EX-4.4





 Exhibit 4.4 

Execution Version 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of April 1, 2022, among Javelin VentureCo, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“Javelin”), and CMP Legacy Co. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CMP”, and, together with Javelin, the “Guaranteeing Subsidiaries”, and each a
“Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), each a subsidiary of Crescent Energy Finance LLC (f/k/a Independence Energy Finance LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National
Association, as successor to U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 

W I T N E S S E T H 
 WHEREAS,
each of the Issuer and the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of May 6, 2021 (the “Original Indenture”), as supplemented by the
first supplemental indenture, dated as of January 14, 2022 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), and the second supplemental indenture, dated as of February 10, 2022 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”,
and the Original Indenture supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of an unlimited aggregate principal amount of 7.250% Senior Notes due
2026 (the “Notes”); 
 WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall
execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth
herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the
Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture. 
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows: 

(1) Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 (2) Agreement to Guarantee. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary acknowledges that it has received and reviewed a copy of the Indenture and
all other documents it deems necessary to review in order to enter into this Supplemental Indenture and (i) hereby joins and becomes a party to the Indenture as indicated by its signature below as a Guarantor and (ii) acknowledges and
agrees to (x) be bound by the Indenture as a Guarantor and (y) perform all obligations and duties required of a Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture. 

(3) No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or equity holder
of the Issuer or any Guarantor or any Parent Company will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of,
or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. 

  
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 (4) Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 (5) Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental
Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in multiple counterparts, which, when taken together, shall constitute one instrument. The exchange
of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic (by ‘.pdf’ or other format) transmissions shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto
and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronically (by ‘.pdf’ or other format) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for
all purposes. 
 (6) Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof. 
 (7) The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or
sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries. 

(8) Benefits Acknowledged. Upon execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture each Guaranteeing Subsidiary will be subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and that
its obligations as a result of this Supplemental Indenture are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. 
 (9) Successors.
All agreements of each Guaranteeing Subsidiary in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in this Supplemental Indenture. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its
successors. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed, all as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	JAVELIN VENTURECO, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ernesto W. Alegria
                                

		 	Name: Ernesto W. Alegria
		 	Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer
	
	U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY,
	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Alejandro Hoyos         

		 	Name: Alejandro Hoyos
		 	Title: Vice President


 [Signature Page to Third Supplemental Indenture] 












  

			
	CMP LEGACY CO. LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Brandi Kendall

		 	Name: Brandi Kendall
		 	Title: Vice President


 [Signature Page to Third Supplemental Indenture]