Document:

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 Exhibit 4.13 
  
 EXECUTION COPY 
  
 $600,000,000 
  
 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION 
  
 6 5/8% Senior Notes due 2016 
  
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 April 19, 2005 
  
 LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. 
 BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC 
 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC 
 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES 
 UBS SECURITIES LLC 
 c/o Lehman Brothers Inc. 
 745 Seventh Avenue 
 New York, NY 10019 
  
 Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: 
  
 Chesapeake Energy Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation (the “Issuer”), proposes to issue and sell to Lehman Brothers Inc., Banc of
America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, ABN Amro
Incorporated, BOSC, Inc., Calyon Securities (USA) Inc., Comerica Securities, Inc., Fortis Securities LLC, Harris Nesbitt Corp., Piper Jaffray & Co., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Greenwich Capital Markets Inc., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.,
TD Securities (USA) LLC, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated April 13, 2005 (the “Purchase
Agreement”), $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6 5/8% Senior Notes due 2016 (the
“Initial Securities”) to be initially guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by 601541 N.B. Ltd., Chesapeake Energy Louisiana Corporation, Chesapeake Energy Marketing, Inc., Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Chesapeake PPC Corp.,
Chesapeake PRH Corp., Chesapeake South Texas Corp., Nomac Drilling Corporation, Oxley Petroleum Co., Carmen Acquisition, L.L.C., Chesapeake Acquisition, L.L.C., Chesapeake ENO Acquisition, L.L.C., Chesapeake EP, L.L.C., Chesapeake Land Company,
L.L.C., Chesapeake ORC, L.L.C., Chesapeake Permian Acquisition, L.L.C., Chesapeake Royalty, L.L.C., Gothic Production, L.L.C., John C. Oxley, L.L.C., MC Mineral Company, L.L.C., Mayfield Processing L.L.C., Chesapeake Exploration Limited Partnership,
Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P., Chesapeake NFW, L.P., Chesapeake Permian, L.P., Chesapeake Sigma, L.P., Chesapeake-Staghorn Acquisition L.P., Chesapeake Zapata, L.P. and MidCon Compression, L.P., (the “Guarantors” and, collectively with
the Issuer, the “Company”). The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2005 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the
holders of the Securities (as defined below) (collectively, the “Holders”), as follows: 
  
 1. Registered Exchange Offer. Unless not permitted by applicable law (after the Company has complied with the ultimate paragraph of this Section
1), the Company shall prepare and, not later than 120 days (such 120th day being a “Filing Deadline”) after the date on which the Initial Purchasers purchase the Initial Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the
“Closing Date”), file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), or amend an existing registration statement (each such registration statement, an “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”), with respect to a proposed offer (the “Registered Exchange Offer”) to the

 
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof), who are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating
in the Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture, identical in all material respects to the
Initial Securities and registered under the Securities Act (the “Exchange Securities”). Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors shall use its best efforts to (i) cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective
under the Securities Act within 240 days after the Closing Date (such 240th day being an “Effectiveness Deadline”) and (ii) keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 30 days (or longer, if required
by applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. 
  
 If the Company commences the Registered Exchange Offer, each of the Issuer and the Guarantors (i) shall use its best efforts to consummate the Registered
Exchange Offer on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective and (ii) will be required to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer no later than 60 days after the date on which the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement is declared effective (such 60th day being the “Consummation Deadline”). 
  
 Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange
Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities electing to exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business and has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not
prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without
material restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United States. 
  
 The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commission’s staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each Holder which is a
broker-dealer electing to exchange Initial Securities, acquired for its own account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange Securities (an “Exchanging Dealer”), is required to deliver a
prospectus containing the information set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer Procedures” section and the “Purpose of the Exchange Offer” section and (c) Annex C hereto in the
“Plan of Distribution” section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) if an Initial Purchaser elects to sell
Securities (as defined below) acquired in exchange for Initial Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, such Initial Purchaser is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information required by Items 507 or 508 of
Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale. 
  
 The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained therein, in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully
delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however,
that (i) in the case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and the
Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange Securities held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer
for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 180 days after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer. 
  

If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser holds Initial Securities acquired by it as part of its initial
distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in exchange (the
“Private Exchange”) for the Initial Securities held by such Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Initial Securities
(the “Private Exchange Securities”). The Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities are herein collectively called the “Securities”. 
  

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 In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall: 
  
 (a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming
part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents; 
  
 (b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for the minimum period required under applicable Federal and state securities laws, which
shall not be less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders; 
  
 (c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, which may be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee; 
  
 (d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and 
  
 (e) otherwise comply with all applicable laws. 

 
 As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or
the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall: 
  
 (x) accept for exchange all the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange; 
  
 (y) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial Securities so accepted for exchange; and

  
 (z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and
deliver promptly to each Holder of the Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Initial Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange. 
  
 The Indenture provides that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to
the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities will vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a class separate from one another
on any matter. 
  
 Interest on each Exchange Security and Private
Exchange Security issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest
has been paid on the Initial Securities, from date of original issue of the Initial Securities. 
  
 Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Company that at the time of the consummation of the
Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the
Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with
the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange
Securities and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it
will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. 
  
 Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any
prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it
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the statements therein not misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to such
prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. 
  
 If following the date hereof there has been
announced a change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question as to whether the Registered Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the
Company will seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer. The Company will pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level. In
connection with the foregoing, the Company will take all such other actions as may be requested by the Commission or otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including without limitation (i) participating in telephonic
conferences with the Commission, (ii) delivering to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that the Registered Exchange Offer should be
permitted and (iii) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff. 
  
 2. Shelf Registration. If, (i) because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is
not permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 1 hereof, (ii) for any other reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 270 days of the Closing Date, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with
respect to the Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange Securities) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or (iv) any Holder
(other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or, in the case of any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive freely
tradeable Exchange Securities on the date of the exchange and any such Holder so requests, the Company shall take the following actions (the date on which any of the conditions described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) occur, including in
the case of clauses (iii) or (iv) the receipt of the required notice, being a “Trigger Date”): 
  
 (a) The Company shall promptly (but in no event more than 30 days after the Trigger Date (such 30th day being a “Filing
Deadline”)) file with the Commission and thereafter use its best efforts to cause to be declared effective no later than the date (such date, an “Effectiveness Deadline”) that is (1) in the case of clause (i) above, 240
days after the Issue Date or (2) in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, 60 days after the Filing Deadline, a registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement” and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, a “Registration Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of
distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter, the “Shelf Registration”); provided, however, that no Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be
entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder. 
  
 (b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for such longer period if extended
pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the date of its effectiveness or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) are no longer restricted
securities (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereof) (such period, the “Shelf Registration Period”). The Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities during that period, unless such action is
required by applicable law. 
  
 (c)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration
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comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and (ii) not to
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

  
 3. Registration Procedures. In connection with any
Shelf Registration contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply: 
  
 (a) The Company shall (i), if requested by an Initial Purchaser, furnish to such Initial Purchaser, prior to
the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event that an Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an
unsold allotment from the original offering) is participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use its best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such
comments as such Initial Purchaser reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer Procedures” section and the “Purpose of the Exchange
Offer” section and in Annex C hereto in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of
Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in the prospectus forming a
part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution,” reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which
shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), whether such positions
or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house counsel), represent the prevailing
views of the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling securityholders. 
  
 (b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial
Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (which notice pursuant to clauses
(ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made): 
  
 (i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; 
  
 (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; 
  
 (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; 
  
 (iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose; and 
  
 (v) of the
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untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case
of the prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. 
  
 (c) The Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement. 
  
 (d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by reference). 
  
 (e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and each Initial Purchaser who so requests, and to any other Holder who so
requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all exhibits
thereto (including those incorporated by reference). 
  
 (f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary
prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

  
 (g) The Company shall deliver to each Initial
Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any
Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Securities covered by the
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
  
 (h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement the Company shall register or qualify or
cooperate with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such states of
the United States as any Holder of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities covered by such Registration
Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of
process or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. 
  
 (i) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free
of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. 
  
 (j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Company is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the Registration
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supplement to the related prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the Securities or purchasers of
Securities, the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above to suspend the use of the prospectus
until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any such Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus, and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement provided for in Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j). 
  
 (k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable
Registration Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with certificates for the Initial
Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company. 
  

(l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the
Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section
11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the
Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period. 
  
 (m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and containing such changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the
event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture. 
  
 (n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be
sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration
Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. 
  
 (o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements
(including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if any, as any Holder of the Securities shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant to any Shelf
Registration. 
  
 (p) In the case of any Shelf
Registration, the Company shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent
retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and (ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, accountants and
auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably
necessary to enable such persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf
of the Initial Purchasers by Lehman Brothers Inc., and on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section 4 hereof. 
  

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 (q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by any Holder of
Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the Securities in customary form addressed to such Holders and the Managing Underwriters (as defined below), if any, thereof and dated, in
the case of the initial opinion, the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include, without limitation, the due incorporation and good standing of the Company and
its subsidiaries; the qualification of the Company and its subsidiaries to transact business as foreign corporations; the due authorization, execution and delivery of the relevant agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the due
authorization, execution, authentication and issuance, and the validity and enforceability, of the applicable Securities; the absence of material legal or governmental proceedings involving the Company and its subsidiaries; the absence of
governmental approvals required to be obtained in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the offering and sale of the applicable Securities, or any agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the compliance as to form of
such Shelf Registration Statement and any documents incorporated by reference therein and of the Indenture with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act, respectively; and, as of the date of the opinion and as of the
effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein, as then amended or supplemented, and from
any documents incorporated by reference therein of an untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any
such documents, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time that such documents were filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act)); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates thereof
requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities and (iii) its independent public accountants to provide to the selling Holders of the applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and covering
matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants’ Professional Standard AU Section 634 “Letters for Underwriters and Certain Other Requesting Parties.” 
  
 (r) In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if requested by any Initial Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the
Company shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set forth in Section 6(c) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary in connection with the
preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public accountants to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form, meeting the requirements as to the substance thereof as
set forth in Section 6(a) of the Purchase Agreement, with appropriate date changes. 
  
 (s) If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to the
Company (or to such other person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the Initial Securities so exchanged that
such Initial Securities are being canceled in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no event shall the Initial Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied. 
  
 (t) The Company will use its best efforts to (i) if the
Initial Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of such Initial Securities, confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities covered by a Registration Statement, or (ii) if the Initial Securities were not previously rated, cause the
Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered by such Registration Statement, or by the Managing
Underwriters, if any. 
  
 (u) In the event that
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distribution” (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the “Rules”) of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(“NASD”)) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in complying with the
requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so require, engaging a “qualified independent underwriter” (as defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the preparation of the
Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a
placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof and (iii) providing such information
to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules. 
  
 (v) The Company shall use its best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a
Registration Statement contemplated hereby. 
  
 4. Registration
Expenses. (a) All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of and compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a Registration Statement is ever filed or becomes effective, including without
limitation; 
  
 (i) all registration and filing
fees and expenses; 
  
 (ii) all fees and expenses
of compliance with federal securities and state “blue sky” or securities laws; 
  
 (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Securities to be issued in the Registered Exchange Offer and the
Private Exchange and printing of prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; 
  
 (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; 
  
 (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a national
securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and 
  
 (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit
and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance). 
  
 The Company
will bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any person, including
special experts, retained by the Company. 
  
 (b) In connection
with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are tendering Initial Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and/or selling or
reselling Securities pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel,
who shall be Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP unless another firm shall be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared. 
  
 5. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder of the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer, and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to collectively as the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof
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limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a
Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer from
whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was required to be delivered by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer
under the Securities Act in connection with such purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person, a copy of the final prospectus if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided further, however, that
this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders. 
  
 (b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to which the
Company or any such controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall
reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons. 
  
 (c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a
governmental investigation), such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party (i) will not relieve the indemnifying party from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and the indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such
failure and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any Indemnified Party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any
Indemnified Party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified,
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consent of the Indemnified Party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such Indemnified Party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section 5 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such
Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof; provided, however, if such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that there are one or more defenses available to it that are in conflict with those available to
the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the Indemnified Party), the reasonable fees and expenses of such Indemnified Party’s counsel shall be borne
by the indemnifying party. In no event shall the indemnifying party be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for any Indemnified Party in connection with any one action or
separate but substantially similar or related actions arising in the same jurisdiction out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party unless such settlement includes an unconditional release
of such Indemnified Party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party.

  
 (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party under subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the Indemnified Party
on the other from the exchange of the Securities, pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other Indemnified Party, as the case may be, on the other, and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the
first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(d), the Holders of the Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the Securities
pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who
controls such Indemnified Party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Indemnified Party and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. 
  
 (e) The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of
this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party. 
  

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 6. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances. (a) Additional interest (the
“Additional Interest”) with respect to the Securities shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iv) below being herein called a “Registration
Default”): 
  
 (i) any Registration
Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline; 
  
 (ii) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable
Effectiveness Deadline; 
  
 (iii) the Registered
Exchange Offer has not been consummated on or prior to the Consummation Deadline; or 
  
 (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared effective by the Commission but (A) such Registration
Statement thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) such Registration Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified herein because either (1) any
event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of such Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made not misleading or (2) it shall be necessary to amend such Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules
thereunder. 
  
 Each of the foregoing will constitute a Registration Default
whatever the reason for any such event and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is beyond the control of the Company or pursuant to operation of law or as a result of any action or inaction by the Commission. 
  
 Additional Interest shall accrue on the Securities over and above the
interest set forth in the title of the Securities from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of 0.25% per annum (the
“Additional Interest Rate”) for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default. The Additional Interest Rate shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent
90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum Additional Interest Rate of 1.0% per annum. 
  
 (b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iv) hereof shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf
Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial
information with respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events with respect to the Company that would
need to be described in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such Shelf Registration Statement and related
prospectus to describe such events; provided, however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days, Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with the above paragraph from
the day such Registration Default occurs until such Registration Default is cured. 
  
 (c) Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to Section 6(a) will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to the Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by
multiplying the applicable Additional Interest Rate by the principal amount of the Securities and further multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest Rate was applicable during such period
(determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), and the denominator of which is 360. 
  

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 (d) “Transfer Restricted Securities” means each Security until (i) the date on which
such Security has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer of an Initial
Security for an Exchange Note, the date on which such Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
(iii) the date on which such Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) the date on which such Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule
144 under the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act. 
  
 7. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its best efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is
not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder of Securities, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that
it will take such further action as any Holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the
exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon
request. Upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be
deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act. 
  
 8. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager
or managers that will administer the offering (“Managing Underwriters”) will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted Securities to be included in such offering. 

 
 No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder
unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and
executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 
  
 9. Miscellaneous. 
  
 (a) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Sections 1 and 2 hereof may
result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the
Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s obligations under Sections 1 and 2 hereof. The Company further agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance
that a remedy at law would be adequate. 
  
 (b) No Inconsistent
Agreements. The Company will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

  
 (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this
Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents. 
  

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 (d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be
made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail, facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery: 
  
 (1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company. 
  
 (2) if to the Initial Purchasers: 
  
 Lehman Brothers Inc. 
 745 Seventh Avenue 
 New York, NY 10019

 Fax No.: (646) 497-4815 
 Attention: Syndicate Department 
  
 with a copy for
information purposes to: 
  
 Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

 Worldwide Plaza 
 825 Eighth
Avenue 
 New York, NY 10019-7475 
 Fax No.: (212) 474-3700 
 Attention: Stephen L. Burns, Esq. 
  
 (3) if to the Company, at its address as follows: 
  
 Chesapeake Energy Corporation 
 6100 North Western Avenue 
 Oklahoma City, OK 73118 
 Fax No.: (405) 879-9580 
 Attention: Marcus
C. Rowland 
  
 with a copy to: 
  
 Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. 
 2300 First City Tower 
 1001 Fannin Street

 Houston, TX 77002-6760 
 Fax
No.: (713) 758-2346 
 Attention: James A. Prince, Esq. 
  
 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally
delivered; three business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient’s facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by
overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery. 
  
 (e)
Third Party Beneficiaries. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such
agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders hereunder. 
  
 (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. 
  

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 (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
  
 (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise
affect the meaning hereof. 
  
 (i) Governing Law. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. 
  
 (j) Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby. 
  
 (k) Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval
of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely
by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage. 
  

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 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
Issuer a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers, the Issuer and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms. 
  

			
	 Very truly yours,

	
	 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER

	 Name:
	 	 Martha A. Burger

	 Title:
	 	 Treasurer and Sr. Vice President – Human
 Resources

	  
 SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTORS:
  
 601541 N.B.
LTD.
 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY LOUISIANA CORPORATION
 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY MARKETING, INC.
 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.
 CHESAPEAKE PPC CORP.
 CHESAPEAKE PRH CORP.
 CHESAPEAKE SOUTH TEXAS CORP.
 NOMAC DRILLING CORPORATION
 OXLEY PETROLEUM CO.
 CARMEN ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
 CHESAPEAKE ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
 CHESAPEAKE ENO ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
 CHESAPEAKE EP, L.L.C.
 CHESAPEAKE LAND COMPANY, L.L.C.
 CHESAPEAKE ORC, L.L.C.
 CHESAPEAKE PERMIAN ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
 CHESAPEAKE ROYALTY, L.L.C.
 GOTHIC PRODUCTION, L.L.C.
 JOHN C. OXLEY, L.L.C.
 MC MINERAL COMPANY, L.L.C.
 MAYFIELD PROCESSING L.L.C.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER

	 Name:
	 	 Martha A. Burger

	 Title:
	 	 Treasurer and Vice President

	
	 CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 CHESAPEAKE LOUISIANA, L.P.
 CHESAPEAKE NFW, L.P.
 CHESAPEAKE PERMIAN, L.P.
 CHESAPEAKE SIGMA, L.P.
 CHESAPEAKE-STAGHORN ACQUISITION L.P.
 CHESAPEAKE ZAPATA, L.P.,

		
	 By
	 	 Chesapeake Operating, Inc., as general partner of each
 respective entity

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER

	 Name:
	 	 Martha A. Burger

	 Title:
	 	 Treasurer and Sr. Vice President – Human
 Resources

			
	 MIDCON COMPRESSION L.P.,

	 By
	 	 Chesapeake Energy Marketing, Inc. as general partner

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER

	 Name:
	 	 Martha A. Burger

	 Title:
	 	 Treasurer and Vice President

 The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement 
 is hereby confirmed and accepted 
 as of the date first above written. 
  
 LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. 
 BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC 
 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC 
 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. 
 UBS SECURITIES LLC, 
  
 Acting on behalf of themselves and as Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers

  

			
	 By:
	 	 LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ MICHAEL KONIGSBERG

	 Name:
	 	 Michael Konigsberg

	 Title:
	 	 Managing Director

 ANNEX A 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus
in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning
of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial
Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 90 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make this Prospectus
available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.” 

 ANNEX B 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired
by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 ANNEX C 
  
 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 
  
 Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus
in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for Initial
Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 90 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until             , 200  , all dealers effecting transactions
in the Exchange Securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.(1) 
  
 The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange
Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions,
through the writing of options on the Exchange Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be
made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells
Exchange Securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the
meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal
states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. 
  
 For a period of 90 days after the Expiration Date the Company will promptly
send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer
(including the expenses of one counsel for the Holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act. 

	1	In addition, the legend required by Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will appear on the back cover page of the Exchange Offer prospectus. 

 ANNEX D 
  
 [    ] CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY
AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO. 
  
 Name:

 Address: 
  
 If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of
Exchange Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it
acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter”
within the meaning of the Securities Act.REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 Exhibit 4.14 
  
 EXECUTION COPY 
  
 4,000,000 Shares 
  
 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION 
  
 5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock 
  
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 April 19, 2005 
  
 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC 
 BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC 
 BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC. 
 LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. 
 MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED 
  

			
	 c/o
	  	 Credit Suisse First Boston LLC

	 	  	 Eleven Madison Avenue

	 	  	 New York, N.Y. 10010-3629

  
 Dear Sirs: 
  
 Chesapeake Energy Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation (the “Company”),
proposes to issue and sell to Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, UBS Securities LLC, Howard Weil Incorporated, Johnson Rice & Company L.L.C., Pritchard Capital Partners LLC, Simmons & Company International and Sterne Agee & Leach,
Inc. (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated April 13, 2005 (the “Purchase Agreement”), 4,000,000 shares of its 5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par
value $0.01 per share (liquidation preference $100 per share) (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”). The Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible into shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the
“Common Stock”) at the conversion price set forth in the Offering Memorandum dated April 13, 2005 (the “Offering Memorandum”), subject to adjustment in accordance with the Certificate of Designation of the
Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”). The Convertible Preferred Stock, the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock and any Common Stock issued as payment or part payment of
dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock are collectively referred to as “Securities” and each referred to singularly as a “Security.” As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase
Agreement, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the holders of the Securities (collectively the “Holders”), as follows: 
  
 1. Shelf Registration. So long as any Transfer Restricted Security
(as defined in Section 5 hereof) exists, the Company shall take the following actions: 
  
 (a) The Company shall, within 120 days after the date on which the Initial Purchasers purchase the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement (the “Closing Date”), file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and thereafter use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective no later than 240
days after the Closing Date a registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof
from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter, the “Shelf Registration”); provided, however, that no Holder (other
than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.

 (b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement continuously effective, in order to permit the prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities, until such time as all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been
sold pursuant thereto or (ii) are eligible to be sold under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereof), assuming for this purpose that the Holders thereof are not affiliates of the Company (in any such case, such period
being called the “Shelf Registration Period.” The Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action
that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities during that period, unless such action is required by applicable law. 
  
 (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall cause the
Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, the Company shall have no such obligations or liabilities with respect to any written information pertaining to any Holder and furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein. 
  
 2. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Shelf Registration contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply so long as any Transfer Restricted Security exists: 
  
 (a) The Company shall (i), if requested by an Initial
Purchaser, furnish, without charge, to such Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein
and, in the event that an Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original offering) is participating in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use its best efforts to reflect in each such
document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as such Initial Purchaser reasonably may propose, (ii) include in each such document the names of the Holders who have delivered written notice to the Company at least three business days
prior to the filing thereof that they propose to sell Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling securityholders and (iii) file pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act a supplement to the
prospectus contained in the Shelf Registration Statement or, if required, file a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, to cover new Holders of Securities upon at least seven business days prior written notice by
such new Holders to such effect; provided, however, that (A) in no event shall the Company be required to file pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act a supplement to the prospectus contained in the Shelf Registration Statement to cover new
Holders of Securities on any day other than the last business day of the first full calendar month following the calendar month in which the Shelf Registration is declared effective and the last business day of each subsequent calendar month
thereafter and (B), in the case where a post-effective amendment is required, in no event shall the Company be required to file a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement to cover new Holders of Securities on any day other than
the last business day of the third full calendar month following the calendar month in which the Shelf Registration is declared effective and the last business day of each subsequent third calendar month thereafter. 
  
 (b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial
Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration Statement (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to
suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made): 
  
 (i) when the Shelf Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Shelf Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; 
  

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 (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Shelf
Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; 
  
 (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; 
  
 (iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose; and 
  
 (v) of the happening of any
event that requires the Company to make changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus in order that the Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. 
  
 (c) The Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal at the earliest possible time,
of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement. 
  
 (d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration,
without charge, if the Holder so requests in writing, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules and all exhibits thereto (including those, if any,
incorporated by reference). 
  
 (e) The Company
shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary
prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

  
 (f) Prior to any public offering of the
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders of the Transfer Restricted Securities included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or
qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such states of the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to
enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then
so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. 
  

(g) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Transfer Restricted Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing the Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of
time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, except in such cases where such Transfer Restricted Securities are required to be issued only in book-entry form pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of
Designation. 
  
 (h) Upon the occurrence of any
event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 2(b) above during the Shelf Registration Period, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or a supplement to the related

  

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 prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the Securities
or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers or the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration Statement, in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of
Section 2(b) above, to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers and the Holders shall suspend use of such prospectus. 
  
 (i) Not later than the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company will provide CUSIP numbers for the Convertible Preferred Stock registered for resale under the Shelf Registration Statement, and provide one or more certificates for such Convertible Preferred Stock, in a form
eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company. 
  
 (j) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the Shelf Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or
otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is
a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period. 
  
 (k) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be
sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration
Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such information within the applicable time period specified in Section 2(a) above. 
  
 (l) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements
(including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if any, as any Holder of the Securities shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant to any Shelf
Registration. 
  
 (m) In the case of any Shelf
Registration, the Company shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent
retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and (ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, accountants and
auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably
necessary to enable such persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the Initial
Purchasers by Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section 3 hereof. 
  
 (n) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by any Holder of Securities covered
thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the Securities in customary form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof and dated, in the case of the initial opinion, the
effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include, without limitation, the due incorporation and good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries; the qualification of
the Company and its subsidiaries to transact business as foreign corporations; the due authorization, execution and delivery of the relevant agreement of the type referred to in Section 2(l) hereof; the due authorization, execution, authentication
and issuance, and 
  

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 the validity and enforceability, of the applicable Securities; the absence of material legal or
governmental proceedings involving the Company and its subsidiaries; the absence of governmental approvals required to be obtained in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the offering and sale of the applicable Securities, or any
agreement of the type referred to in Section 2(l) hereof; the compliance as to form of such Shelf Registration Statement and any documents incorporated by reference therein with the requirements of the Securities Act; and, as of the date of the
opinion and as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein, as then amended or
supplemented, and from any documents incorporated by reference therein of an untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading (in the case of any such documents, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time that such documents were filed with the Commission under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities and (iii) its independent public accountants to provide to the selling
Holders of the applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of
appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Professional Standard AU Section 634 “Letters for Underwriters and Certain Other Requesting Parties.”

  
 (o) The Company shall use its best efforts to
cause the Common Stock included in such Shelf Registration Statement to be, upon resale thereunder, listed on each securities exchange, if any, on which any shares of Common Stock are then listed. 
  
 (p) The Company shall use its best efforts to take all other
steps necessary to effect the registration of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement contemplated hereby. 
  
 3. Registration Expenses. 
  
 (a) All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of and compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless
of whether the Shelf Registration Statement is ever filed or becomes effective, including without limitation: 
  
 (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; 
  
 (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state “blue sky” or
securities laws; 
  
 (iii) all expenses of
printing (including printing certificates and printing of prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; 
  
 (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; 
  
 (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing on a national securities exchange or
automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and 
  
 (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance). 
  
 The Company will bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any person, including special experts, retained by the Company. 
  

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 (b) In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company will reimburse the
Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are selling or reselling Securities pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Shelf Registration Statement for the reasonable fees and disbursements of
not more than one counsel, who shall be chosen by the Holders of a majority in number of shares of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared. 
  
 4. Indemnification. 
  
 (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Holder of the Transfer Restricted Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder and such
controlling persons are referred to collectively as the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary
prospectus relating to the Shelf Registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall
reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that
(i) the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Shelf
Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement, the
indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus
relating to such Securities was required to be delivered by such Holder under the Securities Act in connection with such purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder results from the fact that there was not sent or given to
such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person, a copy of the final prospectus if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder; provided further, however, that this indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters within the
meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders. 
  
 (b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such
controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in a Shelf Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity
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written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to
the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any
loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons. 
  
 (c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party under
this Section 4 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental investigation), such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 4, notify
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve the indemnifying party from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn
of such action and the indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such failure and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any Indemnified Party other than the indemnification obligation provided
in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any Indemnified Party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party (who shall not, except with the consent of the Indemnified Party, be
counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such Indemnified Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section 4 for
any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof; provided, however, if such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by
counsel that there are one or more defenses available to it that are in conflict with those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the
Indemnified Party), the reasonable fees and expenses of such Indemnified Party’s counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying party. In no event shall the indemnifying party be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (together
with appropriate local counsel) at any time for any Indemnified Party in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions arising in the same jurisdiction out of the same general allegations or circumstances.
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and (ii) does not include a statement as
to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party. 
  
 (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 4 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party under
subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection
(a) or (b) above in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other Indemnified Party, as the case may be, on the other, and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the
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connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 4(d), the Holders shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement exceeds the amount of
damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such Indemnified Party within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Indemnified Party and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company. 
  
 (e) The
agreements contained in this Section 4 shall survive the sale of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party. 
  
 5. Additional Dividends Under Certain Circumstances. 
  
 (a) Additional dividends (“Additional Dividends”) with respect to the Convertible Preferred Stock shall accrue as follows if any of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through
(iii) below being herein called a “Registration Default”): 
  
 (i) the Shelf Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to 120 days after the Closing Date; 
  
 (ii) the Shelf Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not declared effective by the Commission
on or prior to 240 days after the Closing Date; 
  
 (iii) if after the Shelf Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared effective by the Commission but (A) such Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) the Shelf Registration Statement or the
related prospectus ceases to be usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified herein because either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of such Shelf
Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or (2) it shall be
necessary to amend such Shelf Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder. 
  
 Each of the foregoing will constitute a Registration Default whatever the reason for any such event and whether it is voluntary or
involuntary or is beyond the control of the Company or pursuant to operation of law or as a result of any action or inaction by the Commission. 
  
 Additional Dividends shall accrue on the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but
excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of 5.50% per annum (50 basis points above the rate shown on the cover page of the Offering Memorandum) in addition to the dividends otherwise accruing on the
Convertible Preferred Stock. 
  
 (b) A
Registration Default referred to in Section 5(a)(iii) hereof shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to the Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a
result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to 

  

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be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events, with respect to the Company that would need to be
described in the Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to
describe such events; provided, however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days, Additional Dividends shall be payable in accordance with the above paragraph from the day such Registration
Default occurs until such Registration Default is cured. 
  
 (c) Any amounts of Additional Dividends due pursuant to Section 5(a) will be payable in cash on the regular dividend payment dates with respect to the Convertible Preferred Stock on the same terms and conditions and
subject to the same limitations as pertain at such time for the payment of regular dividends. The amount of Additional Dividends will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Dividends rate by the aggregate liquidation preference of
the outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and further multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Dividend rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months), and the denominator of which is 360. 
  
 (d) “Transfer Restricted Securities” means each Security until (i) the date on which such Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf
Registration Statement or (ii) the date on which such Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act. 
  
 6. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its best efforts to file
the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time during the Shelf Registration Period the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Transfer Restricted Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request. Upon
the request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6 shall be deemed
to require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act. 
  
 7. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager
or managers that will administer the offering (“Managing Underwriters”) will be selected by the Holders of a majority in number of shares of such Transfer Restricted Securities to be included in such offering. 
  
 No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless
such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and
executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 
  
 8. Miscellaneous. 
  
 (a) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 1
hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such
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Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s obligations under Section 1 hereof. The
Company further agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. 
  
 (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect
to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent
with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof. 
  
 (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents
to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and the written consent of the Holders of a majority in number of shares of Transfer Restricted Securities (provided that Holders of Common stock issued upon conversion
of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be deemed to be Holders of the aggregate number of shares of Convertible Preferred stock from which such Common Stock was converted) affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents.
Without the consent of the Holder of each share of Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding, however, no modification may change the provisions relating to the payment of Additional Dividends. 
  
 (d) Notices. All notices and other communications
provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail, facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery: 
  
 (1) if to the Holders, at the most current address shown for the Holders in the records of the Transfer
Agent, with a copy in like manner as follows: 
  
 (2) if to the Initial Purchasers: 
  
 Credit Suisse
First Boston LLC 
 Eleven Madison Avenue 
 New York, NY 10010-3629 
 Fax No.: (212) 325-8029 
 Attention: IBD Legal 
  
       with a copy to: 
  
 Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 
 Worldwide
Plaza 
 825 Eighth Avenue 
 New
York, NY 10019-7475 
 Fax No.: (212) 474-3700 
 Attention: Stephen L. Burns, Esq. 
  
 (3) if to the Company, at its address as follows: 
  
 Chesapeake Energy Corporation 
 6100 North Western Avenue 
 Oklahoma City, OK 73118 
 Fax No.: (405)
848-8588 
 Attention: Marcus C. Rowland 
  
       with a copy to: 
  
 Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. 
 2300 First City
Tower 
 1001 Fannin Street 
 Houston, TX 77002-6760 
 Fax No.: (713) 758-2346 
 Attention: James A. Prince, Esq. 
  

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 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by
hand, if personally delivered; three business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient’s facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile transmission; and on the day
delivered, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery. 
  
 (e) Third Party Beneficiaries. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have
the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders hereunder. 
  
 (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Company thereto, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. The Company hereby agrees to extend the benefits of
this Agreement to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto. 
  
 (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
  
 (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
  
 (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. 
  
 (j) Severability. If any one or more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby. 
  
 (k) Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified number of Transfer Restricted Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of
such required percentage. 
  

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 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers and the Company in accordance with its terms. 
  

			
	 Very truly yours,

	
	 Chesapeake Energy Corporation

		
	 by
	 	 /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER

	 Name:
	 	 Martha A. Burger

	 Title:
	 	 Treasurer and Sr. Vice President – Human Resources

  
  

			
	 The foregoing Registration

	 Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed

	 and accepted as of the date first

	 above written.

	
	 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC

	 BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

	 BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.

	 LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.

	 MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

	 CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

	 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

	 RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.

	 RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION

	 UBS SECURITIES LLC,

	 HOWARD WEIL INCORPORATED

	 JOHNSON RICE & COMPANY L.L.C.

	 PRITCHARD CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

	 SIMMONS & COMPANY INTERNATIONAL

	 STERNE, AGEE & LEACH, INC.

	
	 By: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC

		
	by	 	 /s/ TIM PERRY

	 Name:
	 	 Tim Perry

	 Title:
	 	 Managing Director

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