Document:

Exhibit 10.6 LabCorp_BAML_AmendmentNo1toTermLoanCreditAgreement (1)

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of March 5, 2015 (this “Amendment”) to TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of December 19, 2014 (the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”), among LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the LENDERS from time to time party thereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
W I T N E S S E T H :
In accordance with the second to last full paragraph of Section 10.01 of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower hereby agree as follows:
Section 1 Defined Terms; References.  Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each term used herein that is defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Section 2Amendments.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that, effective on the First Amendment Effective Date, the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a)The phrase “unless rescinded pursuant to clause (b) below” in Section 2.05(a) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be replaced with the phrase “unless rescinded pursuant to the last sentence of this Section 2.05(a)”. 
(a)    The proviso in Section 10.06(b)(ii)(A) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the phrase “on or prior to the Covance Closing Date” following the phrase “no such assignment to an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund”.
Section 3     Effectiveness.  This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the “First Amendment Effective Date”) that is ten Business Days after the Administrative Agent has provided written notice of this Amendment to the Lenders; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not have received a written objection to this Amendment from the Required Lenders prior to such date.
Section 4    Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of law principles thereto and to the extent that such principles would direct a matter to another jurisdiction.
[Signature Pages Follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
	
						
	LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, 
a Delaware corporation 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	By:
	/s/ Glenn A. Eisenberg
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	Name:   Glenn A. Eisenberg
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
	 
	 
	 
	 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1    
 

	
					
	 
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 
as Administrative Agent
	 
	 
	 

	By:
	/s/ Joseph L. Corah
	 
	 
	 

	 
	Name:   Joseph L. Corah
	 
	 
	 

	 
	Title:   Director
	 
	 
	 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

Strictly Private and Confidential 
 Addressee Only

 Colm Kelleher 
 c/o Morgan Stanley 

January 5, 2015 
 Dear Colm 

CHANGE IN TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT 
 Morgan
Stanley will need to comply with recent changes in remuneration regulations that require the ability to claw back amounts of variable incentive compensation vested, paid or distributed to Code Staff for at least seven years from the date of the
award. 
 Given the significance of this requirement, Morgan Stanley has adopted a new Code Staff Clawback Policy (such policy, as may be amended from time
to time, the “Policy”) detailing the compensation subject to the Policy, the period during which the Policy applies, the circumstances under which clawback applies and the methods by which clawback may be effected. The Policy will apply to
all variable incentive compensation awarded to Code Staff on or after 1 January 2015. 
 As Code Staff, your future awards of variable incentive
compensation will be covered by the Policy. The Policy then in effect will be made available to you at the time that any variable incentive compensation is awarded to you. The Policy is in addition to existing regulatory requirements and
cancellation and clawback rules under the governing award terms of Morgan Stanley’s deferred compensation plans (the “Award Terms”) and shall be incorporated into the Award Terms for covered variable incentive compensation. 

For purposes of this letter and the Policy, use of the term “claw back” or “clawback” with respect to variable incentive compensation
refers to the repayment, recapture or recovery of such compensation as described in the Policy. Any variable incentive compensation awarded to you on or after 1 January 2015 may be subject to adjustment or cancellation before vesting, payment
or distribution (in accordance with the Award Terms) and to clawback after vesting, payment or distribution (in accordance with the Award Terms and the Policy). 

As a minimum, your variable incentive compensation will be subject to clawback under the Policy if Morgan Stanley determines in its sole discretion that: 

 

	•	 	You: 

  

	 	(i)	participated in or were responsible for conduct that resulted in significant losses to Morgan Stanley; and/or 

	 	(ii)	failed to meet appropriate standards of fitness and propriety; 

 and/or 

 

	 	(iii)	there is reasonable evidence of misbehaviour or material error by you; and/or 

  

	•	 	Morgan Stanley or the relevant business unit has suffered a material failure of risk management. 

 In addition,
you will continue to be subject to all applicable Award Terms. 
 As a minimum, clawback under the Policy may be effected by: 

 

	•	 	requiring you to make a cash repayment to Morgan Stanley of an amount of variable incentive compensation that was previously paid to you; and/or 

 

	•	 	requiring you to transfer to Morgan Stanley shares previously distributed to you in respect of any equity-based variable incentive compensation award; and/or 

 

	•	 	requiring you to pay Morgan Stanley an amount equal to the value of Morgan Stanley shares previously distributed to you in respect of any equity-based variable incentive compensation award; and/or 

 

	•	 	Morgan Stanley withholding or offsetting in such amounts as determined by Morgan Stanley from or against any vesting, payment or distribution (including base salary, allowances and/or bonus payments) or any other award
(including deferred variable incentive compensation awards) to which you may be entitled in connection with your employment with Morgan Stanley, subject to the limitations imposed under applicable tax regulations and rules. 

Please sign the enclosed copy of this letter to confirm that you have read this letter and agree with its terms. The signed letter should be returned to Katy
Kitsell in Human Resources. Variable incentive compensation for future performance years will not be awarded unless Morgan Stanley has received a signed copy of this letter from you. 

 

					
	Yours sincerely				
			
	 /s/ Andrew Trapnell
				
			
	Andrew Trapnell				
	Human Resources				

 I acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that I understand I am bound by its terms. 

 

					
	 /s/ Colm Kelleher
				
			
	Colm Kelleher				Date: January 5, 2015EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

Description of Operating Committee Medical Coverage 

All members of the Operating Committee of Morgan Stanley (the “Company”) are eligible to participate in Company-sponsored health and insurance
benefit programs available in the relevant jurisdiction to similarly situated employees. Operating Committee members are also eligible to participate in Morgan Stanley’s Executive Health Program under which each Operating Committee member is
eligible to receive Company-funded access to a private primary care physician offering on-call services and an annual executive health care assessment. Operating Committee members who retire with three or more years of service with the Company are
eligible to receive retiree medical coverage for themselves and their eligible dependents paid by the Company. The Executive Health Program and retiree medical coverage for Operating Committee members may be amended or discontinued at any time,
including to curtail benefits for some or all covered individuals, to change the cost of coverage and to implement changes required by federal, state and local legislation.Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

LIMITED WAIVER AND SECOND AMENDMENT

 

TO

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

DATED AS OF APRIL 30, 2015

 

AMONG

 

EMERALD
OIL, INC.,

as Borrower,

 

The
guarantors PARTY HERETO,

 

Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent,

 

and

 

The
Lenders Party Hereto

 

 

 

SOLE
BOOKRUNNER AND SOLE LEAD ARRANGER

 

WELLS
FARGO SECURITIES LLC

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

LIMITED WAIVER AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This Limited Waiver and
Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (this “Second Amendment”) dated as of April 30, 2015,
is among Emerald Oil, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), each of the undersigned guarantors (the
“Guarantors”), each Lender (as defined below) party hereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent
for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.           The
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the banks and other financial institutions from time to time party thereto (together with
their respective successors and assigns in such capacity, each a “Lender”) have entered into that certain Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 1, 2014 (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time until the
date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”).

 

B.           The
Borrower has advised the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (a) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries entered into certain Swap
Agreements in respect of crude oil listed on Schedule 1 hereto, the notional volumes of which (when aggregated and
netted with other commodity Swap Agreements then in effect other than basis differential swaps on volumes already hedged pursuant
to other Swap Agreements) exceeded, as of the date such Swap Agreements were executed, the maximum notional volumes permitted under
Section 9.19(a) of the Credit Agreement for certain months during the calendar years 2015 and 2016 (the “Specified
Hedging Non-Compliance”), and (b) on December 11, 2014, the Borrower entered into two privately-negotiated agreements
with two separate holders of Convertible Notes to exchange $21,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes for
shares of the Borrower’s common stock, plus a cash payment for the accrued and unpaid interest, and such transaction was
not permitted under Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement (the “Specified Conversion Non-Compliance” and, together
with the Specified Hedging Non-Compliance, collectively, the “Specified Non-Compliance”).

 

C.           The
Borrower has requested that Lenders amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as more specifically provided for herein.

 

D.           Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to enter into this
Second Amendment to (a) waive any Defaults or Events of Default that exist as a result of the Specified Non-Compliance, (b)
decrease the Borrowing Base to $200,000,000 and (c) amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as more specifically provided
for herein.

 

E.           NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

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Section
1.          Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this Second
Amendment, each capitalized term used in this Second Amendment has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement. Unless
otherwise indicated, all section references in this Second Amendment refer to sections of the Credit Agreement.

 

Section
2.          Amendments to Credit Agreement.

 

2.1           Additional
Definitions. Section 1.02 is hereby amended to add thereto in alphabetical order the following definitions to read in full
as follows:

 

“Commodity
Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor
statute, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Excluded
Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party individually determined on a Loan Party by Loan Party basis, any
Secured Obligations in respect of any Swap Agreement if, and solely to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee by such
Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Secured Obligations in respect of any Swap
Agreement (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan
Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange
Act at the time such guarantee or grant of a security interest becomes effective with respect to such related Secured Obligations
in respect of any Swap Agreement. If any Secured Obligations in respect of any Swap Agreement arise under a master agreement governing
more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Secured Obligations in respect of any Swap Agreement
that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

“Qualified
ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Agreement, each Loan Party that (a) has total assets exceeding $10,000,000
at the time any guaranty of obligations under such Swap Agreement or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective
or (b) otherwise constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause
another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section
1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

“Second
Amendment” means the Limited Waiver and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of April 30, 2015 among the Borrower,
the Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.

 

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“Second
Amendment Swap Agreements” means the Swap Agreements in respect of crude oil covering the minimum volumes of crude oil,
with the minimum price floors, in each case, as set forth on Schedule 2 to the Second Amendment for the fiscal quarter periods
specified thereon.

 

“Senior
Secured Debt” means, as of any date of determination, Total Debt that is not Subordinated Debt and that is secured by
a Lien on any assets of the Loan Parties.

 

“Senior
Secured Debt to EBITDAX Ratio” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Senior Secured Debt
as of such date to (b) EBITDAX for the Test Period then ending.

 

“Subordinated
Debt” shall mean the collective reference to any Debt of any Loan Party subordinated in right and time of payment to
the Secured Obligations and containing such other terms and conditions, in each case as are satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.

 

“Test
Period” means, for any determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower then
last ended and for which financial statements are delivered, or are required to be delivered, to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to Section 8.01(a) or (b).

 

“Total
Debt to EBITDAX Ratio” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, commencing with the quarter ending June 30, 2014,
the ratio of (a) Total Debt as of such date (and for any fiscal quarter ending in calendar year 2014, less Cash Equivalents in
excess of $10,000,000, if any, as of such date) to (b)  EBITDAX for the Test Period then ending; provided that EBITDAX for
the Test Period ending (i) June 30, 2014, shall equal EBITDAX for the fiscal quarter ending on such date multiplied by four (4),
(ii) September 30, 2014, shall equal EBITDAX for the two fiscal quarters ending on such date multiplied by two (2) and (iii) December
31, 2014, shall equal EBITDAX for the three fiscal quarters ending on such date multiplied by four (4) and divided by three (3).

 

2.2           Restatement
of Definitions. The definitions of “Agreement”, “LIBO Rate”, “Reserve Report”
and “Secured Obligations” contained in Section 1.02 are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read
in full as follows:

 

“Agreement”
means this Credit Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement
dated as of September 2, 2014 and the Second Amendment, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or modified
from time to time.

 

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“LIBO
Rate” means, with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the greater of (a)
0% and (b) the rate per annum (rounder upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) determined on the basis of the rate for
deposits in dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on
the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period.
In the event that such rate does not appear on such page (or otherwise on such screen), the “LIBO Rate” shall be determined
by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying the Eurodollar rates as may be selected by the
Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and
for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately
available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement
of such Interest Period.

 

“Reserve
Report” means a report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth, as
of each January 1st or July 1st, the oil and gas reserves attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and the Loan
Parties that are Qualified ECP Guarantors, together with a projection of the rate of production and future net income, taxes, operating
expenses and capital expenditures with respect thereto as of such date based upon the economic assumptions consistent with SEC
reporting requirements at the time.

 

“Secured
Obligations” means any and all amounts owing or to be owing by any Loan Party to (a) to the Administrative Agent, any
Issuing Bank or any Lender under any Loan Document or (b) to any Secured Swap Provider or Secured Cash Management Provider and
all renewals, extensions and/or rearrangements of any of the foregoing, in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those
acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising) (including interest accruing
after the maturity of the Loans and LC Disbursements and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing
or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding); provided that, solely with respect to any Loan Party that is not
an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act, Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party shall
in any event be excluded from “Secured Obligations” owing by such Loan Party.

 

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2.3           Amendments
to Section 3.05.

 

(a)          Section
3.05(a) is hereby amended by deleting the term “interest” in the last sentence thereof and replacing such term with
“commitment fees”.

 

(b)          Section
3.05(b) is hereby amended by (i) inserting the phrase “and fronting fees” in the second sentence thereof immediately
following the term “Participation fees”, (ii) inserting the phrase “and fronting fees” in the last sentence
thereof immediately following the term “participation fees”, and (iii) deleting the term “interest” in
the last sentence thereof and replacing such term with “participation fees and fronting fees”.

 

2.4           Amendment
to Section 7.20. Section 7.20 is hereby amended by (a) inserting the phrase “and Qualifying ECP Guarantor” in the
heading thereof immediately after the term “Swap Agreements” and (b) inserting after the last sentence thereof the
following: “The Borrower is a Qualified ECP Guarantor”.

 

2.5           Amendment
to Section 8.12. Section 8.12 is hereby amended by inserting the phrase “that are Qualifying ECP Guarantors” in
the first sentence thereof immediately after the term “Loan Parties”.

 

2.6           Amendment
to Section 8.14. Section 8.14 is hereby amended by inserting in the second sentence thereof immediately after the phrase “on
additional Oil and Gas Properties” the following: “of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties that are Qualified ECP
Guarantors and which Oil and Gas Properties are”.

 

2.7           Amendment
to Section 9.01. Sections 9.01(a) and (b) are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read in full as follows:

 

(a)          Total
Debt to EBITDAX Ratio. The Borrower will not permit its Total Debt to EBITDAX Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period ending
(i) prior to March 31, 2015 or on or after March 31, 2017 to be greater than 4.0 to 1.0, (ii) on or after March 31, 2015
but prior to September 30, 2016 to be greater than 5.0 to 1.0., and (iii) on September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2016 to be greater
than 5.5 to 1.0.

 

(b)          Senior
Secured Debt to EBITDAX Ratio. The Borrower will not permit its Senior Secured Debt to EBITDAX Ratio as of the last day of
any Test Period ending on or after March 31, 2015 but on or prior to December 31, 2016 to be greater than 2.5 to 1.0.

 

2.8           Amendment
to Section 9.04. Section 9.04 is hereby amended by deleting clause (v) thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:

 

(v)         the
Convertible Notes may be converted to common stock of the Borrower; provided that no principal amount of the Convertible
Notes may be converted or redeemed for cash.

 

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2.9           Amendment
to Section 9.12(d). Section 9.12(d) is hereby amended by inserting the parenthetical “(other than the Second Amendment
Swap Agreements)” after each reference to “Swap Agreements” in Section 9.12(d).

 

2.10         Amendment
to Article IX. Article XI is hereby amended by adding a new Section 9.21 immediately after Section 9.20 thereof to read
in full as follows:

 

Section 9.21         Non-Qualified
ECP Guarantors. The Borrower shall not permit any Loan Party that is not a Qualified ECP Guarantor to own, at any time, any
Oil and Gas Properties or any Equity Interests in any Subsidiaries.

 

2.11         Amendment
to Section 10.02. Section 10.02 is hereby amended by inserting after the last clause thereof the following:

 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, amounts received from the Borrower or any Guarantor that is not an “eligible contract participant” under
the Commodity Exchange Act shall not be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligations (it being understood, that in the event that any
amount is applied to Secured Obligations other than Excluded Swap Obligations as a result of this clause, the Administrative Agent
shall make such adjustments as it determines are appropriate to distributions pursuant to clause fourth above from amounts received
from “eligible contract participants” under the Commodity Exchange Act to ensure, as nearly as possible, that the proportional
aggregate recoveries with respect to Secured Obligations described in clause fourth above by the holders of any Excluded Swap Obligations
are the same as the proportional aggregate recoveries with respect to other Secured Obligations pursuant to clause fourth above).

 

Section
3.          Limited Waiver. In reliance on the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Second Amendment, and the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth
in Section 5 hereof, the Lenders hereby waive any Defaults or Events of Default arising solely due to the Specified Non-Compliance;
provided that (x) the limited waiver provided for herein shall constitute a one-time waiver and the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders shall have no obligation to grant any future waivers, consents or amendments with respect to the Credit Agreement
or any other Loan Document and (y) the waiver of the Specified Hedging Non-Compliance shall not apply, and it shall constitute
an immediate Event of Default under the Credit Agreement, if one or more Swap Agreements entered into by Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries
(when aggregated and netted with other commodity Swap Agreements then in effect other than basis differential swaps on volumes
already hedged pursuant to other Swap Agreements) cause the aggregate notional volumes of all Swap Agreements in respect of crude
oil then in effect to exceed, as of any date, for any calendar month in 2015 or 2016, 100% of the reasonably anticipated production
from the proved Oil and Gas Properties, as listed on the most recently delivered Reserve Report pursuant to Section 2.07, of the
Loan Parties for crude oil. Neither the execution by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of this Second Amendment, nor any
other act or omission by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or their officers in connection herewith, shall be deemed a waiver
by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of any other defaults which may exist or which may occur in the future under the Credit
Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents, or any future defaults of the same provision waived hereunder (collectively “Other
Violations”). Similarly, nothing contained in this Second Amendment shall directly or indirectly in any way whatsoever
either: (a) impair, prejudice or otherwise adversely affect the Administrative Agent’s or the Lenders’ right at
any time to exercise any right, privilege or remedy in connection with the Loan Documents with respect to any Other Violations;
(b) other than the amendments expressly provided for in Section 2 hereof, amend or alter any provision of the Credit Agreement,
the other Loan Documents, or any other contract or instrument; or (c) constitute any course of dealing or other basis for
altering any obligation of the Borrower or any right, privilege or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the
Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or any other contract or instrument. Nothing in this Second Amendment shall be construed
to be a consent by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to any Other Violations.

 

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Section
4.          Borrowing Base. In reliance on the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Second Amendment, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree
that the Borrowing Base shall be decreased to $200,000,000 effective as of the Second Amendment Effective Date and shall remain
at such level until the next Scheduled Redetermination, the next Interim Redetermination or other adjustment to the Borrowing Base
thereafter, whichever occurs first. The Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the decrease in
the Borrowing Base provided for in this Section 4 shall be considered and deemed to be the Scheduled Redetermination scheduled
for on or about April 1, 2015 for purposes of Section 2.07 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Section
5.          Effectiveness. This Second Amendment shall become effective
on the first date on which each of the conditions set forth in this Section 5 is satisfied (the “Second Amendment Effective
Date”):

 

5.1           The
Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent)
of this Second Amendment from the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Required Lenders.

 

5.2           The
Borrower shall have paid all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, including
without limitation (a) an amendment fee for the benefit of the Lenders executing this Second Amendment on or prior to the Second
Amendment Effective Date, in an amount for each such Lender equal to fifteen basis points (0.15%) on the amount of such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of the Borrowing Base in effect as of the Second Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to the decrease
in the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 2 and (b) to the extent invoiced, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be
reimbursed or paid by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement.

 

5.3           The
Borrower shall have entered into one or more Swap Agreements in respect of crude oil covering the minimum volumes of crude oil,
with the minimum price floors, in each case, as set forth on Schedule 2 attached hereto for the fiscal quarter periods specified
thereon.

 

5.4           No
Default, Event of Default or Borrowing Base Deficiency shall have occurred and be continuing as of the date hereof, after giving
effect to the terms of this Second Amendment.

 

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5.5           The
Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request.

 

Section
6.          Governing Law. THIS SECOND AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section
7.          Miscellaneous. (a) On and after the effectiveness of
this Second Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”
or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in each other Loan Document to “the Credit
Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall
mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended or otherwise modified by this Second Amendment; (b) the execution, delivery
and effectiveness of this Second Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any default of
the Borrower or any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute
a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents; (c) this Second Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts,
all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement
by signing any such counterpart; and (d) delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Second Amendment by facsimile
or other electronic means (e.g., .pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Second Amendment.

 

Section
8.          Ratification and Affirmation; Representations and Warranties.
The Borrower and each Guarantor hereby (a) acknowledges the terms of this Second Amendment; (b) ratifies and affirms its obligations
under, and acknowledges, renews and extends its continued liability under, each Loan Document to which it is a party and agrees
that each Loan Document to which it is a party remains in full force and effect, except as expressly amended or modified hereby;
and (c) represents and warrants to the Lenders that as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to the terms
of this Second Amendment: (i) all of the representations and warranties contained in each Loan Document to which it is a party
are true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality in which case such applicable representation
and warranty shall be true and correct), except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to
an earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects
(unless already qualified by materiality in which case such applicable representation and warranty shall be true and correct) as
of such specified earlier date, and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

Section
9.          Loan Document.         This
Second Amendment is a Loan Document as defined and described in the Credit Agreement and all of the terms and provisions of the
Credit Agreement relating to Loan Documents shall apply hereto.

 

Section
10.          No Oral Agreements. THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THIS SECOND AMENDMENT, embody the entire agreement and understanding between
the parties and supersede all other agreements and understandings between such parties relating to the subject matter hereof and
thereof AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE
NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

 

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Section
11.          FATCA. For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed
under FATCA, from and after the effective date of this Second Amendment, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat
(and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) the Credit Agreement as not qualifying as a “grandfathered
obligation” within the meaning of Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i) of the United States Treasury Regulations.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Second Amendment to be executed by their officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first
above written.

 

	BORROWER:	 	EMERALD OIL, INC., a Delaware corporation
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/ Ryan Smith
	 	 	 	Name: Ryan Smith
	 	 	 	Title:   Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 	 
	GUARANTOR:	 	EMERALD WB LLC
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/ Ryan Smith  
	 	 	 	Name: Ryan Smith
	 	 	 	Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDER:	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as a Lender
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:  	/s/  Jonathan Herrick
	 	 	 	Name: Jonathan Herrick
	 	 	 	Title: Vice President

 

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	LENDERS:	 	 	 
	 	 	SUNTRUST BANK, as a Lender
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:  	/s/ Shannon Juhan
	 	 	Name: Shannon Juhan
	 	 	Title: Director

 

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	 	 	THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Lender
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:  	/s/ Alan Dawson
	 	 	Name: Alan Dawson
	 	 	Title: Director

 

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	 	 	BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/ Vanessa A. Kurbatskiy
	 	 	Name: Vanessa A. Kurbatskiy
	 	 	Title: Vice President

 

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	 	 	CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Lender
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:  	/s/ Vipul Dhadda
	 	 	Name: Vipul Dhadda
	 	 	Title: Authorized Signatory 

 

	 	 	By:  	/s/ Franziska Schoch
	 	 	Name: Franziska Schoch
	 	 	Title: Authorized Signatory 

 

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