EX-4.13


 Exhibit 4.13 

 
  
 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION 
 and 

the Subsidiary Guarantors named herein 
  

 
 6.875% SENIOR
NOTES DUE 2018, 
 6.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020, 
 6.125% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2021, 
 AND 

6.775% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2019 
  

 
 TENTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 DATED AS OF JUNE 29, 2012 

 
  

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 
 as Trustee 
  

 
  

 






 THIS TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 29, 2012, is among Chesapeake Energy
Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation (the “Company”), each of the parties identified under the caption “Subsidiary Guarantors” on the signature page hereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and The Bank of New
York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee. 
 RECITALS 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors a party thereto, and the Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated as of August 2,
2010, as supplemented prior to the date hereof (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Company has originally issued $600,000,000 in principal amount of 6.875% Senior Notes due 2018, $1,400,000,000 in principal amount of 6.625% Senior
Notes due 2020, $1,000,000,000 in principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2021, and $1,300,000,000 in principal amount of 6.775% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”); 

WHEREAS, Section 9.01(7) of the Indenture provides that the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or
supplement the Indenture without notice to or consent of any Holder to reflect the addition of any Subsidiary Guarantor, as provided for in the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, each of Chesapeake Midstream Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Chesapeake Midstream Development, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Chesapeake Midstream Operating,
L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company, Chesapeake Midstream Holdings, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, AMGS, L.L.C., an Arkansas limited liability company, Arkansas Midstream Gas Services Corp., an Arkansas corporation,
Chesapeake West Texas Gathering, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company, Chesapeake West Texas Processing, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company, Jackalope Gas Gathering Services, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company,
Louisiana Midstream Gas Services, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company, Mid-America Midstream Gas Services, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company, Mid-Atlantic Gas Services, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company, Mockingbird
Midstream Gas Services, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company, and Utica Gas Services, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company (collectively, the “CMD Entities”), has guaranteed other Indebtedness of the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor in excess of a De Minimis Guaranteed Amount, and as a result, the Company is obligated under the Indenture to cause each of the CMD Entities to become a Subsidiary Guarantor of the Company; and 

WHEREAS, all acts and things prescribed by the Indenture, by law and by the charter and the bylaws (or comparable constituent documents)
of the Company, of the Subsidiary Guarantors and of the Trustee necessary to make this Tenth Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument legally binding on the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, have been
duly done and performed; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, to comply with the provisions of the Indenture and in consideration of the above
premises, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders of the Notes as follows: 

  
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 ARTICLE 1 
 Section 1.01. This Tenth Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed in connection with and as part of, the
Indenture for any and all purposes. 
 Section 1.02. This Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall become effective
immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. 
 ARTICLE 2

 Section 2.01. From this date, in accordance with Section 10.04 of the Indenture and by executing this
Tenth Supplemental Indenture, each of the CMD Entities is subject to the provisions of the Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor to the extent provided for in Article Ten thereunder. 

ARTICLE 3 

Section 3.01. Except as specifically modified herein, the Indenture and the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed
(mutatis mutandis) and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms with all capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same respective meanings ascribed to them as in the Indenture. 

Section 3.02. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall
be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture. This Tenth Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same
force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture. The
recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and not of the Trustee. 

Section 3.03. THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE AND ENFORCE THIS TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE. 
 Section 3.04. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of such executed copies together shall represent the same agreement. 
 [SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Tenth Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed, all as of the date first written above. 
  

	
	/s/ JENNIFER M. GRIGSBY
	 Jennifer M. Grigsby

	
	Senior Vice President, Treasurer & Corporate Secretary of the Company and of the Subsidiaries listed below:
	
	Corporate Subsidiaries:
	
	ARKANSAS MIDSTREAM GAS SERVICES CORP.
	CHESAPEAKE E&P HOLDING CORPORATION
	CHESAPEAKE ENERGY LOUISIANA CORPORATION
	CHESAPEAKE ENERGY MARKETING, INC.
	CHESAPEAKE NG VENTURES CORPORATION
	CHK HOLDINGS CORPORATION
	WINTER MOON ENERGY CORPORATION
	
	 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.,

	On behalf of itself, and as general partner of the following limited partnership:
	
	 CHESAPEAKE LOUISIANA, L.P.

	
	Limited Liability Company Subsidiaries:
	
	 AMGS, L.L.C.

	 CHESAPEAKE AEZ EXPLORATION, L.L.C.

	 CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, L.L.C.

	 CHESAPEAKE-CLEMENTS ACQUISITION, L.L.C.

	 CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION, L.L.C.

	 CHESAPEAKE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.L.C.

	 CHESAPEAKE MIDSTREAM HOLDINGS, L.L.C.

	 CHESAPEAKE MIDSTREAM OPERATING, L.L.C.

	 CHESAPEAKE PLAZA, L.L.C.

	 CHESAPEAKE ROYALTY, L.L.C.

	 CHESAPEAKE VRT, L.L.C.

	 CHESAPEAKE WEST TEXAS GATHERING, L.L.C.

	 CHESAPEAKE WEST TEXAS PROCESSING, L.L.C.

	 EMPRESS, L.L.C.

	 JACKALOPE GAS GATHERING SERVICES, L.L.C.




  
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	 GOTHIC PRODUCTION, L.L.C.

	 LOUISIANA MIDSTREAM GAS SERVICES, L.L.C.

	 MC LOUISIANA MINERALS, L.L.C.

	 MC MINERAL COMPANY, L.L.C.

	 MID-AMERICA MIDSTREAM GAS SERVICES, L.L.C.

	 MID-ATLANTIC GAS SERVICES, L.L.C.

	 MIDCON COMPRESSION, L.L.C.

	 MKR HOLDINGS, L.L.C.

	 MOCKINGBIRD MIDSTREAM GAS SERVICES, L.L.C.

	 NORTHERN MICHIGAN EXPLORATION COMPANY, L.L.C.

	 UTICA GAS SERVICES, L.L.C.

	 VENTURA REFINING AND TRANSMISSION, LLC

	 CHESAPEAKE MIDSTREAM MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

	On behalf of itself, and as general partner of the following limited partnership:
	
	 CHESAPEAKE MIDSTREAM DEVELOPMENT, L.P.

	
	 EMLP, L.L.C.

	On behalf of itself, and as general partner of the following limited partnership:
	
	 EMPRESS LOUISIANA PROPERTIES, L.P.




  
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	TRUSTEE:
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
		
	By:	 	/s/ LINDA GARCIA
	Name:	 	Linda Garcia
	 Title:
	 	Vice President



  
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