In this task, you're given a passage that represents a legal contract or clause between multiple parties, followed by a question that needs to be answered. Based on the paragraph, you must write unambiguous answers to the questions and your answer must refer a specific phrase from the paragraph. If multiple answers seem to exist, write the answer that is the most plausible.

Input: Consider Input: RESELLER AGREEMENT    This agreement (Agreement) dated as of January 11, 2011 (Effective Date) is between Diversinet Corp. (Diversinet), an Ontario corporation  with its principal place of business located at 2235 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 1700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2J 5B5, and 2205925 Ontario  Limited, with its principal place of business located at 111 Main Street West, Suite 304, North Bay, Ontario P1B 2T6 (the Reseller).     Diversinet and the Reseller are hereinafter referred to individually as a Party and, collectively, as the Parties. The Schedules attached hereto  shall form an integral part of this Agreement, and all references to this Agreement shall be deemed to include the Schedules.     WHEREAS Diversinet is a provider of mobile device security and authentication solutions for the mobile data ecosystem, and is the owner of  certain software products, user documentation and services and the related trade-marks;    AND WHEREAS Reseller has represented that it is qualified and desires to act as a reseller of certain of Diversinet's products within a certain  defined territory, and agrees to use its best efforts to market and sell such products in such territory;    NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises and commitments contained hereafter and other considerations, the receipt  and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties have entered into this Agreement for the purpose of permitting Reseller to market  and sell certain of Diversinet's products pursuant to the terms and conditions set out as follows.    1. Appointment  Subject to payment of the Annual Minimum Commitment (AMC  - defined herein), Diversinet hereby grants to Reseller an exclusive, non- transferable and non-assignable right to market, sell, and sub-license those Diversinet products listed in Schedule 2 (the Products) within the  territory listed in Schedule 3 (the Territory) to Canadian headquartered companies, and governmental and broader public sector entities located  in Canada. Reseller's customers (the Customers) are defined as those organizations/enterprises that will market and manage the end-users of the  Products (the End-Users). Reseller acknowledges and agrees that it does not have the right to assign sub-resellers under this Agreement  outside of the Territory, except with the prior written consent of Diversinet.     Furthermore, if Reseller terminates the AMC in the manner contemplated in Schedule 3, the exclusive license above shall revert to being a non- exclusive license.    In either case, Reseller will have the non-exclusive right to contract in the rest of the world, excluding the United States. If Reseller identifies End- Users in the United States, with the prior written consent of Diversinet, Reseller may sell the Products to the End-Users. United Stated revenues  will not be counted against the AMC however Reseller will be entitled to the discount rates as indicated in Schedule 3..    In addition, Diversinet hereby grants to Reseller the right to use those Diversinet trademarks and copyrighted materials with respect to the  Products solely for the purpose of marketing and distribution of the Products as authorized hereunder. Reseller acknowledges that the use of such  trademarks and copyrighted materials does not create in its favour any right, whether of ownership or otherwise, to such trade-marks and  copyrighted materials, and that all rights arising from the use thereof by Reseller shall inure to the benefit of Diversinet.     Reseller agrees that the rights granted to Reseller in this Section 1 are solely for the purpose of supplying the Products to Reseller, its Customers  and End-Users located in the Territory. Any use outside of the rights granted herein shall require an additional license from Diversinet.     2. Ownership and Representations  (a) Except as expressly granted herein, Diversinet does not grant any further rights, license or immunity to Reseller, and hereby retains and  does not waive any rights it may have with respect to patents, trade-marks, copyrights, moral rights or other intellectual property or  proprietary rights enforceable under the laws of any country. Reseller shall not authorize anyone to reverse engineer, decompile, alter,  transfer, modify or create a derivative work from any of the Products, nor may Reseller itself engage in so doing.     (b) Reseller shall not make any representations or warranties regarding the use or operation of the Products other than those included in any  promotional materials provided by Diversinet and any Product documentation provided by Diversinet.     3. Term and Renewal  The term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and continue in effect for a period of five (5) years (the Initial Term), unless sooner  terminated in accordance with the provisions set out herein. Upon expiration of the Initial Term, this Agreement shall automatically renew for  consecutive one (1) year periods, unless terminated by Reseller within sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any renewal term,  as the case may be (the Initial Term and each renewal term, collectively, the Term). Any annual renewal would be subject to the payment, if  applicable, of the AMC as agreed to by the parties, however such AMC will not be less than the previous year AMC times 115%, payable in  applicable quarterly instalments.    4. Termination  (a) Either Party may terminate this Agreement:  (i) Upon thirty (30) days' written notice to Reseller if Reseller fails to make any AMC payment when due under this Agreement, or when  an audit, as set out in Section 13, by Diversinet reveals any under-payment for any payment due, and it is not paid within the thirty (30)  day written notice period;   (ii) providing thirty (60) days' written notice to the other Party if the other Party breaches any material term or condition of this Agreement,  and fails to cure such breach within the 60 day period;  (iii) upon providing thirty (30) days' written notice to Reseller if Reseller terminates the provisions of the Annual Minimum Commitment  and fails to meet the sales targets as set out in Schedule 3.    (b) This Agreement shall terminate automatically without notice and without further action by Diversinet in the event that:





(i) Reseller ceases carrying on its business, or if a petition shall be filed, an order shall be made or an effective resolution is passed for the  winding-up, dissolution or liquidation of Reseller.    (c) Termination under Subsection 4(a) shall trigger a phase-out period during which Reseller may continue to provide products and  services to Customers. Such phase-out period shall be the longer of (i) the remaining term of the agreement between the Reseller and its  Customers, and (ii) 18 months.    (d) Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason: (1) all rights granted to Reseller hereunder shall automatically come to an  end and revert to Diversinet, including without limitation any right to use, operate and provide customer service or support for the Products;  (2) Reseller shall immediately pay to Diversinet all amounts due and outstanding hereunder as of the date of such termination or expiration;  and (3) within five (5) days of termination of this Agreement, for whatever reason, Reseller, must: (a) destroy all copies of the Products and  any associated Products documentation in its possession or under its direct control; and (b) deliver to Diversinet a written certificate  warranting that it has complied with the foregoing obligations.    1. Customer Orders  (a) Customer Agreements. The Parties acknowledge and agree that Reseller's Customers will acquire the Products and related services under  contract with Reseller, that Diversinet shall not have any contractual interest in Reseller's Customer relationships. Prior to Reseller  committing to provide any Products to a Customer, Reseller shall cause Customer to enter into purchase agreement(s) with Reseller with  respect to each of the Products purchased by Customer (each, a Customer Agreement). Reseller agrees that it shall include terms and  conditions in its Customer Agreements that are sufficient to protect Diversinet's interests as reflected in this Agreement, including, but not  limited to, those terms set out in Schedule 4 hereto. Such Customer Agreements shall be subject to Diversinet's approval, which approval  shall not be unreasonably withheld. Reseller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all Customers abide by the terms of the  applicable Customer Agreement(s). Furthermore, Reseller shall enforce its Customer Agreements against Customer when requested to do so  by Diversinet. For greater clarity, Diversinet expects that the Reseller will include all of the points covered in Section 4 in its end user  agreement. When the Reseller receives a customer order they will fax both the end user agreement and the details of the order to Diversinet  and if the end user agreement contains all of the points outlined in Section 4 then Diversinet will approve the order and ship the required  products to the Reseller.    (b) Ordering Process. Reseller shall submit all orders to Diversinet for the applicable Products. Reseller's submission of orders to Diversinet  shall comply at all times with Diversinet's reasonable procedures and requirements and are subject to acceptance by Diversinet acting  reasonably. Reseller shall be solely responsible for all sales activity culminating in and including the procurement of fully-executed Customer  Agreements and purchase orders specifying the Products and Services ordered and the specific number of tokens.     1. Delivery  (a) Subject to Reseller's compliance with the terms and procedures set forth in this Agreement, Diversinet shall provide to Reseller or to  Customers the Products properly ordered by Reseller and accepted by Diversinet in material compliance with the applicable terms hereof,  notwithstanding any inconsistent or additional terms which Reseller includes in any Customer agreement.    (b) Unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, delivery of the Products shall take place via electronic transmission or by courier, and will take  place within two (2) Business Days of a written request or purchase order for software and within five (5) Business Days for a standard  appliance. Custom built appliances or software are subject to evaluation and delivery date will be communicated after assessment. Business  Day shall mean 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), Monday through Friday, excluding all statutory holidays observed in the  Province of Ontario in Canada. Delivery will be F.O.B. Diversinet's facility. Reseller shall have fifteen (15) calendar days after the later of (i)  the delivery of any of the Products by Diversinet; or (ii) any applicable evaluation period; to inspect the Products and ensure their  substantial compliance with the corresponding documentation. Unless Reseller notifies Diversinet within such fifteen (15) day period that  any of the Products fail to substantially comply with the relevant documentation, such Products shall be deemed accepted. In the event  Reseller rejects any of the Products, Reseller shall give Diversinet written notice of rejection, specifying in reasonable detail the basis for  such rejection. Diversinet will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct any nonconformance and re-deliver such Products to Reseller.    1. Reseller Covenants  (a) Manner of Performance. Reseller shall: (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to market and sell the Products and Services to Customers;  (ii) conduct business in a competent and professional manner that reflects favorably at all times on the Products and the goodwill and  reputation of Diversinet; (iii) avoid deceptive, misleading, or unethical practices that are or might be detrimental to Diversinet or the  Products, or to the public in general; (iv) not make any false or misleading representations with regard to Diversinet or to the Products; (v)  not publish or employ, or cooperate in the publication or employment of, any misleading or deceptive advertising material with regard to  Diversinet or the Products or related services; (vi) not make any representation, warranties or guarantees to potential Customers or to the  trade with respect to the specifications, features or capabilities of the Products that are inconsistent with published statements made by  Diversinet; and (vii) comply with all applicable federal, state, region, and local laws and regulations related to the performance of its duties  hereunder.     (b) Reporting Requirements. Reseller shall, on a monthly basis, communicate to Diversinet information about Customers as reasonably  requested by Diversinet including, but not limited to, Customer business, marketing, sales and technical information, installation, service  delivery and on-going maintenance information.    (c) Technical Expertise. Reseller and its staff shall be conversant with the technical language conventional to the Products and similar  technologies in general, and will develop sufficient knowledge of the industry, of the Products and of products competitive with the  Products (including specifications, features and benefits) in order to explain in detail to potential Customers and End Users the differences  between the Products and competitive products and services.    (d) Branding. Reseller may provide its own branding for the Products; however Reseller will include a powered by Diversinet tag or such  similar identifiers as mutually agreed to by the Parties. Should Reseller require Diversinet to brand the Product, then such work will be  done under a separate statement of work to be agreed upon in writing by the Parties.     1. Fees and Billing





(a) Rates. For the Diversinet Products sold or distributed by Reseller, Reseller shall pay Diversinet the applicable list price, in U.S. dollars, for  such Product, less the applicable discount for each Product, all as set out in Schedule 3. Any reference to any amounts or currency in this  Agreement means United States dollars or U.S. dollars.    (b) Billing. Diversinet will invoice Reseller for applicable one time Token Fees and the upfront annual Validation and Support Fee upon setting  up a master account for each Customer and pre-loading it with MobiSecure tokens. Other fees and charges payable under this Agreement  will be invoiced to Reseller according to terms set out in this Agreement or any applicable schedules or attachments hereto. Reseller shall be  responsible for payment to Diversinet of all invoiced amounts for Products and services provided by Diversinet at Reseller's request to  Reseller, its Customers and/or End-Users.     (c) Payment Terms. Invoices are due and payable within 30 calendar days from the invoice date or from when the amount is due, whichever is  later.    (d) Late Charges and Taxes. All overdue amounts shall bear interest at the rate of 1% per month (12% per annum, simple interest), or the  highest rate allowed by applicable law, whichever is less, until paid in full. Interest shall accrue on a daily basis. Fees do not include any  sales, transfer, use, property, value added and other taxes, or any customs duties, tariffs or other governmental charges, all of which (if any  are due and have been incurred within the Territory) are assumed and payable by Reseller (except for taxes imposed on Diversinet's net  income). Providing proof of an exemption from any such duty, tax or charge is the responsibility of Reseller. Diversinet acknowledges and  agrees that Reseller shall withhold any applicable non-resident withholding taxes from any amount owing hereunder and remit such taxes to  the applicable federal taxing authority without provision for gross-up, if Diversinet becomes a non-resident of Canada or assigns the  Agreement to a non-resident of Canada and if Diversinet does not provide Reseller with an appropriate exemption thereto.    (e) Network Charges. The Customer or End User shall at all times be responsible for all mobile network data, roaming or airtime charges, SMS  related charges, application certification charges or marketing costs and any other fees or levies related to the cellular or wireless network  over which the Products are offered and/or provisioned, as well as Customer's own Internet access fees (collectively, the Network  Charges). None of the fees chargeable hereunder include any Network Charges and Reseller shall ensure that Customer shall indemnify  and hold harmless Diversinet and Reseller against any such Network Charges that may be levied against them for the operation of the  Products.    1. Training and Consulting  (a) Diversinet will arrange for the initial personal technical and sales instruction of up to three (3) Reseller personnel for up to five (5) days in  learning the functions, installation, integration, operation and maintenance of the Products. Such instruction shall take place in Diversinet's  corporate headquarters and expenses of the Reseller personnel incurred for attending such initial instruction shall be paid by Reseller. There will be no charge for this initial training. Thereafter, Diversinet will make available to Reseller standard Product training courses  generally offered by Diversinet at the list price.    (a) Upon Reseller's request, Diversinet will provide Reseller with pre-sales consulting and post-sales consulting at the Diversinet's standard  rates. Post-sales consulting will be provided under a separate services agreement to be entered into by the Parties, which shall include  specific statement(s) of work.    (b) Statements of Work (SOW). Fees for any future development services shall be as agreed to by the Parties in an SOW. Reimbursable  expenses agreed to by Reseller shall be paid by Reseller within thirty (30) days of Diversinet's documented invoice. Diversinet shall offer to  perform such work at Diversinet's then standard daily rate (currently at $1,500 per day). Reseller hereby agrees and acknowledges that  Diversinet shall own all code, documentation and modifications to the code or documentation, and all copyrights, trade secrets and other  intellectual property rights with respect to any such code or documentation. Diversinet hereby agrees and acknowledges that Reseller owns  any and all intellectual property rights with respect to any Reseller-specific private label associated with the software.     1. Support  (a) Services. Diversinet may provide, upon written agreement between the parties, the server hardware, physical environment, including  physical security, HVAC and power for the server hardware, all as required to provide the Products as described in Schedule 2. Diversinet  may also provide internet connectivity, by being responsible for network operation and availability from the public Internet up to the  termination cables at the network interface card on the server hardware. Diversinet shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain  connectivity, through the public Internet, between the server hardware and the wireless network operators or other network on which an End  User's device operates. Diversinet specifically excludes any responsibility for any connectivity between a network operator and a wireless  device, including any SMS, SMTP, or other connectivity. The products, their related service objectives and each Party's related  responsibilities in respect thereto are to be more fully described in a separate agreement.    (b) Service Term. During the Term, and subject to Reseller's payment of the annual Support Fees, Diversinet will provide support for the  Products in accordance with the terms set out in Schedule 5. Furthermore, Diversinet will support the existing Reseller trial including Apple  App Store submission until December 31, 2010. Diversinet will support the Reseller certification with Canada Health Infoway, at no additional  cost, until December 31, 2010.     (c) Standard Support. Reseller's Customers will be responsible for first level support to End-Users. Reseller will be responsible for second level  support to its Customer. Diversinet will provide third level support to Reseller. Diversinet will accept electronic mail messages via the Internet  using SMTP compliant software (E Mail) addressed to: support@diversinet.com, from Reseller with questions regarding the functions of  the Products, as well as questions about how to make full use of the software (Support Questions). If second level support is not being  provided by the Reseller, Diversinet may, at its sole discretion, provide additional support to Reseller. In these cases, Diversinet may charge  the Reseller for support services or reduce the product price discount provided to Reseller.     Reseller's Support Questions must be referred to Diversinet by a single person, designated initially as Primary Technical Support Contact  (Primary Contact)  set out in Schedule 1, unless Diversinet is notified in writing of an alternate technical support contact (Alternate  Contact). The names and e-mail addresses of up to four (4) Alternate Contacts (along with the name of the particular project or department)  shall be designated in a list provided by the Primary Contact via E Mail at support@diversinet.com. All Primary Contacts and Alternate  Contacts (collectively, Contacts)  must be members of the designated project or department. It is Reseller's responsibility to provide





Diversinet with an initial list of Contacts and to keep that list current in order to receive timely service.    (d) Updates. During the Term, Diversinet will provide updated versions of the Products (Updates). Updates shall be designated by a version  number with a higher number to the right of the decimal point (e.g., version 1.4 is an Update to version 1.2), but do not include New Releases  or Custom Releases (which are designated with a higher number to the left of the decimal point, or at the end with a letter, respectively). Prior  to delivering any Updates, Diversinet may require Reseller to sign a revised schedule if any additional grants or licenses are required for an  Update.     (e) Internet Access. Diversinet may provide, at no additional cost, access to Diversinet's Internet-based Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)  archives, a defect 'fix' list, or a private discussion forum available to all Products support customers, which will be moderated by Diversinet's  engineers when available.    (f) Beta Versions. Diversinet may provide Reseller with access to Beta Test versions of Updates to Products as described in paragraph (d)  above.    (g) Update Input. Diversinet will give special consideration to Reseller's feature requests for future versions of the Products.    1. ASP Sales  The Reseller may sell the Products as an Application Service Provider (ASP) sales model. Under an ASP model, the Reseller shall provide the  Products through computer-based services to End Users over a network. The Reseller shall be responsible for providing, at the Reseller's sole cost  and expense, the infrastructure, network, hosting environment, support and/or website. Reseller warrants and guarantees that Diversinet shall  have no obligations, representations or guarantees to the End User for sales made by the Reseller under an ASP sale.    2. Confidential Information  (a) Reseller agrees that all software, documentation and materials provided with the Products and all information contained therein is owned by  Diversinet. The Parties agree that any other information of a confidential or proprietary nature provided by one Party to the other from time  to time, whether marked as Proprietary,  Confidential,  Secret  or any other designation implying confidentiality, is owned by the  disclosing Party (all such information hereafter, collectively Trade Secrets). Both Parties shall treat the other Party's Trade Secrets with  the same care as they treat their own confidential information of a like nature, but in no case shall the receiving Party use less care in  handling the Trade Secrets than would be reasonable under the circumstances. The Parties agree not to make the other Party's Trade  Secrets available in any form to any third party, or use the other Party's Trade Secrets for any purpose other than as set forth in this  Agreement or as authorized by the other Party in writing. The Parties' obligations under this subsection shall survive the termination or  expiration of this Agreement.    (b) General Exclusions: The Parties' obligations set out in this section shall not apply to any information which is:  (i) rightfully in a Party's possession before receipt from the other Party;  (ii) independently developed by a Party without reference to the other Party's Trade Secrets;  (iii) approved for release by written agreement with the other Party;  (iv) rightfully in the public domain;  (v) disclosed by requirement of a governmental agency or third party as expressly required by operation of law, regulation or court order. The disclosing Party shall promptly notify the other Party of the pending disclosure to allow the other Party to seek a protective order;  or  (vi) lawfully disclosed to a Party by a third party without an obligation of confidentiality to the Party.    (c) It is expressly agreed that a violation of this section will cause irreparable harm to the owning Party and that a remedy at law would be  inadequate. Therefore, in addition to any and all other remedies available at law, the owning Party shall be entitled to seek (without posting  of a bond) preliminary, injunctive, emergency or equitable relief in the event of any actual or threatened violation of any or all of the  provisions hereof.    3. Audit  During the Term and for seven (7) years after the expiration or termination of this Agreement, or such longer period as required by applicable law,  Reseller agrees to maintain complete books, records and accounts relevant to the computation of and accounting for the amounts payable under  this Agreement. Reseller agrees to allow Diversinet or its agents and representatives the right to examine and audit such books, records and  accounts during Reseller's normal business hours for no more than once per calendar quarter upon reasonable notice. If such examination reveals  a deficiency in any amounts paid, Reseller agrees to pay any such deficiency forthwith upon demand, plus interest calculated in accordance with  Section (Late Charges and Taxes) above and, if in excess of 5%, the cost of the audit incurred by Diversinet.    4. Limited Warranty  EACH PARTY DOES NOT WARRANT TO THE OTHER THAT THE MATERIALS IT PROVIDES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT  WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OTHER PARTY OR ITS CUSTOMERS, OR THAT THEIR OPERATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED  OR ERROR FREE.     Diversinet warrants as follows:  (a) Each of the Products operates in substantial accordance with its documentation (Operation Warranty). With respect to the Operation  Warranty, Reseller's sole remedy, and Diversinet's sole obligation, shall be to cause the Product to operate substantially in accordance with  its documentation in a timely manner. All Products shall be virus-checked prior to delivery to Reseller.    (b) The services provided under this Agreement shall be performed in a timely and professional manner by personnel (Personnel) and in all  material respects in accordance with the requirements set forth here in Schedule 5 (Service Level Agreement). Personnel shall be  appropriately trained in the performance of such services under this Agreement and shall meet those standards generally observed by  reputable and competent members of the same industry providing similar services.     c) Diversinet shall ensure that there collectively is a sufficient number of employees and personnel assigned and available during the term to  provide the services in accordance with the service levels and the standards and other terms and conditions of this Agreement.





  (d) Diversinet shall exercise professional and good judgement in carrying out and performing its obligations under this Agreement.    (e) The Products do not contain any virus, Trojan horse, worm, trapdoor, backdoor, malicious code or other code or device designed to  interfere with proper use of the Software or cause harm or injury.    (h) As of the Effective Date, to the best of its knowledge, none of the Products infringes upon any third party's patent rights (Limited Patent  Warranty).    EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH ABOVE, DIVERSINET PROVIDES THE PRODUCTS, DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER RELATED  SERVICES (COLLECTIVELY, THE BUNDLED PRODUCT)  TO RESELLER AS IS  WITHOUT WARRANTY, MAKES NO OTHER  WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY OTHER WARRANTIES OF PERFORMANCE, AND  IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THE  BUNDLED PRODUCTS, EITHER AS A UNIT, OR AS INDIVIDUAL PARTS. EXCEPT AS ABOVE SET FORTH, DIVERSINET SHALL BEAR NO  RISK AS TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BUNDLED PRODUCT, AND ALL RISK IS TO BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN RESELLER AND IT  CUSTOMERS AND END-USERS, OR ANY OTHERS WHO USE THE BUNDLED PRODUCT (USERS). EXCEPT AS ABOVE SET FORTH,  SHOULD THE BUNDLED PRODUCT PROVE DEFECTIVE, DIVERSINET SHALL NOT BEAR ANY COST WHATSOEVER FOR ANY SERVICE,  REPAIR OR CORRECTION TO ANY PARTY. USERS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ADEQUATELY PROTECTING DATA USED IN  CONNECTION WITH THE BUNDLED PRODUCT. EXCEPT AS ABOVE SET FORTH, DIVERSINET SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST  DATA, RERUN TIME, INACCURATE INPUT, WORK DELAYS OR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF SECURITY FOR PROPRIETARY DATA OR ANY  OTHER INJURIES OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM USE OF THE BUNDLED PRODUCT.    Neither Diversinet, nor its subsidiaries, nor their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, assignees, co-developers, servants and  contractors, nor the Reseller has any right to make any other representation, warranty or promise of any kind with respect to any of the Products. This Agreement does not, in itself, grant any patent license or patent right of any manner or kind. Reseller will be solely responsible for  determining which patent rights it may need to use the Products and for obtaining such licenses, where applicable. So long as the terms of this  agreement are respected, Diversinet agrees that it will not bring any suit, claim or demand against Reseller, its Customers or End-Users for breach  of Diversinet's patent rights in the Products, if any.    5. Limitation of Liability and Damages  (a) EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT DIRECT FORESEEABLE DAMAGES, IN NO EVENT SHALL DIVERSINET BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,  SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR  LOSSES) AS A RESULT OF THE USE, SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE BUNDLED PRODUCT, WHETHER BY WAY OF A LEGAL  THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER THEORY,  EVEN IF DIVERSINET HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.     (b) RESELLER WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO RECEIVE ANY COMPENSATION OR REPARATIONS ON TERMINATION OR  EXPIRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT UNDER THE LAW OF THE TERRITORY OR OTHERWISE, OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY  PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS SECTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED AS A MATERIAL  INDUCEMENT FOR DIVERSINET TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT DIVERSINET WOULD NOT HAVE ENTERED INTO  THIS AGREEMENT BUT FOR THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AS SET FORTH HEREIN.    (c) The availability of the MobiSecure™ Strong Authentication service depends on many factors, including Customer's connection to the  Internet, End Users' connection to the Internet, the availability of the Internet and the Internet backbone and equipment that, by its nature,  is not fault tolerant. Diversinet does not and cannot control the flow of data to or from Diversinet's network and other portions of the  Internet. Such flow depends in large part on the performance of Internet services provided or controlled by third parties. At times, actions or  inaction of such third parties can impair or disrupt Customers' connections to the Internet (or portions thereof). Although Diversinet will use  commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions it deems appropriate to remedy and avoid such events, Diversinet cannot guarantee that  such events will not occur. Accordingly, Diversinet shall have no responsibility for any failure to meet the requirements hereunder, with  respect to performance issues, including without limitation: (i) caused by factors outside of Diversinet's reasonable control; (ii) that result  from any actions or omissions of Customers, End Users or any third parties; (iii) that result from Customers' equipment and/or third party  equipment (not within the sole control of Diversinet); (iv) caused by any act or failure to act by Customer or as a result of any Third Party  Software.    (d) NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABOVE, IN NO EVENT SHALL DIVERSINET'S LIABILITY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (OR THE  BUNDLED PRODUCT) EXCEED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) OF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF THE LICENSE FEES, ROYALTIES  AND SUPPORT FEES PAID BY RESELLER IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT OR CIRCUMSTANCE  GIVING RISE TO THE ALLEGED LIABILITY ON THE PART OF DIVERSINET.     (e) The limitations set forth in Section 15(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall not apply in respect of (i) breach of confidentiality obligations; (ii) breach  of privacy provisions as detailed in Schedule 6; (iii) the intellectual property indemnity; (iv) any Abandonment committed by Diversinet; or  (v) any willful gross misconduct (including fraud). Abandonment means Diversinet's cessation or suspension of, or refusal to perform, its  obligations under this Agreement, and such cessation, suspension or refusal (i) was knowingly intended by Diversinet to cause harm to  Reseller, and (ii) was not the result of a termination of this Agreement by Diversinet in accordance with Section 4 (Termination).    1. Indemnification  (a) Reseller Indemnity. Reseller shall indemnify and hold harmless Diversinet and/or any of its directors, officers, agents, employees,  contractors, parent companies, affiliates, and/or subsidiaries (collectively, the Diversinet Parties) from and against any claim, suit or  proceeding by a third party based on or arising out of (i) the acts or omissions of Reseller in connection with its performance or failure  to perform any other obligations in this Agreement or any agreement with a Customer, and (ii) any unauthorized representation or any  misrepresentation of fact to any third party with respect to one or more of the Diversinet Parties or Products made by Reseller or any  director, officer, agent, or employee of Reseller, provided that:





(i) Diversinet promptly notifies Reseller in writing of any such claim and Reseller has sole control of any related investigation,  defense and settlement negotiations; and  (ii) Diversinet fully cooperates with Reseller, at Reseller's expense, in defending or settling such claim.    (b) Infringement Indemnity. Diversinet shall diligently defend, indemnify and hold Reseller harmless, at its own expense, any action, loss,  cost or expense brought against Reseller to the extent that it is based upon a claim that Reseller's use of the unmodified Products as  permitted herein infringes upon a third party's intellectual property rights, and will pay the resulting costs, damages and legal fees  finally awarded against Reseller through settlement, judgment, arbitration, mediation or otherwise in such action that are attributable to  such claim, provided that:    (i) Reseller promptly notifies Diversinet in writing of any such claim under patent law and Diversinet has sole control of any related  investigation, defense and settlement negotiations; and  (ii) Reseller fully cooperates with Diversinet, at Diversinet's expense, in defending or settling such claim.    (c) Should any of the Products become, or in Diversinet's sole opinion is likely to become, the subject of any third party intellectual  property infringement claim, Reseller shall permit Diversinet, at Diversinet's sole option and expense, to:    (i) procure for Reseller the right to continue to use such Product; or   (ii) modify such Product so that it becomes non-infringing;     (d) Diversinet shall have no liability for any claim based upon:    (i) use of other than a current or the last prior release to the current unaltered version of the Products; or  (ii) use, operation or combination of the Products with non-Diversinet programs, data, equipment or documentation in a manner not  reasonably contemplated by this Agreement, if such infringement would have been avoided but for such uses, operation, or  combination; or   (iii) Reseller's or its agent's activities after Diversinet has notified Reseller that such use may result in infringement provided that the  Reseller has been provided with access to an updated version that would not be infringing.    (e) THE FOREGOING STATES OUT THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF DIVERSINET, AND THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF  RESELLER AND END-USER, WITH RESPECT TO THE INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS BY THE  PRODUCTS.    2. Escrow Agreement  The Parties agree to execute an escrow agreement, within 90 days of the Effective Date, with a nationally recognized escrow agent with respect to  the source code for the Products and name Reseller as a beneficiary. Diversinet will then immediately send a copy of the escrow agreement to  Reseller for its counter-signature. Diversinet shall, at least annually, deposit the source code in the escrow account. Costs associated with the  escrow agreement shall be borne by Reseller. Reseller will be provided with a copy of any deposit correspondence and escrow agent's acceptance  thereof. The escrow agreement shall provide, among other terms, that the source code shall be released to Reseller if any of the following events  (collectively the Release Conditions) occurs:    (i) Diversinet ceases to support services at levels as stated in Schedule 5 under this Agreement that is not remedied within  sixty (60) days after receipt of written notice of such failure;   (ii) Diversinet makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or becomes subject to direct control of a trustee, receiver or  similar authority, or Diversinet becomes subject to any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding under federal or state  statutes; or  (iii) Diversinet suspends or ceases to carry on its business and a receiver, trustee or assignee does not carry on the  business.    3. Non-Solicitation  During the Term, the Reseller agrees that it shall not induce any person employed by Diversinet to leave Diversinet's employ to become an  employee of Reseller or its agents or contractors.    4. Relationship  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed so as to create a joint venture, partnership, employer/employee, franchisor/franchisee or  principal/agent relationship between the Parties. Reseller and Diversinet are independent contracting parties. Neither Reseller nor its employees,  consultants, contractors or agents have any authority to bind Diversinet by contract or otherwise to any obligation.     5. Choice of Forum  This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the province of Ontario, Canada, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Any litigation  or other dispute resolution between the Parties relating to this Agreement or its construction shall take place in the courts of Toronto, Ontario,  Canada. The Parties consent to the personal jurisdiction of, and venue in, the provincial and federal courts therein. The Parties agree that the  United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to this Agreement. No action against Diversinet  regardless of form, including negligence, arising out of any claimed breach of this Agreement or transactions under this Agreement may be  brought by Reseller more than two years after the cause of action has accrued.     6. Assignment  Without the express prior written consent of Diversinet (not to be unreasonably refused), Reseller may not assign this Agreement or its interest  herein in whole or in part but Reseller shall continue to be responsible should the assignee fail to perform. Diversinet may assign this Agreement at  any time and in such event, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as if the assignee were named as the licensor in the first instance  but Diversinet shall continue to be responsible should the assignee fail to perform. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit  of the successors and permitted assigns of the Parties.    7. Interpretation





This Agreement, including all Schedules, attachments and addenda, is the entire agreement constituting the complete and exclusive statement of  the terms and conditions between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and cancels and supersedes all previous negotiations,  commitments, writings and agreements that the Parties may have entered into. The Parties acknowledge that they have read this Agreement,  understand it and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions. Except for Diversinet's unilateral right to update certain Schedules as specifically  set out in such Schedules, any subsequent waiver or modification of this Agreement or any part hereof shall only be effective if in writing and  signed by both Parties. No delay or failure to enforce any right under this Agreement shall be considered a waiver of that Party's rights to  thereafter enforce each and every right and provision of this Agreement. In addition, headings set out in this Agreement are an organizational aid,  not a substantive part of this Agreement, and are not intended to limit or expand the language of each section. Any person signing this Agreement  (or any later modifications or addenda) on behalf of Reseller warrants that he or she has the authority to bind Reseller. Time shall be of the essence  of this Agreement.    8. Attorney Fees  The prevailing Party (as determined by the finder of fact) in any law suit or other dispute resolution to enforce or interpret any part of this  Agreement shall be entitled to recover, as a costs of suit, reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the finder of fact (including, but not limited  to, costs, expenses and fees on appeal).    9. Severability  If any part of this Agreement shall be found invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, said portion shall be severed from the  Agreement, and the remainder shall be interpreted so as to reasonably effect the intention of the Parties. Any limitation of liability, disclaimer of  warranties and exclusion of damages set out in this Agreement are expressly intended to exist independently from, and to be severable from, this  Agreement.    10. Force Majeure  Neither Party shall in any circumstances be liable to the other for any loss of any kind whatsoever including, but not limited to, any damages or  abatement of charges whether directly or indirectly caused to or incurred by the other Party by reason of any failure or delay in the performance of  its obligations hereunder which is due to circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the affected Party, including, without limitation, acts of  God, acts of terrorism, fire, flood, strike, labour disputes, civil, commercial sabotage, statute order or any regulation of any government public or  local authority.    11. Compliance with Laws  The Products include software (Software) that is commercial computer software developed at private expense, and in all respects is proprietary  data belonging solely to Diversinet or its suppliers. Reseller shall comply with all applicable export and import control and other relevant laws of  any applicable jurisdiction. Determination of the applicable law is Reseller's responsibility. Reseller understands that the Products utilize  cryptographic products that are highly regulated.     12. Publicity  The Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to issue a joint press release concerning this Agreement after the execution hereof. Any  further use of the other Party's name or logo in any publicity materials is prohibited without such other Party's prior written consent, which  consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.    13. Notices  Any notice, demand, or communication between the Parties shall be deemed given and received: (i) when personally delivered; (ii) when  transmitted by facsimile with proof of transmittal; or (iii) five (5) days after deposit (properly addressed with postage prepaid) with the postal  service for registered/certified mail. The addresses and contact information may be changed at any time by giving written notice as allowed under  this section. Reseller's address and contact information are as set out in Schedule 1. Address and contact information for Diversinet are as follows:   Diversinet Corp.  Attention: Chief Financial Officer  2235 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 1700  Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2J 5B5  Phone: 416-756-2324 Fax: 416-756-7346    14. Survival  Any terms or conditions of this Agreement by which obligations of either Party are expressed to be applicable or which extend or may extend  beyond termination of this Agreement shall survive the expiration or termination hereof.    15. Language  This Agreement shall be interpreted consistent with its English linguistic construction, and all communications between the Parties shall be  deemed to be conducted in the English language. Reseller will be responsible, at its own cost and expense, for any language and documentation  localization for the Territory.    16. Counterparts  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, by original or facsimile transmission, each of which so executed shall be deemed to  be an original and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same document.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have signed this Agreement, as of the date first written above, by their duly authorized representatives.    2205925 Ontario Limited  DIVERSINET CORP.

  Signature:__________________________________    Signature:__________________________

Print Name: Dr. Wendy Graham Print Name: Albert Wahbe

Title: President Title: CEO







Schedule 1  Reseller Information

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Date Signed_________________________________ Date Signed________________________

Name 2205925 Ontario Limited

Street Address 111 Main Street West, Suite 304

City North Bay, ON

Country Canada

Zip/Postal Code P1B 2T6

Billing Address (if different from above)   Shipping Address (if different from above)   Telephone   Facsimile   Person Signing Contract Dr. Wendy Graham

E-mail Address drgraham@vianet.ca

Primary Technical Support Contact   Address and Contact Information  for Notice section in the Agreement





Schedule 2  Products    Unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, the Products shall mean the following:    1. MobiSecure® Wallet and Vault  MobiSecure® Vault server allows subscribers to securely store and manage their personal data and other information, select the information to be  downloaded to their mobile devices and share it with others via email, fax or SMS messaging. The MobiSecure® Vault server is designed to host  and manage a variety of different types of personal information e.g. financial, health, identities and passwords. It provides a framework for  administrators to define and customize the information to be hosted and managed and supports a plug-in architecture and web service interfaces  to allow for rapid integration with external information, payment and messaging systems.     MobiSecure® Wallet application works in conjunction with the MobiSecure® vault server. It is designed to run on desktop computers and mobile  platforms including Java based phones, RIM Blackberries®,  Microsoft Windows Mobile®,  iPhone, Android and BREW devices. The Wallet  application provides offline and online access to personal information. Information is stored in the device for instant and offline access securely  using a patented technique. The information is synchronized automatically or upon user's request with the vault server using a secure data  synchronization protocol. Users may use the wallet application to access their information instantly when they are traveling, retrieve additional  information from the vault server or send their information to others via email, SMS or fax. The wallet application includes an embedded software  One-Time-Password (OTP) token to allow for secure and easy access to the vault server using dynamic password based authentication.     The MobiSecure® Wallet SDK and MobiSecure® Vault API allows customers and third party developers to build secure mobile applications by  leveraging Diversinet's Wallet secure container services.    Applications features and benefits (utilizing Wallet and Vault) include:  Patient Portal  The Patient Portal is a set of web pages designed to permit patients to display, add, delete and update information pertaining to their  demographics, attending physicians, chronic conditions, allergies, immunizations and messages received from registered doctors and clinical  staff.    The Physician's Tool  This is a windows based application which permits doctors and authorized 'circle of care'  workers to access patient records stored in the  information repository. These users may add, delete or update the patient records and may also 'Validate' existing records. Validation consists  of marking the records as 'Validated' and making them read only from that point to maintain record values that the physician has agreed to by  validating the record.    The Physician's Tool also can create and display secured messages to the patient which will be protected by the Diversinet MobiSecure® Health platform. The tool can also display a complete record of messages sent to the patient with associated time and date of acknowledgment  from the patient. The administrator users of the tool can also add and delete doctors and other circle of care worker accounts in order to  administer the operation of the clinical side of the Diversinet Platform.    Message Manager  The Message Manager is a tool used to collect and display incoming patient messages to the clinic and answer's to previously sent  questions from the clinic. The Message Manager permits the user to prepare reply messages as well as automatically preparing an audit trail of  all display and reply activities.    Message Generator  The Message Generator is an extension of the messaging tool in the Physician's Tool above, used to create user reminder messages based  upon reminder criteria and the user records in the repository for recurring action requirements. Examples include recurring tests (i.e. PAP,  colonoscopy, recurring blood work supporting medications), reminders about health and lifestyle choices, medication reminders.)     2. MobiSecure® Strong Authentication  MobiSecure® Strong Authentication is a fully automated, OATH-standards based strong authentication server product. It is available as a fully  configured appliance or a packaged software product and is designed to be easy to deploy and easy to use for high-volume Internet or wireless- based strong authentication. Its supported clients operate on mobile phones, personal computers, USB stick and can also be embedded into  microchip or smart card technologies.    The system supports Over-the-Air and Over-the-Web MobiSecure SoftToken delivery. The same system also supports the MobiSecure Validation  Server for ongoing one-time password (OTP) validation for user authentication. MobiSecure Strong Authentication components are:    The MobiSecure® Strong Authentication Platform contains the following components:  1. MobiSecure Provisioning Server  2. MobiSecure Validation Server  3. MobiSecure SMS Server  4. MobiSecure Registration/Administration Server  5. MobiSecure SoftToken Client    MobiSecure® SoftToken: MobiSecure SoftToken is a client-side software token that is available as a Mobile SoftToken or as PCToken. It can be  easily delivered, downloaded and embedded into a user's personal computer, PDA or mobile phone. It performs basic functions for managing and  generating one-time password values. The client-side software token is easily delivered, downloaded and installed into a user's device.  MobiSecure® SoftToken supports both time based and event based one-time passwords. Event based one-time passwords expire once they are  used and are no longer valid. Time based one-time passwords expire once they are used or the valid time period elapses, whichever comes first.    MobiSecure® SoftToken can be embedded into customer client applications using SDK's for mobile platforms and Windows PC. Key features of





the MobiSecure® Strong Authentication Toolkit are listed below:  1. Lightweight library allows for a modular implementation- use only the components you need  2. Client API available in C and Java programming languages for software clients  a. Allows organizations to develop their own clients or integrate with existing applications  b. DLL provided for rapid development on Microsoft Windows platform  3. Server API  a. SPML interface for integrating enterprise applications  b. SPML Java client libraries for rapid integration  c. Free Radius interface to OTP Validation Server    3. MobiSecure® SMS Messaging  MobiSecure® SMS Messaging leverages the familiarity and popularity of SMS messaging to create a secure messaging solution that utilizes state  of the art AES encryption technology to securely transmit and receive SMS messages. Messages can be both 1-Way (Push) based and 2-Way  (Pull or Push-Pull) based between mobile users and backend server applications. Unlike traditional SMS service, MobiSecure® SMS Messaging  subscribers will automatically receive message delivery and read confirmations on their mobile device.    The MobiSecure®  SMS Messaging solution offers a fully integrated secure gateway environment. This simplifies and eliminates extensive  integration efforts with multiple gateways globally. High-level APIs, allow for the submission of text messages from a third party application or  directly from the handset itself.





Schedule 3  Territory, Sales Targets, Prices and Discount    Annual Minimum Commitment (Annual Minimum Commitment or AMC). During the Term of the Agreement, Reseller shall pay to Diversinet  an Annual Minimum Commitment, payable as follows:    a) A total of four hundred thousand ($400,000) dollars shall be paid by Reseller to Diversinet as of the Effective Date.  b) A total of seven hundred thousand ($700,000) dollars shall be paid by Reseller in quarterly instalments of $175,000 to Diversinet on each of  December 1, 2011, March 1, 2012, June 1, 2012 and September 1, 2012.  c) A total of one million ($1,000,000) dollars shall be paid by Reseller in quarterly instalments of $250,000 to Diversinet on each of December 1,  2012, March 1, 2013, June 1, 2013 and September 1, 2013.  d) A total of one million three hundred thousand ($1,300,000) dollars shall be paid by Reseller in quarterly instalments of $325,000 to Diversinet  on each of December 1, 2013, March 1, 2014, June 1, 2014 and September 1, 2014.  e) A total of one million six hundred thousand ($1,600,000) dollars shall be paid by Reseller in quarterly instalments of $400,000 to Diversinet on  each of December 1, 2014, March 1, 2015, June 1, 2015 and September 1, 2015.    AMC Tokens. For each contract year that the AMC applies, Diversinet shall deliver to Reseller the number of End User licenses equal to the  contract year AMC divided by twenty-four (24) in satisfaction of the AMC. For the first contract year, the applicable service license fees for the  Mihealth pilot production shall be deducted from the AMC. There is no carryover of the AMC from one year to the next.     AMC Termination. After the first year and upon 180 days written notice, Reseller may terminate the AMC. Termination of the AMC by Reseller  shall eliminate any exclusivity of the Reseller in the Territory.    Territory  Assuming that the AMC amounts have been paid and the Reseller has not terminated the AMC, Reseller shall have the exclusive right to contract  with Canadian head quartered companies and governmental and broader public sector entities located in Canada (the Territory). Furthermore,  Reseller will have the non-exclusive right to contract in the rest of the world, excluding the United States.    Sales Targets  After AMC termination, Reseller shall generate at least the following amount of new sales of the Products in each contract year (for the purpose of  this Schedule 3, a contract year shall be each 12-month period commencing after the termination by Reseller of the AMC). New sales are defined as  the aggregate amount of all Product sales and Support Fees paid by Reseller pursuant to pricing set out below, inclusive of any applicable  discounts and exclusive of applicable taxes. If Diversinet materially reduces Reseller's Territory, the Parties shall negotiate and, acting reasonably,  adjust Reseller's sales targets.    Contract Year 1: $750,000 (quarterly targets at ¼ of annual amount)  Contract Year 2: $1,000,000 (quarterly targets at ¼ of annual amount)  Contract Year 3: $1,250,000 (quarterly targets at ¼ of annual amount)  Contract Year 4 onward: $1,500,000 (quarterly targets at ¼ of annual amount)    Product Prices and Discount:  Diversinet maintains a product price list that details the products available and the list price. The product price list is incorporated by reference to  this Agreement. The Product List Price is subject to change by Diversinet upon provision of at least thirty (30) days' written notice to Reseller.    Reseller shall be entitled to the following discount to the following Diversinet's standard pricing:  Discount %  For annual revenues < $1m 30%  For annual revenues > $1m and <$2m 40%  For annual revenues > $2m 50%    Product Price List Terms and Conditions  ÿ Price proposals are valid for 30 days and subject to change by Diversinet at its sole discretion  ÿ All prices are expressed in United States dollars  ÿ Prices do not include any applicable taxes  ÿ Prices do not include shipping and additional charges  ÿ Support and maintenance fees are 20% of the server license fee, payable annually in advance after the first year and include: patch,  maintenance and major release updates, Diversinet online technical support and email/phone technical product support from Monday- Friday, 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m., excluding statutory holidays  ÿ Optional maintenance and level 2 support and training is available at $1,500 per person day (excluding travel and out-of-expenses)  ÿ Professional services are available at $1,500 per person day (excluding travel and out-of-expenses)    SCHEDULE 4

CUSTOMER TERMS & CONDITIONS

Reseller agrees to include terms and conditions in its Customer agreements that are reflective of the following:

(a) the Customer is granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-assignable right to use the Products solely for their intended use;    (b) the Customer may not reverse engineer, decompile, alter, transfer, modify or create a derivative work of the Product;    (c) no ownership rights to the Products and documentation are transferred to the Customer;    (d) the Customer may not use the Products otherwise than as a part of the equipment, hardware or software in which any Product has been  incorporated or for which it has been delivered;





  (e) the Customer may not remove any proprietary, copyrights, trade secret or warning legend from any Products or documentation or copies  thereof;    (f) the Customer may not furnish the Products or documentation into any country in violation of any export control laws or regulations.    The Reseller's agreements with its Customers shall also contain disclaimers of warranties and limitations of liabilities with respect to the Products  and documentation at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Agreement.  SCHEDULE 5  Service Level Agreement    1. Overview. This Support Plan Schedule (SLA)  details the terms for technical support provided by Diversinet during the term of this  Agreement to the Reseller's Technical Support team, provided however, Reseller is current with payment of all fees. The Reseller's  Subscribers shall interface with the Reseller Technical Support only. The Reseller Technical Support shall escalate product issues of a certain  severity and above to Diversinet Technical Support. This SLA specifically addresses: (i) the service levels definition, measurement and  minimum service standard in effect for the product, and (ii) technical support definition, availability and response timeframes.     1.1 Reseller Technical Support Escalation Path Around Product Issues    1.a.1 Subscriber call arrives at the Reseller Level 1 Support: the Reseller Level 1 Support will open a trouble ticket and attempt to  resolve the issue. If no resolution, trouble ticket escalates to the Reseller Level 2 Support.    1.a.2 Level 2 Support attempts to resolve the Subscriber trouble ticket utilizing documentation, tools and procedures provided with  the product. If Level 2 Support can't resolve the problem, Level 2 shall make a judgment call as to whether this appears to be a  Subscriber problem or a Diversinet product related problem. Level 2 will escalate the trouble ticket to the Reseller Engineering  Maintenance and Escalations. (EME).    1.a.3 The Reseller's EME will investigate. If this is indeed a Subscriber related problem, EME will be responsible for resolution. If EME  determines this is actually a Diversinet Software issue, EME will send the trouble ticket back to Level 2 for dispatch to  Diversinet. Level 2 Support will escalate the trouble ticket to Diversinet for resolution. Level 2 Technical Support still owns the  Subscriber relationship. Anyone in Reseller Level 2 Technical Support can escalate to Diversinet.     1. Diversinet Support Service Availability.    Technical Support Availability.  Diversinet Technical Support will be available to accept and respond to problem calls or email from  Reseller's Technical Support from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (US), 5 days a week (Monday through Friday), 52 weeks a year,  excluding United States and Canadian national holidays. During such hours, technical support calls or email will be answered immediately by  the support staff. Diversinet will provide a phone option to speak directly to a trained technical support representative. Diversinet will make  the reasonable commercial effort to answer promptly to calls.    2.1 Diversinet Contact information

  2.2 Reseller Contact information

  2.3 Response Time  Response Time shall mean the time it takes to respond to a request specific to the Severity (defined below) of the incident as described  below. In the event the response time is not met the incident shall be escalated as described below.    Escalation of Incident: Definitions of Severity levels    Severity 1 Problems. Severity 1 Problems generally include any events that have a significant impact on the operations of the system and  have an impact on Subscribers' use of the Software, such as:   ÿ

Designation Name (if  applicable)   Direct Tel. No  Cell Tel  E-Mail

Technical Support N/A 416 756 2324 x 300 N/A support@diversinet.com

Technical Support &  Escalation Manager   Charles Blair 416 756 2324 x 234 416 562 1773 cblair@diversinet.com

TS VP  David Annan 416 756 2324 x 232 416 587 0108 dannan@diversinet.com

Designation Name (if  applicable)   Direct Tel. No  Cell Tel  E-Mail

Technical Support &  Escalation Manager

TS VP

System or application is down or unavailable; transactions can't be processed.   ÿ Any event that significantly disrupts or threatens to disrupt service levels of the Software due to errors in the software, tools or  system configuration provided by Diversinet.   ÿ Any online application outage that significantly impacts the online availability and service level of the Software.   ÿ Consistent degradation of performance (response time or function) that significantly impairs the Software.   ÿ Any repeating unresolved incidents that have significant impact on the operations of the Diversinet Based Service or Subscribers'  use of the Software.





ÿ Resolution may involve software changes, configuration modifications, operating procedure changes or 'workarounds'. Resolution  shall be defined as a situation wherein the system is restored to a state wherein the effective outage is relieved.    Severity 2 Problems. Severity 2 Problems generally includes any events (other than Severity 1 Problems) that adversely affect the operation  of the Diversinet Based Service or the User Software, such as:   ÿ An error that disables only certain non-essential functions of the User Software and may result in degraded operations, including  without limitation, an error that results in computer transactions not processing properly.   ÿ An error/event that disables only non-essential functions of the User Software, but also adversely affects the use of the User  Software.   ÿ Resolution may involve software changes, configuration modifications, operating procedure changes or 'workarounds'. Resolution  shall be defined as a situation wherein the system is restored to a state wherein the effective outage is relieved.    Severity 3 Problems: Severity 3 Problems generally includes minor events that do not have a significant impact or adverse effect on the  operation or performance of the Diversinet Based Service or the User Software.     Severity 4 Problems: Severity 4 Problems generally are potential Software enhancements or feature requests that Subscribers request of  Reseller Technical Support. This is to help Diversinet track Reseller's requests and process them appropriately.    Problem Isolation: Diversinet Technical Support will provide best efforts to mitigate all service affecting conditions which may arise. For each  S1 - S3 incident Diversinet will produce an Incident Report provided to Reseller. Situations where there are unapproved variations made in the  approved design, configuration, network or systems environments are not covered under this SLA. Furthermore, this SLA does not cover  problems encountered by end users relating to hand held devices hardware, software and network problems that are outside the control of  Diversinet or not supported by Diversinet. Diversinet will inform/publish to Reseller a quarterly list of mobile devices, related software and  network operators and telecommunication companies that can support Diversinet software, products and services.    Resolution Target: Diversinet will commit to provide a resolution to problems caused by its software, tools or procedures. Every effort will be  made to prevent maintenance procedures during Scheduled Maintenance Times from affecting service availability.     Table 1: Escalation Tiers and Initial Response Times

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Priority  Level  Technical Support Initial  Response (in Hours)  Escalation to Manager (in  Hours)  Escalation to VP (in  Hours)

S1 1 2 3

S2 2 4 24

S3 4 8 48

S4 Next Business Day





SCHEDULE 6   PERSONAL INFORMATION  Definitions, Interpretation  1) In this Exhibit D:

a) Agreement  means the License Agreement between Diversinet Corp. (Licensor)  and 2205925 Ontario Limited (Licensee)  with  effective date of January 10, 2011;

b) Personal Information means information that is defined as personal information in PIPEDA, including without limitation personal  health information, that is held, transmitted or stored on or by the Software licensed to Licensee under the Agreement;

c) PIPEDA means the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada); and

d) Services means the services provided by Licensor to Licensee under the Agreement including without limitation, the Support Services.

2) Any capitalized term that is not defined in section 1 above has the meaning attributed thereto in the Agreement.

3) The parties acknowledge and agree that:

a) Licensee represents that it is an organization subject to PIPEDA and Licensor is a third party service provider to the Licensee in  connection with the Services;

b) Licensee's End Users shall interface with Licensee Technical Support only and in general, Licensor will not require access to Personal  Information to provide the Services;

c) notwithstanding subsection 3(b) above, Licensor may from time to time require access to Personal Information to provide the Services;

d) Licensor shall only access Personal Information with the prior written consent of Licensee;

e) Licensor shall not download, which for the purposes of this Privacy Exhibit includes copy, hold or otherwise save Personal Information,  without the prior written consent of Licensee and for greater certainty, consent to access Personal Information does not constitute  consent to download Personal Information;

f) where Licensor receives consent to access, access and download or access and otherwise use Personal Information, the terms and  conditions of this Privacy Exhibit shall apply to Licensor in relation to those activities; and

g) where Confidential Information of the Licensee is also Personal Information, the provisions of this Privacy Exhibit take priority over  section 7 of the Agreement in the event of any conflict.

Ownership of Personal Information/ Prohibition on Disclosure  4) Nothing in this Privacy Exhibit shall be interpreted or construed to give Licensor any interest in or control of Personal Information and for  greater certainty, as between Licensor and Licensee, Licensee owns and controls and shall continue to own and control Personal Information.

5) Licensor shall not disclose Personal Information. For clarity, the use of Personal Information by employees, agents and representatives of  Licensor in accordance with this Privacy Exhibit does not constitute the disclosure of Personal Information by Licensor to those employees,  agents and representatives.

Safeguards   6) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Agreement, Licensor shall not subcontract or assign any of the Services that may  require access to or the downloading or other use of Personal Information except with the prior written consent of Licensee or as required to  be disclosed by a governmental agency or third party as expressly required by operation of law, regulation or court order.

7) Licensor shall use security safeguards that meet or exceed industry standards to protect Personal Information against such risks as loss and  unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure and destruction.

8) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Agreement, Licensor shall not, except with the prior written consent of Licensee, access  or use Personal Information from outside Canada or transmit Personal Information outside Canada.

9) Where Licensor downloads Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Exhibit, Licensor shall prohibit its employees, agents and  representatives from downloading Personal Information onto any portable device, unless the information is encrypted in accordance with  industry standards for strong encryption.

10) Licensor shall segregate Personal Information from information of any person other than Licensee.

11) Subject to a written direction from Licensee to securely destroy Personal Information, upon the expiry or termination of the Agreement and at  any other time at the request of Licensee, Licensor shall promptly return to the Licensee Personal Information that Licensor downloaded in  accordance with this Privacy Exhibit.

Inspection and Audit  12) In addition to any other rights of inspection, review and audit Licensee may have, Licensee or a person appointed by Licensee may, at any  reasonable time, on reasonable notice to Licensor, at Licensee's sole cost and expense, enter any location from or in which Licensor has  accessed, used or downloaded Personal Information to inspect, review and audit the equipment, systems (including without limitation security  systems), documents, processes and practices that are used in connection with the provision of the Services for the purpose of assessing  Licensor's compliance with this Privacy Exhibit. Licensor shall provide all reasonable assistance to Licensee in relation to any such  inspection, review and audit.

13) Licensor shall track the access, downloading and use of Personal Information, in accordance with this Privacy Exhibit, by its employees,  agents and representatives and maintain a record of such activities. Within twenty-four hours of a request, Licensor shall provide Licensee





with a copy of any or all of the records created and maintained under this section 13.

Licensor Employees, Agents, Representatives  14) Licensor shall ensure that it only permits access to Personal Information to those of its employees, agents and representatives who: (a) will  need access to Personal Information to deliver the Services; (b) have received training in the protection of Personal Information; and (c) have  agreed to comply with the provisions of sections (5), (8), (9), (10) and (12) of this Privacy Exhibit.

Notice of Non-Compliance  15) If for any reason Licensor does not comply or anticipates that it shall be unable to comply with a provision of this Privacy Exhibit in any  respect, Licensor shall promptly notify Licensee of the particulars of the non-compliance or anticipated non-compliance and of the steps it  proposes to take to address or prevent the recurrence of the non-compliance or anticipated non-compliance.

Default   16) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, Licensor acknowledges and agrees that a breach of this Privacy Exhibit by  Licensor which remains uncured for a period of sixty (60) days shall constitute a material breach and grounds for the termination on notice of  the Agreement by Licensee without cost or liability to Licensee. Without limiting the foregoing, Licensor agrees that in addition to any other  rights or remedies Licensee may have for material breach of the Agreement, Licensee has the right to an injunction or other equitable relief in  any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining a threatened or actual breach of this Privacy Exhibit by Licensor.

No Withholding  17) Licensor shall not, and hereby forever waives any and all right to, refuse to return Personal Information to enforce any alleged payment  obligation or in connection with any dispute connected with the Agreement or any other matter between Licensor and Licensee.

Survival  18) The obligations of Licensor under this Privacy Exhibit shall survive the termination of the Agreement.

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Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Cap On Liability that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Does the contract include a cap on liability upon the breach of a party’s obligation? This includes time limitation for the counterparty to bring claims or maximum amount for recovery.

Output: THE FOREGOING STATES OUT THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF DIVERSINET, AND THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF  RESELLER AND END-USER, WITH RESPECT TO THE INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS BY THE  PRODUCTS.


Input: Consider Input: Exhibit 10.43

This is a translation of the original Chinese text

Contract No.: 151315UD0081

Cooperation Agreement

Party A: Beike Internet (Beijing) Security Technology Co., Ltd.

Party B: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

April 2013   1





This Cooperation Agreement is executed by and between the parties below in Haidian District, Beijing, the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as PRC):

Party A: Beike Internet Security Technology Co., Ltd.

Address: Room 2101, 12/F, Fuxing International Center, No.237, North Chaoyang Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing.

Attention:

Tel:

E-mail:

Postcode:

Bank account:

Account No.:

Party B: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Address: No.10, Shangdi Shi Jie, Haidian District, Beijing

Attention:

Tel:

E-mail:

Postcode:

Whereas,

1. Party A owns the Kingsoft internet site navigation website and the Cheetah Brower software (hereinafter referred to as Party A's Product). Website: 123.duba.net and www.duba.com. Party A has opened an account with Baidu Union website (http://union.baidu.com) and the account name is   (translation: Kingsoft Cheetah) and ksbrowser and is willing to comply with the terms of Baidu Union Membership Registration Agreement (http://union.baidu.com/regAgreement.html).

2. Party B is a leading network technology company in the field of search engine.

3. The parties wish to collaborate with each other leveraging their respective strengths.

Therefore, the parties agree:   2





Chapter 1 Definitions and Interpretations

1.1 Definitions

Except as otherwise defined in the context hereof, the terms shall have the following designated meanings:

  1.1.1 PRC Laws: means any present and future promulgated laws, regulations, decrees and binding policies in PRC.

  1.1.2 Trade Secrets: means any technology, financial, business or any other information owned by either party and / or its subsidiary oraffiliate and protected as trade secrets.

  1.1.3 Effective Date: means the date on which this agreement is executed.



1.1.4 Force Majeure: means any event which is not reasonably controllable, foreseeable or avoidable even if foreseeable by the parties, which makes it impossible for either party to perform the whole or part of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Such event includes without limitation governmental actions, earthquakes, typhoon, flood, fire or any other natural disaster, wars or any other similar event. In respect of the special nature of the internet, Force Majeure also includes the following events which influence the normal operation of the internet: 1) hacker attacks; 2) material influence of the technical adjustments of the telecommunications department except for losses of one party resulting from its own mismanagement; 3) temporary suspension caused by governmental control, except for the governmental control on one party resulting from its own misconduct; 4) virus attacks.

  1.1.5 Baidu website: means www.baidu.com.

  1.1.6 Cooperation Term: means the term set forth in Chapter 3 hereof.

  1.1.7 Actual revenues: means the revenues payable by Party B to Party A based on the amount of search traffic generated by Party A's website for Party B, less Party B's related costs and legal taxes and charges. The search traffic generated by Party A for Party B, which forms the basis for calculating the actual revenues, shall be determined by Party B based on its statistical data.

1.2 Interpretations

1.2.1 The date hereof shall mean the calendar day, the business day hereof shall mean the work day other than public holidays in PRC, and the month hereof shall mean the calendar month.   3





1.2.2 The headings hereof is for inference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning and construction of any other part of this Agreement.

1.2.3 If needed in the context, use of plurals shall include its singulars, and vice versa.

1.2.4 All references to chapters, provisions and paragraphs shall mean the chapters, provisions and paragraphs herein.

Chapter 2 Representations and Warranties

2.1 Legal Status

Either party represents and warrants from the date hereof:

2.1.1 It has the qualification to conduct the transaction hereunder and such transaction is in compliance with the business scope;

2.1.2 It is eligible to enter into this Agreement and perform the obligations hereunder.

2.1.3 Its authorized representative has adequate authorization to execute this Agreement on its behalf (a copy of the authorization letter shall be delivered to the other party for record).

2.1.4 To its knowledge, it has disclosed all documents which may have a material adverse impact on its performance of obligations hereunder which are issued by the governmental agencies in the registered place or business place and known to it; and it is not the subject of any insolvency, dissolution or bankruptcy procedures.

2.2 Legal Effect

2.2.1 From the Effective Date, this Agreement is legally binding on each party.

2.2.2 Either Party warrants that the execution and performance hereof as well as the business transactions contemplated hereof will not violate any PRC Laws in any respects.

Chapter 3 Cooperation Term

3.1 Cooperation Term

The Cooperation Term of the parties shall be two years from May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2015. One month prior to the expiry of the Cooperation Term, the parties may further negotiate the cooperation forms, if fails, this Agreement will be terminated upon expiry.

  3.1.1 This Agreement is effective on the day of May 1, 2013 and the effective term is the same as the Cooperation Term. The contracts of which the Parry A contract No. are KIS-Y-BJ120195 and KIS-Y-BJ120196 (Party B contract No. are 151215UD0118, 151215UD0119) are terminated on April 30, 2013.   4





Chapter 4 Liabilities of the Parties

4.1 Details of Cooperation

The parties use their respective strengths to cooperate on internet searches, and during the effective Cooperation Term, the parties are collaborative partners. The parties have complementary advantages in the aspects of information usage, promotion, marketing, technical support and services, and now form a strategic alliance to develop their respective businesses.

4.2 Party A's Obligations



4.2.1 Party A imports the search results provided by Party B to the search function in the Party A's Product by connecting its Product to the technical port provided by Party B. Party A shall also cooperate with Party B to market Baidu promotion services through the use of search engine. In other words, it is a technical service in which Party B displays the website of Party B's clients on the relevant page of Baidu website and/or on the pages and / or interfaces of any other Baidu union members.



4.2.2 Party A will display Party B's search engine box in the first screen of the homepage of Kingsoft Navigation website, and imports the search results provided by Party B to the search function in the Party A's Product by connecting its Product to the technical port provided by Party B. Party A shall also cooperate with Party B to market Baidu promotion services through the use of search engine. In other words, it is a technical service in which Party B displays the website of Party B's clients on the relevant page of Baidu website and/or on the pages and/or interfaces of any other Baidu union members. The form of search engine box is attached as Annex 2. Without Party B's confirmation in writing or via email, Party A shall not change the form, or otherwise Party A will be deemed to breach this Agreement.



4.2.3 Party A shall not put the Party B's search engine service on any other website, or change the codes which are used to import the search engine service of Party B. Party A's website(s) that correspond to Party B's codes are set forth in Annex 2. If Party A needs to add any website(s) or change the codes, it shall obtain the confirmation from Party B in writing or via email, or otherwise Party A will be deemed to breach this Agreement.

  4.2.4 When Party A promotes websites by means of software installation, Party A needs to determine the homepage of the software users' browsers. In the event that the homepage of the software users' browsers is *.baidu.com or *.hao123.com, Party A shall not change the homepage of the users' browsers by means of the software being installed.   5





  4.2.5 During the cooperation between the parties, Party A agrees not to enter into any form of cooperation with Qihoo 360, unless PartyA needs such cooperation with Qihoo 360 for business or technology and Party B has provided its prior consent.



4.2.6 Party A covenants that during the Cooperation Term, it will list Party B's search engine service as one of its search engine services, of which Cheetah Browser will list Party B's search engine service as the default search engine service. In the event that Party A breaches this covenant, Party B shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time and shall not pay any share of profits to Party A.

  4.2.7 During the cooperation, Party A shall form a team composed of specialized personnel to carry out the related work so as to ensurethe smooth cooperation between the parties.

  4.2.8 Party A shall not change the related functions and contents inherent to Party B's search engine box. If a change is necessray,consent shall first be obtained from Party B.

  4.2.9 Party A shall not assign to any third party the functions and contents used in the website column(s) that are made the subject matter of this cooperation agreement. In addition, Party A shall not use the functions and information provided by Party B to carry out any commercial activities.



4.2.10 Party A undertakes to comply with the Business Cooperation Standard of Baidu Union published in http://union.baidu.com/regAgreement.html (see Annex 3), or otherwise Party A will be deemed to breach this Agreement. Party A also agrees to participate in the Blue Sky 365 Action Plan and comply with Blue Sky 365 Action Plan Regulations (see Annex 4).



4.2.11 Party A warrants that it legally owns or otherwise holds the valid license to the intellectual property relating to the services or products provided pursuant to this agreement. Any disputes resulting from the Party A's technology or intellectual property shall be handled by Party A; any losses and costs of Party B resulting from the deficiency of Party A's services or products shall be borne by Party A. Party B has the discretion to terminate this Agreement from time to time in the event that (i) Party A has no legal right in respect of the services or products provided or, (ii) the services or products provided by Party A lead to any legal dispute or proceedings with third parties.   6





4.3 Party B's Obligations

  4.3.1 Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, Party B shall form a team composed of specialized personnel to carry out for the relatedwork so as to ensure the smooth cooperation between the parties.

  4.3.2 Party B shall not publish any contents other than agreed hereof in the Party A's website column(s) that are made the subject matter of this cooperation agreement. In the event that Party B breaches this covenant, Party A has the right to terminate this Agreement at any time and require Party B to pay 30% of Party A's share of revenues as liquidated damages.



4.3.3 Party B will provide to Party A an account which will timely return the visiting traffic data for Party A's easy inquiry. At the same time, Party B ensures the completion, accuracy and truth of the visiting traffic data. If Party A finds the visiting traffic data abnormal, Party B shall issue a written explanation, and the actual revenues generated from the questionable traffic shall not be settled until there was a final confirmation.



4.3.4 Party B warrants that it legally owns or otherwise holds a valid license to the intellectual property relating to the services or products provided pursuant to this agreement. Any disputes resulting from the Party B's technology or intellectual property shall be handled by Party B; any losses and costs of Party A resulting from the deficiency of Party B's services or products shall be borne by Party B.



4.3.5 Party B has the right to penalize any acts of Party A , in whatever form, carried out in contravention with Party B's union cooperation policies. The penalties may include =the immediate suspension of Party A's account, termination of this Agreement, and taking any applicable civil or criminal remedial actions against fraud and any other legal causes. Party B shall have the right to final interpretation of this provision.



4.3.6 Party B retains the right to adjust the public price of the service and the service content, including but not limited to adding or reducing the service items, and raising or lowering the prices. In the event that Party B wishes to carry on such adjustment, it shall notify Party A in writing two weeks in advance. If Party A objects to such adjustment, it has the right to notify Party B to terminate this Agreement in writing within 2 weeks upon receipt of the notification. Within 3 working days upon termination of this Agreement, Party B shall settle with Party A. Failure to exercise such termination right is deemed that Party A agrees the adjustment of Party B.

  4.3.7 With respect to the cooperation hereof, Party B has the discretion to assign to its affiliates all or part of its obligations hereunder without breaching this agreement. Party B's affiliates mean Party B's parent companies at different levels as well as the companies, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Party B's parent companies at different levels.   7





4.4 Exemption of Liabilities With Respect to the Search Engine (by Party B)

See Annex 1. The Parties agree that the exemption of liabilities in the annex is applicable to the transactions hereunder. Within the scope of exemption clause, Party B and its affiliates are not liable for any compensation or any other liabilities.

Chapter 5 Information Content Cooperation

5.1 The parties shall arrange an employee to be responsible for the coordination work so as to ensure the regular update and maintenance.

5.2 Fees

  5.2.1 The parties will not charge each other any fees for the shared information content. Unless otherwise agreed hereof, the feesincurred shall be borne by each party respectively.

  5.2.2 The Actual Revenues of the parties arising from the Baidu promotion services in the search results pages shall be dividedproportionately, and Party A shall bear the taxes payable on its own share of revenues:

  (1) The address bar, search bar, homepage/blank page of Cheetah Browser shall use Baidu Search as default search engineservice;

  (2) The default traffic shall mean the default traffic of the website address site and the traffic of the Cheetah Browser;

  (3) The monthly average daily non-default traffic shall not exceed the default traffic. If it does, then the traffic in excess willnot form part of the basis for calculating the share of revenues;

  (4) If the default traffic is lower than ***, the share of revenues for the non-default traffic is ***%, and the share of revenuesfor the default traffic is ***%;

  (5) If the default traffic is more than ***, the share of revenues for the non-default traffic is ***%, and the share of revenuesfor the default traffic is ***%;

  (6) If the default traffic is more than ***, the share of revenues for the non-default traffic is ***%, and the share of revenuesfor the default traffic is ***%;   8





  (7) If the default traffic is more than ***, the share of revenues for the non-default traffic is ***%, and the share of revenuesfor the default traffic is ***%;

  (8) If the default traffic is more than ***, the share of revenues for the non-default traffic is ***%, and the share of revenuesfor the default traffic is ***%; and

  (9) If the default traffic is more than ***, the share of revenues for the non-default traffic is ***%, and the share of revenuesfor the default traffic is ***%.

If Party A objects to the Party B's revenue-sharing policy, it may terminate this Agreement. In the event that Party A continues to receive its share of revenues, it shall be deemed that Party A agrees with Party B's revenue-sharing. Party A shall bear the taxes payable on its own share of revenues.



5.2.3 Party B confirms the share of revenues of the preceding month payable to Party A on the first day of each calendar month (hereinafter referred to as (the Reference Date, and postponed in the event of public holidays) according to the above Article 5.2.2. Upon the confirmation of the share of revenues of such month, it shall not be adjusted, unless there is sufficient proof evidencing the statistics is not correct.

  5.2.4 The financial settlement between the parties will be carried out monthly.

Party A provides the invoice of the share of revenues in the preceding month within the first 5 working days in each month in advance, Party B warrants to pay the share of revenues to Party A prior to the 20t h day of each month (postponed in the event of public holidays) according to Article 4.1 hereof. In the event that Party A objects the payment from Party B, it shall propose within the first 5 working days in each month in writing, or it will be deemed as no objection. Party B shall review within three working days upon receipt of Party A's written objection and notify the results thereof to Party A.

  5.2.5 After the effectiveness of this Agreement, in the event that the share of revenues payable to Party A in the preceding month is less than RMB 100, then it will be carried forward to the next month automatically and settled together according to the preceding provisions.

Chapter 6 License

6.1 The search results provided by Party B and the intellectual property of any related technology shall be owned by Party B, without authorization, Party A shall not amend, deduct, split or reverse Party B's technologies and programs. Party A shall not obtain the source codes of the programs of Party B with any methods. Without authorization, Party A shall not apply the service provided by Party B for other usage.

6.2  baidu and   are all registered trademarks of Party B. During the cooperation, if Party A has to use Party B's trademarks, it shall obtain Party B's prior written consent. Nevertheless, if this Agreement is terminated or either party rescinds this Agreement, Party A shall no longer use   baidu,   and any other registered trademarks of Party B in its product page and promotions of all kinds.   9





Chapter 7 Confidentiality

7.1 Any and all information acquired by the parties and their employees due to the execution or performance of this Agreement, including without limitation the scientific, business or internal information relating to technology, finance, marketing or management shall be the confidential information of the parties and their proprietary properties.

7.2 The parties mutually covenant that they will keep each other's confidential information in strict confidence, and will use only for the purpose of this Agreement, shall not use or permit others to use the confidential information or disclose such to any third parties except the following events:

  7.2.1 Upon the written consent of the other party;

  7.2.2 As according to the orders or requirements of the competent courts, any governmental agencies or administrative agencies;

  7.2.3 Such information becomes known to the public not for any deliberation, recklessness or negligence of either party or its agents,officers or employees;

7.3 The parties are obliged to disclose the confidential information only to the employees necessary to know it and instruct such employees to be responsible for the confidential liability hereunder and be liable to the violation of the confidential liability of the employees.

Chapter 8 Breach

8.1 General Breach

In the event either party breaches its obligations hereunder, the breach party shall immediately suspend its breach upon the receipt of the non-breach party's written notice requiring it to rectify its breach, and pay all the losses to the non-breaching party arising from such breach within ten (10) days. If the breach party continue to carry on the breaching conduct or does not perform its obligations, the non- breaching party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement in addition to the compensation for the breach.   10





8.2 Breach Liabilities

If fault on both parties, they shall bear their respective liabilities according to their actual degree of fault.

Chapter 9 Termination

9.1 Termination Events

This Agreement will be terminated upon any of the following events:

  9.1.1 The Cooperation Term is expired and the parties determine not to renew;

  9.1.2 The non-breaching party terminates this Agreement according to Article 8.1 hereof;

  9.1.3 Either party is under bankruptcy or enters into liquidation or dissolution procedures;

  9.1.4 If the Force Majeure lasts consecutively for thirty (30) days and above, either party may terminate this Agreement by awritten notice according to Article 11.7 and terminate this Agreement on the receipt date as defined herein.

9.2 Matters after the Termination

  9.2.1 Within fifteen (15) days upon the termination of this Agreement, the parties shall delete the links between their websites.

  9.2.2 The termination of this Agreement shall not affect the unsettled payment hereunder or either party's payment obligation andother obligations or rights incurred before the termination.

  9.2.3 Notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement, the obligations set forth in Chapter 7 and Chapter 10 are binding to bothparties.

Chapter 10 Governing Laws and Dispute Resolution

10.1 Governing Laws

The execution, validity, construction, enforcement and the settlement of any disputes herefrom shall be governed by PRC Laws.

10.2 Negotiation and Proceedings

  10.2.1 Any dispute arising from the construction and enforcement of this Agreement shall be settled through friendly consultation ormediation by a neutral third party first.

  10.2.2 If the dispute fails to be resolved within thirty (30) days by such method set forth above, either party shall submit to the court inthe location of Party B.   11





Chapter 11 Miscellaneous

11.1 Waiver

If either party fails to exercise or timely exercise its rights, power or preemptive rights hereunder, it shall not be deemed as a waiver; otherwise, any individual exercise or partially exercise any of its rights, power or preemptive rights shall not prejudice its exercise of such rights, power or preemptive rights thereafter.

11.2 Amendment

This Agreement may only be amended by mutual written agreement by the parties.

11.3 Marketing Supports

On the basis of the parties' acknowledgment, the parties will make and carry on necessary marketing measures to expand the reputation and influence of the parties cooperation.

11.4 Entire Agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all previous discussions, negotiations and agreements.

11.5 Notice

  11.5.1 Any material notices or written letters between the parties shall be in Chinese and delivered by facsimile, in person(includingcourier) or by registered mail.

  11.5.2 All the notices and letters shall be sent to the address in the preamble hereof unless otherwise notified in writing in advance;



11.5.3 If the notices and letters are sent by facsimile, then the delivery time shall be subject to the actual time displayed in the facsimile record, except that the sending time is after 17:00 pm of such date, or the time of the receiver's location is not a Business Day, then the delivery time shall be the following Business Day of the receiver's time; if sent via e-mail, the delivery time shall be subject to the time when the email enters into the email system designated by the receiver; if sent in person (including courier), it shall be subject to date the receiver's signing for receipt; if sent by registered letter, it shall be subject to the receipt issued by the post office and five (5) Business Days from the date of sending.   12





11.6 Successor

This Agreement is made for the benefit of and equally binding upon the parties and their respective successors and assignees.

11.7 Force Majeure

  11.7.1 In the event of Force Majeure, the affected party shall notify the other party in respect of the nature, incurring date, anticipated lasting time and related details as fastest as reasonably possible and the degree of such event hindering the performance of its obligations of the notifying party hereunder.

  11.7.2 During the consecutive period of the Force Majeure, the affected party shall regularly and timely keep the other party informed of the current status of the Force Majeure, in the event that the Force Majeure ends, it shall notify the other party in writing timely and continue to perform the obligations hereunder.

  11.7.3 The party affected by the Force Majeure may temporarily suspend the performance hereunder until the influence of the Force Majeure is removed after it performs its obligations pursuant to Item 1 and 2 of this Article and need not to bear any breach liabilities; however, it shall use best efforts to conquer such event and minimize its adverse influence.

11.8 Language

This Agreement is made in Chinese and there are two originals which have the same legal effect and each party has one original.

11.9 Unmentioned Matters

Any other matters unmentioned hereof shall be subject to PRC Laws.

11.10 Other Matters

This Agreement is effective from the date of its date of signature and chop, and any other agreement between the parties regarding to matters which are similar to the cooperation contents hereunder shall be terminated automatically. Annexes are integral parts of this Agreement and have the same legal effect as the text hereof.   13





Party A: Beike Internet (Beijing) Security Technology Co., Ltd.

Authorized signatory: /s/ common seal

Title:

Date:

Party B: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Authorized signatory: /s/ Guolin Ma /s/ common seal

Title:

Date:   14





Annex 1

Search Engine Exemption Clause

1. In addition to service clause indicated by Baidu, Baidu is not responsible for any other accident, negligence, breach, defamation, infringement to copyright or other intellectual property right and the loss occurred thereby (including by virus through download) arising from using search engine and will not undertake any legal liability.

2. Baidu is not responsible for the legality of link and information, product and service obtained from webpages through search engine which are searched automatically in accordance with users' search order, and will not undertake any legal liability.

3. All content of search engine does not represent Baidu's opinion.

4. User shall undertake the risk of using search engine by itself and Baidu will not guarantee in any form, including the result meeting users' requirement, service continuity, safety, accuracy, timeliness and legality of search result. Baidu will not undertake any legal liability for user's failure to normally use Baidu for technology reason such as internet status, communication line and etc.

5. Baidu respects and protects all search service users' personal privacy and their personal information such as registered user name and email address, etc., which will not be disclosed to the third party without user's consent or compulsorily required by law. The keywords used by users in search engine will not be regarded as personal privacy information.

6. Any website shall report to service website or Baidu, or add refusal mark to the webpage in accordance with the Robots Exclusion Protocol, if it does not want to be included by Baidu, otherwise it will be deemed as willing to be included.

7. Any unit or person shall report to Baidu or service website in written timely and provide ID card, ownership certificate and detailed violation evidence if it considers the content through Baidu search service or search link may be suspected of violating its legal right. Baidu will remove such suspected search service or search link as soon as possible after its receipt of legal documents above.   15





Annex 2

1. Display Format

2. Table of Fee-charging Code and Corresponding Website   Fee-charging item   Channel   Display location     Search box on the first page   16





Annex 3

Business Cooperation Standard of Baidu Union

In order to standardize the business cooperation of Baidu Union (hereinafter Union) and maintain the fair and honest order, it is provided for the business cooperation of Union as follows and member of the Union shall comply with this standard strictly to maintain the smooth and healthy development of business cooperation.

[General Rules]

All act which may damage the right of user of Baidu promotion, damage user experience, disturb market cooperation order of the Union, adversely affect Baidu product and business reputation of Baidu, constitute unfair competition against Baidu or violate legal right of Baidu are forbidden by the Union, including but not limited to:

1. Click by itself

Repeat manual search, click by itself, incite others to search or click.

2. Compel to click

Compel user to click to get resource in return; or pop-up window of search result endlessly.

3. Program click

Simulate user's click through program or script, automatically click and search tool, the third party's click or search (such as paid click, auto- browse, clicker, IP click by agent servicer, fault IP click, mutual click and auto-refresh).

4. Illegal promotion

Promote by irregular means such as virus, compulsory first page, compulsory kidnap address bar, search engine cheating, exaggerate times.   17





5. Breach of exclusivity clause

Breach the exclusivity agreement with Baidu to engage in competing business.

6. Mix of competing business

Amend the pattern of the Union product or competing business to mislead users.

7. Other breach

Other act Baidu thought has damaged or may damage the right of user of Baidu, user experience, Baidu brand or business reputation of Baidu, constitutes unfair competition against Baidu or violates other legal right of Baidu.

[Search Promotion Cooperation]

8. Determine keyword

Determine keyword in search frame or direct link to search result page.

9. Amend search result page

9.1 Edit, amend or filtrate any promotion content or information contained in search result or amend the order by any means, or delete, hide or minimize any promotion content or search result, or add any other content to Baidu search result page of browser through software.

9.2 Re-direct the final user from any promotion page or search result page to others, or the promotion page or search result page provided is not the same version with that got by final user through directly visited.

9.3 Beyond the range permitted by this standard, directly or indirectly visit, launch and/or start promotion content or search result through any software, other website or any form other than member website, or combine promotion content or search result into it by other means.

9.4 Store or cache any or part of, copy of, derivative of information of search result through capture, spider, index or any other non-temporary ways.   18





10. Directly use of search result

Directly use any webpage of search result of final user through frame linked or other ways.

11. Breach of release page

11.1 Present business code on any wrong page, register page or thanks page (such as thanks page after user registers on relevant website) or any email, or any webpage or website with any pornographic content, hate mongering content or violence content.

11.2 Release code in non-configured domain name.

12. Induce to click

12.1 Introduce the search result with word such as excellent recommendation, relevant link or welcome to click.

12.2 Put graph of arrow, download instruction or other leading graph to the search result.

12.3 Award user's click.

13. Breach of release number

Release more than three search frames per page.

14. Flow kidnap

14.1 Falsify the charge index by software, plug-in or other ways, kidnap Baidu, hao123 and other Union member's flow.

14.2 Falsify other Union member's first page through any promotion way damaging user experience and other unfair competition.   19





14.3 Amend the first page of Baidu (www.baidu.com) or hao123 (www.hao123.com) set by user in any ways.

14.4 Amend the page of Baidu or hao123 in any ways.

15. Breach of binding with Baidu software

Binding with Baidu software without any indication, install compulsory; add functions other than that of Baidu software or delete original function, re-bind other software without any indication, misleading the act of other software as that of Baidu; set obstacle for user installed Baidu software through member website to uninstall.

[Union Promotion Cooperation]

16. Determine keyword

Stack keywords in webpage content, source code to affect normal theme matching.

17. Amend promotion content

17.1 Re-direct the promotion page clicked by user to others, which is not the same with that got by final user through directly visited.

17.2 Store or cache any part of, copy of, derivative of promotion content through capture, spider, index or any other non-temporary ways.

18. Breach of release page

18.1 Present promotion content on any wrong page, register page or thanks page (such as thanks page after user registers on relevant website) or any email, or popup window, or webpage or website with any pornographic content, hate mongering content or violence content.

18.2 Release theme promotion business on rubbish page with no essence for the purpose of presenting theme.

18.3 Release promotion content in non-configured domain name or software.   20





19. Induce to click

19.1 Introduce the promotion content with word such as excellent recommendation, relevant link or welcome to click.

19.2 Put graph of arrow, download instruction or other or misleading graph to the promotion content.

19.3 Award user's click of promotion content.

19.4 Promotion content is too close to the text or click zone (such as turn-page button, navigation button, video window and etc.) causing void click (recommending not to put the promotion content above or below the turn-page button).

19.5 Pretend the promotion content as the text of page which mix the promotion content with page content.

19.6 Hide or auto-block the window through js or other ways, causing user's failure to see the promotion after click.

19.7 Release code of special zone besides patch promotion, amend code without authorization or patch through special ways.

19.8 Cover, hide any part of theme promotion zone or overlap page content with promotion content.

19.9 Float the promotion content or present in other ways.

20. Breach of release number

20.1 Release more than three product codes of theme description and theme link accumulatively per page. (not include the patch promotion)

20.2 Release more than one code of theme suspension per page besides theme description and theme link, release more than one form of theme suspension (side bar/button/window) per page.

20.3 Release more than one code of patch promotion per playing window, several playing windows on one webpage, more than three codes of patch promotion available.   21





21. Breach of using iframe

Use through amending code or other ways without authorization.

21.1 Use Union's theme suspension product through iframe.

21.2 Use theme description, theme link and patch promotion product through iframe in illegal ways:

21.2.1 Release code of Union promotion business to more than two (including) layers of iframe;

21.2.2 Use more than two (include) business codes through iframe for one time;

21.2.3 Inset more than one iframe unit in one page;

21.2.4 Module presented by iframe is smaller than that used through iframe;

21.2.5 Present promotion content on charged website through non-charged website iframe.

[New Business Cooperation]

22. Breach of release page

Present promotion content on any wrong page, register page or thanks page (such as thanks page after user registers on relevant website) or any email, or webpage or website with any pornographic content, hate mongering content or violence content.

23. Induce

23.1 Introduce the cooperation promotion content with word such as excellent recommendation, relevant link or welcome to click.   22





23.2 Put graph of arrow, download instruction or other leading graph to the cooperation promotion content.

23.3 Put pornographic picture close to cooperation promotion content.

23.4 Award use's install, register, purchase and other act.

23.5 Simulate official website of cooperation promotion client.

24. Breach of release number

Present or release more than three cooperation promotion units per page.

25. Self-lead

Repeat manual install, register, purchase and etc., incite others to install, register, purchase and etc.

If any Union member does any illegal act above, Baidu has the power to punish. Baidu's data for investigating and punishing the Union member's illegal act shall prevail, including but not limited to void click data and flow kidnap data.

Appendix: Process method

Baidu may take one or more measures as follows to process the illegal act:

1. Deduct credit index

2. Deduct accumulated credit

3. Deduct share of revenues

4. Block illegal business

5. Stop sub-account authority

6. Limit register information

7. Expose illegal case   23





Baidu has the right of final explanation for this Business Cooperation Standard of Baidu Union. Baidu may update this Business Cooperation Standard of Baidu Union from time to time and all Baidu Union members are urged to pay continued attention to relevant content to learn and timely comply with the latest regulation.   24





Annex 4

Rules of Blue Sky 365 Plan

Honesty is the basis for long-standing business. We could only make more profit, grow faster with stronger cooperation based on honesty.

Honesty is not only a promise but also an act. Hereby, Baidu Alliance, together with partner, build an alliance circle of honesty and health, a cooperation environment of self-discipline, fairness and honesty and comply with rules as follows strictly:

1. Agree that honesty is the base of alliance development;

2. Cooperate in line with the Business Cooperation Standard of Baidu Alliance strictly;

3. Dose not launch or engage in any illegal act such as click fraud, flow kidnap;

4. Report the illegal information actively and protect honesty;

5. Accept supervision and willing to undertake liability and result of illegal act.

The rules above shall be reflected every day. Let us build the Blue Sky 365 of alliance circle together.   25 
Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Liquidated Damages that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Does the contract contain a clause that would award either party liquidated damages for breach or a fee upon the termination of a contract (termination fee)?

Output: In the event that Party B breaches this covenant, Party A has the right to terminate this Agreement at any time and require Party B to pay 30% of Party A's share of revenues as liquidated damages.


Input: Consider Input: Exhibit 10.6

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT

Between

Piñon Gathering Company, LLC

And

SandRidge Midstream, Inc.













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              PAGE ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS     1   ARTICLE II ENGAGEMENT OF OPERATOR     6   2.1 Engagement     6   2.2 Independent Contractor     6   2.3 Owner Cooperation     6   ARTICLE III TERM; RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF OPERATOR     7   3.1 Term     7   3.2 Owner Default     7   3.3 Operator Default     7   3.4 Cooperation with Owner or Successor Operator     8   3.5 Effect of Termination     8   3.6 No Breach     8   ARTICLE IV DUTIES AS OPERATOR     9   4.1 Duties as Operator     9   4.1.1 Operation and Maintenance of the Gathering System     9   4.1.2 Purchase of Material and Supplies     9   4.1.3 Personnel     9   4.1.4 Payment of Operating Expenses     9   4.1.5 Proposed Operating Expense Budget     10   4.1.6 Capital Projects     10   4.1.7 Emergencies     11   4.1.8 Reporting By Operator     11   4.1.9 Commercial Activities     12   4.1.10 Regulatory Affairs     12   4.1.11 Devotion of Time     12   4.2 Standard of Care     12   4.3 Limitation of Authority     13   4.3.1 Binding Owner     13   4.3.2 Asset Sales     13   4.3.3 Material Alteration of Owner's Business     13   4.3.4 Debt 13         ARTICLE V COST REIMBURSEMENT     13   5.1 Responsibility for Costs and Expenses     13   5.2 Procedure     13







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              PAGE 5.2.1 Invoicing and Payment     13   5.2.2 Disputes     14   5.3 Setoff     14   ARTICLE VI ACCOUNTING; REPORTS; RECORDS     14   6.1 Accounting Methods     14   6.2 Financial Statements     14   6.3 Accounting and Taxation     15   6.3.1 Maintenance of Accounts     15   6.3.2 Preparation of Tax Returns     15   6.3.3 Owner to Supply Information     16   6.4 Banking     16   6.5 Independent Audits     16   6.6 Credit Inquiries     17   ARTICLE VII FORCE MAJEURE     18   7.1 Procedure     18   7.2 Strikes     18   ARTICLE VIII INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION     18   8.1 Operator Insurance     18   8.2 Contractors     19   8.3 Notice of Claims     20   8.4 Mutual Release and Indemnification     20   8.4.1 Owner's Indemnification     20   8.4.2 Operator's Indemnification     20   ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS     21   9.1 Notices     21   9.2 Rights     21   9.3 Applicable Laws     22   9.4 Rules of Construction     22   9.5 Governing Law     22   9.6 Dispute Resolution     22   9.6.1 Negotiation     22   9.6.2 Jurisdiction and Venue     22   9.6.3 Jury Waiver     23   9.6.4 Costs and Expenses     23   9.7 Limitation of Liability     23







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EXHIBITS:

     EXHIBIT A — DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF OPERATOR

     EXHIBIT B — FORM OF MONTHLY OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REPORT

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              PAGE 9.8 Entirety of Agreement, Amendments     23   9.9 Waivers     24   9.10 Exhibits     24   9.11 Headings     24   9.12 Assignment     24   9.13 Rights and Remedies     24   9.14 Counterparts     24   9.15 No Third Party Beneficiary     24   9.16 Further Assurances     25







OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT

     This OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT dated June 30, 2009 (the Effective Date), is made and entered into by and between  Piñon Gathering Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Owner), with offices at 333 Clay Street, Suite 4150, Houston, Texas 77002,  and SandRidge Midstream, Inc., a Texas corporation (Operator), with offices at 123 Robert S. Kerr Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102.

RECITALS

     A. Pursuant to that certain Membership Interest Purchase Agreement between Operator and TCW Pecos Midstream, L.L.C., a Texas limited  liability company (TCW Pecos Midstream) dated as of even date herewith (the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement), TCW Pecos  Midstream has purchased from Operator all issued and outstanding membership interests in Owner, which owns the Gathering System (as  hereinafter defined).

     B. Owner wishes to retain Operator to maintain and operate the Gathering System and advance the commercial interests of Owner through the  negotiation and execution of agreements relative to the commercial offerings provided by Owner, as well as administering the business and  regulatory affairs of Owner relating to the Gathering System, all in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth below.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, Operator and Owner  hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I  DEFINITIONS

     Except as otherwise defined in this Article I, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Gathering  Agreement.

     Adjustment Claims shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.

     Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common  control with, such specified Person through one or more intermediaries or otherwise. For the purposes of this definition, control means, where  used with respect to any Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies  of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Securities or interests, by contract or otherwise, and the terms controlling and  controlled have correlative meanings.

     Agreement means this Operations and Maintenance Agreement (including all exhibits), as amended from time to time in accordance with the  terms hereof.

     Audit Costs shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.









     Business Day means any calendar day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which commercial banks in Dallas, Texas are open for business.

     Calendar Year means the time period from January 1 through December 31 of the same calendar year.

     Capital Project means any capital expenditure to repair, maintain, construct, expand, or modify the Gathering System.

     Capital Project Proposal shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.6.

     Claim means any lawsuit, claim, proceeding, investigation, review, audit or other cause of action of any kind.

     Company Conveyance means that certain Assignment of Membership Interests dated as of June 30, 2009, between Operator and TCW Pecos  Midstream, together with all amendments, modifications or waivers thereto.

     Confidentiality and Disclosure Agreement means that certain Confidentiality and Disclosure Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009, between  SandRidge Energy, Inc., TCW Asset Management Company, and Piñon Gathering Company, LLC, together with all amendments, modifications or  waivers thereto.

     Constituent of Concern means any substance defined as a hazardous substance, hazardous waste, hazardous material, toxic substance, solid  waste, pollutant or contaminant by an Environmental Law.

     Dedicated Gas shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Gathering Agreement.

     Effective Date shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

     Emergency means a sudden or unexpected event that causes, or risks causing, imminent material damage to the Gathering System, death or  injury to any Person, or material damage to property or the environment.

     Emergency Work shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.7.

     Enterprise Gathering Agreement means that certain Gas Gathering Agreement dated as of June 26, 2009, between Enterprise Products  Operating, LLC and Operator, together with all amendments, modifications or waivers thereto.

     Environmental Law means all applicable Laws and Environmental Permits of any Governmental Authority relating to the environment, natural  resources, or the protection thereof, including, without limitation: (a) all requirements pertaining to liability for reporting, management, licensing,  permitting, investigation, and remediation of emissions, discharges, releases, or threatened releases of a Constituent of Concern; and (b) CERCLA,  the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq. the Federal Clean Water Act, the Federal

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Clean Air Act, the Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act (which includes the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act), the Federal Toxic Substances  Control Act, and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., and the Safe  Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq. and any applicable Law relating to health, safety, the environment, natural resources or the protection  thereof, each as amended from time to time, including any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any state or local counterparts.

     Environmental Permits all permits, licenses, registrations, authorizations, certificates and approvals, and any other similar items, of  Governmental Authorities required by Environmental Laws and necessary for or held in connection with the ownership and/or operation the  Gathering System or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

     Force Majeure means any cause or causes not reasonably within the control of the Party claiming suspension and which, by the exercise of  reasonable diligence, such Party is unable to prevent or overcome, including, without limitation, acts of God, acts, omissions to act, and/or delays  in action of federal, state, or local government or any agency thereof, strikes, lockouts, work stoppages, or other industrial disturbances, acts of a  public enemy, sabotage, wars, blockades, insurrections, riots, acts of terror, epidemics, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, storms, storm  warnings, floods, washouts, extreme cold or freezing weather, arrests and restraints of governments and people, civil or criminal disturbances,  interruptions by governmental or court orders, present and future valid orders of any regulatory body having jurisdiction, explosions, mechanical  failures, breakage, or accident to equipment installations, machinery, compressors, or lines of pipe, and associated repairs, freezing of wells or lines  of pipe, partial or entire failure of wells, pipes, facilities, or equipment, electric power unavailability or shortages, failure of pipelines or carriers to  transport, partial or entire failure or refusal of operators of upstream or downstream pipelines or facilities to receive gas, governmental regulations,  and inability to obtain or timely obtain, or obtain at a reasonable cost, after exercise of reasonable diligence, pipe, materials, equipment, rights-of- way, servitudes, governmental approvals, or labor, including those necessary for the facilities provided for in this Agreement.

     GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

     Gathering Agreement means that certain Gas Gathering Agreement dated as of even date herewith by and between SandRidge Exploration  and Production, LLC, as Shipper, and Owner, as Gatherer, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

     Gathering System shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Gathering Agreement.

     Governmental Authority means any federal, state, municipal, local or similar governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency,  court or arbitral body with jurisdiction over the Parties, this Agreement, any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the Gathering System.

     Guaranty Agreements means, collectively, that certain (a) Guaranty Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009, by SandRidge Energy, Inc. in favor  of TCW Pecos Midstream, (b) Guaranty

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Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009, by SandRidge Energy, Inc. in favor of Owner, (c) Guaranty Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009, by  SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC in favor of Owner, and (d) Guaranty Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009, by Operator in favor of  Owner, in each case, together with all amendments, modifications or waivers thereto.

     Intercompany Conveyance means that certain Assignment, Bill of Sale and Conveyance dated as of June 30, 2009, between Operator and  Owner, together with all amendments, modifications or waivers thereto.

     Law means any statute, writ, law, common law, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, judgment, injunction, award, determination or decree of a  Governmental Authority, or any requirement under the common law.

     LLC Agreement means that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Piñon Gathering Company, LLC,  together with all amendments, modifications or waivers thereto.

     Liability Claim means a Claim arising out of the administration, operation, or maintenance of the Gathering System, or arising out of or  incidental to the activities carried on or work performed or required by this Agreement.

     Loss means any loss, cost, expense, liability, damage, sanction, judgment, lien, fine, or penalty, including reasonable attorney's and  consultant's fees and expenses, incurred, suffered or paid by, or resulting to, the applicable indemnified Persons on account of (i) injuries  (including death) to any Person or damage to or destruction of any property, sustained or alleged to have been sustained in connection with or  arising out of the matters for which the indemnifying Party has indemnified the applicable indemnified Persons, (ii) any failure of any  representation or warranty made by Operator in this Agreement to be true and correct when made, or (iii) the breach of any covenant or agreement  made or to be performed by the indemnifying Party pursuant to this Agreement.

     Material Overpayment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.

     Membership Interest Purchase Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the first recital of this Agreement.

     Operator shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

     Operator Change of Control means the occurrence of an event where upon (i) at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the equity interests in  Operator and (ii) at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the monthly volumes of Dedicated Gas projected to be produced during the period  extending from the date of calculation to the estimated date of the Trigger Event shall cease to be owned, directly or indirectly, by the same Person.

     Operator Indemnified Parties means, collectively, Operator, its successors and permitted assigns, and their respective Affiliates,  shareholders, members, partners, officers, directors, employees, and agents.

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     Operator Parties means, collectively, Operator, Operator's Affiliates, and their respective successors and assigns; Operator Party means  any such Person individually.

     Owner shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

     Owner Indemnified Parties means, collectively, Owner, its successors and permitted assigns, and their respective Affiliates, shareholders,  members, partners, officers, directors, employees, and agents.

     Owner Operating Expense Account means the bank account designed by Owner as its operating expense account.

     Owner Revenue Account means the bank account designed by Owner as its revenue account.

     Party means either Owner or Operator, as applicable, and Parties means both Owner and Operator.

     Person means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint venture, a  trust, an unincorporated organization, or any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or  instrumentality thereof.

     Preventing Factors shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.1.

     Proposed Operating Expense Budget means, with respect to each period, the Proposed Operating Expense Budget established pursuant to  the Gathering Agreement for such period.

     Shipper shall have the meaning set forth in the Gathering Agreement.

     Subject Gathering Agreements means, collectively, the Gathering Agreement, the Enterprise Gathering Agreement and any gathering  agreements entered into in accordance with Section 4.1.9.

     Tax or Taxes means any (i) federal, state, provincial, county, local or foreign taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments, including all  sales and use, goods and services, ad valorem, transfer, gains, profits, excise, franchise, real and personal property, gross receipt, value added,  capital stock, production, business and occupation, disability, employment, payroll, license, estimated, stamp, custom duties, severance,  unemployment, social security, Medicare, alternative minimum or withholding taxes or charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, and  including any interest and penalties (civil or criminal) on or additions to any such taxes, but expressly excluding any income tax or tax based on  income, such as, without limitation, the franchise tax set forth in V.T.C.A. Tax Code Section 171.0001 et. seq., as the same may be amended or  recodified from time to time, and (ii) liability for items in (i) of any other Person by contract, operation of Law (including Treasury  Regulation 1.1502-6) or otherwise.

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     Tax Returns means any return, report, election, declaration, statement, notice, information return, schedule, or other document (including any  related or supporting information) filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Authority in connection with the determination, assessment,  collection or administration of any Taxes or any income tax or tax based on income, such as, without limitation, the franchise tax set forth in  V.T.C.A. Tax Code Section 171.0001 et. seq., as the same may be amended or recodified from time to time, or the administration of any laws,  regulations or administrative requirements relating to any Taxes or any amendment thereof.

     Transaction Documents means, collectively, this Agreement, the Gathering Agreement, the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, the  Intercompany Conveyance, the Company Conveyance, the Guaranty Agreements, the Confidentiality and Disclosure Agreement and the LLC  Agreement.

     Trigger Event shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Gathering Agreement.

     Voting Securities means, as it relates to a Person, securities of any class of such Person entitling the holders thereof to vote in the election  of, or to appoint, members of the board of directors or other similar governing body of the Person; provided that if such Person is a limited  partnership, Voting Securities of such Person shall be the general partner interest in such Person.

ARTICLE II  ENGAGEMENT OF OPERATOR

2.1 Engagement.

     Owner hereby appoints and retains Operator to manage, operate, and maintain the Gathering System and to administer the business and  regulatory affairs of Owner relating to the Gathering System in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein, and Operator hereby  accepts such appointment.

2.2 Independent Contractor.

     The Parties expressly understand and agree that Operator is acting and shall perform and execute the provisions of this Agreement as an  independent contractor unrelated to Owner or any Owner Affiliate, and the work performed by Operator hereunder shall be subject to Owner's  general right of inspection and approval. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to create a relationship, expressed or implied, of employer- employee or principal-agent between Owner and Operator or between Owner and any individual employed or provided to work hereunder by  Operator.

2.3 Owner Cooperation.

     Owner shall cooperate with Operator and provide Operator with such information as Operator may reasonably request from time to time in  connection with the performance of Operator's duties hereunder.

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ARTICLE III  TERM; RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF OPERATOR

3.1 Term.

     This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and, unless terminated earlier pursuant to Section 3.2 or 3.3 of this Agreement, shall  continue until the twentieth (20th) anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however, (i) Operator shall have the right to terminate this  Agreement at any time upon no less than 120 days prior written notice to Owner, if Operator provides a substitute operator acceptable to Owner,  as determined in its reasonable discretion, who (A) has experience operating similar assets, (B) has the ability to provide at least the same quality  of service as Operator, (C) has the financial ability to perform the obligations hereunder, and (D) is ready, willing and able to execute an operation  and maintenance agreement substantially similar to this Agreement and acceptable to Owner, as determined in its reasonable discretion, and  (ii) Owner shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time upon no less than 120 days prior written notice to Operator.

3.2 Owner Default.

     Operator may terminate this Agreement at any time upon the occurrence of any of the following:

If any of the above occurs and Operator elects to terminate this Agreement, then Operator may give a written notice of termination to Owner,  which termination shall be effective on the date specified by Operator in such notice, provided that such termination date shall be within 60 days  of the date such notice is delivered to Owner. Operator's notice of breach to Owner under Section 3.2(b) or (c) shall state with particularity the  breach alleged by Operator. To the extent Owner disputes the basis for Operator's notice of breach, then the matter shall be addressed under  Section 9.6. Nothing in this Section 3.2 shall be construed to limit or preclude any remedy Operator may have at law or in equity with respect to any  material breach by Owner.

3.3 Operator Default.

     Owner may terminate this Agreement at any time upon the occurrence of any of the following:

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  (a)   the dissolution or bankruptcy of Owner;

  (b)   Owner fails to pay when due any amount due and payable hereunder, including, without limitation, any interest, fees, reimbursements or  indemnifications, and such failure shall continue for a period of 15 days after the due date thereof; or

  (c)   other than as set forth in clause (b) above, Owner breaches or fails to observe or perform any material term, condition, or obligation  contained in this Agreement and fails to correct, or fails to diligently pursue correction of, such breach within 60 days after receipt of  written notice from Operator of any such breach.

  (a)   the dissolution or bankruptcy of Operator;







If any of the above occurs and Owner elects to terminate this Agreement, then Owner may give a written notice of termination to Operator, which  termination shall be effective on the date specified by Owner in the notice, provided that such termination date shall be within 60 days of the date  the notice is delivered to Operator. Owner's notice of breach to Operator under Section 3.3(c) or (d) shall state with particularity the breach alleged  by Owner. To the extent Operator disputes the basis for Owner's notice of breach, then the matter shall be addressed under Section 9.6. Nothing in  this Section 3.3 shall be construed to limit or preclude any remedy Owner may have at law or in equity with respect to any material breach by  Operator.

3.4 Cooperation with Owner or Successor Operator.

     Upon the termination of this Agreement, Operator shall cooperate in the transition of operations to Owner or a successor operator and upon  Owner's request, will promptly deliver all books and records and other property (including, without limitation, intellectual property) of Owner to  Owner or the successor operator, as applicable.

3.5 Effect of Termination.

     Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Article III will release Operator from, and Owner agrees to indemnify Operator against any  liability accruing or accrued hereunder after the effective date of termination, except with respect to the obligations and liabilities of Operator that  survive termination. Termination of this Agreement shall not relieve the Parties from any liability or obligation accruing or accrued prior to the date  of such termination or deprive a Party not in breach (other than a breach which occurs because such Party is rightfully withholding performance in  response to a breach by the other Party) of its right to any remedy otherwise available to such Party.

3.6 No Breach.

     No violation of any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement shall be deemed a breach of this Agreement by Owner if and to the extent such  violation or failure results, directly or indirectly, from a breach of the Gathering Agreement by Shipper.

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  (b)   an Operator Change of Control;

  (c)   Operator fails to pay when due any amount due and payable hereunder, including, without limitation, any interest, fees, reimbursements  or indemnifications, and such failure shall continue for a period of 15 days after the due date thereof; or

  (d)   other than as set forth in clause (c) above, Operator breaches or fails to observe or perform any material term, condition, or obligation  contained in this Agreement and fails to correct, or fails to diligently pursue correction of, such breach within 60 days after receipt of  written notice from Owner of any such breach.







ARTICLE IV  DUTIES AS OPERATOR

4.1 Duties as Operator.

     Operator shall be responsible for (1) administering the regulatory, business, and financial affairs of Owner; (2) maintaining the financial and  product accounting records of Owner; (3) preparing and distributing financial statements; (4) complying with any and all instructions it receives  from Owner with respect to the operation and maintenance of the Gathering System, provided that such instructions are consistent with applicable  Laws; (5) performing the requirements and obligations of Owner set forth in the Subject Gathering Agreements; and (6) taking any actions  necessary to avoid any exercise of remedies by any shipper under any Subject Gathering Agreement.

     4.1.1 Operation and Maintenance of the Gathering System.

     4.1.1.1 Operation of the Gathering System. Operator shall manage and operate the Gathering System, supervise the operation and  maintenance of the Gathering System and the construction and future modifications to the Gathering System, negotiate agreements in  Owner's name with third parties related to the operation of Owner's business (provided that (i) Owner shall have the right to approve or  disapprove any such agreements, and (ii) if approved, except as provided in Section 4.1.2, Owner, and not Operator, shall execute all such  agreements), comply with any instructions it receives from Owner with respect to the operation and maintenance of the Gathering System,  provided that such instructions are consistent with applicable Laws, and perform all other services and functions related thereto, including,  but not limited to, those services and functions listed on Exhibit A, subject to the limits, requirements, and restrictions otherwise set forth in  this Agreement.

     4.1.1.2 Maintenance Authority. Subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth in this Agreement, Owner hereby authorizes and  empowers Operator, and Operator agrees, in the name of and on behalf of Owner, to do and perform any and all acts reasonably necessary  for the prudent operation and maintenance of the Gathering System.

     4.1.1.3 Operator Recommendations. In the event that Operator makes a good-faith recommendation in writing regarding an operational  issue to Owner, and Owner does not, for any reason whatsoever, approve such recommendation, then Operator shall not be liable and Owner  hereby releases and shall indemnify, defend and hold Operator harmless from and against any Claim or Loss that arises from, or is  attributable to, the failure to implement such recommendation.

     4.1.1.4 Compliance With Owner Instructions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event that Owner  instructs Operator to take any action or refrain from taking any action in connection with the operation or maintenance of the Gathering  System and Operator in good faith

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disagrees with Owner because, among other reasons, it is not consistent with prudent operating standards, then Operator shall notify Owner  of such disagreement in writing, and Owner hereby releases and shall indemnify, defend and hold Operator harmless from and against any  Claim or Loss that arises from, or is attributable to, Operator's compliance with Owner's instructions.

     4.1.1.5 Environmental Laws. Operator shall comply in all respects with all Environmental Laws and all Environmental Permits.

     4.1.2 Purchase of Services, Materials and Supplies. Except as otherwise provided below and subject to the limitations herein, Operator  shall, on Owner's behalf and as its agent, purchase or cause to be purchased necessary services, materials and supplies and incur such  expenses and enter into such commitments as may be necessary to operate and maintain the Gathering System, including, but not limited to,  (i) contracts for the maintenance, repair and replacement of the Gathering System and, if requested by Owner, constructions of additions to the  Gathering System; and (ii) contracts for power, fuel, other utilities, and communication facilities as may be necessary in connection with proper  operation and maintenance of the Gathering System and for providing adjustments and replacements thereto.

     4.1.3 Personnel. Except as otherwise provided below and subject to the limitations herein, Operator, in its reasonable judgment, shall employ  such personnel, with Operator or an Affiliate as their employer, as it may deem necessary to operate and maintain the Gathering System and to  provide adjustments and replacements thereto and to perform its other obligations hereunder. In addition to Operator's or Operator's Affiliates'  employees who are either full-time or part-time dedicated to operating and maintaining the Gathering System, Operator may: (i) utilize from time  to time its other employees or the employees of Operator's Affiliates in services in connection therewith at a usual and customary rate of  compensation; and/or (ii) engage the services of third-party contractors in the performance of such functions.

     4.1.4 Payment of Operating Expenses. Operator shall promptly pay all costs and expenses incurred in operating and maintaining the  Gathering System as they become due, and Owner shall reimburse Operator for such costs and expenses in accordance with, and to the extent  provided in, Section 5.1.

     4.1.5 Proposed Operating Expense Budget. Operator shall (i) administer and otherwise comply with the budget process set forth in  Section 6.6 of the Gathering Agreement and (ii) operate and maintain the Gathering System in compliance with the Proposed Operating Expense  Budget established for the Gathering System; provided, however, if Owner instructs Operator to perform any services outside of the scope of  the services contemplated in the Proposed Operating Expense Budget, then Owner shall reimburse Operator for the costs and expenses  associated therewith.

     4.1.6 Capital Projects. Operator may propose an unbudgeted Capital Project at any time by giving notice to Owner. The notice (the Capital  Project Proposal) must specifically describe the proposed Capital Project and shall include the following:

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     (1) a good-faith estimate of the total cost of engineering, construction, operation, and maintenance of the proposed Capital Project, and  preliminary engineering designs and plans, and

     (2) general requirements or provisions for the Capital Project, including construction of the Capital Project and insurance coverage.

Owner shall approve or reject the proposed Capital Project set forth in the applicable Capital Project Proposal within 30 days from the date of  receipt of the same, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If Owner approves the applicable Capital Project,  then Operator shall have the right and authority with respect to the approved Capital Project to make expenditures, or enter into contracts to  incur expenditures, without further authorization by Owner, up to the cost approved by Owner with respect to the applicable Capital Project.

     4.1.7 Emergencies. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, in the event of an Emergency, Operator shall proceed with  maintenance or repair work or with any other action when necessary to minimize damage and to end the Emergency (Emergency Work),  without regard to the limits set forth in this Article IV. Operator shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify Owner of the existence or  occurrence of the Emergency, setting forth the nature of the emergency, the corrective action taken or proposed to be taken, and the actual or  estimated cost of such corrective action. Emergency Work shall include only such work as is necessary to immediately address the Emergency  and does not include any work necessary to restore the Gathering System or improve the Gathering System in order to permit continued  operations.

     4.1.8 Reporting By Operator. Operator shall (by either (i) submitting written reports or (ii) providing Owner with access to Operator's  internet website containing the relevant information, at Operator's discretion) provide to Owner the following reports, based on the best data  available at the time of preparation and subject to revision based on acquisition of more accurate data:

     (1) a daily report of the prior day's 24 hour volume of natural gas throughput on the Gathering System;

     (2) as soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each calendar month, a report of environmental, health, or safety  incidents that are material or potentially material, including year-to-date data, for such month;

     (3) as soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each calendar month, a report concerning any government  agency inspections, inquiries, citations, or other actions for such month;

     (4) as soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each calendar month, an operational report on major repairs and  other operational details materially affecting the operations of the Gathering System during such month;

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     (5) promptly after the sending thereof, all notices and information sent to Shipper (as defined in the Gathering Agreement) under the  Gathering Agreement or to any other shipper under any gathering agreement;

     (6) as soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each calendar month, a monthly operating and financial report  which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B and shall include such information as reasonably requested by Owner;

     (7) as soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each Calendar Year, a certificate from the president or chief  executive officer of Operator stating that no event or condition exists or has occurred that violates, results in a breach of, or constitutes a  default on the part of any Operator Party under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Transaction Document; and

     (8) such other information regarding the Gathering System or the operation and maintenance of the Gathering System as Owner may from  time to time reasonably request.

     4.1.9 Commercial Activities. Operator shall negotiate on behalf of Owner all agreements for gathering services provided by Owner;  provided that (i) Owner shall have the right to approve or disapprove any such agreements, and (ii) if approved, Owner, and not Operator, shall  execute all such agreements. When Operator receives payments or remittances from customers of Owner, Operator shall deposit and promptly  forward all such payments or remittances to Owner. Operator shall make no allowances or adjustments in accounts, unless given specific  advance authorization by Owner.

     4.1.10 Regulatory Affairs. Operator shall be responsible for preparing and submitting all regulatory filings pertaining to the Gathering  System required by any Governmental Authority.

     4.1.11 Devotion of Time. The employees of Operator designated to perform the functions under this Agreement shall devote such time to  Owner's business as necessary to accomplish the responsibilities of Operator as set forth in this Article IV. Owner recognizes that the  employees of Operator shall not be obligated to devote full time to Owner's business and that such employees of Operator may act on behalf of  Operator or its Affiliates in activities not associated with this Agreement.

4.2 Standard of Care.

     Operator shall perform its duties and obligations hereunder and its responsibilities as Operator of the Gathering System, (i) in a good and  workmanlike manner, (ii) in conformity with the good practices in the natural gas gathering industry, (iii) in accordance with all valid and applicable  Laws, including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits, (iv) in accordance with the Subject Gathering Agreements,  and (v) in accordance with the Proposed Operating Expense Budget.

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4.3 Limitation of Authority.

     Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, Operator shall seek prior approval of Owner prior to taking the following actions:

     4.3.1 Binding Owner. Endorsing the name of Owner on any contract, commercial paper, or instruments of any nature or otherwise creating  any obligation binding upon Owner except as expressly permitted under this Agreement.

     4.3.2 Asset Sales. Acquiring or disposing of any assets of Owner in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, with a fair  market value exceeding $100,000, provided, however that Operator is expressly permitted to terminate leases or other contracts in respect of  rental equipment regardless of value.

     4.3.3 Material Alteration of Owner's Business. Altering Owner's business in a material manner.

     4.3.4 Debt. Incurring any indebtedness on behalf of Owner, except for trade credit incurred by Operator in the ordinary course of business or  within its expenditure authority set forth in this Agreement.

ARTICLE V  COST REIMBURSEMENT

5.1 Responsibility for Costs and Expenses.

     Owner shall reimburse Operator for all costs and expenses incurred by Operator relating to the operation and maintenance of the Gathering  System incurred in accordance with the terms hereof.

5.2 Procedure.

     5.2.1 Invoicing and Payment. Operator shall invoice Owner, monthly, for all costs and expenses incurred hereunder during the immediately  preceding month and, without duplication, in any prior month. Owner shall pay all such amounts prior to the later of (a) 50 days after the end of  the month in which the expenses were incurred or (b) 10 days after the date of receipt of each invoice. Invoices received after 1:00 pm local time  will be deemed received on the next Business Day. If the day on which any payment is due is not a Business Day, then the relevant payment  shall be due upon the immediately succeeding Business Day. Any amounts which remain due and owing after the due date shall bear interest at  the lower of the prime rate as published in the Money Rates section of The Wall Street Journal plus two percent (2%) per annum and the  maximum lawful rate of interest, compounded daily from the date such payment is due until such payment is made. Notwithstanding anything  herein to the contrary, any indemnification payments required to be made by a Party hereunder shall be made to the indemnified Party upon  receipt by the indemnifying Party of written demand therefor from the indemnified Party.

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     5.2.2 Disputes. If a good faith dispute arises as to the amount payable under any invoice issued by Operator, Owner shall pay the amount  not in dispute on or before the due date, and if Owner elects to withhold any portion of a payment which otherwise would be due if not for such  dispute, Owner shall provide Operator a written notice of such dispute on or before the date such payment is due setting forth, in reasonable  detail, its reasons for withholding the disputed amount. If it is subsequently determined, whether by mutual agreement of the Parties or  otherwise, that Owner is required to pay all or any portion of the disputed and withheld amounts, then in addition to paying such amounts,  Owner shall pay interest accrued on such amounts (including amounts withheld) at the default interest rate described in Section 5.2.1 from the  original due date until paid in full.

5.3 Setoff.

     5.3.1 All payments required to be made hereunder by Operator shall be (i) absolute and unconditional, (ii) calculated without reference to  any netting, set-off, counterclaim or other right which Operator may have against Owner, including, without limitation, any right to set-off  against any amounts owed by Owner under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and (iii) made free and clear of and without  any deduction for or on account of any such netting, set-off or counterclaim.

     5.3.2 Owner is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to net, set-off and apply any  payments owing to Owner against any and all of the obligations of any Operator Party under this Agreement or any other Transaction  Document. Owner agrees to promptly notify Operator after any such netting, set-off or application is made; provided that the failure to give  such notice shall not affect the validity of such netting, set-off or application.

ARTICLE VI  ACCOUNTING; REPORTS; RECORDS

6.1 Accounting Methods.

     Operator shall keep proper and complete records and books of account, which shall fully and accurately reflect all transactions and other  matters relative to Owner's business as are usually entered into records and books of account, and the same shall be supported by purchase  orders, invoices, payrolls or other customary or necessary records pertaining thereto. Owner's financial books and records shall be kept in  accordance with GAAP and shall be maintained on an accrual basis, and Owner shall provide Operator with the applicable income tax provisions.  The costs of any audit of Owner's books or records shall be borne by Owner.

6.2 Financial Statements.

     Operator shall deliver to Owner the financial statements of Owner prepared, in each case, in accordance with GAAP (and subject, where  applicable, to normal year-end adjustments) as follows:

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  (a)   promptly upon availability, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each







6.3 Accounting and Taxation.

     6.3.1 Maintenance of Accounts. Operator shall perform Owner's Tax and financial accounting with respect to the Gathering System, except to  the extent that Operator is prohibited or prevented from doing so by Law, or by the administrative practice of any taxing office, or by the fact  that to do so requires information that is in the possession of Owner, but not of Operator and that Owner cannot legally furnish to Operator (all  of which are herein called Preventing Factors).

     6.3.2 Preparation of Tax Returns.

     6.3.2.1 Income Tax Returns. Unless otherwise instructed by Owner, Operator shall, on behalf of Owner, (i) provide all the necessary  financial and other data for a tax preparer (appointed by Owner) to prepare all Tax Returns for taxes measured or based on income required to  be filed by Owner in connection with its ownership and operation of the Gathering System no later than 75 days prior to the filing date for the  relevant Tax Return (taking into account all valid extensions approved by Owner prior to filing), (ii) cooperate with Owner and its  accountants in their preparation of such Tax Returns and review all modifications to such Tax Returns indicated by Owner, and (iii) help  facilitate completion of such Tax Returns by no later than 45 days prior to the filing date for the relevant Tax Return.

     6.3.2.2 Other Tax Returns. Unless otherwise instructed by Owner, Operator shall, on behalf of Owner, (i) prepare and file all Tax Returns  and all

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      month, (i) an unaudited balance sheet as of the end of such month; and (ii) an unaudited statement of income or loss for the interim period  through such month end;

  (b)   promptly upon availability, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year,  Owner's balance sheet as of the end of such quarterly period and statements of Owner's earnings and cash flows for the period from the  beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of such quarterly period; and

  (c)   promptly upon availability and in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, complete financial statements of Owner,  together with all notes thereto, prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP, together with an unqualified opinion, based on an  audit using generally accepted auditing standards, by an independent certified public accounting firm selected by Owner, stating that  such financial statements have been so prepared. These financial statements shall contain a balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal  year and statements of earnings, of cash flows, and of changes in Owner's equity for such fiscal year, each setting forth in comparative  form the corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year. Owner shall engage an auditor for this purpose no later than 45 days after the  end of each fiscal year.







other regulatory or state filings required to be filed by Owner in connection with its ownership and operation of the Gathering System other  than those Tax Returns described in Section 6.3.2.1 no later than the filing date for the relevant Tax Return or other filing (taking into account  all valid extensions approved by Owner prior to filing).

     6.3.3 Owner to Supply Information. Upon the request of Operator, Owner shall (except to the extent it is prohibited by Law from doing so)  promptly (i) furnish Operator with any information needed by Operator in order to carry out its obligations under Section 6.3, (ii) cooperate with  Operator in minimizing Taxes and (iii) execute such agency, power-of-attorney or other similar documents reasonably required by Operator in  order to carry out its duties under this Section 6.3. If, at any time, Operator determines that because of one or more Preventing Factors it cannot  perform its obligations under Section 6.3, then Operator shall notify Owner in writing, specifying the Preventing Factors concerned and the  Taxes and the Governmental Authorities to which such Preventing Factors apply. Any incremental Tax or penalty resulting from Owner's failure  to comply with this Section 6.3.3 shall be the responsibility of Owner.

6.4 Banking.

     6.4.1 Except as provided in Section 6.4.2, all revenues and other funds of Owner shall be deposited in its name in the Owner Revenue  Account. Withdrawals from the Owner Revenue Account will be made only by Owner or Persons designated by Owner from time to time.  Operator shall have view only access to the Owner Revenue Account. Owner will provide the Operator with copies of reconciled bank  statements on a monthly basis, for accounting and audit purposes.

     6.4.2 All Operations Fees (as defined in the Gathering Agreement) shall be deposited in the name of Owner in the Owner Operating Expense  Account. Withdrawals from the Owner Operating Expense Account will be made only by Owner, Operator or other Persons designated by  Owner from time to time.

     6.4.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing, all funds of Owner will be used solely for the business of Owner. All interest and other benefits  pertaining to the Owner Revenue Account and the Owner Operating Expense Account belong to Owner. At no time may Operator commingle  the funds in the Owner Revenue Account, the Owner Operating Expense Account or any other bank account of Owner with Operator's funds  or the funds of any other Person, nor may such funds be subject to liens or Claims of any kind in favor of Operator or its creditors.

6.5 Independent Audits.

     Upon reasonable prior written notice to Operator, Owner shall have the right during normal business hours to audit or examine all books and  records of Operator to the extent they relate to Operator's performance hereunder as well as the relevant books of account of Operator's  contractors, relating to the performance of Operator's obligations under this Agreement. Operator shall cooperate with Owner's auditors by  (i) making the applicable books

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and records available for inspection by Owner's auditors, and (ii) making such copies of books and records as may be reasonably requested by  such auditors. In no event shall Owner's audits unreasonably interfere with Operator's operations. Owner will be responsible for all costs of any  such audit; provided that if, in any audit, Owner discovers overpayments by Owner of at least $250,000 in the aggregate (Material  Overpayment), Operator will reimburse Owner for such Material Overpayment and all reasonable costs incurred by Owner in connection with  such audit (Audit Costs). Owner shall have up until two years after the close of a Calendar Year in which to make an audit of Operator's records  for such Calendar Year. Except for any bill or statement with respect to which an Adjustment Claim is made within the two-year audit period, the  bills and statements rendered for the Calendar Year prior to such two-year audit period shall be conclusively established as correct. An  Adjustment Claim shall mean a written claim by Owner to Operator requesting a refund or other financial adjustment in respect of any  overpayment by Owner (including in the case of a Material Overpayment, all Audit Costs) and setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such  claim. Operator shall, within 10 days of receipt of an Adjustment Claim, provide Owner with the requested refund or other financial adjustment;  provided that if Operator shall dispute in good faith some or all of the amounts set forth in such Adjustment Claim, Operator may elect to withhold  any disputed amounts, pending resolution of the dispute. If the Parties shall fail to resolve their dispute with respect to the remaining Adjustment  Claim amount within 15 Business Days, Owner may, at its sole option, refer such dispute for resolution in accordance with the terms of Section 9.6.  Unless otherwise resolved by the Parties, any bill or statement that is the subject of an Adjustment Claim shall be conclusively established as  correct if dispute resolution procedures have not been initiated under Section 9.6 of this Agreement within 180 days of the submission of an  Adjustment Claim. Any and all information pertaining to Operator and its business that is disclosed to Owner or discovered by Owner in  connection with any audit hereunder shall be subject to the Confidentiality and Disclosure Agreement without regard to whether it has been  designated as such and Owner shall be subject to the same restrictions and standard of care set forth therein with respect to Operator's  confidential information.

6.6 Credit Inquiries.

     If a customer, vendor, or other Person requests financial information concerning Owner, Operator may provide such customer, vendor, or  Person a certificate or affidavit, on behalf of Owner, to the effect that Owner owns the Gathering System, free and clear of any mortgage or other  liens or encumbrances except for (1) encumbrances consisting of zoning or planning restrictions, servitudes, permits, and other restrictions or  limitations on the use of immovable property that do not materially detract from the value of, or impair the use of, the Gathering System by Owner  in the operation of its business, (2) liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business and in an aggregate amount that is not  material in relation to the value of the Gathering System, (3) liens for current taxes, assessments, or governmental charges or levies, and (4) such  other liens or encumbrances, if any, of which Operator has actual knowledge at the time.

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ARTICLE VII  FORCE MAJEURE

7.1 Procedure.

     If either Party is rendered unable, wholly or in part, by Force Majeure to carry out its obligations under this Agreement, other than the  obligation to indemnify and to make payments then or thereafter due hereunder, upon such Party giving notice and full particulars of such Force  Majeure in writing to the other Party as soon as reasonably possible after the occurrence of the cause relied on, then the obligations of the Party  giving such notice, so far as they are affected by such Force Majeure, will be suspended during the continuance of any inability so caused but for  no longer period, and such cause must as far as possible be remedied with all reasonable and diligent dispatch by the Party claiming such in order  to put itself in a position to carry out its obligations under this Agreement. Such notifying Party must also provide notice of the date of termination  of such Force Majeure event. A Force Majeure event affecting the performance by either Party shall not relieve it of liability in the event of its  negligence, where such negligence was a cause of the Force Majeure event, or in the event of its failure to use commercially reasonable efforts to  remedy the situation and remove the cause with all reasonable dispatch.

7.2 Strikes.

     It is understood and agreed that the settlement of strikes or lockouts is entirely within the discretion of the Party directly involved in the strike  or lockout, and that the above requirement that any Force Majeure must be remedied with all reasonable dispatch will not require the settlement of  strikes or lockouts by acceding to the demands of the opposing party when such course is inadvisable in the discretion of the Party having the  difficulty.

ARTICLE VIII  INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Operator Insurance.

     8.1.1 Operator, with respect to Operator's activities provided for under this Agreement, shall maintain the following insurance coverage with  responsible insurance carriers and/or through a program of self-insurance:

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  (a)   Workers' Compensation. Operator shall maintain statutory worker's compensation insurance, covering all of its and its Affiliates'  employees and statutory employees, in accordance with the benefits afforded by the statutory Worker's Compensation Acts applicable  to the state, territory, or district of hire, supervision, or place of accident. In addition, Operator shall maintain employer's liability  insurance with a limit of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) each accident, one million dollars ($1,000,000) disease each  employee, and one million dollars ($1,000,000) disease policy limit. Where not prohibited by law, Operator shall waive its right of  subrogation against Owner.

  (b)   Commercial General Liability Insurance. Operator shall maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance covering its operations under this  Agreement

  including, without limitation, bodily injury, death, property damage, independent contractors, products/completed operations,  contractual, and personal injury liability, with a limit of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and two million dollars  ($2,000,000) in the annual aggregate.






     8.1.2 To the extent of the liabilities assumed by Operator in this Agreement, Operator shall name Owner Indemnified Parties as additional  insured on all insurance policies, except Workers' Compensation. The Owner Indemnified Parties' additional insured status will not limit the  application of insurance protection as required by this Agreement which arises out of the Operator's indemnity obligations. These policies shall  provide primary coverage for claims in which Operator has agreed to hold harmless and/or to indemnify the Owner Indemnified Parties. No  other insurance clause may be invoked by any insurer. This coverage shall apply whether or not the indemnification is valid. Operator shall  have its insurer(s) waive its right of subrogation against Owner Indemnified Parties on all insurance carried. Unless expressly stated to the  contrary elsewhere in this Agreement or prohibited by applicable law or legal statute, Operator's indemnification obligations under this  Agreement shall not be limited by amount or in scope to coverage provided by insurance which is required under this Agreement.

     8.1.3 Upon request, Operator agrees to furnish to Owner certificates of insurance or other evidence satisfactory to Owner to demonstrate  that the required insurance has been procured and is in force. The certificate shall accurately reflect the required insurance coverages and shall  provide that in the event of modification, expiration, cancellation or material change in a policy affecting the certificate holder, thirty days prior  written notice shall be given to the certificate holder. Operator waives all rights against Owner for recovery of damages to the extent such  damages are covered by the insurance maintained in accordance with this Section 8.1.

8.2 Contractors.

     Operator shall attempt to obtain reasonable indemnification and insurance protection from contractors performing services for Owner to protect  Owner and Operator. Operator shall require each of its contractors to carry insurance coverage substantially equivalent to the insurance required  of Operator above, and to include provisions for its contractors to name Owner and Operator as additional insureds, with the exception of  Workers' Compensation Insurance, and state that such policies will be primary to and non-contributory with any other insurance maintained by  Operator and Owner. With respect to Workers' Compensation

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  (c)   Commercial Automobile Insurance. Operator shall maintain Commercial Automobile Insurance coverage, including, without limitation,  bodily injury and property damage for owned, hired, rented, and non-owned automotive equipment with a limit of not less than one million  dollars ($1,000,000) per accident.

  (d)   Umbrella Liability Insurance. Operator shall maintain Umbrella Liability Insurance coverage covering in excess of (a), (b), and (c) above,  excluding Worker's Compensation, in the amount of ten million dollars ($10,000,000).







Insurance, the applicable contractor shall be required to cause its insurers to wave all rights of recovery or subrogation against Owner and  Operator, where not prohibited by law.

8.3 Notice of Claims.

     In the event that Operator receives notice, either in writing or orally, of an asserted or threatened Liability Claim against Operator or Owner,  Operator shall provide Owner within 10 days of receipt of such Liability Claim a copy of any demand letter, petition, or similar documentation of the  Liability Claim.

8.4 Mutual Release and Indemnification.

     8.4.1 Owner's Indemnification. SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTION 9.7 OF THIS  AGREEMENT, OWNER SHALL INDEMNIFY, DEFEND, AND HOLD HARMLESS THE OPERATOR INDEMNIFIED PARTIES FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS AND  LOSSES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO (I) ALLEGATIONS OF DEATH OR BODILY INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, TO THE EXTENT ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF OWNER, ITS AFFILIATES OR ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS,  DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR CONTRACTORS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PERFORMANCE HEREOF; PROVIDED THAT OWNER SHALL  NOT BE REQUIRED TO INDEMNIFY THE OPERATOR INDEMNIFIED PARTIES AGAINST SUCH CLAIMS AND LOSSES TO THE EXTENT SUCH CLAIMS AND  LOSSES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF ANY OPERATOR INDEMNIFIED PARTIES, (II) ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT BY OWNER,  AND (III) ANY AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE GATHERING SYSTEM BETWEEN OWNER AND THIRD PARTIES NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE OPERATOR  PARTIES. THE DUTY TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS UNDER THIS SECTION 8.4.1 SHALL CONTINUE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT,  NOTWITHSTANDING THE EXPIRATION OR EARLY TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIMS OR LOSSES BASED ON FACTS OR  CONDITIONS THAT OCCURRED PRIOR TO SUCH EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION.

     8.4.2 Operator's Indemnification. SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTION 9.7 OF THIS  AGREEMENT, OPERATOR SHALL INDEMNIFY, DEFEND, AND HOLD HARMLESS THE OWNER INDEMNIFIED PARTIES FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS AND  LOSSES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO (I) ALLEGATIONS OF DEATH OR BODILY INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, TO THE EXTENT ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF OPERATOR, ITS AFFILIATES OR ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE  OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR CONTRACTORS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PERFORMANCE HEREOF; PROVIDED THAT  OPERATOR SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO INDEMNIFY THE OWNER INDEMNIFIED PARTIES AGAINST SUCH CLAIMS OR LOSSES TO THE EXTENT SUCH  CLAIMS OR LOSSES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF ANY OWNER INDEMNIFIED PARTY, AND (II) ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT  BY OPERATOR. THE DUTY TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS UNDER THIS SECTION 8.4.2 SHALL CONTINUE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT,  NOTWITHSTANDING THE EXPIRATION OR EARLY TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIMS OR LOSSES BASED ON FACTS OR  CONDITIONS THAT OCCURRED PRIOR TO SUCH EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION.

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ARTICLE IX  GENERAL PROVISIONS

9.1 Notices.

     Except as specifically provided otherwise herein, any notice, claim, or other communication provided for in this Agreement or any notice that  either Party may desire to give to the other shall be in writing and shall be: (i) sent by facsimile transmission; (ii) delivered by hand; (iii) sent by  United States mail with all postage fully prepaid; or (iv) delivered by courier with charges paid in accordance with the customary arrangements  established by such courier, in each of the foregoing cases addressed to the Party at the following addresses:

or at such other address as either Party may at any time designate by giving written notice to the other Party. Such notices, invoices, allocation  statements, claims, or other communications shall be deemed received as follows: (i) if delivered personally, upon delivery; (ii) if sent by United  States mail, whether by express mail, registered mail, certified mail or regular mail, the notice shall be deemed to have been received on the day  receipt is refused or is confirmed orally or in writing by the receiving Party; (iii) if sent by a courier service, upon delivery; or (iv) if sent by  facsimile, the Business Day following the day on which it was transmitted and confirmed by transmission report or such earlier time as confirmed  orally or in writing by the receiving Party.

9.2 Rights.

     The failure of either Party to exercise any right granted hereunder shall not impair nor be deemed a waiver of that Party's privilege of exercising  that right at any subsequent time or times.

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              To Owner:   Piñon Gathering Company, LLC          c/o TCW Asset Management Company          333 Clay Street, Suite 4150         Houston, Texas 77002         Attention: Clay Taylor         Fax Number: 713.615.7460               with a copy to:  TCW Asset Management Company          865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1800         Los Angeles, California 90017         Attention: R. Blair Thomas         Fax Number: 213.244.0604               To Operator:  SandRidge Midstream, Inc.         123 Robert S. Kerr Avenue         Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102-6406         Attention: Midstream — Manager of Administration         Fax Number: 405.429.5990







9.3 Applicable Laws.

     This Agreement is subject to all valid present and future laws, regulations, rules, and orders of governmental authorities now or hereafter  having jurisdiction over the Parties, this Agreement, any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the Gathering System.

9.4 Rules of Construction.

     In construing this Agreement, the following principles shall be followed:

     9.4.1 no consideration shall be given to the fact or presumption that one Party had a greater or lesser hand in drafting this Agreement;

     9.4.2 examples shall not be construed to limit, expressly or by implication, the matter they illustrate;

     9.4.3 the word includes and its syntactical variants mean includes, but is not limited to and corresponding syntactical variant  expressions; and

     9.4.4 the plural shall be deemed to include the singular and vice versa, as applicable.

9.5 Governing Law.

     This Agreement shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to choice of  law principles that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

9.6 Dispute Resolution.

     9.6.1 Negotiation. Prior to submitting any dispute for resolution by a court, a Party shall provide written notice to the other of the occurrence  of such dispute. If the Parties have failed to resolve the dispute within 15 Business Days after such notice was given, the Parties shall seek to  resolve the dispute by negotiation between senior management personnel of each Party. Such personnel shall endeavor to meet and attempt to  amicably resolve the dispute. If the Parties are unable to resolve the dispute for any reason within 30 Business Days after the original notice of  dispute was given, then either Party shall be entitled to pursue any remedies available at law or in equity; provided, however, this Section 9.6.1  shall not limit a Party's right to initiate litigation prior to the expiration of the time periods set forth herein of such limitations would prevent a  Party from filing a lawsuit or claim within the applicable period for filing lawsuits (e.g. statutes of limitation, prescription, etc.).

     9.6.2 Jurisdiction and Venue.

     9.6.2.1 Each Party agrees that the appropriate, exclusive and convenient forum for any disputes between any of the Parties arising out of  this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in any state or federal court in

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Houston or Dallas, Texas, and each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts solely in respect of any legal  proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Parties further agree that the Parties  shall not bring suit with respect to any disputes arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any court or  jurisdiction other than the above specified courts.

     9.6.2.2 Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection  which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the  transactions contemplated hereby in any court referred to in paragraph (a) above. Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably waives, to the  fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such  court.

     9.6.3 Jury Waiver. THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THEY MAY  LEGALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE RIGHT TO A JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING  TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

     9.6.4 Costs and Expenses. The prevailing Party in any litigation pertaining to any dispute hereunder shall be entitled to recover its  reasonable costs, expenses, and attorney's fees in connection with such litigation.

9.7 Limitation of Liability.

     NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY, NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR SPECIAL,  INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY SUCH PARTY RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF THIS  AGREEMENT OR THE BREACH THEREOF OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, BREACH  OF CONTRACT, WARRANTY, INDEMNITY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF USE, INCREASED COST OF OPERATIONS, LOSS  OF PROFIT OR REVENUE, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING, EACH PARTY RELEASES THE OTHER PARTY AND  WAIVES ANY RIGHT OF RECOVERY FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY SUCH PARTY  REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY SUCH DAMAGES ARE CAUSED BY THE OTHER PARTY'S NEGLIGENCE (AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH  NEGLIGENCE IS SOLE, JOINT, CONCURRENT, ACTIVE, PASSIVE, OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE), FAULT, OR LIABILITY WITHOUT FAULT.

9.8 Entirety of Agreement, Amendments.

     This Agreement, including, without limitation, all exhibits hereto, and the other Transaction Documents integrate the entire understanding  between the Parties with respect to the subject matter covered and supersede all prior understandings, drafts, discussions, or statements,

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whether oral or in writing, expressed or implied, dealing with the same subject matter. This Agreement may not be amended or modified in any  manner except by a written document signed by the Parties that expressly amends this Agreement.

9.9 Waivers.

     No waiver by either Party of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof  (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless expressly provided. No waiver shall be effective unless made  in writing and signed by the Party to be charged with such waiver.

9.10 Exhibits.

     Exhibits A and B are made a part of this Agreement and incorporated herein by this reference.

9.11 Headings.

     The headings and captions in this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms  and provisions hereof.

9.12 Rights and Remedies.

     Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party reserves to itself all rights, counterclaims, other remedies, and defenses to which  such Party is or may be entitled arising from or out of this Agreement or as otherwise provided by law.

9.13 Assignment.

     Operator shall not make any assignment of all or any part of this Agreement or any of the rights or obligations hereunder unless there first shall  have been obtained the written consent thereto of Owner, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed. Owner shall  not make any assignment of all or any part of this Agreement or any of the rights or obligations hereunder except in connection with the sale or  conveyance of all or any part of the Gathering System. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and  assigns of the Parties. Any attempted assignment of this Agreement in violation of this Section 9.13 shall be null and void.

9.14 Counterparts.

     This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of  which shall be deemed one and the same Agreement.

9.15 No Third Party Beneficiary.

     Except for parties indemnified hereunder, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted  assigns, and shall not inure to the benefit of

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any other Person whomsoever or whatsoever, it being the intention of the Parties that no third Person shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of  this Agreement.

9.16 Further Assurances.

     Each Party shall take such acts and execute and deliver such documents as may be reasonably required to effectuate the purposes of this  Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, authorized representatives of the Parties have executed this Agreement to be effective on the Effective Date.

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           OPERATOR:    SANDRIDGE MIDSTREAM, INC.



  By:  /s/ Richard J. Gognat       Richard J. Gognat        Senior Vice President        OWNER:    PIÑON GATHERING COMPANY, LLC



  By:  TCW Asset Management Company, its Manager:               By:  /s/ Clayton R. Taylor         Clayton R. Taylor        Vice President            By:  /s/ Kurt A. Talbot         Kurt A. Talbot        Managing Director 
Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Insurance that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Is there a requirement for insurance that must be maintained by one party for the benefit of the counterparty?


Output: Operator shall attempt to obtain reasonable indemnification and insurance protection from contractors performing services for Owner to protect  Owner and Operator. Operator shall require each of its contractors to carry insurance coverage substantially equivalent to the insurance required