THIRD AMENDMENT AND LIMITED WAIVER TO AMENDED & RESTATED TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT AMONG SUNDANCE ENERGY INC., AS PARENT, SUNDANCE ENERGY, INC., AS BORROWER, MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL ADMINISTRATORS INC., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE LOAN PARTIES PARTY...

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THIRD AMENDMENT AND LIMITED WAIVER

TO

AMENDED & RESTATED

TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT

AMONG

SUNDANCE ENERGY INC.,

AS PARENT,

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SUNDANCE ENERGY, INC.,

AS BORROWER,

▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ CAPITAL ADMINISTRATORS INC.,

AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,

THE LOAN PARTIES PARTY HERETO

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THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO

Dated as of June 24, 2020

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THIRD AMENDMENT AND LIMITED WAIVER TO AMENDED & RESTATED

TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT

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This THIRD AMENDMENT AND LIMITED WAIVER TO AMENDED & RESTATED TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of June 24, 2020 (the “Closing Date”) is among SUNDANCE ENERGY INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), SUNDANCE ENERGY, INC., a Colorado corporation (the “Borrower”), ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ CAPITAL ADMINISTRATORS INC., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors, the “Administrative Agent”), each of the Loan Parties party hereto and each of the lenders party hereto (individually a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”).

RECITALS

A.The Parent, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are parties to that certain Amended & Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of April 23, 2018 (as further amended, modified, supplemented, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain Loans and other credit available to and on behalf of the Borrower.

B.The Parent, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties party thereto and the Lenders party thereto are parties to that certain Limited Waiver dated as of May 15, 2020 (as modified by that certain Extension Letter, dated as of May 29, 2020, the “May Waiver”).

C.The Borrower has not delivered (i) the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020 as required by Section 8.01(b) of the Credit Agreement, (ii) the associated certificate of the Financial Officer of the Parent as required by Section 8.01(c) of the Credit Agreement and (iii) the production report and lease operating statements for each calendar month during the previous twelve (12) months, ending with March 31, 2020 as required by Section 8.01(m) of the Credit Agreement (the foregoing, collectively, the “Q12020 Financial Deliverable Package”) to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in each case, within 60 days after the end of the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020 (the “Q12020 Financial Statements Delivery Deadline”).

D. The failure to deliver the Q12020 Financial Deliverable Package prior to the Q12020 Financial Statements Delivery Deadline violates each of Sections 8.01(b), (c) and (m) of the Credit Agreement and has resulted in a Default, and if unremedied prior to June 29, 2020, would result in an Event of Default under Section 10.01(e) of the Credit Agreement (any such Defaults or Events of Default being, collectively, the “Specified Defaults”).

E.Section 9.01(b) of the Credit Agreement provides that Parent and the Borrower will not, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, permit the ratio of Total Proved PV-9 to Total Debt, as of such time, to be less than 1.50 to 1.00 (the “Asset Coverage Ratio Covenant”).

F.Parent and the Borrower have requested that the Lenders waive (a) any Default or Event of Default arising solely from the Loan Parties entering into this Amendment, and the

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Closing Date occurring, after June 8, 2020 (the “Execution Default”), (b) the Asset Coverage Ratio Covenant as applied to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020 (the “Specified Covenant”), (c) any Default or Event of Default arising solely from the Loan Parties’ compliance with the Asset Coverage Ratio Covenant for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020 (the “Covenant Default”), and (d) the Specified Defaults.

G.Pursuant to Section 3 of the May Waiver, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Parent, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties party hereto and the Lenders party hereto agree to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as set forth herein.

H.Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Lenders party hereto agree to the Limited Waiver (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to Section 12.02(b) of the Credit Agreement.

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

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

Section 2.Extension. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4 below and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Credit Agreement, the parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree to extend the deadline set forth in Section 3 of the May Waiver (the “Execution Deadline”) from June 8, 2020 to June 25, 2020.

Section 3.Amendments. The Credit Agreement (excluding the schedules and exhibits thereto) is hereby amended to read as reflected on Exhibit A attached hereto.

Section 4.Conditions Precedent.  The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following documents and satisfaction of the other conditions provided in this Section 4 (or their waiver in accordance with Section 12.02 of the Credit Agreement), each of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in form and substance:

4.1Amendment.  The Administrative Agent shall have received executed multiple counterparts as requested of this Amendment from the Parent, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and each Lender.

4.2Fees and Expenses.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and expenses of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement.

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4.3Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement; Specified Gathering Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, (a) confirming that attached is a true and complete copy of an amendment to the Revolving Credit Agreement that amends the Revolving Credit Agreement in substantially the same manner as the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected by Section 3 of this Amendment and (b) certifying that attached is a true and complete copy of the Specified Gathering Agreement, together with all amendments, restatements, amendments and restatements, supplements, waivers and other modifications thereto.

4.4Acknowledgement Letter.   The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed counterpart from the Revolving Agent of that certain Acknowledgement Letter, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Agent and with respect to the Intercreditor Agreement.

4.5Approved Plan of Development.   The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders certifying that the Borrower’s written plan of development with respect to budgeted development expenditures, Capital Expenditures and other development activities for the period from the Closing Date through and including September 30, 2020 is for (a) $2,400,000 of Capital Expenditures with respect to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 29-32H ▇▇▇▇▇ in June 2020 and (b) $2,600,000 for development expenditures, Capital Expenditures or other development activities to be identified by the Borrower with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties.

4.6Control Agreement.The Administrative Agent, the Revolving Agent, the Borrower and Bank of America, N.A. (the “Bank”)  shall have entered into that certain Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to the deposit account(s) of the Borrower maintained with the Bank.

4.7Mortgage and Title Information.   The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) Mortgages, executed and delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of the applicable Credit Party, encumbering Mortgaged Properties representing at least 90% of the Total Proved PV-9 of the Oil and Gas Properties and (b) title information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent setting forth the status of title to at least 90% of the Total Proved PV-9 of the Oil and Gas Properties.

4.8Financial Package. The Borrower shall have delivered the Q12020 Financial Deliverable Package to the Administrative Agent.

4.9Other.  The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as the Administrative Agent or counsel to the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of this Section 4, for purposes of determining satisfaction of the conditions specified in this Section 4, each Lender that shall have delivered executed multiple counterparts of this Amendment to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have consented to, approved of, or accepted or been satisfied with, each document

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or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

Section ▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Waiver. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4 above and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Credit Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree to waive (a) the Execution Default arising solely from the Loan Parties entering into this Amendment, and the Closing Date occurring, after June 8, 2020, (b) the Specified Covenant as applied to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020, (c) the Covenant Default arising solely from the Loan Parties’ compliance with the Asset Coverage Ratio Covenant for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020, and (d) the Specified Defaults arising solely from the Borrower’s delivery of the Q12020 Financial Deliverable Package after the Q12020 Financial Statements Delivery Deadline. The limited waivers set forth in this Section 5 (the “Limited Waiver”) are limited to the extent expressly set forth herein and no other terms, covenants or provisions of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall in any way be affected hereby. The Limited Waiver is granted only with respect to the Execution Default relating to the Closing Date, the Specified Covenant as applied to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020, the Covenant Default relating to the Specified Covenant as applied to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020 and the Specified Defaults relating to the Q12020 Financial Deliverable Package, and shall not apply to any financial statements for any other fiscal year or period, any other breach of the terms of the Credit Agreement, or any actual or prospective default or breach of any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. Other than with respect to the Execution Deadline, the Specified Covenant as applied to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020 and the Q12020 Financial Statements Delivery Deadline, the Limited Waiver does not waive any other requirement with respect to the execution of this Amendment, the Asset Coverage Ratio Covenant or the delivery of the Q12020 Financial Deliverable Package. The Limited Waiver shall not in any manner create a course of dealing or otherwise impair the future ability of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to declare a Default or Event of Default under or otherwise enforce the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document with respect to any matter other than the Execution Default, the Specified Covenant as applied to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020, the Covenant Default and Specified Defaults specifically and expressly waived in, and subject to the terms of, the Limited Waiver.

Section 6.Ratification and Affirmation; Representations and Warranties; Etc.  Each Loan Party hereby (a) ratifies and affirms its obligations under, and acknowledges, renews and extends its continued liability under, each Loan Document to which it is a party and agrees that each Loan Document to which it is a party remains in full force and effect, except as expressly amended hereby, and (b) represents and warrants to the Lenders that, as of the date hereof, after giving effect to the terms of this Amendment, including the Limited Waiver: (i) all of the representations and warranties contained in each Loan Document to which it 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), except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality in which case such applicable representation and warranty shall be true and correct) as of such specified earlier date and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

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Section 7.Reference to and Effect Upon the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents.

7.1Loan Document.  This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement.

7.2Effect Upon Credit Agreement.  Except as specifically amended hereby, the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect following the effectiveness of this Amendment.

7.3No Waiver; Interpretation.  The Borrower agrees that other than the Execution Default, the Covenant Default and the Specified Defaults, no Event of Default and no Default has been waived or remedied by the execution of this Amendment by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and any such Default or Event or Default heretofore arising and currently continuing shall continue after the execution and delivery hereof. The execution, delivery and effect of this Amendment shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any waiver of any term or condition, or to any amendment or modification of any term or condition of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (except as specifically set forth in this Amendment, including the Limited Waiver) or (b) prejudice any right, power or remedy which the Administrative Agent or any Lender now has or may have in the future under or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or any other word or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, and each reference in any other Loan Document to the Credit Agreement or any word or words of similar import shall be and mean a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

7.4Violations. Except as expressly provided herein, neither the execution by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of this Amendment, nor any other act or omission by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or their respective officers in connection herewith, shall be deemed a waiver by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of any defaults which may exist or which may occur in the future under the Credit Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents (collectively, “Violations”).  Similarly, nothing contained in this Amendment shall directly or indirectly in any way whatsoever either: (a) impair, prejudice or otherwise adversely affect the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s right at any time to exercise any right, privilege or remedy in connection with the Loan Documents with respect to any Violations, (b) amend or alter any provision of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or any other contract or instrument, except as expressly set forth herein, or (c) constitute any course of dealing or other basis for altering any obligation of the Borrower or any right, privilege or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or any other contract or instrument.  Section 12.02(a) of the Credit Agreement remains in full force and effect and is hereby ratified by the Borrower.

Section 8.Miscellaneous.

8.1RELEASE.  EACH LOAN PARTY, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S AND THE UNDERSIGNED LENDERS’ EXECUTION AND

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DELIVERY OF THIS AMENDMENT AND FOR OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE RECEIPT AND SUFFICIENCY OF WHICH IS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED, UNCONDITIONALLY, FREELY, VOLUNTARILY AND, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND BECOMING FULLY AND ADEQUATELY INFORMED AS TO THE RELEVANT FACTS, CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONSEQUENCES, RELEASES, WAIVES AND FOREVER DISCHARGES (AND FURTHER AGREES NOT TO ALLEGE, CLAIM OR PURSUE) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, RIGHTS, CAUSES OF ACTION, COUNTERCLAIMS OR DEFENSES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, IN CONTRACT, IN TORT, IN LAW OR IN EQUITY, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, DIRECT OR DERIVATIVE, WHICH EACH LOAN PARTY OR ANY PREDECESSOR, SUCCESSOR OR ASSIGN MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE OR MAY HAVE AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE LENDERS, THEIR PRESENT OR FORMER SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THE FOREGOING’S OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEYS OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OR AGENTS IN EACH CASE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY CONDUCT, CONDITION, ACT, OMISSION, EVENT, CONTRACT, LIABILITY, OBLIGATION, DEMAND, COVENANT, PROMISE, INDEBTEDNESS, CLAIM, RIGHT, CAUSE OF ACTION, SUIT, DAMAGE, DEFENSE, CIRCUMSTANCE OR MATTER OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WHICH EXISTED, AROSE OR OCCURRED AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE RELATING TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, THIS AMENDMENT AND/OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY OR HEREBY.  THE FOREGOING RELEASE SHALL SURVIVE THE TERMINATION OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THIS AMENDMENT.

8.2Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment, and/or any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Amendment and/or the transactions contemplated hereby and/or thereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record (an “Electronic Signature”) transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment or such Ancillary Document, as applicable. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.

8.3No Oral Agreement.  THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS EXECUTED HEREWITH AND THEREWITH REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT

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ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

8.4Severability.  Any provision of this Amendment 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.

8.5Governing Law.  THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

8.6Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.

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EXHIBIT A

CREDIT AGREEMENT

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Exhibit A

Published Deal CUSIP: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇

Published Term Loan CUSIP: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇

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IHSMarkit LXID: LX173269

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Amended & Restated

Term Loan Credit Agreement

dated as of

April 23, 2018

among

Sundance Energy Inc.,

as Parent

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Sundance Energy, Inc.,

as Borrower,

▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Capital Administrators Inc.,

as Administrative Agent,

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the Lenders party hereto

▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Capital Administrators Inc.

Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Runner

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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i

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]

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ii

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]

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ANNEXES, EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

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THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 23, 2018, is among SUNDANCE ENERGY INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), SUNDANCE ENERGY, INC., a Colorado corporation (the “Borrower”), each of the Lenders from time to time party hereto and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Capital Administrators Inc. (in its individual capacity, “MSCAI”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

R E C I T A L S

A.The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide certain loans to the Borrower, and the Lenders have indicated their willingness to provide such loans, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

▇.▇▇ consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and of the loans, extensions of credit and commitments hereinafter referred to, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS

Section 1.01Terms Defined Above.  As used in this Agreement, each term defined above has the meaning indicated above.

Section 1.02Certain Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

“Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Loan Parties of the Assets (as defined in the Acquisition PSA).

“Acquisition PSA” means that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of March 9, 2018, by and among Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Reliance Eagleford Upstream Holding LP, a Texas limited partnership, and Newpek, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as sellers, and Borrower, as buyer, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of March 19, 2018.

“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the then effective LIBO Rate multiplied by the Statutory Reserve Rate.

“Administrative Agent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

“Agent” means each of the Administrative Agent and any other agent or sub-agent pursuant to Section 11.05 appointed by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters related to the Loan Documents.

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“Aggregate Elected Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Revolving Credit Agreement or any similar term under any Permitted Refinancing Debt in respect thereof.

“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Anti-Terrorism Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.26.

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the aggregate Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment (or, at any time after the Effective Date, the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Loans then outstanding represented by such Lender’s Loans then outstanding).  The initial percentage of each Lender is set forth on Annex I.

“Applicable Premium” means the applicable percentage set forth below as determined based upon when the applicable prepayment of Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) is made:

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“Applicable Premium Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.04(g)(i).

“Approved Counterparty” means a counterparty to a Swap Agreement that at the time of entering into such Swap Agreement either (a) is a Secured Swap Provider, (b) is a Person whose senior unsecured long-term debt obligations are rated A or higher by S&P and A3 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, (c) Shell Oil Trading (US) Company, Shell Trading Risk Management LLC and their Affiliates, or (d) any other counterparty reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered, managed, advised or sub-advised by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“Approved Petroleum Engineer” means (a) Netherland, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Associates, Inc., (b) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Company Petroleum Consultants, L.P., and (c) any other independent petroleum engineers reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders.

“Approved Plan of Development” means the Borrower’s written plan of development with respect to budgeted development expenditures, Capital Expenditures and other development activities for the period from the Third Amendment Effective Date through and including September 30, 2020 which (a) includes (i) $2,400,000 of Capital Expenditures with respect to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 29-32H ▇▇▇▇▇ in June 2020 and (ii) $2,600,000 for development expenditures, Capital Expenditures or other development activities to be identified by the Borrower with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties and (b) was delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on the Third Amendment Effective Date.

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“Arranger” means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Capital Administrators Inc., in its capacity as the sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner hereunder.

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 12.04(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit G or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

“Benchmark Replacement” means the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate (which may include Term SOFR) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest as a replacement to the LIBO Rate for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than zero, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the LIBO Rate with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for each applicable Interest Period, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the LIBO Rate with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the LIBO Rate with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.

“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).

“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to the LIBO Rate:

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(a)in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of the LIBO Rate permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the LIBO Rate; and

(b)in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.

“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the LIBO Rate:

(a)a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the LIBO Rate announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the LIBO Rate, permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the LIBO Rate;

(b)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR, the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the LIBO Rate, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the LIBO Rate or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the LIBO Rate, which states that the administrator of the LIBO Rate has ceased or will cease to provide the LIBO Rate permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the LIBO Rate; or

(c)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Rate announcing that the LIBO Rate is no longer representative.

“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means (a) in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (i) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (ii) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication) and (b) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the date specified by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (in the case of such notice by the Required Lenders) and the Lenders.

“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the LIBO Rate and solely to the extent that the LIBO Rate has not been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement, the period (a) beginning at the time that such Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the LIBO Rate for all purposes hereunder in accordance with Section 3.03(b) and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the LIBO Rate for all purposes hereunder pursuant to Section 3.03(b).

“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

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

“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate’ (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.

“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America or any successor Governmental Authority.

“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Borrowing” means the Loans made on the Effective Date.

“Borrowing Base” means, at any time, an amount equal to a traditional conforming borrowing base determined in good faith by the commercial bank lenders under the Revolving Credit Agreement (or any Permitted Refinancing Debt in respect thereof) utilizing their usual and customary oil and gas lending criteria as they exist at such time.

“Borrowing Base Deficiency” has the meaning assigned to such term under the Revolving Credit Agreement or any similar term under any Permitted Refinancing Debt in respect thereof.

“Borrowing Base Properties” has the meaning assigned to such term under the Revolving Credit Agreement or any similar term under any Permitted Refinancing Debt in respect thereof.

“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; and if such day relates to a Borrowing or continuation of, a payment or prepayment of principal of or interest on a Eurodollar Loan, any day which is also a day on which banks are open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, all expenditures related to Oil and Gas Properties or the purchase of property, plant or equipment of Parent, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties that are (or would be) capitalized under GAAP; provided, that Capital Expenditures for Parent, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall not include (a) expenditures to the extent incurred in response to an emergency or urgent situation, as determined by the Borrower in good faith, (b) expenditures (including expenditures for the construction or the replacement, improvement or expansion of existing capital assets) made on behalf of the counterparty to the Specified Gathering Agreement in order to maintain, over the long term, the operating capacity or operating income of the Loan Parties and for which such Person, within forty-five (45) days of such expenditure, (i) is reimbursed in cash or receives a credit from such counterparty to the Specified Gathering Agreement and (ii) provides the Administrative Agent with any information reasonably requested with respect to such expenditure and such reimbursement and (c) other expenditures to the extent required under any applicable Governmental Requirement.

“Capital Leases” means, in respect of any Person, all leases that are or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases on the balance sheet of the Person liable (whether contingent or

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otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder.  Any lease that was treated as an operating lease under GAAP at the time it was entered into that later becomes a capital lease as a result of a change in GAAP during the life of such lease, including any renewals, shall be treated as an operating lease for all purposes under this Agreement, and any lease that was treated as a capital lease under GAAP at the time it was entered into that later becomes an operating lease as a result of a change in GAAP during the life of such lease, including any renewals, shall be treated as a capital lease for all purposes under this Agreement.

“CARES Act” means the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, and applicable rules and regulations, as amended from time to time.

“CARES Allowable Uses” means “allowable uses” of proceeds of the SBA PPP Loan as described in Section 1102 of the CARES Act.

“Cash Equivalents” means cash held in Dollars and all Investments of the type identified in Section 9.05(c) through (f).

“Casualty Event” means any loss, casualty or other insured damage to, or any nationalization, taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any Oil and Gas Properties having a fair market value in excess of $4,000,000; provided that a Casualty Event as a result of loss, casualty or other insured damage shall not be deemed to have occurred (other than for purposes of Section 8.01(k)) if the applicable Loan Party has restored, repaired or replaced the affected Oil and Gas Property in the ordinary course of business within ninety (90) days of such loss, casualty or other insured damage.

“CERCLA” has the meaning assigned to such term within the definition of “Environmental Laws.”

“Change in Control” means (a) Parent shall at any time after the Effective Date fail to own, in the aggregate, 100% of the then issued and outstanding Equity Interests in Borrower or, except as permitted by Section 9.10, any other direct or indirect Subsidiary of Parent that is a Guarantor, (b) ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall for any reason cease to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of Borrower and is not replaced within 180 days thereafter by a new Chief Executive Officer acceptable to Required Lenders, or (c) Borrower shall cease to own and control 100% of the voting and economic interest in the Equity Interests in each Subsidiary of Borrower which owns Borrowing Base Properties.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Effective Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States of America or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“Collateral” means all property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Instrument.

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“Commitment” means as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make a Loan hereunder on the Effective Date in the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Annex I under the caption “Commitment”.  The aggregate Commitments of the Lenders are $250,000,000.

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

“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

“Consolidated Cash Balance” means, as of the end of any calendar month, (a) the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, treasury bonds and bills, certificates of deposit, investments in money market funds, commercial paper and Cash Equivalents, in each case, held or owned by (either directly or indirectly), credited to the account of or would otherwise be required to be reflected in Consolidated Total Assets less (b) the sum of (i) any restricted cash or Cash Equivalents to pay royalty obligations, working interest obligations, suspense payments, severance taxes, payroll, payroll taxes, other taxes, employee wage and benefit payments and trust and fiduciary obligations or other obligations of the Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries to third parties and for which Parent, the Borrower or such Subsidiary has issued checks or has initiated wires or ACH transfers (or will issue checks or initiate wires or ACH transfers within the Unpaid Obligation Period) in order to pay, (ii) other amounts for which the Parent, the Borrower or such Subsidiary has issued checks or has initiated wires or ACH transfers but have not yet been subtracted from the balance in the relevant account of the Parent, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (iii) while and to the extent refundable, any cash or Cash Equivalents of the Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries constituting purchase price deposits held in escrow pursuant to a binding and enforceable purchase and sale agreement with a third party containing customary provisions regarding the payment and refunding of such deposits, (iv) any Permitted Swap Termination Proceeds reasonably set aside in good faith to prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 3.04(f), (v) any Permitted Swap Termination Proceeds (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement as in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date) reasonably set aside in good faith to prepay the Loans (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement as in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date) in accordance with Section 3.04(f) of the Revolving Credit Agreement as in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date, (vi) any Required ECF Prepayment Amount reasonably set aside in good faith to prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 3.04(e) for the prior period or the current period, (vii) any Required ECF Prepayment Amount (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement as in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date) reasonably set aside in good faith to prepay the Loans (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement as in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date) in accordance with Section 3.04(e) of the Revolving Credit Agreement as in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date, (viii) the Net Cash Proceeds of any Transfer of Oil and Gas Properties to which Proved Reserves are attributed (or the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary owning such Oil and Gas Properties) or of the consensual termination, unwinding, cancellation or other disposition of, or an early termination event with respect to, any Swap Agreement (other than a Permitted Swap Termination) reasonably set aside in good faith for reinvestment or to prepay the Loans, in each case, in accordance with Section 3.04(c), and (ix) if, as of the end of such calendar month, the Market Capitalization of the Parent is greater than $150,000,000 (without giving effect to any Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests of the Parent that occurred during such calendar month), any Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests of the Parent.

“Consolidated Cash Balance Threshold” means $10,000,000.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means for any period, total cash interest expense (including that attributable to obligations under Capital Leases) of Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Debt (other than any intercompany indebtedness and any interest

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expense of any Oil and Gas Property or Person acquired pursuant to an Investment permitted under Section 9.05(h) accrued and paid prior to the date of such acquisition) of Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, and net costs under Swap Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP).

“Consolidated Net Income” means with respect to Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries, for any period, the aggregate of the net income (or loss) of Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries after allowances for taxes for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (to the extent otherwise included therein) the following: (a) the net income of any Person in which Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary has an interest (which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to be consolidated with the net income of Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP), except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions actually paid in cash during such period by such other Person to Parent, the Borrower or to a Subsidiary, as the case may be; (b) the net income (but not loss) during such period of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions or transfers or loans by that Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument or Governmental Requirement applicable to such Subsidiary or is otherwise restricted or prohibited, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; (c) the net income (or loss) of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such transaction; (d) any extraordinary non-cash gains or losses during such period; (e) non-cash gains or losses under ASC 815 resulting from the net change in ▇▇▇▇ to market portfolio of commodity price risk management activities during that period; (f) the net income attributable to interest in respect of intercompany indebtedness and (g) any gains or losses attributable to writeups or writedowns of assets; and provided further that if Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall acquire or dispose of any Property during such period with fair market value or consideration in excess of five percent (5%) of the then effective Borrowing Base, then Consolidated Net Income shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition or disposition, as if such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period; provided that at the Borrower’s sole discretion, such acquisition or dispositions with aggregate fair market value or consideration, as applicable, of less than five percent (5%) of the then effective Borrowing Base may be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition or disposition, as if such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period.

“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the amount that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated statement of financial position of Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries at such date.

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

(a) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

(b) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

(c) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

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“Covered Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.22.

“Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

“Debt” means, for any Person, the sum of the following (without duplication): (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, bankers’ acceptances, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (b) all obligations of such Person (whether contingent or otherwise) in respect of letters of credit, surety or other bonds and similar instruments; (c) all accounts payable and all accrued expenses, liabilities or other obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of Property or services that are more than one hundred-twenty (120) days past their invoiced due date, other than those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (d) all obligations of such Person as lessee under Capital Leases; (e) all obligations under Synthetic Leases; (f) all Debt (as defined in the other clauses of this definition) of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien on any Property of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person; (g) all Debt (as defined in the other clauses of this definition) of others guaranteed by such Person or in which such Person otherwise assures a creditor against loss of the Debt (howsoever such assurance shall be made) to the extent of the lesser of the amount of such Debt and the maximum stated amount of such guarantee or assurance against loss; (h) all obligations or undertakings of such Person to maintain or cause to be maintained the financial position or covenants of others or to purchase the Debt or Property of others for the purpose of maintaining the financial position or covenants of others; (i) obligations to deliver commodities, goods or services, including Hydrocarbons, in consideration of one or more advance payments, made more than one month in advance of the month in which the commodities, goods or services are to be delivered other than gas balancing arrangements and/or prepaid drilling obligations in the ordinary course of business; (j) take-or-pay or similar obligations that require such Person to pay for goods or services whether or not such goods or services are not actually received or utilized by such Person; (k) any Debt of a partnership for which such Person is liable either by agreement, by operation of law or by a Governmental Requirement but only to the extent of such liability; (l) Disqualified Capital Stock; and (m) the undischarged balance of any production payment created by such Person or for the creation of which such Person directly or indirectly received payment.  The Debt of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described above to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is not included as a liability of such Person under GAAP.  Debt shall not include liabilities resulting from endorsements of instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business.

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable for any consideration other than other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is convertible or exchangeable for Debt or redeemable for any consideration other than other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock) at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is one year after the earlier of (a) Maturity Date and (b) the date on which there are no Loans or other obligations hereunder outstanding.

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“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

“Early Opt-in Election” means the occurrence of:

(a)(i) a determination by the Administrative Agent or (ii) a notification by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) that the Required Lenders have determined that U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in Section 3.03(b) are being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the LIBO Rate, and

(b)(i) the election by the Administrative Agent or (ii) the election by the Required Lenders to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Borrower and the Lenders or by the Required Lenders of written notice of such election to the Administrative Agent.

“EBITDAX” means, for any period, the sum of Consolidated Net Income for such period plus the following expenses or charges to the extent deducted from Consolidated Net Income in such period: interest, income and franchise taxes (including gross receipts taxes), depreciation, depletion, amortization, exploration expenses and other noncash charges (including expenses relating to stock based compensation, hedging, etc.) minus all noncash income added to Consolidated Net Income.

“ECF EBITDAX” means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) EBITDAX for the four fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of determination for which financial statements are available and (b) EBITDAX for the fiscal quarter ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of determination for which financial statements are available, multiplied by 4; provided, that ECF EBITDAX shall in either case exclude any cash proceeds received by any Loan Party from the termination, unwinding, cancellation or other disposition of Swap Agreements (whether as an early termination or otherwise).

“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 6.01 and Section 6.02 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02).

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“Environmental Laws” means any and all Governmental Requirements pertaining in any way to health and safety (insofar as either may be affected by a Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials) the environment, the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, or the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials, in effect in any and all jurisdictions in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is conducting, or at any time has conducted, business, or where any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is located, including, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), as amended, the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, the Natural Gas  Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended, the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, as amended, and other environmental conservation or protection Governmental Requirements.

“Environmental Permit” means any permit, registration, license, notice, approval, consent, exemption, variance, or other authorization required under or issued pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws.

“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such Equity Interest.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

“ERISA Affiliate” means each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which together with any Group Member would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or subsections (b), (c), (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code.

“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates from a Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), (c) the providing of notice of intent to terminate a Plan in a distress termination (as described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA), (d) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan or, (e) any event or condition (i) that provides a basis under Section 4042(a)(1), (2), or (3) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, or (ii) that may result in termination of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4041A of ERISA, or (f) the partial or complete withdrawal within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA, of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan.

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

“Eurodollar” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.

“Excepted Liens” means:  (a) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which

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adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security, old age pension or public liability obligations which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (c) landlord’s liens (including liens granted to the lessor of any oil and gas lessor and any financing statement giving notice thereof), operators’, vendors’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’, workers’, materialmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising by operation of law or otherwise in the ordinary course of business or incident to the exploration, development, operation and maintenance of Oil and Gas Properties each of which is in respect of obligations that are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (d) contractual Liens which arise in the ordinary course of business under real property leases, operating agreements, joint venture agreements, oil and gas partnership agreements, oil and gas leases, farm-out agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, overriding royalty agreements, marketing agreements, processing agreements, net profits agreements, development agreements, service agreements, supply agreements, gas balancing or deferred production agreements, injection, repressuring and recycling agreements, salt water or other disposal agreements, seismic or other geophysical permits or agreements, and other agreements which are usual and customary in the oil and gas business and are for claims which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP, provided that any such Lien referred to in this clause does not materially impair the use of the Property covered by such Lien for the purposes for which such Property is held by any Group Member or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto; (e) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision or customary deposit account terms relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies and burdening only deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution, provided that no such deposit account is a dedicated cash collateral account or is subject to restrictions against access by the depositor in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Board and no such deposit account is intended by any Group Member to provide collateral to the depository institution to secure any Debt (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents); (f) zoning and land use requirements, easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, rights-of-way, building codes, exceptions or reservations in any Property of any Group Member for the purpose of roads, pipelines, transmission lines, transportation lines, distribution lines for the removal of gas, oil, coal or other minerals or timber, and other like purposes, or for the joint or common use of real estate, rights of way, facilities and equipment, that do not secure any monetary obligations and which in the aggregate do not materially impair the use of such Property for the purposes of which such Property is held by any Group Member or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto; (g) Liens on cash or securities pledged to secure performance of tenders, surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance and return of money bonds, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, regulatory obligations and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money; (h) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default, provided that any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceeding may be initiated shall not have expired and no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced; (i) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted hereunder to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment, and (ii) consisting of an agreement to sell or otherwise dispose of any Property permitted hereunder, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien; 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only that of the Senior Liens, if any, otherwise granted in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders is to be hereby implied or expressed by the permitted existence of such Excepted Liens.

“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any fiscal quarter:

(a) all cash revenues and cash receipts received by Parent, the Borrower or their Subsidiaries from any source during such fiscal quarter (other than (i) the Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests or the proceeds of any incurrence of Debt permitted by Section 9.02, (ii) the Net Cash Proceeds of any Transfer of Oil and Gas Properties to which Proved Reserves are attributed (or the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary owning such Oil and Gas Properties) or the consensual termination, unwinding, cancellation or other disposition of, or an early termination event with respect to, any Swap Agreement (other than a Permitted Swap Termination), (iii) the Permitted Swap Termination Proceeds from any Permitted Swap Termination, (iv) funds belonging to or received for the credit of third parties, such as royalty, working interest or other interest owners, that are received for transfer or payment to such third parties and (v) insurance and condemnation proceeds that are used for repair or replacement of property useful for the development of Oil and Gas Properties), less

(b) actual cash payments by Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter for the following, without duplication:

(i) General & Administrative Expenses;

(ii) leasehold operating expenses in the ordinary course of business (including overhead allocations paid to unaffiliated operators in the ordinary course of business under joint operating agreements, ad valorem taxes, pipeline tariffs, premiums on operations related insurance and other field level or lease level costs for operations in respect of the Oil and Gas Properties, but excluding any Capital Expenditures) and the actual costs of gathering, processing, compressing, and transporting production from the wellhead to the point of sale (provided that all such costs are negotiated with, and paid to, third parties in arms-length transactions on terms that are reasonable in the area of operations for the quality and quantity of such production for the time period negotiated, at the time such prices are agreed);

(iii) unfinanced Capital Expenditures;

(iv)(A) interest expense, commitment and other fees in respect of Debt permitted by Section 9.02, (B) voluntary payments of principal in respect of Debt permitted by Section 9.02 to the extent that such Debt cannot be reborrowed and (to the extent applicable) is accompanied by a permanent reduction in commitments thereunder and (C) payments to counterparties under Swap Agreements;

(v) severance, ad valorem, or other direct taxes on properties owned by any Loan Party or the production therefrom or the proceeds of such production; and

(vi) federal and state income and franchise taxes (including gross receipts taxes); less

(c) to the extent that Excess Cash Flow for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter was less than zero, the absolute value of such negative Excess Cash Flow for such immediately preceding fiscal quarter.

“Excluded Account” means (a) each deposit account all or substantially all of the deposits in which consist of amounts utilized to fund payroll obligations of any Loan Party for the then-current pay period, employee benefit obligations of any Loan Party for the then-current pay period or tax obligations of any

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Loan Party that have accrued or that will accrue in the then-current calendar month and (b) any fiduciary, trust, suspense, escrow or third-party oil and gas royalty account in each case that is permitted to be incurred hereunder (including by Section 9.05), provided that in no event shall any of the principal operating accounts of any Loan Party constitute an Excluded Account.

“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), state franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) by the United States of America (or any political subdivision thereof) or such other jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 5.04) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 5.02, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to any such recipient’s failure to comply with Section 5.02(e), and (d) any United States federal withholding Tax that is imposed under FATCA.

“Executive Order” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.26(a).

“Existing Credit Facilities” means the credit facilities of the Borrower and the Loan Parties pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2015, by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Energy Capital Inc., the lenders party thereto, the Borrower and the Parent.

“Fallaway Date” means the date on which the Borrower delivers the certificate required by Section 8.01(c) for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2020 demonstrating compliance with Section 9.01 for such fiscal quarter.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to such intergovernmental agreement.

“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

“Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇, or any successor source.

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“Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter dated as of March 13, 2018 between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

“Financial Officer” means, for any Person, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Person.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a Financial Officer means a Financial Officer of the Borrower.

“First Amendment” means that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2018 by and among the Borrower, the Parent, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.

“First Amendment Effective Date” means the date that all conditions to the effectiveness of the First Amendment have occurred.

“fiscal quarter” means each fiscal quarter ending on the last day of each March, June, September and December.

“fiscal year” means each fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for accounting and tax purposes, ending on December 31 of each year.

“Flood Insurance Regulations” means (a) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (b) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (c) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (amending 42 USC § 4001, et seq.), as the same may be amended or recodified from time to time, (d) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, and (e) the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Flood Reform Act of 2012, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1.04.

“General & Administrative Expenses” means, in respect of any Person, all expenses that are or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as general and administrative expenses on the income statement of the Person who paid such expenses; provided, that (a) for the purposes of the covenant set forth in Section 9.24(b), “General & Administrative Expenses” of the Borrower shall exclude (i) the reasonable expenses for any restructuring advisor hired by (A) the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in connection with any workout, restructuring or similar negotiations in respect of the Secured Obligations pursuant to Section 8.22 and (B) the Loan Parties, the Revolving Agent or the Revolving Lenders in connection with any workout, restructuring or similar negotiations in respect of the obligations under the Revolving Loan Documents pursuant to Section 8.22 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, (ii) the reasonable expenses for preparation of the July 1, 2020 Reserve Report by Netherland, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Associates, Inc., (iii) the reasonable expenses for any legal counsel hired by (A) the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in connection with any workout, restructuring or similar negotiations in respect of the Secured Obligations pursuant to Section 8.22 and (B) the Loan Parties, the Revolving Agent or the Revolving Lenders in connection with any workout, restructuring or similar negotiations in respect of the obligations under the Revolving Loan Documents pursuant to Section 8.22 of

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the Revolving Credit Agreement, (iv) severance payments (regardless of when offered or accepted) to former employees of the Borrower; provided, that the aggregate amount of such severance payments that may be excluded pursuant to this clause (iv) shall not exceed $375,000 for the period from the Third Amendment Effective Date through September 30, 2020, and (v) share-based compensation expenses; provided, that the aggregate amount of such share-based compensation expenses that may be excluded pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed $500,000 for the period from the Third Amendment Effective Date through September 30, 2020 and (b) for all purposes hereunder, “General & Administrative Expenses” of the Borrower in any fiscal quarter shall reflect adjustments for (i) SBA PPP Loan proceeds properly allocable as a credit to general and administrative expenses in such fiscal quarter and (ii) the amount of pro forma “run rate” cost savings and operating expense reductions that are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable and resulting from actions that were taken prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date (including employee terminations and furloughs, employee salary reductions, fee reductions for members of the board of directors of the Parent and associated cost reductions relating to contraction of the Borrower’s workforce), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such fiscal quarter from such actions, in each case, calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings or operating expense reductions were realized on the first day of such fiscal quarter for the entirety of such fiscal quarter; provided, that the aggregate amount of such adjustment in any fiscal quarter shall not exceed $300,000.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

“Governmental Requirement” means any law, statute, code, ordinance, order, determination, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction, franchise, permit, certificate, license, rules of common law, authorization or other directive or requirement, whether now or hereinafter in effect, of any Governmental Authority.

“Group Members” means the collective reference to Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries.

“Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” means an agreement executed by the Guarantors in substantially the form of Exhibit F-2, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

“Guarantors” means Parent and each Material Subsidiary (as of the Effective Date and those that guarantee the Secured Obligations pursuant to Section 8.14(b)).

“Hazardous Material” means any substance regulated or as to which liability might arise under any applicable Environmental Law including:  (a) any chemical, compound, material, product, byproduct, substance or waste defined as or included in the definition or meaning of “hazardous substance,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous waste,” “solid waste,” “toxic waste,” “extremely hazardous substance,” “toxic substance,” “contaminant,” “pollutant,” or words of similar meaning or import found in any applicable Environmental Law; (b) Hydrocarbons, petroleum products, petroleum substances, natural gas, oil, oil and gas waste (including drilling fluids and any produced water), crude oil, and any components, fractions, or derivatives thereof; and (c) radioactive materials, explosives, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon, infectious materials or medical wastes.

“Highest Lawful Rate” means, with respect to each Lender, the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on

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the Notes or on other Secured Obligations under laws applicable to such Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws allow as of the date hereof.

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

“Hydrocarbons” means oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and all constituents, elements or compounds thereof and all products refined or separated therefrom.

“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary.

“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) above, Other Taxes.

“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.03(b).

“Initial Reserve Report” means the ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Company Petroleum Consultants, L.P. reserve report dated January 1, 2018.

“Intercompany Debt” means Debt among Loan Parties which is unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the payment in full of all of the Secured Obligations in a manner and on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and is not held, assigned, transferred, negotiated or pledged to any Person other than a Loan Party.

“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain intercreditor agreement of even date herewith among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Revolving Agent, as Senior Representative, the Administrative Agent, as Second Priority Representative, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Interest Payment Date” means the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December.

“Investment” means, for any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, Property, services or securities or otherwise) of Equity Interests of any other Person (including any “short sale” or any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering into such short sale); (b) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan or capital contribution to, assumption of Debt of, purchase or other acquisition of any other Debt of or equity participation or interest in, or other extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase of Property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such Property to such Person, but excluding any such advance, loan or extension of credit having a term not exceeding ninety (90) days representing the purchase price of goods or services sold by such Person in the ordinary course of business); (c) the purchase or acquisition (in one or a series of transactions) of Property of another Person that constitutes a business unit; or (d) the entering into of any guarantee of, or other contingent obligation (including the deposit of any Equity Interests to be sold) with respect to, Debt or other liability of any other Person and (without duplication) any amount committed to be advanced, lent or extended to such Person.

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“January 1 Reserve Report” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.12(a).

“July 1, 2020 Reserve Report” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.12(a).

“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Annex I and any Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the greater of (a) 1.00% and (b) the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in dollars for a period equal to three months appearing on the applicable Reuters screen (or on any successor or substitute screen of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such screen of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to such date, as the rate for Dollar deposits with a three month maturity.  In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Loan for such three month period shall be the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) at which Dollar deposits of an amount comparable to such Eurodollar Loan and for a three month maturity are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent (or such other commercial bank reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent) in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to such date.

“Lien” means any interest in Property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than the owner of the Property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, and whether such obligation or claim is fixed or contingent, and including but not limited to (a) the lien or security interest arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, security agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes or (b) production payments and the like payable out of Oil and Gas Properties.  The term “Lien” shall include easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations that burden Property to the extent they secure an obligation owed to a Person other than the owner of the Property. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Loan Parties shall be deemed to be the owner of any Property which they have acquired or hold subject to a conditional sale agreement, or leases under a financing lease or other arrangement pursuant to which title to the Property has been retained by or vested in some other Person in a transaction intended to create a financing.

“Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the unused aggregate Borrowing Base on such date plus (b) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries at such date minus (c) the amount of any Borrowing Base Deficiency on such date.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Security Instruments, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Fee Letter and any other agreement entered into, now or in the future, in connection with this Agreement.

“Loan Party” means the Borrower and each Guarantor.

“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

“Make Whole Amount” means the sum of the interest payments (without discount) that would have accrued and been paid in accordance with Section 3.02 on the principal amount of (a) all Loans

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(including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) optionally prepaid under Section 3.04, (b) all Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) mandatorily prepaid under Section 3.04, and (c) all Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) accelerated or that otherwise become due upon the occurrence of a Make Whole Event, in each case if such principal amount of Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) had been outstanding from the date of prepayment or such Make Whole Event to the first anniversary of Effective Date, as determined by the Administrative Agent.

“Make Whole Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(a).

“Market Capitalization” means, as of the end of any calendar month, the amount equal to the product of (a) the total number of then issued and outstanding shares of common Equity Interests of the Parent and (b) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common Equity Interests on the principal securities exchange on which such common Equity Interests are traded for each trading day during such calendar month.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, Property, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties to perform the obligations under the Loan Documents, (c) the validity or enforceability of any Loan Documents against the Loan Parties, or (d) the rights and remedies of or benefits available to the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document.

“Material Indebtedness” means (a) the Revolving Debt and (b) Debt (other than the Loans), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of any Loan Party in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $5,000,000.  For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of any Loan Party in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the Swap Termination Value.

“Material Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each Subsidiary of Parent or the Borrower whose Total Assets at the last day of the period for which financial statements have been delivered under Section 8.01(a) or (b) were equal to or greater than 10% of the Consolidated Total Assets of Parent and the Borrower and the Subsidiaries at such date; provided that if, at any time and from time to time after the Effective Date, Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries have, in the aggregate Total Assets at the last day of such test period equal to or greater than 10% of the Consolidated Total Assets of Parent and the Borrower and the Subsidiaries at such date determined in accordance with GAAP, then the Borrower shall, on the date on which financial statements for such quarter are delivered pursuant to this Agreement, designate in writing to the Administrative Agent one or more of such Subsidiaries as “Material Subsidiaries” such that, after giving effect to such designation, the aggregate Total Assets of the Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries do not exceed 10% of the Consolidated Total Assets of Parent and the Borrower and their Subsidiaries at such date.

“Maturity Date” means April 23, 2023.

“Money Laundering Law” means any law governing conduct or acts designed in whole or in part to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership or control of money (including currency or equivalents, e.g., checks, electronic transfers, etc.) to avoid a transaction reporting requirement under state or federal law or to disguise the fact that the money was acquired by illegal means.

“Moody’s” means ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency.

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“Mortgage” means each of the mortgages or deeds of trust executed by any one or more Loan Parties for the benefit of the Secured Parties as security for the Secured Obligations, together with any assumptions or assignments of the obligations thereunder by any Loan Party, and “Mortgages” shall mean all of such Mortgages collectively.

“Mortgaged Property” means any Property owned by any Loan Party which is subject to the Liens existing and to exist under the terms of the Security Instruments.

“MSCAI” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and to which the Borrower, a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or was obligated to make contributions within the last six (6) years.

“Net Cash Proceeds” means (a) in the case of any Transfer or consensual termination, unwinding, cancellation or other disposition of, or early termination event with respect to, a Swap Agreement, other than any Permitted Swap Termination, the amount equal to the gross cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary from such Transfer or termination less each of the following (without duplication): (i) any such gross cash proceeds required to be utilized to permanently repay Revolving Debt (with a permanent reduction in the Borrowing Base and the Aggregate Elected Commitments in respect of such Revolving Debt) or to pay any Borrowing Base Deficiency to the extent that the principal amount of Revolving Debt is greater than the then-effective Aggregate Elected Commitments, in each case, pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date, (ii) commissions, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses, Taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) during the year that such Transfer occurred or the next succeeding year in connection with such Transfer (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), and other usual and customary transaction costs, including, without limitation, indemnification and other post-closing obligations and reserves related to any such Transfer or termination, in each case only to the extent paid or payable by a Loan Party in cash and related to such Transfer or termination, respectively and (iii) all amounts paid for the termination of Swap Agreements required as a result of such Transfer; and (b) in connection with any issuance of any Equity Interests, the gross cash proceeds received from such issuance net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.

“New Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Debt.”

“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (i) requires the approval of all or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 12.02 and (ii) has been approved by the Required Lenders.

“Non-U.S. Lender” means a Lender, with respect to the Borrower, that is not a U.S. Person.

“Notes” means the promissory notes, if any, of the Borrower described in Section 2.02(c) and being substantially in the form of Exhibit A, together with all amendments, modifications, replacements, extensions and rearrangements thereof.

“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

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“Oil and Gas Properties” means (a) Hydrocarbon Interests; (b) the Properties now or hereafter pooled or unitized with Hydrocarbon Interests; (c) all presently existing or future unitization agreements, pooling agreements and declarations of pooled units and the units created thereby (including all units created under orders, regulations and rules of any Governmental Authority) which may affect all or any portion of the Hydrocarbon Interests; (d) all operating agreements, contracts and other agreements, including production sharing contracts and agreements, which relate to any of the Hydrocarbon Interests or the production, sale, transportation, purchase, exchange or processing of Hydrocarbons from or attributable to such Hydrocarbon Interests; (e) all Hydrocarbons in and under and which may be produced and saved or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests, including all oil in tanks, and all rents, issues, profits, proceeds, products, revenues and other incomes from or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests; (f) all tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances and Properties in any manner appertaining, belonging, affixed or incidental to the Hydrocarbon Interests and (g) all Properties, rights, titles, interests and estates described or referred to above, including any and all Property, real or personal, now owned or hereafter acquired and situated upon, used, held for use or useful in connection with the operating, working or development of any of such Hydrocarbon Interests or Property (excluding drilling rigs, automotive equipment, rental equipment or other personal Property which may be on such premises for the purpose of drilling a well or for other similar temporary uses) and including any and all oil ▇▇▇▇▇, gas ▇▇▇▇▇, injection ▇▇▇▇▇ or other ▇▇▇▇▇, buildings, structures, fuel separators, liquid extraction plants, plant compressors, pumps, pumping units, field gathering systems, tanks and tank batteries, fixtures, valves, fittings, machinery and parts, engines, boilers, meters, apparatus, equipment, appliances, tools, implements, cables, wires, towers, casing, tubing and rods, surface leases, rights-of-way, easements and servitudes together with all additions, substitutions, replacements, accessions and attachments to any and all of the foregoing.  Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Oil and Gas Property” or to “Oil and Gas Properties” in this Agreement shall refer to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties.

“Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to such corporation’s jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

“Other Connection Taxes” means with respect to any Credit Party, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Credit Party and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Credit Party having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced, any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 5.04).

“Parent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.04(c).

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“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.04(c).

“Patriot Act” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.16.

“Payment in Full” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.18(a).

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as defined in Title IV of ERISA, or any successor thereto.

“Permitted Refinancing Debt” means Debt (for purposes of this definition, “New Debt”) incurred in exchange for, or proceeds of which are used to refinance, all of any other Debt (the “Refinanced Debt”); provided that (a) such New Debt is in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount then outstanding of the Refinanced Debt (or, if the Refinanced Debt is exchanged or acquired for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof, such lesser amount) and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such exchange or refinancing; (b) such New Debt has a stated maturity no earlier than the stated maturity of the Refinanced Debt and a weighted average life no shorter than the weighted average life of the Refinanced Debt; (c) such New Debt does not have compensatory economics (including, without limitation, stated interest rate, payment-in-kind interest rates, interest rate floors, make-whole payments, original issue discount, premiums, fees and other similar components of interest or yield) in excess of the same of the Refinanced Debt; (d) such New Debt does not contain any covenants which, taken as a whole, are more onerous to Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries than those imposed by the Refinanced Debt; (e) if such Refinanced Debt was subordinated, such New Debt (and any guarantees thereof) is subordinated in right of payment to the Secured Obligations to at least the same extent as the Refinanced Debt and is otherwise subordinated on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and (f) if such Refinanced Debt is the Revolving Debt, such New Debt is subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or any replacement thereof acceptable to the Required Lenders.

“Permitted Swap Termination” means the consensual termination, unwinding, cancellation or other disposition of, or an early termination event with respect to,  Swap Agreements having notional volumes in excess of 85% of the reasonably projected production (as reflected in the most recently delivered Reserve Report) from the Proved Reserves classified as “Developed Producing Reserves” attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties for each of crude oil and natural gas, calculated separately, for each month during the period commencing on the month of such termination, unwinding, cancellation or other disposition, or early termination event, and ending 24 months later.

“Permitted Swap Termination Proceeds” means, in the case of any Permitted Swap Termination, 90% of the amount equal to (a) the gross cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary from such Permitted Swap Termination less (b) each of the following (without duplication): (i) any such gross cash proceeds required to be utilized to permanently repay Revolving Debt (with a permanent reduction in the Borrowing Base and the Aggregate Elected Commitments in respect of such Revolving Debt) pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date and (ii) commissions, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses, Taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) during the year that such Permitted Swap Termination occurred (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), and other usual and customary transaction costs.

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

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“Petroleum Industry Standards” means the Definitions for Oil and Gas Reserves promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (or any generally recognized successor) as in effect at the time in question.

“PIK Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.02(c).

“PIK Percentage” means 2.00% per annum.

“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in section 3(2) of ERISA but excluding any Multiemployer Plan, which (a) is currently or hereafter sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate or (b) was at any time during the six calendar years preceding the date hereof, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate.

“Plan Asset Regulations” means 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.

“Prohibited Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(c) of the Code.

“Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

“Proved Reserves” means oil and gas reserves that, in accordance with Petroleum Industry Standards, are classified as both “Proved Reserves” and one of the following: (a) “Developed Producing Reserves”, (b) “Developed Non-Producing Reserves” or (c) “Undeveloped Reserves”.

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

“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).

“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.22.

“RCRA” has the meaning assigned to such term within the definition of “Environmental Laws.”

“Redemption” means with respect to any Debt, the repurchase, redemption, prepayment, repayment, defeasance or any other acquisition or retirement for value (or the segregation of funds with respect to any of the foregoing) of such Debt.  “Redeem” has the correlative meaning thereto.

“Refinanced Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Debt”.

“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.04(b)(iv).

“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board, as the same may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (including attorneys, accountants and experts) of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

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“Release” means any depositing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, placing, emitting, discarding, abandoning, emptying, discharging, migrating, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing.

“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.

“Remedial Work” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.10(a).

“Reportable Event” means any of the events described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder other than a Reportable Event as to which the provision of 30 days’ notice to the PBGC is waived under applicable regulations.

“Required Consolidated Cash Balance Prepayment Amount” means, with respect to any repayment of the Loans required by Section 3.04(d), an amount equal to (a) the excess of the Consolidated Cash Balance as of the end of the calendar month then-ending over the Consolidated Cash Balance Threshold less (b) any such excess required to be utilized to repay Revolving Debt pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date.

“Required ECF Prepayment Amount” means, with respect to any repayment of the Loans required by Section 3.04(e), an amount equal to (a) the lesser of (i) 50% of Excess Cash Flow for the quarter then-ending and (ii) the amount of Excess Cash Flow for the quarter then-ending that, when utilized to repay Total Debt, reduces Total Debt such that after giving effect to such repayment or repayments the ratio of Total Debt to ECF EBITDAX is less than 1.50 to 1.00 less (b) any such Excess Cash Flow required to be utilized to permanently repay Revolving Debt (with a permanent reduction in the Borrowing Base and the Aggregate Elected Commitments in respect of such Revolving Debt) pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date.

“Required ▇▇▇▇▇▇” means Swap Agreements entered into by the Borrower at prices reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent on not less than (a) 70% of the reasonably projected production from the Proved Reserves classified as “Developed Producing Reserves” attributable to any Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties for each of crude oil and natural gas, calculated separately, through April 23, 2023 as reflected in the Initial Reserve Report and (b) 50% of the reasonably projected production from the Proved Reserves classified as “Developed Producing Reserves” attributable to any Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties for each of crude oil and natural gas, calculated separately, for a rolling 36 months period thereafter as reflected in the most recently delivered Reserve Report.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Borrower and the Required Lenders agree in writing (including by email), then the Required ▇▇▇▇▇▇ may instead be Swap Agreements entered into by the Borrower on a percentage of projected production from the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties for each of crude oil and natural gas, calculated separately, on terms and conditions (including pricing, percentages, notional volumes, the projections upon which such percentages and notional volumes are based, tenor and other terms and conditions) that are reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders and agreed to by the Borrower.

“Required Lenders” means, (a) at any time there are three (3) or fewer Lenders, all Lenders and (b) at any time there are more than three (3) Lenders, Lenders having greater than two-thirds (66.67%) of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans then outstanding.

“Reserve Report” means a report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth, as of the dates set forth in Section 8.12(a) (or such other date a report is provided to Revolving Lenders pursuant to Section 8.12 of the Revolving Credit Agreement), the Proved Reserves attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties located in

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the United States of America (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be net of any third party interest in such Oil and Gas Properties pursuant to any agreement described in clause (d) of the definition of “Excepted Liens”), together with a projection of the rate of production and future net income, taxes, operating expenses and capital expenditures with respect thereto as of such date, based upon economic assumptions consistent with the Administrative Agent’s lending requirements at the time.

“Responsible Officer” means, as to any Person, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Financial Officer or any Vice President of such Person.  Unless otherwise specified, all references to a Responsible Officer herein shall mean a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other Property) with respect to any Equity Interests in any Person, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other Property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, conversion, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests.

“Revolving Agent” means Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC in its capacity as the Administrative Agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement or any replacement thereunder or under any Permitted Refinancing Debt thereunder.

“Revolving Credit Agreement” means that certain revolving credit agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Parent, the Borrower, the Revolving Agent and the lenders party thereto.

“Revolving Debt” has the meaning assigned to the term “Secured Obligations” under the Revolving Credit Agreement or any similar term under any Permitted Refinancing Debt in respect thereof.

“Revolving Lenders” has the meaning assigned to the term “Lenders” under the Revolving Credit Agreement or any similar term under any Permitted Refinancing Debt in respect thereof.

“Revolving Loan Documents” has the meaning assigned to the term “Loan Documents” under the Revolving Credit Agreement or any similar term under any Permitted Refinancing Debt in respect thereof.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency.

“SBA” means the U.S. Small Business Administration.

“SBA PPP Loan” means a loan incurred by the Borrower under 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36) (as added to the Small Business Act by Section 1102 of the CARES Act) in the principal amount of $1,912,200.

“SBA PPP Loan Date” means the date on which the Borrower receives the proceeds of the SBA PPP Loan.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor Governmental Authority.

“Secured Obligations” means any and all amounts owing or to be owing by any Loan Party (a) to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document and (b) all renewals, extensions and/or rearrangements of any of the foregoing, in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising (including any PIK Amount and interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding,

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relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding).

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Indemnitee, each other Agent, and any other Person owed Secured Obligations and “Secured Party” means any of them individually.

“Secured Swap Provider” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Revolving Credit Agreement or any similar term in any Permitted Refinancing Debt in respect thereof.

“Security Instruments” means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, mortgages, deeds of trust and other agreements, instruments or certificates described or referred to in Exhibit F-1, and any and all other agreements, instruments, consents or certificates now or hereafter executed and delivered by the Borrower, the other Loan Parties or any other Person (other than participation or similar agreements between any Lender and any other lender or creditor with respect to any Secured Obligations pursuant to this Agreement) in connection with, or as security for the payment or performance of the Secured Obligations, the Notes, or this Agreement, as such agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

“Senior Liens” means the Liens securing the Revolving Debt to the extent permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Small Business Act” means the Small Business Act (15 U.S. Code Chapter 14A – Aid to Small Business).

“SOFR” with respect to any day means the secured overnight financing rate published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark, (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website.

“Specified Gathering Contract” means the agreement that was delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on the Third Amendment Effective Date.

“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject, with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency Liabilities in Regulation D of the Board).  Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

“Subsidiary” means as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which more than 50% of whose shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time owned, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a direct or indirect Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Parent.

“Supported QFC” has the  meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.22.

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“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, cap, collar, forward, floor, future or derivative transaction or option (including any put or similar contract) or similar agreement, whether exchange traded, “over-the-counter” or otherwise, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions (including any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act); provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of any Loan Party shall be a Swap Agreement.

“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s) and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the ▇▇▇▇-to-market value(s) for such Swap Agreements, as determined by the counterparties to such Swap Agreements.

“Synthetic Leases” means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, treated as operating leases on the financial statements of the Person liable (whether contingently or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder and which were properly treated as indebtedness for borrowed money for purposes of U.S. federal income taxes, if the lessee in respect thereof is obligated to either purchase for an amount in excess of, or pay upon early termination an amount in excess of, 80% of the residual value of the Property subject to such operating lease upon expiration or early termination of such lease.

“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

“Term SOFR” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.

“Third Amendment Effective Date” means June 24, 2020.

“Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Person, the amount that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a balance sheet of such Person at such date.

“Total Debt” means, at any date, all Debt of Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, other than intercompany Debt.

“Total Proved PV-9” means, as of any date of determination thereof with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties described in the then most recent Reserve Report delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.12(a), Section 8.12(b) or otherwise, the net present value, discounted at nine percent (9%) per annum, of the future net revenues expected to accrue to the Loan Parties’ collective interest in such Oil and Gas Properties from the date of such determination during the remaining expected economic lives of such Oil and Gas Properties.  Each calculation of such expected future net revenues shall be made in accordance with SEC guidelines for reporting proved oil and gas reserves, provided that in any event (a) appropriate deductions shall be made for severance and ad valorem taxes, and for operating, gathering, transportation and marketing costs required for the production and sale of such Oil and Gas Properties, (b) the pricing assumptions used in determining Total Proved PV-9 for any Oil and Gas Properties shall be based upon the Strip Price, adjusted for local basis differentials or premiums and transportation costs and to reflect the

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Loan Parties’ Swap Agreements then in effect, in each case as determined in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion and (c) the cash-flows derived from the pricing assumptions set forth in clause (b) shall be further adjusted to account for the historical basis differential in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided however, that for purposes of this calculation, no more than 40% of the Total Proved PV-9 shall be attributable to Oil and Gas Properties described in the Reserve Report that constitute Proved Reserves classified as “Developed Non-Producing Reserves” and “Undeveloped Reserves”.  The amount of Total Proved PV-9 at any time shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as of the date of any calculation thereof for (i) production and depletion during the period from the “as of” date of the Reserve Report through the date of determination and (ii) dispositions and acquisitions of Oil and Gas Properties with fair market value or consideration in excess of five percent (5%) of the then effective Borrowing Base consummated by the Loan Parties since the date of the Reserve Report most recently delivered hereto; provided that, (A) in the case of any such acquisition, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Reserve Report evaluating the Proved Reserves attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties subject thereto and (B) that at the Borrower’s sole discretion, the amount of Total Proved PV-9 at any time may be calculated on a pro forma basis as of the date of any calculation thereof for acquisition or dispositions with aggregate fair market value or consideration, as applicable, of less than five percent (5%) of the then effective Borrowing Base if, in the case of any such acquisition, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Reserve Report evaluating the Proved Reserves attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties subject thereto.  As used herein, “Strip Price” shall mean as of any date of determination, the forward month prices as of the last Business Day of the fiscal year or fiscal quarter of the Parent immediately preceding such date of determination for the most comparable hydrocarbon commodity applicable to such future production month for a four-year period (or such shorter period if forward month prices are not quoted for a reasonably comparable hydrocarbon commodity for the full four year period), with such price held flat for each subsequent year based on the average forward month price for each of the twelve months in such fourth year, as such prices are quoted on the NYMEX (or its successor) as of the date of determination, without future escalation; provided that with respect to estimated future production for which prices are defined, within the meaning of SEC guidelines, by contractual arrangements excluding escalations based upon future conditions, then such contract prices shall be applied to future production subject to such arrangements.

“Transaction Support Agreement” means that certain Transaction Support Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, among Borrower, Pioneer Natural Resources Company, a Delaware corporation, Newpek, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Reliance Holding USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Transactions” means, (I) with respect to (a) the Borrower, the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, each other Loan Document to which it is a party, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof, the Borrower’s grant of the security interests and provision of collateral under the Security Instruments and Borrower’s grant of Liens on Mortgaged Properties (if applicable) and other Properties pursuant to the Security Instruments and (b) each other Loan Party, the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party, the guaranteeing of the Secured Obligations and the other obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement by such Loan Party and such Loan Party’s grant of the security interests and provision of collateral under the Security Instruments, and the grant of Liens by such Guarantor on Mortgaged Properties (if applicable) and other Properties pursuant to the Security Instruments and (II) the Acquisition pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition PSA.

“Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(c).

“TSA Bonds” means the Performance Bonds (as defined in the Transaction Support Agreement) issued under and in accordance with the Transaction Support Agreement.

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“TSA Indemnity Agreements” means any indemnity agreements entered into by any Loan Party in favor of Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company, as surety, in respect of the TSA Bonds.

“TSA Letters of Credit” means the Letters of Credit (as defined in the Transaction Support Agreement) issued under and in accordance with the Transaction Support Agreement.

“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

“Unpaid Obligation Period” means, as of the end of any calendar month, (a) to the extent the Borrower is permitted to borrow more than $0 pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement on such date, five (5) Business Days, and (b) otherwise, thirty (30) days.

“Unrestricted Cash” means cash and Cash Equivalents of the Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries that would not appear as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent, Borrower and their Subsidiaries.

“U.S. Person” means a Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning given to such term in Section 12.22.

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02(g)(ii)(B)(3).

“Vitol Prepayment Contract” means that certain purchase contract (contract no. 3131601), dated as of July 31, 2017, pursuant to which the Borrower, as seller, has agreed to sell certain volumes of crude oil to Vitol, Inc., Crude Oil Marketing Division, USA, as buyer, together with that certain Prepayment Addendum to Purchase Contract dated of even date (as either of the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).

“Vitol Prepayments” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.23.

“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of which all of the outstanding Equity Interests (other than any directors’ qualifying shares mandated by applicable law), on a fully-diluted basis, are owned by the Borrower, the Guarantors and/or one or more of the Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.

“Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent.

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

Section 1.03Terms Generally; Rules of Construction.  The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, and the word “or” is not exclusive.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  The use of the words “repay” and “prepay”, and the words “repayment” and “prepayment” herein shall each have identical meanings hereunder and, for purposes of the Applicable Premium Amount and

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Make Whole Amount, the words “repayment” and “prepayment” shall each be deemed to include any payment, prepayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement of all of, or similar event with respect to, the Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) prior to, in connection with, or following any Event of Default or acceleration of the Loans (whether automatic or optional acceleration) including pursuant to Section 10.02 or by operation of law including in connection with a bankruptcy court order motion or plan of reorganization (all of which shall require payment of the Applicable Premium Amount and Make Whole Amount in accordance with Section 3.04(g) or Section 10.02).  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, certificate, organizational document or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth in the Loan Documents), (b) any reference herein to any law shall be construed as referring to such law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to the restrictions contained in the Loan Documents), (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) with respect to the determination of any time period, the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” and “until” means “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including” and (f) any reference herein to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement.  No provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be interpreted or construed against any Person solely because such Person or its legal representative drafted such provision.

Section 1.04Accounting Terms and Determinations; GAAP.  Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent with the financial statements delivered under Section 8.01 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, except for changes in which Parent’s independent certified public accountants concur and which are disclosed to the Administrative Agent on the next date on which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.01(a); provided that, unless the Borrower and the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing, no such change shall modify or affect the manner in which compliance with the covenants contained herein is computed such that all such computations shall be conducted utilizing financial information presented consistently with prior periods.

Section 1.05Timing of Payment or Performance.  If the day specified in this Agreement for giving any notice, the payment of any obligation, performing any covenant, duty or obligation, or taking any action is not a Business Day (or if the period during which any notice is required to be given, payment to be made, any covenant, duty or obligation is required to be performed, or any action is required to be taken expires on a day that is not a Business Day), then the date for giving such notice, making such payment, performing such covenant, duty or obligation, or taking such action (and the expiration date of such period during which notice is required to be given, any covenant, duty or obligation is required to be performed, or any action is required to be taken) shall be the next day that is a Business Day.

Section 1.06Rates.  The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “LIBO Rate” or with respect to any rate that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any such rate (including, without limitation, any Benchmark Replacement) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.

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Section 1.07Divisions.  For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

Section 2.01Loans.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Loans to the Borrower on the Effective Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount of the Commitment of such Lender; provided that the Loans shall be issued with an original issue discount of 2.0% of par.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, including, without limitation, Section 3.04, the Borrower may prepay the Loans; provided, however amounts prepaid on account of the Loans may not be reborrowed. Each Lender’s Commitment shall terminate at 4:00 PM (New York City time) on the Effective Date and shall not thereafter be available.

Section 2.02Loans and Borrowings.

(a)Borrowings; Several Obligations.  Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b)Eurodollar Loans.  Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c)Notes.  If requested by a Lender, each Loan made by such Lender shall be evidenced by a single Note of the Borrower, dated, in the case of (i) any Lender party hereto as of the date of this Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement or (ii) any Lender that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, as of the effective date of the Assignment and Assumption, payable to such Lender in a principal amount equal to its outstanding Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) as in effect on such date, and otherwise duly completed.  The date, amount, and interest rate of each Loan made by such Lender, and all payments made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books for its Note, and, prior to any transfer, may be recorded by such Lender on a schedule attached to such Note or any continuation thereof or on any separate record maintained by such Lender.  Failure to make any such notation or to attach a schedule shall not affect any Lender’s or the Borrower’s rights or obligations in respect of such Loans or affect the validity of such transfer by any Lender of its Note.  Upon request of the Borrower, promptly following Payment in Full, each Lender shall return to the Borrower any Note issued to it, or in the case of any loss, theft or destruction of any such Note, a lost note affidavit in customary form.

Section 2.03Requests for Borrowings.  To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone or other electronic communication acceptable to the Administrative Agent, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, the Business Day immediately prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing.  Each such telephonic or other electronic Borrowing Request shall

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be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, telecopy or other electronic communication to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in substantially the form of Exhibit B and signed by the Borrower.  Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i)the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(ii)the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day; and

(iii)the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.04.

Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section 2.03, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

Section 2.04Funding of Borrowings.

(a)Funding by the Lenders.  Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the Effective Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 2:00 P.M., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for its Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for its Loan in any particular place or manner.

(b)Presumption of Funding by the Lenders.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the Effective Date that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.04(a) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the Loans.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

ARTICLE III

PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; PREPAYMENTS; FEES

Section 3.01Repayment of Loans.  The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) on the Maturity Date.

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Section 3.02Interest.

(a)Loans.  The Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate plus 8.00% plus, on and after May 30, 2020, the PIK Percentage, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.

(b)Post-Default Rate.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, immediately upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 10.01(a), (b), (h) or (i), all outstanding amounts (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) hereunder and under any other Loan Document shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at the rate then applicable to such amount payable plus an additional two percent (2.0%), but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.

(c)Interest Payment Dates.  Subject to the immediately following sentence, accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in cash quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and on the Maturity Date; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section 3.02(b) shall be payable in cash on demand and (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable in cash and in the PIK Amount, as applicable, on the date of such repayment or prepayment.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest accrued on each Loan at the PIK Percentage (such accrued amount, the “PIK Amount”) shall not be payable in cash on each Interest Payment Date, on the Maturity Date and on the date of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, but shall instead automatically be added to the principal amount of such Loan on each Interest Payment Date, on the Maturity Date or on the date of such repayment or prepayment, as applicable, and shall thereafter constitute principal for all purposes of this Agreement (and bear interest at the interest rates set forth in Section 3.02(a) or Section 3.02(b), as applicable).

(d)Interest Rate Computations.  All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days unless such computation would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, in which case interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).  The applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and be binding upon the parties hereto.

Section 3.03Alternate Rate of Interest.

(a)LIBO Rate Unavailable.  Subject to Section 3.03(b), if:

(i)the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate;

(ii)the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate, as applicable, will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans; or

(iii)the Administrative Agent is advised by a Lender that it has become unlawful for such Lender or its applicable lending office to honor its obligation to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans;

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then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, such Borrowing shall be made at an alternate rate of interest reasonably determined by the Required Lenders or the applicable Lender(s) (in the case of clause (iii)), in consultation with the Borrower, as their cost of funds.

(b)Effect of Benchmark Transition Event.

(i)Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the LIBO Rate with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. Any such amendment with respect to an Early Opt-in Election will become effective on the date that Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders accept such amendment. No replacement of the LIBO Rate with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 3.03(b) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.

(ii)Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.

(iii)Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (A) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Transition Start Date, (B) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (C) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and (D) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or Lenders pursuant to this Section 3.03(b), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 3.03(b).

(iv)Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrowing shall be made at an alternate rate of interest reasonably determined by the Required Lenders, in consultation with the Borrower, as their cost of funds.

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Section 3.04Prepayments.

(a)Optional Prepayments.  The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay the Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 3.04(b) and the payment of any premium or penalty in accordance with Section 3.04(g).  Amounts prepaid on the account of the Loans may not be reborrowed.

(b)Notice and Terms of Optional Prepayment.  The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or other electronic transmission) of any prepayment hereunder, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree).  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of Loans to be prepaid; provided any notice of prepayment pursuant to a notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 3.04(b) may be made to be contingent upon the consummation of a refinancing, effectiveness of other credit facilities or another transaction and such notice may otherwise be extended or revoked.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each partial prepayment of the Loans shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing as provided in Section 2.02.

(c)Mandatory Prepayments of Loans Upon Sale of Assets or Termination of Swap Agreements. If (A) the Borrower or any Subsidiary sells, assigns, farms-out, conveys or otherwise transfers (each, a “Transfer”) Oil and Gas Properties to which Proved Reserves are attributed (or the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary owning such Oil and Gas Properties) or consensually terminates, unwinds, cancels or otherwise disposes of, or early termination event occurs with respect to, any Swap Agreement, other than pursuant to a Permitted Swap Termination, and (B) the fair market value of all such Transfers and the Swap Termination Value of such terminations of Swap Agreements made since the last date on which the Borrower has made prepayment under this Section 3.04(c) exceeds:

(i)$1,000,000 but is less than $10,000,000, then, subject to the reinvestment rights set forth in this Section 3.04(c)(i), the Borrower shall prepay the Loans as contemplated by this Section 3.04(c) and Section 3.04(g) together with interest, Applicable Premium Amount and Make Whole Amount, if any, on the amount so prepaid, in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of all such Transfers and terminations of Swap Agreements.  Such repayment shall be due on the next Business Day following the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds unless (1) prior to such date, the Borrower has given the Administrative Agent and the Lenders written notice that it intends to utilize the Net Cash Proceeds to purchase additional domestic onshore Oil and Gas Properties similar to those that are the subject of such Transfer or to fund drilling, development and other related expenses associated with its drilling plan, (2) the Required Lenders have consented to such utilization of such funds and (3) thereafter, within thirty (30) days after the closing of such Transfer or termination of Swap Agreement (or forty-five (45) days after the closing of such Transfer or termination of Swap Agreement if the Borrower or a Subsidiary has entered into a definitive purchase agreement within thirty (30) days after the closing of such Transfer or termination of Swap Agreement), the Borrower has so utilized such funds.  To the extent on such 30th (or 45th) day, any Net Cash Proceeds remain which have not been so utilized, the Borrower shall make a prepayment of the Loans in an amount equal to the amount of such remaining Net Cash Proceeds;

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(ii)$10,000,000 and the ratio of Total Proved PV-9 to Total Debt (calculated giving pro forma effect to such Transfer) is less than 2.25 to 1.00, then (A) the Borrower shall within five (5) Business Days of completing such Transfer, make an offer to prepay the Loans, together with interest, Applicable Premium Amount and Make Whole Amount, if any, on the amount so offered, in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of all such Transfers and terminations of Swap Agreements and (B) each Lender shall have an option to accept or decline (by giving the Administrative Agent and the Borrower written notice of its election within three (3) Business Days of receipt of such notice) its ratable share of such Net Cash Proceeds.  Any Net Cash Proceeds not accepted may be used by the Borrower for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement; or

(iii)$10,000,000 and the ratio of Total Proved PV-9 to Total Debt (calculated giving pro forma effect to such Transfer) is equal to or greater than 2.25 to 1.00, then, subject to the reinvestment rights set forth in this Section 3.04(c)(iii), the Borrower shall prepay the Loans as contemplated by this Section 3.04(c) and Section 3.04(g) together with interest, Applicable Premium Amount and Make Whole Amount, if any, on the amount so prepaid, in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of all such Transfers and terminations of Swap Agreements.  Such repayment shall be due on the next Business Day following the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds unless (1) prior to such date, the Borrower has given the Administrative Agent and the Lenders written notice that it intends to utilize the Net Cash Proceeds to purchase additional domestic onshore Oil and Gas Properties similar to those that are the subject of such Transfer or to fund drilling, development and other related expenses associated with its drilling plan, (2) the Required Lenders have consented to such utilization of such funds and (3) thereafter, within thirty (30) days after the closing of such Transfer or termination of Swap Agreement (or forty-five (45) days after the closing of such Transfer or termination of Swap Agreement if the Borrower or a Subsidiary has entered into a definitive purchase agreement within thirty (30) days after the closing of such Transfer or termination of Swap Agreement), the Borrower has so utilized such funds.  To the extent on such 30th (or 45th) day, any Net Cash Proceeds remain which have not been so utilized, the Borrower shall make a prepayment of the Loans in an amount equal to the amount of such remaining Net Cash Proceeds.

(d)Mandatory Prepayments of Loans in Connection with Consolidated Cash Balance. If, as of the end of any calendar month (beginning with the calendar month ending June 30, 2020), the Consolidated Cash Balance exceeds the Consolidated Cash Balance Threshold, then, no later than (5) Business Days after the end of such calendar month, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans as contemplated by this Section 3.04(d) and Section 3.04(g) in an aggregate principal amount together with accrued interest, Applicable Premium Amount and Make Whole Amount, if any, equal to the Required Consolidated Cash Balance Prepayment Amount.

(e)Mandatory Prepayments of Loans with Excess Cash Flow.  If, as at the end of any fiscal quarter (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending on June 30, 2020), (i) Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal quarter is greater than zero and (ii) the ratio of Total Debt to ECF EBITDAX is greater than or equal to 1.50 to 1.00, then, no later than five (5) Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or Section 8.01(b) for such fiscal quarter (without regard to any grace period contemplated by Section 10.01(e)), the Borrower shall prepay the Loans as contemplated by this Section 3.04(e) and Section 3.04(g) in an aggregate principal amount together with accrued interest, Applicable Premium Amount and Make Whole Amount, if any, equal to the Required ECF Prepayment Amount.

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(f)Mandatory Prepayments of Loans Upon Permitted Swap Terminations.  If the Borrower or any Subsidiary consummates a Permitted Swap Termination, then no later than five (5) Business Days after the receipt of any Permitted Swap Termination Proceeds from such Permitted Swap Termination, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans as contemplated by this Section 3.04(f) and Section 3.04(g) in an aggregate principal amount together with accrued interest, Applicable Premium Amount and Make Whole Amount, if any, equal to the Permitted Swap Termination Proceeds from such Permitted Swap Termination.

(g)Premium or Make Whole Amount.

(i)All (A) optional prepayments of Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) permitted under this Section 3.04 and (B) mandatory prepayments of Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) required under this Section 3.04 made prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date, in each case shall be accompanied by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) being prepaid multiplied by the Applicable Premium  then in effect (such amount, the “Applicable Premium Amount”).

(ii)In addition to such Applicable Premium Amount, all (A) optional prepayments of Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) permitted under this Section 3.04 or (B) mandatory prepayments of Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans) required under this Section 3.04, in each case made prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date shall also be accompanied by an amount equal to the Make Whole Amount.

(iii)The obligation of the Borrower to pay the Applicable Premium Amount and the Make Whole Amount under Section 10.02 is in addition to its obligation to pay the Applicable Premium Amount and the Make Whole Amount under this Section 3.04(g).

(h)Application of Prepayments.  Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to Section 3.04 shall be applied ratably to the Loans then outstanding (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans).

(i)Interest to be Paid with Prepayments.  Prepayments pursuant to this Section 3.04 shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 3.02.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no prepayment pursuant to the foregoing Sections 3.04(c) through 3.04(f) shall be required to the extent that the Liquidity, determined after giving pro-forma effect to such prepayment, is less than thirty percent (30%) of the then effective Borrowing Base.

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Section 3.05Fees.  The Borrower agrees to pay the fees in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Fee Letter.

Section 3.06Payments to MSCAI; Fundings made by MSCAI.

(a)MSCAI, in its capacity as Administrative Agent and/or Arranger, in its sole discretion, may provide written notice to the Loan Parties to pay any fees or any other amounts due to MSCAI under the Loan Documents to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Capital Group Inc., in its capacity as a Lender, for the account of MSCAI, and the relevant Loan Party shall comply with any such written direction.

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(b)For purposes of Section 2.04, MSCAI or any of its Affiliates, each in its capacity as Administrative Agent, and any Lender and the Borrower may agree that such Lender shall make a Loan to be made by it hereunder directly to the Borrower and such Lender shall make such Loan on the proposed borrowing date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request.

ARTICLE IV

PAYMENTS; PRO RATA TREATMENT; SHARING OF SET-OFFS

Section 4.01Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.

(a)Payments by the Borrower.  The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or of amounts payable under Section 5.01, Section 5.02 or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without defense, deduction, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim.  Fees, once paid, shall be fully earned and shall not be refundable under any circumstances.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices specified in Section 12.01 or as otherwise directed by the Administrative Agent, except that payments pursuant to Section 5.01, Section 5.02 and Section 12.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto.  The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.  All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.

(b)Application of Insufficient Payments.  If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.

(c)Sharing of Payments by Lenders.  If, other than as provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans; provided that the provisions of this Section 4.01(c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section 4.01(c) shall apply).  The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the

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Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

Section 4.02Presumption of Payment by the Borrower.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

Section 4.03Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent.  If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(a) or Section 4.02 then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.  After acceleration or maturity of the Loans, all principal will be paid ratably as provided in Section 10.02(c).

Section 4.04Disposition of Proceeds.  The Security Instruments contain an assignment by the Borrower and/or the Guarantors unto and in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties of all of the Borrower’s or each Guarantor’s interest in and to production and all proceeds attributable thereto which may be produced from or allocated to the Mortgaged Property.  The Security Instruments further provide in general for the application of such proceeds to the satisfaction of the Secured Obligations and other obligations described therein and secured thereby.  Notwithstanding the assignment contained in such Security Instruments, until the occurrence of an Event of Default, (a) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that they will neither notify the purchaser or purchasers of such production nor take any other action to cause such proceeds to be remitted to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, but the Lenders will instead permit such proceeds to be paid to the Borrower or another Loan Party and (b) the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to take such actions as may be necessary to cause such proceeds to be paid to the Borrower and/or such Loan Party.

ARTICLE V

INCREASED COSTS; TAXES

Section 5.01Increased Costs.

(a)Increased Costs Generally.  If any Change in Law shall:

(i)impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);

(ii)subject any Credit Party to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

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(iii)impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Credit Party of making, continuing or maintaining any Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such other Credit Party (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, upon request of such Lender or other Credit Party, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such other Credit Party such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such other Credit Party for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b)Capital and Liquidity Requirements.  If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c)Certificates for Reimbursement.  A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in Section 5.01(a) or (b) shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

(d)Delay in Requests.  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 5.01 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 5.01 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

Section 5.02Taxes.

(a)Defined Terms.  For purposes of this Section 5.02, Section 5.03 and Section 5.04, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

(b)Payments Free of Taxes.  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased

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as necessary so that, after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.02), the applicable Credit Party receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(c)Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties.  The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(d)Indemnification by the Loan Parties.  The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Credit Party, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5.02) payable or paid by such Credit Party or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Credit Party and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(e)Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register, and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

(f)Evidence of Payments.  As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 5.02, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(g)Status of Lenders.  (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 5.02(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(ii)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person,

(A)any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

(B)any Non-U.S. Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(1)in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the  “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-BEN-E, as applicable (or any successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(2)executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor form);

(3)in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN (or any successor form); or

(4)to the extent a Non-U.S. Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY(or any successor form), accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor form), IRS Form

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W-8BEN (or any successor form), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 or Exhibit H-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Non-U.S. Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Non-U.S. Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(C)any Non-U.S. Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D)if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(h)Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 5.02 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.02), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 5.02 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(i)Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 5.02 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Documents.

Section 5.03Designation of Different Lending Office.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 5.01, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.02, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.02, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

Section 5.04Replacement of Lenders.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 5.01, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.02, and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 5.03, or if any Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 12.04(b)), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.02) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to a replacement bank, financial institution or other institutional lender that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 12.04, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans (including any PIK Amount added to the principal amount of the Loans), accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 5.05), from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 5.01 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 5.02, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments, (iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law; and (v) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.  A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

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Section 5.05Break Funding Payments.  In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the failure to borrow, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, or (c) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.03 then, in any such event and upon the request of any Lender, the Borrower shall compensate such Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event.  In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market.

A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 5.05 and demonstrating, in reasonable detail, the computation of such amount or amounts shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

ARTICLE VI

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 6.01Effective Date.  The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02):

(a)The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party.

(b)The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party thereto duly executed counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of the Security Instruments, including the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, and except in cases where no signature is required, the other Security Instruments described on Exhibit F-1.  In connection with the execution and delivery of the Security Instruments, the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that the Security Instruments create Liens, subordinate to only that of the Senior Liens, if any, that may be perfected upon recordation of properly completed financing statements and the Security Instruments in the appropriate filing offices therefor (except that Excepted Liens identified in clauses (a) to (d) and (f) of the definition thereof, but subject to the provisos at the end of such definition may exist) on at least 90% of the Total Proved PV-9 of the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

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documents and giving notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) specimen signatures of such authorized officers, and (iv) the articles or certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other applicable Organizational Documents of such Loan Party, certified as being true and complete.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely on such certificate until the Administrative Agent receives notice in writing from such Loan Party to the contrary.

(d)The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of the appropriate state agencies, as requested by the Administrative Agent, with respect to the existence, qualification and good standing of each Loan Party in each jurisdiction where any such Loan Party is organized or owns Borrowing Base Properties.

(e)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent certifying that (i) all government and third party approvals necessary in connection with the continued operations of the Loan Parties and the Transactions have been obtained and are in full force and effect, and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority that would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the financing contemplated hereby on satisfactory terms and (ii) no action or proceeding is pending or threatened in any court or before any Governmental Authority seeking to enjoin or prevent the consummation of the Transactions contemplated hereby.

(f)The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of insurance coverage of the Loan Parties in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent evidencing that the Loan Parties are carrying insurance in accordance with Section 7.12.

(g)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Parent and the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit E certifying that, after giving effect to the Borrowings under this Agreement and the other Transactions contemplated hereunder, Parent, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, on a consolidated basis, are solvent.

(h)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent certifying that the Borrower and the other Loan Parties will not have any material Debt for borrowed money outstanding (other than Intercompany Debt, Revolving Debt under the Revolving Loan Documents, the Secured Obligations under this Agreement, the Vitol Prepayments (which shall be extinguished in full within three (3) Business Days after the Effective Date in accordance with Section 8.20), or other Debt permitted by Section 9.02).

(i)The Administrative Agent shall have received the Initial Reserve Report accompanied by a certificate covering the matters described in Section 8.12(c)(i)-(iii).

(j)The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least five (5) days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information previously requested and required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act.

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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for Parent and (iii) local counsel in any jurisdictions where Oil and Gas Properties are located, in form and of substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

(l)The Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date and, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

(m)The Administrative Agent shall have received appropriate UCC search certificates reflecting no prior Liens encumbering the Properties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties other than those being released on or prior to the Effective Date or Liens permitted by Section 9.03.

(n)The Administrative Agent shall have received title information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent setting forth the status of title to at least 90% of the Total Proved PV-9 of the Oil and Gas Properties.

(o)The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that on or before, or substantially simultaneous with, the Effective Date all Liens securing the Existing Credit Facilities are being released on terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(p)The Borrower shall have unrestricted cash and unused availability under the Revolving Credit Agreement in an aggregate amount of not less than $125,000,000 on the Effective Date (after giving effect to the Borrowings and any application of the proceeds of the Loans incurred on the Effective Date and less any amounts necessary to repay the Vitol Prepayments in full).

(q)The Borrower shall have contemporaneously (i) received total consideration from equity contributions totaling no less than $260,000,000 with cash proceeds from such equity contributions of not less than $240,000,000, but in any event in an amount sufficient to pay for the cost of the Acquisition and provide the amount of minimum liquidity required by Section 6.01(p) and (ii) entered into the Revolving Credit Agreement with a Borrowing Base thereunder of $87,500,000.

(r)The Acquisition shall have occurred in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Acquisition PSA, including, without limitation, the delivery of the TSA Bonds to each of Pioneer Natural Resources Company, a Delaware corporation, Newpek, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Reliance Holding USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as required pursuant to the Transaction Support Agreement, and the Administrative Agent shall have received copies, certified as true and correct by a responsible officer of the Borrower, of the Acquisition PSA and/or such other definitive documentation related to the Acquisition that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

(s)The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed copies of the Loan Documents (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) and the Intercreditor Agreement, in each case certified as true and correct by a responsible officer of the Borrower.

(t)At the time of and immediately after giving pro forma effect to the Loans made on the Effective Date no Default or Event of Default (including, without limitation, compliance with all financial covenants contained in Section 9.01) shall have occurred and be continuing.

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(u)At the time and immediately after giving pro forma effect to the Loans made on the Effective Date there exists no event or circumstance that could have a Material Adverse Effect.

(v)The receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Request in accordance with Section 2.03.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 12.02) at or prior to 4:00 P.M., New York City time, on April 30, 2018 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

ARTICLE VII

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each of Parent and the Borrower, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

Section 7.01Organization; Powers.  Each Loan Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority, and has all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals necessary, to own its assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, and is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where failure to have such licenses, authorizations, consents, approvals and foreign qualifications could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.02Authority; Enforceability.  The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action.  Each Loan Document to which a Loan Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

Section 7.03Approvals; No Conflicts.  The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other third Person, nor is any such consent, approval, registration, filing or other action necessary for the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect other than (i) the recording and filing of financing statements and the Security Instruments as required by this Agreement and (ii) those third party approvals or consents which, if not made or obtained, would not cause a Default hereunder, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or do not have an adverse effect on the enforceability of the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate (i) in any material respect, any applicable law or regulation or any order of any Governmental Authority or (ii) the Organizational Documents of any Loan Party, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any material indenture, note, credit agreement or other similar instrument binding upon any Loan Party or its Properties, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Property of any Loan Party (other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents).

Section 7.04Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.

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(a)Since December 31, 2017 and after giving effect to the Transactions (i) there has been no event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) the business of the Borrower and the Loan Parties has been conducted only in the ordinary course consistent with past business practices (it being understood that changes in business practices that do not change the nature of the business as an exploration and production company, such as changes to respond to current market conditions, are consistent with past business practices).

(b)Neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party has on the date of this Agreement, after giving effect to the Transactions, any material Debt (including Disqualified Capital Stock) other than the Secured Obligations, Revolving Debt under the Revolving Loan Documents, the Intercompany Debt or any contingent liabilities, off-balance sheet liabilities or partnerships, liabilities for taxes, or unusual forward or long-term commitments or unrealized or anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments.

Section 7.05Litigation.

(a)Except as set forth on Schedule 7.05, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against any Group Member that (i) are not fully covered by insurance (except for normal deductibles) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) involve any Loan Document or the Transactions.

(b)Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the matters disclosed in Schedule 7.05 that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.06Environmental Matters.  Except for such matters as set forth on Schedule 7.06 or that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

(a)the Group Members and each of their respective Properties and operations thereon are, and within all applicable statute of limitation periods have been, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws;

(b)the Group Members have obtained all Environmental Permits required for their respective operations and each of their Properties, with all such Environmental Permits being currently in full force and effect, and no Group Member has received any written notice or otherwise has knowledge that any such existing Environmental Permit will be revoked or that any application for any new Environmental Permit or renewal of any existing Environmental Permit will be denied;

(c)there are no claims, demands, suits, orders, inquiries, or proceedings concerning any violation of, or any liability (including as a potentially responsible party) under, any applicable Environmental Laws that is pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against any Group Member or any of their respective Properties or as a result of any operations at the Properties;

(d)none of the Properties of the Group Members contain or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, have contained any:  (i) underground storage tanks; (ii) asbestos-containing materials; (iii) landfills or dumps; (iv) hazardous waste management units as defined pursuant to RCRA or

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any comparable state law; or (v) sites on or nominated for the National Priority List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA or any state remedial priority list promulgated or published pursuant to any comparable state law;

(e)except as permitted under applicable laws, there has been no Release or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened Release, of Hazardous Materials attributable to the operations of any Group Member at, on, under or from any Group Member’s Properties and there are no investigations, remediations, abatements, removals of Hazardous Materials required under applicable Environmental Laws relating to such Releases or threatened Releases or at such Properties and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, none of such Properties are adversely affected by any Release or threatened Release of a Hazardous Material originating or emanating from any other real property;

(f)no Group Member has received any written notice asserting an alleged liability or obligation under any Environmental Laws with respect to the investigation, remediation, abatement, removal, or monitoring of any Hazardous Materials, including at, under, or Released or threatened to be Released from any real properties offsite the Group Member’s Properties and there are no conditions or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in the receipt of such written notice;

(g)there has been no exposure of any Person or Property to any Hazardous Materials as a result of or in connection with the operations and businesses of any Group Member or relating to any of their Properties that would reasonably be expected to form the basis for a claim against any Group Member for damages or compensation and, to the Borrower’s knowledge, there are no conditions or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in the receipt of notice regarding such exposure; and

(h)the Group Members have provided to the Lenders complete and correct copies of all environmental site assessment reports, investigations, studies, analyses, and correspondence on environmental matters (including matters relating to any alleged non-compliance with or liability under Environmental Laws) that are in any Group Member’s possession or control and relating to their respective Properties or operations thereon.

Section 7.07Compliance with the Laws and Agreements; No Defaults.

(a)Each Loan Party is in compliance with all Governmental Requirements applicable to it or its Property and all agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its Property, and possesses all licenses, permits, franchises, exemptions, approvals and other governmental authorizations necessary for the ownership of its Property and the conduct of its business, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)No Loan Party is in default nor has any event or circumstance occurred which, but for the expiration of any applicable grace period or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default or would require such Loan Party to Redeem or make any offer to Redeem all or any portion of any Debt outstanding under any material indenture, note, credit agreement or other similar instrument pursuant to which any Material Indebtedness is outstanding.

(c)No Default has occurred and is continuing.

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Section 7.08Investment Company Act.  No Loan Party is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Section 7.09Taxes.  Each Loan Party has timely filed or caused to be filed all tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the applicable Loan Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.  To the knowledge of Borrower, no material proposed tax assessment is being asserted with respect to any Loan Party.

Section 7.10ERISA.

(a)Each Plan is, and has been, operated, administered and maintained in substantial compliance with, and the Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have complied in all material respects with, ERISA, the terms of the applicable Plan and, where applicable, the Code.

(b)No act, omission or transaction has occurred which would result in imposition on any the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate (whether directly or indirectly) of (i) either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to subsections (c), (i) or (l) of section 502 of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to Chapter 43 of Subtitle D of the Code or (ii) breach of fiduciary duty liability damages under section 409 of ERISA.

(c)No liability to the PBGC (other than for the payment of current premiums which are not past due) by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has been or is reasonably expected by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate to be incurred with respect to any Plan.  No ERISA Event with respect to any Plan has occurred.

(d)The actuarial present value of the benefit liabilities under each Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA does not, as of the end of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal year, exceed the current value of the assets (computed on a plan termination basis in accordance with Title IV of ERISA) of such Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities by an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The term “actuarial present value of the benefit liabilities” shall have the meaning specified in section 4041 of ERISA.

(e)Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains or contributes to, or has at any time in the six-year period preceding the date hereof sponsored, maintained or contributed to, or had any actual or contingent liability to any Multiemployer Plan.

Section 7.11Disclosure; No Material Misstatements.  The Borrower has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any Loan Party is subject, and all other existing facts and circumstances applicable to the Loan Parties known to the Borrower, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their Affiliates in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contain any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial or other information, the Loan Parties represent only that

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such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.  There is no fact peculiar to the Borrower or any other Loan Party which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or in the future is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and which has not been set forth in this Agreement or the Loan Documents or the other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party  prior to, or on, the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.  There are no statements or conclusions in any Reserve Report which are based upon or include misleading information or fail to take into account material information regarding the matters reported therein, it being understood that projections concerning volumes attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties and production and cost estimates contained in each Reserve Report are necessarily based upon professional opinions, estimates and projections and the Loan Parties do not warrant that such opinions, estimates and projections will ultimately prove to have been accurate.

Section 7.12Insurance.  For the benefit of each Loan Party, Parent or the Borrower has (a) all insurance policies sufficient for the compliance by the Loan Parties with all material Governmental Requirements and all material agreements and (b) insurance coverage, or self-insurance, in at least such amounts and against such risk (including public liability) that are usually insured against by companies similarly situated and engaged in the same or a similar business for the assets and operations of the Loan Parties.  Schedule 7.12, as of the date hereof, sets forth a list of all insurance maintained by Parent or the Borrower.  The Administrative Agent, as agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has been named as additional insureds in respect of such liability insurance policies and the Administrative Agent, as agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has been named as loss payee with respect to Property loss insurance.

Section 7.13Restriction on Liens.  Other than the Revolving Loan Documents, neither the Borrower nor any Loan Party is a party to any material agreement or arrangement (other than as permitted by Section 9.15), or subject to any order, judgment, writ or decree, which either restricts or purports to restrict its ability to grant Liens to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on or in respect of their Properties to secure the Secured Obligations and the Loan Documents.

Section 7.14Group Members.  Except as set forth on Schedule 7.14 or as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly furnish a copy to the Lenders), which shall be a supplement to Schedule 7.14, there are no other Group Members.  Each Guarantor and Material Subsidiary has been so designated on Schedule 7.14.

Section 7.15Foreign Operations.  The Borrower and the other Loan Parties do not own any Oil and Gas Properties not located within the geographical boundaries of the United States.

Section 7.16Location of Business and Offices.  The Borrower’s jurisdiction of organization is Colorado; the name of the Borrower as listed in the public records of its jurisdiction of organization is Sundance Energy, Inc. and the organizational identification number of the Borrower in its jurisdiction of organization is 20031394742 (or, in each case, as set forth in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.01(k) in accordance with Section 12.01).  The Borrower’s principal place of business and chief executive offices are located at the address specified in Section 12.01 (or as set forth in a notice delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(k) and Section 12.01(c)).  Each Group Member’s jurisdiction of organization, name as listed in the public records of its jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number in its jurisdiction of organization, and the location of its principal place of business and chief executive office is stated on Schedule 7.14 (or as set forth in a notice delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(k)).

Section 7.17Properties; Titles, Etc.

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(a)Each Loan Party has good and defensible title to the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most recently delivered Reserve Report and good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, licenses of, or rights of use, all other Collateral owned or leased by such Loan Party and all of its other material personal Properties necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business other than Properties sold in compliance with Section 9.11 from time to time, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except Liens permitted by Section 9.03.  After giving full effect to the Excepted Liens, the Loan Party specified as the owner owns the net interests in production attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests as reflected in the most recently delivered Reserve Report, and except as otherwise provided by statute, regulation or the standard and customary provisions of any applicable joint operating agreement, the ownership of such Properties shall not in any material respect obligate the Loan Party to bear the costs and expenses relating to the maintenance, development and operations of each such Property in an amount in excess of the working interest of each Property set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve Report that is not offset by a corresponding proportionate increase in the Loan Party’s net revenue interest in such Property.

(b)All material leases and agreements necessary for the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties are valid and subsisting, in full force and effect, and there exists no default or event or circumstance which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would give rise to a default under any such lease or leases, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the rights and Properties presently owned, leased or licensed by the Loan Parties including all easements and rights of way, include all rights and Properties necessary to permit the Loan Parties to conduct their business in the same manner as its business is conducted on the date hereof.

(d)Except for Properties being repaired, all of the Properties of the Loan Parties which are reasonably necessary for the operation of their businesses are in good working condition in all material respects and are maintained in accordance with prudent business standards.

(e)Each Loan Party owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of the business, and the use thereof by the Loan Party does not, to its knowledge, infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The Loan Parties either own or have valid licenses or other rights to use all databases, geological data, geophysical data, engineering data, seismic data, maps, interpretations and other technical information used in their businesses as presently conducted, subject to the limitations contained in the agreements governing the use of the same, which limitations are customary for companies engaged in the business of the exploration and production of Hydrocarbons, with such exceptions as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.18Maintenance of Properties.  Except for such acts or failures to act as could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Oil and Gas Properties (and Properties unitized therewith) of the Loan Parties have been maintained, operated and developed in a good and workmanlike manner and in conformity with all Governmental Requirements and in conformity with the provisions of all leases, subleases or other contracts comprising a part of the Hydrocarbon Interests and other contracts and agreements forming a part of the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties.  Specifically in connection with the foregoing, except for those as could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no Oil and Gas Property of the Loan Parties is subject to having allowable production reduced below the full and regular allowable (including the maximum permissible tolerance) because of any overproduction

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(whether or not the same was permissible at the time) and (ii) none of the ▇▇▇▇▇ comprising a part of the Oil and Gas Properties (or Properties unitized therewith) of the Loan Parties is deviated from the vertical more than the maximum permitted by Governmental Requirements, and such ▇▇▇▇▇ are bottomed under and are producing from, and the well bores are wholly within, the Oil and Gas Properties (or in the case of ▇▇▇▇▇ located on Properties unitized therewith, such unitized Properties) of the Loan Parties.  All pipelines, ▇▇▇▇▇, gas processing plants, platforms and other material improvements, fixtures and equipment owned in whole or in part by the Loan Parties that are necessary to conduct normal operations are being maintained in a state adequate to conduct normal operations, and with respect to such of the foregoing which are operated by the Loan Parties, in a manner consistent with the Loan Parties’ past practices (other than those the failure of which to maintain in accordance with this Section 7.18 could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

Section 7.19Gas Imbalances; Prepayments.  Except as set forth on Schedule 7.19 or on the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to Section 8.12(c), on a net basis there are no gas imbalances, take-or-pay or other prepayments which would require any Loan Party to deliver Hydrocarbons produced from their Oil and Gas Properties at some future time without then or thereafter receiving full payment therefor exceeding two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate volumes of Hydrocarbons (on an Mcf equivalent basis) listed in the most recent Reserve Report.

Section 7.20Marketing of Production.  Except for contracts listed and in effect on the date hereof on Schedule 7.20, and thereafter either disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent or included in the most recently delivered Reserve Report, (a) the Loan Parties are receiving a price for all production sold thereunder which is computed substantially in accordance with the terms of the relevant contract and are not having deliveries curtailed substantially below the subject Property’s delivery capacity and (b) no material agreements exist which are not cancelable on 90 days’ notice or less without penalty or detriment for the sale of production from the Loan Parties’ Hydrocarbons (including calls on or other rights to purchase, production, whether or not the same are currently being exercised) that (i) pertain to the sale of production at a fixed price and (ii) have a maturity or expiry date of longer than six (6) months from the date hereof.

Section 7.21Security Instruments.  The Security Instruments are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable second priority security interest in the Mortgaged Property and Collateral and proceeds thereof.  To the extent required herein and in the other Loan Documents, the Secured Obligations are and shall be at all times secured by a legal, valid and enforceable perfected Liens, subordinate to only that of the Senior Liens, if any, in favor of the Administrative Agent, covering and encumbering the Mortgaged Properties and other Collateral, to the extent perfection has occurred or will occur, by the recording of a mortgage, the filing of a UCC financing statement or, with respect to Equity Interests represented by certificates, by possession (in each case, to the extent available in the applicable jurisdiction); provided that, except in the case of pledged Equity Interests or as otherwise provided herein, Liens permitted by Section 9.03 may exist and no intention to subordinate the Liens, subordinate to only that of the Senior Liens, if any, otherwise granted in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders is to be hereby implied or expressed by the permitted existence of such Liens permitted by Section 9.03.

Section 7.22Swap Agreements.  Schedule 7.22, as of the date hereof, and after the date hereof, each report required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.01(d), sets forth, a true and complete list of all Swap Agreements of the Loan Parties, the material terms thereof (including the type, term, effective date, termination date and notional amounts or volumes), the estimated net ▇▇▇▇ to market value thereof, all credit support agreements relating thereto (including any margin required or supplied, but excluding the Security Instruments) and the counterparty to each such agreement.

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Section 7.23Use of Loans.  The proceeds of the Loans shall be used (a) to refinance the Existing Credit Facilities, (b) to finance the development of the Oil and Gas Properties including those acquired in the Acquisition, (c) to extinguish the amounts of all Prepayments (as defined in the Vitol Prepayment Contract) (the “Vitol Prepayments”), (d) for the payment of fees and expenses in connection with this Agreement, and (e) for the working capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Loan Parties.  No Loan Party is engaged principally, or as one of its or their important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the Board).  No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, directly or indirectly to purchase or carry any margin stock, to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, to reduce or retire any indebtedness that was originally incurred to purchase or carry any margin stock or for any purpose which violates the provisions of Regulations T, U or X of the Board.

Section 7.24Solvency.  After giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (a) the aggregate assets (after giving effect to amounts that could reasonably be received by reason of indemnity, offset, insurance or any similar arrangement), at a fair valuation, of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, will exceed the aggregate Debt of the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis, as the Debt becomes absolute and matures, (b) each Loan Party will not have incurred or intended to incur, and will not believe that it will incur, Debt beyond its ability to pay such Debt (after taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it and the amounts to be payable on or in respect of its liabilities, and giving effect to amounts that could reasonably be received by reason of indemnity, offset, insurance or any similar arrangement) as such Debt becomes absolute and matures in the ordinary course of business and (c) each Loan Party will not have (and will have no reason to believe that it will have thereafter) unreasonably small capital for the conduct of its business.

Section 7.25OFAC.  Neither the Group Members, nor, to the Borrower’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Group Members is currently subject to any material U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC, and the Borrower will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds from the Borrowings or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Group Member, joint venture partner or other Person, for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

Section 7.26Anti-Terrorism Laws.  (a)  None of the Group Members, nor, to the Borrower’s knowledge, any of their Affiliates is in violation of any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering (“Anti-Terrorism Laws”), including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001 (the “Executive Order”), and the Patriot Act.