UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 27, 2018

 

 

Roan Resources, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-51719   83-1984112
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

14701 Hertz Quail Springs Pkwy

Oklahoma City, OK

  73134
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(405) 896-8050

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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

 

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

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On September 27, 2018, Roan Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) amended its Credit Agreement, dated as of September 5, 2017 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) by and among Roan Resources LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined have the meanings set forth in the Amendment.

Among other modifications, the Amendment:

 

   

increases the borrowing base under the Credit Agreement from $425 million to $675 million;

 

   

increases the amount of cash that may be netted out of Consolidated Total Debt for purposes of the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDAX Ratio from $25 million to (i) $40 million if there is any exposure under the Credit Agreement and (ii) an unlimited amount if there is no exposure under the Credit Agreement;

 

   

modifies the definition of Qualifying IPO from being limited to an issuance of equity interest of Roan Resources LLC, directly to having the issuance by a parent that owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the equity of Roan Resources LLC also constitute a Qualifying IPO;

 

   

provides that there will be no reduction of the borrowing base in connection with the issuance of any Permitted Additional Debt (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) for the first $500 million in principal of such Permitted Additional Debt;

 

   

permits certain additional restricted payments to be made;

 

   

reduces the Applicable Margin with respect to any LIBOR Loan or ABR Loan by 0.25% at every borrowing base utilization level; and

 

   

reduces the Commitment Fee Rate at the two lowest borrowing base utilization levels from 0.500% to 0.375%.

A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.

 

Item 5.03.

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

Effective on September 27, 2018, the Company amended and restated its amended and restated certificate of incorporation in its entirety to, among other things, increase the authorized capitalization of the Company from 300 million shares to 850 million shares.

Effective on September 27, 2018, the Company also amended and restated its amended and restated bylaws in their entirety.

Copies of the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Second A&R Charter”) and the second amended and restated bylaws (the “Second A&R Bylaws”) are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing descriptions of the Second A&R Charter and the Second A&R Bylaws are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.

 

Item 5.07

Submissions of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On September 27, 2018, pursuant to the terms of the Voting Agreement, dated September 24, 2018, by and among the Company and its principal stockholders, the holders of approximately 75.6% of the then-issued and outstanding Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company executed and delivered a written consent adopting and approving (a) the Second A&R Charter and the Second A&R Bylaws and (b) the amended and restated certificate of incorporation and second amended and restated bylaws of Linn Energy, Inc.

 

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Item 8.01

Other Items.

On September 27, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had amended its Credit Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
  3.1    Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Roan Resources, Inc.
  3.2    Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Roan Resources, Inc.
10.1    Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, dated September 27, 2018
99.1    Press release dated September 27, 2018

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

    ROAN RESOURCES, INC.
Date: September 27, 2018      
    By:  

/s/ David Treadwell

    Name:   David Treadwell
    Title:   General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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Exhibit 3.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

ROAN RESOURCES, INC.

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

1. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “ A&R Certificate of Incorporation ”) was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 24, 2018 under the name Roan Resources, Inc.

2. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which restates, integrates and also further amends the A&R Certificate of Incorporation, has been duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the DGCL. References to this “ Certificate of Incorporation ” herein refer to the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, restated, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time.

3. The A&R Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended, integrated and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

NAME

SECTION 1.1 Name . The name of the Corporation is Roan Resources, Inc.

ARTICLE II

REGISTERED AGENT

SECTION 2.1 Registered Agent . The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

SECTION 3.1 Purpose . The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL as it currently exists or may hereafter be amended.


ARTICLE IV

CAPITALIZATION

SECTION 4.1 Number of Shares .

(A) The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is eight hundred fifty million (850,000,000) shares of stock, classified as:

(1) Fifty million (50,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”); and

(2) Eight hundred million (800,000,000) shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Class  A Common Stock ”).

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

SECTION 4.2 Provisions Relating to Preferred Stock .

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

(B) Subject to any limitations prescribed by law and the rights of any series of the Preferred Stock then outstanding, if any, authority is hereby expressly granted to and vested in the Board to authorize the issuance of Preferred Stock from time to time in one or more series, and with respect to each series of Preferred Stock, to fix and state by the resolution or resolutions set forth in the Preferred Stock Designation the number of shares of such series and the designations and the powers, preferences, privileges and rights, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions relating to each series of Preferred Stock, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) whether or not the series is to have voting power, full, special or limited, or is to be without voting power, and whether or not such series is to be entitled to vote separately either alone or together with the holders of one or more other classes or series of stock;

(2) the number of shares to constitute the series and the designation thereof;

(3) restrictions on the issuance of shares of the same series or of any other class or series;

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECTION 4.3 Provisions Relating to Class  A Common Stock .

(A) Voting Rights .

(1) Except as may otherwise be provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, each share of Class A Common Stock shall have identical rights, powers and privileges in every respect. Class A Common Stock shall be subject to the express terms of Preferred Stock and any series thereof. Except as may otherwise be required by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or by applicable law, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share on all matters upon which the stockholders are generally entitled to vote, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and on all other matters upon which the stockholders are

 

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entitled to vote, and the holders of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote at or receive notice of any meeting of stockholders. Each holder of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation (as in effect at the time in question) and applicable law on all matters put to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation. Except as otherwise required in this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or by applicable law, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall vote together as a single class on all matters (or, if any holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Class A Common Stock, the holders of Class A Common Stock and the Preferred Stock shall vote together as a single class).

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

(B) Dividends and Distributions . Subject to applicable law and the prior rights and preferences, if any, applicable to outstanding shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to receive ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock held by them such dividends and distributions (payable in cash, stock or property), if, when and as may be declared thereon by the Board at any time and from time to time out of any funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.

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

SECTION 4.4 Preemptive Rights . No stockholder shall, by reason of the holding of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, have any preemptive or preferential right to acquire or subscribe for any shares or securities of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, that may at any time be issued, sold or offered for sale by the Corporation, unless specifically provided for in a Preferred Stock Designation.

 

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ARTICLE V

DIRECTORS

SECTION 5.1 Term and Classes .

(A) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon them by statute or by this Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws of the Corporation or the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of September 24, 2018, by and among the Corporation and certain of its stockholders, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time (the “ Stockholders’ Agreement ”), the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.

(B) Until the date of the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation (the “ Trigger Date ”), and subject to the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock specified in the related Preferred Stock Designation, shall be divided, with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into two classes, with the initial term of office of the first class to expire at the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the date of this Certificate of Incorporation and the initial term of office of the second class to expire at the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, with each director to hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal.

(C) On and after the Trigger Date, and subject to the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock specified in the related Preferred Stock Designation, shall consist of a single class, with the initial term of office to expire at the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, and each director shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. At each annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the Trigger Date, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms then expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation after their election, with each director to hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal.

SECTION 5.2 Vacancies . Subject to applicable law and the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding and the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, any newly created directorship that results from an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board that results from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director or from any other cause shall, unless otherwise required by resolution of the Board, be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, voting together as a single

 

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class and acting at a meeting of the stockholders in accordance with the DGCL, this Certificate of Incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office for the remaining term of his predecessor. No decrease in the number of authorized directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

SECTION 5.3 Removal . Subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation thereunder) and the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, any director may be removed at any time either for or without cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, voting together as a single class and acting at a meeting of the stockholders in accordance with the DGCL, this Certificate of Incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation.

SECTION 5.4 Number . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, if any, and the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Whole Board (as defined below). Unless and except to the extent that the bylaws of the Corporation so provide, the election of directors need not be by written ballot. For purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, the term “ Whole Board ” shall mean the total number of directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships.

ARTICLE VI

STOCKHOLDER ACTION

SECTION 6.1 Written Consents . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to such series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be taken at a duly held annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken by any consent in lieu of a meeting of such stockholders.

ARTICLE VII

SPECIAL MEETINGS

SECTION 7.1 Special Meetings . Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Whole Board. The Board may fix the date, time and place, if any, of such special meeting. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the stockholders of the Corporation shall not have the power to call or request a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of the stockholders previously scheduled by the Board.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

BYLAWS

SECTION 8.1 Bylaws . In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation. Any adoption, amendment or repeal of the bylaws of the Corporation by the Board shall require (A) prior to the Trigger Date, the approval of not less than 66 2/3% of the Whole Board, and (B) on and after the Trigger Date, the approval of a majority of the Whole Board. Stockholders shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation; provided , however , that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation or the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the bylaws of the Corporation may be adopted, altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, by the affirmative vote of holders of not less than 66 2/3% in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class. No bylaws hereafter made or adopted, nor any repeal of or amendment thereto, shall invalidate any prior act of the Board that was valid at the time it was taken. So long as the Stockholders’ Agreement remains in effect, the Board shall not approve any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the bylaws of the Corporation, or the adoption of any new bylaw, that would be contrary to or inconsistent with the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement.

ARTICLE IX

LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY

SECTION 9.1 Limitation of Director Liability . No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as it now exists. In addition to the circumstances in which a director of the Corporation is not personally liable as set forth in the preceding sentence, a director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the fullest extent permitted by any amendment to the DGCL hereafter enacted that further limits the liability of a director. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this  Article  IX  shall be prospective only and shall not affect any limitation on liability of a director for acts or omissions occurring prior to the date of such amendment, repeal or modification.

ARTICLE X

INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES

SECTION 10.1 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses .

(A) The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ proceeding ”) by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee,

 

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employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (a “ Covered Person ”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent, against all expenses, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Covered Person in connection with such proceeding.

(B) The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition;  provided ,  however , that to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter, a “final adjudication”) that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this  Article X  or otherwise.

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

(D) If a claim for indemnification under this  Article X  (following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within 60 days after the Corporation has received a claim therefor by the Covered Person, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this  Article X  is not paid in full within 30 days after the Corporation has received a statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the Covered Person shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim. If successful in whole or in part, the Covered Person shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim, or a claim brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. In any such action, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law. In (1) any suit brought by a Covered Person to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by a Covered Person to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (2) in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the Covered Person has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit

 

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that indemnification of the Covered Person is proper in the circumstances because the Covered Person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the Covered Person has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Covered Person has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Covered Person, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Covered Person to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this  Article X  or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

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

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

(G) Any Covered Person entitled to indemnification and/or advancement of expenses, in each case pursuant to this  Article X may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement and/or insurance provided by one or more persons with whom or which such Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any member of the Sponsor Group or the Existing Stockholder Group). The Corporation hereby acknowledges and agrees that (1) the Corporation shall be the indemnitor of first resort with respect to any proceeding, expense, liability or matter that is the subject of this  Article X , (2) the Corporation shall be primarily liable for all such obligations and any indemnification afforded to a Covered Person in respect of a proceeding, expense, liability or matter that is the subject of this  Article X , whether created by law, organizational or constituent documents, contract or otherwise, (3) any obligation of any persons with whom or which a Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any member of the Sponsor Group or the Existing Stockholder Group) to indemnify such Covered Person and/or advance expenses or liabilities to such Covered Person in respect of any proceeding shall be secondary to the obligations of the Corporation hereunder, (4) the Corporation shall be required to indemnify each Covered Person and advance expenses to each Covered Person hereunder to the fullest extent provided herein without regard to any rights such Covered Person may have against any other person with whom or which such Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any member of the Sponsor Group or the Existing Stockholder Group) or insurer of any such person, and (5) the Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases any other person with whom or which a Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any member of the Sponsor Group or the Existing Stockholder Group) from any claim of contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect of amounts paid by the Corporation hereunder.

 

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

ARTICLE XI

CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY

SECTION 11.1 Corporate Opportunities . Members of the Sponsor Group and the Existing Stockholder Group own and will own substantial equity interests in other entities (existing and future) that participate in the energy industry (“ Portfolio Companies ”) and may make investments and enter into advisory service agreements and other agreements from time to time with those Portfolio Companies. Certain officers and directors of the Corporation may also serve as employees, partners, officers or directors of members of the Sponsor Group, the Existing Stockholder Group or Portfolio Companies and, at any given time, members of the Sponsor Group, the Existing Stockholder Group or Portfolio Companies may be in direct or indirect competition with the Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. The Corporation waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the application of the doctrine of corporate opportunity (or any analogous doctrine) with respect to the Corporation, to the Sponsor Group, the Existing Stockholder Group or Portfolio Companies or any directors or officers of the Corporation or Portfolio Companies who are also employees, partners, members, managers, officers or directors of any of the Sponsor Group, the Existing Stockholder Group or Portfolio Companies. As a result of such waiver, no member of the Sponsor Group, the Existing Stockholder Group or Portfolio Companies, nor any director or officer of the Corporation who is also an employee, partner, member, manager, officer or director of any member of the Sponsor Group, the Existing Stockholder Group or Portfolio Companies, shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have any obligation to refrain from: (A) engaging in or managing the same or similar activities or lines of business as the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or developing or marketing any products or services that compete (directly or indirectly) with those of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries; (B) investing in, owning or disposing of any (public or private) interest in any Person engaged in the same or similar activities or lines of business as, or otherwise in competition with, the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (including any member of the Sponsor Group or the Existing Stockholder Group, a “ Competing Person ”); (C) developing a business relationship with any Competing Person; or (D) entering into any agreement to provide any service(s) to any Competing Person or acting as an officer, director, member, manager or advisor to, or other principal of, any Competing Person, regardless (in the case of each of (A) through (D)) of whether such activities are in direct or indirect competition with the business or activities of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (the activities described in (A) through (D) are referred to herein as “ Specified Activities ”). To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation hereby renounces (for itself and on behalf of its subsidiaries) any interest or expectancy in, or in being notified of or offered an opportunity to participate in, any Specified Activity that may be presented to or become known to any member of the Sponsor Group, the Existing Stockholder Group or Portfolio Companies or any director or officer of the Corporation who is also an employee, partner, member, manager, officer or director of any member of the Sponsor Group, the Existing Stockholder Group or Portfolio Companies; provided , however that the Corporation does not renounce any interest in any Specified Activity that is expressly offered to any director or officer of the Corporation solely in such person’s capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation or that is identified by the Sponsor Group, the Existing Stockholder Group or Portfolio Companies solely through the disclosure of information provided by or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

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SECTION 11.2 Definitions . For purposes of this  Article  XI , the following terms have the following definitions:

(A) “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person; with respect to any Sponsor Group or Existing Stockholder Group member, an “Affiliate” shall include (1) any Person who is the direct or indirect ultimate holder of “equity securities” (as such term is described in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of such Sponsor Group or Existing Stockholder Group member, and (2) any investment fund, alternative investment vehicle, special purpose vehicle or holding company that is directly or indirectly managed, advised or controlled by such Sponsor Group or Existing Stockholder Group member.

(B) “ Elliott Funds ” means, collectively, Elliott Associates, L.P., The Liverpool Limited Partnership and Spraberry Investments Inc.

(C) “ Existing Stockholders ” means each member of the Elliott Funds, the Fir Tree Funds and the York Capital Funds.

(D) “ Existing Stockholder Group ” means the Existing Stockholders, each of their respective Affiliates (other than the Corporation) and each of their respective Portfolio Companies.

(E) “ Fir Tree Funds ” means, collectively, Fir Tree Capital Opportunity Master Fund III, L.P., Fir Tree Capital Opportunity Master Fund, L.P., Fir Tree E&P Holdings VI, LLC, FT SOF IV Holdings, LLC, FT SOF V Holdings, LLC and FT COF (E) Holdings, LLC.

(F) “ Sponsor Group ” means Roan Holdings, LLC and its Affiliates (other than the Corporation) and all of its Portfolio Companies.

(G) “ York Capital Funds ” means, collectively, York Capital Management, L.P., York Credit Opportunities Investments Master Fund, L.P., York Credit Opportunities Fund, L.P., York Multi-Strategy Master Fund, L.P., Exuma Capital, L.P., York Select Strategy Master Fund, L.P. and Jorvik Multi-Strategy Master Fund, L.P.

(H) “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, firm, association, or other entity.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of, and to have consented to, the provisions of this  Article  XI . This  Article  XI  shall not limit any protections or defenses available to, or indemnification or advancement rights of, any director or officer of the Corporation under this Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws of the Corporation or any applicable law. Further, neither the amendment nor repeal of this  Article  XI , nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the

 

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Corporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, any modification of law, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any right or protection of any Person granted pursuant hereto existing at, or arising out of or related to any event, act or omission that occurred prior to, the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification (regardless of when any proceeding (or part thereof) relating to such event, act or omission arises or is first threatened, commenced or completed).

ARTICLE XII

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS WITH INTERESTED STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 12.1 Business Combinations with Interested Stockholders . The Corporation shall not be governed by or subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL as now in effect or hereafter amended, or any successor statute thereto.

ARTICLE XIII

AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

SECTION 13.1 Amendments .

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

(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by applicable law or this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation thereunder)), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation if such amendment, alteration or repeal is required to be submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation pursuant to applicable law; provided , however , that the amendment, alteration or repeal of  Article I and Article IV  shall only require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

ARTICLE XIV

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 14.1 Exclusive Forum . Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the sole and exclusive forum for any stockholder (including a beneficial owner) to bring (A) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (B) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, other employee or agent or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (C) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation, its

 

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directors, officers or employees or agents arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, this Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Corporation or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (D) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this  Article  XIV .

SECTION 14.2 Severability . If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any sentence of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any sentence of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

SECTION 14.3 Stockholder Consent to Personal Jurisdiction . To the fullest extent permitted by law, if any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of Section  14.1 above is filed in a court other than a court located within the State of Delaware (a “ Foreign Action ”) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to (A) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce Section  14.1 (an “ FSC Enforcement Action ”) and (B) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such FSC Enforcement Action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Incorporation as of this 27th day of September, 2018.

 

ROAN RESOURCES, INC.
By:  

/s/ David Treadwell

Name:   David Treadwell
Title:   General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation]

Exhibit 3.2

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

ROAN RESOURCES, INC.

Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware

As adopted on September 27, 2018


ARTICLE I

OFFICES AND RECORDS

SECTION 1.1 Registered Office . The registered office of Roan Resources, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”) in the State of Delaware shall be as set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), and the name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) in the manner provided by applicable law.

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

SECTION 1.3 Books and Records . The books and records of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may from time to time be designated by the Board.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 2.1 Annual Meetings . If required by applicable law, an annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors of the Corporation shall be held at such date, time and place, if any, either within or outside of the State of Delaware, as may be fixed by resolution of the Board or as determined in accordance with Section  2.5 , which date shall be within 13 months of the last annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation. In lieu of holding an annual meeting of the stockholders at a designated place, the Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that an annual meeting of stockholders may be held solely by means of remote communication. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation previously scheduled by the Board. Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting.

SECTION 2.2 Special Meetings . Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Whole Board. The Board may fix the date, time and place, if any, of such meeting and may postpone, reschedule or cancel any such meeting previously scheduled by the Board. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation (“ Preferred Stock ”), the stockholders of the Corporation shall not have the power to call or request a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation. For purposes of these Bylaws, the term “ Whole Board ” shall mean the total number of authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships.


SECTION 2.3 Record Date .

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

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

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

SECTION 2.4 Stockholder List . The officer who has charge of the stock ledger shall prepare, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders ( provided, however , if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten days before the date of the meeting,

 

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the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the 10th day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of such stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either on a reasonably accessible electronic network ( provided  that the information required to gain access to the list is provided with the notice of the meeting) or during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. The stock list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled by this section to examine the list required by this section or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.

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

SECTION 2.6 Notice of Meeting . Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, notice, stating the place, if any, date and time of the meeting, shall be given, not less than ten days nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice shall specify (A) the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), (B) the place, if any, date and time of such meeting, (C) the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and (D) in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called. If the stockholder list referred to in  Section  2.4  of these Bylaws is made accessible on an electronic network, the notice of meeting must indicate how the stockholder list can be accessed. If the meeting of stockholders is to be held solely by means of electronic communications, the notice of meeting must provide the information required to access such stockholder list during the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. The Corporation may provide stockholders with notice of a meeting by electronic transmission provided such stockholders have consented to receiving electronic notice in accordance with the DGCL. Such further notice shall be given as may be required by applicable law. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the notice of meeting.

 

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SECTION 2.7 Quorum and Adjournment of Meetings .

(A) Except as otherwise required by applicable law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders, except that when specified business is to be voted on by a class or series of stock voting as a class, the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum of such class or series for the transaction of such business. For purposes of these Bylaws, beneficial ownership of shares shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and the rules and regulations thereunder. The chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time for any reason, whether or not there is such a quorum. The stockholders present at a duly called meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

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

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

SECTION 2.9 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations .

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(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of September 24, 2018, by and among the Corporation and certain of its stockholders, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time (the “ Stockholders’ Agreement ”) (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (i) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these Bylaws and at the time of the annual meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) complies with the notice procedures and other requirements set forth in these Bylaws and applicable law.  Section  2.9(A)(1)(c)  of these Bylaws shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(2) For any nominations or any other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to  Section  2.9(A)(1)(c)  of these Bylaws, (a) the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, (b) such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action under the DGCL and (c) the record stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is made, must have acted in accordance with the representations set forth in the Solicitation Statement (as defined in Section  2.9(A)(2)(a) ) required by these Bylaws. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received by the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting;  provided ,  however , that subject to the following sentence, in the event that the date of the annual meeting is scheduled for a date that is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice (whether given pursuant to this Section  2.9(A)(2) or Section  2.9(B) ) to the Secretary of the Corporation must:

(a) set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such stockholder’s Stockholder Associated Person (as defined in  Section  2.9(C)(2) ), if any, (ii) (A) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such Stockholder Associated Person, (B) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or

 

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conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a “ Derivative Instrument ”), directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder or by any Stockholder Associated Person and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation held by such stockholder or by any Stockholder Associated Person, (C) a complete and accurate description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between or among such stockholder and such stockholder’s Stockholder Associated Person and any other person or persons in connection with such stockholder’s director nomination and the name and address of any other person(s) or entity or entities known to the stockholder to support such nomination, (D) a description of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person has a right to vote, directly or indirectly, any shares of any security of the Corporation, (E) any short interest in any security of the Corporation held by such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person (for purposes of these Bylaws, a person shall be deemed to have a “short interest” in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (F) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder or by any Stockholder Associated Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (G) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (H) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person is entitled to base on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including, without limitation, any such interests held by members of such stockholder’s or any Stockholder Associated Person’s immediate family sharing the same household, (iii) any other information relating to such stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (iv) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such nomination or other business before the meeting, and (v) a representation as to whether or not such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person will deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding stock reasonably believed by the stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, as the case may be, to be sufficient to elect such nominee or nominees (such representation, a “ Solicitation Statement ”).

 

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(b) if the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, set forth (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such stockholder and Stockholder Associated Person, if any, in such business, (ii) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment) and (iii) a complete and accurate description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between or among such stockholder and such stockholder’s Stockholder Associated Person, if any, and the name and address of any other person(s) or entity or entities in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder;

(c) set forth, as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board (i) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the Corporation’s proxy statement as a nominee of the stockholder and to serving as a director if elected), (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and Stockholder Associated Person, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant, and (iii) a representation that such person intends to serve a full term, if elected as director; and

(d) with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the Board, include (i) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement in a form provided by the Corporation, which form the stockholder must request from the Secretary of the Corporation in writing with no less than 7 days advance notice and (ii) a written representation and agreement (in the form

 

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provided by the Secretary of the Corporation upon written request) that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “ Voting Commitment ”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed to the Corporation, and (C) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

(3) A stockholder providing notice of a nomination or proposal of other business to be brought before a meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct (a) as of the record date for the meeting and (b) as of the date that is ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment, recess, cancellation, rescheduling or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date) and not later than seven business days prior to the date for the meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof)).

(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders.

Only such business as shall have been brought pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders. Subject to the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to a notice of meeting by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof or by any stockholder of the Corporation who (a) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these Bylaws and at the time of the special meeting, (b) is entitled to vote at the

 

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meeting, and (c) complies with the notice procedures set forth in these Bylaws and applicable law. In the event a special meeting of stockholders is called for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder delivers notice with the information required by  Section  2.9(A)(2)  (with the updates required by  Section  2.9(A)(3))  of these Bylaws with respect to any nomination (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by  Section  2.9(A)(2)(d)  of these Bylaws). Such notice shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement or the announcement thereof of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(C) General.

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

(2) For purposes of these Bylaws, “ public announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by Dow Jones News Service, the Associated Press, or any other national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and “ Stockholder Associated Person ” shall mean, for any stockholder, (a) any person or entity controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such stockholder, (b) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder or (c) any person or entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with any person or entity referred to in the preceding clauses (a) or (b).

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of these Bylaws, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in these Bylaws;  provided ,  however , that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements

 

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applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to  Section  2.9(A)  or  Section  2.9(B)  of these Bylaws. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights (a) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (b) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock if and to the extent provided for under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

(4) Unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) making a nomination or proposal under this  Section  2.9  does not appear at a meeting of stockholders to present such nomination or proposal, the nomination shall be disregarded and the proposed business shall not be transacted, as the case may be, notwithstanding that proxies in favor thereof may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this  Section  2.9 , to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 2.10 Conduct of Business . The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the chairman of the meeting. The Board may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion. The Chairman of the Board, if one shall have been elected, or in the Chairman of the Board’s absence or if one shall not have been elected, the director or officer designated by the majority of the Whole Board, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders as “chairman of the meeting.” Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and for any reason to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of the chairman of the meeting, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (A) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (B) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (C) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (D) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; (E) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants; and (F) restrictions of the use of audio and video recording devices. The chairman of the meeting, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting, and if such chairman of the meeting should so determine, such chairman of the meeting shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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

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

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

SECTION 2.14 Stockholder Action by Written Consent . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to such series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be taken at a duly held annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken by any consent in writing in lieu of a meeting of such stockholders.

 

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ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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

SECTION 3.2 Number, Tenure and Qualifications . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, if any, and the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Whole Board. The election and term of directors shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

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

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

SECTION 3.5 Notice . Notice of regular meetings of the Board need not be given. Notice of any special meeting of directors shall be given to each director at his business or residence in writing by hand delivery, first-class or overnight mail, courier service or facsimile or electronic transmission or orally by telephone. If mailed by first-class mail, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered if deposited in the United States mails so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid, at least five days before such meeting. If by overnight mail or courier service, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered if the notice is delivered to the overnight mail or courier service company at least 24 hours before such meeting. If by facsimile or electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered if the notice is transmitted at least 24 hours before such meeting. If by telephone or by hand delivery, the notice shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the time set for the meeting and shall be confirmed by facsimile or electronic transmission that is sent promptly thereafter. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board need be specified in the notice of such meeting, except for as provided in  Section  8.1 .

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

 

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SECTION 3.7 Conference Telephone Meetings . Members of the Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board or such committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

SECTION 3.8 Quorum . A whole number of directors equal to at least a majority of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the Board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the directors present may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice unless (A) the date, time and place, if any, of the adjourned meeting are not announced at the time of adjournment, in which case notice conforming to the requirements of  Section  3.5  of these Bylaws shall be given to each director, or (B) the meeting is adjourned for more than 24 hours, in which case the notice referred to in clause (A) shall be given to those directors not present at the announcement of the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, all matters shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the directors present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough directors to leave less than a quorum.

SECTION 3.9 Vacancies . Subject to applicable law and the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding and the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, any newly created directorship that results from an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board that results from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director or from any other cause shall, unless otherwise required by law or by resolution of the Board, be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, voting together as a single class and acting at a meeting of the stockholders in accordance with the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office for the remaining term of his predecessor. No decrease in the number of authorized directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

SECTION 3.10 Removal . Subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation thereunder) and the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, any director may be removed at any time either for or without cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, voting together as a single class and acting at a meeting of the stockholders in accordance with the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws. Except as applicable law otherwise provides, cause for the removal of a director shall be deemed to exist only if the director whose removal is proposed: (1) has been convicted of a felony by a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with the duties of such director to the Corporation and that

 

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conviction is no longer subject to direct appeal; (2) has been found to have committed a breach of the duty of loyalty in connection with the duties of such director to the Corporation or to have engaged in intentional or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties to the Corporation in any matter of substantial importance to the Corporation by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (3) has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be mentally incompetent, which mental incompetency directly affects his ability to serve as a director of the Corporation.

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

SECTION 3.12 Compensation . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board shall have authority to fix the compensation of directors, including fees and reimbursement of expenses. Members of committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

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

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

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

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

 

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

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

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

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

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

 

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

SECTION 5.5 President . The President, if any, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the Board. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the President (if any and if he or she shall be a director) shall preside when present at all meetings of the Board.

SECTION 5.6 Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents . Each Executive Vice President and Senior Vice President, if any, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the Board or the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, if any.

SECTION 5.7 Treasurer . The Treasurer, if any, shall exercise general supervision over the receipt, custody and disbursement of corporate funds. He shall have such further powers and duties and shall be subject to such directions as may be granted or imposed upon him from time to time by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, if any.

SECTION 5.8 Secretary . The Secretary, if any, shall keep or cause to be kept in one or more books provided for that purpose, the minutes of all meetings of the Board, the committees of the Board and the stockholders; he shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws and as required by applicable law; he shall be custodian of the records and the seal of the Corporation and affix and attest the seal to all stock certificates of the Corporation (unless the seal of the Corporation on such certificates shall be a facsimile, as hereinafter provided) and affix and attest the seal to all other documents to be executed on behalf of the Corporation under its seal; and he shall see that the books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept and filed are properly kept and filed; and in general, he shall perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, if any.

SECTION 5.9 Vacancies . A newly created elected office and a vacancy in any elected office because of death, resignation or removal may be filled by the Board for the unexpired portion of the term at any meeting of the Board. Any vacancy in an office appointed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, if any, because of death, resignation or removal may also be filled by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, if any.

 

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SECTION 5.10 Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations . Unless otherwise directed by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any officer authorized by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of security holders of or with respect to any action of security holders of any other corporation or entity in which the Corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers that the Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other corporation.

SECTION 5.11 Delegation . The Board may from time to time delegate the powers and duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS

SECTION 6.1 Stock Certificates and Transfers .

(A) The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided  that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock may be uncertificated shares. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by any two authorized officers of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. The shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued and shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation, which may be maintained by a third-party registrar or transfer agent, by the holder thereof in person or by his attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for at least the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require or upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of uncertificated shares and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form, at which time the Corporation shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto (if the stock is then represented by certificates), cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

(B) Each certificated share of stock shall be signed, countersigned and registered in the manner required by law. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

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

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

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

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 7.1 Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January and end on the 31st day of December of each year.

SECTION 7.2 Dividends . Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares of stock, which dividends may be paid in either cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation. A member of the Board, or a member of any committee designated by the Board, shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person as to matters the director reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation, as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities or net profits of the Corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

SECTION 7.3 Seal . If the Board determines that the Corporation shall have a corporate seal, the corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the words “Corporate Seal,” the year of incorporation and the words “Roan Resources, Inc. — Delaware.”

SECTION 7.4 Waiver of Notice . Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or director of the Corporation under the provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, including by electronic transmission, signed or given by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual or special meeting of the stockholders or the Board or committee thereof need be specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

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SECTION 7.5 Resignations . Any director or any officer, whether elected or appointed, may resign at any time by giving written notice, including by electronic transmission, of such resignation to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President (if any) or the Secretary, and such resignation shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the date said notice is received by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary, or at such later time as is specified therein. No formal action shall be required of the Board or the stockholders to make any such resignation effective.

SECTION 7.6 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses .

(A) The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ proceeding ”) by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (a “ Covered Person ”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent, against all expenses, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Covered Person in connection with such proceeding.

(B) The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition;  provided ,  however , that to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter, a “ final adjudication ”) that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this  Section  7.6  or otherwise.

(C) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses under this  Section  7.6  shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to a Covered Person who has ceased to be a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this  Section  7.6 , except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Covered Person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

 

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(D) If a claim for indemnification under this  Section  7.6  (following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within 60 days after the Corporation has received a claim therefor by the Covered Person, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this  Section  7.6  is not paid in full within 30 days after the Corporation has received a statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the Covered Person shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim. If successful in whole or in part, the Covered Person shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim, or a claim brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. In any such action, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law. In (1) any suit brought by a Covered Person to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by a Covered Person to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (2) in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the Covered Person has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Covered Person is proper in the circumstances because the Covered Person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the Covered Person has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Covered Person has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Covered Person, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Covered Person to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this  Section  7.6  or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

(E) The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this  Section  7.6  shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, any agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

(F) This  Section  7.6  shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

(G) Any Covered Person entitled to indemnification and/or advancement of expenses, in each case pursuant to this  Section  7.6 , may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement and/or insurance provided by one or more persons with whom or which such Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any member of the Sponsor

 

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Group (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) or the Existing Stockholder Group (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation). The Corporation hereby acknowledges and agrees that (1) the Corporation shall be the indemnitor of first resort with respect to any proceeding, expense, liability or matter that is the subject of this  Section  7.6 , (2) the Corporation shall be primarily liable for all such obligations and any indemnification afforded to a Covered Person in respect of a proceeding, expense, liability or matter that is the subject of this  Section  7.6 , whether created by law, organizational or constituent documents, contract or otherwise, (3) any obligation of any persons with whom or which a Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any member of the Sponsor Group or the Existing Stockholder Group) to indemnify such Covered Person and/or advance expenses or liabilities to such Covered Person in respect of any proceeding shall be secondary to the obligations of the Corporation hereunder, (4) the Corporation shall be required to indemnify each Covered Person and advance expenses to each Covered Person hereunder to the fullest extent provided herein without regard to any rights such Covered Person may have against any other person with whom or which such Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any member of the Sponsor Group or the Existing Stockholder Group) or insurer of any such person, and (5) the Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases any other person with whom or which a Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any member of the Sponsor Group or the Existing Stockholder Group) from any claim of contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect of amounts paid by the Corporation hereunder.

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

SECTION 7.7 Facsimile and Electronic Signatures . In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile or electronic signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile or electronic signatures of any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used.

SECTION 7.8 Time Periods . In applying any provision of these Bylaws that require an act be done or not done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included.

SECTION 7.9 Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records . Each director, each member of any committee designated by the Board and each officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees designated by the Board, or by any other person as to the matters the member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 8.1 Amendments . In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation;  provided, however , that where an amendment to the Bylaws of the Corporation is to be acted upon at a special meeting of directors, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such special meeting. Any adoption, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws of the Corporation by the Board shall require (A) prior to the date of the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation (the “ Trigger Date ”), the approval of not not less than 66 2/3% of the Whole Board, and (B) on and after the Trigger Date, the approval of a majority of the Whole Board. Stockholders shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation at any time;  provided ,  however , that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Bylaws of the Corporation may be adopted, altered, amended or repealed by the stockholders of the Corporation only by the affirmative vote of holders of not less than 66 2/3% in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class. No Bylaws hereafter made or adopted, nor any repeal of or amendment thereto, shall invalidate any prior act of the Board that was valid at the time it was taken. So long as the Stockholders’ Agreement remains in effect, the Board shall not approve any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of these Bylaws, or the adoption of any new Bylaw, that would be contrary to or inconsistent with the then-applicable terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) no amendment to the Stockholders’ Agreement (whether or not such amendment modifies any provision of the Stockholders’ Agreement to which these Bylaws are subject) shall be deemed an amendment of these Bylaws for purposes of this  Section 8.1 , and (2) no amendment, alteration or repeal of Section  7.6  shall adversely affect any right or protection existing under these Bylaws immediately prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal, including any right or protection of a present or former director, officer or employee thereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

THIRD AMENDMENT TO

CREDIT AGREEMENT

This THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”) dated as of September 27, 2018, is by and among Roan Resources LLC, Delaware limited liability company (“ Borrower ”); Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors, the “ Administrative Agent ”); the Letter of Credit Issuer; Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as assignor (the “ Assignor ”); Bank of Montreal, as the assignee (the “ Assignee ”) and the Lenders signatory hereto.

Recitals

WHEREAS, Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders are parties to the Credit Agreement dated as of September 5, 2017 (as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of April 9, 2018, as amended by the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 30, 2018, and as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain credit available to and on behalf of Borrower.

WHEREAS, Borrower has requested and the Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement in certain respects as hereinafter provided.

WHEREAS, the Assignor desires to assign to the Assignee, and the Assignee desires to purchase from the Assignor, all of the Assignor’s Assigned Interests (as hereinafter defined) subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1.     Defined Terms . Each capitalized term which is defined in the Credit Agreement, but which is not defined in this Amendment, shall have the meaning ascribed such term in the Credit Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to sections and articles in this Amendment refer to sections and articles of the Credit Agreement.

Section 2.     Amendments to Credit Agreement .

(a)    The definition of Applicable Margin in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to the following:

Applicable Margin ” shall mean, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan, any LIBOR Loan or Commitment Fees, as the case may be, the rate per annum set forth in the grid below based upon the Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage in effect on such day:

 

Borrowing Base Utilization Grid

Borrowing Base

Utilization Percentage

  

X <

25%

  

³  25% X

<50%

  

³  50% X

<75%

  

³  75% X

<90%

  

X ³

90%

LIBOR Loans

   2.000%    2.25%    2.50%    2.75%    3.00%

ABR Loans

   1.000%    1.25%    1.50%    1.75%    2.00%

Commitment Fee Rate

   0.375%    0.375%    0.500%    0.500%    0.500%


Each change in the Commitment Fee Rate or Applicable Margin shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.

(b)    The definition of Co-Documentation Agents in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted and each reference to the “Co-Documentation Agents” in the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Documentation Agent”

(c)    The definition of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDAX Ratio in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to the following:

Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDAX Ratio ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt less (i) at any time that Total Exposure of all of the Lenders is zero as of the last day of the most recent Test Period ended on or prior to such date of determination Unrestricted Cash and (ii) at any time that Total Exposure of all of the Lenders is greater than zero as of the last day of the most recent Test Period ended on or prior to such date of determination Unrestricted Cash in an amount not to exceed $40,000,000 to (b) Consolidated EBITDAX for such Test Period.

(d)    Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add the following definitions:

Documentation Agent ” shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., acting as documentation agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

Equity Interests ” shall mean Stock and Stock Equivalents.

(e)    The definition of Qualifying IPO in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to the following:

Qualifying IPO ” shall mean the issuance by (a) the Borrower of its Equity Interests or (b) any Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, generating (individually or in the aggregate together with any prior initial public offering) gross proceeds to the Borrower (or any Person that owns, directly

 

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or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower) exceeding $250 million in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).

(f)    Section 2.14(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to the following:

(f)     Reduction of Borrowing Base Upon Issuance of Permitted Additional Debt . Upon the issuance or incurrence of any Permitted Additional Debt in accordance with Section  10.1(d) and Section  10.1(m) , (i) on or prior to the occurrence of the Scheduled Redetermination scheduled to occur next after the Scheduled Redetermination in respect of October 1, 2018 (such next Scheduled Redetermination the “Cutoff Scheduled Redetermination”), the Borrowing Base then in effect shall be reduced by an amount equal to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the stated principal amount of such Permitted Additional Debt (without regard to any original issue discount) issued or incurred in excess of $500,000,000 in the aggregate for all such issuances and incurrences on or before the Cutoff Scheduled Redetermination, and (ii) after the occurrence of the Cutoff Scheduled Redetermination, the Borrowing Base then in effect shall be reduced by an amount equal to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the stated principal amount of such Permitted Additional Debt (without regard to any original issue discount) issued or incurred and the Borrowing Base as so reduced shall become the new Borrowing Base immediately upon the date of such issuance or incurrence, effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers and the Lenders on such date until the next redetermination or modification thereof pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement.

(f)     Section 10.6(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to the following:

(b)    the Borrower may (i) redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase shares of its Stock or Stock Equivalents held by any present or former officer, manager, consultant, director or employee (or their respective Affiliates, estates, spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees, distributees or immediate family members) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or otherwise in accordance with any equity option or equity appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee equity ownership, benefit or incentive plan or agreement, equity subscription plan, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreements or equity holders’ agreement or make distributions and dividends to any direct or indirect parent for the same purposes; provided that, non-discretionary repurchases, acquisitions, retirements or redemptions pursuant to the terms of any equity option or equity appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee equity ownership, benefit or incentive plan or agreement, equity subscription plan, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreements or equity holders’ agreement, the aggregate amount of all cash paid in respect of all such shares of Stock or Stock Equivalents so redeemed, acquired, retired or repurchased in any calendar year does not exceed the $10,000,000; and (ii) pay

 

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Restricted Payments in an amount equal to withholding or similar Taxes payable or expected to be payable by any present or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or their respective Affiliates, estates or immediate family members) and any repurchases of Stock or Stock Equivalents in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options so long as the amount of such payments does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate;

(g)     Section 10.6(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to the following:

(f)    the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries may (i) pay cash in lieu of fractional shares of the Borrower, such Subsidiary, or any direct or indirect parent thereof in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition and (ii) so long as, after giving pro forma effect thereto, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (B) no Borrowing Base Deficiency exists, honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares of the Borrower, such Subsidiary, or any direct or indirect parent thereof in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;

(h)     Section 10.12(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to the following:

(f)    the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, managers, consultants, officers and employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of, or in connection with any services provided to, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (including payments in connection with the administration of any public company or stock exchange disclosure requirements);

(i)    Schedule 1.1(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety and replaced with Schedule 1.1(a) attached hereto.

Section 2.2.    The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Lenders counterparts (in such number as may be requested by Administrative Agent) of this Amendment signed on behalf of such Persons.

Section 2.3.    The Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of each Lender, an upfront fee equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Borrowing Base Increase (as defined below) times 0.45%.

Section 2.4.    After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Amendment Effective Date.

Administrative Agent is hereby authorized and directed to declare this Amendment to be effective (and the Amendment Effective Date shall occur) when it has received documents confirming or certifying, to the satisfaction of Administrative Agent, compliance with the conditions set forth in this Section  2 or the waiver of such conditions as permitted in Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement. Such declaration shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties to the Credit Agreement for all purposes.

 

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Section 3.     Assignment and Assumption . For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to its Commitment, Allocation and Commitment Percentage of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the Credit Agreement (including without limitation any letters of credit and swingline loans included in the Credit Agreement), and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the “ Assignment ”) (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by the Assignor to the Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as an “ Assigned Interest ”). The Assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, without representation or warranty by the Assignor. The parties hereto hereby agree that, after giving effect to the Assignment, the Commitment, Allocation and Commitment Percentage of each Lender shall be as set forth in Schedule 1.1(a) attached hereto, which Schedule 1.1(a) shall replace and supersede Schedule 1.1(a) to the Credit Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date in all respects.

Section 4.     Borrowing Base . This will confirm that effective on the Amendment Effective Date, but subject to satisfaction of the condition in the last paragraph of Section  2 of this Amendment, the Borrowing Base under the Credit Agreement is increased by $250,000,000 (the “ Borrowing Base Increase ”) from $425,000,000 to $675,000,000 and such Borrowing Base shall remain in effect until the next determination or adjustment of the Borrowing Base pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement. The Borrowing Base established pursuant to this Section  4 is the Borrowing Base to be established pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement in respect of October 1, 2018 and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.14(b) of the Credit Agreement, the determination pursuant to this Section  4 shall be in lieu of the Borrowing Base determination provided in such Section 2.14(b) in respect of such October 1, 2018 determination, but no other determination or adjustment.

Section 5.     Miscellaneous .

Section 5.1.     Confirmation . The provisions of the Credit Agreement, as amended and modified by this Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect following the Amendment Effective Date.

Section 5.2.     Ratification and Affirmation . The Borrower and each Guarantor hereby (a) acknowledges the terms of this Amendment; (b) ratifies and affirms its obligations

 

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under, and acknowledges its continued liability under, each Credit Document to which it is a party and agrees that each Credit Document to which it is a party remains in full force and effect as expressly amended hereby; and (c) agrees that from and after the Amendment Effective Date each reference to the Credit Agreement in the Guarantee and the other Credit Documents shall be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended and modified by this Amendment.

Section 5.3.     Representations and Warranties . The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders that (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (b) no event or events have occurred which individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained in the Credit Agreement or in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects (unless such representation or warranty contains a materiality qualifier in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Amendment Effective Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (unless such representation or warranty contains a materiality qualifier in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date).

Section 5.4.     Credit Document . This Amendment is a Credit Document and shall be construed, administered and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement. On and after the effectiveness of this Agreement, each reference in each Credit Document to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended or otherwise modified by this Amendment.

Section 5.5.     Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy, facsimile or other similar electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

Section 5.6.     No Oral Agreement . This Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents executed in connection herewith and therewith represent the final agreement between the parties and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or unwritten oral agreements of the parties. There are no subsequent oral agreements between the parties.

Section 5.7.     No Waiver . The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any of the Credit Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Credit Documents.

 

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Section 5.8.     GOVERNING LAW . THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 5.9.     Payment of Expenses . In accordance with Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement, Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with this Amendment, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to Administrative Agent.

Section 5.10.     Severability . Any provision of this Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 5.11.     Successors and Assigns . This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

Section 5.12.     WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . THE BORROWER, THE GUARANTORS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, EACH LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUER AND EACH LENDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR POCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed effective as of the Amendment Effective Date.

 

ROAN RESOURCES LLC, as Borrower
By:  

/s/ David Edwards

  Name: David Edwards
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

A-1

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


CITIBANK, N.A.,
    as Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and     Lender
By:  

/s/ Eamon Baqui

Name:   Eamon Baqui
Title:   Vice President

 

A-2

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
    as Lender
By:  

/s/ Emilee Scott

Name:   Emilee Scott
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

A-3

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Co-Documentation Agent and Lender
By:  

/s/ Denise S. Davis

Name:   Denise S. Davis
Title:   Vice President

 

A-4

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
    as Co-Syndication Agent and Lender
By:  

/s/ Sydney G. Dennis

Name:   Sydney G. Dennis
Title:   Director

 

A-5

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
    as Co-Documentation Agent and Lender
By:  

/s/ Anson Williams

Name:   Anson Williams
Title:   Authorized Officer

 

A-6

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


Morgan Stanley Bank N.A.,
    as Lender
By:  

/s/ Michael King

Name:   Michael King
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

A-7

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


ABN AMRO CAPITAL USA LLC,
    as Lender
By:  

/s/ Darrell Holley

Name:   Darrell Holley
Title:   Managing Director
By:  

/s/ Beth Johnson

Name:   Beth Johnson
Title:   Executive Director

 

A-8

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Lender
By:  

/s/ Scott Arndt

Name:   Scott Arndt
Title:   Managing Director

 

A-10

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
    as Lender
By:  

/s/ Trudy Nelson

Name:   Trudy Nelson
Title:   Authorized Signatory
By:  

/s/ Megan Larson

Name:   Megan Larson
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

A-11

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


FIFTH THIRD BANK,

    as Lender

By:  

/s/ James Moyes

Name:   James Moyes
Title:   Vice President

 

A-12

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE,

    as Lender

By:  

/s/ Max Sonnonstine

Name:   Max Sonnonstine
Title:   Director

 

A-13

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


SUNTRUST BANK,

    as Lender

By:  

/s/ Benjamin L. Brown

Name:   Benjamin L. Brown
Title:   Director

 

A-14

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,

    as Lender

By:  

/s/ Ryan Durkin

Name:   Ryan Durkin
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

A-15

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH

    as Lender

By:  

/s/ Nupur Kumar

Name:   Nupur Kumar
Title:   Authorized Signatory
By:  

/s/ Sophie Bulliard

Name:   Sophie Bulliard
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

 

A-16

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


CADENCE BANK, N.A.
    as Lender
By:  

/s/ Anthony Blanco

Name:   Anthony Blanco
Title:   SVP

 

A-17

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


COMERICA BANK,
    as Lender
By:  

/s/ Britney P. Geidel

Name:   Britney P. Geidel
Title:   Portfolio Manager

 

A-18

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


DNB CAPITAL LLC,

    as Lender

By:  

/s/ Byron Cooley

Name:   Byron Cooley
Title:   Senior Vice President
By:  

/s/ James Grubb

Name:   James Grubb
Title:   Vice President

 

A-19

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


KEY BANK, N.A.,

    as Lender

By:  

/s/ David M. Bornstein

Name:   David M. Bornstein
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

A-20

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


BOKF, NA dba Bank of Oklahoma,

    as Lender

By:  

/s/ John Krenger

Name:   John Krenger
Title:   Vice President

 

A-21

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


MIDFIRST BANK

    as Lender

By:  

/s/ Ryan Thompson

Name:   Ryan Thompson
Title:   Vice President

 

 

A-22

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
    as Assignor
By:  

/s/ Alicia Schug

Name:

Title:

 

Alicia Schug

Vice President

By:  

/s/ Marguerite Sutton

Name:   Marguerite Sutton
Title:   Vice President

 

A-23

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


BMO HARRIS BANK N.A.,

    as Assignee

By:  

/s/ James Ducote

Name:   James Ducote
Title:   Managing Director

 

A-24

Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement


Schedule 1.1(a)

Commitments

 

Lender

   Commitment      Allocation      Commitment
Percentage
 

Citibank, NA

   $ 45,555,555.55      $ 41,000,000.00        6.074

Royal Bank of Canada

   $ 42,777,777.78        38,500,000.00        5.704

PNC Bank, National Association

   $ 42,777,777.78        38,500,000.00        5.704

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 42,777,777.78        38,500,000.00        5.704

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 42,777,777.78        38,500,000.00        5.704

Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.

   $ 38,888,888.89        35,000,000.00        5.185

ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC

   $ 38,888,888.89        35,000,000.00        5.185

Capital One, National Association

   $ 38,888,888.89        35,000,000.00        5.185

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

   $ 38,888,888.89        35,000,000.00        5.185

Fifth Third Bank

   $ 38,888,888.89        35,000,000.00        5.185

Société Générale

   $ 38,888,888.89        35,000,000.00        5.185

SunTrust Bank

   $ 38,888,888.89        35,000,000.00        5.185

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 38,888,888.89        35,000,000.00        5.185

Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch

   $ 38,888,888.89        35,000,000.00        5.185

Cadence Bank, N.A.

   $ 27,777,777.78        25,000,000.00        3.704

Comerica Bank

   $ 27,777,777.78        25,000,000.00        3.704

BMO Harris Bank N.A.

   $ 27,777,777.78        25,000,000.00        3.704

DNB Capital LLC

   $ 27,777,777.78        25,000,000.00        3.704

Key Bank, N.A.

   $ 27,777,777.78        25,000,000.00        3.704

BOKF, NA dba Bank of Oklahoma

   $ 22,222,222.21      20,000,000.00        2.962

MidFirst Bank

   $ 22,222,222.21        20,000,000.00        2.962
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 750,000,000.00      $ 675,000,000.00        100.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1.1(a)

Exhibit 99.1

 

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Roan Resources, Inc. Amends Credit Facility and Increases Borrowing Base by $250 Million

OKLAHOMA CITY, September 27, 2018 – Roan Resources, Inc. (OTCQB: ROAN) (“Roan” or the “Company”) today announced that it completed its Fall 2018 Borrowing Base redetermination process for its Credit Facility, maturing in September of 2022. All participating lenders consented to a Borrowing Base increase to $675 million, from $425 million. Additionally, the lender group agreed to amend the pricing grid to a LIBOR spread of 200 to 300 basis points, which is lower by 25 basis points. Also amended were certain reductions to fees relating to undrawn amounts.

“Completing the fall redetermination process is another step highlighting our execution on our 2018 objectives and provides visibility to funding the 2019 development program” said Tony Maranto, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “The Borrowing Base has increased substantially from the $200 million level at the origination of the Credit Facility just one year ago, all while maintaining an industry leading credit profile, which we see as a testament to the quality of our asset base.”

About Roan Resources

Roan is an independent oil and natural gas company headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK focused on the development, exploration and acquisition of unconventional oil and natural gas reserves in the Merge, SCOOP and STACK plays of the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma. For more information, please visit www.RoanResources.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements made in this press release that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and expectations made by the Company, which reflect management’s experience, estimates and perception of historical trends, current conditions and anticipated future developments. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, which may cause actual results to differ materially from those implied or anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and, except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements found in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed September 24, 2018.

Investor Contact:

Alyson Gilbert

Investor Relations Manager

405-896-3767

IR@RoanResources.com