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Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 FIFTH AMENDMENT TO 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (the “Fifth Amendment”) is dated as of October 8, 2007, and is made
by and among PENN VIRGINIA OPERATING CO., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the GUARANTORS (individually a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”),
the FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO (individually a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as agent for the Lenders (the “Agent”).

 RECITALS: 
 WHEREAS,
the Borrower, the Guarantors (as defined therein), the Lenders (as defined therein), and the Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2005, as amended by that certain First Amendment, Waiver,
and Consent to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2005, that certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 22, 2006 and effective as of August 15, 2006, that certain
Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 11, 2006 and that certain Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 7, 2007 (as amended, the “Credit
Agreement”; unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement); 
 WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter provided. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and intending to be legally bound, and incorporating the above-defined terms herein, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1.
Recitals. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference. 
 2. Amendment to Credit
Agreement. 
 (a) Definitions. The following new definitions are hereby inserted in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement in
alphabetical order: 
 “Fifth Amendment Effective Date means October 8, 2007.” 
 “Hydrocarbons mean collectively, oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate and all other liquid or
gaseous hydrocarbons and related minerals and all products therefrom, in each case whether in a natural or a processed state.” 

 (b) Continuation of or Change in Business; Parent Holding Company Status. Section 8.2.10
[Continuation of or Change in Business; Parent Holding Company Status] is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 
 “8.2.10
Continuation of or Change in Business; Parent Holding Company Status. 
 Each of the Loan Parties (other than the Parent) shall not,
and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business in the United States other than (i) the coal and Hydrocarbon land management business, including coal leasing and the collection of coal and Hydrocarbon royalties and the
ownership and operation of coal infrastructure (including coal loading and coal handling), (ii) the business of managing and harvesting timberlands, (iii) the midstream business, including the transportation of crude oil and liquid and
gaseous Hydrocarbons and (iv) any other business which would not, as a result, substantially change the general nature of the business engaged in by the Loan Parties and each of the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis as engaged in by such
parties on October 8, 2007. The Parent may not engage in any business and may not have any assets or liabilities other than those resulting from its ownership of the Borrower. 
 3. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Fifth Amendment shall become effective upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions being satisfied
to the satisfaction of the Agent (the “Fifth Amendment Effective Date”): 
 (a) Execution and Delivery of Fifth
Amendment. The Borrower, the Guarantors, each of the Lenders, and the Agent shall have executed those Loan Documents to which it is a party, and all other documentation necessary for effectiveness of this Amendment shall have been executed and
delivered all to the satisfaction of the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent. 
 (b) Amendment to Guaranty. Each of the Guarantors
shall have executed an amendment to Guarantee Agreement in form of Exhibit A attached hereto. 
 (c) Organization, Authorization
and Incumbency. There shall be delivered to the Agent for the benefit of each Lender a certificate, dated as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date and signed by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party, certifying as
appropriate as to: 
 (i) all action taken by such party in connection with this Fifth Amendment and the other Loan Documents
together with resolutions of the general partner of the Parent of each Loan Party evidencing same; 
 (ii) the names of the
officer or officers authorized to sign this Fifth Amendment and the other documents executed and delivered in connection herewith and the true signatures of such officer or officers and specifying the Authorized Officers permitted to act on behalf
of the Loan Parties for purposes of the Loan Documents and the true signatures of such officers, on which the Agent and each Lender may conclusively rely; and 
  

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 (iii) copies of its organizational documents, including its certificate of incorporation,
bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement, in each case as in effect on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, certified by the appropriate state official where
such documents are filed in a state office together with certificates from the appropriate state officials as to the continued existence and good standing of the Borrower in each state where organized or qualified to do business, provided, however,
that the Loan Parties may, in lieu of delivering copies of the foregoing organizational documents and good standing certificates, certify that the organizational documents and good standing certificates previously delivered by the Loan Parties to
the Agent remain in full force and effect and have not been modified, amended, or rescinded. 
 (d) Material Adverse Change. Each of
the Loan Parties represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that, by its execution and delivery hereof to the Agent, after giving effect to this Fifth Amendment, no Material Adverse Change shall have occurred with respect to the Borrower
or any of the Loan Parties since the Closing Date of the Credit Agreement. 
 (e) Litigation. Each of the Loan Parties represents and
warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that, by its execution and delivery hereof to the Agent, after giving effect to this Fifth Amendment, there are no actions, suits, investigations, litigation or governmental proceedings pending or, to the Loans
Parties’ knowledge, threatened against any of the Loan Parties that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. 
 (f) Officer’s Certificate. There shall be delivered to the Agent a certificate of the Loan Parties, dated the Fifth Amendment closing date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice President or Chief Financial
Officer of each Loan Party, certifying that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article 6 of the Credit Agreement shall be true and accurate on and as of the Fifth Amendment closing date with the same effect as
though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date (except representations and warranties which relate solely to an earlier date or time, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of the
specific dates or times referred to therein); (2) the Loan Parties shall have performed and complied with all covenants and conditions of the Credit Agreement and this Fifth Amendment; (3) no Event of Default or Potential Default under the
Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing or shall exist and (4) no Material Adverse Change has occurred with respect to any Loan Party since March 3, 2005. 
 (g) Representations and Warranties; No Event of Default. The representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement and this Fifth
Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date (except representations and warranties which relate solely to
an earlier date or time, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of the specific dates or times referred to therein), and no Potential Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing under the Credit
Agreement or under any other Material Contract, as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date. 
  

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 (h) Note Purchase Agreement. No “Default” or “Event of Default” (as such terms
are defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) is in existence or has occurred and is continuing under the Note Purchase Agreement after giving effect to the amendments set forth in the Fifth Amendment. 
 (i) Consents and Approvals. No consent, approval, exemption, order or authorization of, or a registration or filing with, any Official Body or any
other Person is required by any Law or any agreement in connection with the execution, delivery and carrying out of this Fifth Amendment by any Loan Party other than such consents, approvals, exemptions, orders or authorizations that have already
been obtained. 
 (j) Amendment Fee. The Borrower shall have paid to the Agent the reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent
including, without limitation, reasonable fees of the Agent’s counsel in connection with this Amendment. 
 4. Miscellaneous.

 (a) Representations and Warranties. By its execution and delivery hereof to the Agent, each of the Loan Parties represents and
warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that (i) such Loan Party has duly authorized, executed and delivered this Fifth Amendment, and (ii) no “Default” or “Event of Default” (as such terms are defined in the Note
Purchase Agreement) shall have occurred and be continuing under the Note Purchase Agreement after giving effect to the amendments set forth in the Fifth Amendment. 
 (b) Full Force and Effect. All provisions of the Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect on and after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date and the date hereof except as expressly amended hereby. The
parties do not amend any provisions of the Credit Agreement except as expressly amended hereby. 
 (c) Counterparts. This Fifth
Amendment may be signed in counterparts (by facsimile transmission or otherwise) but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 (d) Incorporation into Credit Agreement. This Fifth Amendment shall be incorporated into the Credit Agreement by this reference. All representations, warranties, Events of Default and covenants set forth herein
shall be a part of the Credit Agreement as if originally contained therein. 
 (e) Governing Law. This Fifth Amendment and the rights
and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to its conflict of laws principles. 
 (f) Payment of Fees and Expenses. The Borrower unconditionally agrees to pay and reimburse the Agent and save the Agent harmless against liability
for the payment of all out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements, including without limitation, to the Agent for itself the reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel
incurred by the Agent in connection with the development, preparation, execution, administration, interpretation or performance of this Fifth Amendment and all other documents or instruments to be delivered in connection herewith. 
  

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 (g) No Novation. Except as amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect. Borrower, the Guarantors, each Lender, and the Agent acknowledge and agree that this Fifth Amendment is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, a novation, interruption,
suspension of continuity, satisfaction, discharge or termination of the obligations, loans, liabilities, or indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents. 
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 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO PENN VIRGINIA OPERATING CO., LLC 
 FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto duly authorized, have executed this Fifth Amendment as of the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	BORROWER
	
	PENN VIRGINIA OPERATING CO., LLC
			
	By:	 	 /s/ Frank A. Pici
	 	(SEAL)
	Name:	 	Frank A. Pici	 	
	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  

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 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO PENN VIRGINIA OPERATING CO., LLC 
 FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] 
  

			
	LENDERS
	
	BNP PARIBAS, individually and as Managing Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Russell Otts

	Name:	 	Russell Otts
	Title:	 	Vice President
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Larry Robinson

	Name:	 	Larry Robinson
	Title:	 	Director
	
	BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Hugh Ferguson

	Name:	 	Hugh Ferguson
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President
	
	COMERICA BANK
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Josh Strong

	Name:	 	Josh Strong
	Title:	 	Assistant Vice President

  

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 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO PENN VIRGINIA OPERATING CO., LLC 
 FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] 
  

			
	 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. successor by merger
 to FLEET NATIONAL BANK, individually and
 as Documentation Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Adam H. Fey

	Name:	 	Adam H. Fey
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	FORTIS CAPITAL CORP.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Darrell Holley

	Name:	 	Darrell Holley
	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Casey Lowary

	Name:	 	Casey Lowary
	Title:	 	Director
	
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Tara Narasiman

	Name:	 	Tara Narasiman
	Title:	 	Associate
	
	 PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 individually and as Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard C. Munsick

	Name:	 	Richard C. Munsick
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  

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 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO PENN VIRGINIA OPERATING CO., LLC 
 FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] 
  

			
	 ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, individually and as
 Syndication Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Don J. McKinnerney

	Name:	 	Don J. McKinnerney
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory
	
	 SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, individually and as
 Managing Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Elena Robciuc

	Name:	 	Elena Robciuc
	Title:	 	Director
	
	 AMEGY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
 (formerly Southwest Bank of Texas, N.A.)

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kenneth R. Batson, III

	Name:	 	Kenneth R. Batson, III
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	 SUNTRUST BANK, individually and as
 Documentation Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Carmen J. Malizia

	Name:	 	Carmen J. Malizia
	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO PENN VIRGINIA OPERATING CO., LLC 
 FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] 
  

			
	 WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 individually and as Documentation Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jonathan R. Richardson

	Name:	 	Jonathan R. Richardson
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  

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 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO PENN VIRGINIA OPERATING CO., LLC 
 FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] 
  

					
	GUARANTORS:
	
	PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.
		
		 	 By:   Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC, its sole
          general partner

	
	CONNECT ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
	CONNECT GAS GATHERING, LLC
	CONNECT GAS PIPELINE LLC
	CONNECT NGL PIPELINE, LLC
	FIELDCREST RESOURCES LLC
	K RAIL LLC
	LOADOUT LLC
	PVR CHEROKEE GAS PROCESSING LLC
	PVR EAST TEXAS GAS PROCESSING, LLC
	PVR GAS PIPELINE, LLC
	PVR GAS PROCESSING LLC
	PVR GAS RESOURCES, LLC
	PVR HAMLIN I, LLC
	PVR HAMLIN II, LLC
	PVR HAMLIN, L.P.
		
		 	 By:   PVR Hamlin I, LLC, its sole general partner

	
	PVR HYDROCARBONS LLC
	PVR LAVERNE GAS PROCESSING LLC
	PVR MIDSTREAM LLC
	PVR NATURAL GAS GATHERING LLC
	PVR OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS
	GATHERING LLC
	SUNCREST RESOURCES LLC
	TONEY FORK LLC
	WISE LLC
			
	By:	 	 /s/ Frank A. Pici
	 	(SEAL)
	Name:	 	Frank A. Pici	 	
	 Title:
	 	Vice President	 	

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
 SECOND AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE AGREEMENT 
 This Second Amendment to Guarantee Agreement (the
“Amendment”) dated as of October 8, 2007, is made and given by EACH OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the “Guarantors”), in favor of
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the “Lenders”) from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as
of March 3, 2005 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Penn Virginia Operating Co., LLC (the “Borrower”), the Lenders and the
Agent. 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; 
 WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Guarantor; 
 WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to
one or more of the other Guarantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses; 
 WHEREAS, certain of the Lenders or
their Affiliates may enter into Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedges and Lender-Provided Commodity Hedges with the Borrower; 
 WHEREAS, the
Borrower and the other Guarantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Guarantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement and from the Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedges
and the Lender-Provided Commodity Hedges; and 
 WHEREAS, in addition to the foregoing, certain of the covenants contained in the Guarantee
are being amended and restated by the terms of this Amendment, all as more specifically provided herein. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the premises, and intending to be legally bound, the Guarantor hereby agrees as follows: 
 1. Definitions. All defined terms used
herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them or incorporated by reference in the Guarantee. 

 2. Reaffirmation of Guarantee. Guarantor hereby ratifies and confirms that the Guarantee continues
in full force and effect and agrees that the Guarantee shall inure to the benefit of the Agent and each of the Lenders. 
 3. Borrower
Hedge Agreement Obligations. The definition of Borrower Hedge Agreement Obligations contained in Section 1.1 [Definitions] of the Guarantee is hereby amended and restated as follows: 
 “Borrower Hedge Agreement Obligations”. The collective reference to all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower
(including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in any Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge and Lender-Provided Commodity Hedge 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) to any Lender, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to
become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, any Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge, any Lender-Provided Commodity Hedge or any other document made, delivered or given in connection
therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the relevant Lender that are
required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge and Lender-Provided Commodity Hedge). 
 4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument. 
 5. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. 
 6. Incorporation into Guarantee. This Amendment shall be incorporated
into the Guarantee by this reference. 
 7. Full Force and Effect. Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, all of the terms,
conditions, representations, warranties, and covenants of the Guarantee are true and correct and shall continue in full force and effect, including without limitation, all liens and security interests securing the Borrower’s indebtedness to the
Lenders. 
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 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE] 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first above written and constitutes a sealed instrument.

  

									
		 		 	GUARANTORS :
			
		 		 	PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.
			
		 		 	 By:   Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC, its sole
          general partner

			
		 		 	CONNECT ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
		 		 	CONNECT GAS GATHERING, LLC
		 		 	CONNECT GAS PIPELINE LLC
		 		 	CONNECT NGL PIPELINE, LLC
		 		 	FIELDCREST RESOURCES LLC
		 		 	K RAIL LLC
		 		 	LOADOUT LLC
		 		 	PVR CHEROKEE GAS PROCESSING LLC
		 		 	PVR EAST TEXAS GAS PROCESSING, LLC
		 		 	PVR GAS PIPELINE, LLC
		 		 	PVR GAS PROCESSING LLC
		 		 	PVR GAS RESOURCES, LLC
		 		 	PVR HAMLIN I, LLC
		 		 	PVR HAMLIN II, LLC
		 		 	PVR HAMLIN, L.P.
			
		 		 	 By:   PVR Hamlin I, LLC, its sole general
          partner

			
		 		 	PVR HYDROCARBONS LLC
		 		 	PVR LAVERNE GAS PROCESSING LLC
		 		 	PVR MIDSTREAM LLC
		 		 	PVR NATURAL GAS GATHERING LLC
		 		 	PVR OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS GATHERING LLC
		 		 	SUNCREST RESOURCES LLC
		 		 	TONEY FORK LLC
		 		 	WISE LLC
					
	ATTEST	 		 		 		 	
					
	  
	 		 	By:	 	  
	 	(SEAL)
	Name:	 		 	Name:	 	Frank A. Pici	 	
	Title:	 		 	Title:	 	Vice President	 	

  

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 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE] 
  

			
	 PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 as Agent

		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	  

	Title:	 	  

  

 4Form of Certificate representing Zep Inc. common stock

 Exhibit 4.1 
 

 

 The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a statement of the
powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights 
  

							
	TEN COM	  	 –  as tenants in common
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	TEN ENT	  	 –  as tenants by the entireties
	  		 	(Cust)                                     (Minor)

	JT TEN	  	 –  as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
	  		 	under Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minors Act
		  	  		 	 
		  	  		 	(State)

 Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 
  

					
	FOR VALUE RECEIVED,	 	 	  	HEREBY SELL, ASSIGN AND TRANSFER UNTO

  

	
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	of the shares represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

  

	
	 
	to transfer the said shares on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

											
	Dated	 	 	 		 		 		 	 
		 		 		 		 		 	NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment Must Correspond With The Name As Written Upon The Face of the Certificate in Every Particular, Without Alteration Or Enlargement Or Any Change
Whatever.

  

					
			
		 	SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED: 	 	 
		 		 	THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE
GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

 KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION MAY
REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE. 
 Until the Separation Time (as defined in the Rights Agreement
referred to below), this certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2007 (as such may be amended from time to time, the “Rights
Agreement”), between Zep Inc. (the “Company”) and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent, the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principle executive offices of the
Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights may be redeemed, may become exercisable for securities or assets of the Company or securities of another entity, may be exchanged for shares of Common Stock or
other securities or assets of the Company, may expire, may become null and void (if they are “Beneficially Owned” by an “Acquiring Person” or an “Affiliate” thereof, as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement, or
by any transferee of any of the foregoing) or may be evidenced by separate certificates and may no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail or arrange for the mailing of a copy of the Rights Agreement to the holder of this
certificate without charge after the receipt of a written request therefore.

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