Amended and Restated Credit Agreement


 Exhibit 4.1 
 [Execution Copy] 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 DATED AS OF MAY 31, 2007 
 AMONG 
 PLAINS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY,

 AS BORROWER, 
 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., 
 AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,

 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and BMO CAPITAL MARKETS FINANCING, INC. 
 AS SYNDICATION AGENTS, 
 BNP
PARIBAS and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 
 AS DOCUMENTATION AGENTS, 
 AND 
 THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO 
  

 SOLE LEAD ARRANGER AND SOLE BOOKRUNNER 
 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 






 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  


					
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	ARTICLE I Definitions and Accounting Matters	  	1
			
	    Section 1.01	  	Terms Defined Above	  	1
	    Section 1.02	  	Certain Defined Terms	  	1
	    Section 1.03	  	Types of Loans and Borrowings	  	23
	    Section 1.04	  	Terms Generally; Rules of Construction	  	23
	    Section 1.05	  	Accounting Terms and Determinations; GAAP	  	23
		
	ARTICLE II The Credits	  	24
			
	    Section 2.01	  	Commitments	  	24
	    Section 2.02	  	Loans and Borrowings	  	24
	    Section 2.03	  	Requests for Borrowings	  	26
	    Section 2.04	  	Interest Elections	  	26
	    Section 2.05	  	Funding of Borrowings	  	28
	    Section 2.06	  	Termination and Reduction of Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts	  	28
	    Section 2.07	  	Borrowing Base and Conforming Borrowing Base	  	29
	    Section 2.08	  	Letters of Credit	  	32
	    Section 2.09	  	Increase in the Revolving Loan Maximum Credit Amounts	  	36
		
	ARTICLE III Payments of Principal and Interest; Prepayments; Fees	  	38
			
	    Section 3.01	  	Repayment of Loans	  	38
	    Section 3.02	  	Interest	  	38
	    Section 3.03	  	Alternate Rate of Interest	  	39
	    Section 3.04	  	Prepayments	  	39
	    Section 3.05	  	Fees	  	41
		
	ARTICLE IV Payments; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.	  	41
			
	    Section 4.01	  	Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs	  	41
	    Section 4.02	  	Presumption of Payment by the Borrower	  	43
	    Section 4.03	  	Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent	  	43
	    Section 4.04	  	Disposition of Proceeds	  	43
		
	ARTICLE V Increased Costs; Break Funding Payments; Taxes; Illegality	  	43
			
	    Section 5.01	  	Increased Costs	  	43
	    Section 5.02	  	Break Funding Payments	  	45
	    Section 5.03	  	Taxes	  	45
	    Section 5.04	  	Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders	  	46
	    Section 5.05	  	Illegality	  	47
		
	ARTICLE VI Conditions Precedent	  	48
			
	    Section 6.01	  	Effective Date.	  	48
	    Section 6.02	  	Each Credit Event	  	50

  

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	ARTICLE VII Representations and Warranties	  	51
			
	    Section 7.01	  	Organization; Powers	  	51
	    Section 7.02	  	Authority; Enforceability	  	51
	    Section 7.03	  	Approvals; No Conflicts	  	51
	    Section 7.04	  	Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect	  	52
	    Section 7.05	  	Litigation	  	52
	    Section 7.06	  	Environmental Matters	  	52
	    Section 7.07	  	Compliance with the Laws and Agreements; No Defaults	  	53
	    Section 7.08	  	Investment Company Act	  	54
	    Section 7.09	  	Taxes	  	54
	    Section 7.10	  	Disclosure; No Material Misstatements	  	54
	    Section 7.11	  	Subsidiaries	  	54
	    Section 7.12	  	Location of Business and Offices	  	54
	    Section 7.13	  	Properties; Titles, Etc.	  	55
	    Section 7.14	  	Federal Reserve Regulations	  	56
	    Section 7.15	  	Solvency	  	56
		
	ARTICLE VIII Affirmative Covenants	  	56
			
	    Section 8.01	  	Financial Statements; Other Information	  	56
	    Section 8.02	  	Notices of Material Events	  	59
	    Section 8.03	  	Existence; Conduct of Business	  	59
	    Section 8.04	  	Payment of Obligations	  	59
	    Section 8.05	  	Operation and Maintenance of Properties	  	59
	    Section 8.06	  	Insurance	  	60
	    Section 8.07	  	Books and Records; Inspection Rights	  	60
	    Section 8.08	  	Compliance with Laws	  	60
	    Section 8.09	  	Environmental Matters	  	61
	    Section 8.10	  	Further Assurances	  	61
	    Section 8.11	  	Reserve Reports	  	61
	    Section 8.12	  	Title Information	  	62
	    Section 8.13	  	Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors	  	63
	    Section 8.14	  	ERISA Compliance	  	64
	    Section 8.15	  	Unrestricted Subsidiaries	  	65
	    Section 8.16	  	Post Closing Matters	  	65
	    Section 8.17	  	Section 1031 Exchange	  	65
		
	ARTICLE IX Negative Covenants	  	65
			
	    Section 9.01	  	Ratio of Debt to EBITDAX	  	66
	    Section 9.02	  	Debt	  	66
	    Section 9.03	  	Liens	  	67
	    Section 9.04	  	Restricted Payments	  	68
	    Section 9.05	  	Repayment of Debt; Amendment of Indentures	  	69
	    Section 9.06	  	Investments, Loans and Advances	  	69
	    Section 9.07	  	Designation and Conversion of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries; Debt of Unrestricted Subsidiaries	  	71
	    Section 9.08	  	Nature of Business	  	72

  

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	    Section 9.09	  	Proceeds of Notes	  	72
	    Section 9.10	  	Sale or Discount of Receivables	  	72
	    Section 9.11	  	Mergers, Etc.	  	72
	    Section 9.12	  	Sale of Properties	  	73
	    Section 9.13	  	Transactions with Affiliates	  	74
	    Section 9.14	  	Subsidiaries	  	74
	    Section 9.15	  	Negative Pledge Agreements; Dividend Restrictions.	  	74
	    Section 9.16	  	Take-or-Pay or Other Prepayments	  	75
	    Section 9.17	  	Swap Agreements	  	75
		
	ARTICLE X Events of Default; Remedies	  	75
			
	    Section 10.01	  	Events of Default	  	75
	    Section 10.02	  	Remedies	  	77
		
	ARTICLE XI The Agents	  	78
			
	    Section 11.01	  	Appointment; Powers	  	78
	    Section 11.02	  	Duties and Obligations of Administrative Agent	  	79
	    Section 11.03	  	Action by Administrative Agent	  	79
	    Section 11.04	  	Reliance by Administrative Agent	  	80
	    Section 11.05	  	Subagents	  	80
	    Section 11.06	  	Resignation or Removal of Agents	  	81
	    Section 11.07	  	Agents as Lenders	  	81
	    Section 11.08	  	No Reliance	  	81
	    Section 11.09	  	Authority of Administrative Agent to Release Collateral and Liens	  	82
	    Section 11.10	  	Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim	  	82
	    Section 11.11	  	The Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents and Arranger	  	82
		
	ARTICLE XII Miscellaneous	  	83
			
	    Section 12.01	  	Notices	  	83
	    Section 12.02	  	Waivers; Amendments	  	83
	    Section 12.03	  	Expenses, Indemnity; Damage Waiver	  	85
	    Section 12.04	  	Successors and Assigns	  	88
	    Section 12.05	  	Survival; Revival; Reinstatement	  	90
	    Section 12.06	  	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness	  	91
	    Section 12.07	  	Severability	  	92
	    Section 12.08	  	Right of Setoff	  	92
	    Section 12.09	  	GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS	  	92
	    Section 12.10	  	Headings	  	93
	    Section 12.11	  	Confidentiality	  	93
	    Section 12.12	  	Interest Rate Limitation	  	94
	    Section 12.13	  	EXCULPATION PROVISIONS	  	95
	    Section 12.14	  	Collateral Matters; Swap Agreements	  	95
	    Section 12.15	  	No Third Party Beneficiaries	  	96
	    Section 12.16	  	USA Patriot Act Notice	  	96
	    Section 12.17	  	Release of Liens and Guarantors	  	96

  

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	Annex I	  	List of Maximum Credit Amounts
		
	Exhibit A	  	Form of Note
	Exhibit B	  	Form of Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit C-1	  	Security Instruments
	Exhibit C-2	  	Form of Guaranty and Collateral Agreement
	Exhibit D	  	Form of Assignment and Assumption
		
	Schedule 1.01	  	Initial Guarantors
	Schedule 7.11	  	Subsidiaries and Partnerships; Unrestricted Subsidiaries
	Schedule 9.03	  	Liens
	Schedule 9.06	  	Investments
	Schedule 9.08	  	Nature of Business

  

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 THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 31, 2007, is among PLAINS
EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”); each of the Lenders from time to time party hereto; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together
with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”); Bank of America, N.A. and BMO Capital Markets Financing, Inc., as syndication agents for the Lenders (each, in such capacity, a “Syndication
Agent”); and BNP Paribas and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as documentation agents for the Lenders (each, in such capacity, a “Documentation Agent”). 
 R E C I T A L S 
 A. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and other financial institutions
named and defined therein as lenders and agents are parties to an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 23, 2007, pursuant to which such lenders provided certain loans to and extensions of credit on behalf of the Borrower (as
heretofore amended, modified or supplemented, the “Existing Credit Agreement”). 
 B. The Borrower has requested the
Lenders, and the Lenders have agreed, to amend, restate, increase and extend the Existing Credit Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 
 C. Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and of the loans, extensions of credit and commitments hereinafter referred to, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 ARTICLE I 
 Definitions and Accounting Matters 
 Section 1.01 Terms Defined Above. As used in this Agreement, each term
defined above has the meaning indicated above. 
 Section 1.02 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings specified below: 
 “ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such
Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate. 
 “Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such
Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate. 
 “Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative
Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent. 
 “Affected Loans” has the meaning assigned such term in
Section 5.05. 






 “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. 
 “Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agents and the Documentation Agents; and “Agent” means the Administrative Agent, either Syndication Agent or either Documentation Agent, as
the context requires. 
 “Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts” at any time shall equal the sum of the Maximum Credit Amounts,
as the same may be reduced or terminated pursuant to Section 2.06. 
 “Agreement” means this Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated. 
 “Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day
plus  1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively. 
 “Applicable Margin” means: 
 (a) for any day prior to the Specified Date, with respect to
any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum set forth below based upon the Conforming Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage then in effect: 
  

																			
	 Conforming Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage
	  	<25%	 	 	325%, but
<50%	 	 	350%, but
<75%	 	 	375%, but
<90%	 	 	390%, but
£100%	 	 	>100%	 
	 ABR Loans
	  	0.000	%	 	0.000	%	 	0.000	%	 	0.000	%	 	0.250	%	 	0.500	%
	 Eurodollar Loans
	  	1.000	%	 	1.000	%	 	1.250	%	 	1.500	%	 	1.750	%	 	2.000	%

 (b) for any day on or after the Specified Date, with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Loan,
the rate per annum set forth below based upon the Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage then in effect: 
  

																
	 Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage
	  	<25%	 	 	325%, but
<50%	 	 	350%, but
<75%	 	 	375%, but
<90%	 	 	390%, but
£100%	 
	 ABR Loans
	  	0.000	%	 	0.000	%	 	0.000	%	 	0.000	%	 	0.250	%
	 Eurodollar Loans
	  	1.000	%	 	1.000	%	 	1.250	%	 	1.500	%	 	1.750	%

  

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 (c) with respect to the Commitment Fee Rate, the rate per annum set forth below based upon the Borrowing
Base Utilization Percentage then in effect: 
  

																
	 Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage
	  	<25%	 	 	325%, but
<50%	 	 	350%, but
<75%	 	 	375%, but
<90%	 	 	390%	 
	 Commitment Fee Rate
	  	0.225	%	 	0.250	%	 	0.300	%	 	0.350	%	 	0.375	%

 provided, that at any time when the Borrower’s Debt Rating is rated BB+ or higher from S&P or Ba1 or
higher from Moody’s, then the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans set forth in each portion of the grid shall be reduced by an amount equal to 0.125%. Each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Conforming Borrowing
Base Utilization Percentage, the Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage or the Debt Rating shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such
change. 
 “Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts
represented by such Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount as such percentage is set forth on Annex I. 
 “Approved
Counterparty” means (a) any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender and (b) any other Person whose long term senior unsecured debt rating at the time of entering into the Swap Agreement is BBB+/Baa3 by S&P or Moody’s (or
their equivalent) or higher. 
 “Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate
of an entity that administers or manages a Lender. 
 “Approved Petroleum Engineers” means (a) Netherland,
Sewell & Associates, Inc., (b) Ryder Scott Company Petroleum Consultants, L.P. and (c) any other independent petroleum engineers reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. 
 “Arranger” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., in its capacities as the sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner hereunder. 
 “Asset Purchase Agreement” means the Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement dated April 18, 2007, between Laramie Energy, LLC and the
Borrower. 
 “Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with
the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 12.04(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. 
  

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 “Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but
excluding the Termination Date. 
 “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States
of America or any successor Governmental Authority. 
 “Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type, made, converted or
continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect. 
 “Borrowing
Base” means at any time an amount determined in accordance with Section 2.07, in each case as the same may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 8.12(c), Section 9.02(i) or Section 9.12(d). 
 “Borrowing Base Deficiency” occurs if at any time the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeds the Borrowing Base then in effect.

 “Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage” means, as of any day, the fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of
which is the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures of the Lenders on such day, and the denominator of which is the Borrowing Base in effect on such day. 
 “Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03. 
 “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or Houston, Texas are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that,
when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market. 
 “Capital Leases” means, in respect of any Person, all leases that are or should be in accordance with GAAP recorded as capital leases on
the balance sheet of the Person liable (whether contingent or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder. 
 “Casualty
Event” means any loss, casualty or other damage to, or any nationalization, taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any Oil and Gas Property of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
having a fair market value in excess of $50,000,000. 
 “Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership,
directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) other than Permitted Holders (except that such
person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) of Equity Interests
representing more than 40% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower (or its successor by merger, consolidation or purchase of all or substantially all of its assets);
(b) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower are not Continuing Directors; (c) the sale, lease, transfer, 

  

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conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934); or (d) a “Change of Control” under
the Senior Indenture or any Permitted Additional Debt Instrument. 
 “Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law,
rule or regulation after the Effective Date, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Effective Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or any
Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 5.01(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of
law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Effective Date. 
 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute. 
 “Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the
commitment of such Lender to make Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may
be (a) modified from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 or Section 2.09 and (b) modified from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 12.04(b). The amount representing each
Lender’s Commitment shall be the lesser of such Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the then effective Borrowing Base. 
 “Commitment Fee Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Applicable Margin”. 
 “Conforming Borrowing Base” means, at any time prior to the Specified Date, an amount determined in accordance with Section 2.07,
in each case as the same may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 8.12(c), Section 9.02(i) or Section 9.12(d). 
 “Conforming Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage” means, as of any day prior to the Specified Date, the fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures of the Lenders
on such day and the denominator of which is the Conforming Borrowing Base in effect on such day. 
 “Consolidated Net
Income” means with respect to the Borrower and the Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, for any period, the aggregate of the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and the Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries after allowances for taxes for
such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (to the extent otherwise included therein) the following: 
 (a) the net income of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any Consolidated Restricted Subsidiary has an interest,
except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions actually paid in cash during such period by such other Person to the Borrower or to a Consolidated Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be; 
  

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 (b) the net income (but not loss) during such period of any Consolidated Restricted Subsidiary to the
extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions or transfers or loans by that Consolidated Restricted Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument or Governmental
Requirement applicable to such Consolidated Restricted Subsidiary or is otherwise restricted or prohibited; 
 (c) any extraordinary gains or
losses during such period; 
 (d) non-cash gains, losses or adjustments, including gains, losses or adjustments under FASB Statement
No. 133 as a result of changes in the fair market value of derivatives and any gains or losses attributable to writeups or writedowns of assets, including ceiling test writedowns and writedowns under FASB Statements Nos. 19, 142 and 144;

 (e) any charges related to any premium or penalty paid, write off of deferred financing costs or other financial recapitalization charges
in connection with redeeming or retiring any indebtedness prior to its stated maturity; and 
 (f) any non-cash employee based compensation.

 “Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries” means any Restricted Subsidiaries that are Consolidated Subsidiaries. 

“Consolidated Subsidiaries” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower (whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired) the
financial statements of which are or shall be (or should have been) consolidated with the financial statements of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Borrower who: (a) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date hereof; or
(b) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such nomination or election. 
 “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a
Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. 
 “Debt” means, for any Person, the sum of the following (without duplication): 
 (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; 
 (b) all reimbursement obligations of such Person in respect of draws under letters of credit, bankers’ acceptance, surety or other bonds and similar
instruments that have not been paid or deemed to have been paid within one Business Day after such obligations arise; 
  

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 (c) all amounts owed by such Person representing the deferred purchase price of Property or services
(other than liabilities of such Person to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities) that are either (i) not greater than 120 days past the invoice or
billing date or (ii) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves therefore have been established under GAAP); 
 (d) all obligations under Capital Leases; 
 (e) all Debt (as defined in the other clauses of this
definition) of others secured by a Lien on any Property of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person; 
 (f) all Debt
(as defined in the other clauses of this definition) of others guaranteed by such Person or in which such Person otherwise assures a creditor against loss of the Debt (howsoever such assurance shall be made) to the extent of the lesser of the amount
of such Debt and the maximum stated amount of such guarantee or assurance against loss; 
 (g) all obligations or undertakings of such Person
to maintain or cause to be maintained the financial position or covenants of others or to purchase the Debt or Property of others; 
 (h) any
Debt of a partnership for which such Person is liable either by agreement, by operation of law or by a Governmental Requirement but only to the extent of such liability; 
 (i) Disqualified Capital Stock; and 
 (j) the undischarged balance of any production payment created by such
Person or for the creation of which such Person directly or indirectly received payment. 
 For the avoidance of doubt, “Debt” does
not include obligations in respect of Swap Agreements, indemnities incurred in the ordinary course of business, any non-cash employee or director compensation or any compensation paid to employees or directors pursuant to stock appreciation rights.

 “Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the issuer or family rating of the Borrower most recently announced
by S&P or Moody’s. 
 “Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon
notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default. 
 “Default Rate” means a rate per
annum equal to 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in Section 3.02(a). 
 “Disqualified Capital Stock”
means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable for any consideration other than
other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is convertible or exchangeable for Debt or redeemable 

  

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for any consideration other than other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock) at the option of the holder thereof, in whole
or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the earlier of (a) the Maturity Date and (b) the date on which there are no Loans, LC Exposure or other obligations hereunder outstanding and all of the Commitments are terminated.

 “Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America. 
 “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the
District of Columbia. 
 “EBITDAX” means, for any period, the sum of Consolidated Net Income for such period plus
(i) the following expenses or charges to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income in such period (without duplication): interest, income taxes, depreciation, depletion, amortization, exploration expenses and other non-cash
charges and minus (ii) all non-cash income included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income; provided, however, that if any such Person shall have consummated any material acquisition or disposition during such period, EBITDAX shall be
subject to pro forma adjustments as approved by the Administrative Agent as if such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period. 
 “Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 6.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02). 
 “Engineering Reports” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.07(c)(i). 
 “Environmental Laws” means any and all Governmental Requirements pertaining in any way to health, safety, the environment or the
preservation or reclamation of natural resources, in effect in any and all jurisdictions in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is conducting or at any time has conducted business, or where any Property of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary is located, including without limitation, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”), as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(“CERCLA”), as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), as amended, the
Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, and other environmental conservation or
protection Governmental Requirements. The term “oil” has the meaning specified in OPA, the terms “hazardous substance” and “release” (or “threatened release”) have the meanings specified
in CERCLA, the terms “solid waste” and “disposal” (or “disposed”) have the meanings specified in RCRA and the term “oil and gas waste” has the meaning specified in
Section 91.1011 of the Texas Natural Resources Code (“Section 91.1011”); provided, however, that (a) in the event either OPA, CERCLA, RCRA or Section 91.1011 is amended so as to broaden the meaning of any term defined
thereby, such broader meaning shall apply subsequent to the effective date of such amendment and (b) to the extent the laws of the state or other jurisdiction in which any Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is located
establish a meaning for “oil,” “hazardous substance,” “release,” “solid waste,” “disposal” or “oil and gas waste” which is broader than that
specified in either OPA, CERCLA, RCRA or Section 91.1011, such broader meaning shall apply. 
  

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

 “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute. 
 “ERISA Affiliate” means each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which together with the Borrower or a Subsidiary would be
deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or subsections (b), (c), (m) or (o) of section 414 of the Code. 
 “ERISA Event” means (a) a “Reportable Event” described in section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder, (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a
termination under section 4041 of ERISA, (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan by the PBGC, (e) receipt of a notice of withdrawal liability pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA, (f) any other event or condition
which might constitute grounds under section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or (g) the incurrence of any liability to the PBGC or any Plan or Multiemployer Plan (other than to make
contributions in the ordinary course of business) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 “Eurodollar”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

 “Event of Default” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 10.01. 
 “Excepted Liens” means: 
 (a) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP;

 (b) Liens incurred or deposits made in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security, old
age pension or public liability obligations which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; 
 (c) statutory landlord’s Liens, operators’, vendors’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, mechanics’,
suppliers’, workers’, materialmen’s and construction Liens, Liens on pipelines and pipeline facilities that arise by operation of law or other like Liens arising by 

  

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operation of law in the ordinary course of business or incident to the exploration, development, operation and maintenance of Oil and Gas Properties each of
which is in respect of obligations that are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; 
 (d) contractual Liens under lease agreements or which arise in the ordinary course of business under operating agreements, joint venture agreements, oil
and gas partnership agreements, oil and gas leases, farm-out and farm-in agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual
interest agreements, overriding royalty agreements, marketing agreements, processing agreements, net profits agreements, development agreements, gas balancing or deferred production agreements, injection, repressuring and recycling agreements, salt
water or other disposal agreements, seismic or other geophysical permits or agreements, and other agreements which are usual and customary in the oil and gas business and are for claims which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good
faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP, provided that any such Lien referred to in this clause does not materially impair the use of the Property covered by such Lien for the purposes
for which such Property is held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto; 
 (e) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies and burdening only deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor
depository institution, provided that no such deposit account is a dedicated cash collateral account or is subject to restrictions against access by the depositor in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Board and no such
deposit account is intended by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to provide collateral to the depository institution; 
 (f)
easements, restrictions, zoning restrictions servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations in any Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of roads, pipelines, transmission lines, transportation
lines, distribution lines for the removal of gas, oil, coal or other minerals or timber, and other like purposes, or for the joint or common use of real estate, rights of way, facilities and equipment, and which in the aggregate do not materially
impair the use of such Property for the purposes of which such Property is held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto; 
 (g) Liens on cash or securities pledged to secure performance of tenders, surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance and return of money
bonds, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, regulatory obligations and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; 
 (h) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default, provided that any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally
terminated or the period within which such proceeding may be initiated shall not have expired and no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced; and 
  

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 (i) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases
entered into by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business covering only the Property under lease; 
 provided, however,
that Liens described in clauses (a) through (e) shall remain “Excepted Liens” only for so long as no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced and no intention to subordinate the first priority Lien granted in favor of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders is to be hereby implied or expressed by the permitted existence of such Excepted Liens. 
 “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder
or under any other Loan Document, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its income, receipts, total assets, net worth, or capital by the United States of America or such other jurisdiction under the laws of which such
recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed
by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any Guarantor is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 5.04(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed
on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 5.03(e), except to
the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 5.03(a) or
Section 5.03(c). 
 “Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto. 
 “Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it. 
 “Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or controller of the Borrower. 
 “Financial Statements” means the financial statement or statements of the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries referred to in Section 7.04(a). 
 “Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is
organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single
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 “Foreign Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1.05. 
 “Governmental Authority” means the government of the
United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government over the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary, any of their Properties, any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender. 
 “Governmental Requirement” means any law, statute, code, ordinance, order, determination, rule, regulation, judgment, decree,
injunction, franchise, permit, certificate, license, authorization or other directive or requirement, whether now or hereinafter in effect, including, without limitation, Environmental Laws, energy regulations and occupational, safety and health
standards or controls, of any Governmental Authority. 
 “Guarantors” means the entities listed on Schedule 1.01 and any
other Person that must guarantee the Indebtedness in order for the Borrower to comply with Section 8.13, but excluding any Person released as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 12.17. 
 “Guaranty Agreement” means an agreement executed by the Guarantors in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 unconditionally guarantying
on a joint and several basis, payment of the Indebtedness, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. 
 “Highest Lawful Rate” means, with respect to each Lender, the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the Notes or on
other Indebtedness under laws applicable to such Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than
applicable laws allow as of the date hereof. 
 “Hydrocarbon Interests” means all rights, titles, interests and estates now
or hereafter acquired in and to oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral leases, or other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon leases, mineral fee interests, overriding royalty and royalty interests, net profit interests and production payment interests,
including any reserved or residual interests of whatever nature. 
 “Hydrocarbons” means oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip
gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and all products refined or separated therefrom. 
 “Immaterial Title Deficiencies” means minor defects or deficiencies in title which do not diminish more than 5% of the aggregate value of the Oil and Gas Properties included in the Borrowing Base. 
  

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 “Increasing Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09. 
 “Indebtedness” means any and all amounts owing or to be owing by the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Guarantor:
(a) to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender under any Loan Document; (b) to any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender under any Swap Agreement between the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and such Lender or
Affiliate of a Lender while such Person (or in the case of its Affiliate, the Person affiliated therewith) is a Lender hereunder; and (c) all renewals, extensions and/or rearrangements of any of the foregoing. 
 “Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes. 
 “Initial Reserve Report” means the Reserve Report of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. with respect to the value of certain
Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006, as supplemented by the in-house evaluation of the Borrower with respect to the value of the Laramie Assets. 
 “Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04.

 “Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and
December and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three
months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period. 
 “Interest Period” means with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three, six or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, nine or 12 months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided, that (a) with respect to any Interest Period
the Administrative Agent may consent to an Interest Period that is less than one month, (b) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless
such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, and (c) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the
last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For
purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing. 
 “Interim Redetermination” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.07(b). 
 “Interim Redetermination Date” means the date on which a Borrowing Base or a Conforming Borrowing Base that has been redetermined
pursuant to an Interim Redetermination becomes effective as provided in Section 2.07(d). 
  

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 “Investment” means, for any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for cash,
Property, services or securities or otherwise) of Equity Interests of any other Person or any agreement to make any such acquisition (including, without limitation, any “short sale” or any sale of any securities at a time when such
securities are not owned by the Person entering into such short sale); (b) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan or capital contribution to, assumption of Debt of, purchase or other acquisition of any other Debt or equity
participation or interest in, or other extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase of Property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such Property to such Person, but
excluding any such advance, loan or extension of credit having a term not exceeding 90 days representing the purchase price of inventory or supplies sold by such Person in the ordinary course of business); (c) the purchase or acquisition (in
one or a series of transactions) of Property of another Person that constitutes a business unit or (d) the entering into of any guarantee of, or other contingent obligation (including the deposit of any Equity Interests to be sold) with respect
to, Debt or other liability of any other Person and (without duplication) any amount committed to be advanced, lent or extended to such Person. 
 “Investment Grade Rating” means (i) Debt Ratings of at least Baa3 by Moody’s and at least BBB- by S&P or (ii) a Debt Rating by either Moody’s or S&P as described in clause (i) and a Debt
Rating from the other rating agency that is not more than one level below the Debt Rating described in clause (i). 
 “Issuing
Bank” means JPMorgan and each Lender that agrees to act as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder at the request of the Borrower, in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such
capacity as provided in Section 2.08(i). Any Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include
any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. 
 “Laramie Assets” means the assets to be
purchased by the Borrower pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement and the Membership Interests Purchase Agreement. 
 “Laramie
Purchase Price” means the cash portion of the purchase price for the Laramie Assets set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement and purchase price for the LLC Interests (as defined in the Membership Interests Purchase Agreement). 

“LC Commitment” at any time means $150,000,000. 
 “LC Disbursement” means a payment made by any Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank. 
 “LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn and unexpired stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC
Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time. 
  

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 “Lenders” means the Persons listed on Annex I and any Person that shall have become a
party hereto pursuant to Section 2.09 or pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. 
 “Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement. 
 “Letter of Credit Agreements” means all letter of credit applications and other agreements (including any amendments, modifications or
supplements thereto) submitted by the Borrower, or entered into by the Borrower, with any Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank. 
 “LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing at Reuters Reference LIBOR01 (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any
successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest
rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of
$5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period. 
 “Lien” means any interest in Property securing an
obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than the owner of the Property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, and whether such obligation or claim is fixed or contingent, and including but not limited to
(a) the lien or security interest arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, security agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes or (b) production payments and the like payable
out of Oil and Gas Properties. The term “Lien” shall include easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations. 
 “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, all Letter of Credit Agreements, the Letters of Credit and the Security Instruments.

 “Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. 
 “Majority Lenders” means, at any time while no Loans or LC Exposure is outstanding, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate
Maximum Credit Amounts; and at any time while any Loans or LC Exposure is outstanding, Lenders holding more than 50% of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans and participation interests in Letters of Credit (without regard to any
sale by a Lender of a participation in any Loan under Section 12.04(c)). 
  

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 “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
operations, Property or financial condition of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, excluding the effect of events, developments and circumstances affecting the oil and gas exploration and production industry generally,
(b) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents taken as a whole or the ability of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document or
(c) the rights and remedies of or benefits available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender under any Loan Document. 
 “Material Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary and owns assets representing 10% or more of the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or whose
EBITDAX represents 10% or more of the EBITDAX of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries. For purposes of this definition, the total assets and EBITDAX of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be determined as of the end of the
Borrower’s most recent fiscal year for which financial statements are available. 
 “Material Indebtedness” means Debt
(other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000. For purposes of
determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting
agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time. 
 “Material Title Defect” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 8.12(a). 
 “Maturity
Date” means April 23, 2012. 
 “Maximum Credit Amount” means, as to each Lender, the amount set forth opposite
such Lender’s name on Annex I under the caption “Maximum Credit Amounts”, as the same may be (a) reduced or terminated from time to time in connection with a reduction or termination of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts
pursuant to Section 2.06(b), (b) increased pursuant to Section 2.09, (c) modified from time to time pursuant to any assignment permitted by Section 12.04(b) or (d) amended by the addition of a new Increasing Lender
pursuant to Section 2.09. 
 “Membership Interests Purchase Agreement” means the Membership Interests Purchase and Sale
Agreement dated as of April 18, 2007, between Laramie Energy, LLC and the Borrower. 
 “Minimum Liquidity” means, as of
any date of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate unused amount of the Commitments under this Agreement as of such date and (b) all unrestricted and unencumbered cash and Investments of the type described in Section 9.06(c),
(d), (e) and (f) reflected on the Borrower’s balance sheet as of such date. 
 “Moody’s” means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency. 
  

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 “Mortgaged Property” means any Property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary which is subject to the Liens existing and to exist under the terms of the Security Instruments. 
 “Mortgage Release
Date” means the earlier to occur of (i) the date that the Borrower obtains an Investment Grade rating and (ii) the date upon which the Commitments have been terminated, no Note is outstanding, all Loans have been repaid in full,
all Letters of Credit have been terminated and all Indebtedness then due and payable has been paid in full. 
 “Multiemployer
Plan” means a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in section 3(37) or 4001 (a)(3) of ERISA. 
 “New Borrowing Base
Notice” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.07(d). 
 “Non-Recourse Debt” means any Debt of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary or other Person in which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary made an Investment permitted by Section 9.06(h), in each case in respect of which: (a) the holder or holders thereof (i) shall have recourse only
to, and shall have the right to require the obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or such Person to be performed, satisfied, and paid only out of, the Property of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or such Person and/or one or more of its
Subsidiaries (but only to the extent that such Subsidiaries are Unrestricted Subsidiaries or not Subsidiaries of the Borrower) and/or any other Person (other than the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary) or the Equity Interests of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Person or such Subsidiaries and (ii) shall have no direct or indirect recourse (including by way of guaranty, support or indemnity) to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or to any of the Property of Borrower
or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Equity Interests of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Person), whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise; and (b) the terms and conditions relating to the non-recourse nature of such
Debt are in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. 
 “Notes” means the promissory notes of
the Borrower described in Section 2.02(d) and being substantially in the form of Exhibit A, together with all amendments, modifications, replacements, extensions and rearrangements thereof. 
 “Oil and Gas Properties” means (a) Hydrocarbon Interests; (b) the Properties now or hereafter pooled or unitized with
Hydrocarbon Interests; (c) all presently existing or future unitization, pooling agreements and declarations of pooled units and the units created thereby (including without limitation all units created under orders, regulations and rules of
any Governmental Authority) which may affect all or any portion of the Hydrocarbon Interests; (d) all operating agreements, contracts and other agreements, including production sharing contracts and agreements, which relate to any of the
Hydrocarbon Interests or the production, sale, purchase, transportation, exchange or processing of Hydrocarbons from or attributable to such Hydrocarbon Interests; (e) all Hydrocarbons in and under and which may be produced and saved or
attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests, including all oil in tanks, and all rents, issues, profits, proceeds, products, revenues and other incomes from or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests; (f) all tenements, hereditaments,
appurtenances and Properties in any manner appertaining, belonging, affixed or incidental to the Hydrocarbon Interests and (g) all Properties, rights, titles, interests and estates described or referred to above, including any and all Property,


  

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real or personal, now owned or hereinafter acquired and situated upon, used, held for use or useful in connection with the operating, working or development
of any of such Hydrocarbon Interests or Property (excluding drilling rigs, automotive equipment, rental equipment or other personal Property which may be on such premises for the purpose of drilling a well or for other similar temporary uses) and
including any and all oil wells, gas wells, injection wells or other wells, buildings, structures, fuel separators, liquid extraction plants, plant compressors, pumps, pumping units, field gathering systems, tanks and tank batteries, fixtures,
valves, fittings, machinery and parts, engines, boilers, meters, apparatus, equipment, appliances, tools, implements, cables, wires, towers, casing, tubing and rods, surface leases, rights-of-way, easements and servitudes together with all
additions, substitutions, replacements, accessions and attachments to any and all of the foregoing. 
 “Other Taxes” means
any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or Property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement and any other Loan Document. 
 “Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.04(c)(i). 

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto. 
 “Permitted Additional Debt” means Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 9.02(i). 
 “Permitted Additional Debt Instruments” means the indentures, promissory notes, credit agreements and other instruments pursuant to
which Permitted Additional Debt has been issued or incurred, as amended or supplemented as permitted by Section 9.02(i). 
 “Permitted Holders” means (i) James C. Flores and his spouse and lineal descendants, their respective estates or legal representatives, (ii) trusts created for the benefit of such Persons and (iii) entities
of which 80% or more of the Equity Interest having ordinary voting power is directly or indirectly owned by any of the preceding Persons. 
 “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity. 
 “Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in section 3(2) of ERISA, which (a) is currently or hereafter sponsored,
maintained or contributed to by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate or (b) was at any time during the six calendar years preceding the date hereof, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or a Subsidiary or an ERISA
Affiliate. 
 “Point Arguello Partnerships” means the following partnerships of which Arguello Inc. is a managing general
partner: (i) Gaviota Gas Plant Company, (ii) Point Arguello Natural Gas Line Company, (iii) Point Arguello Pipeline Company and (iv) Point Arguello Terminal Company. 
  

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 “Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by JPMorgan as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective. Such rate is set by the
Administrative Agent as a general reference rate of interest, taking into account such factors as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; it being understood that many of the Administrative Agent’s commercial or other loans are priced in
relation to such rate, that it is not necessarily the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer and that the Administrative Agent may make various commercial or other loans at rates of interest having no relationship to such rate.

 “Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or
intangible, including, without limitation, cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. 
 “Proposed Borrowing Base” has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(c)(i). 
 “Proposed Borrowing Base Notice” has the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.07(c)(ii). 
 “Proposed Conforming Borrowing Base” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.07(c)(i). 
 “Redemption” means with respect to any Debt, the repurchase, redemption, prepayment, repayment,
defeasance or any other acquisition or retirement for value (or the segregation of funds with respect to any of the foregoing) of such Debt. “Redeem” has the correlative meaning thereto. 
 “Redetermination Date” means, with respect to any Scheduled Redetermination or any Interim Redetermination, the date that the
redetermined Borrowing Base or Conforming Borrowing Base, as the case may be, related thereto becomes effective pursuant to Section 2.07(d). 
 “Register” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 12.04(b)(iv). 
 “Regulation D”
means Regulation D of the Board, as the same may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time. 
 “Related
Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and attorneys, accountants and experts of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

 “Release Date” means the earlier of (i) the date the Borrower obtains an Investment Grade Rating and (ii) the
date on which the Commitments have terminated, all Loans, interest, fees and other amounts (other than obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements and damages in respect of which no claim has been made and which survive the
termination of this Agreement) have been paid, all LC Disbursements have been reimbursed, and all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired. 
  

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 “Remedial Work” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 8.09(a). 

“Required Lenders” means, at any time while no Loans or LC Exposure is outstanding, Lenders having at least 90% of the Aggregate
Maximum Credit Amounts; and at any time while any Loans or LC Exposure is outstanding, Lenders having not less than 90% of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans and participation interests in Letters of Credit (without regard to
any sale by a Lender of a participation in any Loan under Section 12.04(c)). 
 “Reserve Report” means a report, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth, as of each December 31st (or such other date in the event of an Interim Redetermination) the proved oil and gas reserves attributable to Oil and Gas
Properties of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, together with a projection of the rate of production and future net income, taxes, operating expenses and capital expenditures with respect thereto as of such date, based upon the pricing
assumptions consistent with SEC reporting requirements at the time. For the avoidance of doubt, any reference in the Credit Agreement (including Sections 8.12, 8.13 and 9.12) to Oil and Gas Properties described, included or evaluated in a Reserve
Report shall be deemed to exclude possible or probable oil and gas reserves attributable to such Oil and Gas Properties. 
 “Responsible Officer” means, as to any Person, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Financial Officer or any Vice President of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references to a Responsible Officer
herein shall mean a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. 
 “Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, securities or other Property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other Property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on
account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. 
 “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an
Unrestricted Subsidiary. 
 “Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the
outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans and its LC Exposure at such time. 
 “Scheduled Redetermination”
has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.07(b). 
 “Scheduled Redetermination Date” means the date on which a
Borrowing Base and a Conforming Borrowing Base that have been redetermined pursuant to a Scheduled Redetermination become effective as provided in Section 2.07(d). 
 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor Governmental Authority. 
  

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 “Section 1031 Counterparty” means an entity that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower and
that will serve as an exchange accommodation titleholder in connection with the Section 1031 Exchange. 
 “Section 1031
Exchange” means a transaction intended to qualify for nonrecognition of gain or loss under Section 1031 of the Code pursuant to which the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower would exchange Oil and Gas Properties owned by it for
Oil and Gas Properties owned by a third party. 
 “Security Instruments” means the Guaranty Agreement, mortgages, deeds of
trust and other agreements, instruments or certificates described or referred to in Exhibit C-1, and any and all other agreements, instruments or certificates now or hereafter executed and delivered by the Borrower or any other Person (other than
Swap Agreements with the Lenders or any Affiliate of a Lender or participation or similar agreements between any Lender and any other lender or creditor with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to this Agreement) in connection with, or as security
for the payment or performance of the Indebtedness, the Notes, this Agreement, or reimbursement obligations under the Letters of Credit, as such agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time. 
 “Senior Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of March 13, 2007, among the Borrower, as issuer, the guarantors party thereto and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, pursuant to which the Senior Notes were issued, as amended or supplemented as permitted by Section 9.05. 
 “Senior Notes” means the $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7% Senior Notes due 2017 issued by the Borrower pursuant to the Senior Indenture. 
 “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto
that is a nationally recognized rating agency. 
 “Specified Date” means the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of
the closing held pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement and (ii) the date after the Effective Date on which the Borrower issues any Permitted Additional Debt. 
 “Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve
percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency
Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements
without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the
effective date of any change in any reserve percentage. 
 “Subsidiary” means: (a) any Person of which at least a
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directors, manager or other governing body of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time Equity Interests of any other class or classes of such
Person have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries or by the Borrower and one or more of its Subsidiaries
and (b) any partnership of which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner other than the Point Arguello Partnerships; provided, however, that neither Sepulveda Oil and Gas Company nor Nuevo Energy Company shall be a
Subsidiary of the Borrower. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each reference to the term “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower. 
 “Super-majority Lenders” means, at any time while no Loans or LC Exposure are outstanding, Lenders having at least 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts; and at any time while any Loans or
LC Exposure is outstanding, Lenders holding at least 66-2/3% of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans and participation interests in such Letters of Credit (without regard to any sale by a Lender of a participation in any Loan
under Section 12.04(c)). 
 “Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, cap, collar, forward, future
or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement, whether exchange traded, “over-the-counter” or otherwise, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or
securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for
payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement. 
 “Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any
Governmental Authority. 
 “Termination Date” means the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the
Commitments. 
 “Transactions” means, with respect to (a) the Borrower, the execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of this Agreement and each other Loan Document, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, and the grant of Liens by the Borrower on Mortgaged Properties and other Properties
pursuant to the Security Instruments, (b) each Guarantor, the execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of each Loan Document, the guaranteeing of the Indebtedness and the other obligations under the Guaranty Agreement by such
Guarantor and such Guarantor’s grant of the security interests and provision of collateral pursuant to the Security Instruments, and the grant of Liens by such Guarantor on Mortgaged Properties and other Properties pursuant to the Security
Instruments and (c) each Restricted Subsidiary, the execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of each Loan Document, and such Restricted Subsidiary’s grant of the security interests and provision of collateral pursuant to the
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 “Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate. 
 “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated as such on Schedule 7.11 or which the Borrower has designated in writing to the Administrative Agent to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to
Section 9.07. 
 “Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of which all of the outstanding Equity
Interests (other than any directors’ qualifying shares mandated by applicable law), on a fully-diluted basis, are owned by the Borrower or one or more of the Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries or are owned by the Borrower and one or more of the
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries. 
 Section 1.03 Types of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans and Borrowings,
respectively, may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan” or a “Eurodollar Borrowing”). 
 Section 1.04 Terms Generally; Rules of Construction. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such
agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth in the Loan Documents), (b) any reference herein to
any law shall be construed as referring to such law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
successors and assigns (subject to the restrictions contained in the Loan Documents), (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in
its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) with respect to the determination of any time period, the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to and including” and
(f) any reference herein to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document shall be interpreted or construed against any Person solely because such Person or its legal representative drafted such provision. 
 Section 1.05 Accounting Terms and Determinations; GAAP. Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made, and
all financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent with the Financial
Statements except for changes in which Borrower’s independent certified public accountants concur and which are disclosed to Administrative Agent on the next date on which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lenders
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Section 8.01(a); provided that, if (i) the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any
provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of or calculation of compliance with such provision or (ii) the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower that the Majority Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be
interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. 
 ARTICLE II 
 The Credits

 Section 2.01 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Loans to the
Borrower during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding
the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow the Loans. 
 Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings. 
 (a) Borrowings; Several Obligations. Each Loan shall
be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. 
 (b) Types of Loans. Subject to Section 3.03, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may
make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. No such designation or transfer shall result in any liability on the part of the Borrower for increased costs or expenses resulting solely from such designation or transfer (except any such transfer which is made by a Lender
pursuant to Section 5.04 or Section 5.05, or otherwise for the purpose of complying with any Governmental Requirement). Increased costs for expenses resulting from a change in law occurring subsequent to any such designation or transfer
shall be deemed not to result solely from such designation or transfer. 
 (c) Minimum Amounts; Limitation on Number of Borrowings.
Each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. Each ABR Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than
$1,000,000; provided that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by
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there shall not at any time be more than a total of 10 Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower
shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date. 
 (d) Notes. If requested by a Lender, the Loans made by such Lender shall be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower in substantially
the form of Exhibit A, dated, in the case of (i) any Lender party hereto as of the date of this Agreement, as of the Effective Date, (ii) any other Lender, as of the date such Lender becomes a party hereto, payable to the order of such
Lender in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount as in effect on such date, and otherwise duly completed. In the event that any Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount increases or decreases for any reason (whether pursuant to
Section 2.06, Section 2.09, Section 12.04(b) or otherwise) and at such Lender’s request, the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered on the effective date of such increase or decrease, a new Note payable to the order of
such Lender in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount after giving effect to such increase or decrease, and otherwise duly completed. The date, amount, Type, interest rate and, if applicable, Interest Period of each Loan made by each
Lender, and all payments made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books for its Note, and, prior to any transfer, may be endorsed by such Lender on a schedule attached to such Note or any continuation thereof
or on any separate record maintained by such Lender. Failure to make any such notation or to attach a schedule shall not affect any Lender’s or the Borrower’s rights or obligations in respect of such Loans or affect the validity of such
transfer by any Lender of its Note. 
 (e) On the Effective Date (or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date with respect to (iii)):

 (i) the Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid commitment fees, break funding fees under Section 5.02, if any,
associated with refunded “Eurodollar Loans” outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement and all other fees that are outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement for the account of each “Lender” or “Issuing Bank”
under the Existing Credit Agreement; 
 (ii) each “ABR Loan” outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall
be deemed to be repaid with the proceeds of a new ABR Loan under this Agreement; and each “Eurodollar Loan” outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be repaid with the proceeds of a new Eurodollar Loan under this Agreement
made by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage of the Borrowing; 
 (iii) each
“Lender” under the Existing Credit Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower as soon as practicable after the Effective Date any promissory note issued by the Borrower to it under the Existing Credit Agreement, marked “canceled” or
otherwise similarly defaced; 
 (iv) any “Letters of Credit” issued under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be
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 (v) the Existing Credit Agreement and the commitments thereunder shall be superceded by
this Agreement and such commitments shall terminate. 
 (f) It is the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement not constitute a
novation of the obligations and liabilities existing under the Existing Credit Agreement or evidence repayment of any such obligations and liabilities and that this Agreement amend and restate in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement and
re-evidence the obligations of the Borrower outstanding thereunder. 
 Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. To request a
Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing
or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that no such notice shall be required for any deemed request of an ABR Borrowing to finance the reimbursement
of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.08(e). Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form
approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02: 
 (i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing; 
 (ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day; 
 (iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; 
 (iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by
the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and 
 (v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to
which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.05. 
 If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified,
then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section 2.03, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the
details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing. 
 Section 2.04 Interest
Elections. 
 (a) Conversion and Continuance. Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing
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have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or
to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section 2.04. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected
Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. No such conversion or
continuation shall be deemed the making of a new Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement, including without limitation ARTICLE VI. 
 (b)
Interest Election Requests. To make an election pursuant to this Section 2.04, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under
Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed
promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. 
 (c) Information in Interest Election Requests. Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in
compliance with Section 2.02: 
 (i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different
options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(iii) and (iv) shall be
specified for each resulting Borrowing); 
 (ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election
Request, which shall be a Business Day; 
 (iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar
Borrowing; and 
 (iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto
after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”. 
 If
any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. 
 (d) Notice to Lenders by the Administrative Agent. Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall
advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing. 
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with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein,
at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing: (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or
continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing (and any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective) and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar
Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto. 
 Section 2.05 Funding of
Borrowings. 
 (a) Funding by Lenders. Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by
wire transfer of immediately available funds by 1:00 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans
available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in Houston, Texas and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request;
provided that ABR Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.08(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank that made such LC Disbursement. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for its Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for its Loan in any particular place or manner. 
 (b) Presumption of Funding by the Lenders. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of
any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with
Section 2.05(a) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then
the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to
but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on
interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such
Borrowing. 
 Section 2.06 Termination and Reduction of Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts. 
 (a) Scheduled Termination of Commitments. Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date. If at any time the
Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts or the Borrowing Base is terminated or reduced to zero, then the Commitments shall terminate on the effective date of such termination or reduction. 
  

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 (b) Optional Termination and Reduction of Aggregate Credit Amounts. 
 (i) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts; provided that (A) each
reduction of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (B) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts if, after
giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 3.04(c), the total Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Commitments. 
 (ii) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts under
Section 2.06(b)(i) at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall
advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be irrevocable. Any termination or reduction of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts shall be permanent and may not be
reinstated. Each reduction of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with each Lender’s Applicable Percentage. 
 Section 2.07 Borrowing Base and Conforming Borrowing Base. 
 (a) Initial Borrowing Base.
For the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the first Redetermination Date, (i) the amount of the Borrowing Base shall be $1,300,000,000 and (ii) the amount of the Conforming Borrowing Base shall be
$1,150,000,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowing Base and the Conforming Borrowing Base may be subject to further adjustments from time to time, whether before or after the first Redetermination Date, pursuant to Section 8.12(c),
Section 9.02(i) or Section 9.12(d). 
 (b) Scheduled and Interim Redeterminations. Subject to Section 2.07(d), the
Borrowing Base and, prior to the Specified Date, the Conforming Borrowing Base shall be redetermined (a “Scheduled Redetermination”) on May 1st of each year, commencing May 1, 2008. In addition, the Borrower may, by
notifying the Administrative Agent thereof, and the Administrative Agent may, at the direction of the Super-majority Lenders, by notifying the Borrower thereof, each elect to cause the Borrowing Base and the Conforming Borrowing Base to be
redetermined one time between Scheduled Redeterminations (an “Interim Redetermination”) in accordance with this Section 2.07. After the Specified Date, the Conforming Borrowing Base shall not be redetermined. 
 (c) Scheduled and Interim Redetermination Procedure. 
 (i) Each Scheduled Redetermination and each Interim Redetermination shall be effectuated as follows: Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of (A) the Reserve Report and the certificate required to be delivered
by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, in the case of a Scheduled Redetermination, pursuant to Section 8.11(a) and (c), and, in the case of an Interim Redetermination, pursuant to Section 8.11(b) and (c), and 

  

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(B) such other reports, data and supplemental information as may, from time to time, be reasonably requested by the Majority Lenders (the Reserve Report,
such certificate and such other reports, data and supplemental information being the “Engineering Reports”), the Administrative Agent shall evaluate the information contained in the Engineering Reports and shall, in good faith,
propose a new Borrowing Base (the “Proposed Borrowing Base”) and a new Conforming Borrowing Base (the “Proposed Conforming Borrowing Base”) based upon such information and such other information (including, without
limitation, the status of title information with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties as described in the Engineering Reports and the existence of any other Debt) as the Administrative Agent deems appropriate and consistent with its normal oil and
gas lending criteria as it exists at the particular time. 
 (ii) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the
Lenders of the Proposed Borrowing Base and the Proposed Conforming Borrowing Base (the “Proposed Borrowing Base Notice”): 
 (A) in the case of a Scheduled Redetermination (1) if the Administrative Agent shall have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.11(a) and (c) in
a timely and complete manner, then on or before the April 15th of such year following the date of delivery or (2) if the Administrative Agent shall not have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant
to Section 8.11(a) and (c) in a timely and complete manner, then promptly after the Administrative Agent has received complete Engineering Reports from the Borrower and has had a reasonable opportunity to determine the Proposed Borrowing
Base and the Proposed Conforming Borrowing Base (if applicable) in accordance with Section 2.07(c)(i); and 
 (B) in the
case of an Interim Redetermination, promptly, and in any event, within 15 days after the Administrative Agent has received the required Engineering Reports. 
 (iii) Any Proposed Borrowing Base that would increase the Borrowing Base then in effect must be approved or deemed to have been approved
by the Required Lenders as provided in this Section 2.07(c)(iii); and any Proposed Borrowing Base that would decrease or maintain the Borrowing Base then in effect must be approved or be deemed to have been approved by the Super-majority
Lenders as provided in this Section 2.07(c)(iii). Any Proposed Conforming Borrowing Base that would increase the Conforming Borrowing Base then in effect must be approved or deemed to have been approved by the Required Lenders as provided in
this Section 2.07(c)(iii); and any Proposed Conforming Borrowing Base that would decrease or maintain the Conforming Borrowing Base then in effect must be approved or be deemed to have been approved by the Super-majority Lenders as provided in
this Section 2.07(c)(iii). Upon receipt of the Proposed Borrowing Base Notice, each Lender shall have 15 days to agree with the Proposed Borrowing Base and the Proposed Conforming Borrowing Base (if applicable) or disagree with the Proposed
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Base, as the case may be. If, at the end of such 15 days, any Lender has not communicated its approval or disapproval in writing to the Administrative Agent,
such silence shall be deemed to be an approval of the Proposed Borrowing Base and the Proposed Conforming Borrowing Base (if applicable). If, at the end of such 15-day period, the Required Lenders, in the case of a Proposed Borrowing Base or
Proposed Conforming Borrowing Base (if applicable) that would increase the Borrowing Base or Proposed Conforming Borrowing Base then in effect, or the Super-majority Lenders, in the case of a Proposed Borrowing Base or Conforming Borrowing Base that
would decrease or maintain the Borrowing Base or Conforming Borrowing Base then in effect, have approved or deemed to have approved, as aforesaid, then the Proposed Borrowing Base or the Proposed Conforming Borrowing Base (if applicable) shall
become the new Borrowing Base or Conforming Borrowing Base, as the case may be, effective on the date specified in Section 2.07(d). If, however, at the end of such 15-day period, the Required Lenders or the Super-majority Lenders, as
applicable, have not approved or deemed to have approved, as aforesaid, then the Administrative Agent shall poll the Lenders to ascertain the highest Borrowing Base or Conforming Borrowing Base, as the case may be, then acceptable to a number of
Lenders sufficient to constitute the Required Lenders or the Super-majority Lenders, as applicable, and such amount shall become the new Borrowing Base, effective on the date specified in Section 2.07(d). 
 (d) Effectiveness of a Redetermined Borrowing Base. After a redetermined Borrowing Base and Conforming Borrowing Base (if applicable) are approved
or are deemed to have been approved by the Required Lenders or the Super-majority Lenders, as applicable, pursuant to Section 2.07(c)(iii), the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the amount of the redetermined
Borrowing Base and Conforming Borrowing Base (the “New Borrowing Base Notice”), and such amounts shall become the new Borrowing Base and Conforming Borrowing Base (if applicable), effective and applicable to the Borrower, the
Agents, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders: 
 (i) in the case of a Scheduled Redetermination, (A) if the Administrative
Agent shall have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.11(a) and (c) in a timely and complete manner, then on the May 1st following such notice, or (B) if the
Administrative Agent shall not have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.11(a) and (c) in a timely and complete manner, then on the Business Day next succeeding delivery of such
notice; and 
 (ii) in the case of an Interim Redetermination, on the Business Day next succeeding delivery of such notice.

 Such amounts shall then become the Borrowing Base and Conforming Borrowing Base until the next Scheduled Redetermination Date, the next Interim
Redetermination Date or the next adjustment to the Borrowing Base or Conforming Borrowing Base under Section 8.12(c), Section 9.02(i) or Section 9.12(d), whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Scheduled
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 (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.07, following the Specified Date, the
Borrowing Base shall automatically be reduced to the Conforming Borrowing Base in effect on the Specified Date. 
 Section 2.08
Letters of Credit. 
 (a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request any Issuing
Bank to issue dollar denominated Letters of Credit for its own account or for the account of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time
during the Availability Period; provided, however, that (i) no Letter of Credit shall be issued if, after such issuance, the LC Exposure would exceed the lesser of (A) the LC Commitment and (B) an amount equal to the aggregate
Commitments minus the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure and (ii) the Borrower shall not request the issuance of a Letter of Credit to support a Swap Agreement permitted under Section 9.17 if such issuance would cause the aggregate face
amount of all Letters of Credit securing such Swap Agreements to exceed $50,000,000. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or
other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. 
 (b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment,
renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to any Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent (not less than three Business Days in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice: 
 (i) requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit or identifying the Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank to be amended, renewed or extended; 
 (ii) specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day); 
 (iii) specifying the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with Section 2.08(c)); 
 (iv) specifying the amount of such Letter of Credit; and 
 (v) specifying the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew
or extend such Letter of Credit. 
 If requested by any Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing
Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. 
 (c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall
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Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days
prior to the Maturity Date; provided, however, that any Letter of Credit with a one-year tenor may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause
(ii) above). 
 (d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the
amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank that issues such Letter of Credit or the Lenders, each Issuing Bank that issues a Letter of Credit hereunder hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires
from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each
Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of any Issuing Bank that issues a Letter of Credit hereunder, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such
Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in Section 2.08(e), or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to
acquire participations pursuant to this Section 2.08(d) in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of
Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. 
 (e) Reimbursement. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, the Borrower
shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received
notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on (i) the
Business Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if
such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that if such LC Disbursement is equal to or greater than $1,000,000, the Borrower shall, subject to the conditions to Borrowing set forth herein, be deemed to have
requested, and the Borrower does hereby request under such circumstances, that such LC Disbursement be financed with an ABR Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall
be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Borrowing. For purposes of the first sentence of Section 2.01, the amount of the ABR Borrowing shall be considered, but the amount of the LC Disbursement to be concurrently reimbursed shall not be
considered. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.05 with respect to
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Section 2.05 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the
Issuing Bank that issued such Letter of Credit the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.08(e), the Administrative Agent
shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank that issued such Letter of Credit or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this Section 2.08(e) to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as
their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.08(e) to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not
relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement. 
 (f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation
to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in Section 2.08(e) shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and
irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, any Letter of Credit Agreement or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit
proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by any Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank against presentation of a
draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or any Letter of Credit Agreement, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the
provisions of this Section 2.08(f), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor any Issuing Bank, nor any of
their Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances
referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a
drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of any Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to the
Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such Issuing
Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of any Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised all requisite care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without
limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank that issued such Letter of Credit may, in
its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such
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 (g) Disbursement Procedures. Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof,
examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such
demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank
and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement. 
 (h) Interim Interest. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement,
then, until the Borrower shall have reimbursed such Issuing Bank for such LC Disbursement (either with its own funds or a Borrowing under Section 2.08(e)), the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date
such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans. Interest accrued pursuant to this Section 2.08(h) shall be for the account of such
Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.08(e) to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment. 
 (i) Replacement of an Issuing Bank. Any Issuing Bank may be replaced or resign at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, such retiring or replaced Issuing Bank and, in the case of a replacement, the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such resignation or replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time any
such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the retiring or replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 3.05(b). In the case of the replacement of an Issuing Bank, from
and after the effective date of such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and
(ii) references herein to “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the resignation or
replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the retiring or replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by
it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit. 
 (j) Cash
Collateralization. If (i) any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this
Section 2.08(j), or (ii) the Borrower is required to pay to the Administrative Agent the excess attributable to an LC Exposure in connection with any prepayment pursuant to Section 3.04(c), then the Borrower shall deposit, in an
account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to, in the case of an Event of Default, the LC Exposure, and in the case of a payment required by
Section 3.04(c), the amount of such excess as provided in Section 3.04(c), as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and
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any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary described in Section 10.01(h) or
Section 10.01(i). The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of each Issuing Bank and the Lenders, an exclusive first priority and continuing perfected security interest in and Lien on such account and all cash,
checks, drafts, certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time deposited or held in such account, all deposits or wire transfers made thereto, any and all investments purchased with funds deposited in such account, all interest, dividends,
cash, instruments, financial assets and other Property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise payable in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the foregoing, and all proceeds, products, accessions, rents, profits, income and
benefits therefrom, and any substitutions and replacements therefor. The Borrower’s obligation to deposit amounts pursuant to this Section 2.08(j) shall be absolute and unconditional, without regard to whether any beneficiary of any such
Letter of Credit has attempted to draw down all or a portion of such amount under the terms of a Letter of Credit, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be subject to any defense or be affected by a right of set-off,
counterclaim or recoupment which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may now or hereafter have against any such beneficiary, any Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any other Person for any reason whatsoever. Such deposit
shall be held as collateral securing the payment and performance of the Borrower’s and the Guarantor’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control,
including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the
Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse, on a pro
rata basis, each Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or,
if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. In the event of any such payment by the Borrower of amounts contingently
owing under outstanding Letters of Credit and in the event that thereafter drafts or other demands for payment complying with the terms of such Letters of Credit are not made on or prior to the respective expiration dates thereof, the Administrative
Agent agrees, if no Event of Default is then continuing or if no other amounts are then outstanding under this Agreement, the Notes or the Loan Documents, to remit to the Borrower amounts for which the contingent obligations evidenced by the Letters
of Credit have ceased. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, and the Borrower is not otherwise required to pay to the Administrative Agent the excess
attributable to an LC Exposure in connection with any prepayment pursuant to Section 3.04(c), then such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default
have been cured or waived. 
 Section 2.09 Increase in the Revolving Loan Maximum Credit Amounts. 
 (a) The Borrower may on no more than five occasions during the period beginning on the date hereof to and including the date that is six months prior to
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institutions (any such financial institution executing such notice being called an “Increasing Lender”), which may include any Lender, cause
the Maximum Credit Amounts to be extended by the Increasing Lenders if such Increasing Lender is not already a Lender (or cause the Maximum Credit Amounts of the Increasing Lenders that are already Lenders to be increased, as the case may be) in an
amount for each Increasing Lender set forth in such notice; provided, that (i) each extension of new Maximum Credit Amounts or increase in existing Maximum Credit Amounts pursuant to this paragraph shall result in the aggregate Maximum Credit
Amounts being increased by no less than $25,000,000, (ii) no extension of new Maximum Credit Amounts or increase in existing Maximum Credit Amounts pursuant to this paragraph may result in the aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts exceeding
$1,550,000,000 without the approval of all Lenders, (iii) each Increasing Lender shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (iv) each Increasing Lender, if
not already a Lender hereunder, shall become a party to this Agreement by completing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly executed joinder agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a
“Joinder Agreement”), (v) any Lender requested by Borrower to become an Increasing Lender may elect, or decline, such request in its sole discretion, (vi) since December 31, 2006, no event has occurred that has had or
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (vii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. New Maximum Credit Amounts and increases in Maximum Credit Amounts shall become effective on the date
specified in the applicable notices delivered pursuant to this paragraph. 
 (b) Upon the effectiveness of any Joinder Agreement to which any
Increasing Lender is a party, (i) such Increasing Lender shall thereafter be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Lender hereunder and subject to all obligations of a
Lender hereunder and (ii) Annex I shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Maximum Credit Amount of such Increasing Lender as provided in such Joinder Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase pursuant to this
Section 2.09 in the Maximum Credit Amount of a Lender already a party hereto, Annex I shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increased Maximum Credit Amount of such Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the
aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts (or in the Maximum Credit Amount of any Lender) shall become effective under this Section unless, on the date of such increase, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated as of the effective
date of such increase and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, to the effect that the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 6.02 shall be satisfied (with all references in such paragraphs
to a Borrowing being deemed to be references to such increase and attaching resolutions of the Borrower approving such increase). 
 (c) The
Borrowers shall prepay any Loans outstanding prior to the effectiveness of such increase or extension, together with any amounts due pursuant to Section 5.02, with new Loans made pursuant to Section 2.01 ratably in accordance with the
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 ARTICLE III 
 Payments of Principal and Interest; Prepayments; Fees 
 Section 3.01 Repayment of Loans.
The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan on the Termination Date. 
 Section 3.02 Interest. 
 (a)
ABR Loans. The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. 
 (b) Eurodollar Loans. The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in
effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. 
 (c) Default Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Loan Document is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon
acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, the lesser of (A) the rate otherwise applicable to such
Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section plus 2%, and with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, after the expiration of the Interest Period in which such Event of Default arose, the Default Rate, or (B) the Highest Lawful Rate or
(ii) in the case of any other amount, the lesser of (A) the Default Rate or (B) the Highest Lawful Rate. 
 (d) Interest Payment
Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and on the Termination Date; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section 3.02(c) shall be payable on demand,
(ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than an optional prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the Termination Date), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such
repayment or prepayment, and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion (but only
to the extent so converted). 
 (e) Interest Rate Computations. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360
days, unless such computation would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, in which case interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at
times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but
excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and be binding upon the parties hereto.

  

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 Section 3.03 Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period
for a Eurodollar Borrowing: 
 (a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that
adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period; or 
 (b) the
Administrative Agent is advised by the Majority Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included
in such Borrowing for such Interest Period; 
 then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or
telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the
conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective, and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing. 

Section 3.04 Prepayments. 
 (a) Optional Prepayments. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 3.04(b). 
 (b) Notice and Terms of Optional Prepayment. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any
prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not
later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid. Promptly following receipt
of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of
the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 3.02.

 (c) Mandatory Prepayments. 
 (i) If, after giving effect to any termination or reduction of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts pursuant to Section 2.06(b), the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeds the total Commitments, then the
Borrower shall (A) prepay the Borrowings on the date of such termination or reduction in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess, and (B) if any excess remains after prepaying all of the Borrowings as a result of an LC Exposure,
pay to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders an amount equal to such excess to be held as cash collateral as provided in Section 2.08(j). 
  

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 (ii) Upon any redetermination of or adjustment to the amount of the Borrowing Base in
accordance with Section 2.07 or Section 8.12(c), if the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeds the redetermined or adjusted Borrowing Base, then the Borrower shall (A) prepay the Borrowings in an aggregate principal amount equal to
such excess, and (B) if any excess remains after prepaying all of the Borrowings as a result of an LC Exposure, pay to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders an amount equal to such excess to be held as cash collateral as provided in
Section 2.08(j). The Borrower shall be obligated to make 50% of such prepayment and/or deposit of cash collateral within 90 days following its receipt of the New Borrowing Base Notice in accordance with Section 2.07(d) or the date the
adjustment occurs and to make the balance of such prepayment within 180 days of such date; provided that all payments required to be made pursuant to this Section 3.04(c)(ii) must be made on or prior to the Termination Date. 
 (iii) Upon any adjustments to the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 9.12(d), if the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeds the
Borrowing Base as adjusted, then the Borrower shall (A) prepay the Borrowings in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess, and (B) if any excess remains after prepaying all of the Borrowings as a result of an LC Exposure, pay to
the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders an amount equal to such excess to be held as cash collateral as provided in Section 2.08(j). The Borrower shall be obligated to make such prepayment and/or deposit of cash collateral on the date
it or any Subsidiary receives proceeds as a result of such disposition; provided that all payments required to be made pursuant to this Section 3.04(c)(iii) must be made on or prior to the Termination Date. 
 (iv) Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section 3.04(c) shall be applied, first, ratably to any ABR Borrowings then
outstanding, and, second, to any Eurodollar Borrowings then outstanding, and if more than one Eurodollar Borrowing is then outstanding, to each such Eurodollar Borrowing in order of priority beginning with the Eurodollar Borrowing with the least
number of days remaining in the Interest Period applicable thereto and ending with the Eurodollar Borrowing with the most number of days remaining in the Interest Period applicable thereto. 
 (v) Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section 3.04(c) shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid
Borrowings. Prepayments pursuant to this Section 3.04(c) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 3.02. 
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 Section 3.05 Fees. 
 (a) Commitment Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at
the applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date. Accrued commitment fees shall be
payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the Termination Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of
365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). 
 (b) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall
accrue at the same Applicable Margin used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements)
during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, (ii) to each Issuing Bank a
fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of that portion of the LC Exposure attributable to such Issuing Bank (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements)
during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure attributable to such Issuing Bank, provided that (A) in no
event shall such fee be less than $125 during any quarter and (B) if the expiration date of the Letter of Credit is less than one year after its date of issuance and the aggregate fronting fee otherwise payable through its expiration would be
less than $500, then the Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Bank $500 upon the issuance of such Letter of Credit in lieu of the fronting fee otherwise payable, and (iii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, its standard fees with respect
to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, shall
be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the Termination Date and any such fees accruing after the Termination
Date shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 3.05(b) shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365
days (or 366 days in a leap year), and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). 
 (c) Administrative Agent Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

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

  

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 (a) Payments by the Borrower. The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it
hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 5.01, Section 5.02, Section 5.03 or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due
(for purposes of computing interest and fees, each such payment made after such time on such due date to be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day), in immediately available funds, without defense, deduction, recoupment,
set-off or counterclaim. Fees, once paid, shall not be refundable under any circumstances. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices specified in Section 12.01, except payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank as expressly provided
herein and except that payments pursuant to Section 5.01, Section 5.02, Section 5.03 and Section 12.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received
by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars. 
 (b) Application of Insufficient Payments. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully
all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in
accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with
the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties. 
 (c) Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a
greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash
at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of
principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such
participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this Section 4.01(c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower
pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or
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agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may
exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. 
 Section 4.02 Presumption of Payment by the Borrower. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to
the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or any Issuing Bank that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such
date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or
such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such
amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation. 
 Section 4.03 Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent. If any Lender shall fail to make any payment
required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(b), Section 2.08(d), Section 2.08(e) or Section 4.02 then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts
thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid. 
 Section 4.04 Disposition of Proceeds. The Security Instruments contain an assignment by the Borrower and/or the Guarantors unto and in favor
of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders of all of the Borrower’s or each Guarantor’s interest in and to production and all proceeds attributable thereto which may be produced from or allocated to the Mortgaged Property.
The Security Instruments further provide in general for the application of such proceeds to the satisfaction of the Indebtedness and other obligations described therein and secured thereby. Notwithstanding the assignment contained in such Security
Instruments, until the occurrence of an Event of Default, (a) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that they will neither notify the purchaser or purchasers of such production nor take any other action to cause such proceeds to be
remitted to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, but the Lenders will instead permit such proceeds to be paid to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to take such actions
as may be necessary to cause such proceeds to be paid to the Borrower and/or such Restricted Subsidiaries. 
 ARTICLE V 
 Increased Costs; Break Funding Payments; Taxes; Illegality 
 Section 5.01 Increased Costs. 
 (a) Eurodollar Changes in Law. If any Change in Law shall:

 (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with
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 (ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting
this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender; 
 and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (whether of principal, interest or otherwise, but not including Excluded Taxes), then
the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. 
 (b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or
such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or
the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender
or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. 
 (c) Certificates. A certificate of a Lender or any Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such
Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in Section 5.01(a) or (b) shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as
the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. 
 (d) Effect of Failure or Delay
in Requesting Compensation. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 5.01 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s right to demand
such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 5.01 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or
such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further
that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. 
  

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 Section 5.02 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of
any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.04(b), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event (exclusive of
any lost profits or opportunity costs). In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which
would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest
Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period
at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. 
 A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall be delivered to the
Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. 
 Section 5.03 Taxes. 
 (a)
Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided
that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section 5.03(a)), the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall
make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. 
 (b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. The Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. 
 (c) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank, within 10 days
after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation
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and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank for any amounts under this Section 5.03(c)
to the extent that such Person fails to notify the Borrower of its intent to make a claim for indemnification under this Section 5.03(c) within 180 days after a claim is asserted against such Person by the relevant Governmental Authority. A
certificate of the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Bank as to the amount of such payment or liability under this Section 5.03 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. 
 (d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental
Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such
payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 
 (e) Foreign Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an
exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall
deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will
permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate. 
 (f) Tax Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or a Lender
determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to Section 5.03, it
shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under Section 5.03 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the
Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section 5.03(f) shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other
information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person. 
 Section 5.04 Mitigation Obligations;
Replacement of Lenders. 
 (a) Designation of Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under
Section 5.01, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.03, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a
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its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender,
such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.03, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense
and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender solely as a result of such designation or assignment. 
 (b) Replacement of Lenders. If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 5.01, or (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any
additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.03, or (iii) any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder or (iv) any Lender has asserted that any
adoption or change of the type described in Section 5.05 has occurred, or (v) any Lender fails to approve an amendment, waiver or other modification to this Credit Agreement that requires the approval of all Lenders and at least the
Super-majority Lenders have approved such amendment, waiver or other modification, or (vi) any Lender fails to approve an increase in the Borrowing Base and at least the Super-majority Lenders have approved such increase, then the Borrower may,
at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 12.04(b)), all its
interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) if such assignee is not a Lender, the
Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and
participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of
all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 5.01 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 5.03, such assignment will result in a reduction in such
compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and
delegation cease to apply. 
 Section 5.05 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement: 
 (a) In the event that it becomes unlawful for any Lender or its applicable lending office to honor its obligation to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans
either generally or having a particular Interest Period hereunder, then (i) such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof and such Lender’s obligation to make such Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended
(the “Affected Loans”) until such time as such Lender may again make and maintain such Eurodollar Loans and (ii) all Affected Loans which would otherwise be made by such Lender shall be made instead as ABR Loans (and, if such
Lender so requests by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, all Affected Loans of such Lender then outstanding shall be automatically converted into ABR Loans on the date specified by such Lender in such notice) and, to the extent
that Affected Loans are so made as (or converted into) ABR Loans, all payments of principal which would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s Affected Loans shall be applied instead to its ABR Loans; and 
  

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 (b) If it becomes unlawful for any Lender or its applicable lending office to honor its obligation to
make any Loans to the Borrower, then such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof and such Lender’s obligation to make Loans shall be suspended until such time as such Lender may again make and maintain
Loans to the Borrower. The Borrower shall have no obligation to pay to such Lender the commitment fee described in Section 3.05(a) that would otherwise accrue during such period of suspension. 
 ARTICLE VI 
 Conditions Precedent

 Section 6.01 Effective Date. 
 The obligations of the Lenders to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement, to make Loans and of any Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of
the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02): 
 (a) The Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the
Lenders shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses for which invoices have been presented required to be
reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder. 
 (b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Borrower and of each Guarantor dated as of the Effective Date setting forth (i) resolutions of its board of directors with respect to the authorization of the Borrower or such Guarantor to execute and deliver the Loan
Documents to which the Borrower or such Guarantor is a party and to enter into the transactions contemplated in those documents, and (ii) certifying that there have been no changes to either (A) the officers of the Borrower or such
Guarantor (y) who are authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which the Borrower or such Guarantor is a party and (z) who will, until replaced by another officer or officers duly authorized for that purpose, act as its representative for
the purposes of signing documents and giving notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and (B) the articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Borrower and such
Guarantor since they certified on April 23, 2007. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely on such certificate until the Administrative Agent receives notice in writing from the Borrower to the contrary. 
 (c) The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of the appropriate State agencies with respect to the existence, qualification and good
standing of the Borrower and each of the following Guarantors: Brown PXP Properties, LLC, Arguello, Inc. and PXP Louisiana L.L.C.. 
 (d) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a compliance certificate which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B (excluding Section (e) thereof), duly and properly executed by a Responsible Officer and dated as of the date of Effective
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 (e) The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto counterparts (in such number as
may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party. 
 (f) The Administrative Agent shall have
received duly executed Notes payable to the order of each Lender requesting a Note in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount dated as of the Effective Date. 
 (g) The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party thereto duly executed counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the
Administrative Agent) of the Security Instruments, including the Guaranty Agreement and the other Security Instruments described on Exhibit C-1. In connection with the execution and delivery of the Security Instruments, the Administrative Agent
shall: 
 (i) be reasonably satisfied that the Security Instruments create first priority, perfected Liens (subject only to
Excepted Liens identified in clauses (a) to (d) and (f) of the definition thereof, but subject to the provisos at the end of such definition and the Liens described on Schedule 9.03) on at least 75% of the total value of the Oil and
Gas Properties evaluated in the Reserve Report delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(j); and 
 (ii) have received
certificates, together with undated, blank stock powers for each such certificate, representing all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary and not less than 65% of all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of each Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary that is directly owned by either the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary. 
 (h) The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence of the consummation of the acquisition of the Laramie Assets substantially in
accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the Membership Interests Purchase Agreement (each without any amendment or waiver of such agreement not otherwise reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent). 
 (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received opinions dated as of the Effective Date of (i) Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, special counsel
to the Borrower, and (ii) local Colorado counsel to the Borrower reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 
 (j) The Administrative Agent shall have received the Initial Reserve Report. 
 (k) The Administrative Agent shall have received appropriate UCC search certificates reflecting no prior Liens encumbering the personal property related
to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for each of the following jurisdictions: Delaware, California, Colorado, Louisiana, and any other jurisdiction requested by the Administrative Agent; other than those
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 (l) The Administrative Agent shall have received a letter from CT Corporation evidencing the appointment
of CT Corporation as authorized agent for service of process on each of the Borrower and each Obligor (as defined in the Guaranty Agreement) under each Loan Document to which it is a party. 
 (m) The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as the Administrative Agent or special counsel to the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request. 
 The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be
conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of any Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or
waived pursuant to Section 12.02) at or prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time on June 10, 2007 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time). 
 Section 6.02 Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (including the initial funding)
(excluding any Loan made pursuant to Section 2.08(e)), and of any Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions: 
 (a) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as
applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. 
 (b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or
the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred. 
 (c)
The representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Guarantors set forth in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case, on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified earlier date. 
 (d) The pro forma total Revolving Credit Exposures (after giving effect to the requested Borrowing or the issuance of the requested Letter of Credit)
shall not exceed the aggregate Commitments. 
 (e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request in accordance with
Section 2.03 or a request for a Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 2.08(b), as applicable. 
 Each Borrowing (excluding
any Borrowing made pursuant to Section 2.08(e)) and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters
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 ARTICLE VII 
 Representations and Warranties 
 The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

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

Section 7.02 Authority; Enforceability. The Transactions are within the Borrower’s and each Restricted Subsidiary’s corporate,
partnership or limited liability company powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or limited liability company and, if required, stockholder, partner or member action. Each Loan Document to which the Borrower and
each Restricted Subsidiary is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiary and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer or conveyance, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of
equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. 
 Section 7.03 Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions 
 (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or
filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other third Person, nor is any such consent, approval, registration, filing or other action necessary for the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document except such as have
been obtained or made and are in full force and effect other than (i) those necessary to comply with Sections 8.03, 8.08 and 8.13 and (ii) those third party approvals or consents that, if not made or obtained, would not cause a Default
hereunder and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 
 (b) will not violate (i) the charter, by-laws or
other organizational documents of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) any applicable Governmental Requirement or any order of any Governmental Authority applicable to or binding upon the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary which
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 
 (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement
or other instrument pursuant to which any Material Indebtedness is outstanding, including the Senior Indenture, binding upon the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or their Properties, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to
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 (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Property of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents). 
 Section 7.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse
Effect. 
 (a) The Borrower has furnished to the Lenders on or before the Effective Date its consolidated balance sheet and statements of
income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and for such period in accordance with GAAP. 
 (b) Since the date of the most recent audited financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 8.01(a), (i) there has been no material adverse change in the business, operations, Property or financial condition of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, excluding the effect of events, developments and
circumstances affecting the oil and gas exploration and production industry generally and (ii) the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has been conducted only in the ordinary course consistent with past business practices.

 Section 7.05 Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary (i) that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve any Loan Document or the Transactions. There has been no change in the status of the
matters disclosed in such Annual Report on Form 10-K that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 Section 7.06 Environmental Matters. Except as disclosed in the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, or as could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect (or with respect to (c), (d), (e) and with respect to remedial work, (f) below, where the failure to take such actions could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect): 
 (a) neither any Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary nor the operations conducted by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereon
violate any order or requirement of any court or Governmental Authority or any Environmental Laws; 
 (b) no Property of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary nor the operations currently conducted thereon or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, by any prior owner or operator of such Property or operation, are in violation of or subject to any existing, pending or, to the
Borrower’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, investigation, inquiry or proceeding by or before any court or Governmental Authority or to any remedial obligations under Environmental Laws; 
 (c) all notices, permits, licenses, exemptions, approvals or similar authorizations, if any, required to be obtained or filed in connection with the
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Property of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary, including, without limitation, past or present treatment, storage, disposal or release of a
hazardous substance, oil and gas waste or solid waste into the environment, have been duly obtained or filed, and the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such notices, permits, licenses and
similar authorizations; 
 (d) all hazardous substances, solid waste and oil and gas waste, if any, generated at any and all Property of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary have in the past been transported, treated and disposed of in accordance with Environmental Laws and so as not to pose an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health or welfare or the environment,
and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, all such transport carriers and treatment and disposal facilities have been and are operating in compliance with Environmental Laws and so as not to pose an imminent and substantial endangerment to public
health or welfare or the environment, and are not the subject of any existing, pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened action, investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Authority in connection with any Environmental Laws;

 (e) the Borrower has taken all steps reasonably necessary to determine and has determined that no oil, hazardous substances, solid waste
or oil and gas waste, have been disposed of or otherwise released and to the Borrower’s knowledge, there has been no threatened release of any oil, hazardous substances, solid waste or oil and gas waste on or to any Property of the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary except in compliance with Environmental Laws and so as not to pose an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health or welfare or the environment; and 
 (f) neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any known contingent liability or Remedial Work in connection with any release or threatened
release of any oil, hazardous substance, solid waste or oil and gas waste into the environment. 
 Section 7.07 Compliance with the
Laws and Agreements; No Defaults. 
 (a) Each of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary is in compliance with all Governmental
Requirements applicable to it or its Property and all agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its Property, and possesses all licenses, permits, franchises, exemptions, consents, approvals and other governmental authorizations necessary
for the ownership of its Property and the conduct of its business, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (b) Neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary is in default nor has any event or circumstance occurred which, but for the expiration of any
applicable grace period or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default or would require the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to Redeem or make any offer to Redeem under any indenture, note, credit agreement or instrument pursuant to
which any Material Indebtedness is outstanding or by which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their Properties is bound. 
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 Section 7.08 Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is an
“investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 
 Section 7.09 Taxes. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all federal income and other material
Tax returns and reports required to have been filed (or obtained extensions with respect thereto) and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. No action to enforce any Tax Lien has been commenced. 
 Section 7.10 Disclosure; No Material
Misstatements. Taken as a whole, none of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information (other than projections) furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or
any Lender or any of their Affiliates in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), when
furnished, contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading (other than omissions that
pertain to matters of a general economic nature or matters of public knowledge that generally affect any of the industry segments of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries); provided that, with respect to projected financial information, prospect
information, geological and geophysical data and engineering projections, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time, recognizing that (a) there are
industry-wide risks normally associated with the types of business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) projections concerning volumes attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties and production and cost estimates contained in
each Reserve Report are necessarily based upon professional opinions, estimates and projections and that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries do not warrant that such opinions, estimates and projections will ultimately prove to have been
accurate. 
 Section 7.11 Subsidiaries. Schedule 7.11 lists the name, jurisdiction of organization and organizational
identification number of each Subsidiary of the Borrower as of the Effective Date and identifies each such Subsidiary as either a Restricted or Unrestricted Subsidiary. Each such Subsidiary is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary as of the Effective Date.

 Section 7.12 Location of Business and Offices. As of the Effective Date, the Borrower’s jurisdiction of organization is
Delaware; the name of the Borrower as listed in the public records of its jurisdiction of organization is Plains Exploration & Production Company; and the organizational identification number of the Borrower in its jurisdiction of
organization is 3569131. As of the Effective Date, each Restricted Subsidiary’s jurisdiction of organization, name as listed in the public records of its jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number in its jurisdiction of
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 Section 7.13 Properties; Titles, Etc. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect and
provided that no representation or warranty is made with respect to any Oil and Gas Property or interest to which no proved oil or gas reserves are properly attributed: 
 (a) Each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries has good and defensible title to the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most recently delivered Reserve Report and good title to all its personal
Properties that are necessary to permit the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct their business in all material respects in the same manner as its business has been conducted prior to the date hereof, in each case, subject to
Immaterial Title Deficiencies and free and clear of all Liens except Liens permitted by Section 9.03. Subject to Immaterial Title Deficiencies and after giving full effect to the Excepted Liens, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiary
specified as the owner owns the net interests in production attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests as reflected in the most recently delivered Reserve Report. The ownership of such Properties shall not obligate the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary to bear the costs and expenses relating to the maintenance, development and operations of each such Property in an amount materially in excess of the working interest of each Property set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve
Report that is not offset by a corresponding proportionate increase in the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s net revenue interest in such Property; provided that the Borrower or any applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall have the
right to bear costs disproportionate to the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s working interest with respect to any Hydrocarbon Interest for a period of time in order to earn an interest in such Hydrocarbon Interest from a third party as
evidenced by written agreement. Subject to Immaterial Title Deficiencies, there are no “back-in” or “reversionary” interests held by third parties that could reduce the interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any
such Property except as expressly set forth in such Reserve Report. 
 (b) All material leases and agreements necessary for the conduct of
the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting, in full force and effect, and there exists no default or event or circumstance which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would give rise to a
default under any such lease or leases. 
 (c) The rights and Properties presently owned, leased or licensed by the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, all easements and rights of way, include all rights and Properties necessary to permit the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct their business in the same manner as its business
has been conducted prior to the date hereof. 
 (d) The Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary owns, or is licensed to use, (i) all
trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual Property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiary does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person and (ii) all
databases, geological data, geophysical data, engineering data, seismic data, maps, interpretations and other technical information used in their businesses as presently conducted, subject to the limitations contained in the agreements governing the
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 Section 7.14 Federal Reserve Regulations. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not engaged
principally, or as one of its or their important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the
Board). 
 Section 7.15 Solvency. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, (a) the aggregate assets
(after giving effect to amounts that could reasonably be received by reason of indemnity, offset, insurance or any similar arrangement), at a fair valuation, of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will exceed the
aggregate Debt of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as the Debt becomes absolute and matures, (b) each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have incurred or
intended to incur, and does not believe that it will have incurred, Debt beyond its ability to pay such Debt (after taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and the
amounts to be payable on or in respect of its liabilities, and giving effect to amounts that could reasonably be received by reason of indemnity, offset, insurance or any similar arrangement) as such Debt becomes absolute and matures and
(c) each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have (and will have no reason to believe that it will have thereafter) unreasonably small capital for the conduct of its business. 
 ARTICLE VIII 
 Affirmative Covenants

 Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder
and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders
that: 
 Section 8.01 Financial Statements; Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent: 

(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event not later than 20 days after the date on which the Borrower is initially
required to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for the fiscal year most recently ended, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like
qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. 
 (b) Quarterly
Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event not later than 10 days after the Borrower is initially required to file each Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the SEC, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of
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equity and cash flows as of the end of and for the fiscal quarter most recently ended and the then elapsed portion of such fiscal year, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material
respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes. 
 (c) Certificate of Financial Officer – Compliance. Within 10 Business Days after the delivery of financial
statements under Section 8.01(a) or Section 8.01(b), a certificate of a Financial Officer in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the
details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 9.01. 
 (d) Certificate Regarding Swap Agreements and Gas Imbalances. Concurrently with the delivery of any Reserve Report under Section 8.11(a) and
Section 8.11(b), a certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (i) containing a true and complete list of all Swap Agreements of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary as of
the date that such Reserve Report is required to be delivered, the material terms thereof (including the type, term, effective date, termination date and notional amounts or volumes), any credit support agreements relating thereto, any margin
required or supplied under any credit support document, and the counterparty to each such agreement and (ii) stating the amount of gas imbalances in excess of 1.0 Bcf (billion cubic feet) in existence as of the date of such Reserve Report.

 (e) Certificate of Insurer – Insurance Coverage. Concurrently with the annual renewal thereof, a certificate of insurance
coverage from each insurer with respect to the insurance required by Section 8.06, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, all copies of the applicable
policies. 
 (f) SEC and Other Filings; Reports to Shareholders. Promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all
periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials (other than filings under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC or with any national securities exchange, or
distributed by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case may be. 
 (g) Notices Under Material Instruments. Promptly
after the furnishing thereof, copies of any financial statement, report or notice furnished to or by any Person pursuant to the terms of any preferred stock designation or indenture, loan or credit or other similar agreement in respect of Material
Indebtedness, other than this Agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to any other provision of this Section 8.01. 
 (h) Notice of Sales of Oil and Gas Properties. In the event the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells, transfers, assigns or otherwise disposes of any Oil or Gas Properties included in the most recently
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successive Scheduled Redetermination Dates having a fair market value in excess of 10% of the Conforming Borrowing Base then in effect, written notice of
such disposition, the price thereof and the date of closing. 
 (i) Notice of Casualty Events. Prompt written notice, and in any event
within three Business Days, of the occurrence of any Casualty Event or the commencement of any action or proceeding that could reasonably be expected to result in a Casualty Event. 
 (j) Issuance of Permitted Additional Debt. In the event the Borrower intends to incur any Permitted Additional Debt, prior written notice of such
intended offering therefor, the amount thereof and the anticipated date of closing. 
 (k) Information Regarding Borrower and Restricted
Subsidiaries. Prompt written notice of any change (i) in the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s corporate name or in the trade name used to identify such Person in the conduct of its business or the ownership of its
Properties, (ii) in the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s identity or corporate structure or in the jurisdiction in which such Person is incorporated or formed, and (iii) in the Borrower’s or any Restricted
Subsidiary’s jurisdiction of organization or such Person’s organizational identification number in such jurisdiction of organization. 
 (l) New Subsidiaries. Promptly and in any event with ten Business Days after organizing or acquiring any new Material Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, the name, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number, and
the locations of the principal place of business and chief executive office of such Subsidiary. 
 (m) Other Requested Information.
Promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including, without limitation, any Plan or Multiemployer Plan and any reports or
other information required to be filed under ERISA), or compliance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request. 
 Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.01 may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been
delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at www.pxp.com or (ii) on which such documents are delivered to the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent shall post such documents on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether
sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that the Borrower shall deliver such documents in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent. Except for such compliance certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to
request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for
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 Section 8.02 Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative
Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the following: 
 (a) the occurrence of any Default; 
 (b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower
or any Affiliate thereof that, if adversely determined could reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of $50,000,000 per claim not fully covered by insurance, subject to normal deductibles; and 
 (c) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect. 
 Each notice delivered under this Section 8.02 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth the details of the event or development
requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto. 
 Section 8.03 Existence; Conduct of
Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and
franchises material to the conduct of its business and maintain, if necessary, its qualification to do business in each other jurisdiction in which its Oil and Gas Properties are located or the ownership of such Properties requires such
qualification, except where the failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under
Section 9.11. 
 Section 8.04 Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, pay
its obligations, including Tax liabilities of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (i) (A) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, and (B) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or (ii) the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
 Section 8.05 Operation and Maintenance of Properties. Except, in each case, where the
failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to: 
 (a) operate the Oil and Gas Properties described in the most recent Reserve Report or, to the extent commercially reasonable, cause such Oil and Gas Properties to be operated in a good and workmanlike manner in
accordance with the practices of the industry and in compliance with all applicable contracts and agreements and in compliance with all Governmental Requirements; 
 (b) preserve, maintain and keep in good repair, working order and efficiency (ordinary wear and tear excepted) the producing Oil and Gas Properties described in the most recent Reserve Report, including, without
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 (c) promptly pay and discharge, or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be paid and
discharged, all delay rentals, royalties, expenses and indebtedness accruing under the leases or other agreements affecting or pertaining to the Oil and Gas Properties described in the most recent Reserve Report, and will do all other things
necessary to keep unimpaired their rights with respect thereto and prevent any forfeiture thereof or default thereunder; 
 (d) promptly
perform or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be performed, in accordance with industry standards, the obligations required by each and all of the assignments, deeds, leases, sub-leases, contracts and agreements affecting its
interests in the Oil and Gas Properties described in the most recent Reserve Report; and 
 (e) to the extent the Borrower is not the
operator of any Oil and Gas Property, the Borrower shall not be obligated to directly perform any undertakings contemplated by the covenants and agreements contained in this Section 8.06 which are performable only by such operators and are
beyond the control of the Borrower, but shall be obligated to seek to enforce such operators’ contractual obligations to maintain, develop and operate the Oil and Gas Properties subject to such operating agreements and use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the operator to comply with this Section 8.05. 
 Section 8.06 Insurance. The Borrower will, and
will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses
operating in the same or similar locations. The loss payable clauses or provisions in said insurance policy or policies insuring any of the collateral for the Loans shall be endorsed in favor of and made payable to the Administrative Agent as its
interests may appear and such policies shall provide that the insurer will endeavor to give at least 30 days prior notice of any cancellation to the Administrative Agent. 
 Section 8.07 Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made
of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior
notice, to visit and inspect its Properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as
reasonably requested. The Lenders shall bear the cost of such inspections and examinations unless a Default or Event of Default then exists, in which event the Borrower shall bear such cost. 
 Section 8.08 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, comply with all Governmental Requirements
applicable to it or its Property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
  

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 Section 8.09 Environmental Matters. 
 (a) Except to the extent that the failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) at its sole expense, the
Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws, including, without limitation, (x) all licensing, permitting, notification, and similar requirements of Environmental Laws, and (y) all
provision of Environmental Laws regarding storage, discharge, release, transportation, treatment and disposal of Hydrocarbons and (ii) the Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, promptly pay and discharge when due all claims,
liabilities and obligations with respect to any clean-up or remediation measures necessary to comply with applicable Environmental Laws. 
 (b) To the extent the Borrower or a Subsidiary is not the operator of any Property, none of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be obligated to directly perform any undertakings contemplated by the covenants and agreements contained in
this Section 8.9 which are performable only by such operators and are beyond the control of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the above and except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower shall be obligated to enforce such operators’ contractual obligations to maintain, develop and operate the Oil and Gas Properties subject to such operating agreements, and the Borrower shall, and shall
cause its Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the operator to comply with this Section 8.9. 
 Section 8.10 Further Assurances. 
 (a) The Borrower at its expense will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to,
promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent all such other documents, agreements and instruments reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to comply with, cure any defects or accomplish the conditions precedent, covenants and
agreements of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in the Loan Documents, including the Notes, or to further evidence and more fully describe the collateral intended as security for the Indebtedness, or to correct any
omissions in this Agreement or the Security Instruments, or to state more fully the obligations secured therein, or to perfect, protect or preserve any Liens created pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Security Instruments or the priority
thereof, or to make any recordings, file any notices or obtain any consents, all as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, in connection therewith. 
 (b) The Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relative to
all or any part of the Mortgaged Property without the signature of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary where permitted by law. A carbon, photographic or other reproduction of the Security Instruments or any financing statement covering
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 Section 8.11 Reserve Reports. 
 (a) On or before April 1st of each year, commencing April 1, 2008, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a
Reserve Report prepared by or under the supervision of the chief engineer of the Borrower and audited by one or more Approved Petroleum Engineers. It is understood that projections concerning volumes attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties and
production and cost estimates contained in each Reserve Report are necessarily based upon professional opinions, estimates and projections and that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries do not warrant that such opinions, estimates and
projections will ultimately prove to have been accurate. 
 (b) In the event of an Interim Redetermination, the Borrower shall furnish to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders a Reserve Report prepared by or under the supervision of the chief engineer of the Borrower and in accordance with the procedures used in the most recent Reserve Report delivered pursuant to Section 8.11(a).
For any Interim Redetermination requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.07(b), the Borrower shall provide such Reserve Report with an “as of” date as required by the Administrative Agent as soon as
possible, but in any event no later than 30 days following the receipt of such request. 
 Section 8.12 Title Information.

 (a) If requested by the Administrative Agent at least 90 days prior to the delivery to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of each
Reserve Report required by Section 8.11(a), the Borrower will, prior to or on the date of such delivery, deliver title information in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent covering (i) Oil and Gas Properties included in
such Reserve Report that were not included in the Initial Reserve Report and (ii) Oil and Gas Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report that were included in the Initial Reserve Report, provided, however, that with respect to clause (ii),
such information shall not be required unless the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower it believes that title defects in the aggregate in excess of Immaterial Title Deficiencies (a “Material Title Defect”) may exist with
respect to such Properties. 
 (b) If the Borrower has provided title information for Properties under Section 8.12(a), the Borrower
shall, within 60 days of notice from the Administrative Agent that a Material Title Defect exists with respect to such Properties, either (i) cure any such Material Title Defects (including defects as to priority) which are not permitted by
Section 9.03 raised by such information, (ii) substitute acceptable Mortgaged Properties with no title defects or exceptions except for Excepted Liens (other than Excepted Liens described in clauses (e), (g) and (h) of such
definition) or Immaterial Title Deficiencies having an equivalent value or (iii) deliver title information in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent so that the Administrative Agent shall have received, together with title
information previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, satisfactory title information on at least 70% of the value of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report. 
 (c) If the Borrower is unable to cure any Material Title Defect requested by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to be cured within the 60-day period
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shall not be a Default, but instead the Administrative Agent and/or the Majority Lenders shall have the right to exercise the following remedy in their sole
discretion from time to time, and any failure to so exercise this remedy at any time shall not be a waiver as to future exercise of the remedy by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders. To the extent that the Administrative Agent or the
Super-majority Lenders are not satisfied with the Borrower’s curative title information for any Material Title Defect after the 60-day period has elapsed, such Mortgaged Property subject to such Material Title Defect, shall not count towards
the 70% requirement, and the Administrative Agent may send a notice to the Borrower and the Lenders that the then outstanding Borrowing Base and Conforming Borrowing Base shall be reduced by an amount as determined by the Super-majority Lenders to
cause the Borrower to be in compliance with the requirement to provide acceptable title information on 70% of the value of the Oil and Gas Properties. This new Borrowing Base and Conforming Borrowing Base shall become effective immediately after
receipt of such notice. 
 Section 8.13 Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors. 
 (a) In connection with each redetermination of the Borrowing Base and Conforming Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall review the Reserve Report and the list
of current Mortgaged Properties to ascertain whether the Mortgaged Properties represent at least 75% of the total value of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most recently completed Reserve Report after giving effect to exploration and
production activities, acquisitions, dispositions and production. In the event that the Mortgaged Properties do not represent at least 75% of such total value, then the Borrower shall, and shall cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, grant, within 30
days of such review, to the Administrative Agent as security for the Indebtedness a first-priority Lien interest (provided that Excepted Liens of the type described in clauses (a) to (d) and (f) of the definition thereof may exist,
but subject to the provisos at the end of such definition) on additional Oil and Gas Properties containing proved oil and gas reserves not already subject to a Lien of the Security Instruments such that after giving effect thereto, the Mortgaged
Properties will represent at least 75% of such total value. All such Liens will be created and perfected by and in accordance with the provisions of deeds of trust, security agreements and financing statements or other Security Instruments, all in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and in sufficient executed (and acknowledged where necessary or appropriate) counterparts for recording purposes. 
 (b) If the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary becomes the owner of a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Borrower shall, or
shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to, promptly, but in any event no later than 30 days after the date of becoming an owner thereof (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its discretion), (i) pledge 100% of the Equity
Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary if it is a Domestic Subsidiary and (ii) pledge 65% of the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary if it is a Foreign Subsidiary, (iii) deliver original stock certificates, if any, evidencing
such Equity Interests so pledged, together with appropriate stock powers for each certificate duly executed in blank by the registered owner thereof) and (iv) execute and deliver such other additional closing documents, certificates and legal
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 (c) The Borrower shall cause the following Persons to guarantee the Indebtedness pursuant to the Guaranty
Agreement: 
 (i) each Material Domestic Restricted Subsidiary; 
 (ii) any Person required to guarantee the Indebtedness in order for the Borrower to be in compliance with Section 9.05(b);

 (iii) any Person that guarantees the Senior Notes or any Permitted Additional Debt; and 
 (iv) one or more additional Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent necessary to cause the total assets of
the Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries but are not Guarantors to be less than 20% of the combined assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and the combined EBITDAX of such Domestic Subsidiaries to be less than 20%
of the combined EBITDAX of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries. 
 (d) In connection with any guaranty required by
Section 8.13(c), the Borrower shall, or shall cause such Subsidiary or other Person to promptly, but in any event no later than 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its discretion) after the event requiring
such guaranty, execute and deliver (i) a supplement to the Guaranty Agreement and (ii) such other additional closing documents, certificates and legal opinions as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent. If at any time
any Person is not otherwise required to guarantee the Indebtedness hereunder (whether pursuant to the other provisions of this Section 8.13 or otherwise) or under any other Loan Document, then upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of
evidence satisfactory to it that such Person has been fully and finally released from its guarantee obligations in respect of the Senior Notes or, if applicable, any Permitted Additional Debt, as the case may be, such Person shall be released from
its guarantee obligations with respect to the Indebtedness and the Administrative Agent shall, at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower, execute such further documents and do all such further acts so as to reasonably evidence such release.

 (e) If the Borrower obtains an Investment Grade Rating, then the provisions of Section 8.13(a) and (b) shall no longer apply.

 Section 8.14 ERISA Compliance. The Borrower will promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent (i) immediately upon
becoming aware of the occurrence of any ERISA Event or of any “prohibited transaction,” as described in section 406 of ERISA or in section 4975 of the Code, in connection with any Plan or any trust created thereunder that could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a written notice signed by a Responsible Officer, specifying the nature thereof, what action the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto, and, when known, any action taken or proposed by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto, and (ii) immediately upon receipt thereof, copies of any notice of the PBGC’s intention to
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(other than a Multiemployer Plan), the Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary and ERISA Affiliate to, (A) satisfy in full and in a timely manner,
without incurring any late payment or underpayment charge or penalty that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and without giving rise to any Lien securing an amount in excess of $50,000,000, all of the contribution and
funding requirements of section 412 of the Code (determined without regard to subsections (d), (e), (f) and (k) thereof) and of section 302 of ERISA (determined without regard to sections 303, 304 and 306 of ERISA), and (B) pay, or
cause to be paid, to the PBGC in a timely manner, without incurring any late payment or underpayment charge or penalty that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all premiums required pursuant to sections 4006 and 4007 of
ERISA. 
 Section 8.15 Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Borrower: 
 (a) will cause the management, business and affairs of each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to be conducted in such a manner (including,
without limitation, by keeping separate books of account, furnishing separate financial statements of Unrestricted Subsidiaries to creditors and potential creditors thereof and by not permitting Properties of the Borrower and its respective
Restricted Subsidiaries to be commingled) so that each Unrestricted Subsidiary that is a corporation will be treated as a corporate entity separate and distinct from the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; 
 (b) will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, incur, assume, guarantee or be or become liable for any Debt of any of the
Unrestricted Subsidiaries; and 
 (c) will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to hold any Equity Interest in, or any Debt of, the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary. 
 Section 8.16 Post Closing Matters. On or before June 30, 2007 (or such later date
agreed to by the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an opinion of California counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent relating to the amendments to the deeds of
trust delivered on the Effective Date that are to be recorded in California. 
 Section 8.17 Section 1031 Exchange. If the
Borrower elects to participate in a Section 1031 Exchange with respect to any Oil and Gas Properties, then on or before 180 days following the acquisition by the Section 1031 Counterparty of such Oil and Gas Properties, the Borrower shall
acquire from the Section 1031 Counterparty such Oil and Gas Properties either by exchanging other Oil and Gas Properties having a substantially equivalent value or by cancellation of the note given by the Section 1031 Counterparty or by
any combination of an exchange of Oil and Gas Properties and a partial cancellation of such note. 
 ARTICLE IX 
 Negative Covenants 
 Until the
Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated
and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that: 
  

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 Section 9.01 Ratio of Debt to EBITDAX. The Borrower will not, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter,
permit the ratio of Debt of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries as of such day to EBITDAX for the most recent period of four fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available to be greater than 4.25 to 1.0.

 Section 9.02 Debt. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, incur, create, assume or suffer to
exist any Debt, except: 
 (a) the Notes or other Indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents or any guaranty of or suretyship arrangement
for the Notes or other Indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents. 
 (b) The Senior Notes and other Debt of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof that is reflected in the Financial Statements. 
 (c) purchase money Debt and Debt under
Capital Leases not to exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate. 
 (d) Debt associated with workers’ compensation claims, performance, bid,
surety or similar bonds or surety obligations required by Governmental Requirements or third parties in connection with the operation of the Oil and Gas Properties. 
 (e) intercompany Debt between the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by Section 9.06(g); provided that (i) except as provided in
(iii) below, such Debt is not held, assigned, transferred, negotiated or pledged to any Person other than the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries, (ii) that any such Debt owed by either the Borrower or a Guarantor shall be subordinated to
the Indebtedness on terms set forth in the Guaranty Agreement; and (iii) if such Debt is secured (referred to herein as “Secured Subordinated Intercompany Debt”), the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to which such Debt is
payable shall have granted to the Administrative Agent a security interest in such promissory notes held by them pursuant to the Guaranty Agreement. 
 (f) Debt secured by Liens permitted by Section 9.03(d) and Section 9.03(e), the principal amount of which does not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time. 
 (g) endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business. 
 (h) Debt outstanding under one or more unsecured short term credit facilities the principal amount of which does not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate.

 (i) Debt and any guarantees thereof by the Guarantors (including any Persons becoming Guarantors simultaneously with the incurrence of such
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exist, (ii) the cash pay interest rate on such Debt is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) such Debt does not have any
scheduled amortization of principal prior to the Maturity Date, (iv) such Debt has a stated maturity no earlier than one year after the Maturity Date, (v) such Debt does not have mandatory redemption events that are not Events of Default
hereunder, (vi) such Debt does not prohibit prior repayment of Loans, and (vii) at the time any such Debt is incurred, the Borrowing Base and the Conforming Borrowing Base then in effect (after taken into account Section 2.07(e))
shall be automatically reduced by an amount equal to the product of 0.30 multiplied by the stated principal amount of such Debt, rounded to the nearest $1,000,000, and the Borrowing Base and the Conforming Borrowing Base as so reduced shall become
the new Borrowing Base and the new Conforming Borrowing Base immediately upon the date of such issuance or assumption, effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Agents, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders on such date until the next
redetermination or modification thereof hereunder. For purposes of this Section 9.02(i), the “stated principal amount” shall mean the stated face amount of such Debt without giving effect to any original issue discount. 
 (j) other Debt not to exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding. 
 (k) Any renewals, refinancings or extensions of (but, except to the extent permitted herein, not increases in) any Debt described in clauses (b), (c),
(f) and (i) of this Section 9.02; provided, however, that any refinancing of Debt described in clause (i) shall comply with the provisions of such clause (i). 
 Section 9.03 Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any
Lien on any of its Properties (now owned or hereafter acquired), except: 
 (a) Liens securing the payment of any Indebtedness. 
 (b) Excepted Liens. 
 (c) Liens securing
purchase money Debt and Debt under Capital Leases to the extent permitted by Section 9.02(c) or Section 9.02(j) but only on the Property and improvements and accessions thereof and proceeds thereof acquired or under lease; provided that
such Liens are created within 180 days of construction, acquisition or lease of such Property. 
 (d) Liens (other than Liens under ERISA or
Environmental Laws) on Property of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower after the Effective Date; provided that (i) such Liens are in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower
and were not created in anticipation thereof and (ii) no such Liens shall extend to or cover any Property of such Person other than such Property. 
 (e) Liens (other than Liens under ERISA or Environmental Laws) upon real and/or tangible personal Property acquired after the Effective Date (by purchase, construction or otherwise) by the Borrower or its Restricted
Subsidiaries, each of which Liens either (i) existed on such Property before the time of its acquisition and was not created in anticipation thereof or (ii) was created solely for the purpose of securing Debt representing, or incurred to
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refinance or refund, the cost (including the cost of construction) of such Property; provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any Property of the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary other than the Property so acquired and improvements thereon and accessions and proceeds thereof. 
 (f) Liens on cash, letters of credit and other financial assets pledged to secure obligations under any Swap Agreement permitted by Section 9.17 in an aggregate amount at any time not to exceed $30,000,000. 
 (g) Liens on Property not constituting collateral for the Indebtedness and not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses of this Section 9.03;
provided that the aggregate principal or face amount of all Debt secured under this Section 9.03(g) shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time. 
 (h) Liens disclosed on Schedule 9.03. 
 (i) Liens on the Equity Interests in, or Debt or other obligations of, any Unrestricted
Subsidiary or any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) that is directly or indirectly owned by any Unrestricted Subsidiary securing the payment of Non-Recourse Debt. 
 (j) Liens securing Secured Subordinated Intercompany Debt in accordance with Section 9.02(e). 
 Section 9.04 Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or
make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, return any capital to its stockholders or make any distribution of its Property to its Equity Interest holders, except 
 (a) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its Equity Interests (other
than Disqualified Capital Stock), 
 (b) Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests,

 (c) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management
or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, 
 (d) to the extent not permitted by clauses (a) to (c) above, the Borrower may
make Restricted Payments to repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of the Borrower if (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Restricted Payment is made or would result from the
making of such Restricted Payment, (ii) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment (or, for purposes of determining compliance with Section 9.05(a), any Redemption of Debt pursuant to Section 9.05(a)), the ratio of the Debt of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to EBITDAX, determined on a pro forma basis, shall not be greater than 2.5 to 1.0, and (iii) the Borrower’s Minimum Liquidity after giving effect to such Restricted Payment is not less than
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 Section 9.05 Repayment of Debt; Amendment of Indentures. The Borrower will not, and will not
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to: 
 (a) call, make or offer to make any optional or voluntary Redemption (whether in whole or in part) of
any Senior Notes or Permitted Additional Debt, provided, however, that the Borrower may Redeem Senior Notes or Permitted Additional Debt to the extent that it could make a Restricted Payment in respect of Equity Interests under
Section 9.04(d); 
 (b) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other
change to, any of the terms of the Senior Notes, Permitted Additional Debt, the Senior Indenture or the Permitted Additional Debt Instruments if (i) the effect thereof would be to shorten its maturity to be less than one year after the Maturity
Date or average life or increase the amount of any payment of principal thereof or increase the rate or shorten any period for payment of interest thereon, (ii) such action requires the payment of a consent fee that has not been approved the
Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), or (iii) the effect thereof would be to add any guarantor or surety, unless such guarantor or surety also guarantees the Indebtedness pursuant to the Guaranty Agreement and
each of the Borrower and such guarantor or surety otherwise complies with Section 8.13(c); or 
 (c) designate any Debt (other than
obligations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the Loan Documents) as “designated senior indebtedness” or “designated guarantor senior indebtedness” or give any such other Debt any other similar
designation for the purposes of the Senior Indenture or any Permitted Additional Debt Instrument. 
 Section 9.06 Investments, Loans
and Advances. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make or permit to remain outstanding any Investments in or to any Person, except that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to: 
 (a) Investments reflected in the Financial Statements or which are disclosed to the Lenders in Schedule 9.06. 
 (b) accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business. 
 (c) direct obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, or obligations guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof, in each case maturing within one year from the date of creation thereof.

 (d) commercial paper maturing within one year from the date of creation thereof rated in the highest grade by S&P or Moody’s.

 (e) deposits maturing within one year from the date of creation thereof with, including certificates of deposit issued by, any Lender or
any office located in the United States of any other bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least $100,000,000 (as of the date of
such bank or trust company’s most recent financial reports) and has a short term deposit rating of no lower than A2 or P2, as such rating is set forth from time to time, by S&P or Moody’s, respectively. 
  

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 (f) deposits in money market funds investing exclusively in Investments described in
Section 9.06(c), Section 9.06(d) and Section 9.06(e). 
 (g) Investments (i) made by the Borrower in or to the
Guarantors, (ii) made by any Subsidiary in or to the Borrower or any Guarantor, and (iii) made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in or to all other Restricted Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors, Unrestricted Subsidiaries,
Nuevo Energy Company and Sepulveda Oil and Gas Company provided that, with respect to any Investment described in clause (iii), (A) the aggregate amount of all such Investments at any one time shall not exceed $150,000,000; (b) no Default
or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Investment is made or would result from the making of such Investment, and (C) the Borrower’s Minimum Liquidity after giving effect to such Investment is not less than
$115,000,000. 
 (h) Investments (including, without limitation, capital contributions) in general or limited partnerships or other types of
entities (each a “venture”) entered into by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary with others in the ordinary course of business; provided that (i) any such venture is engaged exclusively in oil and gas exploration, development,
production, processing and related activities, including transportation, (ii) the interest in such venture is acquired in the ordinary course of business and on fair and reasonable terms and (iii) such venture interests acquired and
capital contributions made (valued as of the date such interest was acquired or the contribution made) do not exceed, in the aggregate at any time outstanding an amount equal to $50,000,000. 
 (i) Investments received in settlement of amounts owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a bankruptcy or other insolvency
proceeding of the obligor in respect of such amounts or upon the enforcement of any Lien in favor of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prompt written notice in the
event that the aggregate amount of all Investments held at any one time under this Section 9.06(i) exceeds $10,000,000. 
 (j) entry
into operating agreements, working interests, royalty interests, mineral leases, processing agreements, farm-out agreements, contracts for the sale, transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization agreements, pooling arrangements,
area of mutual interest agreements, production sharing agreements or other similar or customary agreements, transactions, properties, interests or arrangements, and Investments and expenditures in connection therewith or pursuant thereto, in each
case made or entered into in the ordinary course of the oil and gas business, excluding, however, Investments in other Persons other than joint ventures; provided, however, that none of the foregoing shall involve the incurrence of any Debt not
permitted by Section 9.02, and provided further that this Section 9.06(j) shall not be construed to permit Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person which maintains or incurs in the future any Debt other than
Non-Recourse Debt. 
 (k) loans and advances to directors, officers and employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with prior
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 (l) Guarantees by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries of Debt permitted by Section 9.02(a),
Section 9.02(c), Section 9.02(d), Section 9.02(f), Section 9.02(h), Section 9.02(i), Section 9.02(j) and Section 9.02(k). 
 (m) Indemnities entered into in the ordinary course of business. 
 (n) Investments of surface rights in fee
property in California in Unrestricted Subsidiaries. 
 (o) Investments arising from the endorsement of financial instruments in the ordinary
course of business. 
 (p) Investments consisting of Swap Agreements to the extent permitted under Section 9.17; 
 (q) loans to the Section 1031 Counterparty participating in a Section 1031 Exchange provided that (i) the amount of any such loan does not
exceed the sum of (A) purchase price to be paid by the recipient of such loan for the purchase price of the assets subject to the related Section 1031 Exchange, and (B) estimated capital expenditures and operating expenses to be
incurred with respect to such assets during the 180 day period during which such Section 1031 Exchange is to be completed, (ii) such loan is secured by a first priority security interest in the assets to be acquired by such recipient
pursuant to the Section 1031 Exchange, (iii) the Administrative Agent has a perfected first priority security interest in such loan and any note or other document evidencing or securing such loan, (iv) the documentation relating to
such Section 1031 Exchange and the related Section 1031 Counterparty are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion and (v) the Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion from Borrower’s
counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and 
 (r) other Investments not to exceed $25,000,000 in the
aggregate at any time. 
 Section 9.07 Designation and Conversion of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries; Debt of Unrestricted
Subsidiaries. 
 (a) Unless designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on Schedule 7.11 as of the Effective Date or thereafter, assuming
compliance with Section 9.07(b), any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be classified as a Restricted Subsidiary. 
 (b) The Borrower may designate by written notification thereof to the Administrative Agent, any Restricted Subsidiary, including a newly formed or newly
acquired Subsidiary, as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if (i) prior, and after giving effect, to such designation, neither a Default nor a Borrowing Base Deficiency would exist and (ii) such designation is deemed to be an Investment in an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount equal to the fair market value as of the date of such designation of the Borrower’s direct and indirect ownership interest in such Subsidiary and such Investment would be permitted to be made at the time of
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 (c) The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if after giving
effect to such designation, (i) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries contained in each of the Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of such date as if made on and as of the date of such
redesignation (or, if stated to have been made expressly as of an earlier date, were true and correct as of such date), (ii) no Default would exist and (iii) the Borrower complies with the requirements of Section 8.13 and
Section 9.14. 
 (d) The Borrower shall not permit the aggregate principal amount of all Non-Recourse Debt outstanding at any one time
to exceed $500,000,000. 
 Section 9.08 Nature of Business. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, allow any material change to be made in the character of its business as an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 9.08 shall not prohibit the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
from holding and developing the Properties described on Schedule 9.08, as updated from time to time. 
 Section 9.09 Proceeds of
Notes. The Borrower will not use the proceeds of the Notes for any purpose other than for (i) payment of the Laramie Purchase Price, (ii) intercompany indebtedness, and (iii) general corporate purposes (including making of
Restricted Payments). Neither the Borrower nor any Person acting on behalf of the Borrower will violate Regulations T, U or X or any other regulation of the Board or violate Section 7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or
regulation thereunder, in each case as now in effect or as the same may hereinafter be in effect. If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in
conformity with the requirements of FR Form U-1 or such other form referred to in Regulation U, Regulation T or Regulation X of the Board, as the case may be. 
 Section 9.10 Sale or Discount of Receivables. Except for receivables obtained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary out of the ordinary course of business or the settlement of joint interest billing
accounts in the ordinary course of business or discounts granted to settle collection of accounts receivable or the sale of defaulted accounts arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and not
in connection with any financing transaction, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, discount or sell (with or without recourse) any of its notes receivable or accounts receivable. 
 Section 9.11 Mergers, Etc. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, merge into or with or consolidate with
any other Person, or sell, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its Property to any other Person (any such transaction, a “consolidation”); provided
that 
 (a) any Restricted Subsidiary may (i) participate in a consolidation with (A) the Borrower (provided that the Borrower
shall be the continuing or surviving corporation), (B) any other Restricted Subsidiary (provided that if a Guarantor is a party to such transaction, the survivor is a Guarantor or becomes a party to the Guaranty Agreement as a Guarantor) or
(C) subject to compliance with Section 9.14, any other Subsidiary or (ii) transfer all or substantially all of its assets to a Guarantor or a Person that becomes a party to the Guaranty Agreement as a Guarantor; 
  

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 (b) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may participate in a consolidation (other than as described
in clause (a) above) if (i) at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default shall occur and be continuing and no Borrowing Base Deficiency would result therefrom and (ii) the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, is the surviving entity or the recipient of any such sale, lease or other disposition of Property, provided that no such consolidation shall have the effect of releasing the Borrower or any Guarantor from any of its
obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; 
 (c) any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of any Restricted
Subsidiary provided that such sale is permitted by Section 9.12(d); and 
 (d) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if (i) the
continued existence and operation of such Subsidiary is no longer in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (as reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower), (ii) such liquidation and
dissolution is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders, and (iii) at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default shall occur and be continuing and no Borrowing Base Deficiency would result
therefrom. 
 Section 9.12 Sale of Properties. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell,
assign, farm-out, convey or otherwise transfer any Oil and Gas Property included in the most recent Reserve Report delivered to Lenders or any interest therein or any Restricted Subsidiary owning any such Oil and Gas Property except for 

(a) the sale of Hydrocarbons in the ordinary course of business; 
 (b) farmouts of undeveloped acreage and assignments in connection with such farmouts or the abandonment, farm-out, exchange, lease, sublease or other disposition of Oil and Gas Properties not containing proved
reserves capable of being produced in economic quantities and which are not included in the Borrowing Base in the ordinary cause of business; 
 (c) the sale or transfer of equipment that is no longer necessary for the business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or is replaced by equipment of at least comparable value and use; 
 (d) the sale or other disposition (including Casualty Events) of such Oil and Gas Property or any interest therein or any Restricted Subsidiary owning
such Oil and Gas Properties; provided that (i) the consideration received in respect of such sale or other disposition shall be equal to or greater than the fair market value of the Oil and Gas Property (other than in the case of a Casualty
Event), interest therein or Restricted Subsidiary subject of such sale or other disposition (as reasonably determined by any Responsible Officer of the Borrower), (ii) if such sale or other disposition of such Oil and Gas Property included in
the Borrowing Base or Restricted Subsidiary owning such Oil and Gas Property during any period between two successive Scheduled Redetermination Dates has a fair market value in excess of 10% of the Conforming Borrowing Base then in effect,
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disposition, by an amount equal to the value, if any, assigned such Property in the most recently delivered Reserve Report and (iii) if any such sale or
other disposition is of a Restricted Subsidiary owning such Oil and Gas Properties, such sale or other disposition shall include all the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary; 
 (e) the sale of Oil and Gas Properties in connection with tax credit transactions complying with §29 of the Code or any other analogous provision
whether now existing or hereafter enacted, which sale does not result in a reduction in the right of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to receive the cash flow from such Oil and Gas Properties and which sale is on terms reasonably acceptable
to the Administrative Agent; 
 (f) transfers and other dispositions among the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 9.06(g)(iii); 
 (g) transfers permitted by Section 9.11. 
 Section 9.13 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any
transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate (other than the Guarantors and Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower) unless such transactions are
not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement and are upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to it than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate. 
 Section 9.14 Subsidiaries. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or acquire any additional
Restricted Subsidiary or redesignate an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary unless the Borrower gives written notice to the Administrative Agent of such creation or acquisition and complies with Section 8.13(b) and
Section 8.13(d). The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary except in compliance with Section 9.11 or
Section 9.12(d). 
 Section 9.15 Negative Pledge Agreements; Dividend Restrictions. 
 The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any contract, agreement or understanding
which in any way prohibits or restricts the granting, conveying, creation or imposition of any Lien on any of its Property in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or restricts any Restricted Subsidiary from paying dividends or making
distributions to the Borrower or any Guarantor, or which requires the consent of or notice to other Persons in connection therewith; provided, however, that the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions arising under or
by reason of (i) this Agreement or the Security Instruments, (ii) Debt securing Liens or any contract, agreement or understanding creating Liens permitted by Sections 9.03(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) (but only to the
extent related to the Property on which such Liens were created), (iii) any leases or licenses or similar contracts as they affect any Property or Lien subject to a lease or license, (iv) any restriction with respect to a Restricted
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equity or Property of such Restricted Subsidiary (or the Property that is subject to such restriction) pending the closing of such sale or disposition, or
(v) customary provisions with respect to the distribution of Property in joint venture agreements. 
 Section 9.16 Take-or-Pay
or Other Prepayments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, allow take-or-pay or other prepayments with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that would require the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to deliver Hydrocarbons at some future time without then or thereafter receiving full payment therefor; provided that such restriction shall not apply to gas imbalances incurred in the ordinary course of
business. 
 Section 9.17 Swap Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into
any Swap Agreements with any Person other than (a) Swap Agreements in respect of commodities (i) with an Approved Counterparty and (ii) the notional volumes for which (when aggregated with other commodity Swap Agreements then in
effect other than basis differential swaps on volumes already hedged pursuant to other Swap Agreements) do not exceed, as of the date such Swap Agreement is executed, for (A) natural gas, 85% of the reasonably anticipated projected production
from proved, developed, producing Oil and Gas Properties for each month during the period during which such Swap Agreement is in effect and (B) crude oil, 90% of the reasonably anticipated projected production from proved Oil and Gas Properties
for each month during the period commencing on such date and ending on the date twelve months thereafter, and for each month during any period after such twelve-month period, 85% of the reasonably anticipated projected production from proved Oil and
Gas Properties for each month during such period, provided, however, that for purposes of this Section 9.17(a), put options and price floors for crude oil and natural gas shall be disregarded, and (b) Swap Agreements in respect of interest
rates entered into for hedging purposes and not for speculation. In no event shall any Swap Agreement contain any requirement, agreement or covenant for the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to post collateral or margin to secure their
obligations under such Swap Agreement or to cover market exposures except to the extent permitted by Section 9.03(a) and Section 9.03(f). 
 ARTICLE X 
 Events of Default; Remedies 
 Section 10.01 Events of Default. One or more of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”: 
 (a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a
date fixed for prepayment thereof, by acceleration or otherwise. 
 (b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or
any other amount (other than an amount referred to in Section 10.01(a)) payable under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days.

  

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 (c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification of any Loan Document or waiver under such Loan Document, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to the provisions
hereof or any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made. 
 (d) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 8.02,
Section 8.13, or in ARTICLE IX. 
 (e) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to observe or perform any covenant,
condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in Section 10.01(a), Section 10.01(b) or Section 10.01(d)) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days
after the earlier to occur of (A) notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender) or (B) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise
becoming aware of such default; provided, however, that if the Borrower fails to deliver any financial statements, certificates or other information within the time period required by Section 8.01, 8.02, 8.11 or 8.13 and subsequently delivers
such financial statements, certificates or other information as required by such Sections prior to acceleration or the exercise of any remedy by the Lenders, then such Event of Default shall be deemed to have been cured and/or waived without any
further action by the Administrative Agent or Lenders. 
 (f) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment
(whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable. 
 (g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the
holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the Redemption thereof or any offer to Redeem to be made in respect thereof, prior to its
scheduled maturity or require the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer in respect thereof. 
 (h) an involuntary proceeding
shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any
Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered. 
 (i) the Borrower or, except as permitted by Section 9.11(c), any Restricted Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file
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insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate
manner, any proceeding or petition described in Section 10.01(h), (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action
for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing. 
 (j) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its
inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due. 
 (k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount
in excess of $50,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third party insurance provided by insurers of the highest claims paying rating or financial strength as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage and is not subject to an
insolvency proceeding) shall be rendered against the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or
any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment. 
 (l) the Loan Documents after delivery thereof shall for any reason, except to the extent permitted by the terms thereof, cease to be in full force and effect and generally valid, binding and enforceable in accordance
with their terms against the Borrower or a Guarantor party thereto or shall be repudiated by any of them, or cease to create a valid and perfected Lien of the priority required thereby on any of the collateral purported to be covered thereby, except
to the extent permitted by the terms of this Agreement, or the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their Affiliates shall so state in writing. 
 (m) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $50,000,000. 
 (n) a Change in Control shall occur. 
 Section 10.02 Remedies. 
 (a) In
the case of an Event of Default other than one described in Section 10.01(h), Section 10.01(i) or Section 10.01(j), at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the
request of the Majority Lenders, shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and
(ii) declare the Notes and the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal
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other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the payment of cash collateral to secure the LC Exposure as provided in Section 2.08(j)), shall
become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower and each Guarantor; and in case of an Event
of Default described in Section 10.01(h), Section 10.01(i) or Section 10.01(j), the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the Notes and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and
all fees and the other obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors accrued hereunder and under the Notes and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the payment of cash collateral to secure the LC Exposure as provided in
Section 2.08(j)), shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower and each Guarantor. 
 (b) In the case of the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders will have all other rights and remedies available at
law and equity. 
 (c) All proceeds realized from the liquidation or other disposition of collateral or otherwise received after maturity of
the Notes, whether by acceleration or otherwise, shall be applied: 
 (i) first, pro rata to payment or reimbursement
of that portion of the Indebtedness constituting fees, expenses and indemnities payable to the Administrative Agent, Arranger, other Agents and the Lenders; 
 (ii) second, pro rata to payment of accrued interest on the Loans; 
 (iii) third, pro rata to payment of principal outstanding on the Loans and Indebtedness referred to in Clause (b) of the
definition of Indebtedness owing to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; 
 (iv) fourth, pro rata to any other
Indebtedness; 
 (v) fifth, to serve as cash collateral to be held by the Administrative Agent to secure the LC
Exposure; and 
 (vi) sixth, any excess, after all of the Indebtedness shall have been indefeasibly paid in full in
cash, shall be paid to the Borrower or as otherwise required by any Governmental Requirement. 
 ARTICLE XI 
 The Agents 
 Section 11.01
Appointment; Powers. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. 
  

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 Section 11.02 Duties and Obligations of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall
not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless
of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express)
obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law; rather, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties),
(b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except as provided in Section 11.03, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent
shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of
its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and shall not be responsible for
or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered
hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or in any other Loan Document,
(iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in ARTICLE VI or elsewhere herein,
other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, (vi) the existence, value, perfection or priority of any collateral security or the financial or other condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries or any other obligor or guarantor, or (vii) any failure by the Borrower or any other Person (other than itself) to perform any of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or the performance or observance of any
covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in ARTICLE VI, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be
satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from such Lender prior to the proposed
closing date specifying its objection thereto. 
 Section 11.03 Action by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall
have no duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing
as directed by the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 12.02) and in all cases the Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or
refusing to act hereunder or under any other Loan Documents unless it shall (a) receive written instructions from the Majority Lenders or the Lenders, as applicable, (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under
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the Lenders against any and all liability and expenses which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The
instructions as aforesaid and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto by the Administrative Agent shall be binding on all of the Lenders. If a Default has occurred and is continuing, then the Administrative Agent shall take such action
with respect to such Default as shall be directed by the requisite Lenders in the written instructions (with indemnities) described in this Section 11.03, provided that, unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such
directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders. In no event, however, shall
the Administrative Agent be required to take any action which exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement, the Loan Documents or applicable law. If a Default has occurred and is continuing, neither
the Syndication Agents nor the Documentation Agents shall have any obligation to perform any act in respect thereof. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the
Majority Lenders or the Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 12.02), and otherwise the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or
not taken by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document or under any other document or instrument referred to or provided for herein or therein or in connection herewith or therewith INCLUDING ITS OWN ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE, except for its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct. 
 Section 11.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled
to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The
Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon and each of the Borrower, the Lenders and each Issuing
Bank hereby waives the right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s record of such statement, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who
may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative
Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until a written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof permitted hereunder shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. 

Section 11.05 Subagents. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any
one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions
of the preceding Sections of this ARTICLE XI shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the
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 Section 11.06 Resignation or Removal of Agents. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of
a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this Section 11.06, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, each Issuing Bank and the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent may be removed at any time with or
without cause by the Majority Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Majority Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders
and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation or removal of the retiring Agent, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent
which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless
otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this ARTICLE XI and Section 12.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and
their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. 
 Section 11.07 Agents as Lenders. Each bank serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such
bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder. 
 Section 11.08 No Reliance. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other
Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party. Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own
decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be required to keep themselves informed as to the
performance or observance by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of this Agreement, the Loan Documents or any other document referred to or provided for herein or to inspect the Properties or books of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries. Except for
notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, no Agent or Arranger shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other
information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the Borrower (or any of its Affiliates) which may come into the possession of such Agent or any of its Affiliates. In this regard, each Lender acknowledges that Andrews Kurth LLP
is acting in this transaction as special counsel to the Administrative Agent only, except to the extent otherwise expressly stated in any legal opinion or any Loan Document. Each other party hereto will consult with its own legal counsel to the
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 Section 11.09 Authority of Administrative Agent to Release Collateral and Liens. Each Lender
and each Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to release any collateral that is permitted to be sold or released pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative
Agent to execute and deliver to the Borrower, at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense, any and all releases of Liens, termination statements, assignments or other documents reasonably requested by the Borrower in connection with any sale or
other disposition of Property to the extent such sale or other disposition is permitted by the terms of Section 9.12 or is otherwise authorized by the terms of the Loan Documents. 
 Section 11.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and
payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise: 

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Indebtedness
that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Section 12.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and 
 (b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; 
 and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to
make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 12.03. 
 Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Indebtedness or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding. 
 Section 11.11 The Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents and Arranger. The Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and the Arranger shall have no duties, responsibilities or liabilities under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents other than their duties, responsibilities and liabilities in their capacity as Lenders hereunder. 
  

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 ARTICLE XII 
 Miscellaneous 
 Section 12.01 Notices. 
 (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to Section 12.01(b)), all
notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows: 
 (i) if to the Borrower, to it at 700 Milam Street, Suite 3100, Houston, Texas 77002-4804, Attention of Winston M. Talbert, Chief Financial
Officer and Executive Vice President (Telecopy No. (713) 579-6210), with a copy to John F. Wombwell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (Telecopy No. 713-579-6231); 
 (ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to it at 10 South Dearborn, Floor 7, Chicago, Illinois 60603-2003, Attention of Marlene Zanoria,
(Telecopy No. (312) 385-7096, and for all other correspondence other than borrowings, continuation, conversion and Letter of Credit requests 712 Main Street, 8th Floor South, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention of Jo Linda Papadakis (Telecopy No.
(713) 216-7770); and 
 (iii) if to any other Lender, in its capacity as such, or any other Lender in its capacity as an
Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire. 
 (b) Notices and other
communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to ARTICLE II, ARTICLE
III, ARTICLE IV and ARTICLE V unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by
electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. 
 (c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt. 
 Section 12.02 Waivers;
Amendments. 
 (a) No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to exercise and no delay in
exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, power or privilege, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right, power or privilege, under any of the Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
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single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under any of the Loan Documents preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would
otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by Section 12.02(b), and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of
any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. 
 (b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof nor any Security Instrument nor any provision thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the
Borrower and the Majority Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Majority Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall 
 (i) increase the Commitment or the Maximum Credit Amount of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender; 
 (ii) increase the Borrowing Base or the Conforming Borrowing Base without the written consent of the Required Lenders, decrease or
maintain the Borrowing Base or the Conforming Borrowing Base without the consent of Super-majority Lenders or modify Section 2.07 or 2.09 without the written consent of all of the Lenders; 
 (iii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable
hereunder, or reduce any other Indebtedness hereunder or under any other Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby; 
 (iv) postpone the scheduled date of payment or prepayment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or any other Indebtedness hereunder or under
any other Loan Document, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone or extend the Termination Date without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby; 
 (v) change Section 4.01(b) or Section 4.01(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby,
without the written consent of each Lender; 
 (vi) waive or amend Section 3.04(c), Section 6.01, Section 8.13,
Section 10.02(c) or Section 12.14 or change the definition of the terms “Domestic Subsidiary”, “Foreign Subsidiary”, “Material Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” or “Subsidiary”, without the written
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 (vii) release any Guarantor (except as set forth in the Guaranty Agreement,
Section 8.13(c), Section 9.11 or Section 12.17) or release all or substantially all of the collateral (other than as provided in Section 11.09 and Section 12.17), without the written consent of each Lender; or 
 (viii) change any of the provisions of this Section 12.02(b) or the definitions of “Required Lenders”, “Super-majority
Lenders” or “Majority Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or under any other Loan Documents or make any determination or grant
any consent hereunder or any other Loan Documents, without the written consent of each Lender; 
 provided, further, that no such agreement
shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Issuing Bank hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such other Agent
or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any supplement to Schedule 9.08 (Nature of Business) shall be effective simply by delivering to the Administrative Agent a supplemental schedule clearly marked as such and,
upon receipt, the Administrative Agent will promptly deliver a copy thereof to the Lenders. 
 Section 12.03 Expenses, Indemnity;
Damage Waiver. 
 (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its
Affiliates, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and other outside consultants for the Administrative Agent, the reasonable travel, photocopy, mailing, courier, telephone and other similar
expenses, and the cost of environmental audits and surveys and appraisals, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration (both before and after
the execution hereof and including advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent as to the rights and duties of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect thereto) of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendments,
modifications or waivers of or consents related to the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all costs, expenses, Taxes, assessments and other charges incurred
by any Agent or any Lender in connection with any filing, registration, recording or perfection of any security interest contemplated by this Agreement or any Security Instrument or any other document referred to therein, (iii) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by each Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank or any demand for payment thereunder, (iv) all out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section 12.03, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including, without limitation, all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any
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 (b) THE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY EACH AGENT, THE ARRANGER, EACH ISSUING BANK AND EACH LENDER, AND EACH
RELATED PARTY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING PERSONS (EACH SUCH PERSON BEING CALLED AN “INDEMNITEE”) AGAINST, AND HOLD EACH INDEMNITEE HARMLESS FROM, ANY AND ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES AND RELATED EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE
FEES, CHARGES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY COUNSEL FOR ANY INDEMNITEE, INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF (i) THE EXECUTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT
OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, THE PERFORMANCE BY THE PARTIES HERETO OR THE PARTIES TO ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR BY ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, (ii) THE FAILURE OF THE BORROWER OR ANY RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, INCLUDING THIS AGREEMENT, OR WITH ANY GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENT, (iii) ANY
INACCURACY OF ANY REPRESENTATION OR ANY BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY OR COVENANT OF THE BORROWER OR ANY GUARANTOR SET FORTH IN ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY INSTRUMENTS, DOCUMENTS OR CERTIFICATIONS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, (iv) ANY LOAN
OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREFROM, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, (A) ANY REFUSAL BY ANY ISSUING BANK TO HONOR A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER A LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUED BY SUCH ISSUING BANK IF THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED IN
CONNECTION WITH SUCH DEMAND DO NOT STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH LETTER OF CREDIT, OR (B) THE PAYMENT OF A DRAWING UNDER ANY LETTER OF CREDIT NOTWITHSTANDING THE NON-COMPLIANCE, NON-DELIVERY OR OTHER IMPROPER PRESENTATION OF THE
DOCUMENTS PRESENTED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, (v) ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, (vi) THE OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS OF THE BORROWER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES BY THE BORROWER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (vii) ANY ASSERTION THAT THE
LENDERS WERE NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE PROCEEDS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE SECURITY INSTRUMENTS, (viii) ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW APPLICABLE TO THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PRESENCE,
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AND GAS WASTES, SOLID WASTES OR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ON ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES, (ix) THE BREACH OR NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY
WITH ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW APPLICABLE TO THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY, (x) THE PAST OWNERSHIP BY THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OF ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES OR PAST ACTIVITY ON ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES WHICH, THOUGH LAWFUL AND FULLY PERMISSIBLE
AT THE TIME, COULD RESULT IN PRESENT LIABILITY, (xi) THE PRESENCE, USE, RELEASE, STORAGE, TREATMENT, DISPOSAL, GENERATION, THREATENED RELEASE, TRANSPORT, ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSPORT OR ARRANGEMENT FOR DISPOSAL OF OIL, OIL AND GAS WASTES, SOLID
WASTES OR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ON OR AT ANY OF THE PROPERTIES OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR ANY ACTUAL OR ALLEGED PRESENCE OR RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON OR FROM ANY PROPERTY OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE BORROWER OR ANY OF
ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (xii) ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE BORROWER OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, OR (xiii) ANY OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH OR SAFETY CONDITION IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR (xiv) ANY
ACTUAL OR PROSPECTIVE CLAIM, LITIGATION, INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY INDEMNITEE IS A PARTY THERETO, AND SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL EXTEND
TO EACH INDEMNITEE NOTWITHSTANDING THE SOLE OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE OF EVERY KIND OR CHARACTER WHATSOEVER, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, WHETHER AN AFFIRMATIVE ACT OR AN OMISSION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL TYPES OF NEGLIGENT CONDUCT IDENTIFIED
IN THE RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS OF ONE OR MORE OF THE INDEMNITEES OR BY REASON OF STRICT LIABILITY IMPOSED WITHOUT FAULT ON ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE INDEMNITEES; PROVIDED THAT SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL NOT, AS TO ANY INDEMNITEE, BE AVAILABLE TO THE
EXTENT THAT SUCH LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES OR RELATED EXPENSES ARE DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE JUDGMENT TO HAVE RESULTED FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH INDEMNITEE.

 (c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to any Agent, the Arranger or any Issuing Bank under
Section 12.03(a) or (b), each Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent, the Arranger or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or
indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent, the Arranger or such
Issuing Bank in its capacity as such. 
 (d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any
claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. 
 (e) All amounts due under this Section 12.03 shall be payable not later than 10 days after written demand therefor. 
 (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 12.03, no transfer or assignment of the interests or obligations of any Lender or any grant of participations therein shall be permitted if such transfer,
assignment or grant would require the Borrower and the Guarantors to file a registration statement with the SEC or to qualify the Loans under the “Blue Sky” laws of any state. 
  

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 Section 12.04 Successors and Assigns. 
 (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns
permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this
Section 12.04. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank
that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in Section 12.04(c)) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. 
 (b)    (i) Subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 12.04(b)(ii), any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the
prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of: 
 (A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the
Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and 
 (B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to an assignee that
is a Lender immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment. 
 (ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following
additional conditions: 
 (A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of
the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to
such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $10,000,000 and the amount of the Commitment of Loans of the assigning Lender after such assignment shall not be less than $10,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and
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 (B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all
the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; 
 (C) the parties to each assignment shall execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and 
 (D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire. 
 (iii) Subject to Section 12.04(b)(iv) and the acceptance and recording thereof, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released
from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to
be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.01, Section 5.02, Section 5.03 and Section 12.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 12.04
shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 12.04(c). 
 (iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each
Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Maximum Credit Amount of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the
terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the
Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In connection with any changes to the Register, if necessary, the Administrative Agent will reflect the revisions on Annex I and forward a copy of such revised Annex I to the
Borrower, each Issuing Bank and each Lender. 
 (v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by
an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 12.04(b) and any written
consent to such assignment required by Section 12.04(b), the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this
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 (c)    (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion
of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of
such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision
of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the proviso to Section 12.02 that affects
such Participant. In addition such agreement must provide that the Participant be bound by the provisions of Section 12.03. Subject to Section 12.04(c)(ii), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 5.01, Section 5.02 and Section 5.03 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 12.04(b). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 12.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 4.01(c) as though it were a Lender. 
 (ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 5.01 or Section 5.03 than the applicable
Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a
Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.03 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with
Section 5.03(e) as though it were a Lender. 
 (d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion
of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section 12.04(d) shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a
security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. 
 Section 12.05 Survival; Revival; Reinstatement. 
 (a) All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan
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making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding
that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long
as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The
provisions of Section 5.01, Section 5.02, Section 5.03 and Section 12.03 and ARTICLE XI shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of
the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof. 
 (b) To the extent that any payments on the Indebtedness or proceeds of any collateral are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, debtor in possession, receiver or other Person under any bankruptcy law, common law or equitable cause, then to such extent, the Indebtedness so satisfied shall be revived and continue
as if such payment or proceeds had not been received and the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ Liens, security interests, rights, powers and remedies under this Agreement and each Loan Document shall continue in full force and
effect. In such event, each Loan Document shall be automatically reinstated and the Borrower shall take such action as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to effect such reinstatement. 
 Section 12.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. 
 (a) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a
single contract. 
 (b) This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the
Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and
thereof. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents (other than the Letters of Credit and the Letter of Credit Agreements) represent the final agreement among the parties hereto and thereto and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior,
contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties. 
 (c) Except as
provided in Section 6.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the
signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
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 Section 12.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions hereof or thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 Section 12.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations (of whatsoever kind, including, without limitations obligations under Swap
Agreements) at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owed to such Lender now or
hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of
each Lender under this Section 12.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender or its Affiliates may have. 
 Section 12.09 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS. 
 (a) THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 (b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR
PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY HEREBY
ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW) IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS. THIS SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION IS NON-EXCLUSIVE
AND DOES NOT PRECLUDE A PARTY FROM OBTAINING JURISDICTION OVER ANOTHER PARTY IN ANY COURT OTHERWISE HAVING JURISDICTION. 
 (c) THE BORROWER
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES, APPOINTS AND EMPOWERS AND HEREBY CONFERS AN IRREVOCABLE SPECIAL POWER, AMPLE AND SUFFICIENT, TO CT CORPORATION SYSTEM, WITH OFFICES ON THE DATE HEREOF AT 111 EIGHTH AVENUE, THIRTEENTH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011,
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ACKNOWLEDGE FOR AND ON ITS BEHALF, AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL LEGAL PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS WHICH MAY BE SERVED
IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING AND AGREES THAT THE FAILURE OF SUCH AGENT TO GIVE ANY ADVICE OF ANY SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS TO THE BORROWER SHALL NOT IMPAIR OR AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF SUCH SERVICE OR OF ANY CLAIM BASED THEREON. IF FOR ANY REASON SUCH
DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT SHALL CEASE TO BE AVAILABLE TO ACT AS SUCH, THE BORROWER AGREES TO DESIGNATE A NEW DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT IN NEW YORK CITY REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ON THE TERMS AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THIS PROVISION. EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO IT AT THE ADDRESS
SPECIFIED IN SECTION 12.01 OR SUCH OTHER ADDRESS AS IS SPECIFIED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12.01 (OR ITS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION), SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF A
PARTY OR ANY HOLDER OF A NOTE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANOTHER PARTY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. 
 (d) EACH PARTY HEREBY (i) IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR
PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN; (ii) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY SUCH LITIGATION ANY
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL DAMAGES; (iii) CERTIFIES THAT NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF COUNSEL FOR ANY PARTY HERETO HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR
OTHERWISE, OR IMPLIED THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS, AND (iv) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 12.09. 
 Section 12.10 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement. 
 Section 12.11 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing
Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants,
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Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information
confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or
thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 12.11, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement (provided that such Person agrees in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Section 12.11) or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any Swap Agreement relating to the
Borrower and its obligations (provided that such Person agrees in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Section 12.11), (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly
available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 12.11 or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of
this Section 12.11, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary relating to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and their businesses, other than any such information that is
available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 12.11 shall be considered to have
complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. 
 Section 12.12 Interest Rate Limitation. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Lender shall conform strictly to usury laws
applicable to it. Accordingly, if the transactions contemplated hereby would be usurious as to any Lender under laws applicable to it (including the laws of the United States of America and the State of New York or any other jurisdiction whose laws
may be mandatorily applicable to such Lender notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement), then, in that event, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the Loan Documents or any agreement entered into in connection with or as
security for the Notes, it is agreed as follows: (i) the aggregate of all consideration which constitutes interest under law applicable to any Lender that is contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received by such Lender under any of the
Loan Documents or agreements or otherwise in connection with the Notes shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law, and any excess shall be canceled automatically and if theretofore paid shall be credited by
such Lender on the principal amount of the Indebtedness (or, to the extent that the principal amount of the Indebtedness shall have been or would thereby be paid in full, refunded by such Lender to the Borrower); and (ii) in the event that the
maturity of the Notes is accelerated by reason of an election of the holder thereof resulting from any Event of Default under this Agreement or otherwise, or in the event of any required or permitted prepayment, then such consideration that
constitutes interest under law applicable to any Lender may never include more than the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law, and excess interest, if any, provided for in this Agreement or otherwise shall be canceled automatically by such
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the date of such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be credited by such Lender on the principal amount of the Indebtedness (or, to
the extent that the principal amount of the Indebtedness shall have been or would thereby be paid in full, refunded by such Lender to the Borrower). All sums paid or agreed to be paid to any Lender for the use, forbearance or detention of sums due
hereunder shall, to the extent permitted by law applicable to such Lender, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the actual full term of the Loans evidenced by the Notes until payment in full so that the rate or amount of interest
on account of any Loans hereunder does not exceed the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law. If at any time and from time to time (i) the amount of interest payable to any Lender on any date shall be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate
applicable to such Lender pursuant to this Section 12.12 and (ii) in respect of any subsequent interest computation period the amount of interest otherwise payable to such Lender would be less than the amount of interest payable to such
Lender computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to such Lender, then the amount of interest payable to such Lender in respect of such subsequent interest computation period shall continue to be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to
such Lender until the total amount of interest payable to such Lender shall equal the total amount of interest which would have been payable to such Lender if the total amount of interest had been computed without giving effect to this
Section 12.12. 
 Section 12.13 EXCULPATION PROVISIONS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO SPECIFICALLY AGREES THAT IT HAS A DUTY TO
READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND AGREES THAT IT IS CHARGED WITH NOTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; THAT IT HAS IN FACT READ THIS AGREEMENT AND IS FULLY INFORMED AND HAS FULL NOTICE
AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS OF THIS AGREEMENT; THAT IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL OF ITS CHOICE THROUGHOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS PRECEDING ITS EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; AND HAS
RECEIVED THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; AND THAT IT RECOGNIZES THAT CERTAIN OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS RESULT IN ONE PARTY ASSUMING THE LIABILITY INHERENT IN
SOME ASPECTS OF THE TRANSACTION AND RELIEVING THE OTHER PARTY OF ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH LIABILITY. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY EXCULPATORY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND
THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS ON THE BASIS THAT THE PARTY HAD NO NOTICE OR KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH PROVISION OR THAT THE PROVISION IS NOT “CONSPICUOUS.” 
 Section 12.14 Collateral Matters; Swap Agreements. The benefit of the Security Instruments and of the provisions of this Agreement relating to any collateral securing the Indebtedness shall also extend to
and be available to any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender that is counterparty to any Swap Agreement with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (including any Swap Agreement between such Persons in existence prior to the date hereof) on a pro
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to any such Lender or Affiliate in respect of obligations under such Swap Agreements if such Person or its Affiliate, as the case may be, ceases to be
Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, a Person ceases to be a Lender hereunder if (a) pursuant to an assignment, such Person ceases to have any Commitment, Loans and LC Exposure hereunder or (b) the Commitments of all of the Lenders
hereunder have been terminated and all principal, interest and other amounts outstanding under this Agreement have been paid in full in cash (whether as a result of repayment at maturity, prepayment in connection with the refinancing of this
Agreement or otherwise). No Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender shall have any voting rights under any Loan Document as a result of the existence of obligations owed to it under any such Swap Agreements. 
 Section 12.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the agreement of the Lenders to make Loans and the
Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend Letters of Credit hereunder are solely for the benefit of the Borrower, and no other Person (including, without limitation, any Subsidiary of the Borrower, any obligor, contractor, subcontractor,
supplier or materialsman) shall have any rights, claims, remedies or privileges hereunder or under any other Loan Document against the Administrative Agent, any other Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender for any reason whatsoever. There are no
third party beneficiaries. 
 Section 12.16 USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the
requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes
the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act. 
 Section 12.17 Release of Liens and Guarantors. After the Mortgage Release Date, the Administrative Agent, at the request and expense of the Borrower, shall promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Borrower or its designee
such UCC termination statements, mortgage releases and other documentation as shall be reasonably requested by the Borrower to effect the termination and release of the Liens created by the Security Instruments and (ii) assign, transfer and
deliver to the Borrower or its designee, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, any collateral then in the Administrative Agent’s possession. Upon the request of the Borrower (and at the Borrower’s
expense), the Administrative Agent shall release from its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement each Guarantor that (i) is not a Material Domestic Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) is not required to guarantee the Indebtedness pursuant to
Section 8.13. Upon the completion of any sale or dissolution of a Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver to the Borrower any certificate representing the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary
then held by it. 
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 The parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written. 
  

					
	BORROWER:	 	PLAINS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Winston M. Talbert

		 	Name:	 	Winston M. Talbert
		 	Title:	 	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  

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	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:	 	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender
 And as Administrative Agent

			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Jo Linda Papadakis

		 	Name:	 	Jo Linda Papadakis
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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	LENDERS:	 	 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender and as a
 Co-Syndication Agent

			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Ronald E. McKaig

		 	Name:	 	Ronald E. McKaig
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  

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	 BMO CAPITAL MARKETS FINANCING, INC.,
 as a
Lender and as a Co-Syndication Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ James V. Ducote

	Name:	 	James V. Ducote
	Title:	 	Director


  

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	 THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Lender and
 as
a Co-Documentation Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard Hawthorne

	Name:	 	Richard Hawthorne
	Title:	 	Managing Director


  

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	 BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender and as a Co-
 Documentation Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Brian M. Malone

	Name:	 	Brian M. Malone
	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert Long

	Name:	 	Robert Long
	Title:	 	Director


  

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	BANK OF SCOTLAND, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Karen Weich

	Name:	 	Karen Weich
	Title:	 	Vice President


  

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	CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Tom Byargon

	Name:	 	Tom Byargon
	Title:	 	Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Dennis Petito

	Name:	 	Dennis Petito
	Title:	 	Managing Director


  

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	CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John F. Miller

	Name:	 	John F. Miller
	Title:	 	Vice President


  

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	 DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
 AMERICAS, as a
Lender

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Omayra Laucella

	Name:	 	Omayra Laucella
	Title:	 	Vice President
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Enrique Landaeta

	Name:	 	Enrique Landaeta
	Title:	 	Vice President


  

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	FORTIS CAPITAL CORP., as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David Montgomery

	Name:	 	David Montgomery
	Title:	 	Vice President
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Darrell Holley

	Name:	 	Darrell Holley
	Title:	 	Managing Director


  

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	 THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a
 Lender

		
	By:	 	 /s/ David Slye

	Name:	 	David Slye
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President


  

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	TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Debbi Brito

	Name:	 	Debbi Brito
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory


  

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	 WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
 ASSOCIATION, as a
Lender

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Christopher L. Hewitt

	Name:	 	Christopher L. Hewitt
	Title:	 	Vice President


  

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	COMERICA BANK, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Juli Bieser

	Name:	 	Juli Bieser
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President


  

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	UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David B. Julie

	Name:	 	David B. Julie
	Title:	 	Associate Director, Banking Products Services, US
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Irja R. Otsa

	Name:	 	Irja R. Otsa
	Title:	 	Associate Director, Banking Products Services, US


  

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	WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Paul A. Squires

	Name:	 	Paul A. Squires
	Title:	 	Vice President


  

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	MORGAN STANLEY BANK, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Daniel Twenge

	Name:	 	Daniel Twenge
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory


  

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	 GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
 as a
Lender

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark Walton

	Name:	 	Mark Walton
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory


  

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 Schedule 9.08