20

 

Marketing of Production

Schedule 7.22

 

Swap Agreements

Schedule 9.05

 

Investments

 

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THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 27, 2017, is among ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC , a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Borrower ”), each of the Lenders from time to time party hereto and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (in its individual capacity, “ PNC Bank ”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”).

R E C I T A L S

A.    The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide certain loans to and extensions of credit on behalf and each Issuing Bank provide Letters of Credit, and the Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend and each Issuing Bank has indicated its willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

B.    In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and of the loans, extensions of credit and commitments hereinafter referred to, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS

Section 1.01     Terms Defined Above . As used in this Agreement, each term defined above has the meaning indicated above.

Section 1.02     Certain Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

Administrative Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affected Loans ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  5.06 .

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

Agent ” means each of the Administrative Agent and any other agent or sub-agent pursuant to Section  11.05 appointed by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters related to the Loan Documents.

Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts ” means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of the Maximum Credit Amounts in effect at such time, as the same may be reduced or terminated pursuant to Section  2.06 .

Agreement ” means this Credit Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

Anti -Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

 

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Applicable Margin ” means, for any date, the applicable rate per annum set forth below as determined based upon the Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage then in effect:

 

Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage    <25%    ³ 25% and <50%    ³ 50% and <75%    ³ 75% and <90%    ³ 90%

LIBOR Rate Loans

   2.00%    2.25%    2.50%    2.75%    3.00%

Base Rate Loans

   1.00%    1.25%    1.50%    1.75%    2.00%

Each change in the Applicable Margin shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change in the Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.

Applicable Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the percentage of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts represented by such Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount; provided that when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount) represented by such Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth on Annex I.

Approved Counterparty ” means (a) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, (b) any Secured Swap Provider, (c) any other Person whose long term senior unsecured debt rating at the time a particular Swap Agreement transaction is entered into is A or A2 by S&P or Moody’s (or their equivalent), respectively, or higher or (d) any other Person that has been approved by the Required Lenders.

Approved Fund ” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Approved Petroleum Engineers ” means (a) Ryder Scott Company Petroleum Consultants, L.P., and (b) any other independent petroleum engineers reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Arranger ” means PNC Capital Markets LLC, in its capacity as the sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner hereunder.

ASC ” means the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification, as in effect.

Assignee ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  12.04(b) .

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section  12.04(b) ), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit  G or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date.

Bail -In Action ” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

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Bail -In Legislation ” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

Base Rate ” means, for any day, a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate, plus 0.5%, (ii) the Prime Rate, and (iii) the Daily LIBOR Rate, plus 1.0%. Any change in the Base Rate (or any component thereof) shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change occurs.

Base Rate Borrowing ” with respect to any Borrowing, refers to whether the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.

Base Rate Loan ” with respect to any Loan, refers to whether such Loan is bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.

Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America or any successor Governmental Authority.

Borrowing ” means Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

Borrowing Base ” means at any time an amount determined in accordance with Section  2.07 , as the same may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the Borrowing Base Adjustment Provisions.

Borrowing Base Adjustment Provisions ” means Section  2.07(e) , Section  8.13(c) and Section  9.11(e) and any other provisions hereunder which adjust the amount of the Borrowing Base.

Borrowing Base Deficiency ” occurs if, at any time the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures for all Lenders exceeds the Borrowing Base then in effect. The amount of the Borrowing Base Deficiency at such time is the amount by which the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures of all Lenders at such time exceeds the Borrowing Base in effect at such time.

Borrowing Base Properties ” means the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties included in the Initial Reserve Report and thereafter in the most recently delivered Reserve Report delivered pursuant to Section  8.12 .

Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage ” means, as of any day, the fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures of the Lenders on such day, and the denominator of which is the total Commitments in effect on such day.

Borrowing Request ” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section  2.03 .

Business Combination Documents ” means the Business Combination Agreement by and among KLRE and Tema, dated as of December 20, 2016 (as amended prior to the date hereof), and all other agreements and documents entered into by any Loan Party in connection therewith or in order to facilitate or consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.

Business Combination Transaction ” means the reorganization transactions described in the Business Combination Agreement, including the contribution by Tema of certain assets to Borrower and the contribution of certain cash and shares by KLRE to Borrower in exchange for certain Equity Interests in the Borrower.

 

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Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are authorized or required by law to remain closed; and if such day relates to a Borrowing or continuation of, a payment or prepayment of principal of or interest on, or a conversion of or into, or the Interest Period for, a LIBOR Rate Loan or a notice by the Borrower with respect to any such Borrowing or continuation, payment, prepayment, conversion or Interest Period, any day which is also a day on which banks are open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

Capital Leases ” means, in respect of any Person, all leases that are or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases on the balance sheet of the Person liable (whether contingent or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder. Any lease that was treated as an operating lease under GAAP at the time it was entered into that later becomes a capital lease as a result of a change in GAAP during the life of such lease, including any renewals, shall be treated as an operating lease for all purposes under this Agreement, and any lease that was treated as a capital lease under GAAP at the time it was entered into that later becomes an operating lease as a result of a change in GAAP during the life of such lease, including any renewals, shall be treated as a capital lease for all purposes under this Agreement.

Cash Collateralize ” means, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent (in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which may require such deposit to be made into a controlled account), for the benefit of any Issuing Bank or the Lenders, as collateral for LC Exposure or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect of LC Exposure, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank shall agree, in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank. “ Cash Collateral ” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such Cash Collateral and other credit support.

Cash Management Services ” means (a) commercial credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, (b) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft, automated clearing house services, return items, interstate depository network services, electronic funds transfer services, lockbox services and stop payment services), (c) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships and (d) any other cash management services, including for collections and for operating, payroll and trust accounts of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries.

Casualty Event ” means any loss, casualty or other insured damage to, or any nationalization, taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any Property of any Loan Party.

CERCLA ” has the meaning assigned to such term within the definition of “Environmental Laws.”

Change in Control ” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group, other than Permitted Holders, (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) of Equity Interests representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower, or (b) the occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated.

 

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Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the Effective Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any Law, (b) any change in any Law or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith (whether or not having the force of Law) and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States of America or foreign regulatory authorities (whether or not having the force of Law), in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued, promulgated or implemented.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended from time to time and any successor statute, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Collateral ” means all Property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Instrument.

Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make or continue Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, as such obligation may be (a) modified from time to time pursuant to Section  2.06 , (b) modified from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section  12.04(b) , or (c) otherwise modified pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The amount representing each Lender’s Commitment shall at any time be the lesser of (i) such Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount and (ii) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the then effective Borrowing Base.

Commitment Fee Rate ” means, for any date, the applicable rate per annum set forth below as determined based upon the Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage then in effect:

 

Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage

   <25%    ³ 25% and <50%    ³ 50% and <75%    ³ 75% and <90%    ³ 90%

Commitment Fee Rate

   0.50%    0.50%    0.50%    0.50%    0.50%

Each change in the Commitment Fee Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change in the Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.

Commodity Exchange Act ” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

Compliance Certificate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  8.01(c) .

Connection Income Taxes ” shall mean Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

Consolidated Net Income ” means with respect to the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, for any period, the aggregate of the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries after allowances for taxes for such period determined on a consolidated basis in

 

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accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (to the extent otherwise included therein) the following: (a) the net income of any Person in which the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary has an interest (which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to be consolidated with the net income of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP), except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions actually paid in cash during such period by such other Person to the Borrower or to a Consolidated Subsidiary, as the case may be; (b) the net income (but not loss) during such period of any Consolidated Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions or transfers or loans by that Consolidated Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument or Governmental Requirement applicable to such Consolidated Subsidiary or is otherwise restricted or prohibited, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; (c) the net income (or loss) of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such transaction; (d) any extraordinary non-cash gains or losses during such period; (e) non-cash gains or losses under FASB ASC Topic 815 resulting from the net change in mark to market portfolio of commodity price risk management activities during that period; and (f) any gains or losses attributable to writeups or writedowns of assets, including ceiling test writedowns.

Consolidated Subsidiaries ” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower (whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired) the financial statements of which shall be (or should have been) consolidated with the financial statements of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP.

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. For the purposes of this definition, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Person that owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of the directors or other governing body of a Person (other than as a limited partner of such other Person) will be deemed to “control” such other Person. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

Credit Party ” means the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender.

Daily LIBOR Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent by dividing (x) the Published Rate by (y) a number equal to 1.00 minus the LIBOR Reserve Percentage on such day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Daily LIBOR Rate as determined above would be less than zero (0.00), such rate shall be deemed to be zero (0.00) for purposes of this Agreement.

Debt ” means, for any Person, the sum of the following (without duplication): (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, bankers’ acceptances, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (b) all obligations of such Person (whether contingent or otherwise) in respect of letters of credit, surety or other bonds and similar instruments; (c) all accounts payable and all accrued expenses, liabilities or other obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of Property or services that are more than ninety (90) days past the date of invoice other than those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (d) all obligations of such Person under Capital Leases; (e) all obligations of such Person under Synthetic Leases; (f) all Debt (as defined in the other clauses of this definition) of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien on any Property of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person; (g) all Debt (as defined in the other clauses of this definition) of others guaranteed by such Person or in which such Person otherwise assures a creditor against loss of the Debt (howsoever such assurance shall be made) to the extent of the lesser of the amount of such Debt and the maximum stated amount of

 

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such guarantee or assurance against loss; (h) all obligations or undertakings of such Person to maintain or cause to be maintained the financial position or covenants of others or to purchase the Debt or Property of others; (i) obligations to deliver commodities, goods or services, including Hydrocarbons, in consideration of one or more advance payments, made more than one month in advance of the month in which the commodities, goods or services are to be delivered other than (i) Swap Agreements and (ii) gas balancing arrangements in the ordinary course of business; (j) any Debt of a partnership for which such Person is liable either by agreement, by operation of law or by a Governmental Requirement but only to the extent of such liability; (k) the obligation of such Person in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock; and (l) the undischarged balance of any production payment created by such Person or for the creation of which such Person directly or indirectly received payment. The Debt of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described above to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is not included as a liability of such Person under GAAP. Debt shall not include liabilities resulting from endorsements of instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business.

Debtor Relief Laws ” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender ” means, subject to Section  4.05(b) , any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder ( provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made

 

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with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses  (a) through (d)  above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section  4.05(b) ) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank, and each Lender.

Deficiency Notification Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  3.04(c)(ii) .

Disqualified Capital Stock ” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable for any consideration other than other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is convertible or exchangeable for Debt or redeemable for any consideration other than other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock) at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is one year after the earlier of (a) the Maturity Date and (b) the date on which there are no Loans, LC Exposure or other obligations hereunder outstanding and all of the Commitments are terminated.

dollars ” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia other than (i) a Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist of Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary and (ii) a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary.

EBITDAX ” means, for any period, (a) the sum of Consolidated Net Income for such period plus the following expenses or charges to the extent deducted from Consolidated Net Income in such period: (i) interest, (ii) income and franchise taxes (including Texas margin or gross receipts taxes), (iii) depreciation, depletion, amortization, abandonment and exploration expenses, accretion and impairment of Oil and Gas Properties, (iv) the actual transaction costs, expenses, fees and charges incurred with respect to any acquisition of Property, in an aggregate amount with respect to this clause (iv) not to exceed 5% of the total EBITDAX for such period, (v) one-time costs incurred in connection with the Business Combination Transaction and (vi) other similar noncash charges (including expenses relating to stock based compensation, hedging, ceiling test impairments, etc. and other non-cash charges resulting from the requirements of ASC 410, 718 and 815) minus (b) all noncash income added to Consolidated Net Income. For the avoidance of doubt, EBITDAX shall not include any unrealized mark-to-market hedging gains or losses. For the purposes of calculating EBITDAX for any period for any determination of the financial ratio contained in Section  9.01(a) , if at any time during such period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition or Material Acquisition, EBITDAX for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Material Disposition or Material Acquisition had occurred on the first day of such period; provided that the calculations of such pro forma adjustments are acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

EEA Member Country ” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

 

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EEA Resolution Authority ” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section  6.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section  12.02 ).

Engineering Reports ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.07(c)(i) .

Environmental Laws ” means any and all Governmental Requirements pertaining in any way to health and safety (insofar as either may be affected by a Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials) the environment, the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, or the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials, in effect in any and all jurisdictions in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is conducting, or at any time has conducted, business, or where any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is located, including, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“ CERCLA ”), as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“ RCRA ”), as amended, the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended, the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, as amended, and other environmental conservation or protection Governmental Requirements.

Environmental Permit ” means any permit, registration, license, notice, approval, consent, exemption, variance, or other authorization required under or issued pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws.

Equity Interests ” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such Equity Interest.

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute.

ERISA Affiliate ” means each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which together with any Loan Party would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or subsections (b), (c), (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event ” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates from a Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), (c) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan or the treatment of an amendment to such a Plan as a termination under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, (d) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, (e) any event or condition (i) that provides a basis under Section 4042(a)(1), (2), or (3) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or (ii) that may result in termination of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4041A of ERISA, or (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the partial or complete withdrawal within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA, of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan.

 

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EU Bail -In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.01 .

Excepted Liens ” means:

(a)    Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP;

(b)    Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security, old age pension or public liability obligations which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP;

(c)    statutory landlord’s liens, operators’, vendors’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’, workers’, materialmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of business or incident to the exploration, development, operation and maintenance of Oil and Gas Properties each of which is in respect of obligations that are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP;

(d)    contractual Liens which arise in the ordinary course of business under operating agreements, joint venture agreements, oil and gas partnership agreements, oil and gas leases, farm-out agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, overriding royalty agreements, marketing agreements, processing agreements, net profits agreements, development agreements, gas balancing or deferred production agreements, injection, repressuring and recycling agreements, salt water or other disposal agreements, seismic or other geophysical permits or agreements, and other agreements which are usual and customary in the oil and gas business and are for claims which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP, provided that any such Lien referred to in this clause does not materially impair the use of the Property covered by such Lien for the purposes for which such Property is held by any Loan Party or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto;

(e)    Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision or customary deposit account terms relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies and burdening only deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution, provided that no such deposit account is a dedicated cash collateral account or is subject to restrictions against access by the depositor in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Board and no such deposit account is intended by any Loan Party to provide collateral to the depository institution (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents);

(f)    zoning and land use requirements, easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations in any Property of any Loan Party for the purpose of roads, pipelines, transmission lines, transportation lines, distribution lines for the removal of gas, oil, coal or other minerals or timber, and other like purposes, or for the joint or

 

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common use of real estate, rights of way, facilities and equipment, that do not secure any monetary obligations and which in the aggregate do not materially impair the use of such Property for the purposes of which such Property is held by any Loan Party or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto;

(g)    Liens on cash or securities pledged to secure performance of tenders, surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance and return of money bonds, bids, trade contracts, asset sale agreements, leases, statutory obligations, regulatory obligations and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

(h)    judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default, provided that any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceeding may be initiated shall not have expired and no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced;

(i)    royalties, overriding royalties, reversionary interests, production payments and similar lease burdens which (i) are customarily granted in the ordinary course of business in the oil and gas industry, (ii) are deducted in the calculation of discounted present value in the most recent Reserve Reports delivered to Administrative Agent hereunder and (iii) with respect to each Oil and Gas Property, do not operate to reduce any Loan Party’s net revenue interest in production for such Oil and Gas Property (if any) below such interests reflected in the most recent Reserve Report or increase the working interest for such Oil and Gas Property (if any) as reflected or warranted in the most recent Reserve Report without a corresponding increase in the corresponding net revenue interest;

(j)    Liens to secure plugging and abandonment obligations;

(k)    Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business covering only the Property under such lease; and

(l)    Liens disclosed on Schedule 1.1 and renewals, refinancings and extensions thereof on substantially the same or better terms as in effect on the Effective Date and otherwise in compliance with this Agreement.

provided , further, that Liens described in clauses (a) through (d) shall remain “Excepted Liens” only for so long as no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced, and no intention to subordinate the first priority Lien granted in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders is to be hereby implied or expressed by the permitted existence of such Excepted Liens.

Excluded Swap Obligation ” means any obligation of any Guarantor to pay or perform under any Swap Agreement, if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee by such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Agreement (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) or any other applicable Governmental Requirement.

Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (a) Taxes imposed on or

 

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measured by net income (however denominated), state franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) by the United States of America (or any political subdivision thereof) or such other jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section  5.05 ) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section  5.03 , amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to any such recipient’s failure to comply with Section  5.03(g) , and (d) any United States federal withholding Tax that is imposed under FATCA.

Existing Credit Agreement ” means that certain Credit Agreement by and among Tema, the guarantors party thereto, PNC Bank, as Administrative Agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto, dated as of December 28, 2012, as it has been amended from time to time.

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to such intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities entered into in connection with the implementation of the foregoing.

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Financial Officer ” means, for any Person, the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a Financial Officer means a Financial Officer of the Borrower.

fiscal quarter ” means each fiscal quarter ending on the last day of each March, June, September and December.

fiscal year ” means each fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for accounting and tax purposes, ending on December 31 of each year.

Flood Insurance Regulations ” means (a) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (b) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (c) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (amending 42 USC § 4001, et seq.), as the same may be amended or recodified from time to time, (d) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, and (e) the Biggert-Waters Flood Reform Act of 2012, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

Fronting Exposure ” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure other than LC Exposure as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section  1.05 .

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Governmental Requirement ” means any law, statute, code, ordinance, order, determination, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction, franchise, permit, certificate, license, rules of common law, authorization or other directive or requirement, whether now or hereinafter in effect, of any Governmental Authority.

Guarantors ” means each Loan Party that guarantees the Secured Obligations pursuant to Section  8.14(b) .

Guaranty Agreement ” means an agreement executed by the Guarantors in the form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent, unconditionally guaranteeing on a joint and several basis, payment of the Secured Obligations, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

Hazardous Material ” means any substance regulated or as to which liability might arise under any applicable Environmental Law including: (a) any chemical, compound, material, product, byproduct, substance or waste defined as or included in the definition or meaning of “hazardous substance,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous waste,” “solid waste,” “toxic waste,” “extremely hazardous substance,” “toxic substance,” “contaminant,” “pollutant,” or words of similar meaning or import found in any applicable Environmental Law; (b) Hydrocarbons, petroleum products, petroleum substances, natural gas, oil, oil and gas waste (including drilling fluids and any produced water), crude oil, and any components, fractions, or derivatives thereof; and (c) radioactive materials, explosives, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon, infectious materials or medical wastes.

Highest Lawful Rate ” means, with respect to each Lender, the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the Notes or on other Secured Obligations under laws applicable to such Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws allow as of the date hereof.

 

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Hydrocarbon Interests ” means all rights, titles, interests and estates now or hereafter acquired in and to oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral leases, or other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon leases, mineral fee interests, overriding royalty and royalty interests, net profit interests and production payment interests, including any reserved or residual interests of whatever nature. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each reference to the term “Hydrocarbon Interests” shall mean Hydrocarbon Interests of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, as the context may require.

Hydrocarbons ” means oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and all constituents, elements or compounds thereof and all products refined or separated therefrom.

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) above, Other Taxes.

Indemnitee ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  12.03(b) .

Information ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  12.11 .

Initial Reserve Report ” means, collectively, the report of Ryder Scott Company Petroleum Consultants, L.P. with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties dated as of December 31, 2016.

Interest Election Request ” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section  2.04 .

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.

Interest Period ” means with respect to any LIBOR Rate Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or, with the consent of each applicable Lender, nine or twelve months), as the Borrower may elect; provided , that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (b) any Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR Rate Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (c) no Interest Period may have a term which would extend beyond the Maturity Date. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

Interim Redetermination ” has the meaning assigned such term in Section  2.07(b) .

Interim Redetermination Date ” means the date on which a Borrowing Base that has been redetermined pursuant to an Interim Redetermination becomes effective as provided in Section  2.07(d) .

 

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Investment ” means, for any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, Property, services or securities or otherwise) of Equity Interests of any other Person or any agreement to make any such acquisition (including any “short sale” or any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering into such short sale); (b) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan or capital contribution to, assumption of Debt of, purchase or other acquisition of any other Debt of or equity participation or interest in, or other extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase of Property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such Property to such Person, but excluding any such advance, loan or extension of credit having a term not exceeding ninety (90) days representing the purchase price of goods or services sold by such Person in the ordinary course of business); (c) the purchase or acquisition (in one or a series of transactions) of Property of another Person that constitutes a business unit or any agreement to make any such acquisition; or (d) the entering into of any guarantee of, or other contingent obligation (including the deposit of any Equity Interests to be sold) with respect to, Debt or other liability of any other Person and (without duplication) any amount committed to be advanced, lent or extended to such Person.

Issuing Bank ” means (a) PNC Bank and (b) and each Lender approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably satisfactory to, or requested by, the Borrower that agrees to act as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, in each case, in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section  2.08(i) . Any Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by its Affiliates, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

January  1 Reserve Report ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  8.12(a) .

KLRE ” means KLR Energy Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation to be known as Rosehill Resources Inc. following the Business Combination Transaction.

Law ” means any law(s) (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, opinion, issued guidance, release, ruling, order, executive order, injunction, writ, decree, bond, judgment, authorization or approval, lien or award of or any settlement arrangement, by agreement, consent or otherwise, with any Governmental Authority, foreign or domestic.

LC Commitment ” at any time means the greater of (a) ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00) and (b) 10% of the Borrowing Base then in effect.

LC Disbursement ” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

LC Exposure ” means, at any time of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount available to be drawn of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time (if any Letter of Credit shall increase in amount automatically in the future, such aggregate amount available to be drawn shall currently give effect to any such future increase) plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Annex I and any Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “ Lenders ” includes the Issuing Banks.

Letter of Credit ” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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Letter of Credit Agreements ” means all letter of credit applications and other agreements (including any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto) submitted by the Borrower, or entered into by the Borrower, with an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit.

LIBOR Rate ” means, with respect to the Loans comprising any Borrowing to which the LIBOR Rate option applies for any Interest Period, the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent by dividing (the resulting quotient rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum) (i) the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which US dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market), or the rate which is quoted by another source selected by the Administrative Agent as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which US dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market (for purposes of this definition, an “ Alternate Source ”), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the London interbank offered rate for U.S. Dollars for an amount comparable to such Borrowing and having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such Interest Period (or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any substitute page) or any Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by the Administrative Agent at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error)), by (ii) a number equal to 1.00 minus the LIBOR Reserve Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the LIBOR Rate as determined under any method above would be less than zero (0.00), such rate shall be deemed to be zero (0.00) for purposes of this Agreement.

The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any LIBOR Rate Borrowing or LIBOR Rate Loan that is outstanding on the effective date of any change in the LIBOR Reserve Percentage as of such effective date. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower of the LIBOR Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

LIBOR Rate Borrowing ” refers to the Loans comprising a Borrowing bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.

LIBOR Rate Loan ” refers to a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.

LIBOR Reserve Percentage ” shall mean as of any day the maximum percentage in effect on such day, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the reserve requirements (including supplemental, marginal and emergency reserve requirements) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities”).

Lien ” means any interest in Property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than the owner of the Property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, and whether such obligation or claim is fixed or contingent, and including but not limited to (a) the lien or security interest arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, security agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes or (b) production payments and the like payable out of Oil and Gas Properties. The term “Lien” shall include easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations that burden Property to the extent they secure an obligation owed to a Person other than the owner of the Property. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Loan Parties shall be deemed to be the owner of any Property which they have acquired or hold subject to a conditional sale agreement, or leases under a financing lease or other arrangement pursuant to which title to the Property has been retained by or vested in some other Person in a transaction intended to create a financing.

 

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Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Letter of Credit Agreements, the Letters of Credit, the Security Instruments and any other agreement entered into, now or in the future, in connection with this Agreement.

Loan Party ” means the Borrower and each Guarantor.

Loans ” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

Majority Lenders ” means, at any time while no Loans or LC Exposure is outstanding, Lenders having greater than fifty percent (50%) of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts; and at any time while any Loans or LC Exposure is outstanding, Lenders holding greater than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans or participation interests in Letters of Credit (without regard to any sale by a Lender of a participation in any Loan under Section  12.04(c) ); provided that the Maximum Credit Amounts of the Loans and participations interests in Letters of Credit of the Defaulting Lenders (if any) shall be excluded from the determination of Majority Lenders.

Material Acquisition ” means, at any time, any acquisition of Property or series of related acquisitions of Property (including by way of merger or consolidation) that involves the payment of consideration by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess of 5% of the then-existing Borrowing Base.

Material Adverse Effect ” means any event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, Property, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, (c) the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, or (d) the rights and remedies of or benefits available to the Administrative Agent, any other Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender under any Loan Document.

Material Disposition ” means, at any time, any disposition of Property or series of related dispositions of Properties that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of 5% of the then-existing Borrowing Base.

Material Indebtedness ” means Debt (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of any Loan Party in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $1,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of any Loan Party in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the Swap Termination Value.

Maturity Date ” means April 27, 2022.

Maximum Credit Amount ” means, as to each Lender, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Annex I under the caption “Maximum Credit Amounts”, as the same may be (a) reduced or terminated from time to time in connection with a reduction or termination of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts pursuant to Section  2.06 or (b) modified from time to time pursuant to any assignment permitted by Section  12.04(b) . As of the Effective Date, the aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts of the Lenders are $250,000,000.

Minimum Collateral Amount ” means, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances, an amount equal to 105% of the Fronting Exposure of all Issuing Banks with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time and (ii) if the Borrower agrees to deliver Cash Collateral consisting of Property other than cash or deposit account balances, an amount determined by the relevant Issuing Bank in its sole discretion.

 

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Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency.

Mortgage ” means each of the mortgages or deeds of trust executed by any one or more Loan Parties for the benefit of the Secured Parties as security for the Secured Obligations, together with any assumptions or assignments of the obligations thereunder by any Loan Party, and “Mortgages” shall mean all of such Mortgages collectively.

Mortgaged Property ” means any Property owned by any Loan Party which is subject to the Liens existing and to exist under the terms of the Security Instruments.

Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and to which the Borrower, a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or was obligated to make contributions within the last six (6) years.

New Borrowing Base Notice ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.07(d) .

Non -U.S. Lender ” means a Lender, with respect to the Borrower, that is not a U.S. Person.

Notes ” means the promissory notes, if any, of the Borrower described in Section  2.02(d) and being substantially in the form of Exhibit  A , together with all amendments, modifications, replacements, extensions and rearrangements thereof.

OFAC ” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

Oil and Gas Properties ” means (a) Hydrocarbon Interests; (b) the Properties now or hereafter pooled or unitized with Hydrocarbon Interests; (c) all presently existing or future unitization agreements, pooling agreements and declarations of pooled units and the units created thereby (including all units created under orders, regulations and rules of any Governmental Authority) which may affect all or any portion of the Hydrocarbon Interests; (d) all operating agreements, contracts and other agreements, including production sharing contracts and agreements, which relate to any of the Hydrocarbon Interests or the production, sale, transportation, purchase, exchange or processing of Hydrocarbons from or attributable to such Hydrocarbon Interests; (e) all Hydrocarbons in and under and which may be produced and saved or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests, including all oil in tanks, and all rents, issues, profits, proceeds, products, revenues and other incomes from or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests; (f) all tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances and Properties in any manner appertaining, belonging, affixed or incidental to the Hydrocarbon Interests and (g) all Properties, rights, titles, interests and estates described or referred to above, including any and all Property, real or personal, now owned or hereafter acquired and situated upon, used, held for use or useful in connection with the operating, working or development of any of such Hydrocarbon Interests or Property (excluding drilling rigs, automotive equipment, rental equipment or other personal Property which may be on such premises for the purpose of drilling a well or for other similar temporary uses) and including any and all oil wells, gas wells, injection wells or other wells, buildings, structures, fuel separators, liquid extraction plants, plant compressors, pumps, pumping units, field gathering systems, gas processing plants and pipeline systems and any related infrastructure to any thereof, tanks and tank batteries, fixtures, valves, fittings, machinery and parts, engines, boilers, meters, apparatus, equipment, appliances, tools, implements, cables, wires,

 

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towers, casing, tubing and rods, surface leases, rights-of-way, easements and servitudes together with all additions, substitutions, replacements, accessions and attachments to any and all of the foregoing; provided that the Oil and Gas Properties shall not include any “building” or “mobile home” (each as defined in Regulation H as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board under the Flood Insurance Regulations). Unless otherwise indicated herein, each reference to the term “Oil and Gas Properties” means Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, as the context may require.

Organizational Documents ” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to such corporation’s jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

Other Connection Taxes ” means with respect to any Credit Party, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Credit Party and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Credit Party having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced, any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan, Letter of Credit or Loan Document).

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section  5.05 ).

Participant ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  12.04(c) .

Participant Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  12.04(c) .

Patriot Act ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  12.16 .

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as defined in Title IV of ERISA, or any successor thereto.

Permitted Equity Acquisition ” means any acquisition by Borrower or any Guarantor of any Equity Interests of another Person which satisfies and/or is conducted in accordance with the following requirements:

(a)    such acquisition is approved by the Administrative Agent;

(b)    such acquisition is of a business or Person that owns Oil and Gas Properties;

(c)    the business or Person so acquired shall (x) become a wholly-owned direct Subsidiary of Borrower or of a Guarantor and Borrower or the applicable Guarantor shall cause such acquired business or Person to comply with Section  8.14 hereof or (y) provided that the Loan Parties continue to comply with Section  8.03 hereof, be merged with and into Borrower or such a Guarantor (and, in the case of Borrower, with Borrower being the surviving entity); and

 

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(d)    after giving effect to such acquisition (including the request of any Loans associated therewith), the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the Agreement.

Permitted Holders ” means KLRE and Tema.

Permitted Tax Distribution ” means, with respect to any taxable period during which the Borrower is a pass-through entity for United States federal income tax purposes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a disregarded entity not treated as separate from its owner) Restricted Payments to holders of equity in the Borrower, made on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of common units in the Borrower owned by each such holder, in an aggregate amount such that each such equity holder receives an amount of Restricted Payments necessary to enable such equity holder (and its direct and indirect owners) to pay its U.S. federal, state and/or local and non-U.S. income taxes (as applicable) attributable to its direct or indirect ownership of the Borrower with respect to such taxable period (assuming that each such equity holder (or its direct and indirect owners) is subject to tax at the highest combined marginal U.S. federal, state, and/or local income tax rate applicable to any such equity holder (or its direct and indirect owners) for such taxable period (including any tax rate imposed on “net investment income” by Section 1411 of the Code and excluding the deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes), and taking into account the alternative minimum tax, any cumulative net taxable loss of the Borrower for prior taxable periods to the extent such loss is of a character that would allow such loss to be available to such equity holders (or their direct and indirect owners) to reduce such attributable taxes of such equity holders (or their direct and indirect owners) in the current taxable period (taking into account any limitations on the utilization of such loss by such equity holders to reduce such attributable taxes and assuming such loss had not already been utilized) and the character (e.g., long-term or short-term capital gain or ordinary or exempt) of the applicable income) provided, that if the sum of the amount of U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax liabilities of KLRE for such taxable period and the amount of KLRE’s obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement relating to such taxable period exceeds the amount of Permitted Tax Distributions payable to KLRE calculated as set forth above, then the equity holders shall be entitled to receive additional Restricted Payments (each, an “ Excess Tax Distribution ”), made on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of common units in the Borrower owned by each such holder, in an aggregate amount such that KLRE receives an additional amount of Restricted Payments equal to such excess..

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Petroleum Industry Standards ” means the Definitions for Oil and Gas Reserves promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (or any generally recognized successor) as in effect at the time in question.

Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA that is subject to Title IV of ERISA but excluding any Multiemployer Plan, which (a) is currently or hereafter sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate or (b) was at any time during the six calendar years preceding the date hereof, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate.

PNC Bank ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

 

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Prime Rate ” means the interest rate per annum announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent at its Principal Office as its then prime rate, which rate may not be the lowest or most favorable rate then being charged commercial borrowers or others by the Administrative Agent. Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change is announced.

Principal Office ” means the main banking office of the Administrative Agent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Prohibited Transaction ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(c) of the Code.

Property ” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

Proposed Borrowing Base ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.07(c)(i) .

Proposed Borrowing Base Notice ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.07(c)(ii) .

Proved Reserves ” means oil and gas reserves that, in accordance with Petroleum Industry Standards, are classified as both “Proved Reserves” and one of the following: (a) “Developed Producing Reserves”, (b) “Developed Non-Producing Reserves” or (c) “Undeveloped Reserves.”

Published Rate ” means the rate of interest published each Business Day in The Wall Street Journal Money Rates ” listing under the caption “London Interbank Offered Rates” for a one month period (or, if no such rate is published therein for any reason, then the Published Rate shall be the rate at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market for a one month period as published in another publication selected by the Administrative Agent).

Purchase Money Security Interest ” shall mean Liens upon tangible personal property securing loans to any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party or deferred payments by such Loan Party or Subsidiary for the purchase of such tangible personal property.

PV -9 ” means, on any date of determination, with respect to any Proved Reserves expected to be produced from any Borrowing Base Properties, the net present value, discounted at 9% per annum, of the future net revenues expected to accrue to the Borrower’s and the Loan Parties’ collective interests in such Proved Reserves during the remaining expected economic lives of such reserves, calculated in accordance with the most recent bank price deck provided to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent.

Qualified ECP Guarantor ” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant guaranty agreement or the grant of the relevant Lien becomes effective or such other Person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder.

RCRA ” has the meaning assigned to such term within the definition of “Environmental Laws.”

Redemption ” means with respect to any Debt, the repurchase, redemption, prepayment, repayment, defeasance or any other acquisition or retirement for value (or the segregation of funds with respect to any of the foregoing) of such Debt. “Redeem” has the correlative meaning thereto.

 

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Redetermination Date ” means, with respect to any Scheduled Redetermination or any Interim Redetermination, the date that the redetermined Borrowing Base related thereto becomes effective pursuant to Section  2.07(d) .

Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  12.04(b)(iv) .

Regulation  D ” means Regulation D of the Board, as the same may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (including attorneys, accountants and experts) of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

Release ” means any depositing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, placing, emitting, discarding, abandoning, emptying, discharging, migrating, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing.

Remedial Work ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  8.10(a) .

Reportable Event ” means any of the events described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan other than a Reportable Event as to which the provision of 30 days’ notice to the PBGC has been waived.

Required Lenders ” means, at any time while no Loans or LC Exposure is outstanding, Lenders having at least sixty-six and two thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts; and at any time while any Loans or LC Exposure is outstanding, Lenders holding at least sixty-six and two thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans or participation interests in Letters of Credit (without regard to any sale by a Lender of a participation in any Loan under Section  12.04(c) ); provided that the Maximum Credit Amounts of the Loans and participation interests in Letters of Credit of the Defaulting Lenders (if any) shall be excluded from the determination of Required Lenders.

Reserve Report ” means a report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth, as of the dates set forth in Section  8.12(a) (or such other date in the event of an Interim Redetermination), the Proved Reserves attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties located in the United States of America, together with a projection of the rate of production and future net income, taxes, operating expenses and capital expenditures with respect thereto as of such date, based upon economic assumptions consistent with the Administrative Agent’s lending requirements at the time.

Reserve Report Certificate ” has the meaning set forth in Section  8.12(c) .

Responsible Officer ” means, as to any Person, the chief executive officer, the president or any Financial Officer of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references to a Responsible Officer herein shall mean a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

Restricted Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution or return of capital (whether in cash, securities or other Property) with respect to any Equity Interests in any Person, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other Property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, conversion, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests.

 

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Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans and its LC Exposure at such time.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency.

Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (as of the Effective Date, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses  (a) or (b) .

Sanctions ” means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State.

Scheduled Redetermination ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.07(b) .

Scheduled Redetermination Date ” means the date on which a Borrowing Base that has been redetermined pursuant to a Scheduled Redetermination becomes effective as provided in Section  2.07(d) .

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor Governmental Authority.

Secured Cash Management Agreement ” means an agreement related to Cash Management Services between (x) any Loan Party and (y) a Secured Cash Management Provider.

Secured Cash Management Provider ” means, with respect to any agreement related to Cash Management Services, a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent who is the counterparty to any such agreement related to Cash Management Services.

Secured Obligations ” means any and all amounts owing or to be owing by any Loan Party (x) to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender under any Loan Document, (y) to any Secured Swap Provider under any Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Cash Management Provider under any Secured Cash Management Agreement and (z) all renewals, extensions and/or rearrangements of any of the foregoing, in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and LC Disbursements and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding); provided that solely with respect to any Guarantor that is not an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act, Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor shall in any event be excluded from “Secured Obligations” owing by such Guarantor.

Secured Parties ” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Issuing Bank, each Secured Cash Management Provider, each Secured Swap Provider, each Indemnitee, each other Agent, and any other Person owed Secured Obligations and “Secured Party” means any of them individually.

 

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Secured Swap Agreement ” means a Swap Agreement between (x) any Loan Party and (y) a Secured Swap Provider.

Secured Swap Provider ” means, with respect to any Swap Agreement, (a) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender who is the counterparty to any such Swap Agreement with a Loan Party and (b) any Person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at time when such Person entered into any such Swap Agreement who is a counterparty to any such Swap Agreement with a Loan Party.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933.

Security Instruments ” means the Guaranty Agreement, Mortgages and any security agreements, deeds of trust and other agreements, instruments or certificates described or referred to in Exhibit  F , and any and all other agreements, instruments, consents or certificates now or hereafter executed and delivered by the Borrower, the other Loan Parties or any other Person (other than Swap Agreements with Secured Swap Providers or participation or similar agreements between any Lender and any other lender or creditor with respect to any Secured Obligations pursuant to this Agreement) in connection with, or as security for the payment or performance of the Secured Obligations, the Notes, this Agreement, or reimbursement obligations under the Letters of Credit, as such agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Senior Unsecured Notes ” means unsecured senior, senior subordinated or subordinated Debt consisting of notes or bonds issued by the Borrower or a Guarantor, provided that (a) the principal amount of such Debt shall not exceed in the aggregate, at any time such Debt is incurred (without duplication and taking into account all concurrent payments or redemptions of Senior Unsecured Notes with the proceeds of other Senior Unsecured Notes), an amount equal to the greater of (i) $250,000,000 and (ii) the product of 1.5 multiplied by the Borrowing Base then in effect (prior to giving effect to any reduction of the Borrowing Base under Section  2.07(e) for such issuance), (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Agreement or would result from such incurrence of Debt, (c) the maturity date of such Debt shall not occur before one hundred eighty (180) days after the Maturity Date, (d) there shall be no scheduled principal amortization, prepayments, redemptions, defeasance, tender, sinking fund or repurchase obligations prior to the Maturity Date, and (e) the covenants, events of default, guarantees and other terms of such Debt, taken as a whole, are not more restrictive on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than the terms of this Agreement (as in effect at the time of such issuance or incurrence); provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence or issuance of such Debt, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Debt or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees).

Senior Unsecured Notes Documents ” means, with respect to any Senior Unsecured Notes, each indenture or other agreement pursuant to which such Senior Unsecured Notes is issued or incurred, and any notes, certificates, security agreement, mortgage or other documents made or delivered by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with such Senior Unsecured Notes, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with Section  9.21 .

Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a

 

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decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject, with respect to the LIBOR Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “ Eurocurrency Liabilities ” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. LIBOR Rate Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

Subsidiary ” means as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a direct or indirect Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

Swap Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to any swap, cap, collar, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement, whether exchange traded, “over-the-counter” or otherwise, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions (including any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act); provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of any Loan Party shall be a Swap Agreement.

Swap Liquidation ” means any Swap Agreement, which has been given value in the then effective Borrowing Base, is sold, assigned, novated, liquidated, unwound or terminated.

Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Swap Termination Value ” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s) and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Agreements, as determined by the counterparties to such Swap Agreements.

Synthetic Leases ” means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, treated as operating leases on the financial statements of the Person liable (whether contingently or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder and which were properly treated as indebtedness for borrowed money for purposes of U.S. federal income taxes, if the lessee in respect thereof is obligated to either purchase for an amount in excess of, or pay upon early termination an amount in excess of, 80% of the residual value of the Property subject to such operating lease upon expiration or early termination of such lease.

 

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Tax Receivable Agreement ” means that certain Tax Receivable Agreement dated as of April 27, 2017 by and among KLRE, Tema and its successors and permitted assigns, as the “TRA Holders,” and Tema or such other Person designated as the agent under such agreement as the “Agent”.

Taxes ” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

Tema ” means Tema Oil and Gas Company, a Maryland corporation or its Affiliates.

Termination Date ” means the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.

Total Funded Debt ” means, at any date, all Debt of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, excluding (a) all Debt of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien on any Property of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person and (b) the undischarged balance of any production payment created by such Person or for the creation of which such Person directly or indirectly received payment.

Transactions ” means, with respect to (a) the Borrower, the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, each other Loan Document to which it is a party, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, the Borrower’s grant of the security interests and provision of collateral under the Security Instruments, and Borrower’s grant of Liens on Mortgaged Properties (if applicable) and other Properties pursuant to the Security Instruments, (b) each other Loan Party, the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party, the guaranteeing of the Secured Obligations and the other obligations under the Guaranty Agreement by such Loan Party and such Loan Party’s grant of the security interests and provision of collateral under the Security Instruments, and the grant of Liens by such Guarantor on Mortgaged Properties (if applicable) and other Properties pursuant to the Security Instruments, and (c) the Business Combination Transaction.

Type ” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, determined by reference to either the Base Rate or the LIBOR Rate.

U.S. Person ” means a Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  5.03(g )( ii)(B)(3) .

Wholly - Owned Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of which all of the outstanding Equity Interests (other than any directors’ qualifying shares mandated by applicable law), on a fully-diluted basis, are owned by the Borrower, the Guarantors and/or one or more of the Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.

Withholding Agent ” means any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent.

Write -Down and Conversion Powers ” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

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Section 1.03     Types of Loans and Borrowings . For purposes of this Agreement, Loans and Borrowings, respectively, may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “LIBOR Rate Loan” or a “LIBOR Rate Borrowing”).

Section 1.04     Terms Generally; Rules of Construction . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, and the word “or” is not exclusive. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth in the Loan Documents), (b) any reference herein to any law shall be construed as referring to such law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to the restrictions contained in the Loan Documents), (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) with respect to the determination of any time period, the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” and “until” means “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including” and (f) any reference herein to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be interpreted or construed against any Person solely because such Person or its legal representative drafted such provision.

Section 1.05     Accounting Terms and Determinations; GAAP . Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent with the initial financial statements delivered under Section  8.01 , except for changes in which the Borrower’s independent certified public accountants concur and which are disclosed to the Administrative Agent on the next date on which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section  8.01(a) ; provided that, unless the Borrower and the Majority Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing, no such change shall modify or affect the manner in which compliance with the covenants contained herein is computed such that all such computations shall be conducted utilizing financial information presented consistently with prior periods. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, (a) for the purposes of calculating compliance with any covenant in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no effect shall be given to any change in GAAP arising out of a change described in the Proposed Accounting Standards Update to Leases (Topic 840) dated August 17, 2010 or a substantially similar pronouncement and (b) if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that the Borrower wishes to amend any financial covenant in Section  9.01 , any related definition to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP occurring after the Effective Date on the operation of such financial covenants (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower in writing that the Majority Lenders wish to amend any financial covenant in Section  9.01 , any related definition to eliminate the effect of any such change in GAAP), then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratios or requirements to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Majority Lenders); provided that, until so amended, the Loan Parties’ compliance with such covenants shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenants or definitions

 

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are amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Majority Lenders, and the Loan Parties shall provide to the Administrative Agent, when they deliver their financial statements pursuant to under Sections  8.01(a) and (b)  of this Agreement, such reconciliation statements as shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

Section 1.06     Timing of Payment or Performance . When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

Section 2.01     Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, each Lender severally agrees to make Loans to the Borrower during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow the Loans.

Section 2.02     Loans and Borrowings .

(a)     Borrowings; Several Obligations . Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b)     Types of Loans . Subject to Section  3.03 and Section  5.05 , each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Rate Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any LIBOR Rate Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c)     Minimum Amounts; Limitation on Number of Borrowings . At the commencement of each Interest Period for any LIBOR Rate Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000. At the time that each Base Rate Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that a Base Rate Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section  2.08(e) . Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time, provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of five (5) LIBOR Rate Borrowings outstanding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

(d)     Notes . If requested by a Lender, the Loans made by such Lender shall be evidenced by a single Note of the Borrower, dated, in the case of (i) any Lender party hereto as of the date of this Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement or (ii) any Lender that becomes a

 

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party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, as of the effective date of the Assignment and Assumption, payable to such Lender in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount as in effect on such date, and otherwise duly completed. Upon request from a Lender, in the event that any such Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount increases or decreases for any reason (whether pursuant to Section  2.06 , Section  12.04(b) or otherwise), the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered on the effective date of such increase or decrease, a new Note payable to such Lender in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount after giving effect to such increase or decrease, and otherwise duly completed. The date, amount, Type, interest rate and, if applicable, Interest Period of each Loan made by such Lender, and all payments made on account of the principal thereof, may be recorded by such Lender on its books for its Note, and, prior to any transfer, may be endorsed by such Lender on a schedule attached to such Note or any continuation thereof or on any separate record maintained by such Lender. Failure to make any such notation or to attach a schedule shall not affect any Lender’s or the Borrower’s rights or obligations in respect of such Loans or affect the validity of such transfer by any Lender of its Note.

Section 2.03     Requests for Borrowings . To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that no such notice shall be required for any deemed request of a Base Rate Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section  2.08(e) . Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, fax or other electronic communication to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in substantially the form of Exhibit  B and signed by the Borrower, it being understood that the Administrative Agent may rely on the authority of any individual making such a telephonic request without the necessity of receipt of such written confirmation. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section  2.02 :

(i)    the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(ii)    the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii)    whether such Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a LIBOR Rate Borrowing;

(iv)    in the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;

(v)    the amount of the then effective Borrowing Base, the current total Revolving Credit Exposures (without regard to the requested Borrowing) and the pro forma total Revolving Credit Exposures (giving effect to the requested Borrowing); and

(vi)    the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section  2.05 .

If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested LIBOR Rate Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Each Borrowing Request shall constitute a representation that the amount of the requested Borrowing shall not cause the total Revolving Credit Exposures to exceed the total Commitments (i.e., the lesser of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts and the then effective Borrowing Base).

 

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Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section  2.03 , the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

Section 2.04     Interest Elections .

(a)     Conversion and Continuance . Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section  2.04 . The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

(b)     Interest Election Requests . To make an election pursuant to this Section  2.04 , the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section  2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, fax or other electronic communication to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in substantially the form of Exhibit  C and signed by the Borrower.

(c)     Information in Interest Election Requests . Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section  2.02 :

(i)    the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to Section  2.04(c)(iii) and Section  2.04(c)(iv) shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii)    the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii)    whether the resulting Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a LIBOR Rate Borrowing; and

(iv)    if the resulting Borrowing is a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

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(d)     Notice to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent . Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e)     Effect of Failure to Deliver Timely Interest Election Request and Events of Default on Interest Election . If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a LIBOR Rate Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a LIBOR Rate Borrowing (and any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a LIBOR Rate Borrowing shall be ineffective) and (ii) unless repaid, each LIBOR Rate Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

Section 2.05     Funding of Borrowings .

(a)     Funding by the Lenders . Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 2:00 p.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that Base Rate Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section  2.08(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for its Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for its Loan in any particular place or manner.

(b)     Presumption of Funding by the Lenders . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section  2.05(a) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

Section 2.06     Termination and Reduction of Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts .

(a)     Scheduled Termination of Commitments . Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date. If at any time the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts are terminated or reduced to zero, then the Commitments shall terminate on the effective date of such termination or reduction.

 

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(b)     Optional Termination and Reduction of Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts .

(i)    The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts; provided that (A) each reduction of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (B) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section  3.04(b) , the total Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Commitments.

(ii)    The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts under Section  2.06(b )( i ) at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Any election by the Borrower to terminate or reduce the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts pursuant to a notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section  2.06(b )( ii) may be made to be contingent upon the consummation of a refinancing or effectiveness of other credit facilities and such notice may otherwise be extended or revoked, in each case, with the requirements of Section  5.02 to apply to any failure of the contingency to occur and any such extension or revocation. Any termination or reduction of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts shall be permanent and may not be reinstated. Each reduction of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with each Lender’s Applicable Percentage.

Section 2.07     Borrowing Base .

(a)     Initial Borrowing Base . For the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the first Redetermination Date, the amount of the Borrowing Base shall be $55,000,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowing Base may be subject to further adjustments from time to time pursuant to the Borrowing Base Adjustment Provisions.

(b)     Scheduled and Interim Redeterminations . The Borrowing Base shall be redetermined on a semi-annual basis in accordance with this Section  2.07 (each such redetermination, a “ Scheduled Redetermination ”). Subject to Section  2.07(d) , such redetermined Borrowing Base shall become effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders on or about April 1 st and October 1 st of each year, as applicable, commencing October 1, 2017. In addition, the Borrower may, by notifying the Administrative Agent thereof, and the Administrative Agent may, at the direction of the Required Lenders, by notifying the Borrower thereof, one time between any two successive Scheduled Redeterminations, each elect to cause the Borrowing Base to be redetermined (an “ Interim Redetermination ”) in accordance with this Section  2.07 .

(c)     Scheduled and Interim Procedure . Each Scheduled Redetermination and each Interim Redetermination shall be effectuated as follows:

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supplemental information, including, without limitation, the information provided pursuant to Section  8.01 (as applicable) and Section  8.12 , as may, from time to time, be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders (the Reserve Report, related Reserve Report Certificate and such other reports, data and supplemental information being the “ Engineering Reports ”), the Administrative Agent shall evaluate the information contained in the Engineering Reports and shall, in its sole discretion, propose a new Borrowing Base (the “ Proposed Borrowing Base ”) based upon any information (including, without limitation, the status of title information with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties as described in the Engineering Reports and the existence of any other Debt, the Loan Parties’ other assets, liabilities, fixed charges, cash flow, business properties, prospects, management and ownership, hedged and unhedged exposure to price, price and production scenarios, interest rate and operating cost changes) as the Administrative Agent deems appropriate in its sole discretion and consistent with its oil and gas lending criteria as it exists at the particular time. In no event shall the Proposed Borrowing Base exceed the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts.

(ii)    The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Proposed Borrowing Base (the “ Proposed Borrowing Base Notice ”):

(A)    in the case of a Scheduled Redetermination (1) if the Administrative Agent shall have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section  8.12(a) in a timely and complete manner, then on or before the fifteenth (15 th ) day following the date of delivery (or such later date, within 30 days thereof, to which the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree) or (2) if the Administrative Agent shall not have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section  8.12(a) in a timely and complete manner, then promptly after the Administrative Agent has received complete Engineering Reports from the Borrower and has had a reasonable opportunity to determine the Proposed Borrowing Base in accordance with Section  2.07(c)(i) ; and

(B)    in the case of an Interim Redetermination, on or about the thirtieth (30 th ) day after the Administrative Agent has received the required Engineering Reports (unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower).

(iii)    Any Proposed Borrowing Base that would (A) increase the Borrowing Base then in effect must be approved by all Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) and (B) decrease or maintain the Borrowing Base then in effect must be approved or be deemed to have been approved by the Required Lenders, in each case, as provided in this Section  2.07(c)(iii) . Such decisions will be made by each Lender based upon such criteria (including, without limitation, the status of title information with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties as described in the Engineering Reports and the existence of any other Debt, the Loan Parties’ other assets, liabilities, fixed charges, cash flow, business properties, prospects, management and ownership, hedged and unhedged exposure to price, price and production scenarios, interest rate and operating cost changes) as such Lender deems appropriate in its sole discretion and consistent with its oil and gas lending criteria as it exists at the particular time. Upon receipt of the Proposed Borrowing Base Notice, each Lender shall have fifteen (15) days to agree with the Proposed Borrowing Base or disagree with the Proposed Borrowing Base by proposing an alternate Borrowing Base. If, at the end of such fifteen (15) day period, in the case of a Proposed Borrowing

 

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Base that would decrease or maintain the Borrowing Base then in effect, a Lender has not communicated its approval or disapproval in writing to the Administrative Agent, such silence shall be deemed to be an approval of such Proposed Borrowing Base. If, at the end of such fifteen (15) day period, all of the Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders), in the case of a Proposed Borrowing Base that would increase the Borrowing Base then in effect, or the Required Lenders, in the case of a Proposed Borrowing Base that would decrease or maintain the Borrowing Base then in effect, have approved or deemed to have approved, as aforesaid, then the Proposed Borrowing Base shall become the Borrowing Base, effective on the date specified in Section  2.07(d) . If, however, at the end of such fifteen (15) day period, all of the Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) or the Required Lenders, as applicable, have not approved or deemed to have approved the Proposed Borrowing Base as indicated above, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter poll the Lenders to ascertain the highest Borrowing Base then acceptable to all of the Lenders (in the case of any increase to the Borrowing Base) or a number of Lenders sufficient to constitute the Required Lenders (in any other case) and such amount shall become the new Borrowing Base, effective on the date specified in Section  2.07(d) .

(d)     Effectiveness of a Redetermined Borrowing Base . After a redetermined Borrowing Base is approved or is deemed to have been approved by all of the Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) or the Required Lenders, as applicable, pursuant to Section  2.07(c)(iii) , the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the amount of the redetermined Borrowing Base (the “ New Borrowing Base Notice ”), and such amount shall become the new Borrowing Base, effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders:

(i)    in the case of a Scheduled Redetermination, (A) if the Administrative Agent shall have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section  8.12(a) and (c)  in a timely and complete manner, then on or about April 1 st or October 1 st of each year, as applicable (or such later time as (x) the Borrower may agree upon request of the Administrative Agent or (y) the Majority Lenders may agree upon the request of the Borrower), following such notice, or (B) if the Administrative Agent shall not have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section  8.12(a) and (c)  in a timely and complete manner, then on the Business Day next succeeding delivery of such New Borrowing Base Notice; and

(ii)    in the case of an Interim Redetermination, on the Business Day next succeeding delivery of such New Borrowing Base Notice.

Such amount shall then become the Borrowing Base until the next Scheduled Redetermination Date, the next Interim Redetermination Date or the next adjustment to the Borrowing Base under the Borrowing Base Adjustment Provisions, whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Scheduled Redetermination or Interim Redetermination shall become effective until the New Borrowing Base Notice related thereto is received by the Borrower.

(e)     Borrowing Base Reductions .

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an amount equal to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference between (A) the stated principal amount of such Senior Unsecured Notes (without regard to any original issue discount) and (B) the amount of proceeds of such issuance applied to repay any outstanding Senior Unsecured Notes, and the Borrowing Base as so reduced shall become the new Borrowing Base immediately upon the date of such issuance or incurrence, effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders on such date until the next redetermination or modification thereof hereunder.

(ii)    If the sum of (A) the Borrowing Base value of the aggregate of dispositions of Oil and Gas Properties and Equity Interests occurring in any period between Scheduled Redeterminations, plus (B) the Borrowing Base value of Swap Liquidations (unless novated or assigned to a counterparty with equal or better creditworthiness or replaced with positions or contracts of comparable value) occurring in the same period exceeds 5% of the then effective Borrowing Base, then the Borrowing Base shall be reduced in an amount of the Borrowing Base value or attributed value of such dispositions and the Borrowing Base value given to such terminated Swap Agreements as determined by the Administrative Agent. Any redetermination of the Borrowing Base pursuant to this Section  2.07(e) shall not be considered an Interim Redetermination requested by Administrative Agent within the meaning of Section  2.07(b) .

(iii)    The Borrowing Base may be reduced as provided in Section  8.13(c) .

Section 2.08     Letters of Credit .

(a) General . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of dollar denominated Letters of Credit for its own account or for the account of any other Loan Party, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the period from the Effective Date until the day which is five (5) Business Days prior to the end of the Availability Period; provided that the Borrower may not request the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of Letters of Credit hereunder if a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists at such time or would exist as a result thereof. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the applicable Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

(b)     Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions . To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or fax (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank) to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (to be received no later than 10:00 a.m. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time five (5) Business Days, or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Issuing Bank, in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice:

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(ii)    specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day);

(iii)    specifying the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with Section  2.08(c) );

(iv)    specifying the amount of such Letter of Credit;

(v)    specifying the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit; and

(vi)    specifying the amount of the then effective Borrowing Base and whether a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists at such time, the current total Revolving Credit Exposures (without regard to the requested Letter of Credit or the requested amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit) and the pro forma total Revolving Credit Exposures (giving effect to the requested Letter of Credit or the requested amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit).

Each notice shall constitute a representation that after giving effect to the requested issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, as applicable, (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed the LC Commitment and (ii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Commitments (i.e. the lesser of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts and the then effective Borrowing Base).

If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit and shall guarantee the reimbursement of any Letter of Credit issued hereunder.

(c)     Expiration Date . Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit or, if a Letter of Credit is issued in favor of the Texas Railroad Commission (the “ Specified L/Cs ”), the date fifteen months after the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit, one year or, in the case of the Specified L/Cs, fifteen (15) months after such renewal or extension), in each case unless consented to by the relevant Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date; provided, however, that any Letter of Credit with a one-year maturity date may, upon the request of the Borrower, include a provision whereby such Letter of Credit shall be renewed automatically for additional consecutive periods of 12 months or less (but not beyond the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date) unless the Issuing Bank notifies the beneficiary thereof at least thirty days (or such longer period as may be specified in such Letter of Credit) prior to the then-applicable expiration date that such Letter of Credit will not be renewed.

(d)     Participations . By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account

 

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of such Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in Section  2.08(e) , or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this Section  2.08(d) in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default, the existence of a Borrowing Base Deficiency or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e)     Reimbursement . If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 2:00 p.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, on the Business Day immediately following the later of the Business Day on which such LC Disbursement is made and the Business Day the Borrower receives notice thereof; provided that, unless the Borrower has notified the relevant Issuing Bank and Administrative Agent that it will, and does, reimburse such LC Disbursement by the required date and time, the Borrower shall, subject to the conditions to Borrowing set forth herein, be deemed to have requested, and the Borrower does hereby request under such circumstances, that such payment be financed with a Base Rate Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Base Rate Borrowing. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section  2.05 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section  2.05 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this Section  2.08(e) , the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this Section  2.08(e) to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this section to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of Base Rate Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

(f)     Obligations Absolute . The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in Section  2.08(e) shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, any Letter of Credit Agreement or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or any Letter of Credit Agreement, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section  2.08(f) , constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor any Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related

 

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Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of any Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the applicable Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised all requisite care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, an Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

(g)     Disbursement Procedures. The applicable Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The applicable Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by fax or other electronic transmission) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

(h)     Interim Interest . If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, until the Borrower shall have reimbursed such Issuing Bank for such LC Disbursement (either with its own funds or a Borrowing under Section  2.08(e) ), the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to Base Rate Loans. Interest accrued pursuant to this Section  2.08(h) shall be for the account of such Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to Section  2.08(e) to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

(i)     Replacement of an Issuing Bank . An Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section  3.05(b) . From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall also be deemed to refer to such successor. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue

 

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to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(j)     Cash Collateralization .

(i)    If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this Section  2.08(j) , then the Borrower shall deposit, in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure. If the Borrower is required to pay to the Administrative Agent the excess attributable to an LC Exposure in connection with any prepayment pursuant to Section  3.04(c) , the Borrower shall deposit in such an account an amount equal to the amount of such excess as provided in Section  3.04(c) , as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon. The obligation to deposit such cash collateral pursuant to the two preceding sentences shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary described in Section  10.01(h) or Section  10.01( i ) .

(ii)    At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within one Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to Section  4.05(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount.

(A)     Grant of Security Interest . The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Banks, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral as security for the Defaulting Lenders’ LC Exposure, to be applied pursuant to clause (b) below. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(B)     Application . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Section  2.08(j) or Section  4.05 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

 

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(C)     Termination of Requirement . Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce any Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section  2.08(j) following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that, subject to Section  4.05 the Person providing Cash Collateral and each Issuing Bank may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations and provided further that to the extent that such Cash Collateral was provided by the Borrower, such Cash Collateral shall remain subject to the security interest granted pursuant to the Loan Documents.

ARTICLE III

PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; PREPAYMENTS; FEES

Section 3.01     Repayment of Loans . The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan on the Termination Date.

Section 3.02     Interest .

(a)     Base Rate Loans . The Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.

(b)     LIBOR Rate Loans . The Loans comprising each LIBOR Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the LIBOR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.

(c)     Post -Default Rate . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of, or interest on, any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Loan Document is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2.0%) plus the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans as provided in Section  3.02(a) but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if an Event of Default under Sections  10.01(a) , (b) , (h) or (i)  has occurred and is continuing or (ii) upon the agreement of the Majority Lenders, if any Event of Default (other than as specified in clause (i)) has occurred and is continuing, Loans outstanding at such time shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at the rate then applicable to such Loans (including the Applicable Margin) plus an additional two percent (2.0%), but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.

(d)     Interest Payment Dates . Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and on the Termination Date; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section  3.02(c) shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than an optional prepayment of a Base Rate Loan prior to the Termination Date), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment, and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

 

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(e)     Interest Rate Computations . All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days unless such computation would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, in which case interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), except that interest computed by reference to the Base Rate at times when the Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Base Rate or LIBOR Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and be binding upon the parties hereto.

Section 3.03     Alternate Rate of Interest . If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a LIBOR Rate Borrowing:

(a)    the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period; or

(b)    the Administrative Agent is advised by the Majority Lenders that the LIBOR Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or fax as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a LIBOR Rate Borrowing shall be ineffective (and such Borrowing shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day of the applicable Interest Period), and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made either as a Base Rate Borrowing or at an alternate rate of interest determined by the Majority Lenders as their cost of funds.

Section 3.04     Prepayments .

(a) Optional Prepayments . The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section  3.04(b) .

(b)     Notice and Terms of Optional Prepayment . The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by fax or other electronic transmission) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, or (ii) in the case of prepayment of a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, at least one Business Day prior to the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the prepayment date, and (ii) the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid, which shall not be less than the lesser of (x) the Revolving Credit Exposure or (y) $5,000,000 for any Loan; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section  2.06(b) , then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section  2.06(b) . Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would

 

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be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section  2.02 . Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section  3.02 and any amounts due under Section  5.02 .

(c)     Mandatory Prepayments .

(i)     Upon Optional Terminations and Reductions . If, after giving effect to any termination or reduction of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts pursuant to Section  2.06(b) , there is a Borrowing Base Deficiency, then the Borrower shall (A) prepay the Borrowings on the date of such termination or reduction in an aggregate principal amount equal to such Borrowing Base Deficiency, and (B) if any Borrowing Base Deficiency remains after prepaying all of the Borrowings as a result of LC Exposure, Cash Collateralize such remaining deficiency as provided in Section  2.08(j) . The Borrower shall be obligated to make such prepayment and/or deposit of Cash Collateral substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of such termination or reduction

(ii)     Upon Redeterminations, Title Related Adjustments, Etc . Upon any redetermination of the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section  2.07(b) or adjustment to the amount of the Borrowing Base in accordance with Section  8.13(c) , if there is a Borrowing Base Deficiency, then, after receiving notice from the Administrative Agent by means of (x) a New Borrowing Base Notice or (y) written notice of adjustment pursuant to Section  8.13(c) , in each case, of such Borrowing Base Deficiency (such date of receipt of notice, the “ Deficiency Notification Date ”), the Borrower shall, within ten (10) days of the Deficiency Notification Date inform the Administrative Agent of the Borrower’s election to:

(A)    within thirty (30) days of the date such election is made, (1) prepay the Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to such Borrowing Base Deficiency and (2) if any Borrowing Base Deficiency remains after prepaying all of the Loans as a result of any LC Exposure, Cash Collateralize such excess as provided in Section  2.08(j) ,

(B)    prepay the Loans in six (6) equal monthly installments, commencing on the thirtieth (30 th ) day following the Deficiency Notification Date with each payment being equal to 1/6 th of the aggregate principal amount of such excess (as such Borrowing Base Deficiency may be reduced during such six-month period as a result of a Borrowing Base re-determination or other adjustment of the Borrowing Base described herein),

(C)    within sixty (60) days of the date such election is made, provide additional collateral in the form of additional Oil and Gas Properties not evaluated in the most recently delivered Reserve Report or other collateral reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent having a Borrowing Base value (as proposed by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders) sufficient, after giving effect to any other actions taken pursuant to this Section  3.04(c) to eliminate any such excess, or

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provided that, notwithstanding the options set forth above, in all cases, the Borrowing Base Deficiency must be eliminated on or prior to the Termination Date. If, because of LC Exposure, a Borrowing Base Deficiency remains after prepaying all of the Loans, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize such remaining Borrowing Base Deficiency as provided in Section  2.08(j) .

(iii)     Upon Certain Adjustments . If there is a Borrowing Base Deficiency as a result of a Borrowing Base adjustment pursuant to the Borrowing Base Adjustment Provisions (other than Section  8.13(c) ), then on the next Business Day after the occurrence of such Borrowing Base adjustment, the Borrower shall prepay Borrowings in an aggregate principal amount equal to such Borrowing Base Deficiency and if any Borrowing Base Deficiency remains as a result of LC Exposure, pay to Administrative Agent an amount equal to such remaining Borrowing Base Deficiency to be held as cash collateral as provided in Section  2.08(j) .

(iv)     Application of Prepayments to Types of Borrowings . Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section  3.04(c) shall be applied, first, ratably to any Base Rate Borrowings then outstanding, and, second, ratably to any LIBOR Rate Borrowings then outstanding, and if more than one LIBOR Rate Borrowing is then outstanding, to each such LIBOR Rate Borrowing in order of priority beginning with the LIBOR Rate Borrowing with the least number of days remaining in the Interest Period applicable thereto and ending with the LIBOR Rate Borrowing with the most number of days remaining in the Interest Period applicable thereto.

(v)     Interest to be Paid with Prepayments . Prepayments pursuant to this Section  3.04(c) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section  3.02 .

(d)     No Premium or Penalty . Prepayments permitted or required under this Section  3.04 shall be without premium or penalty, except as required under Section  5.02 .

Section 3.05     Fees .

(a)     Commitment Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender to the extent set forth in Section  4.05 ) a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender (determined taking into account both Loans and LC Exposure) during the period from and including the date of this Agreement to but excluding the Termination Date. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the Termination Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, unless such computation would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, in which case interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(b)     Letter of Credit Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender to the extent set forth in Section  4.05 ) a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Margin used to determine the interest rate applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans (as such rate may be increased pursuant to Section  3.02(c) ) on the average daily

 

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amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements that has been funded by such Lender) during the period from and including the date of this Agreement to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, (ii) to each applicable Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate per annum agreed to between such Issuing Bank and Borrower on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure attributable to such Issuing Bank (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the date of this Agreement to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure and (iii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, its standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on such last Business Day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date of this Agreement; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the Termination Date and any such fees accruing after the Termination Date shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to any Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section  3.05(b) shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, unless such computation would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, in which case interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(c)     Administrative Agent Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE IV

PAYMENTS; PRO RATA TREATMENT; SHARING OF SET-OFFS

Section 4.01     Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set - offs .

(a)     Payments by the Borrower . The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section  5.01 , Section  5.02 , Section  5.03 or otherwise) prior to 11:00 a.m., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without defense, deduction, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim. Fees, once paid, shall be fully earned and shall not be refundable under any circumstances. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices specified in Section  12.01 , except payments to be made directly to the applicable Issuing Bank as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Section  5.01 , Section  5.02 , Section  5.03 and Section  12.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars.

 

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(b)     Application of Insufficient Payments . If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.

(c)     Sharing of Payments by Lenders . If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this Section  4.01(c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section  4.01(c) shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

Section 4.02     Presumption of Payment by the Borrower . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders and/or any applicable Issuing Bank that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders and/or any applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders and/or any applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

Section 4.03     Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent . If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section  2.05(a) , Section  2.08(d) , Section  2.08(e) or Section  4.02 then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid. If at any time prior to the acceleration or maturity of the Loans, the Administrative Agent

 

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shall receive any payment in respect of principal of a Loan or a reimbursement of an LC Disbursement while one or more Defaulting Lenders shall be party to this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall apply such payment first to the Borrowing(s) for which such Defaulting Lender(s) shall have failed to fund its pro rata share until such time as such Borrowing(s) are paid in full or each Lender (including each Defaulting Lender) is owed its Applicable Percentage of all Loans then outstanding. After acceleration or maturity of the Loans, all principal will be paid ratably as provided in Section  10.02(c) .

Section 4.04     Disposition of Proceeds . The Security Instruments contain an assignment by the Borrower and/or the Guarantors unto and in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties of all of the Borrower’s or each Guarantor’s interest in and to production and all proceeds attributable thereto which may be produced from or allocated to the Mortgaged Property. The Security Instruments further provide in general for the application of such proceeds to the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations and other obligations described therein and secured thereby. Notwithstanding the assignment contained in such Security Instruments, until the occurrence of an Event of Default, (a) the Administrative Agent agrees that it will neither notify the purchaser or purchasers of such production nor take any other action to cause such proceeds to be remitted to the Administrative Agent, but the Administrative Agent will instead permit such proceeds to be paid to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to take such actions as may be necessary to cause such proceeds to be paid to the Borrower and/or such Subsidiaries.

Section 4.05     Defaulting Lenders .

(a)     Defaulting Lender Adjustments . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:

(i)     Waivers and Amendments . Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of Required Lenders.

(ii)     Defaulting Lender Waterfall . Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article  X or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section  12.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second , to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank hereunder; third , to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section  2.08(j) ; fourth , as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section  2.08(j) ; sixth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or the Issuing Banks against such Defaulting Lender

 

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as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth , to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or LC Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section  6.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LC Disbursements owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LC Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and LC Exposure is held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments under the applicable facility without giving effect to Section  4.05(a)(iv) . Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section  4.05(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(iii)     Certain Fees .

(A)    No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section  3.05(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

(B)    Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive letter of credit fees pursuant to Section  3.05(b) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its LC Exposure for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section  2.08(j) .

(C)    With respect to any fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure that has been reallocated to such non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to each Issuing Bank the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.

(iv)     Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure . All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section  6.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such

 

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non-Defaulting Lender’s Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

(v)     Cash Collateral . If the reallocation described in clause (iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section  2.08(j) .

(b)     Defaulting Lender Cure . If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments (without giving effect to Section  4.05(a)(iv) ), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided , further , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

(c)     New Letters of Credit . So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

ARTICLE V

INCREASED COSTS; BREAK FUNDING PAYMENTS; TAXES

Section 5.01     Increased Costs .

(a)     Increased Costs Generally . If any Change in Law shall:

(i)    impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the LIBOR Rate) or any Issuing Bank;

(ii)    subject any Credit Party to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

(iii)    impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

 

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and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Credit Party of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or other Credit Party of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such other Credit Party (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, upon request of such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Credit Party, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such other Credit Party such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such other Credit Party for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b)     Capital and Liquidity Requirements . If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or Issuing Bank or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c)     Certificates for Reimbursement . A certificate of a Lender or Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in Section  5.01(a) or (b)  shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

(d)     Delay in Requests . Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section  5.01 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section  5.01 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

Section 5.02    Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan into a Base Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, or (d) the assignment of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section  5.04 then, in any such event, the Borrower shall

 

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compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the LIBOR Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market.

A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section  5.02 and demonstrating, in reasonable detail, the computation of such amount or amounts shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

Section 5.03     Taxes .

(a)     Defined Terms . For purposes of this Section  5.03 , Section  5.04 and Section  5.05 , the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

(b)     Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that, after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section  5.03 ), the applicable Credit Party receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(c)     Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties . The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(d)     Indemnification by the Loan Parties . The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Credit Party, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section  5.03 ) payable or paid by such Credit Party or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Credit Party and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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(e)     Indemnification by the Lenders . Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section  12.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register, and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

(f)     Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section  5.03 , such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(g)     Status of Lenders . (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section  5.03(g)(ii)(A) , (ii)(B) and ( ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(ii)    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Borrower

(A)    any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals or copies of IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

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such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(1)    in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals or copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or any successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or any successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(2)    executed originals or copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor form);

(3)    in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit  H -1 to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals or copies of IRS Form W-8BEN (or any successor form); or

(4)    to the extent a Non-U.S. Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals or copies of IRS Form W-8IMY(or any successor form), accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor form), IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or any successor form), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit  H -2 or Exhibit  H -3 , IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Non-U.S. Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Non-U.S. Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit  H -4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(C)    any Non-U.S. Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals or copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

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(D)    if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(h)     Treatment of Certain Refunds . If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section  5.03 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section  5.03 ), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section  5.03 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(i)     Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section  5.03 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Documents.

 

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Section 5.04     Designation of Different Lending Office . If any Lender requests compensation under Section  5.01 , or required the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section  5.03 , then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section  5.01 or Section  5.03 , as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

Section 5.05     Replacement of Lenders . If any Lender requests compensation under Section  5.01 , or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section  5.03 , and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section  5.04 , or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section  12.04(b) ), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section  5.01 or Section  5.03 ) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section  12.04 , (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section  5.02 ), from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section  5.01 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section  5.03 , such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments, and (iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

Section 5.06     Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that it becomes unlawful for any Lender or its applicable lending office to honor its obligation to make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans either generally or having a particular Interest Period hereunder, then (a) such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof and such Lender’s obligation to make such LIBOR Rate Loans shall be suspended (the “ Affected Loans ”) until such time as such Lender may again make and maintain such LIBOR Rate Loans and (b) all Affected Loans which would otherwise be made by such Lender shall be made instead as Base Rate Loans (and, if such Lender so requests by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, all Affected Loans of such Lender then outstanding shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans on the date specified by such Lender in such notice) and, to the extent that Affected Loans are so made as (or converted into) Base Rate Loans, all payments of principal which would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s Affected Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans.

 

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ARTICLE VI

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 6.01     Effective Date . The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section  12.02 ):

(a)    The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party and duly executed Notes payable to each Lender that requested a Note.

(b)    The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party thereto duly executed counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of the Security Instruments, including the Guaranty Agreement, and except in cases where no signature is required, the other Security Instruments described on Exhibit  F . In connection with the execution and delivery of the Security Instruments, the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that the Security Instruments create first priority Liens that may be perfected upon recordation of properly completed financing statements and the Security Instruments in the appropriate filing offices therefor (except Liens permitted by Section 9.03 may exist) on at least 90% of the PV-9 of Proved Reserves evaluated in the most recent Reserve Report.

(c)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party setting forth (i) resolutions of its board of directors or other appropriate governing body with respect to the authorization of such Loan Party to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to enter into the transactions contemplated in those documents, (ii) the officers of such Loan Party (y) who are authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party and (z) who will, until replaced by another officer or officers duly authorized for that purpose, act as its representative for the purposes of signing documents and giving notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) specimen signatures of such authorized officers, and (iv) the articles or certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other applicable Organizational Documents of such Loan Party, certified as being true and complete. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely on such certificate until the Administrative Agent receives notice in writing from such Loan to the contrary.

(d)    The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of the appropriate State agencies, as requested by the Administrative Agent, with respect to the existence, qualification and good standing of each Loan Party in each jurisdiction where any such Loan Party is organized or owns Borrowing Base Properties, except where the failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(e)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent certifying that (i) all representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, (ii) no Event of Default or Default exists and (iii) no Material Adverse Effect has occurred since December 31, 2016.

(f)    The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) copies of the audited pro forma consolidated financial statements, prepared in accordance with GAAP, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, (ii) budget and pro forma projections

 

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(including a pro forma closing balance sheet, pro forma statements of operations and cash flow) for the years 2017 through 2022 and quarterly projections through 2017 and yearly thereafter, including assumptions used in preparing the forecast financial statements, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(g)    Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have established its primary deposit and investment accounts with PNC Bank.

(h)    The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that adequate insurance, if applicable, required to be maintained in accordance with Section  7.12 is in full force and effect, with additional insured, mortgagee and lender loss payable special endorsements attached thereto in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel naming the Administrative Agent as additional insured, mortgagee, lender or loss payee, as applicable.

(i)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit  E certifying that, after giving effect to the Borrowings under this Agreement, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, on a consolidated basis, are solvent.

(j)    The Administrative Agent shall have received the Initial Reserve Report accompanied by a certificate covering the matters described in Section  8.12(c)(i) -(iii) .

(k)    The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least five (5) days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information previously requested and required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act.

(l)    The Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion of Haynes and Boone LLP, special counsel for the Loan Parties, in form and of substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

(m)    The Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders shall have received all fees and other amounts required to be paid under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date and, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

(n)    The Administrative Agent shall have received appropriate UCC search certificates reflecting no prior Liens encumbering the Properties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties other than those being released on or prior to the Effective Date or Liens permitted by Section  9.03 .

(o)    The Administrative Agent shall have received title information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require satisfactory to the Administrative Agent setting forth the status of title to at least 80% of the PV-9 of the Borrowing Base Properties.

(p)    The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that the that the Existing Credit Agreement has been, or concurrently with the Effective Date is being, terminated and all Liens securing Debt under the Existing Credit Agreement have been, or concurrently with the Effective Date are being, released.

 

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(q)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate dated as of the date of this Agreement from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that the Business Combination Transaction has been consummated pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Transaction Documents and that attached thereto are true and complete copies of the Business Combination Transaction Documents;

(r)    The corporate, capital and ownership structure of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries upon the Effective Date shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

(s)    The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that as of the Effective Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, the sum of (i) the amount by which the Borrowing Base exceeds the Revolving Credit Exposures of all Lenders and (ii) cash on hand of Borrower, is not less than $60,000,000.

(t)    Except as provided in Section  8. 18, Administrative Agent shall have received copies of any ISDA schedules and credit support annexes and any other agreements evidencing collateral arrangements with any approved counterparties, which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.

(u)    The Administrative Agent shall have received such other certificates, documents, instruments and agreements as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.

Section 6.02     Each Credit Event . The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (including the initial funding), and of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit and the Effective Date, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a)    At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(b)    The representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Guarantors set forth in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality in which case such applicable representation and warranty shall be true and correct) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case, on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality in which case such applicable representation and warranty shall be true and correct) as of such specified earlier date.

(c)    The receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Request in accordance with Section  2.03 or a request for a Letter of Credit (or an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit) in accordance with Section  2.08(b) , as applicable.

 

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Each request for a Borrowing and each request for the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties on the date thereof as to the matters specified in Section  6.02(a) through (c) .

ARTICLE VII

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

Section 7.01     Organization; Powers . Each Loan Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority, and has all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals necessary, to own its assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, and is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where failure to have such licenses, authorizations, consents, approvals and foreign qualifications could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.02     Authority; Enforceability . The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, owner action. Each Loan Document to which a Loan Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

Section 7.03     Approvals; No Conflicts . The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other third Person, nor is any such consent, approval, registration, filing or other action necessary for the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect other than (i) the recording and filing of financing statements and the Security Instruments as required by this Agreement, (ii) those third party approvals or consents which, if not made or obtained, would not cause a Default hereunder, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or do not have an adverse effect on the enforceability of the Loan Documents and (iii) those third party authorizations, approvals or consents that are customarily obtained following closing, (b) will not violate (i) in any material respect, any applicable law or regulation or any order of any Governmental Authority or (ii) the Organizational Documents of any Loan Party, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, note, credit agreement or other similar instrument binding upon any Loan Party or its Properties, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Property of any Loan Party (other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents).

Section 7.04     Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change .

(a)    Since December 31, 2016 and after giving effect to the Transactions (i) there has been no event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) the business of the Borrower and the Loan Parties has been conducted only in the ordinary course consistent with past business practices.

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Capital Stock) other than the Secured Obligations or any contingent liabilities, off-balance sheet liabilities or partnerships, liabilities for taxes, or unusual forward or long-term commitments or unrealized or anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments.

Section 7.05     Litigation .

(a)    Except as set forth on Schedule  7.05 , there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against any Loan Party that (i) are not fully covered by insurance (except for normal deductibles) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) involve any Loan Document or the Transactions.

(b)    Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the matters disclosed in Schedule  7.05 that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.06     Environmental Matters . Except for such matters as set forth on Schedule  7.06 or that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (or for each Loan Party’s Oil and Gas Properties where another party other than such Loan Party is the operator, to the knowledge of the Borrower could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect):

(a)    While the Loan Parties have operated Properties, the Loan Parties and each of their respective Properties and operations thereon are, and within all applicable statute of limitation periods have been, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws;

(b)    the Loan Parties have obtained all Environmental Permits required for their respective operations and each of their Properties, with all such Environmental Permits being currently in full force and effect, and no Loan Party has received any written notice that any such existing Environmental Permit will be revoked or that any application for any new Environmental Permit or renewal of any existing Environmental Permit will be denied;

(c)    the Loan Parties have not received any written claims, demands, suits, orders, inquiries, or proceedings concerning any violation of, or any liability (including as a potentially responsible party) under, any applicable Environmental Laws that is pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against any Loan Party or any of their respective Properties or as a result of any operations at the Properties;

(d)    none of the Loan Parties owns or operates a treatment, storage, or disposal facility requiring a permit under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., regulations thereunder or any comparable state delegated Resource Conservation and Recovery Act program;

(e)    except as permitted under applicable laws, there has been no Release or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened Release, of Hazardous Materials attributable to the operations of any Loan Party at, on, under or from any Loan Party’s Properties and there are no investigations, remediations, abatements, removals of Hazardous Materials required under applicable Environmental Laws relating to such Releases or threatened Releases or at such Properties and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, none of such Properties are adversely affected by any Release or threatened Release of a Hazardous Material originating or emanating from any other real property;

 

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(f)    no Loan Party has received any written notice asserting an alleged liability or obligation under any Environmental Laws with respect to the investigation, remediation, abatement, removal, or monitoring of any Hazardous Materials, including at, under, or Released or threatened to be Released from any real properties offsite the Loan Party’s Properties and there are no conditions or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in the receipt of such written notice;

(g)    to the Loan Party’s knowledge, there has been no exposure of any Person or Property to any Hazardous Materials as a result of or in connection with the operations and businesses of any Loan Party or relating to any of their Properties that would reasonably be expected to form the basis for a claim against any Loan Party for damages or compensation and, to the Borrower’s knowledge, there are no conditions or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in the receipt of notice regarding such exposure; and

(h)    the Loan Parties have provided to the Lenders complete and correct copies of all environmental site assessment reports, investigations, studies, analyses, and correspondence on environmental matters (including matters relating to any alleged non-compliance with or liability under Environmental Laws) that are in any Loan Party’s possession or control and relating to their respective Properties or operations thereon.

Section 7.07     Compliance with the Laws and Agreements; No Defaults .

(a)    Each Loan Party is in compliance with all Governmental Requirements applicable to it or its Property and all agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its Property, and possesses all licenses, permits, franchises, exemptions, approvals and other governmental authorizations necessary for the ownership of its Property and the conduct of its business, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    No Loan Party is in default nor has any event or circumstance occurred which, but for the expiration of any applicable grace period or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default or would require such Loan Party to Redeem or make any offer to Redeem all or any portion of any Debt outstanding under any indenture, note, credit agreement or other similar instrument pursuant to which any Material Indebtedness is outstanding or by which the Loan Parties or any of their Properties is bound.

(c)    No Default has occurred and is continuing.

Section 7.08     Investment Company Act . No Loan Party is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Section 7.09     Taxes . Each Loan Party has timely filed or caused to be filed all tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the applicable Loan Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Borrower, no material proposed tax assessment is being asserted with respect to any Loan Party.

 

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Section 7.10     ERISA . Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect:

(a)    Each Plan is, and has been, operated, administered and maintained in substantial compliance with, and the Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have complied with ERISA, the terms of the applicable Plan and, where applicable, the Code.

(b)    No act, omission or transaction has occurred that could result in imposition on the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate (whether directly or indirectly) of (i) either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to subsections (c), (i) or (l) of Section 502 of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to Chapter 43 of Subtitle D of the Code or (ii) breach of fiduciary duty liability damages under Section 409 of ERISA.

(c)    No liability to the PBGC (other than for the payment of current premiums which are not past due) by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has been or is reasonably expected by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate to be incurred with respect to any Plan.

(d)    No ERISA Event with respect to any Plan has occurred that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Plan or the PBGC.

(e)    The actuarial present value of the benefit liabilities under each Plan does not, as of the end of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal year, exceed the current value of the assets (computed on a plan termination basis in accordance with Title IV of ERISA) of such Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities. The term “actuarial present value of the benefit liabilities” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4041 of ERISA.

(f)    Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains or contributes to, or has at any time in the six-year period preceding the date hereof sponsored, maintained or contributed to, or had any actual liability to any Multiemployer Plan.

Section 7.11     Disclosure; No Material Misstatements . The Borrower has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any Loan Party is subject, and all other existing facts and circumstances applicable to the Loan Parties known to the Borrower, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their Affiliates in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contain any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial or other information, the Loan Parties represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time. There are no statements or conclusions in any Reserve Report which are based upon or include misleading information or fail to take into account material information regarding the matters reported therein, it being understood that projections concerning volumes attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties and production and cost estimates contained in each Reserve Report are necessarily based upon professional opinions, estimates and projections and the Loan Parties do not warrant that such opinions, estimates and projections will ultimately prove to have been accurate.

 

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Section 7.12     Insurance . For the benefit of each Loan Party, the Borrower has (a) all insurance policies sufficient for the compliance by the Loan Parties with all material Governmental Requirements and all material agreements and (b) insurance coverage, or self-insurance, in at least such amounts and against such risk (including public liability) that are usually insured against by companies similarly situated and engaged in the same or a similar business for the assets and operations of the Loan Parties. Schedule  7.12 , as of the date hereof, sets forth a list of all insurance maintained by the Borrower. The Administrative Agent, as agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has been named as additional insureds in respect of such liability insurance policies and the Administrative Agent, as agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has been named as loss payee with respect to Property loss insurance.

Section 7.13     Restriction on Liens . Neither the Borrower nor any Loan Party is a party to any material agreement or arrangement (other than Purchase Money Security Interests and Capital Leases creating Liens permitted by Section  9.03(c) , but then only on the Property subject of such Purchase Money Security Interests or Capital Lease), or subject to any order, judgment, writ or decree, which either restricts or purports to restrict its ability to grant Liens to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on or in respect of their Properties to secure the Secured Obligations and the Loan Documents.

Section 7.14     Loan Parties . Except as set forth on Schedule  7.14 or as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly furnish a copy to the Lenders), which shall be a supplement to Schedule  7.14 , there are no other Loan Parties.

Section 7.15     Foreign Operations . The Borrower and the other Loan Parties do not own any Oil and Gas Properties not located within the geographical boundaries of the United States.

Section 7.16     Location of Business and Offices . The Borrower’s jurisdiction of organization is Delaware; the name of the Borrower as listed in the public records of its jurisdiction of organization is Rosehill Operating Company, LLC; and the organizational identification number of the Borrower in its jurisdiction of organization is 6199183 (or, in each case, as set forth in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section  8.01(l) in accordance with Section  12.01 ). The Borrower’s principal place of business and chief executive offices are located at the address specified in Section  12.01 (or as set forth in a notice delivered pursuant to Section  8.01(l) and Section  12.01(c) ). Each Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization, name as listed in the public records of its jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number in its jurisdiction of organization, and the location of its principal place of business and chief executive office is stated on Schedule  7.14 (or as set forth in a notice delivered pursuant to Section  8.01 (l) ).

Section 7.17     Properties; Defensible Title, Etc .

(a)    Each Loan Party has good and defensible title to the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most recently delivered Reserve Report and good title to all its personal Properties other than Properties sold in compliance with Section  9.11 from time to time, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except Liens permitted by Section  9.03 . After giving full effect to Liens permitted by Section  9.03 , the Loan Party specified as the owner owns the net interests in production attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests as reflected in the most recently delivered Reserve Report, and except as otherwise provided by statute, regulation or the standard and customary provisions of any applicable joint operating agreement, the ownership of such Properties shall not in any material respect obligate the Loan Party to bear the costs and expenses relating to the maintenance, development and operations of each such Property in an amount in

 

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excess of the working interest of each Property set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve Report that is not offset by a corresponding proportionate increase in the Loan Party’s net revenue interest in such Property.

(b)    All material leases and agreements necessary for the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties are valid and subsisting, in full force and effect, and there exists no default or event or circumstance which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would give rise to a default under any such lease or leases, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)    The rights and Properties presently owned, leased or licensed by the Loan Parties including all easements and rights of way, include all rights and Properties necessary to permit the Loan Parties to conduct their business in all material respects in the same manner as its business is conducted on the date hereof.

(d)    Each Loan Party owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual Property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Loan Party does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Loan Parties either own or have valid licenses or other rights to use all databases, geological data, geophysical data, engineering data, seismic data, maps, interpretations and other technical information used in their businesses as presently conducted, subject to the limitations contained in the agreements governing the use of the same, which limitations are customary for companies engaged in the business of the exploration and production of Hydrocarbons, with such exceptions as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.18     Maintenance of Properties . Except for such acts or failures to act as could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Oil and Gas Properties (and Properties unitized therewith) of the Loan Parties have been maintained, operated and developed in a reasonably prudent manner and in conformity with all Governmental Requirements and in conformity with the provisions of all leases, subleases or other contracts comprising a part of the Hydrocarbon Interests and other contracts and agreements forming a part of the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties. Specifically in connection with the foregoing, except for those as could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no Oil and Gas Property of the Loan Parties is subject to having allowable production reduced below the full and regular allowable (including the maximum permissible tolerance) because of any overproduction (whether or not the same was permissible at the time) and (ii) none of the wells comprising a part of the Oil and Gas Properties (or Properties unitized therewith) of the Loan Parties is deviated from the vertical more than the maximum permitted by Governmental Requirements, and such wells are bottomed under and are producing from, and the well bores are wholly within, the Oil and Gas Properties (or in the case of wells located on Properties unitized therewith, such unitized Properties) of the Loan Parties. All pipelines, wells, gas processing plants, platforms and other material improvements, fixtures and equipment owned in whole or in part by the Loan Parties that are necessary to conduct normal operations are being maintained in a state adequate to conduct normal operations, and with respect to such of the foregoing which are operated by the Loan Parties, in a manner consistent with the Loan Parties’ past practices (other than those the failure of which to maintain in accordance with this Section  7.18 could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

Section 7.19     Gas Imbalances ; Prepayments . Except as set forth on Schedule  7.19 or on the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to Section  8.12(c) , on a net basis there are no gas imbalances take or pay or other prepayments which would require any Loan Party to deliver Hydrocarbons produced

 

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from their Oil and Gas Properties at some future time without then or thereafter receiving full payment therefor exceeding two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate volumes of natural gas (on an Mcf basis) listed in the most recent Reserve Report.

Section 7.20     Marketing of Production . Except for contracts listed and in effect on the date hereof on Schedule  7.20 , and thereafter either disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent or included in the most recently delivered Reserve Report, (a) the Loan Parties are receiving a price for all production sold thereunder which is computed substantially in accordance with the terms of the relevant contract and are not having deliveries curtailed substantially below the subject Property’s delivery capacity and (b) no material agreements exist which are not cancelable on 90 days’ notice or less without penalty or detriment for the sale of production from the Loan Parties’ Hydrocarbons (including calls on or other rights to purchase, production, whether or not the same are currently being exercised) that (i) pertain to the sale of production at a fixed price and (ii) have a maturity or expiry date of longer than six (6) months from the date hereof.

Section 7.21     Security Documents . The Security Instruments are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Mortgaged Property and Collateral and proceeds thereof. The Secured Obligations are and shall be at all times secured by a legal, valid and enforceability perfected first priority Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, covering and encumbering the Mortgaged Properties and other Collateral, to the extent perfection has occurred or will occur, by the recording of a mortgage, the filing of a UCC financing statement or, with respect to Equity Interests represented by certificates, by possession (in each case, to the extent available in the applicable jurisdiction); provided that, except in the case of pledged Equity Interests or as otherwise provided herein, Liens permitted by Section  9.03 may exist.

Section 7.22     Swap Agreements and Eligible Contract Participant . Schedule  7.22 , as of the date hereof, and after the date hereof, each report required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section  8.01(d) , sets forth, a true and complete list of all Swap Agreements of the Loan Parties, the material terms thereof (including the type, term, effective date, termination date and notional amounts or volumes), the estimated net mark to market value thereof, all credit support agreements relating thereto (including any margin required or supplied, but excluding the Security Instruments) and the counterparty to each such agreement. The Borrower is a Qualified ECP Guarantor.

Section 7.23     Use of Loans and Letters of Credit . The proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit shall be used (i) to provide funds for working capital, (ii) to finance capital expenditures, (iii) for the acquisition and development by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of Oil and Gas Properties permitted hereunder, (iv) to refinance existing debt, and (v) for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. No Loan Party is engaged principally, or as one of its or their important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the Board). No part of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit will be used for any purpose which violates the provisions of Regulations T, U or X of the Board.

Section 7.24     Solvency . After giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (a) the aggregate assets (after giving effect to amounts that could reasonably be received by reason of indemnity, offset, insurance or any similar arrangement), at a fair valuation, of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, will exceed the aggregate Debt of the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis, as the Debt becomes absolute and matures, (b) each Loan Party will not have incurred or intended to incur, and will not believe that it will incur, Debt beyond its ability to pay such Debt (after taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it and the amounts to be payable on or in respect of its liabilities, and giving effect to amounts that could reasonably be received by reason of

 

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indemnity, offset, insurance or any similar arrangement) as such Debt becomes absolute and matures and (c) each Loan Party will not have (and will have no reason to believe that it will have thereafter) unreasonably small capital for the conduct of its business.

Section 7.25     Anti - Corruption Laws; Sanctions; OFAC .

(a)    The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

(b)    The Borrower, its Subsidiaries, their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, its directors and agents are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects and are not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in any Loan Party being designated as a Sanctioned Person.

(c)    None of (i) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (ii) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. The Borrower will not directly or, to its knowledge, indirectly use the proceeds from the Loans or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to any applicable Sanctions.

Section 7.26     EEA Financial Institution . No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.

ARTICLE VIII

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated (or are Cash Collateralized) and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

Section 8.01     Financial Statements; Other Information . The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a)     Annual Financial Statements . As soon as available, but in any event in accordance with then applicable law and not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the audited consolidating and consolidated balance sheet for the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and related statements of operations, members’ equity, as applicable, and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit other than any consistency qualification that may result from a change in the method used to prepare the financial statements as to which such accountants concur) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

 

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(b)     Quarterly Financial Statements . As soon as available, but in any event in accordance with then applicable law and not later than 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the unaudited consolidating and consolidated balance sheet for the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and related statements of operations, members’ equity, as applicable, and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Responsible Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

(c)     Certificate of Responsible Officer – Compliance . Concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under Section  8.01(a) or Section  8.01(b) , a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit  D hereto (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section  9.01 and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the most recently delivered financial statements referred to in Section  8.01(a) and (b)  and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate (the “ Compliance Certificate ”).

(d)     Certificate of Responsible Officer – Swap Agreements . Concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under Section  8.01(b) , a certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth as of the last Business Day of the period covered by such financial statements, a true and complete list of all Swap Agreements of each Loan Party, the material terms thereof (including the type, term, effective date, termination date and notional amounts or volumes), any new credit support agreements relating thereto (other than Security Instruments) not listed on Schedule  7.22 , any margin required or supplied under any credit support document, and the counterparty to each such agreement.

(e)     Certificate of Insurer – Insurance Coverage . Concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under Section  8.01(a) , and within ten (10) Business Days following each change in the insurance maintained in accordance with Section  8.07 , certificates of insurance coverage with respect to the insurance required by Section  8.07 , in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, all copies of the applicable policies.

(f)     Other Accounting Reports . Promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of each other report or letter submitted to any Loan Party by independent accountants in connection with any annual, interim or special audit made by them of the books of any such Person, and a copy of any response by such Person, or the board of directors or other appropriate governing body of such Person, to such letter or report.

(g)     SEC and Other Filings; Reports to Shareholders . Promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by any Loan Party with the SEC or with any national securities exchange.

 

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(h)     Notices Under Material Instruments . Promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any financial statement, report or notice furnished to or by any Person pursuant to the terms of any preferred stock designation, indenture, loan or credit or other similar agreement, other than this Agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to any other provision of this Section  8.01 .

(i)     Lists of Purchasers . Concurrently with the delivery of any Reserve Report to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section  8.12 , a list of all Persons purchasing Hydrocarbons from any Loan Party (or, with respect to Oil and Gas Properties that are not operated by a Loan Party, a list of the operators of such properties).

(j)     Notice of Sales of Borrowing Base Properties and Unwinds of Swap Agreements .

(i)    In the event the Borrower or any other Loan Party intends to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of any Mortgaged Properties or non-Mortgaged Properties with value in excess of 2% of the then effective Borrowing Base (or any Equity Interests of any Loan Party that owns Mortgaged Properties or such non-Mortgaged Properties) in accordance with Section  9.11 , prior written notice of the foregoing (of at least 5 Business Days or such shorter time as the Administrative Agent may agree) and the price of such disposed Mortgaged Properties or such non-Mortgaged Properties (or any Equity Interests of any Loan Party that owns Mortgaged Properties or such non-Mortgaged Properties); and

(ii)    In the event the Borrower or any other Loan Party intends to terminate, unwind, cancel or otherwise dispose of Swap Agreements which could result in an anticipated decline in the mark-to-market value thereof or net cash proceeds therefrom in excess of $2,000,000 (in a single transaction or in multiple transactions over any one-month period), in accordance with Section  9.11 , written notice of the foregoing within 5 Business Days after such event (or such longer time as the Administrative Agent may agree), the anticipated decline in the mark-to-market value thereof or net cash proceeds therefrom and the anticipated date of closing and any other details thereof reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

(k)     Notice of Casualty Events . Prompt written notice, and in any event within ten Business Days, of the occurrence of any Casualty Event to any Property having a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000 or the commencement of any condemnation or eminent domain action or proceeding that could reasonably be expected to result in such a Casualty Event.

(l)     Information Regarding Borrower and Guarantors . Prompt written notice of (and in any event within ten (10) days prior thereto or such other time as the Administrative Agent may agree) any change (i) in a Loan Party’s corporate name or in any trade name used to identify such Person in the conduct of its business or in the ownership of its Properties, (ii) in the location of the Loan Party’s chief executive office or principal place of business, (iii) in the Loan Party’s identity or corporate structure or in the jurisdiction in which such Person is incorporated or formed, (iv) in the Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization or such Person’s organizational identification number in such jurisdiction of organization, and (v) in the Loan Party’s federal taxpayer identification number.

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attributable to production (and the prices at which such sales were made and the revenues derived from such sales) for each such fiscal quarter from the Oil and Gas Properties, and setting forth the related ad valorem, severance and production taxes and lease operating expenses attributable thereto and incurred for each such fiscal quarter.

(n)     Annual Budget and Projections . As soon as available, but in any event not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the annual budget and any forecasts or projections of the Borrower.

(o)     Patriot Act . Promptly upon request, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act.

(p)     Notices of Certain Changes . Promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days after the execution thereof, copies of any amendment, modification or supplement to any of the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents or the Organizational Documents of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

(q)     Senior Unsecured Notes Incurrence . Written notice that it is considering incurring Senior Unsecured Notes at least five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed incurrence of such Senior Unsecured Notes. In connection therewith the Borrower will from time to time provide to the Administrative Agent copies of existing drafts of the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents as requested by the Administrative Agent, and the Borrower will also promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders copies, certified by a Responsible Officer as true and complete, of each Senior Unsecured Notes Document following the incurrence of any Senior Unsecured Notes.

(r)     Other Requested Information . Promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including any Plan or Multiemployer Plan and any reports or other information required to be filed under ERISA), or compliance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

Section 8.02     Notices of Material Events . The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:

(a)    the occurrence of any Default;

(b)    the filing or commencement of, or the threat in writing of, any action, suit, proceeding, investigation or arbitration by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Loan Parties thereof not previously disclosed in writing to the Lenders or any material adverse development in any action, suit, proceeding, investigation or arbitration (whether or not previously disclosed to the Lenders) that, in either case, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(c)    the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

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Each notice delivered under this Section  8.02 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

Section 8.03     Existence; Conduct of Business . The Borrower will, and will cause each Loan Party to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business and maintain, if necessary, its qualification to do business in each other jurisdiction in which its Oil and Gas Properties is located or the ownership of its Properties requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section  9.10 .

Section 8.04     Payment of Obligations . The Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, pay its obligations, including tax liabilities of the Borrower and all of the other Loan Parties before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such other Loan Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 8.05     Performance of Obligations under Loan Documents . The Borrower will pay the Loans according to the terms hereof, and cause each other Loan Party to, do and perform every act and discharge all of the obligations to be performed and discharged by them under the Loan Documents, including this Agreement, at the time or times and in the manner specified.

Section 8.06     Operation and Maintenance of Properties . The Borrower, at its own expense, will, and will cause each other Loan Party to:

(a)    operate its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties or cause such Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties to be operated in as a reasonably prudent operator in accordance with the practices of the industry and in compliance with all applicable contracts and agreements and in compliance with all applicable Governmental Requirements, including applicable pro ration requirements and Environmental Laws, and all applicable laws, rules and regulations of every other Governmental Authority from time to time constituted to regulate the development and operation of its Oil and Gas Properties and the production and sale of Hydrocarbons and other minerals therefrom, except, in each case, where the failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    maintain and keep in good repair, working order and efficiency (ordinary wear and tear excepted) all of its material Oil and Gas Properties and other Properties necessary to the conduct of its business, including all equipment, machinery and facilities as would a reasonably prudent operator.

(c)    promptly pay and discharge, or use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be paid and discharged, all material delay rentals, royalties, expenses and indebtedness accruing under the leases or other agreements affecting or pertaining to its Oil and Gas Properties and will do all other things necessary, in accordance with industry standards, to keep unimpaired their rights with respect thereto and prevent any forfeiture thereof or default thereunder.

 

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(d)    promptly perform or use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be performed, in accordance with industry standards, the obligations required by each and all of the assignments, deeds, leases, sub-leases, contracts and agreements affecting its interests in its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties.

Section 8.07     Insurance . The Borrower will maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance covering all Loan Parties, in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations. The loss payable clauses or provisions in the applicable insurance policy or policies insuring any of the collateral for the Loans shall be endorsed in favor of and made payable to the Administrative Agent as a “loss payee” or other formulation acceptable to the Administrative Agent and such liability policies shall name the Administrative Agent, as agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as “additional insured”. The Borrower shall use reasonable efforts to cause such policies to also provide that the insurer will endeavor to give at least 30 days prior notice of any cancellation to the Administrative Agent.

Section 8.08     Books and Records; Inspection Rights . The Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, keep proper books of record and account in accordance with GAAP. The Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its Properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested; provided that each Lender shall provide the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with reasonable notice prior to any visit or inspection. In the event any Lender desires to conduct an audit of any Loan Party, such Lender shall make a reasonable effort to conduct such audit contemporaneously with any audit to be performed by the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for all costs incurred in connection with such visitations and inspections; provided, however that prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall only be obligated to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for all costs incurred in connection with one (1) such visitation and inspection per year.

Section 8.09     Compliance with Laws . The Borrower will, and will cause each Loan Party to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its Property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Loan Parties and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

Section 8.10     Environmental Matters .

(a)    The Borrower shall: (i) comply, and shall cause its Properties and operations and each other Loan Party and each other Loan Party’s Properties and operations to comply, with all applicable Environmental Laws, except to the extent any breach thereof could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) not dispose of or otherwise Release, and shall cause each other Loan Party not to dispose of or otherwise Release, any Hazardous Material, or solid waste on, under, about or from any of the Borrower’s or the other Loan Parties’ Properties or any other Property to the extent caused by the Borrower’s or any of the other Loan Parties’ operations except in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, the disposal or Release of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) timely obtain or file, and shall cause each other Loan Party to timely obtain or file, all notices, and Environmental Permits, if any, required under applicable Environmental Laws to be obtained or filed in

 

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connection with the operation or use of the Borrower’s or the other Loan Parties’ Properties, which failure to obtain or file could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) promptly commence and diligently prosecute to completion, and shall cause each of other Loan Party to promptly commence and diligently prosecute to completion, any assessment, evaluation, investigation, monitoring, containment, cleanup, removal, repair, restoration, remediation or other remedial obligations (collectively, the “ Remedial Work ”) in the event any Remedial Work is required or reasonably necessary under applicable Environmental Laws because of or in connection with the actual or suspected past, present or future disposal or other Release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, about or from any of the Borrower’s or the other Loan Parties’ Properties, which failure to commence and diligently prosecute to completion could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (v) conduct, and cause each other Loan Party to conduct, their respective operations and businesses in a manner that will not expose any Property or Person to Hazardous Materials that could reasonably be expected to form the basis for a claim for damages or compensation, which claim could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (vi) establish and implement, and shall cause each other Loan Party to establish and implement, such procedures as may be necessary to continuously determine and assure that the Borrower’s and the other Loan Parties’ obligations under this Section  8.10(a) are timely and fully satisfied, which failure to establish and implement could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    The Borrower will promptly, but in no event later than five Business Days of the Borrower becoming aware thereof, notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in writing of any threatened action, investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Authority or any demand or lawsuit by any landowner or other third party threatened in writing against the Borrower or the other Loan Parties or their Properties of which the Borrower has knowledge in connection with any Environmental Laws (excluding routine testing and corrective action) if the Borrower reasonably anticipates that such action will result in liability (whether individually or in the aggregate) in excess of $1,000,000, not fully covered by insurance, subject to normal deductibles.

(c)    If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), at the expense of the Borrower and to the extent that the Borrower has the right to do so, conduct such Remedial Work as it deems appropriate to determine the nature and extent of any noncompliance with applicable Environmental Laws, the nature and extent of the presence of any Hazardous Material and the nature and extent of any other environmental conditions that may exist at or affect any of the Mortgaged Properties, and the Loan Parties shall cooperate with the Administrative Agent in conducting such Remedial Work. Such Remedial Work may include a detailed visual inspection of the Mortgaged Properties, including all storage areas, storage tanks, drains and dry wells and other structures and locations, as well as the taking of soil samples, surface water samples, and ground water samples and such other investigations or analyses as the Administrative Agent deems appropriate. The Administrative Agent and its officers, employees, agents and contractors shall have and are hereby granted the right to enter upon the Mortgaged Properties for the foregoing purposes.

Section 8.11     Further Assurances .

(a) The Borrower at its sole expense will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent all such other documents, agreements and instruments reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to comply with, cure any defects or accomplish the conditions precedent, covenants and agreements of any Loan Party, as the case may be, in the Loan Documents or to further evidence and more fully describe the collateral intended as security for the Secured Obligations, or to correct any omissions in this

 

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Agreement or the Security Instruments, or to state more fully the obligations secured therein, or to perfect, protect or preserve any Liens created pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Security Instruments or the priority thereof, or to make any recordings, file any notices or obtain any consents, all as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, in connection therewith.

(b)    The Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relative to all or any part of the Mortgaged Property without the signature of the Borrower or any other Loan Party where permitted by law. A carbon, photographic or other reproduction of the Security Instruments or any financing statement covering the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement where permitted by law.

Section 8.12     Reserve Reports .

(a) On or before March 1 st and September 1 st of each year, commencing September 1, 2017, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a Reserve Report evaluating the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties as of the immediately preceding January 1 st and July 1 st , as applicable. The Reserve Report as of January 1 st and delivered on or before March 1 st of each year (the “ January  1 Reserve Report ”) shall be prepared by one or more Approved Petroleum Engineers, and each other Reserve Report of each year may be prepared by one or more Approved Petroleum Engineers or internally under the supervision of the reservoir engineering manager of the Borrower who shall certify such Reserve Report to be true and accurate in all material respects and, except as otherwise specified therein, to have been prepared in accordance with the procedures used in the immediately preceding January 1 Reserve Report.

(b)    In the event of an Interim Redetermination, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a Reserve Report prepared by or under the supervision of the reservoir engineering manager of the Borrower who shall certify such Reserve Report to be true and accurate in all material respects and, except as otherwise specified therein, to have been prepared in accordance with the procedures used in the immediately preceding January 1 Reserve Report. For any Interim Redetermination requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower pursuant to Section  2.07(b) , the Borrower shall provide such Reserve Report with an “as of” date as required by the Administrative Agent as soon as possible, but in any event no later than thirty (30) days following the receipt of such request.

(c)    With the delivery of each Reserve Report, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a certificate (a “ Reserve Report Certificate ”) from a Responsible Officer certifying that in all material respects: (i) the information contained in the Reserve Report and any other information delivered in connection therewith is true and correct, (ii) the Borrower or the other Loan Parties own good and defensible title to the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in such Reserve Report and such Properties are free of all Liens except for Liens permitted by Section  9.03 , (iii) except as set forth on an exhibit to the certificate, on a net basis there are no gas imbalances, take or pay or other prepayments in excess of the volume specified in Section  7.19 with respect to its Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in such Reserve Report which would require the Borrower or any other Loan Party to deliver Hydrocarbons either generally or produced from such Oil and Gas Properties at some future time without then or thereafter receiving full payment therefor, (iv) none of their Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the immediately previous Reserve Report have been sold since the date of the last Borrowing Base determination except as set forth on an exhibit to the certificate, which exhibit shall list all

 

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of its Oil and Gas Properties sold and in such detail as reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, (v) attached to the certificate is a list of all marketing agreements entered into by a Loan Party subsequent to the later of the date hereof or the most recently delivered Reserve Report which the Borrower could reasonably be expected to have been obligated to list on Schedule  7.20 had such agreement been in effect on the date hereof and (vi) attached thereto is a schedule of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report that are Mortgaged Properties and demonstrating the percentage of the Oil and Gas Properties that the value of such Mortgaged Properties represent and that such percentage is in compliance with Section  8.14(a) .

Section 8.13     Title Information .

(a)    On or before the delivery to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of each Reserve Report required by Section  8.12(a) , the Borrower will deliver title information in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent covering enough of the Borrowing Base Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report that were not included in the immediately preceding Reserve Report, so that the Administrative Agent shall have had the opportunity to review (including title information previously delivered to the Administrative Agent), satisfactory title information on Hydrocarbon Interests constituting at least 80% of the PV-9 of the Borrowing Base Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report.

(b)    If the Borrower has provided title information for additional Properties under Section  8.13(a) , the Borrower shall, within 60 days of notice from the Administrative Agent that title defects or exceptions exist with respect to such additional Properties, either (i) cure any such title defects or exceptions (including defects or exceptions as to priority) which are not permitted by Section  9.03 raised by such information, (ii) substitute acceptable Mortgaged Properties with no title defects or exceptions, except for Liens permitted by Section  9.03 , having an equivalent value or (iii) deliver title information in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent so that the Administrative Agent shall have received, together with title information previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, satisfactory title information on Hydrocarbon Interests constituting at least 80% of the PV-9 of the Borrowing Base Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report.

(c)    If the Borrower is unable to cure any title defect requested by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to be cured within the 60-day period or the Borrower does not comply with the requirements to provide acceptable title information covering 80% of the PV-9 of the Borrowing Base Properties evaluated in the most recent Reserve Report, such failure shall not be a Default, but instead the Administrative Agent shall have the right to exercise the following remedy in its sole discretion from time to time, and any failure to so exercise this remedy at any time shall not be a waiver as to future exercise of the remedy by the Administrative Agent. To the extent that the Administrative Agent is not satisfied with title to any Mortgaged Property after the 60-day period has elapsed, such unacceptable Mortgaged Property shall not count towards the 80% requirement, and the Administrative Agent may send a notice to the Borrower and the Lenders that the then outstanding Borrowing Base shall be reduced by an amount as determined by the Required Lenders to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with the requirement to provide acceptable title information on Hydrocarbon Interests constituting 80% of the PV-9 of the Borrowing Base Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report. This new Borrowing Base shall become effective immediately after receipt of such notice.

 

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Section 8.14     Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors .

(a)    In connection with each redetermination of the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall review the Reserve Report and the list of current Mortgaged Properties (as described in Section  8.12(c )( vi) ) to ascertain whether the Mortgaged Properties represent at least 90% of the PV-9 of the Proved Reserves evaluated in the most recent Reserve Report after giving effect to exploration and production activities, acquisitions, dispositions and production. In the event that the Mortgaged Properties do not represent at least 90% of such PV-9, then the Borrower shall, and shall cause the other Loan Parties to, grant, within thirty (30) days of delivery of the certificate required under Section  8.12(c) , to the Administrative Agent as security for the Secured Obligations a first-priority Lien interest (provided that Liens permitted by Section 9.03 may exist) on additional Oil and Gas Properties not already subject to a Lien of the Security Instruments such that after giving effect thereto, the Mortgaged Properties will represent at least 90% of such PV-9. All such Liens will be created and perfected by and in accordance with the provisions of deeds of trust, security agreements and financing statements or other Security Instruments, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and in sufficient executed (and acknowledged where necessary or appropriate) counterparts for recording purposes. In order to comply with the foregoing, if any Subsidiary grants a Lien on its Oil and Gas Properties pursuant to Section  8.14(a) and such Subsidiary is not a Guarantor, then it shall become a Guarantor and comply with Section  8.14(b) .

(b)    The Borrower shall promptly cause each newly created or acquired Domestic Subsidiary that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to guarantee the Secured Obligations pursuant to the Guaranty Agreement and to grant a lien and security interest in all of its Collateral (as defined in the security agreement) pursuant to a security agreement. In connection with any such guaranty, the Borrower shall, or shall cause (i) such Domestic Subsidiary to execute and deliver the Guaranty Agreement (or a supplement thereto, as applicable) and a security agreement (or a supplement thereto, as applicable) and (ii) the owners of the Equity Interests of such Domestic Subsidiary to pledge all of the Equity Interests of such new Domestic Subsidiary (including delivery of original stock certificates evidencing the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, together with an appropriate undated stock powers for each certificate duly executed in blank by the registered owner thereof) and to execute and deliver such other additional closing documents, legal opinions and certificates as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent.

(c)    In the event that any Loan Party becomes the owner of a Domestic Subsidiary, then the Loan Party shall (i) pledge 100% of all the Equity Interests of such Domestic Subsidiary, in each case, that are owned by such Loan Party and to the extent such pledge does not occur automatically under the Guaranty Agreement (including, in each case, delivery of original stock certificates, if any, evidencing such Equity Interests, together with appropriate stock powers for each certificate duly executed in blank by the registered owner thereof) and (ii) (along with such Domestic Subsidiary) execute and deliver such other additional closing documents and certificates as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent.

(d)    The Borrower hereby guarantees the payment of all Secured Obligations of each Loan Party (other than the Borrower) and absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time to each Loan Party (other than the Borrower) in order for such Loan Party to honor its obligations under its respective Guaranty Agreement and other Security Instruments including obligations with respect to Swap Agreements (provided, however, that the Borrower shall only be liable under this Section 8.14(d) for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 8.14(d) , or otherwise under this Agreement or any

 

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Loan Document, as it relates to such other Loan Parties, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of the Borrower under this Section  8.14(d) shall remain in full force and effect until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated (or are Cash Collateralized) and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed. The Borrower intends that this Section  8.14(d) constitute, and this Section  8.14(d) shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each Loan Party (other than the Borrower) for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Section 8.15     ERISA Compliance . The Borrower will promptly furnish and will cause its Subsidiaries and any ERISA Affiliate to promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent (i) upon becoming aware of the occurrence of any ERISA Event or of any Prohibited Transaction, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, in connection with any Plan or any trust created thereunder, a written notice of the Borrower or Subsidiary of the Borrower, as the case may be, specifying the nature thereof, what action such Person is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto, and, when known, any action taken or proposed by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto, and (ii) upon receipt thereof, copies of any notice of the PBGC’s intention to terminate or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Plan. Promptly following receipt of a reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish and will cause each Subsidiary to promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent copies of any documents described in Sections 101(k) or 101(l) of ERISA that any Loan Party may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan; provided , that if the Loan Parties have not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan, then, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and the Borrower shall provide copies of such documents and notices to the Administrative Agent promptly after receipt thereof.

Section 8.16     Account Control Agreements; Location of Proceeds of Loans .

(a)    The Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, in connection with any deposit account and/or any securities account established, held or maintained after the Effective Date promptly, but in any event within thirty (30) Business Days after the establishment of such account (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), cause such deposit account and/or securities account to be subject to a control agreement.

(b)    The Borrower will, and will cause each Loan Party to, until the proceeds of any Loans are transferred to a third party in a transaction not prohibited by the Loan Documents, hold the proceeds of any Loans made under this Agreement in a deposit account and/or a securities account that is subject to a control agreement.

Section 8.17     EEA Financial Institution . No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.

Section 8.18     Post-Closing Obligations . Within 45 days after the Effective Date (or such later date to which Administrative Agent shall agree in writing), the Borrower shall provide copies of fully executed ISDA novation agreement among Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Tema and Borrower with respect to existing Swap Agreements between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and Tema.

 

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ARTICLE IX

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated (or are Cash Collateralized) and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenant and agree with the Lenders that:

Section 9.01     Financial Covenants .

(a)     Ratio of Total Funded Debt to EBITDAX . The Borrower will not, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, commencing with the quarter ending June 30, 2017, permit its ratio of Total Funded Debt as of such time to EBITDAX for the four fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of determination for which financial statements are available to be greater than 4.0 to 1.0.

(b)     Current Ratio . The Borrower will not, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, commencing with the quarter ending June 30, 2017, permit its ratio of (i) consolidated current assets (including the unused amount of the total Commitments, but excluding non-cash assets under ASC 815) to (ii) consolidated current liabilities (excluding non-cash obligations under ASC 815, reclamation obligations to the extent classified as current liabilities under GAAP, and current maturities under this Agreement) to be less than 1.0 to 1.0.

Section 9.02     Debt . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, incur, create, assume or suffer to exist any Debt, except:

(a)    the Loans or other Secured Obligations arising under the Loan Documents or any Secured Swap Agreement or any guaranty of or suretyship arrangement for the Loans or other Secured Obligations arising under the Loan Documents or any Secured Swap Agreement;

(b)    Debt of any Loan Party under Purchase Money Security Interests and Capital Leases not to exceed $2,000,000;

(c)    Debt associated with worker’s compensation claims, bonds or surety obligations required by Governmental Requirements or by third parties in the ordinary course of business in connection with the operation of, or provision for the abandonment and remediation of, the Oil and Gas Properties;

(d)    (i) Debt between the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties, (ii) Debt between the Subsidiaries of the Borrower which are Loan Parties, and (iii) Debt extended to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are Loan Parties by any other Loan Party; provided that (1) such Debt is not held, assigned, transferred, negotiated or pledged to any Person other than a Loan Party, and (2) any such Debt owed by either the Borrower or a Guarantor shall be subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms set forth in the Guaranty Agreement;

(e)    endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business;

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(g)    Debt associated with appeal bonds and bonds or sureties provided to any Governmental Authority or to any other Person in connection with the operation of the Oil and Gas Properties, including with respect to plugging, facility removal and abandonment of the Oil and Gas Properties;

(h)    Debt in respect of Senior Unsecured Notes; provided that (i) after giving effect to the incurrence or issuance thereof, the Borrower shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with the financial covenants, and (ii) the Borrowing Base shall be adjusted as set forth in Section  2.07(e) , and the Borrower shall make any prepayment required by Section  3.04(c)(iii) ;

(i)    To the extent constituting Debt, obligations in respect of Swap Agreements;

(j)    other Debt, not to exceed in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, the greater of (i) $2,000,000 and (ii) 3% of the Borrowing Base existing at the time such Debt is incurred; and

(k)    any guarantee of any other Debt permitted to be incurred hereunder.

Section 9.03     Liens . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any of its Properties (now owned or hereafter acquired), except:

(a)    Liens securing the payment of any Secured Obligations;

(b)    Excepted Liens;

(c)    Liens securing Purchase Money Security Interests and Capital Leases permitted by Section  9.02(b) but only on the Property that is the subject of any such purchase money financing or such lease, accessions and improvements thereto, insurance thereon, and the proceeds of the foregoing; and

(d)    other Liens on Property not constituting collateral for the Secured Obligations not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding.

Section 9.04     Restricted Payments . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the other Loan Party to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except

(a)    the Borrower may make Restricted Payments with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock);

(b)    Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends and other Restricted Payments to the Borrower and any other Loan Party;

(c)    so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make Permitted Tax Distributions provided that in the case of an Excess Tax Distribution the Borrower may only make such distribution so long as both before and immediately after giving effect to such Excess Tax Distribution (i) the unused total Commitments then in effect shall be equal to or greater than 20% of the total Commitments then in effect and (ii) the Borrower’s ratio of Total Funded Debt to EBITDAX is not greater than 3.00 to 1.00 (using (x) Total Funded Debt outstanding on such date after giving effect to such Restricted Payment and (y) EBITDAX for the four fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such date for which financial statements are available); and

 

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(d)    the Borrower may make cash distributions in an amount not to exceed $14,000,000 in any fiscal year of Borrower to promptly fund dividends or distributions on the preferred Equity Interests of Borrower or KLRE owned by any preferred equity holder (provided that any preferred Equity Interests issued by Borrower or KLRE after the Effective Date shall be on the same terms and conditions as those governing the preferred Equity Interests issued by Borrower or KLRE prior to the Effective Date), so long as both before and immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment (i) no Default or Event of Default exists, (ii) the unused total Commitments then in effect shall be equal to or greater than 20% of the total Commitments then in effect and (iii) the Borrower’s ratio of Total Funded Debt to EBITDAX is not greater than 3.00 to 1.00 (using (x) Total Funded Debt outstanding on such date after giving effect to such Restricted Payment and (y) EBITDAX for the four fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such date for which financial statements are available).

Section 9.05     Investments, Loans and Advances . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, make or permit to remain outstanding any Investments in or to any Person, except that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to:

(a)    Investments which are disclosed to the Lenders in Schedule  9.05 ;

(b)    accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business;

(c) direct obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, or obligations guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(d)    commercial paper maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof rated in one of the two highest grades by S&P or Moody’s;

(e) deposits maturing within one year from the date of creation thereof with, including certificates of deposit issued by, any Lender or any office located in the United States of any other bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least $500,000,000 (as of the date of such bank or trust company’s most recent financial reports) and has a short term deposit rating of no lower than A2 or P2, as such rating is set forth from time to time, by S&P or Moody’s, respectively;

(f)    Investments in money market or similar funds with assets of at least $1,000,000,000 and rated Aaa by Moody’s or AAA by S&P;

(g) Investments (i) made by the Borrower in or to its Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties or (ii) made by Loan Parties to each other or the Borrower;

(h)    Investments in direct ownership interests in additional Oil and Gas Properties and gas gathering systems related thereto or related to farm-out, farm-in, joint operating, joint venture or area of mutual interest agreements, participation agreements, gathering systems, pipelines or other similar arrangements which are usual and customary in the oil and gas exploration and production business located within the geographic boundaries of the United States of America;

 

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(i)    Investments pursuant to Swap Agreements or hedging agreements otherwise permitted under this Agreement; and

(j)    Investments constituting deposits made in connection with the purchase of goods or services in the ordinary course of business;

(k)    Permitted Equity Acquisitions and the purchase or acquisition of Oil and Gas Properties by Borrower or any Guarantor;

(l)    Investments pursuant to Swap Agreements not prohibited under Section 9.17; and

(m)    other Investments, not to exceed in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, the greater of (i) $2,000,000 and (ii) 3% of the Borrowing Base existing at the time such Investment is made.

Section 9.06     Nature of Business; No International Operations . The Borrower will not allow any material change to be made in the character of its business as an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. The Loan Parties will not (i) acquire or make any other expenditures (whether such expenditure is capital, operating or otherwise) in or related to, any Oil and Gas Properties not located within the geographical boundaries of the United States or (ii) acquire or create any Foreign Subsidiary.

Section 9.07     Proceeds of Loans . The Borrower will not permit the proceeds of the Loans to be used for any purpose other than those permitted by Section  7.23 . No Loan Party nor any Person acting on behalf of the Borrower has taken or will take any action which causes any of the Loan Documents to violate Regulations T, U or X or any other regulation of the Board or to violate Section 7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation thereunder, in each case as now in effect or as the same may hereinafter be in effect. If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender FR Form U-1 or such other form referred to in Regulation U, Regulation T or Regulation X of the Board, as the case may be. The Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit:

(a)    in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws,

(b)    for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country to the extent such activities, businesses or transaction would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted by a corporation incorporated in the United States or,

(c)    in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

Section 9.08     ERISA Compliance . Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, at any time:

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(b)    Contribute to or assume an obligation to contribute to, or permit any Subsidiary to contribute to or assume an obligation to contribute to, any Multiemployer Plan.

Section 9.09     Sale or Discount of Receivables . Except for receivables obtained by the Loan Parties out of the ordinary course of business or the settlement of joint interest billing accounts in the ordinary course of business or discounts granted to settle collection of accounts receivable or the sale of defaulted accounts arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and not in connection with any financing transaction, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, discount or sell (with or without recourse) any of its notes receivable or accounts receivable.

Section 9.10     Mergers, Etc . Neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party will merge into or with or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its Property to any other Person, (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) (any such transaction, a “consolidation”), or liquidate or dissolve, except that (a) any Loan Party may consolidate with or into the Borrower (provided the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving entity) and (b) any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) may consolidate with any other Loan Party.

Section 9.11     Sale of Properties and Termination of Hedging Transactions . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, sell, assign, farm-out, convey or otherwise transfer any Property (subject to Section  9.10 ) except for:

(a)    the sale of inventory (including Hydrocarbons) in the ordinary course of business;

(b)    farmouts in the ordinary course of business of undeveloped acreage or undrilled depths and assignments in connection with such farmouts;

(c)    the sale or transfer of equipment that is no longer necessary for the business of the Borrower or such other Loan Party or are replaced by equipment of at least comparable value and use;

(d)    to the extent approved by the Administrative Agent in connection with Permitted Equity Acquisition;

(e)    the sale or other disposition of any Oil and Gas Property to which no Proved Reserves are attributed and the pooling or unitization of Oil and Gas Properties to which no material Proved Reserves are attributed, so long as, after giving effect to the disposition and the concurrent payment of Loans, no Event of Default or Borrowing Base Deficiency would exist or result therefrom (after giving pro forma effect to any concurrent repayment of the Loans with the cash proceeds of such disposition);

(f)    the sale or other disposition (including Casualty Events) of any Oil and Gas Property or any interest therein (including any Equity Interest in any Loan Party that owns Oil and Gas Property), or the termination, unwinding, cancellation or other disposition of Swap Agreements; provided that:

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(ii)    (other than in respect of Casualty Events) the consideration received in respect of a sale or other disposition of such Oil and Gas Property or interest therein (or such Equity Interest) shall be equal to or greater than the fair market value of such Oil and Gas Property or interest therein (or such Equity Interest) subject of such sale or other disposition (as reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying to the foregoing),

(iii)    The Borrowing Base shall be adjusted in accordance with the terms of Section  2.07(e)(ii) , and the Borrower shall make any required corresponding prepayment under Section  3.04(c)(iii) .

(g)    transfers of Properties from any Loan Party to the Borrower or any other Loan Party;

(h)    the trade or exchange of unproved Oil and Gas Properties for Oil and Gas Properties of equivalent (as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith) value (including any cash necessary to achieve an exchange of equivalent value); and

(i)    Casualty Events with respect to Properties that are not Oil and Gas Properties.

Section 9.12     Sales and Leasebacks . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by any Loan Party of real or personal property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Loan Party to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of such Loan Party.

Section 9.13     Environmental Matters . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, (a) cause or knowingly permit any of its Property to be in violation of, or (b) do anything or knowingly permit anything to be done which will subject any such Property to any Remedial Work (other than Remedial Work done in the ordinary course of business) under, any Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; it being understood that clause (b) above will not be deemed as limiting or otherwise restricting any obligation to disclose any relevant facts, conditions and circumstances pertaining to such Property to the appropriate Governmental Authority.

Section 9.14     Transactions with Affiliates . Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate unless such transactions are otherwise permitted under this Agreement and are upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to it than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (a) transactions among Borrower and its Affiliates entered into in connection with the Business Combination Transaction, including the Crude Oil Gathering Agreement, the Gas Gathering Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement and the Contribution Agreement (in each case as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), (b) transactions between Borrower or its Affiliates with KLRE or its Affiliates for financial advisory, underwriting, capital raising, and other services, (c) transactions between Borrower and Loan Parties and (d) any transactions pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement.

Section 9.15     Negative Pledge Agreements; Dividend Restrictions . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any contract, agreement or understanding which in any way prohibits or restricts (a) the granting, conveying, creation or imposition of any Lien on any of its Property to secure the Secured Obligations or which requires the consent of

 

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other Persons in connection therewith or (b) the Borrower or any other Loan Party from paying dividends or making distributions to any Loan Party or receiving any money in respect of Debt or other obligations owed to it, or which requires the consent of or notice to other Persons in connection therewith; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions under the Loan Documents, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of any asset or another Loan Party pending such sale; provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the asset or other Loan Party that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, and (iii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to (A) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to purchase money Liens or Capital Leases permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such purchase money Liens or Capital Leases and (B) customary provisions in leases restricting the assignment thereof, (C) customary provisions restricting assignment of any licensing agreement (in which a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries are the licensee) with respect to a contract entered into by a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (D) customary provisions restricting subletting, sublicensing or assignment of any intellectual property license or any lease governing any Oil and Gas Properties of a Loan Party and its Subsidiaries.

Section 9.16     Take - or - Pay or Other Prepayments  . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, allow take-or-pay or other prepayments with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower or any other Loan Party that would require the Borrower or such other Loan Party to deliver Hydrocarbons at some future time without then or thereafter receiving full payment therefor to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate.

Section 9.17     Swap Agreements . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, enter into any Swap Agreements with any Person other than:

(a)    Swap Agreements in respect of commodities (i) with an Approved Counterparty, (ii) which have a tenor not greater than five (5) years and (iii) the notional volumes for which (when aggregated and netted with other commodity Swap Agreements then in effect other than basis differential swaps on volumes already hedged pursuant to other Swap Agreements) do not exceed, as of the date such Swap Agreement is executed and at any time thereafter (such notional volumes to be based upon the projections contained in the then-most recently delivered Reserve Report), (x) for any month during the period from the then-current date until two (2) years after the then-current date, 85% of the projected production from the proved, developed producing Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties for each of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids, calculated separately, for each month during the period commencing on the month when such Swap Agreement is executed, and (y) for any month during the period that is more than two (2) years from the then-current date, 75% of the projected production from the proved, developed producing Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties for each of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids, calculated separately, for each month during the period commencing on the month when such Swap Agreement is executed; provided that (1) in no event shall any Swap Agreement contain any requirement, agreement or covenant for any Loan Party to post collateral or margin to secure their obligations under such Swap Agreement or to cover market exposures (other than under the Security Instruments), other than cash or letters of credit in an aggregate amount at any time not to exceed $2,500,000, (2) Swap Agreements shall only be entered into in the ordinary course of business (and not for speculative purposes), and (3) no Swap Agreement in respect of commodities shall be terminated, unwound, cancelled or otherwise disposed of except to the extent permitted by Section  9.11 ; and

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amount of the Borrower’s and the Loan Party’s aggregate Debt for borrowed money; provided that in no event shall any Swap Agreement contain any requirement, agreement or covenant for the Borrower or any Loan Party to post collateral or margin to secure their obligations under such Swap Agreement or to cover market exposures other than collateral provided for in, and upon the terms and conditions set forth in, this Agreement and the relevant Security Instruments.

Section 9.18     Amendments to Organizational Documents and Material Contracts . The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party to, (a) amend, supplement or otherwise modify (or permit to be amended, supplemented or modified) its Organizational Documents, the Crude Oil Gathering Agreement, the Gas Gathering Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement or the Contribution Agreement in each case as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) and the Tax Receivable Agreement, in any material respect that could reasonably be expected to be adverse to the interests of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders without the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), other than (i) amendments that delete or reduce any fees payable by any Loan Party to a Person other than the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (ii) the termination of services provided under the Transition Services Agreement as contemplated therein or (iii) the extension of services under the Transition Services Agreements on substantially similar commercial terms, or (b) (i) amend, supplement or otherwise modify (or permit to be amended, supplemented or modified) any agreement to which it is a party, (ii) terminate, replace or assign any of the Loan Party’s interests in any agreement or (iii) permit any agreement not to be in full force and effect and binding upon and enforceable against the parties thereto, in each case if such occurrence could be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party to, amend, supplement or otherwise modify (or permit to be amended, supplemented or modified) any provision of its Organizational Documents with respect to preferred Equity Interests, including ownership, issuance or distributions with respect thereto, without the consent of the Administrative Agent; provided , that such amendments, supplements or modifications may be undertaken in order to authorize additional Equity Interests in order to make Restricted Payments in Equity Interests contemplated under Section  9.04(a) . .

Section 9.19     Changes in Fiscal Periods . The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party to have its fiscal year end on a date other than December 31 or change the its method of determining fiscal quarters.

Section 9.20     No Subsidiaries . The Borrower shall not permit, and shall not permit the other Loan Parties to own or create directly or indirectly any Subsidiaries other than any Subsidiary formed after the Effective Date that joins this Agreement as a Guarantor in accordance with Section  8.14(b) .

Section 9.21     Redemption of Senior Unsecured Notes; Amendment of Senior Unsecured Notes Documents . The Borrower will not, and will not permit the other Loan Parties to:

(a)    prior to the Maturity Date call, make or offer to make any optional or voluntary Redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily Redeem (whether in whole or in part) any Senior Unsecured Notes; provided that, so long as no Event of Default or Borrowing Base Deficiency shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may optionally prepay Senior Unsecured Notes, in whole or in part, with the proceeds of Senior Unsecured Notes;

(b)    in the case of Senior Unsecured Notes or any Senior Unsecured Notes Documents related thereto, amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of any such Senior Unsecured Notes or any Senior Unsecured Notes Document related thereto if the effect thereof would be cause such Debt no longer to qualify as Senior Unsecured Notes pursuant to the definition thereof;

 

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(c)    designate any Debt (other than obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries pursuant to the Loan Documents) as “Specified Senior Indebtedness” or “Specified Guarantor Senior Indebtedness” or give any such other Debt any other similar designation.

Section 9.22     Marketing Activities . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the other Loan Parties to, engage in marketing activities for any Hydrocarbons or enter into any contracts related thereto other than (i) contracts for the sale of Hydrocarbons scheduled or reasonably estimated to be produced from their proved Oil and Gas Properties during the period of such contract, (ii) contracts for the sale of Hydrocarbons scheduled or reasonably estimated to be produced from proved Oil and Gas Properties of third parties during the period of such contract associated with the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties that the Borrower or one of the other Loan Parties has the right to market pursuant to joint operating agreements, unitization agreements or other similar contracts that are usual and customary in the oil and gas business and (iii) other contracts for the purchase and/or sale of Hydrocarbons of third parties (A) which have generally offsetting provisions (i.e. corresponding pricing mechanics, delivery dates and points and volumes) such that no “position” is taken and (B) for which appropriate credit support has been taken to alleviate the material credit risks of the counterparty thereto.

ARTICLE X

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

Section 10.01     Events of Default . One or more of the following events shall constitute an “ Event of Default ”:

(a)    the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof, by acceleration or otherwise;

(b)    the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in Section  10.01(a) ) payable under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days;

(c)    any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification of any Loan Document or waiver under such Loan Document, or in any report, notice, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made (or, to the extent that any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, such representation and warranty (as so qualified) shall prove to have been incorrect in any respect when made or deemed made);

(d)    the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section  8.02 , Section  8.03 , Section  8.14 , Section  8.16 , Section  8.17 or in ARTICLE  IX ;

 

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(e)    the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in Section  10.01(a) , Section  10.01(b) , Section  10.01(c) or Section  10.01(d) ) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier to occur of (A) notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender) or (B) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or such other Loan Party otherwise becoming aware of such default;

(f)    the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable after giving effect to any grace periods applicable thereto;

(g)    any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the Redemption thereof or any offer to Redeem to be made in respect thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity or require the Borrower or any other Loan Party to make an offer in respect thereof;

(h)    an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of any Loan Party, or its or their debts, or of a substantial part of its or their assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any other Loan Party or for a substantial part of its or their assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i)    the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii)  consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in Section 10.01(h) , (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any other Loan Party or for a substantial part of its or their assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it or them in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or (vii) become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(j)    one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage and is not subject to an insolvency proceeding) shall be rendered against any Loan Party or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of any Loan Party to enforce any such judgment;

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enforceable in accordance with their terms against the Borrower or a Loan Party thereto or shall be repudiated by any of them or cease to create valid and perfected Liens of the priority required thereby on the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, except to the extent permitted by the terms of this Agreement, or the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any of their Affiliates shall so state in writing;

(l)    (i) an ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(m)    an “Event of Default” shall occur under the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents; and

(n)    a Change in Control shall occur.

Section 10.02     Remedies .

(a)    In the case of an Event of Default (other than one described in Section  10.01(h) or Section  10.01( i ) ), at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may with the consent of the Majority Lenders or shall at the request of the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) by written notice to the Borrower, declare the Notes and the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Loan Parties accrued hereunder and under the Notes and the other Loan Documents (including the payment of cash collateral to secure the LC Exposure as provided in Section  2.08(j) ), shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand (other than written notice), protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Loan Party; and in case of an Event of Default described in Section  10.01(h) or Section  10.01( i ) , the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the Notes and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and the other obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties accrued hereunder and under the Notes and the other Loan Documents (including the payment of cash collateral to secure the LC Exposure as provided in Section  2.08(j) ), shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Loan Party.

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(c)    All proceeds realized from the liquidation or other disposition of collateral or otherwise received after maturity of the Loans, whether by acceleration or otherwise, shall be applied:

(i)    first, to payment or reimbursement of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, expenses and indemnities payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

(ii) second, pro rata to payment or reimbursement of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, expenses and indemnities payable to the Lenders;

(iii)    third, pro rata to payment of accrued interest on the Loans;

(iv)    fourth, pro rata to payment of principal outstanding on the Loans and Secured Obligations referred to in clause (y) of the definition of Secured Obligations in respect of Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Swap Agreements;

(v)    fifth, pro rata to any other Secured Obligations;

(vi)    sixth, to serve as cash collateral to be held by the Administrative Agent to secure the LC Exposure; and

(vii)    seventh, any excess, after all of the Secured Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash, shall be paid to the Borrower or as otherwise required by any Governmental Requirement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from the Borrower or any Guarantor that is not an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act shall not be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligations (it being understood, that in the event that any amount is applied to Secured Obligations other than Excluded Swap Obligations as a result of this this clause, the Administrative Agent shall make such adjustments as it determines are appropriate to distributions pursuant to clause fourth above from amounts received from “eligible contract participants” under the Commodity Exchange Act to ensure, as nearly as possible, that the proportional aggregate recoveries with respect to Secured Obligations described in clause fourth above by the holders of any Excluded Swap Obligations are the same as the proportional aggregate recoveries with respect to other Secured Obligations pursuant to clause fourth above).

ARTICLE XI

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 11.01     Appointment; Powers . Each of the Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

Section 11.02     Duties and Obligations of Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent is not

 

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intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law; rather, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except as provided in Section  11.03 , and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any Loan Party that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in ARTICLE  VI or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or as to those conditions precedent expressly required to be to the Administrative Agent’s satisfaction, (vi) the existence, value, perfection or priority of any collateral security or the financial or other condition of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties or any other obligor or guarantor, or (vii) any failure by the Borrower or any other Person (other than itself) to perform any of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or the performance or observance of any covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in ARTICLE  VI , each Lender and the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender or the Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from such Lender prior to the Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.

Section 11.03     Action by Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall have no duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section  12.02 ) and in all cases the Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to act hereunder or under any other Loan Documents unless it shall (a) receive written instructions from the Majority Lenders or the Lenders, as applicable, (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section  12.02 ) specifying the action to be taken and (b) be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expenses which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The instructions as aforesaid and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto by the Administrative Agent shall be binding on all of the Lenders. If a Default has occurred and is continuing, then the Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default as shall be directed by the requisite Lenders in the written instructions (with indemnities) described in this Section  11.03 , provided that, unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders. In no event, however, shall the Administrative Agent be required to take any action which, in its opinion, or the opinion of its counsel, exposes the Administrative Agent to liability or which is contrary to this Agreement, the Loan Documents or applicable law, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any debtor relief law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any debtor

 

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relief law. If a Default has occurred and is continuing, no Agent shall have any obligation to perform any act in respect thereof. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Majority Lenders or the Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section  12.02 ), and otherwise the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document or under any other document or instrument referred to or provided for herein or therein or in connection herewith or therewith INCLUDING ITS OWN ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Section 11.04     Reliance by Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon and each of the Borrower and the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby waives the right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s record of such statement, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until a written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof permitted hereunder shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent.

Section 11.05     Subagents . The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this ARTICLE  XI shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

Section 11.06     Resignation of Administrative Agent . Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this Section  11.06 , the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Majority Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a qualified financial institution as successor Administrative Agent. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this ARTICLE  XI and Section  12.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.

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though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any other Loan Party or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

Section 11.08     No Reliance . Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be required to keep themselves informed as to the performance or observance by the Borrower, or any of the other Loan Parties of this Agreement, the Loan Documents or any other document referred to or provided for herein or to inspect the Properties or books of any such Person. Except for notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, no Agent nor any Arranger shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the Borrower or any Loan Party (or any of their Affiliates) which may come into the possession of such Agent or any of its Affiliates. In this regard, each Lender acknowledges that Winstead PC is acting in this transaction as special counsel to the Administrative Agent only, except to the extent otherwise expressly stated in any legal opinion or any Loan Document. Each other party hereto will consult with its own legal counsel to the extent that it deems necessary in connection with the Loan Documents and the matters contemplated therein.

Section 11.09     Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim . In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Borrower or any of the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or LC Disbursement shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a)    to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Disbursements and all other Secured Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Section  2.08 , Section  3.05 and Section  12.03 ) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b)    to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the Issuing Bank to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section  3.05 and Section  12.03 .

 

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Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Secured Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the Issuing Bank or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

Section 11.10     Authority of Administrative Agent to Release Collateral and Liens . The Lenders and the Issuing Bank, and by accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Swap Provider and each Secured Cash Management Provider:

(a)    irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to comply with the provisions of Section  12.18 .

(b)    authorize the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver to the Loan Parties, at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense, any and all releases of Liens, termination statements, assignments or other documents as reasonably requested by such Loan Party in connection with any disposition of Property to the extent such disposition is permitted by the terms of Section  9.11 or is otherwise authorized by the terms of the Loan Documents.

Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Majority Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement pursuant to this Section  11.10 or Section  12.18 .

Section 11.11     Duties of the Arranger . The Arranger shall not have any duties, responsibilities or liabilities under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.01     Notices .

(a)    Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to Section  12.01(b) ), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:

(i)    if to the Borrower, to it at 16200 Park Row, Suite 300, Houston Texas 77084, Attention: Alan Townsend (Telephone No. (281) 675-3400;

(ii)    if to the Administrative Agent or PNC Bank as the Issuing Bank, to it at Two Allen Center, 1200 Smith Street, Suite 830, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Denise Davis (Facsimile No. (713) 658-3985)

 

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with a copy to:

Agency Services, PNC Bank, National Association, Mail Stop P7-PFSC-04-1, 500 First Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Attention: Agency Services (Facsimile No. (412) 762-8672); and

(iii)    if to any other Lender or Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

(b)    Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to ARTICLE  II , ARTICLE  III , ARTICLE  IV and ARTICLE  V unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

(c)    Any party hereto may change its address or fax number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

Section 12.02     Waivers; Amendments .

(a)No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent, any other Agent, the Issuing Bank or Lender to exercise and no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, power or privilege, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right, power or privilege, under any of the Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under any of the Loan Documents preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, each other Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by Section  12.02(b) , and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any other Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(b)    Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof nor any Loan Document nor any provision thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and/or the other applicable Loan Parties and the Majority Lenders or by the Borrower and/or the other applicable Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Majority Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment or Maximum Credit Amount of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) except as otherwise provided in Section  2.07 , increase the Borrowing Base without the written consent of each non-Defaulting Lender, or decrease or maintain the Borrowing Base without the consent of the Required Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders); provided that a Scheduled Redetermination may be postponed by the Required Lenders, (iii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest

 

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thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, or reduce any other Secured Obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) postpone the scheduled date of payment or prepayment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or any other Secured Obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone or extend the Maturity Date or the Termination Date without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (v) change Section  4.01(b) or Section  4.01(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (vi) waive or amend Section  3.04(c) , Section  6.01 , or Section  12.18 without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby (other than any Defaulting Lender), (vii) release any material Guarantor (except as set forth in Section  11.10 or the Guaranty Agreement), release all or substantially all of the collateral (other than as provided in Section  11.10 ), or reduce the percentages set forth in Section  8.14(a) , without the written consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), (viii) change any of the provisions of this Section  12.02(b) or the definitions of “Majority Lenders” or “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or under any other Loan Documents or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder or any other Loan Documents, without the written consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender); or (ix) change Section  10.02(c) without the consent of each Person to whom a Secured Obligation is owed; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or Issuing Bank hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or Issuing Bank, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any supplement to any Schedule shall be effective simply by delivering to the Administrative Agent a supplemental schedule clearly marked as such and, upon receipt, the Administrative Agent will promptly deliver a copy thereof to the Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may amend this Agreement or any other Loan Document without the consent of the Lenders in order to correct, amend or cure any ambiguity, inconsistency or defect or correct any typographical error or other manifest error in any Loan Document.

Section 12.03     Expenses, Indemnity; Damage Waiver .

(a)The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and to the extent necessary as determined by the Administrative Agent, other outside consultants for the Administrative Agent, the reasonable travel, photocopy, mailing, courier, telephone and other similar expenses, and the cost of environmental assessments and audits and surveys and appraisals, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration (both before and after the execution hereof and including advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent as to the rights and duties of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect thereto) of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications or waivers of or consents related to the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all costs, expenses, Taxes, assessments and other charges incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with any filing, registration, recording or perfection of any security interest contemplated by this Agreement or any Security Instrument or any other document referred to therein, (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, (iv) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any

 

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other Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any external counsel for the Administrative Agent, any other Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section  12.03 in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.

(b)    THE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY EACH AGENT, THE ARRANGER, THE ISSUING BANK AND EACH LENDER, AND EACH RELATED PARTY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING PERSONS (EACH SUCH PERSON BEING CALLED AN “INDEMNITEE”) AGAINST, AND DEFEND AND HOLD EACH INDEMNITEE HARMLESS FROM, ANY AND ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, LIABILITIES AND RELATED EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE FEES, CHARGES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR ANY INDEMNITEE, INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF (i) THE EXECUTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, (ii) THE PERFORMANCE BY THE PARTIES HERETO OR THE PARTIES TO ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR BY ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, (iii) THE FAILURE OF THE BORROWER OR ANY LOAN PARTY TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, INCLUDING THIS AGREEMENT, OR WITH ANY GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENT, (iv) ANY INACCURACY OF ANY REPRESENTATION OR ANY BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY OR COVENANT OF THE BORROWER OR ANY LOAN PARTIES SET FORTH IN ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY INSTRUMENTS, DOCUMENTS OR CERTIFICATIONS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, (v) ANY LOAN OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREFROM, INCLUDING (A) ANY REFUSAL BY THE ISSUING BANK TO HONOR A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER A LETTER OF CREDIT IF THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DEMAND DO NOT STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH LETTER OF CREDIT, OR (B) THE PAYMENT OF A DRAWING UNDER ANY LETTER OF CREDIT NOTWITHSTANDING THE NON-COMPLIANCE, NON-DELIVERY OR OTHER IMPROPER PRESENTATION OF THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, (vi) ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, (vii) THE OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS OF THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY BY SUCH PERSONS, (viii) ANY ASSERTION THAT THE LENDERS WERE NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE PROCEEDS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE SECURITY INSTRUMENTS, (ix) ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW APPLICABLE TO THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES OR OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE PRESENCE, GENERATION, STORAGE, RELEASE, THREATENED RELEASE, USE, TRANSPORT, DISPOSAL, ARRANGEMENT OF DISPOSAL OR TREATMENT OF OIL, OIL AND GAS WASTES, SOLID WASTES OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON OR AT ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES, (x) THE BREACH OR NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY WITH ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW APPLICABLE TO THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY, (xi) THE PAST OWNERSHIP BY THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OF ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES OR PAST ACTIVITY ON ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES WHICH, THOUGH LAWFUL AND FULLY PERMISSIBLE AT THE TIME,

 

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COULD RESULT IN PRESENT LIABILITY, (xii) THE PRESENCE, USE, RELEASE, STORAGE, TREATMENT, DISPOSAL, GENERATION, THREATENED RELEASE, TRANSPORT, ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSPORT OR ARRANGEMENT FOR DISPOSAL OF OIL, OIL AND GAS WASTES, SOLID WASTES OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON OR AT ANY OF THE PROPERTIES OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ANY ACTUAL OR ALLEGED PRESENCE OR RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON OR FROM ANY PROPERTY OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY, (xiii) ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY, (xiv) ANY OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH OR SAFETY CONDITION IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR (xv) ANY ACTUAL OR PROSPECTIVE CLAIM, LITIGATION, INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY, WHETHER BROUGHT BY A THIRD PARTY OR BY ANY LOAN PARTY, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY INDEMNITEE IS A PARTY THERETO, AND SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL EXTEND TO EACH INDEMNITEE NOTWITHSTANDING THE SOLE OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE OF EVERY KIND OR CHARACTER WHATSOEVER, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, WHETHER AN AFFIRMATIVE ACT OR AN OMISSION, INCLUDING ALL TYPES OF NEGLIGENT CONDUCT IDENTIFIED IN THE RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS OF ONE OR MORE OF THE INDEMNITEES OR BY REASON OF STRICT LIABILITY IMPOSED WITHOUT FAULT ON ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE INDEMNITEES INCLUDING ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE; PROVIDED THAT SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL NOT, AS TO ANY INDEMNITEE, BE AVAILABLE TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES OR RELATED EXPENSES ARE DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE JUDGMENT TO (X) HAVE RESULTED FROM (1) THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH INDEMNITEE OR (2) THE MATERIAL BREACH OF SUCH INDEMNITEE’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR (Y) RELATE TO TAXES, WHICH SHALL BE SUBJECT TO INDEMNIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION  5.03 , OTHER THAN TAXES THAT REPRESENT LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, ETC. ARISING FROM ANY NON-TAX CLAIM.

(c)    To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, any Agent, any Arranger or any Issuing Bank under Section  12.03(a) or (b) , each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, such Agent, such Arranger or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, such Agent, such Arranger or such Issuing Bank in its capacity as such.

(d)    To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not, and shall cause each Loan Party not to, assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

 

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(e)    All amounts due under this Section  12.03 shall be payable not later than 10 days after written demand and invoice therefor.

Section 12.04     Successors and Assigns .

(a)    The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section  12.04 . Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in Section  12.04(c) ) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b)    (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in Section  12.04(b)(ii) , any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an “ Assignee ”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent of:

(A)    the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required if (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (2) at any other time, such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided further , that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless the Borrower shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent with five (5) Business Days after having received written notice thereof; and

(B)    the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to an assignee that is a Lender immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment; and

(C)    each Issuing Bank, provided that no consent of any Issuing Bank shall be required for an assignment to an assignee that is a Lender immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment.

(ii)    Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A)    except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

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(B)    each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

(C)    the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and

(D)    the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and

(E)    the assignee must not be a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or an Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower.

(iii)    Subject to Section  12.04(b)(iv) and the acceptance and recording thereof, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section  5.01 , Section  5.02 , Section  5.03 and Section  12.03 ). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section  12.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section  12.04(c) .

(iv)    The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Maximum Credit Amount of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In connection with any changes to the Register, if necessary, the Administrative Agent will reflect the revisions on Annex I and forward a copy of such revised Annex I to the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and each Lender.

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referred to in this Section  12.04(b) and any written consent to such assignment required by this Section  12.04(b) , the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this Section  12.04(b) .

(vi)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, no assignment or participation shall be made to any Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party.

(c)    (i) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or any other Person, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, and (D) the selling Lender shall maintain the Participant Register. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section  12.02(b) that affects such Participant. In addition such agreement must provide that the Participant be bound by the provisions of Section  12.03 . Subject to Section  12.04(c)(ii) , the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section  5.01 , Section  5.02 and Section  5.03 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section  12.04(b) . To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section  12.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section  4.01(c) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

(ii)    A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section  5.01 or Section  5.03 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the entitlement to a greater payment results from a change in Law after such Participant acquired its

 

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participation. A Participant that would be a foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section  5.03 unless such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section  5.03(f) as though it were a Lender (it being understood the documentation required under Section  5.03(f) shall be provided only to the selling Lender).

(d)    Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or a central bank, and this Section  12.04(d) shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section  12.04 , no transfer or assignment of the interests or obligations of any Lender or any grant of participations therein shall be permitted if such transfer, assignment or grant would require the Borrower and the other Loan Parties to file a registration statement with the SEC or to qualify the Loans under the “Blue Sky” laws of any state.

Section 12.05     Survival; Revival; Reinstatement .

(a)    All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any other Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit or other Secured Obligations are outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or been terminated. The provisions of Section  5.01 , Section  5.02 , Section  5.03 and Section  12.03 and ARTICLE  XI shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.

(b)    To the extent that any payments on the Secured Obligations or proceeds of any collateral are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, debtor in possession, receiver or other Person under any bankruptcy law, common law or equitable cause, then to such extent, the Secured Obligations shall be revived and continue as if such payment or proceeds had not been received and the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ Liens, security interests, rights, powers and remedies under this Agreement and each Loan Document shall continue in full force and effect. In such event, each Loan Document shall be automatically reinstated and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to, take such action as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to effect such reinstatement.

 

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Section 12.06     Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness .

(a)    This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.

(b)    This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

(c)    Except as provided in Section  6.01 , this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by fax or other similar electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 12.07     Severability . Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 12.08     Right of Setoff . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations (of whatsoever kind, including obligations under Swap Agreements) at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower or any other Loan Party owed to such Lender now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section  12.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender or its Affiliates may have.

Section 12.09     GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS .

(a)    THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT UNITED STATES FEDERAL LAW PERMITS ANY LENDER TO CONTRACT FOR, CHARGE, RECEIVE, RESERVE OR TAKE INTEREST AT THE RATE ALLOWED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE WHERE SUCH LENDER IS LOCATED. CHAPTER 346 OF THE TEXAS FINANCE CODE (RELATING TO REVOLVING LOAN AND REVOLVING TRIPARTY ACCOUNTS), SHALL NOT APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY LOANS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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(b)    EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY: SUBMITS (AND THE BORROWER SHALL CAUSE EACH LOAN PARTY TO SUBMIT) FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE DISTRICT COURTS OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF; PROVIDED , THAT NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT WILL PREVENT ANY PARTY FROM BRINGING ANY ACTION TO ENFORCE ANY AWARD OR JUDGMENT OR EXERCISE ANY RIGHT UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS IN ANY OTHER FORUM IN WHICH JURISDICTION CAN BE ESTABLISHED. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.

(c)    EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO IT AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION  12.01 OR SUCH OTHER ADDRESS AS IS SPECIFIED PURSUANT TO SECTION  12.01 (OR ITS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION), SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF A PARTY OR ANY HOLDER OF A NOTE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANOTHER PARTY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

(d)    EACH PARTY HEREBY (i) IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN; (ii) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY SUCH LITIGATION ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL DAMAGES; (iii) CERTIFIES THAT NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF COUNSEL FOR ANY PARTY HERETO HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, OR IMPLIED THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS, AND (iv) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION  12.09 .

 

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Section 12.10     Headings . Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

Section 12.11     Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders (severally and not jointly) agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and required to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority having authority over the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section  12.11 , to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement (provided that such Person agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section  12.11 ) or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any Swap Agreement relating to the Borrower and its obligations (provided that such Person agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section  12.11 ), (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section  12.11 or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section  12.11 , “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary and their businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or a Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section  12.11 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Section 12.12     Interest Rate Limitation . It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Lender and each Issuing Bank shall conform strictly to usury laws applicable to it. Accordingly, if the transactions contemplated hereby would be usurious as to any Lender or any Issuing Bank under laws applicable to it (including the laws of the United States of America and the State of Texas or any other jurisdiction whose laws may be mandatorily applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement), then, in that event, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the Loan Documents or any agreement entered into in connection with or as security for the Notes, it is agreed as follows: (a) the aggregate of all consideration which constitutes interest under law applicable to any Lender that is contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received by such Lender or such Issuing Bank under any of the Loan Documents or agreements or otherwise in connection with the Loans or Notes shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law, and any excess shall be canceled automatically and if theretofore paid shall be credited by such Lender on the principal amount of the Secured Obligations (or, to the extent that the principal amount of the Secured Obligations shall have been or would thereby be paid in full, refunded by such Lender or such Issuing Bank to the Borrower); and (b) in the event that the maturity of the Loans or Notes is accelerated by reason of an election of the holder thereof resulting from any Event of Default under this Agreement or otherwise, or in the event of any required or permitted prepayment, then such consideration that constitutes interest under law applicable to any Lender or any Issuing Bank may never

 

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include more than the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law, and excess interest, if any, provided for in this Agreement or otherwise shall be canceled automatically by such Lender or such Issuing Bank as of the date of such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be credited by such Lender or such Issuing Bank on the principal amount of the Debt (or, to the extent that the principal amount of the Debt shall have been or would thereby be paid in full, refunded by such Lender to the Borrower). All sums paid or agreed to be paid to any Lender for the use, forbearance or detention of sums due hereunder shall, to the extent permitted by law applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the stated term of the Loans until payment in full so that the rate or amount of interest on account of any Loans hereunder does not exceed the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law. If at any time and from time to time (i) the amount of interest payable to any Lender or any Issuing Bank on any date shall be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section  12.12 and (ii) in respect of any subsequent interest computation period the amount of interest otherwise payable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank would be less than the amount of interest payable to such Lender computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, then the amount of interest payable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank in respect of such subsequent interest computation period shall continue to be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank until the total amount of interest payable to such Lender shall equal the total amount of interest which would have been payable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank if the total amount of interest had been computed without giving effect to this Section  12.12 . To the extent that Chapter 303 of the Texas Finance Code is relevant for the purpose of determining the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to any Lender or any Issuing Bank, such Lender or such Issuing Bank elects to determine the applicable rate ceiling under such Chapter by the weekly ceiling from time to time in effect. Chapter 346 of the Texas Finance Code does not apply to the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.

Section 12.13     Collateral Matters; Swap Agreements . The benefit of the Security Instruments and of the provisions of this Agreement relating to any collateral securing the Secured Obligations shall also extend to and be available to the Secured Swap Providers in respect of the Secured Swap Agreements as set forth herein. Except as set forth in Section  12.02(b)(v) , no Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender shall have any voting rights under any Loan Document as a result of the existence of obligations owed to it under any such Swap Agreements.

Section 12.14     No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the agreement of the Lenders to make Loans and any Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend Letters of Credit hereunder are solely for the benefit of the Borrower, and no other Person (including any other Loan Party of the Borrower, any obligor, contractor, subcontractor, supplier or materialsman) shall have any rights, claims, remedies or privileges hereunder or under any other Loan Document against the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or Lender for any reason whatsoever. There are no third party beneficiaries.

Section 12.15     EXCULPATION PROVISIONS . EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO SPECIFICALLY AGREES THAT IT HAS A DUTY TO READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND AGREES THAT IT IS CHARGED WITH NOTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; THAT IT HAS IN FACT READ THIS AGREEMENT AND IS FULLY INFORMED AND HAS FULL NOTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS OF THIS AGREEMENT; THAT IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL OF ITS CHOICE THROUGHOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS PRECEDING ITS EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; AND HAS RECEIVED THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; AND THAT IT RECOGNIZES THAT CERTAIN OF THE TERMS OF THIS

 

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AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS RESULT IN ONE PARTY ASSUMING THE LIABILITY INHERENT IN SOME ASPECTS OF THE TRANSACTION AND RELIEVING THE OTHER PARTY OF ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH LIABILITY. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY EXCULPATORY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS ON THE BASIS THAT THE PARTY HAD NO NOTICE OR KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH PROVISION OR THAT THE PROVISION IS NOT “CONSPICUOUS.”

Section 12.16     USA Patriot Act Notice . Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Patriot Act ”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.

Section 12.17     Flood Insurance Provisions . Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, in no event is any Building (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulation) or Manufactured (Mobile) Home (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulation) included in the definition of “Mortgaged Property” and no Building or Manufactured (Mobile) Home is hereby encumbered by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Section 12.18     Releases .

(a)     Release Upon Payment in Full . Upon the complete payment of the Secured Obligations (other than (A) indemnity obligations not yet due and payable of which the Borrower has not received a notice of potential claim, (B) obligations arising under a Secured Swap Agreement and (C) obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements not yet due and payable) and the termination of the Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank shall have been made), and the termination of the Commitments under the Agreement, the Administrative Agent, at the written request and expense of the Borrower, will promptly release, reassign and transfer the Collateral to the Loan Parties.

(b)     Further Assurances . If any of the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Loan Party in a transaction permitted by the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent, at the request and sole expense of the applicable Loan Party, shall promptly execute and deliver to such Loan Party all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created by the applicable Security Instrument on such Collateral. At the request and sole expense of the Borrower, a Loan Party shall be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents in the event that all the capital stock or other Equity Interests of such Loan Party shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Loan Documents; provided that the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least five Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Loan Party and the terms of the sale or other disposition in reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection therewith, together with a certification by the Borrower stating that such transaction is in compliance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Section 12.19     Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail -In of EEA Financial Institutions . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the Write-Down and

 

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Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a)    the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

(b)    the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i)    a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii)    a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

(iii)    the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

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The parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

BORROWER:     ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
    By:  

/s/ James Alan Townsend

            James Alan Townsend
            President and Chief Executive Officer

 

S IGNATURE P AGE

C REDIT A GREEMENT


ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:    

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrative Agent

   
    By:  

/s/ John Engel

    Name:   John Engel
    Title:   Vice President

 

S IGNATURE P AGE

C REDIT A GREEMENT


LENDER:    

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Lender

   
    By:  

/s/ John Engel

    Name:   John Engel
    Title:   Vice President

 

S IGNATURE P AGE

C REDIT A GREEMENT


ANNEX I

LIST OF MAXIMUM CREDIT AMOUNTS

Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts

 

Name of Lender

   Applicable Percentage     Maximum Credit Amount  

PNC Bank, National Association

     100.0   $ 250,000,000.00  

TOTAL:

     100.0   $ 250,000,000.00  

 

A NNEX I - 1


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

[            ], 201[    ]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Borrower ”), hereby promises to pay to [                    ] (the “ Lender ”), at the principal office of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “ Administrative Agent ”), in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal sum equal to the amount of such Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount, or, if greater or less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, on the dates and in the principal amounts provided in the Credit Agreement, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each such Loan, at such office, in like money and funds, for the period commencing on the date of such Loan until such Loan shall be paid in full, at the rates per annum and on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement.

The date, amount, Type, interest rate, Interest Period and maturity of each Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower, and each payment made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender on its books and, prior to any transfer of this Note, may be endorsed by the Lender on the schedules attached hereto or any continuation thereof or on any separate record maintained by the Lender. Failure to make any such notation or to attach a schedule shall not affect any Lender’s or the Borrower’s rights or obligations in respect of such Loans or affect the validity of such transfer by any Lender of this Note.

This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2017 among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the lenders signatory thereto (including the Lender), and evidences Loans made by the Lender thereunder (such Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, modified, or otherwise supplemented from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used in this Note have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

This Note is issued pursuant to, and is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, the Credit Agreement and is entitled to the benefits provided for in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Credit Agreement provides for the acceleration of the maturity of this Note upon the occurrence of certain events, for prepayments of Loans upon the terms and conditions specified therein and other provisions relevant to this Note.

[Signature page follows.]

 

Exhibit A – Page 1


THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

 

ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

Exhibit A – Page 2


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST

[            ], 201[    ]

ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Borrower ”), pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2017 (together with all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Borrower, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and the lenders (the “ Lenders ”) which are or become parties thereto (unless otherwise defined herein, each capitalized term used herein is defined in the Credit Agreement), hereby requests a Borrowing as follows:

(1)    Aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing is $[        ];

(2)    Date of such Borrowing is [            ], 201[    ];

(3)    Requested Borrowing is to be [a Base Rate Borrowing] [a LIBOR Rate Borrowing];

(4)    In the case of a LIBOR Rate Borrowing, the initial Interest Period applicable thereto is [                    ];

(5)    Amount of the Borrowing Base in effect on the date hereof is $[        ];

(6)    Total Revolving Credit Exposures on the date hereof (without regard to the requested Borrowing) is $[        ]; and

(7)    Pro forma total Revolving Credit Exposures (giving effect to the requested Borrowing) is $[        ]; and

(8)    Location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.05 of the Credit Agreement, is as follows:

[                      ]

[                      ]

[                      ]

[                      ]

[                      ]

 

Exhibit B – Page 1


The undersigned certifies that he/she is the [                    ] of the Borrower, and that as such he/she is authorized to execute this request on behalf of the Borrower. The undersigned further certifies, represents and warrants on behalf of the Borrower, and not in his or her individual capacity, that the Borrower is entitled to receive the requested Borrowing under the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement.

 

ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

Exhibit B – Page 2


EXHIBIT C

FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST

[            ], 201[    ]

ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Borrower ”), pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2017 (together with all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Borrower, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and the lenders (the “ Lenders ”) which are or become parties thereto (unless otherwise defined herein, each capitalized term used herein is defined in the Credit Agreement), hereby makes an Interest Election Request as follows:

(i)    The Borrowing to which this Interest Election Request applies, and if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information specified pursuant to (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing) is [                     ];

(ii)    The effective date of the election made pursuant to this Interest Election Request is [            ], 201[    ];[and]

(iii)    The resulting Borrowing is to be [a Base Rate Borrowing] [a LIBOR Rate Borrowing][; and]

[(iv)    [ If the resulting Borrowing is a LIBOR Rate Borrowing ] The Interest Period applicable to the resulting Borrowing after giving effect to such election is [                    ]].

The undersigned certifies that he/she is the [                    ] of the Borrower, and that as such he/she is authorized to execute this request on behalf of the Borrower. The undersigned further certifies, represents and warrants on behalf of the Borrower, and not in his or her individual capacity, that the Borrower is entitled to receive the requested Borrowing under the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement.

 

ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

Exhibit C Solo Page


EXHIBIT D

FORM OF

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

[              ], 20[      ]

The undersigned hereby certifies that he/she is the [                    ] of Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Borrower ”), and that as such he/she is authorized to execute this certificate on behalf of the Borrower. With reference to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2017 (together with all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto being the “ Agreement ”) among the Borrower, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the lenders (the “ Lenders ”) which are or become a party thereto, the undersigned certifies on behalf of the Borrower, and not in his or her individual capacity, as follows (each capitalized term used herein having the same meaning given to it in the Agreement unless otherwise specified):

1    There exists no Default or Event of Default [or specify Default and describe].

2    Attached hereto are the detailed computations necessary to determine whether the Borrower is in compliance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement as of the end of the [fiscal quarter][fiscal year] ending [                    ].

3.    There have been no changes in GAAP or in the application thereof since the date of the most recently delivered financial statements referred to in Section 8.01(a) and (b) of the Credit Agreement [other than as described below:].

EXECUTED AND DELIVERED as of the date first written above.

 

ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

Exhibit D Solo Page


EXHIBIT E

FORM OF

SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE

 

TO:    PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent       April 27, 2017

This Solvency Certificate is executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(i) of the Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Borrower ”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined have the meanings given such terms in the Credit Agreement.

The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a Responsible Officer of Borrower, in that capacity only and not in his or her individual capacity, does hereby certify as of the date hereof, and based upon facts and circumstances as they exist as of the date hereof, that, after giving effect to the Borrowings under the Credit Agreement:

(a) the aggregate assets (after giving effect to amounts that could reasonably be received by reason of indemnity, offset, insurance or any similar arrangement), at a fair valuation, of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, will exceed the aggregate Debt of the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis, as the Debt becomes absolute and matures;

(b) each Loan Party has not incurred nor intends to incur, and does not believe that it will incur, Debt beyond its ability to pay such Debt (after taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it and the amounts to be payable on or in respect of its liabilities, and giving effect to amounts that could reasonably be received by reason of indemnity, offset, insurance or any similar arrangement) as such Debt becomes absolute and matures; and

(c) each Loan Party does not have (and does not have any reason to believe that it will have hereafter) unreasonably small capital for the conduct of its business.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]

 

Exhibit E – Page 1


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of the date first written above.

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Exhibit E – Page 2


EXHIBIT F

SECURITY INSTRUMENTS

 

1. Security Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2017, made by each of the Debtors (as defined therein) in favor of PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.

 

2. Deed of Trust, Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Production and Financing Statement, dated as of April 27, 2017, by Rosehill Operating Company, LLC to Tom Byargeon, as Trustee, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, to be filed in each of Loving County, Texas and Wise County, Texas.

 

Exhibit F – Solo Page


EXHIBIT G

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (the “ Assignment and Assumption ”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [ Insert name of Assignor ] (the “ Assignor ”) and [ Insert name of Assignee ] (the “ Assignee ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “ Credit Agreement ”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including without limitation any letters of credit and guarantees included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable Law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by the Assignor to the Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “ Assigned Interest ”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

 

1    Assignor:   

 

  
      and is not a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or an Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower
2    Assignee:   

 

  
      [and is an Affiliate of [identify Lender] 1     ]
3    Borrower:    Rosehill Operating Company, LLC

 

 

1   Select as applicable.

 

Exhibit G – Page 1


4    Administrative Agent:    PNC Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement
5    Credit Agreement:    The Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2017 among Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, the Lenders parties thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent
6    Assigned Interest:   

 

Aggregate Amount

of

Commitment/Loans

for all Lenders

   Amount of
Commitment/Loans
Assigned
     Percentage Assigned
of
Commitment/Loans 2
 

$             

   $                          

$             

   $                         

$             

   $                         

Effective Date:               , 201   [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

 

ASSIGNOR
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
By:  

 

  Title:
ASSIGNEE
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By:  

 

  Title:

 

 

2   Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

 

Exhibit G – Page 2


[Consented to and] 3 Accepted:
PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent
By  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[Consented to:] 4
ROSEHILL OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
By  

 

  Name:
 

Title:

 

 

3   To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
4   To be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

Exhibit G – Page 3


ANNEX 1

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties .

1.1 Assignor . The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) is not a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or an Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

1.2. Assignee . The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, and (vi) if it is a Non-U.S. Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

Exhibit G – Page 4


2. Payments . From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments of interest, fees or other amounts paid or payable in kind from and after the Effective Date to the Assignee.

3. General Provisions . This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Law of the State of Texas.

 

Exhibit G – Page 5


EXHIBIT H-1

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2017 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, as Borrower, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.03 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its Non-U.S. Lender status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF LENDER]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

Date:               , 201[    ]

 

Exhibit H-1 – Solo Page


EXHIBIT H-2

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2017 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, as Borrower, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.03 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its Non-U.S. Lender status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

Date:               , 201[    ]

 

Exhibit H-2 – Solo Page


EXHIBIT H-3

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2017 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, as Borrower, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.03 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

By:

 
  Name:
  Title:

Date:               , 201[     ]

 

Exhibit H-3 – Solo Page


EXHIBIT H-4

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of April 27, 2017 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among Rosehill Operating Company, LLC, as Borrower, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.03 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF LENDER]
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

Date:               , 201[    ]

 

Exhibit H-4 – Solo Page


SCHEDULE 7.05

LITIGATION

None.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

S CHEDULE 7.05 – P AGE 1


SCHEDULE 7.06

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

None.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

S CHEDULE 7.06 – P AGE 1


SCHEDULE 7.12

INSURANCE

[Provided Separately]


SCHEDULE 7.14

SUBSIDIARIES

None.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

S CHEDULE 7.14 – P AGE 1


SCHEDULE 7.19

GAS IMBALANCES

None.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

S CHEDULE 7.19 – P AGE 1


SCHEDULE 7.20

MARKETING OF PRODUCTION

[Provided Separately]


SCHEDULE 7.22

SWAP AGREEMENTS

[Provided Separately]


SCHEDULE 9.05

INVESTMENTS

None.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

S CHEDULE 9.05 – P AGE 1

Exhibit 10.9

Form for Non-Employee Directors

ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT NOTICE

Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Rosehill Resources Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “ Plan ”), Rosehill Resources Inc. (the “ Company ”) hereby grants to the individual listed below (“ you ” or “ Director ”) the number of shares of Restricted Stock (the “ Restricted Shares ”) set forth below in this Restricted Stock Grant Notice (this “ Grant Notice ”). The Restricted Shares are subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, in the Restricted Stock Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) and the Plan, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

 

Director’s Name:    [●]
Date of Grant:    [●]
Total Number of Shares of Restricted Stock:    [●] Shares
Vesting Commencement Date:    [●]
Vesting Schedule:    Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, the Plan and the other terms and conditions set forth herein, the Restricted Shares shall vest on the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date identified above so long as you continuously serve as a director of the Company from the Date of Grant through such anniversary date.

By signing below, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Agreement and this Grant Notice. You acknowledge that you have reviewed the Agreement, the Plan and this Grant Notice in their entirety and fully understand all provisions of the Agreement, the Plan and this Grant Notice. You hereby agree to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee regarding any questions or determinations arising under the Agreement, the Plan or this Grant Notice.

You also understand and acknowledge that you should consult with your tax advisor regarding the advisability of filing with the Internal Revenue Service an election under section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the Restricted Shares. This election must be filed no later than 30 days after Date of Grant set forth in this Grant Notice. This time period cannot be extended. If you wish to file a section 83(b) election, an election form is attached hereto as Exhibit B . By signing below, you acknowledge (a) that you have been advised to consult with a tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of the award of the Restricted Shares and (b) that timely filing a section 83(b) election (if you choose to do so) is your sole


responsibility, even if you request the Company or any of its affiliates or any of their respective managers, directors, officers, employees or authorized representatives (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers, lenders, prospective lenders and financial representatives) to assist in making such filing or to file such election on your behalf.

This Grant Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts (including portable document format (.pdf) and facsimile counterparts), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

Note : To accept the grant of the Restricted Shares, you must execute this Grant Notice and return an executed copy to the Company, 16200 Park Row, Suite 300, Houston, Texas, 77084, by             .

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank;

Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company has caused this Grant Notice to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized, and Director has executed this Grant Notice, effective for all purposes as provided above.

 

ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.
By:  

 

  Name:  

 

  Title:  

 

DIRECTOR

 

[Name of Director]

S IGNATURE P AGE TO

R ESTRICTED S TOCK G RANT N OTICE


EXHIBIT A

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

This Restricted Stock Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant Notice to which this Agreement is attached by and between Rosehill Resources Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and [●] (“ Director ”). Capitalized terms used but not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Plan or the Grant Notice.

1.   Award . The Company hereby grants to Director the number of shares of Restricted Stock set forth in the Grant Notice (the “ Restricted Shares ”) on the terms and conditions set forth in the Grant Notice, this Agreement and the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference as a part of this Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall control.

2. Issuance Mechanics . The Company shall (a) cause a stock certificate or certificates representing the Restricted Shares to be registered in the name of Director, or (b) cause the Restricted Shares to be held in book-entry form. If a stock certificate is issued, it shall be delivered to and held in custody by the Company and shall bear such legend or legends as the Committee deems appropriate in order to reflect the Forfeiture Restrictions and to ensure compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the rules, regulations and other requirements of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange on which the Stock is then listed or quoted. If the shares of Stock are held in book-entry form, then such entry will reflect that the shares are subject to the restrictions of this Agreement.

3. Forfeiture Restrictions .

(a) The Restricted Shares may not be sold, assigned, pledged, exchanged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred, encumbered or disposed of except as provided in this Agreement or the Plan, and in the event of the termination of Director’s membership on the Board, Director shall immediately and without any further action by the Company, forfeit and surrender to the Company for no consideration all of the Restricted Shares with respect to which the Forfeiture Restrictions have not lapsed in accordance with Section 3(b) as of the date of such termination of Director’s membership on the Board. The prohibition against transfer and the obligation to forfeit and surrender the Restricted Shares to the Company upon termination of Director’s membership on the Board as provided in the preceding sentence are referred to herein as the “ Forfeiture Restrictions .” The Forfeiture Restrictions shall be binding upon and enforceable against any transferee of the Restricted Shares.

(b) The Restricted Shares shall be released from the Forfeiture Restrictions in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice. The Restricted Shares with respect to which the Forfeiture Restrictions lapse without forfeiture are referred to herein as the “ Earned Shares .” As soon as administratively practicable following the release of any Stock from the Forfeiture Restrictions, the Company shall, as applicable, either deliver to Director the certificate or certificates representing such Stock in the Company’s possession belonging to Director, or, if the Stock is held in book-entry form, then the Company shall remove the notations indicating that the Stock is subject to the restrictions of this Agreement. Director (or

 

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the beneficiary or personal representative of Director in the event of Director’s death or disability, as the case may be) shall deliver to the Company any representations or other documents or assurances as the Company or its representatives deem necessary or advisable in connection with any such delivery.

4. Dividends and Other Distributions . Dividends and other distributions that are paid or distributed with respect to a Restricted Share (whether in the form of shares of Stock or other property (including cash)) (referred to herein as “ Distributions ”) shall be subject to the transfer restrictions and the risk of forfeiture applicable to the related Restricted Share and shall be held by the Company or other depository as may be designated by the Committee as a depository for safekeeping. If the Restricted Share to which such Distributions relate is forfeited to the Company, then such Distributions shall be forfeited to the Company at the same time such Restricted Share is so forfeited. If the Restricted Share to which such Distributions relate becomes vested, then such Distributions shall be paid and distributed to the Director as soon as administratively feasible after such Restricted Share becomes vested (but in no event later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such vesting occurs). Distributions paid or distributed in the form of securities with respect to Restricted Shares shall bear such legends, if any, as may be determined by the Committee to reflect the terms and conditions of this Agreement and to comply with applicable securities laws.

5. Rights as Stockholder . Except as otherwise provided herein, upon issuance of the Restricted Shares by the Company, Director shall have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to such Restricted Shares subject to the restrictions herein, including the right to vote the Restricted Shares.

6. Tax Withholding . To the extent that the receipt of the Restricted Shares or the lapse of any Forfeiture Restrictions results in compensation income or wages to Director for federal, state, local or foreign tax purposes, Director shall deliver to the Company or to any Affiliate nominated by the Company at the time of such receipt or lapse, as the case may be, such amount of money or, if permitted by the Committee in its sole discretion, shares of Stock as the Company or any Affiliate nominated by the Company may require to meet its obligation under applicable tax or social security laws or regulations, and if Director fails to do so, the Company and its Affiliates are authorized to withhold, or cause to be surrendered, from any cash or stock remuneration (including any of the Restricted Shares or Earned Shares under this Agreement) then or thereafter payable to Director equal to any tax or social security required to be withheld by reason of such resulting compensation income or wages, and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy such withholding obligation. Director acknowledges and agrees that none of the Board, the Committee, the Company or any of its Affiliates have made any representation or warranty as to the tax consequences to Director as a result of the receipt of the Restricted Shares, the lapse of any Forfeiture Restrictions or the forfeiture of any of the Restricted Shares pursuant to the Forfeiture Restrictions. Director represents that he is in no manner relying on the Board, the Committee, the Company or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective managers, directors, officers, Directors or authorized representatives (including, without limitation, attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers, lenders, prospective lenders and financial representatives) for tax advice or an assessment of such tax consequences. Director represents that he has consulted with any tax consultants that Director deems advisable in connection with the Restricted Shares.

 

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7. Refusal to Transfer; Stop-Transfer Notices . The Company shall not be required (a) to transfer on its books any shares of Stock that have been sold or otherwise transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement or (b) to treat as owner of such shares or to accord the right to vote or pay dividends to any purchaser or other transferee to whom such shares shall have been so transferred. Director agrees that, in order to ensure compliance with the restrictions referred to herein, the Company may issue appropriate “stop transfer” instructions to its transfer agent, if any, and that, if the Company transfers its own securities, it may make appropriate notations to the same effect in its own records.

8. Restricted Shares Not Transferable . The Restricted Shares may not be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred in any manner unless and until the Forfeiture Restrictions have lapsed. No Restricted Shares or any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of Director or his or her successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect.

9. Membership on the Board . Nothing in the adoption of the Plan, nor the award of the Restricted Shares thereunder pursuant to the Grant Notice and this Agreement, shall confer upon Director the right to continued membership on the Board or affect in any way the right of the Company or any such Affiliate, or any other entity to terminate the Director’s membership at any time. Any question as to whether and when there has been a termination of Director’s membership on the Board, and the cause of such termination, shall be determined by the Board, and such determination shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.

10. Section 83(b) Election . If Director makes an election under Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed with respect to the Restricted Shares as of the Date of Grant rather than as of the date or dates upon which Director would otherwise be taxable under Section 83(a) of the Code, Director hereby agrees to (a) use the election form provided in Exhibit B for such purpose and (b) deliver a copy of such election to the Company promptly after filing such election with the Internal Revenue Service.

11. Notices . Any notices or other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing. In the case of Director, such notices or communications shall be effectively delivered if hand delivered to Director or if sent by registered or certified mail to Director at the last address Director has filed with the Company. In the case of the Company, such notices or communications shall be effectively delivered if sent by registered or certified mail to the Company at its principal executive offices.

12. Agreement to Furnish Information . Director agrees to furnish to the Company all information requested by the Company to enable it to comply with any reporting or other requirement imposed upon the Company by or under any applicable statute or regulation.

13. Entire Agreement; Amendment . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof, and contains all the covenants, promises, representations, warranties and agreements between the parties with respect to the

 

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Restricted Shares granted hereby. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, all prior understandings and agreements, if any, among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof are hereby null and void and of no further force and effect. The Board may, in its sole discretion, amend this Agreement from time to time in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan; provided, however , that except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Agreement, any such amendment that materially reduces the rights of Director shall be effective only if it is in writing and signed by both Director and an authorized officer of the Company.

14. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

15. Successors and Assigns . The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement without Director’s consent. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein and in the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon Director and Director’s beneficiaries, executors, administrators and the person(s) to whom the Restricted Shares may be transferred by will or the laws of descent or distribution.

16. Clawback . Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Grant Notice or the Plan to the contrary, to the extent required by (a) applicable law, including, without limitation, the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, any Securities and Exchange Commission rule or any applicable securities exchange listing standards and/or (b) any policy that may be adopted or amended by the Board from time to time, all shares of Stock granted hereunder shall be subject to forfeiture, repurchase, recoupment and/or cancellation to the extent necessary to comply with such law(s) and/or policy.

17. Severability . If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

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EXHIBIT B

SECTION 83(b) ELECTION

The undersigned taxpayer hereby elects, pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to include in gross income as compensation for services the excess (if any) of the fair market value of the property described below over the amount paid for such property.

 

1. The name, taxpayer identification number and address of the undersigned (the “ Taxpayer ”), and the taxable year for which this election is being made are:

 

Taxpayer’s Name:           
Taxpayer’s Social                   
Security Number:        -        -           
Taxpayer’s Address:           
          
Taxable Year:           

 

2. The property that is the subject of this election (the “ Property ”) is                  shares of common stock of Rosehill Resources Inc.

 

3. The Property was transferred to the Taxpayer on [Insert transfer date] .

 

4. The Property is subject to the following restrictions: The shares are subject to various transfer restrictions and are subject to forfeiture in the event certain service conditions are not satisfied.

 

5. The fair market value of the Property at the time of transfer (determined without regard to any restriction other than a nonlapse restriction as defined in Section 1.83-3(h) of the Income Tax Regulations) is $         per share x                  shares = $        .

 

6. The amount paid by the Taxpayer for the Property is 0.00.

 

7. The amount to include in gross income is $        .

The undersigned taxpayer will file this election with the Internal Revenue Service office with which the taxpayer files his or her annual income tax return not later than 30 days after the date of transfer of the Property. A copy of the election also will be furnished to the person for whom the services were performed. The undersigned is the person performing the services in connection with which the Property was transferred.

 

Dated:  

 

    

 

       Taxpayer’s Signature

E XHIBIT B

Exhibit 14.1

ROSEHILL RESOURCES INC.

FINANCIAL CODE OF ETHICS

(Adopted as of April 27, 2017)

This Financial Code of Ethics (this “Financial Code”) of Rosehill Resources Inc. (the ”Company”) contains the ethical principles by which the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer (or other principal financial officer), Controller (or other principal accounting officer) and other senior financial officers (collectively, the “Senior Officers”) are expected to conduct themselves when carrying out their duties and responsibilities. Senior Officers must also comply with the Company’s other ethics policies, including any amendments or supplements thereto, including the Company’s Code of Conduct (collectively, the “Ethics Policies”).

 

I. Ethical Principles

 

  A. In carrying out his or her duties to and responsibilities for the Company, each Senior Officer should:

 

  1. Act ethically with honesty and integrity, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

 

  2. Provide full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Company files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in other public communications made by the Company;

 

  3. Comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations of national, state, provincial and local governments and private and public regulatory agencies (including The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC) having jurisdiction over the Company;

 

  4. Act in good faith, responsibly, with due care, competence and diligence, without misrepresenting material facts or allowing his or her independent judgment on behalf of the Company to be subordinated to other interests;

 

  5. Promote honest and ethical behavior by others in the work environment;

 

  6. Respect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of his or her work except when authorized or otherwise legally obligated to disclose such information. Such confidential information must not be used for the personal advantage of any Senior Officer or parties related to the Senior Officer;

 

  7. Responsibly use and maintain all assets and resources employed or entrusted to the Senior Officer;

 

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  8. Promptly report violations of this Financial Code to the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”); and

 

  9. Accept accountability for adherence to this Financial Code.

 

II. Waivers

Consents obtained pursuant to this Financial Code, or waivers of any provision of this Financial Code, may be made only by the Company’s Board of Directors or a committee thereof. Persons seeking a waiver should be prepared to disclose all pertinent facts and circumstances, respond to inquiries for additional information, explain why the waiver is necessary, appropriate, or in the best interest of the Company, and be willing to comply with any procedures that may be required to protect the Company in connection with a waiver. If a waiver of this Financial Code is granted for any Senior Officer, appropriate disclosure will be made promptly in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing requirements of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.

 

III. Compliance Procedures

Enforcement of sound ethical standards is the responsibility of every officer and employee of the Company. Violations and reasonable suspicions of violations of this Financial Code should be reported promptly to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The reporting person should make full disclosure of all pertinent facts and circumstances, taking care to distinguish between matters that are certain and matters that are suspicions, worries or speculation, and also taking care to avoid premature conclusions or alarmist statements since the situation may involve circumstances unknown to the reporting person. If the situation so requires, the reporting person may report anonymously. The Company does not permit retaliation of any kind for good faith reports of ethical violations. Persons that knowingly make a report that is false or that willfully disregard its truth or accuracy, or engage in any other bad faith use of the reporting system, will be deemed to be in violation of the Company’s Ethics Policies.

Each director and Senior Officer of the Company will be provided with a copy of this Financial Code. This Financial Code may also be provided to any other employee as any Senior Officer deems appropriate. Any Senior Officer, director, executive officer or employee to whom this Financial Code has been provided may be required, from time to time, to sign and deliver the certification attached as Annex  A , acknowledging receipt of this Financial Code to:

Rosehill Resources Inc.

16200 Park Row, Suite 300

Houston, TX 77084

Attention: Compliance Officer

The Company’s Compliance Officer is responsible for ensuring that each of the applicable Senior Officers, directors, executive officers and other employees promptly sign and return the attached certification acknowledging receipt of this Financial Code.

 

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IV. Violations

Each person is accountable for his or her compliance with this Financial Code. Violations of this Financial Code may result in disciplinary action against the violator, including dismissal from employment when deemed appropriate. Each case will be judged by the Chairman of the Audit Committee on its own merits considering the duties of the person and the significance of the circumstances involved.

 

V. Amendment

Any amendment to this Financial Code may be made only by the Company’s Board of Directors or an appropriate committee thereof. If an amendment to this Financial Code is made, appropriate disclosure will be made promptly in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing requirements of the The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.

 

VI. Posting Requirement

The Company shall make this Financial Code available on or through the Company’s website as required by applicable rules and regulations. In addition, the Company will disclose in its Annual Report on Form 10-K or the proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders (as applicable) that a copy of this Financial Code is available on the Company’s website and in print to any stockholder who requests a copy.

*    *    *

It is the intent of the Company that this Financial Code be its written code of ethics under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, complying with the standards set forth in Item 406 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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ANNEX A

Financial Code of Ethics Certification

I have read and understand the Financial Code of Ethics (the “Financial Code”) of Rosehill Resources Inc. (the “Company”). I agree that I will comply with the policies and procedures set forth in the Financial Code and the spirit of the Financial Code. I understand and agree that, if I am an employee of the Company or one of its subsidiaries or other affiliates, my failure to comply in all respects with the Company’s policies, including the Financial Code and the Company’s other ethics policies, is a basis for termination for cause of my employment with the Company and any subsidiary or other affiliate to which my employment now relates or may in the future relate.

In addition, I agree to promptly submit a written report to the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors describing any circumstances in which:

 

  1. I have reasonable basis for belief that a violation of the Financial Code by any person has occurred;

 

  2. I have or may have engaged in any activity that violates the policies and procedures or the spirit of the Financial Code; and

 

  3. I am contemplating an activity which is likely to be in violation of the policies and procedures or the spirit of the Financial Code.

I am unaware of any violations or suspected violations of the Financial Code, except as described below or on the attached sheet of paper. (If no exceptions are noted, please check the space provided below.)

            No exceptions

I am aware that this signed Certification will be filed with my personal records in the Company’s Human Resources Department.

 

 

Signature

 

Type or Print Name

 

Date

 

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Exhibit 16.1

May 3, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Commissioners:

We have read the statements made by Rosehill Resources, Inc. (formerly known as KLR Energy Acquisition Corp) under Item 4.01 of its Form 8-K dated April 27, 2017 (dismissal is effective upon the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2017). We agree with the statements concerning our Firm in such Form 8-K; we are not in a position to agree or disagree with other statements of Rosehill Resources, Inc. contained therein.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Marcum LLP

Marcum LLP

Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

 

Name

   State of
Incorporation or
organization

Rosehill Operating Company, LLC

   Delaware

Exhibit 99.1

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

On April 27, 2017, KLR Energy Acquisition Corp. (“KLRE” or the “Company”) and Tema Oil and Gas Company (“Tema”) consummated the previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination”) pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) for the acquisition of membership interests in Rosehill Operating Company LLC (“Rosehill Operating”), a newly formed company. Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, KLRE (as Managing Member) controls Rosehill Operating. Rosehill Operating is a newly formed entity that was created to receive and operate oil and gas properties contributed by Tema.

In connection with the completion of the Business Combination, KLRE acquired a portion of the equity of Rosehill Operating, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tema, through (i) the contribution to Rosehill Operating by KLRE of $35.0 million in cash (the “Cash Consideration”) and the issuance to Rosehill Operating by KLRE of 29,807,692 shares of newly created Class B common stock (which cash and shares of Class B common stock were immediately distributed by Rosehill Operating to Tema) (subject to certain adjustments as set out in the Business Combination Agreement), (ii) the assumption by Rosehill Operating of $55.0 million in Tema indebtedness and (iii) the contribution to Rosehill Operating by KLRE of the remaining cash proceeds of KLRE’s initial public offering. Immediately following the Business Combination, Tema will own approximately 83.6% of the equity of Rosehill Operating (without giving effect to the conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock).

In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, (i) KLRE issued to Rosehill Operating 4,000,000 warrants exercisable for shares of Class A common stock (the “Tema warrants”) in exchange for 4,000,000 warrants exercisable for Rosehill Operating Common Units (such class of warrants, the “Rosehill warrants”). The Tema warrants and Cash Consideration were immediately distributed to Tema. In addition, KLRE contributed proceeds from its issuance of 75,000 shares of 8.0% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and 5,000,000 warrants (the “PIPE Warrants”), exercisable for shares of Class A common stock, for net proceeds of $70.9 million (collectively, the “PIPE Investment”) to Rosehill Operating in exchange for Rosehill Operating Series A Preferred Units (the “Series A Preferred Units”) and additional Rosehill warrants. In addition, KLR Energy Sponsor LLC (“KLR Sponsor”) agreed to transfer (i) 476,540 shares of Class A common stock to certain investors in the PIPE Investment and 37,212 shares of Class A common stock to a stockholder in exchange for its commitment not to redeem shares of Class A common stock (in each case, in lieu of the transfer by KLR Sponsor of such shares to KLRE for cancellation and the reissuance of such shares to such investors) and (ii) 750,000 warrants to purchase Class A common stock of KLRE to Rosemore Inc. (“Rosemore”), Tema’s parent (in lieu of the transfer by KLR Sponsor of such warrants to KLRE for cancellation and the reissuance of such warrants to Rosemore). Conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into shares of KLRE Class A common stock will result in a reduction in Tema’s ownership in KLRE to approximately 67.9% and will cause the Series A Preferred Units also to convert into common units of Rosehill Operating. After giving effect to the conversion of the Series A Preferred Units into Common Units, KLRE will own approximately 32.1% of Rosehill Operating’s common equity and Tema will own the remaining 67.9%. The Business Combination has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of KLRE and the board of directors of Tema.

The Business Combination Agreement will result in Tema obtaining control of KLRE through the 29,807,692 shares of Class B common stock, representing 83.6% of the voting interest in KLRE (without giving effect to the conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued in the PIPE Investment or purchased pursuant to the Side Letter). KLRE will own a direct 100% voting interest in Rosehill Operating as a result of the Business Combination. The Business Combination will be accounted for as a reverse acquisition, pursuant to the guidance in ASC 805-10-55-12. Additionally, since Tema will control Rosehill Operating both before (directly) and after (indirectly, through its control of KLRE) closing the transaction, the consolidation of Rosehill Operating by KLRE results in an initial measurement of the Rosehill Operating assets and liabilities transferred to KLRE equal to the historical carrying amounts of those assets and liabilities on the accounts of Tema on the transfer date. The pro forma adjustments have been prepared as if the Business Combination had taken place on December 31, 2016 in the case of the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet and on January 1, 2016 in the case of the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

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Under KLRE’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, existing public stockholders have the right to redeem, upon the closing of a business combination, shares of Class A common stock then held by them for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount of the deposit in the Trust Account. Based on the fair value of the marketable securities held in the Trust Account as of the closing date of $85.3 million, the per share redemption price is $10.44. Rosemore and KLR Sponsor backstopped redemptions by the public stockholders of KLRE once 30% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock were redeemed by purchasing 20,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock for $20.0 million pursuant to a side letter entered into between Rosemore, KLR Sponsor and KLRE (the “Side Letter”).

The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information reflects the combination of the historical results of both KLRE and Rosehill Operating on a pro forma basis to give effect to the following transactions, which are described in further detail below as if they had occurred on December 31, 2016 for pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet purposes and on January 1, 2016 for pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations purposes:

 

    Pro Forma Adjustments . Although KLRE (the public company) is the legal acquirer, Tema will control KLRE and Rosehill Operating following the Business Combination. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities of Rosehill Operating will be recorded at the historical values recorded by Tema. The Pro Forma Adjustments reflect the following transactions necessary to execute the Business Combination Agreement:

 

    the contribution of a portion of its assets by Tema to Rosehill Operating in exchange for 100% of the issued and outstanding common units of Rosehill Operating;

 

    the acquisition by KLRE of approximately 16.4% of the outstanding common membership units in Rosehill Operating from Tema, in exchange for (i) the contribution to Rosehill Operating by KLRE of the Cash Consideration and 29,807,692 shares of newly created Class B common stock (which cash and Class B common stock will immediately be distributed by Rosehill Operating to Tema), (ii) the assumption by Rosehill Operating of $55.0 million in indebtedness and (iii) the contribution to Rosehill Operating by KLRE of the remaining cash proceeds of KLRE’s initial public offering;

 

    the issuance of the 4,000,000 Warrants to Rosehill Operating in exchange for Warrants to acquire Rosehill common units, who will then distribute such warrants to Tema;

 

    the transfer, in lieu of cancellation and reissuance by KLR Sponsor of 750,000 warrants to purchase Class A common stock of KLRE to Rosemore pursuant to the Side Letter;

 

    the conversion of 2,046,330 shares of Class F common stock (the “Founder Shares”) into 4,250,000, shares of Class A common stock prior to redemptions. After redemptions, the conversion of the Founder Shares into 3,475,663 shares of Class A common stock;

 

    the issuance by KLRE of 75,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the PIPE Warrants, for net proceeds of $70.9 million ($75.0 million gross proceeds, net of $4.1 million in equity issuance costs) which KLRE will contribute to Rosehill Operating in exchange for Series A Preferred Units and additional Rosehill warrants as well as the transfer, in lieu of cancellation and reissuance of 476,540 shares of KLRE Class A common stock from KLR Sponsor to certain investors in the PIPE Investment;

 

    the redemption of 5,804,404 shares of Class A common stock held by public stockholders in connection with the Business Combination as allowed pursuant to KLRE’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (see Redemption Adjustments below); and

 

   

the effect of a Tax Receivable Agreement with Tema, which will provide for the payment by KLRE to Tema of 90% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that KLRE actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods after the closing of the Business Combination as a result of (i) any tax basis increases in the assets of Rosehill Operating resulting from the distribution to Tema of the Cash Consideration, the shares of Class B common stock

 

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and the Tema Warrants and the assumption of the Tema Liabilities in connection with the Business Combination, (ii) the tax basis increases in the assets of Rosehill Operating resulting from the redemption by Rosehill Operating or the exchange by KLRE, as applicable, of Rosehill Operating Common Units for Class A common stock or cash, as applicable, and (iii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by KLRE as a result of, and additional tax basis arising from, payments it makes under the Tax Receivable Agreement. An increase in the tax basis of assets contributed to Rosehill Operating would occur at the closing of the Business Combination if Tema were to recognize any taxable gain at that time as a result of the distribution (or deemed distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes) to it of cash, shares of class B common stock and Tema warrants. Based on preliminary calculations prepared by Tema, no gain is expected to be recognized in connection with the closing and, therefore, no liability under the Tax Receivable Agreement has been recognized in the accompanying pro forma balance sheet. In the future, if and when Tema exercises its right to cause Rosehill Operating to redeem all or a portion of its Rosehill Operating Common Units, it is expected that a liability under the Tax Receivable Agreement will be created based on 90% of the estimated future cash tax savings that KLRE will realize as a result of certain increases in the basis of the assets of Rosehill Operating as a result of such redemption; the amount of the increase in asset basis and the related estimated cash tax savings will depend on the price of our Class A common stock at the time of the relevant redemption. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the amount and timing of future redemptions of Rosehill Operating Common Units by Tema, we do not believe it is appropriate to record a Tax Receivable Agreement liability until such time that Tema exercises its right to cause Rosehill Operating to redeem its Rosehill Operating Common Units.

If all of Tema’s Rosehill Operating Common Units were redeemed immediately after the closing of the Business Combination, the estimated deferred tax asset, noncurrent tax receivable agreement liability, and adjustment to additional paid in capital in stockholders’ equity would be approximately $98.7 million, $88.8 million, and $9.9 million, respectively (calculated assuming a market price at the date of conversion of $11.50 per share and using a discount rate equal to one-year LIBOR plus 150 basis points, applied against an estimated TRA undiscounted liability of $111.1 million generally to be realized over the tax recoverable life of proved reserves). The recognition of any future liabilities associated with the Tax Receivable Agreement will reduce the amount of additional paid in capital recognized due to the transaction being among shareholders under common control.

The foregoing amounts are merely estimates based on the assumptions set forth above. The actual amount and timing of any payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the timing of the exchanges of Rosehill Operating Common Units, the price of Class A common stock at the time of each exchange, the extent to which such exchanges are taxable, the amount and timing of the taxable income we generate in the future and the tax rate then applicable, and the portion of our payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement constituting imputed interest or depletable, depreciable or amortizable basis. Thus, it is likely that future transactions or events could increase or decrease the actual tax benefits realized and the corresponding Tax Receivable Agreement payments as compared to the estimates set forth above.

Redemption Adjustments . Our Sponsor and Rosemore, Inc. agreed to backstop redemptions by public stockholders in excess of 30% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock by committing to purchase shares of Class A common stock or Series A Preferred Stock in an amount up to $20.0 million pursuant to the Side Letter. The public shareholders redeemed 5,804,404 shares of Class A common stock for cash consideration of $60.6 million, utilizing the entire $20.0 million received pursuant to the side letter. Our Sponsor and Rosemore elected to purchase 20,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Accordingly, the pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements are reflected prior to and after redemptions.

 

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KLRE ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2016

(in thousands, except for share amounts)

 

     KLRE     Rosehill LLC     Pro forma
Adjustments
    Pro forma
(Prior to
Redemptions)
    Redemption
Adjustment
    Pro Forma
(After
Redemptions)
 
     (a)     (b)                          

Revenues

   $ —       $ 30,476     $ —       $ 30,476     $ —       $ 30,476  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     —         30,476       —         30,476       —         30,476  

OPERATING EXPENSES:

            

Lease operating expenses

     —         4,800       —         4,800       —         4,800  

Production taxes

     —         1,541       —         1,541       —         1,541  

Gathering and transportation

     —         2,398       —         2,398       —         2,398  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense

     —         24,789       —         24,789       —         24,789  

Accretion

     —         176       —         176       —         176  

Impairment of oil and gas properties

     —         —         —         —         —         —    

Exploration costs

     —         794       —         794       —         794  

General and administrative expenses

     1,637       9,000       (3,408 )(c)      7,229       —         7,229  

Gain on sale of oil and gas properties

     —         —         —         —         —         —    

Loss (gain) on sale of other assets

     —         (50     —         (50     —         (50
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     1,637       43,448       (3,408     41,677       —         41,677  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS

     (1,637     (12,972     3,408       (11,201     —         (11,201
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):

            

Interest income (expense)

     197       (1,822     —         (1,625     —         (1,625

Other income (expense), net

       (247     —         (247     —         (247
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income (expense), net

     197       (2,069     —         (1,872     —         (1,872
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES

     (1,440     (15,041     3,408       (13,073     —         (13,073

INCOME TAX (EXPENSE) BENEFIT

     —         (148     —   (d)      (148     —         (148
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS)

     (1,440     (15,189     3,408       (13,221     —         (13,221
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTEREST IN SUBSIDIARY

     —         —         8,931 (e)      8,931       1,648 (f)      10,579  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS

   $ (1,440   $ (15,189   $ 12,339     $ (4,290   $ 1,648     $ (2,642
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LOSS PER COMMON SHARE (g):

            

Basic and diluted

   $ (0.55     —         $ (0.83     $ (1.75

WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING (IN THOUSANDS) (h):

            

Basic and diluted

     2,628       —           12,435         5,857  

 

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KLRE ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

as of December 31, 2016

(in thousands)

 

     KLRE      Rosehill LLC      Pro forma
Adjustments
    Pro forma
(Prior to
Redemptions)
     Redemption
Adjustment
    Pro Forma
(After
Redemptions)
 
     (a)      (b)                            
ASSETS                

CURRENT ASSETS:

               

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 228      $ 8,434      $ 85,324 (c)    $ 115,259      $ (40,599 )(k)    $ 74,660  
           70,875 (d)        
           (35,000 )(e)        
           (7,406 )(f)        
           (6,921 )(g)        
           (275 )(h)        

Accounts receivable, net

     —          1,928        —         1,928        —         1,928  

Accounts receivable, related party

     —          4,837        —         4,837        —         4,837  

Inventory

     —          280        —         280        —         280  

Derivative instruments

     —          247        —         247        —         247  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     24        617        —         641        —         641  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     252        16,343        106,597       123,192        (40,599     82,593  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET (SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS METHOD):

               

Oil and gas properties (successful efforts method of accounting), net

     —          122,267        —         122,267        —         122,267  

Other property and equipment, net

     —          1,106        —         1,106        —         1,106  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net property and equipment

     —          123,373        —         123,373        —         123,373  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS:

               

Noncurrent assets, net

     —          110        —         110        —         110  

Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account

     85,324        —          (85,324 )(c)      —          —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 85,576      $ 139,826      $ 21,273     $ 246,675      $ (40,599   $ 206,076  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY                

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

               

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   $ 1,094      $ 4,658      $ —       $ 5,752      $ —       $ 5,752  

Accounts payable, related parties

     —          612        —         612        —         612  

Accrued liabilities and other

     —          7,205        —         7,205        —         7,205  

Derivative instruments

     —          1,856        —         1,856        —         1,856  

Current portion, capital lease obligation

     —          30        —         30        —         30  

Current portion, long-term debt

     —          —          —         —          —         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

     1,094        14,361        —         15,455        —         15,455  

NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

               

Long term debt

     —          55,000        —         55,000        —         55,000  

Notes payable - related party

     275        —          (275 )(h)      —          —         —    

Deferred underwriting commission

     46        —          (46 )(g)      0        —         0  

Deferred rent

     —          —          —         —          —         —    

Capital lease obligation

     —          65        —         65        —         65  

Asset retirement obligations

     —          5,180        —         5,180        —         5,180  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     1,415        74,606        (321     75,700        —         75,700  

Commitments

               

Class A common stock

     79,161           (79,161 )(i)      —         

Redeemable noncontrolling interest

     —          —          76,433 (e)      76,433        (36,549 )(k)      39,884  

 

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KLRE ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.

 

     KLRE     Rosehill LLC      Pro forma
Adjustments
    Pro forma
(Prior to
Redemptions)
    Redemption
Adjustment
    Pro Forma
(After
Redemptions)
 
     (a)     (b)                           

EQUITY (l):

             

Members equity

     —         65,220        (65,220 )(e)      —         —         —    

Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value

          52,944 (d)      52,944       20,000 (k)      72,944  

Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value

     1       —          1 (j)      2       (1 )(k)      1  

Class F common stock, $0.0001 par value

     1       —          (1 )(j)      —         —         —    

Class B common Stock, $0.0001 par value

     —            3 (e)      3         3  

Additional paid-in capital

     6,447       —          (53,622 )(e),(f)      49,917       (24,049 )(k)      25,868  
          17,931 (d)          —    
          79,161 (i)          —    

Accumulated deficit

     (1,449     —          (6,875 )(g)      (8,324     —         (8,324
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     5,000       65,220        24,322       94,542       (4,050     90,492  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

   $ 85,576     $ 139,826      $ 21,273     $ 246,675     $ (40,599   $ 206,076  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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KLRE ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES

 

1. Basis of Pro Forma Presentation

Overview

The Business Combination Agreement resulted in Tema obtaining control of KLRE through its 29,807,692 shares of Class B common stock, representing 83.6% of the voting interest in KLRE (without giving effect to the conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued in the PIPE Investment or purchased pursuant to the Side Letter). KLRE owns a direct 100% voting interest in Rosehill Operating as a result of the Business Combination. It is expected the Business Combination will be accounted for as a reverse acquisition pursuant to ASC 805-10-55-12 due to Tema having control of Rosehill Operating both before and (through control of KLRE) after the Business Combination. As such, the consolidation of Rosehill Operating by KLRE results in an initial measurement of the Rosehill Operating assets and liabilities transferred to KLRE equal to the historical carrying amounts of those assets and liabilities on the accounts of Tema on the transfer date. The pro forma adjustments have been prepared as if the Business Combination had taken place on December 31, 2016 in the case of the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet and on January 1, 2016 in the case of the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2016.

The unaudited pro forma information presented herein reflects events directly attributable to the described transactions, are factually supportable, and, with respect to the statement of operations, are expected to have a continuing impact on KLRE’s results following the completion of the Business Combination. Such pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of financial results that would have been attained had the described transactions occurred on the dates indicated above, or the results of the combined company that may be achieved in the future. The adjustments are based on currently available information and certain estimates and assumptions. Therefore, the actual results may differ from the pro forma results indicated herein. However, management believes that the assumptions provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects of the Business Combination as contemplated and that the pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions and are properly applied in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information should be read in conjunction with:

 

    The carve out financial statements of the Assets and Liabilities of the Business to be Contributed to Rosehill Operating and related notes for the year ended December 31, 2016, as well as “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Rosehill Operating” for this period, included in the Proxy Statement dated April 12, 2017, as amended and supplemented (the “Proxy Statement”);

 

    KLRE’s historical financial statements and related notes for the year ended December 31, 2016, as well as “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of KLRE” for this period, included in the Proxy Statement; and

 

    other information related to KLRE and Rosehill Operating included in the Proxy Statement.

The pro forma adjustments represent management’s estimates based on information available as of the date of this filing and are subject to change as additional information becomes available and additional analyses are performed. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information does not reflect possible adjustments related to restructuring or integration activities that have yet to be determined or other costs following the Business Combination that are not expected to have a continuing impact. Further, one-time transaction-related expenses anticipated to be incurred related to the Business Combination are not included in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations. However, the impact of such transaction-related expenses is reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet as an adjustment to accumulated deficit and cash.

No current or deferred income tax liability is recorded as a result of the Business Combination since its legal form (an investment in a newly created entity taxed as a pass-through partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) does not result in a taxable event to KLRE. KLRE will be taxed on its share of future earnings not attributed to Tema’s interest (depicted as non-controlling interest), whereas Tema will continue to bear its share of income tax on its share of future earnings. The income tax burden on the earnings taxed to Tema is not reported by KLRE in the consolidated financial statements under GAAP.

 

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KLRE ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.

 

The Company does not anticipate an increase in the tax basis of Rosehill Operating assets in connection with the distribution to Tema of Cash Consideration, shares of Class B common stock and Tema warrants and the assumption of Tema liabilities in connection with the Business Combination; therefore, no Tax Receivable Agreement liability is reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information. Liabilities under the Tax Receivable Agreement will be recognized upon the future redemption by Tema or the exchange by the Company, as applicable, of Rosehill Operating Common Units for Class A common stock or cash, as applicable.

 

2. Pro Forma Adjustments and Assumptions

Pro Forma Adjustments to the Statement of Operations:

 

  (a) Represents the KLRE historical statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

  (b) Represents the historical statement of operations of the assets and liabilities of the business to be contributed to Rosehill Operating for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

  (c) Represents $3.4 million non-recurring transaction costs incurred through December 31, 2016 related to the Business Combination which have been excluded from the unaudited pro forma statement of operations.

 

  (d) No pro forma adjustment for income tax benefit was reflected in the pro forma statement of operations. The Company is a newly formed Subchapter C corporation with no income tax refund potential. Accordingly, no deferred tax asset created by the loss was judged to be, more likely than not, collectible.

 

  (e) Represents net income (loss) attributable to the redeemable noncontrolling interest in the total pro forma consolidated net income (loss) based on Tema’s ownership of Rosehill Operating as a result of the Business Combination.

 

  (f) Represents net income (loss) attributable to the redeemable noncontrolling interest in Rosehill Operating by Tema on the total pro forma consolidated net income (loss) after redemptions.

 

  (g) Reflects basic and diluted earnings per common share after the impact of the Business Combination and the PIPE Investment. Earnings per share includes adjustments for 8% Series A Preferred Stock dividends not available to common shareholders. Outstanding KLRE warrants (as disclosed in footnote (k) below) were excluded in the calculation of diluted net earnings per share as inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. The following table sets forth the computation of pro forma basic and diluted loss per common share for the year ended December 31, 2016, assuming scenarios, in which (i) prior to redemptions, and (ii) 5,804,404 shares of Class A common stock are redeemed and 20,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock are purchased pursuant to the Side Letter (in thousands except per share data):

 

     For the Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 
     Prior to
Redemptions
     After
Redemptions
and where Side
Letter
purchasers buy
Series A
Preferred
 

Net loss attributable to common shareholders

   $ (4,290    $ (2,642

Pro forma adjustment to reflect Series A Preferred Stock dividend

     (6,000    $ (7,600
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net loss used to compute pro forma net loss per share

   $ (10,290    $ (10,242

Pro Forma Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding

     

Basic and Diluted

     12,435        5,857  

Pro Forma Net Loss Per Common Share

     

Basic and Diluted

   $ (0.83    $ (1.75

 

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KLRE ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.

 

  (h) The following table represents Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding prior to and following the redemptions (in thousands):

 

     Prior to
Redemptions
     Reflective of
Redemptions
where Side
Letter
purchasers buy
Series A
Preferred
 

Shares of Class A Common Stock before the Business Combination

     8,185        8,185  

Founder Shares converted to Class A Common Stock(i)

     4,250        3,476  

Shares of Class A Common Stock redeemed

     —          (5,804
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding

     12,435        5,857  

 

  (i) Conversion of the Founder Shares into shares of Class A common stock is limited to 4,250,000 shares prior to the redemptions. After redemptions, the conversion of the Founder Shares into shares of Class A common stock is limited to 3,475,663. Following the conversion, the Founder Shares were canceled.

Pro Forma Adjustments to the Balance Sheet:

 

  (a) Represents the KLRE historical balance sheet as of December 31, 2016.

 

  (b) Represents the balance sheet of the assets and liabilities of the business to be contributed to Rosehill Operating as of December 31, 2016.

 

  (c) Represents the adjustment of $85.3 million related to the reclassification of $85.3 million of cash equivalents held in the Trust Account to cash and cash equivalents to reflect the fact that these investments are available for use in connection with the Business Combination.

 

  (d) Reflects the issuance by KLRE of 75,000 Series A Preferred Stock at $1,000 per share and 5,000,000 PIPE Warrants to the PIPE Investors in connection with the closing of the Business Combination for net proceeds of $70.9 million, in addition to the 476,540 shares of Class A common stock transferred, in lieu of cancellation and reissuance, by KLR Sponsor to the PIPE Investors in connection with the closing of the Business Combination. The transfer of Class A common shares to the PIPE Investors by KLR Sponsor is considered an in-substance capital contribution to KLRE. The net proceeds of the PIPE Investment have been allocated among the Preferred, PIPE Warrants and 476,540 shares of Class A common shares based on the relative fair value of the instruments. The fair value allocated to the Preferred Stock is reflected as Preferred Stock whereas the remaining value is reflected as additional paid-in capital. The following table illustrates the relative fair value allocated to each instrument (in thousands):

 

Net proceeds of PIPE Investment

   $ 70,875  

Proceeds allocated to:

  

Preferred stock

     52,944  

Warrants

     14,436  

Class A common stock

     3,495  

 

  (e) Represents the acquisition by KLRE of approximately 16.4% of the outstanding common membership units in Rosehill Operating from Tema, in exchange for (i) the contribution to Rosehill Operating by KLRE of the Cash Consideration and related distribution to Tema, (ii) 29,807,692 shares of Class B common stock and the Tema Warrants (which Cash Consideration, Class B common stock, and warrants will immediately be distributed by Rosehill Operating to Tema), (iii) the assumption by Rosehill Operating of $55.0 million in indebtedness, (iv) the contribution to Rosehill Operating by KLRE of the remaining cash proceeds of KLRE’s IPO and the PIPE Investment and (v) the transfer, in lieu of cancellation and reissuance, by KLR Sponsor of 750,000 warrants to purchase Class A common stock of KLRE to Rosemore pursuant to the Side Letter. The interest in the net assets of Rosehill Operating not attributable, directly or indirectly, to KLRE are represented as redeemable noncontrolling interest. The Company has classified the noncontrolling interest as temporary equity as Tema has the election to cause redemption of the common membership units in Rosehill Operating it retained in connection with the Business Combination Agreement through the issuance of Class A common shares or cash, at Rosehill Operating’s election.

 

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KLRE ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.

 

  (f) Represents $7.4 million of working capital adjustment paid to Tema at closing pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement.

 

  (g) Represents $6.9 million of banking, legal and accounting fees that were expensed (not capitalized within equity) in connection with the Business Combination as well as $46,330 of deferred underwriting commissions which were accrued as of December 31, 2016. $3.4 million of the cost was incurred by Tema, and will be reimbursed upon closing.

 

  (h) Reflects the repayment of $275,000 of related party notes due KLR Sponsor and its affiliates upon consummation of the Business Combination.

 

  (i) Represents an adjustment of $79.2 million related to shares of Class A common stock that were subject to possible redemption from redeemable equity in KLRE’s historical consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016 to permanent equity in connection with the Business Combination. These shares are no longer redeemable and have been reclassified from redeemable equity to additional paid in capital and Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value.

 

  (j) Represents the conversion of 2,046,330 Class F Founders Shares into 3,475,663 shares of Class A common stock upon the closing of the Business Combination and the redemptions of the Class A common stock.

 

  (k) Reflects the redemption of 5,804,404 shares of Class A common stock (approximately 76.4% of total shares available for redemption), for approximately $60.6 million using proceeds from the Trust Account and $20.0 million received pursuant to the Side Letter. Pursuant to the Side Letter, Rosemore and KLR Sponsor purchased 20,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock for $20.0 million. Pro forma cash after the redemptions is $74.6 million. As a result of this redemption, Tema’s interest in KLRE will be approximately 83.6%.

 

  (l) The following tables reflects the authorized, issued and outstanding shares of common and preferred stock:

 

     KLRE      Rosehill
LLC
     Pro forma
Adjustments
    Pro forma
(Prior to
Redemptions)
     Redemption
Adj.
    Pro forma
(After
Redemptions)
 

Temporary Equity

               

Class A common stock

               

Issued

     7,597,044        —          (7,597,044 )(i)      —          —         —    

Stockholders’ equity

               

Preferred Stock

               

Authorized

     —          —          1,000,000       1,000,000        —         1,000,000  

Issued and outstanding

     —          —          75,000 (ii)      75,000        20,000  (v)      95,000  

Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value

               

Authorized

     35,000,000        —          60,000,000       95,000,000          95,000,000  

Issued and outstanding

     588,276        —          7,597,044 (i)      12,435,320        (5,804,404 ) (vi)      5,856,579  
           4,250,000 (iii)         (774,337 ) (iii)   

Class F common stock, $0.0001 par value

               

Authorized

     6,000,000        —          (6,000,000 )(iii)      —          —         —    

Issued and outstanding

     2,046,330        —          (2,046,330 )(iii)      —          —         —    

Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value

               

Authorized

     —          —          30,000,000       30,000,000        —         30,000,000  

Issued and outstanding

     —          —          29,807,692 (iv)      29,807,692        —         29,807,692  

Warrants

     16,594,158        —          4,000,000 (iv)      25,594,158        —         25,594,158  
           5,000,000 (ii)        

 

(i) Reclassification of redeemable equity as described in note (i) above
(ii) Issuance of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to the PIPE Investors
(iii) Conversion of the Founder Shares to Class A common shares is limited to 4,250,000 shares, including 476,540 shares provided to PIPE Investors by the founders prior to the redemptions. Upon the redemptions, the conversion of the Founder Shares to Class A common shares is limited to 3,475,663. Following the conversion, the Founder Shares were canceled
(iv) Issuance of Class B common stock and Tema warrants to Rosehill Operating
(v) Issuance of Series A Preferred stock pursuant to the Side Letter, as the proceeds received from the backstop were used to purchase Series A Preferred stock
(vi) Shares of Class A common stock redeemed

 

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