CNX Resources Corp (Form: 8-K, Received: 03/12/2018 16:22:46)

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THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is dated as of March 8, 2018, and is made by and among CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION (formerly known as CONSOL ENERGY INC.) , a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), EACH OF THE GUARANTORS (as hereinafter defined), the LENDERS (as hereinafter defined), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. , as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “ Syndication Agent ”), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and as collateral agent for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”).

WHEREAS, the Borrower, certain of its Subsidiaries, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as syndication agent, and PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as administrative agent, are party to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2014 (as amended prior to the date hereof, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement as set forth herein;

WHEREAS, the Lenders agree to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the liens, security interests and guaranties securing and supporting the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue to secure and support the Obligations as amended and restated pursuant to this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of their mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound hereby, covenant and agree as follows:

In addition to words and terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context hereof clearly requires otherwise:

“ Acquisition Swap Agreements ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.2.12(b) [Swaps].

“ Administrative Agent ” shall have the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

“ Administrative Agent’s Fee ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.9 [Administrative Agent’s Fee].

“ Administrative Agent’s Letter ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.9 [Administrative Agent’s Fee].

“ Affiliate ” of any specified Person shall mean any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “ control ,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “ controlling ,” “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ” have correlative meanings.

“ Affiliate Transaction ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.2.8 [Affiliate Transactions].

“ Agents ” shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Syndication Agent. The term “Agent” shall mean any of the Agents.

“ Alternate Reserve Report ” shall mean a report, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Applicable Borrowing Base Lenders, on reserves updated internally by petroleum engineers who are employees or agents of a Loan Party making adjustments for any changes in production volumes, expenses, and for dispositions of properties subsequent to the effective date of the information contained in, and based upon, the immediately preceding Reserve Report and, at the Borrower’s option, for any acquisitions of properties not included in the immediately preceding Reserve Report or the restoration to the Borrowing Base Properties of properties previously removed from the Borrowing Base Properties by the Borrower.

“ Anti-Corruption Laws ” shall mean (a) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and rules and regulations thereunder, (b) the UK Bribery Act and (c) other anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws and regulations of any applicable jurisdiction.

“ Anti-Terrorism Laws ” shall mean any Laws relating to terrorism, trade sanctions programs and embargoes, import/export licensing, money laundering or bribery, and any regulation, order, or directive promulgated, issued or enforced pursuant to such Laws, including the USA PATRIOT Act and regulations of OFAC.

“ Applicable Account ” shall mean a Deposit Account (other than an Excluded Account), a Securities Account or a Commodity Account.

“ Applicable Borrowing Base Lenders ” shall mean the Required Borrowing Base Lenders or the Required Increasing Borrowing Base Lenders, as applicable.

“ Applicable Commitment Fee Rate ” shall mean the percentage rate per annum based on the Utilization Percentage then in effect according to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading “Commitment Fee.”

“ Applicable Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.9(b) [Borrowing Base].

“ Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate ” shall mean the percentage rate per annum based on the Utilization Percentage then in effect according to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading “Letter of Credit Fee.”

“ Applicable Notes Indenture Cap ” shall mean the maximum amount of secured Indebtedness (and, notwithstanding the definition of “Indebtedness,” with letters of credit (including Letters of Credit) being deemed to have an outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness equal to the maximum potential liability of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) permitted under any Permitted Unsecured Notes Indenture; provided that if different Permitted Unsecured Notes Indentures permit different amounts of Indebtedness, the most restrictive Permitted Unsecured Notes Indenture shall govern for purposes of this definition.

“ Approved Counterparty ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted Commodity Swap Agreement.”

“ Approved Fund ” shall mean any fund that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and 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.

“ Assignment and Assumption Agreement ” shall mean an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee permitted under Section 11.8 [Successors and Assigns], in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(A) .

“ Authorized Financial Officer ” of any Person shall mean the chief financial officer, treasurer or vice-president finance of such Person or, if there is no chief financial officer, treasurer or vice-president finance of such Person, a vice president of such Person, designated by such Person as being a financial officer authorized to deliver and certify financial information on behalf of the Loan Parties required hereunder.

“ Authorized Officer ” shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of such Loan Party or such other individuals, designated by written notice to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower, authorized to execute notices, reports and other documents on behalf of the Loan Parties required hereunder. The Borrower may amend such list of individuals from time to time by giving written notice of such amendment to the Administrative Agent.

“ Auto-Extension Letter of Credit ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10.1(c) [Issuance of Letters of Credit].

“ Availability ” shall mean, as of any time, the difference between (a) the Commitments at such time, minus (b) the total Revolving Exposures of all Lenders at such time.

“ Average Life ” shall mean, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing

“ Bail-In Action ” shall mean 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.

“ Bail-In Legislation ” shall mean, 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 ” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Open Rate, plus 0.5%, (b) the Prime Rate, and (c) the LIBOR Rate for an Interest Period of one month, plus 100 basis points (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 Option ” shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in Section 4.1.1(a)(i) [Revolving Credit Base Rate Option].

“ Beneficial Owner ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “ Beneficially Owns ” and “ Beneficially Owned ” have corresponding meanings. For purposes of this definition, a Person shall be deemed not to Beneficially Own securities that are the subject of a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement, amalgamation agreement, arrangement agreement or similar agreement until consummation of the transactions or, as applicable, series of related transactions contemplated thereby.

“ Benefit Plan ” shall mean any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code) or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan.”

“ Board of Directors ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) if the Person is a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board or a similar governing body, (b) if the Person is a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board or a similar governing body and (c) with respect to any other Person, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

“ Board Resolution ” shall mean a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Borrower and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

“ Borrowing Base ” shall mean, at any time, the value of the Borrowing Base Properties, determined in accordance with Section 2.9 [Borrowing Base], as adjusted pursuant to the terms hereof, and calculated in good faith using the Syndication Agent’s or Administrative Agent’s usual and customary criteria for gas reserve evaluation and approved by the Applicable Borrowing Base Lenders.

“ Borrowing Base Deficiency ” shall mean the amount by which the Revolving Facility Usage exceeds the Borrowing Base.

“ Borrowing Base Properties ” shall mean those Proved Reserves included by the Borrower in the most recent Reserve Report from which the determination of the Borrowing Base is made hereunder which are (a) owned by any Loan Party, (b) located in the United States or such other location that is designated in writing by Borrower to the Syndication Agent and which designation is acceptable to the Syndication Agent and the Applicable Borrowing Base Lenders and (c) free of all Liens, other than the Permitted Liens.

“ Borrowing Date ” shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the date for the making thereof or the renewal or conversion thereof at or to the same or a different Interest Rate Option, which shall be a Business Day.

“ Borrowing Tranche ” shall mean specified portions of Loans outstanding as follows: (i) any Loans to which a LIBOR Rate Option applies which become subject to the same Interest Rate Option under the same Loan Request by the Borrower and which have the same Interest Period shall constitute one Borrowing Tranche, and (ii) all Loans to which a Base Rate Option applies shall constitute one Borrowing Tranche.

“ Building ” shall mean a walled and roofed structure, other than a gas or liquid storage tank, that is principally above ground and affixed to a permanent site, and a walled and roofed structure while in the course of construction, alteration or repair or shall have such other meaning ascribed to such term in the Flood Laws.

“ Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are authorized or required to be closed for business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and if the applicable Business Day relates to any Loan to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies, such day must also be a day on which dealings are carried on in the Relevant Interbank Market.

“ Capital Expenditures ” shall mean for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person during such period for the acquisition or leasing (in the case of leasing, pursuant to a Capital Lease Obligation) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) which are required to be capitalized under GAAP on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person.

“ Capital Lease Obligation ” shall mean an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease or financing lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of

the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any lease (whether entered into before or after the Closing Date) that would have been classified as an operating lease pursuant to GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date will be deemed not to represent a Capital Lease Obligation.

“ Capital Stock ” of any Person shall mean (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

“ Cash Collateralize ” shall mean to pledge and deposit with or deliver to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of each applicable Issuing Lender, as collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and each applicable Issuing Lender (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Such cash collateral shall be maintained in blocked deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent. At the option of the applicable Issuing Lender, in lieu of cash collateral, the applicable Letter of Credit Obligations may be supported by one or more back-to-back letters of credit in form and from institutions reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Lender, and such arrangement shall also be within the meaning of Cash Collateralize. The terms “Cash Collateral” and “Cash Collateralization” shall have correlative meanings.

“ Cash on Hand ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Temporary Cash Investments of the Loan Parties as of such date plus (ii) the aggregate amount of cash and Temporary Cash Investments of the Loan Parties pledged solely to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Obligation as of such date.

“ Casualty Event ” shall mean, with respect to any assets of any Loan Party, any damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking (including by any Official Body) of, any such assets that occurs after the Closing Date for which the Borrower or any other Loan Party receives insurance proceeds or proceeds of a condemnation award or any other compensation; provided , however, no such event or series of related events shall constitute a Casualty Event if such proceeds or other compensation in respect thereof is less than the Threshold Amount in the aggregate with respect to such event or series of related events. Casualty Event shall include but not be limited to any taking of all or any part of any real property of the Borrower or any other Loan Party in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any Law, or by reason of the temporary requisition or the use or occupancy of all or any part of any real property by any Official Body, civil or military.

“ CFC ” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in Section 957 of the Code.

“ CFC Holdco ” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower that owns no material assets other than Equity Interests in one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.

“ Change in Law ” shall mean the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, 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 Official Body or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) by any Official Body; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith (whether or not having the force of Law) and (y) all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations 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 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.

“ CIP Regulations ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.11 [No Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program].

“ CNX Midstream ” shall mean CNX Midstream Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

“ CNX Midstream GP ” shall mean CNX Midstream GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“ Collateral ” shall mean the property of whatever kind and nature subject or purported to be subject from time to time to a Lien under any Security Document, but shall not include (i) any asset that shall have been released, pursuant to Section 10.10 [Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors] or Section 11.1.1(d) [Required Consents], from the Liens created under such Security Document or (ii) any Excluded Assets.

“ Collateral Agent ” shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor collateral agent.

“ Commercial Letter of Credit ” shall mean any letter of credit which is a commercial letter of credit issued in respect of the purchase of goods or services by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

“ Commitment ” shall mean as to any Lender its Revolving Credit Commitment, and “ Commitments ” shall mean the aggregate of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders.

“ Commitment Fee ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3 [Commitment Fees].

“ Commodity Account ” shall mean any “commodity account” as defined in the UCC in effect in the State of New York from time to time.

“ Commodity Exchange Act ” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

“ Compliance Certificate ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.3.4 [Certificate of the Borrower].

“ CONE-Noble Transaction ” shall mean the purchase by CNX Gas Company LLC of 100% of the Equity Interests in CNX Gathering LLC held by NBL Midstream, LLC pursuant to the CONE-Noble Transaction Agreement.

“ CONE-Noble Transaction Agreement ” shall mean that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2017, between CNX Gas Company LLC, as buyer, and NBL Midstream, LLC, as seller.

“ Consideration ” shall mean, with respect to any acquisition, without duplication, the aggregate of (i) the cash paid by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the seller in connection therewith, (ii) the Indebtedness assumed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith and (iii) any other consideration given by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith.

“ Consolidated EBITDA ” shall mean, for any period, the sum of Consolidated Net Income, plus (a) other than in the case of clause (8) below, to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income (without duplication):

minus (b) (1) to the extent increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, gains for such period from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness and (2) except to the extent already reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period, cash payments made in such period by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries related to legacy employee liabilities. Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no proceeds received directly or indirectly by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any offering of Equity Interests of any Midstream Entity shall in any event operate to increase Consolidated EBITDA.

“ Consolidated Indebtedness ” shall mean, as of any date, the sum (without duplication) of (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries of the type referenced under the first instances of clause (1), (2) or (3) of the definition of “Indebtedness” outstanding on such date and (b) all obligations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under any drawn letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar credit transactions that are not reimbursed within one Business Day following receipt by Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary of a demand for reimbursement following payment on such letter of credit, bankers’ acceptance or similar credit transaction, in each case under clause (a) or (b), after giving effect to all incurrences and repayments of Indebtedness occurring on such date; provided that obligations in respect of advance royalty commitments shall not be included in Consolidated Indebtedness.

“ Consolidated Interest Expense ” shall mean, for any period, the total interest expense of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding (i) any interest attributable to Dollar-Denominated Production Payments, (ii) write-off of deferred financing costs and (iii) accretion of interest charges on future plugging and abandonment obligations, future retirement benefits and other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness), plus, to the extent not included in such total interest expense, and to the extent incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, without duplication:

“ Consolidated Net Income ” shall mean the aggregate net income (loss) attributable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) for the purposes of clause (1) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit,” there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the Cumulative Credit pursuant to any other clause of the definition thereof, (ii) any Investment made pursuant to Section 8.2.4(l) shall reduce Consolidated Net Income for the period in which such Investment was made by the amount of such Investment (provided that the cumulative amount of reductions to Consolidated Net Income pursuant to this clause (ii) at any time shall not exceed the cumulative amount of dividends or other distributions from the Specified DevCos that were included in Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (1)(a) above for any period and (iii) no proceeds received directly or indirectly by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any offering of Equity Interests of any Midstream Entity shall in any event operate to increase Consolidated Net Income.

“ Contractual Requirement ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.6 [No Conflict].

“ Control Agreement ” shall mean a control agreement among the Collateral Agent, the depository bank, the securities intermediary or commodities counterparty, the other parties thereto and the applicable Loan Party, establishing the Collateral Agent’s control with respect to the applicable Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodities Account, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

“ Covered Entity ” shall mean (a) the Borrower, each of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, all Guarantors and all pledgors of Collateral, and (b) each Person that, directly or indirectly, is an Affiliate of a Person described in clause (a) above.

“ Cumulative Credit ” shall mean, at any time, an amount, determined on a cumulative basis equal to, without duplication:

(1) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for the period commencing on the CNI Base Date and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter ending on or immediately preceding the date of such proposed Restricted Payment (or, if such aggregate Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit); plus

(2) 66-2/3% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower since the Base Date from the issuance or sale of equity of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Net Cash Proceeds received from an issuance or sale of such Capital Stock to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or an employee stock ownership plan, option plan or similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan, option plan or similar trust is financed by loans from or Guarantied by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination)); plus

(3) 66-2/3% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the Base Date from the incurrence of Indebtedness (other than Net Cash Proceeds received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower) that has been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower (less the amount of any cash, or the Fair Market Value of any other property, distributed by the Borrower upon such conversion or exchange), together with the net proceeds, if any, received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Person other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange; plus

(4) any dividends or distributions received in cash by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Base Date from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, to the extent that such dividends or distributions were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such period (other than dividends or distributions from CNX Midstream or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent made from income attributable to any gain from a disposition, sale or transfer outside the ordinary course of business (as determined in a manner consistent with clause (5) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain); plus

(6) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 8.2.5(g) [Restricted Payments] after the Closing Date and prior to such time;

provided that notwithstanding the foregoing (x) the Cumulative Credit shall not directly or indirectly be increased by any distributions by any Midstream Entity to Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since December 31, 2017 and (y) no proceeds received directly or indirectly by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any offering of Equity Interests of any Midstream Entity shall in any event operate to increase the Cumulative Credit.

“ Currency Agreement ” shall mean in respect of a Person any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement to which such Person is a party or a beneficiary.

“ Current Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a) [Increasing Lenders and New Lenders].

“ Customary Recourse Exceptions ” shall mean, with respect to any Non-Recourse Debt of any Person, exclusions from the exculpation provisions with respect to such Non-Recourse Debt for the voluntary bankruptcy of such Person, fraud, misapplication of cash, environmental claims, waste, willful destruction and other circumstances customarily excluded by lenders from exculpation provisions or included in separate indemnification agreements in non-recourse financings.

“ December 31 Reserve Report ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.3.8(a) [Independent Engineer].

“ Defaulting Lender ” shall mean any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Loans or (iii) pay over to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a Loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within two Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Loans under this Agreement; provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon the Administrative Agent’s or the Borrower’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, as the case may be, (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event, (e) has failed at any time to comply with the provisions of Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders] with respect to purchasing participations from the other Lenders, whereby such Lender’s share of any payment received, whether by setoff or otherwise, is in excess of its Ratable Share of such payments due and payable to all of the Lenders or (f) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action.

As used in this definition, the term “ Bankruptcy Event ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person or such Person’s direct or indirect parent company becoming the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or having had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of (i) any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person or such Person’s direct or indirect parent company by an Official Body or instrumentality thereof if, and only if, such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person 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 Person (or such Official Body or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person or (ii) the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator with respect to a Person or a Person’s direct or indirect parent company under the Dutch Financial Supervision Act 2007 (as amended from time to time and including any successor legislation) if applicable law prohibits the public disclosure of such appointment and so long as such appointment has in fact not been publicly disclosed.

“ Deposit Account ” shall mean any “deposit account” as defined in the UCC in effect in the State of New York from time to time and shall specifically include any account with a deposit function.

“ Designated Non-Cash Consideration ” shall mean the Fair Market Value of non-cash Consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with a Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Temporary Cash Investments received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.

“ Developed Oil and Gas Reserves ” shall mean the “developed oil and gas reserves” as such term is defined by the SEC in its standards and guidelines.

“ Disposition ” or “ Dispose ” shall mean the sale, conveyance, assignment, lease, sale and leaseback, abandonment or other transfer or disposal of, voluntarily or involuntarily, of any property or assets, tangible or intangible, including the sale, assignment, discount or other disposition of Accounts, equipment or general intangibles with or without recourse, the issuance or sale of Capital Stock of a Subsidiary or granting of options or rights of first refusal in such assets. In the case of the grant of an option or right of first refusal with respect to any asset, the date of such grant shall be deemed to be the date of Disposition of such asset.

“ Disqualified Stock ” shall mean any Equity Interests of a Person or any Restricted Subsidiary that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable, in either case at the option of the holder thereof) or otherwise (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is or may become redeemable or repurchaseable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part or (c) is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, on or prior to the earlier of, in the case of clause (a), (b) or (c) above, (i) 91 days after the Expiration Date and (ii) upon Payment In Full ( provided that only the portion of Equity Interests which is mandatorily redeemable or matures or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date will be deemed to be Disqualified Stock), in each case other than in exchange for Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock).

“ Dollar ,” “ Dollars ,” “ U.S. Dollars ” and the symbol “ $ ” shall each mean lawful money of the United States of America.

“ Dollar-Denominated Production Payments ” shall mean production payment obligations recorded as liabilities in accordance with GAAP, together with all undertakings and obligations in connection therewith.

“ EEA Financial Institution ” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm 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 financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

“ EEA Member Country ” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, or any other country that is a member of the European Economic Area.

“ EEA Resolution Authority ” shall mean 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.

“ Eligibility Date ” shall mean, with respect to each Loan Party and each Swap, the date on which this Agreement or any other Loan Document becomes effective with respect to such Swap (for the avoidance of doubt, the Eligibility Date shall be the effective date of such Swap if this Agreement or any other Loan Document is then in effect with respect to such Loan Party, and otherwise it shall be the Closing Date).

“ Eligible Contract Participant ” shall mean an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and regulations thereunder.

“Environment” shall mean ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface and sub-surface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.

“ Environmental Laws ” shall mean any and all applicable current and future federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or other governmental restrictions or common law causes of action relating to (a) protection of the Environment or to emissions, discharges, Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials, (b) human health as affected by Hazardous Materials, or (c) mining operations and activities to the extent relating to protection of the Environment or reclamation, including the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act or to occupational or miner health and safety, pr o vided that “Environmental Laws” do not include any laws relating to worker or retiree benefits, including benefits arising out of occupational diseases.

“ Environmental Liability ” shall mean any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

“ Equity Interests ” of any Person shall mean (1) any and all Capital Stock of such Person and (2) all rights to purchase, warrants or options (whether or not currently exercisable), participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) such Capital Stock of such Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into Equity Interests, regardless of whether such debt securities include any right of participation with Equity Interests.

“ ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.

“ ERISA Affiliate ” shall mean, at any relevant time, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

“ ERISA Event ” shall mean (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or in reorganization within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or experienced a mass withdrawal within the meaning of Section 4219 of ERISA; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan, or the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination of a Pension Plan or a Multiemployer Plan under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, respectively; (e) the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA; (h) Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate is informed that any Multiemployer Plan to which Borrower or the ERISA Affiliate contributes is in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (i) the failure by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to meet all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of a Pension Plan, whether or not waived, or a failure by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; or (j) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

“ EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

“ European Interbank Market ” shall mean the European interbank market for Euro operating in Participating Member States.

“ Event of Default ” shall mean any of the events described in Section 9.1 [Events of Default] and referred to therein as an “Event of Default.”

“ Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“ Excluded Account ” shall mean a Deposit Account (i) which is used solely for making payroll and withholding tax payments related thereto and other employee wage and benefit payments and accrued and unpaid employee compensation (including salaries, wages, bonuses, benefits and expense reimbursements), (ii) which is used solely for paying or remitting taxes, including sales taxes, (iii) which is used solely as an escrow account or as a fiduciary or trust account, in each case, for the benefit of unaffiliated third parties or (iv) the aggregate average daily balance in which (in each case determined for the most recently completed calendar month) does not at any time exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Deposit Accounts referred to in this clause (iv).

“ Excluded Assets ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.1.17(b) [Collateral].

“ Excluded Properties ” shall mean the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 8.1.17 .

“ Excluded Subsidiaries ” shall mean (a) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (b) each Foreign Subsidiary and each CFC Holdco, (c) each Immaterial Subsidiary and (d) each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not directly or indirectly wholly-owned by the Borrower; provided that a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Loan Party shall not become an Excluded Subsidiary by virtue of a transfer of a portion of the Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary (except pursuant to a bona fide joint venture transaction permitted hereunder) until a majority of the Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary are Disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.2.4 [Loans and Investments] or Section 8.2.7 [Dispositions]. Subject to Section 8.1.20 [Post-Closing Matters], notwithstanding the foregoing, any Person that is an obligor or guarantor under any Permitted Unsecured Notes Indenture shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary and, if not already a Guarantor, shall become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 8.1.9 [Additional Guarantors].

“ Excluded Swap Obligation ” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty 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) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an Eligible Contract Participant at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps of such Guarantor for which such Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.

“ Excluded Taxes ” shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by such recipient’s net income or profits (however denominated), and franchise Taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income Taxes), by a jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) as a result of such recipient being organized or having its principal office located or, in the case of any Lender, applicable lending office in such jurisdiction or that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed under section 884(a) of the Code, or any similar Tax, imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (a) above, (c) in the case of a Lender, any U.S. federal withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Lender

pursuant to a Law in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 5.8.1 [Payments Free of Taxes], (d) any withholding Tax attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 5.8.5 [Status of Lenders] and (e) any Tax imposed pursuant to FATCA.

“ Executive Order No. 13224 ” shall mean the Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.

“ Existing Credit Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

“ Existing Letters of Credit ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.1(e) [Issuance of Letters of Credit].

“ Existing Notes ” shall mean the Borrower’s 8.00% Senior Notes due 2023 and the Borrower’s 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022.

“ Existing Notes Indentures ” shall mean the indentures governing the Existing Notes.

“ Expiration Date ” shall mean the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date; provided that if the aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes outstanding on the Springing Expiration Date is greater than $500,000,000, then the Expiration Date shall be the Springing Expiration Date. No Existing Notes shall be deemed outstanding for the purposes of this definition to the extent that cash (or Temporary Cash Investments permitted to be deposited for such purpose under the applicable Existing Notes Indenture) has been irrevocably deposited with the trustee for the Existing Notes for the satisfaction and discharge or defeasance of the Existing Notes in accordance with the applicable Existing Notes Indenture.

“ Exposure ” shall mean, with respect to any Acquisition Swap Agreement as of any Test Date, the amount (expressed as a positive) that would be owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the applicable counterparty or the amount (expressed as a negative) that would be owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary by the applicable counterparty, in each case under such Acquisition Swap Agreement on the immediately preceding Test Date, assuming that a settlement date under such Acquisition Swap Agreement had occurred on such immediately preceding Test Date.

“ Fair Market Value ” shall mean the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower in the case of amounts of at least the Threshold Amount and otherwise by a Responsible Officer, any such determination being conclusive for all purposes under this Agreement.

“ FATCA ” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date hereof (and 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 agreement entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (and any amended or successor version described above), and any intergovernmental agreements (and any related laws or official administrative guidance) implementing the foregoing.

“ Federal Funds Effective Rate ” for any day shall mean the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any successor) on such day as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions on the previous trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted average it refers to as the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” as of the date of this Agreement; provided , if such Federal Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate on any day, the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” for such day shall be the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the last day on which such rate was announced. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, in the event the rate determined pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be less than zero, then (for the avoidance of doubt) the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

“ Federal Funds Open Rate ” for any day shall mean the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) which is the daily federal funds open rate as quoted by ICAP North America, Inc. (or any successor) as set forth on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM for that day opposite the caption “OPEN” (or on such other substitute Bloomberg Screen that displays such rate), or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen), as set forth on such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate as selected by the Administrative Agent (for the purposes of this definition only, an “ Alternate Source ”) or if such rate for such day does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen) or on any Alternate Source, or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen) or any Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by the Administrative Agent at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error); provided , however , that if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Open Rate for such day shall be the “open” rate on the immediately preceding Business Day. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, in the event the rate determined pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be less than zero, then (for the avoidance of doubt) the Federal Funds Open Rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. If and when the Federal Funds Open Rate changes, the rate of interest with respect to any advance to which the Federal Funds Open Rate applies will change automatically without notice to the Borrower, effective on the date of any such change.

“ Financial Covenants ” shall mean the covenants set forth in Section 8.2.14 [Financial Covenants].

“ Financial Projections ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.9(b) [Financial Projections].

“ Flood Laws ” shall mean (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, and (iv) all other applicable Laws relating to policies and procedures that address requirements placed on federally regulated lenders relating to flood matters, in each case, as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.

“ Foreign Lender ” shall mean any Lender that is not a “United States person” as defined in section 7701 of the Code.

“ Foreign Subsidiaries ” shall mean, for any Person, each Subsidiary of such Person that is incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

“ GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as are in effect from time to time, subject to the provisions of Section 1.3 [Accounting Principles], and applied on a consistent basis both as to classification of items and amounts.

“ Gas Properties ” shall mean the Hydrocarbon Interests consisting of natural gas (whether in its gaseous or liquefied form); any property now or hereafter pooled or unitized with natural gas Hydrocarbon Interests; all presently existing or future unitization, pooling agreements and declarations of pooled units and the units created thereby (including without limitation all units created under orders, regulations and rules of any Official Body having jurisdiction) which may affect all or any portion of the Hydrocarbon Interests; all operating agreements, joint venture agreements, contracts and other agreements which relate to any of the foregoing Hydrocarbon Interests or the production, sale, purchase, exchange or processing of Hydrocarbons from or attributable to such Hydrocarbon Interests; all Hydrocarbons in and under and which may be produced and saved or attributable to such Hydrocarbon Interests, the lands covered thereby and all rents, issues, profits, proceeds, products, revenues and other incomes from or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests; all tenements, profits à prendre, hereditaments, appurtenances and any property in anyway appertaining, belonging, affixed or incidental to such Hydrocarbon Interests, property, rights, titles, interests and estates described or referred to above, including any and all property, real or personal, now owned or hereinafter 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 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 gas wells, water wells, injection wells or other wells, buildings, structures, fuel separators, liquid extraction plants, plant compressors, pumps, pumping units, field gathering systems, tanks and tank batteries, fixtures, valves, fittings, machinery and parts, engines, boilers, meters, apparatus, equipment, appliances, tools, implements, cables, wires, 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.

“ Greenshale Obligations ” shall mean the obligations of Greenshale Energy, LLC (a Joint Venture) and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, under, or in connection with, the acquisition or performance of any Joint Operating Agreement, or the bidding for, or performance of, any, permit, license or similar authorization or petroleum agreement relating to the exploration, drilling, development or production of Hydrocarbon Interests.

“ Guarantor ” shall mean each of the parties to this Agreement that is designated as a “Guarantor” on the signature page hereof and each other Person that joins this Agreement as a Guarantor after the date hereof, in each case, until such Person ceases to be a Guarantor in accordance with this Agreement.

“ Guarantor Joinder ” shall mean a joinder by a Person as a Guarantor under the Loan Documents in the form of Exhibit 1.1(G)(1) .

“ Guaranty ” of any Person shall mean any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any liability or obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any agreement to indemnify or hold harmless any other Person, any performance bond or other suretyship arrangement and any other form of assurance against loss, including letters of credit issued for the account of Persons other than Loan Parties, except endorsement of negotiable or other instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. “ Guarantied ” shall have a correlative meaning.

“ Guaranty Agreement ” shall mean the Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(G)(2) executed and delivered by the Borrower and each of the Guarantors.

“ Hazardous Materials ” shall mean (i) any explosive substances or wastes and (ii) any chemicals, pollutants or contaminants, substances, materials or wastes, in any form, regulated under, or that could reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law, including asbestos and asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation, mining waste (including tailings), gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products.

“ Hedging Obligations ” of any Person shall mean the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Swap Agreement.

“ Historical Statements ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.9(a) [Historical Statements].

“ Hydrocarbon Interests ” shall mean all rights, titles, interests and estates now owned or hereafter acquired in and to oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral leases, or other liquid or gaseous Hydrocarbon leases and interests, mineral fee interests, overriding royalty and royalty interests, net profit interests and production payment interests, including any reserve or residual interest of whatever nature.

“ Hydrocarbon Swap Agreement ” shall mean any cap, floor, collar, exchange transaction, hedging contract, forward contract, swap agreement, futures contract, call or put option or any other similar agreement or other exchange or protection agreement relating to Hydrocarbons or power or any other inputs in the production or processing processes for Hydrocarbons.

“ Hydrocarbons ” shall mean coal, oil, natural gas, casing head gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, diesel, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and all constituents, elements or compounds thereof and products refined or processed therefrom.

“ Immaterial Subsidiary ” shall mean as of any date, any Restricted Subsidiary that does not have assets having an aggregate book value, as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year of the Borrower, exceeding $1,000,000 or Consolidated Net Income exceeding $1,000,000 for the most recently ended fiscal year of the Borrower, in each case, that is certified in the Perfection Certificate delivered as of the Closing Date or shown in the most recently delivered financial statements of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] or Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements]; provided that (i) solely with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary that has been acquired or created by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries subsequent to the Closing Date or the most recently delivered financial statements of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] or Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements], the assets and Consolidated Net Income determinations set forth above shall be made by the Borrower based on information concerning such Restricted Subsidiary that is reasonably available to the Borrower at the date of determination and subsequent to the Closing Date or the most recently delivered financial statements of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] or Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] and (ii) a Subsidiary will not be considered an Immaterial Subsidiary if it, directly or indirectly, Guaranties or otherwise provides credit support for any Indebtedness of the Borrower.

“ Immaterial Title Deficiencies ” shall mean defects or exceptions to title, and other Liens, discrepancies and similar matters relating to title which do not, individually or in the aggregate, reduce or impair the value of the properties by an amount greater than 2.0% of the aggregate present value of the Borrowing Base Properties as determined by the most recently delivered Reserve Report.

“ Increasing Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(a) [Increasing Lenders and New Lenders].

“ Indebtedness ” shall mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication):

The “amount” or “principal amount” of any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or other Preferred Stock outstanding at any time of determination as used herein shall be as set forth below or, if not set forth below, determined in accordance with GAAP:

For purposes of determining any particular amount of Indebtedness, Guaranties of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness otherwise included in the determination of such amount shall not also be included. If Indebtedness is secured by a letter of credit that serves only to secure such Indebtedness, then the total amount deemed incurred shall be equal to the greater of (a) the principal of such Indebtedness and (b) the amount that may be drawn under such letter of credit.

“ Indemnified Taxes ” shall mean (a) all 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, all Other Taxes.

“ Indemnitee ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.3.2 [Indemnification by the Borrower].

“ Indemnity ” shall mean the Regulated Substances Certificate and Indemnity Agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(I)(1) , executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

“ Independent Engineer ” shall mean Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. or such other independent petroleum engineer selected by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower, the Syndication Agent and the Administrative Agent.

“ Information ” shall mean all information received from the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries relating to the Loan Parties or any of such Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries.

“ Insolvency Proceeding ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) a case, action or proceeding with respect to such Person (i) before any court or any other Official Body under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, or (ii) for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, conservator (or similar official) of any Loan Party or otherwise relating to the liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or relief of such Person, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of such Person’s creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors undertaken under any Law.

“ Intercompany Subordination Agreement ” shall mean the Subordination Agreement among the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries, dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(I)(2) , executed and delivered by the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

“ Interest Period ” shall mean the period of time selected by the Borrower in connection with (and to apply to) any election permitted hereunder by the Borrower to have Revolving Credit Loans bear interest under the LIBOR Rate Option. Subject to the last sentence of this definition, such period shall be two weeks or one, two, three or six Months (or, if agreed by all Lenders, twelve (12) months). Such Interest Period shall commence on the effective date of such Interest Rate Option, which shall be the Borrowing Date. Notwithstanding the second sentence hereof: (a) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a date which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, and (b) the Borrower shall not select, convert to or renew an Interest Period for any portion of the Loans that would end after the Expiration Date.

“ Interest Rate Agreement ” shall mean any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement or other financial agreement or arrangement relating to fluctuations in interest rates.

“ Interest Rate Option ” shall mean any LIBOR Rate Option or Base Rate Option.

“ Investment ” in any Person shall mean any (1) direct or indirect advance, loan or other extensions of credit (including by way of Guaranty or similar arrangement for the benefit of), or capital contribution to such Person (including any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others but excluding (a) advances to customers and contract miners or joint interest partners or drilling partnerships sponsored by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of the lender, and (b) trade payables and extensions of trade credit on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices), (2) all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet or (3) any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar securities (excluding any interest in an oil or natural gas leasehold to the extent constituting a security under applicable law) issued by such Person. Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, the amount of an Investment shall be its Fair Market Value at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value. If the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise Disposes of any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, or any Restricted Subsidiary issues any Capital Stock, in either case, such that, after giving effect to any such sale or Disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or other disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Capital Stock of and all other Investments in such Person retained.

For purposes of Section 8.2.4 [Loans and Investments] with respect to Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries:

“ Investment Grade Rating ” shall mean a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s) and BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P).

“ ISP ” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit).

“ Issuer Documents ” shall mean with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable Issuing Lender and any Loan Party or in favor of the applicable Issuing Lender and relating to such Letter of Credit.

“ Issuing Lenders ” shall mean each Lender (or Affiliate thereof designated as an Issuing Lender by such Lender), other than any Lender that is specified not to be an Issuing Lender pursuant to a written notice from the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to such Lender. References to the “Issuing Lender” shall be to the applicable Issuing Lender(s).

“ Joint Operating Agreement ” shall mean any joint operating agreement, joint development agreement or other similar contract that is usual and customary in the oil and gas business.

“ Joint Venture ” shall mean any Person that is not a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary makes any equity Investment.

“ June 30 Reserve Report ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.3.8(b) [Internal Engineer].

“ Labor Contracts ” shall mean all employment agreements, employment contracts, collective bargaining agreements and other agreements among the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and its employees.

“ Law ” shall mean any law (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 Official Body, foreign or domestic.

“ LC Disbursement ” shall mean a payment made by an Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender.

“ Lead Arrangers ” shall mean PNC Capital Markets LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., in their capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners of the revolving credit facility hereunder.

“ Lenders ” shall mean the Persons named on Schedule 1.1(B) and any other Person that becomes a party to this Agreement in such capacity from time to time and, in each case, their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a Lender. For the purpose of any grant in any Loan Document of a security interest or other Lien to the Lenders or to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as security for the Obligations, “Lenders” shall include any Affiliate of a Lender to which such Obligation is owed.

“ Letter of Credit ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10.1(a) [Issuance of Letters of Credit] and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit.

“ Letter of Credit Aggregate Sublimit ” shall mean, at any time, the least of (i) $650,000,000, (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitments at such time and (iii) the Borrowing Base at such time.

“ Letter of Credit Expiration Date ” shall mean the date which is 10 Business Days prior to the Expiration Date (assuming that the proviso in the definition of “Expiration Date” applies until the circumstances that could, pursuant to the definition of Expiration Date, cause the Expiration Date to accelerate to the Springing Expiration Date no longer exist).

“ Letter of Credit Fee ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10.2 [Letter of Credit Fees].

“ Letter of Credit Issuing Lender Sublimit ” shall mean, for each Issuing Lender, an amount equal to such Issuing Lender’s (or its designated Affiliate’s) ratable share of the Letter of Credit Aggregate Sublimit, which shall be based on such Issuing Lender’s ratable share of the Revolving Credit Commitments, or, if lesser, the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Issuing Lender (or its Affiliate that is the Lender); provided that any Issuing Lender may increase its own Letter of Credit Issuing Lender Sublimit by written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

“ Letter of Credit Obligations ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit on such date (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 the aggregate outstanding Reimbursement Obligations on such date. The Letter of Credit Obligations of any Lender at any time shall be its Ratable Share of the total Letter of Credit Obligations at such time. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.5 [Letter of Credit Amounts]. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“ Leverage Maintenance Covenant ” shall mean the covenant set forth in Section 8.2.14(a) [Maximum Net Leverage Ratio].

“ LIBOR Rate ” shall mean, with respect to the Loans comprising any Borrowing Tranche 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 U.S. 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 (a “ LIBOR Alternate Source ”), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the Relevant Interbank Market offered rate for U.S. Dollars for an amount comparable to such Borrowing Tranche 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 LIBOR 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. LIBOR may also be expressed by the following formula:

The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any Loan to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the LIBOR Rate be less than 0.00%.

“ LIBOR Rate Option ” shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in Section 4.1.1(a)(ii) [Revolving Credit LIBOR Rate Option].

“ 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.

“ LIBOR Termination Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.6(a) [Successor LIBOR Rate Index].

“ Lien ” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest, charge or other similar encumbrance or security arrangement of any nature whatsoever, whether voluntarily or involuntarily given, including any conditional sale or title retention arrangement, and any assignment, deposit arrangement or lease intended as, or having the effect of, security and any filed financing statement or other notice of any of the foregoing (whether or not a lien or other encumbrance is created or exists at the time of the filing), but shall not include any operating lease.

“ Liquidity ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the amount of Cash on Hand, plus (b) the difference (if a positive number) between (i) the lesser of (x) the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments and (y) the Borrowing Base as of such date, less (ii) the Revolving Facility Usage, in each case, as of such date after giving effect to all transactions to occur on such date.

“ LLC Interests ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.3 [Subsidiaries].

“ Loan Documents ” shall mean this Agreement, the Administrative Agent’s Letter, the Guaranty Agreement, the Indemnity, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Notes, the Security Documents and amendments, supplements, joinders or assignments to the foregoing and any other instruments, certificates or documents (expressly excluding any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, any Specified Swap Agreements or any other Swap Agreements) delivered or contemplated to be delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, and Loan Document shall mean any of the Loan Documents.

“ Loan Request ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.5.1 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests].

“ Loans ” shall mean collectively and “ Loan ” shall mean separately all Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Loan.

“ Material Acquisition/Disposition ” shall mean any Investment, Permitted Acquisition or Disposition that involves (a) an acquisition or disposition of assets, the Fair Market Value of which assets exceeds $50,000,000 or (b) a change in Consolidated EBITDA that exceeds $20,000,000 per four fiscal quarter period.

“ Material Adverse Change ” shall mean any set of circumstances or events that (a) has or would reasonably be expected to have any material adverse effect whatsoever upon the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) is or would reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the business, properties, assets, financial condition, or results of operations of the Loan Parties taken as a whole, (c) impairs materially or would reasonably be expected to impair materially the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to duly and punctually pay their Indebtedness under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or (d) impairs materially or would reasonably be expected to impair materially the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

“ Material Contract ” shall mean (i) the Existing Notes Indentures and any other indenture or other agreement governing Publicly Traded Debt Securities and (ii) any other agreement that is material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

“ Midstream Assets ” shall mean (i) assets used primarily for gathering (from above ground sources), transmission, storage, processing or treatment of natural gas, natural gas liquids or other Hydrocarbons or carbon dioxide and assets substantially similar to the foregoing and conventionally understood to be “midstream assets” (including midstream water assets) and (ii) Equity Interests of any Person that has no assets (other than de minimis assets) other than assets referred to in clause (i); for the avoidance of doubt, it being understood that in no event shall Hydrocarbons, Hydrocarbon Interests or Oil and Gas Properties or Equity Interests of any Person owning the foregoing be deemed Midstream Assets.

“ Midstream GP Entity ” shall mean (a) prior to a Midstream GP IPO, CNX Midstream GP or a successor or permitted assign thereof, in each case, so long as it owns all of the general partner interests of CNX Midstream and is the sole general partner of CNX Midstream, and (b) upon and after a Midstream GP IPO, (i) in the event the Midstream Public GP is a limited partnership, the Person that owns 100% of the general partner interests of the Midstream Public GP and (ii) in the event the Midstream Public GP is an entity other than a limited partnership, the Person that owns 100% of the voting Equity Interests of the Midstream Public GP.

“ Midstream GP IPO ” shall mean an initial public offering of the common Equity Interests of the Midstream Public GP (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any secondary offering or sale of the common Equity Interests of the Midstream Public GP by a Loan Party in connection with such initial public offering).

“ Midstream Entities ” shall mean (i) CNX Midstream, (ii) CNX Midstream GP, (iii) the Midstream GP Entity, (iv) the Midstream Public GP, (v) Subsidiaries of the foregoing and (vi) successors of the foregoing.

“ Midstream Public GP ” shall mean (i) the sole general partner of CNX Midstream or (ii) the Person that owns all of the Equity Interests of the sole general partner of CNX Midstream.

“ Month ,” with respect to an Interest Period under the LIBOR Rate Option, shall mean the interval between the days in consecutive calendar months numerically corresponding to the first day of such Interest Period. If any LIBOR Rate Interest Period begins on a day of a calendar month for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the month in which such Interest Period is to end, the final month of such Interest Period shall be deemed to end on the last Business Day of such final month.

“ Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

“ Mortgages ” shall mean collectively, (i) the mortgages or deeds of trust with respect to Real Property in which a security interest has been granted prior to the Closing Date and (ii) the mortgages or deeds of trust with respect to Real Property in which a security interest is granted after the Closing Date in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(M) , in each case, executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Parties to the Collateral Agent to secure the Obligations, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and “ Mortgage ” shall mean, individually, any of the Mortgages.

“ Multiemployer Plan ” shall mean any employee benefit plan which is a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA and to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or, within the preceding five plan years, has made or had an obligation to make such contributions or has any ongoing obligation with respect to withdrawal liability (within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA).

“ Net Cash Proceeds ” shall mean, with respect to any issuance of Equity Interests or the incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds thereof, net of customary fees, commissions, underwriting discounts, costs and other expenses incurred in connection with such issuance or incurrence, as applicable.

“ Net Leverage Ratio ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of:

“ New Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(a) [Increasing Lenders and New Lenders].

“ New Lender Joinder ” shall mean the joinder whereby each New Lender joins this Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1(B) .

“ Non-Consenting Lender ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.1.4 [Non-Consenting Lenders].

“ Non-Extension Notice Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10.1(c) [Issuance of Letters of Credit].

“ Non-Recourse Debt ” shall mean, with respect to Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture, Indebtedness:

“ Obligation ” shall mean any obligation or liability of any of the Loan Parties, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due (including interest, fees and other monetary obligations accruing and/or incurred

during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), under or in connection with (i) this Agreement, the Loans, any Letter of Credit or any other Loan Document, whether to any Agent, any Issuing Lender, any Swingline Lender, any Indemnitee, any Lender or other Persons provided for under such Loan Documents, (ii) any Specified Swap Agreement (other than, with respect to any Guarantor that is not a Qualified ECP Loan Party, Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor) or (iii) any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product.

“ OFAC ” shall mean the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

“ Officer’s Certificate ” shall mean a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.

“ Official Body ” shall mean the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or in each case any political subdivision thereof, whether state, local, county, provincial or otherwise, 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) and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).

“ Oil and Gas Properties ” shall mean all properties, including equity or other ownership interests therein, owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which contain or are believed to contain Proved Reserves.

“ Order ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.10.9(b) [Liability for Acts and Omissions].

“ Other Connection Taxes ” shall mean, with respect to any recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such recipient 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 and/or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Note or Loan Document).

“ Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product ” shall mean agreements or other arrangements under which the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or a Lender (or any Person that was the Administrative Agent or a Lender or Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or Lender at the time such agreement or arrangement was entered into) provides any of the following products or services to any of the Loan Parties: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards, (e) ACH transactions, (f) cash management, including controlled disbursement, accounts or services, or (g) foreign currency exchange.

“ Other Taxes ” shall mean all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other 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 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender]).

“ Participant ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.8.4 [Participations].

“ Participating Member State ” shall mean any member State of the European Communities that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

“ Participation Advance ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.10.4(a) [Repayment of Participation Advances].

“ Partnership Interests ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.3 [Subsidiaries].

“ Patent, Trademark and Copyright Security Agreement ” shall mean the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2014 and the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Security Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, each executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Parties to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

“ Payment Date ” shall mean the first Business Day of each calendar quarter after the date hereof and on the Expiration Date or upon termination of the Commitments.

“ Payment In Full ” and “ Paid in Full ” shall mean the payment in full in cash of the Loans and other Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations not then due) under the Loan Documents, termination of the Commitments and expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (or with respect to any Letter of Credit with an expiration date that extends beyond the Expiration Date, the pledge of Cash Collateral for such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.10.10 [Cash Collateral Prior to the Expiration Date]).

“ PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA or any successor.

“ Pension Funding Rules ” shall mean the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in Sections 412 and 430 of the Code and Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA.

“ Pension Plan ” shall mean any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or the Pension Funding Rules and is sponsored or maintained by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any times during the immediately preceding five plan years.

“ Perfection Certificate ” shall mean a certificate in the form of Exhibit 1.1(P)(1) or any other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“ Perfection Certificate Supplement ” shall mean a certificate supplement in the form of Exhibit 1.1(P)(2) or any other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“ Permitted Account Counterparty ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.1.21(b) [Accounts].

“ Permitted Acquisition ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.2.6(b) [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions].

“ Permitted Business ” shall mean the businesses conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and any business of a nature that is or shall have become related to (i) the acquisition, exploration, development, production, operation and disposition of interests in oil, natural gas, and other Hydrocarbon or carbon dioxide properties, (ii) the gathering, marketing, treating, processing, storage, selling and transporting of any production from such interests or properties, (iii) the treatment, processing, storage, transportation or marketing of Hydrocarbons and other minerals and products produced in association therewith, (iv) the production of electricity or other sources of power, such as coal-or natural gas-fueled power generation facilities, wind, solar or hydroelectric power generation facilities or similar activities, (v) water related services including utilizing, protecting, transporting and treating water and (vi) any activity that is ancillary or complementary to or necessary or desirable for, or otherwise reasonably related to, the activities described in this definition.

“ Permitted Business Investments ” shall mean Investments of a nature that is or shall have become customary in the Permitted Business as a means of actively exploiting, exploring for, acquiring, developing, processing, gathering, marketing or transporting Hydrocarbons through agreements, transactions, interests or arrangements which permit one to share risks or costs, comply with regulatory requirements regarding local ownership or satisfy other objectives customarily achieved through the conduct of Permitted Business jointly with third parties, including (i) ownership interests in oil, natural gas, other Hydrocarbon properties or any interest therein or gathering, transportation, processing, storage or related systems or ancillary real property interests, (ii) Investments in the form of or pursuant to operating agreements, working interests, royalty interests, mineral interests, processing agreements, farm-in agreements, farm-out agreements, developments agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, unitization agreements, pooling agreements, joint bidding agreements, service contracts, joint venture agreements, limited liability company agreements, partnership agreements (whether general or limited), subscription agreements, stock purchase agreements and other similar agreements with third parties, and (iii) direct or indirect ownership interests or Investments in drilling rigs, fracturing units and other equipment used in the Permitted Business or in Persons that own or provide such equipment.

“ Permitted Commodity Swap Agreement ” shall mean any commodity Swap Agreement which (1) any Loan Party enters into with or through a counterparty that, or a counterparty whose credit support provider under the Swap Agreement, has a credit rating of at least “BBB+” by S&P or “Baa1” by Moody’s at the time such Swap Agreement is entered into (an “ Approved Counterparty ”), together with the confirmations which such Loan Party may hereafter enter into with or through such counterparty covering, in the aggregate, among all such Swap Agreements, not more than 85% (the “ Swap Cap ”) of the forecasted production from Proved Reserves (as reflected in the most recent Reserve Report delivered to the Administrative Agent) on a rolling 5-year basis or (2) any Loan Party enters into with or through a counterparty where the Swap Agreement is in the nature of basis differential, commodity floors or puts on up to 100% of oil and gas production projected to be produced by or for the benefit of the Loan Parties during the term(s) of such Swap Agreement(s).

provided that the foregoing clauses (5), (7), (10), (19), (24), (27) and (29) shall not be applicable to Proved Reserves.

“ Permitted Marketing Obligations ” shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under letter of credit or borrowed money obligations, or in lieu of or in addition to such letters of credit or borrowed money, Guaranties of such Indebtedness or other obligation, of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary by any other Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, related to the purchase by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Hydrocarbons for which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has contracts to sell; provided that, in the event that such Indebtedness or obligations are Guarantied by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary, then either:

“ Permitted Unsecured Notes ” shall mean any unsecured notes issued by the Borrower in one or more transactions; provided that (i) no payment of principal in respect of such notes shall be required prior to six months after the Expiration Date in effect at the time of issuance (except for customary offers to purchase with proceeds of asset sales or upon the occurrence of a change of control), (ii) such notes shall not include any financial maintenance covenants, and the covenants and events of default shall be customary for high yield debt securities but in any event shall not be more restrictive than the covenants and events of default hereunder, taken as a whole, and (iii) no Subsidiary of the Borrower shall Guaranty such notes unless such Subsidiary is (or concurrently with any such Guaranty becomes) a Guarantor hereunder.

“ Permitted Unsecured Notes Indenture ” shall mean (i) an indenture or other agreement governing any Permitted Unsecured Notes or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and (ii) any Existing Notes Indenture or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof.

“ Person ” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture, Official Body, or any other entity.

“ Pledged Securities ” shall mean all of the property described as “Pledged Securities” in the Security Agreement.

“ PNC ” shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, its successors and assigns.

“ Potential Default ” shall mean any event or condition which with notice or passage of time, or any combination of the foregoing, would constitute an Event of Default.

“ Preferred Stock ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of such Person of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.

“ Prime Rate ” shall mean 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 to 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 ” shall mean the main banking office of the Administrative Agent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and in a manner consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act, as set forth in a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower (with supporting calculations) and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility (to the extent required to be computed on a pro forma basis) shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower may designate.

“ Production Payments and Reserve Sales ” shall mean the grant or transfer by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Person of a royalty, overriding royalty, net profits interest, Dollar-Denominated Production Payment, partnership or other interest in Oil and Gas Properties, reserves or the right to receive all or a portion of the production or the proceeds from the sale of production attributable to such properties where the holder of such interest has recourse solely to such production or proceeds of production, subject to the obligation of the grantor or transferor to operate and maintain, or cause the subject interests to be operated and maintained, in a reasonably prudent manner or other customary standard or subject to the obligation of the grantor or transferor to indemnify for environmental, title or other matters customary in the Permitted Business, including any such grants or transfers pursuant to incentive compensation programs on terms that are reasonably customary in the Permitted Business for geologists, geophysicists or other providers of technical services to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

“ Properties ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.25(b) [Environmental Matters].

“ Proved Developed Non-Producing Reserves ” shall mean the Proved Reserves that are Developed Oil and Gas Reserves that are shut-in and behind-pipe reserves and other reserves for which production can be initiated or restored with relatively low expenditure compared to the cost of drilling a new well.

“ Proved Developed Producing Reserves ” shall mean the Proved Reserves that are Developed Oil and Gas Reserves and are expected to be recovered from completion intervals that are open and producing at the time of determination; provided that improved recovery Proved Reserves are considered producing only after the improved recovery project is in operation.

“ Proved Gas Collateral ” shall mean (i) Proved Reserves that constitute no less than 80% of the total present value of all Proved Reserves included in the Borrowing Base as such present values are determined in accordance with the most recent Reserve Report, together with as-extracted collateral related to such Proved Reserves and (ii) Proved Developed Producing Reserves that constitute no less than 80% of the PV10 value of all Proved Developed Producing Reserves included in the Borrowing Base as such values are determined in accordance with the most recent Reserve Report, together with as-extracted collateral related to such Proved Developed Producing Reserves.

“ Proved Reserves ” shall mean the “proved oil and gas reserves” as such term is defined by the SEC in its standards and guidelines.

“ Proved Undeveloped Reserves ” shall mean the Proved Reserves that are “undeveloped oil and gas reserves” as such term is defined by the SEC in its standards and guidelines.

“ PTE ” shall mean a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

“ Publicly Traded Debt Securities ” shall mean any issue of debt securities of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, which debt securities are originally issued in a public offering registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or in an offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and of which issue at least the Threshold Amount is outstanding.

“ PV10 ” shall mean the present worth of future net income, discounted to present value at the simple interest rate of ten percent (10%) per year.

“ Qualified ECP Loan Party ” shall mean each Loan Party that on the Eligibility Date is (a) an Eligible Contract Participant (after giving effect to Section 22 of the Guaranty Agreement and any and all other Guaranties of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by the Borrower and any other Guarantor), or (b) an Eligible Contract Participant that can cause another Person to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act by entering into or otherwise providing a “letter of credit or keepwell, support, or other agreement” for purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“ Ratable Share ” shall mean the proportion that a Lender’s Commitment bears to the Commitments of all of the Lenders. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Ratable Shares shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments; provided that in the case of Section 2.13 [Defaulting Lenders] when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Ratable Share” shall mean the percentage of the aggregate Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment.

“ Real Property ” shall mean, individually as the context requires, real property (other than the Excluded Properties) that is owned or leased by any Loan Party, including, but not limited to the surface, methane gas and other mineral rights, interests and leases associated with the properties described on Schedule 1.1(R) (other than the Excluded Properties), and “ Real Properties ” shall mean, collectively, as the context requires, all of the foregoing but shall not include any asset that shall have been released, pursuant to Section 10.10 [Authorization to Release Collateral or Guarantors] or 11.1.1(d) [Required Consents] from the Liens created in connection with this Agreement.

“ Recipient ” shall mean (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) any Lender and (iii) any Issuing Lender, as applicable.

“ Refinance ” shall mean, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, replace, defease or retire, or to issue other Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness. “ Refinanced ” and “ Refinancing ” shall have correlative meanings.

“ Refinancing Indebtedness ” shall mean Indebtedness that Refinances any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Closing Date or incurred in compliance with this Agreement, including Indebtedness that Refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that:

(1) such Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;

(2) such Refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;

(3) such Refinancing Indebtedness has an aggregate principal amount (or if incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount (or if incurred with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding (plus fees and expenses, including any premium and defeasance costs) under the Indebtedness being Refinanced;

(4) if the refinanced Indebtedness was (A) subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations or the Guaranties thereof, as the case may be, then such Refinancing Indebtedness, by its terms, is subordinate in right of payment to the Obligations or the Guaranties thereof, as the case may be, at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being Refinanced or (B) secured by a Lien on Collateral that was contractually junior to the Lien on such Collateral securing the Obligations, then such Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such Collateral only to the extent the Liens on such Collateral securing such Refinancing Indebtedness are contractually junior to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations to at least the same extent as in the Indebtedness being Refinanced; and

(5) if the refinanced Indebtedness is purchase money obligations, (a) the holders of such Refinancing Indebtedness agree that they will look solely to the fixed assets so acquired which secure such Refinancing Indebtedness, and neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary (i) is directly or indirectly liable for such Refinancing Indebtedness or (ii) provides credit support, including any undertaking, Guaranty, agreement or instrument, related to such Refinancing Indebtedness that would constitute Indebtedness (other than the grant of a Lien on such acquired fixed assets) and (b) no default or event of default with respect to such Refinancing Indebtedness would cause, or permit (after notice or passage of time or otherwise), any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Guarantor to declare a default or event of default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to any scheduled principal payment, scheduled sinking fund payment or maturity;

provided further , however , that Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include:

(a) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of the Borrower; or

(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that Refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; or

(c) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party which Refinances Indebtedness of a Loan Party.

“ Regulation U ” shall mean Regulation U, T or X as promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended from time to time.

“ Reimbursement Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.10.3(b) [Participations, Disbursements, Reimbursement].

“ Reimbursement Obligation ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.10.3(b) [Participations, Disbursements, Reimbursement].

“ Related Parties ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, trustees, administrators, managers and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

“ Release ” shall mean any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharge, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing into or migration into or through the Environment, or into, from or through any building or structure.

“ Relevant Interbank Market ” shall mean in relation to Euro, the European Interbank Market, and, in relation to any other currency, the London interbank market or other applicable offshore interbank market.

“ Removal Effective Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.6 [Resignation of Agents].

“ Replacement Index ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.6(a) [Successor LIBOR Rate Index].

“ Replacement Index Amendment ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.6(a) [Successor LIBOR Rate Index].

“ Reportable Compliance Event ” shall mean that any Covered Entity becomes a Sanctioned Person, or is charged by indictment, criminal complaint or similar charging instrument, arraigned, or custodially detained in connection with any Anti-Terrorism Law or any predicate crime to any Anti-Terrorism Law, or has knowledge of facts or circumstances to the effect that it is reasonably likely that any aspect of its operations is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law.

“ Reportable Event ” shall mean a reportable event described in Section 4043 of ERISA and regulations thereunder with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan.

“ Required Borrowing Base Lenders ” shall mean, at any time, Lenders having in the aggregate Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Credit Commitments representing more than 66.66% of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.

“ Required Increasing Borrowing Base Lenders ” shall mean, at any time, Lenders having in the aggregate Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Credit Commitments representing no less than 95% of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.

“ Required Lenders ” shall mean Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender) having more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders (excluding any Defaulting Lender) or, after the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Ratable Share of Letter of Credit Obligations of the Lenders (excluding any Defaulting Lender).

“ Required Permits ” shall mean all permits, licenses, authorizations, plans, approvals and bonds necessary under the applicable Laws for the Loan Parties to continue to conduct oil and gas and related operations on, in or under such parties’ real property, and any and all other mining properties owned or leased by the Borrower or any such Loan Party (collectively “Mining Property”) or Oil and Gas Properties substantially in the manner as such operations had been authorized immediately prior to such Loan Party’s acquisition of its interests in such real property and as may be necessary for such Loan Party to conduct, in all material respects, oil and gas and related operations on, in or under the Oil and Gas Properties or the Mining Property as described in any plan of operation.

“ Required Share ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10 [Settlement Date Procedures].

“ Required Title Information ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.1.18(a) [Title Information].

“ Reserve Report ” shall mean the most recent of the December 31 Reserve Report, the June 30 Reserve Report, or the Alternate Reserve Report.

“ Responsible Officer ” shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, each of the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, chief administrative officer, general counsel, secretary, treasurer and assistant treasurer of such Loan Party, or with respect to Cardinal States Gathering Company, a Virginia general partnership, at any time such general partnership does not have one of the foregoing officers, its management committee representatives. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

“ Restricted Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“ Revolving Credit Commitment ” shall mean, as to any Lender at any time, the amount initially set forth opposite its name on Schedule 1.1(B) in the column labeled “Amount of Commitment,” as such Commitment is thereafter assigned pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, increased pursuant to Section 2.12 [Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments] or decreased pursuant to Section 2.4 [Commitment Reduction], and “ Revolving Credit Commitments ” shall mean the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders.

“ Revolving Credit Loans ” shall mean collectively and “ Revolving Credit Loan ” shall mean separately all Revolving Credit Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan made by the Lenders or one of the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.1 [Revolving Credit Loans] or Section 2.10.3 [Participations, Disbursements, Reimbursement].

“ Revolving Credit Notes ” shall mean collectively and “ Revolving Credit Note ” shall mean separately all the promissory notes of the Borrower in the form of Exhibit 1.1(N)(1) evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans.

“ Revolving Exposure ” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans and its Letter of Credit Obligations and Swingline Exposure at such time.

“ Revolving Facility Usage ” shall mean at any time the sum of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, the outstanding Swing Loans, and the Letter of Credit Obligations.

“ Sanctioned Country ” shall mean a country, territory or region subject to a sanctions program maintained under any Anti-Terrorism Law.

“ Sanctioned Person ” shall mean any individual person, group, regime, entity or thing listed or otherwise recognized as a specially designated, prohibited, sanctioned or debarred person, group, regime, entity or thing, or subject to any limitations or prohibitions (including but not limited to the blocking of property or rejection of transactions), under any Anti-Terrorism Law.

“ SEC ” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Official Body succeeding to any of its principal functions.

“ Secured Parties ” shall mean collectively, the Agents, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Lenders, the Lenders, the Indemnitees and any provider of a Specified Swap Agreement or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product.

“ Securities Account ” shall mean any “securities account” as defined in the UCC in effect in the State of New York from time to time.

“ Security Agreement ” shall mean the Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

“ Security Documents ” shall mean, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Security Agreement and each other security document or pledge agreement delivered in accordance with applicable local Law to grant a valid, perfected security interest in any property as Collateral for the Obligations, and all UCC or other financing statements or instruments

of perfection required by this Agreement or any other such security document or pledge agreement to be filed with respect to the security interests in property and fixtures created pursuant to any document or instrument utilized to pledge or grant or purport to pledge or grant a security interest or lien on any property as Collateral for the Obligations, and amendments, supplements or joinders to the foregoing.

“ Settlement Date ” shall mean the Business Day on which the Administrative Agent elects to effect settlement pursuant to Section 5.10 [Settlement Date Procedures].

“ Solvent ” shall mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, taking into account such right of reimbursement, contribution or similar right available to such Person from other Persons, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

“ S&P ” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, and any successor thereto.

“ Specified DevCo ” shall mean (i) CNX Midstream DevCo II LP, (ii) CNX Midstream DevCo III LP and (iii) any other Subsidiary of CNX Midstream; provided that all of the Equity Interests of each of the foregoing are owned by (x) CNX Midstream or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) one or more Loan Parties; provided further that, for the avoidance of doubt, no Person shall constitute a Specified DevCo if such Person is owned exclusively by the Person(s) referred to in clause (x) or exclusively by the Person(s) referred to in clause (y).

“ Specified Swap Agreement ” shall mean (i) any Swap Agreement entered into for the purpose of hedging risk between (a) any Loan Party and (b) any counterparty that is, or was at the Closing Date or at the time such Swap Agreement was entered into, the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of an entity that is the Administrative Agent or an entity that is a Lender or (ii) any Swap Agreement that has been in effect since prior to the Closing Date, as set forth on Schedule 1.1(S) and is between (a) any Loan Party and (b) any counterparty that was the administrative agent, a lender or an Affiliate of an entity that is the administrative agent or an entity that is a lender under the Existing Credit Agreement and has appointed the Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under the Security Documents pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“ Standby Letter of Credit ” shall mean a Letter of Credit issued to support obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, contingent or otherwise, which finance the working capital and business needs of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

“ Stated Maturity ” shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness, the maturity date (or specified date on which the final payment of principal on such Indebtedness is due) applicable thereto including as such maturity date (or specified date) may be changed to an earlier date pursuant to the provisions of the documents governing such Indebtedness including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such Indebtedness at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency unless such contingency has occurred).

“ Subordinated Obligation ” shall mean any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter incurred) which is subordinate or junior in right of payment to, in the case of the Borrower, the Obligations or, in the case of a Guarantor, its Guaranty of the Obligations pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.

“ 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 power of the Voting Stock thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by:

Unless otherwise specified, “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

“ Subsidiary Shares ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.3 [Subsidiaries].

“ Swap ” shall mean any “swap” as defined in Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act and regulations thereunder, other than (a) a swap entered into, or subject to the rules of, a board of trade designated as a contract market under Section 5 of the Commodity Exchange Act, or (b) a commodity option entered into pursuant to Commodity Futures Trading Commission Regulation 32.3(a).

“ Swap Aggregate Exposure ” shall mean, as of any Test Date, the sum of all Exposures with respect to all Acquisition Swap Agreements.

“ Swap Agreement ” shall mean (i) any Interest Rate Agreement, (ii) any Currency Agreement, (iii) any Hydrocarbon Swap Agreement or (iv) any cap, floor, collar, exchange transaction, hedging contract, forward contract, swap agreement, futures contract, call or put option or any other similar agreement or other exchange or protection agreement relating to commodity prices, securities prices or financial market conditions; provided that no sale of a commodity for deferred shipment or delivery that is intended to be physically settled (other than a forward sale contract to the extent that it provides, at the time such contract (or a specified portion of such contract or a specified transaction under such contract) is entered into, for all in fixed prices; provided , that, the Borrower’s or any other Loan Party’s election for “first of month” pricing or other one month pricing pursuant to a forward sale contract for deliveries of Hydrocarbons for the immediately following calendar month shall be deemed not to be a contract for an all in fixed price for purposes of this definition) shall be a Swap Agreement pursuant to this definition.

“ Swap Cap ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted Commodity Swap Agreement.”

“ Swap Obligation ” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a Swap.

“ Swing Loan Note ” shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower in the form of Exhibit 1.1(N)(2) evidencing the Swing Loans.

“ Swing Loan Request ” shall mean a request for Swing Loans made in accordance with Section 2.5.2 [Swing Loan Requests].

“ Swing Loans ” shall mean collectively and “ Swing Loan ” shall mean separately all Swing Loans or any Swing Loan made by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.6.3 [Making Swing Loans].

“ Swingline Cap ” shall mean, at any time, the lesser of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.

“ Swingline Exposure ” shall mean, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Ratable Share of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.

“ Swingline Lender ” shall mean the Administrative Agent in its capacity as the lender of Swing Loans.

“ Syndication Agent ” shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its successors and assigns in its capacity as syndication agent and technical agent hereunder, including any Person succeeding to the role of syndication agent and technical agent and performing similar functions hereunder.

“ Target Oil and Gas Properties ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.2.12(b) [Swaps].

“ Taxes ” shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Official Body, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto. “ Taxation ” shall have a correlative meaning.

provided that Investments described in clauses (7) through (12) of this definition are restricted to obligations rated no lower than “A3” or “P-1” by Moody’s or “A-” or “A-1” by S&P.

“ Test Date ” shall mean the first Business Day of each calendar week; provided that if on the first Business Day of any calendar week the Swap Aggregate Exposure shall exceed $100,000,000, then, for the period commencing on such Test Date to and including the first Business Day of the next succeeding calendar week thereafter on which the Swap Aggregate Exposure shall be less than or equal to $100,000,000, the Swap Aggregate Exposure shall be calculated at the end of each Business Day assuming that a settlement date had occurred on the immediately preceding Business Day.

“ Total Leverage Ratio ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of:

“ Transactions ” shall mean (i) the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents on the Closing Date and (ii) payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing.

“ UCP ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.11.1 [Governing Law].

“ Uniform Commercial Code ” or “ UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in each applicable jurisdiction or other applicable Law entitled to all the rights, benefits and priorities provided by the Uniform Commercial Code or such Law.

“ United States Tax Compliance Certificate ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.8.5(b)(i)(C) [Status of Lenders].

“ Unrestricted Subsidiary ” shall mean (i) CNX Midstream GP, (ii) the Midstream GP Entity, (iii) CNX Midstream and its Subsidiaries (including CNX Midstream DevCo I LP, CNX Midstream DevCo II LP, CNX Midstream DevCo III LP and any other Specified DevCo), (iv) the Midstream Public GP, (v) any other Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary or a Person becoming a Subsidiary through merger or consolidation or Investment therein) that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution in accordance with Section 8.2.3 [Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries] and (vi) the Subsidiaries of each of the foregoing; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, all Investments in any Person referred to any of the foregoing clauses (i) through (vi) by Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary on or following the Closing Date shall be made pursuant to and subject to capacity under Section 8.2.4 [Loans and Investments].

“ USA PATRIOT Act ” shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.

“ Utilization Percentage ” shall mean, as determined quarterly for the preceding quarter, the average daily quotient obtained by dividing the Revolving Facility Usage during the preceding fiscal quarter by the lesser of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments and (ii) the Borrowing Base.

“ Voting Stock ” of a Person shall mean all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.

“ Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” shall mean, 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.

Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise clearly requires, the following rules of construction shall apply to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents: (i) references to the plural include the singular, the plural, the part and the whole and the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”; (ii) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereto” and similar terms in this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document as a whole; (iii) article, section, subsection, clause, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement or other Loan Document, as the case may be, unless otherwise specified; (iv) reference to any Person includes such Person’s permitted successors and assigns; (v) unless otherwise provided, reference to any agreement, including this Agreement and any other Loan Document together with the schedules and exhibits hereto or thereto, document or instrument, order, declaration, understanding or other arrangement means such agreement, document, instrument, order, declaration, understanding or other arrangement as amended, restated, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, refunded, superseded, substituted for, replaced, refinanced or increased in whole or in part, from time to time, to the extent not prohibited hereunder; (vi) any reference to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such Law and any reference to any Law shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such Law as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time; (vii) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including,” “to” means “to but excluding,” and “through” means “through and including”; (viii) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights; (ix) section headings herein and in each other Loan Document are included for convenience and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or such Loan Document; (x) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time and (xi) references to the “date hereof” or “date of this Agreement” shall be to the Closing Date.

Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all computations and determinations as to accounting or financial matters and all financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be made and prepared in accordance with GAAP (including principles of consolidation where appropriate), and all accounting or financial terms shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms by GAAP; provided , however , that all accounting terms used in Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants] (and all defined terms used in the definition of any accounting term used in Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants] shall have the meaning given to such terms (and defined terms) under GAAP as in effect on the date hereof applied on a basis consistent with those used in preparing the Historical Statements referred to in Section 6.9(a) [Historical Statements]). If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

Whenever this Agreement requires the determination of the monetary value of “other consideration,” a Guaranty, “other obligations” or an Investment and the computation method to determine such monetary value is not already addressed by GAAP, (i) the monetary value of “other consideration” or an Investment of tangible property shall be calculated as the Fair Market Value of such consideration or tangible property, (ii) the monetary value of any Guaranty at any time of a fixed monetary obligation shall be the amount of such fixed monetary obligation at such time, (iii) the monetary value of any Guaranty of a fixed stream of monetary obligations at any time shall be the present value of the remaining amounts of such stream of monetary obligations at such time discounted at a rate equal to the Borrower’s cost of funds at such time, (iv) the monetary value of a Guaranty of performance or of contingent liabilities at any time shall be the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represent the amount which would reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured monetary obligation or liability of the Person making such Guaranty determined by such Person in good faith, or (v) the monetary value of “other obligations,” contingent or otherwise, at any time shall be the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represent the amount which would reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured monetary obligation or liability of the Person who is obligated for such “other obligations.”

Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided , however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such times.

The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “LIBOR Rate” or with respect to any comparable or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate therefor.

Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower at any time or from time to time on or after the date hereof to, but not including, the Expiration Date; provided that after giving effect to each such Loan, (i) such Lender’s Revolving Exposure shall not exceed the lesser of (a) such Lender’s Ratable Share of the Borrowing Base and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, (ii) the Revolving Facility Usage shall not exceed the lesser of (a) the Borrowing Base and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitments and (iii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness under this Agreement shall not exceed the Applicable Notes Indenture Cap; provided , further , that (x) at the Administrative Agent’s request, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent calculations and supporting information reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent showing compliance with clause (iii) and (y) notwithstanding the foregoing clause (x), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request such calculation or information or to determine compliance with clause (iii), and shall be fully entitled to assume (without any further investigation) that each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans complies with clause (iii) if the Borrower makes a Loan Request for such borrowing. Within such limits of time and amount and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow pursuant to this Section 2.1.1 [Revolving Credit Loans].

Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, and in order to facilitate loans and repayments between Settlement Dates, the Swingline Lender may, at its option, cancelable at any time for any reason whatsoever, make swing loans (the “ Swing Loans ”) to the Borrower at any time or from time to time after the date hereof to, but not including, the Expiration Date, in an aggregate principal amount up to but not in excess of the Swingline Cap; provided that, after giving effect to each such Loan, (i) the Revolving Facility Usage shall not at any time exceed the lesser of (a) the Borrowing Base and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitments and (ii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness under this Agreement shall not exceed the Applicable Notes Indenture Cap; provided , further , that (x) at the Administrative Agent’s request, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent calculations and supporting information reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent showing compliance with clause (ii) and (y) notwithstanding the foregoing clause (x), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request such calculation or information or to determine compliance with clause (ii), and shall be fully entitled to assume (without any further investigation) that each borrowing of Swing Loans complies with clause (ii) if the Borrower borrows Swing Loans. Within such limits of time and amount and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow pursuant to this Section 2.1.2 [Swing Loans].

Each Lender shall be obligated to participate in each request for Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.5 [Loan Requests] in accordance with its Ratable Share. The obligations of each Lender hereunder are several. The failure of any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall not affect the Obligations of the Borrower to any other party nor shall any other party be liable for the failure of such Lender to perform its obligations hereunder. The Lenders shall have no obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans hereunder on or after the Expiration Date.

Accruing from the date hereof until the Expiration Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender, as consideration for such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder, a nonrefundable commitment fee (the “ Commitment Fee ”) equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed) on the average daily difference between the amount of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment as the same may be constituted from time to time and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Exposure (for purposes of this computation, Swing Loans shall not be deemed to be borrowed amounts under its Revolving Credit Commitment); provided , however , that any Commitment Fee accrued with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such Commitment Fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time; and provided further that no Commitment Fee shall accrue with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. Subject to the proviso in the directly preceding sentence, all Commitment Fees shall be payable in arrears on each Payment Date.

The Borrower shall have the right any time and from time to time, without premium or penalty, upon three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent to permanently reduce, in whole multiples of $5,000,000, or terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the Revolving Credit Commitments may not be reduced pursuant to this Section 2.4.1 below the Revolving Facility Usage. All notices to reduce Revolving Credit Commitments shall be irrevocable, except that any such notice may state that it is conditional upon the consummation of a financing transaction, in which case such notice may be revoked or delayed by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of reduction) if such condition is not satisfied.

Each reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments shall ratably reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders. Any reduction or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be accompanied by (a) the payment in full of any Commitment Fee then accrued on the amount of such reduction or termination and (b) to the extent that the Revolving Facility Usage exceeds the Revolving

Credit Commitment as so reduced or terminated, first , the prepayment of Swing Loans, second , the prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans and third, the Cash Collateralization for the benefit of the Issuing Lenders (ratably among the Issuing Lenders) of the Borrower’s obligation under Letter of Credit Obligations (in an aggregate amount under the foregoing first, second and third clauses, equal to such excess), together with the full amount of interest accrued on the principal sum of Revolving Credit Loans to be prepaid (and all amounts referred to in Section 5.9 [Indemnity] hereof). From the effective date of any such reduction or termination, so long as any and all payments, prepayments and Cash Collateralizations required by either of the immediately preceding clauses (a) or (b) shall have been made in full, the Commitment Fee pursuant to Section 2.3 [Commitment Fees] shall correspondingly be reduced or cease to accrue.

Except as otherwise provided herein, subject to the notice requirements set forth in this Section 2.5.1 and the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may from time to time prior to the Expiration Date request the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans, or renew or convert the Interest Rate Option applicable to existing Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 4.2 [Interest Periods], by delivering to the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of Revolving Credit Loans to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies or the conversion to or the renewal of the LIBOR Rate Option for any Loans; and (ii) the same Business Day of the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of a Revolving Credit Loan to which the Base Rate Option applies or the last day of the preceding Interest Period with respect to the conversion to the Base Rate Option for any Loan, of a duly completed request therefor substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.5.1 or a request by telephone immediately confirmed in writing in such form and delivered by facsimile or email (in “pdf,” “tif” or similar format) (each, a “ Loan Request ”); 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 Loan Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify or certify, as applicable (i) the proposed Borrowing Date; (ii) the aggregate amount of the proposed Loans comprising each Borrowing Tranche, which amount shall be in (x) an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 for each Borrowing Tranche under the LIBOR Rate Option and (y) an integral multiple of $50,000 and not less than the lesser of $500,000 or the maximum amount available for Borrowing Tranches to which the Base Rate Option applies; (iii) whether the LIBOR Rate Option or Base Rate Option shall apply to the proposed Loans comprising the applicable Borrowing Tranche; and (iv) in the case of a Borrowing Tranche to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies, an appropriate Interest Period for the Loans comprising such Borrowing Tranche.

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Borrower may from time to time prior to the Expiration Date request the Swingline Lender to make Swing Loans by delivery to the Swingline Lender not later than 2:00 p.m. on the proposed Borrowing Date of a duly completed request therefor substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.5.2 hereto or a request by telephone immediately confirmed in writing in such form and delivered by facsimile or email (in “pdf,” “tif” or similar format) (each, a “ Swing Loan Request ”); it being understood that the Swingline Lender may rely on the authority of any individual making such a telephonic request without the necessity of receipt of such written confirmation. Each Swing Loan Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the proposed Borrowing Date and the principal amount of such Swing Loan, which shall be in integral multiples of $50,000 and shall be not less than $100,000.

The Administrative Agent shall, promptly after receipt by it of a Loan Request pursuant to Section 2.5.1 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests], notify the Lenders of its receipt of such Loan Request specifying the information provided by the Borrower and the apportionment among the Lenders of the requested Revolving Credit Loans as determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.2 [Nature of Lenders’ Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans]. Each Lender shall remit the principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan to the Administrative Agent such that the Administrative Agent is able to, and the Administrative Agent shall, to the extent the Lenders have made funds available to it for such purpose and subject to Section 7.2 [Each Additional Loan or Letter of Credit], fund such Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars and immediately available funds at the Principal Office prior to 2:00 p.m. on the applicable Borrowing Date; provided that if any Lender fails to remit such funds to the Administrative Agent in a timely manner, the Administrative Agent may elect in its sole discretion to fund with its own funds the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender on such Borrowing Date, and such Lender shall be subject to the repayment obligation in Section 2.6.2 [Presumptions by the Administrative Agent]. Each Lender may, at its option, make any 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 in any manner the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to 1:00 p.m. on the proposed date of any Loan that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Loan, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.6.1 [Making Revolving Credit Loans] 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 Loan 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 a payment to be made by 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 and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Loans under the Base Rate Option. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Loan to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

So long as the Swingline Lender elects to make Swing Loans, the Swingline Lender shall, after receipt by it of a Swing Loan Request pursuant to Section 2.5.2 [Swing Loan Requests], fund such Swing Loan to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars and immediately available funds at the Principal Office prior to 3:00 p.m. on the Borrowing Date.

The Borrower shall repay all Loans together with all outstanding interest thereon on the Expiration Date.

If requested by any Lender, the obligation of the Borrower to repay the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans made to it by such Lender, together with interest thereon, shall be evidenced by a Revolving Credit Note payable to the order of such Lender in a face amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender. The Revolving Credit Loans shall mature, and the Borrower unconditionally agrees to pay in full the unpaid principal amount and all amounts outstanding and unpaid in respect of the Revolving Credit Loans to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender, on the Expiration Date.

The obligation of the Borrower to repay the unpaid principal amount of the Swing Loans made to it by the Swingline Lender, together with interest thereon, shall be evidenced by a Swing Loan Note payable to the order of the Swingline Lender in a face amount equal to the Swingline Cap.

The proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans will be used in accordance with Section 8.1.11 [Use of Proceeds].

(a) During the period from the Closing Date to the date of the initial determination of the Borrowing Base pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.9 [Borrowing Base], the amount of the Borrowing Base shall be $2,500,000,000.

(b) Upon each delivery of a Reserve Report pursuant to Section 8.3.8 [Reserve Reports], together with such engineering and other data from the Borrower as is customarily provided, the Syndication Agent shall, within a reasonable period of time, make a good faith determination of the proposed Borrowing Base, and promptly thereafter the Administrative Agent will propose by notice in writing to the Lenders such Borrowing Base for acceptance by (i) the Required Borrowing Base Lenders with respect to any reaffirmations or reductions in the Borrowing Base and (ii) the Required Increasing Borrowing Base Lenders with respect to any increases in the Borrowing Base. If such Borrowing Base, as proposed by the Administrative Agent is accepted by the Applicable Borrowing Base Lenders, then such accepted Borrowing Base shall be communicated by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower on or about (i) with respect to any June 30 Reserve Report, (x) if the Administrative Agent shall have received the June 30 Reserve Report in a timely and complete manner, the immediately following October 15 and (y) if the Administrative Agent shall not have received the June 30 Reserve Report in a timely and complete manner, then fifteen (15) days after the Administrative Agent has received the complete June 30 Reserve Report from the Borrower and the Syndication Agent has had a reasonable opportunity to determine the proposed Borrowing Base or (ii) with respect to any December 31 Reserve Report, (x) if the Administrative Agent shall have received the December 31 Reserve Report in a timely and complete manner, the immediately following April 15 and (y) if the Administrative Agent shall not have received

the December 31 Reserve Report in a timely and complete manner, then fifteen (15) days after the Administrative Agent has received the complete December 31 Reserve Report from the Borrower and the Syndication Agent has had a reasonable opportunity to determine the proposed Borrowing Base (the applicable date in any of the foregoing clauses (i)(x), (i)(y), (ii)(x) or (ii)(y), the “ Applicable Date ”); provided that if such proposed Borrowing Base is not approved by the Applicable Borrowing Base Lenders prior to the Applicable Date, then the Applicable Borrowing Base Lenders will establish and agree to a Borrowing Base established using criteria agreed upon by the Applicable Borrowing Base Lenders, and such amount will be communicated to the Borrower, within 30 days following the Applicable Date. Any Lender that shall fail to reject the proposed Borrowing Base within fifteen (15) days of notice of the proposed Borrowing Base shall be deemed to have approved the proposed amount of such Borrowing Base. The new Borrowing Base shall become effective as of the date that the Borrower receives notification from the Administrative Agent of the new Borrowing Base, and until that time, the old Borrowing Base shall continue to be in effect. The Borrowing Base, as determined and established pursuant to this Section 2.9 [Borrowing Base] shall be subject, at all times, to the redetermination or adjustment of the then effective Borrowing Base as a result of a redetermination of the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 2.9(c) [Borrowing Base] or 2.9(d) [Borrowing Base] or an adjustment of the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 8.2.13(e) [Sale of Proved Reserves; Pooling].

(c) Not more than once in any fiscal year, the Administrative Agent upon the instruction of the Required Borrowing Base Lenders, may request from the Borrower an Alternate Reserve Report for the purpose of redetermining the Borrowing Base, and not more than twice in any fiscal year, the Borrower shall have the right to request a redetermination of the Borrowing Base by sending a written notice to the Administrative Agent of such request along with an Alternate Reserve Report. In connection with any redetermination of the Borrowing Base related to a delivery of an Alternate Reserve Report, the Syndication Agent shall make a good faith determination, in a reasonably prompt manner, of a new Borrowing Base, and the Administrative Agent shall propose by notice in writing, in a reasonably prompt manner, such new Borrowing Base to the Lenders, and the Applicable Borrowing Base Lenders shall agree to review in a reasonably prompt manner, and (if acceptable) approve a new Borrowing Base, which shall become effective upon receipt by the Borrower of notice of such new Borrowing Base. Any Lender that shall fail to reject the proposed Borrowing Base within fifteen (15) days of notice of the proposed Borrowing Base shall be deemed to have approved the proposed amount of such Borrowing Base. In connection with any such redetermination of the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall deliver promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent an Alternate Reserve Report to the Administrative Agent; provided that the Borrower’s failure to deliver such Alternate Reserve Report shall not preclude or impact the making of such redetermination of the Borrowing Base by the Administrative Agent or the approval of such Borrowing Base by the Applicable Borrowing Base Lenders.

(d) At the request of the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent or the Required Borrowing Base Lenders, in their sole discretion, the Borrowing Base shall be adjusted in conformity with Section 2.9(c) [Borrowing Base] contemporaneously with (i) the sale, transfer, lease, contribution or other conveyance in one or more transactions after the date of the latest redetermination or adjustment of the Borrowing Base pursuant to this Agreement by any Loan Party to one or more Persons (other than another Loan Party), of Proved Reserves with an aggregate value exceeding 5% of the Borrowing Base then in effect (whether directly or indirectly by means of the sale of equity interests in a Loan Party or otherwise) pursuant to Section 8.2.13(e) [Sale of Proved Reserves; Pooling] and (ii) the early monetization or early termination of any Swap Agreements relied on by the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Lenders in determining the Borrowing Base that has an economic value exceeding five percent (5%) of the Borrowing Base then in effect.

(e) The Borrowing Base shall represent the good faith determination by the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent, of the loan value of the Borrowing Base Properties based upon, among other things, information contained in the Reserve Report and in accordance with the applicable definitions and provisions herein contained, the Syndication Agent’s standard policies regarding energy lending, industry lending practices, and consideration for the nature of the facilities established hereunder. The Borrower acknowledges that the determination of the Borrowing Base contains an equity cushion (market value in excess of the value of all Indebtedness of the Loan Parties), which is acknowledged by the Borrower to be essential for the adequate protection of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

(f) Unless otherwise waived in writing by the Required Lenders, upon the issuance of any Permitted Unsecured Notes in accordance with Section 8.2.1(m)(x) [Indebtedness] (other than any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), the Borrowing Base then in effect shall automatically be reduced by $0.25 for each $1.00 in stated principal amount of such Permitted Unsecured Notes on the date such Permitted Unsecured Notes are issued.

(a) The Borrower may at any time prior to the Letter of Credit Expiration Date request the issuance of a letter of credit (each, a “ Letter of Credit ”), for its own account or the account of any Restricted Subsidiary, or the amendment or extension of an existing Letter of Credit, by delivering or transmitting by facsimile or email (in “pdf,” “tif” or similar format), to an Issuing Lender selected by the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) a completed application for letter of credit, or request for such amendment or extension, as applicable, signed by the Borrower (and, in the case of a Letter of Credit issued for the account of any Restricted Subsidiary, also signed by such Restricted Subsidiary) and otherwise in such form as such Issuing Lender may specify from time to time by no later than 10:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days, or such shorter period as may be agreed to by such Issuing Lender, in advance of the proposed date of issuance. The Borrower shall authorize and direct each Issuing Lender to name the Borrower as the “Applicant” or “Account Party” of each Letter of Credit and, in the case of a Letter of Credit issued for the account of any Restricted Subsidiary, to name such Restricted Subsidiary as the “Co-Applicant” of such Letter of Credit. Promptly after receipt of any letter of credit application, such Issuing Lender shall confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit application and if not, such Issuing Lender will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Letters of Credit may be issued in the form of a Standby Letter of Credit or a Commercial Letter of Credit; provided that in no event shall Credit Suisse AG or Goldman Sachs Bank USA be required to issue any Commercial Letter of Credit. Letters of Credit shall be issued only in U.S. Dollars. For the avoidance of doubt, the Loan Parties acknowledge that each Letter of Credit issued for the account of Persons other than the Loan Parties shall constitute an Investment and Guaranty in an amount equal to the face amount of such Letter of Credit, without duplication, and shall be subject to the limitations set forth herein.

(b) Unless an Issuing Lender has received notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one day prior to the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions in Section 7 [Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of Credit] are not satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in reliance on (among other things) the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.10 [Letters of Credit], such Issuing Lender or any of such Issuing Lender’s Affiliates will issue the proposed Letter of Credit or agree to such amendment or extension; provided that after giving effect thereto:

(i) no Letter of Credit shall expire later than the earlier of (x) subject to Section 2.10.1(c) [Issuance of Letters of Credit], twelve (12) months from the date of issuance or extension, unless the applicable Issuing Lender agrees, and (y) the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless the applicable Issuing Lender agrees and the Borrower complies with the requirements of Section 2.10.10 [Cash Collateral Prior to the Expiration Date]; and

(ii) in no event shall (x) the aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Obligations exceed the Letter of Credit Aggregate Sublimit at any one time outstanding, (y) the aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding by any Issuing Lender exceed its Letter of Credit Issuing Lender Sublimit at any one time (unless otherwise agreed to by such Issuing Lender) or (z) the Revolving Facility Usage exceed, at any one time, the Revolving Credit Commitments.

Each request for the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that it shall be in compliance with the preceding sentence and with Section 7 [Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of Credit] after giving effect to the requested issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit. Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable Issuing Lender will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(c) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable request for a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender may, in its discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “ Auto-Extension Letter of Credit ”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Issuing Lender to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “ Non-Extension Notice Date ”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Issuing Lender, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Issuing Lender for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Issuing Lender to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided , however, that the Issuing Lender shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Issuing Lender has determined that it would not be permitted to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof, or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 7.2 [Each Additional Loan or Letter of Credit] are not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Issuing Lender not to permit such extension.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 2.10.1(a) [Issuance of Letters of Credit], no Issuing Lender shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if (i) any order, judgment or decree of any Official Body or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Lender from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such Issuing Lender or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Official Body with jurisdiction over such Issuing Lender shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Lender with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Lender is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such Issuing Lender in good faith deems material to it, or (ii) the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Lender applicable to letters of credit generally.

(e) On the Closing Date, the outstanding Letters of Credit previously issued under the Existing Credit Agreement that are set forth on Schedule 2.10.1 (the “ Existing Letters of Credit ”) will automatically, without any action on the part of any Person, be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued hereunder for the account of the Borrower for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

The Borrower shall pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders a fee (the “ Letter of Credit Fee ”) equal to the Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate on the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit, and (ii) to each Issuing Lender for its own account a fronting fee equal to 0.125% per annum on the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender. All Letter of Credit Fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed and shall be payable in arrears on each Payment Date following issuance of each Letter of Credit; provided, however, that fronting fees on Commercial Letters of Credit shall be payable at the time of issuance. The Borrower shall also pay to each Issuing Lender for such Issuing Lender’s sole account such Issuing Lender’s then in effect customary fees and administrative expenses payable with respect to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender as such Issuing Lender may generally charge or incur from time to time in connection with the issuance, maintenance, extension, renewal, amendment (if any), assignment or transfer (if any), negotiation, and administration of Letters of Credit.

(a) Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from such Issuing Lender a participation in such Letter of Credit and each drawing thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s Ratable Share of the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and the amount of such drawing, respectively.

(b) In the event of any request for a drawing under a Letter of Credit by the beneficiary or transferee thereof, the applicable Issuing Lender will promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. The Borrower shall reimburse (such obligation to reimburse such Issuing Lender shall sometimes be referred to as a “ Reimbursement Obligation ”) such Issuing Lender prior to 12:00 noon on the next Business Day following the date that the Borrower has received such notice from such Issuing Lender (each such date, a “ Reimbursement Date ”) by paying to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender an amount equal to the amount so paid by such Issuing Lender plus interest at the interest rate applicable to Loans under the Base Rate Option from the date on which the amount was paid by such Issuing Lender to the date such Issuing Lender is reimbursed, unless otherwise required by the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Lender. In the event the Borrower fails to reimburse such Issuing Lender (through the Administrative Agent) for the full amount of any drawing under any Letter of Credit by 12:00 noon on the Reimbursement Date, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender thereof of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and each such Lender’s Ratable Share of the amount of such drawing. Any notice given by the Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.10.3(b) may be oral if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

(c) Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.10.3(b) [Participations, Disbursements, Reimbursement] make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Lender immediately available funds equal to its Ratable Share of the amount of the drawing, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. If any Lender so notified fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender the amount of such Lender’s Ratable Share of such amount by no later than 2:00 p.m. on the Reimbursement Date, then interest shall accrue on such Lender’s obligation to make such payment, from the Reimbursement Date to the date on which such Lender makes such payment (i) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate during the first three (3) days following the Reimbursement Date and (ii) at a rate per annum equal to the rate applicable to Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option on and after the fourth day following the Reimbursement Date. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.10.3, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Lender or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this Section 2.10.3(c) to reimburse the Issuing Lender, then to such Lender and the Issuing Lender as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.10.3(c) to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any LC Disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement. The Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Lender will promptly give notice (as described in Section 2.10.3(b) [Participations, Disbursements, Reimbursement] above) of the occurrence of the Reimbursement Date, but failure of the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Lender to give any such notice on the Reimbursement Date or in sufficient time to enable any Lender to effect such payment on such date shall not relieve such Lender from its obligation under this Section 2.10.3(c) [Participations, Disbursements, Reimbursement].

(d) If the Issuing Lender shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full as set forth in Section 2.10.3(b), the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the first Business Day after receipt of notice to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to Section 2.10.3(b), then Section 4.3(b) [Interest After Default] shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Lender, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.10.3(b) to reimburse the Issuing Lender shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

(a) Upon (and only upon) receipt by the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Lender of immediately available funds from the Borrower (i) in reimbursement of any payment made by such Issuing Lender under the Letter of Credit with respect to which any Lender has made a payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender pursuant to this section 2.10.4 (each such payment by a Lender, a “ Participation Advance ”) to the Administrative Agent, or (ii) in payment of interest on such a payment made by such Issuing Lender under such a Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Issuing Lender will pay to each Lender, in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent, the amount of such Lender’s Ratable Share of such funds, except the Administrative Agent shall retain for the account of such Issuing Lender the amount of the Ratable Share of such funds of any Lender that did not make a Participation Advance in respect of such payment by such Issuing Lender.

(b) If an Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent is required at any time to return to any Loan Party, or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or any official in any Insolvency Proceeding, any portion of any payment made by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section in reimbursement of a payment made under any Letter of Credit or interest or fees thereon, each Lender shall, on demand of the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Lender, forthwith return to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender the amount of its Ratable Share of any amounts so returned by the Administrative Agent plus interest thereon from the date such demand is made to the date such amounts are returned by such Lender to the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect from time to time.

Each Loan Party agrees to be bound by the terms of each Issuing Lender’s Issuer Documents and written regulations and customary practices relating to letters of credit, though such interpretation may be different from such Loan Party’s own. In the event of a conflict between an Issuer Document and this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern. It is understood and agreed that, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct, no Issuing Lender shall be liable for any error, negligence and/or mistakes, whether of omission or commission, in following any Loan Party’s instructions or those contained in the Letters of Credit or any modifications, amendments or supplements thereto.

In determining whether to honor any request for drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, the applicable Issuing Lender shall be responsible only to determine that the documents and certificates required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit.

Each Lender’s obligation in accordance with this Agreement to make the Revolving Credit Loans or Participation Advances, as contemplated by Section 2.10.3 [Participations, Disbursements, Reimbursement] and the Obligations of the Borrower to reimburse each respective Issuing Lender upon a draw under a Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.10 [Letters of Credit] under all circumstances, including the following circumstances:

(a) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the applicable Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, or which any Loan Party may have against the applicable Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates, any Lender or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;

(c) any claim of breach of warranty that might be made by any Loan Party or any Lender against any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit, or the existence of any claim, set-off, recoupment, counterclaim, crossclaim, defense or other right which any Loan Party or any Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary, successor beneficiary, any transferee or assignee of any Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting), any Issuing Lender or its Affiliates or any Lender or any other Person or, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between any Loan Party or Subsidiaries of a Loan Party and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was procured);

(d) the lack of power or authority of any signer of (or any defect in or forgery of any signature or endorsement on) or the form of or lack of validity, sufficiency, accuracy, enforceability or genuineness of any draft, demand, instrument, certificate or other document presented under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, or any fraud or alleged fraud in connection with any Letter of Credit, or the transport of any property or provisions of services relating to a Letter of Credit, in each case even if such Issuing Lender or any of such Issuing Lender’s Affiliates has been notified thereof;

(e) payment by such Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;

(f) the solvency of, or any acts or omissions by, any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit, or any other Person having a role in any transaction or obligation relating to a Letter of Credit, or the existence, nature, quality, quantity, condition, value or other characteristic of any property or services relating to a Letter of Credit;

(g) any failure by such Issuing Lender or any of such Issuing Lender’s Affiliates to issue any Letter of Credit in the form requested by any Loan Party, unless such Issuing Lender has received written notice from such Loan Party of such failure within three (3) Business Days after such Issuing Lender shall have furnished such Loan Party and the Administrative Agent a copy of such Letter of Credit and such error is material and no drawing has been made thereon prior to receipt of such notice;

(h) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(i) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by any party thereto;

(j) the occurrence or continuance of an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to any Loan Party;

(k) the fact that an Event of Default or a Potential Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(l) the fact that the Expiration Date shall have passed or this Agreement or any Commitments hereunder shall have been terminated or reduced; and

(m) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

The Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless each Issuing Lender and any of its Affiliates that has issued a Letter of Credit from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, taxes (subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.10.8 [Indemnity]), penalties, interest, judgments, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel) which such Issuing Lender or any of such Issuing Lender’s Affiliates may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of the issuance of any Letter of Credit issued by it, other than as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. This Section 2.10.8 [Indemnity] shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

(a) As between any Loan Party and an Issuing Lender, or such Issuing Lender’s Affiliates, such Loan Party assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, no Issuing Lender shall be responsible for any of the following including any losses or damages to any Loan Party or other Person or property relating therefrom: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document (including all sight drafts, certificates and all other instruments) submitted by any party in connection with the application for an issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged (even if such Issuing Lender or such Issuing Lender’s Affiliates shall have been notified thereof); (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) the failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit, or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred, to comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit or any other claim of any Loan Party against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, or any such transferee, or any dispute between or among any Loan Party and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any such transferee; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of such Issuing Lender or such Issuing Lender’s Affiliates, as applicable, including any acts of any Official Body, and none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of such Issuing Lender’s or such Issuing Lender’s Affiliates rights or powers hereunder. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall relieve the Issuing Lender from liability for such Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with actions or omissions described in clauses (i) through (viii) of such sentence, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. In no event shall any Issuing Lender or any Issuing Lender’s Affiliates be liable to any Loan Party for any indirect, consequential, incidental, punitive, exemplary or special damages or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), or for any damages resulting from any change in the value of any property relating to a Letter of Credit.

(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Issuing Lender and each of its Affiliates (i) may rely on any oral or other communication believed in good faith by such Issuing Lender or such Affiliate to have been authorized or given by or on behalf of the applicant for a Letter of Credit or any beneficiary, transferee, or assignee of proceeds thereof; (ii) may honor any presentation if the documents presented appear on their face substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the relevant Letter of Credit; (iii) may honor a previously dishonored presentation under a Letter of Credit, whether such dishonor was pursuant to a court order, to settle or compromise any claim of wrongful dishonor, or otherwise, and shall be entitled to reimbursement to the same extent as if such presentation had initially been honored, together with any interest paid by such Issuing Lender or its Affiliate; (iv) may honor any drawing that is payable upon presentation of a statement advising negotiation or payment, upon receipt of such statement (even if such statement indicates that a draft or other document is being delivered separately), and shall not be liable for any failure of any such draft or other document to arrive, or to conform in any way with the relevant Letter of Credit; (v) may pay any paying or negotiating bank claiming that it rightfully honored under the laws or practices of the place where such bank is located; and (vi)

may settle or adjust any claim or demand made on such Issuing Lender or its Affiliate in any way related to any order issued at the applicant’s request to an air carrier, a letter of guarantee or of indemnity issued to a carrier or any similar document (each, an “ Order ”) and honor any drawing in connection with any Letter of Credit that is the subject to such Order, notwithstanding that any drafts or other documents presented in connection with such Letter of Credit fail to conform in any way with such Letter of Credit. In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions set forth above, any action taken or omitted by such Issuing Lender or such Issuing Lender’s Affiliates under or in connection with the Letters of Credit issued by it, the Issuer Documents or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not put such Issuing Lender or such Issuing Lender’s Affiliates under any resulting liability to the Borrower or any Lender, unless such action taken or omitted is found in a final and nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.

If the Borrower or any other Loan Party requests the issuance, extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit and such Letter of Credit would have an expiration date which is after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, no Issuing Lender shall be required to issue, extend or renew such Letter of Credit, but may elect to do so if the requirements of this Section 2.10.10 [Cash Collateral Prior to the Expiration Date] are satisfied. The Borrower shall, on or before the issuance, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit, deposit and pledge Cash Collateral for each such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the face value of such outstanding Letter of Credit plus the amount of fees that would be due under such Letter of Credit through the expiry date of such Letter of Credit. Such Cash Collateral shall be deposited pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Lender and the Borrower and shall be maintained in blocked deposit accounts at such Issuing Lender. The Borrower hereby grants to the applicable Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of such Issuing Lender, a security interest in all Cash Collateral pledged to such Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section or otherwise under this Agreement. The Cash Collateral related to a particular Letter of Credit shall be released by the applicable Issuing Lender upon termination or expiration of such Letter of Credit and the reimbursement by the Loan Parties of all amounts drawn thereon and the payment in full of all fees accrued thereon through the date of such expiration or termination. After the Expiration Date, the Borrower shall pay any and all fees associated with any such Letter of Credit with an expiration date that extends beyond the Expiration Date directly to the applicable Issuing Lender.

Each Issuing Lender shall, on the first Business Day of each month, provide to Administrative Agent and Borrower a schedule of the Letters of Credit issued by it, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, showing the date of issuance of each Letter of Credit, the account party, the original face amount (if any), and the expiration date of any Letter of Credit outstanding at any time during the preceding month, and any other information relating to such Letter of Credit that the Administrative Agent may request.

The Swingline Lender may, at its option, exercisable at any time for any reason whatsoever, demand repayment of the Swing Loans, and each Lender shall make a Revolving Credit Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Ratable Share of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Swing Loans, plus, if the Swingline Lender so requests, accrued interest thereon; provided that no Lender shall be obligated in any event to make Revolving Credit Loans in excess of the amount that would cause its Revolving Exposure to exceed its Revolving Credit Commitment. Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant

to the preceding sentence shall bear interest at the Base Rate Option and shall be deemed to have been properly requested in accordance with Section 2.5.1 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests] without regard to any of the requirements of that provision. The Administrative Agent on behalf of the Swingline Lender shall provide notice to the Lenders (which may be telephonic or written notice by letter, facsimile or email (in “pdf,” “tif” or similar format)) no later than 11:00 a.m. on any Business Day that such Revolving Credit Loans are to be made under this Section 2.11 [Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans] and of the apportionment among the Lenders, and the Lenders shall be unconditionally obligated to fund such Revolving Credit Loans (whether or not the conditions specified in Section 2.5 [Loan Requests] or Section 7.2 [Each Additional Loan or Letter of Credit] are then satisfied) to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Swingline Lender, no later than 3:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date.

(a) Increasing Lenders and New Lenders . The Borrower may, prior to the Expiration Date, request that (1) the current Lenders (each, a “ Current Lender ”) increase their Revolving Credit Commitments (any Current Lender which elects to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment shall be referred to as an “ Increasing Lender ”) and/or (2) one or more new lenders (each, a “ New Lender ”) join this Agreement and provide a Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder, subject to the following terms and conditions:

(i) No Obligation to Increase . No Current Lender shall be obligated to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment, and any increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Current Lender shall be in the sole discretion of such Current Lender;

(ii) No Consent . No consent of any Lender, other than a Lender providing such Revolving Credit Commitment, shall be required to implement such increase;

(iii) Defaults . There shall exist no Event of Default or Potential Default on the effective date of such increase and after giving effect to such increase;

(iv) Increase in and Aggregate Amount of Revolving Credit Commitments . The amount of the increase in Revolving Credit Commitments is at least $100,000,000, and after giving effect to such increase, shall not exceed the Maximum Facility Amount without the consent of all Lenders;

(v) Resolutions; Opinion; Mortgage Amendments . The Loan Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent on or before the effective date of such increase the following documents in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent: (1) certifications of their corporate secretaries with attached resolutions certifying that the increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments has been approved by the Loan Parties, (2) opinions of counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders addressing the authorization, execution and enforceability of the Loan Documents executed in connection with such increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments, and (3) amendments to the Mortgages executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Parties to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to reflect the increase in Revolving Credit Commitments, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, together with, if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders providing the increase in Revolving Credit Commitments, local counsel opinions regarding the due authorization, execution, delivery, and enforceability of such mortgage amendments. The Loan Parties shall cause the amendments described in clause (3) above to be properly recorded and/or filed in the applicable filing or recording offices;

(vi) Notes . The Borrower shall execute and deliver (1) to each Increasing Lender that requests a Revolving Credit Note a replacement Revolving Credit Note reflecting the new amount of such Increasing Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment after giving effect to the increase (and the prior Note issued to such Increasing Lender shall be deemed to be canceled and shall be returned to the Borrower as soon as practicable), and (2) to each New Lender that requests a Revolving Credit Note, a Revolving Credit Note reflecting the amount of such New Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment;

(vii) Approval of New Lenders . Any New Lender shall be subject to the consents specified in Section 11.8.2(c) [Required Consents] as if the increase in Revolving Credit Commitments were an assignment;

(viii) Increasing Lenders . Each Increasing Lender shall confirm its agreement to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to an acknowledgement in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent, signed by it and the Borrower and delivered to the Administrative Agent before the effective date of such increase; and

(ix) New Lender Joinder . Each New Lender shall execute a New Lender Joinder pursuant to which such New Lender shall join and become a party to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with a Revolving Credit Commitment in the amount set forth in such New Lender Joinder.

(b) Syndication . In the event that the Borrower elects to request an increase of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to mutually develop a syndication strategy, including timelines for commitments, to the extent the Administrative Agent agrees to assist in such syndication.

(i) Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New Loans . On the effective date of such increase, the Borrower shall (x) repay the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding to each of the Current Lenders to the extent necessary so that after giving effect to the increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments each Current Lender will have its Ratable Share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, subject to the Borrower’s indemnity obligations under Section 5.9 [Indemnity] and (y) borrow Revolving Credit Loans from Increasing Lenders and New Lenders to the extent necessary so that after giving effect to the increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments, each such Lender will have its Ratable Share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans. To facilitate the foregoing, the Borrower may, subject to its compliance with the other terms of this Agreement, borrow new Loans on the effective date of such increase. The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to update Schedule 1.1(B) to reflect the increase in Revolving Credit Commitments.

(ii) Outstanding Letters of Credit; Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New Loans . On the effective date of such increase, (a) each Current Lender shall be deemed to have sold its existing participation in each then outstanding Letter of Credit and purchased a participation in each then outstanding Letter of Credit equal to its Ratable Share of such Letters of Credit, and (b) each New Lender will be deemed to have purchased a participation in each then outstanding Letter of Credit equal to its Ratable Share of such Letter of Credit. All fees shall accrue and be paid on the Letters of Credit based upon each Lender’s participation therein over the relevant period of time. To the extent necessary to enable each of the Current Lenders and the New Lenders to own a Ratable Share of the Participation Advances after any increase in the Revolving

Credit Commitments, (a) the Current Lenders will sell a portion of its Participation Advances, and (b) the New Lenders and the Increasing Lenders will acquire Participation Advances (and will pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each selling Lender, in immediately available funds, an amount) equal to its Ratable Share of all outstanding Participation Advances. All fees and interest on Participation Advances shall be allocated based upon each Lender’s ownership therein from time to time.

(iii) Equal and Ratable Benefit . The Revolving Credit Commitments established pursuant to this paragraph shall constitute Revolving Credit Commitments under, and shall be entitled to all the benefits afforded by, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall, without limiting the foregoing, benefit equally and ratably from the Guaranties under the Guaranty Agreement and security interests created by the Security Documents. The Loan Parties shall take any actions reasonably required by the Collateral Agent to ensure and/or demonstrate that the Lien and security interests granted by the Security Documents continue to be perfected under the UCC or otherwise after giving effect to the establishment of any such new Revolving Credit Commitments.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(i) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.3 [Commitment Fees];

(ii) the Commitment and outstanding Loans of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in any vote of Lenders except as required by Section 11.1.5 [Defaulting Lenders];

(iii) if any Swing Loans are outstanding or any Letter of Credit Obligations exist at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then:

(A) all or any part of the outstanding Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Ratable Shares but only to the extent that (x) the Revolving Facility Usage does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments, and (y) no Potential Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at such time;

(B) if the reallocation described in clause (A) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such outstanding Swing Loans, and (y) second, Cash Collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Lenders (ratably among the Issuing Lenders) the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Obligations (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (A) above) in a deposit account held at the Administrative Agent for so long as such Letter of Credit Obligations are outstanding;

(C) if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to clause (B) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.10.2 [Letter of Credit Fees] with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Obligations during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Obligations are cash collateralized;

(D) if the Letter of Credit Obligations of the non-Defaulting Lenders are reallocated pursuant to clause (A) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.10.2 [Letter of Credit Fees] shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Ratable Share; and

(E) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Obligations are neither reallocated nor Cash Collateralized pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lender or any other Lender hereunder, all Letter of Credit Fees payable under Section 2.10.2 [Letter of Credit Fees] with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Obligations shall be payable to the Issuing Lenders ((ratably among them) and not to such Defaulting Lender) until and to the extent that such Letter of Credit Obligations are reallocated and/or Cash Collateralized; and

(iv) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (x) no Issuing Lender shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless such Issuing Lender is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations will be 100% covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.13(a)(iii)(B) [Defaulting Lenders], and (y) participating interests in any newly made Swing Loan or any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.13(a)(iii)(A) [Defaulting Lenders] (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

(b) In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Lenders agree in writing that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, and the Ratable Share of the Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment, and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swing Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Ratable Share.

The Borrower shall pay interest in respect of the outstanding unpaid principal amount of the Loans as selected by it from the Base Rate Option or LIBOR Rate Option set forth below applicable to the Loans, it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may select different Interest Rate Options and different Interest Periods to apply simultaneously to the Loans comprising different Borrowing Tranches and may convert to or renew one or more Interest Rate Options with respect to all or any portion of the Loans comprising any Borrowing Tranche; provided that (i) there shall not be at any one time outstanding more than ten (10) Borrowing Tranches in the aggregate among all of the Loans and (ii) if an Event of Default or Potential Default exists and is continuing, the Borrower

may not request, convert to, or renew the LIBOR Rate Option for any Loans and the Required Lenders may demand that all existing Borrowing Tranches bearing interest under the LIBOR Rate Option shall be converted immediately to the Base Rate Option, subject to the obligation of the Borrower to pay any indemnity under Section 5.9 [Indemnity] in connection with such conversion. If at any time the designated rate applicable to any Loan made by any Lender exceeds such Lender’s highest lawful rate, the rate of interest on such Lender’s Loan shall be limited to such Lender’s highest lawful rate.

(a) The Borrower shall have the right to select from the following Interest Rate Options applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans:

(i) Revolving Credit Base Rate Option : A fluctuating rate per annum (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed) equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, such interest rate to change automatically from time to time effective as of the effective date of each change in the Base Rate; or

(ii) Revolving Credit LIBOR Rate Option : A rate per annum (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) equal to the LIBOR Rate as determined for each applicable Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.

(b) Subject to Section 4.3 [Interest After Default], only the Base Rate Option applicable to Revolving Credit Loans shall apply to Swing Loans.

The Borrower may call the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which a Loan Request is to be delivered to receive an indication of the rates then in effect, but it is acknowledged that such projection shall not be binding on the Administrative Agent or the Lenders nor affect the rate of interest which thereafter is actually in effect when the election is made.

At any time when the Borrower shall select, convert to or renew a LIBOR Rate Option, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such LIBOR Rate Option by delivering a Loan Request. The notice shall specify an Interest Period during which such Interest Rate Option shall apply. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the following provisions shall apply to any selection of, renewal of, or conversion to a LIBOR Rate Option:

(a) each Borrowing Tranche of Loans under the LIBOR Rate Option shall be in integral multiples and not less than the respective amounts set forth in Section 2.5.1 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests] for Borrowings;

(b) in the case of the renewal of a LIBOR Rate Option at the end of an Interest Period, the first day of the new Interest Period shall be the last day of the preceding Interest Period, without duplication in payment of interest for such day; and

(c) Section 4.5 [Selection of Interest Rate Options] shall apply to any Loan under the LIBOR Rate Option as to which an interest election has not been made prior to the deadline for delivery of a notice set forth above.

To the extent permitted by Law, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and until such time such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived, and upon written demand by the Required Lenders:

(a) the Letter of Credit Fees and the rate of interest for each Loan otherwise applicable pursuant to Section 2.10.2 [Letter of Credit Fees] or Section 4.1 [Interest Rate Options], respectively, shall be increased by 2.0% per annum; and

(b) each other Obligation hereunder if not paid when due shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the rate of interest applicable under the Base Rate Option plus an additional 2.0% per annum from the time such Obligation becomes due and payable and until it is paid in full.

The Borrower acknowledges that the increase in rates referred to in this Section 4.3 [Interest After Default] reflects, among other things, the fact that such Loans or other amounts have become a substantially greater risk given their default status and that the Lenders are entitled to additional compensation for such risk; and all such interest shall be payable by Borrower upon demand by Administrative Agent.

4.4 LIBOR Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available .

If on any date on which a LIBOR Rate would otherwise be determined, the Administrative Agent shall have determined that:

(a) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining such LIBOR Rate, or

(b) a contingency has occurred which materially and adversely affects the Relevant Interbank Market relating to the LIBOR Rate,

the Administrative Agent shall have the rights specified in Section 4.4.3 [Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s Rights].

(a) the making, maintenance or funding of any Loan to which a LIBOR Rate Option applies has been made impracticable or unlawful by compliance by such Lender in good faith with any Law or any interpretation or application thereof by any Official Body or with any request or directive of any such Official Body (whether or not having the force of Law), or

(b) such LIBOR Rate Option will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lender of the establishment or maintenance of any such Loan, or

(c) after making all reasonable efforts, deposits of the relevant amount in Dollars for the relevant Interest Period for a Loan, or to banks generally, to which a LIBOR Rate Option applies, respectively, are not available to such Lender with respect to such Loan, or to banks generally, in the interbank eurodollar market,

then the Administrative Agent shall have the rights specified in Section 4.4.3 [Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s Rights].

In the case of any event specified in Section 4.4.1 [Unascertainable] above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Lenders and the Borrower thereof, and in the case of an event specified in Section 4.4.2 [Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available] above, such Lender shall promptly so notify the Administrative Agent and endorse a certificate to such notice as to the specific circumstances of such notice, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly send copies of such notice and certificate to the other Lenders and the Borrower. Upon such date as shall be specified in such notice (which shall not be earlier than the date such notice is given), the obligation of (A) the Lenders, in the case of such notice given by the Administrative Agent, or (B) such Lender, in the case of such notice given by such Lender, to allow the Borrower to select, convert to or renew a LIBOR Rate Option shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall have later notified the Borrower, or such Lender shall have later notified the Administrative Agent, of the Administrative Agent’s or such Lender’s, as the case may be, determination that the circumstances giving rise to such previous determination no longer exist. If at any time the Administrative Agent makes a determination under Section 4.4.1 [Unascertainable] and the Borrower has previously notified the Administrative Agent of its selection of, conversion to or renewal of a LIBOR Rate Option and such Interest Rate Option has not yet gone into effect, such notification shall be deemed to provide for selection of, conversion to or renewal of the Base Rate Option otherwise available with respect to such Loans. If any Lender notifies the Administrative Agent of a determination under Section 4.4.2 [Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available], the Borrower shall, subject to the Borrower’s indemnification Obligations under Section 5.9 [Indemnity], as to any Loan of the Lender to which a LIBOR Rate Option applies, on the date specified in such notice either convert such Loan to the Base Rate Option otherwise available with respect to such Loan or prepay such Loan in accordance with Section 5.6 [Prepayments]. Absent due notice from the Borrower of conversion or prepayment, such Loan shall automatically be converted to the Base Rate Option otherwise available with respect to such Loan upon such specified date.

If the Borrower fails to select a new Interest Period to apply to any Borrowing Tranche of Loans under the LIBOR Rate Option at the expiration of an existing Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing Tranche in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.2 [Interest Periods], the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month, commencing upon the last day of the existing Interest Period.

(a) If the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be final and conclusive, absent manifest error), or the Borrower or the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower or the Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that either (x) (i) the circumstances set forth in Section 4.4.1 [Unascertainable] have arisen and are unlikely to be temporary, or (ii) the circumstances set forth in Section 4.4.1 [Unascertainable] have not arisen but the applicable supervisor or administrator (if any) of the LIBOR Rate or an Official Body having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying the specific date after which the LIBOR Rate shall no longer be used for determining

interest rates for loans (either such date under this clause (x), a “ LIBOR Termination Date ”), or (y) a rate other than the LIBOR Rate has become a widely recognized benchmark rate for newly originated loans in Dollars in the U.S. market, then, reasonably promptly after such determination by the Administrative Agent or receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice (as applicable), the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement (such amendment, the “ Replacement Index Amendment ”) to replace LIBOR with an alternate index (the “ Replacement Index ”).

(b) The Replacement Index Amendment may include such related amendments as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, for the implementation and administration of the Replacement Index-based rate, including any conforming changes to the definition of Base Rate, Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, Section 11.1 [Modifications, Amendments or Waivers]), the Replacement Index Amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the fifth (5 ^th ) Business Day after the date a draft of the Replacement Index Amendment is provided to the Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent receives, on or before such time, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that such Lenders object to the Replacement Index Amendment.

(c) Selection of the Replacement Index, adjustments to the applicable margins, and related amendments to this Agreement (i) will be determined with due consideration to the then-current market practices for determining and implementing a rate of interest for newly originated loans in the United States and loans converted from a LIBOR Rate-based rate to a replacement index-based rate, and (ii) may also reflect adjustments to account for (x) the effects of the transition from the LIBOR Rate to the Replacement Index and (y) yield- or risk-based differences between the LIBOR Rate and the Replacement Index.

(d) Until the Replacement Index Amendment reflecting the Replacement Index in accordance with this Section 4.6 [Successor LIBOR Rate Index] is effective, each advance, conversion and renewal of a Loan under the LIBOR Rate Option will continue to bear interest with reference to the LIBOR Rate; provided however, that if a LIBOR Termination Date has occurred, then the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (i) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Loans under the LIBOR Rate Option shall be suspended, (to the extent of the affected Loans under the LIBOR Rate Option or Interest Periods), and (ii) the LIBOR component shall no longer be utilized in determining the Base Rate. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for the making of Loans to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies or the conversion to or the renewal of the LIBOR Rate Option for any Loans (to the extent of the affected Loans under the LIBOR Rate Option or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for the making of Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies (subject to the foregoing clause (ii)) in the amount specified therein.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the definition of Replacement Index shall provide that the Replacement Index shall in no event be deemed to be less than zero for purposes of this Agreement.

All payments and prepayments to be made in respect of principal, interest, Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit Fees, Administrative Agent’s Fee or other fees or amounts due from the Borrower hereunder shall be payable prior to 1:00 p.m. on the date when due without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, and without set-off, counterclaim or other deduction of any nature, and an action therefor shall immediately accrue. Such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at the Principal Office for the account of the Swingline Lender with respect to the Swing Loans and for the ratable accounts of the Lenders with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans in U.S. Dollars and in immediately available funds, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute such amounts to the Lenders in immediately available funds; provided that in the event payments are received by 1:00 p.m. by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Loans and such payments are not distributed to the Lenders on the same day received by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall pay the Lenders interest at the Federal Funds Effective Rate with respect to the amount of such payments for each day held by the Administrative Agent and not distributed to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent’s and each Lender’s statement of account, ledger or other relevant record shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive as the statement of the amount of principal of and interest on the Loans and other amounts owing under this Agreement and shall be deemed an “account stated.”

Each Borrowing Tranche shall be allocated to each Lender according to its Ratable Share, and each selection of, conversion to or renewal of any Interest Rate Option and each payment or prepayment by the Borrower with respect to principal, interest, Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit Fees, or other fees (except for the Administrative Agent’s Fee and the fees payable to the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.10.2 [Letter of Credit Fees]) or amounts due from the Borrower hereunder to the Lenders with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments and the Loans, shall (except as otherwise may be provided with respect to a Defaulting Lender and except as provided in Section 4.4.3 [Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s Rights] in the case of an event specified in Section 4.4 [LIBOR Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available], Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender] or Section 5.7 [Increased Costs]) be payable ratably among the Lenders entitled to such payment in accordance with the amount of principal, interest, Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit Fees, and other fees or amounts then due to such Lender as set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, each borrowing or payment or prepayment by the Borrower of principal, interest, fees or other amounts from the Borrower with respect to Swing Loans shall be made by or to the Swingline Lender according to Section 2.11 [Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans].

If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff, counterclaim or banker’s lien, by receipt of voluntary payment, by realization upon security, or by any other non-pro rata source, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations greater than the pro rata share of the amount such Lender is entitled thereto, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, 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 other amounts owing them, 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, together with interest or other amounts, if any, required by Law (including court order) to be paid by the Lender or the holder making such purchase; and

(ii) the provisions of this Section 5.3 shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the Loan Parties pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of the Loan Documents or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or Participation Advances to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders] shall apply).

Each Loan Party 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 each Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of each Loan Party in the amount of such participation.

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 or the Issuing Lender hereunder 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 or the Issuing Lender, 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 or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, 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.

Interest on Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies shall be due and payable in arrears on each Payment Date. Interest on Loans to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies shall be due and payable on the last day of each Interest Period for those Loans and, if such Interest Period is longer than three (3) Months, also on each date that falls every three (3) Months after the beginning of such Interest Period. Interest on the principal amount of each Loan or other monetary Obligation shall be due and payable on demand after such principal amount or other monetary Obligation becomes due and payable (whether on the stated Expiration Date, upon acceleration or otherwise).

So long as the Borrower has repaid any unreimbursed LC Disbursements, the Borrower shall have the right at its option from time to time to prepay the Loans in whole or part, without premium or penalty (except as provided in Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender] below, in Section 5.7 [Increased Costs] and Section 5.9 [Indemnity]). Whenever the Borrower desires to prepay any part of the Loans, it shall provide a prepayment notice to the Administrative Agent by 1:00 p.m. at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date of prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies or no later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of prepayment of Swing Loans and Revolving Credit Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies, setting forth the following information:

(a) the date, which shall be a Business Day, on which the proposed prepayment is to be made;

(b) a statement indicating the application of the prepayment between the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans;

(c) a statement indicating the application of the prepayment between Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies and Loans to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies; and

(d) the total principal amount of such prepayment, which shall not be less than the lesser of (x) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans or (y) $100,000 for any Swing Loan or $5,000,000 for any Revolving Credit Loan and increments of $5,000,000 in excess thereof.

All prepayment notices shall be irrevocable, except that any notice of voluntary prepayment may state that such notice is conditional upon the consummation of a financing transaction, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked or delayed by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of prepayment) if such condition is not satisfied. The principal amount of the Loans for which a prepayment notice is given, together with interest on such principal amount, shall be due and payable on the date specified in such prepayment notice as the date on which the proposed prepayment is to be made. Except as provided in Section 4.4.3 [Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s Rights], if the Borrower prepays a Loan but fails to specify the applicable Borrowing Tranche which the Borrower is prepaying, the prepayment shall be applied (i) first to Swing Loans and then to Revolving Credit Loans; and (ii) after giving effect to the allocations in clause (i) above first to Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies, then to Loans to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies. Any prepayment hereunder shall be subject to the Borrower’s obligation to indemnify the Lenders under Section 5.9 [Indemnity].

In the event any Lender (a) gives notice under Section 4.4 [LIBOR Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available], (b) requests compensation under Section 5.7 [Increased Costs], or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amount to any Lender or any Official Body for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.8 [Taxes], (c) is a Defaulting Lender, or (d) is a Non-Consenting Lender referred to in Section 11.1.4 [Non-Consenting Lenders], then in any such event the Borrower may, at its sole expense, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, either:

(a) prepay the Loans and Participation Advances of such Lender in whole, together with all interest accrued thereon and any accrued fees and all other amounts payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 5.9 [Indemnity]), and terminate such Lender’s Commitment; or

(b) at its sole expense, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.8 [Successors and Assigns]), all of its interests, rights (other than existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 5.7 [Increased Costs] or 5.8 [Taxes]) 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 or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 11.8.2(d) [Assignment and Assumption Agreement];

(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and Participation Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 5.9 [Indemnity]) 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 5.7.1 [Increased Costs Generally] or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 5.8 [Taxes], such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

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. Each Lender agrees that, if the Borrower elects to replace such Lender in accordance with this Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender], it shall promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption Agreement to evidence the assignment and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any Note (if Notes have been issued in respect of such Lender’s Loans) subject to such Assignment and Assumption Agreement; provided that the failure of any such Lender to execute an Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall not render such assignment invalid, and such assignment shall be recorded in the Register if all other requirements of such assignments have been satisfied.

If any Lender requests compensation under Section 5.7 [Increased Costs], or the Borrower is or will be required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Official Body for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.8 [Taxes], 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 reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.7 [Increased Costs] or Section 5.8 [Taxes], as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially 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.

(a) If at any time the Revolving Facility Usage exceeds the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall take one or more of the actions required by Section 5.11 [Borrowing Base Deficiency], which may include making mandatory prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans.

(b) If at any time the Revolving Facility Usage is in excess of the Revolving Credit Commitments (as used in this Section 5.6.4(b), a “ deficiency ”), the Borrower shall immediately make a principal payment on the Loans sufficient to cause the principal balance of the Loans then outstanding to be equal to or less than the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect. If a deficiency cannot be eliminated pursuant to this Section 5.6.4(b) by prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans as a result of outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations, the Borrower shall also deposit cash collateral with the Administrative Agent, to be held by the Administrative Agent to secure such outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations.

(c) In the event a Borrowing Base Deficiency occurs as a result of a reduction in the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 2.9(f) [Borrowing Base] upon an issuance of Permitted Unsecured Notes, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans (and after all Loans are repaid in full, shall Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations such that the Borrowing Base Deficiency is eliminated) on the date of consummation of such issuance of Permitted Unsecured Notes, to the extent necessary to eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency.

(d) All prepayments required pursuant to this Section 5.6.4 [Mandatory Prepayments] shall first be applied among the Interest Rate Options to the principal amount of the Loans subject to the Base Rate Option, then to Loans subject to a LIBOR Rate Option. In accordance with Section 5.9 [Indemnity], the Borrower shall indemnify the Lenders for any loss or expense, including loss of margin, incurred with respect to any such prepayments applied against Loans subject to a LIBOR Rate Option on any day other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period.

(a) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity, 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 the Issuing Lender;

(b) subject any Lender or the Issuing Lender to any Tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Loan under the LIBOR Rate Option made by it, or its other obligations, deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto, or change the basis of Taxation of payments to such Lender or the Issuing Lender in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes and any Excluded Taxes); or

(c) impose on any Lender, the Issuing Lender or the Relevant Interbank Market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or any Loan under the LIBOR Rate Option made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan under the LIBOR Rate Option (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Recipient 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 Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Recipient such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Recipient for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

If any Lender or the Issuing Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the Issuing Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’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 the Issuing Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’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 the Issuing Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

5.7.3 Certificates for Reimbursement; Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New Loans .

A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in Sections 5.7.1 [Increased Costs Generally] or Section 5.7.2 [Capital Requirements] and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof.

Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 5.7 [Increased Costs] shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section 5.7 [Increased Costs] for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine (9) months prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Lender, 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 the Issuing Lender’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 (9) month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

All payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes; provided that if any Loan Party or any other applicable withholding agent shall be required by applicable Law to deduct any Taxes from such payments, then (i) if the Tax in question is an Indemnified Tax, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after making all

required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.8 [Taxes]) each Lender (or, in the case of a payment made to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made ( provided that, if the applicable withholding agent in respect of an Indemnified Tax is a Person other than a Loan Party or the Administrative Agent (e.g., a Lender), the additional amounts required to be paid by a Loan Party under this clause (i) in respect of such Tax shall not be greater than the additional amounts such Loan Party would have been obligated to pay had such Loan Party made payment of such sum directly to the applicable beneficial owner of such payment, provided further , that such Tax would not have been an Excluded Tax had such beneficial owner been a Lender hereunder and had complied with Section 5.8.5 [Status of Lenders]), (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions and (iii) the applicable withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Official Body in accordance with applicable Law.

Without limiting the provisions of Section 5.8.1 [Payments Free of Taxes] above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Official Body in accordance with applicable Law.

The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within ten (10) days after 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 5.8 [Taxes]) paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Official Body. 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.

As soon as practicable after any payment of any Taxes by the Borrower to an Official Body, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Official Body evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(a) Each Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to any payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. Each such Lender shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders any such documentation (including any specific documentation required below in this Section 5.8.5 [Status of Lenders] obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any respect, deliver promptly to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so. In addition, any

Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, 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.

(i) Each Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(A) two (2) duly completed valid originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any successor forms) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party,

(B) two (2) duly completed valid originals of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor forms),

(C) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and that no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with such Foreign Lender’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business (a “ United States Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (y) two duly completed valid originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any successor forms),

(D) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or a participating Lender), two (2) duly completed valid originals of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms) of the Foreign Lender, accompanied by a Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, United States Tax Compliance Certificate, Form W-9, Form W-8IMY or any other required information (or any successor forms) from each beneficial owner that would be required under this Section 5.8.5 [Status of Lenders] if such beneficial owner were a Lender, as applicable ( provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more direct or indirect partners are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, the United States Tax Compliance Certificate may be provided by such Foreign Lender on behalf of such direct or indirect partner(s)), or

(E) two (2) duly completed valid originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding Tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

(ii) Each Lender that is a “United States person” as defined in section 7701 of the Code 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 request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) two (2) originals of an IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding.

(iii) 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 Sections 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 FATCA obligations, to determine whether such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s FATCA obligations and to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.8.5 [Status of Lenders], a Lender shall not be required to deliver any documentation that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver.

(d) Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deliver to the Loan Parties and to any successor Administrative Agent any documentation provided by such Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 5.8.5 [Status of Lenders].

If the Administrative Agent or any Lender receives a refund of any Indemnified Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.8 [Taxes], it shall pay to such Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Loan Party under this Section 5.8 [Taxes] with respect to the Indemnified Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund) of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Official Body with respect to such refund); provided that such Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, shall repay the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Official Body) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Official Body. This Section 5.8 [Taxes] shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lender” shall, for purposes of this Section 5.8 [Taxes], include any Issuing Lender and any Swingline Lender.

The Administrative Agent (and any assignee or successor) will deliver, to the Borrower, on or prior to the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement, either (i) (A) two (2) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI with respect to any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent for its own account and (B) two (2) duly completed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (certifying that it is either a “qualified

intermediary” or a “U.S. branch” that agrees to be treated as a United States person with respect to payments made to and on behalf of the Lenders) for the amounts the Administrative Agent receives for the account of others, or (ii) two (2) executed copies of IRS Form W-9, whichever is applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.8.8, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to deliver any documentation that the Administrative Agent is not legally eligible to deliver as a result of any Change in Law after the date hereof.

In addition to the compensation or payments required by Section 5.7 [Increased Costs] or Section 5.8 [Taxes], the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against all liabilities, losses, claims, damages or expenses (including loss of anticipated profits, any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan, from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract) which such Lender sustains or incurs as a consequence of any:

(a) payment, prepayment, conversion or renewal of any Loan to which a LIBOR Rate Option applies on a day other than the last day of the corresponding Interest Period (whether or not such payment or prepayment is mandatory, voluntary or automatic and whether or not such payment or prepayment is then due),

(b) attempt by the Borrower to revoke (expressly, by later inconsistent notices or otherwise) in whole or part any Loan Requests under Section 2.5 [Loan Requests] or Section 4.2 [Interest Periods] or notice relating to prepayments under Section 5.6 [Prepayments],

(c) default by the Borrower in the performance or observance of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including any failure of the Borrower to pay when due (by acceleration or otherwise) any principal, interest, Commitment Fee or any other amount due hereunder, or

(d) the assignment of any Revolving Credit Loans under the LIBOR Rate Option other than on the last day of the Interest Period as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender]; provided , however , that with respect to this clause (d), the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Defaulting Lender whose Revolving Credit Loans are being replaced as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender].

If any Lender sustains or incurs any such loss or expense, it shall from time to time notify the Borrower of the amount determined in good faith by such Lender (which determination may include such assumptions, allocations of costs and expenses and averaging or attribution methods as such Lender shall deem reasonable) to be necessary to indemnify such Lender for such loss or expense. Such notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for such determination. Such amount shall be due and payable by the Borrower to such Lender ten (10) Business Days after such notice is given.

In order to minimize the transfer of funds between the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Swing Loans and the Swingline Lender may make Swing Loans as provided in Section 2.1.2 [Swing Loans] hereof during the period between Settlement Dates. The Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of its Ratable Share of the total of the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swing Loans (each a “ Required Share ”). On such Settlement Date, each Lender

shall pay to the Administrative Agent the amount equal to the difference between its Required Share and its Revolving Credit Loans, and the Administrative Agent shall pay to each Lender its Ratable Share of all payments made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans. The Administrative Agent shall also effect settlement in accordance with the foregoing sentence on the proposed Borrowing Dates for Revolving Credit Loans and on dates on which mandatory prepayments are due under Section 5.6.4 [Mandatory Prepayments] and may at its option effect settlement on any other Business Day. These settlement procedures are established solely as a matter of administrative convenience, and nothing contained in this Section 5.10 [Settlement Date Procedures] shall relieve the Lenders of their obligations to fund Revolving Credit Loans on dates other than a Settlement Date pursuant to Section 2.1.2 [Swing Loans]. The Administrative Agent may at any time at its option for any reason whatsoever require each Lender to pay immediately to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Ratable Share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and each Lender may at any time require the Administrative Agent to pay immediately to such Lender its Ratable Share of all payments made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans.

(a) If the Revolving Facility Usage ever exceeds the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall, within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice of such condition from the Administrative Agent, elect by written notice to the Administrative Agent to take one or more of the following actions to eliminate the Borrowing Base deficiency:

(i) add additional Oil and Gas Properties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent to the Borrowing Base Properties such that the Borrowing Base Deficiency is cured within 30 days after the Borrower’s notice of election; or

(ii) either (a) within 30 days following the delivery of such notice, prepay Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to such Borrowing Base Deficiency or (b) eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency by making six (6) consecutive, mandatory, equal, monthly prepayments of principal on the Revolving Credit Loans, each of which shall be in the amount of 1/6th of the amount of such Borrowing Base Deficiency, commencing on the first Business Day of the first calendar month following the delivery of such notice and continuing on the first Business Day of each calendar month thereafter. If the Revolving Credit Loans have been repaid in full and a Borrowing Base Deficiency still exists, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations such that the Borrowing Base Deficiency is eliminated within a period of 30 days after the Revolving Credit Loans have been repaid in full.

(b) Each prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.11 [Borrowing Base Deficiency] shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid to the date of such prepayment.

The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders as follows:

Each Loan Party is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly organized (in the case of the Borrower, in a United States jurisdiction), validly existing and in good standing (if the concept of “good standing” is recognized under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction with respect to such Loan Party) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Each Loan Party has the lawful power to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business in which it is currently engaged, except where the failure to have such power would not reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Change. Each Loan Party is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction listed on Schedule 6.1 and in all other jurisdictions where the property owned or leased by it or the nature of the business transacted by it or both makes such licensing or qualification necessary except to the extent that the failure to be so duly licensed or qualified or in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Change.

As of the Closing Date, Schedule 6.3 states the name of each Subsidiary of the Borrower, its jurisdiction of incorporation, the issued and outstanding shares (referred to herein as the “ Subsidiary Shares ”) and the owners thereof if it is a corporation, its outstanding partnership interests (the “ Partnership Interests ”) if it is a partnership, its outstanding limited liability company interests, interests assigned to managers thereof and the voting rights associated therewith (the “ LLC Interests ”) if it is a limited liability company, identifies each Subsidiary as either a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary and for each Restricted Subsidiary whether or not it is a Guarantor and, if it is not a Guarantor, the clause in the definition of “Excluded Subsidiaries” applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary. There are no options, warrants or other rights outstanding to purchase any such Subsidiary Shares, Partnership Interests or LLC Interests except as indicated on Schedule 6.3 .

Each Loan Party has full power to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, to incur the Indebtedness contemplated by the Loan Documents and to perform its Obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and all such actions have been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on its part.

This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each Loan Party, and each other Loan Document which any Loan Party is required to execute and deliver has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party. This Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of each Loan Party which is a party thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability of any of such Loan Document may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally or limiting the right of specific performance.

Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to which it is a party by any Loan Party nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof by any of them will conflict with, constitute a default under or result in any breach of (i) the terms and conditions of the certificate of incorporation,

bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents of any Loan Party, (ii) any material Law, instrument, order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree to which any Loan Party is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or result in the creation or enforcement of any Lien, charge or encumbrance whatsoever upon any property (now or hereafter acquired) of any Loan Party (other than Liens granted under the Loan Documents) or (iii) the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any material property or assets of such Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Loan Documents and Liens permitted hereunder) pursuant to the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which such Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is bound (any such term, covenant, condition or provision, a “ Contractual Requirement ”), except that certain consents may be required under various contracts and agreements in connection with any attempt to assign such various contracts and agreements pursuant to the assertion of remedies under the Loan Documents.

There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer of the Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party at law or equity before any Official Body or arbitrator that individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Change. To the knowledge of any Responsible Officer of the Borrower, none of the Loan Parties is in violation of any order, writ, injunction or any decree of any Official Body that would reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Change.

(a) Each Loan Party has good and marketable title to or valid leasehold interest in all properties, assets and other rights constituting Borrowing Base Properties, free and clear of all Liens and encumbrances except Permitted Liens, and subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable leases or conveyance instrument; provided that a Loan Party shall not be in breach of the foregoing (i) in the event that it fails to own a valid fee or leasehold interest which, either considered alone or together with all other such valid fee or leaseholds that it fails to own, is not material to the current Reserve Report, (ii) as a result of certain title defects and exceptions, if the Loan Parties are working to cure such title defects and exceptions as provided for in Section 8.1.18 [Title Information] until such time as such title defects and exceptions are cured by the Loan Parties or waived by the Administrative Agent (or Lenders) as provided by such Section, or (iii) the Borrowing Base has been or is in the process of being adjusted pursuant to Section 8.1.18(c) [Title Information].

(b) Each Loan Party has good and marketable title to or valid leasehold interest in all properties, assets and other rights, which it purports to own or lease or which are reflected as owned or leased on its books and records (other than Borrowing Base Properties), free and clear of all Liens and encumbrances except Permitted Liens, and subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable leases or conveyance instrument, except to the extent that the failure to hold such title or interest, either alone or together with all other title defects, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

(a) Historical Statements . The Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent copies of its audited consolidated year-end financial statements as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the fiscal years then ended (the “ Historical Statements ”). The Historical Statements were compiled from the books and records maintained by management of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, are correct and complete in all material respects and fairly represent the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of their dates and their results of operations and cash flows for the fiscal periods specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

(b) Financial Projections . The Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent financial projections (including balance sheets and statements of operation and cash flows) for the period from the Closing Date through the Expiration Date (broken out on a quarterly basis for the first two years after the Closing Date and annually thereafter) derived from various assumptions of the Borrower’s management (the “ Financial Projections ”). The Financial Projections have been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions; it being understood that such Financial Projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Borrower’s control, and that no assurance can be given that the Financial Projections will be realized.

(c) Accuracy of Financial Statements . Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liabilities, contingent or otherwise, or forward or long-term commitments that are not disclosed in the Historical Statements or in the notes thereto, and except as disclosed therein there are no unrealized or anticipated losses from any commitments of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2017, no Material Adverse Change has occurred.

The Loan Parties intend to use the proceeds of the Loans in accordance with Section 8.1.11 [Use of Proceeds].

(a) Security Interests . The Security Agreement is effective to create valid Lien and security interests in the Collateral described therein in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Except to the extent that the Loan Parties are not required to perfect Liens in certain Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or the Security Agreement, the Liens and security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Agreement in the Collateral (of the type that can be perfected under the Uniform Commercial Code or by filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright), subject to the actions described in the following sentence, constitute and will continue to constitute first-priority security interests, subject to Permitted Liens and the proviso set forth in Section 6.8(a) [Title to Properties], under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in each applicable jurisdiction or other applicable Law entitled to all the rights, benefits and priorities provided by the Uniform Commercial Code or such Law. Upon the due filing of financing statements relating to said security interests in each office and in each jurisdiction where required in order to perfect the security interests described above, the filing of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office, taking possession of any stock certificates or other certificates evidencing the Pledged Securities, and upon the taking of possession or control by the Collateral Agent of the Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the Collateral Agent to the extent possession or control by the Collateral Agent is required by this Agreement or the Security Agreement), all such action as is necessary or advisable to perfect the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent with respect to the Collateral described above will have been taken except to the extent that the Loan Parties are not required to perfect Liens in certain Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or the Security Agreement. All filing fees and other expenses in connection with each such action have been or will be paid by the Borrower.

(b) Mortgage Liens . Subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth expressly in the Mortgages and in the proviso set forth in Section 6.8(a) [Title to Properties], the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to each Mortgage constitute a valid first priority Lien on the Real Property under applicable law, subject only to Permitted Liens. Schedule 1.1(R) sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the Closing Date of (x) Proved Reserves that constitute no less than eighty percent (80%) of the total present value of all Proved Reserves included in the Borrowing Base and (y) Proved Developed Producing Reserves that constitute no less than eighty percent (80%) of the PV10 value of all Proved Developed Producing Reserves included in the Borrowing Base.

(c) Pledged Securities . All Equity Interests included in the Pledged Securities to be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement are or will be upon issuance validly issued and nonassessable and owned beneficially and of record by the pledgor free and clear of any Lien or restriction on transfer, except for nonconsensual Permitted Liens, Liens contemplated by clause (5) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and inchoate Permitted Liens that do not have priority over the Liens granted under the Loan Documents and as otherwise provided by the Security Agreement and except as the right of the Lenders to dispose of such Equity Interests may be limited by the Securities Act and the regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder and by applicable state securities laws. There are no shareholder or other agreements or understandings other than partnership agreements, limited liability company agreements or operating agreements, with respect to the Equity Interests included in the Pledged Securities, except as described on Schedule 6.11 . As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties have delivered true and correct copies of such partnership agreements and limited liability company agreements to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.1.1(b)(iii) [Secretary’s Certificate].

Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document, nor any certificate, statement, agreement or other documents furnished to any Agent or any Lender in connection herewith or therewith, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. There is no fact known to any Loan Party which materially adversely affects the business, property, assets, financial condition, or results of operations of the Loan Parties taken as a whole that has not been set forth in this Agreement or in the certificates, statements, agreements or other documents furnished in writing to the Agents and the Lenders prior to or at the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

All material federal, state, local and other Tax returns required to have been filed with respect to each Loan Party have been filed, and payment or adequate provision has been made for the payment of all material Taxes, fees, assessments and other governmental charges (including in its capacity as withholding agent), except to the extent that such Taxes, fees, assessments and other charges are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made. There are no agreements or waivers extending the statutory period of limitations applicable to any material federal income Tax return of any Loan Party for any period.

Except for the filings or recordings required pursuant to Section 7.1.1(j) [Security Documents], no consent, approval, exemption, order or authorization of, or a registration or filing with, any Official Body or any other Person is necessary to authorize or permit the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or for the validity or enforceability hereof or thereof.

No event has occurred and is continuing and no condition exists or will exist after giving effect to the borrowings or other extensions of credit to be made on the Closing Date under or pursuant to the Loan Documents which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Default. None of the Loan Parties is in violation of (i) any term of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents, or (ii) any material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be subject or bound where such violation would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries own or possess all the material patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, registrations, franchises, Required Permits and rights, without known or actual conflict with the rights of others, necessary for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to own and operate their properties and to carry on their businesses as presently conducted and planned to be conducted by them, except where the failure to so own or possess with or without such conflict would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

The Loan Parties, taken as a whole, are Solvent. On the Closing Date, at the time of each borrowing of the Loans, the issuance of the Letters of Credit (including extensions, renewals and amendments thereof) and at the time of selection of, renewal of or conversion to an Interest Rate Option, the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, shall be Solvent after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and any incurrence of Indebtedness and all other Obligations.

All producing wells that constitute part of the Borrowing Base Properties: (a) have been, during all times that any such wells were operated by any Loan Party or its Affiliates, and (b) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, have been at all other times, drilled, operated and produced in conformity with all applicable Laws, are subject to no penalties on account of past production, and are bottomed under and are producing from, and the well bores are wholly within, the Borrowing Base Properties, or on Oil and Gas Properties which have been pooled, unitized or communitized with the Borrowing Base Properties, except to the extent that any noncompliance with the representations set forth in this Section 6.18 [Producing Wells] would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

Schedule 9 of the Perfection Certificate is a copy of the insurance certificate of the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries that lists all material insurance policies of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, all of which are valid and in full force and effect as of the Closing Date. Such policies provide adequate insurance coverage from reputable and financially sound insurers in amounts sufficient to insure the assets and risks of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with prudent business practice in the industry of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable Laws (other than Environmental Laws which are specifically addressed in Section 6.25 [Environmental Matters]) in all jurisdictions in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is presently or will be doing business, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

Except to the extent that the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, all Material Contracts of each Loan Party are in full force and effect. None of the Loan Parties is bound by any contractual obligation, or subject to any restriction in any organization document, or any requirement of Law which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

None of the Loan Parties is an “investment company” registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under the “control” of an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 and shall not become such an “investment company” or under such “control.” None of the Loan Parties is subject to any other Law limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness for borrowed money.

Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Change:

(a) each Pension Plan and Multiemployer Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws (except that with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, such representation is deemed made only to the knowledge of the Borrower);

(b) the Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have met all applicable minimum funding requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained;

(c) as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Code and Section 303(d)(2) of ERISA) is 80% or higher and neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate knows of any facts or circumstances which would cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop below 80% as of the most recent valuation date;

(d) with respect to any Multiemployer Plan to which the Borrower or its ERISA Affiliates contribute, the Borrower has not been notified of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code) or that application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made;

(e) there has been no nonexempt “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA) or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Pension Plan;

(g) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

Each of the Loan Parties is in compliance with the Labor Contracts and all applicable federal, state and local labor and employment Laws including those related to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, labor relations, minimum wage, overtime, child labor, medical insurance continuation, worker adjustment and relocation notices, immigration controls and worker and unemployment compensation, except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Change. There are no outstanding grievances, arbitration awards or appeals therefrom arising out of the Labor Contracts or current or threatened strikes, picketing, handbilling or other work stoppages or slowdowns at facilities of any of the Loan Parties which in any case would constitute a Material Adverse Change.

Except as disclosed in the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, or as otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change:

(a) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries, their operations, facilities and properties are and for the past three years have been in compliance with all Environmental Laws.

(b) The facilities and properties currently owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, formerly owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (the “ Properties ”), do not contain any Hazardous Materials in amounts or concentrations which (i) constitute or constituted a violation of Environmental Law by, or (ii) could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Environmental Liability for, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

(c) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding compliance with or other liabilities under Environmental Laws, including any with regard to their activities at any of the Properties or the business currently or formerly operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any prior business for which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to liability under any Environmental Law.

(d) Hazardous Materials have not been transported or Released from the Properties in violation of, or in a manner or to a location which could reasonably be expected to give rise to liability for the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under, any applicable Environmental Law, nor have any Hazardous Materials been generated, treated, stored or Released by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at, on, from or under any of the Properties in violation of any Environmental Law or in a manner that could reasonably be expected to give rise to Environmental Liability for the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

(a) (i) No Covered Entity and no director or officer of any Covered Entity, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any employees or agents of any Covered Entity, is a Sanctioned Person, and (ii) no Covered Entity and no director or officer of any Covered Entity, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any employees or agents of any Covered Entity, either in its own right or through any third party, (a) has any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (b) does business in or with, or derives any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; or (c) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law.

(b) No Covered Entity, no director or officer of any Covered Entity, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any employees or agents of any Covered Entity, is doing business in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws.

There are no gas imbalances, take or pay obligations, or other prepayments with respect to any Gas Properties that would require the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to deliver Hydrocarbons produced from their respective Gas Properties at some future time without then or promptly thereafter receiving full payment therefor which would exceed 250,000 m.c.f. in the aggregate.

The obligation of each Lender to make Loans, of an Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, and of the Swingline Lender to make Swing Loans is subject to the following conditions:

On the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(a) Officer’s Certificate . A certificate of each of the Loan Parties signed by a Responsible Officer, dated the Closing Date stating that (i) each of the representatives and warranties of the Loan Parties are true and accurate on and as of the Closing Date (except representations and warranties which relate solely to an earlier date or time, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of the specific dates or times referred to therein), (ii) no Event of Default or Potential Default exists and (iii) since December 31, 2017, no Material Adverse Change has occurred.

(b) Secretary’s Certificate . A certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by an Authorized Officer of each of the Loan Parties, certifying:

(i) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Loan Party (or its managing general partner, managing member or equivalent) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the Closing Date;

(ii) the names of the officer or officers authorized to sign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the true signatures of such officer or officers and specifying the Authorized Officers permitted to act on behalf of such Loan Party for purposes of this Agreement and the true signatures of such officers, on which the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders, and each Lender may conclusively rely; and

(iii) copies of its organizational documents, including its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, and limited liability company agreement as in effect on the Closing Date, recently certified by the appropriate state official where such documents are filed in a state office, together with recently dated certificates from the appropriate state officials as to the continued existence and good standing of such Loan Party in each state where organized.

(c) Delivery of Loan Documents . This Agreement, each of the other Loan Documents and the Perfection Certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of each of the Loan Parties party thereto.

(i) A written opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties (who may rely on the opinions of such other counsel as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent), dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Agents, substantially in the form provided to the Agents prior to the Closing Date.

(ii) Written opinions of counsel covering matters under the laws of Virginia and West Virginia, who shall be selected by the Loan Parties and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Agents, substantially in the form provided to the Agents prior to the Closing Date.

(e) Legal Details . All legal details and proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, and the Administrative Agent shall have received all such other counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents and proceedings in connection with such transactions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request.

(f) Insurance . Evidence that adequate insurance required to be maintained under the Loan Documents is in full force and effect and evidence in the form of insurance certificates and endorsements that the Collateral Agent is named as an additional insured (in the case of liability) and loss payee (in the case of property) in the Loan Parties’ insurance policies.

(g) Evidence of Filing . UCC financing statements in appropriate form for filing under the UCC and such other documents under applicable requirements of Law in each jurisdiction as may be necessary or appropriate or, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect the Liens created, or purported to be created, by the Security Documents.

(h) Existing Credit Agreement . The Borrower shall have prepaid, or shall concurrently with the effectiveness and initial borrowings under this Agreement prepay, in full all amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, including all unpaid principal, interest, breakage fees and all other fees and charges thereunder as of the Closing Date. Each Lender that was a lender under the Existing Credit Agreement, by execution of this Agreement, waives all notice of prepayment of loans under the Existing Credit Agreement.

(i) Title to Gas Properties . The Administrative Agent shall have received the Required Title Information.

(j) Security Documents . Subject to Section 8.1.20 [Post-Closing Matters], each of the Security Documents shall have been signed by an Authorized Officer, and to the extent required under applicable requirements of Law, such Security Documents shall be properly recorded or filed with the applicable recording or filing offices and be in proper form for such recording.

(k) Lien Searches . The lien searches listed on Schedule 7.1.1(k) shall have been completed, and the Administrative Agent shall be satisfied with the results thereof.

(l) Pledged Securities . Except as set forth on Schedule 8.1.20 , all certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Securities accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock powers undated and endorsed in blank have been delivered to the Collateral Agent.

(m) Other Documentation . All other certificates, agreements, including instruments necessary to perfect the Collateral Agent’s security interest (to the extent required by the Security Documents) in all Chattel Paper, Instruments and Investment Property (as each such term is defined in the Security Agreement) of each Loan Party have been delivered or assigned to the Collateral Agent.

(n) Officer’s Certificate as to Proved Reserves . The Administrative Agent shall have received an updated certificate of a Responsible Officer that meets the requirements of Section 8.3.8(c) [Borrower’s Certificate as to Proved Reserves and Proved Gas Collateral] and references this Agreement.

(o) Solvency Certificate . A certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower stating that, after giving effect to the Transactions, the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, are Solvent.

(p) Financial Statements . The Administrative Agent shall have received the Historical Statements and the Financial Projections.

The Borrower shall have paid or caused to be paid to the Agents, the Lead Arrangers and the Lenders to the extent not previously paid, all fees payable on or before the Closing Date (including upfront fees) and all costs and expenses for which the Agents are entitled to be reimbursed, including the reasonable fees and expenses of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP.

The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date (or such later date satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including but not restricted to the USA PATRIOT Act to the extent requested at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

At the time of making any Loans or issuing any Letters of Credit (or amendments or extensions thereto) and after giving effect to the proposed extensions of credit:

(a) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in Section 6 [Representations and Warranties] and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of the making of any Loan Request, any Swing Loan Request and the making of such additional Loan or the issuance such Letter of Credit (or amendments or extensions thereto) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date (except that (i) any representation and warranty that is already qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified and (ii) representations and warranties which expressly relate solely to an earlier date or time, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of the specific dates or times referred to therein);

(b) no Event of Default or Potential Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(c) the Revolving Facility Usage shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Borrowing Base and (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitments; and

(d) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a duly executed and completed Loan Request or to the applicable Issuing Lender the Issuer Documents for a Letter of Credit, as the case may be.

Each request for the making of any Loans or issuance of any Letters of Credit and each issuance, amendment, renewal, increase or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.2.

The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, covenant and agree that until Payment in Full of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest thereon, expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, and satisfaction of all of the Loan Parties’ other Obligations under the Loan Documents and termination of the Commitments, the Loan Parties shall comply at all times with the following affirmative covenants:

Each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall maintain (i) its legal existence as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company and (ii) its license or qualification and good standing, in each case, in each jurisdiction in which its failure to so qualify, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, except as otherwise expressly permitted by Section 8.2.6 [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions].

Each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall duly pay and discharge all liabilities to which it is subject or which are asserted against it, promptly as and when the same shall become due and payable (including extensions), including all Taxes, assessments and governmental charges upon it or any of its properties, assets, income or profits, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, except to the extent that such liabilities, including Taxes, assessments or charges, are being contested in good faith and by appropriate and lawful proceedings diligently conducted and for which such reserve or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made, but only to the extent that failure to pay or discharge any such liabilities would not result in any additional liability which would adversely affect to a material extent the financial condition of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or which would materially and adversely affect the Collateral; provided that the Loan Parties will pay all such liabilities forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to enforce any Lien which may have attached as security therefor or take other action as is required to suspend such enforcement action unless such Lien otherwise qualifies as a Permitted Lien.

(a) The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall insure their properties and assets against loss or damage by fire and such other insurable hazards (including flood, fire, property damage, workers’ compensation, business interruption and public liability insurance) and against other risks, and in such amounts as similar properties and assets, as are commonly insured by prudent companies in similar circumstances carrying on similar businesses, and with reputable and financially sound insurers, including self-insurance to the extent customary. At the request of the Collateral Agent, the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent (x) annually an original certificate of insurance signed by its independent insurance broker describing and certifying as to the existence of the insurance on the Collateral required to be maintained by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with a copy of the endorsement described in the next sentence attached to such certificate and (y) from time to time a summary schedule indicating all commercial insurance then in force with respect to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries. Such policies of insurance shall contain the necessary endorsements or policy language, which shall (i) specify the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties as an additional insured on the liability policies and mortgagee and lender loss payee as their interests may appear on the property policies, with the understanding that any obligation imposed upon the insured (including the

liability to pay premiums) shall be the sole obligation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and not that of the additional insured, (ii) provide that the interest of the Collateral Agent, under the lender’s loss payable endorsement in a form similar to the form provided on the Closing Date or pursuant to Section 8.1.20 [Post-Closing Matters], shall be insured regardless of any breach or violation by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any warranties, declarations or conditions contained in such policies or any action or inaction of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) provide a waiver of any right of the insurers to set off or counterclaim or any other deduction, whether by attachment or otherwise (to the extent that the Loan Parties are able on a commercially reasonable efforts basis to obtain such waiver from the insurers), (iv) provide that no cancellation of such policies for any reason (including non-payment of premium) nor any change therein shall be effective until at least ten (10) days after notification to the Collateral Agent of such cancellation or change, (v) be primary without right of contribution of any other liability insurance carried by or on behalf of any additional insureds with respect to their respective interests in the Collateral, and (vi) provide that inasmuch as any liability policy covers more than one insured, all terms, conditions, insuring agreements and endorsements (except limits of liability) shall operate as if there were a separate policy covering each insured.

(b) If a Casualty Event occurs, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such event and the estimated (or actual, if available) amount of such loss.

(a) Each Loan Party shall maintain in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) in accordance with the general practice of other businesses of similar character and size, all of those material properties and equipment that are necessary to operate Borrowing Base Properties, and from time to time, such Loan Party will make or cause to be made, in a reasonably diligent fashion, all appropriate repairs thereof. In particular, each Loan Party shall operate or cause to be operated its Borrowing Base Properties in a manner similar to a reasonable and prudent operator.

(b) The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (x) maintain in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) in accordance with the general practice of other businesses of similar character and size, all of those material properties and equipment useful or necessary to their businesses and (y) make or cause to be made, in a reasonably diligent fashion, all appropriate repairs, renewals or replacements thereof, in each case if the failure to so maintain, repair, renew or replace the same would reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Change.

The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall maintain in full force and effect all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, franchises, rights, privileges, permits, consents, approvals and other authorizations necessary or desirable for the ownership and normal operation of their properties and business if the failure so to maintain the same would constitute a Material Adverse Change.

The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall permit any of the officers or authorized employees or representatives of any Agent or any Lender (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at such Agent’s or Lender’s expense) to visit and inspect their properties during normal business hours and to examine (including, without limitation, any field examinations) and make excerpts from their books and records and discuss their business affairs, finances and accounts with their officers, all in such detail and at such times and as often as any of the Lenders may reasonably request;

provided that each Lender shall provide the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with reasonable notice prior to any visit or inspection, all such visits and inspections shall be made in accordance with the standard safety, visit, and inspection procedures of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and no such visit or inspection shall interfere with their normal business operation. In the event any Lender desires to conduct an audit of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, such Lender shall make a reasonable effort to conduct such audit contemporaneously with any audit to be performed by the Administrative Agent.

The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall maintain and keep proper books of record and account which enable the Borrower to issue financial statements in accordance with GAAP and as otherwise required by applicable Laws, and in which full, true and correct entries shall be made in all material respects of all their dealings and business and financial affairs. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall maintain adequate allowances on their books in accordance with GAAP for (i) future costs associated with any lung disease claim alleging pneumoconiosis or silicosis or arising out of exposure or alleged exposure to coal dust or the coal mining environment, (ii) future costs associated with retiree and health care benefits, (iii) future costs associated with reclamation of disturbed acreage, removal of facilities and other closing costs in connection with its mining activities and (iv) future costs associated with other potential Environmental Liabilities.

Each Loan Party shall, from time to time, at its expense, faithfully preserve and protect the Lien on the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as a continuing first priority perfected Lien, subject only to Permitted Liens, and shall do such other acts and things as the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion may deem necessary or advisable from time to time in order to preserve, perfect and protect the Liens granted under the Loan Documents and to exercise and enforce the Collateral Agent’s rights and remedies thereunder with respect to the Collateral.

If (i) the Borrower forms or acquires, directly or indirectly, any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (ii) any Subsidiary that was an Excluded Subsidiary ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary, the Borrower shall cause such Subsidiary to join this Agreement within 30 days after the date of acquisition or formation of such Subsidiary or within 30 days after the date any Subsidiary that was an Excluded Subsidiary ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary (in each case, or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) as a Guarantor by delivering to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as applicable, (A) a signed Guarantor Joinder, (B) documents in the forms described in Sections 7.1.1(b), (c), (d) (if requested by the Administrative Agent), (f), (g), (k), (l) and (m) [Deliveries], and 8.1.17 [Collateral], modified as appropriate, and (C) documents necessary to grant and perfect Liens to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral held by such Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, such Subsidiary, and if applicable, the other Loan Parties shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent such amendments or supplements to the relevant Security Documents or such other documents as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall deem necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, a Lien in the property and equity of such Subsidiary to the extent required by the Loan Documents, subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens, and shall take all actions necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to cause the Lien created by the applicable Security Documents to be duly perfected in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law to the extent required by the Loan Documents, including the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent.

The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall comply with all applicable Laws (including all Environmental Laws) in all material respects, except where the failure to so comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

(a) The Loan Parties will use the Letters of Credit and the proceeds of the Loans only as follows: (i) to refinance all amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, (ii) to provide for the continuance of Letters of Credit issued thereunder, and (iii) to provide for general corporate purposes of the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries, and to the extent permitted in this Agreement, the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, including Permitted Acquisitions, Permitted Business Investments, transaction fees and expenses, working capital and capital expenditures of the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries, and to the extent permitted in this Agreement, the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

(b) None of the Loan Parties engages or will engage principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, immediately, incidentally or ultimately, of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U). No part of the proceeds of any Loan has been or shall be used for any purpose which entails a violation of or which is inconsistent with the provisions of the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Borrower shall assist the Lenders, as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, with the Lenders’ compliance with Regulation U as such compliance relates to the Borrower and the Loans, including by providing the Administrative Agent with all documents, forms and certificates reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in relation thereto.

Each Loan Party shall cause any Indebtedness, loans or advances owed by any Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to be subordinated pursuant to the terms of the Intercompany Subordination Agreement.

(a) (i) No Covered Entity, nor to the knowledge of the Borrower, any directors, officers or employees of any Covered Entity, will become a Sanctioned Person, (ii) no Covered Entity, either in its own right or through any third party, nor to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of a Covered Entity’s directors, officers or employees, will (1) have any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (2) do business in or with, or derive any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (3) engage in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law or (4) use the Loans or Letters of Credit to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments to, a Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person or in any manner that would cause a violation of the Anti-Terrorism Laws by any party to this Agreement, (iii) the funds used to repay the Obligations will not be derived from any unlawful activity, (iv) each Covered Entity shall comply with all Anti-Terrorism Laws in all material respects and (v) the Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing upon the occurrence of a Reportable Compliance Event.

(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loans shall be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws.

(a) The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries will pay or cause to be paid and discharged all material rentals, delay rentals, royalties, production payment, and indebtedness required to be paid by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (or required to keep unimpaired in all material respects the rights of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in Gas Properties) accruing under, and perform or cause to be performed in all material respects each and every act, matter, or thing required of such party by, each and all of the assignments, deeds, leases, subleases, easements, rights of way, distribution, gathering and other pipeline agreements, contracts, and agreements relating to any of the Gas Properties and do all other things necessary of such party to keep unimpaired in all material respects the rights of such party thereunder and to prevent the forfeiture thereof or default thereunder; except (x) nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to (i) perpetuate or renew any oil and gas lease or other lease by payment of rental or delay rental or by commencement or continuation of operations nor to prevent any Loan Party from abandoning or releasing any oil and gas lease or other lease or well thereon when, in any of such events, in the opinion of the affected Loan Party exercised in good faith, it is not in the best interest of such Loan Party to perpetuate the same or (ii) make any payments under dispute so long as the validity and amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate and lawful proceedings diligently conducted so long as provisions for adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been made on the books of the affected Loan Party and (y) with respect to Gas Properties other than Borrowing Base Properties, where such failure would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

(b) The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall maintain and materially comply with the terms and conditions of all Material Contracts, the nonperformance of which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

8.1.15 Certain Additional Assurances Regarding Maintenance and Operations of Properties .

With respect to those Borrowing Base Properties which are being operated by operators other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be obligated to perform any undertakings contemplated by the covenants and agreement contained in Section 8.1.14 [Compliance with Certain Contracts] that any Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary reasonably believes are (a) performable only by such operators or (b) beyond the control of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; however, the Borrower agrees to promptly take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions available under any operating agreements or otherwise to bring about the performance of any such material undertakings required to be performed thereunder.

(a) Pursuant to the Loan Documents, the Loan Parties shall grant, or cause to be granted, to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority lien and security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens:

(i) on the date hereof and, with respect to any Equity Interests acquired after the Closing Date, not later than the applicable deadline specified in Section 8.1.9 [Additional Guarantors] (or such longer period as reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), in all Equity Interests owned by the Loan Parties;

(ii) not later than 30 days (or such longer period as reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) after the delivery of each Reserve Report, in Proved Gas Collateral; and

(iii) on the date hereof and with respect to any Person that becomes a Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) after the Closing Date or any Subsidiary that ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary, not later than the applicable deadline specified in Section 8.1.9 [Additional Guarantors] (or such longer period as reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), in all of the other assets of the Loan Parties (except as excluded or limited above or below or as excluded or limited in any other Loan Document) (including all minerals extracted from the ground, accounts receivable, inventory, chattel paper, intellectual property and other general intangibles, equipment, Applicable Accounts and other investment property whether owned on the Closing Date or subsequently acquired) and products and proceeds of the foregoing.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Liens will not be required on any of the following (collectively, the “ Excluded Assets ”):

(iii) Excluded Accounts described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the definition of “Excluded Accounts”;

(iv) any right, title and interests in and to any Manufactured (Mobile) Home (as defined in the applicable Flood Laws), and any Buildings;

(v) motor vehicles (and other assets covered by certificates of title or ownership) and Letter-of-Credit Rights (as defined in the UCC in the State of New York), in each case, except to the extent the security interest in such assets can be perfected by the filing of an “all assets” UCC financing statement;

(vi) Commercial Tort Claims (as defined in the UCC) that do not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate for all Pledgors;

(vii) assets owned by any Pledgor on the Closing Date or hereafter acquired and any proceeds thereof that are subject to a Lien permitted by clause (10) in the definition of “Permitted Liens” to the extent and for so long as the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for the Capital Lease Obligations, equipment lease or purchase money obligation subject to such Lien) validly prohibits the creation of any other Lien on such assets and proceeds;

(viii) those assets over which the granting of security interests in such assets would be prohibited by (1) any contract in effect on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 8.2.15 or Schedule 8.2.16 (or, as to any assets acquired after the Closing Date in an

acquisition permitted hereunder, in effect at the time of acquisition thereof and not entered into in contemplation thereof) or (2) applicable law or regulation or to the extent that such security interests would require obtaining the consent of any governmental or regulatory authority, but only to the extent and for so long as a grant of a security interest therein in favor of the Collateral Agent would (x) violate or invalidate such contract, cause the acceleration or the termination thereof or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or (y) violate such applicable law or regulation or require such consent;

(ix) any intent-to-use trademark application to the extent and for so long as creation by a Pledgor of a security interest therein would result in the loss by such Pledgor of any material rights therein;

(x) except for Equity Interests of Foreign Subsidiaries to the extent required pursuant to Section 8.1.17(a) [Collateral], any foreign collateral or credit support;

(xi) any Voting Stock of any CFC or CFC Holdco in excess of 65% of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock of such Subsidiary, it being understood that any Equity Interests constituting “stock entitled to vote” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-2(c)(2) shall be treated as Voting Stock for purposes of this clause (xi);

(xii) Equity Interests of (x) any Excluded Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary or a CFC Holdco), (y) any Unrestricted Subsidiary or (z) any Person that is not a Subsidiary;

(xiii) assets owned by any Pledgor on the Closing Date or hereafter acquired and any proceeds thereof as to which the Borrower reasonably determines (and the Collateral Agent agrees in writing (which may be by e-mail)) that the cost of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby;

(xiv) any permit or license issued by an Official Body to any Pledgor or any agreement to which any Pledgor is a party, in each case, only to the extent and for so long as the terms of such permit, license or agreement or any requirement of Law applicable thereto, validly prohibit the creation by such Pledgor of a security interest in such permit, license or agreement in favor of the Collateral Agent;

(xv) any right, title and interests in and to all locomotives, rail cars and rolling stock now or hereafter owned or leased by the Loan Parties;

(xvi) any right, title and interests in and to any ship, boat or other vessel; and

(xvii) the Loan Parties’ timber to be cut other than to the extent encumbered by any Mortgage

provided that clauses (vii), (viii) and (xiv) shall be after giving effect to applicable provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable law, and shall not include proceeds and receivables of assets described in such clauses, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction notwithstanding the prohibition described in such clause.

(c) If reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, contemporaneously with any such grant of a security interest and lien on any Proved Gas Collateral after the date hereof, to the extent that any Mortgage and as-extracted UCC filing is being recorded in a jurisdiction in which local counsel opinions have not previously been delivered, or to the extent such opinion is otherwise reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties shall provide to the Administrative Agent a local counsel opinion in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with respect to such Mortgage and as-extracted UCC filing.

(d) No actions in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required to be taken (x) to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the U.S. or (y) to perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any assets (other than delivery of Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary pursuant to Section 8.1.17) (it being understood that no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non U.S. jurisdiction shall be required).

(e) No Loan Party shall effect any change (i) in any Loan Party’s legal name, (ii) in the location of any Loan Party’s chief executive office, (iii) in any Loan Party’s identity or organizational structure, (iv) in any Loan Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number, if any, or (v) in any Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization (in each case, including by merging with or into any other entity, reorganizing, dissolving, liquidating, reorganizing or organizing in any other jurisdiction), until (A) it shall have given the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent not less than 5 days’ prior written notice, or such lesser notice period agreed to by the Collateral Agent, of its intention so to do, clearly describing such change and providing such other information in connection therewith as the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (B) it shall have taken all action reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interest of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, if applicable. Each Loan Party agrees to promptly provide the Collateral Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the preceding sentence.

(a) Notwithstanding anything set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents to the contrary, on or prior to the Closing Date, the Loan Parties shall deliver title reports and information on the Proved Reserves that comprise at least (x) 80% of the total present value of the Proved Reserves and (y) 80% of the PV10 value of the Proved Developed Producing Reserves included in the Borrowing Base Properties. All such title reports and information shall be in form and substance that is customary and usual for such Proved Reserves and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (the “ Required Title Information ”). Additionally, on or before the delivery to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of each Reserve Report delivered after the Closing Date, the Borrower will deliver the Required Title Information covering enough of the Proved Reserves included in 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 received together with the Required Title Information previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Required Title Information on at least (x) 80% of the total present value of the Proved Reserves and (y) 80% of the PV10 value of the Proved Developed Producing Reserves included in the Borrowing Base Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report.

(b) At any time that the Borrower has provided the Required Title Information for Proved Gas Collateral under Section 8.1.18(a), the Borrower shall, within sixty (60) days of notice from the Administrative Agent that title defects or exceptions exist with respect to such Proved Gas Collateral, either (i) cure to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent any such title defects or

exceptions (including defects or exceptions as to priority) which are not Permitted Liens raised by such information, (ii) substitute acceptable Proved Reserves with no title defects or exceptions except for Permitted Liens, or (iii) deliver additional Required Title Information so that the Administrative Agent shall have received, together with the Required Title Information previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Required Title Information on at least (x) 80% of the total present value of the Proved Reserves and (y) 80% of the PV10 value of the Proved Developed Producing Reserves included in the Borrowing Base Properties evaluated by the then current 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 sixty (60) day period or the Borrower does not comply with the requirements to provide the Required Title Information covering (x) 80% of the total present value of the Proved Reserves and (y) 80% of the PV10 value of the Proved Developed Producing Reserves, such default shall not be an Event of Default, but instead the Syndication Agent and/or the Required Borrowing Base Lenders shall have the right to exercise the following remedy in their 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 Syndication Agent or the Required Borrowing Base Lenders. To the extent that the Syndication Agent or the Required Borrowing Base Lenders are not satisfied with title to any Proved Gas Collateral after the sixty (60) day period has elapsed, such unacceptable Proved Gas Collateral shall not count towards the requirement in clause (x) or (y) above, 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 Borrowing Base Lenders to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with the requirement to provide the Required Title Information on (x) 80% of the total present value of the Proved Reserves and (y) 80% of the PV10 value of the Proved Developed Producing Reserves included in the Borrowing Base Properties. This new Borrowing Base shall become effective immediately after receipt of such notice.

The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall maintain all Required Permits in full force and effect in accordance with their terms except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

The Loan Parties will execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent the documents and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 8.1.20 , within the time frames set forth therein, unless otherwise waived or extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

(a) No Loan Party shall establish or maintain an Applicable Account unless it is subject to a Control Agreement; provided that, in the case of any Applicable Account acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition (and which Applicable Account was not established in contemplation of such acquisition), so long as such acquiring Loan Party provides the Administrative Agent with written notice of the existence of such Applicable Account within five (5) Business Days following the date of such acquisition (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), such Loan Party will have sixty (60) days following the date of such acquisition (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its discretion; provided that any extension of more than thirty (30) additional days shall require the consent of the Required Lenders) to cause such Applicable Account to be subject to a Control Agreement. Subject to Section 8.1.20 [Post-Closing Matters], as of the date hereof, all Applicable Accounts are subject to a valid and perfected first priority security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent and are subject to a Control Agreement.

(b) Each Loan Party shall maintain, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, at all times its Applicable Accounts with the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or a Lender (a “ Permitted Account Counterparty ”); provided that in the case of any Applicable Account acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition (and which Applicable Account was not established in contemplation of such acquisition) and not maintained with a Permitted Account Counterparty, the foregoing prohibition shall not apply until the date which is sixty (60) days after such Permitted Acquisition (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its discretion; provided that any extension of more than thirty (30) additional days shall require the consent of the Required Lenders).

The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, covenant and agree that until Payment in Full of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest thereon, expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, satisfaction of all of the Loan Parties’ other Obligations hereunder and termination of the Commitments, the Loan Parties shall comply with the following negative covenants:

The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, incur, assume or otherwise become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “ incur ”) any Indebtedness, and the Borrower will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any Preferred Stock, except:

(b) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 8.2.1 , and Refinancing Indebtedness of such Indebtedness;

(c) Indebtedness owed by (i) a Loan Party to another Loan Party, (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (iii) a Restricted Subsidiary to a Loan Party and (iv) any Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided that (x) any Indebtedness pursuant to clause (iii) is permitted by Section 8.2.4 [Loans and Investments] and (y) any Indebtedness pursuant to clause (iv) is subordinated to the extent required by, and in accordance with, Section 8.1.12 [Subordination of Intercompany Loans];

(d) Indebtedness represented by mortgage financings, purchase money obligations or other Indebtedness, in each case incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the price or cost of design, construction, installation, development, repair or improvement of plant, property or equipment used in the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and Capital Lease Obligations, and Refinancing Indebtedness of any of the foregoing, in an aggregate amount, when taken together with the outstanding amount of all other Indebtedness or Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (d), not to exceed at any time outstanding under this clause (d) $200,000,000;

(e) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date as permitted by this Agreement, which Indebtedness is existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (and was not incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such Person’s becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(g) Indebtedness in respect of self-insurance obligations or bid, plugging and abandonment, appeal, reimbursement, performance, reclamation, employment, surety and similar obligations and completion guarantees provided by or for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, and any Guaranties and letters of credit functioning as or supporting any of the foregoing in the ordinary course of business;

(i) in-kind obligations relating to oil or natural gas balancing positions arising in the ordinary course of business;

(k) liability in respect of the Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Joint Venture in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (i) such liability shall arise only as a result of the pledge of (or a Guaranty limited in recourse solely to) Equity Interests in such Unrestricted Subsidiary held by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to secure such Indebtedness and (ii) such Indebtedness shall be Non-Recourse Debt;

(l) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or the issuance of any Disqualified Stock by the Borrower or Preferred Stock by any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate amount not exceeding, at any one time outstanding, $50,000,000;

(m) (x) Permitted Unsecured Notes; provided that (i) the Borrowing Base shall be reduced by an amount equal to 25% of the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness in accordance with Section 2.9(f) [Borrowing Base] (unless the requirement for such reduction is waived in writing by the Required Lenders), (ii) the Borrower shall comply with Section 5.6.4(c) [Mandatory Prepayments] after giving effect to such reduction in the Borrowing Base and (iii) the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the Leverage Maintenance Covenant, and the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent prior to the incurrence of the Permitted Unsecured Notes an Officer’s Certificate certifying compliance with the requirements of this clause (iii) and setting forth calculations in reasonable detail showing such compliance; and (y) Refinancing Indebtedness thereof; and

(n) Indebtedness of one or more Loan Parties secured by a Lien permitted by clause (5) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness under this clause (n) shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding;

provided that in the case of clause (l), (m) or (n), at the time of and after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness no Potential Default or Event of Default shall exist.

In the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in the clauses of the preceding paragraph, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, divide, classify or reclassify (or later divide, classify, redivide or reclassify) such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this covenant (including splitting into multiple exceptions) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of such clauses of the preceding paragraph.

The accrual of interest or Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock dividends or distributions, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends or distributions on Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock in the form of additional securities of the same class of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock for purposes of this covenant.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any Loan Document, the only Indebtedness (or proceeds of Indebtedness) which may, in whole or in part, Refinance any Existing Notes shall be either Permitted Unsecured Notes, Loans or a combination of Permitted Unsecured Notes and Loans.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, at any time, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, tangible or intangible, now owned or hereafter acquired, or agree or become liable to do so, except Permitted Liens, subject to the proviso in Section 6.8(a) [Title to Properties].

(a) The Board of Directors of the Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Restricted Subsidiary at or prior to the time it is so acquired or formed but excluding any Restricted Subsidiary that was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary), or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Potential Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the Financial Covenants and (iii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is a “Restricted Subsidiary” for the purpose of any Existing Notes or any Publicly Traded Debt Securities (unless it is substantially concurrently being designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under such Indebtedness). Any (x) designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or (y) redesignation as a Restricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by delivering to the Administrative Agent a copy of a Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the requirements of this Section 8.2.3. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary (as applicable) therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of Borrower’s or such relevant Restricted Subsidiary’s (as applicable) investment therein, as determined in good faith by the Borrower or such relevant Restricted Subsidiary, and the Investment resulting from such designation must otherwise be permitted under Section 8.2.4 [Loans and Investments]. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time.

(2) except as permitted by Section 8.2.8 [Affiliate Transactions], be party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower;

(3) be a Person with respect to which either the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has any direct or indirect obligation (x) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests (except pursuant to an Investment that would be permitted hereunder at the time such obligation is incurred and such Investment is made) or (y) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; or

(4) Guaranty or otherwise directly or indirectly provide credit support for any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than pursuant to the Guaranty Agreement), except to the extent such Guaranty would be and is released upon such designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, at any time, directly or indirectly, make or suffer to remain outstanding any Investment or become or remain liable for any Investments, except:

(a) (i) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business and (ii) loans or advances to officers, directors or employees made in the ordinary course of business; provided that such loans and advances to all such officers, directors and employees do not exceed an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 outstanding at any time;

(c) any transaction permitted under Section 8.2.6 [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions] (including any Permitted Acquisition);

(d) in connection with the management of employee benefit trust funds of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, investment of such employee benefit trust funds in Investments of a type generally and customarily used in the management of employee benefit trust funds;

(e) such Investments consisting of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(f) any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Closing Date and described on Schedule 8.2.4 , and any Investment consisting of an extension, modification or renewal of any such Investment existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the Closing Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (i) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Closing Date or (ii) as otherwise permitted under this Section 8.2.4 [Loans and Investments];

(g) Investments (i) in any Loan Party or (ii) by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;

(h) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (i) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer or (ii) litigation, arbitration or other disputes;

(i) other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

(j) Investments made in the form of cash or Temporary Cash Investments in any Joint Venture substantially all of whose assets consist of Midstream Assets in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that no Investment in any Midstream Entity shall be made in reliance on this Section 8.2.4(j);

(k) (i) cash Investments in the Equity Interests of CNX Midstream, (ii) de minimis Investments to the extent necessary to effectuate the Midstream GP IPO and (iii) following the Midstream GP IPO, cash Investments in the Equity Interests of the Midstream GP Entity and the Equity Interests of the Midstream Public GP;

(l) Investments by a Loan Party in the form of cash in a Specified DevCo to fund a portion of any cash Capital Expenditures made by such Specified DevCo, so long as such portion does not exceed such Loan Party’s ratable percentage ownership in the outstanding Equity Interests in such Specified DevCo; provided that (i) the other holders of the Equity Interests in such Specified DevCo fund a ratable portion (based on their percentage ownership in the outstanding Equity Interests of such Specified DevCo) of such Capital Expenditures at substantially the same time as such Loan Party does, (ii) each such Investment is actually used within 60 days of the making thereof to fund such Capital Expenditures, (iii) on a Pro Forma Basis, (A) the Borrower would be in compliance with the Leverage Maintenance Covenant and (B) Availability would equal not less than 20% of Commitments and (iv) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent prior to the making of such Investment an Officer’s Certificate certifying compliance with the requirements of clause (iii) and setting forth calculations in reasonable detail showing such compliance;

(m) Investments (i) in Foreign Subsidiaries or other Joint Ventures relating to Hydrocarbons not located within the geographical boundaries of the United States and Canada; provided Investments pursuant to this clause (i) shall not exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate at any time and (ii) constituting the purchase or acquisition of all of the Equity Interests (not already owned by a Restricted Subsidiary) in another Person substantially all of whose assets consist of Hydrocarbon Interests; provided that Section 8.1.9 [Additional Guarantors] is complied with;

(o) an Investment in receivables owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms, including such concessionary trade terms as the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;

(r) endorsements of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of business;

(s) any Investment (i) made as a result of the receipt of Designated Non-Cash Consideration in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Threshold Amount at any one time outstanding or (ii) consisting of limited partner units of CNX Midstream received as consideration for Dispositions pursuant to Section 8.2.7(l)(iv);

(t) any Guaranty by any Restricted Subsidiary of the performance of the Greenshale Obligations (other than any monetary obligations); provided that (i) such Guaranty shall be required in the ordinary course of business of Greenshale Energy, LLC and (ii) in no event shall any such Guaranty be secured by any Collateral; and

(u) Guarantees of performance or other obligations (other than for payment of Indebtedness or letter of credit reimbursement obligations) arising in the ordinary course in the Permitted Business, including obligations under oil and natural gas exploration, development, joint operating, and related agreements and licenses, concessions or operating leases related to the Permitted Business;

provided that, in the case of clause (j), (k), (l), (m) or (n) after giving effect to any such Investment no Event of Default or Potential Default shall exist or shall result from any such Investment.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make a Restricted Payment, except:

(a) dividends payable by the Borrower on common stock issued by the Borrower not to exceed an annual rate of $0.10 per share (such amount to be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the Closing Date so that the aggregate amount of dividends permitted after such transaction is the same as the amount permitted immediately prior to such transaction);

(b) purchases or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed $400,000,000 since the Closing Date; provided that at the time of and after giving effect thereto, (1) no Event of Default or Potential Default shall exist and (2) the Borrower shall have Liquidity in excess of $200,000,000;

(c) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries held by any current or former officer, director or employee of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (or their respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses, former spouses or beneficiaries under their estates or other permitted transferees), pursuant to the terms of any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders’ agreement, compensation agreement or arrangement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate amount of such acquisitions or retirements (excluding

amounts representing cancellation of Indebtedness) shall not exceed $7,000,000 in any calendar year (with any portion of such $7,000,000 amount that is unused in any calendar year to be carried forward to successive calendar years and added to such amount, provided that the amount carried forward shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time); provided further that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower after the Closing Date;

(d) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock or other equity options to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock or other equity options and any repurchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests made in lieu of withholding taxes in connection with any exercise or exchange of stock options, warrants, incentives or other rights to acquire Equity Interests;

(e) payments of cash, dividends, distributions, advances or other Restricted Payments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon (i) the exercise of options or warrants or (ii) the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such Person;

(f) payments to dissenting stockholders of the Borrower not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate made (i) pursuant to applicable law or (ii) in connection with the settlement or other satisfaction of legal claims made pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, merger or transfer of assets in connection with a transaction not prohibited by this Agreement;

(g) so long as no Potential Default or Event of Default shall exist or shall result therefrom, Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount up to the then Cumulative Credit; provided that the Total Leverage Ratio at such time, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, shall not be greater than 3.50:1.00;

(h) Restricted Payments (not constituting dividends by the Borrower on common stock issued by the Borrower or purchases or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Borrower) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 since the Closing Date;

(i) prepayment of any Subordinated Obligations with Refinancing Indebtedness thereof;

(j) repurchases of Subordinated Obligations of the Borrower or any Guarantor at a purchase price not greater than 100% of the principal amount of such Subordinated Obligations in the event of an asset disposition, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to the extent required by the terms of such Subordinated Obligations, but only if the Borrower has complied with and fully satisfied its obligations in accordance with Section 8.2.7 [Dispositions]; and

(k) de minimis Restricted Payments not made in cash or Temporary Cash Investments to the extent necessary to effectuate the Midstream GP IPO.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, dissolve, liquidate or wind-up its affairs, or become a party to any merger or consolidation, or make any acquisition described in subclause (y) of clause (b) below (including by acquisition of the Equity Interests of another Person); provided that

(a) (i) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate or merge into any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that in the case of a consolidation or merger involving a Loan Party, a Loan Party is the surviving entity and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate or merge into the Borrower; provided that the Borrower is the surviving entity;

(b) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may acquire whether by purchase or by merger or consolidation, (x) Equity Interests of another Person or (y) substantially all of the assets of another Person or the assets constituting a business or division of another Person (each, a “ Permitted Acquisition ”); provided that each of the following requirements is met:

(i) no Potential Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to and after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition;

(ii) the Borrower shall have, after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition, at least $200,000,000 of Liquidity; and

(iii) if the Consideration to be paid by the Restricted Subsidiaries for such Permitted Acquisition exceeds the Threshold Amount, the Restricted Subsidiaries shall deliver to the Administrative Agent before or contemporaneously with such Permitted Acquisition: (1) a certificate of the Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit 8.2.6 evidencing (x) compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the Financial Covenants and (y) compliance with the applicable requirements of clauses (b)(i) and (ii) of this Section 8.2.6 and (2) copies of any agreements entered into or proposed to be entered into by such Loan Parties in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and such other information about such Person or its assets as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require, and the Administrative Agent shall, to the extent it receives any such copies of agreements or information, provide such copies of agreements or information to the Lenders;

(d) Dispositions permitted by Section 8.2.7 [Dispositions] and any liquidation, merger, consolidation or acquisition to effect such Disposition; provided that in the case of a consolidation or merger, the requirements of Section 8.2.6(a) [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions] are complied with, to the extent applicable;

(e) any Restricted Subsidiary that holds only de minimis assets and is not conducting any material business may dissolve; and

(f) mergers, consolidations and acquisitions in connection with entity reorganizations to the extent necessary to effectuate the Midstream GP IPO shall be permitted, so long as after giving effect to any such merger, consolidation or acquisition, the Collateral Agent’s interest in the Collateral is not materially impaired or reduced.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Disposition, except:

(a) any Disposition between or among the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that in the case of a consolidation or merger, the requirements of Section 8.2.6(a) [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions] are complied with, to the extent applicable;

(b) any Disposition that constitutes a Restricted Payment permitted by Section 8.2.5 [Restricted Payments] or an Investment permitted by Section 8.2.4 [Loans and Investments];

(d) the sale of extracted Hydrocarbons, other mineral products or other inventory in the ordinary course of business;

(e) any Disposition of surplus, damaged, worn-out or obsolete assets in the ordinary course of business (including the abandonment or other disposition of intellectual property, including seismic data and interpretations thereof, that is, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as whole);

(f) licenses and sublicenses by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of software or intellectual property, including seismic data and interpretations thereof, in the ordinary course of business;

(g) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims in the ordinary course of business;

(h) the granting of Permitted Liens and dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens;

(i) the sale or other disposition of cash or Temporary Cash Investments or other financial instruments;

(i) at the time that the definitive agreement for such Disposition is entered into, no Potential Default or Event of Default is then in existence or will result therefrom;

(ii) the Borrower is in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the Leverage Maintenance Covenant and the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent prior to the making of such Disposition an Officer’s Certificate certifying compliance with the requirements of this clause (ii) and setting forth calculations in reasonable detail showing such compliance;

(iii) the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiary making such Disposition shall receive consideration from the Person or Persons acquiring such assets in such Disposition that is at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets Disposed of in such Disposition; and

(iv) at least 75% of the consideration received by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiary from such Disposition is in the form of cash and Temporary Cash Investments; provided that each of the following will be deemed to be cash: (1) any liabilities, as shown on the Borrower’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Obligations or the Guaranty thereof) that are assumed by the transferee by written agreement that releases the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from or indemnifies the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary against further liability; (2) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are, within 180 days of the Disposition, converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion, (3) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Disposition having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (3), not to exceed the Threshold Amount, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, (4) in the case of any such Disposition to CNX Midstream or any of its Subsidiaries, limited partner units of CNX Midstream (and, in calculating the 75% threshold set forth in this clause (iv), the value of such limited partner units shall be determined by reference to (A) if such units are then publicly traded on an exchange, the price per unit thereof on such exchange as of the most recently ended trading day on or prior to the date of receipt thereof by Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary and (B) if clause (A) does not apply, the Fair Market Value of such units of the date of such receipt, in each case without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) and (5) fixed assets and assets reasonably associated with such fixed assets (and, in calculating the 75% threshold set forth in this clause (5), the value of such assets shall be the Fair Market Value thereof as of the date of receipt of such assets by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) received in exchange for such Disposition; provided that (A) to the extent any Disposition involving consideration as contemplated by this clause (5) is made by a Loan Party, a Loan Party shall receive such assets given as consideration for such Disposition and to the extent such Disposition Disposes of Collateral, the assets received as consideration therefor shall not be considered cash or Temporary Cash Investments for purposes of the foregoing to the extent the amount of Collateral granted as Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents has been reduced by such transaction and (B) the aggregate Fair Market Value of assets received as consideration for all such Dispositions pursuant to this Section 8.2.7(l) in any year that is counted toward the 75% requirement pursuant to this clause (5) shall not exceed the lesser of $250,000,000 and 10% of the Borrowing Base then in effect measured at the time of such Disposition;

(m) any Disposition of Proved Reserves or Equity Interests of a Person that owns Proved Reserves, in accordance with Section 8.2.13 [Sale of Proved Reserves; Pooling]; provided that in the case of the Disposition of Equity Interests in such a Person that owns assets other than Proved Reserves, such other assets (valued at their Fair Market Value) must be permitted to be Disposed of pursuant to another provision of this Section 8.2.7 [Dispositions] to comply herewith;

(n) Dispositions of Hydrocarbon Interests to which no Proved Reserves are attributable and routine farm-outs of undeveloped acreage to which no Proved Reserves are attributable and assignments in connection with such farm-outs;

(p) any Disposition of Midstream Assets to CNX Midstream or any of its Subsidiaries;

(q) any Disposition that is not permitted by the other clauses of this Section 8.2.7 [Dispositions], which is approved by the Required Lenders; and

(r) any Disposition in connection with entity reorganizations to the extent necessary to effectuate the Midstream GP IPO, so long as after giving effect to any such Disposition, the Collateral Agent’s interest in the Collateral is not materially impaired or reduced;

provided that, (i) in the case of clauses (o) and (p), no Potential Default or Event of Default is then in existence or will result therefrom and (ii) any Disposition of Proved Reserves or interests therein shall comply with Section 8.2.13 [Sale of Proved Reserves; Pooling].

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, at all times, one or more Loan Parties shall (A) own all of the Equity Interests of the Midstream GP Entity and (B) solely control the Midstream GP Entity.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of transactions (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property, employee compensation arrangements or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Borrower (an “ Affiliate Transaction ”) unless the terms thereof, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that could reasonably be obtained at the time of such transaction in arm’s-length dealings with a Person who is not such an Affiliate or, if in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Borrower, no comparable transaction is available with which to compare such Affiliate Transaction, such Affiliate Transaction is otherwise fair to the Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view.

The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of foregoing paragraph:

(a) any employment agreement, employee benefit plan, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and payments pursuant thereto;

(b) any sale of Hydrocarbons or other mineral products to an Affiliate of the Borrower or the entering into or performance of Hydrocarbon Swap Agreements, contracts for exploring for, producing, gathering, marketing, processing, storing or otherwise handling Hydrocarbons, or activities or services reasonably related or ancillary thereto, or other operational contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business which are fair to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party, as determined in good faith by the Borrower;

(c) the sale or issuance to an Affiliate of the Borrower of Capital Stock of the Borrower that does not constitute Disqualified Stock, and the sale to an Affiliate of the Borrower of Indebtedness (including Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower in connection with an offering of such Indebtedness in a market transaction and on terms substantially identical to those of other purchasers in such market transaction;

(d) transactions between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with a Person that is an Affiliate of the Borrower (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) solely because of the ownership by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Equity Interests in such Person (including the transaction pursuant to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary acquired such Equity Interests);

(e) transactions between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Person, a director of which is also a director of the Borrower and such director is the sole cause for such Person to be deemed an Affiliate of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such director shall abstain from voting as a director of the Borrower on any matter involving such other Person;

(f) the payment of reasonable fees to and reimbursements of expenses (including travel and entertainment expenses and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) of employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(i) transactions effected, and payments made, in accordance with the terms of any agreement to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party as of the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 8.2.8 , and any amendments, modifications, supplements, extensions, renewals or replacements thereof so long as such amendments, modifications, supplements, extensions, renewals or replacements do not materially and adversely affect the rights, taken as a whole, of the Lenders as compared to the terms of such agreement in effect on the Closing Date, as determined in good faith by the Borrower;

(j) any transaction in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing (or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) stating that such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or that such transaction meets the requirements of the preceding paragraph;

(k) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors in the ordinary course of business and approved by the Borrower’s Board of Directors in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 outstanding at any one time;

(l) pledges by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of (or any Guaranty by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary limited in recourse solely to) Equity Interests in Unrestricted Subsidiaries for the benefit of lenders or other creditors of the Borrower’s Unrestricted Subsidiaries; and

(m) agreements and transactions entered into to the extent necessary to effectuate the Midstream GP IPO that (i) are, taken as a whole, no less favorable to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those entered into in connection with the initial public offering of CNX Midstream or (ii) are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than a Permitted Business.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, change its fiscal year from the twelve-month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

(a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, amend its certificate of incorporation (including any provisions or resolutions relating to Capital Stock), by-laws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents in a manner that would be adverse in any material respect to the Lenders; provided that the certificate of incorporation (including any provisions or resolutions relating to Capital Stock), by-laws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents of any Restricted Subsidiary may be amended with the consent of the Administrative Agent to the extent necessary to effect the Midstream GP IPO.

(b) The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend any Permitted Unsecured Notes Indenture in a manner that would be adverse to the Lenders in any material respect.

(c) The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to (in whole or in part), defease or make any prepayments, purchases, repurchases, or redemptions of or in respect of any Existing Notes or any Permitted Unsecured Notes or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, except any such prepayment, purchase, repurchase or redemption (i) to the extent effectuated through a Refinancing thereof with Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, (ii) with the Net Cash Proceeds of a substantially concurrent issuance and sale by the Borrower of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) that are not used for any other purpose or (iii) if at the time of any such prepayment, purchase, repurchase or redemption (or irrevocable notice thereof), (x) no Event of Default, Potential Default or Borrowing Base Deficiency shall exist or shall result from such prepayment, purchase, repurchase or redemption after giving effect thereto and (y) after giving pro forma effect to any such prepayment, purchase, repurchase, or redemption, Availability would equal not less than 20% of the Commitments.

(a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Swap Agreement, other than (i) Permitted Commodity Swap Agreements and (ii) Swap Agreements not relating to commodities entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Loan Party may enter into Swap Agreements with an Approved Counterparty (such Swap Agreements being “ Acquisition Swap Agreements ”) in anticipation of the acquisition of Oil and Gas Properties in a transaction not prohibited by this Agreement (any such Oil and Gas Properties being referred to herein as the “ Target Oil and Gas Properties ”) if (x) the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement for such Target Oil and Gas Properties, (y) the tenor of any such Acquisition Swap Agreement does not exceed a period of, beginning on the expected closing date of such acquisition equal to the remainder of the calendar year in which such Acquisition Swap Agreements are entered into, plus the next 5 calendar years and (z) the notional volumes hedged pursuant to any such Acquisition Swap Agreement (when aggregated with notional volumes hedged pursuant to all other Acquisition Swap Agreements then in effect other than swaps covering basis differential, puts or floors, in each case on volumes already hedged pursuant to other Acquisition Swap Agreements) do not exceed, as of the date such Acquisition Swap Agreement is executed, 100% of the reasonable anticipated projected production from all Oil and Gas Properties constituting Target Oil and Gas Properties as of such date that are identified by the Borrower’s internal engineers as Proved Reserves for each month during the period during which such Acquisition Swap Agreement is in effect for each of crude oil and natural gas, calculated separately; provided that should the acquisition fail to close, all derivative transactions associated with the new acquisition will be unwound or otherwise terminated so that the Borrower is in compliance with the hedging restrictions set forth above (such unwinding/termination to be completed within 60 days of the date of the termination of the purchase and sale agreement or such later date as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion).

(c) If, as of any Test Date that occurs while one or more Acquisition Swap Agreements are in effect, the Borrower determines that all Acquisition Swap Agreements then in effect (when aggregated with other commodity Swap Agreements then in effect other than swaps covering basis differential, puts or floors, in each case on volumes already hedged pursuant to other Swap Agreements) have notional volumes in excess of the Swap Cap, then the Borrower shall (i) have Liquidity of at least $200,000,000 until such time as the Borrower is in compliance with the Swap Cap and (ii) furnish to the Administrative Agent, no later than the close of business on such Test Date, a statement of the Swap Aggregate Exposure as of the last preceding Business Day as of which such amount could be calculated (and in any event, not prior to the Business Day on which written confirmations in respect of any applicable Swap Agreements used in any such calculation are available).

(d) For all purposes of determining the aggregate volumes of Swap Agreements under this Section 8.2.12 [Swaps] there shall be no double counting for transactions and agreements in respect of the same volumes that hedge different risks, including without limitation:

(ii) for financial price swaps that functionally operate as basis swaps in respect of the same volumes; and

The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Dispose of any interest in any Gas Properties consisting of Proved Reserves (including by way of (x) Production Payments and Reserve Sales or (y) a Disposition of any Equity Interests of any Person that holds interests in Proved Reserves that results in such Person ceasing to be a Loan Party), or voluntarily pool or unitize all or any part of their Gas Properties consisting of Proved Reserves, except, in each case, as follows:

(b) forced pooling or other action whether initiated by or at the request of the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or another Person;

(d) sales, assignments, transfers, conveyances or leases in connection with Joint Operating Agreement or other operating agreements, unitization agreements and pooling arrangements with, or grants of non-exclusive easements, permits, licenses, rights of way, surface leases or other surface rights or interest to, other Persons in each case which are usual and customary in the oil and gas business, excluding, however, any Investments, Indebtedness or Liens unless otherwise allowed by this Agreement; or

(e) any Disposition of Proved Reserves (whether directly or indirectly by means of the sale or investment of Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise) other than those permitted in clauses (a) through (d) above; provided that, simultaneously with any such Disposition, if the aggregate value of all Dispositions of Proved Reserves under this clause (e) since the last redetermination of the Borrowing Base (including the value of interests in Proved Reserves held by any Person that ceases to be a Loan Party) exceeds 5% of the Borrowing Base then in effect, the Borrowing Base shall be adjusted by amounts agreed to at the time by the Required Borrowing Base Lenders; provided , after giving effect to any of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the Lien required by Section 8.1.17 [Collateral] in the Proved Gas Collateral.

(a) Maximum Net Leverage Ratio . The Borrower shall not permit the Net Leverage Ratio, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter, to be greater than 4.00:1.00.

(b) Minimum Current Ratio . The Borrower shall not permit the ratio of the current assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A) the lesser of (x) the Commitments and (y) the Borrowing Base, minus (B) the Revolving Exposures, but excluding non-cash assets under FAS 133) to current liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding (x) non-cash obligations under FAS 133, (y) current maturities of obligations under this Agreement and (z) current maturities of Existing Notes or Permitted Unsecured Notes which have been tendered for or with respect to which the Borrower has exercised a redemption right and which are required by GAAP to be current), determined on a consolidated basis, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter, to be less than 1.00:1.00.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

The foregoing restrictions of this Section 8.2.15 [Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries] will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(a) any encumbrance or restriction in any agreement in effect on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 8.2.15 ;

(b) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement relating to any Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary on or prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Borrower or became a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness incurred as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by the Borrower) and outstanding on such date;

(c) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement effecting a Refinancing of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in clause (a) or (b) of this paragraph or this clause (c) or contained in any amendment to an agreement referred to in clause (a) or (b) of this paragraph or this clause (c); provided that the encumbrances and restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary contained in any such refinancing agreement or amendment are no less favorable to the Lenders than encumbrances and restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary contained in such agreements, as determined in good faith by the Borrower;

(d) (i) customary non-assignment provisions in any contract, license, lease or sale or exchange agreement and (ii) cash, other deposits, or net worth or similar requirements, in each case, imposed by suppliers, customers or lessors under contracts or leases, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(e) in the case of clause (3) of the preceding paragraph, restrictions contained in Capital Lease Obligations, purchase money obligations, security agreements or mortgages securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such restrictions restrict the transfer of the property subject to such Capital Lease Obligations, purchase money obligations, security agreements or mortgages;

(f) any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

(h) Liens otherwise permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 8.2.2 [Liens] that limit the right of the debtor to Dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;

(i) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements (including, without limitation, agreements entered into in connection with an Investment) entered into with the approval of the Borrower’s Board of Directors, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements;

(k) customary encumbrances and restrictions contained in agreements of the types described in the definition of “Permitted Business Investments”;

(m) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that the Unrestricted Subsidiary is a party to or entered into before the date on which such Unrestricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of the Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any such encumbrance or restriction does not extend to any assets or property of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property of such Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

(n) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (m) of this paragraph; provided that such amendments are not materially more restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendment or refinancing, as determined in good faith by the Borrower.

The Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Requirement (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that limits the ability of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person (other than property specifically excluded from the Collateral requirements pursuant to Section 8.1.17(b) [Collateral]) for the benefit of the Secured Parties with respect to the Obligations or under the Loan Documents; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to each of the following Contractual Requirements that:

(a) (i) exist on the Closing Date and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 8.2.16) are listed on Schedule 8.2.16 and (ii) to the extent Contractual Requirements permitted by subclause (i) are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness or other obligations, are set forth in any agreement evidencing any Refinancing Indebtedness of such Indebtedness or obligation so long as such Refinancing Indebtedness does not expand the scope of such Contractual Requirement;

(b) are binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such Contractual Requirements were not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;

(c) arise pursuant to agreements entered into with respect to any Disposition permitted by Section 8.2.7 [Dispositions] and applicable solely to assets under such Disposition;

(d) are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements permitted by Section 8.2.4 [Loans and Investments] and applicable to joint ventures or otherwise arise in agreements which restrict the Disposition or distribution of assets or property in oil and gas leases, joint operating agreements, joint exploration and/or development agreements, participation agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of the oil and gas exploration and development business;

(e) are negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.2.1 [Indebtedness], but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness;

(f) are customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the assets subject thereto;

(g) comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 8.2.1 [Indebtedness] to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;

(h) are customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(i) are customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(j) restrict the use of cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(l) are customary net worth provisions contained in real property leases entered into by any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligation;

(m) are customary restrictions and conditions contained in the document relating to any Lien, so long as (i) such Lien is a Permitted Lien that does not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money and such restrictions or conditions relate only to the specific asset subject to such Lien and (ii) such restrictions and conditions are not created for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Section 8.2.16;

(n) are restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.2.1 [Indebtedness] or Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, to the extent such restrictions are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the restrictions contained in the Loan Documents as determined by the Borrower in good faith and do not restrict Liens on the Collateral to secure the Obligations;

(o) are restrictions regarding licenses or sublicenses by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business (in which case such restriction shall relate only to such intellectual property);

(p) are encumbrances or restrictions contained in an agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, or that is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case that is in existence at the time of such transaction (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or designated; and

(q) are encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (p) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower’s Board of Directors, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing..

The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, covenant and agree that until Payment in Full of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest thereon, expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, satisfaction of all of the Loan Parties’ other Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and termination of the Commitments, the Loan Parties will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:

As soon as available and in any event within 45 calendar days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal year, financial statements of the Borrower, consisting of a consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal quarter and related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended and the fiscal year through that date, all in reasonable detail and certified (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) by the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer of the Borrower as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, and setting forth in comparative form the respective financial statements for the corresponding date and period in the previous fiscal year.

As soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, financial statements of the Borrower consisting of a consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal year, and related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, all in reasonable detail and setting forth in comparative form the financial statements as of the end of and for the preceding fiscal year, and certified by independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The certificate or report of accountants shall be free of qualifications (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) or explanation statement as to “going concern” or similar matter or the scope of such audit.

Reports or other information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements], Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] and Sections 8.3.7(a) and (b) [Budgets, Forecasts, Other Reports and Information] shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such report or other information is posted on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, and such posting shall be deemed to satisfy the reporting and delivery requirements of Sections 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements], 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] and 8.3.7(a) and (b) [Budgets, Forecasts, Other Reports and Information].

On the date that the financial statements of the Borrower furnished to the Administrative Agent and to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] and Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] are required to be furnished, a certificate (each a “ Compliance Certificate ”) of the Borrower signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer of the Borrower, in the form of Exhibit 8.3.4 , to the effect that, except as described pursuant to Section 8.3.5 [Notice of Default], (i) no Event of Default or Potential Default exists and is continuing on the date of such certificate, (ii) containing calculations in sufficient detail to demonstrate compliance as of the date of such financial statements with the Financial Covenants, (iii) setting forth a calculation in reasonable detail of the Cumulative Credit as of the end of the applicable fiscal quarter and (iv) describing the commodity Swap Agreements in place to which any Loan Party is a party and confirming that all such Swap Agreements are Swap Agreements that the Loan Parties are permitted to enter under Section 8.2.12 [Swaps].

Promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower has learned of the occurrence of an Event of Default or Potential Default, a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Potential Default and the action that the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.

(a) promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower has learned of the commencement thereof, notice of all actions, suits, proceedings or investigations before or by any Official Body or any other Person against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (that would reasonably be expected to result in a liability against such Person) (i) relating to the Collateral involving a claim or series of claims in excess of the Threshold Amount or (ii) which if adversely determined would constitute a Material Adverse Change;

(b) promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower has knowledge thereof, any event which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change;

(c) promptly after any Loan Party incurs obligations or liabilities that are due and payable arising in connection with or as a result of the early or premature termination of Swap Agreements (whether or not occurring as a result of a default thereunder), which would exceed the Threshold Amount in the aggregate; and

(d) within five (5) Business Days after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower has knowledge thereof, of the occurrence of any ERISA Event that would reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Change.

(a) Any reports, notices or proxy statements generally distributed by the Borrower to its stockholders on a date no later than the date supplied to such stockholders;

(b) Regular or periodic reports, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, registration statements and prospectuses, filed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Midstream Entity) with the SEC;

(c) Within seven (7) days after each delivery of financial statements referred to in Sections 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] and 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements], the related consolidating financial statements reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate from such consolidated financial statements the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries on a combined basis;

(d) Simultaneously with each delivery of financial statements referred to in Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements], a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth the information required pursuant to the Perfection Certificate Supplement or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Perfection Certificate or latest Perfection Certificate Supplement;

(e) Promptly upon their becoming available to the Borrower, a copy of any order in any proceeding to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party issued by any Official Body to the extent it could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change; and

(f) Promptly upon request, such other reports and information as any of the Lenders may from time to time reasonably request, including, without limitation, annual budgets and five year projections of the Borrower.

(a) Independent Engineer . As soon as available and in any event within 90 days after December 31 of each year (commencing with the year ending December 31, 2018), a Reserve Report in form and substance meeting the requirements of the SEC for financial reporting purposes, certified by the Independent Engineer (each, a “ December 31 Reserve Report ”), setting forth such Independent Engineers’ estimates of the Proved Reserves on the Borrowing Base Properties and the future gross revenue and future net income to be derived from such Proved Reserves as of such December 31. Each December 31 Reserve Report shall estimate the Proved Reserves and income data for the Proved Developed Producing Reserves, the Proved Developed Non-Producing Reserves and the Proved Undeveloped Reserves, and shall, in each case, report only the Proved Reserves and income data attributable to each Loan Party’s working interest percentage in or each Loan Party’s pro rata share of, as the case may be, any Proved Reserves located on the Borrowing Base Properties, less each Loan Party’s obligations or pro rata share of such obligations, as the case may be, for advance payments for each such property. All calculations in

each December 31 Reserve Report shall be made on a property-by-property and an interest-by-interest basis in order to reflect the varying royalties, costs and expenses, working interests and advance payments applicable to the various Borrowing Base Properties covered by the December 31 Reserve Report. Except as otherwise specifically required herein, each December 31 Reserve Report shall be prepared and presented in accordance with the requirements of the SEC from time to time in effect.

(b) Internal Engineer . As soon as available and in any event within 90 days after June 30 of each year (commencing with June 30, 2018), an engineering report in form and substance meeting the requirements of the SEC for financial reporting purposes, certified by a petroleum engineer who is an employee or agent of any Loan Party (each, a “ June 30 Reserve Report ”), setting forth such engineer’s estimates of the Proved Reserves on the Borrowing Base Properties and the future gross revenue and future net income to be derived from such Proved Reserves as of such June 30. Each June 30 Reserve Report shall estimate the Proved Reserves and income data for the Proved Developed Producing Reserves, the Proved Developed Non-Producing Reserves and the Proved Undeveloped Reserves, and shall, in each case, report only the Proved Reserves and income data attributable to each Loan Party’s working interest percentage in or each Loan Party’s pro rata share of, as the case may be, any Proved Reserves located on the Borrowing Base Properties, less each Loan Party’s obligations or pro rata share of such obligations, as the case may be, for advance payments for each such property. All calculations in each June 30 Reserve Report shall be made on a property-by-property and an interest-by-interest basis in order to reflect the varying royalties, costs and expenses, working interests and advance payments applicable to the various Borrowing Base Properties covered by such June 30 Reserve Report. Except as otherwise specifically required herein, such June 30 Reserve Report shall be prepared and presented in accordance with the requirements of the SEC from time to time in effect.

(c) Borrower’s Certificate as to Proved Reserves and Proved Gas Collateral . With the delivery of each Reserve Report, a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that a Loan Party owns good and defensible title (i) to the Proved Reserves evaluated by such Reserve Report free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens and subject to the proviso in Section 6.8(a) [Title to Properties], and (ii) to the Proved Gas Collateral evaluated by such Reserve Report free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens and subject to the proviso in Section 6.8(a) [Title to Properties] and attaching thereto a schedule of the Proved Reserves (and identifying all wells thereon) evaluated by such Reserve Report that are part of the Proved Gas Collateral, and demonstrating the percentage of the Borrowing Base Properties that the value of such Proved Gas Collateral represents, identifying the title reports and information then or previously delivered to the Administrative Agent with respect to the Proved Gas Collateral and verifying that title reports and information have been then or previously provided for (x) 80% of the total present value of the Proved Reserves and (y) 80% of the PV10 value of the Proved Developed Producing Reserves included in the Borrowing Base Properties.

An Event of Default shall mean the occurrence or existence of any one or more of the following events or conditions (whatever the reason therefor and whether voluntary, involuntary or effected by operation of Law):

(a) The Borrower shall fail to make (i) any payment of principal on any Loan when due or (ii) payment of any Reimbursement Obligation within one (1) Business Day after such amount becomes due;

(b) The Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation within three (3) Business Days after such interest becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or

(c) The Borrower shall fail to pay any other amount owing hereunder (specifically excluding amounts that are addressed in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above) or under the other Loan Documents within three (3) Business Days after the time period specified herein or therein and, if no time period is specified, then within ten (10) Business Days after a demand or notice has been provided to the Borrower requesting payment of such amount;

Any representation or warranty made at any time by any of the Loan Parties herein or by any of the Loan Parties in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, other instrument or statement furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof or thereof, shall prove to have been false or incorrect in any material respect as of the time it was made or furnished;

Any of the Loan Parties shall default in the observance or performance of any covenant contained in Section 8.1.1 [Preservation of Existence, Etc.] (with respect to the legal existence of the Borrower only), Section 8.1.6 [Visitation Rights], Section 8.1.11 [Use of Proceeds], Section 8.1.13 [Anti-Terrorism Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws], Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants] or Section 8.3.5 [Notice of Default];

Any of the Loan Parties shall default in the observance or performance of any covenant, condition or provision hereof or of any other Loan Document that is not covered by any other subsection of this Section 9.1 and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after any Responsible Officer of any Loan Party becomes aware of the occurrence thereof;

A breach, default or event of default shall occur at any time under the terms of (i) any of the Permitted Unsecured Notes Indentures or (ii) any other agreement (other than any Loan Document) involving borrowed money or the extension of credit or any other Indebtedness under which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for all such Indebtedness may be obligated as a borrower or guarantor in excess of the Threshold Amount in the aggregate for such Indebtedness, and, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), such breach, default or event of default consists of the failure to pay (beyond any period of grace permitted with respect thereto) any Indebtedness when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) or such breach or default permits or causes the acceleration of any Indebtedness or the termination of any commitment to lend, in excess of the Threshold Amount in the aggregate for all such Indebtedness and commitments;

Any final judgments, awards or orders not covered by insurance for the payment of money in excess of the Threshold Amount in the aggregate shall be entered against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary by a court having jurisdiction in the premises, which judgment is not discharged, vacated, bonded or stayed pending appeal within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of entry;

(a) Any of the Loan Documents to which any Loan Party is a party (i) shall cease to be a legal, valid and binding agreement enforceable against such Person executing the same or such Person’s successors and assigns (as permitted under the Loan Documents) in accordance with the respective terms thereof or shall cease to be in full force and effect (in either case except by operation of its terms), or (ii) shall be contested or challenged by any Loan Party or any agent thereof or (iii) cease to give or provide the respective Liens, security interests, rights, titles, interests, remedies, powers or privileges intended to be created thereby on assets with an aggregate value (for all assets as to which an event described in this clause (iii) or clause (b) below has occurred and is continuing) in excess of the Threshold Amount (except by operation of its terms) or (b) any security interest and Lien purported to be created by any Security Document on assets with an aggregate value (for all assets as to which an event described in this clause (b) or clause (a)(iii) above has occurred and is continuing) in excess of the Threshold Amount shall cease to be in full force and effect, or shall cease to give the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Liens, rights, powers and privileges purported to be created and granted under such Security Document (except as otherwise expressly provided in such Security Document);

(i) The Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any substantial part of the property of any such Person with an aggregate value (for all property described in this clause (ii)) in excess of the Threshold Amount and is not released, vacated, stayed, dismissed or fully bonded within 60 days after its issue or levy;

The occurrence of any of the following events that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change: (i) an ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (ii) the 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;

A proceeding shall have been instituted in a court having jurisdiction in the premises seeking a decree or order for relief in respect of any Loan Party in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, conservator (or similar official) of any Loan Party for any substantial part of its property, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days or such court shall enter a decree or order granting any of the relief sought in such proceeding; or

Any Loan Party shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, conservator (or other similar official) of itself or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due, or shall take any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

9.2.1 Events of Default Other Than Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Reorganization Proceedings .

If an Event of Default (other than under Section 9.1.12 [Involuntary Proceedings] or 9.1.13 [Voluntary Proceedings]) shall occur and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders, shall, (i) terminate all obligations on the part of the Lenders to make Loans or any Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, as the case may be, (ii) by written notice to the Borrower, declare the unpaid principal amount of the Loans then outstanding and all interest accrued thereon, any unpaid fees and all other Obligations (other than Obligations under Specified Swap Agreements and Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products) to be forthwith due and payable, and the same shall thereupon become and be immediately due and payable to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and (iii) require the Borrower to, and the Borrower shall thereupon, Cash Collateralize all Letter of Credit Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit (to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement). Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent (x) first, to reimburse each of the Issuing Lenders for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and (y) second, after the Letter of Credit Obligations have been paid in full and otherwise terminated or expired, to satisfy other outstanding Obligations. Upon the curing of all existing Events of Default to the satisfaction of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall return the cash collateral to the Borrower.

If an Event of Default specified under Section 9.1.12 [Involuntary Proceedings] or Section 9.1.13 [Voluntary Proceedings] shall occur, no further obligation shall exist on the Lenders to make any Loans or any Issuing Lender to issue any Letters of Credit hereunder, and the unpaid principal amount of the Loans then outstanding and all interest accrued thereon, any unpaid fees and all other Obligations (other than Obligations under Specified Swap Agreements and Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products) shall be immediately due and payable, and the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize all Letter of Credit Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit (to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement), in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived.

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, any Secured Party to whom any Obligation is owed by any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any participant of any Lender which has agreed in writing to be bound by the provisions of Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders] and any branch, Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Secured Party anywhere in the world shall have the right (to the extent permitted by applicable Law), in addition to all other rights and remedies available to it, without notice to such Loan Party, to set-off against and apply to the then unpaid balance of all the Loans and all other Obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereunder or under any other Loan Document any debt owing to, and any other funds held in any manner for the account of, the Borrower or such other Loan Party by such Secured Party or participant or by such branch, Subsidiary or Affiliate, including all funds in all deposit accounts (whether time or demand, general or special, provisionally credited or finally credited, or otherwise) now or hereafter maintained by the Borrower or such other Loan Party for its own account (but not including funds held in custodian or trust accounts or funds not otherwise beneficially owned by the Borrower or such other Loan Party) with such Secured Party or participant or such branch, Subsidiary or Affiliate; provided , that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.13 [Defaulting Lenders] and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) such Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. Such right shall exist whether or not any Secured Party shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, whether or not such debt owing to or funds held for the account of the Borrower or such other Loan Party is or are matured or unmatured and regardless of the existence or adequacy of any Collateral, Guaranty or any other security, right or remedy available to any Secured Party.

From and after the date on which the Administrative Agent has taken any action pursuant to this Section 9.2 [Consequences of Event of Default] and until all Obligations of the Loan Parties have been Paid in Full, any and all proceeds received by the Administrative Agent from any sale or other disposition of the Collateral, or any part thereof, or the exercise of any other remedy by the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, shall be applied as follows:

(a) First , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, out-of-pocket expenses and other amounts (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Collateral Agent) payable to the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent or the Collateral Agent in their respective capacities as such;

(b) Second , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and the Issuing Lenders) arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (b) payable to them;

(c) Third , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and other Obligations arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (c) payable to them;

(d) Fourth , to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lenders, to Cash Collateralize that portion of Letter of Credit Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement;

(e) Fifth , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and Obligations then owing under Specified Swap Agreements and Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products, ratably among the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the providers of Specified Swap Agreements and Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (e) held by them; and

(f) Last , the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly Paid in Full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) amounts received from the Borrower or any Guarantor that is not a Qualified ECP Loan Party shall not be applied to the Obligations that are Excluded Swap Obligations (it being understood, that in the event that any amount is applied to Obligations other than Excluded Swap Obligations as a result of this clause (a), the Administrative Agent shall make such adjustments as it determines are appropriate to distributions pursuant to clause Fifth above from amounts received from Qualified ECP Loan Party to ensure, as nearly as possible, that the proportional aggregate recoveries with respect to Obligations described in clause Fifth above by the holders of any Excluded Swap Obligations are the same as the proportional aggregate recoveries with respect to other Obligations pursuant to clause Fifth above) and (b) Obligations arising under Specified Swap Agreements and Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the counterparty to such Specified Swap Agreement or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, as the case may be. Each counterparty to a Specified Swap Agreements and Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Section 10 [The Agents] hereof for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.

All Liens granted as security for the Obligations under the Security Documents and any other Loan Document shall secure the Obligations on a pari passu basis in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. No Indemnitee or provider of a Specified Swap Agreement or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product (except in its capacity as a Lender hereunder (to the extent that this Agreement or any other Loan Document empowers the Lenders to direct the Administrative Agent)) shall be entitled or have the power to direct or instruct the Collateral Agent on any such matters or to control or direct in any manner the maintenance or disposition of the Collateral.

In addition to all of the rights and remedies contained in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents (including each Mortgage), the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Law, all of which rights and remedies shall be cumulative and non-exclusive to the extent permitted by Law. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, exercise all post-default rights granted to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law.

Any notice required to be given by the Collateral Agent of a sale, lease, or other disposition of the Collateral or any other intended action by the Collateral Agent, if given to the Borrower at least ten (10) days prior to such proposed action, shall constitute commercially reasonable and fair notice thereof to the Borrower.

Each Lender (including each in its capacity as a counterparty to a Specified Swap Agreement or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product or an Affiliate of such counterparty on behalf of such Affiliate) and Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and authorizes: (i) PNC to act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent for such Lender under the Loan Documents and to execute and deliver or accept on behalf of each of the Lenders the other Loan Documents and (ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to act as Syndication Agent for each Lender under this Agreement. Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes, and each holder of any Note by the acceptance of a Note shall be deemed irrevocably to authorize, the Agents to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other instruments and agreements referred to herein, and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Agents or any of them by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. PNC agrees to act as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders to the extent provided in the Loan Documents, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. agrees to act as Syndication Agent on behalf of the Lenders to the extent provided in this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 10 are solely for the benefit of the Agents, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions, except as set forth in Section 10.10 [Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors].

Each Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the term “ Lender ” or “ Lenders ” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Persons serving as an Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Persons and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Persons were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents:

(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Potential Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) shall not have any 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 such Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law;

(c) shall be entitled to seek the direction or confirmation from the Required Lenders (or other applicable group of Lenders) before taking any action under the Loan Documents; and

(d) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by any Person serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.1 [Modifications, Amendments or Waivers] and 9.2 [Consequences of Event of Default]) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Potential Default or Event of Default unless and until notice describing such Potential Default or Event of Default is given to such Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or the Issuing Lender.

No Agent shall 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 thereunder 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 therein or the occurrence of any Potential Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security Documents or that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to any Security Document have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (v) the value or the sufficiency of the Collateral or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 7 [Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of Credit] or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent.

Each 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 (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Issuing Lender prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. Each 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.

Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Section 10 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each 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 Agent.

Each Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders, the other Agents and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with approval from the Borrower (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then such retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if such retiring Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (i) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that, in the case of resignation by the Collateral Agent, in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through a retiring Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Issuing Lenders directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section 10.6. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section 10.6). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section 10.6 and Section 11.3 [Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver] shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring 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 the retiring Agent was acting as Agent.

If PNC resigns as Administrative Agent under this Section 10.6, PNC shall also resign as Swingline Lender and as an Issuing Lender. If PNC resigns as an Issuing Lender, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Lender with respect to all Letters of Credit issued by it that remain outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Lender and all Letter of Credit Obligations with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make Participation Advances pursuant to Section 2.10.3 [Participations, Disbursements, Reimbursement]. If PNC resigns as

Swingline Lender, the Borrower shall repay any outstanding Swing Loans on or prior to the effective date of such resignation and, to the extent any Swing Loans remain outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Swingline Lender, PNC shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of a Swingline Lender with respect to such Swing Loans, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans pursuant to Section 2.11 [Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans]. Upon the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall (i) succeed to all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of PNC as a retiring Swingline Lender and Issuing Lender, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and PNC shall be discharged from all of its respective duties and obligations as Swingline Lender and Issuing Lender, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents, and (ii) issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit issued by PNC, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to PNC to effectively assume the obligations of PNC with respect to such Letters of Credit.

If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “ Removal Effective Date ”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.

Each Lender and the Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and the Issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties 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 or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the “Joint Lead Arrangers,” “Joint Bookrunners,” “Syndication Agent,” “Co-Documentation Agents” or Lenders listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender, a Lender or an Issuing Lender hereunder.

The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent a nonrefundable fee (the “ Administrative Agent’s Fee ”) under the terms of a letter (the “ Administrative Agent’s Letter ”) between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as amended from time to time.

(a) in the case of the Agents, to execute such documents as are reasonably requested to evidence the termination of this Agreement, release the Guaranty and the Liens created by the Security Documents upon Payment in Full as contemplated by Section 11.7 [Duration; Survival];

(b) in the case of the Administrative Agent, execute a release in a form reasonably satisfactory to it of any Person from the Guaranty Agreement if such Person (x) ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or (y) if such Person is or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary, in either case, pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Loan Documents;

(c) in the case of the Collateral Agent, (i) execute any document in a form reasonably satisfactory to it, evidencing the release of any asset from the Lien of any Security Document upon (x) the Disposition (other than any lease) of such asset permitted by the Loan Documents (other than a Disposition to a Loan Party), (y) a Person being released from the Guaranty Agreement (A) if pursuant to clause (b)(x) above, with respect to any Lien on the assets of such Person and the Equity Interests of such Person and (B) if pursuant to clause (b)(y), the assets of such Person, and to the extent constituting Excluded Assets, the Equity Interests of such Person or (z) such assets becoming Excluded Assets, and (ii) enter into any subordination agreement, non-disturbance agreement or grant of an option with respect to assets, in each case, in a form reasonably satisfactory to it, in connection with (x) any easements, permits, licenses, rights of way, options, surface leases or other surface rights or interests permitted by the Loan Documents to be granted or a Disposition permitted by the Loan Documents or (y) Liens permitted under clause (10) of the definition of Permitted Liens.

The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent such certificates and other documentation as such Agent(s) may reasonably request to evidence compliance with the applicable provisions of the Loan Documents (including with respect to their authority hereunder), and the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may rely, without independent investigation, on such certificates and other documents.

10.11 No Reliance on Administrative Agent ’ s Customer Identification Program .

Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that neither such Lender, nor any of its Affiliates, participants or assignees, may rely on the Administrative Agent to carry out such Lender’s, Affiliate’s, participant’s or assignee’s customer identification program, or other obligations required or imposed under or pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act or the regulations thereunder, including the regulations contained in 31 CFR 103.121 (as hereafter amended or replaced, the “ CIP Regulations ”), or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, including any programs involving any of the following items relating to or in connection with any of the Loan Parties, their Affiliates or their agents, the Loan Documents or the transactions hereunder or contemplated hereby: (i) any identity verification procedures, (ii) any recordkeeping, (iii) comparisons with government lists, (iv) customer notices or (v) other procedures required under the CIP Regulations or such other Laws.

To the extent required by any applicable Law (as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender under any Loan Document an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 5.8 [Taxes], each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payable in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, all Taxes and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the

IRS or any other Official Body as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of withholding Tax ineffective). 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 10.12 [Withholding Tax]. The agreements in this Section 10.12 [Withholding Tax] shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lender” shall, for purposes of this Section 10.12 [Withholding Tax], include any Issuing Lender and any Swingline Lender.

(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, each Agent and each Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,

(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,

(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

(b) In addition, (I) unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (II) if such sub-clause (i) is not true with respect to a Lender and such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, each Agent and each Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that:

(i) none of any Agent or any Lead Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by any Agent or any Lead Arranger under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto),

(ii) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21) and is a bank, an insurance carrier, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other Person that holds, or has under management or control, total assets of at least $50 million, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E),

(iii) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies (including in respect of the Obligations),

(iv) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the transactions hereunder, and

(v) no fee or other compensation is being paid directly to any Agent or any Lead Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates for investment advice (as opposed to other services) in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement.

(c) Each Agent and each Lead Arranger hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

Subject to Section 4.6 [Successor LIBOR Rate Index], Section 10.10 [Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors], Section 11.1.2 [Certain Amendments] and Section 11.1.3 [Amendments Affecting the Administrative Agent, Etc.]), the Administrative Agent, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, and the Borrower, on behalf of the Loan Parties, may from time to time enter into written agreements amending or changing any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the rights of the Lenders or the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder, or may grant written waivers or consents hereunder or thereunder. Any such agreement, waiver or consent made with such written consent shall be effective to bind all the Lenders and the Loan Parties; provided that no such agreement, waiver or consent may be made which will:

(a) increase (i) the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Lender hereunder without the consent of such Lender or (ii) increase the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments under this Agreement to an amount greater than the Maximum Facility Amount as in effect on the Closing Date (or as reduced after the Closing Date) without the consent of all Lenders;

(b) whether or not any Loans are outstanding, extend the Expiration Date or the time for payment of principal or interest of any Loan, the Commitment Fee or any other fee payable to any Lender, or reduce the principal amount of, or the rate of interest borne by any Loan or reduce the Commitment Fee or any other fee payable to any Lender, without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Loans, changes to Section 8.2.14 [Financial Covenants] or definitions used therein or the application (or waiver of application) of any rate increase described in Section 4.3 [Interest After Default] shall not constitute a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest or a reduction of principal, interest or fees);

(c) except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, without the written consent of all the Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders), release all or substantially all of the Guarantors (as measured by fair market value of their assets) from their Obligations under the Guaranty Agreement;

(d) except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, without the written consent of all the Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders), release all or substantially all of the Collateral; provided that in the event that the Borrower provides any applicable Issuing Lender with Cash Collateral to secure any Letters of Credit with an expiry date beyond the Expiration Date pursuant to Section 2.10.10 [Cash Collateral Prior to the Expiration Date] such Issuing Lender is permitted to release such Cash Collateral without the consent of any Lender once such Letter of Credit has terminated, expired or has otherwise been returned to such Issuing Lender undrawn; or

(e) increase the Borrowing Base, without the consent of the Required Increasing Borrowing Base Lenders;

(f) reaffirm or decrease the Borrowing Base, without the consent of the Required Borrowing Base Lenders;

(g) amend Section 5.2 [Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders], Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders] or alter any provision regarding pro rata treatment of the Lenders or requiring all Lenders to authorize the taking of any action or reduce any percentage specified in the definitions of “Required Lenders,” “Required Borrowing Base Lenders” or “Required Increasing Borrowing Base Lenders,” in each case without the consent of all affected Lenders; or

(h) amend this Section 11.1 [Modifications, Amendments or Waivers] in a manner that would reduce the voting rights of any Lender without consent of such affected Lender.

Notwithstanding Section 11.1.1(a) [Required Consents] or any other provision in any Loan Document to the contrary, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or to the extent relating to Collateral, the Collateral Agent), on behalf of the Lenders and without any consent or action by any Lender, may amend, modify, supplement or restate in whole or in part any of the Loan Documents from time to time or consent to such action by the Collateral Agent to (i) cure any defect or error, (ii) comply with any provision hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (iii) add Guarantors of the Obligations, (iv) add property or other assets as Collateral, (v) add covenants of the Borrower or the other Loan Parties for the benefit of the Lenders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Borrower or any of the other Loan Parties, (vi) approve of any correction or update to any Schedule hereto or to any other Loan Document to the extent such Schedule is being corrected in any manner that is not material or is being updated to reflect the consummation of any transaction or exercise of any rights of the Loan Parties permitted hereunder for which no consent is required or for which the required consent has been received or (vii) take any action authorized by Section 10.10 [Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors]. Notwithstanding Section 11.1.1(a) [Required Consents], (x) only the consent of the respective parties thereto shall be required for any amendments or waivers of the Administrative Agent’s Letter and (y) only the consent of the applicable Lender, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall be required for any amendments or waivers of the notice referenced in the definition of “Issuing Lenders.”

No agreement, waiver or consent which would modify the interests, rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Swingline Lender or any Issuing Lender may be made without the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Swingline Lender or such Issuing Lender, as applicable.

If in connection with any proposed waiver, amendment or modification referred to in any of the clauses (a) through (f) of Section 11.1.1 [Required Consents], the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (each a “ Non-Consenting Lender ”), then the Borrower shall have the right to replace any such Non-Consenting Lender with one or more replacement Lenders pursuant to Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender].

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (i) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (ii) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

No course of dealing and no delay or failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power, remedy or privilege under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any other or future exercise thereof or operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any further exercise thereof or of any other right, power, remedy or privilege. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement and any other Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have.

The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Lead Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Collateral Agent and their respective Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent), and shall pay all reasonable fees in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section 11.3 [Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver], or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit, and (iv) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent’s and the Syndication Agent’s regular employees and agents engaged periodically to perform audits of the Loan Parties’ books, records and business properties.

The Borrower shall indemnify the Lead Arrangers, the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Syndication Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable out-of-pocket related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any outside counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any Subsidiary of Borrower arising out of, in connection with, or as a

result of (i) the execution, enforcement or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance or nonperformance by the Loan Parties of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Lender 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), (iii) breach of representations, warranties or covenants of any Loan Party under the Loan Documents or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, including any such items or losses relating to or arising under Environmental Laws or pertaining to environmental matters, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that the Borrower shall not be liable for any portion of any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements with respect to an Indemnitee (A) if the same is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, (B) if the Borrower was not given notice of the subject claim and the opportunity to participate in the defense thereof, at its expense (except that the Borrower shall remain liable to the extent such failure to give notice does not result in a material loss to the Borrower), (C) if the same results from a compromise or settlement agreement entered into without notice to or the consent of the Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed or (D) results from a dispute solely among Indemnitees (other than any claims against an Indemnitee in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as the Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent or arranger, bookrunner or any similar role under this Agreement and other than any claims arising out of any act or omission of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates). The Indemnitees will attempt to minimize the fees and expenses of legal counsel for the Indemnitees which are subject to reimbursement by the Borrower hereunder by considering the usage of one law firm to represent the Indemnitees if appropriate under the circumstances. This Section 11.3.2 [Indemnification by the Borrower] shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under Section 2.10.8 [Indemnity], Section 11.3.1 [Costs and Expenses] or Section 11.3.2 [Indemnification by the Borrower] to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Syndication Agent, the Issuing Lenders or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Syndication Agent, the Issuing Lenders or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Ratable Share (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 (or any such sub-agent), the Syndication Agent or an Issuing Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Syndication Agent or such Issuing Lender in connection with such capacity.

No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent such damages are found in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of

such Indemnitee, nor shall any Indemnitee, Loan Party or any Subsidiary have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date); it being agreed that this sentence shall not limit the indemnification obligations of the Loan Parties pursuant to Section 11.3.2 [Indemnification by the Borrower].

All amounts due under this Section 11.3 [Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver] shall be payable not later than ten (10) days after demand therefor.

Whenever payment of a Loan to be made or taken hereunder shall be due on a day which is not a Business Day such payment shall be due on the next Business Day (except as provided in Section 4.2 [Interest Periods]) and such extension of time shall be included in computing interest and fees, except that the Loans shall be due on the Business Day preceding the Expiration Date if the Expiration Date is not a Business Day. Unless otherwise specified, whenever any payment or action to be made or taken hereunder (other than payment of the Loans) shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment or action shall be made or taken on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall not be included in computing interest or fees, if any, in connection with such payment or action.

Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in Section 11.5.2 [Electronic Communications]), 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 telecopier (i) if to a Lender, to it at its address set forth in its administrative questionnaire, or (ii) if to the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, to it at its address set forth on Schedule 11.5.1 .

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in Section 11.5.2 [Electronic Communications] shall be effective as provided in such Section.

Notices and other communications to the Syndication Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to the Syndication Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender if such Syndication Agent, Lender or Issuing Lender, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication and the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower of the same. 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. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

Any party hereto may change its address, e-mail address or telecopier number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.

All representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained herein or made in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the completion of the transactions hereunder and Payment In Full. All covenants and agreements of the Loan Parties contained herein relating to the payment of principal, interest, premiums, additional compensation or expenses and indemnification, including those set forth in the Notes, Section 2.10.8 [Indemnity], Section 2.10.10 [Cash Collateral Prior to the Expiration Date], Section 5 [Payments] and Section 11.3 [Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver], shall survive payment in full of all principal and interest under the Notes, the termination of the Commitments and the expiration or termination or cash collateralization of all Letters of Credit. All other covenants and agreements of the Loan Parties shall continue in full force and effect from and after the date hereof and until Payment In Full.

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, except that 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 no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.8.2 [Assignments by Lenders], (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.8.4 [Participations], or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 11.8.5 [Certain Pledges; Successors and Assigns Generally] (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). 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, Participants to the extent provided in Section 11.8.4 [Participations], the Lead Arrangers, and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders, and as set forth in Section 11.12 [Certain Collateral Matters]) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees 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); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(ii) in any case not described in clause (a)(i) of this Section 11.8.2, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption Agreement with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Commitment or Revolving Credit Loans of the assigning Lender, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(b) Proportionate Amounts . 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 with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned.

(c) Required Consents . Each assignment shall be subject to the consent of the following Persons (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed):

(i) the Borrower, unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof;

(iii) each Issuing Lender with a Letter of Credit Issuing Lender Sublimit that is, at the time of such assignment, among the five highest Letter of Credit Issuing Lender Sublimits at such time, unless the assignment is to a Lender; provided that no consent of any Issuing Lender shall be required for any assignment between Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC.

(d) Assignment and Assumption Agreement . The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 from the assignor or the assignee, and the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire provided by the Administrative Agent.

(e) Prohibited Assignments . No such assignment or participation shall be made to (i) the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (ii) any natural person, or (iii) any Defaulting Lender.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 11.8.3 [Register], from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, 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 Agreement, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement 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 4.4 [LIBOR Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available], Section 5.7 [Increased Costs], and Section 11.3 [Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver] with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 11.8.2 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 11.8.4 [Participations].

The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a record of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The Register shall be conclusive (absent manifest error), and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is 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 and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.

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 with respect to any of clause (a)(i) or (b) of Section 11.1.1 [Required Consents]. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.4 [LIBOR Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available], Section 5.7 [Increased Costs] and Section 5.8 [Taxes] (subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections and Sections 5.6.3 [Designation of a Different Lending Office] and 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender], and it being understood that the documentation required under Section 5.8.5 [Status of Lenders] shall be delivered solely to the participating Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 11.8.2 [Assignments by Lenders]; provided that such Participant (A) shall be subject to the provisions of Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender] and Section 5.6.3 [Designation of a Different Lending Office] as if it were an assignee under Section 11.8.2 [Assignments by Lenders]; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 5.7 [Increased Costs], 5.8 [Taxes] or Section 11.3 [Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver], with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender] and Section 5.6.3 [Designation of a Different Lending Office] with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.2.3 [Set-off] as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders] as though it were a Lender.

Each Lender that sells participations to a Participant, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a register of all such Participants on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive (absent manifest error), and the Borrower and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Participant for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary; provided that no Lender shall have the obligation to disclose all or a portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of the Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Loans or other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary in connection with a Tax audit or other proceeding to establish that any loans are in registered form for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

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 any central bank having jurisdiction; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

Each of the Agents, the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information, except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (iii) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party hereto, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 11.9, to (a) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (b) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any Swap Agreement or derivative transaction or similar transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) with the consent of the Borrower, (viii) to the extent such Information (a) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 11.9 or (b) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower, the other Loan Parties or any other Person that has obtained such confidential information pursuant to this Section 11.9 or (ix) on a confidential basis to (a) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided hereunder, (b) information regarding the credit facilities provided hereunder to (x) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder or (y) market data collectors and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration, settlement and management of this Agreement and the credit facilities provided hereunder. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 11.9 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.

Each Loan Party acknowledges that from time to time financial advisory, investment banking and other services may be offered or provided to the Borrower or one or more of its Affiliates (in connection with this Agreement or otherwise) by any Lender or by one or more Subsidiaries or Affiliates of such Lender, and each of the Loan Parties hereby authorizes each Lender to share any information delivered to such Lender by such Loan Party and its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement to any such Subsidiary or Affiliate subject to the provisions of Section 11.9.1 [General].

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof including any prior

confidentiality agreements and commitments. Except as provided in Section 7 [Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of Credit], 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 that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or e-mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under the Laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Each Standby Letter of Credit issued under this Agreement shall be subject either to the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance (“ UCP ”) or the rules of the International Standby Practices (ICC Publication Number 590), as determined by the Issuing Lender, and each Commercial Letter of Credit shall be subject to UCP, and in each case to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the Laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY ISSUING LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN SECTION 11.11.2 [SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION]. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT ANY SUCH DEFENSE.

EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.5 [NOTICES; EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION]. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11.11.5.

The benefit of the Loan Documents and of the provisions of this Agreement relating to any Collateral securing the Obligations shall extend to and be available to the Secured Parties. 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 Specified Swap Agreement or any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, and no Person shall have any voting rights under any Loan Document solely because of such Person’s status as an Indemnitee.

Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Loan Parties, which information includes the name and address of the Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

Each Loan Party agrees and acknowledges that: (i) each Secured Party is acting solely as a principal and is not a financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (ii) no Secured Party has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in any Loan Party’s or their respective Affiliates’ favor with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (irrespective of whether any Secured Party has advised or is currently advising any Loan Party or its Affiliates on other matters) and no Secured Party has any obligation to the Loan Parties or their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein; (iii) the Secured Parties and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from the Loan Parties or their respective Affiliates and the Secured Parties have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (iv) the Lenders have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice in any jurisdiction with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby and the Loan Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate. Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that it will consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither any Secured Party nor its Affiliates shall have any responsibility or liability to any Loan Party with respect thereto. Each Loan Party hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that such Loan Party may have against the Secured Parties or their respective Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.

Effective as of the Closing Date, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety by this Agreement and the Existing Credit Agreement shall thereafter be of no further force and effect except to evidence the incurrence by the Borrower of the “Obligations” under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement (whether or not such “Obligations” are contingent as of the Closing Date).The terms and conditions of this Agreement and the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall apply to all of the Obligations incurred under the Existing Credit Agreement. On and after the Closing Date, (i) all references to the Credit Agreement in the Loan Documents (other than this Agreement) shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement and (ii) all references to any section (or subsection) of the Existing Credit Agreement in any Loan Document (but not herein) shall be amended to become, mutatis mutandis, references to the corresponding provisions of this Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Liens securing payment of the “Obligations” as defined in the Existing Loan Agreement, shall from and after the Closing Date secure the payment and performance of all Obligations for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, and all such Liens shall continue in full force and effect after giving effect to this Agreement and are hereby confirmed and reaffirmed by each of the Loan Parties. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree that all “Security Documents” as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement (including all Mortgages and Control Agreements) shall remain in full force and effect after the Closing Date in favor of and for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties (with each reference therein to the collateral agent, the credit agreement or a loan document being a reference to the Collateral Agent, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, as applicable), and each Loan Party hereby confirms and ratifies its obligations thereunder. In furtherance of the foregoing, Collateral Agent is hereby appointed as Collateral Agent in connection with the foregoing, and shall be entitled to all of the benefits, rights, privileges and immunities hereunder and under the other Loan Documents with respect to

the foregoing. This amendment and restatement is limited as written and is not a consent to any other amendment, restatement or waiver or other modification, whether or not similar and, except as expressly provided herein or in any other Loan Document, all terms and conditions of the Loan Documents remain in full force and effect unless otherwise specifically amended hereby or by any other Loan Document. This Agreement shall not constitute a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement or of any other Loan Document (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement).

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 Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and 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 Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(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 undertaking, 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.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto duly authorized, have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.


BORROWER:

CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION

By:	/s/ Stephen W. Johnson
	Name:	Stephen W. Johnson
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief
		Administrative Officer

GUARANTORS:

CARDINAL STATES GATHERING
	COMPANY
CNX GAS COMPANY LLC
CNX GAS CORPORATION
CNX GATHERING LLC
CNX LAND LLC
CNX RESOURCE HOLDINGS LLC
CNX WATER ASSETS LLC
POCAHONTAS GAS LLC
TERRA FIRMA COMPANY

By:	/s/ Stephen W. Johnson
	Name:	Stephen W. Johnson
	Title:	Authorized Signatory for each of the
		Guarantors


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Issuing
Lender, Swingline Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ John Engel
	Name:	John Engel
	Title:	Vice President


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent, Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:		/s/ Anson Williams
		Name: Anson Williams
		Title: Authorized Officer


CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS
BRANCH, as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ Nupur Kumar
	Name:	Nupur Kumar
	Title:	Authorized Signatory

By:	/s/ Christopher Zybrick
	Name:	Christopher Zybrick
	Title:	Authorized Signatory


THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as a Lender

By:	/s/ Kevin Sparks
	Name:	Kevin Sparks
	Title:	Director


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ Christopher DiBiase
	Name:	Christopher DiBiase
	Title:	Director


CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ Christopher Kuna
	Name:	Christopher Kuna
	Title:	Director


CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ Peter Kardos
	Name:	Peter Kardos
	Title:	Vice President


GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ Josh Rosenthal
	Name:	Josh Rosenthal
	Title:	Authorized Signatory


NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ Carlos Quinteros
	Name:	Carlos Quinteros
	Title:	Managing Director

By:	/s/ Jarrett Price
	Name:	Jarrett Price
	Title:	Director


THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK
BRANCH, as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ Annie Dorval
	Name:	Annie Dorval
	Title:	Authorized Signatory


WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ Zachary Kramer
	Name:	Zachary Kramer
	Title:	Vice President


CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

By:	/s/ Donovan C. Broussard
	Name:	Donovan C. Broussard
	Title:	Authorized Signatory

By:	/s/ Robert Long
	Name:	Robert Long
	Title:	Authorized Signatory


BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANY, as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ Robert Kret
	Name:	Robert Kret
	Title:	AVP


THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ Christopher Renyi
	Name:	Christopher Renyi
	Title:	Senior Vice President


ING CAPITAL LLC, as a Lender

By:	/s/ Scott Lamoreaux
	Name:	Scott Lamoreaux
	Title:	Director

By:	/s/ Michael Price
	Name:	Michael Price
	Title:	Managing Director


SUNTRUST BANK, as a Lender

By:	/s/ Yann Pirio
	Name:	Yann Pirio
	Title:	Managing Director


BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender

By:	/s/ Sydney G. Dennis
	Name:	Sydney G. Dennis
	Title:	Director


KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ David M. Bornstein
	Name:	David M. Bornstein
	Title:	Senior Vice President


BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Lender

By:	/s/ Melissa Guzmann
	Name:	Melissa Guzmann
	Title:	Director


FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, as a Lender

By:	/s/ Robert E. Heuler
	Name:	Robert E. Heuler
	Title:	Vice President


MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:	/s/ Michael King
	Name:	Michael King
	Title:	Authorized Signatory


TRISTATE CAPITAL BANK, as a Lender

By:	/s/ Ellen Frank
	Name:	Ellen Frank
	Title:	Senior Vice President


NEXTERA ENERGY MARKETING, LLC, as a Lender

By:	/s/ Mark Maisto
	Name:	Mark Maisto
	Title:	President, Commodities, Trading &
		Commercial Services

For purposes of determining the Applicable Margin, the Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate, and the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate:

(a) From the Closing Date through the date on which the Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered hereunder for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2018 (the “ Initial Period ”), the Applicable Margin, Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate, and the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall be the respective amounts set forth under Level II of this Schedule 1.1(A) set forth above.

(b) It is expressly agreed that after the Initial Period, the Applicable Margin, the Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate, and the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined based upon Schedule 1.1(A) above and change on each date on which a Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered hereunder.

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 [the][each] ¹ Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “ Assignor ”) and [the][each] ² Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “ Assignee ”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees] ³ hereunder are several and not joint.] ⁴ 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][each] 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][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], 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][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] 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][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities identified below (including without limitation any Revolving Credit Commitments, letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans 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)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] 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][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “ Assigned Interest ”). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.

Effective Date: , 20 [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]


ASSIGNOR[S] ¹⁰
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:
		Title:

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:
		Title:

ASSIGNEE[S] ¹¹
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:
		Title:

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:
		Title:

[Insert Signature Blocks for each Issuing Lender with a Letter of Credit Issuing Lender Sublimit that is among the five highest Letter of Credit Issuing Lender Sublimits at such time, unless the assignment is to a Lender]

1.1 Assignor[s] . [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] 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) it is [not] a Defaulting Lender; 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[s] . [The][Each] 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 meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.8.2 of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.8.2(c) of the Credit Agreement), (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][the relevant] 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, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.3 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon 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][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign 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][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, [the][any] 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.

2. Payments . From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] 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][the relevant] 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 or by electronic signature delivery system (in either case in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent) 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 New York.

Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2018 (as amended, supplemented, restated or modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement”), by and among CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), each of the Guarantors (“Guarantors”), the Lenders now or hereafter party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and collateral agent for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent. This agreement (“Joinder”) is the “New Lender Joinder” referred to in the Credit Agreement.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement (defined above) are used herein with the same meanings.

The Person named on the signature pages hereof as the “New Lender” (the “New Lender”), intending to be legally bound hereby, joins and becomes a “Lender” and a “New Lender” under the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents as of the date set forth on the signature page hereof (the “Effective Date”) and, pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Credit Agreement, the New Lender hereby agrees as follows:

1. As of the Effective Date and to the extent of the Revolving Credit Commitment of the New Lender set forth on the signature page hereto: (i) the New Lender hereby agrees that it is and shall be deemed to be, and it hereby assumes the obligations of, a “Lender” and a “New Lender” under the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and (ii) the New Lender shall be entitled to the benefits, rights, privileges and remedies of a “Lender” and a “New Lender” under the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents.

2. The New Lender acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each other agent under the Credit Agreement and each Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or (ii) the financial condition of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or the performance or observance by Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of its obligations under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto.

3. The New Lender (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement (including any modifications thereof or supplements or waivers thereto), together with copies of the financial statements (if any) referred to in Sections 8.3.1 and 8.3.2 of the Credit Agreement, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Joinder; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, any other agent or any 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 Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and the Syndication Agent, as applicable, to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers

under the Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or the Syndication Agent, as applicable, by the terms thereof; (iv) agrees that it will become a party to and be bound by the Credit Agreement on the Effective Date as if it were an original Lender thereunder and will have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and (v) specifies as its address for notices the office set forth beneath its name on the signature pages hereof.

4. Following the execution of this Joinder, it will be delivered to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent for acceptance and for recording by the Administrative Agent.

5. Upon such acceptance and recording, as of the Effective Date, (i) the New Lender shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Joinder, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the Loan Documents, and (ii) the Revolving Credit Commitment of the Lenders, including the New Lender, shall be as set forth in Schedule 1.1(B) hereto.

6. Upon such acceptance and recording from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes in respect and to the extent of the interest of the New Lender assumed hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest, and other fees, costs and expenses with respect thereto) to the New Lender.

7. This Joinder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

8. This Joinder may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument; and delivery of executed signature pages hereof by telecopy or other electronic transmission from one party to another shall constitute effective and binding execution and delivery of this Joinder by such party.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto have duly executed this Joinder and delivered the same to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as of the Effective Date.

THIS GUARANTOR JOINDER AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT is made as of , 20 , by , a [corporation/partnership/limited liability company] (the “ New Guarantor ”).

Reference is made to (i) the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2018 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), by and among CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“ Borrower ”), each of the Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto (the “ Lenders ”), PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”) and Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent; (ii) the Second Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of March 8, 2018 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “ Guaranty ”), of the Loan Parties, as guarantors, given to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders; (iii) the Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2018 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”), among the Loan Parties, as pledgors, and the Collateral Agent (each as defined therein) for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined therein); (iv) the Second Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2018 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “ Intercompany Subordination Agreement ”), among the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders; (v) the Second Amended and Restated Regulated Substances Certificate and Indemnity Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2018 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “ Indemnity Agreement ”), among the Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent (as defined therein) for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined therein); (vi) the Second Amended and Restated Patent, Trademark and Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2018 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “ Patent, Trademark and Copyright Security Agreement ”), among certain of the Loan Parties, as pledgors, and the Collateral Agent (as defined therein) and (vii) the other Loan Documents referred to in the Credit Agreement (all documents listed in this paragraph, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, shall collectively be referred to herein as the “ Loan Documents ”).

Capitalized terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined therein.

The New Guarantor hereby becomes a Guarantor under the terms of the Credit Agreement and in consideration of the value of the synergistic and other benefits received by the New Guarantor as a result of being or becoming affiliated with the Borrower and the Guarantors, the New Guarantor hereby agrees that effective as of the date hereof it hereby is, and shall be deemed to be, and assumes the obligations of, a “Loan Party” and a “Guarantor”, jointly and severally with the existing Loan Parties and Guarantors under the Credit Agreement, a “Guarantor”, jointly and severally with the existing Guarantors under the Guaranty, a “Company” jointly and severally with the existing “Companies” under the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, a “Loan Party” jointly and severally under the Indemnity Agreement, a “Pledgor” and a “Guarantor” jointly and severally under the Security Agreement and a Loan Party or

Guarantor, as the case may be, under each of the other Loan Documents to which the Loan Parties or Guarantors are required to become a party pursuant to the terms of Section 8.1.9 of the Credit Agreement; and, the New Guarantor hereby agrees that from the date hereof and until Payment In Full, the New Guarantor shall perform, comply with, and be subject to and bound by each of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement, Guaranty, Intercompany Subordination Agreement, Indemnity Agreement, Security Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which Loan Parties are required to become parties pursuant to the terms of Section 8.1.9 of the Credit Agreement jointly and severally with the existing parties thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that (i) each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement applicable to such Loan Party is true and correct as to the New Guarantor on and as of the date hereof (except representations and warranties which relate solely to an earlier date or time, which representations and warranties were true and correct on and as of the specific dates or times referred to therein) and (ii) the New Guarantor has heretofore received a true and correct copy of the Credit Agreement, Guaranty, Intercompany Subordination Agreement, Indemnity Agreement, Security Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents (including any modifications thereof or supplements or waivers thereto) in effect on the date hereof to which the New Guarantor is required to become a party.

The New Guarantor hereby makes, affirms, and ratifies in favor of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent the Credit Agreement, Guaranty, Intercompany Subordination Agreement, Indemnity Agreement, Security Agreement, and each of the other Loan Documents to which the New Guarantor is becoming a party pursuant to the terms of the preceding paragraph.

The New Guarantor is simultaneously delivering to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent all appropriate documents, instruments, other agreements, financing statements, appropriate stock powers and certificates required under Section 8.1.9 of the Credit Agreement.

In furtherance of the foregoing, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the New Guarantor shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered at any time and from time to time such further instruments and documents and do or cause to be done such further acts as may be reasonably necessary in the reasonable opinion of Administrative Agent to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Guarantor Joinder and Assumption Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Guarantor as a Pledgor under the Security Agreement, hereby (x) pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security interest in all of the right, title and interest of such New Guarantor in, to and under the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement), wherever located, and whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired from time to time as collateral security for the payment and performance in full of all the Obligations and (y) makes all of the representations and warranties and agrees to all of the covenants of the Pledgors set forth in the Security Agreement. Attached hereto is a supplement to Schedule A to the Security Agreement. The New Guarantor is simultaneously delivering a Perfection Certificate to the Collateral Agent.

The New Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that a telecopy transmission or electronic copy (with confirmation of receipt) to the Administrative Agent or any Lender of signature pages hereof purporting to be signed on behalf of the New Guarantor shall constitute effective and binding execution and delivery hereof by the New Guarantor.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the New Guarantor has duly executed this Guarantor Joinder and Assumption Agreement and delivered the same to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, as of the date and year first above written with the intention that this Guarantor Joinder and Assumption Agreement constitute a sealed instrument.

This Second Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship (this “ Guaranty ”), dated as of this March 8, 2018, is jointly and severally given by each of the UNDERSIGNED and each of the other Persons which become Guarantors hereunder from time to time (each a “ Guarantor ” and collectively the “ Guarantors ”) in favor of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , in its capacity as the administrative agent for the Lenders and the collateral agent for the Secured Parties, as defined below (the “ Administrative Agent ”), in connection with that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among, CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto, the Administrative Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and the Lenders now or hereafter party thereto (as amended, restated, modified, or supplemented from time to time hereafter, the “ Credit Agreement ”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by the Credit Agreement and the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 [Construction] of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Guaranty; provided that herein the term “ Guarantor ” shall include the Borrower in its capacity as guarantor of the obligations of its Subsidiaries (x) under the Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products or (y) as counterparties to any Specified Swap Agreements.

1. Guarantied Obligations . To induce the Secured Parties to make loans and grant other financial accommodations to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, the Specified Swap Agreements and the Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products, each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranties to each Secured Party, and becomes surety as though it was a primary obligor for, the full, strict and indefeasible payment in cash and performance when due (whether on demand, at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise and including any amounts which would become due but for the operation of an automatic stay under the federal bankruptcy code of the United States or any similar laws of any country or jurisdiction) of: (i) all Obligations, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all obligations, liabilities, and indebtedness from time to time of the Borrower or any other Guarantor to any of the Secured Parties, under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Specified Swap Agreement or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, whether for principal, interest, fees, indemnities, expenses, or otherwise, and all Refinancings thereof, whether such obligations, liabilities, or indebtedness are direct or indirect, secured or unsecured, joint or several, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, whether for payment or performance, now existing or hereafter arising (and including obligations, liabilities, and indebtedness arising or accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to any of the Loan Parties or that would have arisen or accrued but for the commencement of such proceeding (including, without limitation, interest after default), even if the claim for such obligation, liability or indebtedness is not enforceable or allowable in such proceeding, and including all Obligations, liabilities, and indebtedness arising from any extensions of credit under or in connection with the Loan Documents or any Specified Swap Agreement or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, from time to time, regardless of whether any such extensions of credit are in excess of the amount committed under or contemplated by the Loan Documents, any Specified Swap Agreement or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, or are made in circumstances in which any condition to extension of credit is not satisfied), (ii) any obligation or liability of any of the Loan Parties arising out of overdrafts on deposits or other accounts or out of electronic funds (whether by wire transfer or through automated clearing houses or otherwise) or out of the return unpaid of, or other failure of any Secured Party to receive final payment for, any check, item, instrument, payment order or other deposit or credit to a deposit or other account, or out of any

Secured Party’s non-receipt of or inability to collect funds or otherwise not being made whole in connection with depository or other similar arrangements, and (iii) any amendments, extensions, renewals and increases of or to any of the foregoing (all of the foregoing obligations, liabilities and indebtedness, subject to the proviso in this sentence, are referred to herein collectively as the “ Guarantied Obligations ” and each as a “ Guarantied Obligation ”); it being understood that the Guarantied Obligations of the Borrower shall include only the Guarantied Obligations of the other Loan Parties; provided that, with respect to each Guarantor that is not a Qualified ECP Loan Party, the Guarantied Obligations shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations. Without limitation of the foregoing, any of the Guarantied Obligations shall be and remain Guarantied Obligations entitled to the benefit of this Guaranty if any of the Secured Parties (or any one or more assignees or transferees thereof) from time to time assigns or otherwise transfers all or any portion of their respective rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, or any other Guarantied Obligations, to any other Person as provided by the Loan Documents, by the Specified Swap Agreements or by the Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products. In furtherance of the foregoing, each Guarantor jointly and severally agrees as follows:

2. Guaranty . Each Guarantor hereby promises to pay and perform all such Guarantied Obligations when due and payable, after the expiration of any applicable cure periods, immediately upon demand of the Secured Parties or any one or more of them. All payments made hereunder shall be made by each Guarantor in immediately available funds in U.S. Dollars and shall be made without setoff, counterclaim, withholding, or other deduction of any nature. Each Guarantor further agrees that its guaranty hereunder constitutes a guaranty of payment when due and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Secured Party to any of the security held for payment of the Guarantied Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any Secured Party in favor of any Borrower or any other Person.

3. Obligations Absolute . The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise diminished by any failure, default, omission, or delay, willful or otherwise, by any Secured Party, or the Borrower or any other obligor on any of the Guarantied Obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity, except for, and to the extent of, payment in cash and performance of the Guarantied Obligations. Each of the Guarantors agrees that the Guarantied Obligations will be paid and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, the Specified Swap Agreements and the Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor hereby consents to, at any time and from time to time, and the joint and several obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be diminished, terminated, or otherwise similarly affected by any of the following:

(a) Any lack of genuineness, legality, validity, enforceability or allowability (in an Insolvency Proceeding, or otherwise), or any avoidance or subordination, in whole or in part, of any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations and regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of the Guarantied Obligations, any of the terms of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products, or any rights of the Secured Parties or any other Person with respect thereto;

(b) Any increase, decrease, or change in the amount, nature, type or purpose of any of, or any release, surrender, exchange, compromise or settlement of the Guarantied Obligations (whether or not contemplated by the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products as presently constituted); any change in the time, manner, method, or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, any of the Guarantied Obligations; any execution or delivery of any additional Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products; or any amendment, modification or supplement to, or refinancing or refunding of, or waiver of any term of, any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations;

(c) Any failure to assert any breach of or default under any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations; any extensions of credit in excess of the amount committed under or contemplated by the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products, or in circumstances in which any condition to such extensions of credit has not been satisfied; any other exercise or non-exercise, or any other failure, omission, breach, default, delay, or wrongful action in connection with any exercise or non-exercise, of any right or remedy against the Borrower or any other Person under or in connection with any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations; any refusal of payment or performance of any of the Guarantied Obligations, whether or not with any reservation of rights against any Guarantor; or any application of collections (including, but not limited to, collections resulting from realization upon any direct or indirect security for the Guarantied Obligations) to other obligations, if any, not entitled to the benefits of this Guaranty, in preference to Guarantied Obligations entitled to the benefits of this Guaranty, or if any collections are applied to Guarantied Obligations, any application to particular Guarantied Obligations;

(d) Any taking, exchange, amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination, subordination, compromise, release, surrender, loss, or impairment of, or any failure to protect, perfect, or preserve the value of, or any enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or any failure, omission, breach, default, delay or wrongful action by the Secured Parties, or any of them, or any other Person in connection with the enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or any other action or inaction by any of the Secured Parties, or any of them, or any other Person in respect of, any direct or indirect security for any of the Guarantied Obligations. As used in this Guaranty, “direct or indirect security” for the Guarantied Obligations, and similar phrases, includes any collateral security, guaranty, suretyship, letter of credit, capital maintenance agreement, put option, subordination agreement, or other right or arrangement of any nature providing direct or indirect assurance of payment or performance of any of the Guarantied Obligations, made by or on behalf of any Person;

(e) Any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, charter revocation, or forfeiture, or other change in, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of, the Borrower or any other Person; any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to the Borrower or any other Person; or any action taken or election made by the Secured Parties, or any of them (including, but not limited to, any election under Section 1111(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code), the Borrower, or any other Person in connection with any such proceeding;

(f) Any defense, setoff, or counterclaim which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person with respect to any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations, other than, and to the extent of, payment in cash and performance of the Guarantied Obligations; or any discharge by operation of law or release of the Borrower or any other Person from the performance or observance of any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations; and

(g) Any other event or circumstance, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, and whether known or unknown, which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or limit the liability of, any Guarantor, a guarantor or a surety, excepting only full, strict, and indefeasible Payment in Full and performance of the Guarantied Obligations.

Each Guarantor acknowledges, consents, and agrees that new Guarantors may join in this Guaranty pursuant to Section 8.1.9 [Additional Guarantors] of the Credit Agreement and each Guarantor affirms that its obligations shall continue hereunder undiminished.

4. Waivers, etc . Each of the Guarantors hereby waives any defense to (other than, and to the extent of, the defense of prior payment in cash and performance of the Guarantied Obligations) or limitation on its obligations under this Guaranty arising out of or based on any event or circumstance referred to in Section 3 [Obligations Absolute] hereof. Without limitation and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives each of the following:

(a) Except as may be expressly contemplated by the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products, all notices, disclosures and demand of any nature which otherwise might be required from time to time to preserve intact any rights against any Guarantor, including the following: any notice of any event or circumstance described in Section 3 [Obligations Absolute] hereof; any notice required by any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction; any notice of nonpayment, nonperformance, dishonor, or protest under any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations; any notice of the incurrence of any Guarantied Obligation; any notice of any default or any failure on the part of the Borrower or any other Person to comply with any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations or any direct or indirect security for any of the Guarantied Obligations; and any notice of any information pertaining to the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any other Person;

(b) Any right to any marshalling of assets, to the filing of any claim against the Borrower or any other Person in the event of any Insolvency Proceeding, or to the exercise against the Borrower or any other Person of any other right or remedy under or in connection with any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations or any direct or indirect security for any of the Guarantied Obligations; any requirement of promptness or diligence on the part of the Secured Parties, or any of them, or any other Person; any requirement to exhaust any remedies under or in connection with, or to mitigate the damages resulting from default under, any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations or any direct or indirect security for any of the Guarantied Obligations; any benefit of any statute of limitations; and any requirement of acceptance of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, Specified Swap Agreements or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products, and any requirement that any Guarantor receive notice of any such acceptance;

(c) Any defense or other right arising by reason of any law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction pertaining to election of remedies (including, but not limited to, anti-deficiency laws, “one action” laws or the like), or by reason of any election of remedies or other action or inaction by the Secured Parties, or any of them (including, but not limited to, commencement or completion of any judicial proceeding or nonjudicial sale or other action in respect of collateral security for any of the Guarantied Obligations), which results in denial or impairment of the right of the Secured Parties, or any of them, to seek a deficiency against the Borrower or any other Person or which otherwise discharges or impairs any of the Guarantied Obligations; and

(d) Any and all defenses it may now or hereafter have based on principles of suretyship, impairment of collateral, or the like.

5. Reinstatement . This Guaranty is a continuing obligation of the Guarantors and shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding that no Guarantied Obligations may be outstanding from time to time and notwithstanding any other event or circumstance. Upon Payment In Full, and provided that none of the other obligations referred to in Section 1(ii) [Guarantied Obligations] hereof are then in default, this Guaranty shall immediately and automatically terminate; provided, however, that this Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, any time any payment of any of the Guarantied Obligations is rescinded, recouped, avoided, or must otherwise be returned or released by any Secured Party upon or during an Insolvency Proceeding affecting the Borrower or any other Loan Party or for any other reason whatsoever, all as though such payment had not been made and was due and owing. The obligations of the Guarantors under this Section 5 shall survive termination of this Guaranty.

6. Subrogation . Each Guarantor waives and agrees that it will not exercise any rights against the Borrower or any other Guarantor arising in connection with, or any Collateral securing, the Guarantied Obligations (including rights of subrogation, contribution, and the like) until Payment In Full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Guarantor by virtue of any right of subrogation, contribution, or the like, such amount shall be deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and shall be held in trust for the benefit of, the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent to be credited and applied upon the Guarantied Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.

7. No Stay . Without limitation of any other provision of this Guaranty, if any declaration of default or acceleration or other exercise or condition to exercise of rights or remedies under or with respect to any Guarantied Obligation shall at any time be stayed, enjoined, or prevented for any reason (including, but not limited to, stay or injunction resulting from the pendency against the Borrower or any other Person of an Insolvency Proceeding), the Guarantors agree that, for the purposes of this Guaranty and their obligations hereunder, the Guarantied Obligations shall be deemed to have been declared in default or accelerated, and such other exercise or conditions to exercise shall be deemed to have been taken or met.

10. Notices . Each Guarantor agrees that all notices, statements, requests, demands and other communications under this Guaranty shall be given to such Guarantor at the address set forth on Schedule 11.5.1 to, or in a Guarantor Joinder given under, the Credit Agreement and in the manner provided in Section 11.5.1 [Notices Generally] of the Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may rely on any notice (whether or not made in a manner contemplated by this Guaranty) purportedly made by or on behalf of a Guarantor, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have no duty to verify the identity or authority of the Person giving such notice.

11. Counterparts; Telecopy Signatures . This Guaranty may be executed by different parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page by telecopy or other electronic transmission delivery system (in either case in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed signature page to this Guaranty.

12. Default Payments by Borrower . Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any default under any Guarantied Obligation, if any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor by or for the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of each Secured Party and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent to be credited and applied to the Guarantied Obligations when due and payable.

13. Construction . The section and other headings contained in this Guaranty are for reference purposes only and shall not affect interpretation of this Guaranty in any respect. This Guaranty has been fully negotiated between the applicable parties, each party having the benefit of legal counsel, and accordingly neither any doctrine of construction of guaranties or suretyships in favor of the guarantor or surety, nor any doctrine of construction of ambiguities in agreements or instruments against the party controlling the drafting thereof, shall apply to this Guaranty.

14. Successors and Assigns . This Guaranty shall be binding upon each Guarantor, its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Secured Parties, or any of them, and their successors and assigns except that no Guarantor may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein other than assignments and transfers permitted by the Credit Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Secured Parties, or any of them (and any successive assignee or transferee), from time to time may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights or obligations under the Loan Documents (including all or any portion of any commitment to extend credit), or any other Guarantied Obligations, to any other Person as provided and permitted by the Credit Agreement and such Guarantied Obligations (including any Guarantied Obligations resulting from extension of credit by such other Person under or in connection with the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products) shall be and remain Guarantied Obligations entitled to the benefit of this Guaranty, and to the extent of its interest in such Guarantied Obligations such other Person shall be vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Secured Parties in this Guaranty or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any enforcement under this Guaranty shall be by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent only, and not by any Lender or other Secured Party in its individual capacity as such.

15. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . Section 11.11 [Governing Law, Etc.] of the Credit Agreement is incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis , as if a part hereof.

(a) The provisions of this Guaranty are intended to be severable. If any provision of this Guaranty shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.

(b) Without limitation of the preceding Subsection (a), to the extent that applicable law (including applicable laws pertaining to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent or preferential transfer) otherwise would render the full amount of a Guarantor’s obligations hereunder invalid, voidable, or unenforceable on account of the amount of such Guarantor’s aggregate liability under this Guaranty, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, the aggregate amount of such liability shall, without any further action by any of the Secured Parties or such Guarantor or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount which is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding, which (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) may be an amount which is equal to the greater of:

(i) the fair consideration actually received by such Guarantor under the terms and as a result of the Loan Documents, the Specified Swap Agreements and the Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products and the value of the benefits described in Section 19(b) [Receipt of Credit Agreement, Other Loan Documents, Benefits] hereof, including (and to the extent not inconsistent with applicable federal and state laws affecting the enforceability of guaranties) distributions, commitments, and advances made to or for the benefit of such Guarantor with the proceeds of any credit extended under the Loan Documents, the Specified Swap Agreements or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products, and

(ii) the excess of (x) the amount of the fair value of the assets of such Guarantor as of the date of this Guaranty as determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors as in effect on the date hereof, over (y) the amount of all liabilities of such Guarantor as of the date of this Guaranty, also as determined on the basis of applicable federal and state laws governing the insolvency of debtors as in effect on the date hereof.

Nothing in this clause (b) shall be construed or interpreted to limit the obligations of the Borrower hereunder.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section or elsewhere in this Guaranty, this Guaranty shall be presumptively valid and enforceable to its full extent in accordance with its terms, as if this Section (and references elsewhere in this Guaranty to enforceability to the fullest extent permitted by law) were not a part of this Guaranty, and in any related litigation the burden of proof shall be on the party asserting the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof or asserting any limitation on any Guarantor’s obligations hereunder as to each element of such assertion.

17. Additional Guarantors . At any time after the initial execution and delivery of this Guaranty to the Administrative Agent, additional Persons may become parties to this Guaranty and thereby acquire the duties and rights of being Guarantors hereunder by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a Guarantor Joinder pursuant to the Credit Agreement. No notice of the addition of any Guarantor shall be required to be given to any pre-existing Guarantor and each Guarantor hereby consents thereto.

18. Joint and Several Obligations . The obligations and additional liabilities of each and every Guarantor under this Guaranty are joint and several obligations of the Guarantors, and each Guarantor hereby waives to the full extent permitted by law any defense it may otherwise have to the payment in cash and performance of the Guarantied Obligations that its liability hereunder is limited and not joint and several. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing waivers and those set forth below serve as a material inducement to the agreement of the Secured Parties to make loans and grant other financial accommodations under the Loan Documents, the Specified Swap Agreements and the Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products, and that the Secured Parties are relying on each specific waiver and all such waivers in entering into this Guaranty. The undertakings of each Guarantor hereunder secure the obligations of itself and the other Guarantors. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, may, in their sole discretion, elect to enforce this Guaranty against any Guarantor without any duty or responsibility to pursue any other Guarantor and such an election by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, shall not be a defense to any action the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, may elect to take against any Guarantor. The Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Secured Parties, hereby reserves all rights against each Guarantor.

(a) Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, any Specified Swap Agreement and any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, and each Guarantor certifies that the representations and warranties made therein with respect to such Guarantor are true and correct. Further, each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees to perform, comply with, and be bound by all of the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to the extent applicable to such Guarantor.

(b) Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges, represents, and warrants that it receives synergistic benefits by virtue of its affiliation with the Borrower and the other Guarantors and that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Credit Agreement and that such benefits, together with the rights of contribution and subrogation that may arise in connection herewith, are a reasonably equivalent exchange of value in return for providing this Guaranty.

20. Release of Guarantor . In the event that any Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Loan Documents, such Guarantor shall, upon ceasing to be a Subsidiary, be released from this Guaranty automatically and without further action, and this Guaranty shall, as to such Guarantor, terminate and have no further force or effect. A Guarantor that is or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary may be released from this Guaranty in accordance with Section 10.10 [Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors] of the Credit Agreement. In connection with the merger of a Guarantor into another Loan Party, this Guaranty will be assumed (as a matter of law) by such other Loan Party and will, together with any guaranty of the Guarantied Obligations by such other Loan Party, constitute a single guaranty.

21. Amendment and Restatement; No Novation . This Guaranty amends and restates that certain Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty dated as of June 18, 2014 given by the guarantors thereto (“ Prior Guaranty ”). This Guaranty is not intended to constitute, and does not constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity, discharge of prior duties, termination, novation or satisfaction of the obligations or liabilities represented by the Prior Guaranty. This Guaranty is entitled to all of the rights and benefits originally pertaining to the Prior Guaranty and such rights as such rights and benefits may have been amended as provided in the Credit Agreement.

22. Keepwell . Each Qualified ECP Loan Party at the time the guarantee under this Guaranty by any Specified Guarantor (as defined below), or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure such guarantee, becomes effective with respect to any Swap Obligation, hereby jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support to each Specified Guarantor with respect to such Swap Obligation as may be needed by such Specified Guarantor from time to time to honor all of its obligations under this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents in respect of such Swap Obligation (but, in each case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering such Qualified ECP Loan Party’s obligations and undertakings under this Guaranty voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations and undertakings of each Qualified ECP Loan Party under this Section 22 shall remain in full force and effect until Payment In Full. Each Qualified ECP Loan Party intends this Section 22 to constitute, and this Section 22 shall be deemed to constitute, a guarantee of the obligations of, and a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of, each Specified Guarantor for all purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act. For purposes hereof, “Specified Guarantor” shall mean any Guarantor that is not an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to this Section 22).

(a) Generality of Certain Terms . As used in this Guaranty, the terms “hereof,” “herein” and terms of similar import refer to this Guaranty as a whole and not to any particular term or provision.

(b) Amendments, Waivers . No amendment to or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, and no consent to any departure by any Guarantor herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless in a writing signed by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent. Any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No delay or failure of the Administrative Agent in exercising any right or remedy under this Guaranty shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent under this Guaranty are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies available hereunder, under any other agreement or instrument, by law, or otherwise.

(c) Telecommunications . Each Secured Party shall be entitled to rely on the authority of any individual making any telecopy or telephonic notice, request, or signature without the necessity of receipt of any verification thereof.

(d) Expenses . Section 11.3.1 [Costs and Expenses] of the Credit Agreement is incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis , as if a part hereof; provided that each reference therein to the “Borrower” shall be deemed to be a reference to “each Guarantor.”

(e) Indemnification . Section 11.3.2 [Indemnification by the Borrower] of the Credit Agreement is incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis , as if a part hereof; provided that each reference therein to the “Borrower” shall be deemed to be a reference to “each Guarantor.”

(f) Prior Understandings . This Guaranty and the Credit Agreement supersede all prior understandings and agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties hereto and thereto and relating to the transactions provided for herein and therein.

(g) Survival . All representations and warranties of the Guarantors made in connection with this Guaranty shall survive, and shall not be waived by, the execution and delivery of this Guaranty, any investigation by or knowledge of the Secured Parties, or any of them, any extension of credit, or any other event or circumstance whatsoever.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor, intending to be legally bound, has executed this Guaranty as of the date first above written with the intention that this Guaranty shall constitute a sealed instrument.


GUARANTORS:

CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION
CARDINAL STATES GATHERING COMPANY
CNX GAS COMPANY LLC
CNX GAS CORPORATION
CNX LAND LLC
CNX GATHERING LLC
CNX RESOURCE HOLDINGS LLC
CNX WATER ASSETS LLC
POCAHONTAS GAS LLC
TERRA FIRMA COMPANY

By:
		Name:
		Title:

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REGULATED SUBSTANCES CERTIFICATE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is made as of March 8, 2018 by CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION (formerly known as CONSOL ENERGY INC.) , a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ” and a “ Loan Party ”), each other Loan Party (as defined in the Credit Agreement, as herein defined) (together with the Borrower, the Loan Parties ” and each individually, a “ Loan Party ”) in favor of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as collateral agent (the “ Collateral Agent ”) for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined herein) as assignee of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , in its capacity as collateral trustee (in such capacity, the “ Existing Collateral Agent ”) under the Existing Indemnity Agreement (as defined below).

This Agreement is an amendment and restatement of the Amended and Restated Regulated Substances Certificate and Indemnity Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2014, by and among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, and the Existing Collateral Agent (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “ Existing Indemnity Agreement ”).

A. Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2018 (as amended or restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), by and among the Borrower, each of the Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto, the Lenders now or hereafter party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”) and Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Syndication Agent.

B. To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement, each Loan Party has agreed to enter into this Agreement in favor of the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, each Loan Party hereby covenants, warrants, represents and agrees as follows:

1. Definitions . All capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given such terms in the Credit Agreement.

2. Assignment of the Existing Indemnity . The Existing Collateral Agent hereby assigns and transfers to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, all of the Existing Collateral Agent’s right, title, and interest, as Existing Collateral Agent, in and to the Existing Indemnity Agreement. The Collateral Agent hereby assumes all of the Existing Collateral Agent’s right, title and interest as the Existing Collateral Agent in, to and under the Existing Indemnity Agreement, including all authority of Existing Collateral Agent to act on behalf of the Secured Parties in (i) enforcing any and all rights and remedies under this Agreement, (ii) releasing and assigning this Agreement, and (iii) taking or omitting to take any and all other actions as the Collateral Agent hereunder. Whenever the Existing Indemnity Agreement or any instrument or document entered into or made pursuant to the Existing Indemnity Agreement refers to the Existing Collateral Agent, such references shall hereafter be deemed to refer instead to the Collateral Agent.

3. Representations and Warranties . Each Loan Party, on behalf of itself, and as applicable to each such Loan Party’s ownership, occupation or leasing of or conducting operations and activities at any Property (and as applicable to the ownership, occupation or leasing of or conducting operations or activities at any such Property by such Loan Party’s predecessor in interest), hereby reaffirms as of the date hereof the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.25 [Environmental Matters] of the Credit Agreement.

A. Each Loan Party, on behalf of itself, and as applicable to each such Loan Party’s ownership, occupation or leasing of or conducting operations and activities at any Property, shall keep such Property free of Hazardous Materials and shall remove, or cause their lessees to remove, all Hazardous Materials which are now or at any time in the future in or on the Property, irrespective of the source thereof, except to the extent that such Hazardous Materials are present on or stored and/or used substantially in compliance with Environmental Laws; provided, that it shall not be deemed to be a violation of this Section 4(A) unless or until any failure to comply with any applicable Environmental Law would result in fines, penalties, remediation costs, other liabilities or injunctive relief which, considered either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Each Loan Party, on behalf of itself, and as applicable to each such Loan Party’s ownership, occupation or leasing of or conducting operations and activities at any Property, shall not suffer or permit such Property to be used to generate, manufacture, refine, transport, treat, dispose of, transfer, produce or process Hazardous Materials in violation of Environmental Laws; provided , that it shall not be deemed to be a violation of this Section 4(A) unless or until any failure to comply with any applicable Environmental Law would result in fines, penalties, remediation costs, other similar liabilities or injunctive relief which, considered either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

B. Each Loan Party, on behalf of itself, and as applicable to each such Loan Party’s ownership, occupation or leasing of or conducting operations and activities at any Property, shall promptly, upon any of their respective Responsible Officers obtaining knowledge of any of the following, notify the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in writing upon the occurrence of:

1. the Release of any Hazardous Materials on, at, under, from or affecting the Property in violation of Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to result in fines, penalties, remediation costs, other liabilities or injunctive relief which, considered either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change;

2. any violation affecting the Property of any Environmental Laws, if such violation is reasonably likely to result in fines, penalties, remediation costs, other similar liabilities or injunctive relief which, considered either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; or

3. any Environmental Liability or any claim or claims relating to any Loan Party relating to damage, contribution, cost recovery, compensation, loss or injury resulting from any Hazardous Materials on, at, under, from or affecting the Property if such claim or series of claims, when considered either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

C. Except as otherwise disclosed in written reports delivered to the Collateral Agent prior to the date hereof, the Loan Parties certify that, as of the date of this Agreement, to their knowledge, no report, analysis, study or other document prepared by or for any Person exists which identifies any Hazardous Materials on, at, under, emanating from or affecting the Property which, considered either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

D. The Loan Parties, at their sole expense and for themselves respectively, and as applicable to each such Loan Party’s ownership, occupation or leasing of or conducting operations and activities at any Property, shall, or shall cause the tenants of the Property to, conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing and all removal and other actions necessary to clean up, remove or otherwise address all Hazardous Materials on, at, under, from or affecting any of the Property in accordance with all Environmental Laws; provided , however , that it shall not be deemed to be a violation of this Section 4(D) unless or until any failure to conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing and all removal and other actions is reasonably likely to result in fines, penalties, remediation costs or other liabilities which, considered either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

A. The Loan Parties shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Secured Parties and their employees, agents, officers and directors (collectively, the “ Indemnified Parties ”) from and against any claims, costs, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements or damages of whatever kind or nature and associated reasonable costs or expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, fees of environmental consultants and laboratory fees, known or unknown, contingent or otherwise (collectively, the “ Indemnified Matters ”), arising out of or in any way related to the following matters:

1. the presence, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials on, at, under, from or affecting the Property or the soil, water, vegetation, buildings, personal property, persons or natural resources thereon;

2. any personal injury (including wrongful death) or property damage (real or personal) or damage to natural resources arising out of or related to such Hazardous Materials;

3. any lawsuit brought or threatened, settlement reached or governmental order relating to such Hazardous Materials;

4. any violation of Environmental Laws or any and all permits, licenses, registrations, notifications, exemptions and any other authorization required under any applicable Environmental Law (collectively, the “ Environmental Permits ”); and/or

5. the breach of any warranty, representation or covenant of any Loan Party contained in this Agreement.

B. The liability covered by this Section 5 shall include, but not be limited to, losses sustained by the Indemnified Parties and/or their successors and assigns for (i) diminution in value of the Property resulting from matters covered by this Agreement, (ii) amounts arising out of personal injury or death claims with respect to the matters covered by this Agreement, (iii) amounts charged for any environmental or Hazardous Materials cleanup costs and expenses, liens or other such charges or impositions, (iv) payment for reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, expert witness fees, court costs, environmental tests and design studies in connection with the matters covered by this Agreement, and (v) any other amounts reasonably expended by the Indemnified Parties and their successors and

assigns with respect to matters covered by this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the liability of the Loan Parties under this Section 5, (A) with respect to diminution in value of the Property, shall be limited to the diminution in value of the Property in its use by the Loan Parties in their mining operations and (B) with respect to environmental or Hazardous Materials cleanup costs and expenses, shall be limited to the costs and expenses for cleanup of the Property so that it is suitable for use in mining operations and in compliance with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits (including without limitation, any permanent reclamation or water treatment resulting from the operations of the Loan Parties or their respective predecessors in interest).

6. Each Loan Party’s Obligation to Deliver Property. Each Loan Party agrees for itself, and as applicable to each such Loan Party’s ownership, occupation or leasing of or conducting operations and activities at any Property that, in the event any Mortgage is foreclosed (whether judicially or by power of sale) or any such Loan Party tenders a deed in lieu of foreclosure or any such Loan Party otherwise voluntarily or involuntarily conveys possession of or title to the Property, such Loan Party shall deliver the Property or any parcel comprising such portion of the Property to the Collateral Agent in a condition that is in compliance with and not subject to any Lien under any applicable Environmental Laws and which could not reasonably be expected to result in any Environmental Liability. The obligations of each Loan Party as set forth in this paragraph are strictly for the benefit of the Secured Parties and any successors and assigns of the Secured Parties as holders of any portion of the Obligations and shall not in any way impair or affect the Secured Parties’ right to foreclose against any parcel comprising a portion of the Property.

7. The Secured Parties’ Rights Under This Agreement . The rights of the Secured Parties under this Agreement shall be in addition to all rights of each and every one of the Secured Parties under the Mortgages, the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Documents. Any default by any Loan Party under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any breach (to the extent such breach has not been cured within five (5) Business Days following the occurrence of such breach) of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Loan Party in this Agreement) shall, at the Collateral Agent’s option, constitute an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement, the Mortgages and the other Loan Documents.

8. The Secured Parties’ Right to Cure . In addition to the other remedies provided to the Secured Parties in the Credit Agreement, the Mortgages and the other Loan Documents, should any Loan Party fail to abide by the terms and covenants of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties may, should it elect to do so in order to protect its or their security interest, cause the removal, remediation of or other corrective action with respect to any Hazardous Materials on, at, under or emanating from or affecting the Property and repair and remedy any damage caused by the Hazardous Materials or any such removal, remediation or corrective action, as necessary to assure substantial compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws. In such event, all funds expended by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties for such purposes, including, but not limited to, all reasonable attorneys’ fees, engineering fees, consultant fees and similar charges, shall become a part of the obligations secured by the Mortgages and shall be due and payable by each of the Loan Parties on demand. Each disbursement made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this provision shall bear interest at the lower of (a) the rate of interest applicable under Section 4.3(b) [Interest After Default] of the Credit Agreement, or (b) the highest rate allowable under applicable laws from the date any Loan Party shall have received written notice that the funds have been advanced by the Secured Parties until paid in full. The Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties shall permit the Collateral Agent and its agents and employees access to their respective Property (or in the case of the Borrower, any and all Properties) for any purpose consistent with this provision.

9. The Collateral Agent’s Right to Conduct an Investigation . In the event the Collateral Agent shall have reasonable cause to suspect that any Loan Party has failed to comply with the terms of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent may obtain one or more environmental assessments of the Property, at the sole expense of any of the Loan Parties. The nature and scope of the environmental assessments shall be determined by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable judgment. Each Loan Party shall permit the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Collateral Agent’s agents and employees access to the Property for the purpose of conducting the environmental assessment and shall otherwise cooperate and provide such additional information as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Agent’s agents and employees. In the event any Loan Party fails to pay in accordance with this Section 9 for the cost of any such environmental audit, a Secured Party may pay for same. Each such payment made by any Secured Party shall become a part of the obligations secured by the Mortgages, shall be due and payable upon demand and shall bear interest after demand at the lower of either (a) the rate of interest that would be applicable under Section 4.3(b) [Interest After Default] of the Credit Agreement, or (b) the highest rate allowable under applicable laws, until paid in full by any Loan Party.

10. Scope of Liability . The liability under this Agreement shall in no way be limited or impaired by (a) any extension of time for performance required by the Loan Documents, (b) any exculpatory provisions in any of the Loan Documents limiting the Collateral Agent’s and/or any other Secured Party’s recourse, (c) the accuracy or inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party or any other obligor under the Loan Documents, (d) the release of any Loan Party or any other Person from performance or observance of any of the agreements, covenants, terms or conditions contained in any of the Loan Documents by operation of law, any Secured Party’s voluntary act or otherwise, (e) the release or substitution, in whole or in part, of any security for any Loan Party’s obligations or (f) the Collateral Agent’s failure to record or improper recording or filing of any of the Mortgages or any UCC financing statements, or failure to otherwise perfect, protect, secure or insure any security interest or lien given as security for any Loan Party’s obligations; and, in any such case, whether with or without notice to any Loan Party or other Person and with or without consideration. The indemnity provided in Section 5 above shall survive (i) any sale, assignment or foreclosure of any of the Mortgages or other Loan Documents, the acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or trustee’s sale, or any sale or transfer of all or part of the possession of or title to the Property, or (ii) the discharge of any of the other Loan Documents and/or the reconveyance or release of any of the Mortgages.

11. Preservation of Rights . No delay on the Collateral Agent’s and/or the Secured Parties’ part in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any such privilege, power or right.

12. Notices . All notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or served for all purposes when sent by registered or certified mail to any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders as provided in Section 11.5.1 [Notices Generally] of the Credit Agreement.

13. Changes in Writing . No provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, by telephone or by any other means, except by an instrument in writing signed by all parties hereto.

14. Joint and Several Obligations . With respect to the obligations of each Loan Party in connection with this Agreement, the Borrower and each other Loan Party are jointly and severally liable hereunder. Any party liable upon or in respect of this Agreement or any obligations under any of the other Loan Documents may be released without affecting the liability of any party not so released.

15. Survival . The obligations of each of the Loan Parties under Section 5 of this Agreement shall survive any judicial foreclosure, foreclosure by power of sale, deed in lieu of foreclosure, transfer of possession of or title to the Property by any Loan Party or Secured Parties and Payment In Full.

16. Severability . In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions, or any portions thereof, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

17. Construction . Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise clearly requires, the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 [Construction] of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement and are incorporated herein by reference.

18. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original document and all of which shall be deemed the same document. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

19. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAVIER OF JURY TRIAL . Section 11.11 [Governing Law, Etc.] of the Credit Agreement is incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis , as if a part hereof.

20. Amendment and Restatement; No Novation . This Agreement amends and restates the Existing Indemnity Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to constitute, and does not constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity, discharge of prior duties, termination, novation or satisfaction of the obligations or liabilities represented by the Existing Indemnity Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, intending to be legally bound hereby, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.


LOAN PARTIES:

CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION

By:
		Name:
		Title:

GUARANTORS:

CARDINAL STATES GATHERING COMPANY
CNX GAS COMPANY LLC
CNX GAS CORPORATION
CNX LAND LLC
CNX RESOURCE HOLDINGS LLC
CNX WATER ASSETS LLC
POCAHONTAS GAS LLC
TERRA FIRMA COMPANY
CNX GATHERING LLC

By:
		Name:
		Title:


COLLATERAL AGENT:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , Collateral Agent

By:
		Name:
		Title:

EXISTING COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 2 ONLY:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , Existing Collateral Agent

By:
		Name:
		Title:

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of March 8, 2018 and is made by and among CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION (formerly known as CONSOL ENERGY INC.) , a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), each of its Subsidiaries party hereto (the Borrower and each such Subsidiary being individually referred to herein as a “ Company ” and collectively as the “ Companies ”), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as administrative agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”), for the Lenders (as defined below).

WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2014, made by and between the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the “Companies” (as defined therein) party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the “ Existing Subordination Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, by and among the Borrower, the guarantors now or hereafter a party thereto, the lenders now or hereafter a party thereto (the “ Lenders ”), PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent (the “ Credit Agreement ”, each capitalized term used herein shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement), the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agreed to provide certain loans and other financial accommodations to the Borrower;

WHEREAS, the Companies have or, in the future, may have liabilities, obligations or indebtedness owed to each other (the liabilities, obligations and indebtedness of each of the Companies to any other Company, now existing or hereafter incurred (whether created directly or acquired by assignment or otherwise), and interest and premiums, if any, thereon and other amounts payable in respect thereof and all other obligations and other amounts payable by any Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Subordinated Indebtedness ”);

WHEREAS, the obligations of the Lenders to maintain the Commitments and make Loans to, and issue Letters of Credit on behalf of, the Borrower from time to time are subject to the condition, among others, that the Companies subordinate the Subordinated Indebtedness to the Obligations (such Obligations, the “ Senior Debt ”) in the manner set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to maintain the Commitments and continue to make Loans to and issue Letters of Credit on behalf of, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the parties desire to amend and restate the Existing Subordination Agreement as set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

1. Subordinated Indebtedness Subordinated to Senior Debt . The recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated by reference. All Subordinated Indebtedness shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior Payment In Full.

2. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc . Upon any payment or distribution of assets of any Company in the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to any such Company or to its creditors, as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of any such Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshalling of assets and liabilities of any such Company (a Company distributing assets as set forth herein being referred to in such capacity as a “ Distributing Company ”), then and in any such event, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties as their respective interests may appear, Payment In Full (whether or not an Event of Default has occurred under the terms of the Loan Documents or the Senior Debt has been declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable) before the holder of any Subordinated Indebtedness owed by the Distributing Company is entitled to receive any payment or distribution on account of the principal of or interest on such Subordinated Indebtedness, and, to that end, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive, for application to the payment of the Senior Debt, any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness owed by the Distributing Company in any such case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other winding up event.

3. No Commencement of Any Proceeding . Each Company agrees that, so long as the Senior Debt shall remain unpaid, it will not commence, or join with any creditor other than the Lenders or the Administrative Agent in commencing, any proceeding, including but not limited to those described in Section 2 hereof, or other enforcement action of any kind against any other Company which owes it any Subordinated Indebtedness.

4. Prior Payment in Full of Senior Debt Upon Acceleration of Subordinated Indebtedness . If any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness owed by any Company becomes or is declared due and payable before its stated maturity (such portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, the “ Subordinated Debt Prepayment ”), then and in such event, the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive Payment In Full (whether or not an Event of Default has occurred under the terms of the Loan Documents or the Senior Debt has been declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable) before the holder of any such Subordinated Indebtedness is entitled to receive any payment thereon, and, to that end, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive the Subordinated Debt Prepayment amount for application to the payment of the Senior Debt.

5. No Payment When Senior Debt in Default . With respect to Subordinated Indebtedness for borrowed money, if any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or such an Event of Default would result from or exist after giving effect to a payment with respect to any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, unless the Required Lenders shall have consented to or waived the same, so long as any of the Senior Debt shall remain outstanding, no payment shall be made by any Company owing Subordinated Indebtedness on account of principal or interest on any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness for borrowed money. No payment shall be made by any Company owing any Subordinated Indebtedness other than for borrowed money of such Subordinated Indebtedness after the earlier of (i) any proceeding described in clause (a) or (c) of Section 2 hereof or (ii) the declaration of the Senior Debt as due and payable before its stated maturity.

6. Payment Permitted if No Default . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent any of the Companies, at any time except during the pendency of any of the conditions described in Sections 2, 4 and 5, from making the regularly scheduled payments of principal of or interest on any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, or the retention thereof by any of the Companies of any money deposited with them for the payment of or on account of the principal of or interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness.

7. Receipt of Prohibited Payments . If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Sections 2, 4, 5 and 6, a Company which is owed Subordinated Indebtedness by a Distributing Company shall have received any payment or distribution of assets from the Distributing Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, then and in such event such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties as their respective interests may appear, shall be segregated from other funds and property held by such Company, and shall be forthwith paid over to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement) to be applied (in the case of cash) to or held as collateral (in the case of noncash property or securities) for the payment or prepayment of the Senior Debt in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.

8. Rights of Subrogation . Each Company agrees that no payment or distribution to the Administrative Agent (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Secured Parties) pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle it to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until Payment In Full.

9. Instruments Evidencing Subordinated Indebtedness . Each Company shall cause each instrument for borrowed money which now or hereafter evidences all or a portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness to be conspicuously marked as follows:

“This instrument is subject to the terms of a Second Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement dated as of March 8, 2018 in favor of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, which Intercompany Subordination Agreement is incorporated herein by reference. Notwithstanding any contrary statement contained in the within instrument, no payment on account of the principal thereof or interest thereon shall become due or payable except in accordance with the express terms of said Intercompany Subordination Agreement.”

Each Company will further mark its books of account in such a manner as shall be effective to give proper notice of the effect of this Agreement.

10. Agreement Solely to Define Relative Rights . The purpose of this Agreement is solely to define the relative rights of the Companies, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair, as between any of the Companies and their creditors other than the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, the obligation of the Companies to each other to pay the principal of and interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights among the Companies and their creditors other than the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, nor shall anything herein prevent any of the Companies from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable Law upon default under any agreement pursuant to which the Subordinated Indebtedness is created, subject to the rights, if any, under this Agreement of the Administrative Agent (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Secured Parties) to receive cash, property or securities otherwise payable or deliverable with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness.

11. No Implied Waivers of Subordination . No right of the Administrative Agent to enforce subordination, as herein provided, shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of any Company or by any act or failure to act by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party, or by any non-compliance by any Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of any agreement pursuant to which the Subordinated Indebtedness is created, regardless of any knowledge thereof with which the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party may have or be otherwise charged. Each Company by its acceptance hereof shall agree that, so long as Payment in Full shall not have occurred, such Company shall not agree to sell, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of, or agree to compromise, the obligations of the other Companies with respect to their Subordinated Indebtedness, other than in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.

Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party may, to the extent not prohibited by the Loan Documents, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to any of the Companies except as required by the Loan Documents, without incurring responsibility to any of the Companies and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Agreement or the obligations hereunder of the Companies to the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment, or extend the time of payment, renew or alter the Senior Debt or otherwise amend or supplement the Senior Debt or the Loan Documents; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing the Senior Debt; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the payment or collection of the Senior Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against any of the Companies and any other Person.

12. Additional Subsidiaries of the Borrower . The Companies covenant and agree that they shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower created or acquired after the date of this Agreement and any other Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, that is required to join this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1.12 of the Credit Agreement, to join in this Agreement and subordinate to the Senior Debt all Indebtedness, loans or advances owed by any Loan Party to any such Restricted Subsidiary.

13. Continuing Force and Effect . This Agreement shall continue in force until Payment In Full, it being contemplated that this Agreement be of a continuing nature.

14. Modification, Amendments or Waivers . Any and all agreements amending or changing any provision of this Agreement or the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties hereunder, and any and all waivers or consents to Events of Default or other departures from the due performance of any Company hereunder, shall be made only by written agreement, waiver or consent signed by the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of all the Secured Parties, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, any such agreement, waiver or consent made with such written consent being effective to bind all the Secured Parties.

15. Expenses . The Companies, unconditionally and jointly and severally, agree upon demand to pay to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the amount of any and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements for which reimbursement is customarily obtained, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel as set forth in Section 11.3 [Expenses, Indemnity; Damage Waiver] of the Credit Agreement.

16. Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.

17. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and the obligations of each Company shall be binding upon their respective successors and permitted assigns, except that no Company may assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein other than assignments and transfers permitted by the Credit Agreement. Except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, the duties and obligations of the Companies may not be delegated or transferred by the Companies or any Company without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, and any such delegation or transfer without such consent shall be null and void. Except to the extent otherwise required by the context of this Agreement, the word “Lenders” or “Secured Party” when used herein shall include, without limitation, any Lender in its capacity as a holder of a Note or an assignment of rights therein originally issued to a Lender under the Credit Agreement, and each such holder of a Note or assignment shall have the benefits of this Agreement to the same extent as if such holder had originally been a Lender under the Credit Agreement.

18. Joint and Several Obligations . Each of the obligations of each and every Company under this Agreement is joint and several. The Administrative Agent (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Secured Parties), may, in its sole discretion, elect to enforce this Agreement against any Company without any duty or responsibility to pursue any other Company and such an election by the Administrative Agent shall not be a defense to any action the Administrative Agent may elect to take against any Company. The Administrative Agent (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Secured Parties) hereby reserves all right against each Company.

19. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by the different parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

20. Attorneys-in-Fact . Each Company hereby authorizes and empowers the Administrative Agent, at the election of the Administrative Agent and in the name of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties as their respective interests may appear, or in the name of each such Company as is owed Subordinated Indebtedness, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to execute and file proofs and documents and take any other action the Administrative Agent may deem advisable to completely protect the Administrative Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ interests in the Subordinated Indebtedness and the right of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties of enforcement thereof, and to that end each of the Companies hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent, its officers, employees and agents, or any of them, with full power of substitution, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of such Company, and with full power for such Company, and in the name, place and stead of such Company solely to the extent required to carry out the provisions of this Agreement and upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, taking any action and executing, delivering, filing and recording any instruments which the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which power of attorney, being given for security, is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. Each Company hereby ratifies and confirms, and agrees to ratify and confirm, all action taken by the Administrative Agent, its officers, employees or agents pursuant to the foregoing power of attorney.

21. Application of Payments . In the event any payments are received by the Administrative Agent under the terms of this Agreement for application to the Senior Debt at any time when the Senior Debt has not been declared due and payable and prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, such payment shall constitute a voluntary prepayment of the Senior Debt for all purposes under the Credit Agreement.

22. Remedies . In the event of a breach by any of the Companies in the performance of any of the terms of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may demand specific performance of this Agreement and seek injunctive relief and may exercise any other remedy available at law or in equity, it being recognized that the remedies of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at law may not fully compensate the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties for the damages they may suffer in the event of a breach hereof.

23. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS . Section 11.11 of the Credit Agreement is incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis , as if a part hereof.

24. Notices . All notices, statements, requests and demands and other communications given to or made upon the Companies, the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be given or made in the manner as provided in Section 11.5.1 [Notices Generally] of the Credit Agreement.

25. Amendment and Restatement; No Novation . This Agreement amends and restates the Existing Subordination Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to constitute, and does not constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity, discharge of prior duties, termination, novation or satisfaction of the obligations or liabilities represented by the Existing Subordination Agreement. This Agreement is entitled to all of the rights and benefits originally pertaining to the Existing Subordination Agreement and such rights as such rights and benefits may have been amended as provided in the Credit Agreement.

26. Rules of Construction . The rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 [Construction] of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement.

[[SECOND] AMENDED AND RESTATED] MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES, FINANCING STATEMENT, FIXTURE FILING AND AS-EXTRACTED COLLATERAL FILING

[THIS [SECOND] AMENDED AND RESTATED MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES, FINANCING STATEMENT, FIXTURE FILING AND AS-EXTRACTED COLLATERAL FILING AMENDS AND RESTATES IN ITS ENTIRETY THE EXISTING MORTGAGE (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED).]

THIS INSTRUMENT WAS PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL IN THE STATE IN WHICH THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS LOCATED BY THE ATTORNEY DESCRIBED BELOW AND AFTER RECORDING RETURN TO:

[[SECOND] AMENDED AND RESTATED] MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES, FINANCING STATEMENT, FIXTURE FILING AND AS-EXTRACTED COLLATERAL FILING

THIS [[SECOND] AMENDED AND RESTATED] MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES, FINANCING STATEMENT, FIXTURE FILING AND AS-EXTRACTED COLLATERAL FILING (this “ Mortgage ”) is dated as of [ ], 2018, to be effective as of [ ], 2018, made by [ ] , a [ ], whose address is [ ] (“ Mortgagor ”) in favor of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties having an address at [ ] (Collateral Agent, together with its successors and assigns, in such capacity “ Mortgagee ”) .

[This Mortgage is an amendment and restatement of the Existing Mortgage (as hereinafter defined), and this Mortgage is not a novation or discharge of the grant of mortgage lien and security interest and obligations of the Mortgagor thereunder.]

1.1 Use of Capitalized Terms . All capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.

1.2 Definitions . The following terms used in this Mortgage shall have the meanings set forth:

(a) “ Bank ”: shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as the Lender of Swing Loans.

(b) “ Credit Agreement ”: shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 18, 2014, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of May 22, 2015, and as further amended by Amendment No. 2, dated as of April 20, 2016, as further amended by Amendment No. 3 and Borrowing Base Redetermination, dated as of October 25, 2017, as further amended by Amendment No. 4, dated as of November 27, 2017, as further amended by Amendment No. 5, dated as of January 3, 2018, and as amended and restated by that certain Revolving Credit Facility Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March [ ], 2018, by and among CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.), as Borrower, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced from time to time, to the extent the same shall be in effect.

(c) [“ Existing Mortgage ” shall mean that certain [Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Production, Assignment of Rents and Leases, Financing Statement, Fixture Filing and As-Extracted Collateral Filing] recorded on [ ], as instrument number [ ] and Book [ ] at Page [ ] in the Official Records of [ ] County, [ ], as amended by that certain [add any previous mortgage amendments here].]

(d) “ Mortgaged Leases ”: shall mean all of Mortgagor’s leasehold interests in and to the Hydrocarbons which may be produced, saved from or associated with any of the real property identified at Exhibit A , the Hydrocarbon Interests associated with the real property identified on Exhibit A, the Premises, and all other leasehold property interests identified at E x hibit A hereto.

(e) “ Mortgaged Property ”: shall mean all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in and to, (1) all Hydrocarbons which may be produced, saved from or associated with the Gas Reserves; (2) the Hydrocarbon Interests associated with the real property identified on E x hibit A ; (3) the Pipelines; (4) the fee and leasehold interests of Mortgagor in the real property identified at Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, or, to the extent applicable, the fee or leasehold interest in the surface of such real property, in each case together with any greater estate therein as hereafter may be acquired by Mortgagor (the “ Gas Reserves ”); ( 5 ) all oil and gas wells, flow lines and other fixtures and improvements appurtenant to any oil and gas well now or hereafter existing in, on, under, or within the Gas Reserves, including all surface and subsurface equipment and fixtures related to such wells (the “ Well Heads ”) (the Gas Reserves, the Pipelines, and the Well Heads are collectively referred to as the “ Land ”); (6) all improvements, other than enclosed improvements, of any kind located thereon, now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor, now or at any time situated, placed or constructed upon the Land (the “ Improvements ”; the Land and Improvements are collectively referred to as the “ Premises ”); (7) all materials, supplies, equipment, apparatus and other items of personal property now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter attached to or installed in any of the Improvements or the Land, and water, gas, electrical, telephone, storm and sanitary sewer facilities and all other utilities whether or not situated in easements, all to the extent constituting fixtures (the “ Fixtures ”); (8) all “as-extracted collateral” as defined in the UCC (defined below) constituting or arising out of the Hydrocarbons which may be produced, saved from or associated with any of the real property identified on Exhibit A ; (9) [Reserved] (10) all reserves, escrows or impounds required under the Loan Documents and all deposit accounts maintained by Mortgagor with respect to the Mortgaged Property (the “ Deposit Accounts ”); (11) all leases, licenses, concessions, occupancy agreements or other agreements (written or oral, now or at any time in effect) which grant to any Person, other than Mortgagor, a possessory interest in, or the right to use, all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, together with all related security and other deposits (the “ Leases ”); (12) all of the rents, revenues, royalties, income, proceeds, profits, security and other types of deposits, and other benefits paid or payable by parties to the Leases for using, leasing, licensing, possessing, operating from, residing in, selling or otherwise enjoying the Mortgaged Property (the “ Rents ”); (13) all other agreements, such as construction contracts, architects’ agreements, engineers’ contracts, utility contracts, maintenance agreements, management agreements, service contracts, listing agreements, guaranties, warranties, all permits (subject to any required regulatory approval), licenses, certificates and entitlements in any way relating to the construction, use, occupancy, operation, maintenance, enjoyment or ownership of the Mortgaged Property (the “ Permits ”); (14) all rights, privileges, tenements, hereditaments, rights-

of-way, easements, appendages and appurtenances appertaining to the Mortgaged Property; (15) property tax refunds payable with respect to the Mortgaged Property (the “ Tax Refunds ”); (16) all accessions, replacements and substitutions for any of the foregoing and all proceeds thereof (the “ Proceeds ”); (17) all insurance policies, unearned premiums therefor and proceeds from such policies covering any of the above property now or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor (the “ Insurance ”); and (18) all awards, damages, remunerations, reimbursements, settlements or compensation heretofore made or hereafter to be made by any governmental authority pertaining to any condemnation or other taking (or any purchase in lieu thereof) of all or any portion of the foregoing property rights and interests (the “ Condemnation Awards ”) . As used in this Mortgage, the term “Mortgaged Property” shall mean all or, where the context permits or requires, any portion of the above or any interest therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained in this Mortgage, the terms “Mortgaged Property”, “Land”, “Improvements”, “Premises”, “Fixtures”, “Leases”, “Rents”, “Permits,”, “Proceeds,”, “Insurance” and “Condemnation Awards” shall apply only to the extent of Mortgagor’s interests therein.

(f) “ Pipelines ”: shall mean all rights, titles, interests and estates now or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor in and to the pipeline systems and processing facilities, now or hereafter existing in, on, under, or within the Gas Reserves, including all surface and subsurface equipment and fixtures related to such pipeline systems and processing facilities and all related facilities, including, but not limited to, all tangible personal property such as materials, supplies, lines, pipe, connections, dehydrators, drips, fittings, tanks, taps, valves, compressors, meters, machinery, processing and other equipment and any and all other property and appurtenances used in connection therewith or relating thereto, and any replacements, attachments or accessories now or hereafter attached, added or affixed, and all Hydrocarbons now or hereafter transported and/or processed, and to be transported and/or processed, through and by the Pipelines, and all rights, titles and interests, together with all permits, licenses and approvals, to construct, operate and maintain the said Pipelines.

(g) “ Secured Debt ”: shall mean (1) all fees, expenses and charges, including, without limitation, indemnification, reimbursement or contribution obligations of the Loan Parties to the Collateral Agent; (2) all indebtedness and all other Obligations of Mortgagor or any of the other Loan Parties to Collateral Agent or any of the other Lenders under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any Specified Swap Agreement (other than, with respect to any Guarantor that is not a Qualified ECP Loan Party, Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor), including, without limitation, (A) Revolving Credit Loans, evidenced by certain Revolving Credit Notes, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of Three Billion Dollars ($3,000,000,000), which Revolving Credit Loans include, without limitation, Swing Loans made by Bank to Borrower, evidenced by a certain Swingline Note, delivered by Borrower to Bank, made pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in an amount not to exceed the sum of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000), (B) obligations and liabilities of any nature now or hereafter existing under or arising in connection with any Letters of Credit, including, without limitation, the reimbursement obligations in respect thereof, together with interest and other amounts payable with respect thereto, and (C) all Obligations and other liabilities of any nature now or hereafter existing under any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product.

(h) “ UCC ”: The Uniform Commercial Code of [ ] or, if the creation, perfection and enforcement of any security interest herein granted is governed by the laws of a state other than [ ], then, as to the matter in question, the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in that state.

2.1 Grant . To secure the full and timely payment and performance of the Secured Debt, Mortgagor MORTGAGES, GRANTS, BARGAINS, ASSIGNS, SELLS, CONVEYS and CONFIRMS, [and hereby confirms its continuing prior mortgage, grant, bargain, assignment, sale and conveyance,] to Mortgagee, as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties from time to time holders of the Secured Debt, the Mortgaged Property, subject only to Permitted Liens (and such title defects and exceptions disclosed and subject to cure by the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement), TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property to Mortgagee, BUT EXCLUDING from the foregoing grants, bargains, conveyances, sale, transfers and assignments all Excluded Properties and Excluded Assets. Mortgagor does hereby bind itself, its successors and assigns to WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND such title to the Mortgaged Property identified at Exhibit A unto Mortgagee. [Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Mortgage is made expressly subject to those certain joint operating agreements between Mortgagor and Hess Ohio Developments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and each of its successors and/or assigns to such joint operating agreements.] ¹³ Notwithstanding any provision in this Mortgage to the contrary, in no event is any Building (as defined in the applicable Flood Laws) or Manufactured (Mobile) Home (as defined in the applicable Flood Laws) included in the definition of “Mortgaged Property” and no such Building or Manufactured (Mobile) Home shall be encumbered by this Mortgage.

3.1 Title to Mortgaged Property and Lien of this Instrument . Other than in accordance with Section 6.8 of the Credit Agreement, with respect to the property identified at E x hibit A hereto, Mortgagor owns, or has valid leasehold rights to, as applicable, the Mortgaged Property free and clear of any liens, claims or interests, except for Permitted Liens. Adverse matters of title that are known to Mortgagor and which are material to the continuing business operations of Mortgagor are disclosed on the Exhibits hereto where applicable. If adverse matters of title which are material to the continuing business operations of Mortgagor arise at any future time during which this Mortgage remains in force, Mortgagor will promptly advise Collateral Agent in writing as to such matters.

(a) Except for Permitted Liens (and such title defects and exceptions disclosed and subject to cure by the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement), Mortgagor shall preserve and protect the first lien and security interest status of this Mortgage. Except for the Permitted

Liens, and the Lien of this Mortgage, the Mortgagor may not, without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee, permit to exist or grant any Lien on all or any part of the Mortgaged Property or suffer or allow any of the foregoing to occur by operation of law or otherwise. If any lien or security interest other than a Permitted Lien (and such title defects and exceptions disclosed and subject to cure by the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement) is asserted against the Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor shall promptly, and at its expense, pay the underlying claim in full or take such other action so as to cause it to be released or contest the same in compliance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including the requirement of providing a bond or other security satisfactory to Mortgagee).

(b) Except to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, the Mortgagor may not, without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee, sell, convey, assign, lease or otherwise transfer all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, or permit any of the Fixtures owned or leased by Mortgagor to be removed at any time from the Land or Improvements, unless the removed item is removed temporarily for maintenance and repair or is permitted to be so removed, or is not material to Mortgagor’s continuing business operations.

3.3 Payment and Performance . Mortgagor shall pay and perform the Secured Debt in a timely manner, when required, and in material compliance with all terms, covenants and conditions applicable thereto pursuant to the Loan Documents.

3.5 Inspection . Mortgagor shall permit Mortgagee and Collateral Agent, and their respective agents, representatives and employees, upon reasonable prior notice to Mortgagor, to inspect the Mortgaged Property and all books and records of Mortgagor located thereon, as provided in the Credit Agreement, provided that such right shall, with respect to leased Land, be subject to the provisions of any applicable Mortgaged Lease.

3.6 Insurance . Mortgagor shall maintain or cause to be maintained, with respect to the Mortgaged Property, insurance as required pursuant to the Loan Documents.

4.1 Representations and Warranties; Estoppels . Mortgagor hereby represents, warrants and covenants that, with respect to Mortgaged Leases that are material to Mortgagor’s continuing business operations:

(a) Representations of Mortgagor . To the knowledge of Mortgagor, (1) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.21 of the Credit Agreement as they relate to the Mortgaged Leases are true and correct, and (2) Mortgagor is not in material default under any of the terms of the Mortgaged Leases and there are no circumstances which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute a material event of default under the Mortgaged Leases;

(b) Estoppel . Mortgagor shall, within thirty (30) days after written request from Mortgagee but not more often than once in any twelve month period, use its reasonable efforts to obtain from the lessor and deliver to Mortgagee a certificate setting forth the name of the tenant under any Mortgaged Lease and stating that such Mortgaged Lease is in full force and effect, is unmodified or, if such Mortgaged Lease has been modified, the date of each modification (together with copies of each such modification), that no notice of termination thereof has been served on Mortgagor, stating that no default or event which with notice or lapse of time (or both) would become a default is existing under, such Mortgaged Lease (or if any such default or event is existing, specifying the nature of such default or event), and stating the date to which rent has been paid.

4.2 No Merger . So long as any of the Secured Debt remains unpaid or unperformed, the fee title to and the leasehold estate in the Premises subject to any Mortgaged Lease shall not merge but shall always be kept separate and distinct notwithstanding the union of such estates in the lessor or Mortgagor, or in a third party, by purchase or otherwise. If Mortgagor acquires the fee title or any other estate, title or interest in the Premises, or any part thereof, the lien of this Mortgage shall attach to, cover and be a lien upon such acquired estate, title or interest and the same shall thereupon be and become a part of the Mortgaged Property with the same force and effect as if specifically encumbered herein. Mortgagor agrees to execute all instruments and documents that Mortgagee may reasonably require to ratify, confirm and further evidence the lien of this Mortgage on the acquired estate, title or interest. Furthermore, Mortgagor hereby appoints Mortgagee as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact to execute and deliver, following an Event of Default, all such instruments and documents in the name and on behalf of Mortgagor. This power, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable as long as any portion of the Secured Debt remains unpaid.

4.3 Mortgagee as Lessee . If any Mortgaged Lease, that is material to the continuing business operations of Mortgagor, shall be terminated prior to the natural expiration of its term due to default by Mortgagor or any tenant thereunder, and if, pursuant to the provisions of such Mortgaged Lease, Mortgagee or its designee shall acquire from the lessor a new lease of the Premises, Mortgagor shall have no right, title or interest in or to such new lease or the leasehold estate created thereby, or renewal privileges therein contained.

4.4 No Assignment . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Mortgage shall not constitute an assignment of any Mortgaged Lease within the meaning of any provision thereof prohibiting its assignment and Mortgagee shall have no liability or obligation thereunder by reason of its acceptance of this Mortgage. Mortgagee shall be liable for the obligations of the tenant arising out of any Mortgaged Lease for only that period of time for which Mortgagee is in possession of the Premises or has acquired, by foreclosure or otherwise, and is holding all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest therein.

4.5 Required Landlord Consents . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Mortgage, to the extent that the assignment, transfer or conveyance of, or granting of a Lien or security interest in, any part of the Mortgaged Property by Mortgagor to Mortgagee under this Mortgage is prohibited by the terms of the instrument, contract or agreement evidencing or creating the Mortgaged Property, or would result in a breach or default by Mortgagor thereunder, or the termination thereunder, in each case due to the granting of a lien or security interest therein, the Mortgaged Property shall not include, and shall exclude, such instrument, contract or agreement for so long as such prohibition remains in place or until lessor consents to the assignment, transfer or grant of a Lien or security interest, as applicable.

5.1 Remedies . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any or all of the following rights, remedies and recourses may be exercised:

(a) Acceleration . Any holder of any portion of the Secured Debt may declare that portion of the Secured Debt, or any portion thereof, to be immediately due and payable, without further notice, presentment, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, demand or action of any nature whatsoever (each of which hereby is expressly waived by Mortgagor), whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable.

(b) Entry on Mortgaged Property . Subject to the provisions of any applicable Mortgaged Lease and applicable law, Mortgagee may enter the Mortgaged Property and take exclusive possession thereof and of all books, records and accounts relating thereto or located thereon. If Mortgagor remains in possession of the Mortgaged Property following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and without Mortgagee’s prior written consent, subject to the provisions of any applicable Mortgaged Lease and applicable law, Mortgagee may invoke any legal remedies to dispossess Mortgagor.

(c) Operation of Mortgaged Property . Subject to the provisions of any applicable Mortgaged Lease, Mortgagee may hold, lease, develop, manage, operate or otherwise use the Mortgaged Property upon such terms and conditions as Mortgagee may deem reasonable under the circumstances (including, without limitation, making such repairs, alterations, additions and improvements and taking other actions, from time to time, as Mortgagee deems necessary or desirable, also including drilling for and producing oil and gas from the Mortgaged Property), and apply all Rents and other amounts collected by Mortgagee in connection therewith in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.7 hereof.

(d) Foreclosure and Sale . Mortgagee may institute proceedings for the complete foreclosure of this Mortgage by judicial action, in which case the Mortgaged Property may be sold for cash or credit in one or more parcels, subject to the provisions of any applicable Mortgaged Lease. With respect to any notices required or permitted under the UCC, Mortgagor agrees that ten (10) days’ prior written notice shall be deemed commercially reasonable. At any such sale by virtue of any judicial proceedings, or any other legal right, remedy or recourse, the title to and right of possession of any such property shall pass to the purchaser thereof, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor shall be completely and irrevocably divested of all of its right, title, interest, claim, equity, equity of redemption, and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, in and to the property sold and such sale shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against Mortgagor, and against all other Persons claiming or to claim the property sold or any part thereof, by, through or under Mortgagor. Mortgagee may be a purchaser at such sale. If Mortgagee is the highest bidder, Mortgagee may credit the portion of the purchase price that would be distributed to the Secured Debt pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents. In the event this Mortgage is foreclosed by judicial action, appraisement of the Mortgaged Property is waived.

(e) Receiver . Mortgagee may make application to a court of competent jurisdiction for, and obtain from such court as a matter of strict right and without notice to Mortgagor or regard to the adequacy of the Mortgaged Property for the repayment of the Secured Debt, the appointment of a receiver of the Mortgaged Property, and Mortgagor irrevocably consents to such appointment. Any such receiver shall have all the usual powers and duties of receivers in similar cases, including the full power to rent, maintain and otherwise operate the Mortgaged Property upon such terms as may be approved by the court, and in a manner consistent with the terms of any applicable Mortgaged Lease, and shall apply such Rents in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.7 hereof.

(f) Other Remedies . Subject to the provisions of any applicable Mortgaged Lease, Mortgagee may exercise all other rights, remedies and recourses granted to Mortgagee with respect to all or any portion of the Secured Debt pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or otherwise available at law or in equity.

5.2 Separate Sales . To the extent not prohibited under the terms of any applicable Mortgaged Lease or applicable law, and subject to Section 3.2(b) hereof, the Mortgaged Property may be sold in one or more parcels and in such manner and order as Mortgagee in its sole discretion may elect. The right of sale arising out of any Event of Default shall not be exhausted by any one or more sales.

5.3 Remedies Cumulative, Concurrent and Nonexclusive . Mortgagee shall have all rights, remedies and recourses with respect to the enforcement of all or any portion of the Secured Debt granted pursuant to the Loan Documents, and available at law or equity (including the UCC), which rights, (a) shall be cumulative and concurrent, (b) may be pursued separately, successively or concurrently against Mortgagor or others obligated for the payment or performance of the Secured Debt or against the Mortgaged Property, or against any one or more of them, at the sole discretion of Mortgagee, as the case may be, (c) may be exercised as often as occasion therefore shall arise, and the exercise or failure to exercise any of them shall not be construed as a waiver or release thereof or of any other right, remedy or recourse, and (d) are intended to be, and shall be, nonexclusive. No action by Mortgagee in the enforcement of any rights, remedies or recourses relating to any portion of the Secured Debt, or otherwise at law or equity shall be deemed to cure any Event of Default.

5.4 Release of and Resort to Collateral . Mortgagee may release, regardless of consideration and without the necessity for any notice to or consent by the holder of any subordinate lien on the Mortgaged Property, any part of the Mortgaged Property without, as to the remainder, in any way impairing, affecting, subordinating or releasing the lien or security interest created in or evidenced by this Mortgage or its status as a first and prior lien and security interest in and to the Mortgaged Property. For payment of the Secured Debt, Mortgagee may resort to any other security in such order and manner as Mortgagee may elect.

5.5 Waiver of Redemption, Notice and Marshalling of Assets . To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and releases (a) all benefit that might accrue to Mortgagor by virtue of any present or future statute of limitations or law or judicial decision exempting the Mortgaged Property from attachment, levy or sale on execution or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, redemption or extension of time for payment, (b) all notices of any Event of Default or of Mortgagee’s election to exercise or the actual exercise of any right, remedy or recourse provided for under the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents, or this Mortgage, and (c) any right to a marshalling of assets or a sale in inverse order of alienation.

5.6 Discontinuance of Proceedings . If Mortgagee shall have proceeded to invoke any right, remedy or recourse permitted under this Mortgage and shall thereafter elect to discontinue or abandon it for any reason, Mortgagee shall have the unqualified right to do so and, in such an event, Mortgagor and Mortgagee shall be restored to their former positions with respect to the Secured Debt, the Loan Documents, the Mortgaged Property and otherwise, and the rights, remedies, recourses and powers of Mortgagee shall continue as if the right, remedy or recourse had never been invoked, but no such discontinuance or abandonment shall waive any Event of Default which may then exist or the right of Mortgagee thereafter to exercise any right, remedy or recourse under the Credit Agreement, or this Mortgage for such Event of Default.

5.7 Application of Proceeds . The proceeds of any sale of the “as-extracted” collateral, and the Rents, and other amounts generated by the holding, leasing, management, operation or other use of the Mortgaged Property, shall be applied by Mortgagee (or the receiver, if one is appointed) in the following order unless otherwise required by applicable law:

(a) to the payment of the costs and expenses of taking possession of the Mortgaged Property and of holding, using, leasing, repairing, and selling the same, including, without limitation (1) receiver’s fees and expenses, including the repayment of the amounts evidenced by any receiver’s certificates, (2) court costs, (3) attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and expenses, (4) costs of advertisement and (5) the payment of all rent and other charges under any applicable Mortgaged Lease;

(b) to the payment and performance of the Secured Debt, in such manner and order of preference as set forth in the Credit Agreement; and

5.8 Occupancy After Foreclosure . Any sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof in accordance with Section 5.1(d) hereof will divest all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to the property sold. Subject to applicable law and any applicable Mortgaged Lease, any purchaser at a foreclosure sale will receive immediate possession of the property purchased. If Mortgagor retains possession of such property or any part thereof subsequent to such sale, Mortgagor will be considered a tenant at sufferance of the purchaser, and will, if Mortgagor remains in possession after demand to remove, be subject to eviction and removal, forcible or otherwise, with or without process of law.

5.10 No Mortgagee in Possession . Neither the enforcement of any of the remedies under this Article 5 , the assignment of the Rents and Leases under Article 6 , the security interests under Article 7 , nor any other remedies afforded to Mortgagee hereunder, or at law or in equity shall cause Mortgagee to be deemed or construed to be a mortgagee in possession of the Mortgaged Property, to obligate Mortgagee to lease the Mortgaged Property or attempt to do so, or to take any action, incur any expense, or perform or discharge any obligation, duty or liability whatsoever under any of the Leases or otherwise.

6.1 Assignment of Production . Mortgagor has absolutely and unconditionally granted, assigned, transferred and conveyed, and does hereby absolutely and unconditionally grant, assign, transfer and convey unto Mortgagee all of its right, title and interest in and to all Hydrocarbons which may be produced, saved from or associated with the Gas Reserves, less royalties payable, taxes, transportation costs, and other expenses incurred by the Mortgagor in the production of such Hydrocarbons, and all products obtained or processed therefrom, and the revenues and proceeds now and hereafter attributable to such Hydrocarbons and said products and all payments in lieu of such Hydrocarbons such as “take or pay” payments or settlements. All such Hydrocarbons and products are to be delivered into the Pipelines and other pipe lines connected with the Mortgaged Property, or to the purchaser thereof, to the credit of Mortgagee, for its benefit and the benefit of Lenders and other holders of the Secured Debt. At any time following the occurrence of an Event of Default, (i) Mortgagor agrees to perform all such acts, and to execute all such further assignments, transfers and division orders and other instruments as may be required or desired by Mortgagee or any party in order to have said proceeds and revenues so paid to Mortgagee; and (ii) Mortgagee is fully authorized to receive and receipt for said revenues and proceeds, to endorse and cash any and all checks and drafts payable to the order of Mortgagor or Mortgagee for the account of Mortgagor received from or in connection with said revenues or proceeds and to hold the proceeds thereof in a bank account as additional collateral for the Secured Debt, and to execute transfer and division orders in the name of Mortgagor, or otherwise, with warranties binding Mortgagor. Mortgagee shall not be liable for any delay, neglect or failure to effect collection of any proceeds or to take any other action in connection therewith or hereunder; but Mortgagee shall have the right, at their election, in the name of

Mortgagor or otherwise, to prosecute and defend any and all actions or legal proceedings deemed advisable by Mortgagee in order to collect such funds and to protect the interests of Mortgagee and/or Mortgagor, with all costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred in connection therewith being paid by Mortgagor. Mortgagor hereby appoints Mortgagee as its attorney-in-fact to pursue any and all rights of Mortgagor to liens on and security interests in all Hydrocarbons which may be produced, saved from or associated with the Gas Reserves securing payment of proceeds of runs attributable to such Hydrocarbons. Mortgagor hereby further transfers and assigns to Mortgagee any and all such liens, security interests, financing statements or similar interests of Mortgagor attributable to its interest in such Hydrocarbons and proceeds of runs therefrom arising under or created by said statutory provision, judicial decision or otherwise. The power of attorney granted to Mortgagee in this Section 6.1 , being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable so long as the Secured Debt or any part thereof remains unpaid. Until such time as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, but subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, Mortgagee hereby grants to Mortgagor a license to sell, receive and receipt for proceeds from the sale of Hydrocarbons, which license shall automatically terminate upon such Event of Default and for so long as the same continues.

6.2 Assignment . In furtherance of and in addition to the assignment made by Mortgagor in Section 2.1 of this Mortgage, Mortgagor hereby absolutely and unconditionally assigns, sells, transfers and conveys to Mortgagee all of its right, title and interest in and to all Leases, whether now existing or hereafter entered into, and all of its right, title and interest in and to all Rents. This assignment is an absolute assignment and not an assignment for additional security only. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Mortgagor shall have a revocable license from Mortgagee to exercise all rights extended to the landlord under the Leases, including the right to receive and collect all Rents and to hold the Rents in trust for use in the payment and performance of the Secured Debt, and to otherwise use the same. The foregoing license is granted subject to the conditional limitation that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, whether or not legal proceedings have commenced, and without regard to waste, adequacy of security for the Secured Debt or solvency of Mortgagor, the license herein granted shall automatically expire and terminate, without notice to Mortgagor by Mortgagee (any such notice being hereby expressly waived by Mortgagor to the extent permitted by applicable law).

6.3 Perfection Upon Recordation . Mortgagor acknowledges that Mortgagee has taken all actions necessary to obtain, and that upon recordation of this Mortgage in each county in which the Land is located, Mortgagee shall have, to the extent permitted under applicable law, a valid and fully perfected, first priority, present assignment of the Rents arising out of the Leases and all security for such Leases. Mortgagor acknowledges and agrees that upon recordation of this Mortgage, Mortgagee’s interest in the Rents shall be deemed to be fully perfected, “choate” and enforced as to Mortgagor and to the extent permitted under applicable law, all third parties, including, without limitation, any subsequently appointed trustee in any case under Title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”), without the necessity of commencing a foreclosure action with respect to this Mortgage, making formal demand for the Rents, obtaining the appointment of a receiver or taking any other affirmative action.

6.4 Bankruptcy Provisions . Without limitation of the absolute nature of the assignment of the Rents hereunder, Mortgagor and Mortgagee agree that (a) this Mortgage shall constitute a “security agreement” for purposes of Section 552(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) the security interest created by this Mortgage extends to property of Mortgagor acquired before the commencement of a case in bankruptcy and to all amounts paid as Rents and (c) such security interest shall extend to all Rents acquired by the estate after the commencement of any case in bankruptcy.

6.5 Operation By Third Parties . All or portions of the Mortgaged Property may be comprised of interests in the Hydrocarbon Interests pledged hereunder which are other than working interests or which may be operated by a party or parties other than Mortgagor and with respect to all or any such interests and properties as may be comprised of interests other than working interests or which may be operated by parties other than Mortgagor, Mortgagor shall not be obligated to perform any undertakings contemplated by the covenants and agreements contained herein that any Responsible Officer of Mortgagor reasonably believes are (a) performable only by such working interest owners or operators or (b) beyond the control of Mortgagor; however, Mortgagor agrees to promptly take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions available under any operating agreements or otherwise to bring about the performance of any such material undertakings required to be performed hereunder.

6.6 No Merger of Estates . So long as any part of the Secured Debt remain unpaid and undischarged, the fee and leasehold estates to the Mortgaged Property shall not merge, but shall remain separate and distinct, notwithstanding the union of such estates either in Mortgagor, Mortgagee, any tenant or any third party by purchase or otherwise.

(a) This Mortgage constitutes a “security agreement” on personal property within the meaning of the UCC and other applicable law and with respect to the Fixtures, Hydrocarbons, Pipelines, Deposit Accounts, Leases, Rents, Permits, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, and Condemnation Awards. To this end, Mortgagor grants to Mortgagee a first and prior security interest in the Fixtures, Hydrocarbons, Pipelines, Deposit Accounts, Leases, Rents, Permits, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, and Condemnation Awards, including without limitation, “as-extracted collateral” (as such term is used in the UCC) constituting or arising out of the Hydrocarbons pledged hereunder but excluding from the foregoing grant all Excluded Properties and Excluded Assets, to secure the payment and performance of the Secured Debt, and agrees that Mortgagee shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC with respect to such property. Any notice of sale, disposition or other intended action by Mortgagee with respect to the Fixtures, Hydrocarbons, Pipelines, Deposit Accounts, Leases, Rents, Permits, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, and Condemnation Awards, including without limitation, “as-extracted collateral” (as such term is used in the UCC) constituting or arising out of the Hydrocarbons pledged hereunder, sent to Mortgagor at least ten (10) days prior to any action under the UCC shall constitute reasonable notice to Mortgagor.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Mortgage, (1) no Lien or assignment shall be created, shall exist, or shall be made hereunder in, to or on any personal property other than Well Heads, Pipelines, Fixtures and “as-extracted collateral” (as such term is used in the UCC) pursuant to this Mortgage, and (2) Mortgagor shall not be required to take any action hereunder to perfect any security interest granted under this Mortgage other than the filing of the Mortgage in the jurisdiction in which it is being filed to perfect the grant hereunder in the Mortgaged Property and the filing of UCC-1 financing statements in the real estate records related to the Well Heads, Pipelines, Fixtures, Deposit Accounts, Leases, Rents, Permits, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, and Condemnation Awards, including without limitation “as-extracted collateral” (as such term is used in the UCC) constituting or arising out of the Hydrocarbons.

7.2 Financing Statements . Mortgagor shall prepare and deliver to Mortgagee such financing statements, and shall execute and deliver to Mortgagee such other documents, instruments and further assurances, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Mortgagee, as Mortgagee may, from time to time, reasonably consider necessary to create, perfect and preserve Mortgagee’s security interest hereunder. Mortgagor hereby irrevocably authorizes Mortgagee to cause financing statements (and amendments thereto and continuations thereof) and any such documents, instruments and assurances to be recorded and filed, at such times and places as may be required or permitted by law to so create, perfect and preserve such security interest. Mortgagor’s jurisdiction of organization as of the date hereof is set forth on Schedule 1 hereto. After the date of this Mortgage, Mortgagor shall not change its name, type of organization, organizational identification number (if any), jurisdiction of organization or location (within the meaning of the UCC) except in accordance with Section 8.1.17(e) of the Credit Agreement.

7.3 Fixture and “ as-extracted ” Collateral Filing . This Mortgage shall also constitute a “fixture filing” and an “as-extracted” collateral filing for the purposes of the UCC against all of the Mortgaged Property which is or is to become fixtures or “as-extracted” collateral (constituting or arising out of the Hydrocarbons pledged hereunder) related to the Premises. The information provided in this Section 7.3 is provided so that this Mortgage shall comply with the requirements of the UCC for a mortgage instrument to be filed as a financing statement. Mortgagor is the “Debtor” and its name and mailing address are set forth in the preamble of this Mortgage immediately preceding Article 1. Mortgagee is the “Secured Party” and its name and mailing address from which information concerning the security interest granted herein may be obtained are also set forth in the preamble of this Mortgage immediately preceding Article 1. A statement describing the portion of the Mortgaged Property comprising the fixtures hereby secured is set forth in the definition of “Mortgaged Property”. Mortgagor/Debtor is the record owner of the applicable fee title or owner of the leasehold interest in the Mortgaged Property.

8.1 Notices . Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Mortgage shall be given in accordance with Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement.

8.2 Covenants Running with the Land . All obligations contained in this Mortgage are intended by Mortgagor and Mortgagee to be, and shall be construed as, covenants running with the Mortgaged Property. As used herein, “Mortgagor” shall refer to the party named in the first paragraph of this Mortgage and to any subsequent owner of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property. All Persons who may have or acquire an interest in the Mortgaged Property shall be deemed to have notice of, and be bound by, the terms of this Mortgage; provided , ho w ever , that no such party shall be entitled to any rights, thereunder without the prior written consent of Mortgagee.

8.3 Attorney-in-Fact . Mortgagor hereby irrevocably appoints Mortgagee as its attorney-in-fact, which agency is coupled with an interest and with full power of substitution, with full authority in the place and stead of Mortgagor and in the name of Mortgagor or otherwise (a) to execute and/or record any notices of completion, cessation of labor or any other notices that are necessary to protect Mortgagee’s interest, if Mortgagor shall fail to do so within ten (10) days after written request by Mortgagee; provided, however, that Mortgagee shall not execute or record any such notices with respect to Permitted Liens, (b) upon the issuance of a deed pursuant to the foreclosure of this Mortgage or the delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, to execute all instruments of assignment, conveyance or further assurance with respect to the Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Permits, Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Awards in favor of the grantee of any such deed and as may be necessary or desirable for such purpose, (c) to prepare, execute, and file or record financing statements and continuation statements, and to prepare, execute and file or record applications for registration and like papers necessary to create, perfect or preserve Mortgagee’s security interests and rights in or to any of the Mortgaged Property, and (d) after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to perform any obligation of Mortgagor hereunder, provided , however , that (1) Mortgagee shall not under any circumstances be obligated to perform any obligation of Mortgagor, (2) any sums advanced by Mortgagee in such performance shall be added to and included in the

Secured Debt and shall bear interest at the highest rate at which interest is then computed on any portion of the Secured Debt; (3) Mortgagee as such attorney-in-fact shall only be accountable for such funds as are actually received by Mortgagee; and (4) Mortgagee shall not be liable to Mortgagor or any other person or entity for any failure to take any action which it is empowered to take under this Section 8.3 .

8.4 Successors and Assigns . This Mortgage shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Mortgagee and Mortgagor and their respective successors and assigns. Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee, assign any rights, duties or obligations hereunder.

8.5 No Waiver . Any failure by Mortgagee to insist upon strict performance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Mortgage, or of any other document or instrument relating to any portion of the Secured Debt, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of same, and Mortgagee shall have the right at any time to insist upon strict performance of all of such terms, provisions and conditions.

8.6 Conflicts Between Documents . If any conflict or inconsistency exists between this Mortgage and the other Loan Documents, the terms of this Mortgage shall be controlling with regard to the Mortgaged Property (other than with respect to Deposit Accounts) and “as-extracted collateral” (as such term is used in the UCC), and otherwise the other Loan Documents shall control; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall Mortgagor be under any obligation pursuant to the terms of this Mortgage to cure any title defect unless required to do so pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement.

8.7 Release or Reconveyance . Upon Payment In Full, or upon a sale or other disposition of the Mortgaged Property permitted by the Credit Agreement, or if at any time the Mortgaged Property is not required to be part of the Collateral under the Loan Documents, Mortgagee, at Mortgagor’s request and expense, shall release the liens and security interests created by this Mortgage or reconvey the Mortgaged Property to Mortgagor.

8.8 Waiver of Stay, Moratorium and Similar Rights . Mortgagor agrees, to the full extent that it may lawfully do so, that it will not at any time insist upon or plead or in any way take advantage of any stay, marshalling of assets, extension, redemption or moratorium law now or hereafter in force and effect so as to prevent or hinder the enforcement of the provisions of this Mortgage, or any agreement between Mortgagor and Mortgagee or any rights or remedies of Mortgagee.

8.9 Applicable Law . The provisions of this Mortgage regarding the creation, perfection and enforcement of the liens and security interests herein granted shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the state in which the Mortgaged Property is located. All other provisions of this Mortgage shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

8.10 Headings . The Article, Section and Subsection titles hereof are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall in no way alter, modify or define, or be used in construing, the text of such Articles, Sections or Subsections.

8.11 Severability . If any provision of this Mortgage shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful, void or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be deemed severable from and shall in no way affect the enforceability and validity of the remaining provisions of this Mortgage.

8.12 Entire Agreement . This Mortgage, the Credit Agreement, and the Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between Mortgagee and Mortgagor relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between such parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Accordingly, such documents 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.

5. [Amendment and Restatement . This Mortgage amends and restates the Existing Mortgage. The Secured Debt of the Mortgagor under the Existing Mortgage and the grant of the mortgage lien and security interest in the Mortgaged Property under the Existing Mortgage shall continue under this Mortgage as amended hereby, and shall not in any event be terminated, extinguished or annulled, but shall hereafter be governed by this Mortgage. All references to the

Existing Mortgage in any Loan Document (other than this Mortgage) or other document or instrument delivered in connection therewith shall be deemed to refer to this Mortgage and the provisions hereof. It is understood and agreed that the Existing Mortgage is being amended and restated by entry into this Mortgage on the date hereof.]

MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE EACH WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED UPON OR RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS MORTGAGE, OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO ANY OF THE SECURED DEBT. THIS WAIVER IS KNOWINGLY, INTENTIONALLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE BY MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE, AND MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE EACH ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NEITHER THE OTHER NOR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER HAS OR HAVE MADE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OF FACT TO INDUCE THIS WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OR IN ANY WAY TO MODIFY OR NULLIFY ITS EFFECT. MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE EACH FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED (OR HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE REPRESENTED) IN THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT AND IN THE MAKING OF THIS WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL SELECTED OF ITS OWN FREE WILL AND THAT IT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS WAIVER WITH COUNSEL. MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE EACH AGREES THAT THE SECURED DEBT ARE EXEMPTED TRANSACTIONS UNDER THE TRUTH-IN-LENDING ACT, 15 U.S.C. SECTION 1601, ET SEQ.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Mortgagor has on the date set forth in the acknowledgement hereto, effective as of the date first above written, caused this instrument to be duly EXECUTED AND DELIVERED by authority duly given.

[IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Mortgagee has on the date set forth in the acknowledgement hereto, effective as of the date first above written, caused this instrument to be duly EXECUTED AND DELIVERED by authority duly given.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION (formerly known as CONSOL ENERGY INC.) , a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), hereby promises to pay to the order of (the “ Lender ”), the lesser of (i) the principal sum of Dollars (US$ ), or (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2018, among the Borrower, the Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto, the Lenders now or hereafter party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”) and collateral agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the syndication agent (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), payable by 1:00 p.m. on the Expiration Date, together with interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof from time to time outstanding from the date hereof at the rate or rates per annum specified by the Borrower pursuant to, or as otherwise provided in, the Credit Agreement.

Interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof from time to time outstanding from the date hereof will be payable at the times provided for in the Credit Agreement. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and until such time as such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived, upon written demand by the Required Lenders, the Borrower shall pay interest on the entire principal amount of the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans evidenced by this Revolving Credit Note and all other obligations due and payable to the Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents at a rate per annum as set forth in Section 4.3 of the Credit Agreement. Such interest rate will accrue before and after any judgment has been entered.

Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, payments of both principal and interest shall be made without setoff, counterclaim, or other deduction of any nature at the office of the Administrative Agent located at PNC Firstside Center, 4th Floor, 500 First Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, unless otherwise directed in writing by the holder hereof, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds.

This Revolving Credit Note is one of the Revolving Credit Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents, including the representations, warranties, covenants, conditions, security interests, and Liens contained or granted therein. The Credit Agreement among other things contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayment, in certain circumstances, on account of principal hereof prior to maturity upon the terms and conditions therein specified. The Borrower waives presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Revolving Credit Note and the Credit Agreement.

This Revolving Credit Note shall bind the Borrower and its successors and assigns, and the benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of the Lender and its successors and assigns. All references herein to the “ Borrower ” and the “ Lender ” shall be deemed to apply to the Borrower and the Lender, respectively, and their respective successors and assigns as permitted under the Credit Agreement.

This Revolving Credit Note and any other documents delivered in connection herewith and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto and thereto shall for all purposes be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without giving effect to its conflicts of law principles.

All capitalized terms used herein shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the undersigned has executed this Revolving Credit Note by its duly authorized officer with the intention that it constitute a sealed instrument.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION (formerly known as CONSOL ENERGY INC.) , a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), hereby promises to pay to the order of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “ Bank ”), on demand, the lesser of the principal sum of FIFTY MILLION U.S. Dollars (U.S. $50,000,000) or the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing Loans made by the Bank to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.2 of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2018, among the Borrower, the Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto, the Lenders now or hereafter party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, and PNC Bank, National Association as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”) and collateral agent (as it may hereafter from time to time be amended, restated, modified or supplemented, the “ Credit Agreement ”). All capitalized terms used herein shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof from the date hereof at the rate per annum provided in Section 4.1.1 of, or as otherwise provided in, the Credit Agreement. Interest shall be due on the dates provided in Section 5 of the Credit Agreement, or as otherwise provided therein. Interest hereon will be payable at the times specified in the Credit Agreement.

After request for payment of any principal hereof or interest hereon shall have been made by the Bank to the Borrower, or upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a rate per annum as set forth in Section 4.3 of the Credit Agreement. Such interest will accrue before and after any judgment has been entered with respect to this Swing Loan Note.

Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, payments of both principal and interest shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or other deduction of any nature at the office of the Administrative Agent located at PNC Firstside Center, 4th Floor, 500 First Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds.

This Swing Loan Note is a Swing Loan Note referred to in, is subject to the provisions of, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the representations, warranties, covenants and conditions contained or granted therein. This Swing Loan Note shall be payable on demand and regardless of whether or not an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

Except as otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement, the Borrower waives presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Swing Loan Note and the Credit Agreement.

This Swing Loan Note shall bind the Borrower and its successors and assigns, and the benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of the Bank and its successors and assigns; provided , that any assignment of this Swing Loan Note by the Borrower or the Bank shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11.8 of the Credit Agreement. All references herein to the “ Borrower ,” the “ Administrative Agent ” and the “ Bank ” shall be deemed to apply to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Bank, respectively, and their respective successors and assigns.

This Swing Loan Note and any other documents delivered in connection herewith and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto and thereto shall for all purposes be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal law of the State of New York without giving effect to its conflict of laws principles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Swing Loan Note by its duly authorized officer with the intention that it constitute a sealed instrument.

This Perfection Certificate Supplement, dated as of [ ], 20[ ] is delivered pursuant to Section 8.3.7(d) of that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 8, 2018 (the “ Credit Agreement ”) among CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION (formerly known as CONSOL ENERGY INC.), a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the Guarantors party thereto (collectively, the “ Guarantors ”), certain other parties thereto and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “ Collateral Agent ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned in the Credit Agreement.

As used herein, the term “ Companies ” means the Borrower and each of the Guarantors.

The undersigned, the [ ] of the Borrower, hereby certifies (in my capacity as [ ] and not in my individual capacity) to the Collateral Agent and each of the other Secured Parties that, as of the date hereof, there has been no change in the information described in the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Closing Date (as supplemented by any Perfection Certificate Supplements delivered prior to the date hereof, the “ Prior Perfection Certificate ”), other than as follows:

A. Except as listed in Schedule 1(a) attached hereto and made a part hereof, (x) Schedule 1(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate sets forth the exact legal name of each Company, as such name appears in its respective certificate of incorporation or any other organizational document; (y) each Company is (i) the type of entity disclosed next to its name in Schedule 1(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate and (ii) a registered organization except to the extent disclosed in Schedule 1(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate and (z) set forth in Schedule 1(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate is the organizational identification number, if any, of each Company that is a registered organization, the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number of each Company and the jurisdiction of formation of each Company.

B. Except as listed in Schedule 1(b) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 1(b) to the Prior Perfection Certificate sets forth any other corporate or organizational names each Company (or any other business or organization to which each Company became the successor by merger, consolidation, acquisition, change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise) has had in the past five years, together with the date of the relevant change.

C. Except as listed in Schedule 1(c) attached hereto and made a part hereof, (x) Schedule 1(c) to the Prior Perfection Certificate sets forth all other names used by each Company on any filings with the Internal Revenue Service at any time within the five years preceding the date hereof and (y) no Company has changed its jurisdiction of organization at any time during the past four months.

D. Except as listed in Schedule 1(d) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 1(d) to the Prior Perfection Certificate sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the date hereof.

A. Except as listed in Schedule 2(a) attached hereto and made a part hereof, the chief executive office and the preferred mailing address (if different than the chief executive office) of each Company is located at the address set forth in Schedule 2(a) of the Prior Perfection Certificate.

B. Except as listed in Schedule 2(b) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 2(b) of the Prior Perfection Certificate sets forth all of the Collateral not originated by the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business or not consisting of goods which have been acquired by such Company in the ordinary course of business from a Person in the business of selling goods of that kind.

3. Real Property . Except as listed in Schedule 3 attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 3 to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a list of (i) all Real Property (other than Excluded Assets as of the date hereof) encumbered or to be encumbered by a Mortgage and fixture filing, which real property includes (x) Proved Reserves that constitute no less than 80% of the total present value of all such Proved Reserves included in the Borrowing Base and (y) Proved Developed Producing Reserves that constitute no less than 80% of the PV10 value of all Proved Developed Producing Reserves included in the Borrowing Base (this clause (y) together with clause (x), the “ Mortgaged Property ”), (ii) common names, addresses and uses of each Mortgaged Property (stating improvements located thereon which are included in the Collateral) and (iii) other information relating thereto required by such Schedule 3 .

4. Stock Ownership and Equity Interests . Except as listed in Schedule 4 attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 4 to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a true and correct list of (i) each Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) the number or amount of all classes of issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Person referenced in clause (i), (iii) the record owner of each class of Equity Interests referenced in clause (ii), (iv) the amount or percentage of each class of Equity Interests referenced in clause (ii) that is owned by each record owner, (v) the percentage of each class of Equity Interests referenced in clause (ii) pledged under the Security Agreement, (vi) if any Equity Interests referenced in clause (ii) are not pledged, explaining the reason for the exclusion and (vii) certificate numbers of the Equity Interests pledged as described in clause (iii) (or if uncertificated, an indication that such Equity Interests are uncertificated).

5. Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper . Except as listed in Schedule 5 attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 5 to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a true and correct list of all promissory notes, instruments (other than checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business), tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper and other evidence of indebtedness with an outstanding principal amount (or, in the absence of such amount, other value) in excess of $2,000,000 held by each Company as of the date hereof, including, without limitation, all intercompany notes between or among any two or more Companies or between any Company and any of its Subsidiaries, stating if such instruments, chattel paper or other evidence of indebtedness is pledged under the Security Agreement.

A. Except as listed in Schedule 6(a) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 6(a ) to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a schedule setting forth all of each Company’s Patents and Trademarks (each as defined in the Security Agreement) applied for or registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including the name of the registered owner or applicant and the registration, application or publication number, as applicable, of each Patent or Trademark owned by each Company.

B. Except as listed in Schedule 6(b) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 6(b) to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a schedule setting forth all of each Company’s United States Copyrights (each as defined in the Security Agreement) applied for or registered with the United States Copyright Office, including the name of the registered owner and the registration number of each Copyright owned by each Company.

C. Except as listed in Schedule 6(c) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 6(c) to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a schedule setting forth all patent licenses, trademark licenses and copyright licenses (except for generally commercially available software licenses) ¹⁵ , whether or not recorded with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, including, but not limited to, the relevant signatory parties to each license along with the date of execution thereof and, if applicable, a recordation number or other such evidence of recordation.

7. Commercial Tort Claims . Except as listed in Schedule 7 attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 7 to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a true and correct list of all Commercial Tort Claims (as defined in the Security Agreement) in an amount in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate held by each Company, including a brief description thereof and stating if such commercial tort claims are required to be pledged under the Security Agreement.

8. Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodities Accounts . Except as listed in Schedule 8 attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 8 to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a true and complete list of all Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodities Accounts (each as defined in the Security Agreement) maintained by each Company, including the name of each institution where each such account is held, the name of each such account, the name of each entity that holds each account and stating if such account is required to be subject to a Control Agreement pursuant to the Credit Agreement and, if not, the reason for such exclusion.

9. Insurance . Except as listed in Schedule 9 attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 9 to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a copy of the insurance certificate of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , we have hereunto signed this Perfection Certificate Supplement as of this [ ] day of [ ], 20[ ].

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by the Credit Agreement.

[Check one box under 1(b) below and fill in blank spaces in line next to box]:

The undersigned certifies to the Administrative Agent as to the accuracy of the foregoing.

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them by the Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to Section 2.5.2 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby makes the following Swing Loan Request:

The Borrower certifies to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as to the accuracy of the foregoing on , 20 .

I refer to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 8, 2018 (as hereafter modified, amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.) (the “ Borrower ”), the Guarantors set forth therein, the Lenders set forth therein, PNC Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”) and collateral agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the syndication agent. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. References herein to Sections of the Credit Agreement are qualified, in their entirety, by the applicable provision of the Section of the Credit Agreement so referred to and together with all related provisions and definitions referred to in such Section or incorporated therein. ¹⁷

I, , [specify: Chief Executive Officer/President/Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer] of the Borrower, do hereby certify on behalf of the Borrower as of the [specify: fiscal quarter/fiscal year ended , 20 ] as follows:

In connection with Section 8.2.6 of the Credit Agreement and with respect to a proposed Permitted Acquisition by [name of Person (whether Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that will be making the Permitted Acquisition] (the “ Acquiring Company ”) of [specify: assets/Equity Interests] [specify: by purchase/by merger and insert description of the transaction] (the “ Acquisition ”) of [insert name of entity whose assets/Equity Interests are being acquired] (the “ Target ”):

The proposed date of the Acquisition is (the “ Acquisition Date ”) [at least 5 Business Days after the date of this certificate].

The “ Report Date ” herein shall be the date of the most recent fiscal quarter ended prior to the proposed Acquisition of the Target.

1. [The Target is engaged in [describe business being acquired] which complies with Section 8.2.9 of the Credit Agreement.]

2. Maximum Net Leverage Ratio . (Section 8.2.14(a)) The Net Leverage Ratio is to 1.0 ( insert from calculations set forth on Appendix A hereto ) after giving effect to the Acquisition, which is not greater than the permitted ratio of 4.00 to 1.00.

3. Minimum Current Ratio . (Section 8.2.14(b)) The ratio calculated in 8.2.14(b) of the Credit Agreement is to 1.0 ( insert from calculation set forth on Appendix A ) after giving effect to the Acquisition, which is not less than the permitted ratio of 1.00 to 1.00.

4. Liquidity (Section 8.2.6(b)(ii)). The Borrower has, after giving effect to the Acquisition, $ of Liquidity ( insert from calculation set forth on Appendix A hereto ), which is not less than the permitted amount of $200,000,000.

5. Attached hereto as Exhibit [ ] are the [insert description of the financial statements or other financial information of the Target] upon which the calculations in this certificate with respect to the Target are based.

6. The Borrower is providing contemporaneously herewith, copies of any agreements entered into or proposed to be entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Acquisition.

7. No Event of Default or Potential Default exists immediately prior to and after giving effect to the Acquisition.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate this day of , 20 .

I refer to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 8, 2018 (as hereafter modified, amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION (formerly known as CONSOL ENERGY INC.) (the “ Borrower ”), the Guarantors set forth therein, the Lenders set forth therein, PNC Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”) and collateral agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the syndication agent. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. References herein to Sections of the Credit Agreement are qualified, in their entirety, by the applicable provisions of the Section of the Credit Agreement so referred to and together with all related provisions and definitions referred to in such Section or incorporated therein. ²¹

I, , [Chief Financial Officer / Treasurer] of the Borrower, do hereby certify on behalf of the Borrower as of the [quarter / year ended] , 20 (the “ Report Date ”), as follows:

1. Maximum Net Leverage Ratio . (Section 8.2.14(a)) The ratio of (A) Consolidated Indebtedness as described below to (B) Consolidated EBITDA is to 1.0 ( insert from Item 1(C) below ) as of the Report Date for the four fiscal quarters then ended, which is not greater than the permitted ratio of 4.00 to 1.00.

B.Calculation of amount (B) - Consolidated EBITDA as of the Report Date for the four fiscal quarters then ended, on a Pro Forma Basis ²² :

4. [ Insert if Applicable: Except as certified to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.3.5 of the Credit Agreement,] No Event of Default or Potential Default exists and is continuing as of the date hereof.

5. Set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto is a description of each Swap Agreement to which any Loan Party is a party, all of which the Loan Parties are permitted to enter under Section 8.2.12 of the Credit Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate this day of , 20 .


Exhibit Number		Description of the Exhibit

10.1		Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 8, 2018, among CNX, certain of its subsidiaries, PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent and the lender parties thereto.


	8.1.11 Use of Proceeds	100
	8.1.12 Subordination of Intercompany Loans	100
	8.1.13 Anti-Terrorism Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws	100
	8.1.14 Compliance with Certain Contracts	101
	8.1.15 Certain Additional Assurances Regarding Maintenance and Operations of Properties	101
	8.1.16 [Reserved]	101
	8.1.17 Collateral	101
	8.1.18 Title Information	104
	8.1.19 Maintenance of Permits	105
	8.1.20 Post-Closing Matters	105
	8.1.21 Accounts	105
8.2	Negative Covenants	106
	8.2.1 Indebtedness	106
	8.2.2 Liens	108
	8.2.3 Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries	108
	8.2.4 Loans and Investments	109
	8.2.5 Restricted Payments	111
	8.2.6 Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions	112
	8.2.7 Dispositions	113
	8.2.8 Affiliate Transactions	116
	8.2.9 Change in Business	118
	8.2.10 Fiscal Year	118
	8.2.11 Amendments to Organizational Documents or Certain Other Indebtedness	118
	8.2.12 Swaps	118
	8.2.13 Sale of Proved Reserves; Pooling	119
	8.2.14 Financial Covenants	120
	8.2.15 Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries	120
	8.2.16 Negative Pledge Agreements	122
8.3	Reporting Requirements	124
	8.3.1 Quarterly Financial Statements	124
	8.3.2 Annual Financial Statements	124
	8.3.3 SEC Website	125
	8.3.4 Certificate of the Borrower	125
	8.3.5 Notice of Default	125
	8.3.6 Certain Events	125
	8.3.7 Budgets, Forecasts, Other Reports and Information	126
	8.3.8 Reserve Reports	126

9. DEFAULT

9.1	Events of Default	127
	9.1.1 Payments Under Loan Documents	127
	9.1.2 Breach of Warranty	128
	9.1.3 Breach of Certain Covenants	128
	9.1.4 Breach of Other Covenants	128
	9.1.5 Defaults in Other Agreements or Indebtedness	128
	9.1.6 Final Judgments or Orders	128
	9.1.7 Loan Document Unenforceable	129
	9.1.8 Inability to Pay Debts	129


	9.1.9 ERISA	129
	9.1.10 Change of Control	129
	9.1.11 [Reserved]	129
	9.1.12 Involuntary Proceedings	129
	9.1.13 Voluntary Proceedings	130
9.2	Consequences of Event of Default.	130
	9.2.1 Events of Default Other Than Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Reorganization
	Proceedings	130
	9.2.2 Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Reorganization Proceedings.	130
	9.2.3 Set-off	131
	9.2.4 [Reserved]	131
	9.2.5 Application of Proceeds	131
	9.2.6 Collateral Agent	132
	9.2.7 Other Rights and Remedies	132
9.3	Notice of Sale	133

10. THE AGENTS

10.1	Appointment and Authority	133
10.2	Rights as a Lender	133
10.3	Exculpatory Provisions	133
10.4	Reliance by Agents	134
10.5	Delegation of Duties	135
10.6	Resignation of Agents	135
10.7	Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders	136
10.8	No Other Duties, Etc.	136
10.9	Administrative Agent’s Fee	136
10.10	Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors	137
10.11	No Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program	137
10.12	Withholding Tax	137
10.13	Certain ERISA Matters	138

11. MISCELLANEOUS

11.1	Modifications, Amendments or Waivers	140
	11.1.1 Required Consents	140
	11.1.2 Certain Amendments	141
	11.1.3 Amendments Affecting the Administrative Agent, Etc.	141
	11.1.4 Non-Consenting Lenders	141
	11.1.5 Defaulting Lenders	142
11.2	No Implied Waivers; Cumulative Remedies	142
11.3	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver	142
	11.3.1 Costs and Expenses	142
	11.3.2 Indemnification by the Borrower	142
	11.3.3 Reimbursement by Lenders	143
	11.3.4 Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.	143
	11.3.5 Payments	144
11.4	Holidays	144
11.5	Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication	144
	11.5.1 Notices Generally	144
	11.5.2 Electronic Communications	144


	11.5.3 Change of Address, Etc.	145
11.6	Severability	145
11.7	Duration; Survival	145
11.8	Successors and Assigns	145
	11.8.1 Successors and Assigns Generally	145
	11.8.2 Assignments by Lenders	146
	11.8.3 Register	147
	11.8.4 Participations	147
	11.8.5 Certain Pledges; Successors and Assigns Generally	148
11.9	Confidentiality	149
	11.9.1 General	149
	11.9.2 Sharing Information With Affiliates of the Lenders	149
11.10	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness	149
11.11	Governing Law, Etc.	150
	11.11.1 Governing Law	150
	11.11.2 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION	150
	11.11.3 WAIVER OF VENUE	151
	11.11.4 SERVICE OF PROCESS	151
	11.11.5 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	151
11.12	Certain Collateral Matters	151
11.13	USA PATRIOT Act Notice	151
11.14	No Fiduciary Duty	152
11.15	Amendment and Restatement	152
11.16	Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions	153


Level	Utilization Percentage	LIBOR Rate Spread	Base Rate Spread	Letter of Credit Fee	Commitment Fee
I	less than or equal to 25%	1.50%	0.50%	1.50%	0.375%
II	greater than 25%, but less than or equal to 50%	1.75%	0.75%	1.75%	0.375%
III	greater than 50%, but less than or equal to 75%	2.00%	1.00%	2.00%	0.50%
IV	greater than 75%, but less than or equal to 90%	2.25%	1.25%	2.25%	0.50%
V	greater than 90%	2.50%	1.50%	2.50%	0.50%


CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION

By:		/s/ Donald W. Rush
Name:		Donald W. Rush
Title:		Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President


		Page
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

1.1	Certain Definitions		1
1.2	Construction		51
1.3	Accounting Principles		52
1.4	Valuations		52
1.5	Letter of Credit Amounts		52
1.6	Interest Rates		53

2. REVOLVING CREDIT AND SWING LOAN FACILITIES

2.1	Commitments		53
	2.1.1 Revolving Credit Loans		53
	2.1.2 Swing Loans		53
2.2	Nature of Lenders’ Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans		54
2.3	Commitment Fees		54
2.4	Commitment Reduction		54
	2.4.1 Voluntary		54
	2.4.2 Mandatory		54
	2.4.3 Effect of Commitment Reduction		54
2.5	Loan Requests		55
	2.5.1 Revolving Credit Loan Requests		55
	2.5.2 Swing Loan Requests		55
2.6	Making and Repayment of Loans		56
	2.6.1 Making Revolving Credit Loans		56
	2.6.2 Presumptions by the Administrative Agent		56
	2.6.3 Making Swing Loans		56
	2.6.4 Repayment of Loans		57
2.7	Notes		57
	2.7.1 Revolving Credit Notes		57
	2.7.2 Swing Loan Note		57
2.8	Use of Proceeds		57
2.9	Borrowing Base		57
2.10	Letters of Credit		59
	2.10.1 Issuance of Letters of Credit		59
	2.10.2 Letter of Credit Fees		61
	2.10.3 Participations, Disbursements, Reimbursement		61
	2.10.4 Repayment of Participation Advances		62
	2.10.5 Documentation		63
	2.10.6 Determinations to Honor Drawing Requests		63
	2.10.7 Nature of Participation and Reimbursement Obligations		63
	2.10.8 Indemnity		64
	2.10.9 Liability for Acts and Omissions		65
	2.10.10 Cash Collateral Prior to the Expiration Date		66
	2.10.11 Issuing Lender Reporting Requirements		66
2.11	Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans		66
2.12	Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments		67


2.13	Defaulting Lenders	69

3. [RESERVED]

4. INTEREST RATES

4.1	Interest Rate Options	70
	4.1.1 Interest Rate Options; Swing Line Interest Rate	71
	4.1.2 Rate Quotations	71
4.2	Interest Periods	71
4.3	Interest After Default	72
4.4	LIBOR Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available	72
	4.4.1 Unascertainable	72
	4.4.2 Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available	72
	4.4.3 Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s Rights	73
4.5	Selection of Interest Rate Options	73
4.6	Successor LIBOR Rate Index	73

5. PAYMENTS

5.1	Payments	75
5.2	Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders	75
5.3	Sharing of Payments by Lenders	75
5.4	Presumptions by Administrative Agent	76
5.5	Interest Payment Dates	76
5.6	Prepayments	76
	5.6.1 Right to Prepay	76
	5.6.2 Replacement of a Lender	77
	5.6.3 Designation of a Different Lending Office	78
	5.6.4 Mandatory Prepayments	78
5.7	Increased Costs	79
	5.7.1 Increased Costs Generally	79
	5.7.2 Capital Requirements	80
	5.7.3 Certificates for Reimbursement; Repayment of Outstanding Loans;
	Borrowing of New Loans	80
	5.7.4 Delay in Requests	80
5.8	Taxes	80
	5.8.1 Payments Free of Taxes	80
	5.8.2 Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower	81
	5.8.3 Indemnification by the Borrower	81
	5.8.4 Evidence of Payments	81
	5.8.5 Status of Lenders	81
	5.8.6 Refunds	83
	5.8.7 Definition of Lender	83
	5.8.8 Administrative Agent Forms	83
5.9	Indemnity	84
5.10	Settlement Date Procedures	84
5.11	Borrowing Base Deficiency	85


6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

6.1	Organization and Qualification	86
6.2	EEA Financial Institutions	86
6.3	Subsidiaries	86
6.4	Power and Authority	86
6.5	Validity and Binding Effect	86
6.6	No Conflict	86
6.7	Litigation	87
6.8	Title to Properties	87
6.9	Financial Statements	88
6.10	Use of Proceeds	88
6.11	Liens in the Collateral	88
6.12	Full Disclosure	89
6.13	Taxes	89
6.14	Consents and Approvals	90
6.15	No Event of Default; Compliance with Instruments	90
6.16	Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Licenses, Permits, Etc.	90
6.17	Solvency	90
6.18	Producing Wells	90
6.19	Insurance	91
6.20	Compliance with Laws	91
6.21	Material Contracts; Burdensome Restrictions	91
6.22	Investment Companies; Regulated Entities	91
6.23	ERISA Compliance	91
6.24	Employment Matters	92
6.25	Environmental Matters	92
6.26	Anti-Terrorism Laws	93
6.27	Gas Imbalances	93

7. CONDITIONS OF LENDING AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT

7.1	First Loans and Letters of Credit	93
	7.1.1 Deliveries	93
	7.1.2 Payment of Fees	96
	7.1.3 USA PATRIOT Act	96
7.2	Each Additional Loan or Letter of Credit	96

8. COVENANTS

8.1	Affirmative Covenants	97
	8.1.1 Preservation of Existence, Etc.	97
	8.1.2 Payment of Liabilities, Including Taxes, Etc.	97
	8.1.3 Maintenance of Insurance	97
	8.1.4 Maintenance of Properties and Equipment	98
	8.1.5 Maintenance of Patents, Trademarks, Etc.	98
	8.1.6 Visitation Rights	98
	8.1.7 Keeping of Records and Books of Account	99
	8.1.8 Further Assurances	99
	8.1.9 Additional Guarantors	99
	8.1.10 Compliance with Laws	100


SCHEDULES

Schedule 1.1(A)		Pricing Grid
Schedule 1.1(B)		Commitments of Lenders
Schedule 1.1(R)		Real Property
Schedule 1.1(S)		Specified Swap Agreements
Schedule 2.10.1		Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 6.1		Qualifications To Do Business
Schedule 6.3		Subsidiaries
Schedule 6.11		Pledged Securities
Schedule 7.1.1(k)		Lien Searches
Schedule 8.1.17		Excluded Properties
Schedule 8.1.20		Post-Closing Matters
Schedule 8.2.1		Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 8.2.2		Existing Liens
Schedule 8.2.4		Existing Investments
Schedule 8.2.8		Existing Affiliate Transactions
Schedule 8.2.15		Existing Restrictions on Subsidiaries
Schedule 8.2.16		Existing Negative Pledge Agreements
Schedule 11.5.1		Notice Information

EXHIBITS

Exhibit 1.1(A)		Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Exhibit 1.1(B)		New Lender Joinder
Exhibit 1.1(G)(1)		Guarantor Joinder
Exhibit 1.1(G)(2)		Guaranty Agreement
Exhibit 1.1(I)(1)		Indemnity
Exhibit 1.1(I)(2)		Intercompany Subordination Agreement
Exhibit 1.1(M)		Mortgage
Exhibit 1.1(N)(1)		Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit 1.1(N)(2)		Swing Loan Note
Exhibit 1.1(P)(1)		Perfection Certificate
Exhibit 1.1(P)(2)		Perfection Certificate Supplement
Exhibit 2.5.1		Loan Request
Exhibit 2.5.2		Swing Loan Request
Exhibit 8.2.6		Acquisition Certificate
Exhibit 8.3.4		Quarterly Compliance Certificate


Location	Date	Loan Party or Loan Parties
1.Belmont County, OH	11/10/2015	CNX Gas Company LLC
2.Belmont County, OH	4/15/2016	CNX Gas Company LLC
3.Belmont County, OH	12/14/2017	CNX Gas Company LLC
4.Harrison County, OH	2/22/2016	CNX Gas Company LLC
5.Harrison County, OH	4/15/2016	CNX Gas Company LLC
6.Harrison County, OH	7/27/2016	CNX Gas Company LLC
7.Harrison County, OH	12/15/2017	CNX Gas Company LLC
8.Monroe County, OH	4/15/2016	CNX Gas Company LLC
9.Monroe County, OH	7/27/2016	CNX Gas Company LLC
10.Monroe County, OH	12/14/2017	CNX Gas Company LLC
11.Noble County, OH	12/30/2015	CNX Gas Company LLC
12.Noble County, OH	4/15/2016	CNX Gas Company LLC
13.Noble County, OH	7/27/2016	CNX Gas Company LLC
14.Allegheny County, PA	6/27/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
15.Allegheny County, PA	12/30/2015	CNX Gas Company LLC
16.Allegheny County, PA	12/14/2017	CNX Gas Company LLC
17.Armstrong County, PA	6/30/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
18.Armstrong County, PA	6/30/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
19.Armstrong County, PA	12/30/2015	CNX Gas Company LLC
20.Cambria County, PA	6/27/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
21.Centre County, PA	6/27/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
22.Clarion County, PA	6/30/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
23.Clearfield County, PA	6/27/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
24.Elk County, PA	6/27/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
25.Fayette County, PA	6/27/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
26.Greene County, PA	8/5/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
27.Greene County, PA	9/25/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
28.Greene County, PA	2/18/2016	CNX Gas Company LLC
29.Greene County, PA	7/28/2016	CNX Gas Company LLC
30.Greene County, PA	12/14/2017	CNX Gas Company LLC
31.Indiana County, PA	6/27/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
32.Indiana County, PA	6/27/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
33.Indiana County, PA	12/30/2015	CNX Gas Company LLC
34.Jefferson County, PA	6/27/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
35.Jefferson County, PA	12/30/2015	CNX Gas Company LLC
36.Mercer County, PA	6/30/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
37.Somerset County, PA	6/27/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
38.Washington County, PA	2/17/2016	CNX Gas Company LLC
39.Washington County, PA	7/17/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
40.Washington County, PA	7/17/2014	CNX Gas Company LLC
41.Washington County, PA	12/14/2017	CNX Gas Company LLC


Entity		Qualifications

Cardinal States Gathering Company		Virginia (general partnership)

CNX Gas Company LLC		Virginia, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wyoming

CNX Gas Corporation		Delaware and Pennsylvania

CNX Land LLC		Delaware, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming

CNX Resources Corporation		Delaware, Colorado, Kentucky, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia

CNX Water Assets LLC		West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia

CNX Gathering LLC		Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia

Terra Firma Company		West Virginia

CNX Resource Holdings LLC		Delaware, Indiana

Pocahontas Gas LLC		Delaware


Name	Jurisdiction of Incorporation	Issued and Outstanding Shares	Owners	Restricted Subsidiary	Guarantor

Cardinal States Gathering Company	Virginia	50% 50%	CNX Gas Corporation CNX Gas Company LLC	Yes	Yes

CNX Gas Company LLC	Virginia	100%	CNX Gas Corporation	Yes	Yes

CNX Gas Corporation	Delaware	200,000,000 common authorized 5,000,000 preferred authorized 151,077,284 common issued and outstanding	CNX Resources Corporation	Yes	Yes

CNX Gathering LLC	Delaware	100%	CNX Gas Company LLC	Yes	Yes

CNX Land LLC	Delaware	100%	CNX Resources Corporation	Yes	Yes

CNX Water Assets LLC	West Virginia	100%	CNX Resources Corporation	Yes	Yes

MOB Corporation	Pennsylvania	25,000 authorized 900 issued and outstanding	CNX Gas Company LLC	Yes	No ¹

Terra Firma Company	West Virginia	1,000 authorized 1 issued and outstanding	CNX Land LLC	Yes	Yes


Name	Jurisdiction of Incorporation	Issued and Outstanding Shares	Owners	Restricted Subsidiary	Guarantor

CNX Midstream DevCo I GP LLC	Delaware	100%	CNX Midstream Operating LLC	No	No ⁹

CNX Midstream DevCo II GP LLC	Delaware	100%	CNX Midstream Operating LLC	No	No ¹⁰

CNX Midstream DevCo IIII GP LLC	Delaware	100%	CNX Midstream Operating LLC	No	No ¹¹


Pledgor	Issuer Name	Issuer Jurisdiction of Formation	Interest Type	Number of Units Owned; Percentage of Total Issued Interests	Percentage of Owner Interests Being Pledged Hereunder
CNX Gas Corporation	Cardinal States Gathering Company	Virginia	Partnership interest	50%	100%

CNX Gas Company LLC	Cardinal States Gathering Company	Virginia	Partnership interest	50%	100%

CNX Gas Corporation	CNX Gas Company LLC	Virginia	Membership interest	100%	100%

CNX Resources Corporation	CNX Gas Corporation	Delaware	Common stock	151,077,344 common issued, 100%	100%

CNX Gas Company LLC	CNX Gathering LLC	Delaware	Membership Interest	100%	100%

CNX Resources Corporation	CNX Land LLC	Delaware	Membership Interest	100%	100%

CNX Resources Corporation	CNX Water Assets LLC	West Virginia	Membership Interest	100%	100%

CNX Land LLC	Terra Firma Company	West Virginia	Common stock	1 issued, 100%	100%

CNX Resources Corporation	CNX Resource Holdings	Delaware	Membership Interest	100%	100%

CNX Resources Corporation	Pocahontas Gas LLC	Delaware	Membership Interest	100%	100%


Debtor	Jurisdiction	Type of Search

Cardinal States Gathering Company	Pennsylvania, Washington County (Including US District Court)	Tax Liens and Judgments

Cardinal States Gathering Company	Virginia Secretary of State	UCC & Tax Liens

CNX Gas Company LLC	Pennsylvania, Washington County (Including US District Court)	Tax Liens and Judgments

CNX Gas Company LLC	Virginia Secretary of State	UCC & Tax Liens

CNX Gas Corporation	Delaware Secretary of State	UCC & Tax Liens

CNX Gas Corporation	Pennsylvania, Washington County (Including US District Court)	Tax Liens and Judgments

CNX Gathering LLC	Delaware Secretary of State	UCC & Tax Liens

CNX Gathering LLC	Pennsylvania, Washington County (Including US District Court)	Tax Liens and Judgments

CNX Land LLC	Delaware Secretary of State	UCC & Tax Liens

CNX Land LLC	Pennsylvania, Washington County (Including US District Court)	Tax Liens and Judgments

CNX Water Assets LLC	Pennsylvania, Washington County (Including US District Court)	Tax Liens and Judgments

CNX Water Assets LLC	West Virginia Secretary of State	UCC & Tax Liens

CNX Resource Holdings LLC	Delaware Secretary of State	UCC & Tax Liens

CNX Resource Holdings LLC	Pennsylvania, Washington County (Including US District Court)	Tax Liens and Judgments

CNX Resources Corporation	Delaware Secretary of State	UCC & Tax Liens

CNX Resources Corporation	Pennsylvania, Washington County (Including US District Court)	Tax Liens and Judgments

Pocahontas Gas LLC	Delaware Secretary of State	UCC & Tax Liens

Pocahontas Gas LLC	Pennsylvania, Washington County (Including US District Court)	Tax Liens and Judgments

Terra Firma Company	Pennsylvania, Washington County (Including US District Court)	Tax Liens and Judgments

Terra Firma Company	West Virginia Secretary of State	UCC & Tax Liens


Item	Amount
Indebtedness
CNX Resource Corporation 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022	$	1,314,307,000
CNX Resource Corporation 8.00% Senior Notes due 2023	$	500,000,000
Any Investment listed on Schedule 8.2.4(f) to the extent constituting Indebtedness
Existing Capital Leases	$	26,069,000


Debtor	Secured Party	Search Jurisdiction	Original Filing Number	Filing Dates	Collateral/Description of Amendments
CNX Gas Company LLC	Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation	Virginia SOS	14021055085	02/10/2014	Specific Equipment
CNX Gas Company LLC	Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation	Virginia SOS	15050161633	05/01/2015	Specific Equipment
CNX Gas Company LLC	Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation	Virginia SOS	15062455781	06/24/2015	Specific Equipment
CNX Gas Company LLC	Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation	Virginia SOS	15062456050	06/24/2015	Specific Equipment
CNX Gas Corporation	Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation	Delaware SOS	2015 0983782	03/09/2015	Specific Equipment
CNX Resources Corporation	Cisco Systems Capital Corporation	Delaware SOS	2018 0910634	02/08/2018	Leased Equipment
CNX Water Assets LLC	Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation	West Virginia SOS	2015E031100029	3/11/15	Specific Equipment
CNX Water Assets LLC	Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation	West Virginia SOS	2015E031100030	3/11/15	Specific Equipment
CNX Gas Company LLC	Hess Ohio Developments, LLC	Virginia SOS	16020538450	2/5/16	Property in connection with operating agreement


Existing Joint Ventures:
Buchanan Generation LLC	$	18,253,651
Mon-View	$	2,081,406


Name:		PNC Bank, National Association
Address:		One PNC Plaza
		249 Fifth Avenue
		Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707
Attention:		Richard C. Munsick
Telephone:		(412) 762-4299
Telecopy:		(412) 705-3232

Name:		Agency Services
Address:		PNC Firstside Center, 4th Floor
		500 First Avenue
		Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Attention:		Kristen Wilk
Telephone:		(412) 768-0403
Telecopy:		(412) 762-8672


Address:		CNX Center
		1000 CONSOL Energy Drive
		Canonsburg, PA 15317-6506
Attention:		Treasury Department
Telephone:		(724) 485-4338
Telecopy:		(724) 485-4825


	[Assignor [is] [is not] a Defaulting Lender]

2.	Assignee[s]:



	[for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [ identify Lender ]

3.	Borrower(s):	CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.)

4.	Administrative Agent:	PNC Bank, National Association, as the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement

5.	Credit Agreement:	Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated March 8, 2018 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), by and among CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“ Borrower ”), each of the Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto (“ Guarantors ”), the Lenders now or hereafter party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”) and Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Syndication Agent.


Consented to and Accepted:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender

By:
		Name:
		Title:


By:
		Name:
		Title: ]

[Consented to:
CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION

By:
		Name:
		Title: ] ¹²


Attention:

CONSENTED TO:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender


AGREED AND
ACKNOWLEDGED:

CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION

By:
		Name:
		Title:


Name:
Title:

Acknowledged and accepted:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent


ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,
individually and as Administrative Agent

By:
		Name:
		Title:


MORTGAGEE:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent

By:
		Name:
		Title:


Legal Name	Type of Entity	Registered Organization (Yes/No)	Organizational Identification Number ¹⁶	Federal Taxpayer Identification Number	Jurisdiction of Organization


Company/Subsidiary	Prior Corporate or Organizational Name	Date of Relevant Change


Company/Subsidiary	Corporate Name of Entity	Action	Date of Action	Jurisdiction of Formation	List of All Other Names Used on Any Filings with the Internal Revenue Service During Past Five Years From the Date Hereof


LICENSEE	LICENSOR	COUNTRY/STATE	REGISTRATION/ APPLICATION NUMBER	TRADEMARK


Owner		Type Of Account		Bank		Account Numbers		Subject to control agreement? [Yes/No]		Reason for Exclusion from Control Requirement