Exhibit 10.1


 


PURCHASE AGREEMENT


 


March 5, 2015


 


Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.


Wells Fargo Securities, LLC


Imperial Capital, LLC


 


As Representatives of the Initial Purchasers


 


c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC


11 Madison Avenue


New York, New York 10010


 


Ladies and Gentlemen:


 


Introductory. Energy XXI Gulf Coast,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Initial Purchasers named
in Schedule A (the “Initial Purchasers”), acting severally and not jointly, the respective amounts
set forth in such Schedule A of $1,450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 11.000% Senior Second
Lien Secured Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Imperial Capital, LLC have agreed to act as the representatives of the several Initial Purchasers
(the “Representatives”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes.


 


The Securities (as defined below) will be
issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section
2 hereof), among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
The Notes will be issued only in book-entry form in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the
“Depositary”).


 


The payment of principal of, premium on, if
any, and interest on the Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, (i) on a senior unsecured basis by Energy
XXI Ltd, a limited exempt company organized under the laws of Bermuda (the “Parent”), (ii) on a senior secured,
second-priority basis by Energy XXI USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Intermediate Holdco”), except that the
guarantee by Intermediate Holdco will be a non-recourse guarantee limited to the value of (A) the equity interests in the Company
that Intermediate Holdco pledges to secure its Guarantee (as defined below) and (B) certain assets related to the Grand Isle gathering
system that Intermediate Holdco grants a security interest in to secure its Guarantee, and (iii) on a senior secured, second-priority
basis by the Company’s subsidiaries listed on the signature page hereto (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”
and together with Intermediate Holdco, the “Initial Secured Guarantors” and, the Initial Secured Guarantors,
together with the Parent, the “Initial Guarantors”) pursuant to their guarantees (the “Guarantees”).
EPL Oil & Gas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“EPL”), and each of its existing subsidiaries (collectively,
the “EPL Entities”) will not initially guarantee the Notes. Any subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired
after the Closing Date and any EPL Entity, in each case, that executes an additional guarantee in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture (together with the Initial Guarantors, the “Guarantors”) shall be deemed to be a Guarantor. The
Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “Securities.”


 




    	 



    	 



    

 


As described in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Final Offering Memorandum (each as defined herein), the Securities will be secured on a senior second-priority basis by
the liens on certain of the assets of the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors, subject to Permitted Liens (as defined under
the caption “Description of Notes” in the Pricing Disclosure Package) as of the Closing Date, pursuant to:


 


(a)          a
collateral trust agreement (the “Collateral Trust Agreement”) that will be entered into as of the Closing Date
among the Company, the Initial Secured Guarantors, the Trustee and U.S. Bank, National Association, as collateral trustee for the
holders of the Securities and the other Parity Lien Obligations (as defined under the caption “Description of Notes”
in the Pricing Disclosure Package) (the “Collateral Trustee”);


 


(b)          a
senior second-lien pledge and security agreement and irrevocable proxy (the “Security Agreement”) relating to
substantially all tangible and intangible personal property of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors that will be entered into
as of the Closing Date among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Collateral Trustee;


 


(c)          a
senior second-lien pledge agreement and irrevocable proxy (the “Intermediate Holdco Pledge Agreement”) relating
to all of Intermediate Holdco’s Equity Interests (as defined under the caption “Description of Notes” in the
Pricing Disclosure Package) in the Company that will be entered into as of the Closing Date between Intermediate Holdco and the
Collateral Trustee;


 


(d)          a
senior second-lien security agreement (the “Intermediate Holdco Security Agreement”) relating to all of Intermediate
Holdco’s right, title and interest in certain assets relating to the Grand Isle gathering system that will be entered into
as of the Closing Date between Intermediate Holdco and the Collateral Trustee; and


 


(e)          deeds
of trust and mortgages (collectively, the “Mortgages”) encumbering the interests of the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors in certain oil and gas properties described therein (each such property, a “Mortgaged Property” and,
collectively, the “Mortgaged Properties”), to be made and delivered by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors
within 60 days of the Closing Date, in substantially in the form contemplated by the Indenture. The documents and instruments in
clauses (a) through (e) of this paragraph, the “Collateral Documents”). In addition, to perfect the security
interest granted by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in their respective deposit accounts and securities accounts, the
Company and/or certain Subsidiary Guarantors will, in accordance with Section 3(o) hereof, enter into certain control agreements
between the applicable depositary bank or securities intermediary, as applicable, the Collateral Trustee and the Priority Lien
Agent (as defined below) (collectively, the “Control Agreements”).


 




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In connection with the issuance of the Securities,
the Company, EPL and the guarantors thereto are entering into a Tenth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to that certain
Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of May 5, 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing First Lien Facility” and, as further amended by the Amendment,
the “First Lien Facility”), by and among the Company, EPL, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as administrative
agent (in such capacity, the “Credit Agreement Agent”), and the lenders and other parties party thereto from
time to time. In addition, concurrently with the issuance of the Securities on the Closing Date, the Company, the Initial Secured
Guarantors, the Collateral Trustee and the Priority Lien Agent are entering into an intercreditor agreement (the “Intercreditor
Agreement”).


 


For purposes of this Agreement, the terms
“Collateral” and “Priority Lien Agent” shall have the meanings assigned to such terms under
the heading “Description of Notes” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.


 


The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers
propose to make an offering of the Securities on the terms and in the manner set forth herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the Securities
to purchasers (the “Subsequent Purchasers”) on the terms set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package. The Securities
are to be offered and sold to or through the Initial Purchasers without being registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act,” which
term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder), in reliance upon exemptions
therefrom. Pursuant to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, investors who acquire Securities shall be deemed to have
agreed that the Securities may only be resold or otherwise transferred, after the date hereof, if such Securities are registered
for sale under the Securities Act or if an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available (including
the exemptions afforded by Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”).


 


As used herein, “Time of Sale”
means 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, on March 5, 2015.


 


The Company has prepared and delivered to
each Initial Purchaser copies of a preliminary offering memorandum, dated March 3, 2015 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”)
and has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Pricing Supplement, dated March 5, 2015 (the “Pricing
Supplement”), attached hereto as Annex I describing the terms of the Securities, each for use by such Initial
Purchaser in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the
Pricing Supplement are herein referred to collectively as the “Pricing Disclosure Package.” The Company will
prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a final offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the “Final Offering Memorandum”),
in accordance with Section 3(a) hereof.


 




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All references herein to the terms “Pricing
Disclosure Package” and “Final Offering Memorandum” shall be deemed to mean and include all information,
if any, filed prior to the Time of Sale under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act,”
which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder) and incorporated by reference
in the Pricing Disclosure Package (including the Preliminary Offering Memorandum) and the Final Offering Memorandum. All references
herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect
to the Final Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to mean and include all information, if any, filed after the Time of Sale and
in accordance with Section 3(a) hereof, under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Final Offering Memorandum.


 


By this agreement (this “Agreement”),
the Company hereby confirms its agreements with the Initial Purchasers as follows:


 


SECTION 1.          Representations
and Warranties. Each of the Company and the Initial Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby represents, warrants and covenants
to each Initial Purchaser that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (with references to the Pricing Disclosure Package
applying as of the Time of Sale and references to the Final Offering Memorandum applying as of the Closing Date and if provided
in any particular subsection below, as of its date):


 


(a)          No
Registration Required. Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 2 hereof and with the procedures set forth in Section 7 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale
and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and to the Subsequent Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum to register the Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify
the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act,” which term, as used
herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).


 


(b)          No
Integration, General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts. None of the Company, the Initial Guarantors, any of their respective
affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (each, an “Affiliate”) or any person
acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers and their Affiliates, as to whom the Company and the Initial
Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, or will,
directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident,
any security which is or would be integrated with the offering or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the Securities
to be registered under the Securities Act. None of the Company, the Initial Guarantors, any of their respective Affiliates or any
person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers and their Affiliates, as to whom the Company and
the Initial Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the Securities,
in any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act.


 


(c)          Eligibility
for Resale under Rule 144A. The Securities will not be, at the Closing Date, of the same class as securities listed on a national
securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer quotation system within
the meaning of Rule 144A.


 




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(d)          The
Pricing Disclosure Package and Final Offering Memorandum.


 


(A)         Neither
the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Time of Sale, nor the Final Offering Memorandum, as of its date or (as amended or supplemented
in accordance with Section 3(a), as applicable) as of the Closing Date, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to
statements in or omissions from the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto
made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by the Representatives expressly for
use in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, as the case may be.


 


(B)         The
Pricing Disclosure Package contains, and the Final Offering Memorandum will contain, all the information specified in, and meeting
the requirements of, Rule 144A.


 


(e)          Company
Additional Written Communications. The Company has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or distributed and, without
the prior written consent of the Representatives, will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or distribute any written communication
that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Pricing Disclosure Package,
(ii) the Final Offering Memorandum and (iii) any electronic road show or other written communications listed on Annex II
attached hereto, in each case used in accordance with Section 3(a). Each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives
pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence (each, a “Company Additional Written Communication”), when
taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not as of the Time of Sale, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation, warranty and agreement
shall not apply to statements in or omissions from each such Company Additional Written Communication made in reliance upon and
in conformity with information furnished to the Company or the Initial Guarantors in writing by the Representatives expressly for
use in the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Company Additional Written Communication.


 


(f)          The
Purchase Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Initial Guarantors.


 




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(g)          Authorization,
Execution and Enforceability of the Notes and the Guarantees. The Notes to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers from the
Company will on the Closing Date be substantially in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized for issuance
and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and,
when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating
to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Guarantees have been duly authorized
for issuance pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture, and at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by each of the
Initial Guarantors and, when the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee and
when the Notes have been authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and issued and delivered against payment of
the purchase price therefor, the Guarantees of the Notes will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Initial Guarantors,
enforceable against the respective Initial Guarantors in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting
the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law) and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.


 


(h)          Authorization,
Execution and Enforceability of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and the Initial Guarantors
and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Initial Guarantors and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of
the Company and the Initial Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and the Initial Guarantors in accordance with its terms,
except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (regardless
of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as rights to indemnification may be limited
by applicable law.


 


(i)          Collateral
Documents; Intercreditor Agreement. Each of (i) the Collateral Trust Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Intermediate Holdco
Pledge Agreement, the Intermediate Holdco Security Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by each of the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors party thereto and (ii) the Mortgages and the Control Agreements
have been duly authorized by the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors party thereto and, when executed and delivered by each
of the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors party thereto, and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof
by the other parties thereto, each of the Collateral Documents, the Control Agreements and the Intercreditor Agreement will constitute
a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors party thereto, enforceable against the Company
and the Initial Secured Guarantors party thereto in accordance with its terms, and, upon delivery of the applicable Collateral
Documents to the Collateral Trustee, the Collateral Documents will be sufficient to create valid security interests in or trusts
or mortgages on and liens on the Collateral, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting
the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding
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(j)          Security
Interest. Upon (i) the Initial Purchasers’ payment for the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and (ii) the
filing of the appropriate Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) financing statements and the taking of other actions,
in each case as further described herein, in the Collateral Documents and in the Indenture, the security interests of the Collateral
Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Securities and the liens on the rights of the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors
in the Collateral will be a valid and perfected security interest in all Collateral that can be perfected by the filing of a UCC-1
financing statement under the UCC as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction, and the liens will have the priority described in
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum subject to Permitted Liens, except as the enforcement thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law). As of the Closing Date, the filing of all necessary UCC financing statements in the proper
filing offices, will have been duly made or taken and will be in full force and effect, in each case, to the extent required by
the applicable Collateral Document. As of the Closing Date, the Collateral Trustee shall have possession and control of all Collateral
for which the Collateral Documents require such possession or control as of the Closing Date, in accordance with the terms of the
Collateral Documents and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement. Upon the due execution and delivery of the Mortgages, each of
the Mortgages will be effective to create a valid and perfected trust or mortgage lien, as applicable, in favor of the Collateral
Trustee in all the right, title and interest of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the Mortgaged Property described therein,
subject to Permitted Liens, and each such Mortgage, upon recording in the proper recorders’ offices or appropriate public
records and upon payment of the mortgage recording fees and taxes in respect thereof, will constitute constructive notice to third
parties of the lien of such Mortgage and each of the trust or mortgage liens, as applicable, will have the priority described in
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum subject to Permitted Liens. Upon recording of the Mortgages in
the proper recorders’ offices or appropriate public records with respect to the Collateral described therein constituting
as-extracted collateral (as defined in the UCC) and fixtures (as defined in the UCC) (the “Mortgage Personal Property
Collateral”), the security interests of the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Securities and the
liens on the rights of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the Mortgage Personal Property Collateral will constitute valid,
perfected security interest in the Personal Property Collateral, subject to Permitted Liens. Upon the due execution and delivery
of the Control Agreements, the Collateral Trustee will have a valid and perfected security interest in the deposit accounts and/or
securities accounts described therein, subject to Permitted Liens.


 


(k)          Descriptions
of the Securities, the Indenture, the Collateral Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement. The Securities, the Indenture,
the Collateral Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement will conform in all material respects to the respective descriptions thereof
contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.


 


(l)          Capitalization.
As of December 31, 2014, the Company had an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Final Offering Memorandum. Intermediate Holdco directly owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company.


 




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(m)          Formation.
The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of
Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to (A) own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, (B) execute and deliver this Agreement and the Indenture,
(C) issue, sell and deliver the Notes as contemplated herein and (D) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Intercreditor
Agreement and each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party. Each of the Initial Guarantors and EPL Entities has been
duly incorporated or formed and is currently existing as a corporation, limited liability company or limited exempt company, as
applicable, and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with full corporate
or limited liability company power and authority to (i) own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as currently
conducted or as it is proposed to be conducted as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum
and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Intercreditor Agreement and each of the Collateral Documents to
which it is a party.


 


(n)          Foreign
Qualification. Each of the Company, the Initial Guarantors and the EPL Entities is duly qualified to do business as a corporation
or limited liability company and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not,
individually or in the aggregate, either (i) have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial condition, results
of operations or prospects of the Company, the Initial Guarantors and the EPL Entities, taken as a whole or (ii) prevent or materially
interfere with consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (the occurrence of any such effect or any such prevention or
interference or any such result described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being herein referred to as a “Material
Adverse Effect”).


 


(o)          Subsidiaries.
The Company does not have any subsidiaries other than as set forth on Schedule B hereto that, individually or
in the aggregate, would be deemed to be a “significant subsidiary” as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act (the “Subsidiaries”); the Company, directly or indirectly, owns all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock or membership interests of each of the Subsidiaries; other than the capital stock or membership interests of the Subsidiaries,
the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any shares of stock or any other equity interests or long-term debt securities
of any corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association or other entity; complete and correct copies of the Memorandum
of Association, By-Laws, Certificate of Incorporation or Certificate of Designation or any of the organizational documents (collectively
“Organizational Documents”) of the Company, the Parent, Intermediate Holdco and each of the Subsidiaries and
all amendments thereto have been delivered to the Representatives; all of the outstanding shares of capital stock or membership
interests of each of the Company and the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable,
have been issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws, were not issued in violation of any preemptive right, resale
right, right of first refusal or similar right and, except for (i) as of the date hereof, liens pursuant to the Existing First
Lien Facility and (ii) as of the Closing Date, liens pursuant to the First Lien Facility and the Intercompany Loan, to be dated
as of May 12, 2015, by and among Energy Gulf Coast, Inc. and EPL Oil & Gas, Inc., are owned by the Intermediate Holdco or the
Company, as applicable, subject to no security interest, other encumbrance or adverse claims; and no options, warrants or other
rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligation into shares of capital stock
or ownership interests in the Company or the Subsidiaries are outstanding.


 




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(p)          No
Existing Default. None of the Company, the Parent, Intermediate Holdco or any of the Subsidiaries is in breach or violation
of or in default under (nor has any event occurred which, with notice, lapse of time or both, would result in any breach or violation
of, constitute a default under or give the holder of any indebtedness (or a person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right
to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a part of such indebtedness under) (A) its Organizational Documents,
or (B) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any license,
lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or
affected, or (C) any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule, or (D) any rule or regulation of any self-regulatory
organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority, or (E) any decree, judgment or order applicable to it or any of its
properties, except for such breaches, violations or defaults pursuant to subsection (B), (C), (D) or (E) as would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(q)          Solvency.
Immediately after the Closing Date, the Company, Intermediate Holdco, Parent and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (after giving
effect to the issuance of the Securities, the Amendment and the other transactions related thereto as described in the Final Offering
Memorandum) will be Solvent. As used in this paragraph, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to a particular
date, that on such date (i) the present fair market value (or present fair saleable value) of the assets of the Company, Intermediate
Holdco, Parent and the Subsidiaries are not less than the total amount required to pay the probable liabilities of the Company,
Intermediate Holdco, Parent and the Subsidiaries on their total existing debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities)
as they become absolute and matured, (ii) the Company, Intermediate Holdco, Parent and the Subsidiaries are able to realize upon
their assets and pay their debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and commitments as they mature and become due in
the normal course of business, (iii) assuming the sale of the Notes as contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Final Offering Memorandum, the Company, Intermediate Holdco, Parent and the Subsidiaries are not incurring debts or liabilities
beyond their ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature and (iv) the Company, Intermediate Holdco, Parent and the Subsidiaries
are not engaged in any business or transaction, and are not about to engage in any business or transaction, for which their property
would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which
the Company, Intermediate Holdco, Parent and the Subsidiaries are engaged. In computing the amount of such contingent liabilities
at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances
existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.


 




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(r)          No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Collateral Documents, the Control
Agreements and the Intercreditor Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Securities, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby will not conflict with, result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default under (nor constitute any
event which, with notice, lapse of time or both, would result in any breach or violation of, constitute a default under or give
the holder of any indebtedness (or a person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption
or repayment of all or a part of such indebtedness under) (or result in the creation or imposition of a lien, charge or encumbrance
on any property or assets of the Company, Intermediate Holdco or any Subsidiary pursuant to) (A) the Organizational Documents of
the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or (B) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan
or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which
the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective
properties may be bound or affected, or (C) any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule, or (D) any rule or regulation
of any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority or (E) any decree, judgment or order applicable
to the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, except for such
breaches, violations or defaults pursuant to subsection (B), (C), (D) or (E) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(s)          No
Consents. Assuming the accuracy of the representations, warranties and covenants of the Initial Purchasers set forth herein
and except for (i) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Securities
Act or the securities law of the several states of the United States with respect to the purchase and distribution of the Securities
by the Initial Purchasers, (ii) such consents that have been, or prior to the Closing Date and the Time of Sale will be, obtained,
and (iii) such consents that, if not obtained, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and
no approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
commission, board, body, authority or agency, or of or with any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory
authority, or approval of the stockholders of the Company or the Parent, is required in connection with (A) the issuance and sale
of the Securities or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or (B) the execution, delivery and performance by
the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors of the Collateral Documents, the Control Agreements and the Intercreditor Agreement.


 


(t)          Authority
to Conduct Business. Each of the Company, the Initial Guarantors and the EPL Entities has all necessary licenses, authorizations,
consents and approvals and has made all necessary filings required under any applicable law, regulation or rule, and has obtained
all necessary licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals from other persons, in order to conduct their respective businesses;
neither the Company nor any of the Initial Guarantors or any of the EPL Entities is in violation of, or in default under, or has
received notice of any proceedings relating to revocation or modification of, any such license, authorization, consent or approval
or any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, order or judgment applicable to the Company, any
Initial Guarantor or any EPL Entity, except where such violation, default, revocation or modification would not, individually or
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(u)          No
Legal Action. There are no actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened to which the Company or the Initial Guarantors or the EPL Entities or any of their respective properties is or would
be subject at law or in equity, before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board,
body, authority or agency, or before or by any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority, except
any such action, suit, claim, investigation or proceeding which, if resolved adversely to the Company, any Initial Guarantor or
any EPL Entity, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(v)         Auditors.


 


(i)          UHY
LLP, whose reports on (i) the consolidated financial statements of the Parent and the Subsidiaries and (ii) the consolidated financial
statements of the Company, are included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum,
are independent registered public accountants as required by the Securities Act and by the rules of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board.


 


(ii)         BDO
USA, LLP, who has reviewed certain condensed consolidated financial statements of the Parent included or incorporated by reference
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, is an independent registered public accountant as required
by the Securities Act and by the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.


 


(iii)        PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP (“PWC”), whose reports on the consolidated financial statements of EPL are included or incorporated by reference
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, are independent registered public accountants as required
by the Securities Act and by the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.


 


(w)          Financial
Statements. The financial statements of the Parent included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Final Offering Memorandum, together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly the consolidated financial position
of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries or the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, as the case may be, as of the
dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of
the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries or the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, as the case may be, for the periods
specified and have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act and in conformity with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved; the financial statements
of EPL included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, together with
the related notes and schedules, present fairly the consolidated financial position of EPL and its consolidated subsidiaries as
of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows
of EPL and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified and have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of
the Securities Act and Exchange Act and in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis during the periods involved; all pro forma financial statements or data included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act, and the assumptions used in the preparation of such pro forma financial statements and data are reasonable,
the pro forma adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances described therein and
the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements and data;
the other financial and statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final
Offering Memorandum are accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books
and records of the Parent, EPL and the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that would be required
to be included or incorporated by reference in a prospectus filed with the Commission under the Securities Act that are not included
or incorporated by reference as required; the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any material
liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), not described in the Pricing Disclosure
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(x)          No
Material Changes. Subsequent to December 31, 2014, there has not been (i) any material adverse change, or any development involving
a prospective material adverse change, in the business, properties, management, financial condition or results of operations of
the Company, the Initial Guarantors and the EPL Entities, taken as a whole, (ii) any transaction which is material to Company,
the Initial Guarantors and the EPL Entities, taken as a whole, (iii) any obligation or liability, direct or contingent (including
any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by the Company, any Initial Guarantor or any EPL Entity, which is material to the
Company, the Initial Guarantors and the EPL Entities, taken as a whole, (iv) any material change in the capital stock or outstanding
indebtedness of the Company, any Initial Guarantor or any EPL Entity or (v) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared,
paid or made on the capital stock of the Company, any Initial Guarantor or any EPL Entity, in each case other than as described
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.


 


(y)          Investment
Company. None of the Company, any Initial Guarantor or any EPL Entity is, and at no time during the Distribution Period (as
defined herein) will any of them be, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of
the proceeds thereof, none of them will be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment
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(z)          Title
to Assets. The Company, the Parent, Intermediate Holdco and each of the Subsidiaries have a good and valid title to their respective
Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the Initial Reserve Report (as defined under the caption “Description of Notes”
in the Pricing Disclosure Package) that is free from reasonable doubt, is superior to any other titles and claims with respect
to such property, and could not be reasonably expected to expose the party who holds such title to the hazards of litigation with
respect to the validity and priority of such title, and good and marketable title to the other real and personal property reflected
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum as being owned by any of them, free and clear of all liens,
claims, security interests or other encumbrances, except, in each case, (A) as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Final Offering Memorandum, (B) (1) as of the date hereof, Liens arising under the Existing First Lien Facility and (2) at the
Closing Date, Liens arising under the First Lien Facility and Liens securing the Notes and the Guarantees, (C) Permitted Liens
or (D) Liens or minor title irregularities that do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such properties,
taken as a whole, or materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such properties, taken as a whole, by the
Company, Intermediate Holdco, the Parent and the Subsidiaries; all the property described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Final Offering Memorandum as being held under lease by the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company or a Subsidiary is held
thereby under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, except (i) as described, and subject to limitations contained, in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum or (ii) such as do not materially interfere with the use of such properties,
taken as a whole, as they have been used in the past and are proposed to be used in the future as described in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Final Offering Memorandum; the working interests derived from oil, gas and mineral leases or mineral interests
which constitute a portion of the real property held or leased by the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company and the Subsidiaries
reflect in all material respects the right of the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company and the Subsidiaries to explore, develop
or produce hydrocarbons from such real property, and the care taken by the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company and the Subsidiaries
with respect to acquiring or otherwise procuring such leases or other property interests was generally consistent with standard
industry practices in the areas in which the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company and the Subsidiaries operate for acquiring
or procuring leases and interests therein to explore, develop or produce hydrocarbons.


 


(aa)         Labor.
None of the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice; except
for matters which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is (A) no unfair labor
practice complaint pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Parent, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining
agreements is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, (B) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending
or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Parent, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries and (C) no union representation
dispute currently existing concerning the employees of the Parent, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, (ii) to the Company’s
knowledge, no union organizing activities are currently taking place concerning the employees of the Parent, the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries and (iii) there has been no violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law relating to discrimination
in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, any applicable wage or hour laws or any provision of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder concerning the employees of the Parent, the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries.


 




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(bb)         Environmental
Matters. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Parent, Intermediate
Holdco, the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective properties, assets and operations are in compliance with, and the
Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries hold all permits, authorizations and approvals required under,
Environmental Laws (as defined below); (ii) there are no events, conditions or circumstances known to the Company that would reasonably
be expected to give rise to any costs or liabilities to the Parent, the Company or any Subsidiary under Environmental Laws; and
(iii) none of the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has received any written notice of an action,
suit, claim, investigation, notice of violation, judgment, order or proceeding, in each case relating to any liability under any
Environmental Law or any release or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened release of any Hazardous Materials (as defined
below) by the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (as used herein, “Environmental Law”
means any federal, state or local law, statute, ordinance, rule (including, without limitation, rules of common law), regulation,
order, decree, judgment, injunction, permit, license, authorization or other legally enforceable binding requirement relating to
health or safety (to the extent such health or safety relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the protection of the environment
or natural resources, including those relating to the distribution, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation or
release of Hazardous Materials, and “Hazardous Materials” means any material (including, without limitation,
pollutants, contaminants, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes) that is regulated by or that gives rise to liability under any
Environmental Law).


 


(cc)         Tax
Returns. All tax returns required to be filed by the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries have
been timely filed, and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding) including
any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such entities have been timely paid,
other than those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided.


 


(dd)         Insurance
Coverage. The Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintain insurance covering their respective
properties, operations, personnel and businesses as the Company reasonably deems adequate; such insurance insures against such
losses and risks to an extent which the Company believes is adequate in accordance with customary industry practice to protect
the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective businesses; all such insurance is fully
in force on the date hereof and will be fully in force at the time of purchase and each additional time of purchase, if any, except
as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum; none of the Parent, the Company or any Subsidiary
has reason to believe that it will not be able to renew any such insurance as and when such insurance expires.


 


(ee)         No
Contract Termination. None of the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company or any Subsidiary has sent or received any communication
regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts or agreements referred to or described in the Pricing Disclosure
Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, no such termination or non-renewal has been threatened by the Parent, the Company or
any Subsidiary or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party to any such contract or agreement.


 


(ff)         Maintenance
of Internal Controls. The Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared
with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) the interactive
data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Final Offering Memorandum and the Pricing
Disclosure Package fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with
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(gg)         Disclosure
and Control Procedures. The Parent and EPL have established and maintain and evaluate “disclosure controls and procedures”
(as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and “internal control over financial reporting”
(as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed
to ensure that material information relating to the Parent and EPL, including their respective consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to the Parent’s and EPL’s respective Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer by others within
those entities, and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they were established;
the Parent’s and EPL’s independent registered public accountants and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
of the Parent and EPL, respectively, have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies, if any, in the design or operation
of internal controls which could adversely affect the Parent’s or EPL’s ability, respectively, to record, process,
summarize and report financial data; and (ii) all fraud, if any, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who have a role in the Parent’s or EPL’s internal controls, respectively; all “significant deficiencies”
and “material weaknesses” (as such terms are defined in Rule 1-02(a)(4) of Regulation S-X under the Act) of the Parent
or EPL, if any, have been identified to the Parent’s or EPL’s independent registered public accountants, respectively,
and are disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum; since the date of the most recent evaluation
of such disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or
in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses; the principal executive officers (or their equivalents) and principal financial officers
(or their equivalents) of the Parent and EPL have made all certifications required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley
Act”) and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, and the statements contained in each such
certification are complete and correct; the Parent, EPL and the Parent’s and EPL’s respective directors and officers
are each in compliance in all material respects with all applicable effective provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.


 


(hh)         XBRL.
The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Final Offering Memorandum fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance
with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.


 


(ii)         Forward
Looking Statements. Each “forward-looking statement” (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act or Section 21E
of the Exchange Act) contained or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum
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(jj)         Statistical
or Market-Related Data. All statistical or market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Final Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably believes to be reliable
and accurate.


 


(kk)         Illegal
Payments. None of the Parent, Intermediate Holdco, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge,
any employee or agent of the Parent, the Company or any Subsidiary has made any payment of funds of the Company or any Subsidiary
or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.


 


(ll)         Money
Laundering Laws. The operations of the Parent, the Company and the Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in
compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting
Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and
any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively,
the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator or nongovernmental authority involving the Parent, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with
respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened.


 


(mm)         OFAC
Sanctions. None of the Parent, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer,
agent, employee or Affiliate of the Parent, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“Sanctions”); and the Company will
not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities contemplated hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise
make available such proceeds to the Parent, any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity for the purpose of
financing the activities of any person currently subject to any Sanctions.


 


(nn)         Independent
Petroleum Engineers. Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (“NSAI”), (i) who audited the reserve estimates
of oil and gas reserves prepared by the Parent and the Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2014 referenced in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Final Offering Memorandum (the “2014 Audit Report”), (ii) who audited the reserve estimates of oil and
gas reserves prepared by the Parent and the Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2013 referenced in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Final Offering Memorandum (the “2013 Audit Report”), (iii) whose report regarding the oil and gas reserves of
the Parent and the Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2012 (the “2012 Reserve Report”) is referenced in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, (iv) whose report regarding the oil and gas reserves of EPL as of
June 30, 2014 (the “EPL Reserve Report” and, together with the 2014 Audit Report, the 2013 Audit Report and
the 2012 Reserve Report, the “Reserve Reports”) is referenced in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final
Offering Memorandum and (iv) who has delivered the letters referenced in Section 5(n) hereof, was, as of the date of such Reserve
Reports, and is, as of the date hereof, an independent engineering firm with respect to the Parent and EPL.


 




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(oo)         Information
Underlying Reserve Reports.


 


(A)         (i)
The factual information underlying the estimates of proved oil and gas reserves of the Parent and the Subsidiaries as of June 30,
2014, which was supplied by the Parent and the Subsidiaries to NSAI for the purposes of auditing such reserve information, (ii)
the factual information underlying the estimates of proved oil and gas reserves of the Parent and the Subsidiaries as of June 30,
2013, which was supplied by the Parent and the Subsidiaries to NSAI for the purposes of auditing such reserve information, (iii)
the factual information underlying the proved estimates of oil and gas reserves of the Parent and the Subsidiaries as of June 30,
2012, which was supplied by the Parent and the Subsidiaries to NSAI for the purposes of preparing the 2012 Reserve Report, and
(iv) the factual information underlying the estimates of proved oil and gas reserves of EPL and its subsidiaries as of June 30,
2014, which was supplied by EPL and its subsidiaries to NSAI for the purposes of preparing the EPL Reserve Report, in each case,
including, without limitation, production volumes, costs of operation and development, current prices for production, agreements
relating to current and future operations and sales of production, was true and correct in all material respects on the dates such
estimates were made and such information was supplied and was prepared in accordance with customary industry practices; other than
normal production of the reserves and intervening market commodity price fluctuations, the Parent and the Subsidiaries are not
aware of any facts or circumstances that would result in a material adverse change in such reserves as of June 30, 2014, June 30,
2013 or June 30, 2012, respectively, or the present value of future net cash flows therefrom, respectively, as described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and as reflected in the Reserve Reports; and estimates of such reserves
and present values as of June 30, 2014, June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively, as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Final Offering Memorandum and reflected in the Reserve Reports comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements
of Regulation S-X and Subpart 1200 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.


 


(B)         (i)
The information underlying the estimates of proved oil and gas reserves of the Parent and the Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014
included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, (ii) the information underlying the estimates of
proved oil and gas reserves of the Company and the Subsidiaries (excluding the EPL Entities) as of December 31, 2014 and June 30,
2014 included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, and (iii) the information underlying the estimates
of proved oil and gas reserves of EPL and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Final Offering Memorandum, in each case, including, without limitation, production volumes, costs of operation and development,
current prices for production, agreements relating to current and future operations and sales of production, was true and correct
in all material respects on the dates such estimates were made and such information was supplied and was prepared in accordance
with customary industry practices; other than normal production of the reserves and intervening market commodity price fluctuations,
the Parent and the Subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or circumstances that would result in a material adverse change in the
reserves as of December 31, 2014 (or, in the case of the estimates of proved oil and gas reserves of the Company and the Subsidiaries
(excluding the EPL Entities) as of December 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014 or EPL and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014), or
the present value of future net cash flows therefrom, as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum
and as reflected in the Reserve Reports; and, except as expressly disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering
Memorandum, estimates of such reserves and present values as of December 31, 2014 (or, in the case of the estimates of proved oil
and gas reserves of the Company and the Subsidiaries (excluding the EPL Entities) as of December 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014 or
EPL and its subsidiaries, as of December 31, 2014) as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum
and reflected in the Reserve Reports comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of Regulation S-X and Subpart
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(pp)         Gas
Imbalances; Prepayments. On a net basis there are no gas imbalances, take-or-pay or other prepayments that would require the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries to deliver hydrocarbons produced from the oil and gas properties at some future time without
then or thereafter receiving full payment therefor exceeding one-half bcf of gas (on an mcf equivalent basis) in the aggregate,
other than as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(qq)         Subsidiary
Distributions. No Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from
making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying the Company any loans or advances to such
Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other
Subsidiary of the Company, except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.


 


(rr)         Finder’s
or Broker’s or Agent’s Commissions. Except pursuant to this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of the Initial
Guarantors has incurred any liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.


 


(ss)         Price
Stabilization or Manipulation. None of the Parent, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors,
officers, Affiliates or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or which has constituted or
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.


 


Any certificate signed by an officer of the
Company or any Initial Guarantor and delivered to the Initial Purchasers or to counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed
to be a representation and warranty by the Company or such Initial Guarantor to each Initial Purchaser as to the matters set forth
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SECTION 2.          Purchase,
Sale and Delivery of the Securities.


 


(a)          The
Securities. Each of the Company and the Initial Guarantors agrees to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers all of the Securities,
and the Initial Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Initial Guarantors the aggregate
principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names on Schedule A at a purchase price of 94.313% of the principal
amount thereof, payable on the Closing Date, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and
upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereto, herein set forth.


 


(b)          The
Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers and payment therefor shall
be made at the offices of Baker Botts L.L.P., 910 Louisiana, Houston, Texas 77002 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the
Company and the Representatives at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time, on March 12, 2015, or such other time and date as the Representatives
shall designate by notice to the Company and the Company shall agree to (the time and date of such closing are called the “Closing
Date”).


 


(c)          Delivery
of the Securities. On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representatives for the
accounts of the several Initial Purchasers certificates in global form representing the Notes against payment of the purchase price
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company. The global certificates for the Notes
shall be in such denominations and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depositary.


 


(d)          Initial
Purchasers as Qualified Institutional Buyers. Each Initial Purchaser severally and not jointly represents and warrants to,
and agrees with, the Company that:


 


(i)          it
will offer and sell Securities only to persons who it reasonably believes are “qualified institutional buyers” within
the meaning of Rule 144A (“Qualified Institutional Buyers”) in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule
144A;


 


(ii)         it
is a Qualified Institutional Buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A; and


 


(iii)        it
will not offer or sell Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including but not limited to the
methods described in Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act.


 


(e)          Exemption
from Registration. Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges that it is purchasing the Securities pursuant to a private sale exemption
from registration under the Act, and that the Securities have not been registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold
within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and covenants to the
Company that:


 


(i)          Neither
it, nor any person acting on its behalf, has or will solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by any form of general
solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving
a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Act, and it has and will solicit offers for the Securities
only from, and will offer and sell the Securities only to persons contemplated by Section 2(d)(i) above.


 




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(ii)         The
Initial Purchasers agree that they and each of their Affiliates will not offer or sell the Securities in the United States by means
of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c), including, but not limited to any
advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television
or radio. The Initial Purchasers agree, with respect to resales made in reliance on Rule 144A of the Securities Act, to deliver
either with the confirmation of such resale or otherwise prior to settlement of such resale a notice to the effect that the resale
of such Securities has been made in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided
by Rule 144A.


 


Each Initial Purchaser understands that the
Company and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered to them pursuant to Section 5 hereof, counsel to the Company and
counsel to the Initial Purchasers will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations, and the Initial Purchasers
hereby consent to such reliance.


 


SECTION 3.          Additional
Covenants. Each of the Company and the Initial Guarantors further covenants and agrees with each Initial Purchaser as follows:


 


(a)          Preparation
of Final Offering Memorandum; Initial Purchasers' Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements and Company Additional Written
Communications. As promptly as practicable following the Time of Sale and in any event not later than the second business day
following the date hereof, the Company will prepare and deliver to the Initial Purchasers the Final Offering Memorandum, which
shall consist of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum as modified only by the information contained in the Pricing Supplement and
such other changes to which the Representatives do not object. The Company will not amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum, or the Pricing Supplement. The Company will not amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum prior to the Closing
Date unless the Representatives shall previously have been furnished a copy of the proposed amendment or supplement at least two
business days prior to the proposed use or filing, and shall not have objected to such amendment or supplement. Before making,
preparing, using, authorizing, approving or distributing any Company Additional Written Communication, the Company will furnish
to the Representatives a copy of such written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or distribute
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(b)          Amendments
and Supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum and Other Securities Act Matters. If at any time prior to the completion of
the Distribution Period (as defined below) (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Final Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Company and the Initial Guarantors will promptly notify the Initial Purchasers
thereof and prepare and (subject to Section 3(a) hereof) furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to any
of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading or so that any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum will comply
with all applicable law. If, during the period prior to the later of (i) completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial
Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers (it being agreed by the Representatives that they will notify the Company in writing
if they have not completed such placement as of the Closing Date and if they so notify the Company, they will promptly notify the
Company after they complete their distribution of the Securities) and (ii) the Closing Date (such period the “Distribution
Period”), any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Final Offering Memorandum, as then amended
or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances at such time, not misleading, or if in the judgment of any of the
Representatives or counsel for the Representatives it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum
to comply with law, the Company and the Initial Guarantors agree to promptly prepare (subject to Section 3 hereof) and furnish
at its own expense to the Initial Purchasers, amendments or supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum so that the statements
in the Final Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances at the time of
such amendment or supplement, not misleading or so that the Final Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will comply
with all applicable law.


 


The Company hereby expressly acknowledges
that the indemnification and contribution provisions of Sections 9 and 10 hereof are specifically applicable and relate to each
offering memorandum, amendment or supplement referred to in this Section 3.


 


(c)          Copies
of the Offering Memorandum. The Company agrees to furnish the Initial Purchasers, without charge, as many copies of the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto as they shall reasonably request.


 


(d)          Blue
Sky Compliance. Each of the Company and the Initial Guarantors shall cooperate with the Representatives and counsel for the
Initial Purchasers to qualify or register (or to obtain exemptions from qualifying or registering) all or any part of the Securities
for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United States, the provinces of Canada or any other jurisdictions
designated by the Representatives, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions
in effect during the Distribution Period. None of the Company or any of the Initial Guarantors shall be required to qualify as
a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where
it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation. The Company will advise the Representatives
promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Securities for offering,
sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the
issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, each of the Company and the Initial Guarantors
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(e)          Use
of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities sold by it in the manner described under
the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing Disclosure Package.


 


(f)          The
Depositary. The Company will cooperate with the Initial Purchasers and use its commercially reasonable efforts to permit the
Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the Depositary.


 


(g)          Additional
Issuer Information. From and after the Closing Date, for so long as the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange
Act and any of the Securities remain outstanding that are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3)
under the Securities Act, for the benefit of holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the Securities, the Company shall
furnish, at its expense, upon request, to holders and beneficial owners of Securities and prospective purchasers of Securities
information (“Additional Issuer Information”) satisfying the requirements of Rule 144A(d).


 


(h)          Agreement
Not To Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period of 45 days following the date hereof, the Company will not, without
the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives),
directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent
position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering
of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company or securities
exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities of the Company (other than as contemplated by this Agreement).


 


(i)          Future
Reports to the Initial Purchasers. At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act and
any Securities remain outstanding, the Company will furnish or make available to the Representatives and, upon request, to each
of the other Initial Purchasers, as soon as available, copies of all reports or communications of the Company provided to holders
of the Securities, it being understood that the obligation under this paragraph (i) shall be deemed to have been satisfied so long
as such reports or communications are posted to an open or password-protected website as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of the Notes” and pursuant to the Indenture.


 


(j)          No
Integration. The Company agrees that it will not and will use reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates not to make any offer
or sale of securities of the Company of any class which would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would
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(k)          No
General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts. The Company agrees that it will not and will not authorize any of its Affiliates
or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers and their Affiliates, as to which no covenant
is given) to solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising
within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2)
of the Securities Act.


 


(l)          No
Restricted Resales. During the period from the Closing until one year after the Closing Date, without the prior written consent
of the Representatives, the Company will not, and will not authorize any of its Affiliates to resell any of the Securities that
have been reacquired by any of them.


 


(m)          Legended
Securities. Each global certificate representing a Note will bear the legend contained in “Notice to Investors”
in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for the time period and upon the other terms stated in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.


 


(n)          Mortgages
and Opinions. Within 60 days of the Closing Date, the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors will (i) execute and deliver
Mortgages in favor of the Collateral Trustee on their respective oil and gas properties as required under the caption “Description
of Notes–Security for the Notes” in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and (ii) cause
such Mortgages to be filed in the proper recorders’ offices or appropriate public records and pay the mortgage recording
fees and taxes in respect thereof and otherwise comply with the formal requirements of state law applicable to the recording of
real estate mortgages generally with respect to the Mortgages. On the date that each such Mortgage is so filed or recorded, the
Company shall cause to be delivered to the Collateral Trustee favorable opinions of counsel for the Company and the Initial Guarantors
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Trustee.


 


(o)          Control
Agreements. Within 60 days of the Closing Date, or such later date as agreed to by the Credit Agreement Agent under the terms
of the First Lien Facility, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Trustee the Control
Agreements, in each case as required by the Security Agreement, and shall otherwise comply with the requirements of the Security
Agreement with respect to the Control Agreements.


 


(p)          Insurance.
Within 60 days of the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Collateral Trustee such endorsements
to insurance policies as required by the Indenture.


 


The Representatives, on behalf of the several
Initial Purchasers may, in their sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company or any Initial Guarantor of any
one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.


 




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SECTION 4.          Payment
of Expenses. Each of the Company and the Initial Guarantors, jointly and severally, agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses
incurred in connection with (i) the preparation and filing of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, the
Final Offering Memorandum and any Company Additional Written Communications, and the printing and furnishing of copies of each
thereof to the Initial Purchasers (including costs of mailing and shipment), (ii) the issue, sale and delivery of the Securities
including any stock or transfer taxes and stamp or similar duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities
to the Initial Purchasers, (iii) the producing, word processing and/or printing of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities,
the Collateral Documents, the Control Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreement, as well as any closing documents (including compilations
thereof) and the reproduction and/or printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Initial Purchasers (including costs
of mailing and shipment), (iv) the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state or foreign laws and the determination
of their eligibility for investment under state or foreign law (including the legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements
of counsel for the Initial Purchasers) and the printing and furnishing of copies of any blue sky surveys or legal investment surveys
to the Initial Purchasers, (v) the Collateral Documents, the Control Agreements, lien searches, taxes, fees and other charges for
recording mortgages, filing financing statements and continuations and other actions necessary or advisable, in the Representatives’
reasonable discretion, to perfect, protect, enforce and continue the Collateral Trustee’s liens on the Collateral, (vi) the
fees and disbursements of the Trustee and the Collateral Trustee, including their professional advisors, (vii) the approval of
the Securities by DTC for “book-entry” transfer, (viii) the rating of the Securities, (ix) the costs and expenses of
the Company relating to presentations or meetings undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering and sale of the Securities
to prospective investors and the Initial Purchasers’ sales forces, including, without limitation, out of pocket expenses
associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, travel, lodging and other expenses incurred by the officers of
the Company in connection with the road show and (x) the performance of the Company’s and the Initial Guarantors’ other
obligations hereunder.


 


SECTION 5.          Conditions
of the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers. The obligations of the several Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the
Securities as provided herein on the Closing Date shall be subject to the accuracy in accordance with Section 1 hereof of the representations
and warranties on the part of the Company and the Initial Guarantors set forth in Section 1 hereof and to the timely performance
by the Company and the Initial Guarantors of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional
conditions:


 


(a)          Accountants’
Comfort Letters.


 


(i)          On
the date hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from UHY LLP, independent registered public accounting firm for the
Company and EPL, a “comfort letter” dated the date hereof addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, covering the financial information of the (i) Parent and its subsidiaries as of and for the
fiscal years ended June 30, 2014, June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2012, as of and for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and
September 30, 2013, and as of and for the three and six months ended December 31, 2013, (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries as
of and for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2014, June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2012, as of and for the three months ended September
30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, as of and for the three and six months ended December 31, 2013 and the unaudited pro forma condensed
consolidated statements of income for the year ended June 30, 2014 and (iii) the EPL Entities as of June 30, 2014 and for the periods
from June 4, 2014 to June 30, 2014 and from January 1, 2014 to June 3, 2014, in each case contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package
and other customary matters. In addition, on the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from such accounting
firm, a “bring-down comfort letter” dated the Closing Date addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, in the form of the “comfort letter” delivered on the date hereof, except that
(i) it shall cover the financial information in the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto and (ii)
procedures shall be brought down to a date no more than three days prior to the Closing Date.


 




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(ii)         On
the date hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from BDO USA, LLP, independent registered public accounting firm for
the Company and EPL, a “comfort letter” dated the date hereof addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, covering the financial information of (a) the Parent and its subsidiaries as of and for the
three and six months ended December 31, 2014 and (b) the Company and its subsidiaries as of and for the three and six months ended
December 31, 2014, in each case contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and other customary matters. In addition, on the Closing
Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from such accounting firm, a “bring-down comfort letter” dated the
Closing Date addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, in the form of the
“comfort letter” delivered on the date hereof, except that (i) it shall cover the financial information in the Final
Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto and (ii) procedures shall be brought down to a date no more than three
days prior to the Closing Date.


 


(iii)        On
the date hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from PWC, independent registered public accounting firm for EPL, a
“comfort letter” dated the date hereof addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, covering the financial information of EPL and its subsidiaries contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and
other customary matters as of and for the years ended December 31, 2013, December 31, 2012, December 31, 2011 and December 31,
2010 and as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2014. In addition, on the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have
received from such accounting firm, a “bring-down comfort letter” dated the Closing Date addressed to the Initial Purchasers,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, in the form of the “comfort letter” delivered on the date
hereof, except that (i) it shall cover the financial information in the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement
thereto and (ii) procedures shall be brought down to a date no more than three days prior to the Closing Date.


 


(b)          No
Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date there shall
not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review
for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries or any of their securities or indebtedness by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”
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(c)          Opinions
of Counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and the Collateral Trustee shall have received the
favorable opinions of (i) Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Company and the Initial Guarantors, (ii) Gray Reed &
McGraw, P.C., counsel for the Company and the Initial Guarantors, (iii) Bo Boyd, Senior Vice President of Law of the Company, and
(iv) Appleby (Bermuda) Limited, counsel for the Parent and the Company, each dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the
forms attached as Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3, and A-4, respectively.


 


(d)          Opinions
of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and the Collateral Trustee shall have received
the favorable opinions of Baker Botts L.L.P. and Conyers Dill & Pearman, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated as of the
Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers.


 


(e)          Officers’
Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and the Collateral Trustee shall have received a written certificate
executed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President of the Company, the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or
Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Chief Accounting
Officer or a Vice President of each Initial Guarantor, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Section 5(b) hereof,
and further to the effect that:


 


(i)          the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Initial Guarantors set forth in Section 1 hereof were true and correct as
of the date hereof and are true and correct as of the Closing Date in accordance with Section 1 hereof; and


 


(ii)         the
Company and the Initial Guarantors have complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions in all material respects
on their part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date.


 


(f)          CFO
Certificate. On the date hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chief Financial
Officer of the Parent, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B-1.


 


(g)          Indenture.
The Company and the Initial Guarantors shall have executed and delivered the Indenture, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received executed copies thereof.


 


(h)          Collateral
Documents; Intercreditor Agreement. The Company, the Initial Secured Guarantors and the other parties thereto (other than the
Initial Purchasers party thereto, as applicable) shall have executed and delivered to the Collateral Trustee each of the Collateral
Documents to be executed on the Closing Date and the Intercreditor Agreement, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received a counterpart of each, duly executed by the Company,
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(i)          Security
Interests. At the Closing Date, the Collateral Trustee shall have received, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received
of the following, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers:


 


(i)          appropriately
completed and delivered UCC-1 Financing Statements or equivalent filings, if any, in proper form for filing, naming the Company
and each Initial Secured Guarantor as debtor and the Collateral Trustee as the secured party and covering the Collateral, to be
filed under the UCC of all jurisdictions as may be necessary to perfect the security interests of the Collateral Trustee in any
Collateral to the extent that such security interests can be perfected by the filing of a UCC-1 financing statement;


 


(ii)         appropriately
completed and delivered UCC-3 termination statements or equivalent filings, if any, in proper form for filing, that may be necessary
to release all liens (other than liens permitted under the Indenture and the Collateral Documents) on any portion of the Collateral;
and


 


(iii)        certified
copies of UCC Requests for Information or Copies (Form UCC-11), or a similar search report certified by a party reasonably acceptable
to the Collateral Trustee, dated a date reasonably near to the Closing Date, listing all effective financing statements which name
the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors as the debtor, together with copies of such financing statements (none of which
shall cover any Collateral described in any Collateral Document, other than such financing statements that evidence liens permitted
under the Indenture and the Collateral Documents or liens referred to in the UCC-3 termination statements to be delivered).


 


(j)          Pledged
Collateral. The Collateral Trustee (or the Priority Lien Agent in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement) shall have received
certificates or instruments (if any) representing or evidencing the Pledged Property (as defined in each of the Security Agreement
and the Intermediate Holdco Pledge Agreement), in suitable form to transfer by delivery or accompanied by duly executed instruments
of transfer or assignment in blank.


 


(k)          Insurance.
The Collateral Trustee shall have received a certificate evidencing insurance as required by the Indenture or any Collateral Document.


 


(l)          Collateral
Trustee. The Collateral Trustee and its counsel shall be satisfied that (A) the liens in the Collateral granted in favor
of the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Securities are of the priority described in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Final Offering Memorandum; and (B) no lien or other encumbrance exists on any of the Collateral other than the
liens created under the Collateral Documents in favor of the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Securities
and the liens permitted under the Indenture, in each case, subject to Permitted Liens and liens to be released simultaneously with
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(m)          First
Lien Facility. Prior to or concurrently with the Closing, the Company, EPL, the Credit Agreement Agent and the lenders party
thereto shall enter into the Amendment, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, permitting the
incurrence of the indebtedness in respect of the Securities and the granting of second-priority liens securing such indebtedness
and entry into the Intercreditor Agreement by the Credit Agreement Agent, and otherwise having the terms and conditions substantially
as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, and each of the conditions to effectiveness thereof
shall have been satisfied or waived by the lenders party thereto; and the Initial Purchasers shall have received a copy of the
Amendment, duly executed by the Company, EPL, the Credit Agreement Agent and the lenders party thereto.


 


(n)          NSAI
Letters. The Initial Purchasers shall have received from NSAI letters, dated respectively the date of this Agreement and the
Closing Date, and addressed to the Initial Purchasers confirming that as of the date of each Reserve Report, it was an independent
reserve engineer with respect to the Company, the Initial Guarantors and the EPL Entities and no information has come to its attention
that could reasonably be expected to cause it to withdraw any Reserve Report and otherwise in form and substance acceptable to
the Representatives.


 


(o)          Additional
Documents. On or before the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall have received
such further information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon
the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations
and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.


 


If any condition specified in this Section
5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the
Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any
other party, except that Sections 4, 6, 9 and 10 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.


 


SECTION 6.          Reimbursement
of Initial Purchasers’ Expenses. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 5 or 11(ii)
hereof, including if the sale to the Initial Purchasers of the Securities on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any
refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof,
the Company agrees to reimburse the Initial Purchasers upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably
incurred by the Initial Purchaser in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Securities.


 


SECTION 7.          Offer,
Sale and Resale Procedures. Each of the Initial Purchasers, on the one hand, and the Company and each of the Initial Guarantors,
on the other hand, hereby agree to observe the following procedures in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities:


 




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(a)          Offers
and sales of the Securities will be made only by the Initial Purchasers or Affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions
in which such offers or sales are made. Each such offer or sale shall only be made to persons whom the offeror or seller reasonably
believes to be Qualified Institutional Buyers.


 


(b)          No
general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act) will be used by the Initial
Purchasers in the United States in connection with the offering of the Securities.


 


(c)          The
Initial Purchasers have not and, prior to the later to occur of (A) the Closing Date and (B) completion of the Distribution Period,
will not, use, authorize use of, refer to or distribute any material in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes other
than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented,
(ii) any written communication that contains “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities
Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or any Company
Additional Written Communication, (iii) the Company Additional Written Communication, (iv) any written communication prepared by
such Initial Purchaser and approved by the Company in writing, or (v) any written communication relating to or that contains the
preliminary or final terms of the Notes or their offering and/or other information that was included (including through incorporation
by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum.


 


(d)          Upon
original issuance by the Company, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act, the Notes (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear the legend substantially
in the form of that contained in “Notice to Investors” in the Final Offering Memorandum, for the time period and upon
the other terms stated in the Final Offering Memorandum.


 


Following the sale of the Securities by the
Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers pursuant to the terms hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall not be liable or responsible
to the Company for any losses, damages or liabilities suffered or incurred by the Company, including any losses, damages or liabilities
under the Securities Act, arising from or relating to any resale or transfer of any Security other than by or on behalf of the
Initial Purchasers.


 


SECTION 8.          [Reserved].


 




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SECTION 9.          Indemnification.


 


(a)          Indemnification
of the Initial Purchasers. Each of the Company and the Initial Guarantors, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Initial Purchaser, its directors, officers, employees and agents, each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser
within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and each Affiliate of any Initial Purchaser against any loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Initial Purchaser, director, officer, employee, agent, controlling person
or Affiliate may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation,
or at common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof) arises
out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and to reimburse each Initial Purchaser
and each such director, officer, employee, agent, controlling person or Affiliate for any and all expenses (including the fees
and disbursements of counsel) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchaser or such director, officer, employee,
agent, controlling person or Affiliate in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss,
claim, damage, liability, expense or action (whether or not such Initial Purchaser, director, officer, employee, controlling person,
or Affiliate is a party thereto and whether threatened or commenced; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity
agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of
or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum
(or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the information
described in subsection (b) below. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 9(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities
that the Company may otherwise have.


 


(b)          Indemnification
of the Company and the Guarantors. Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, each Guarantor, each of their respective employees, officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls the
Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage, liability
or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, any Guarantor or any such director or controlling person may become subject, under
the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise, insofar
as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company
Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company
Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly
for use therein, and to reimburse the Company, any Guarantor and each such director or controlling person for any and all expenses
(including the fees and disbursements of counsel) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by the Company, any Guarantor or such
director or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim,
damage, liability, expense or action. Each of the Company and the Initial Guarantors hereby acknowledges that the only information
that the Initial Purchasers through the Representatives have furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment
or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth under the caption “Plan of Distribution—Commissions and Discounts,”
in the second paragraph under the caption “Plan of Distribution—New Issue of Notes” and the first two sentences
of the first paragraph under the caption “Plan of Distribution—Short Positions” and each Initial Purchaser’s
name as it appears on the front and back covers in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum. The indemnity
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(c)          Notifications
and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 9 of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party
under this Section 9, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission so to notify the indemnifying
party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under the indemnity agreement
contained in Section 9(a) or (b) above and will not relieve it from any liability under Section 9(a) or (b) above except to the
extent it is not materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses) as a result of such failure.
In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity
from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly
with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving
the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified
party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded on the advice of counsel that a conflict may arise between the
positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be
legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses
and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice
from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of such
action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under
this Section 9 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof
unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding
sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate
counsel (together with local counsel (in each jurisdiction)), approved by the indemnifying party, representing the indemnified
parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified
party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which
cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.


 




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(d)          Settlements.
The indemnifying party under this Section 9 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff,
the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason
of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested
an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section 9, the
indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if
(i) such settlement is entered into more than 120 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request or disputed in good faith
the indemnified party’s entitlement to such reimbursement prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified
party shall have given the indemnifying party at least 30 days’ notice of its intention to settle. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of
judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been
a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or
consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter
of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include any statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure
to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.


 


SECTION 10.         Contribution.
If the indemnification provided for in Section 9 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then
each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result
of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the Company and the Initial Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other
hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is
not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Initial Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers,
on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions or inaccuracies in the representations and warranties herein
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company and the Initial Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other
hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as (x) the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (net of discounts and
commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and (y) the total discount and commissions received by the
Initial Purchasers bear to the aggregate initial offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company and the Initial
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
or any such inaccurate or alleged inaccurate representation or warranty relates to information supplied by the Company and the
Initial Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge,
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The amount paid or payable by a party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations
set forth in Section 9 hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating
or defending any action or claim.


 


The Company, the Initial Guarantors and the
Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 10 were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 10.


 


Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section
10, no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount of the total discount and commissions
received by such Initial Purchaser in connection with the Securities distributed by it. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers' obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 10 are several, and
not joint, in proportion to their respective commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of
this Section 10, each director, officer and employee of an Initial Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls an Initial Purchaser
within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser,
and each director, officer and employee of the Company or any Initial Guarantor, and each person, if any, who controls the Company
or any Initial Guarantor with the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution
as the Company and the Initial Guarantors.


 


SECTION 11.         Termination
of this Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice given to the Company if at any time prior
to Closing: (i) trading or settlement in securities generally on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the NYSE or any over-the-counter market
shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such quotation
system or stock exchange; (ii) trading or settlement in any securities of the Parent on the Nasdaq Stock Market shall have been
suspended or limited, (iii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of federal or New York authorities; (iv)
there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any
change in the United States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective
substantial change in the United States’ or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the judgment
of the Representatives is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or
delivery of the Securities in the manner and on the terms described in the Pricing Disclosure Package or to enforce contracts for
the sale of securities; or (v) the Company or any of the Initial Guarantors shall have sustained a loss by strike, fire, flood,
earthquake, accident or other calamity of such character as in the judgment of the Representatives may (A) interfere materially
with the conduct of the business and operations of the Company and the Initial Guarantors, taken as a whole, regardless of whether
or not such loss shall have been insured and (B) make it inadvisable to proceed with the offering of the Securities in the manner
and on the terms described in the Pricing Disclosure Package. Any termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability
on the part of (i) the Company or any Initial Guarantor to the Initial Purchaser, except that the Company and the Initial Guarantors
shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Sections 4 and 6 hereof, (ii) any Initial Purchaser
to the Company, or (iii) any party hereto to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 4, 9 and 10 hereof shall at
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SECTION 12.         Representations
and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements
of the Company, the Initial Guarantors, their respective officers and the several Initial Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant
to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser,
the Company, any Initial Guarantor or any of their partners, officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be,
and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.


 


SECTION 13.         Notices.
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered, couriered or facsimiled and confirmed to
the parties hereto as follows:


 


If to the Initial Purchasers:


 


c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

11 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10010

Facsimile: +1 212-538-7402 (*106-7402)

Attention: Investment Banking Legal


 


and


 


c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005


Facsimile: (212) 797-2202


Attention: Debt Capital Markets Syndicate


 


with copies to:


 


c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005


Facsimile: (212) 797-4561


Attention: General Counsel








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and


 


c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC


550 S. Tryon Street, 5th Floor


Charlotte, North Carolina 28202


Attention: Transaction Management


 


and


 


c/o Imperial Capital, LLC


2000 Avenue of the Stars, 9th Floor South


Los Angeles, CA 90067


Attention: Mark Martis, Chief Operating Officer


 


with copies to:



Baker Botts L.L.P.

910 Louisiana

Houston, Texas 77002

Facsimile: (713) 229-1796

Attention: Kelly B. Rose


 


If to the Company or the Guarantors:



Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.

1021 Main, Suite 2626

Houston, Texas 77002

Facsimile: (713) 351-3300

Attention: Bo Boyd, Senior Vice President of Legal


 


with copies to:



Vinson & Elkins L.L.P

1001 Fannin St, Suite 2500


Houston, Texas 77008

Facsimile: (713) 651-5531

Attention: T. Mark Kelly


 


Any party hereto may change the address or
facsimile number for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.


 


SECTION 14.         Patriot
Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)),
the Initial Purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including
the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that
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SECTION 15.         Successors.
This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and to the benefit of the indemnified parties
referred to in Sections 9 and 10 hereof, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right
or obligation hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any Subsequent Purchaser or other purchaser of the
Securities as such from any of the Initial Purchasers merely by reason of such purchase.


 


SECTION 16.         Authority
of the Representatives. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by the Representatives on behalf of the
Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by the Representatives shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers.


 


SECTION 17.         Partial
Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect
the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or provision of this
Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and
only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.


 


SECTION 18.         Governing
Law Provisions; Consent to Jurisdiction.


 


(a)          THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS
MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION
OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.


 


(b)          Any
legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement (“Related Proceedings”) may be
instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York or the courts of the
State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”),
and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for suits, actions, or proceedings instituted in regard
to the enforcement of a judgment of any Specified Court in a Related Proceeding, a “Related Judgment,” as to
which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. To the extent permitted by applicable
law, service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective
service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive
any objection to the laying of venue of any Specified Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive
and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought
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SECTION 19.         Default
of One or More of the Several Initial Purchasers. If any one or more of the several Initial Purchasers defaults in its obligations
to purchase Securities hereunder on the Closing Date, and the aggregate number of Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser
or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Securities to
be purchased on such date, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities
by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default
by any Initial Purchaser, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, the non-defaulting
Initial Purchasers shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the number of Securities set forth opposite their respective
names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate number of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting
Initial Purchasers, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Initial Purchasers with the consent of the non-defaulting
Initial Purchasers, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed
or refused to purchase on the Closing Date. If any one or more of the Initial Purchasers so defaults and the aggregate number of
Securities with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of Securities to be purchased on the Closing
Date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made
within 48 hours after such default, the remaining Initial Purchasers shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under
any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers do not purchase all of the Securities,
this Agreement shall terminate without liability to any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser or the Company or any Guarantor, except
that Sections 4, 6, 9 and 10 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination, but only with respect to
the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, and the Company shall have no obligation whatsoever to indemnify any defaulting Initial
Purchaser and no obligation to reimburse any expenses of any defaulting Initial Purchaser. In any such case either the Initial
Purchasers or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than
seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Final Offering Memorandum or any other documents or arrangements
may be effected. As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser” shall be deemed to include any person
substituted for a defaulting Initial Purchaser under this Section 18. Any action taken under this Section 19 shall not relieve
any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.


 


SECTION 20.         No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. Each of the Company and the Initial Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the
purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the offering price of the Securities
and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Initial
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the several Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the Company and the Initial Guarantors
are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each
Initial Purchaser is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, Initial Guarantors
or their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Initial Purchaser has assumed
or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company and the Initial Guarantors with respect to any of
the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Initial Purchaser has advised
or is currently advising the Company and the Initial Guarantors on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company and the
Initial Guarantors except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) several Initial Purchasers and their respective
Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the
Initial Guarantors and that the several Initial Purchasers have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any
fiduciary or advisory relationship; and (v) the Initial Purchasers have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice
with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company and the Initial Guarantors have consulted their own legal, accounting,
regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.


 




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This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements
and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Initial Guarantors and the several Initial Purchasers, or
any of them, with respect to the subject matter of this Section 20. The Company and the Initial Guarantors hereby waive and release,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company and the Initial Guarantors may have against the several Initial
Purchasers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.


 


SECTION 21.         General
Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written
or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures
thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by
telecopier, facsimile, email or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing
by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party
whom the condition is meant to benefit. The section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect
the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.


 


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If the foregoing is in accordance with your
understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along
with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.


 


	 	Very truly yours,
	 	 
	 	COMPANY:
	 	 
	 	ENERGY XXI GULF COAST, INC.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Name:	Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Title:	President


 


	 	INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO:
	 	 
	 	ENERGY XXI USA, INC.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Name:	Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Title:	President


 


	 	GUARANTORS:
	 	 
	 	ENERGY XXI LTD
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Name:	Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Title:	President


 


	 	ENERGY XXI GOM, LLC
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Name:	Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Title:	President


 


[Signature
Page to Purchase Agreement]


 




    	 



    	 



    

 


	 	Energy XXI LEASEHOLD, LLC
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Name:	Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Title:	President
	 	 	 	 
	 	ENERGY XXI ONSHORE, LLC
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Name:	Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Title:	President
	 	 	 	 
	 	Energy XXI PIPELINE, LLC
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Name:	Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Title:	President
	 	 	 	 
	 	Energy XXI PIPELINE II, LLC
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Name:	Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Title:	President
	 	 	 	 
	 	ENERGY XXI TEXAS ONSHORE, LLC
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Name:	Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Title:	President
	 	 	 	 
	 	MS Onshore, LLC
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Name:	Antonio de Pinho
	 	 	Title:	President


 


[Signature
Page to Purchase Agreement]


 




    	 



    	 



    

 


The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted by the several Initial Purchasers as of the date first above written on behalf of themselves and as Representatives
of the several Initial Purchasers.


 


Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC


 


	By:	/s/ Max Lipkind	 
	 	Name:	Max Lipkind	 
	 	Title:	Director	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Brian Jones	 
	 	Name:	Brian Jones	 
	 	Title:	Managing Director	 
	 	 	 	 
	DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Patrick Johnston	 
	 	Name:	Patrick Johnston	 
	 	Title:	Director	 
	 	 	 	 
	IMPERIAL CAPITAL, LLC	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Mark Martis	 
	 	Name:	Mark Martis	 
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer	 
	 	 	 	 
	WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Daniel Morris	 
	 	Name:	Daniel Morris	 
	 	Title:	Vice President	 


 


[Signature
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SCHEDULE A


 


	Initial Purchasers	 	Aggregate
 Principal Amount
 of Notes to be
 Purchased	 
	Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC	 	$	305,370,000	 
	Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.	 	$	290,036,250	 
	Wells Fargo Securities, LLC	 	$	208,800,000	 
	Imperial Capital, LLC	 	$	109,293,750	 
	UBS Securities LLC	 	$	123,975,000	 
	Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	 	$	110,925,000	 
	RBS Securities Inc.	 	$	88,798,696	 
	Jefferies LLC	 	$	65,250,000	 
	Capital One Securities, Inc.	 	$	11,225,806	 
	Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.	 	$	11,225,806	 
	Natixis Securities Americas LLC	 	$	11,225,806	 
	Regions Securities LLC	 	$	11,225,806	 
	TD Securities (USA) LLC	 	$	11,225,806	 
	ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC	 	$	9,921,799	 
	Comerica Securities, Inc.	 	$	9,921,799	 
	Fifth Third Securities, Inc.	 	$	9,921,799	 
	KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.	 	$	9,921,799	 
	Santander Investment Securities Inc.	 	$	9,921,799	 
	SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.	 	$	9,921,799	 
	Barclays Capital Inc.	 	$	6,378,299	 
	CIBC World Markets Corp.	 	$	6,378,299	 
	Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.	 	$	6,378,299	 
	IBERIA Capital Partners L.L.C.	 	$	6,378,291	 
	PNC Capital Markets LLC	 	$	6,378,291	 
	Total	 	$	1,450,000,000	 






 




    	Schedule A-1



    	 



    

 


SCHEDULE B


 


	
        Subsidiaries:
	
	
        Jurisdiction:

	Anglo-Suisse Offshore Pipeline Partners, LLC	 	Delaware
	Delaware EPL of Texas, LLC	 	Delaware
	Energy Partners Ltd., LLC	 	Delaware
	Energy XXI GOM, LLC	 	Delaware
	Energy XXI Leasehold, LLC	 	Delaware
	Energy XXI Onshore, LLC	 	Delaware
	Energy XXI Pipeline, LLC	 	Delaware
	Energy XXI Pipeline II, LLC	 	Delaware
	Energy XXI Texas Onshore, LLC	 	Delaware
	EPL of Louisiana, L.L.C.	 	Louisiana
	EPL Oil & Gas, Inc.	 	Delaware
	EPL Pioneer Houston, Inc.	 	Texas
	EPL Pipeline, L.L.C.	 	Delaware
	MS Onshore, LLC	 	Delaware
	Nighthawk, L.L.C.	 	Louisiana


 




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EXHIBIT A-1


 


Form of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. Opinion1


 


		1)	Each of the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors is validly existing as a limited liability company or corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, each with full corporate or limited liability company power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business and enter into and perform its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, Intermediate Holdco’s Guarantee and the Subsidiaries’ Guarantees, as applicable,
the Collateral Documents, the Control Agreements and the Intercreditor Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”),
in each case as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.



 


		2)	The Purchase Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Initial
Secured Guarantors.



 


		3)	The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company, and when executed, issued and delivered by the Company against payment
therefor in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture and authenticated by the Trustee in the manner
required by the Indenture, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Parent and the Trustee,
the Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of
creditors and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law) and (ii) public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and contribution and an implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing.



 


		4)	The Guarantees have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Initial Secured Guarantors, and, when the Notes
have been executed, issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement
and the Indenture and authenticated in the manner required by the Indenture, and assuming the valid authorization, execution and
delivery by the Trustee of the Indenture and by the Parent of the Indenture and its Guarantee, each Guarantee will constitute the
valid and binding obligation of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms,
except as enforcement thereof may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium
and similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and by general principles of equity (regardless
of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (ii) public policy, applicable law relating
to fiduciary duties and indemnification and contribution and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.






 


 






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		5)	The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Initial Secured Guarantors and
assuming the valid authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee of the Indenture and by the Parent of the Indenture and
its Guarantee, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company
and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of
creditors generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law) and (ii) public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and contribution and
an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.



 


		6)	The Collateral Documents (other than the Mortgages) and the Intercreditor Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by each of the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors party thereto, and (assuming the due authorization, execution
and delivery thereof by the Trustee and the Collateral Trustee), each Collateral Document (other than the Mortgages) is a valid
and legally binding agreement of each of the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors party thereto, enforceable against each
of them in accordance with its terms; provided that the enforceability thereof is subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors
and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)
and (ii) public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and contribution and an implied covenant
of good faith and fair dealing.



 


		7)	The statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum under the captions “Description of
Notes,” “Description of Other Indebtedness—7.75% Senior Notes due 2021,” “—9.25% Senior Notes
due 2021,” “—7.50% Senior Notes due 2019” and “—3.0% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018”,
“—6.875% Senior Notes due 2024”, “—8.25% Senior Notes due 2018” and “Certain United States Federal
Income Tax Consequences,” insofar as such statements purport to summarize provisions of the documents referred to therein
or matters of law or regulation or legal conclusions, are accurate in all material respects.



 




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		8)	The execution and delivery by each of the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors of the Transaction Documents to which
it is a party and the consummation by each of the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors of the transactions contemplated thereby,
will not (i) with respect to the Company and the Initial Secured Guarantors, constitute a violation of their respective Organizational
Documents, (ii) assuming application of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes in the manner set forth in the Pricing Disclosure
Package, constitute a violation of, or a breach or default under, the terms of the agreements listed on Schedule 1 hereto, or (iii) violate,
or result in any contravention of, or require any consent, approval, authorization or filing or qualification under (A) the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act (the “DLLCA”), (B) the Delaware General Corporation Law and (C) those laws,
rules and regulations of the State of New York and the federal laws, rules and regulations of the United States of America, in
each case that, in such counsel’s experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Transaction
Documents (other than the United States federal securities laws, state securities or blue sky laws, anti-fraud laws and the rules
and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.); provided that such counsel shall not be required to make
any special investigation as to the applicability of any specific law, rule or regulation (collectively, the “Applicable
Laws”) nor express any opinion as to the recording of the Mortgages and the filings made to perfect the liens granted
under the Collateral Documents and the consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and filings that are made in connection with
the routine maintenance and operation of the properties subject to the Collateral Documents.



 


		9)	Assuming (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Initial Guarantors set forth in
Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement and of the Initial Purchasers in Section 2(d) of the Purchase Agreement, (ii) the
due performance by the Company and the Guarantors of the covenants and agreements set forth in Section 3 of the Purchase Agreement
and the due performance by the Initial Purchasers of the covenants and agreements set forth in Section 2(e) of the Purchase Agreement,
(iii) the compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the offering and transfer procedures and restrictions described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package, (iv) the accuracy of the representations and warranties made in accordance with the Purchase Agreement
and the Pricing Disclosure Package by purchasers to whom the Initial Purchasers initially resell the Notes, (v) that the Initial
Purchasers are “accredited investors” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), and (vi) that purchasers to whom the Initial Purchasers initially resell the Notes receive
a copy of the Pricing Disclosure Package prior to confirmation of such sale, the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities to
the Initial Purchasers and the offer, resale and delivery of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated
by the Purchase Agreement and the Pricing Disclosure Package do not require registration under the Securities Act, and the Indenture
does not require qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. Such counsel expresses no opinion, however, as to any subsequent
reoffer or resale of any of the Notes.



 


		10)	The Company is not, and after giving effect solely to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package will not be, an “investment company,” as such term is defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.



 


In rendering such opinion, such counsel may
(i) rely in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers and employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries and upon
information obtained from public officials, (ii) assume that all documents submitted to such counsel as originals are authentic,
that all copies submitted to such counsel conform to the originals thereof and that the signatures on all documents examined by
such counsel are genuine, (iii) state that its opinion is limited to matters governed by New York law, federal law, the DGCL or
the DLLCA, and (iv) state that they express no opinion with respect to, among other things, (A) any permits to own or operate any
real or personal property or (B) state or local taxes or tax statutes to which any shareholders of the Company or any Subsidiary
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In addition, such counsel shall state that they
have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and EPL, the independent public accountants
and independent reserve engineers of the Company and EPL, and your representatives, at which the contents of the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and related matters were discussed, and although such counsel has not independently verified,
is not passing upon, and is not assuming any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained
in, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum (except to the extent specified in the foregoing opinion),
based on the foregoing, no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that have caused such counsel to believe that:


 


(A)            the Final Offering Memorandum, as of
its date and as of the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
or


 


(B)             the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of
the Time of Sale, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; it being understood
that such counsel expresses no statement or belief with respect to the financial statements and related schedules, including the
notes and schedules thereto and the auditor’s reports thereon, or any other financial and accounting and information pertaining
to hydrocarbon reserves, included in, or excluded from, Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum.


 


Capitalized terms used herein without definition
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Schedule 1


 


		1.	Indenture, dated as of December 17, 2010, by and among Energy Gulf Coast, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association.



 


		2.	Indenture, dated as of February 25, 2011, by and among Energy Gulf Coast, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association.



 


		3.	Indenture, dated as of September 26, 2013, by and among Energy Gulf Coast, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association.



 


		4.	Indenture, dated as of May 27, 2014, by and among Energy Gulf Coast, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association.



 


		5.	Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2011, by and among EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. (formerly known as Energy Partners, Ltd.), the
guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as amended and supplemented by:



 


		a.	Supplemental Indenture to Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2011



 


		b.	Second Supplemental Indenture to Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2012



 


		c.	Third Supplemental Indenture to Indenture, dated as of April 18, 2014.



 


		6.	Indenture, dated as of November 23, 2013, by and among Energy XXI Ltd (formerly known as Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited) and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association



 


		7.	Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of May 5, 2011, by and among the Energy Gulf Coast, Inc.,
EPL Oil & Gas, Inc., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as administrative agent , and the lenders and other parties party thereto,
as amended and supplemented by:



 


		a.	First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of October 4, 2011



 


		b.	Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of May 24, 2012



 


		c.	Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of October 19, 2012



 


		d.	Fourth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 9, 2013



 


		e.	Fifth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of May 1, 2013



 





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		f.	Sixth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2013



 


		g.	Seventh Amendment to Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 7, 2014



 


		h.	Eighth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of May 23, 2014



 


		i.	Ninth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of September 5, 2014



 


		j.	Tenth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2015



 


		8.	Intercompany Loan, to be dated as of May 12, 2015, by and among Energy Gulf Coast, Inc. and EPL Oil & Gas, Inc.






 


Schedule 1 to Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.







 




    	 



    	 



    

 


EXHIBIT A-2


 


Form of Gray Reed & McGraw, P.C. Opinion


 


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[GRAY REED & MCGRAW LETTERHEAD]


 


March [__], 2015


To the Purchasers Listed on the

Signature Pages to the Purchase Agreement


Referred to Herein


 


U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral trustee


Ladies and Gentlemen:


We have acted as counsel
for Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), Energy XXI USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Parent Guarantor”), Energy XXI GOM, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“EXXI GOM”),
Energy XXI Texas Onshore, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“EXXI Texas Onshore”), Energy XXI Onshore,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“EXXI Onshore”), MS Onshore, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“MS Onshore”), Energy XXI Pipeline, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“EXXI Pipeline”),
Energy XXI Pipeline II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“EXXI Pipeline II”), and Energy XXI Leasehold,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“EXXI Leasehold”, and collectively with the Issuer, Parent Guarantor,
EXXI GOM, EXXI Texas Onshore, EXXI Onshore, MS Onshore, EXXI Pipeline and EXXI Pipeline II, the “Obligors”),
in connection with certain aspects of the transactions contemplated by that certain Indenture, dated as of March [___], 2015 (the
“Indenture”), among the Issuer, U.S. Bank National Association, as the trustee, U.S. Bank National Association,
as the collateral trustee (in such capacity, the “Collateral Trustee”), the other Obligors party thereto and
Energy XXI Bermuda Ltd. This opinion is delivered to you pursuant to Section [__] of that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as
of March [___], 2015, by and among (inter alios) the Issuer, the other Obligors and the purchasers listed on the signature
pages thereto.


 


In so acting, we have examined
originals or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of the following documents:


 


		(i)	the Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy dated as of March [___], 2015
(the “Pledge and Security Agreement”), between the Issuer, EXXI GOM, MS Onshore, EXXI Texas Onshore, EXXI Onshore,
EXXI Pipeline, EXXI Pipeline II, EXXI Leasehold and the Collateral Trustee;



 




    	 



    	 



    

 


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		(ii)	the Second Lien Pledge Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy dated as of March [___], 2015 (the “Parent
Pledge Agreement”) between Parent Guarantor and the Collateral Trustee;



 


		(iii)	the Second Lien Security Agreement dated as of March [__], 2015 between Parent Guarantor and the
Collateral Trustee (the “Parent Security Agreement” and collectively with the Pledge and Security Agreement
and the Parent Pledge Agreement, the “Security Documents”); and



 


		(iv)	Uniform Commercial Code Form UCC-1s naming the relevant Obligor as debtor and the Collateral Trustee
as secured party, in each case attached hereto as Annex I (“Filing Statements”).



 


We have examined originals
or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of such corporate and limited liability company (as applicable)
records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of
officers and representatives of the Obligors, and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives, as we have deemed
relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness
of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the
conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity
of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of fact material to these opinions, we have made no independent
investigation of such facts and we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the
Obligors and upon the representations and warranties of the Obligors contained in the Security Documents. We have also assumed
(i) the valid existence of each of the Obligors, (ii) that the Obligors have the requisite corporate or limited liability company
(as the case may be) power and authority to enter into and perform the Security Documents, (iii) the due authorization, execution
and delivery of the Security Documents by the parties thereto, (iv) that the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws that
are the subject of this opinion letter do not affect the terms of the Security Documents, and (v) that none of the Collateral (as
defined in the respective Security Documents) consists of, or will consist of, consumer goods, equipment used in farming operations,
farm products, crops, timber or beneficial interests in a trust or decedent’s estate. As used herein, “to our knowledge”
and “of which we are aware” mean the conscious awareness of facts or other information by any lawyer in our
firm actively involved in the transactions contemplated by the Indenture and the Security Documents.


 


Based on the foregoing, and
subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that:


 




    	 



    	 



    




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1.         Each
of the Security Documents constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Obligor which is a party thereto, enforceable
against each such Obligor as applicable in accordance with its terms. No opinion is expressed in this paragraph 1 as to the attachment,
perfection or priority of any liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents. 


 


2.         (a)         The
execution and delivery by each Obligor which is a party thereto of the Pledge and Security Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral
Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement), a valid security interest in
the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement), as security for the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Pledge
and Security Agreement). Assuming the filing of the Filing Statements with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, such
security interest is perfected, to the extent a security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Security Agreement)
may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of Delaware (the
“DE UCC”).


 


(b)         The execution and
delivery by Parent Guarantor of the Parent Security Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties (as defined in the Parent Security Agreement), a valid security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Parent
Security Agreement), as security for the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Parent Security Agreement). Assuming the filing
of the Filing Statements with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, such security interest is perfected, to the extent
a security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Parent Security Agreement) may be perfected by the filing of a financing
statement under the DE UCC.


 


(c)         The execution and
delivery by Parent Guarantor of the Parent Pledge Agreement and by the other Obligors of the Pledge and Security Agreement creates
in favor of the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in each thereof), a valid lien on and security
interest in the Pledged Interests (as defined in each thereof), as security for the Secured Obligations (as defined in each thereof).
Assuming (i) delivery in the State of New York or in the State of Texas to the Collateral Trustee of all certificates that represent
the Pledged Interests (as defined in each of the Parent Pledge Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement), together with
stock powers properly executed in blank with respect thereto, and (ii) that the Collateral Trustee was without notice of any adverse
claim (as such phrase is defined in Section 8-105 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York (the “NY
UCC”) or in Section 8-105 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of Texas (the “TX UCC”
and, together with the NY UCC and the DE UCC, the “UCC”)) with respect to the Pledged Interests (as defined
in each of the Parent Pledge Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement), such security interest is perfected and is free
of any adverse claim.


 




    	 



    	 



    

 


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The opinions in subparagraph
(a) and (b) and, with respect to subclauses A and F below, subparagraph (c) are subject to the following exceptions:


 


A.         that with respect
to rights in the Collateral (as defined in the Parent Pledge Agreement, Parent Security Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement,
as applicable) of any Obligor, we express no opinion as to whether (and have assumed that) such Obligor has, and has the power
to transfer, rights in the Collateral (as defined therein) which it is purporting to grant a security interest sufficient for attachment
of such security interest within the meaning of the UCC;


 


B.         that with respect
to any Collateral (as defined in the Parent Pledge Agreement, Parent Security Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement,
as applicable) as to which the perfection of a lien or security interest is governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than
the State of New York, the State of Texas or the State of Delaware, we express no opinion;


 


C.         that with respect
to any Collateral (as defined in the Parent Pledge Agreement, Parent Security Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement,
as applicable) which is or may become fixtures (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(41) of the UCC) or a commercial tort claim (as defined
in Section 9-102(a)(13) of the UCC), we express no opinion under this paragraph;


 


D.         that the Collateral
Trustee has acquired its interests in the Collateral (as defined in the Parent Pledge Agreement, Parent Security Agreement and
the Pledge and Security Agreement, as applicable) for value within the meaning of the UCC;


 


E.         that the descriptions
of Collateral (as defined in the Parent Pledge Agreement, Parent Security Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement, as applicable)
contained in, or attached as schedules to, the Parent Pledge Agreement, Parent Security Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement,
as applicable, accurately describe (for the purposes of attachment and perfection of security interests) the collateral intended
to be covered thereby; and


 


F.         that with respect
to any Collateral (as defined in the Parent Pledge Agreement, Parent Security Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement,
as applicable) that is subject to a state statute or a statute, regulation or treaty of the United States referred to in Section
9-311(a) of the UCC, we express no opinion.


 


The opinion set forth in
subparagraph (c) is also subject to the following exceptions:


 




    	 



    	 



    

 


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G.         that with respect to (i) federal tax liens
accorded priority under law and (ii) liens created under Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 which
are properly filed after the date hereof, we express no opinion as to the relative priority of such liens and the security interests
created by the Parent Pledge Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement or as to whether such liens may be adverse claims;
and


 


H.         that with respect
to any claim (including for taxes) in favor of any state or any of its respective agencies, authorities, municipalities or political
subdivisions which claim is given lien status and/or priority under any law of such state, we express no opinion as to the relative
priority of such liens and the security interests created by the Parent Pledge Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement
or as to whether such liens may be adverse claims.


 


In addition, the opinions
in subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) are subject to (i) the limitations on perfection of security interests in proceeds resulting
from the operation of Section 9-315 of the UCC; (ii) the limitations with respect to buyers in the ordinary course of business
imposed by Sections 9-318 and 9-320 of the UCC; (iii) the limitations with respect to documents, instruments and securities imposed
by Section 8-302 and 9-331 of the UCC; (iv) the provisions of Section 9-203(a) of the UCC relating to the time of attachment; and
(v) Section 552 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) with respect to any Collateral
(as defined in the Parent Pledge Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement, as applicable) acquired by any of the Obligors
subsequent to the commencement of a case against or by any such Obligor under the Bankruptcy Code.


 


We further assume that all
filings will be timely made and duly filed as necessary (i) in the event of a change in the name, identity or corporate or limited
liability company (as the case may be) structure of any Obligor, (ii) in the event of a change in the location of any Obligor and
(iii) to continue to maintain the effectiveness of the original filings.


 


All of the foregoing opinions
are submitted subject to the following qualifications:


 




    	 



    	 



    

 


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The obligations of the Obligors under
each of the Security Documents and the provisions of each thereof is subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject,
as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair
dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and are further qualified by the following
exceptions: (A) rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public
policy relating thereto; (B) certain remedial provisions of the Security Documents are or may be unenforceable in whole or in
part under the laws of either or both of the States of New York and Texas, but the inclusion of such provisions does not affect
the validity of the Security Documents, and the Security Documents contain adequate provisions for the practical realization of
the rights and benefits afforded thereby; and we express no opinion with respect to the validity or enforceability of the following
provisions to the extent that they are contained in the Security Documents: (1) any provision releasing, exculpating or exempting
a party from liability for its own gross negligence or to the extent the same are inconsistent with public policy; (2) any provision
purporting to waive, subordinate or not give effect to rights to notice, demands, legal defenses or other rights or benefits that
cannot be waived, subordinated or rendered ineffective under applicable law; (3) any provision providing rights of set-off (and
similar such rights); (4) any provision providing for liquidated damages; (5) any provision purporting to render void and of no
effect any transfers of any Obligor’s rights in any collateral in violation of the terms of the Security Documents; (6)
any provision relating to powers of attorney, subrogation or severability; (7) any provision restricting access to courts or purporting
to affect the jurisdiction or venue of courts (other than (i) the courts of the State of New York with respect to Security Documents
governed by the laws of the State of New York and (ii) the courts of the State of Texas with respect to Security Documents governed
by the laws of the State of Texas); (8) any provision purporting to exclude all conflicts-of-law rules; (9) any provision providing
that decisions by a party are conclusive or may be made in its sole discretion; and (10) any provision in any of the Security
Documents that purports to prohibit, restrict or condition the assignment thereof, to the extent that such restriction on assignability
is governed by Sections 9-406 through 9-409 of the UCC.


 


Insofar as our opinion set
forth in paragraph 1 above relates to the enforceability under the laws of the State of New York of the provisions of the Security
Documents choosing the laws of the State of New York as the governing law thereof, such opinion is rendered solely in reliance
upon the Act of July 19, 1984, ch. 421, 1984 McKinney’s Sess. Law of N.Y. 1406 (codified at N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law §5-1401
(McKinney 1989)) (the “Act”) and is subject to the qualifications that such enforceability (i) as specified
in the Act, does not apply to the extent provided to the contrary in subsection two of Section 1-105 of the NY UCC, (ii) may be
limited by public policy considerations of any jurisdiction in which enforcement of such provisions is sought and (iii) is subject
to any United States Constitution requirement under the Full Faith and Credit Clause or the Due Process Clause thereof or the exercise
of applicable judicial discretion of any court (other than a state court of the State of New York) in favor of another jurisdiction.


 


We express no opinion with
respect to usury laws.


 




    	 



    	 



    

 


March [__], 2015


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The opinions expressed herein
are limited to the laws of the States of New York and Texas, the Delaware General Corporation Laws (as amended) and the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act (as amended), Article 8 and Article 9 of the DE UCC and the federal laws of the United States, and
we express no opinion as to the effect on the matters covered by this letter of the laws of any other jurisdiction.


 


This opinion letter is rendered
as of the date set forth above, and we assume no obligation (and disclaim any obligation) to supplement or update this opinion
letter if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any facts that might change the opinions expressed
herein after the date hereof.


 


The opinions expressed herein
are rendered solely for your benefit and the benefit of your permitted successors and assigns in connection with the transactions
described herein. Those opinions may not be used or relied upon by any other person without our prior written consent, however,
you may deliver this letter or any copies hereof to (i) counsel of the addressees (and their permitted successors and assigns),
(ii) any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such persons, (iii) any person, as required to comply with legal process
or applicable law and (iv) any person to the extent relevant in any judicial or arbitration proceeding.


 


Very truly yours,


 




    	 



    	 



    

 


Annex I


 


Filing Statements


 


[see attached]


 




    	 



    	 



    

 


EXHIBIT A-3


 


Form of Bo Boyd, Senior Vice President of
Law Opinion


 


		1)	The Company is not a party to any legal or governmental action or proceeding that challenges the validity or enforceability,
or seeks to enjoin the performance, of the Purchase Agreement and there are no actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings
pending, threatened or, to my knowledge, contemplated to which the Company, any of the Initial Guarantors, any of the EPL Entities
or any of their respective directors or officers is or would be a party or to which any of their respective properties is or would
be subject at law or in equity, before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board,
body, authority or agency which would be required to be described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum
if the offering and sale of the Notes were registered under the Securities Act, but are not so described.



 


		2)	The Company, each of the Initial Guarantors and each of the EPL Entities is in good standing or is duly qualified to do business
as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction set forth opposite its name on
Annex A hereto.



 


		3)	The statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum under the headings “Risk Factors,”
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business,”
insofar as such statements constitute summaries of documents or legal proceedings or refer to matters of law or legal conclusions,
constitute accurate summaries of such documents, legal proceedings and laws in all material respects.



 


In rendering such opinion, such counsel may
(i) rely in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers and employees of the Parent, the Company and the Subsidiaries
and upon information obtained from public officials, (ii) assume that all documents submitted to such counsel as originals are
authentic, that all copies submitted to such counsel conform to the originals thereof and that the signatures on all documents
examined by such counsel are genuine, (iii) state that its opinion is limited to matters governed by federal law and the Delaware
General Corporation Law and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, and (iv) state that they express no opinion with respect
to (A) any permits to own or operate any real or personal property or (B) state or local taxes or tax statutes to which any shareholders
of the Company or any Subsidiary may be subject.


 


In addition, such counsel shall state that they
have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and EPL, the independent public accountants
and independent reserve engineers of the Company and EPL and your representatives, at which the contents of the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and related matters were discussed, and although such counsel has not independently verified,
is not passing upon, and is not assuming any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained
in, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum (except to the extent specified in the foregoing opinion),
based on the foregoing, no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that have caused such counsel to believe that:


 




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(A)         the Final Offering Memorandum, as of
its date and as of the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,


 


(B)          the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of
the Time of Sale, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or


 


it being understood that such counsel expresses
no statement or belief with respect to the financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules thereto
and the auditor’s reports thereon, or any other financial and accounting and information pertaining to hydrocarbon reserves,
included in, or excluded from, Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum.


 


Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.


 




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ANNEX A TO EXHIBIT A-3


 


Good Standing and Foreign Qualification


 


 


	
        Name:
	
	
        Jurisdiction:
	
	
        Foreign

        Qualification

	Energy XXI Ltd	 	Bermuda	 	None
	Anglo-Suisse Offshore Pipeline Partners, LLC	 	Delaware	 	LA
	Delaware EPL of Texas, LLC	 	Delaware	 	TX
	Energy Partners Ltd., LLC	 	Delaware	 	 
	Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.	 	Delaware	 	LA
	Energy XXI GOM, LLC	 	Delaware	 	LA, TX
	Energy XXI Leasehold, LLC	 	Delaware	 	LA
	Energy XXI Onshore, LLC	 	Delaware	 	LA, TX
	Energy XXI Pipeline, LLC	 	Delaware	 	LA
	Energy XXI Pipeline II, LLC	 	Delaware	 	LA
	Energy XXI Texas Onshore, LLC	 	Delaware	 	LA, TX
	Energy XXI USA, Inc.	 	Delaware	 	LA
	EPL of Louisiana, L.L.C.	 	Louisiana	 	 
	EPL Oil & Gas, Inc.	 	Delaware	 	LA, MS, TX, UT
	EPL Pioneer Houston, Inc.	 	Texas	 	 
	EPL Pipeline, L.L.C.	 	Delaware	 	LA
	MS Onshore, LLC	 	Delaware	 	MS
	Nighthawk, L.L.C.	 	Louisiana	 	 


 




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EXHIBIT A-4


 


Form of Appleby Law Opinion


 


		1)	The Parent is an exempted company incorporated with limited liability and existing in good standing under the laws of Bermuda.
The Parent possesses the capacity to sue and be sued in its own name and to own the shares of Energy XXI (US Holdings) Limited
and participate in the [Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited] Long-Term Incentive Plan, which we are informed are its sole business activities.



 


		2)	The Parent has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under
the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and its Guarantee (collectively, the “Subject Agreements”),2
and to take all action as may be necessary to complete the transactions contemplated thereby.



 


		3)	The execution, delivery and performance by the Parent of the Subject Agreements to which it is a party and the transactions
contemplated thereby have been duly authorised by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Parent.



 


		4)	The Subject Agreements to which the Parent is a party have been duly executed by the Parent and each (with respect to the Guarantee,
when the Notes are issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement and Indenture
and authenticated in the manner provided in the Indenture) constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of the Parent, enforceable
against the Parent in accordance with its terms.



 


		5)	No consent, license or authorisation of, filing with, or other act by or in respect of, any governmental authority or court
of Bermuda is required to be obtained by the Parent in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Parent of
the Subject Agreements or to ensure the legality, validity, admissibility into evidence or enforceability as to the Parent, of
the Subject Agreements.



 


		6)	The execution, delivery and performance by the Parent of the Subject Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby do
not and will not violate, conflict with or constitute a default under (i) any requirement of any law or any regulation of Bermuda
or (ii) the organizational documents of the Parent.



 


 






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		7)	The transactions contemplated by the Subject Agreements are not subject to any currency deposit or reserve requirements in
Bermuda. The Parent has been designated as “non-resident” for the purposes of the Exchange Control Act 1972 and regulations
made thereunder, and there is no restriction or requirement of Bermuda binding on the Parent which limits the availability or transfer
of foreign exchange (i.e. monies denominated in currencies other than Bermuda dollars) for the purposes of the performance by the
Parent of its obligations under the Subject Agreements.



 


		8)	The choice of the laws of New York as the proper law to govern the Subject Agreements is a valid choice of law under Bermuda
law and such choice of law would be recognised, upheld and applied by the courts of Bermuda as the proper law of the Subject Agreements
in proceedings brought before them in relation to the Subject Agreements, provided that (i) the point is specifically pleaded;
(ii) such choice of law is valid and binding under the laws of the New York; and (iii) recognition would not be contrary to public
policy as that term is understood under Bermuda law.



 


		9)	The submission by the Parent to the jurisdiction of the courts of New York pursuant to the Subject Agreements is not contrary
to Bermuda law and would be recognised by the courts of Bermuda as a legal, valid and binding submission to the jurisdiction of
the courts of New York, if such submission is accepted by such courts and is legal, valid and binding under the laws of New York.



 


		10)	A final and conclusive judgment of a competent foreign court against the Parent based upon the Subject Agreements (other than
a court of jurisdiction to which The Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1958 applies, and it does not apply to the courts of
New York) under which a sum of money is payable (not being a sum payable in respect of taxes or other charges of a like nature,
in respect of a fine or other penalty, or in respect of multiple damages as defined in The Protection of Trading Interests Act
1981) may be the subject of enforcement proceedings in the Supreme Court of Bermuda under the common law doctrine of obligation
by action on the debt evidenced by the judgment of such competent foreign court. A final opinion as to the availability of this
remedy should be sought when the facts surrounding the foreign court’s judgment are known, but, on general principles, we
would expect such proceedings to be successful provided that:



 


		a)	the court which gave the judgment was competent to hear the action in accordance with private international law principles
as applied in Bermuda; and



 


		b)	the judgment is not contrary to public policy in Bermuda, has not been obtained by fraud or in proceedings contrary to natural
justice and is not based on an error in Bermuda law.



 


Enforcement of such a judgment against assets in Bermuda
may involve the conversion of the judgment debt into Bermuda dollars, but the Bermuda Monetary Authority has indicated that its
present policy is to give the consents necessary to enable recovery in the currency of the obligation.


 


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		a)	no litigation, administrative or other proceeding of or before any governmental authority of Bermuda is pending against the
Parent; and



 


		b)	no notice to the Registrar of Companies of the passing of a resolution of members or creditors to wind up or the appointment
of a liquidator or receiver has been given. No petition to wind up the Parent or application to reorganise its affairs pursuant
to a Scheme of Arrangement or application for the appointment of a receiver has been filed with the Supreme Court.



 


		12)	The Parent has received an assurance from the Ministry of Finance granting an exemption, until 28 March 2016, from the imposition
of tax under any applicable Bermuda law computed on profits or income or computed on any capital asset, gain or appreciation, or
any tax in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax, provided that such exemption shall not prevent the application of any
such tax or duty to such persons as are ordinarily resident in Bermuda and shall not prevent the application of any tax payable
in accordance with the provisions of the Land Tax Act 1967 or otherwise payable in relation to land in Bermuda leased to the Parent.
There are, subject as otherwise provided in this opinion, no Bermuda taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, duties or similar charges
now due, or which could in the future become due, in connection with the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the
Subject Agreements or the transactions contemplated thereby, or in connection with the admissibility in evidence thereof and the
Parent is not required by any Bermuda law or regulation to make any deductions or withholdings in Bermuda from any payment it may
make thereunder.



 




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EXHIBIT B


Form of CFO Certificate


 


I, Bruce W. Busmire, do hereby certify that
(i) I am the Chief Financial Officer of Energy XXI Ltd (“Parent”), the parent company of Energy XXI Gulf Coast,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), (ii) I am providing this certificate in connection with the offering
by the Company of $1,450,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its Senior Second Lien Secured Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”)
pursuant to a preliminary offering memorandum dated March 3, 2015 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), (iii)
capitalized terms used herein but not defined have the meanings set forth in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and (iv) I am
providing this certificate in my capacity as Chief Financial Officer and not personally:


 


A.        I have (1) reviewed the reserve and operating data
included in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum (a) under “Offering Memorandum Summary—Our Company” (other than
the reserves and operating data of “EXXI total” as of June 30, 2014) and (b) under the caption “Offering Memorandum
Summary—Summary Reserve and Pro Forma Operating Data” (other than the reserves and operating data of “EXXI”
as of June 30, 2014, June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2012) (collectively, the “Operating Data”), (2) made appropriate inquiries
of members of management of the Company and EPL who had responsibility for such statements and data with respect thereto and (3)
made such further investigations that I have deemed necessary in order to make the representations herein.


 


B.        Based on my review, inquiries and investigations
as set forth above, nothing has come to my attention to lead me to believe that (A) the Operating Data are not accurate statements
of the reserves or operating data for the periods set forth therein or (B) any material modifications should be made to any such
information. 


 


In witness whereof this certificate has been executed and delivered
by the chief financial officer of the Parent, the parent company of the Company, on this 5th day of March, 2015.


 


	 	
	 	Bruce W. Busmire
	 	Chief Financial Officer
	 	Energy XXI Ltd
	 	 


 




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ANNEX I


 


Pricing Supplement


 


[see attached]


 




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Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.


 


11.000% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes
due 2020


 


March 5, 2015


 


	Pricing Supplement dated March 5, 2015 to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum dated March 3, 2015 of Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.  This Pricing Supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.  The information in this Pricing Supplement supplements the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.  Capitalized terms used in this Pricing Supplement but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
	 
	Issuer:	Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., a Delaware corporation
	 	 
	Guarantee	Existing subsidiaries (other than EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. and its subsidiaries), Energy XXI Ltd (ultimate parent company) and certain future material domestic subsidiaries. Energy XXI USA, Inc. (direct parent company) on a non-recourse basis limited to the value of equity interests in Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. that Energy XXI USA, Inc. pledges to secure its guarantee and the Grand Isle Assets that it grants a security interest in to secure its guarantee.
	 	 
	Security Description:	11.000% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2020
	 	 
	Aggregate Principal Amount Offered:	$1,450,000,000 (upsized from $1,250,000,000)
	 	 
	Maturity:	March 15, 2020
	 	 
	Coupon:	11.000%
	 	 
	Offering Price:	96.313%
	 	 
	Yield to Maturity:	12.000%
	 	 
	Spread to Benchmark Treasury:	1,040 bps
	 	 
	Benchmark Treasury:	UST 1.125% due March 31, 2020
	 	 
	Gross Proceeds:	$1,396,538,500
	 	 
	Net Proceeds (after initial purchasers’ discount and estimated offering expenses):	$1,359,305,000
	 	 
	Interest Payment Dates:	March 15 and September 15, beginning September 15, 2015
	 	 
	Record Dates:	March 1 and September 1 of each year
	 	 
	Change of Control:	Put right at 101% plus accrued and unpaid interest


 




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	Make Whole Redemption:	Make whole redemption prior to September 15, 2017 at a make-whole redemption price plus accrued and unpaid interest
	 	 
	Equity Claw-Back:	Up to 35% at 111.000% plus accrued and unpaid interest prior to September 15, 2017
	 	 
	Optional Redemption:	On and after September 15, 2017, optional redemption at the redemption prices (expressed as percentage of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if redeemed during the periods indicated below:


 


	
	
        Period
	
	
        Percentage
	 
	 	Sep. 15, 2017 through Mar. 14, 2018	 	108.250	%
	 	Mar. 15, 2018 through Nov. 14, 2018	 	105.500	%
	 	Nov. 15, 2018 through July 14, 2019	 	102.750	%
	 	July 15, 2019 and thereafter	 	
        100.000
	%


 


	Trade Date:	March 5, 2015
	 	 
	Settlement Date:	March 12, 2015 (T+5) 
	 	 
	Denominations:	Minimum denominations of $2,000 plus integral multiples of $1,000
	 	 
	Distribution:	Rule 144A; no registration rights
	 	 
	CUSIP/ISIN Numbers:	29276K AV3/US29276KAV35
	 	 
	Joint Physical Book-Running Managers:	Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Imperial Capital, LLC
	 	 
	Joint Book-Running Managers:	UBS Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., RBS Securities Inc. and Jefferies LLC
	 	 
	Co-Managers:	
        Capital One Securities, Inc., Scotia Capital
        (USA) Inc., Natixis Securities Americas LLC, Regions Securities LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC

        ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC, Comerica Securities,
        Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Santander Investment Securities Inc. and SMBC Nikko Securities
        America, Inc.

        Barclays Capital Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp.,
        Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., IBERIA Capital Partners L.L.C. and PNC Capital Markets LLC








  


Additional Information


 


The last sentence of the third paragraph under
“Special Mandatory Offers to Purchase” on page 101 of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum is amended to read as follows:


 


“No later than the Business
Day following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder and the Trustee describing the
Triggering Event and offering to repurchase notes as of the purchase date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier
than 20 Business Days and no later than 30 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required
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Subsection (1) and the introductory paragraph
of subsection (2) of the definition of “Parity Lien Debt” on page 134 of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum are amended
to read as follows, respectively:


 


“(1) the notes issued on the
date of the indenture and Guarantees thereof;” and


 


“(2) any other Indebtedness
(other than intercompany Indebtedness owing to Parent or its Subsidiaries) of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (including
additional notes and Guarantees thereof) (and Indebtedness in the form of guarantees by Parent and Intermediate Holdco of Parity
Lien Debt of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors) that is secured equally and ratably with the notes by a Parity Lien that
was permitted to be incurred and so secured under each applicable Secured Debt Document; provided that, in the case of any Indebtedness
referred to in clause (2) of this definition (other than additional notes issued under the indenture):”


 


Subsections (1) and (3) of the definition of
“Permitted Liens” on page 136 of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum are amended to read as follows, respectively:


 


“(1) Liens on any property
or assets securing Priority Lien Debt or Parity Lien Debt under Credit Facilities incurred under clause (1) of the definition of
‘‘Permitted Debt”; and


 


“(3) Liens on any property
or assets of the Company and any Guarantor securing the notes issued on the Issue Date and the Guarantees thereof;”


 


Subsection (23) of the definition of “Permitted
Liens” on page 138 is amended to read as follows:


 


“(23) [Reserved].”


 


Original Issue Discount


 


The notes will be treated as issued with original
issue discount (“OID”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes because the difference between the principal amount of
the notes and their issue price is equal to or greater than a specified de minimis amount (an amount equal to 0.25% of the principal
amount of the notes multiplied by the number of complete years to maturity of the notes). The total amount of OID is equal to such
difference.


 


The information in this term sheet supplements
the Issuer’s Preliminary Offering Memorandum and supersedes the information (including financial information) in the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum to the extent inconsistent with the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. This term sheet is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.


 


This Pricing Supplement is strictly confidential
and has been prepared by the Issuer solely for use in connection with the proposed offering of the securities described in the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum. This Pricing Supplement is personal to each offeree and does not constitute an offer to any other
person or the public generally to subscribe for or otherwise acquire the securities. This Pricing Supplement does not purport to
be a complete description of the securities described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the offering. Please refer to the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as modified by this Pricing Supplement, for a complete description of the securities.


 


The securities have not been, and will not
be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and are being offered only to “qualified
institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and this communication is only being distributed
to such persons.


 


This communication is not an offer to sell
the securities and it is not a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful
to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.


 


Any legend, disclaimer or other notice that
may appear below is not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such legend, disclaimer or notice was automatically
generated as a result of this communication being sent by Bloomberg or another email system.


 




    	 



    	 



    

 


ANNEX II


 


Company Additional Written Communications


 


None.


 




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