TENTH AMENDMENT

TO

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AND

SECOND AMENDMENT

TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT



DATED AS OF

October 23, 2017



AMONG



EV PROPERTIES, L.P.,

as Borrower,



THE GUARANTORS,



JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent,



and



The Lenders Signatory Hereto



WELLS FARGO, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent,

MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.

BBVA COMPASS
and
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Co-Documentation Agents,


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Runner



 

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TENTH AMENDMENT TO

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

AND

SECOND AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT



This TENTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO GUARANTY AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”) dated as of October 23, 2017, is among EV PROPERTIES, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Borrower ”); each of the undersigned guarantors (the “ Guarantors ”, and together with the Borrower, the “ Obligors ”); JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors, the “ Administrative Agent ”); and the Lenders signatory hereto.

Recitals

A. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 26, 2011 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011, by that certain Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2012, by that certain Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2012, by that certain Fourth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2013, by that certain Fifth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2013, by that certain Sixth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2014, by that certain Seventh Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2015, by that certain Eighth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Guaranty and Collateral Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2015, and by that certain Ninth Amendment to Second Amended Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2016, the “ Credit Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain credit available to and on behalf of the Borrower.

B. The Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Guaranty and Collateral Agreement dated as of April 26, 2011 (as amended by the Eighth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Guaranty and Collateral Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2015, the “ Guaranty and Collateral Agreement ”).

C. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement, each as more fully set forth herein.

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D. 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:

“ Agreement ” means this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto, as amended by the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, the Sixth Amendment, the Seventh Amendment, the Eighth Amendment, the Ninth Amendment, the Tenth Amendment and as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

“ DACA Compliance Date ” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 9.20 .

“ Excluded Accounts ” means, individually or collectively as the context requires, payroll, withholding tax, escrow, trust fund and other fiduciary deposit accounts.

“ Tenth Amendment ” means that certain   Tenth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.

“ Tenth Amendment Effective Date ” means October 23, 2017.

2.2 Amendment to Section 8.19 .  Section 8.19 is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

Section 8.19 Further Additional Collateral Pursuant to Tenth Amendment .  In connection with each redetermination of the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall review the Reserve Report and the list of current Mortgaged Properties (as described in Section 8.12(c)(vi) ) to ascertain whether the Mortgaged Properties represent at least 95% of the total value of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most recently completed Reserve Report after giving effect to exploration and production activities, acquisitions, dispositions and

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production.  In the event that the Mortgaged Properties do not represent at least 95% of such total value, then the Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, grant to the Administrative Agent or its designee as security for the Indebtedness a first-priority Lien interest (provided the Excepted Liens of the type described in clauses (a) to (d) and (f) of the definition thereof may exist, but subject to the provisos at the end of such definition) on additional Oil and Gas Properties not already subject to a Lien of the Security Instruments such that after giving effect thereto, the Mortgaged Properties will represent at least 95% of such total value.  All such Liens will be created and perfected by and in accordance with the provisions of deeds of trust, security agreements and financing statements or other Security Instruments, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or its designee and in sufficient executed (and acknowledged where necessary or appropriate) counterparts for recording purposes.  In order to comply with the foregoing, if any Subsidiary places a Lien on its Oil and Gas Properties and such Subsidiary is not a Guarantor, then it shall become a Guarantor and comply with Section 8.14(b) .

2.3 Amendment to Section 9.20 .  Section 9.20 is hereby amended by deleting such Section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

Section 9.20 Control Agreements .  For each deposit or securities account that the Borrower or any Guarantor maintains as of the Tenth Amendment Effective Date (other than any Excluded Account), the Borrower will, by the date (the “ DACA Compliance Date ”) no later than thirty (30) days after the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, either (a) cause such account to be subject to a deposit account control agreement or securities account control agreement, as applicable, with a Lender in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent naming the Administrative Agent as the secured party thereunder for the benefit of the Guaranteed Creditors, or (b) close such account and transfer any funds therein to an account that otherwise meets the requirements of this Section 9.20 .   From and after the DACA Compliance Date, neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor shall open, any deposit or securities account (other than any Excluded Account) unless such deposit or securities account is with a Lender and is subject to a deposit account control agreement or securities account control agreement, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent naming the Administrative Agent as the secured party thereunder for the benefit of the Guaranteed Creditors.

The 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 the Administrative Agent, compliance with the conditions set forth in this Section 5 or the waiver of such conditions as permitted in Section 12.02.  Such declaration shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties to the Credit Agreement for all purposes.

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[ Signature Pages Follow ]

 

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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.

BORROWER: EV PROPERTIES, L.P.

By: EV Properties GP, LLC, its general partner

By: /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI _______
Nicholas Bobrowski

Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

PARENT: EV ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.



By: EV ENERGY GP, L.P.,
its general partner

By:  EV MANAGEMENT, LLC, its general partner



By: /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI _______
Nicholas Bobrowski

Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

GUARANTORS: EV PROPERTIES GP, LLC

By: /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI _______
Nicholas Bobrowski

Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

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ENERVEST PRODUCTION
PARTNERS, LTD.

By: EVPP GP, LLC,

its general partner

By: /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI _______
Nicholas Bobrowski

Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

EVPP GP, LLC

By: /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI _______
Nicholas Bobrowski

Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

CGAS PROPERTIES, L.P.

By: EVCG GP, LLC,

its general partner

By: /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI _______
Nicholas Bobrowski

Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

ENERVEST MONROE MARKETING, LTD.



By: EVPP GP, LLC, its general partner





By: /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI _______
Nicholas Bobrowski

Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

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ENERVEST MONROE GATHERING, LTD.

By: EVPP GP, LLC, its general partner

By: /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI _______
Nicholas Bobrowski

Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

BELDEN & BLAKE CORPORATION

By: /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI _______
Nicholas Bobrowski

Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

ENERVEST MESA, LLC

By: /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI _______
Nicholas Bobrowski

Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. , as

Administrative Agent and a Lender



By: /s/ ROBERT MENDOZA __________
Name: Robert Mendoza
Title: Authorized Officer

 

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LENDERS: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as a Lender

By: /s/ DAVID MAYNARD _______________
Name: David Maynard
Title: Senior Vice President

 

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COMPASS BANK , as a Lender

By: /s/ WILLIAM DOUNING ______________
Name: William Douning
Title: Senior Vice President

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CITIBANK, N.A. , as a Lender

By: /s/ JEFF ARD ______________
Name: Jeff Ard
Title: Vice President

 

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COMERICA BANK , as a Lender

By: /s/ JEFFREY PARILLIA _______
Name: Jeffrey Parilla
Title: Vice President

 

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ING CAPITAL LLC , as a Lender

By: /s/ JULI BIESER ___________________
Name: Juli Bieser
Title: Managing Director

By: /s/ CHARLES HALL ________________
Name: Charles Hall
Title: Managing Director

 

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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA , as a Lender

By: /s/ TERRY DONOVAN ______________
Name: Terry Donovan
Title: Managing Director

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as a Lender

By: /s/ JAMES CECIL ___________________
Name: James Cecil
Title: Senior Vice President

 

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BANC OF AMERICA CREDIT PRODUCTS, as a Lender

By: /s/ JENNIFER KOSZTA ________________
Name: Jennifer Koszta
Title: Assistant Vice President

 

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AG ENERGY FUNDING, LLC , as a Lender

By: /s/ Todd Dittman ____________________
Name: Todd Dittman
Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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ZB, N.A. DBA AMEGY BANK , as a Lender

By: /s/ JOHN MOFFITT _________________
Name: John Moffitt
Title: Vice President

 

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FROST BANK , as a Lender

By: /s/ MATT SHANDS ________________
Name: Matt Shands
Title: Vice President

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , as a Lender

By: /s/ GREG HALL __________________
Name: Greg Hall
Title: Vice President

 

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CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE , as a Lender

By: /s/ RICHARD ANTL _______________
Name: Richard Antl
Title: Authorized Signatory

By: /s/ DONOVAN BROUSSARD _________________________

Name: Donovan Broussard
Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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REGIONS BANK , as a Lender

By: /s/ J. PATRICK CARRIGAN ___________
Name: J. Patrick Carrigan
Title: Senior Vice President

 

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ANNEX I

[See attached.]



























 

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT



made by

EV PROPERTIES, L.P.

and each of the other Grantors (as defined herein)

in favor of



JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent



Dated as of October 23, 2017





 

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Table of Contents







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SCHEDULES :

1. Notice Addresses of Guarantors

2. Description of Investment Property

3. Filings and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests

4. Legal Name, Location of Jurisdiction of Organization, Organizational Identification Number and Chief Executive Office

5. Prior Names, Prior Chief Executive Office, Location of Tangible Assets

ANNEX :

1. Form of Assumption Agreement

2. Acknowledgment and Consent

 

 

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This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT , dated as of October 23, 2017, is made by EV PROPERTIES, L.P. , a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Borrower ”), and each of the other signatories hereto other than the Administrative Agent (the Borrower and each of the other signatories hereto other than the Administrative Agent, together with any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a party hereto from time to time after the date hereof, the “ Grantors ”), in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. , as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) for the benefit of the Guaranteed Creditors (as defined below).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Borrower entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2011, by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the banks and other financial institutions and entities (the “ Lenders ”) from time to time party thereto (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “ Credit Agreement ”).

WHEREAS, the Grantors executed that certain Second Amended and Restated Guaranty and Collateral Agreement, dated as of  April 26, 2011, in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “ Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, the Grantors and Secured Swap Providers have entered, or may enter, into Secured Swap Agreements;

WHEREAS, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders constituting the Majority Lenders have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Guaranteed Creditors, to amend and restate the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as follows:

Definitions

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“ Account Debtor ” means a Person (other than any Grantor) obligated on an Account, Chattel Paper, or General Intangible.

“ Administrative Agent ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“ Agreement ” means this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“ Borrower ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“ Collateral ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01 .

“ Credit Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

“ Excluded Assets ” means (i) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights (in each case, except to the extent the security interest in such assets can be perfected by the filing of an “all assets” UCC-1 financing statement), (ii) any asset specifically requiring perfection through control, control agreements or other control arrangements (other than (x) possession or control of Pledged Securities (whether certificated or uncertificated) to the extent required herein and (y) Deposit Accounts, Commodity Accounts and Security Accounts other than Excluded Accounts), (iii) margin stock, (iv) Equity Interests in any Person to the extent prohibited by the terms of any applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement, shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement; provided that in no event shall the Equity Interests of any Grantor constitute an Excluded Asset, and (v) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably determine that the cost of perfecting a security interest therein is excessive in relation to the benefit to the Guaranteed Creditors of the security to be afforded thereby.

“ Foreign Subsidiary ” means, any Subsidiary of the Borrower which (i) is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or (ii) substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary consist of Equity Interests in one or more Subsidiaries that are “controlled foreign corporations” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

“ Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock ” means the voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary.

“ Grantor Claims ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01 .

“ Grantors ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

“ Guarantor Claims ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01 .

“ Guarantor Obligations ” means, with respect to any Guarantor, all obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or in connection with this Agreement (including Article II ), whether on account of guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement); provided that “Guarantor Obligations” of any Guarantor shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.

“ Guarantors ” means the collective reference to each Grantor; provided that each Grantor shall be considered a Guarantor only with respect to the Primary Obligations of any other Person.

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“ Guaranteed Creditors ” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, the Lenders, each Secured Swap Provider and any other Person owed Secured Obligations.  “ Guaranteed Creditor ” means any of the foregoing individually.

“ Intellectual Property ” means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the copyrights, the copyright licenses, the patents, the patent licenses, the trademarks and the trademark licenses, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

“ Intercompany Notes ” means any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor to any other Grantor.

“ Investment Property ” means, collectively: (a) all “investment property” as such term is defined in Section 9.102(a)(49) of the UCC (other than any Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the definition of “Pledged Securities”), (b) all “financial assets” as such term is defined Section 8.102(a)(9) of the UCC, and (c) whether or not constituting “investment property” as so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Securities.

“ Issuers ” means, collectively, each issuer of a Pledged Security.

“ Lenders ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

“ Payment in Full ” means the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed.

“ Pledged Notes ” means all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2 , together with all Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor and all other promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor.

“ Pledged Securities ” means: (a) the Equity Interests described or referred to in Schedule 2 , together with any other Equity Interests of any Person that may be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in effect and (b) (i) the certificates or instruments, if any, representing such Equity Interests, (ii) all dividends (cash, stock or otherwise), cash, instruments, rights to subscribe, purchase or sell and all other rights and property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such Equity Interests, (iii) all replacements, additions to and substitutions for any of the property referred to in this definition, including claims against third parties, (iv) the proceeds, interest, profits and other income of or on any of the property referred to in this definition and (v) all books and records relating to any of the property referred to in this definition.

“ Post-Default Rate ” means the per annum rate of interest provided for in Section 3.02(c) of the Credit Agreement, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.

“ Primary Obligations ” means, with respect to the Borrower, any Grantor, or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Grantor, the collective reference to any and all amounts owing or to be owing by such Person (a) to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any other Person under any Loan Document or (b) to any Secured Swap Provider under a Secured Swap Agreement and all renewals, extensions and/or rearrangements of any of the foregoing, in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or

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hereafter arising (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and LC Disbursements and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding).

“ Qualified Keepwell Provider ” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Grantor that, at the time the relevant guarantee (or grant of the relevant security interest, as applicable) becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or otherwise constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” with respect to such Swap Obligation at such time by entering into a keepwell or guarantee pursuant to Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“ Secured Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement, this Agreement, any other Security Instrument, any Secured Swap Agreement, any other Loan Document and any other instrument or agreement giving rise to Secured Obligations.

“ Secured Obligations ” means the collective reference to the Primary Obligations and Guarantor Obligations; provided that “Secured Obligations” of any Person shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Person.

“ Secured Swap Agreement ” means any Swap Agreement between the Parent, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any Secured Swap Provider.

“ Secured Swap Provider ” means, with respect to any Swap Agreement, (a) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender who is the counterparty to any such Swap Agreement with the Parent, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and (b) any Person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time when such Person entered into any such Swap Agreement who is a counterparty to any such Swap Agreement with the Parent, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; provided that any such Secured Swap Provider that ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender shall continue to be a “Secured Swap Provider” for purposes of this Agreement to the extent that such Secured Swap Provider entered into a Secured Swap Agreement with the Parent, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof or at the time such Secured Swap Provider was a Lender (or Affiliate of a Lender) hereunder and such Secured Swap Agreement remains in effect and there are remaining obligations under such Secured Swap Agreement (but excluding any transactions, confirms, or trades entered into after such Person ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender).

“ Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any person, any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.

“ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of Texas; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent’s and the Guaranteed Creditors’ security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of Texas, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection, the effect thereof or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.

Other Definitional Provisions; References

.  The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”,

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“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth in the Loan Documents), (b) any reference herein to any law shall be construed as referring to such law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to the restrictions contained in the Loan Documents), (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) with respect to the determination of any time period, the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” and the word “through” means “to and including” and (f) any reference herein to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement.  The permitted existence of any Liens permitted by Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement or any other Liens shall not be interpreted to expressly or impliedly subordinate any Liens granted in favor of the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s as there is no intention to subordinate the Liens granted in favor of the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s .  No provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be interpreted or construed against any Person solely because such Person or its legal representative drafted such provision. 

Guarantee

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Right of Contribution

.  Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment.  Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 4.02 .  The provisions of this Section 2.02 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.

Payments

.  Each Guarantor hereby agrees and guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in dollars that constitute immediately available funds at the principal office of the Administrative Agent specified pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional

.  Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Primary Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Guaranteed Creditor upon the guarantee contained in this Article II or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Article II ; the Primary Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Article II ; and all dealings between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Guaranteed Creditor s , on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Article II .  Each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower, any other Person with Primary Obligations or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Primary Obligations.  Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Article II shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Primary Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Guaranteed Creditor, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower, any other Grantor or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any Guaranteed Creditor, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower, any other Person with Primary Obligations or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Grantors or the other Subsidiaries for the Primary Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Article II , in bankruptcy or in any other instance.  When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and

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remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any Guaranteed Creditor may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other Person with Primary Obligations, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Primary Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Guaranteed Creditor to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower, any other Person with Primary Obligations, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other Grantor with Primary Obligations, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any Guaranteed Creditor against any Guarantor.  For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

Reinstatement

.  The obligations of each Grantor under this Agreement (including, with respect to the guarantee contained in Article II and the provision of collateral herein) shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Primary Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of any Grantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Grantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

Keepwell

.  Each Qualified Keepwell Provider hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally, and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Grantor to honor all of its obligations under this Agreement in respect of any Swap Agreements ( provided ,   however , that each Qualified Keepwell Provider shall only be liable under this Section 2.06 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 2.06 , or otherwise under this Agreement, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount).  The obligations of each Qualified Keepwell Provider under this Section 2.06 shall remain in full force and effect until Payment in Full.  Each Qualified Keepwell Provider intends that this Section 2.06 constitute, and this Section 2.06 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Grantor for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Grant of Security Interest

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(a) Each Grantor hereby pledges, assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent and grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s , a security interest in all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest and whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence (collectively, the “ Collateral ”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations:

(1) all Accounts;

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(2) all Chattel Paper (whether Tangible Chattel Paper or Electronic Chattel Paper);

(3) all Commercial Tort Claims;

(4) all Deposit Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts), all Commodity Accounts and all Securities Accounts;

(5) all Documents (other than title documents with respect to motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title);

(6) all General Intangibles (including rights in and under any Swap Agreements);

(7) all Goods (including all Inventory and all Equipment);

(8) all Instruments;

(9) all Investment Property;

(10) all Letter-of-Credit Rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing);

(11) all Pledged Securities and all Pledged Notes;

(12) all Supporting Obligations;

(13) all Intellectual Property;

(14) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral;

(15) to the extent not otherwise included, any other property insofar as it consists of personal property of any kind or character defined in and subject to the UCC; and

(16) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security, income, royalties and other payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to, and guarantees and supporting obligations relating to, any and all of the Collateral and, to the extent not otherwise included, all payments of insurance (whether or not the Administrative Agent is the loss payee thereof), or any indemnity, warranty or guaranty, payable by reason of loss or damage to or otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing Collateral, all other claims, including all cash, guarantees and other Supporting Obligations given with respect to any of the foregoing.

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the security interest granted in Section 3.01(a) attach to:

(i) any Excluded Asset;

(ii) any Excluded Account;

(iii) any lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement to which a Grantor is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and for so long as the grant of such security interest would constitute or result in the abandonment, termination pursuant to the terms of, or a breach or default under, any such lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9.406, 9.407, 9.408 or 9.409 of the UCC (or

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any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including any debtor relief law) or principles of equity); provided ,   however , that such security interest shall attach immediately at such time as the condition causing such abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability shall be remedied and to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of such lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement that does not result in any of the consequences specified above.  So long as any property of a Grantor is excluded from the security interest granted in Section 3.01(a) pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, such property shall be excluded from the term “Collateral” for all purposes hereunder; or

(iv) any Building (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulation) or Manufactured (Mobile) Home (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulation) (as used herein, “Flood Insurance Regulations” shall mean (A) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (B) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statue thereto, (C) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (amending 42 USC 4001, et seq.), as the same may be amended or recodified from time to time, (D) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, and (E) the Biggert-Waters Flood Reform Act of 2012, and any regulations promulgated thereunder).

Transfer of Pledged Securities

.  All certificates and instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Securities shall be delivered to and held pursuant hereto by the Administrative Agent or a Person designated by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of an instrument or certificate in registered form, shall be duly indorsed to the Administrative Agent or in blank by an effective indorsement (whether on the certificate or instrument or on a separate writing), and accompanied by any required transfer tax stamps to effect the pledge of the Pledged Securities to the Administrative Agent.  Each Grantor shall take all such further action as necessary or as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, to permit the Administrative Agent to be a “protected purchaser” to the extent of its security interest as provided in Section 8.303 of the UCC (if the Administrative Agent otherwise qualifies as a protected purchaser).

Grantors Remain Liable under Accounts, Chattel Paper and Payment Intangibles

.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Accounts, Chattel Paper and Payment Intangibles to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise to each such Account, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangible.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Guaranteed Creditor shall have any obligation or liability under any Account, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangible (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent or any such other Guaranteed Creditor of any payment relating to such Account, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangible, pursuant hereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Account, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangible (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any Account, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangible (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

Pledged Securities

.  The granting of the foregoing security interest does not make the Administrative Agent or any Guaranteed Creditor a successor to Grantor as a partner or member in any Issuer that is a partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, and neither the Administrative Agent, any Guaranteed Creditor, nor any of their respective successors or assigns

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hereunder shall be deemed to have become a partner or member in any Issuer, as applicable, by accepting this Agreement or exercising any right granted herein unless and until such time, if any, when any such Person expressly becomes a partner or member in any Issuer, as applicable, and complies with any applicable transfer provisions set forth in the charter or organizational documents relating to an applicable Pledged Security after a foreclosure thereon.

Acknowledgments, Waivers and Consents

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No Subrogation, Contribution or Reimbursement

.  Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor for the payment of the Secured Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any indemnity, exoneration, participation, contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, and each Guarantor hereby expressly waives, releases, and agrees not to exercise all such rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnity and contribution, in each case, until Payment in Full.  Each Guarantor further agrees that to the extent that such waiver and release set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnity and contribution such Guarantor may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or against any collateral or security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor shall be junior and subordinate to any rights the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s may have against the Borrower and such Guarantor and to all right, title and interest the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s may have in any collateral or security or guarantee or right of offset.  The Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s , may, to the extent it has the right to do so in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, use, sell or dispose of any item of Collateral or security as it sees fit without regard to any subrogation rights any Guarantor may have, and upon any disposition or sale, any rights of subrogation any Guarantor may have shall terminate.

Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each other Guaranteed Creditor that:

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Representations in Credit Agreement

.  The representations and warranties set forth in Article VII of the Credit Agreement as they relate to such Grantor or to the Loan Documents to which such Grantor is a party are true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality in which case such applicable representation and warranty shall be true and correct); provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to the Borrower’s knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 5.01 , be deemed to be a reference to such Grantor’s knowledge.

Title; No Other Liens

.  Except for the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s pursuant to this Agreement and Liens permitted by Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor is the legal and beneficial owner of its respective items of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens.  No financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s , pursuant to this Agreement, the Security Instruments or as are filed to secure Liens permitted by Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement.

Perfected First Priority Liens

.  The security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and, if required, duly executed form) will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by the actions specified on Schedule 3 , in favor of the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s , as collateral security for such Grantor’s obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any Collateral from such Grantor and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for Liens permitted by clauses (b), to the extent constituting a prior Lien, or (c) of Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement.

Legal Name, Organizational Status, Chief Executive Office

.  On the date hereof, the correct legal name of such Grantor as it appears in its respective certificate of incorporation or any other organizational document, such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization, organizational number and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business are, in each case, specified on Schedule 4 .  Except as set forth in Schedule 4 , no Grantor has changed its jurisdiction of organization at any time during the past four months.

Prior Names and Addresses

.  Schedule 5 correctly sets forth, as of the date hereof, (a) a list of all other names used by each Grantor, or any other business or organization to which each Grantor became the successor by merger, consolidation, acquisition, change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise, and on any filings with the Internal Revenue Service at any time within the five (5) years preceding the date hereof and (b) the chief executive office of such Grantor over the last five (5) years (if different from that which is set forth in Section 5.04 above).

Investment Property

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Goods

.  No portion of the Collateral constituting Goods (other than Oil and Gas Properties) with an aggregate value in excess of $2,000,000 is in the possession of a bailee that has issued a negotiable or non-negotiable document covering such Collateral.

Instruments and Chattel Paper

.  As of the date hereof, such Grantor has delivered to the Administrative Agent all Collateral constituting Instruments and Chattel Paper existing on such date.  If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper, such Instrument or Chattel Paper shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement; provided that no such Instrument or Chattel Paper shall be required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent so long as the aggregate amount payable evidenced by all such undelivered Instruments or Chattel Papers does not exceed $2,000,000.

Truth of Information; Accounts

.  All information with respect to the Collateral set forth in any schedule, certificate or other writing at any time heretofore or hereafter furnished by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor, and all other written information heretofore or hereafter furnished by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor is and will be true and correct in all material respects as of the date furnished.  The place where each Grantor keeps its records concerning the Accounts, Chattel Paper and Payment Intangibles is at the location specified on Schedule 5 .

Governmental Obligors

.  Except as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent by any Grantor from time to time and to the extent the aggregate amount owed at any time does exceed $2,000,000 with respect to all such disclosed Account Debtors,  none of the material Account Debtors on such Grantor’s Accounts, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangibles is a Governmental Authority.

Commercial Tort Claims

.  As of the date hereof, n o Grantor has rights in any Commercial Tort Claim with potential value in excess of $ 2,00 0,000.

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s that, from and after the date of this Agreement until Payment in Full:

Covenants in Credit Agreement

.  Such Grantor shall perform and observe all covenants applicable to it in the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

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Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation

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Maintenance of Records

.  Such Grantor will keep and maintain at its own cost and expense complete records of the Collateral, including a record of all payments received and all credits granted with respect to the Accounts.  Such Grantor shall provide access to any such books and records to the Administrative Agent or to its representatives during normal business hours at the written request of the Administrative Agent (made upon prior notice) and shall provide such clerical and other assistance as may be reasonably requested with regard thereto. 

Further Identification of Collateral

.  Such Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent from time to time, at such Grantor’s sole cost and expense, statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail, including without limitation requests pursuant to Section 8.11(a) of the Credit Agreement.

Investment Property

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Limitations on Modifications, Waivers, Extensions of Agreements Giving Rise to Accounts

.  Such Grantor will not (a) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of any Chattel Paper, Instrument or any agreement giving rise to an Account or Payment Intangible in any manner which could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the collective value of the Collateral as a whole, or (b) fail to exercise promptly and diligently each and every material right which it may have under any Chattel Paper, Instrument and each agreement giving rise to an Account or Payment Intangible with a value in excess of $2,000,000 in the aggregate (other than any right of termination); provided , that, a Grantor may make such adjustments, settlements or compromises and release wholly or partly any account debtor or obligor thereof and allow any credit or discounts thereon so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) such action is taken in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, and (iii) such action is, in such Grantor’s good-faith business judgment, commercially reasonable.

Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper

.  If amounts payable in excess of an aggregate amount of $2,000,000 under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper, such Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

Commercial Tort Claims

.  If such Grantor shall obtain an interest in any Commercial Tort Claim with a potential value in excess of $2,000,000, such Grantor shall within 20 days of obtaining such interest sign and deliver documentation acceptable to the Administrative Agent granting a security interest under the terms and provisions of this Agreement in and to such Commercial Tort Claim.

Pledged Securities

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Collections on Accounts, Etc.

 The Administrative Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect upon the Accounts, Instruments, Chattel Paper and Payment Intangibles subject to the

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Administrative Agent’s direction and control, and the Administrative Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.  Upon the written request of the Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify the Account Debtors that the applicable Accounts, Chattel Paper and Payment Intangibles have been assigned to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Administrative Agent.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may in its own name or in the name of others communicate with the Account Debtors to verify with them to its satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Accounts, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangibles.

Proceeds

.  If required by the Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Accounts, Instruments, Chattel Paper and Payment Intangibles, when collected or received by each Grantor, and any other cash or non-cash Proceeds received by each Grantor upon the sale or other disposition of any Collateral, shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within five Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent if required, in a special collateral account maintained by the Administrative Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s only, as hereinafter provided, and, until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s , segregated from other funds of any such Grantor.  Any such Proceeds so deposited shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.  All Proceeds (including Proceeds constituting collections of Accounts, Chattel Paper, Instruments) while held by the Administrative Agent (or by any Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s ) shall continue to be collateral security for all of the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as hereinafter provided.  At such intervals as may be agreed upon by each Grantor and the Administrative Agent, or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Administrative Agent’s election, the Administrative Agent shall apply all or any part of the funds on deposit in said special collateral account on account of the Secured Obligations in accordance with Section 10.02(c) of the Credit Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amounts received from any Guarantor shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.

Uniform Commercial Code and Other Remedies

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Private Sales of Pledged Securities

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Waiver; Deficiency

.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives and agrees not to assert any rights or privileges which it may acquire under the UCC or any other applicable law.  Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Secured Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor to collect such deficiency.

Non-Judicial Enforcement

.  The Administrative Agent may enforce its rights hereunder without prior judicial process or judicial hearing, and to the extent permitted by law, each Grantor expressly waives any and all legal rights which might otherwise require the Administrative Agent to enforce its rights by judicial process.

Administrative Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc.



Anything in this Section 8.01(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrative Agent agrees that it will not, and will not permit any of its officers or agents to, exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 8.01(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Duty of Administrative Agent

.  The Administrative Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9.207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Administrative Agent deals with similar property for its own account and shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which comparable secured parties accord comparable collateral.  Neither the Administrative Agent, any other Guaranteed Creditor nor any of their respective officers,

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directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof.  The powers conferred on the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s hereunder are solely to protect the Administrative Agent’s and the other Guaranteed Creditor s ’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor to exercise any such powers.  The Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, in each case, as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Administrative Agent shall be under no duty whatsoever to make or give any presentment, notice of dishonor, protest, demand for performance, notice of non-performance, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, or other notice or demand in connection with any Collateral or the Secured Obligations, or to take any steps necessary to preserve any rights against any Grantor or other Person or ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not it has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters.  Each Grantor, to the extent permitted by applicable law, waives any right of marshaling in respect of any and all Collateral, and waives any right to require the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor to proceed against any Grantor or other Person, exhaust any Collateral or enforce any other remedy which the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor now has or may hereafter have against each Grantor, any Grantor or other Person.

Filing of Financing Statements

.  Pursuant to the UCC and any other applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent, its counsel or its representative, at any time and from time to time, to file or record financing statements, continuation statements, amendments thereto and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral without the signature of such Grantor in such form and in such offices as the Administrative Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the security interests of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement.  Additionally, each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent, its counsel or its representative, at any time and from time to time, to file or record such financing statements that describe the collateral covered thereby as “all assets of the Grantor”, “all personal property of the Grantor” or words of similar effect.  In no event shall the above authorizations be deemed to be obligations.

Authority of Administrative Agent

.  Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s , be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Administrative Agent and the Grantors, the Administrative Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Guaranteed Creditor s with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

Subordination of All Grantor Claims

.  As used herein, the term “ Grantor Claims ” shall mean all debts and obligations of any Grantor to any other Grantor, whether such debts and

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obligations now exist or are hereafter incurred or arise, or whether the obligation of the debtor thereon be direct, contingent, primary, secondary, several, joint and several, or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such debts or obligations be evidenced by note, contract, open account, or otherwise, and irrespective of the Person or Persons in whose favor such debts or obligations may, at their inception, have been, or may hereafter be created, or the manner in which they have been or may hereafter be acquired by. After the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, no Grantor shall receive or collect, directly or indirectly, from any obligor in respect thereof any amount upon the Grantor Claims.

Claims in Bankruptcy

.  In the event of receivership, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, debtor’s relief or other insolvency proceedings involving any Grantor, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Guaranteed Creditor s shall have the right to prove their claim in any proceeding, so as to establish their rights hereunder and receive directly from the receiver, trustee or other court custodian, dividends and payments which would otherwise be payable upon Grantor Claims.  Each Grantor hereby assigns such dividends and payments to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s for application against the Secured Obligations as provided under Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement.  Should any Agent or Guaranteed Creditor receive, for application upon the Secured Obligations, any such dividend or payment which is otherwise payable to any Grantor, and which, as between such Grantor, shall constitute a credit upon the Grantor Claims, then upon Payment in Full, the intended recipient shall become subrogated to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s to the extent that such payments to the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s on the Grantor Claims have contributed toward the liquidation of the Secured Obligations, and such subrogation shall be with respect to that proportion of the Secured Obligations which would have been unpaid if the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s had not received dividends or payments upon the Grantor Claims.

Payments Held in Trust

.  In the event that notwithstanding Section 9.01 and Section 9.02 , any Grantor should receive any funds, payments, claims or distributions which is prohibited by such Sections, then it agrees: (a) to hold in trust for the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s an amount equal to the amount of all funds, payments, claims or distributions so received segregated from the other funds of such Grantor and (b) that it shall upon receipt, pay them promptly to the Administrative Agent in the exact form agreed (duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), for the benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s ; and each Grantor covenants promptly to pay the same to the Administrative Agent.

Liens Subordinate

.  Each Grantor agrees that, until Payment in Full, any Liens securing payment of the Grantor Claims shall be and remain inferior and subordinate to any Liens securing payment of the Secured Obligations, regardless of whether such encumbrances in favor of such Grantor, the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor presently exist or are hereafter created or attach.  Prior to Payment in Full, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, no Grantor shall (a) exercise or enforce any creditor’s right it may have against any debtor in respect of the Grantor Claims, or (b) foreclose, repossess, sequester or otherwise take steps or institute any action or proceeding (judicial or otherwise, including without limitation the commencement of or joinder in any liquidation, bankruptcy, rearrangement, debtor’s relief or insolvency proceeding) to enforce any Lien held by it.

Notation of Records

.  Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, all promissory notes and all accounts receivable ledgers or other evidence of the Grantor Claims accepted by or held by any Grantor shall contain a specific written notice thereon that the indebtedness evidenced thereby is subordinated under the terms of this Agreement.

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Waiver

.  No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor to exercise and no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, remedy, power or privilege under any of the Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under any of the Loan Documents preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.  The exercise by the Administrative Agent of any one or more of the rights, powers and remedies herein shall not be construed as a waiver of any other rights, powers and remedies, including, any rights of set-off.

Notices

.  All notices and other communications provided for herein shall be given in the manner and subject to the terms of Section 12.01 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1 .

Payment of Expenses, Indemnities, Etc.



Amendments in Writing

.  None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 12.02 of the Credit Agreement.

Successors and Assigns

.  This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s and their successors and assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or

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delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

Invalidity

.  Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Counterparts Survival

.  The obligations of the parties under Section 10.03 shall survive notwithstanding Payment in Full.  To the extent that any payments on the Secured Obligations or proceeds of any Collateral are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, debtor in possession, receiver or other Person under any bankruptcy law, common law or equitable cause, then to such extent, the Secured Obligations so satisfied shall be revived and continue as if such payment or proceeds had not been received and the Administrative Agent’s and the other Guaranteed Creditor s ’ Liens, security interests, rights, powers and remedies under this Agreement and each Security Instrument shall continue in full force and effect.  In such event, each Security Instrument shall be automatically reinstated and each Grantor shall take such action as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s to effect such reinstatement.

Headings

.  Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

No Oral Agreements

.  The Loan Documents (other than the Letters of Credit) embody the entire agreement and understanding between the parties and supersede all other agreements and understandings between such parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.  THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.   In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement shall control.

Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction

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Acknowledgments

.  Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:

Additional Grantors

.  Each Person that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.14 of the Credit Agreement and is not a signatory hereto shall become a Grantor and Guarantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Person of an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex I hereto.

Set-Off

.  In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders and Issuing Bank provided by law, each Lender and Issuing Bank shall have the right, without notice to any Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any Secured Obligations becoming due and payable by any Grantor (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to apply to the payment of such Secured Obligations, by setoff or otherwise, any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any

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other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or Issuing Bank, any Affiliate thereof or any of their respective branches or agencies to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor.  Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees promptly to notify the relevant Grantor and the Administrative Agent after any such application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such application; provided   further , that to the extent prohibited by applicable law as described in the definition of “Excluded Swap Obligation,” no amounts received from, or set off with respect to, any Guarantor shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor .

Releases

.

Acceptance

.  Each Grantor hereby expressly waives notice of acceptance of this Agreement, acceptance on the part of the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s being conclusively presumed by their request for this Agreement and delivery of the same to the Administrative Agent.

[ Signature pages follow. ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

BORROWER: EV PROPERTIES, L.P.



By: EV PROPERTIES GP, LLC, its general partner





By:   /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI

     Nicholas Bobrowski

     Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer







GRANTORS: EV PROPERTIES GP, LLC







By:   /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI

     Nicholas Bobrowski

     Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer







Enervest Production

Partners, Ltd.



By: EVPP GP, LLC,

its general partner





By:   /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI

     Nicholas Bobrowski

     Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer





EVPP GP, LLC







By:   /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI

     Nicholas Bobrowski

     Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer



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EV ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.



By: EV ENERGY GP, L.P.,

its general partner



By: EV Management, LLC , its general partner





By:   /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI

     Nicholas Bobrowski

     Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer









cgas properties, l.p.



By: EVCG GP, LLC,

its general partner





By:   /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI

     Nicholas Bobrowski

     Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer





EVCG GP, LLC







By:   /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI

     Nicholas Bobrowski

     Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer



Enervest Monroe Marketing, Ltd.



By: EVPP GP, LLC, its general partner







By:   /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI

     Nicholas Bobrowski

     Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer

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ENERVEST MONROE GATHERING, LTD.



By: EVPP GP, LLC, its general partner





By:   /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI

     Nicholas Bobrowski

     Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer





ENERVEST MESA, LLC







By:   /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI

     Nicholas Bobrowski

     Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer





BLAKE & BELDEN, LLC







By:   /s/ NICHOLAS BOBROWSKI

     Nicholas Bobrowski

     Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer



 

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Acknowledged and Agreed to as

of the date hereof by:



ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.





By: /s/ ROBERT MENDOZA __________
Name: Robert Mendoza
Title: Authorized Officer

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Schedule 1

NOTICE ADDRESSES OF GRANTORS



EV Properties, L.P.

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800

Houston, Texas  77002

Attention:  Michael E. Mercer



EV Properties GP, LLC

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800

Houston, Texas  77002

Attention:  Michael E. Mercer



EV Energy Partners, L.P.

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800

Houston, Texas  77002

Attention:  Michael E. Mercer



EnerVest Production Partners, Ltd.

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800

Houston, Texas  77002

Attention:  Michael E. Mercer



CGAS Properties, L.P.

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800

Houston, Texas  77002

Attention:  Michael E. Mercer



EVPP GP, LLC

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800

Houston, Texas  77002

Attention:  Michael E. Mercer



EVCG GP, LLC

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800

Houston, Texas  77002

Attention:  Michael E. Mercer



EnerVest Monroe Marketing, Ltd.

1001 Fannin St., Suite 800

Houston, Texas  70002

Attention:  Michael E. Mercer



EnerVest Monroe Gathering, Ltd.

1001 Fannin St., Suite 800

Houston, Texas  70002

Attention:  Michael E. Mercer



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EnerVest Mesa, LLC

1001 Fannin St., Suite 800

Houston, Texas  70002

Attention:  Michael E. Mercer

Blake & Belden, LLC

1001 Fannin St., Suite 800

Houston, Texas  70002

Attention:  Michael E. Mercer



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Schedule 2

DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENT PROPERTY

Pledged Securities:


 Owner	Issuer	Percentage Owned	Percentage Pledged	Class of Stock or other Equity Interest	No. of Shares	Certificate No.
EV Energy Partners, L.P.	EV Properties GP, LLC	100%	100%	Membership Interests	N/A	N/A
	EV Properties, L.P.	99.99%	99.99%	Limited Partnership Interests (LP Interests)	N/A	N/A
EV Properties GP, LLC	EV Properties, L.P.	0.01%	0.01%	Limited Partnership Interests (GP Interest)	N/A	N/A
EV Properties, L.P.	EVPP GP, LLC	100%	100%	Membership Interests	N/A	N/A
	EVCG GP, LLC	100%	100%	Membership Interests	N/A	N/A
	EnerVest Production Partners, Ltd.	99.99%	99.99%	Limited Partnership Interests (LP Interests)	N/A	N/A
	CGAS Properties, L.P.	99.99%	99.99%	Limited Partnership Interests (LP Interests)	N/A	N/A
	EnerVest Mesa, LLC	100%	100%	Membership Interests	N/A	N/A
	Blake & Belden, LLC	100%	100%	Membership Interests	N/A	N/A
EVPP GP, LLC	EnerVest Production Partners, Ltd.	0.01 %	0.01%	Limited Partnership Interests (GP Interest)	N/A	N/A

Schedule 2 - 2

 

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	EnerVest Monroe Marketing, Ltd.	1.00%	1.00%	Limited Partnership Interests (GP Interest)	N/A	N/A
	EnerVest Monroe Gathering, Ltd.	1.00%	1.00%	Limited Partnership Interests (LP Interests)	N/A	N/A
EVCG GP, LLC	CGAS Properties, L.P.	0.01%	0.01%	Limited Partnership Interests (GP Interest)	N/A	N/A
EnerVest Production Partners, Ltd.	EnerVest Monroe Marketing, Ltd.	99.00%	99.00%	Limited Partnership Interests (GP Interest)	N/A	N/A
	EnerVest Monroe Gathering, Ltd.	99.00%	99.00%	Limited Partnership Interests (LP Interests)	N/A	N/A



 

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Schedule 3

FILINGS AND OTHER ACTIONS REQUIRED
TO PERFECT SECURITY INTERESTS

 



 

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Schedule 4

CORRECT LEGAL NAME, LOCATION OF JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION, ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Legal name of the Guarantor :  EV Properties, L.P.

Address:  1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Michael E. Mercer, Chief Executive Officer

All names and trade names that the Borrower has used in the last five years: No Different Names

Jurisdictions of organization over the last five years:  Delaware

Current jurisdiction of organization:  Delaware

Organizational number:  4135542

Taxpayer identification number:  20-4745543

Location of chief executive office or sole place of business over the last five years: 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002



Legal name of the Guarantor :  EV Properties GP, LLC

Address:  1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Michael E. Mercer, Chief Executive Officer

All names and trade names that the Obligor has used in the last five years:  No Different Names

Jurisdictions of organization over the last five years:  Delaware

Current jurisdiction of organization:  Delaware

Organizational number:  4135544

Taxpayer identification number:  20-4743943

Location of chief executive office or sole place of business over the last five years: 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002



Legal name of the Guarantor :  EV Energy Partners, L.P.

Address:  1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Michael E. Mercer, Chief Executive Officer

All names and trade names that the Obligor has used in the last five years:  No Different Names

Jurisdictions of organization over the last five years:  Delaware

Current jurisdiction of organization:  Delaware

Organizational number:  4134906

Taxpayer identification number:  20-4745690

Location of chief executive office or sole place of business over the last five years: 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002



Legal name of the Guarantor :  EnerVest Production Partners, Ltd.

Address:  1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Michael E. Mercer, Chief Executive Officer

All names and trade names that the Obligor has used in the last five years:  No Different Names

Jurisdictions of organization over the last five years:  Texas

Current jurisdiction of organization:  Texas

Organizational number:  12922610

Taxpayer identification number:  76-0628619

Location of chief executive office or sole place of business over the last five years: 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002



Legal name of the Guarantor :  CGAS Properties, L.P.

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Address:  1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Michael E. Mercer, Chief Executive Officer

All names and trade names that the Obligor has used in the last five years:  EV Clinton Properties, L.P.

Jurisdictions of organization over the last five years:  Delaware

Current jurisdiction of organization:  Delaware

Organizational number:  4177898

Taxpayer identification number:  14-1977277

Location of chief executive office or sole place of business over the last five years: 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002



Legal name of the Guarantor :  EVPP GP, LLC

Address:  1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Michael E. Mercer, Chief Financial Officer

All names and trade names that the Obligor has used in the last five years:  No Different Names

Jurisdictions of organization over the last five years:  Delaware

Current jurisdiction of organization:  Delaware

Organizational number:  4140163

Taxpayer identification number:  20-4748340

Location of chief executive office or sole place of business over the last five years: 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002



Legal name of the Guarantor :  EVCG GP, LLC

Address:  1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Michael E. Mercer, Chief Financial Officer

All names and trade names that the Obligor has used in the last five years:  No Different Names

Jurisdictions of organization over the last five years:  Delaware

Current jurisdiction of organization:  Delaware

Organizational number:  4178864

Taxpayer identification number:  14-1977274

Location of chief executive office or sole place of business over the last five years: 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002



Legal name of the Guarantor :  EnerVest Monroe Marketing, Ltd.

Address:  1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Michael E. Mercer, Chief Financial Officer

All names and trade names that the Obligor has used in the last five years:  No Different Names

Jurisdictions of organization over the last five years:  Texas

Current jurisdiction of organization:  Texas

Organizational number:  15196410

Taxpayer identification number:  55-0817606

Location of chief executive office or sole place of business over the last five years: 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002



Legal name of the Guarantor :  EnerVest Monroe Gathering, Ltd.

Address:  1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Michael E. Mercer, Chief Financial Officer

All names and trade names that the Obligor has used in the last five years:  No Different Names

Jurisdictions of organization over the last five years:  Texas

Current jurisdiction of organization:  Texas

Organizational number:  15196310

Taxpayer identification number:  55-0817608

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Location of chief executive office or sole place of business over the last five years: 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002





Legal name of the Guarantor :  Belden & Blake, LLC

Address:  1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Michael E. Mercer, Chief Financial Officer

All names and trade names that the Obligor has used in the last five years:  No Different Names

Jurisdictions of organization over the last five years:  Ohio

Current jurisdiction of organization:  Ohio

Organizational number:  798027

Taxpayer identification number:  34-1686642

Location of chief executive office or sole place of business over the last five years: 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002



Legal name of the Guarantor :  EnerVest Mesa, LLC

Address:  1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention:  Michael E. Mercer, Chief Financial Officer

All names and trade names that the Obligor has used in the last five years:  No Different Names

Jurisdictions of organization over the last five years:  Texas

Current jurisdiction of organization:  Texas

Organizational number:  0800188161

Taxpayer identification number:  32-0071725

Location of chief executive office or sole place of business over the last five years: 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002



 

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Schedule 5

PRIOR NAMES, PRIOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE, LOCATION OF RECORDS REGARDING CERTAIN COLLATERAL



EV Midstream, LLC (entity was merged into EV Properties, LP)

EV Midstream, L.P. (entity was merged into EV Properties, LP)



Location of records regarding certain Collateral:

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77002





 

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Annex I

Assumption Agreement

ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of ________________, 201__, made by ______________________________, a ______________ (the “ Additional Grantor ”), in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) for the banks and other financial institutions (the “ Lenders ”) parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below.  Each capitalized term not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement referenced below.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, EV Properties, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto, have entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries have entered into the Third Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2017 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”) in favor of the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s ;  

WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement requires the Additional Grantor to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

1. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement .  By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 10.13 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Grantor and a Guarantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and a Guarantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly (a) assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor and a Guarantor thereunder; (b) guarantees the Primary Obligations pursuant to Article II of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and (c) grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Guaranteed Creditor s , a security interest in such Additional Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral, wherever located and whether now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Additional Grantor or in which the Additional Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest, as security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations.  The information set forth in Annex 1-A hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in Schedules 1 through 5 to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.  The Additional Grantor hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as they relate to the Additional Grantor and its Collateral, are true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality in which case such applicable representation and warranty shall be true and correct), provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to the Borrower’s or another Grantor’s knowledge shall, for the purposes hereof, be deemed to be a reference to such Additional Grantor’s knowledge.

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2. Governing Law .  THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

[ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]



By: ________________________

Name: ________________________

Title: ________________________

 

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Schedule 1 - Notice Addresses of Additional Grantors

[To be Completed by Additional Grantor]



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Schedule 2 - Description of Investment Property



Financial Assets:

Pledged Securities:

Pledged Notes:



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Schedule 3 - Filings and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests

Uniform Commercial Code Filings

Filing of UCC-1 Financing Statements for the Additional Grantor with respect to the Collateral with the Secretary of State of the State of [______].

Delivery to Administrative Agent of Certificated Pledged Securities

Execution and Delivery of Control Agreements

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Schedule 4 - Legal Name, Location of Jurisdiction of Organization, Organizational Identification Number and Chief Executive Office

[To be Completed by Additional Grantor]



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Schedule 5 - Prior Names, Prior Chief Executive Office, Location of Records Regarding Certain Collateral

[To be Completed by Additional Grantor]

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Annex II

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Third Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of October 23, 2017 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Agreement ”; each capitalized term not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Agreement), made by the Grantors party thereto for the benefit of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.  The undersigned agrees for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditor s as follows:

1. The undersigned will be bound by the terms of the Agreement and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to the undersigned as an Issuer of Pledged Securities.

2. The undersigned will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described is Section 6.05(a) of the Agreement.

2. The terms of Sections 7.01(c) and 7.05 of the Agreement shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis , with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Sections 7.01(c) or 7.05 of the Agreement.

[NAME OF ISSUER]





By: ______________________________

Name: ______________________________

Title: ______________________________



Address for Notices:

________________________

________________________

________________________

Fax: _____________________















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