Document:

EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 

Execution Version 

$250,000,000 
 CONSOL
ENERGY INC. 
 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 

Registration Rights Agreement 

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated August 12, 2014 (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and among CONSOL Energy Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the guarantors signatory hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”), and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the “Initial Purchaser”). 

The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser are parties to the Purchase Agreement dated July 29, 2014 (the “Purchase
Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchaser of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Securities”) which will be guaranteed on an unsecured
senior basis by each of the Guarantors. The Securities will be issued as “Additional Securities” (as such term is defined in the Indenture) under the Indenture. The Company previously issued $1,600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its
5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Existing Securities”) under the Indenture. 
 As an inducement to the Initial Purchaser to
enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchaser and its direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement. 
 In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as
follows: 
 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 

“Additional Guarantor” shall mean any subsidiary of the Company that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee under the Indenture after the
date of this Agreement. 
 “Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed. 
 “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
and shall also include the Company’s successors. 
 “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time. 
 “Exchange Dates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof. 

“Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantors of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities
pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof. 
 “Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected
pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof. 
 “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration
statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any
document incorporated by reference therein. 
 “Exchange Securities” shall mean senior notes issued by the Company and guaranteed
by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with this
Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. 

 “FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. 

“Free Writing Prospectus” means each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) prepared by or on
behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities. 

“Guarantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include any Guarantor’s successors that guarantee
the Securities and any Additional Guarantors. 
 “Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchaser, for so long as it owns any
Registrable Securities, and each of its successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes of Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the term
“Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers. 
 “Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(c) hereof. 
 “Indemnifying Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof. 

“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture dated as of April 16, 2014 among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as trustee, which Indenture also governs the Existing Securities, and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. 

“Initial Purchaser” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

“Inspector” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiv) hereof. 

“Issuer Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof. 

“Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities;
provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, any Registrable Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be counted
in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount; and provided, further, that if the Company shall issue any additional Securities under the Indenture prior to consummation of the
Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional Securities and the Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of determining
whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities has been obtained. 
 “Notice and
Questionnaire” shall mean a notice of registration statement and selling security holder questionnaire distributed to a Holder by the Company upon receipt of a Shelf Request from such Holder. 

“Participating Broker-Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof. 

“Participating Holder” shall mean any Holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice and
Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof. 
 “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership,
limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof. 

“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in, or, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Act, deemed a part
of, a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including any document incorporated by reference therein. 

“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

  
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 “Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall
cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement or
(ii) when such Securities cease to be outstanding. 
 “Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to
performance of or compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or FINRA registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with
compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all
expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting
agreements, securities sales agreements or other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the
qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and, in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, the fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Participating Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Participating Holders holding a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities held by such
Participating Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchaser) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public accountants and independent petroleum engineers of the Company and the Guarantors, including
the expenses of any special audits, “comfort” letters or letters concerning oil and gas reserve estimates, as applicable, required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding fees and expenses of
counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of
Registrable Securities by a Holder. 
 “Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement filed under the Securities
Act of the Company and the Guarantors that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such registration statement, including post-effective
amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein. 

“SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 

“Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time. 

“Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof. 

“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof. 

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors that covers
all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (but no other securities unless approved by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities held by the Participating Holders) on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the
Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part
thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein. 
 “Shelf Request” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2(b) hereof. 
 “Subsidiary Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees of the Securities and Exchange Securities
by the Guarantors under the Indenture. 
 “Staff” shall mean the staff of the SEC. 

  
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 “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time
to time. 
 “Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture. 

“Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof. 

“Underwritten Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering to the
public. 
 2. Registration Under the Securities Act. (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable
interpretations of the Staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the Registrable Securities
for Exchange Securities and (ii) have such Registration Statement remain effective until 180 days after the last Exchange Date for use by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers. The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer
promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Exchange Offer not later than 60 days after such effective date. 

The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing or making available the related Prospectus, appropriate letters of
transmittal and other accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law, substantially the following: 
  

	 	(i)	that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange; 

 

	 	(ii)	the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed or made available) (the “Exchange Dates”); 

 

	 	(iii)	that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement, except as otherwise specified herein; 

 

	 	(iv)	that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security, together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to
the institution and at the address and in the manner specified in the notice, or (B) effect such exchange otherwise in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for such Registrable Security, in each case prior to the close of
business on the last Exchange Date; and 

  

	 	(v)	that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by (A) sending to the institution and at the address specified in the notice, a telegram,
facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Securities exchanged or
(B) effecting such withdrawal in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities. 

As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent to the Company and the Guarantors that
(i) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in
the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of
the Company or any Guarantor and (iv) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Registrable Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading
activities, then such Holder will deliver a Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available a Prospectus to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. 

As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall: 

 

	 	(i)	accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and 

  
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	 	(ii)	deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and
deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities tendered by such Holder. 

The Company and the Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply
with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer
does not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff. 
 (b) In the event that (i) the Company and the
Guarantors determine that the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or the Exchange Offer may not be completed as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable
law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed by May 21, 2015 or (iii) any Initial Purchaser shall so request in connection with any offer or sale of Registrable
Securities (a “Shelf Request”), the Company and the Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such determination, date or Shelf Request, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration
Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective; provided that no Holder will be entitled to have any Registrable Securities included in any
Shelf Registration Statement, or entitled to use the prospectus forming a part of such Shelf Registration Statement, until such Holder shall have delivered a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire and provided such other information regarding
such Holder to the Company as is contemplated by Section 3(b) hereof. 
 In the event that the Company and the Guarantors are required
to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Company and the Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file and have declared effective by the SEC (or file and become effective
automatically, as the case may be) both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) above with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchaser after completion of the Exchange Offer. 

The Company and the Guarantors agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective
until the earlier of one year following the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement and such time as all the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
(the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”). The Company and the Guarantors further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, the related Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or
instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder or if reasonably requested by a Participating Holder with respect to
information relating to such Holder, and, to the extent necessary, to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective and such Shelf Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may
be, to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company and the Guarantors agree to furnish to the Participating Holders copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC. 

(c) The Company and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or
Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement. 
 (d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof will not be deemed to have
become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC. A Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC or is automatically
effective upon filing with the SEC as provided by Rule 462 under the Securities Act. 

  
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 In the event that either the Exchange Offer is not completed or the Shelf Registration Statement,
if required hereby, is not declared effective (or does not automatically become effective) on or prior to May 21, 2015, the Company will pay liquidated damages to Holders of Registrable Securities with the effect that the interest rate on the
Registrable Securities will be increased by 1.00% per annum until the Exchange Offer is completed or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, is declared effective by the SEC (or becomes automatically effective). All liquidated
damages will be paid by the Company on the next scheduled interest payment date in the same manner as interest is paid on the Securities under the Indenture. 

If the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, has been declared effective or automatically becomes effective, as the case may be,
and thereafter either ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 30 days (whether or not
consecutive) in any 12-month period, unless such failure to remain effective or usable relates or is directly attributable to an acquisition or disposition being undertaken by the Company then the Company will pay liquidated damages to the Holders
of Registrable Securities with the effect that the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by 1.00% per annum commencing on the 31st day in such 12-month period and ending on such date that the Shelf Registration Statement
has again been declared (or automatically becomes) effective or the Prospectus again becomes usable. 
 (e) Without limiting the remedies
available to the Initial Purchaser and the Holders, the Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that any failure by the Company or the Guarantors to comply with their obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in
material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchaser 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
Purchaser or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof. The provisions for liquidated damages set forth
in Section 2(d) above shall be the only monetary remedy available to the Holders under this Agreement. 
 3. Registration
Procedures. (a) In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall as expeditiously as possible: 

 

	 	(i)	prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the Company and the Guarantors, (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf
Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Participating Holders thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial
statements and oil and gas reserve information required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance
with Section 2 hereof; 

  

	 	(ii)	prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period in accordance with
Section 2 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and keep each Prospectus current during the period described
in Section 4(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities; 

 

	 	(iii)	to the extent any Free Writing Prospectus is used, file with the SEC any Free Writing Prospectus that is required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantors with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act and to
retain any Free Writing Prospectus not required to be filed; 

  

	 	(iv)	 in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Participating Holder, to counsel for the Initial Purchaser, to counsel for such Participating
Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement
thereto, as such Participating Holder, counsel or Underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities thereunder; and, subject to Section 3(c) below, the Company and the
Guarantors’ consent to the use of such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing 

  
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Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the Participating Holders and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the
Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law; 

 

	 	(v)	use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Participating Holder shall reasonably request in
writing by the time the applicable Registration Statement becomes effective; cooperate with such Participating Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA, and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably
necessary or advisable to enable each Participating Holder to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities owned by such Participating Holder; provided that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required
to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (2) file any general consent to service of process in any such
jurisdiction or (3) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject; 

  

	 	(vi)	notify counsel for the Initial Purchaser and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Participating Holder and counsel for such Participating Holders promptly and, if requested by any such Participating Holder
or counsel, confirm such advice in writing (1) when a Registration Statement has become effective, when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective, when any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed or any amendment
or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, (2) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus
or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation
of any proceedings for that purpose, including the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the SEC to the use of a Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act,
(4) if, between the applicable effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company or any Guarantor contained in any
underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable Securities cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if the Company or any Guarantor receives any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (5) of the happening of any event during the period a Registration
Statement is effective that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made in the case of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, not misleading and (6) of any
determination by the Company or any Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus would be appropriate; 

 

	 	(vii)	use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration, the resolution of any objection of the SEC
pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, including by filing an amendment to such Registration Statement on the proper form, at the earliest practicable moment and provide immediate notice to each Holder or Participating Holder of the
withdrawal of any such order or such resolution; 

  

	 	(viii)	in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish or make available to each Participating Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without
any documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested); 

  

	 	(ix)	 in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Participating Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and 

  
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registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as such Participating Holders may reasonably request at least one Business Day prior to the closing of any sale of
Registrable Securities; 

  

	 	(x)	upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered (or, to the extent
permitted by law, made available) to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Company and the Guarantors shall notify the Participating Holders (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) and the Initial
Purchaser and any Participating Broker-Dealers known to the Company (in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an
event, and such Participating Holders, such Participating Broker-Dealers and the Initial Purchaser, as applicable, hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, until the Company and the Guarantors
have amended or supplemented the Prospectus or the Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to correct such misstatement or omission; provided that the obligations under this Section 3(a)(x) with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement shall terminate at the end of the period set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) of this Agreement; 

  

	 	(xi)	a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or a Free Writing
Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchaser and its counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the Participating Holders and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company and the
Guarantors as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchaser or its counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders or their counsel) available for discussion of such document; and the Company and the
Guarantors shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, use or file any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, of
which the Initial Purchaser and its counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchaser or its
counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders or their counsel) shall reasonably object; 

  

	 	(xii)	obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement; 

 

	 	(xiii)	cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be; cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders
to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all
documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; 

 

	 	(xiv)	 in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the Participating Holders (an “Inspector”), any
Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, any attorneys and accountants designated by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities held by the Participating Holders and any
attorneys and accountants designated by such Underwriter, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and cause the respective officers,
directors and employees of the Company and the Guarantors to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement; provided that if any such
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Guarantor as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information to
the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of any Inspector, Participating Holder or Underwriter; 

 

	 	(xv)	if reasonably requested by any Participating Holder, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Participating Holder as such Participating Holder
reasonably requests to be included therein and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as the Company has received notification of the matters to be so included in such filing;

  

	 	(xvi)	in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all such other commercially reasonable actions in connection therewith (including those requested by the Participating Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in
such connection, (1) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Participating Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and the
Registration Statement, Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in
underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (2) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Participating
Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each Participating Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) obtain
“comfort” letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantors, or of any business acquired
by the Company or the Guarantors for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each Participating Holder (to the extent permitted by applicable professional
standards) and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings, including but not limited to
financial information contained in any preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, (4) obtain oil and gas reserve report letters from any independent petroleum engineering firms whose reports relating to the Company’s
reserves have, prior to the date of such Shelf Registration, been previously publicly disclosed in a filing by the Company and (5) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Participating Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Company and the
Guarantors made pursuant to clause (1) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement; and 

  

	 	(xvii)	So long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, cause each Additional Guarantor upon the creation or acquisition by the Company of such Additional Guarantor, to execute a counterpart to this Agreement in the
form attached hereto as Annex A and to deliver such counterpart, together with an opinion of counsel as to the enforceability thereof against such entity, to the Initial Purchaser no later than five Business Days following the execution thereof.

 (b) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish
to the Company a Notice and Questionnaire and such other information regarding such Holder and the proposed disposition by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Company and the Guarantors may from time to time reasonably request in
writing. 
 (c) Each Participating Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company and the Guarantors of the happening of
any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(vi)(3) or Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, such Participating Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such
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Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(x) hereof and, if so directed by the Company and the Guarantors, such Participating Holder will deliver to the Company
and the Guarantors all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Participating Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the time
of receipt of such notice. 
 (d) If the Company and the Guarantors shall give any notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from
and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus necessary to resume
such dispositions. The Company and the Guarantors may give any such notice only twice during any 365-day period and any such suspensions shall not exceed 30 days for each suspension and there shall not be more than two suspensions in effect during
any 365-day period. 
 (e) The Participating Holders who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering.
In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers (each an “Underwriter”) that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Registrable Securities included in such offering; provided, however, that such Underwriter must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. 

4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives
Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to
be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. 

The Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying
the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities
Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act. 

(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors agree to amend or
supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement), in order to expedite or
facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above. The Company and the Guarantors further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall
be authorized to deliver such Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available) during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4. 

(c) The Initial Purchaser shall have no liability to the Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that they may make
pursuant to Section 4(b) above. 
 5. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and
severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and each Person, if any, who controls any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and
expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus,

  
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any Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (“Issuer Information”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing
by such Holder expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and
similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their respective affiliates and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above
with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Information. 

(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors and the other selling Holders,
the directors of the Company and the Guarantors, each officer of the Company and the Guarantors who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Guarantors and any other selling Holder within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are
based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any
Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus. 
 (c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental
or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the “Indemnified Person”)
shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have
under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying
Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have
notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5
that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel,
but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed
within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition
to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same
counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be
liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any
Holder, its directors and officers and any control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders and (y) in all other cases shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and
against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and
expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by
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Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement
of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to
or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person. 
 (d) If the indemnification provided
for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors from the offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act,
on the other hand, or (ii) if the allocation provided by 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) but also the relative
fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other 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 and the Guarantors or by the Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. 
 (e) The Company, the Guarantors and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph
(d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal
or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has 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. The
Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5 are several and not joint. 
 (f) The remedies provided for in this
Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity. 

(g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless
of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or any Person controlling any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors or the officers or directors of or any Person
controlling the Company or the Guarantors, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement. 

6. General. 
 (a) No
Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Guarantors represent, warrant and agree that (i) 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 any
other outstanding securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any
agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company and the Guarantors may
register the Existing Securities, together with the Securities, on any Registration Statement, and they may conduct an exchange offer for the Existing Securities concurrently with an Exchange Offer for the Securities. 

  
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 (b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of
this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent; provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the
provisions of Section 5 hereof or any provision that could affect adversely the rights of any Holder of Registrable Securities to receive liquidated damages in the amount and on the payment dates as provided in Section 2(d) shall be
effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder. Any amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be by a writing executed by each of the
parties hereto. 
 (c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by
hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchaser, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Company and the Guarantors, initially at the Company’s address set
forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) to such other persons at their respective addresses as provided in the
Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c). All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by
hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery. Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture. 

(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of
each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in
violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all
the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be
entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchaser (in its capacity as an Initial Purchaser) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company or the Guarantors with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by
any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement. 
 (e) Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a
third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchaser, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such
enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder. 
 (f) 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.

 (g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not a part of this Agreement and shall not
limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
 (h) Governing Law. This Agreement, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising
under or related to this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 

  
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 (i) Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between
the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, void or unenforceable or against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. The
Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the
invalid, void or unenforceable provisions. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

  

					
	CONSOL ENERGY INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Stephen W. Johnson

		 	Name:	 	Stephen W. Johnson
		 	Title:	 	Executive Vice President – Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer
	
	The Guarantors identified on Schedule I hereto, as Guarantors
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Stephen W. Johnson

		 	Name:	 	Stephen W. Johnson
		 	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory for each of the Guarantors identified on Schedule I hereto

 Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written: 

 

					
	GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	

  
 [Signature Page to
Registration Rights Agreement] 

 Annex A 

Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement 

The undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees as a Guarantor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated August [—], 2014 by and among CONSOL Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation, the guarantors party thereto and Goldman, Sachs & Co. to be bound by the terms and provisions of such
Registration Rights Agreement. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this counterpart as of
            , 201    . 
  

					
	[GUARANTOR]
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	  

		 	Title:	 	  

  
 Annex A 

 Schedule I — Guarantors 

AMVEST Coal & Rail, L.L.C. 
 AMVEST Coal Sales, Inc.

 AMVEST Corporation 
 AMVEST Gas Resources, Inc. 

AMVEST Mineral Services, Inc. 
 AMVEST Minerals Company, L.L.C.

 AMVEST Oil & Gas, Inc. 
 AMVEST West Virginia Coal,
L.L.C. 
 Braxton-Clay Land & Mineral, Inc. 
 Cardinal
States Gathering Company 
 CNX Gas Company LLC 
 CNX Gas
Corporation 
 CNX Land LLC 
 CNX Marine Terminals Inc. 

CNX RCPC LLC 
 Coalfield Pipeline Company 

Conrhein Coal Company 
 CONSOL Energy Holdings LLC VI 

CONSOL Energy Sales Company 
 CONSOL Financial Inc. 

CONSOL Mining Company LLC 
 CONSOL Mining Holding Company LLC 

CONSOL of Canada Inc. 
 CONSOL of Central Pennsylvania LLC 

CONSOL of Kentucky Inc. 
 CONSOL of Ohio LLC 

CNX Water Assets (F/K/A CONSOL of WV LLC) 
 Consol Pennsylvania
Coal Company LLC 
 Fola Coal Company, L.L.C. 
 Glamorgan Coal
Company, L.L.C. 
 Helvetia Coal Company 
 Island Creek Coal
Company 
 CONSOL Amonate Facility LLC 
 CONSOL Amonate Mining
Company LLC 
 CONSOL Buchanan Mining Company LLC 
 Knox Energy,
LLC 
 Laurel Run Mining Company 
 Leatherwood, Inc. 

Little Eagle Coal Company, L.L.C. 
 MOB Corporation 

MTB Inc. 
 Nicholas-Clay Land & Mineral, Inc. 

Panda Bamboo Holdings, Inc. 
 Paros Corp. 

Peters Creek Mineral Services, Inc. 
 R&PCC LLC 

TEAGLE Company, L.L.C. 
 TECPART Corporation 

Terra Firma Company 
 Terry Eagle Coal Company, L.L.C. 

Terry Eagle Limited Partnership 
 Vaughan Railroad Company 

Windsor Coal Company 
 Wolfpen Knob Development Company 

  
 Schedule I - 1Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 9, 2014, by and among El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“EPB”), El Paso Pipeline GP Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“EPBGP”), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“KMP”), Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., a Delaware corporation (“KMPGP”), Kinder Morgan Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“KMR” and collectively with EPB, EPBGP, KMP and KMPGP, the “Merger Parties”), and the stockholders of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), listed on the signature page hereto (each, a “Parent Stockholder”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent, EPB, EPBGP and E Merger Sub LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“EPB Merger Sub”), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 9, 2014 (as it may be amended from time to time, the “EPB Merger Agreement”), providing for, among other things, subject to the terms and conditions of the EPB Merger Agreement, the merger of EPB Merger Sub with and into EPB (the “EPB Merger”);

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent, KMP, KMPGP, KMR and P Merger Sub LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“KMP Merger Sub”), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 9, 2014 (as it may be amended from time to time, the “KMP Merger Agreement”), providing for, among other things, subject to the terms and conditions of the KMP Merger Agreement, the merger of KMP Merger Sub with and into KMP (the “KMP Merger”);

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent, KMR and R Merger Sub LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“KMR Merger Sub”), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 9, 2014 (as it may be amended from time to time, the “KMR Merger Agreement” and collectively with the EPB Merger Agreement and KMP Merger Agreement, the “Merger Agreements”), providing for, among other things, subject to the terms and conditions of the KMP Merger Agreement, the merger of KMR Merger Sub with and into KMR (the “KMR Merger” and collectively with the EPB Merger and the KMP Merger, the “Mergers”);

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Parent Stockholder is the beneficial or record owner of the number of shares of Class P common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Parent (“Parent Class P Stock”) set forth on Exhibit A hereto (together with such additional shares of Parent Class P Stock as become owned (whether beneficially or of record) by Parent Stockholder, whether upon the exercise of options, conversion of convertible securities or otherwise, and any other voting securities of Parent (whether acquired heretofore or hereafter) the “Owned Shares”); and

 

WHEREAS, as a condition to the Merger Parties willingness to enter into and perform their respective obligations under the Merger Agreements, the Merger Parties have required that Parent Stockholder agree, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to vote all of Parent

 

 

Stockholder’s Owned Shares in favor of the approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Class P Stock pursuant to the Mergers (the “Stock Issuance”), (ii) the amendment of the certificate of incorporation of Parent as set forth in Exhibit B (the “Charter Amendment”) and (iii) any other matters submitted to the stockholders of Parent in furtherance of the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreements; and

 

WHEREAS, Parent Stockholder desires to express its support for the Merger Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Stock Issuance and Charter Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration given to each party hereto, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Agreement to Vote.  Parent Stockholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that, from the date hereof until the earlier of (i) the time that the stockholders of Parent approve the Stock Issuance and Charter Amendment and no other vote by the stockholders of Parent is required to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreements (“Parent Stockholder Approval”) and (ii) termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.1, at any meeting of the stockholders of Parent at which the approval of the Stock Issuance, Charter Amendment or any other matter requiring a vote of Parent’s stockholders necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreements is to be voted upon, however called, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, Parent Stockholder shall be present (in person or by proxy) (or cause to be present (in person or by proxy)) and vote (or cause to be voted), to the fullest extent entitled to vote thereon, all of its Owned Shares at such time (a) in favor of approval of (1) the Stock Issuance and Charter Amendment, (2) any other matter presented or proposed as to approval of the Mergers or any part or aspect thereof or any transactions or matters contemplated by the Merger Agreements, (3) any proposal to adjourn or postpone the meeting to a later date if there are not sufficient votes for the approval of the Stock Issuance and Charter Amendment and (4) any other matter necessary or desirable to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreements and (b) against any action, agreement or transaction, that is intended, that would reasonably be expected, or the effect of which would reasonably be expected, to materially impair, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the ability of Parent and the Merger Parties to complete the Mergers, or that would otherwise reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreements.  If Parent Stockholder is the beneficial owner, but not the record holder, of the Owned Shares, Parent Stockholder agrees to cause the record holder and any nominees to vote all of the Owned Shares in accordance with this Section 1.1.

 

2.                                      Representations and Warranties of Parent Stockholder.  Parent Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to the Merger Parties as follows:

 

2.1.                            Due Organization.  Parent Stockholder, if a corporation, partnership or other entity, has been duly organized, is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation or organization.

 

2.2.                            Power; Due Authorization; Binding Agreement.  Parent Stockholder has full legal capacity, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its

 

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obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  If Parent Stockholder is an entity, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by Parent Stockholder of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or other applicable action on the part of Parent Stockholder, and no other proceedings on the part of Parent Stockholder are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent Stockholder and, assuming the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Parent Stockholder, enforceable against Parent Stockholder in accordance with its terms.

 

2.3.                            Ownership of Shares.  On the date hereof, the Owned Shares set forth opposite Parent Stockholder’s name on Exhibit A hereto are owned beneficially by Parent Stockholder, free and clear of any claims, liens, encumbrances and security interests other than any restrictions existing under the Parent Shareholders Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2011, as amended, among Parent and the persons set forth on the signature pages thereto (the “Parent Shareholders Agreement”), or the Parent’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws (collectively with the Parent Shareholders Agreement, the “Parent Governance Agreements”).  Other than restrictions in favor of the Merger Parties pursuant to this Agreement and except for such transfer restrictions of general applicability as may be provided under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the “blue sky” laws of the various states of the United States, as of the date hereof, and any restrictions contained in the Parent Governance Agreements, Parent Stockholder has, and at any stockholder meeting of Parent in connection with the Merger Agreements and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreements, including approval of the Stock Issuance and Charter Amendment and the matters set forth in Section 1, Parent Stockholder will have (other than as contemplated by the last sentence of Section 4.1), sole voting power and sole dispositive power with respect to all of the Owned Shares.

 

2.4.                            No Conflicts. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent Stockholder does not, and the performance of the terms of this Agreement by Parent Stockholder will not, (a) require Parent Stockholder to obtain the consent or approval of, or make any filing with or notification to, any governmental or regulatory authority, domestic or foreign other than any filings required under U.S. federal or state securities laws, (b) require the consent or approval of any other person pursuant to any agreement, obligation or instrument binding on Parent Stockholder or its properties and assets, (c) conflict with or violate any organizational document or law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to Parent Stockholder or pursuant to which any of its or its affiliates’ respective properties or assets are bound or (d) violate any other agreement to which Parent Stockholder or any of its affiliates is a party including, without limitation, Parent Governance Agreements or any other voting agreement, stockholders agreement, irrevocable proxy or voting trust applicable to Parent Stockholder.  Other than the Parent Shareholders Agreement, the Owned Shares are not, with respect to the voting or transfer thereof, subject to any other agreement, including any voting agreement, stockholders agreement, irrevocable proxy or voting trust.

 

2.5.                            Acknowledgment.  Parent Stockholder understands and acknowledges that the Merger Parties are entering into the Merger Agreements in reliance upon Parent Stockholder’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

 

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3.                                      Representations and Warranties of the Merger Parties.  Each of the Merger Parties hereby severally represents and warrants to Parent Stockholder, solely with respect to itself and not as to any other Merger Party, as follows:

 

3.1.                            Due Organization.  Each of the Merger Parties is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation or organization.

 

3.2.                            Power; Due Authorization; Binding Agreement.  Each of the Merger Parties has full entity power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include the Mergers).  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by each of the Merger Parties of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or other applicable action on the part of the Merger Parties, and no other proceedings on the part the Merger Parties is necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Merger Parties and, assuming the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Merger Parties.

 

4.                                      Certain Covenants of Parent Stockholder.

 

4.1.                            Restriction on Transfer, Proxies and Non-Interference.  Parent Stockholder hereby agrees from the date hereof until the earlier of, (i) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.1 and (ii) the time that the Parent Stockholder Approval has been obtained, not to (a) directly or indirectly sell, transfer, exchange, pledge, encumber, assign or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, exchange, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or other disposition of, or limitation on the voting rights of, any of the Owned Shares (any such action, a “Transfer”), (b) grant any proxies or powers of attorney with respect to the Owned Shares, deposit any Owned Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement with respect to any Owned Shares, in each case with respect to any vote on the approval of the Stock Issuance, Charter Amendment or any other matters set forth in this Agreement including, without limitation, Section 1, (c) take any action that would cause any representation or warranty of Parent Stockholder contained herein to become untrue or incorrect or have the effect of preventing or disabling such Stockholder from performing its obligations under this Agreement, or (d) commit or agree to take any of the foregoing actions.  Any action taken in violation of the foregoing sentence shall be null and void and Parent Stockholder agrees that any such prohibited action may and should be enjoined. If any involuntary Transfer of any of the Owned Shares in violation of this Agreement shall occur (including, but not limited to, a sale by Parent Stockholder’s trustee in any bankruptcy, or a sale to a purchaser at any creditor’s or court sale), the transferee (which term, as used herein, shall include any and all transferees and subsequent transferees of the initial transferee) shall take and hold such Owned Shares subject to all of the restrictions, liabilities and rights under this Agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect until valid termination of this Agreement.  This Section 4.1 shall not prohibit a transfer of Owned Shares by Parent Stock (i) if Parent Stockholder is an individual, (A) to any member of such Parent Stockholder’s immediate family, or (B) upon the death of Parent Stockholder, or (ii) if Parent Stockholder is a partnership or limited liability company, to one or more partners or members of Parent Stockholder or to an affiliated Person (as defined in the Merger Agreement)

 

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under common control with Parent Stockholder; provided, however, that a transfer referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this sentence shall be permitted only if, as a precondition to such transfer, the transferee agrees in writing to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement.

 

4.2.                            No Limitations on Actions.  The parties hereto acknowledge that Parent Stockholder is entering into this Agreement solely in its capacity as the beneficial or record owner of the applicable Owned Shares and this Agreement shall not limit or otherwise affect the actions or fiduciary duties of Parent Stockholder, or any affiliate, employee or designee of Parent Stockholder or any of its affiliates in its capacity, if applicable, as an officer or director of Parent or a Merger Party.

 

4.3.                            Restrictions with Respect to EPB Common Units.  Parent Stockholder  hereby agrees that, from the date hereof until the earlier of (x) the receipt of the Partnership Unitholder Approval (as such term is defined in the EPB Merger Agreement) and (y) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.1, it shall not, directly or indirectly, acquire, agree to acquire or make any proposal or offer to acquire, beneficially or of record, any Partnership Interest (as such term is defined in the EPB Merger Agreement) or the right to direct the voting of any Partnership Interest (as such term is defined in the EPB Merger Agreement), or any rights or options to acquire any Partnership Interest (as such term is defined in the EPB Merger Agreement).

 

5.                                      Miscellaneous.

 

5.1.                            Termination of this Agreement.  This Agreement, and all terms and conditions contained herein, shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which each Merger has been consummated, or the Merger Agreement with respect to each Merger that has not been consummated has been terminated in accordance with its respective terms, and (ii) the Board of Directors of Parent making a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change (as such term is used and defined in any of the Merger Agreements).

 

5.2.                            Effect of Termination.  In the event of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.1, this Agreement shall become void and of no effect with no liability on the part of any party hereto; provided, however, that this Section 5 shall survive such termination and no such termination shall relieve any party hereto from any liability for any breach of this Agreement occurring prior to such termination.

 

5.3.                            Entire Agreement; Assignment.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.  This Agreement shall not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise and shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto.

 

5.4.                            Amendments.  This Agreement may not be modified, amended, altered or supplemented, except upon the execution and delivery of a written agreement executed by each of the parties hereto.

 

5.5.                            Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally (notice deemed given upon receipt),

 

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telecopied (notice deemed given upon confirmation of receipt), by email (notice deemed given upon sending), or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, such as Federal Express (notice deemed given upon receipt of proof of delivery), to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

If to Parent Stockholder:

 

c/o Kinder Morgan, Inc.

1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000

Houston, Texas 77002

Attn:  David R. DeVeau

Facsimile: (713) 495-2877

Email: David_DeVeau@kindermorgan.com

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

Attn:  Michael Aiello

Facsimile: (212) 310-8007

Email: michael.aiello@weil.com

 

and

 

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

711 Louisiana Street

Suite 2300, Pennzoil Place - South Tower

Houston, Texas  77002

Attention:  Gary W. Orloff

Facsimile: (713) 221-2166

Email: gary.orloff@bgllp.com

 

If to EPB or EPBGP, to:

 

El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P.

1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Conflicts Committee

Facsimile: (713) 495-2877

 

El Paso Pipeline GP Company, L.L:C.

1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Board of Directors

Facsimile: (713) 495-2877

 

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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

1001 Fannin Street

Houston, Texas 77002

Suite 2500

Attention:  Michael Rosenwasser

Keith Fullenweider

Facsimile: (713) 615-5085

Email: mrosenwasser@velaw.com

kfullenweider@velaw.com

 

If to KMP, the KMPGP or KMR, to (as applicable):

 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.

1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Conflicts and Audit Committee

Facsimile: (713) 495-2877

 

Kinder Morgan, G.P., Inc.

1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Board of Directors

Facsimile: (713) 495-2877

 

Kinder Morgan Management, LLC

1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Special Committee

Facsimile: (713) 495-2877

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Baker Botts L.L.P.

910 Louisiana Street

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention:  Joshua Davidson

Tull R. Florey

Facsimile: (713) 229- 2727

Email: joshua.davidson@bakerbotts.com

tull.florey@bakerbotts.com

 

5.6.                            Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

(a)                                 This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed entirely within that State.

 

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(b)                                 Each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware).  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than the aforesaid courts.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve in accordance with this Section 5.6, (ii) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law, any claim that (x) the suit, action or proceeding in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or (z) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.  Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the service of the summons and complaint and any other process in any action or proceeding relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, on behalf of itself or its property, by personal delivery of copies of such process to such party at the addresses set forth in Section 5.5.  Nothing in this Section 5.6 shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by applicable law.

 

(c)                                  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

 

5.7.                            Specific Performance.  The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur and that the parties would not have any adequate remedy at law in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached and it is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in each case, in accordance with this Section 5.7 in the Delaware Court of Chancery or any federal court sitting in the State of Delaware, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.  Each of the parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief as provided herein on the basis that (x) either party has an adequate remedy at law or (y) an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.  Each party further agrees that no party shall be required to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection with or as a condition to obtaining any remedy referred to in this Section 5.7, and each party irrevocably waives any right it may have to require the obtaining, furnishing or posting of any such bond or similar instrument.

 

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5.8.                            Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart.  This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile transmission or by email in PDF form.

 

5.9.                            Descriptive Headings.  The descriptive headings used herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

5.10.                     Severability.  Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.  If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to limit the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified.  In the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the parties hereto agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term.

 

5.11.                     Non-Recourse.

 

(a)  No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, agent, attorney, representative or affiliate of any party hereto or of any of their respective affiliates shall have any liability (whether in contract or in tort) for any obligations or liabilities of such party arising under, in connection with or related to this Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.11 shall limit any liability of the parties hereto for breaches of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(b) Each party to this Agreement enters into this Agreement solely on its on behalf, each such party shall solely be severally liable for any breaches of this Agreement by such party and in no event shall any party be liable for breaches of this Agreement by any other party hereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Support Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
EPB:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
EL   PASO PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   EL PASO PIPELINE GP COMPANY, L.L.C., its general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   David R. DeVeau
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
David   R. DeVeau
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
EPBGP:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
EL   PASO PIPELINE GP COMPANY, L.L.C.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   David R. DeVeau
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   
    	
David   R. DeVeau
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   
    	
Vice   President
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
KMP:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   KINDER MORGAN G.P., INC.,   its general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   KINDER MORGAN MANAGEMENT, LLC,   its delegate
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   David R. DeVeau
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
David   R. DeVeau
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President
    
						

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPORT AGREEMENT]

 

 

	
 
    	
KMPGP:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
KINDER MORGAN G.P., INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   David R. DeVeau
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
David   R. DeVeau
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   
    	
Vice   President
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
KMR:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
KINDER   MORGAN MANAGEMENT, LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   David R. DeVeau
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   
    	
David   R. DeVeau
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   
    	
Vice   President
    

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPORT AGREEMENT]

 

 

	
 
    	
PARENT   STOCKHOLDER:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   Richard D. Kinder
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Richard   D. Kinder
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
RDK   INVESTMENTS, LTD.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   RDK VENTURES, LLC, its general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   Richard D. Kinder
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   
    	
Richard   D. Kinder
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   
    	
Managing   Member
    

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUPPORT AGREEMENT]

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

PARENT STOCK OWNERSHIP

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
Number of
   Shares
    	
 
    
	
Stockholder
    	
 
    	
Class P Shares
    	
 
    
	
Richard D. Kinder
    	
 
    	
231,987,275
    	
 
    
	
RDK Investments, Ltd. 
    	
 
    	
11,072,258
    	
 
    

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

CHARTER AMENDMENT

 

See attached.

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
 OF 
 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 
 OF
 KINDER MORGAN, INC.

 

[            ], 201[  ]

 

Kinder Morgan, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), hereby certifies as follows:

 

1.              The name of the Company is Kinder Morgan, Inc.

 

2.              The Board of Directors of the Company, acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, adopted resolutions to amend the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 10, 2011 (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), by amending Section A of Article FOURTH as set forth in paragraph 3 below.

 

3.              The first sentence of Section A of Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation from the beginning of the sentence through the end of clause (1) is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

“A. Authorized Shares

 

The total number of shares of capital stock which the Company shall have authority to issue is 4,819,462,927 shares, of which 10,000,000 shares shall be preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), and 4,809,462,927 shares shall be common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), consisting of:

 

(1) 4,000,000,000 shares of Class P Common Stock (the “Class P Common Stock”);”

 

4.              This Certificate of Amendment was submitted to the stockholders of the Company and was approved by the stockholders of the Company in accordance with Sections 222 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

5.              This Certificate of Amendment shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

[Signature Page to Follow.]

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation as of the date first written above.

 

 

	
 
    	
KINDER   MORGAN, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

[Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Kinder Morgan, Inc.]

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