Document:

QEPR 8-K 2014.5.02 EX 10.2

Exhibit 10.2

                                            

Execution Version

PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

between

QEP ENERGY COMPANY 
as Seller
EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-A, L.P.,
EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-WIB, L.P.,
EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-WIC, L.P., and
FourPoint Energy, LLC
as Buyer
and
EnerVest, Ltd.
dated
May 5, 2014

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	TABLE OF CONTENTS
	PAGE

	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE I
	 
	 

	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	 

	1.1
	

	Defined Terms
	1
	

	1.2
	

	References and Rules of Construction
	1
	

	ARTICLE II
	 
	 

	PURCHASE AND SALE
	 

	2.1
	

	Purchase and Sale
	2
	

	2.2
	

	Excluded Assets
	3
	

	2.3
	

	Revenues and Expenses
	3
	

	ARTICLE III
	 
	 

	PURCHASE PRICE
	 

	3.1
	

	Purchase Price
	3
	

	3.2
	

	Deposit
	3
	

	3.3
	

	Adjustments to Purchase Price
	4
	

	3.4
	

	Adjustment Methodology
	6
	

	3.5
	

	Preliminary Settlement Statement
	6
	

	3.6
	

	Final Settlement Statement
	6
	

	3.7
	

	Disputes
	7
	

	3.8
	

	Allocation of Purchase Price / Allocated Values
	8
	

	3.9
	

	Allocation for Imbalances at Closing
	8
	

	ARTICLE IV
	 
	 

	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
	 

	4.1
	

	Organization, Existence and Qualification
	8
	

	4.2
	

	Authority, Approval and Enforceability
	8
	

	4.3
	

	No Conflicts
	9
	

	4.4
	

	Consents
	9
	

	4.5
	

	Bankruptcy
	9
	

	4.6
	

	Foreign Person
	9
	

	4.7
	

	Litigation
	9
	

	4.8
	

	Material Contracts
	9
	

	4.9
	

	No Violation of Laws
	10
	

	4.10
	

	Preferential Purchase Rights
	10
	

	4.11
	

	Royalties, Etc
	10
	

	4.12
	

	Imbalances
	10
	

	4.13
	

	Current Commitments
	10
	

	4.14
	

	Asset Taxes
	10
	

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	4.15
	

	Brokers’ Fees
	11
	

	4.16
	

	Gathering and Transportation
	11
	

	4.17
	

	Environmental
	11
	

	4.18
	

	Well Status
	11
	

	4.19
	

	Calls on Production
	11
	

	4.20
	

	Tax Partnerships
	11
	

	4.21
	

	Wells
	11
	

	ARTICLE V
	 
	 

	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER
	 

	5.1
	

	Organization, Existence and Qualification
	12
	

	5.2
	

	Authority, Approval and Enforceability
	12
	

	5.3
	

	No Conflicts
	12
	

	5.4
	

	Consents
	12
	

	5.5
	

	Bankruptcy
	12
	

	5.6
	

	Litigation
	13
	

	5.7
	

	Financing
	13
	

	5.8
	

	Regulatory
	13
	

	5.9
	

	Independent Evaluation
	13
	

	5.10
	

	Brokers’ Fees
	13
	

	5.11
	

	Accredited Investor
	13
	

	5.12
	

	Buyer Assets
	13
	

	ARTICLE VI
	 
	 

	CERTAIN AGREEMENTS
	 

	6.1
	

	Conduct of Business
	13
	

	6.2
	

	Successor Operator
	14
	

	6.3
	

	Governmental Bonds
	15
	

	6.4
	

	Record Retention
	15
	

	6.5
	

	Guarantees
	15
	

	6.6
	

	Notifications
	15
	

	6.7
	

	Amendment to Schedules
	16
	

	6.8
	

	Tax Partnerships
	16
	

	6.9
	

	Compliance with Chieftain Litigation Settlement
	16
	

	6.10
	

	Non-Solicitation of Employees
	17
	

	6.11
	

	Suspense Accounts
	17
	

	6.12
	

	Digital Records
	17
	

	ARTICLE VII
	 
	 

	BUYER’S CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
	 

	7.1
	

	Representations
	18
	

	7.2
	

	Performance
	18
	

	7.3
	

	No Legal Proceedings
	18
	

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	7.4
	

	Title Defects and Environmental Defects
	18
	

	7.5
	

	Closing Deliverables
	18
	

	ARTICLE VIII
	 
	 

	SELLER’S CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
	 

	8.1
	

	Representations
	18
	

	8.2
	

	Performance
	18
	

	8.3
	

	No Legal Proceedings
	19
	

	8.4
	

	Title Defects and Environmental Defects
	19
	

	8.5
	

	Replacement Bonds and Guarantees
	19
	

	8.6
	

	Closing Deliverables
	19
	

	ARTICLE IX
	 
	 

	CLOSING
	 
	 

	9.1
	

	Date of Closing
	19
	

	9.2
	

	Place of Closing
	19
	

	9.3
	

	Closing Obligations
	19
	

	9.4
	

	Records
	19
	

	ARTICLE X
	 
	 

	ACCESS/DISCLAIMERS
	 

	10.1
	

	Access
	20
	

	10.2
	

	Confidentiality
	22
	

	10.3
	

	Disclaimers
	22
	

	ARTICLE XI
	 
	 

	TITLE MATTERS; CASUALTY; TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
	 

	11.1
	

	Seller’s Title
	24
	

	11.2
	

	Notice of Title Defects; Defect Adjustments
	25
	

	11.3
	

	Casualty Loss
	29
	

	11.4
	

	Preferential Purchase Rights and Consents to Assign
	29
	

	ARTICLE XII
	 
	 

	ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
	 

	12.1
	

	Notice of Environmental Defects
	31
	

	12.2
	

	NORM, Asbestos, Wastes and Other Substances
	33
	

	ARTICLE XIII
	 
	 

	ASSUMPTION; INDEMNIFICATION; SURVIVAL
	 

	13.1
	

	Assumption by Buyer and Retention by Seller
	33
	

	13.2
	

	Indemnities of Seller
	34
	

	13.3
	

	Indemnities of Buyer
	35
	

	13.4
	

	Limitation on Liability
	35
	

	13.5
	

	Express Negligence
	36
	

	13.6
	

	Exclusive Remedy
	36
	

	13.7
	

	Indemnification Procedures
	36
	

	13.8
	

	Survival
	37
	

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	13.9
	

	Waiver of Right to Rescission
	38
	

	13.10
	

	Insurance
	38
	

	13.11
	

	Non-Compensatory Damages
	38
	

	13.12
	

	Disclaimer of Application of Anti-Indemnity Statutes
	39
	

	ARTICLE XIV
	 
	 

	TERMINATION, DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
	 

	14.1
	

	Right of Termination
	39
	

	14.2
	

	Effect of Termination
	39
	

	14.3
	

	Return of Documentation and Confidentiality
	40
	

	ARTICLE XV
	 
	 

	DEFINED TERMS
	 

	15.1
	

	Defined Terms
	40
	

	ARTICLE XVI
	 
	 

	MISCELLANEOUS
	 

	16.1
	

	Appendices, Exhibits and Schedules
	52
	

	16.2
	

	Expenses and Taxes
	52
	

	16.3
	

	Assignment
	53
	

	16.4
	

	Preparation of Agreement
	54
	

	16.5
	

	Publicity
	54
	

	16.6
	

	Notices
	54
	

	16.7
	

	Further Cooperation
	55
	

	16.8
	

	Filings, Notices and Certain Governmental Approvals
	55
	

	16.9
	

	Entire Agreement; Conflicts
	56
	

	16.10
	

	Parties in Interest
	56
	

	16.11
	

	Amendment
	56
	

	16.12
	

	Waiver; Rights Cumulative
	56
	

	16.13
	

	Governing Law; Jurisdiction
	56
	

	16.14
	

	Severability
	57
	

	16.15
	

	Removal of Name
	57
	

	16.16
	

	Counterparts
	57
	

	16.17
	

	Like-Kind Exchange
	58
	

	16.18
	

	Buyer Liability
	58
	

	16.19
	

	Agent
	58
	

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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

	
			
	 
	 
	 

	Exhibit A
	 ̄
	Leases and Mineral Fee Interests

	Exhibit A-1
	 ̄
	Wells and Well Locations

	Exhibit A-2
	 ̄
	Certain Leases and Mineral Fee Interests

	Exhibit A-3
	 ̄
	Surface Fee Interests

	Exhibit B-1
	 ̄
	Form of Assignment and Bill of Sale

	Exhibit B-2
	 ̄
	Form of Mineral Deed

	Exhibit B-3
	 ̄
	Form of Transition Services Agreement

	Exhibit C
	 ̄
	Excluded Assets

	Exhibit D
	 ̄
	Proportionate Shares

	Exhibit E
	 ̄
	Target Formations

	Exhibit F
	 ̄
	URC Related Interests

	 
	 
	 

	Schedule 3.8
	 ̄
	Allocated Values

	Schedule 4.4
	 ̄
	Consents

	Schedule 4.7
	 ̄
	Litigation

	Schedule 4.8(a)
	 ̄
	Material Contracts

	Schedule 4.8(b)
	 ̄
	Defaults under Material Contracts

	Schedule 4.9
	 ̄
	Violation of Laws

	Schedule 4.10
	 ̄
	Preferential Purchase Rights

	Schedule 4.11
	 ̄
	Royalties, Etc.

	Schedule 4.12
	 ̄
	Imbalances

	Schedule 4.13
	 ̄
	Current Commitments

	Schedule 4.14
	 ̄
	Asset Taxes

	Schedule 4.16
	 ̄
	Gathering and Transportation

	Schedule 4.17
	 ̄
	Environmental

	Schedule 4.18
	 ̄
	Well Status

	Schedule 4.20
	 ̄
	Tax Partnerships

	Schedule 6.1
	 ̄
	Conduct of Business

	Schedule 6.3
	 ̄
	Governmental Bonds

	Schedule 6.5
	 ̄
	Guarantees

	Schedule 6.10
	 ̄
	Non-Solicitation of Employees

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Exhibit 10.2

PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

This PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is executed as of the 5th day of May, 2014 (the “Execution Date”), and is between QEP Energy Company, a Texas corporation (“Seller”), and EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“EnerVest XIII-A”), EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-WIB, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“EnerVest XIII-WIB”), EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-WIC, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“EnerVest XIII-WIC,” and collectively with EnerVest XIII-A and EnerVest XIII-WIB, “EnerVest”), FourPoint Energy, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“FourPoint,” and collectively with EnerVest, “Buyer”) and EnerVest, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership (“EV”) solely for the purposes of Section 16.19.  Seller and Buyer are each referred to as a “Party” and collectively referred to as the “Parties.” 
RECITALS
Seller desires to sell and assign, and each of EnerVest and FourPoint desires to purchase and pay for, to the extent of the undivided percentage interest set forth opposite the name of such Party in Exhibit D hereto (such undivided percentage interest, the “Proportionate Share”), all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Assets (as defined hereinafter) effective as of the Effective Time (as defined hereinafter).
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the benefits to be derived by each Party hereunder, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Seller and Buyer hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1     Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in Section 15.1, unless the context otherwise requires.

1.2     References and Rules of Construction.  All references in this Agreement to Appendices, Exhibits, Schedules, Articles, Sections, subsections and other subdivisions refer to the corresponding Appendices, Exhibits, Schedules, Articles, Sections, subsections and other subdivisions of or to this Agreement unless expressly provided otherwise.  Titles appearing at the beginning of any Articles, Sections, subsections and other subdivisions of this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute any part of this Agreement, and shall be disregarded in construing the language hereof.  The words “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and “hereof,” and words of similar import, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, subsection or other subdivision unless expressly so limited.  The words “this Article,” “this Section,” and “this subsection,” and words of similar import, refer only to Article, Section or subsection hereof in which such words occur.  References in this Agreement to any agreement, including this Agreement, refer to such agreement as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.  Wherever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limiting the foregoing in any respect.”  All references to “$” or “dollars” shall be deemed references to United States Dollars.  Each accounting term not defined herein will have the meaning given to it under GAAP as interpreted as of the Execution Date.  Pronouns in masculine, feminine or neuter genders shall be construed to state and include any other gender, and words, terms and titles (including terms defined herein) in the singular form shall be construed to include the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires.

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ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1    Purchase and Sale.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Seller agrees to sell, and Buyer agrees to purchase and pay for, as of the Effective Time, all of Seller’s right, title and interest, whether present, contingent or reversionary, in and to the assets described in Section 2.1(a) through Section 2.1(h) below (such interests, less and except the Excluded Assets, collectively, the “Assets”):

(a)the oil and gas leases of Seller in Hansford, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts and Wheeler Counties, Texas, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills and Washita Counties, Oklahoma set forth on Exhibit A, subject to any reservations or depth restrictions described on Exhibit A, together with any and all other right, title and interest of Seller in and to the leasehold estates created thereby, including any overriding royalty interests, subject to the terms, conditions, covenants and obligations set forth in such leases and/or on Exhibit A (such interest in such leases, the “Leases”), and the mineral fee interests set forth on Exhibit A (the “Mineral Fee Interests”);

(b)all wells located on any of the properties described in Section 2.1(a) including the Leases and Mineral Fee Interests or on any other lease with which any such property, Lease or Mineral Fee Interest has been unitized (such interest in such wells, including the wells set forth on Exhibit A-1, the “Wells”), and all Hydrocarbons produced therefrom or allocated thereto from and after the Effective Time (including all Hydrocarbons in storage or existing in pipelines, plants and/or tanks (including inventory) as of the Effective Time);

(c)all rights and interests in, under or derived from all unitization and pooling orders or agreements in effect with respect to any of the Leases, Mineral Fee Interests or Wells and the units created thereby (the “Units”);

(d)to the extent that they may be assigned, all Applicable Contracts and all rights thereunder;

(e)the surface fee interests set forth on Exhibit A-3, and to the extent that they may be assigned, all permits, licenses, servitudes, easements, rights-of-way, surface leases, other surface interests and surface rights to the extent appurtenant to or used primarily in connection with the ownership, operation, production, gathering, treatment, processing, storing, sale or disposal of Hydrocarbons or produced water from the Leases, Mineral Fee Interests, Wells, Units or other Assets; 

(f)all equipment, machinery, fixtures and other personal, movable and mixed property, operational and nonoperational, known or unknown, located on or off any of the Leases, Mineral Fee Interests, Wells, Units or other Assets and primarily used in connection with such Assets, including pipelines, gathering systems, manifolds, well equipment, casing, tubing, pumps, motors, fixtures, machinery, compression equipment, flow lines, processing and separation facilities, pads, tanks, radio equipment, radio towers, injection facilities, saltwater disposal facilities, compression facilities, vehicles, pumping units, inventory, structures, materials and other items primarily used in the operation thereof (collectively, the “Personal Property”);

(g)all Imbalances relating to the Assets; and

(h)all of the files, records, maps, information and data, whether written or electronically stored, primarily relating to the Assets in Seller’s or its Affiliates’ possession, including:  (i) land, division 

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order and title records (including abstracts of title, title opinions and title curative documents); (ii) Applicable Contract files; (iii) correspondence; (iv) operations, engineering, environmental (including all environmental reports, files, audits, assessments, environmental notices of violation from Governmental Authorities (if any) and written notice from landowners regarding any environmental or operating issues (if any)), regulatory, production and accounting records; (v) production, facility and well records; and (vi) geological and geophysical data, interpretative data, electric logs, core data, pressure data, decline curves and production curves (collectively, “Records”). 

2.2    Excluded Assets.  Seller shall reserve and retain all of the Excluded Assets.

2.3    Revenues and Expenses.  Subject to the provisions hereof, Seller shall remain entitled to all of the rights of ownership (including the right to all production, proceeds of production and other proceeds) and shall remain responsible (by payment, through the adjustments to the Purchase Price hereunder or otherwise) for all Operating Expenses, in each case, attributable to the Assets for the period of time prior to the Effective Time.  Subject to the provisions hereof, and subject to the occurrence of Closing, Buyer shall be entitled to all of the rights of ownership (including the right to all production, proceeds of production and other proceeds), and shall be responsible (by payment, through the adjustments to the Purchase Price hereunder or otherwise) for (i) all Operating Expenses, in each case, attributable to the Assets for the period of time from and after the Effective Time and (ii) all capital expenditures relating to each Well that has not been completed and placed on production prior to the Effective Time, whether or not such expenses were incurred before or after the Effective Time (the “Designated Well Costs”).  “Operating Expenses” means (other than the Designated Well Costs) all operating expenses (including costs of insurance) and all capital expenditures incurred in the ownership and operation of the Assets in the ordinary course of business and, where applicable, in accordance with the relevant operating or unit agreement or pooling order, if any, and overhead costs charged to the Assets under the relevant operating or unit agreement or pooling order, if any, but excluding Liabilities attributable to (i) personal injury or death, property damage or violation of any Law, (ii) Decommissioning Obligations, (iii) environmental matters, including obligations to remediate any contamination of water or Personal Property under applicable Environmental Laws, (iv) obligations with respect to Imbalances, (v) obligations to pay Working Interests, royalties, overriding royalties or other interest owners revenues or proceeds attributable to sales of Hydrocarbons relating to the Assets, including those held in suspense, or (vi) Asset Taxes and Income Taxes.  After Closing, each Party shall be entitled to participate in all joint interest audits and other audits of Operating Expenses for which such Party is entirely or in part responsible under the terms of this Section 2.3.

ARTICLE III
PURCHASE PRICE
3.1    Purchase Price.  The purchase price for (a) the transfer of the Assets and the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) the assumption by Buyer of the Assumed Obligations and retention by Seller of the Retained Obligations, in each case to the extent set forth in Article XIII, shall be $275,098,418.00 (the “Purchase Price”), as adjusted in accordance with this Agreement and payable by Buyer to Seller at Closing by wire transfer in immediately available funds to a bank account of Seller (the details of which shall be provided by Seller to Buyer in the Preliminary Settlement Statement).

3.2    Deposit.  

(a)Within three (3) Business Days of the Execution Date, Buyer shall deposit the sum of $13,754,920.90, representing five percent (5%) of the Purchase Price (such amount, including any interest earned thereon, the “Deposit”), by means of a completed federal funds wire transfer, into a joint control deposit account with Amegy Bank N.A. (the “Bank”), requiring written authorization of a representative of 

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each Party for any withdrawal or transfer of funds therefrom (the “Joint Control Account”).  If Closing occurs, the Deposit shall be applied toward the Adjusted Purchase Price at Closing.  The Parties agree to execute and deliver such written instructions as may be reasonably required by the Bank to permit the disbursal of the Deposit if, when and as required by the terms of this Agreement.

(b)If (i) all conditions precedent to the obligations of Buyer set forth in Article VII (other than those actions or deliveries to occur at Closing) have been met or waived by Buyer, and (ii) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated because of:  (A) the failure of Buyer to materially perform any of its obligations hereunder, or (B) the failure of any of Buyer’s representations or warranties hereunder to be true and correct in all material respects as of the Execution Date and Closing, then, in such event, Seller shall have the option to: (1) terminate this Agreement and receive from the Joint Control Account the Deposit together with any interest or income thereon, free of any claims by Buyer with respect thereto (and Buyer shall execute joint instructions to the Bank to that effect), as partial payment of its damages and shall be entitled to seek from Buyer additional actual damages up to an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the Purchase Price or (2) seek specific performance.

(c)If this Agreement is terminated by the mutual written agreement of Buyer and Seller, or if Closing does not occur for any reason other than as set forth in Section 3.2(b), then Buyer shall be entitled to receive the Deposit together with any interest or income actually earned thereon from the Bank, free of any claims by Seller with respect thereto and Seller shall execute joint instructions to the Bank to that effect.  

(d)In the event of a termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.2(b) or Section 3.2(c) above, Buyer and Seller shall, in each case, have the rights and obligations set forth in Section 14.2.

3.3    Adjustments to Purchase Price.  The Purchase Price shall be adjusted as follows, and the resulting amount shall be herein called the “Adjusted Purchase Price”: 

(a)The Purchase Price shall be adjusted upward by the following amounts (without duplication):

(i)an amount equal to the value of all Hydrocarbons attributable to the Assets in storage or existing in pipelines, plants and/or tanks above the inlet connection (including inventory) and upstream of the pipeline connection or upstream of the sales meter as of the Effective Time, the value to be based upon the contract price in effect as of the Effective Time (or the sales price, if there is no contract price, in effect as of the Effective Time), less Burdens on such production; 

(ii)an amount equal to all Operating Expenses and all other costs and expenses (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Asset Taxes and Income Taxes) paid by Seller that are attributable to the Assets during the period following the Effective Time, whether paid before or after the Effective Time, including (A) bond and insurance premiums paid by or on behalf of Seller with respect to the period following the Effective Time, (B) Burdens and (C) rentals and other lease maintenance payments;  

(iii)an amount equal to all of the Designated Well Costs paid by Seller, whether paid before or after the Effective Time;

(iv)the Title Benefit Amounts of any Title Benefits for which the Title Benefit Amounts have been determined prior to Closing;

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(v)the amount of all Asset Taxes allocated to Buyer in accordance with Section 16.2 but paid by Seller;

(vi)subject to Section 3.9, to the extent that Seller is underproduced as shown with respect to the net Well Imbalances set forth in Schedule 4.12, as complete and final settlement of all Well Imbalances attributable to the Assets, the sum of $0 which is an amount equal to the product of the underproduced volumes times (A) $3.50/Mcf for gaseous Hydrocarbons or (B) $90.00/Bbl for liquid Hydrocarbons, as applicable;

(vii)subject to Section 3.9, to the extent that Seller has overdelivered any Hydrocarbons as of the Effective Time as shown with respect to the net Pipeline Imbalances set forth in Schedule 4.12, as complete and final settlement of all Pipeline Imbalances attributable to the Assets, the sum of $0 which is an amount equal to the product of the overdelivered volumes times (A) $3.50/Mcf for gaseous Hydrocarbons or (B) $90.00/Bbl for liquid Hydrocarbons, as applicable;

(viii)the portion of the Overhead Costs attributable to the Assets from and after the Effective Time up to the Closing Date; and

(ix)any other amount provided for elsewhere in this Agreement or otherwise agreed upon by Seller and Buyer.

(b)The Purchase Price shall be adjusted downward by the following amounts (without duplication):

(i)an amount equal to all proceeds actually received by Seller attributable to the sale of Hydrocarbons (1) produced from or allocable to the Assets during the period following the Effective Time or (2) contained in storage or existing in pipelines, plants and/or tanks (including inventory) as of the Effective Time for which an upward adjustment to the Purchase Price was made pursuant to Section 3.3(a)(i), in each case, net of expenses (other than Operating Expenses and other expenses taken into account pursuant to Section 3.3(a), Asset Taxes and Income Taxes) directly incurred in earning or receiving such proceeds;

(ii)if Seller makes the election under Section 11.2(d)(i) with respect to a Title Defect, the Title Defect Amount with respect to such Title Defect if the Title Defect Amount has been determined prior to Closing;

(iii)if Seller makes the election under Section 12.1(b)(i) with respect to an Environmental Defect, the Remediation Amount with respect to such Environmental Defect if the Remediation Amount has been determined prior to Closing;

(iv)the Allocated Value of the Assets excluded from the transactions contemplated hereby pursuant to Section 11.2(d)(ii), Section 11.4(a)(i), Section 11.4(b)(i) or Section 12.1(b)(ii);

(v)the amount of all Asset Taxes allocated to Seller in accordance with Section 16.2 but payable by Buyer;

(vi)subject to Section 3.9, to the extent that Seller is overproduced as shown with respect to the net Well Imbalances set forth in Schedule 4.12, as complete and final settlement of all Well Imbalances attributable to the Assets, the sum of $8,246.00 which is an amount equal to the product of the 

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overproduced volumes times (A) $3.50/Mcf for gaseous Hydrocarbons or (B) $90.00/Bbl for liquid Hydrocarbons, as applicable;

(vii)subject to Section 3.9, to the extent that Seller has underdelivered any Hydrocarbons as of the Effective Time as shown with respect to the net Pipeline Imbalances set forth in Schedule 4.12, as complete and final settlement of all Pipeline Imbalances attributable to the Assets, the sum of $48,850.47 which is an amount equal to the product of the underdelivered volumes times (A) $3.50/Mcf for gaseous Hydrocarbons or (B) $90.00/Bbl for liquid Hydrocarbons, as applicable;

(viii)an amount equal to all proceeds from sales of Hydrocarbons relating to the Assets and payable to owners of Working Interests, royalties, overriding royalties and other similar interests (in each case) that are held by Seller in suspense in accordance with Section 6.11 as of the Closing Date; 

(ix)an amount equal to all Operating Expenses and all other costs and expenses (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Asset Taxes and Income Taxes and any Designated Well Costs) paid by Buyer that are attributable to the Assets during the period prior to the Effective Time, whether paid before or after the Effective Time, including (A) bond and insurance premiums paid by or on behalf of Buyer with respect to the period prior to the Effective Time, (B) Burdens and (C) rentals and other lease maintenance payments; and

(x)any other amount provided for elsewhere in this Agreement or otherwise agreed upon by Seller and Buyer.

3.4Adjustment Methodology.  When available, actual figures will be used for the adjustments to the Purchase Price at Closing.  To the extent actual figures are not available, estimates will be used subject to final adjustments in accordance with Section 3.6 and Section 3.7.

3.5Preliminary Settlement Statement.  Not less than four (4) Business Days prior to Closing, Seller shall prepare and submit to Buyer for review a draft settlement statement (the “Preliminary Settlement Statement”) that shall set forth the Adjusted Purchase Price, reflecting each adjustment made in accordance with this Agreement as of the date of preparation of such Preliminary Settlement Statement and the calculation of the adjustments used to determine such amount, together with the designation of Seller’s accounts for the wire transfers of funds as required by Section 3.1 and Section 9.3(e).  Within two (2) Business Days after receipt of the Preliminary Settlement Statement, Buyer will deliver to Seller a written report containing all changes, with explanation therefor, that Buyer proposes to be made to the Preliminary Settlement Statement.  The Parties shall in good faith attempt to agree on the Preliminary Settlement Statement as soon as possible after Seller’s receipt of Buyer’s written report.  The Preliminary Settlement Statement, as agreed upon by the Parties, will be used to adjust the Purchase Price at Closing; provided that if the Parties do not agree upon an adjustment set forth in the Preliminary Settlement Statement, then the amount of such adjustment used to adjust the Purchase Price at Closing shall be that amount set forth in the draft Preliminary Settlement Statement delivered by Seller to Buyer pursuant to this Section 3.5. 

3.6Final Settlement Statement.  

(a)On or before one hundred twenty (120) days after Closing, a final settlement statement (the “Final Settlement Statement”) will be prepared by Seller, based on actual income and expenses during the Interim Period and which takes into account all final adjustments made to the Purchase Price and shows the resulting final Purchase Price (the “Final Price”).  The Final Settlement Statement shall set forth the actual proration of the amounts required by this Agreement.  As soon as practicable, and in any event within 

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thirty (30) days, after receipt of the Final Settlement Statement, Buyer shall return to Seller a written report containing any proposed changes to the Final Settlement Statement and an explanation of any such changes and the reasons therefor (the “Dispute Notice”).  Any changes not so specified in the Dispute Notice shall be deemed waived, and Seller’s determinations with respect to all such elements of the Final Settlement Statement that are not addressed specifically in the Dispute Notice shall prevail.  If Buyer fails to timely deliver a Dispute Notice to Seller containing changes Buyer proposes to be made to the Final Settlement Statement, the Final Settlement Statement as delivered by Seller will be deemed to be correct and will be final and binding on the Parties and not subject to further audit or arbitration.  If the Final Price set forth in the Final Settlement Statement is mutually agreed upon by Seller and Buyer, the Final Settlement Statement and the Final Price, shall be final and binding on the Parties hereto.  Any difference in the Adjusted Purchase Price as paid at Closing pursuant to the Preliminary Settlement Statement and the Final Price shall be paid by the owing Party to the owed Party within ten (10) days after final determination of such owed amounts in accordance herewith.  All amounts paid pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall be delivered in United States currency by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified in writing by the relevant Party. 

(b)If, after the delivery of the Final Settlement Statement pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.6(a), (i) either Party receives monies (including proceeds of production) belonging to the other Party pursuant to Section 2.3 or otherwise, then such monies shall, within five (5) Business Days after the end of the month in which they were received, be paid over by the receiving Party to the owed Party, (ii) either Party pays monies for Operating Expenses that are the obligation of the other Party pursuant to Section 2.3 or otherwise, then the obligated Party shall, within five (5) Business Days after the end of the month in which the applicable invoice and proof of payment of such invoice are received by it, reimburse the paying Party therefor, (iii) Seller pays monies for Designated Well Costs that are the obligation of Buyer pursuant to Section 2.3 or otherwise, then Buyer shall, within five (5) Business Days after the end of the month in which the applicable invoice and proof of payment of such invoice are received by it, reimburse Seller therefor, (iv) either Party receives an invoice of an expense or obligation relating to Operating Expenses that is owed by the other Party pursuant to Section 2.3 or otherwise, then the receiving Party shall promptly forward such invoice to the obligated Party and (v) if an invoice of an expense or other obligation relating to Operating Expenses is received by either Party and is the obligation of both Parties, then the Parties shall consult with each other and shall each promptly pay its portion of such invoice to the obligee.  Each Party shall be permitted to offset any monies owed by it to the other Party pursuant to this Section 3.6 against amounts owing by it to such other Party pursuant to this Section 3.6.

3.7Disputes.  

(a)If Seller and Buyer are unable to resolve the matters addressed in a Dispute Notice, the Parties agree that EV’s Chief Executive Officer, FourPoint’s Chief Executive Officer and Seller’s Chief Executive Officer, or their respective designees, shall promptly consult and negotiate with each other and, recognizing their mutual interests, attempt to reach a prompt, just and equitable resolution satisfactory to the Parties.

(b)If no resolution satisfactory to the Parties has been reached within three (3) Business Days after the delivery of the Dispute Notice, either Seller or Buyer may make a written demand to submit the dispute to non-binding mediation.  Such mediation shall be conducted in Houston, Texas in an expedited manner by a mediator jointly appointed and agreed to by the Parties.

(c)If Seller and Buyer are unable to resolve their dispute through mediation pursuant to Section 3.7(b) within twelve (12) Business Days after the delivery of the Dispute Notice, each of Buyer and 

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Seller shall, within twenty (20) Business Days after the delivery of such Dispute Notice, summarize its position with regard to such dispute in a written document of twenty (20) pages or less and submit such summaries to the Houston, Texas office of Ernst & Young LLP or such other Person as the Parties may mutually select (the “Accounting Arbitrator”), together with the Dispute Notice, the Final Settlement Statement and any other documentation such Party may desire to submit.  Within ten (10) Business Days after receiving the Parties’ respective submissions, the Accounting Arbitrator shall render a decision choosing either Seller’s position or Buyer’s position with respect to each matter addressed in any Dispute Notice, based on the materials submitted to the Accounting Arbitrator as described above.  Any decision rendered by the Accounting Arbitrator pursuant hereto shall be final, conclusive and binding on Seller and Buyer and will be enforceable against the Parties in any court of competent jurisdiction.  The costs of the Accounting Arbitrator shall be borne one-half by Buyer and one-half by Seller.

3.8Allocation of Purchase Price / Allocated Values.  Buyer and Seller agree that the Purchase Price shall be allocated among the Assets for all purposes as set forth in Schedule 3.8 to this Agreement (the “Allocated Values”).  Buyer and Seller agree that such allocation is reasonable and shall not take any position inconsistent therewith, including in notices to Preferential Purchase Right holders.  For Tax purposes, each Party shall utilize the Allocated Values, as updated by mutual agreement of the Parties to reflect any adjustment to the Purchase Price pursuant to this Agreement and any Assumed Obligations or other items treated as consideration for federal income Tax purposes, in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code for purposes of all federal, state and local Tax returns and reports, including Internal Revenue Service Form 8594, and neither any Party nor its Affiliates shall take any position on any Tax return that is inconsistent with such Allocated Values, as adjusted; provided, however, that neither Party shall be unreasonably impeded in its ability and discretion to negotiate, compromise and/or settle any Tax audit, claim or similar proceedings.

3.9Allocation for Imbalances at Closing.  If, prior to Closing, either Party discovers an error in the Imbalances set forth in Schedule 4.12, then the Purchase Price shall be further adjusted at Closing pursuant to Section 3.3(a)(vi), Section 3.3(a)(vii), Section 3.3(b)(vi) or Section 3.3(b)(vii), as applicable, and Schedule 4.12 will be deemed amended immediately prior to Closing to reflect the Imbalances for which the Purchase Price is so adjusted.  

ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

Subject to the matters specifically listed or disclosed in the Schedules to this Agreement (as added, supplemented or amended pursuant to Section 6.7), Seller represents and warrants to Buyer the following:
4.1Organization, Existence and Qualification.  Seller is a corporation duly formed and validly existing under the Laws of the State of Texas.  Seller has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its property (including its interests in the Assets) and to carry on its business as now conducted.  Seller is duly licensed or qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which it carries on business or owns assets and such qualification is required by Law, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.2Authority, Approval and Enforceability.  Seller has full power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated herein and therein.  The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized and approved by all necessary corporate action on the part of Seller.  Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Buyer, this Agreement is, and the Transaction Documents to which Seller is a party, when executed and delivered by Seller, will be, the valid and binding 

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obligations of Seller and enforceable against Seller in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws, as well as to principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

4.3No Conflicts.  Assuming the receipt of all Consents and the waiver of, or compliance with, all Preferential Purchase Rights, the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not (a) conflict with or result in a breach of any provisions of the organizational documents of Seller, (b) except for Permitted Encumbrances, result in a default or the creation of any Encumbrance or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, license or other Applicable Contract to which Seller is a party or by which Seller or the Assets may be bound or (c) violate any Law applicable to Seller or any of the Assets, except in the case of clauses (b) and (c) where such default, Encumbrance, termination, cancellation, acceleration or violation would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.4Consents.  Except (a) as set forth in Schedule 4.4, (b) for Customary Post-Closing Consents, (c) under Contracts that are terminable upon not greater than sixty (60) days’ notice without payment of any fee, and (d) for Preferential Purchase Rights, there are no restrictions on assignment, including requirements for consents from Third Parties to any assignment (in each case), that Seller is required to obtain in connection with the transfer of the Assets by Seller to Buyer or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by Seller (each, a “Consent”).

4.5Bankruptcy.  There are no bankruptcy, reorganization or receivership proceedings pending, being contemplated by or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened in writing against Seller or any Affiliate of Seller.  
4.6Foreign Person.  Seller is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code.

4.7Litigation.  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.7(A) and Schedule 4.7(B), as of the Execution Date, there is no suit, action, litigation or arbitration by any Third Party, by any Person or before any Governmental Authority pending and served or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened in writing against Seller with respect to the Assets or against the Assets.  Seller is not in material default under any order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority.

4.8Material Contracts. 
 
(a)Except for Contracts entered into in accordance with Section 6.1, Schedule 4.8(a) sets forth all Applicable Contracts of the type described below (collectively, the “Material Contracts”):

i.any Applicable Contract that can reasonably be expected to result in aggregate payments by Seller of more than $100,000 during the current or any subsequent calendar year (based solely on the terms thereof and current volumes, without regard to any expected increase in volumes or revenues); 

ii.any Applicable Contract that can reasonably be expected to result in aggregate revenues to Seller of more than $100,000 during the current or any subsequent calendar year (based solely on the terms thereof and current volumes, without regard to any expected increase in volumes or revenues); 

iii.any Hydrocarbon purchase and sale, transportation, processing or similar Applicable Contract that is not terminable without penalty upon sixty (60) days’ or less notice;

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iv.any indenture, mortgage, loan, credit or sale-leaseback or similar Applicable Contract that can reasonably be expected to result in aggregate payments by Seller during the current or any subsequent calendar year; 

v.any Applicable Contract that constitutes a lease under which Seller is the lessor or the lessee of real or Personal Property which lease (A) cannot be terminated by Seller without penalty upon sixty (60) days’ or less notice and (B) involves an annual base rental of more than $100,000;

vi.any farmout agreement, participation agreement, exploration agreement, development agreement, joint operating agreement, unit agreement or similar Applicable Contract; and 

vii.any Applicable Contract between Seller and any Affiliate of Seller that will not be terminated prior to Closing.  

(b)Except as set forth in Schedule 4.8(b), there exists no default under any Material Contract by Seller or, to Seller’s Knowledge, by any other Person that is a party to such Material Contract, and no event has occurred that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute any default under any such Material Contract by Seller or, to Seller’s Knowledge, any other Person who is a party to such Material Contract. 

4.9No Violation of Laws.  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.9, as of the Execution Date, Seller is not in violation in any material respect of any applicable Laws with respect to its ownership and operation of the Assets.

4.10Preferential Purchase Rights.  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.10, there are no preferential purchase rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights that are applicable to the transfer of the Assets in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (each a “Preferential Purchase Right”).

4.11Royalties, Etc.  Except for such items that are being held in suspense for which the Purchase Price is adjusted pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(viii) (as set forth on Schedule 4.11 for such items as of March 31, 2014) and except as set forth on Schedule 4.11, Seller has properly, timely and legally paid, in accordance with the terms of each Lease and applicable Laws, and the Chieftain Litigation Settlement (for the time period such settlement has been in effect), all Burdens with respect to the Assets due by Seller, or if not paid, is contesting such Burdens in good faith in the normal course of business as described on Schedule 4.11.

4.12Imbalances.  To Seller’s Knowledge, Schedule 4.12 sets forth all Imbalances associated with the Assets as of the applicable dates set forth on Schedule 4.12.

4.13Current Commitments.  Schedule 4.13 sets forth, as of the Execution Date, all authorities for expenditures, individually in excess of $50,000 net to Seller’s applicable interest (the “AFEs”), that have been delivered to Seller, relating to the Assets to drill, rework or conduct other operations on or in connection with a well or for other capital expenditures in connection with the Assets for which all of the activities anticipated in such AFEs or commitments have not been completed by the Execution Date.

4.14Asset Taxes.  Except as set forth in Schedule 4.14, during the period of Seller’s ownership of the Assets, all Asset Taxes that have become due and payable by Seller before the Effective Time have been properly paid, other than any Asset Taxes that are being contested in good faith, and all returns and reports required to have been filed with respect to such Asset Taxes have been timely filed.  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, Seller has not received written notice nor, to Seller’s Knowledge, is there any pending or 

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threatened claim against or audit of Seller from or by any applicable Taxing Authority for the assessment of Asset Taxes.  All Income Taxes imposed on Seller that could result in a lien or other claim against any of the Assets that have become due and payable have been properly paid, unless contested in good faith by appropriate proceeding.

4.15Brokers’ Fees.  Seller has incurred no liability, contingent or otherwise, for brokers’ or finders’ fees relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which Buyer or any Affiliate of Buyer shall have any responsibility. 

4.16Gathering and Transportation.  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.16, all Applicable Contracts and arrangements for the gathering or transportation of Hydrocarbons produced from the Assets are terminable upon thirty (30) days’ or less notice.

4.17Environmental.  

(a)Except as described on Schedule 4.17, (i) with respect to the Assets operated by Seller, those Assets are being operated in material compliance with all Environmental Laws, (ii) with respect to the Assets not operated by Seller, to Seller’s Knowledge, those Assets are being operated in material compliance with all Environmental Laws, (iii) Seller has not received an unresolved written notice of a violation of an Environmental Law from a Governmental Authority with respect to the Assets, (iv) with respect to the Assets operated by Seller, no notice of action alleging a material violation of an Environmental Law is pending or, to such Seller’s Knowledge, threatened against such Assets, and (v) with respect to the Assets not operated by Seller, to Seller’s Knowledge, no notice of action alleging a violation of an Environmental Law is pending or threatened against such Assets.

(b)Except as described on Schedule 4.17, there are no civil, criminal, or administrative actions, lawsuits, litigation, hearings, or proceedings pending against the Assets or Seller with respect to the Assets alleging the violation or breach of any Environmental Law.

4.18Well Status.  Except as described on Schedule 4.18, during the period of Seller’s ownership of the Assets, and to Seller’s Knowledge prior to Seller’s ownership, there are no wells located on the Assets that:  (a) Seller is obligated by Law or contract to currently plug and abandon; or (b) to the extent plugged and abandoned, have not been plugged in accordance with applicable material requirements of each Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Assets.

4.19Calls on Production.  Except pursuant to the Material Contracts, no Person has any call upon, option to purchase or similar rights with respect to the production from the Assets; production from the Assets is not bound by any gas dedications or subject to any monetary or in kind through-put fees or charges in connection with gathering or transportation; and the Assets are not bound by any Hedge Contract that will continue after Closing.  Proceeds from the sale of oil, condensate and gas from the Assets are being received by Seller, as applicable, in a timely manner and are not being held in suspense for any reason.

4.20Tax Partnerships.  Except as described on Schedule 4.20, the Assets are not subject to any tax partnership agreements requiring a partnership income tax return to be filed under Subchapter K of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code.

4.21Wells.  During the period of Seller’s ownership of the Assets, and to Seller’s Knowledge, prior to Seller’s ownership, the Wells have been or are being drilled, completed and operated within the boundaries 

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of the Leases or within the limits otherwise permitted or prescribed by contract, pooling or unit agreement, and by Law.

ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER

Each of EnerVest and FourPoint, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to Seller the following:
5.1Organization, Existence and Qualification.  Each of EnerVest XIII-A, EnerVest XIII-WIB and EnerVest XIII-WIC is a limited partnership duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its property and to carry on its business as now conducted.  FourPoint is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Colorado and has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its property and to carry on its business as now conducted.  Buyer is duly licensed or qualified to do business as a foreign entity in all jurisdictions in which it carries on business or owns assets and such qualification is required by Law except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect upon the ability of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or perform its obligations hereunder.

5.2Authority, Approval and Enforceability.  Buyer has full power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated herein and therein.  The execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized and approved by all necessary limited partnership or limited liability company action on the part of Buyer.  Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Seller, this Agreement is, and the Transaction Documents to which Buyer is a party, when executed and delivered by Buyer, will be, the valid and binding obligations of Buyer and enforceable against Buyer in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws, as well as to principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

5.3No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not (a) conflict with or result in a breach of any provisions of the organizational documents of Buyer, (b) result in a default or the creation of any Encumbrance or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, license or other agreement to which Buyer is a party or by which Buyer or any of its property may be bound or (c) violate any Law applicable to Buyer or any of its property, except in the case of clauses (b) and (c) where such default, Encumbrance, termination, cancellation, acceleration or violation would not have a material adverse effect upon the ability of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or perform its obligations hereunder.

5.4Consents.  There are no consents or other restrictions on assignment, including requirements for consents from Third Parties to any assignment, (in each case) that Buyer is required to obtain in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by Buyer.

5.5Bankruptcy.  There are no bankruptcy, reorganization or receivership proceedings pending, being contemplated by or, to Buyer’s knowledge, threatened in writing against Buyer or any Affiliate of Buyer.

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5.6Litigation.  As of the Execution Date, there is no suit, action, litigation or arbitration by any Person or before any Governmental Authority pending, or to Buyer’s knowledge, threatened in writing against Buyer that would have a material adverse effect upon the ability of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or perform its obligations hereunder.

5.7Financing.  Buyer has, and Buyer shall have as of the Closing Date, sufficient cash in immediately available funds with which to pay the Purchase Price, consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

5.8Regulatory.  Buyer and/or an operating affiliate of Buyer, EnerVest Operating, L.L.C. (“EV Operating”), is and hereafter shall continue to be qualified per applicable Law to own and assume operatorship of the Assets in all jurisdictions where the Assets are located, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not cause Buyer and/or EV Operating to be disqualified as such an owner or operator.  To the extent required by any applicable Laws, Buyer and/or EV Operating has maintained, and will hereafter continue to maintain, lease bonds, area-wide bonds or any other surety bonds as may be required by, and in accordance with, all applicable Laws governing the ownership and operation of the Assets and has filed any and all required reports necessary for such ownership and/or operation with all Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over such ownership and/or operation.

5.9Independent Evaluation.  Buyer is sophisticated in the evaluation, purchase, ownership and operation of oil and gas properties and related facilities.  In making its decision to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, Buyer (a) has relied or shall rely solely on its own independent investigation and evaluation of the Assets and the advice of its own legal, Tax, economic, environmental, engineering, geological and geophysical advisors and the express provisions of this Agreement and not on any comments, statements, projections or other materials made or given by any representatives or consultants or advisors of Seller, and (b) subject to the express provisions of this Agreement, has satisfied or shall satisfy itself through its own due diligence as to the environmental and physical condition of and contractual arrangements and other matters affecting the Assets.  Buyer has no knowledge of any fact that results in the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of Seller given hereunder.

5.10Brokers’ Fees.  Buyer has incurred no liability, contingent or otherwise, for brokers’ or finders’ fees relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which Seller or Seller’s Affiliates shall have any responsibility.

5.11Accredited Investor.  Buyer is an “accredited investor,” as such term is defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will acquire the Assets for its own account and not with a view to a sale or distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, any applicable state blue sky Laws or any other applicable securities Laws.

5.12Buyer Assets.  Each of EnerVest and FourPoint has sufficient assets and resources to fulfill its indemnity obligations under Section 13.3.

ARTICLE VI
CERTAIN AGREEMENTS
6.1Conduct of Business.  

(a)Except (w) as set forth in Schedule 6.1, (x) for the operations covered by the AFEs and other capital commitments described in Schedule 4.13, (y) for actions taken in connection with emergency 

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situations or to maintain a lease and (z) as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as expressly consented to in writing by Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed, withheld or conditioned), Seller shall, from and after the Execution Date and until Closing:

i.maintain, and if Seller is the operator thereof, operate, the Assets in the usual, regular and ordinary manner consistent with its past practice; and

ii.maintain the books of account and Records relating to the Assets in the usual, regular and ordinary manner, in accordance with the usual accounting practices of Seller.

(b)Except (w) as set forth in Schedule 6.1, (x) for the operations covered by the AFEs and other capital commitments described in Schedule 4.13, (y) for actions taken in connection with emergency situations or to maintain a lease and (z) as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as expressly consented to in writing by Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed, withheld or conditioned), Seller shall, from and after the Execution Date and until Closing:

i.not propose or commence any operation reasonably expected to cost Seller in excess of $50,000;

ii.not consent to any operation proposed by a Third Party that is reasonably expected to cost Seller in excess of $50,000;

iii.not enter into an Applicable Contract that, if entered into on or prior to the Execution Date, would be required to be listed in Schedule 4.8(a), or terminate (unless such Material Contract terminates pursuant to its stated terms) or materially amend or change the terms of any Material Contract or that will be binding after the Closing Date and not terminable by Buyer with thirty (30) days’ or less notice other than joint operating agreements and pre-pooling agreements;

iv.not transfer, sell, mortgage, pledge or dispose of any portion of the Assets other than (A) the sale and/or disposal of Hydrocarbons in the ordinary course of business, (B) sales of equipment that is no longer necessary in the operation of the Assets or for which replacement equipment has been obtained and (C) disposals of Assets where the consideration is less than $50,000 per disposal; 

v.not reduce or terminate existing insurance; and

vi.not commit to do any of the foregoing.

(c)    Buyer acknowledges that Seller owns undivided interests in certain of the properties comprising the Assets that it is not the operator thereof, and Buyer agrees that the acts or omissions of the other Working Interest owners (including the operators) who are not Seller or any Affiliate of Seller shall not constitute a breach of the provisions of this Section 6.1, and no action required by a vote of Working Interest owners shall constitute such a breach so long as Seller has voted its interest in a manner that complies with the provisions of this Section 6.1.
6.2Successor Operator.  While Buyer acknowledges that it desires to succeed, or cause EV Operating to succeed, Seller as operator of those Assets or portions thereof that Seller may presently operate, Buyer acknowledges and agrees that Seller cannot and does not covenant or warrant that Buyer or EV Operating, as applicable, shall become successor operator of such Assets since the Assets or portions thereof may be subject to operating or other agreements that control the appointment of a successor operator.  Seller 

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agrees, however, that, as to the Assets it operates, it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to support Buyer’s efforts to become, or cause EV Operating to become, successor operator of such Assets (to the extent permitted under any applicable joint operating agreement) effective as of Closing (at Buyer’s sole cost and expense) and to designate and/or appoint, to the extent legally possible and permitted under any applicable joint operating agreement, Buyer or EV Operating, as applicable, as successor operator of such Assets effective as of Closing. 

6.3Governmental Bonds.  Buyer acknowledges that none of the bonds, letters of credit and guarantees, if any, posted by Seller or its Affiliates with Governmental Authorities and relating to the Assets are transferable to Buyer.  On or before the Closing Date, Buyer shall obtain, or cause to be obtained in the name of Buyer, replacements for such bonds, letters of credit and guarantees, as described in Schedule 6.3, to the extent such replacements are necessary (a) for Buyer’s ownership of the Assets and (b) to permit the cancellation of the bonds, letters of credit and guarantees posted by Seller and/or its Affiliates with respect to the Assets.  In addition, at or prior to Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Seller evidence of the posting of bonds or other security with all applicable Governmental Authorities meeting the requirements of such Governmental Authorities to own and, if applicable, operate the Assets.  

6.4Record Retention.  Buyer shall and shall cause its successors and assigns to, for a period of seven (7) years following Closing, (a) retain the Records, (b) provide Seller, its Affiliates and its and their respective officers, employees and representatives with access to the Records (to the extent that Seller has not retained the original or a copy) during normal business hours for review and copying at Seller’s expense, and (c) provide Seller, its Affiliates and its and their respective officers, employees and representatives with access, during normal business hours, to materials received or produced after Closing relating to any indemnity claim made under Section 13.2 for review and copying at Seller’s expense.  At the end of such seven (7) year period and prior to destroying any of the Records, Buyer shall notify Seller in advance of such destruction and provide Seller a reasonable opportunity to copy any or all of such Records at Seller’s sole cost and expense.

6.5Guarantees.  Buyer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with Seller in order to cause Seller and its Affiliates to be released, as of the Closing Date, from all guarantees, including any performance bonds previously put in place by Seller, set forth in Schedule 6.5 (the “Guarantees”).  Without limiting the foregoing, if required by the counterparty to any Guarantee, Buyer shall provide, effective as of the Closing Date, substitute arrangements of Buyer or its Affiliates covering all periods covered by the Guarantees, such substitute arrangements to be equivalent in terms of type of security and creditworthiness of the party providing the security as compared to the Guarantees.  In the event that any counterparty to any such Guarantee does not release Seller and its Affiliates, then, from and after Closing, Buyer shall indemnify Seller or its relevant Affiliate against all amounts incurred by Seller or its relevant Affiliate under such Guarantee (and all costs incurred in connection with such Guarantee) if applicable to Assets acquired by Buyer.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any cash placed in escrow by Seller or any Affiliate of Seller pursuant to the Guarantees must be returned to Seller, and shall be deemed an Excluded Asset for all purposes hereunder.  

6.6Notifications.  Buyer will notify Seller, and Seller will notify Buyer, promptly and in reasonable detail after any officer of Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, obtains actual knowledge that any representation or warranty of the other Party contained in this Agreement is, becomes or will be untrue in any material respect on or before the Closing Date.  No breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement for any purpose under this Agreement, and no Party nor any Affiliate of any Party shall have any claim or recourse against the other Party nor its directors, officers, employees, buyers, controlling Persons, agents, Affiliates, partners, 

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advisors or representatives with respect to such breach, if the first Party or any Affiliate had knowledge prior to the Execution Date of such breach or of the threat of such breach or the circumstances giving rise to such breach.

6.7Amendment to Schedules.  Buyer agrees that, with respect to the representations and warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement, Seller shall have the continuing right until Closing to add, supplement or amend the Schedules to its representations and warranties with respect to any matter hereafter arising or discovered which, if existing or known on the Execution Date or thereafter, would have been required to be set forth or described in such Schedules.  For all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of determining whether the conditions set forth in Article VII have been fulfilled, the Schedules to Seller’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to include only that information contained therein on the Execution Date and shall be deemed to exclude all information contained in any addition, supplement or amendment thereto; provided, however, that if Closing shall occur, then all matters that are disclosed pursuant to any such addition, supplement or amendment at or prior to Closing and that are not the result of any breach by Seller of its covenants under Article VI shall be waived and Buyer shall not be entitled to make a claim with respect thereto pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise.

6.8Tax Partnerships.  Seller shall, prior to Closing, use commercially reasonable efforts to seek, with respect to each tax partnership set forth on Schedule 4.20, all consents necessary for the parties to such tax partnership to elect to be excluded from the application of Subchapter K of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.761-2(b)(2).

6.9Compliance with Chieftain Litigation Settlement.  

(a)Buyer agrees that it will comply with the terms and requirements of the Chieftain Litigation Settlement to the extent relating to the post-Closing operations of the Assets, including (i) the methodology for payment of future royalties agreed to in the Chieftain Litigation Settlement, (ii) to the extent not done so prior to Closing, the covenant to seek amendments to existing processing contracts to maximize the value or volume of liquids recovered thereunder to the joint benefit of the royalty owners and the producer and (iii) the covenant to allow Chieftain Royalty Company to audit the relevant records on behalf of the Chieftain Class to ensure compliance with the methodology for payment of future royalties.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Buyer acknowledges that it is responsible for complying with the terms and requirements of the Chieftain Litigation Settlement to the extent relating to the post-Closing operations of the Assets and agrees that it has no, and will have no, claim against Seller relating to the requirements of the Chieftain Litigation Settlement, the results of such compliance on operations and/or Buyer’s failure to comply with such requirements.

(b)Subject to the terms of this Section 6.9(b), the Parties acknowledge and agree that Seller shall have the sole authority to defend the Searle Litigation.  Buyer agrees to cooperate reasonably in connection with such defense, and such reasonable cooperation shall include access, during normal business hours from and after the Closing, to the Records and Buyer’s personnel.  Seller shall not, without the written consent of Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed, withheld or conditioned), settle any claim with respect to the Searle Litigation or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect thereto; provided, however, that such consent of Buyer shall not be required in the event that no money damages are incurred by Buyer and there is no material adverse effect on the ownership and operation of the Assets from and after the date of such settlement or judgment.

6.10Non-Solicitation of Employees.  

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(a)Schedule 6.10 sets forth a list of certain individuals employed by Seller or its Affiliates to whom Buyer or its Affiliate may make offers of employment (collectively, the “Identified Employees”), which such offers shall be for employment effective as of the termination date of the Field Services (as defined in the Transition Services Agreement) and on terms and conditions established by Buyer or its Affiliate at their discretion.  Each such offer of employment shall be made within fourteen (14) days prior to the Closing Date.  No later than the date that is seven (7) days prior to the Closing Date, Buyer shall notify Seller as to each Identified Employee who has accepted employment with Buyer or any of its Affiliates and each Identified Employee who has rejected Buyer’s or its Affiliate’s offer of employment.  EnerVest shall indemnify and hold harmless each Seller Indemnified Party from and against any and all Liabilities relating to or arising out of Buyer’s or its Affiliate’s employment offer process described in this Section 6.10(a) (including any claim of discrimination or other illegality in such selection and offer process).

(b)Except to the extent provided in Section 6.10(a) with respect to the employees identified on Schedule 6.10, from the Execution Date until the one (1) year anniversary of either the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement, Buyer will not, and will cause its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment (including by contracting through an independent contractor, consultant or other Third Party) or employ (including as a consultant) any officer or employee of Seller or its Affiliates without obtaining the prior written consent of Seller.  This Section 6.10(b) shall not apply to general solicitations of employment not specifically directed towards officers or employees of Seller or its Affiliates, and Buyer shall not be prohibited from (a) employing or otherwise working with any such person who contacts Buyer solely on his or her own initiative and without direct or indirect solicitation by Buyer, (b) employing or otherwise working with any such person as a result of general solicitations for employees or independent contractors (which solicitations are not specifically targeted at Seller’s employees) through the use of media advertisements, professional search firms or otherwise, or (c) employing any such employee who has been terminated by Seller prior to commencement of any employment discussions.

6.11Suspense Accounts.  Seller shall, prior to Closing, pay to the States of Texas and Oklahoma those suspended royalties that, as of the Execution Date, have escheated or are escheatable to the States of Texas and Oklahoma, to the extent that such payments are required to be made prior to Closing under applicable Laws.  Seller shall transfer to Buyer pursuant to a downward adjustment to the Purchase Price as set forth in Section 3.3(b) only those monies held in suspense by Seller at Closing that relate to suspended royalties as to which Buyer shall be responsible for distribution after Closing (which shall not include such escheatable monies).  Seller agrees to provide to Buyer any information reasonably requested by Buyer regarding all of Seller’s accounts holding monies in suspense that will be transferred to Buyer together with a written explanation (as contained in Seller’s files) of why such monies are held in suspense or other information identifying the proper disposition of such monies.

6.12Digital Records.  After the Execution Date and within ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Seller will use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to Buyer, any requested Records available in digital format (the “Digital Records”) upon such request by Buyer so that Buyer may prepare to take over physical operations on the Closing Date as well as to prepare for taking over administrative functions for operated and non-operated Assets.  Any Digital Records delivered to Buyer prior to Closing will be subject to the confidentiality provisions of Section 10.2 and the Confidentiality Agreement.  If this Agreement is terminated prior to the Closing, then Buyer will return the Digital Records to Seller in their entirety and shall destroy any copies of the same that may have been created by Buyer. 

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ARTICLE VII
BUYER’S CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
The obligations of Buyer to consummate the transactions provided for herein are subject, at the option of Buyer, to the fulfillment by Seller or waiver by Buyer, on or prior to Closing of each of the following conditions:
7.1Representations.  The representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Article IV shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the Execution Date and on and as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made or given on and as of the Closing Date (other than representations and warranties that refer to a specified date, which need only be true and correct on and as of such specified date), except for those breaches, if any, of such representations and warranties that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  

7.2Performance.  Seller shall have materially performed or complied with all obligations, agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement as to which performance or compliance by Seller is required prior to or at the Closing Date.

7.3No Legal Proceedings.  No material suit, action, litigation or other proceeding by any Third Party shall be pending before any Governmental Authority seeking to restrain, prohibit, enjoin or declare illegal, or seeking substantial damages in connection with, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

7.4Title Defects and Environmental Defects.  In each case subject to the Individual Title Defect Threshold, the Individual Environmental Threshold and the Aggregate Deductible, as applicable, the sum of (a) all Title Defect Amounts determined under Section 11.2(g) prior to Closing, less the sum of all Title Benefit Amounts determined under Section 11.2(h) prior to Closing, plus (b) all Remediation Amounts for Environmental Defects determined under Article XII prior to Closing shall be less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Purchase Price.

7.5Closing Deliverables.  Seller shall have delivered (or be ready, willing and able to deliver at Closing) to Buyer the documents and other items required to be delivered by Seller under Section 9.3.

ARTICLE VIII
SELLER’S CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
The obligations of Seller to consummate the transactions provided for herein are subject, at the option of Seller, to the fulfillment by Buyer or waiver by Seller on or prior to Closing of each of the following conditions:
8.1Representations.  The representations and warranties of Buyer set forth in Article V shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the Execution Date and on and as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as though such representations and warranties had been made or given on and as of the Closing Date (other than representations and warranties that refer to a specified date, which need only be true and correct on and as of such specified date), except for those breaches, if any, of such representations and warranties that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.2Performance.  Buyer shall have materially performed or complied with all obligations, agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement as to which performance or compliance by Buyer is required prior to or at the Closing Date.

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8.3No Legal Proceedings.  No material suit, action, litigation or other proceeding by any Third Party shall be pending before any Governmental Authority seeking to restrain, prohibit or declare illegal, or seeking substantial damages in connection with, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

8.4Title Defects and Environmental Defects.  In each case subject to the Individual Title Defect Threshold, the Individual Environmental Threshold and the Aggregate Deductible, as applicable, the sum of (a) all Title Defect Amounts determined under Section 11.2(g) prior to Closing, less the sum of all Title Benefit Amounts determined under Section 11.2(h) prior to Closing, plus (b) all Remediation Amounts for Environmental Defects determined under Article XII prior to Closing shall be less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Purchase Price. 

8.5Replacement Bonds and Guarantees.  Buyer shall have obtained, in the name of Buyer: (a) replacements for Seller’s and/or its Affiliates’ bonds, letters of credit and guarantees, to the extent required by Section 6.3 and (b) replacements for the Guarantees to the extent required by Section 6.5.

8.6Closing Deliverables.  Buyer shall have delivered (or be ready, willing and able to deliver at Closing) to Seller the documents and other items required to be delivered by Buyer under Section 9.3.

ARTICLE IX
CLOSING
9.1Date of Closing.  Subject to the conditions stated in this Agreement, the sale by Seller and the purchase by Buyer of the Assets pursuant to this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall occur on or before June 30, 2014, or on such date as Buyer and Seller may agree upon in writing.  The date on which the Closing actually occurs shall be the “Closing Date.”

9.2Place of Closing.  Closing shall be held at the offices of Vinson & Elkins LLP, 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77002, or such other place as mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

9.3Closing Obligations.  At Closing, the following documents shall be delivered and the following events shall occur, the execution of each document and the occurrence of each event being a condition precedent to the others and each being deemed to have occurred simultaneously with the others:

(a)Seller and Buyer shall execute, acknowledge and deliver the Assignment in sufficient counterparts to facilitate recording in the applicable counties covering the Assets.

(b)Seller and Buyer shall execute and deliver assignments, on appropriate forms, of federal Leases, state Leases and Indian Leases included in the Assets in sufficient counterparts to facilitate filing with the applicable Governmental Authority.

(c)Seller and Buyer shall execute, acknowledge and deliver the mineral deed(s), substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B-2 and conveying the Mineral Fee Interests, in sufficient counterparts to facilitate recording in the applicable counties covering such Assets.

(d)Seller and Buyer shall execute and deliver the Preliminary Settlement Statement.

(e)Buyer shall deliver to Seller, to the accounts designated in the Preliminary Settlement Statement, by direct bank or wire transfer in same day funds, the Adjusted Purchase Price after giving effect to the Deposit.

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(f)Buyer and Seller shall execute joint written instructions to the Bank to deliver the Deposit to Seller by a wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated in the Preliminary Settlement Statement.

(g)Seller shall deliver, on forms supplied by Buyer and reasonably acceptable to Seller, transfer orders or letters in lieu thereof directing all purchasers of production to make payment to Buyer of proceeds attributable to production from the Assets from and after the Effective Time, for delivery by Buyer to the purchasers of production.

(h)Seller shall deliver an executed statement described in Treasury Regulation §1.1445-2(b)(2) certifying that Seller is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of the Code.

(i)To the extent required under any applicable Law or Governmental Authority for any federal or state Lease, Seller and Buyer shall deliver federal and state change of operator forms designating Buyer or EV Operating, as applicable, as the operator of the Wells and the Leases currently operated by Seller.

(j)An authorized officer of Seller shall execute and deliver a certificate, dated as of Closing Date, certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 7.1 and Section 7.2 have been fulfilled and, if applicable, any exceptions to such conditions that have been waived by Buyer.

(k)An authorized officer of Buyer shall execute and deliver a certificate, dated as of Closing, certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 8.1 and Section 8.2 have been fulfilled and, if applicable, any exceptions to such conditions that have been waived by Seller.

(l)Buyer shall deliver any instruments and documents required by Section 6.3 and/or Section 6.5.

(m)Seller and Buyer shall execute and deliver the Transition Services Agreement.

(n)Seller and Buyer shall execute and deliver any other agreements, instruments and documents which are required by other terms of this Agreement to be executed and/or delivered at Closing.

9.4Records.  In addition to the obligations set forth under Section 9.3 above, but notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no later than thirty (30) Business Days after the Closing Date, Seller shall make available to Buyer the Records for pickup from Seller’s offices during normal business hours. 

ARTICLE X
ACCESS/DISCLAIMERS
10.1Access.  

(a)From and after the Execution Date and up to and including the Closing Date (or earlier termination of this Agreement), but subject to the other provisions of this Section 10.1 and obtaining any required consents of Third Parties, including Third Party operators of the Assets, Seller shall afford to Buyer and its officers, employees, agents, accountants, consultants, attorneys and other authorized representatives (“Buyer’s Representatives”) reasonable access, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., local time, Mondays through Fridays (excluding holidays), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., local time, on Saturdays (excluding holidays) and as mutually agreed by the Parties on Sundays (excluding holidays), to the Assets and all Records in Seller’s or any of its Affiliates’ possession to the extent necessary to conduct 

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the title or environmental review described in this Agreement.  All investigations and due diligence conducted by Buyer or any Buyer’s Representative shall be conducted at Buyer’s sole cost, risk and expense and any conclusions made from any examination done by Buyer or any Buyer’s Representative shall result from Buyer’s own independent review and judgment. 

(b)Buyer shall be entitled to conduct a Phase I environmental property assessment with respect to the Assets; provided that any sampling or invasive activity by Buyer or Buyer’s Representatives shall require the prior written consent of Seller as described below.  If a Phase I environmental property assessment reasonably recommends that any sampling or invasive activities be conducted on an Asset in order for Buyer to estimate the Remediation Amount with respect to such Asset, Buyer shall (i) furnish Seller with a written description of the proposed scope of such sampling or invasive activities, including a description of the specific activities to be conducted, and a description of the approximate location and expected timing of such activities and (ii) obtain the prior written consent of Seller (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) and the Third-Party operator of the affected Assets to undertake such sampling or invasive activities.  If any of the proposed sampling or invasive activities may unreasonably interfere with the normal operation of the Assets or the properties underlying the Assets, Seller may request an appropriate modification of the proposed sampling or invasive activities.  Any sampling or invasive activities shall be conducted by a reputable environmental consulting or engineering firm, approved in advance by Seller (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) and, once approved, such environmental consulting or engineering firm shall be deemed to be a “Buyer’s Representative.”  Buyer shall obtain all permits necessary to conduct any approved sampling or invasive activities from any applicable Governmental Authorities; provided that, prior to Closing and upon request, Seller shall provide Buyer with assistance (at no cost or Liability to Seller) as reasonably requested by Buyer that may be necessary to secure such permits.  If Buyer reasonably requests access to conduct any sampling or invasive activities pursuant to this Section 10.1(b) and Seller denies Buyer consent to conduct such sampling or invasive activities, then Buyer may, at its sole election, elect to exclude such Asset from the Assets to be assigned to Buyer at Closing, and the Purchase Price shall be reduced by the Allocated Value of such Asset.  Buyer shall give Seller reasonable prior written notice before entering onto any of the Assets, and Seller or its designee shall have the right to accompany Buyer and Buyer’s Representatives whenever they are on site on the Assets.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Buyer shall not have access to, and shall not be permitted to conduct any environmental due diligence (including any Phase I environmental property assessment) with respect to, any Assets with respect to which Seller does not have the authority to grant access for such due diligence.  Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain access rights from Third Parties for Buyer to conduct its investigation and due diligence of the Assets; provided that Seller shall not be required to incur any Liability or pay any money in order to obtain such access rights.

(c)Buyer shall coordinate its environmental property assessments and physical inspections of the Assets with Seller and all Third Party operators to minimize any inconvenience to or interruption of the conduct of business by Seller or such Third Party operators.  Buyer shall abide by Seller’s, and any Third Party operator’s, safety rules, regulations and operating policies while conducting its due diligence evaluation of the Assets, including any environmental or other inspection or assessment of the Assets and, to the extent required by Seller or any Third Party operator, execute and deliver any required access agreement of Seller or any such Third Party operator.  Buyer hereby defends, indemnifies and holds harmless the operators of the Assets and the Seller Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Liabilities arising out of, resulting from or relating to any field visit, environmental property assessment or other due diligence activity conducted by Buyer or any Buyer’s Representative with respect to the Assets, even if such Liabilities arise out of or result from, SOLELY OR IN PART, the sole, active, passive, concurrent or comparative negligence, strict liability or other fault or violation of Law of or by a member of THE 

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Seller Indemnified Parties, excepting only Liabilities TO THE EXTENT actually resulting FROM the gross negligence or willful misconduct of a member of THE Seller Indemnified Parties.

(d)Buyer agrees to provide to Seller, on or before the Environmental Claim Date, copies of all final reports and test results prepared by Buyer and/or any of Buyer’s Representatives which contain data collected or generated from Buyer’s due diligence with respect to the Environmental Defects as to which Buyer provides Seller an Environmental Defect Notice.  Seller shall not be deemed by its receipt of said documents or otherwise to have made any representation or warranty, express, implied or statutory, as to the condition of the Assets or to the accuracy of said documents or the information contained therein. 
(e)Upon completion of Buyer’s due diligence, Buyer shall at its sole cost and expense and without any cost or expense to Seller or its Affiliates (i) repair all damage done to the Assets in connection with Buyer’s due diligence, (ii) restore the Assets to the approximate same condition as, or better condition than, they were prior to commencement of Buyer’s due diligence and (iii) remove all equipment, tools and other property brought onto the Assets in connection with Buyer’s due diligence.  Any disturbance to the Assets (including the leasehold associated therewith) resulting from Buyer’s due diligence will be promptly corrected by Buyer.

(f)During all periods that Buyer and/or any of Buyer’s Representatives are on the Assets, Buyer shall maintain, at its sole expense and with insurers reasonably satisfactory to Seller, policies of insurance of the types and in the amounts reasonably requested by Seller.  Coverage under all insurance required to be carried by Buyer hereunder will (i) be primary insurance, (ii) list the Seller Indemnified Parties as additional insureds, (iii) waive subrogation against the Seller Indemnified Parties and (iv) provide for ten (10) days’ prior written notice to Seller in the event of cancellation, expiration or modification of the policy or reduction in coverage.  Upon request by Seller, Buyer shall provide evidence of such insurance to Seller prior to entering the Assets.

10.2Confidentiality.  Buyer acknowledges that, pursuant to its right of access to the Records or the Assets, Buyer and/or Buyer’s Representatives will become privy to confidential and other information of Seller or its Affiliates, and Buyer shall ensure that such confidential information (i) shall not be used for any purpose other than in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) shall be held confidential by Buyer and Buyer’s Representatives in accordance with the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement.  If Closing should occur, the foregoing confidentiality restriction on Buyer, including the Confidentiality Agreement, shall terminate (except as to (a) such portion of the Assets that are not conveyed to Buyer pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, (b) the Excluded Assets and (c) information related to Seller or its Affiliates or to assets other than the Assets). 

10.3Disclaimers.  

(a)EXCEPT AS AND TO THE LIMITED EXTENT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ARTICLE IV, SECTION 11.1(b), OR THE ASSIGNMENT, (I) SELLER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, STATUTORY OR IMPLIED, AND (II) SELLER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, STATEMENT OR INFORMATION MADE OR COMMUNICATED (ORALLY OR IN WRITING) TO BUYER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS OR REPRESENTATIVES (INCLUDING ANY OPINION, INFORMATION, PROJECTION OR ADVICE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO BUYER BY ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE, AGENT, CONSULTANT, REPRESENTATIVE OR ADVISOR OF SELLER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES).

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(b)EXCEPT AS AND TO THE LIMITED EXTENT EXPRESSLY REPRESENTED OTHERWISE IN ARTICLE IV, SECTION 11.1(b), OR THE ASSIGNMENT, AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, SELLER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS, STATUTORY OR IMPLIED, AS TO (I) TITLE TO ANY OF THE ASSETS, (II) THE CONTENTS, CHARACTER OR NATURE OF ANY REPORT OF ANY PETROLEUM ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, OR ANY ENGINEERING, GEOLOGICAL OR SEISMIC DATA OR INTERPRETATION RELATING TO THE ASSETS, (III) THE QUANTITY, QUALITY OR RECOVERABILITY OF HYDROCARBONS IN OR FROM THE ASSETS, (IV) ANY ESTIMATES OF THE VALUE OF THE ASSETS OR FUTURE REVENUES TO BE GENERATED BY THE ASSETS, (V) THE PRODUCTION OF OR ABILITY TO PRODUCE HYDROCARBONS FROM THE ASSETS, (VI) THE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, CONDITION, QUALITY, SUITABILITY, DESIGN OR MARKETABILITY OF THE ASSETS, (VII) THE CONTENT, CHARACTER OR NATURE OF ANY INFORMATION MEMORANDUM, REPORTS, BROCHURES, CHARTS OR STATEMENTS PREPARED BY SELLER OR THIRD PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE ASSETS, (VIII) ANY OTHER MATERIALS OR INFORMATION THAT MAY HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO BUYER OR ITS AFFILIATES, OR ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONSULTANTS, REPRESENTATIVES OR ADVISORS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DISCUSSION OR PRESENTATION RELATING THERETO AND (IX) ANY IMPLIED OR EXPRESS WARRANTY OF FREEDOM FROM PATENT OR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT.  EXCEPT AS AND TO THE LIMITED EXTENT EXPRESSLY REPRESENTED OTHERWISE IN ARTICLE IV, SECTION 11.1(b), OR THE ASSIGNMENT, SELLER FURTHER DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS, STATUTORY OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FREEDOM FROM LATENT VICES OR DEFECTS, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR CONFORMITY TO MODELS OR SAMPLES OF MATERIALS OF ANY OF THE ASSETS, RIGHTS OF A PURCHASER UNDER APPROPRIATE STATUTES TO CLAIM DIMINUTION OF CONSIDERATION OR RETURN OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, IT BEING EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED BY THE PARTIES THAT BUYER SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OBTAINING THE ASSETS IN THEIR PRESENT STATUS, CONDITION AND STATE OF REPAIR, “AS IS” AND “WHERE IS” WITH ALL FAULTS OR DEFECTS (KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, LATENT, DISCOVERABLE OR UNDISCOVERABLE), AND THAT BUYER HAS MADE OR CAUSED TO BE MADE SUCH INSPECTIONS AS BUYER DEEMS APPROPRIATE. 

(c)EXCEPT AS TO THE LIMITED EXTENT EXPRESSLY REPRESENTED OTHERWISE IN SECTION 4.17, SELLER HAS NOT AND WILL NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY REGARDING ANY MATTER OR CIRCUMSTANCE RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, THE RELEASE OF MATERIALS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT OR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH, SAFETY, NATURAL RESOURCES OR THE ENVIRONMENT, OR ANY OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION OF THE ASSETS, AND NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS SUCH A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY.  SUBJECT TO BUYER’S RIGHTS UNDER SECTION 12.1, BUYER SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE TAKING THE ASSETS “AS IS” AND “WHERE IS” WITH ALL FAULTS FOR PURPOSES OF THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION, AND BUYER HAS MADE OR CAUSED TO BE MADE SUCH ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTIONS AS BUYER DEEMS APPROPRIATE.

(d)Seller and Buyer agree that, to the extent required by applicable law to be effective, the disclaimers of certain representations and warranties contained in this Section 10.3 are “conspicuous” disclaimers for the purpose of any applicable law.

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ARTICLE XI
TITLE MATTERS; CASUALTY; TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

11.1Seller’s Title.  

(a)General Disclaimer of Title Warranties and Representations.  Except for the special warranty of title as set forth in Section 11.1(b) and the Assignment and without limiting Buyer’s remedies for Title Defects set forth in this Article XI, Seller makes no warranty or representation, express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to Seller’s title to any of the Assets, and Buyer hereby acknowledges and agrees that Buyer’s sole remedy for any defect of title, including any Title Defect, with respect to any of the Assets (i) before Closing, shall be as set forth in Section 11.2 and (ii) after Closing, shall be pursuant to the special warranty of title set forth in Section 11.1(b) and the Assignment.

(b)Special Warranty of Title.  If Closing occurs, then effective as of the Effective Time and until the end of the Survival Period, Seller warrants Defensible Title, without duplication, to (i) the Wells and Well Locations set forth on Schedule 3.8 (subject to the depth restrictions set forth on Exhibit A, and, for a Well, limited to any currently producing formations, and, for a Well Location, limited to the applicable Target Formations set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well Location) and (ii) the survey sections set forth on Schedule 3.8, to the extent that the interests in such survey sections are contributed by the Leases and the Mineral Fee Interests set forth on Exhibit A-2 (the “Sections”) (subject to the depth restrictions set forth on Exhibit A-2 and limited to the applicable Target Formations set forth on Schedule 3.8), unto Buyer against every Person whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof by, through or under Seller or its Affiliates, but not otherwise, subject, however, to the Permitted Encumbrances; provided, however, that, except with respect to any liability of Seller for any claim asserted in writing by Buyer to Seller in accordance with Section 11.1(c) on or before the expiration of the Survival Period for breach of such special warranty, such special warranty shall cease and terminate at the end of such Survival Period.

(c)Recovery on Special Warranty.  

i.Buyer’s Assertion of Title Warranty Breaches.  Prior to the expiration of the period of time commencing as of the Closing Date and ending at 5 p.m. Central Time on the two (2) year anniversary thereof (the “Survival Period”), Buyer shall furnish Seller a Title Defect Notice meeting the requirements of Section 11.2(a) setting forth any matters which Buyer intends to assert as a breach of Seller’s special warranty in Section 11.1(b).  For all purposes of this Agreement, Buyer shall be deemed to have waived, and Seller shall have no further liability for, any breach of Seller’s special warranty that Buyer fails to assert by a Title Defect Notice given to Seller on or before the expiration of the Survival Period.  Seller shall have a reasonable opportunity, but not the obligation, to cure any Title Defect asserted by Buyer pursuant to this Section 11.1(c)(i).  Buyer agrees to reasonably cooperate with any attempt by Seller to cure any such Title Defect. 
ii.Limitations on Special Warranty.  For purposes of Seller’s special warranty of title, the value of the Sections, Wells and/or Well Locations set forth in Schedule 3.8, as appropriate ((1) for a Well, subject to the depth restrictions set forth on Exhibit A and limited to any currently producing formations, (2) for a Well Location, subject to the depth restrictions set forth on Exhibit A and limited to the applicable Target Formations set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well Location, and (3) for a Section, subject to the depth restrictions set forth on Exhibit A-2 and limited to the applicable Target Formations set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Section), shall be deemed to be the Allocated Value thereof, as adjusted herein.  Recovery on Seller’s special warranty of title shall be limited to an amount (without any interest accruing thereon) equal to the reduction in the Purchase Price to which Buyer would have been entitled had Buyer asserted the defect giving 

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rise to such breach of Seller’s special warranty of title as a Title Defect prior to the Title Claim Date pursuant to Section 11.2, except that the Individual Title Defect Threshold and the Aggregate Deductible shall not apply.  Seller shall be entitled to offset any amount owed by Seller for breach of its special warranty of title with respect to any Asset by the amount of any Title Benefits with respect to such Asset as to which Seller gives Buyer notice after the Title Claim Date. 

11.2Notice of Title Defects; Defect Adjustments.  

(a)Title Defect Notices.  Buyer must deliver, no later than June 23, 2014 (the “Title Claim Date”), claim notices to Seller meeting the requirements of this Section 11.2(a) (collectively, the “Title Defect Notices” and, individually, a “Title Defect Notice”) setting forth any matters which, in Buyer’s reasonable opinion, constitute Title Defects and which Buyer intends to assert as a Title Defect pursuant to this Section 11.2(a).  For all purposes of this Agreement and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Buyer shall be deemed to have waived, and Seller shall have no liability for, any Title Defect which Buyer fails to assert as a Title Defect by a properly delivered Title Defect Notice received by Seller on or before the Title Claim Date; provided, however, that, for purposes of Seller’s special warranty of title under Section 11.1(b), such waiver shall not apply to any matter that, prior to the Title Claim Date, is not discovered by any of Buyer’s or any of its Affiliate’s employees, title attorneys, landmen or other title examiners while conducting Buyer’s due diligence with respect to the Assets and may be claimed by Buyer pursuant to Section 11.1.  To be effective, each Title Defect Notice shall be in writing, and shall include (i) a description of the alleged Title Defect and the Asset (including the legal description of such Asset and the Leases applicable to such Asset), or portion thereof, affected by such Title Defect (each a “Title Defect Property”), (ii) the Allocated Value of each Title Defect Property, (iii) supporting documents reasonably necessary for Seller to verify the existence of such alleged Title Defect, (iv) Buyer’s preferred manner of curing each Title Defect and Buyer’s proposed documentation for such cure and (v) the amount by which Buyer reasonably believes the Allocated Value of each Title Defect Property is reduced by such alleged Title Defect and the computations upon which Buyer’s belief is based.  To give Seller an opportunity to commence reviewing and curing Title Defects, Buyer agrees to use reasonable efforts to give Seller, on or before the end of each calendar week prior to the Title Claim Date, written notice of all alleged Title Defects (as well as any claims that would be claims under the special warranty set forth in Section 11.1) discovered by Buyer during the preceding calendar week, which notice may be preliminary in nature and supplemented prior to the Title Claim Date.  Buyer shall also, promptly upon discovery, furnish Seller with written notice of any Title Benefit which is discovered by any of Buyer’s or any of its Affiliate’s employees, title attorneys, landmen or other title examiners while conducting Buyer’s due diligence with respect to the Assets prior to the Title Claim Date.

(b)Title Benefit Notices.  Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to deliver to Buyer on or before the Title Claim Date with respect to each Title Benefit a notice (a “Title Benefit Notice”) including (i) a description of the alleged Title Benefit and the Asset, or portion thereof, affected by such alleged Title Benefit (each a “Title Benefit Property”), and (ii) the amount by which Seller reasonably believes the Allocated Value of such Title Benefit Property is increased by such alleged Title Benefit and the computations upon which Seller’s belief is based.  Except as set forth in Section 11.1(c)(ii) and Section 11.2(a), Seller shall be deemed to have waived all Title Benefits for which a Title Benefit Notice has not been delivered on or before the Title Claim Date.

(c)Seller’s Right to Cure.  Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to attempt, at its sole cost, to cure at any time prior to one hundred twenty (120) days after Closing (the “Cure Period”), any Title Defects of which it has been advised by Buyer.  During the period of time from Closing to the expiration of the Cure Period, Buyer agrees to afford Seller and its officers, employees and other authorized representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours, to the Assets and all Records in Buyer’s or 

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any of its Affiliates’ possession in order to facilitate Seller’s attempt to cure any such Title Defects.  The Title Defect Amount claimed in good faith by Buyer for any Title Defect as to which Seller has provided notice to Buyer prior to or on the Closing Date that Seller intends to attempt to cure the Title Defect during the Cure Period shall be paid by Buyer at Closing to the Bank and deposited into the Joint Control Account and any such amount shall be paid to Seller or Buyer, as applicable, upon the expiration of the Cure Period and as agreed by Seller and Buyer or determined pursuant to Section 11.2(j).  An election by Seller to attempt to cure a Title Defect shall be without prejudice to its rights under Section 11.2(j) and shall not constitute an admission against interest or a waiver of Seller’s right to dispute the existence, nature or value of, or cost to cure, the alleged Title Defect. 

(d)Remedies for Title Defects.  Subject to Seller’s continuing right to dispute the existence of a Title Defect and/or the Title Defect Amount asserted with respect thereto, and subject to the rights of the Parties pursuant to Section 14.1(c), in the event that any Title Defect timely asserted by Buyer in accordance with Section 11.2(a) is not waived in writing by Buyer or cured during the Cure Period, Seller shall, at its sole option, elect to: 

i.subject to the Individual Title Defect Threshold and the Aggregate Deductible, reduce the Purchase Price or Final Price, as applicable, by the Title Defect Amount determined pursuant to Section 11.2(g) or Section 11.2(j);

ii.with the written consent of Buyer, retain the entirety of the Title Defect Property that is subject to such Title Defect, together with all associated Assets, in which event the Purchase Price or Final Price, as applicable, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Allocated Value of such Title Defect Property and such associated Assets; or

iii.if applicable, terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 14.1(c).

(e)Remedies for Title Benefits.  The amount resulting from each Title Benefit (the “Title Benefit Amount”) shall be determined pursuant to Section 11.2(h) or Section 11.2(j).  Any Title Benefit Amounts shall be offset against the total Title Defect Amounts for all Title Defects, without limiting or otherwise modifying the provisions of Section 11.2(i).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, if the total amount of all Title Benefit Amounts exceeds the total amount of all Title Defect Amounts, in each case, with respect to the Assets, there shall be no upward adjustment to the Purchase Price or other remedies provided to Seller for such Title Benefits.

(f)Exclusive Remedy.  Except for Buyer’s rights under Seller’s special warranty of title under Section 11.1(b) and Buyer’s rights to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 14.1(c), the provisions set forth in Section 11.2(d) shall be the exclusive right and remedy of Buyer with respect to Seller’s failure to have Defensible Title with respect to any Asset or any other title matter.

(g)Title Defect Amount.  The amount by which the Allocated Value of a Title Defect Property is reduced as a result of the existence of a Title Defect shall be the “Title Defect Amount” and shall be determined in accordance with the following terms and conditions (without duplication):

i.if Buyer and Seller agree on the Title Defect Amount, then that amount shall be the Title Defect Amount;

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ii.if the Title Defect is an Encumbrance that is undisputed and liquidated in amount, then the Title Defect Amount shall be the amount necessary to be paid to remove the Title Defect from the Title Defect Property;

iii.if the Title Defect represents a discrepancy between (A) Seller’s Net Revenue Interest for any Title Defect Property and (B) the Net Revenue Interest set forth for such Title Defect Property on Schedule 3.8, then the Title Defect Amount shall be the product of the Allocated Value of such Title Defect Property multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Net Revenue Interest decrease and the denominator of which is the Net Revenue Interest set forth for such Title Defect Property on Schedule 3.8;

iv.if the Title Defect represents a discrepancy where (A) the actual Net Acres for any Title Defect Property, as to the applicable Target Formations, is less than (B) the Net Acres for such Title Defect Property, as to the applicable Target Formations, stated on Schedule 3.8, then the Title Defect Amount shall be the product obtained by multiplying such difference by the Allocated Value (on a per Net Acre dollar amount, as to the applicable Target Formations) for such Title Defect Property set forth on Schedule 3.8;

v.if the Title Defect represents an obligation or Encumbrance upon or other defect in title to the Title Defect Property of a type not described above, then the Title Defect Amount shall be determined by taking into account the Allocated Value of the Title Defect Property, the portion of the Title Defect Property affected by the Title Defect, the legal effect of the Title Defect, the potential economic effect of the Title Defect over the life of the Title Defect Property, the values placed upon the Title Defect by Buyer and Seller and such other reasonable factors as are necessary to make a proper evaluation;

vi.the Title Defect Amount with respect to a Title Defect Property shall be determined without duplication of any costs or losses included in another Title Defect Amount hereunder; and

vii.notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article XI, the aggregate Title Defect Amounts attributable to the effects of all Title Defects upon any Title Defect Property shall not exceed the Allocated Value of such Title Defect Property. 

(h)Title Benefit Amount.  The Title Benefit Amount resulting from a Title Benefit shall be determined in accordance with the following methodology, terms and conditions (without duplication):

i.if Buyer and Seller agree on the Title Benefit Amount, then that amount shall be the Title Benefit Amount; 

ii.if the Title Benefit represents a discrepancy between (A) Seller’s Net Revenue Interest for any Title Benefit Property and (B) the Net Revenue Interest set forth for such Title Benefit Property on Schedule 3.8, then the Title Benefit Amount shall be the product of the Allocated Value of such Title Benefit Property multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Net Revenue Interest increase and the denominator of which is the Net Revenue Interest set forth for such Title Benefit Property on Schedule 3.8;

iii.if the Title Benefit represents a discrepancy where (A) the actual Net Acres for any Title Benefit Property is greater than (B) the Net Acres for such Title Benefit Property stated on Schedule 3.8, then the Title Benefit Amount shall be the product obtained by multiplying such difference by the Allocated Value (on a per Net Acre dollar amount) for such Title Benefit Property set forth on Schedule 3.8; and

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iv.if the Title Benefit is of a type not described above, then the Title Benefit Amounts shall be determined by taking into account the Allocated Value of Title Benefit Property, the portion of such Title Benefit Property affected by such Title Benefit, the legal effect of the Title Benefit, the potential economic effect of the Title Benefit over the life of such Title Benefit Property, the values placed upon the Title Benefit by Buyer and Seller and such other reasonable factors as are necessary to make a proper evaluation.

(i)Title Defect Threshold and Deductible.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in no event shall there be any adjustments to the Purchase Price or other remedies provided by Seller for any individual Title Defect for which (x) the Title Defect Amount does not exceed $15,000 with respect to any affected Title Defect Property to the extent that such Title Defect Property is a Well or Well Location set forth on Schedule 3.8 and (y) the Title Defect Amount does not exceed $5,000 with respect to any affected Title Defect Property to the extent that such Title Defect Property is a Section set forth on Schedule 3.8 (collectively, the “Individual Title Defect Threshold”); and (ii) in no event shall there be any adjustment to the Purchase Price or other remedies provided by Seller for any Title Defect that exceeds the Individual Title Defect Threshold unless (A) the amount of the sum of (1) the aggregate Title Defect Amounts of all such Title Defects that exceed the Individual Title Defect Threshold (but excluding any such Title Defects cured by Seller), plus (2) the aggregate Remediation Amounts of all Environmental Defects that exceed the Individual Environmental Threshold (but excluding any Environmental Defects cured by Seller), exceeds (B) the Aggregate Deductible, after which point Buyer shall be entitled to adjustments to the Purchase Price or other applicable remedies available hereunder, but only with respect to the amount by which the aggregate amount of such Title Defect Amounts and Remediation Amounts exceeds the Aggregate Deductible.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Individual Title Defect Threshold and the Aggregate Deductible shall not apply to any Title Defect which arises from typographical, clerical or scrivener’s error (such as misplaced decimal points, transposed digits and similar erroneous entries of data in the ARIES database as compared to the documents in Seller’s possession from which such information was extracted) in the Exhibits or Schedules to this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, if Seller retains any Title Defect Property pursuant to Section 11.2(d)(ii), the Title Defect Amount related to such Title Defect Property will not be counted towards the Aggregate Deductible and will not be considered for purposes of Section 7.4 and/or Section 8.4.

(j)Title Dispute Resolution.  Seller and Buyer shall attempt to agree on matters regarding (i) all Title Defects, Title Benefits, Title Defect Amounts and Title Benefit Amounts, and (ii) the adequacy of any curative materials provided by Seller to cure an alleged Title Defect (the “Disputed Title Matters”) prior to Closing.  If Seller and Buyer are unable to agree by Closing (or by the end of the Cure Period if Seller elects to attempt to cure a Title Defect after Closing), the Disputed Title Matters shall be exclusively and finally resolved pursuant to this Section 11.2(j).  There shall be a single arbitrator, who shall be a title attorney with at least ten (10) years’ experience in oil and gas titles involving properties in the regional area in which the Title Defect Properties are located, as selected by mutual agreement of Buyer and Seller within fifteen (15) days after the Closing or the end of the Cure Period, as applicable, or, absent such agreement, by the Houston, Texas office of the American Arbitration Association (the “Title Arbitrator”).  Each of Buyer and Seller shall submit to the Title Arbitrator its proposed resolution of the Disputed Title Matter.  The proposed resolution of the Disputed Title Matter shall include the best offer of the submitting Party in a single monetary amount that such Party is willing to pay or accept (as applicable) to settle the Disputed Title Matter.  The Title Arbitrator shall be limited to awarding only one or the other of the two proposed settlement amounts.  The arbitration proceeding shall be held in Houston, Texas and shall be conducted in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, to the extent such rules do not conflict with the terms of this Section 11.2(j).  The Title Arbitrator’s determination shall be made within twenty (20) 

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days after submission of the matters in dispute and shall be final and binding upon both Parties, without right of appeal.  In making his determination, the Title Arbitrator shall be bound by the rules set forth in Section 11.2(g) and Section 11.2(h) and, subject to the foregoing, may consider such other matters as, in the opinion of the Title Arbitrator, are necessary to make a proper determination.  The Title Arbitrator, however, may not award Buyer a greater Title Defect Amount than the Title Defect Amount claimed by Buyer in its applicable Title Defect Notice.  The Title Arbitrator shall act as an expert for the limited purpose of determining the specific Disputed Title Matter submitted by either Party and may not award damages, interest or penalties to either Party with respect to any matter.  Seller and Buyer shall each bear its own legal fees and other costs of presenting its case to the Title Arbitrator.  Each of Seller and Buyer shall bear one-half of the costs and expenses of the Title Arbitrator.  To the extent that the award of the Title Arbitrator with respect to any Title Defect Amount or Title Benefit Amount is not taken into account as an adjustment to the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 3.5 or Section 3.6(a), then, within ten (10) days after the Title Arbitrator delivers written notice to Buyer and Seller of his award with respect to a Title Defect Amount or a Title Benefit Amount, and, subject to Section 11.2(i), (i) Buyer shall pay to Seller the amount, if any, so awarded by the Title Arbitrator to Seller, and (ii) Seller shall pay to Buyer the amount, if any, so awarded by the Title Arbitrator to Buyer.  Nothing herein shall operate to cause Closing to be delayed on account of any arbitration conducted pursuant to this Section 11.2(j) and, to the extent any adjustments are not agreed upon by the Parties as of Closing, the Purchase Price shall not be adjusted therefor at Closing, such amount shall be paid by Buyer into the Joint Control Account pursuant to Section 11.2(c) and subsequent adjustments to the Purchase Price, if any, will be made pursuant to Section 3.6 or this Section 11.2. 

11.3Casualty Loss.  

(a)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, from and after the Effective Time, if Closing occurs, Buyer shall assume all risk of loss with respect to production of Hydrocarbons through normal depletion (including watering out of any well, collapsed casing or sand infiltration of any well) and the depreciation of Personal Property due to ordinary wear and tear, in each case, with respect to the Assets, and Buyer shall not assert such matters as Casualty Losses or Title Defects hereunder.

(b)If, (i) after the Execution Date but prior to the Closing Date, any portion of the Assets is damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty or is taken in condemnation or under right of eminent domain (each, a “Casualty Loss”), (ii) the Closing thereafter occurs and (iii) the estimated cost to repair such Asset (with equipment of similar utility) is greater than $100,000, then Buyer shall not be obligated to purchase such Asset.  If Buyer declines to purchase such Asset, the Purchase Price shall be reduced by the Allocated Value of such Asset.  If Buyer elects to purchase such Asset, the Purchase Price shall be reduced by the estimated cost to repair such Asset (with equipment of similar utility), less all insurance proceeds which Seller shall cause to be paid to Buyer, up to the Allocated Value thereof.  Seller, at its sole option, may elect to cure such Casualty Loss to Buyer’s reasonable satisfaction and, in such event, Seller shall be entitled to all insurance proceeds.  If Seller elects to cure such Casualty Loss, Seller may replace any personal property that is the subject of a Casualty Loss with equipment of similar grade and utility.  If Seller cures the Casualty Loss to Buyer’s reasonable satisfaction, Buyer shall purchase the affected Asset at Closing for the Allocated Value thereof. 

11.4Preferential Purchase Rights and Consents to Assign.  

(a)With respect to each Preferential Purchase Right set forth in Schedule 4.10, Seller, prior to Closing, shall send to the holder of each such Preferential Purchase Right a notice in material compliance with the contractual provisions applicable to such Preferential Purchase Right. 

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i.If, prior to Closing, any holder of a Preferential Purchase Right notifies Seller that it intends to consummate the purchase of the Asset to which its Preferential Purchase Right applies, then the Asset subject to such Preferential Purchase Right shall be excluded from the Assets to be assigned to Buyer at Closing (but only to the extent of the portion of such Asset affected by the Preferential Purchase Right), and the Purchase Price shall be reduced by the Allocated Value of the Asset (or portion thereof) so excluded.  Seller shall be entitled to all proceeds paid by any Person exercising a Preferential Purchase Right prior to Closing.  If such holder of such Preferential Purchase Right thereafter fails to consummate the purchase of the Asset (or portion thereof) covered by such Preferential Purchase Right on or before sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, (A) Seller shall so notify Buyer, (B) Buyer shall purchase, on or before ten (10) days following receipt of such notice, such Asset (or portion thereof) that was so excluded from Seller, under the terms of this Agreement and for a price equal to the amount by which the Purchase Price was reduced at Closing with respect to such excluded Asset (or portion thereof) and (C) Seller shall assign to Buyer the Asset (or portion thereof) so excluded at Closing pursuant to an instrument in substantially the same form as the Assignment.  If, as of Closing, the time for exercising a Preferential Purchase Right has not expired and such Preferential Purchase Right has not been exercised or waived, then the Asset subject to such Preferential Purchase Right shall be excluded from the Closing and the Purchase Price reduced accordingly.  Upon expiration of such time period, if the holder has not elected to exercise its Preferential Purchase Right or if the holder has so elected but failed to consummate the purchase of the Asset (or portion thereof) covered by such Preferential Purchase Right, then Buyer will pay Seller the Purchase Price for such Asset, and Seller will assign such Asset to Buyer pursuant to an instrument in substantially the same form as the Assignment.

ii.All Assets for which any applicable Preferential Purchase Right has been waived, or as to which the period to exercise the applicable Preferential Purchase Right has expired without exercise by the holder thereof, in each case, prior to Closing, shall be sold to Buyer at Closing pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

(b)With respect to each Consent (other than Customary Post-Closing Consents) set forth in Schedule 4.4, Seller, prior to Closing, shall send to the holder of each such Consent a notice in material compliance with the contractual provisions applicable to such Consent seeking such holder’s consent to the transactions contemplated hereby.

i.If (A) Seller fails to obtain a Consent (other than Customary Post-Closing Consents) set forth in Schedule 4.4 prior to Closing and the failure to obtain such Consent would cause (1) the assignment of the Assets affected thereby to Buyer to be void or voidable under the terms thereof, (2) the termination of a Lease or Contract under the express terms thereof or (3) a Lease or Contract provides liquidated damages for assignment without obtaining consent or (B) a Consent (other than Customary Post-Closing Consents) requested by Seller is denied in writing, then, in each case, the Asset (or portion thereof) affected by such un-obtained Consent shall be excluded from the Assets to be assigned to Buyer at Closing, and the Purchase Price shall be reduced by the Allocated Value of such Asset (or portion thereof) so excluded.  In the event that a Consent (other than Customary Post-Closing Consents and with respect to an Asset excluded pursuant to this Section 11.4(b)(i)) that was not obtained prior to Closing is obtained within one hundred eighty (180) days following Closing, then, within ten (10) days after such Consent is obtained (x) Buyer shall purchase the Asset (or portion thereof) that was so excluded as a result of such previously un-obtained Consent and pay to Seller the amount by which the Purchase Price was reduced at Closing with respect to the Asset (or portion thereof) so excluded and (y) Seller shall assign to Buyer the Asset (or portion thereof) so excluded at Closing pursuant to an instrument in substantially the same form as the Assignment. 

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ii.If (A) Seller fails to obtain a Consent (other than Customary Post-Closing Consents) set forth in Schedule 4.4 prior to Closing and the failure to obtain such Consent would not cause (1) the assignment of the Asset (or portion thereof) affected thereby to Buyer to be void or voidable under the terms thereof, (2) the termination of a Lease or Contract under the express terms thereof or (3) a Lease or Contract provides liquidated damages for assignment without obtaining consent and (B) such Consent requested by Seller is not denied in writing by the holder thereof, then the Asset (or portion thereof) subject to such un-obtained Consent shall nevertheless be assigned by Seller to Buyer at Closing as part of the Assets and Buyer shall have no claim against, and Seller shall have no Liability for, the failure to obtain such Consent.

iii.Prior to Closing, Seller and Buyer shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all Consents (other than Customary Post-Closing Consents) listed on Schedule 4.4; provided, however, that neither Party shall be required to incur any Liability or pay any money in order to obtain any such Consent.  Subject to the foregoing, Buyer agrees to provide Seller with any information or documentation that may be reasonably requested by Seller and/or the Third Party holder(s) of such Consents in order to facilitate the process of obtaining such Consents.

ARTICLE XII
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

12.1Notice of Environmental Defects.  

(a)Environmental Defects Notice.  Buyer must deliver, no later than June 23, 2014 (the “Environmental Claim Date”), claim notices to Seller meeting the requirements of this Section 12.1(a) (collectively, the “Environmental Defect Notices” and, individually, an “Environmental Defect Notice”) setting forth any matters which, in Buyer’s reasonable opinion, constitute Environmental Defects and which Buyer intends to assert as Environmental Defects pursuant to this Section 12.1.  For all purposes of this Agreement, Buyer shall be deemed to have waived, and Seller shall have no liability for, any Environmental Defect which Buyer fails to assert as an Environmental Defect by a properly delivered Environmental Defect Notice received by Seller on or before the Environmental Claim Date.  To be effective, each Environmental Defect Notice shall be in writing and shall include (i) a description of the matter constituting the alleged Environmental Condition (including the applicable Environmental Law violated or implicated thereby) and the Assets affected by such alleged Environmental Condition, (ii) the Allocated Value of the Assets (or portions thereof) affected by such alleged Environmental Condition, (iii) supporting documents reasonably necessary for Seller to verify the existence of such alleged Environmental Condition, and (iv) a calculation of the Remediation Amount (itemized in reasonable detail) that Buyer asserts is attributable to such alleged Environmental Defect.  Buyer’s calculation of the Remediation Amount included in the Environmental Defect Notice must describe in reasonable detail, if available, the Remediation proposed for the alleged Environmental Condition that gives rise to the asserted Environmental Defect and identify all assumptions used by Buyer in calculating the Remediation Amount, including the standards that Buyer asserts must be met to comply with Environmental Laws.  Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cure any asserted Environmental Defect on or before the expiration of the Cure Period.  To give Seller an opportunity to commence reviewing and curing Environmental Defects, Buyer agrees to use reasonable efforts to give Seller, on or before the end of each calendar week prior to the Environmental Claim Date, written notice of all alleged Environmental Defects discovered by Buyer during the preceding calendar week, which notice may be preliminary in nature and supplemented prior to the Environmental Claim Date.

(b)Remedies for Environmental Defects.  Subject to Seller’s continuing right to dispute the existence of an Environmental Defect and/or the Remediation Amount asserted with respect thereto, and subject to the rights of the Parties pursuant to Section 14.1(c), in the event that any Environmental Defect 

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timely asserted by Buyer in accordance with Section 12.1(a) is not waived in writing by Buyer or cured during the Cure Period, Seller shall, at its sole option, elect to:

i.subject to the Individual Environmental Threshold and the Aggregate Deductible, reduce the Purchase Price by the Remediation Amount;

ii.with the written consent of Buyer, retain the entirety of the Asset that is subject to such Environmental Defect, together with all associated Assets, in which event the Purchase Price shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Allocated Value of such Asset and such associated Assets; or

iii.if applicable, terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 14.1(c). 
If Seller elects the option set forth in clause (i) above, Buyer shall be deemed to have assumed responsibility for all of the costs and expenses attributable to the Remediation of the Environmental Condition attributable to such Environmental Defect and for all Liabilities with respect thereto and such responsibility of Buyer shall be deemed to constitute part of the Assumed Obligations hereunder.  
(c)Exclusive Remedy.  Except for Buyer’s rights to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 14.1(c), the provisions set forth in Sections 12.1(b) and 13.2(a) shall be the exclusive right and remedy of Buyer with respect to any Environmental Defect with respect to any Asset or other environmental matter.

(d)Environmental Deductibles.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in no event shall there be any adjustment to the Purchase Price or other remedies provided by Seller for any individual Environmental Defect for which the Remediation Amount does not exceed $50,000 (the “Individual Environmental Threshold”); and (ii) in no event shall there be any adjustment to the Purchase Price or other remedies provided by Seller for any Environmental Defect for which the Remediation Amount exceeds the Individual Environmental Threshold unless (A) the amount of the sum of (1) the aggregate Remediation Amounts of all such Environmental Defects that exceed the Individual Environmental Threshold (but excluding any Environmental Defects cured by Seller), plus (2) the aggregate Title Defect Amounts of all Title Defects that exceed the Individual Title Defect Threshold (but excluding any Title Defects cured by Seller), exceeds (B) the Aggregate Deductible, after which point Buyer shall be entitled to adjustments to the Purchase Price or other applicable remedies available hereunder, but only with respect to the amount by which the aggregate amount of such Remediation Amounts and Title Defect Amounts exceeds the Aggregate Deductible.  For the avoidance of doubt, if Seller retains any Assets pursuant to Section 12.1(b)(ii), the Remediation Amounts relating to such retained Assets will not be counted towards the Aggregate Deductible and will not be considered for purposes of Section 7.4 and/or Section 8.4.  

(e)Environmental Dispute Resolution.  Seller and Buyer shall attempt to agree on all Environmental Defects and Remediation Amounts prior to Closing.  If Seller and Buyer are unable to agree by Closing, the Environmental Defects and/or Remediation Amounts in dispute shall be exclusively and finally resolved by arbitration pursuant to this Section 12.1(e).  There shall be a single arbitrator, who shall be an environmental attorney with at least ten (10) years’ experience in environmental matters involving oil and gas producing properties in the regional area in which the affected Assets are located, as selected by mutual agreement of Buyer and Seller within fifteen (15) days after the Closing Date, or, absent such agreement, by the Houston, Texas office of the American Arbitration Association (the “Environmental Arbitrator”).  The arbitration proceeding shall be held in Houston, Texas and shall be conducted in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, to the extent such rules do not conflict with the terms of this Section 12.1.  The Environmental Arbitrator’s determination shall be made within twenty (20) days after submission of the matters in dispute and shall be final and binding upon both 

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Parties, without right of appeal.  In making his determination, the Environmental Arbitrator shall be bound by the rules set forth in this Section 12.1 and, subject to the foregoing, may consider such other matters as in the opinion of the Environmental Arbitrator are necessary or helpful to make a proper determination.  The Environmental Arbitrator, however, may not award Buyer any greater Remediation Amount than the Remediation Amount claimed by Buyer in its applicable Environmental Defect Notice.  The Environmental Arbitrator shall act as an expert for the limited purpose of determining the specific disputed Environmental Defects and/or Remediation Amounts submitted by either Party and may not award damages, interest or penalties to either Party with respect to any matter.  Seller and Buyer shall each bear its own legal fees and other costs of presenting its case to the Environmental Arbitrator.  Each of Seller and Buyer shall bear one-half of the costs and expenses of the Environmental Arbitrator.  To the extent that the award of the Environmental Arbitrator with respect to any Remediation Amount is not taken into account as an adjustment to the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 3.5 or Section 3.6(a), then, within ten (10) days after the Environmental Arbitrator delivers written notice to Buyer and Seller of his award with respect to any Remediation Amount, and, subject to Section 12.1(d), (i) Buyer shall pay to Seller the amount, if any, so awarded by the Environmental Arbitrator to Seller, and (ii) Seller shall pay to Buyer the amount, if any, so awarded by the Environmental Arbitrator to Buyer.  Nothing herein shall operate to cause Closing to be delayed on account of any arbitration conducted pursuant to this Section 12.1(e), and, to the extent any adjustments are not agreed upon by the Parties as of Closing, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted therefor at Closing and the disputed portion of the Remediation Amounts in dispute asserted by Buyer in good faith shall be deposited into the Joint Control Account.  

12.2NORM, Asbestos, Wastes and Other Substances.  Buyer acknowledges that the Assets have been used for exploration, development, and production of oil and gas and that there may be petroleum, produced water, wastes or other substances or materials located in, on or under the Assets or associated with the Assets.  Equipment and sites included in the Assets may contain asbestos, NORM or other Hazardous Substances.  NORM may affix or attach itself to the inside of wells, materials and equipment as scale, or in other forms.  The wells, materials and equipment located on the Assets or included in the Assets may contain NORM, asbestos and other wastes or Hazardous Substances.  NORM containing material and/or other wastes or Hazardous Substances may have come in contact with various environmental media, including, water, soils or sediment.  Special procedures may be required for the assessment, remediation, removal, transportation, or disposal of environmental media, wastes, asbestos, NORM and other Hazardous Substances from the Assets.  The presence of NORM or asbestos-containing materials that are non-friable cannot be claimed as an Environmental Defect, except to the extent constituting a violation of Environmental Laws.

ARTICLE XIII
ASSUMPTION; INDEMNIFICATION; SURVIVAL

13.1Assumption by Buyer and Retention by Seller.  Without limiting Buyer’s rights to indemnity under this Article XIII, from and after Closing, (x) each of EnerVest and FourPoint, severally and not jointly, assumes and hereby agrees to fulfill, perform, pay and discharge (or cause to be fulfilled, performed, paid and discharged) its Proportionate Share of, and (y) each of EnerVest XIII-A, EnerVest XIII-WIB and EnerVest XIII-WIC jointly and severally assumes and hereby agrees to fulfill, perform, pay and discharge (or cause to be fulfilled, performed, paid and discharged) EnerVest’s Proportionate Share of, in each case, (a) all obligations and Liabilities, known or unknown, arising from, based upon, related to or associated with the Assets, regardless of whether such obligations or Liabilities arose prior to, on or after the Effective Time, including obligations and Liabilities relating in any manner to the use, ownership or operation of the Assets, including obligations to (i) furnish makeup gas and/or settle Imbalances according to the terms of applicable gas sales, processing, gathering or transportation Contracts, (ii) pay Working Interests, royalties, overriding royalties and other interest owners’ revenues or proceeds attributable to sales of Hydrocarbons, including 

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those held in suspense (including those amounts for which the Purchase Price was adjusted pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(viii)), (iii) Decommission the Assets (the “Decommissioning Obligations”), (iv) clean up and/or remediate the Assets in accordance with applicable Contracts and Laws, and (v) perform all obligations applicable to or imposed on the lessee, owner or operator under the Leases and the Applicable Contracts, or as required by Law, and (b) all obligations and Liabilities, known or unknown, arising from, based upon, related to or associated with Buyer’s compliance (or failure thereof) with the terms and requirements of the Chieftain Litigation Settlement to the extent relating to the post-Closing operations of the Assets, (all of said obligations and Liabilities described in clauses (a) and (b), subject to the exclusions below, herein being referred to as the “Assumed Obligations”); provided that the matters described in Sections 13.2(c) through 13.2(i) (collectively, “Retained Obligations”) shall not become Assumed Obligations, in each case, until the expiration of the applicable survival period of the indemnities for such matters as set forth in Section 13.8, and the Assumed Obligations shall not include (1) any such matters for which a Claim Notice has been delivered by Buyer to Seller in accordance with Section 13.7 prior to the expiration of the applicable survival period or (2) Seller’s obligations under Section 3.6(b).

13.2Indemnities of Seller.  Effective as of Closing, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13.4 and Section 13.8 or otherwise in this Agreement, Seller shall be responsible for, shall pay on a current basis, and hereby agrees to defend, indemnify, hold harmless and forever release Buyer and its Affiliates, and all of its and their respective equityholders, partners, members, directors, officers, managers, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Buyer Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all Liabilities, whether or not relating to Third Party Claims or incurred in the investigation or defense of any of the same or in asserting, preserving or enforcing any of their respective rights hereunder, arising from, based upon, related to or associated with:

(a)any breach by Seller of any of its representations or warranties contained in Article IV; 

(b)any breach by Seller of any of its covenants or agreements under this Agreement;

(c)the ownership, use or operation of the Excluded Assets;

(d)Income Taxes imposed on Seller; 

(e)the payment or improper payment of royalties, rentals and other similar lease payments, in each case, attributable to Seller’s ownership of the Assets prior to the Effective Time (other than for amounts held in suspense for which the Purchase Price was adjusted pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(viii)); 

(f)Asset Taxes allocated to Seller in accordance with Section 16.2 (taking into account, and without duplication of, (i) such Asset Taxes effectively borne by Seller as a result of Purchase Price adjustments made pursuant to Sections 3.3, 3.5 and 3.6, as applicable, and (ii) any payments made from one Party to the other in respect of Asset Taxes pursuant to Section 16.2(d));

(g)any Liabilities to Third Parties for personal injury or death and attributable to Seller’s ownership of the Assets prior to the Effective Time;

(h)any Liabilities arising with respect to the Third Party Claims set forth in Schedule 4.7(A);

(i)any Liabilities arising with respect to the Searle Litigation attributable to Third Party Claims against Seller relating to Seller’s payment of or accounting for Burdens on production attributable 

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to Hydrocarbons produced from the Assets during the period of time prior to the Effective Time; or

(j)any Liabilities arising with respect to the distribution of proceeds in respect of the URC Related Interests attributable to the operation of the Assets prior to the Closing Date.

13.3Indemnities of Buyer.  Effective as of Closing, (x) each of EnerVest (and its successors and assigns) and FourPoint (and its successors and assigns) shall, severally and not jointly, assume and be responsible for, shall pay on a current basis, and hereby agrees to defend, indemnify, hold harmless and forever release, to the extent of its Proportionate Share, and (y) each of EnerVest XIII-A, EnerVest XIII-WIB and EnerVest XIII-WIC, and its successors and assigns, shall jointly and severally assume and be responsible for, shall pay on a current basis, and hereby agrees to defend, indemnify, hold harmless and forever release, to the extent of EnerVest’s Proportionate Share, in each case, Seller and its Affiliates, and all of its and their respective equityholders, partners, members, directors, officers, managers, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Seller Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all Liabilities, whether or not relating to Third Party Claims or incurred in the investigation or defense of any of the same or in asserting, preserving or enforcing any of their respective rights hereunder, arising from, based upon, related to or associated with:

(a)any breach by Buyer of any of its representations or warranties contained in Article V; 

(b)any breach by Buyer of any of its covenants or agreements under this Agreement; or

(c)the Assumed Obligations.

13.4Limitation on Liability.  

(a)Seller shall not have any liability for any indemnification under Section 13.2 of this Agreement (i) for any individual Liability unless the amount with respect to such Liability exceeds $75,000 (the “Individual Indemnity Threshold”), and (ii) until and unless the aggregate amount of all Liabilities for which Claim Notices are delivered by Buyer exceeds the Indemnity Deductible, and then only to the extent such Liabilities exceed the Indemnity Deductible.

(b)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Seller shall not be required to indemnify Buyer for aggregate Liabilities in excess of an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the Purchase Price (the “Indemnity Cap”).

(c)Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 13.4, the adjustments to the Purchase Price under Section 3.3, Section 3.5, Section 3.6 or Section 3.7 and any payments in respect thereof, and Liabilities for Retained Obligations under Section 13.2(c), 13.2(d), 13.2(e), 13.2(f), 13.2(g) (but only to the extent of actual insurance proceeds received by Seller less premiums and all costs associated with such recoveries, otherwise the indemnity limits shall apply), 13.2(h), 13.2(i) or 13.2(j), shall not be limited by Sections 13.4(a) and 13.4(b) and the total amount of such adjustments and Liabilities from the first dollar and without regard to the Individual Indemnity Threshold, the Indemnity Deductible and the Indemnity Cap shall be applied or recovered in accordance with the terms hereof. 

13.5Express Negligence.  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 6.5, SECTION 6.10(A) AND SECTION 10.1(C), THE DEFENSE, INDEMNIFICATION, HOLD HARMLESS, RELEASE AND ASSUMED OBLIGATIONS PROVISIONS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE APPLICABLE WHETHER OR NOT THE LIABILITIES, LOSSES, COSTS, EXPENSES AND 

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DAMAGES IN QUESTION AROSE OR RESULTED SOLELY OR IN PART FROM THE GROSS, SOLE, ACTIVE, PASSIVE, CONCURRENT OR COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER FAULT OR VIOLATION OF LAW OF OR BY ANY INDEMNIFIED PARTY.  BUYER AND SELLER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS STATEMENT COMPLIES WITH THE EXPRESS NEGLIGENCE RULE AND IS “CONSPICUOUS.”

13.6Exclusive Remedy.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Parties agree that, from and after Closing, Section 6.5, Section 6.10(a), Section 10.1(c), Section 11.1(c), Section 13.2 and Section 13.3 contain the Parties’ exclusive remedies against each other with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, including breaches of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement or in any document or certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement.  Except as specified in Section 11.1(c), Section 13.2, effective as of Closing, Buyer, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Buyer Indemnified Parties, hereby releases, remises and forever discharges Seller and its Affiliates and all of such Persons’ equityholders, partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives from any and all suits, legal or administrative proceedings, claims, demands, damages, losses, costs, Liabilities, interest or causes of action whatsoever, at Law or in equity, known or unknown, which Buyer or the Buyer Indemnified Parties might now or subsequently have, based on, relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the ownership, use or operation of any of the Assets prior to Closing or the condition, quality, status or nature of any of the Assets prior to Closing, including rights to contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, breaches of statutory or implied warranties, nuisance or other tort actions, rights to punitive damages, common law rights of contribution and rights under insurance maintained by Seller or any of its Affiliates (except as provided in Section 11.3(b)).

13.7Indemnification Procedures.  All claims for indemnification under Section 6.5, Section 6.10(a), Section 10.1(c), Section 13.2 and Section 13.3 shall be asserted and resolved as follows:

(a)For purposes of Section 6.5, Section 6.10(a), Section 10.1(c) and this Article XIII, the term “Indemnifying Party” when used in connection with particular Liabilities shall mean the Party or Parties having an obligation to indemnify the other Party and/or other Persons with respect to such Liabilities pursuant to Section 6.5, Section 6.10(a), Section 10.1(c) or this Article XIII, and the term “Indemnified Party” when used in connection with particular Liabilities shall mean the Party and/or other Persons having the right to be indemnified with respect to such Liabilities by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to Section 6.5, Section 6.10(a), Section 10.1(c) or this Article XIII.

(b)To make a claim for indemnification under Section 6.5, Section 6.10(a), Section 10.1(c), Section 13.2 or Section 13.3, an Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying Party of its claim under this Section 13.7, including the specific details of and specific basis under this Agreement for its claim (the “Claim Notice”).  In the event that the claim for indemnification is based upon a claim by a Third Party against the Indemnified Party (a “Third Party Claim”), the Indemnified Party shall provide its Claim Notice promptly after the Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of the Third Party Claim and shall enclose a copy of all papers (if any) served with respect to the Third Party Claim; provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice of a Third Party Claim as provided in this Section 13.7(b) shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under Section 6.5, Section 6.10(a), Section 10.1(c), Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 (as applicable) except to the extent such failure results in insufficient time being available to permit the Indemnifying Party to effectively defend against the Third Party Claim or otherwise materially prejudices the Indemnifying Party’s ability to defend against the Third Party Claim.  In the event that the claim for indemnification is based upon an inaccuracy or breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement, 

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the Claim Notice shall specify the representation, warranty, covenant or agreement that was inaccurate or breached.

(c)In the case of a claim for indemnification based upon a Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall have thirty (30) days from its receipt of the Claim Notice to notify the Indemnified Party whether it admits or denies its obligation to defend and indemnify the Indemnified Party against such Third Party Claim at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party.  The Indemnified Party is authorized, prior to and during such thirty (30) day period, to file any motion, answer or other pleading that it shall deem necessary or appropriate to protect its interests or those of the Indemnifying Party and that is not prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party.

(d)If the Indemnifying Party admits its obligation to defend and indemnify the Indemnified Party against a Third Party Claim, it shall have the right and obligation to diligently defend, at its sole cost and expense, the Indemnified Party against such Third Party Claim.  The Indemnifying Party shall have full control of such defense and proceedings, including any compromise or settlement thereof.  If requested by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party agrees to cooperate in contesting any Third Party Claim which the Indemnifying Party elects to contest.  The Indemnified Party may participate in, but not control, at its own expense, any defense or settlement of any Third Party Claim controlled by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Section 13.7(d).  An Indemnifying Party shall not, without the written consent of the Indemnified Party, (i) settle any Third Party Claim or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect thereto which does not include an unconditional written release of the Indemnified Party from all liability in respect of such Third Party Claim or (ii) settle any Third Party Claim or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect thereto in any manner that may materially and adversely affect the Indemnified Party (other than as a result of money damages covered by the indemnity).

(e)If the Indemnifying Party does not admit its obligation or admits its obligation to defend and indemnify the Indemnified Party against a Third Party Claim, but fails to diligently prosecute, indemnify against or settle the Third Party Claim, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to defend against the Third Party Claim at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party, with counsel of the Indemnified Party’s choosing, subject to the right of the Indemnifying Party to admit its liability and assume the defense of the Third Party Claim at any time prior to settlement or final determination thereof.  If the Indemnifying Party has not yet admitted its obligation to defend and indemnify the Indemnified Party against a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall send written notice to the Indemnifying Party of any proposed settlement and the Indemnifying Party shall have the option for ten (10) days following receipt of such notice to (i) admit in writing its liability to indemnify the Indemnified Party from and against the liability and consent to such settlement, (ii) if liability is so admitted, reject, in its reasonable judgment, the proposed settlement, or (iii) deny liability.  Any failure by the Indemnifying Party to respond to such notice shall be deemed to be an election under subsection (iii) above.

(f)In the case of a claim for indemnification not based upon a Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall have thirty (30) days from its receipt of the Claim Notice to (i) cure the Liabilities complained of, (ii) admit its liability for such Liability or (iii) dispute the claim for such Liabilities.  If the Indemnifying Party does not notify the Indemnified Party within such thirty (30) day period that it has cured the Liabilities or that it disputes the claim for such Liabilities, the amount of such Liabilities shall conclusively be deemed a liability of the Indemnifying Party hereunder.

13.8Survival.  

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(a)Except for the Specified Representations and the representations and warranties in Section 4.14, the representations and warranties of the Parties in Article IV and Article V and the covenants and agreements of the Parties in Sections 6.1 and 9.4 shall survive Closing for a period of one (1) year.  The Specified Representations shall survive Closing without time limit.  The representations and warranties of Seller in Section 4.14 shall survive until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations.  The representation and warranty of Seller in Section 11.1(b) shall terminate as of the expiration of the Survival Period.  Subject to the foregoing and Section 13.8(b), the remainder of this Agreement shall survive Closing without time limit.  Representations, warranties, covenants and agreements shall be of no further force or effect after the date of their expiration; provided that there shall be no termination of any bona fide claim asserted pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement prior to its expiration date.

(b)The indemnities in Section 13.2(a), Section 13.2(b), Section 13.3(a) and Section 13.3(b) shall terminate as of the expiration date of each respective representation, warranty, covenant or agreement that is subject to indemnification, except in each case as to matters for which a specific written claim for indemnity has been delivered to the Indemnifying Party on or before such expiration date.  Seller’s indemnity in Section 13.2(g) shall terminate twelve (12) months after the Closing.  Seller’s indemnity in Section 13.2(e) shall terminate two (2) years after the Closing.  Seller’s indemnities in Sections 13.2(d), 13.2(f), 13.2(h), 13.2(i) and 13.2(j) shall terminate after the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations.  Seller’s indemnities in Section 13.2(c) shall survive Closing without time limit.  Buyer’s indemnities in Section 6.5, Section 6.10(a), Section 10.1(c) and Section 13.3(c) shall survive Closing without time limit and shall be deemed covenants running with the Assets (provided that each of EnerVest and FourPoint and its successors and assigns shall not be released from any of, and shall remain severally and not jointly liable to the Seller Indemnified Parties for, the obligations and Liabilities of such Person under such Sections of this Agreement upon any transfer or assignment of any Asset).  

13.9Waiver of Right to Rescission.  Seller and Buyer acknowledge that, following Closing, the payment of money, as limited by the terms of this Agreement, shall be adequate compensation for breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein or for any other claim arising in connection with or with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  As the payment of money shall be adequate compensation, following Closing, Buyer and Seller waive any right to rescind this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

13.10Insurance.  The amount of any Liabilities for which any of the Buyer Indemnified Parties is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement or in connection with or with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be reduced by any corresponding insurance proceeds from insurance policies carried by a Party realized or that could reasonably be expected to be realized by such Party if a claim were properly pursued under the relevant insurance arrangements (net of any collection costs, and excluding the proceeds of any insurance underwritten by the Party claiming indemnity or its Affiliates).

13.11Non-Compensatory Damages.  None of the Buyer Indemnified Parties nor the Seller Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to recover from Seller or Buyer, as applicable, or their respective Affiliates, any special, indirect, consequential, punitive, exemplary, remote or speculative damages (including damages for lost profits of any kind) arising under or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the extent any such Party suffers such damages to a Third Party, which damages (including costs of defense and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with defending against such damages) shall not be excluded by this provision as to recovery hereunder.  Subject to the preceding sentence, each of Buyer, on behalf of each of the Buyer Indemnified Parties, and Seller, on behalf of each of the Seller Indemnified Parties, waives any right to recover any special, indirect, consequential, 

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punitive, exemplary, remote or speculative damages (including damages for lost profits of any kind) arising in connection with or with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. 

13.12Disclaimer of Application of Anti-Indemnity Statutes.  The Parties acknowledge and agree that the provisions of any anti-indemnity statute relating to oilfield services and associated activities shall not be applicable to this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE XIV
TERMINATION, DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

14.1Right of Termination.  This Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein may be terminated at any time prior to Closing:

(a)by Seller, at Seller’s option, if any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII have not been satisfied on or before the Closing Date, and, following written notice thereof from Seller to Buyer specifying the reason such condition is unsatisfied (including any breach by Buyer of this Agreement), such condition remains unsatisfied for a period of ten (10) Business Days after Buyer’s receipt of written notice thereof from Seller;

(b)by Buyer, at Buyer’s option, if any of the conditions set forth in Article VII have not been satisfied on or before the Closing Date, and, following written notice thereof from Buyer to Seller specifying the reason such condition is unsatisfied (including any breach by Seller of this Agreement), such condition remains unsatisfied for a period of ten (10) Business Days after Seller’s receipt of written notice thereof from Buyer;

(c)by Buyer if the condition set forth in Section 7.4 has not been satisfied on or before the Closing Date or by Seller if the condition set forth in Section 8.4 is not satisfied on or before the Closing Date;

(d)by Seller or Buyer if Closing shall not have occurred on or before July 31, 2014; or

(e)by Seller if the Deposit has not been made by Buyer within three (3) Business Days of the Execution Date in accordance with Section 3.2(a);
provided, however, that no Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (d) above if such Party or its Affiliates are at such time in material breach of any provision of this Agreement.
14.2Effect of Termination.  If the obligation to close the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any provision of Section 14.1 hereof, then, except as provided in Section 3.2 and except for the provisions of Sections 10.1(c) through (f), 10.2, 10.3, 13.11, this Section 14.2, Section 14.3, Article I and Article XVI (other than Sections 16.2(d), 16.2(e), 16.2(f), 16.2(g), 16.7 and 16.8) and such of the defined terms set forth in Section 15.1 to give context to such Sections, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and the Parties shall have no liability or obligation hereunder except and to the extent such termination results from the material breach by a Party of any of its covenants or agreements hereunder in which case the other Party shall have the right to seek all remedies available at law or in equity, including specific performance, for such material breach; provided that if Seller is entitled to and elects to retain the Deposit as partial payment of its damages pursuant to Section 3.2, then Seller shall not also be entitled to seek specific performance. 

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14.3Return of Documentation and Confidentiality.  Upon termination of this Agreement, Buyer shall return to Seller all title, engineering, geological and geophysical data, environmental assessments and/or reports, maps and other information furnished by Seller to Buyer or prepared by or on behalf of Buyer in connection with its due diligence investigation of the Assets, in each case in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement, and an officer of Buyer shall certify same to Seller in writing.  

ARTICLE XV
DEFINED TERMS

15.1Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 15.1 unless the context requires otherwise.

“Accounting Arbitrator” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(c).
“Adjusted Purchase Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.
“AFEs” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.13.
“Affiliate” shall mean any Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another Person.  The term “control” and its derivatives with respect to any Person mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Aggregate Deductible” shall mean an amount equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the Purchase Price.  
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph herein.
“Allocated Values” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.8.
“Applicable Contracts” shall mean all Contracts to which Seller is a party or is bound relating to any of the Assets and (in each case) that will be binding on Buyer after Closing, including: communitization agreements; net profits agreements; production payment agreements; area of mutual interest agreements; joint venture agreements; confidentiality agreements; farmin and farmout agreements; bottom hole agreements; crude oil, condensate and natural gas purchase and sale, gathering, transportation and marketing agreements; hydrocarbon storage agreements; acreage contribution agreements; operating agreements; balancing agreements; pooling declarations or agreements; unitization agreements; processing agreements; saltwater disposal agreements; facilities or equipment leases; and other similar contracts and agreements, but exclusive of any master service agreements and Contracts relating to the Excluded Assets. 
“Asset Taxes” shall mean ad valorem, property, severance, production, sales, use and similar Taxes (which for the avoidance of doubt, does not include income, franchise or similar Taxes) based upon or measured by the ownership or operation of the Assets or the production of Hydrocarbons therefrom or the receipt of proceeds therefrom.
“Assets” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“Assignment” shall mean the Assignment and Bill of Sale from Seller to Buyer, pertaining to the Assets, substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B-1.

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“Assumed Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.
“Bank” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a).
“Burden” shall mean any and all royalties (including lessor’s royalty), overriding royalties, production payments, net profits interests and other burdens upon, measured by or payable out of production (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Asset Taxes and Income Taxes).
“Business Day” shall mean a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks in Denver, Colorado are generally open for business.
“Buyer” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph herein.
“Buyer Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.
“Buyer’s Representatives” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(a).
“Casualty Loss” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.3(b).
“Chieftain Class” shall mean the royalty owners within the description of the certified class in the Chieftain Class Action Litigation and who have not filed a request for exclusion.
“Chieftain Class Action Litigation” shall mean that class action which was pending in the United States District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, styled and numbered: Chieftain Royalty Company and Jack Lancet, on behalf of themselves and the class, as representatives of the class v. QEP Energy Company, Case No. CIV-11-212-R.
“Chieftain Litigation Settlement” shall mean the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement, dated February 13, 2013, between Chieftain Royalty Company and Jack Lancet, on behalf of themselves and the Chieftain Class, as representatives of the Chieftain Class, and Seller settling all claims in the Chieftain Class Action Litigation.
“Claim Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.7(b).
“Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
“Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Confidentiality Agreement” shall mean, with regards to EnerVest, that certain Confidentiality Agreement between Seller and EV, dated as of February 5, 2014, and with regards to FourPoint, that certain Confidentiality Agreement between Seller and FourPoint, Ltd., dated as of February 11, 2014. 
“Consent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.
“Contract” shall mean any written or oral contract, agreement or any other legally binding arrangement, but excluding, however, any Lease, pooling order, easement, right-of-way, permit or other instrument creating or evidencing an interest in the Assets or any real or immovable property related to or used in connection with the operations of any Assets.
“Cure Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(c).

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“Customary Post-Closing Consents” shall mean the consents and approvals from Governmental Authorities for the assignment of the Assets to Buyer that are customarily obtained after the assignment of properties similar to the Assets.
“Decommission” and “Decommissioning” shall mean all dismantling and decommissioning activities and obligations as are required by Law, any Governmental Authority or agreements including all well plugging, replugging and abandonment, facility dismantlement and removal, pipeline and flowline removal, dismantlement and removal of all other property of any kind related to or associated with operations or activities and associated site clearance, site restoration and site remediation.
“Decommissioning Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.
“Defensible Title” shall mean such title of Seller with respect to the Wells, the Well Locations and the Sections set forth on Section 3.8 that, as of the Effective Time and the Execution Date and subject to Permitted Encumbrances:
(a)    with respect to each Well or Well Location set forth on Schedule 3.8 (subject to the depth restrictions set forth on Exhibit A, and, for a Well, limited to any currently producing formations, and, for a Well Location, limited to the applicable Target Formations set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well Location), entitles Seller to receive not less than the Net Revenue Interest set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well or Well Location, except for (i) decreases in connection with those operations in which Seller or its successors or assigns may from and after the Execution Date, with Buyer’s consent, elect to be a non-consenting co-owner, (ii) decreases resulting from the establishment or amendment (with Buyer’s consent where Seller’s consent is required and Seller has Knowledge of such establishment or amendment) from and after the Execution Date of pools or units, (iii) decreases required to allow other Working Interest owners to make up past underproduction or pipelines to make up past under deliveries, and (iv) as otherwise set forth on Exhibit A-1 or Schedule 3.8;
(b)    with respect to each Section (subject to the depth restrictions set forth on Exhibit A-2 and the applicable Target Formations set forth on Schedule 3.8), entitles Seller to receive not less than the Net Acres set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Section, except for (i) decreases in connection with those operations in which Seller or its successors or assigns may from and after the Execution Date, with Buyer’s consent, elect to be a non-consenting co-owner, (ii) decreases resulting from the establishment or amendment (with Buyer’s consent where Seller’s consent is required and Seller has Knowledge of such establishment or amendment) from and after the Execution Date of pools or units, (iii) decreases required to allow other Working Interest owners to make up past underproduction or pipelines to make up past under deliveries, and (iv) as otherwise set forth on Exhibit A-2 or Schedule 3.8; 
(c)    with respect to each Well or Well Location set forth on Schedule 3.8 (subject to the depth restrictions set forth on Exhibit A, and, for a Well, limited to any currently producing formations, and, for a Well Location, limited to the applicable Target Formations set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well Location), obligates Seller to bear not more than the Working Interest set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well or Well Location, except (i) increases resulting from contribution requirements with respect to defaulting co-owners under applicable operating agreements, (ii) increases to the extent that such increases are accompanied by a proportionate increase in Seller’s Net Revenue Interest, and (iii) as otherwise set forth on Exhibit A-1 or Schedule 3.8; and
(d)    is free and clear of all Encumbrances.

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“Deposit” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a).
“Designated Well Costs” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Digital Records” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.12.
“Dispute Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
“Disputed Title Matters” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(j).
“Effective Time” shall mean 7:00 a.m. (Central Time) on January 1, 2014.
“email” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.6.
“Encumbrance” shall mean any lien, mortgage, security interest, pledge, net profits interest, production payment, charge or similar encumbrance.
“EnerVest” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph herein.
“EnerVest XIII-A” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph herein.
“EnerVest XIII-WIB” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph herein.
“EnerVest XIII-WIC” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph herein.
“Environmental Arbitrator” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(e).
“Environmental Claim Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(a).
“Environmental Condition” shall mean (a) a condition existing on the Execution Date with respect to the air, soil, subsurface, surface waters, ground waters and/or sediments that causes an Asset (or Seller with respect to an Asset) not to be in compliance with any Environmental Law or (b) the existence as of the Execution Date with respect to the Assets or their operation thereof of any environmental pollution, contamination or degradation where remedial or corrective action is presently required (or if known, would be presently required) under Environmental Laws.
“Environmental Defect” shall mean an Environmental Condition with respect to an Asset.
“Environmental Defect Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(a).
“Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable Laws in effect as of the Execution Date, including common law, relating to the protection of the public health, welfare and the environment, including, those Laws relating to the storage, handling and use of chemicals and other Hazardous Substances and those Laws relating to the generation, processing, treatment, storage, transportation, disposal or other management thereof.  The term “Environmental Laws” does not include good or desirable operating practices or standards that may be employed or adopted by other oil and gas well operators or recommended by a Governmental Authority.
“EV” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph herein.
“EV Operating” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.

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“Exchange” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.17.
“Excluded Assets” shall mean (a) all of Seller’s corporate minute books, financial records and other business records that relate to Seller’s business generally (including the ownership and operation of the Assets); (b) to the extent that they do not relate to the Assumed Obligations for which Buyer is providing indemnification hereunder, all trade credits, all accounts, all receivables and all other proceeds, income or revenues attributable to the Assets and attributable to any period of time prior to the Effective Time; (c) to the extent that they do not relate to the Assumed Obligations for which Buyer is providing indemnification hereunder, all claims and causes of action of Seller arising under or with respect to any Contract that are attributable to periods of time prior to the Effective Time (including claims for adjustments or refunds); (d) subject to Section 11.3 and to the extent that they do not relate to the Assumed Obligations for which Buyer is providing indemnification hereunder, all rights and interests of Seller (i) under any policy or agreement of insurance or indemnity, (ii) under any bond or (iii) to any insurance or condemnation proceeds or awards arising, in each case, from acts, omissions or events or damage to or destruction of property; (e) Seller’s rights with respect to all Hydrocarbons produced and sold from the Assets with respect to all periods prior to the Effective Time; (f) all claims of Seller or its Affiliates for refunds of, rights to receive funds from any Governmental Authority or loss carry forwards or credits with respect to (i) Asset Taxes attributable to any period prior to the Effective Time, (ii) Income Taxes or (iii) any Taxes attributable to the Excluded Assets; (g) all of Seller’s personal computers and associated peripherals and all of Seller’s radio and telephone equipment; (h) all of Seller’s proprietary computer software, patents, trade secrets, copyrights, names, trademarks, logos and other intellectual property; (i) all documents and instruments of Seller that may be protected by an attorney-client privilege or any attorney work product doctrine; (j) all data of Seller that cannot be disclosed to Buyer as a result of confidentiality arrangements under agreements with Third Parties; (k) all audit rights of Seller arising under any of the Applicable Contracts or otherwise with respect to any period prior to the Effective Time or to any of the Excluded Assets, except for any Imbalances assumed by Buyer; (l) all geophysical and other seismic and related technical data and information relating to the Assets which Seller may not disclose, assign or transfer under its existing agreements and licenses without making any additional payments or incurring any liabilities or obligations except to the extent such payments, liabilities and obligations are permitted to be assumed by Buyer under the applicable agreements and the same are assumed by Buyer; (m) documents prepared or received by Seller or its Affiliates with respect to (i) lists of prospective purchasers for such transactions compiled by Seller, (ii) bids submitted by other prospective purchasers of the Assets, (iii) analyses by Seller or its Affiliates of any bids submitted by any prospective purchaser, (iv) correspondence between or among Seller, its respective representatives, and any prospective purchaser other than Buyer and (v) correspondence between Seller or any of its representatives with respect to any of the bids, the prospective purchasers or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (n) any offices, office leases and any personal property located in or on such offices or office leases; (o) any other assets specifically listed on Exhibit C; (p) any Hedge Contracts; (q) any debt instruments of Seller; (r) all interests of Seller in the townships in Custer, Dewey and Ellis Counties, Oklahoma set forth on Exhibit C; (s) all of Seller’s personnel files and records and (t) any assets described in Section 2.1(d) or Section 2.1(e) that are not assignable. 
“Execution Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph herein.
“Final Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
“Final Settlement Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
“FourPoint” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph herein.
“GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles.

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“Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, local, municipal, tribal or other government; any governmental, regulatory or administrative agency, commission, body or other authority exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, regulatory or Taxing Authority or power, and any court or governmental tribunal, including any tribal authority having or asserting jurisdiction.
“Guarantees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.
“Hazardous Substances” shall mean any pollutants, contaminants, toxins or hazardous or extremely hazardous substances, materials, wastes, constituents, compounds or chemicals that are regulated by, or may form the basis of liability under, any Environmental Laws, including NORM and other substances referenced in Section 12.2.
“Hedge Contract” shall mean any Contract to which Seller or any of its Affiliates is a party with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement, whether exchange traded, “over-the-counter” or otherwise, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions.
“Hydrocarbons” shall mean oil and gas and other hydrocarbons produced or processed in association therewith.
“Identified Employees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.10(a).
“Imbalances” shall mean all Well Imbalances and Pipeline Imbalances.
“Income Taxes” shall mean any income, franchise and similar Taxes. 
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.7(a).
“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.7(a).
“Indemnity Cap” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.4(b).
“Indemnity Deductible” shall mean an amount equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the Purchase Price.
“Individual Environmental Threshold” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(d).
“Individual Indemnity Threshold” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.4(a).
“Individual Title Defect Threshold” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(i).
“Interim Period” shall mean that period of time commencing with the Effective Time and ending at 7:00 a.m. (Central Time) on the Closing Date.
“Joint Control Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a).
“Knowledge” shall mean with respect to Seller, the actual knowledge (without investigation) of the following Persons:  Jim Mueggenborg, field operations; Mike Reitz, Operation Manager; Alice Ley, Vice President and Controller; Mike Watanabe, Vice President, Land; Richard Gill, Manager, Title and Lease; Harriet Connolly, landman; and Otto Svendsen, General Manager, Midcontinent Division.

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“Law” shall mean any applicable statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, code, ruling, writ, injunction, decree or other official act of or by any Governmental Authority.
“Leases” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Liabilities” shall mean any and all claims, obligations, causes of action, payments, charges, demands, judgments, assessments, liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, fines and costs and expenses, including any attorneys’ fees, legal or other expenses incurred in connection therewith and including liabilities, costs, losses and damages for personal injury or death or property damage or environmental damage or Remediation.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean an event or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate, (x) with respect to Seller, results in (i) a material adverse effect on the ownership, operation or value of the Assets that is reasonably expected to equal or exceed ten percent (10%) of the Purchase Price or (ii) a material adverse effect on the ability of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder, and (y) with respect to Buyer, results in a material adverse effect on the ability of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder; provided, however, that a Material Adverse Effect shall not include any material adverse effect resulting from:  (a) entering into this Agreement or the announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (b) any action or omission of either Party taken in accordance with the terms of this Agreement without the violation thereof or with the prior written consent of the other Party; (c) changes in general market, economic, financial or political conditions (including changes in commodity prices, fuel supply or transportation markets, interest or rates) in the area in which the Assets are located, the United States or worldwide; (d) changes in conditions or developments generally applicable to the oil and gas industry in the area where the Assets are located; (e) acts of God, including hurricanes, tornados, storms or other naturally occurring events; (f) acts or failures to act of Governmental Authorities; (g) civil unrest, any outbreak of disease or hostilities, terrorist activities or war or any similar disorder; (h) matters that are cured or no longer exist by the earlier of Closing and the termination of this Agreement; (i) a change in Laws and any interpretations thereof from and after the Execution Date; (j) any reclassification or recalculation of reserves in the ordinary course of business; (k) changes in the prices of Hydrocarbons; and (l) natural declines in well performance. 
“Material Contracts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.8(a).
“Mineral Fee Interests” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Net Acre” shall mean, as computed separately (a) with respect to each Section, in each case subject to the depth restrictions set forth on Exhibit A-2 and with respect to the applicable Target Formations set forth on Schedule 3.8 only, (i) the number of gross acres in the lands covered by such Section, multiplied by (ii) the undivided percentage interest in oil, gas and other minerals covered by such Section in such lands, multiplied by (iii) Seller’s portion of such undivided percentage interest that is burdened with the obligation to bear and pay costs and expenses, and (b) with respect to each other property included in the Assets, (i) the number of gross acres in the lands covered by such Asset, multiplied by (ii) the undivided percentage interest in oil, gas and other minerals covered by such Asset in such lands, multiplied by (iii) Seller’s portion of such undivided percentage interest that is burdened with the obligation to bear and pay costs and expenses. 
“Net Revenue Interest” shall mean, with respect to any Well or Well Location set forth on Schedule 3.8 (subject to the depth restrictions set forth on Exhibit A, and, for a Well, limited to any currently producing formations, and, for a Well Location, limited to the applicable Target Formations set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well Location), the interest in and to all Hydrocarbons produced, saved and sold from or allocated to such Well or Well Location (subject to the depth restrictions set forth on Exhibit A, and, for a Well, limited 

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to any currently producing formations, and, for a Well Location, limited to the applicable Target Formations set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well Location), after giving effect to all Burdens.
“NORM” shall mean naturally occurring radioactive material.
“Operating Expenses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Overhead Costs” shall mean with respect to those Assets that are operated by Seller or a Third Party and (a) are burdened by an existing joint operating agreement covering such Assets, the amount representing the overhead or general and administrative fee that is charged to other Working Interest owners with interests in the related Assets as set forth in the accounting procedures attached to such joint operating agreement, which amount is attributable to the Assets during the Interim Period, and (b) with respect to those Assets that are not burdened by an existing joint operating agreement, an amount equal to a portion of $12,000 per Well per month undergoing drilling or completion operations and $1,200 per producing Well per month attributable to the Assets during the Interim Period.
“Party” and “Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph herein.
“Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean:
a.the terms and conditions of all Leases and all Burdens if the net cumulative effect of such Leases and Burdens (i) does not operate to reduce the Net Revenue Interest of Seller with respect to any Well or Well Location set forth on Schedule 3.8 to an amount less than the Net Revenue Interest set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well or Well Location, (ii) does not obligate Seller to bear a Working Interest with respect to any Well or Well Location set forth on Schedule 3.8 in any amount greater than the Working Interest set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well or Well Location (unless the Net Revenue Interest for such Well or Well Location is greater than the Net Revenue Interest set forth on Schedule 3.8 in the same or greater proportion as any increase in such Working Interest), and (iii) does not operate to reduce the Net Acres of Seller with respect to any Section set forth on Schedule 3.8 to an amount less than the Net Acres set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Section;

b.preferential rights to purchase and required consents to assignment and similar agreements set forth in Schedules 4.10 and 4.4, respectively;

c.liens for Taxes or assessments not yet due or delinquent or, if delinquent, that are being contested in good faith in the normal course of business;

d.Customary Post-Closing Consents;

e.conventional rights of reassignment;

f.such Title Defects as Buyer may have waived or is deemed to have waived pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;

g.all applicable Laws and all rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority (i) to control or regulate any Asset in any manner; (ii) by the terms of any right, power, franchise, grant, license or permit, or by any provision of Law, to terminate such right, power, franchise, grant, license or permit or to purchase, condemn, expropriate or recapture or to designate a purchaser of any of the Assets; (iii) to use such property in a manner which does not materially impair the use of such property for the purposes for which it is currently owned and operated; or (iv) to enforce any 

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obligations or duties affecting the Assets to any Governmental Authority with respect to any franchise, grant, license or permit;

h.rights of a common owner of any interest in rights-of-way, permits or easements held by Seller and such common owner as tenants in common or through common ownership;

i.easements, conditions, covenants, restrictions, servitudes, permits, rights-of-way, surface leases and other rights in the Assets for the purpose of operations, facilities, roads, alleys, highways, railways, pipelines, transmission lines, transportation lines, distribution lines, power lines, telephone lines, removal of timber, grazing, logging operations, canals, ditches, reservoirs and other like purposes, or for the joint or common use of real estate, rights-of-way, facilities and equipment, which, in each case, do not materially impair the ownership or operation or use of the affected Assets;

j.vendors, carriers, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, mechanics’, workmen’s, materialmen’s, construction or other like liens arising by operation of Law in the ordinary course of business or incident to the construction or improvement of any property in respect of obligations which are not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings by or on behalf of Seller;

k.liens created under Leases and/or operating agreements or by operation of Law in respect of obligations that are not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings by or on behalf of Seller;

l.with respect to any interest in the Assets acquired through compulsory pooling, failure of the records of any Governmental Authority to reflect Seller as the owner of an Asset;

m.any Encumbrance affecting the Assets that is discharged by Seller at or prior to Closing;

n.any matters referenced and set forth on Exhibit A, Exhibit A-1, Exhibit A-2, Exhibit A-3 or Schedule 3.8 and all litigation set forth in Schedule 4.7;

o.mortgage liens burdening a lessor’s interest in the Assets; and

p.the terms and conditions of all Contracts (including the Applicable Contracts) if the net cumulative effect of such Contracts (i) does not materially interfere with the operation or use of any of the Assets (as currently operated and used), (ii) does not operate to reduce the Net Revenue Interest of Seller with respect to any Well or Well Location set forth on Schedule 3.8 to an amount less than the Net Revenue Interest set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well or Well Location, (iii) does not obligate Seller to bear a Working Interest with respect to any Well or Well Location set forth on Schedule 3.8 in any amount greater than the Working Interest set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well or Well Location (unless the Net Revenue Interest for such Well or Well Location is greater than the Net Revenue Interest set forth on Schedule 3.8 in the same or greater proportion as any increase in such Working Interest), and (iv) does not operate to reduce the Net Acres of Seller with respect to any Section set forth on Schedule 3.8 to an amount less than the Net Acres set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Section.

“Person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or any other entity.

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“Personal Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(f).
“Pipeline Imbalance” shall mean any marketing imbalance between the quantity of Hydrocarbons attributable to the Assets required to be delivered by Seller under any Contract relating to the purchase and sale, gathering, transportation, storage, processing (including any production handling and processing at a separation facility) or marketing of Hydrocarbons and the quantity of Hydrocarbons attributable to the Assets actually delivered by Seller pursuant to the relevant Contract, together with any appurtenant rights and obligations concerning production balancing at the delivery point into the relevant sale, gathering, transportation, storage or processing facility.
“Preferential Purchase Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
“Preliminary Settlement Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
“Proportionate Share” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Purchase Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“Records” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(h).
“Remediation” shall mean, with respect to an Environmental Condition, the implementation and completion of any remedial, removal, response, construction, closure, disposal or other corrective actions required under Environmental Laws to correct or remove such Environmental Condition.
“Remediation Amount” shall mean, with respect to an Environmental Condition, the present value as of the Closing Date (using an annual discount rate of ten percent (10%)) of the cost (net to Seller’s interest prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) of the most cost-effective Remediation of such Environmental Condition.
“Retained Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.
“Searle Litigation” shall mean that action which was pending in the District Court, Caddo County, Oklahoma, set forth in Schedule 4.7(B) and styled and numbered: Jack B. Searle, Tamara D. Searle, OGI, Inc., John A. Smallwood, Linsi N. C. Smallwood, Marc O. Fox and Connie E. Fox v. QEP Energy Company (including predecessors, successors and affiliates), Case No. CJ-2013-134. 
“Sections” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(b). 
“Seller” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Seller Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.3.
“Specified Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.15, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.9, 5.10 and 5.11.
“Straddle Period” shall mean any Tax period beginning before and ending after the Effective Time.
“Survival Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(c)(i).
“Target Formations” shall mean the geological formations defined in Exhibit E.

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“Taxes” shall mean any taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including net income, gross income, profits, gross receipts, license, employment, stamp, occupation, premium, alternative or add-on minimum, ad valorem, real property, personal property, transfer, real property transfer, value added, sales, use, environmental (including taxes under Code Section 59A), customs, duties, capital stock, franchise, excise, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, payroll, fuel, excess profits, windfall profit, severance, estimated or other tax, including any interest, penalty or addition thereto, whether disputed or not. 
“Taxing Authority” shall mean, with respect to any Tax, the governmental entity or political subdivision thereof that imposes such Tax, and the agency (if any) charged with the collection of such Tax for such entity or subdivision, including any governmental or quasi-governmental entity or agency that imposes, or is charged with collecting, social security or similar charges or premiums.
“Third Party” shall mean any Person other than a Party to this Agreement or an Affiliate of a Party to this Agreement.
“Third Party Claim” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.7(b).
“Title Arbitrator” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(j).
“Title Benefit” shall mean, (a) with respect to each Well, as to any currently producing formations, and Well Location, as to the applicable Target Formations, shown on Schedule 3.8, any right, circumstance or condition that operates to (i) increase the Net Revenue Interest of Seller above that shown for such Well or Well Location on Schedule 3.8 to the extent the same does not cause a greater than proportionate increase in Seller’s Working Interest therein above that shown on Schedule 3.8, or (ii) to decrease the Working Interest of Seller in any Well or Well Location below that shown for such Well or Well Location on Schedule 3.8 to the extent the same causes a decrease in Seller’s Working Interest that is proportionately greater than the decrease in Seller’s Net Revenue Interest therein below that shown on Schedule 3.8, and (b) with respect to each Section shown on Schedule 3.8, or any other property included in the Assets, as applicable, as to the applicable Target Formations and subject to the depth restrictions shown on the respective Exhibits, any right, circumstance or condition that operates to increase the Net Acres of Seller above that shown for such Section or other property shown on Schedule 3.8, if applicable.
“Title Benefit Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(e).
“Title Benefit Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(b).
“Title Benefit Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(b).
“Title Claim Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(a).
“Title Defect” shall mean any Encumbrance, defect or other matter that causes Seller not to have Defensible Title in and to the Wells, as to the currently producing formations, or the Well Locations, as to the applicable Target Formations, set forth on Schedule 3.8, or the Sections set forth on Schedule 3.8, as of the Effective Time, without duplication; provided that the following shall not be considered Title Defects:
(a)    defects arising out of lack of corporate or other entity authorization unless Buyer provides affirmative evidence that such corporate or other entity action was not authorized and results in another Person’s superior claim of title to the relevant Asset;

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(b)    defects based on a gap in Seller’s chain of title in the applicable federal, state or county records, unless such gap is affirmatively shown to exist in such records by an abstract of title, title opinion or landman’s title chain which documents shall be included in a Title Defect Notice;
(c)    defects based upon the failure to record any federal, state or Indian Leases or any assignments of interests in such Leases in any applicable county records;
(d)    defects based on the failure to recite marital status in a document or omission of successors or heirship or estate proceedings unless Buyer provides affirmative evidence that such failure or omission results in another Person’s actual and superior claim of title to the relevant Asset; 
(e)    any Encumbrance or loss of title resulting from Seller’s conduct of business in compliance with this Agreement;
(f)    defects arising from any prior oil and gas lease relating to the lands covered by a Lease not being surrendered of record, unless Buyer provides affirmative evidence that such prior oil and gas lease is still in effect and results in another Person’s actual and superior claim of title to the relevant Lease or Well;
(g)    defects that affect only which Person has the right to receive royalty payments (rather than the amount or the proper payment of such royalty payment);
(h)    defects based solely on: (i) lack of information in Seller’s files; (ii) references to an unrecorded document(s) to which neither Seller nor any Affiliate is a party, if such document is dated earlier than January 1, 1960 and is not in Seller’s files; or (iii) Tax assessment, Tax payment or similar records (or the absence of such activities or records); 
(i)    the expiration of a Lease by its terms after January 1, 2015;
(j)    defects arising out of lack of survey, unless a survey is expressly required by applicable Laws;
(k)    defects that have been cured by applicable Laws of limitations or presumptions; and
(l)    defects or irregularities resulting from or related to probate proceedings or the lack thereof, which defects or irregularities have been outstanding for ten (10) years or more.
“Title Defect Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(g).
“Title Defect Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(a).
“Title Defect Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(a).
“Transaction Documents” shall mean those documents executed pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement.
“Transfer Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.2(f).
“Transition Services Agreement” shall mean the Transition Services Agreement between Seller and Buyer, substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B-3. 

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“Treasury Regulations” shall mean the regulations promulgated by the United States Department of the Treasury pursuant to and in respect of provisions of the Code.  All references herein to sections of the Treasury Regulations shall include any corresponding provision or provisions of succeeding, similar, substitute, proposed or final Treasury Regulations.
“Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).
“URC Related Interests” shall mean the interests set forth on Exhibit F.
“Wells” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
“Well Imbalance” shall mean any imbalance at the wellhead between the amount of Hydrocarbons produced from a Well and allocable to the interests of Seller therein and the shares of production from the relevant Well to which Seller is entitled, together with any appurtenant rights and obligations concerning future in kind and/or cash balancing at the wellhead.
“Well Location” shall mean each well location set forth on Schedule 3.8 and the applicable spacing unit, governmental spacing unit or other proration unit denoted for such well location on Schedule 3.8.
“Working Interest” shall mean, with respect to any Well or Well Location set forth on Schedule 3.8 (subject to the depth restrictions set forth on Exhibit A, and, for a Well, limited to any currently producing formations, and, for a Well Location, limited to the applicable Target Formations set forth on Schedule 3.8 for such Well Location), the interest in and to such currently producing formations and the applicable spacing unit, governmental spacing unit or other proration unit, associated therewith (for such Well) or such applicable Target Formations and the applicable spacing unit, governmental spacing unit or other proration unit denoted for such well location on Schedule 3.8 (for such Well Location) that is burdened with the obligation to bear and pay costs and expenses of maintenance, development and operations on or in connection with such currently producing formations (for such Well) or such applicable Target Formations (for such Well Location), but without regard to the effect of any Burdens.

ARTICLE XVI
MISCELLANEOUS
16.1Appendices, Exhibits and Schedules.  All of the Appendices, Exhibits and Schedules referred to in this Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by reference and constitute a part of this Agreement.  Each Party to this Agreement and its counsel has received a complete set of Appendices, Exhibits and Schedules prior to and as of the execution of this Agreement.

16.2Expenses and Taxes.  

(a)Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all fees, costs and expenses incurred by Buyer or Seller in negotiating this Agreement or in consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the Party incurring the same, including, legal and accounting fees, costs and expenses.  
(b)Seller shall be allocated and bear all Asset Taxes attributable to (A) any Tax period ending prior to the Effective Time and (B) the portion of any Straddle Period ending immediately prior to the date on which the Effective Time occurs.  Buyer shall be allocated and bear all Asset Taxes attributable to (A) any Tax period or portion thereof beginning on or after the Effective Time and (B) the portion of any Straddle Period beginning on the date on which the Effective Time occurs. 

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(c)For purposes of determining the allocations described in Section 16.2(b), (i) Asset Taxes that are attributable to the severance or production of Hydrocarbons shall be allocated to the period in which the severance or production giving rise to such Asset Taxes occurred, (ii) Asset Taxes that are based upon or related to income or receipts or imposed on a transactional basis (other than such Asset Taxes described in clause (i)), shall be allocated to the period in which the transaction giving rise to such Asset Taxes occurred, and (iii) Asset Taxes that are ad valorem, property or other Asset Taxes imposed on a periodic basis pertaining to a Straddle Period shall be allocated between the portion of such Straddle Period ending immediately prior to the date on which the Effective Time occurs and the portion of such Straddle Period beginning on the date on which the Effective Time occurs by prorating each such Asset Tax based on the number of days in the applicable Straddle Period that occur before the date on which the Effective Time occurs, on the one hand, and the number of days in such Straddle Period that occur on or after the date on which the Effective Time occurs, on the other hand. For purposes of clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the period for such Asset Taxes shall begin on the date on which ownership of the applicable Assets gives rise to liability for the particular Asset Tax and shall end on the day before the next such date.

(d)To the extent the actual amount of an Asset Tax is not determinable at the Closing or at the time of the determination of the Final Settlement Statement pursuant to Section 3.6, as applicable, (i) the Parties shall utilize the most recent information available in estimating the amount of such Asset Tax for purposes of such adjustment, and (ii) upon the later determination of the actual amount of such Asset Tax, timely payments will be made from one Party to the other to the extent necessary to cause each Party to bear the amount of such Asset Tax that is allocable to such Party under this Section 16.2.

(e)Buyer shall be responsible for payment to the applicable Taxing Authorities of all Asset Taxes that become due and payable on or after the Closing Date, and Buyer shall indemnify and hold Seller harmless for any failure to make such payments. 

(f)All required documentary, filing and recording fees and expenses in connection with the filing and recording of the assignments, conveyances or other instruments required to convey title to the Assets to Buyer shall be borne by Buyer.  Any and all sales, use, transfer, stamp, documentary, registration or similar Taxes incurred or imposed with respect to the transactions described in this Agreement (collectively, “Transfer Taxes”) shall be borne by Buyer.

(g)The Parties shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other Party, in connection with the filing of tax returns and any audit, litigation, or other proceeding with respect to Taxes relating to the Assets. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon another Party’s request) the provision of records and information that are relevant to any such tax return or audit, litigation or other proceeding and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided under this Agreement.  The Parties agree to retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Assets relating to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until the expiration of the statute of limitations of the respective Taxable periods and to abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any Governmental Authority.  

16.3Assignment.  Subject to the provisions of Section 16.17, this Agreement may not be assigned by Buyer without the prior written consent of Seller; provided, however, that after the Survival Period, Seller may assign its rights under this Agreement to an Affiliate of Seller and Buyer may assign its rights under this Agreement to an Affiliate of Buyer, in each case, without prior written consent of the other Party.  Any assignment of this Agreement shall not relieve Buyer of any obligations and responsibilities hereunder, including obligations and responsibilities arising following such assignment.  Any assignment or other 

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transfer by Buyer or its successors and assigns of any of the Assets shall not relieve Buyer or its successors or assigns of any of their obligations (including indemnity obligations) hereunder, as to the Assets so assigned or transferred. 

16.4Preparation of Agreement.  Both Seller and Buyer and their respective counsel participated in the preparation of this Agreement. In the event of any ambiguity in this Agreement, no presumption shall arise based on the identity of the draftsman of this Agreement.

16.5Publicity.  Seller and Buyer shall promptly consult with each other with regard to all press releases or other public or private announcements issued or made at or prior to Closing concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein, and, except as may be required by applicable Laws or the applicable rules and regulations of any Governmental Authority or stock exchange, neither Buyer nor Seller shall issue any such press release or other public or private announcement without the prior written consent of the other Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  The Parties shall be obligated to hold all specific terms and provisions of this Agreement strictly confidential until the expiration of the two (2)-year period after the Closing; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not (a) restrict disclosures by Buyer or Seller that are required by applicable securities or other Laws or regulations or the applicable rules of any stock exchange having jurisdiction over the disclosing Party or its Affiliates, provided that such disclosures shall be made only to the extent required thereunder, (b) prevent Buyer or Seller from recording the Assignment and any federal or state assignments delivered at Closing or from complying with any disclosure requirements of Governmental Authorities that are applicable to the transfer of the Assets from Seller to Buyer, (c) prevent Buyer or Seller from making any disclosure of information relating to this Agreement if made in a manner, under conditions and to Persons that would be permitted under the Confidentiality Agreement so long as such Person continues to hold such information confidential on the same terms as set forth in this Section 16.5 and (d) prevent Seller from making disclosures in connection with complying with Preferential Purchase Rights and other transfer restrictions applicable to the transactions contemplated hereby.

16.6Notices.  All notices and communications required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, or sent by bonded overnight courier, or mailed by U.S. Express Mail or by certified or registered United States Mail with all postage fully prepaid, or sent by electronic mail (“email”) transmission (provided that a receipt of such email is requested and received), addressed to the appropriate Party at the address for such Party shown below or at such other address as such Party shall have theretofore designated by written notice delivered to the Party giving such notice:

If to Seller:
QEP Resources, Inc.
Independence Plaza
1050 17th Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80265
Attention:  Mr. Austin S. Murr, Senior Vice President, Land and Business Development
Email: Austin.Murr@qepres.com

If to Buyer, EnerVest, EnerVest XIII-A, EnerVest XIII-WIB or EnerVest XIII-WIC:
EnerVest, Ltd.
1001 Fannin, Suite 800

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Houston, TX 77002
Attention:  Mr. Phil DeLozier
Email:    pdelozier@enervest.net
with a copy to:
EnerVest, Ltd.
1001 Fannin, Suite 800
Houston, TX 77002
Attention:  Mr. Philip B. Berry
Email: pberry@enervest.net

If to FourPoint:

FourPoint Energy, LLC
8450 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 400, 
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Attention:  Mr. Frank W. Nessinger
Email: fnessinger@fourpointenergy.com

Any notice given in accordance herewith shall be deemed to have been given only when delivered to the addressee in person, or by courier, or transmitted by email transmission during normal business hours on a Business Day (or if delivered or transmitted after normal business hours on a Business Day or on a day other than a Business Day, then on the next Business Day), or upon actual receipt by the addressee during normal business hours on a Business Day after such notice has either been delivered to an overnight courier or deposited in the United States Mail, as the case may be (or if delivered after normal business hours on a Business Day or on a day other than a Business Day, then on the next Business Day).  The Parties may change the address and the email address to which such communications are to be addressed by giving written notice to the other Parties in the manner provided in this Section 16.6.  If the date specified in this Agreement for giving any notice or taking any action is not a Business Day (or if the period during which any notice is required to be given or any action taken expires on a date which is not a Business Day), then the date for giving such notice or taking such action (and the expiration date of such period during which notice is required to be given or action taken) shall be the next day which is a Business Day.
16.7Further Cooperation.  After Closing, Buyer and Seller shall execute and deliver, or shall cause to be executed and delivered, from time to time such further instruments of conveyance and transfer, and shall take such other actions as any Party may reasonably request, to convey and deliver the Assets to Buyer, to perfect Buyer’s title thereto, and to accomplish the orderly transfer of the Assets to Buyer in the manner contemplated by this Agreement.  

16.8Filings, Notices and Certain Governmental Approvals.  Promptly after Closing, Buyer shall (a) record all assignments executed at Closing in the records of the applicable Governmental Authority (including any federal or state agencies, if applicable), (b) if applicable, send notices to vendors supplying goods and services for the Assets and to the operator of such Assets of the assignment of such Assets to Buyer, (c) actively pursue the unconditional approval of all applicable Governmental Authorities of the assignment of the Assets to Buyer and (d) actively pursue all other consents and approvals that may be required in connection with the assignment of the Assets to Buyer and the assumption of the Liabilities assumed by Buyer hereunder, in each case, that shall not have been obtained prior to Closing.  Buyer obligates itself to take any and all action required by any Governmental Authority in order to obtain such unconditional 

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approval, including the posting of any and all bonds or other security that may be required in excess of its existing lease, pipeline or area-wide bond.

16.9Entire Agreement; Conflicts.  THIS AGREEMENT, THE APPENDICES, EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES HERETO, THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS AND THE CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT COLLECTIVELY CONSTITUTE THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES PERTAINING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND SUPERSEDE ALL PRIOR AGREEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS, NEGOTIATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OF THE PARTIES PERTAINING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF.  THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR OTHER AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, AND NEITHER SELLER NOR BUYER SHALL BE BOUND BY OR LIABLE FOR ANY ALLEGED REPRESENTATION, PROMISE, INDUCEMENT OR STATEMENTS OF INTENTION NOT SO SET FORTH.  IN THE EVENT OF A CONFLICT BETWEEN (A) THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF ANY SCHEDULE OR EXHIBIT HERETO OR (B) THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE INCLUSION IN ANY OF THE SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS HERETO OR ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OF TERMS AND PROVISIONS NOT ADDRESSED IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED A CONFLICT, AND ALL SUCH ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS SHALL BE GIVEN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 16.9.  

16.10Parties in Interest.  The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Seller and Buyer and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any Person other than the Parties or their successors and permitted assigns, or the Parties’ respective related Indemnified Parties hereunder any rights, remedies, obligations or Liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement; provided that only a Party and its successors and assigns will have the right to enforce the provisions of this Agreement on its own behalf or on behalf of any of its related Indemnified Parties (but shall not be obligated to do so).

16.11Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified only by an instrument in writing executed by both Parties and expressly identified as an amendment, restatement, supplement or modification.

16.12Waiver; Rights Cumulative.  Any of the terms, covenants, representations, warranties or conditions hereof may be waived only by a written instrument executed by or on behalf of the Party waiving compliance.  No course of dealing on the part of Seller or Buyer or their respective officers, employees, agents, or representatives, and no failure by Seller or Buyer to exercise any of its rights under this Agreement, shall, in any such case, operate as a waiver thereof or affect in any way the right of such Party at a later time to enforce the performance of such provision.  No waiver by any Party of any condition, or any breach of any term, covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such condition or breach or a waiver of any other condition or of any breach of any other term, covenant, representation or warranty.  The rights of Seller and Buyer under this Agreement shall be cumulative, and the exercise or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude the exercise of any other right.

16.13Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

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(a)This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or the rights, duties and relationship of the parties hereto and thereto, shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, excluding any conflicts of law, rule or principle that might refer construction of provisions to the Laws of another jurisdiction.

(b)The Parties agree that the appropriate, exclusive and convenient forum for any disputes between any of the Parties arising out of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in any state or federal court in Houston, Texas and each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts solely in respect of any proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement.  The Parties further agree that the Parties shall not bring suit with respect to any disputes arising out of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby in any court or jurisdiction other than the above specified courts.  The Parties further agree, to the extent permitted by Law, that a final and nonappealable judgment against a Party in any action or proceeding contemplated above shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction within or outside the United States by suit on the judgment, a certified or exemplified copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and amount of such judgment.

(c)To the extent that any Party or any of its Affiliates has acquired, or hereafter may acquire, any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, such Party (on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates) hereby irrevocably (i) waives such immunity in respect of its obligations with respect to this Agreement and (ii) submits to the personal jurisdiction of any court described in Section 16.13(b).  

(d)THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT THEY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. 

16.14Severability.  If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any adverse manner to any Party.  Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible.

16.15Removal of Name.  As promptly as practicable, but in any case within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall eliminate the names “QEP Energy”, “QEP” and any variants thereof from the Assets and, except with respect to such grace period for eliminating existing usage, shall have no right to use any logos, trademarks or trade names belonging to Seller or any of its Affiliates.

16.16Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all of such counterparts shall constitute for all purposes one agreement.  Any signature hereto delivered by a Party by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be deemed an original signature hereto.

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Exhibit 10.2

16.17Like-Kind Exchange.  Buyer and Seller agree that either or both of Seller and Buyer may elect to treat the acquisition or sale of the Assets as an exchange of like-kind property under Section 1031 of the Code (an “Exchange”).  Each Party agrees to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the other Party in the completion of such an Exchange including an Exchange subject to the procedures outlined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1031(k)-1 and/or Internal Revenue Service Revenue Procedure 2000-37.  Each of Seller and Buyer shall have the right at any time prior to Closing to assign all or a part of its rights under this Agreement to a qualified intermediary (as that term is defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1031(k)-1(g)(4)(iii)) or an exchange accommodation titleholder (as that term is defined in Internal Revenue Service Revenue Procedure 2000-37) to effect an Exchange.  In connection with any such Exchange, any exchange accommodation titleholder shall have taken all steps necessary to own the Assets under applicable Law.  Each Party acknowledges and agrees that neither an assignment of a Party’s rights under this Agreement nor any other actions taken by a Party or any other person in connection with the Exchange shall release any Party from, or modify, any of its liabilities and obligations (including indemnity obligations to each other) under this Agreement, and no Party makes any representations as to any particular tax treatment that may be afforded to any other Party by reason of such assignment or any other actions taken in connection with the Exchange.  Any Party electing to treat the acquisition or sale of the Assets as an Exchange shall be obligated to pay all additional costs incurred hereunder as a result of the Exchange, and in consideration for the cooperation of the other Party, the Party electing Exchange treatment shall agree to pay all costs associated with the Exchange and to indemnify and hold the other Party, its Affiliates, and their respective former, current and future partners, members, shareholders, owners, officers, directors, managers, employees, agents and representatives harmless from and against any and all liabilities and taxes arising out of, based upon, attributable to or resulting from the Exchange or transactions or actions taken in connection with the Exchange that would not have been incurred by the other Party but for the electing Party’s Exchange election.

16.18Buyer Liability.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Parties agree that, (a) prior to and at Closing, each of EnerVest XIII-A, EnerVest XIII-WIB, EnerVest XIII-WIC and FourPoint shall be jointly and severally liable for Buyer’s obligations and Liabilities under this Agreement, and (b) after Closing, (i) each of EnerVest and FourPoint shall be severally, but not jointly, liable (to the extent of its Proportionate Share) and (ii) each of EnerVest XIII-A, EnerVest XIII-WIB and EnerVest XIII-WIC shall be jointly and severally liable (to the extent of EnerVest’s Proportionate Share), in each case of (i) and (ii), for Buyer’s obligations and Liabilities under this Agreement (other than the obligations set out in Section 3.6, for which each of EnerVest XIII-A, EnerVest XIII-WIB, EnerVest XIII-WIC and FourPoint shall remain jointly and severally liable).

16.19Agent.  

(a)Each of FourPoint, EnerVest XIII-A, EnerVest XIII-WIB and EnerVest XIII-WIC, by executing this Agreement, irrevocably constitutes and appoints EV and its successors, acting as hereinafter provided, as such appointing Party’s attorney-in-fact to act on behalf of such Person in connection with the authority granted to EV pursuant to this Section 16.19, and acknowledges that such appointment is coupled with an interest.

(b)Each of FourPoint, EnerVest XIII-A, EnerVest XIII-WIB and EnerVest XIII-WIC by such appointment (i) authorizes EV subsequent to the date hereof (A) to give and receive written consents, reports, notices and communications to or from Seller relating to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, (B) to act on such appointing Party’s behalf with respect to any and all matters affecting such appointing Party in this Agreement, including for purposes of Section 3.5, 3.6(a), 3.7, 6.1, 6.12, 9.4, 11.1(c)(i), 11.2(a), 11.2(j), 12.1(a) and 12.1(e), including 

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giving and receiving all notices and communications to be given or received with respect to any such matters, and (C) to negotiate, compromise and resolve any dispute that may arise under this Agreement, provided, however, that in each of clauses (A) - (C), EV shall not have the authority to execute any agreements or documents (other than consents, reports, notices and communications) on behalf of FourPoint, and (ii) agrees to be bound by all agreements and determinations made by and documents executed and delivered by EV pursuant to the authority granted to EV hereunder. 

(c)Each of FourPoint, EnerVest XIII-A, EnerVest XIII-WIB and EnerVest XIII-WIC by the execution of this Agreement expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) EV is authorized to act on its behalf with respect to this Agreement, notwithstanding any dispute or disagreement between such appointing Party and EV, and (ii) Seller, each Seller Indemnified Party and any other Person shall be entitled to solely interact with, and rely on any and all actions taken by, EV under this Agreement without any Liability to, or obligation to inquire of, such appointing Party.  Any notice or communication given or received by, and any decision, action, failure to act within a designated period of time, agreement, consent, settlement, resolution or instruction of, EV that is within the scope of EV’s authority under this Section 16.19 shall constitute a notice or communication to or by, or a decision, action, failure to act within a designated period of time, agreement, consent, settlement, resolution or instruction of Buyer and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon such appointing Party.  Seller and any other Person shall be entitled to rely upon any such notice, communication, decision, action, failure to act within a designated period of time, agreement, consent, settlement, resolution or instruction as being a notice or communication to or by, or a decision, action, failure to act within a designated period of time, agreement, consent, settlement, resolution or instruction of, such appointing Party and Buyer.

[Remainder of page intentionally left blank.  Signature page follows.]

    

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[Signature Page to Purchase and Sale Agreement]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller, Buyer and EV have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above    
SELLER:
    
QEP ENERGY COMPANY

By:    /s/ Austin Murr    
Name:    Austin Murr
Title:    Senior Vice President, Business Development

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller, Buyer and EV have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
BUYER:
    
ENERVEST ENERGY INSTITUTIONAL FUND XIII-A, L.P.,
ENERVEST ENERGY INSTITUTIONAL FUND XIII-WIB, L.P.

By:       EnerVest, Ltd., its Managing General Partner
By:       EnerVest Management GP, L.C., its General Partner

By:    /s/ John B. Walker    
Name:    John B. Walker
Title:    Chief Executive Officer

ENERVEST ENERGY INSTITUTIONAL FUND XIII-WIC, L.P.,

By:    EnerVest Holding XIII, LLC, its General Partner
By:    EnerVest, Ltd., its Sole Member
By:    EnerVest Management GP, L.C., its General Partner

By:    /s/ John B. Walker    
Name:    John B. Walker
Title:    Chief Executive Officer

    

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EV:

ENERVEST, LTD.,

		
	By:
	EnerVest Management GP, L.C., its General Partner

By:    /s/ John B. Walker    
Name:    John B. Walker
Title:    Chief Executive Officer

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller, Buyer and EV have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
BUYER:
    
FOURPOINT ENERGY, LLC
doing business in Texas as 4P ENERGY TEXAS, LLC

By:    /s George H. Solich    
Name:    George H. Solich
Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer

61QEPR 8-K 2014.05.02 EX 10.3

Exhibit 10.3

PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
by and among
QEP FIELD SERVICES COMPANY,
QEP MIDSTREAM PARTNERS GP, LLC,
QEP Midstream Partners Operating, LLC
and
QEP MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP
May 7, 2014

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	TABLE OF CONTENTS
	 

	 
	 
	      Page

	Article I. DEFINITIONS
	5
	

	1.1
	

	Definitions
	5
	

	1.2
	

	Construction
	12
	

	Article II. SALE AND CLOSING
	12
	

	2.1
	

	Sale of Subject Interests
	12
	

	2.2
	

	Consideration
	13
	

	2.3
	

	Closing and Closing Deliveries
	13
	

	Article III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF QEPFS
	14
	

	3.1
	

	Organization
	14
	

	3.2
	

	Authority and Approval
	14
	

	3.3
	

	No Conflict; Consents
	15
	

	3.4
	

	Capitalization; Title to Subject Interest
	16
	

	3.5
	

	Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities
	16
	

	3.6
	

	Title to Assets
	17
	

	3.7
	

	Litigation; Laws and Regulations
	17
	

	3.8
	

	No Adverse Changes
	17
	

	3.9
	

	Taxes
	18
	

	3.10
	

	Environmental Matters
	18
	

	3.11
	

	Licenses; Permits
	19
	

	3.12
	

	Insurance
	19
	

	3.13
	

	Employees and Plans
	19
	

	3.14
	

	Contracts
	20
	

	3.15
	

	Transactions with Affiliates
	20
	

	3.16
	

	Investment Company Act
	21
	

	3.17
	

	Brokerage Arrangements
	21
	

	3.18
	

	Capital Commitments
	21
	

	3.19
	

	Conflicts Committee Matters
	21
	

	3.20
	

	Waivers and Disclaimers
	21
	

	Article IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
	 

	 
	PARTNERSHIP PARTIES
	22
	

	4.1
	

	Organization and Existence
	22
	

	4.2
	

	Authority and Approval
	22
	

	4.3
	

	No Conflict; Consents
	23
	

	4.4
	

	Brokerage Arrangements
	24
	

	4.5
	

	Litigation
	24
	

	4.6
	

	Investment Intent
	24
	

	4.7
	

	Waivers and Disclaimers
	24
	

	 
	 
	 

	Article V. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS, COVENANTS, RIGHTS AND

	 
	 OBLIGATIONS
	25
	

	5.1
	

	Operation of the Processing Assets.
	25
	

	5.2
	

	Supplemental Disclosure.
	25
	

	5.3
	

	Access to Books and Records.
	26
	

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	5.4
	

	Cooperation; Further Assurances
	26
	

	5.5
	

	Emigrant Trail Maintenance.
	26
	

	5.6
	

	Indemnification Agreement.
	27
	

	Article VI. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
	27
	

	6.1
	

	Conditions to the Obligation of the Partnership Parties
	27
	

	6.2
	

	Conditions to the Obligation of QEPFS
	28
	

	Article VII. TAX MATTERS
	29
	

	7.1
	

	Liability for Taxes
	29
	

	7.2
	

	Tax Returns
	30
	

	7.3
	

	Tax Treatment of Indemnity Payments
	30
	

	7.4
	

	Transfer Taxes
	30
	

	7.5
	

	Tax Treatment of Purchase of Subject Interest.
	30
	

	7.6
	

	Survival
	31
	

	7.7
	

	Conflict
	31
	

	Article VIII. TERMINATION
	31
	

	8.1
	

	Events of Termination
	31
	

	8.2
	

	Effect of Termination
	32
	

	Article IX. INDEMNIFICATION UPON CLOSING
	32
	

	9.1
	

	Indemnification of the Partnership Parties
	32
	

	9.2
	

	Indemnification of QEPFS
	32
	

	9.3
	

	Tax Indemnification
	32
	

	9.4
	

	Survival
	33
	

	9.5
	

	Demands
	33
	

	9.6
	

	Right to Contest and Defend
	34
	

	9.7
	

	Cooperation
	34
	

	9.8
	

	Right to Participate
	35
	

	9.9
	

	Payment of Damages
	35
	

	9.10
	

	Limitations on Indemnification
	35
	

	9.11
	

	Sole Remedy
	36
	

	Article X. MISCELLANEOUS
	36
	

	10.1
	

	Expenses
	36
	

	10.2
	

	Notices
	36
	

	10.3
	

	Governing Law; Jurisdiction
	37
	

	10.4
	

	Public Statements
	37
	

	10.5
	

	Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers
	37
	

	10.6
	

	Conflicting Provisions
	38
	

	10.7
	

	Binding Effect; Assignment; Parties in Interest
	38
	

	10.8
	

	Severability
	38
	

	10.9
	

	Interpretation
	38
	

	10.10
	

	Disclosure Schedules
	39
	

	10.11
	

	Multiple Counterparts
	39
	

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Exhibits
Exhibit A    Assignment and Contribution Agreement
Exhibit B    Form of Amended and Restated LLC Agreement
Schedules
Schedule 1.1(a) Processing Assets
Schedule 1.1(b) Contested Liens
Schedule 3.3 No Conflicts; Consents
Schedule 3.4 Capitalization; Title to Subject Interest
Schedule 3.5(a) Company Financial Statements
Schedule 3.5(b) Undisclosed Liabilities
Schedule 3.6 Title to Assets
Schedule 3.7 Litigation; Laws and Regulation
Schedule 3.8 No Adverse Changes
Schedule 3.8(c) Damaged and Repaired Processing Assets
Schedule 3.9 Taxes
Schedule 3.10 Environmental Matters
Schedule 3.11 Licenses; Permits
Schedule 3.15 Transactions with Affiliates

PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
This Purchase and Sale Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 7, 2014 (the “Execution Date”), by and among QEP Field Services Company (“QEPFS”), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of QEP Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“QEP”), QEP Midstream Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), QEP Midstream Partners GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”), and QEP Midstream Partners Operating, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership (the “Operating Company”).  The General Partner, the Partnership and the Operating Company are referred to herein as the “Partnership Parties” and QEPFS and the Partnership Parties are referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, QEPFS owns certain natural gas processing and fractionation facilities and related assets identified on Disclosure Schedule 1.1(a) hereto (the “Processing Assets”) that are used to process and fractionate natural gas and provide related services in Wyoming (the “Business”);

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WHEREAS, on or prior to the Closing Date (as defined herein), QEPFS will convey the Processing Assets (the “Initial Conveyance”) to Green River Processing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of QEPFS (the “Company”); 
WHEREAS, on or prior to the Closing Date, definitive conveyance documents will be entered into with respect to the Initial Conveyance, the forms of which have been made available to the Partnership (the “Initial Conveyance Documents”); 
WHEREAS, QEPFS desires to sell, convey, transfer and assign to the Partnership, and the Partnership desires to purchase, acquire and receive from QEPFS and to contribute to the Operating Company, 40% of the outstanding membership interests in the Company (the “Subject Interest”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, after giving effect to the completion of the sale and purchase of the Subject Interest referred to above pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, QEPFS and the Partnership will directly own a 60% and 40% membership interest in the Company, respectively; and
WHEREAS, the Conflicts Committee (as defined herein) has previously (i) received an opinion of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., LLC, the financial advisor to the Conflicts Committee (“TPH”), that the consideration to be paid pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereunder is fair, from a financial point of view, to the public holders of Common Units (as defined herein) of the Partnership and (ii) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder are in the best interests of the Partnership, found this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder to be fair and reasonable to the Partnership and its public holders of Common Units, and recommended that the board of directors of the General Partner approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder;
AGREEMENT
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
           DEFINITIONS
1.1    Definitions

The terms defined in this Section 1.1 shall, when used in this Agreement, have the respective meanings specified herein, with each such definition equally applicable to both singular and plural forms of the terms so defined:
“A&R LLC Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, to be dated as of the Closing Date, between QEPFS, the Operating Company and the Company, the material terms of which are set forth on the term sheet attached hereto as Exhibit B.

“Affiliate,” when used with respect to a Person, means any other Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such first Person; provided, however, that, unless expressly provided otherwise, (a) with respect to QEPFS, the term “Affiliate” shall exclude each of the 

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Partnership Entities and (b) with respect to the Partnership Parties, the term “Affiliate” shall exclude QEP, QEPFS and any other Person controlled by QEPFS.

“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“Ancillary Documents” means the QEPFS Ancillary Documents and the Partnership Ancillary Documents.

“Assignment and Contribution Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1.

“Business” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which banks in New York City, New York or Denver, Colorado are authorized or obligated by Law to close.

“Cap” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.10(a).

“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

“Claim Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.5(a).

“Closing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.3(a).

“Closing Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.3(a).

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and administrative guidance promulgated thereunder.

“Common Units” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Partnership Agreement.

“Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Company Financial Statements” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.5(a).

“Conflicts Committee” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Partnership Agreement.

“Consideration” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2.

“Control,” and its derivatives, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person.

“Controlled Group Liabilities” means any and all liabilities and obligations of a Person arising under ERISA, the Code or corresponding or similar provisions of any foreign Laws of a character that if unpaid or unperformed could result in the imposition of a Lien or encumbrance against the assets, or a liability or obligation, of another Person, including (a) under Title IV of ERISA, (b) under Sections 206(g), 302 or 303 of ERISA, (c) under Sections 412, 430, 431, 436 or 4971 of the Code, (d) as a result of the failure to comply with the continuation of coverage requirements of Section 601 et seq. of ERISA, Section 4980B of the Code or similar state law or (e) under corresponding or similar provisions of any foreign Laws.

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“Covered Environmental Loss” means any liability incurred by the Company after the Initial Conveyance arising from or relating to (i) a violation of Environmental Laws as in effect prior to the Initial Conveyance and such violation commenced, occurred or existed before the Initial Conveyance and (ii) any environmental event, condition or matter associated with or arising from the ownership or operation of the Processing Assets that commenced, occurred or existed before the Initial Conveyance (including the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under, about or migrating to or from the Processing Assets or the disposal or the release of Hazardous Materials generated by operation of the Processing Assets at non-Processing Asset locations), including (A) the cost and expense of any investigation, assessment, evaluation, monitoring, containment, cleanup, repair, restoration, remediation, risk-based closure activities, or other corrective action required or necessary under Environmental Laws and (B) the cost and expense of the preparation and implementation of any closure, remedial, corrective action, or other plans required or necessary under Environmental Laws as in effect prior to the Initial Conveyance.

“Damages” means liabilities and obligations, including all losses, deficiencies, costs, expenses, fines, interest, expenditures, judgments, damages and reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable expenses of investigating, defending and prosecuting litigation.

“Deductible” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.10(a).

“Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules to this Agreement.

“Emigrant Trail Maintenance” means that certain repair and maintenance work with respect to the residue gas compressors at the Emigrant Trail Processing Plant, including repairs to the engines, compressors and foundations, and other related facilities improvements at the Emigrant Trail Processing Plant, which maintenance and repair work shall be performed by QEPFS.

“Environmental Laws” means any federal, state or local Laws that regulate or otherwise pertain to the protection of the environment, including the management, control, discharge, emission, treatment, containment, handling, removal, use, generation, permitting, migration, storage, release, transportation, disposal, remediation, manufacture, processing or distribution of Hazardous Materials that are or may present a threat to the environment, including the following Laws, as amended as of the date hereof and interpreted by the highest court of competent jurisdiction through the date hereof: (a) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; (b) the Clean Air Act; (c) CERCLA; (d) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; (e) the Safe Drinking Water Act; (f) the Toxic Substances Control Act; (g) the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to Know Act; (h) the National Environmental Policy Act; (i) the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990; (j) the Oil Pollution Act of 1990; (k) the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and (l) all rules, regulations, orders, judgments, decrees promulgated or issued with respect to the foregoing Environmental Laws by Governmental Authorities with jurisdiction in the premises. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Environmental Laws” does not include operating practices or standards that may be employed or adopted by other industry participants or recommended by a Governmental Authority that are not required by such federal, state or local Laws.

“Environmental Permits” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.10.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and administrative guidance promulgated thereunder.

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“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that at any relevant time is or was under common control with QEP and/or QEPFS or otherwise treated, along with QEP and/or QEPFS, as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.

“Execution Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

“General Partner” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, municipal or other governmental court, department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality.

“Hazardous Materials” means any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous: (a) which is listed, defined, or regulated as a “hazardous material,” “hazardous waste,” “solid waste,” “hazardous substance,” “toxic substance,” “pollutant,” or “contaminant,” or otherwise classified or regulated or subject to liability in or pursuant to any Environmental Law; (b) which is or contains asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, explosives, or radioactive materials; or (c) which causes or threatens to cause contamination, nuisance with respect to any properties, or a hazard to the environment or to the health or safety of Persons on or about any properties.

“Indemnification Agreement” means that certain Indemnification Agreement, to be dated as of the date that the Initial Conveyance Documents are entered into, between QEPFS and the Company.

“Indemnity Claim” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.5(a).

“Initial Conveyance” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Initial Conveyance Documents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Investment Company Act” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.16.

“Knowledge,” as used in this Agreement with respect to a Party, means the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of that Party’s designated personnel. The designated personnel for QEPFS are Perry H. Richards and Kevin Peretti. The designated personnel for the Partnership Parties is Richard Doleshek.

“Law” means any applicable law, common law, statute or ordinance of any nation or state, including the United States of America, and any political subdivision thereof, including any state of the United States of America, any rule, regulation or executive order promulgated by any Governmental Authority or any applicable judgment, order, decree or decision of any court or other Governmental Authority having the effect of law in any such jurisdiction.

“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, security interest, pledge, conditional sales contract, charge, right of first refusal, drag-along or tag-along right or other encumbrance.

“LLC Agreement” means the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company dated as of February 6, 2014.

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“Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, event, occurrence, condition or other circumstance that: (a) materially and adversely affects the business, assets, liabilities, properties, financial condition or results of operations of the Company or the Subject Interest, individually or in the aggregate, other than any such change, effect, event, occurrence, condition or other circumstance to the extent resulting or arising from (i) any change or effect generally affecting the natural gas gathering, transportation or processing industries, or resulting from markets for fuel or other raw materials, feedstock or commodities used, transported, produced or sold at or by the Company or the Processing Assets, (ii) changes in the prices of crude oil, natural gas or other hydrocarbon products or industry margins, (iii) any change in general market, economic, financial or political conditions, including any engagement in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack, (iv) any regulatory changes or changes in Law or GAAP or (v) the entry into or announcement of this Agreement, actions contemplated by this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, provided that in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), the impact on the Company is not disproportionate to the impact on other companies primarily engaged in the processing and fractionation of natural gas; or (b) materially hinders, delays or impedes the ability of QEPFS to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the QEPFS Ancillary Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any QEPFS Ancillary Document.

“Material Contract” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.14(b).

“Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.2.

“Operating Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“Organizational Documents” means, as applicable, the certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership or limited partnership agreement, certificate of formation, regulations, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement and each other contract or instrument (i) pursuant to which a Party or the Company is established and organized, or (ii) which establishes the governance of such Party or the Company.

“Ownership Percentage” means with respect to (a) QEPFS, 60% of the Company’s issued and outstanding membership interests and (b) the Partnership Parties, 40% of the Company’s issued and outstanding membership interests.

“Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“Partnership” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“Partnership Agreement” means the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of August 14, 2013.

“Partnership Ancillary Document” means each agreement, document or certificate to be delivered by the Partnership Parties at the Closing pursuant to Section 2.3(c), including the Assignment and Contribution Agreement.

“Partnership Entities” means the Partnership Parties and their subsidiaries.

“Partnership Indemnified Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.1.

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“Partnership Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, event, occurrence, condition or other circumstance that: (a) materially and adversely affects the business, assets, liabilities, properties, financial condition or results of operations of any Partnership Party, individually or in the aggregate, other than any such change, effect, event, occurrence, condition or other circumstance to the extent resulting or arising from (i) any change or effect generally affecting the natural gas gathering, transportation or processing industries, or resulting from markets for fuel or other raw materials, feedstock or commodities gathered, used, transported, produced or sold at or by the Partnership Parties or their assets, (ii) changes in the prices of crude oil, natural gas or other hydrocarbon products or industry margins, (iii) any change in general market, economic, financial or political conditions, including any engagement in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack, (iv) any regulatory changes or changes in Law or GAAP, or (v) the entry into or announcement of this Agreement, actions contemplated by this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, provided that in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), the impact on such Partnership Party is not disproportionate to the impact on other companies primarily engaged in the gathering, transportation, processing and fractionation of natural gas; or (b) materially hinders, delays or impedes the ability of any Partnership Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Partnership Ancillary Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Partnership Ancillary Document.
“Partnership Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

“Permits” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.11.

“Permitted Liens” means all: (a) to the extent no amounts secured thereby are past due or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which adequate reserves, if any, have been established, mechanics’, materialmen’s, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s, vendors’, operators’ or other like Liens entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, if any, that do not materially detract from the value of or materially interfere with the use of any of such Person’s assets subject thereto; (b) to the extent no amounts secured thereby are past due or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, Liens arising under original purchase price conditional sales contracts and equipment leases with third parties entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (c) rights of use, rights-of-way, permits, licenses, servitudes, sub-surface leases, grazing rights, logging rights, and easements (including the right to operate and maintain ponds, lakes, waterways, canals, ditches, reservoirs, equipment, pipelines, utility lines, railways, streets, roads and structures on, over or through any of such Person’s assets), if any, that, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not impair in any material respect the use or occupancy of any material portion of such Person’s assets; (d) Liens for Taxes that are not yet due or delinquent, that may thereafter be paid without penalty or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which adequate reserves, if any, have been established; (e) Liens supporting surety bonds, performance bonds and similar obligations issued in connection with any of such Person’s businesses; and (f) Liens that will be paid in full or released on or prior to the Closing. Disclosure Schedule 1.1(b) sets forth all material Liens that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

“Person” means an individual or entity, including any partnership, corporation, association, trust, limited liability company, joint venture, unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority.

“Phase I Environmental Site Assessment” means an environmental site assessment with respect to the Processing Assets performed by LT Environmental, Inc. pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of that certain Engagement Letter, dated March 24, 2014.

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“Plan” means each “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, each “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA and any and all employment, consulting, deferred compensation, change in control, severance, termination, loan, employee benefit, retention, bonus, pension, profit sharing, savings, retirement, welfare, health, life, accident, disability, death, employee assistance, retiree welfare, incentive compensation, stock or equity-based compensation, stock purchase, stock appreciation, collective bargaining, fringe benefit, vacation, paid time off, sick leave and other benefit arrangements, plans, programs, policies, understandings or arrangements, whether written or oral, whether or not subject to ERISA and whether or not tax-qualified.

“Processing Assets” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“QEP” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“QEP Plan” means any Plan sponsored, maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by QEP, QEPFS or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which QEP, QEPFS or any ERISA Affiliate has or could have any liability (whether contingent or otherwise).

“QEPFS” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

“QEPFS Ancillary Document” means each agreement, document or certificate to be delivered by QEPFS at the Closing pursuant to Section 2.3(b), including the Assignment and Contribution Agreement.

“QEPFS Fundamental Representations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.4(a).

“QEPFS Indemnified Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.2.

“Revolving Credit Agreement” means the credit agreement, dated as of August 14, 2013, by and among the Operating Company, as the borrower, the Partnership, as parent guarantor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto, as amended.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Subject Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Tax” means all taxes, however denominated, including any interest, penalties or other additions to tax that may become payable in respect thereof, imposed by any federal, state, local or foreign government or any agency or political subdivision of any such government, whether disputed or not, which taxes shall include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all income or profits taxes (including, but not limited to, federal income taxes and state income taxes), gross receipts taxes, net proceeds taxes, alternative or add-on minimum, sales taxes, use taxes, real property gains or transfer taxes, ad valorem taxes, property taxes, value-added taxes, franchise taxes, production taxes, severance taxes, windfall profit taxes, withholding taxes, payroll taxes, employment taxes, excise taxes and other obligations of the same or similar nature to any of the foregoing.

“Tax Losses” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.1(a).

“Tax Return” means all reports, estimates, declarations of estimated Tax, information statements and returns relating to, or required to be filed in connection with, any Taxes, including information returns or reports with respect to backup withholding and other payments to third parties.

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“Taxing Authority” means, with respect to any Tax, the governmental body, entity or political subdivision thereof that imposes such Tax, and the agency (if any) charged with the collection of such Tax for such entity or subdivision, including any governmental or quasi-governmental entity or agency that imposes, or is charged with collecting, social security or similar charges or premiums.

“TPH” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

“Transfer Taxes” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.4.

“Treasury Regulations” means the U.S. treasury regulations promulgated under the Code.

1.2    Construction

In construing and interpreting this Agreement: (a) the word “includes” and its derivatives means “includes, without limitation” and corresponding derivative expressions; (b) the currency amounts referred to herein, unless otherwise specified, are in United States dollars; (c) whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified; (d) unless otherwise specified, all references in this Agreement to “Article,” “Section,” “Disclosure Schedule,” “Exhibit,” “preamble” or “recitals” shall be references to an Article, Section, Disclosure Schedule, Exhibit, preamble or recitals hereto; (e) whenever the context requires, the words used in this Agreement shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter, as well as the singular and the plural; (f) references to a Party include its permitted successors and assigns; (g) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; (h) the captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof; (i) “writing,” “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form; (j) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and (k) any reference to applicable Law shall include any amendment thereof or any successor thereto and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect as of the date hereof.
ARTICLE II.
              SALE AND CLOSING
2.1    Sale of Subject Interests

At the Closing and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in that certain Assignment and Contribution Agreement to be entered into by and among the parties thereto at the Closing in substantially the same form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Assignment and Contribution Agreement”), (a) QEPFS shall sell, convey, transfer and assign the Subject Interest to the Partnership, and the Partnership shall acquire the Subject Interest from QEPFS and (b) the Partnership shall then further grant, contribute, transfer, assign and convey the Subject Interest to the Operating Company.

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2.2    Consideration
.
The consideration to be transferred by the Partnership to QEPFS for the Subject Interest shall consist of $230,000,000.00 (the “Consideration”) to be paid by the Partnership by wire or interbank transfer of immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by QEPFS.
2.3    Closing and Closing Deliveries

(a)The closing of the transactions contemplated pursuant to this Agreement and the Assignment and Contribution Agreement (the “Closing”) will be held at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, 811 Main Street, Suite 3700, Houston, Texas 77002 at 9:00 a.m. local time on (i) July 1, 2014 or (ii) if all conditions in Article VI to be satisfied prior to Closing have not yet been waived or satisfied, the day that is two (2) Business Days after the date on which the last of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than any such condition that by their terms are not capable of being satisfied until the Closing Date) is satisfied or, when permissible, waived (the “Closing Date”). 
		
	(b)
	At the Closing, QEPFS shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Partnership Parties the following:

(i)a counterpart of the Assignment and Contribution Agreement, duly executed by QEPFS as a party thereto;

(ii)a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by an authorized officer on behalf of QEPFS, confirming the matters set forth in Section 6.1(a) and Section 6.1(b);

(iii)a certificate of good standing of recent date of the Company, as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;

(iv)a counterpart of the A&R LLC Agreement, duly executed by QEPFS as a party thereto;

(v)a properly executed certificate of QEPFS that (a) the Company is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is wholly owned by QEPFS and (b) pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(b)(2), QEPFS is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code; 

(vi)executed copies of the Initial Conveyance Documents;

(vii)an executed copy of the Indemnification Agreement;

(viii)an executed copy of that certain Natural Gas Liquids Services Agreement between the Company and QEPFS;

(ix)an executed copy of that certain Base Contract for Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas between the Company and QEPFS, including the special provisions thereto; and

(x)such other certificates, instruments of conveyance and documents as may be reasonably requested by the Partnership Parties prior to the Closing Date to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.

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(c)At the Closing, the Partnership Parties shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to QEPFS the following:
(i)a counterpart of the Assignment and Contribution Agreement, duly executed by each Partnership Party that is a party thereto;

(ii)the Consideration as provided in Section 2.2;

(iii)a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by an authorized officer on behalf of the Partnership Parties, confirming the matters set forth in Section 6.2(a) and Section 6.2(b);

(iv)a counterpart of the A&R LLC Agreement, duly executed by the Operating Company as a party thereto; and

(v)such other certificates, instruments of conveyance and documents as may be reasonably requested by QEPFS prior to the Closing Date to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.

ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF QEPFS
QEPFS hereby represents and warrants to the Partnership Parties as of the date of hereof and as of the Closing Date, in each case, as follows:
3.1    Organization

(a)    QEPFS is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and assets, including the Processing Assets, and to carry on its business as now conducted.
 
(b)    QEPFS is duly licensed or qualified to do business in the states in which the character of the Processing Assets owned or held by it or the nature of the Business requires it to be so licensed or qualified, except where the failure to so qualify would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)    The Company is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite limited liability company power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and assets, including the Processing Assets following the Initial Conveyance, and to carry on its business as now conducted.

(d)The Company is, or as of the Closing Date will be, duly licensed or qualified to do business in the states in which the character of its properties and assets, including the Processing Assets, owned or held by it or the nature of the Business requires it to be so licensed or qualified, except where the failure to so qualify would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

3.2    Authority and Approval

(a)    QEPFS has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to perform all of the terms and conditions hereof to be performed by it. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of 

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the transactions contemplated hereby and the performance of all of the terms and conditions hereof to be performed by QEPFS have been duly authorized and approved by all requisite corporate action of QEPFS. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by QEPFS and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Partnership Parties, constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of QEPFS, enforceable against QEPFS in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies generally and by general principles of equity (whether applied in a proceeding at law or in equity).

(b)    QEPFS has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver each QEPFS Ancillary Document to which it is a party, to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby and to perform all of the terms and conditions thereof to be performed by it. The execution and delivery of each of the QEPFS Ancillary Documents, the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the performance of all of the terms and conditions thereof to be performed by QEPFS have been duly authorized and approved by all requisite corporate action of QEPFS. When executed and delivered by QEPFS, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Partnership Parties, to the extent a party thereto, each QEPFS Ancillary Document will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of QEPFS enforceable against QEPFS in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies generally and by general principles of equity (whether applied in a proceeding at law or in equity).

3.3    No Conflict; Consents

Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.3:
(a)    the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by QEPFS does not, and the execution, delivery and performance by QEPFS of any of the QEPFS Ancillary Documents will not, and the fulfillment and compliance with the terms and conditions hereof and thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not: (i) violate, conflict with any of, result in any breach of, or require the consent of any Person under, the terms, conditions or provisions of the certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, bylaws, LLC Agreement or equivalent governing instruments of QEPFS or the Company; (ii) conflict with or violate any provision of any Law applicable to the Subject Interest, QEPFS or the Company; (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under (whether with notice or the lapse of time or both), or accelerate or permit the acceleration of the performance required by, or require any consent, authorization or approval under, or result in the suspension, termination or cancellation of, or in a right of suspension, termination or cancellation of, any indenture, mortgage, agreement, contract, commitment, license, concession, Permit, lease, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which QEPFS or the Company is a party or by which QEPFS, the Company or any of their respective assets are bound; or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on the Subject Interest or the Processing Assets, except in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv), for those items that would not be considered to be material; and

(b)    no consent, approval, license, Permit, order or authorization of any Governmental Authority or other Person is required to be obtained or made by QEPFS or the Company in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the QEPFS Ancillary Documents or the consummation of 

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the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except as have been waived or obtained or with respect to which the time for asserting such right has expired (including such consents, approvals, orders or Permits that are not customarily obtained prior to the Closing and are reasonably expected to be obtained in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices following the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the closing of the Initial Conveyance).

3.4    Capitalization; Title to Subject Interest

Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.4:
(a)    QEPFS is the sole member of the Company and owns beneficially and of record all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of the Company, including the Subject Interest, free and clear of all Liens (other than those arising pursuant to the terms of the LLC Agreement, this Agreement or the QEPFS Ancillary Documents or restrictions on transfer under applicable federal and state securities Laws). The Subject Interest is not subject to any agreements or understandings with respect to the voting or transfer of the Subject Interest (other than those arising pursuant to the terms of the LLC Agreement, this Agreement or the QEPFS Ancillary Documents or restrictions on transfer under applicable federal and state securities Laws). The Subject Interest has been duly authorized and is validly issued and fully paid (to the extent required under the LLC Agreement).

(b)    There are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, preemptive rights, preferential purchase rights, rights of first refusal or any similar rights issued or granted by, or binding upon, QEPFS or the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire or to sell or otherwise dispose of any security of or equity interest in the Company, except the sale, conveyance, transfer and assignment of the Subject Interest as contemplated by this Agreement and the Assignment and Contribution Agreement and as may be contained in the LLC Agreement.

(c)    The Company does not own any equity interest, directly or indirectly, in any Person.

3.5    Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities

(a)    QEPFS has made available to the Partnership Parties true, complete and correct copies of the unaudited statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (collectively, the “Company Financial Statements”). Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.5(a), the Company Financial Statements (including any notes thereto) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby and present fairly the financial condition of the Company as of such dates and the results of operations of the Company for such periods (other than for changes in accounting principles disclosed therein and, with respect to the unaudited financial statements, for normal and recurring year-end adjustments and the absence of financial footnotes).

(b)    There are no liabilities or obligations of the Company (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), and there are no facts or circumstances that would result in any such liabilities or obligations, other than (i) liabilities or obligations reflected or reserved against in the Company Financial Statements or described in the footnotes thereto, (ii) liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices since March 31, 2014, (iii) liabilities or obligations arising under executory contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (iv) liabilities not 

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required to be presented by GAAP in unaudited financial statements, (v) liabilities or obligations under this Agreement, (vi) liabilities or obligations disclosed in Disclosure Schedule 3.5(b) and (vii) other liabilities or obligations which, in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, QEPFS makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, under this Section 3.5 relating to Tax matters, which are exclusively addressed in Section 3.9.
3.6    Title to Assets

Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.6, QEPFS has, and on the Closing Date the Company will have, good and valid title to the Processing Assets that are used or necessary to conduct the Business as presently conducted, free and clear of any Liens, except for any Permitted Liens.
3.7    Litigation; Laws and Regulations

Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.7 or in the footnotes to the Company Financial Statements:
(a)    There are no (i) civil, criminal or administrative actions, suits, claims, hearings, arbitrations, investigations or proceedings pending or, to QEPFS’s Knowledge, threatened (A) against or affecting the Subject Interest, the Processing Assets or the Business or (B) that (1) allege the invalidity or unenforceability of QEPFS’s obligations under this Agreement or any of the QEPFS Ancillary Documents or (2) seek to prevent or delay the consummation by QEPFS of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the QEPFS Ancillary Documents; or (ii) judgments, orders, decrees or injunctions of any Governmental Authority, whether at law or in equity, (A) against or affecting the Process Assets, the Business or the Subject Interest, or (B) that (1) allege the invalidity or unenforceability of QEPFS’s obligations under this Agreement or any of the QEPFS Ancillary Documents or (2) seek to prevent or delay the consummation by QEPFS of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the QEPFS Ancillary Documents, except in each case of (i) and (ii) of this Section 3.7(a), for those items that would not be considered to be material.
(b)    The Company is not in violation of or in default under any applicable Law, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, QEPFS makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, under this Section 3.7 relating to Tax matters, which are exclusively addressed in Section 3.9, environmental matters, which are exclusively addressed in Section 3.10, Permits, which are exclusively addressed in Section 3.11, employee or employee benefits matters, which are exclusively addressed in Section 3.13, or the Investment Company Act, which is exclusively addressed in Section 3.16.
3.8    No Adverse Changes

Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.8 or as described in the Company Financial Statements, as applicable, from March 31, 2014 to the date of this Agreement:
(a)    there has not been a Material Adverse Effect applicable to the Company, the Business or the Processing Assets;

(b)    the Processing Assets have been operated and maintained in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; and

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(c)    there has not been any material damage or destruction to any material portion of the Processing Assets, other than such damage or destruction that has been repaired, and such assets are available for service or operation and in commercially reasonable operating condition. Disclosure Schedule 3.8(c) sets forth those Processing Assets that have been damaged or destroyed within three (3) years preceding the Execution Date and for which QEPFS incurred expenses of $1,000,000 or more to repair such damage or destruction.

3.9    Taxes

(a)    Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.9 or as reflected on the Company Financial Statements, (i) the Company has filed or QEPFS and its Affiliates have caused to be filed all material Tax Returns required to be filed by the Company or with respect to the Processing Assets, as applicable, on a timely basis (taking into account all legal extensions of due dates); (ii) all such Tax Returns were complete and correct; (iii) all material Taxes owed by the Company or with respect to the Processing Assets that are or have become due have been timely paid in full; (iv) there are no Liens on the Subject Interest or the Processing Assets that arose in connection with any failure (or alleged failure) to pay any Tax on the Processing Assets or, with respect to the Subject Interest, other than Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable; (v) there is no pending action, proceeding or, to the Knowledge of QEPFS, investigation for assessment or collection of Taxes, and no Tax assessment, deficiency or adjustment has been asserted or proposed with respect to the Company or the Processing Assets; and (vi) since the date of its formation up until the time of the sale of the Subject Interest pursuant to this agreement, the Company has been treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

(b)    For the period that includes the most recent four calendar quarters ending before the Closing Date and the portion of the calendar quarter up to and including the Closing Date, more than 90% of the gross income with respect to the Processing Assets will be income from the exploration, development, mining or production, processing, refining, transportation (including pipelines transporting gas, oil or products thereof), storage or marketing of any mineral or natural resource, or other items of income that are “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code.

3.10    Environmental Matters

With respect to the Processing Assets and the Business, except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.10 or as would not be considered material, as reflected on the Company Financial Statements: (a) each of QEPFS and the Company are and have been in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws; (b) neither QEPFS nor the Company has any obligation to investigate, remediate, monitor or otherwise address (including paying for such action) the presence, on-site or offsite, of Hazardous Materials under any applicable Environmental Laws; (c) neither QEPFS nor the Company are subject to any pending or, to QEPFS’s Knowledge, threatened, claim, action, suit, investigation, inquiry or proceeding under any Environmental Law (including designation as a potentially responsible party under CERCLA or any similar local or state Law); (d) all notices, Permits, Permit exemptions, licenses or similar authorizations, if any, required to be obtained or filed by QEPFS or the Company under any Environmental Law (“Environmental Permits”) have been duly obtained or filed and are valid and currently in full force and effect; (e) each of QEPFS and the Company has complied in all material respects with the terms and conditions of such Environmental Permits; (f) such Environmental Permits will not be subject to suspension, modification, revocation or non-renewal as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the QEPFS Ancillary Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including such Environmental Permits 

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that are not customarily obtained prior to the Closing and are reasonably expected to be obtained in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices following the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the closing of the Initial Conveyance); (g) no proceeding is pending or, to QEPFS’s Knowledge, threatened with respect to any alleged failure by QEPFS or the Company to have any material Environmental Permit necessary for the operation of the Processing Assets or the conduct of the Business or to be in compliance therewith; and (h) there has been no release of any Hazardous Material into the environment by QEPFS from the Processing Assets except in compliance with applicable Environmental Law.
3.11    Licenses; Permits

Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.11: (a) QEPFS has, and on the Closing Date the Company will have, all licenses, permits and authorizations issued or granted by Governmental Authorities (collectively, “Permits”) that are material and necessary for the conduct of the Business as it is now being conducted, (b) all such Permits are validly held by QEPFS, and as of the Closing Date will be held by the Company, and are in full force and effect in all material respects, (c) QEPFS has complied in all material respects with the terms and conditions of such Permits and (d) such Permits will not be subject to suspension, modification, revocation or non-renewal as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the QEPFS Ancillary Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except as would not be considered material (including such Permits that are not customarily obtained prior to the Closing and are reasonably expected to be obtained in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices following the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the closing of the Initial Conveyance). No proceeding is pending or, to QEPFS’s Knowledge, threatened with respect to any alleged failure by QEPFS to have any material Permit necessary for the operation of the Processing Assets or the conduct of the Business or to be in material compliance therewith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, QEPFS makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, under this Section 3.11 relating to Environmental Permits, which are exclusively addressed in Section 3.10.
3.12    Insurance

QEPFS or its Affiliates maintain, and on the Closing Date the Company will maintain, policies of fire and casualty, liability and other forms of property and liability insurance related to the Business and the Processing Assets in such amounts, with such deductibles, and against such risks and losses as are, in their judgment, reasonable for the Business and the Processing Assets. All such policies are in full force and effect, all premiums due and payable thereon have been paid, and no notice of cancellation or termination has been received with respect to any such policy that has not been replaced on substantially similar terms prior to the date of such cancellation. To QEPFS’s Knowledge, the activities and operations of the Business have been conducted in a manner so as to conform in all material respects to all applicable provisions of those insurance policies.
3.13    Employees and Plans

(a)    The Company does not have, and has never had, any employees.

(b)    The Company does not currently sponsor, maintain, contribute to or have any obligation to contribute to (whether contractually or otherwise), and has not in the past six years preceding the date hereof sponsored, maintained, contributed to or had any obligation to contribute to (whether contractually or 

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otherwise), any Plan, and is not currently and has not been in the past six years preceding the date hereof a participating employer in any Plan.
(c)    Except as would not result in any liability to the Company, each QEP Plan (and each related trust, insurance contract, or fund) complies in form and in operation in all material respects with all applicable Laws, rules and regulations and has been operated in all material respects in compliance with its terms.  
(d)    Except as would not result in any liability to the Company, no proceeding has been initiated or threatened by any person (including the PBGC) to terminate any QEP Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(e)    Except as would not result in any liability to the Company, no liability under Title IV of ERISA has been incurred by QEP, QEPFS or any ERISA Affiliate that has not been satisfied in full, other than liability for premiums that are not yet due and payable to the PBGC, and no facts or circumstances exist that could be expected to result in such liability.
(f)    The Company has not incurred any obligation to pay money or any lien on its assets with respect to any Controlled Group Liability of QEP, QEPFS or any ERISA Affiliate, nor do any circumstances exist that could, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, result in the Company having immediately following the Closing, any Controlled Group Liability of QEP, QEPFS or any ERISA Affiliate.
(g)    Except as would not result in any liability to the Company, there are no pending actions, claims, lawsuits, governmental investigations or audits that have been asserted or instituted against any QEP Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) and, no such actions, claims, lawsuits, investigations or audits have been threatened.

3.14    Contracts

(a)    QEPFS has made available to the Partnership Parties a correct and complete copy of each contract or agreement to which QEPFS is, or, following the Initial Conveyance, the Company will be, a party, with respect to the Processing Assets (i) that provides for revenues to or commitments of QEPFS in an amount greater than $1,000,000 during a calendar year or (ii) materially affects the ownership or operation of the Business or the ownership, use or operation of the Processing Assets. Each such contract shall be referred to herein as a “Material Contract.”
(b)    (i) Each Material Contract is legal, valid, binding, enforceable (assuming the enforceability against the other party or parties thereto) and in full force and effect; (ii) each Material Contract will continue to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect on identical terms following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) QEPFS is not in breach or default of a Material Contract, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time would constitute a breach or default by QEPFS, or permit termination, modification or acceleration, under a Material Contract; and (iv) to QEPFS’s Knowledge, no other party is in breach or default, and no event has occurred that with notice, lapse of time or both would constitute a breach or default by such other party, or permit termination, modification or acceleration under a Material Contract, nor has any other party repudiated any provision of a Material Contract; except that in the case of clauses (i) - (iv) above, such breaches, defaults or unenforceability as would not be considered material.

3.15    Transactions with Affiliates

Except as disclosed in the Material Contracts, Disclosure Schedule 3.15 or the footnotes to the Company Financial Statements, the Company is not party to any agreement, contract or arrangement between the Company, on the one hand, and QEPFS or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, other than those entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices on commercially reasonable terms.

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3.16    Investment Company Act

The Company is not subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

3.17    Brokerage Arrangements

None of QEPFS or its Affiliates has entered (directly or indirectly) into any agreement with any Person that would obligate the Partnership Parties or the Company to pay any commission, brokerage or “finder’s fee” or other fee in connection with this Agreement, the QEPFS Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
3.18    Capital Commitments

Other than as set forth in a Material Contract or on the budgets and authorized for expenditures made available via data room to the Conflicts Committee and its representatives before the date hereof, there are no outstanding capital commitments or other expenditure commitments that are binding on QEPFS with respect to the Business, the Company or the Processing Assets. 
3.19    Conflicts Committee Matters

The projections and budgets provided to the Conflicts Committee (including those provided to TPH, the financial advisor to the Conflicts Committee) as part of the Conflicts Committee’s review in connection with this Agreement have a reasonable basis and are consistent with the current expectations of QEPFS’s management. The other financial and operational information provided to TPH as part of its review of the proposed transaction for the Conflicts Committee is derived from and is consistent with QEPFS’s books and records.
3.20    Waivers and Disclaimers

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS MADE BY QEPFS IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY DOCUMENT, QEPFS HAS NOT MADE, DOES NOT MAKE, AND SPECIFICALLY NEGATES AND DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, PROMISES, COVENANTS, AGREEMENTS OR GUARANTIES OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, ORAL OR WRITTEN, PAST OR PRESENT REGARDING THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, INCLUDING RELATING TO (A) THE SUBJECT INTEREST OR THE COMPANY OR THE VALUE, NATURE, QUALITY OR CONDITION OF THE PROCESSING ASSETS, INCLUDING THE WATER, SOIL OR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION OF SUCH ASSETS GENERALLY, INCLUDING THE PRESENCE OR LACK OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR OTHER MATTERS IN OR ON SUCH 

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ASSETS, (B) THE INCOME OR CASH FLOW TO BE DERIVED BY THE SUBJECT INTEREST, THE PROCESSING ASSETS, THE COMPANY OR THE BUSINESS, (C) THE SUITABILITY OF THE PROCESSING ASSETS FOR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES AND USES THAT MAY BE CONDUCTED USING SUCH ASSETS, (D) THE COMPLIANCE OF OR BY QEPFS OR THE COMPANY OR THEIR OPERATIONS WITH ANY LAWS, INCLUDING ANY ZONING, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, POLLUTION OR LAND USE LAWS OR (E) THE HABITABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY, MARKETABILITY, PROFITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING ASSETS OR THE BUSINESS. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN THE QEPFS ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, NEITHER QEPFS NOR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE OR BOUND IN ANY MANNER BY ANY VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE SUBJECT INTEREST, THE PROCESSING ASSETS OR QEPFS, THE COMPANY OR THEIR ASSETS FURNISHED BY ANY AGENT, EMPLOYEE, SERVANT OR THIRD PARTY. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 3.20 HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED BY THE PARTIES AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION AND ARE INTENDED TO BE A COMPLETE EXCLUSION AND NEGATION OF ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT INTEREST, THE PROCESSING ASSETS OR QEPFS, THE COMPANY OR THEIR ASSETS THAT MAY ARISE PURSUANT TO ANY LAW NOW OR HEREAFTER IN EFFECT, OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY DOCUMENT.
ARTICLE IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTNERSHIP PARTIES

Each of the Partnership Parties hereby represents and warrants to QEPFS as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, in each case as follows:
4.1    Organization and Existence

(a)    The Partnership is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite partnership power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted.
(b)    The Operating Company is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite limited liability company power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

4.2    Authority and Approval

(a)    Each of the Partnership Parties has full limited partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, to execute and deliver this Agreement, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to perform all of the terms and conditions hereof to be performed by it. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the performance of all of the terms and conditions hereof to be performed by the Partnership Parties have been duly authorized and approved, by all requisite limited partnership action or limited liability company action, as applicable, of each of the Partnership Parties. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of each of the Partnership Parties and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery 

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of this Agreement by QEPFS, constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of each of them, enforceable against each of the Partnership Parties in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies generally and by general principles of equity (whether applied in a proceeding at law or in equity).

(b)    Each of the Partnership Parties has full limited partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, to execute and deliver each Partnership Ancillary Document to which it is a party, to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby and to perform all of the terms and conditions thereof to be performed by it. The execution and delivery of each of the Partnership Ancillary Documents, the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the performance of all of the terms and conditions thereof to be performed by each of the Partnership Parties which is a party thereto have been duly authorized and approved, by all requisite limited partnership action or limited liability company action, as applicable, of each such party. When executed and delivered by each of the Partnership Parties party thereto, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by QEPFS, where applicable, each Partnership Ancillary Document will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of each of the Partnership Parties that is a party thereto, enforceable against each such Partnership Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies generally and by general principles of equity (whether applied in a proceeding at law or in equity).

4.3    No Conflict; Consents

(a)    The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Partnership Parties does not, and the execution, delivery and performance by the Partnership Parties of any of the Partnership Ancillary Documents will not, and the fulfillment and compliance with the terms and conditions hereof and thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not, (i) violate, conflict with any of, result in any breach of, or require the consent of any Person under, the terms, conditions or provisions of the certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, agreement of limited partnership or other equivalent governing instruments of any Partnership Party; (ii) conflict with or violate any provision of any Law applicable to any Partnership Party; (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under (whether with notice or the lapse of time or both), or accelerate or permit the acceleration of the performance required by, or require any consent, authorization or approval under, or result in the suspension, termination or cancellation of, or in a right of suspension, termination or cancellation of, any indenture, mortgage, agreement, contract, commitment, license, concession, Permit, lease, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which any of the Partnership Parties is a party or by which either of them is bound or to which any of their property is subject; or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any of the Partnership Parties’ assets, except in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv), for those items which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    No consent, approval, license, Permit, order or authorization of any Governmental Authority or other Person is required to be obtained or made by the Partnership Parties in connection with the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the Partnership Ancillary Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except (i) as have been waived or obtained or with respect to which the time for asserting such right has expired or (ii) for those that individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect (including such consents, approvals, orders or Permits 

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that are not customarily obtained prior to the Closing and are reasonably expected to be obtained in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices following the Closing).

4.4    Brokerage Arrangements

None of the Partnership Parties have entered (directly or indirectly) into any agreement with any Person that would obligate QEPFS, any of its Affiliates or the Company to pay any commission, brokerage or “finder’s fee” or other fee in connection with this Agreement, the Partnership Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

4.5    Litigation

There are no (i) civil, criminal or administrative actions, suits, claims, hearings, arbitrations, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the Partnership Parties’ Knowledge, threatened that (a) allege the invalidity or unenforceability of any of the Partnership Parties’ obligations under this Agreement or any of the Partnership Ancillary Documents or (b) seek to prevent or delay the consummation by the Partnership Parties of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Partnership Ancillary Documents; or (ii) judgments, orders, decrees or injunctions of any Governmental Authority, whether at law or in equity, that (a) allege the invalidity or unenforceability of any of the Partnership Parties’ obligations under this Agreement or any of the Partnership Ancillary Documents or (b) seek to prevent or delay the consummation by the Partnership Parties of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Partnership Ancillary Documents, except in each case of (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.5, for those items that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

4.6    Investment Intent

The Partnership Parties have substantial experience in analyzing and investing in entities like the Company and are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of their investment in the Company. The Partnership Parties are acquiring the Subject Interest solely for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or state securities Laws. The Partnership Parties acknowledge that the Subject Interest will not be registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities Laws, and that the Subject Interest may not be transferred or sold except pursuant to the registration provisions of the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption therefrom, as applicable, and pursuant to state securities Laws.

4.7    Waivers and Disclaimers

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS MADE BY THE PARTNERSHIP PARTIES IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY DOCUMENT, THE 

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PARTNERSHIP PARTIES HAVE NOT MADE, DO NOT MAKE, AND SPECIFICALLY NEGATE AND DISCLAIM ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, PROMISES, COVENANTS, AGREEMENTS OR GUARANTIES OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, ORAL OR WRITTEN, PAST OR PRESENT REGARDING THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN THE PARTNERSHIP ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS, WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, NEITHER THE PARTNERSHIP PARTIES NOR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE OR BOUND IN ANY MANNER BY THE VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS OR INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE PARTNERSHIP PARTIES FURNISHED BY ANY AGENT, EMPLOYEE, SERVANT OR THIRD PARTY. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 4.7 HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED BY THE PARTIES AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION AND ARE INTENDED TO BE A COMPLETE EXCLUSION AND NEGATION OF ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTNERSHIP PARTIES THAT MAY ARISE PURSUANT TO ANY LAW NOW OR HEREAFTER IN EFFECT, OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY DOCUMENT.

ARTICLE V.
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS, COVENANTS, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

5.1    Operation of the Processing Assets.

Except as provided in this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents or as consented to by the Parties, during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, with respect to the Processing Assets, each of QEPFS and the Company shall (i) conduct the Business in accordance with prudent industry standards, (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve, maintain and protect the Processing Assets and the Business, (iii) not grant or create any right or agreement that enables or may enable any Person to purchase or acquire the Processing Assets or any interest therein or portion thereof, (iv) comply in all respects with all applicable Laws and (v) not encumber the Processing Assets with any Liens, other than Permitted Liens; provided, however, QEPFS and the Company shall not be required to make any payments or enter into any contractual arrangements or understandings to satisfy the foregoing obligations in this Section 5.1 if such payments or contractual arrangements or understandings would be commercially unreasonable (it being understood, for the purposes of clarity, any payment or contractual arrangement or understanding shall be deemed commercially reasonable if done in the usual and ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice). 

5.2    Supplemental Disclosure.

(a)    The Parties agree that, with respect to the representations, warranties and covenants of QEPFS contained in this Agreement, QEPFS shall have the continuing right and obligation until the Closing to supplement or amend the Disclosure Schedules with respect to any matter hereafter arising or discovered which, if existing or known at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or described on such Disclosure Schedule. For all purposes of this Agreement, including without limitation for purposes of determining whether the conditions set forth in Article VI have been fulfilled, the Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed to include only that information contained therein on the Execution Date and shall be deemed to exclude all information contained in any supplement or amendment thereto.

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(b)    Each Party shall give to the others prompt notice of (i) any representation or warranty made by it or contained in this Agreement that, to such Party’s Knowledge, has become untrue or inaccurate, (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement and (iii) any notice or other communication from any third party alleging that the consent of such third party is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.3    Access to Books and Records.

QEPFS and the Company, as applicable, shall afford the Partnership Parties and their authorized representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to the financial, title, Tax, company and legal materials and operating data and information relating to the Processing Assets and the Business and shall furnish to the Partnership Parties such other information as they may reasonably request, unless any such access and disclosure would violate any applicable Law or the terms of any agreement, with respect to the Processing Assets or the Business, to which QEPFS, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates is bound.

5.4    Cooperation; Further Assurances

(a)    QEPFS shall cooperate with the Partnership Parties to assist in identifying and obtaining all Permits as may be necessary to own the Subject Interest.

(b)    QEPFS and the Partnership Parties shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all approvals, consents and Permits required by or necessary for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents. Each of the Parties acknowledges that certain actions may be necessary with respect to the matters and actions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents such as making notifications and obtaining consents or approvals or other clearances that are material to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and each agrees to use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to take all appropriate action and to do all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law to make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be construed to require (i) any Partnership Party to expend any amounts in order to cause any obligation of QEPFS in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to be fulfilled or (ii) QEPFS to expend any amounts in order to cause any obligation of any Partnership Party in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document to be fulfilled except, in each case, to the extent expressly stated herein.

(c)    After the Closing, each Party shall take such further actions and execute such further documents as may be necessary or reasonably requested by the other Parties in order to effectuate the intent of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and to provide such other Parties with the intended benefits of this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents.

5.5    Emigrant Trail Maintenance.

QEPFS shall use commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Emigrant Trail Maintenance prior to October 1, 2014, provided that in the event the Emigrant Trail Maintenance is not completed by such date, 

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QEPFS shall proceed diligently and timely thereafter to complete such Emigrant Trail Maintenance. QEPFS will reimburse the Company for any expenses incurred by the Company after Closing to complete the Emigrant Trail Maintenance. The Company shall submit a monthly invoice to QEPFS with respect to expenses incurred to complete the Emigrant Trail Maintenance.

5.6    Indemnification Agreement.

In connection with the closing of the Initial Conveyance, QEPFS and the Company shall enter into the Indemnification Agreement, which shall provide that QEPFS will (i) indemnify the Company for Covered Environmental Losses and (ii) be obligated to indemnify the Company for a Covered Environmental Loss only to the extent that QEPFS is notified in writing of such violation, event, condition or environmental matter prior to the third anniversary of the Initial Conveyance.
ARTICLE VI.
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

6.1    Conditions to the Obligation of the Partnership Parties

The obligations of the Partnership Parties to proceed with the Closing contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of all of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived, in whole or in part, by the Partnership Parties:
(a)    Each and every representation and warranty contained in Article III that is not qualified by materiality, shall be true and accurate in all material respects (and each and every representation contained in Article III that is qualified by materiality, shall be true and accurate in all respects) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date except (i) as affected by transactions contemplated or permitted by this Agreement and (ii) to the extent that any such representation or warranty is made as of a specified date, in which case such representation or warranty that is not qualified by materiality shall have been true and correct in all material respects (and each and every representation and warranty contained in Article III that is qualified by materiality, shall be true and accurate in all respects) as of such specified date.

(b)    QEPFS shall have performed and complied in all material respects with (or compliance therewith shall have been waived by the Partnership Parties) each and every covenant and agreement required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing.

(c)    No Law, temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, judgment or other order shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, enforced or issued by any Governmental Authority, or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in effect, and no investigation, action or proceeding before a Governmental Authority shall have been instituted or threatened challenging or seeking to restrain or prohibit the transactions contemplated hereby.

(d)    Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred a Material Adverse Effect.

(e)    QEPFS shall have completed, and provided the Partnership Parties with the results of, the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment on or before at least seven (7) days prior to the Closing Date.

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(f)    The consents and approvals set forth on Disclosure Schedule 3.3 shall have been granted or waived other than those the failure of which to obtain would not be considered to be material.

(g)    QEPFS shall have delivered to the Partnership Parties all of the documents, certificates and other instruments required to be delivered under, and otherwise complied with the provisions of, Section 2.3(b).

6.2    Conditions to the Obligation of QEPFS

The obligations of QEPFS to proceed with the Closing contemplated hereby is subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of all of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived in writing, in whole or in part, by QEPFS:
(a)    Each and every representation and warranty contained in Article IV that is not qualified by materiality, shall be true and accurate in all material respects (and each and every representation contained in Article IV that is qualified by materiality, shall be true and accurate in all respects) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date except (i) as affected by transactions contemplated or permitted by this Agreement and (ii) to the extent that any such representation or warranty is made as of a specified date, in which case such representation or warranty that is not qualified by materiality shall have been true and correct in all material respects (and each and every representation and warranty contained in Article IV that is qualified by materiality, shall be true and accurate in all respects) as of such specified date.

(b)    The Partnership Parties shall have performed and complied in all material respects with (or compliance therewith shall have been waived by QEPFS) each and every covenant and agreement required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing.

(c)    No Law, temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, judgment or other order shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated, enforced or issued by any Governmental Authority, or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in effect, and no investigation, action or proceeding before a court or any other governmental agency or body shall have been instituted or threatened challenging or seeking to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(d)    Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred a Partnership Material Adverse Effect.

(e)    The Partnership Parties shall have delivered to QEPFS all of the documents, certificates and other instruments required to be delivered under, and otherwise complied with the provisions of, Section 2.3(c).

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ARTICLE VII.
TAX MATTERS

7.1    Liability for Taxes

(a)    From and after the Closing, QEPFS shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold the Partnership Indemnified Parties harmless from the Partnership Parties’ Ownership Percentage of, any Taxes, together with any costs, expenses, losses or damages, including reasonable expenses of investigation and reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and expenses, arising out of or incident to the determination, assessment or collection of such Taxes (“Tax Losses”), (i) imposed on or incurred by or with respect to the Company or its assets with respect to the period prior to and including the Closing Date or (ii) attributable to a breach by QEPFS of any covenant with respect to Taxes in this Agreement. The Parties agree that any indemnification or payment obligation under this Section 7.1(a) of QEPFS shall be limited to a proportionate share of such Tax Losses equal to the Partnership Parties’ Ownership Percentage.

(b)    The Partnership Parties shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold the QEPFS Indemnified Parties harmless from, any Tax Losses attributable to a breach by the Partnership Parties of any covenant with respect to Taxes in this Agreement. The Parties agree that any indemnification or payment obligation under this Section 7.1(b) of the Partnership Parties shall be limited to a proportionate share of such Tax Losses equal to QEPFS’s Ownership Percentage.

(c)    All Taxes imposed on or incurred by or with respect to the Company or its assets during any period beginning after the Closing Date shall be borne by QEPFS and the Partnership Parties in accordance with their respective Ownership Percentages.

(d)    Whenever it is necessary for purposes of this Article VII to determine the amount of any Taxes imposed on or incurred by the Company for a taxable period beginning before and ending after the Closing Date which is allocable to the period prior to and including the Closing Date, the determination shall be made, in the case of property or ad valorem Taxes or franchise Taxes (which are measured by, or based solely upon capital, debt or a combination of capital and debt), on a per diem basis and, in the case of all other Taxes, by assuming that such pre-Closing Date period constitutes a separate taxable period applicable to the Company and by taking into account the actual taxable events occurring during such period (except that exemptions, allowances and deductions for a taxable period beginning before and ending after the Closing Date that are calculated on an annual or periodic basis, such as the deduction for depreciation, shall be apportioned to the period prior to and including the Closing Date ratably on a per diem basis). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any franchise Tax paid or payable with respect to the Company shall be allocated to the taxable period during which the income, operations, assets or capital comprising the base of such Tax is measured, regardless of whether the right to do business for another taxable period is obtained by the payment of such franchise Tax.

(e)    If any of the Partnership Parties or their Affiliates receives a refund of any Taxes that QEPFS is responsible for hereunder, or if QEPFS or its Affiliates receive a refund of any Taxes that any of the Partnership Parties are responsible for hereunder, the Party receiving such refund shall, within ninety (90) days after receipt of such refund, remit it to the Party who has responsibility for such Taxes hereunder. The Parties shall cooperate in order to take all necessary steps to claim any such refund.

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7.2    Tax Returns

(a)    With respect to any Tax Return covering any taxable period that is required to be filed with respect to the Company or the Processing Assets, QEPFS shall cause such Tax Return to be prepared, shall cause to be included in such Tax Return all items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit required to be included therein, shall cause such Tax Return to be filed timely with the appropriate Taxing Authority and shall be responsible for the timely remittance of payment (and deposit of any refund) of Taxes due with respect to the period covered by such Tax Return. Liability for payment of Taxes shall be prorated on a daily basis between QEPFS, on one hand, and the Partnership Parties, on the other hand, with QEPFS responsible for all of the Taxes for such period up to and including the Closing Date and QEPFS and the Partnership Parties responsible for the prorated portion of such taxes after the Closing Date to the extent of their Ownership Percentage in the Company.

(b)    All Tax Returns filed for any taxable period with respect to the Processing Assets shall be prepared in accordance with past Tax accounting practices used with respect to the Tax Returns in question (unless such past practices are no longer permissible under the applicable Law), and to the extent any items are not covered by past practices (or in the event such past practices are no longer permissible under the applicable Law), in accordance with reasonable Tax accounting practices selected by the filing party with respect to such Tax Return under this Agreement with the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the non-filing party.

7.3    Tax Treatment of Indemnity Payments

All indemnification payments made under this Agreement, including any payment made under this Article VII, shall be treated as increases or decreases to the Consideration for Tax purposes.
7.4    Transfer Taxes

QEPFS shall file all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to all transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other similar Taxes and fees arising out of or in connection with the transactions effected pursuant to this Agreement (the “Transfer Taxes”). Such Transfer Taxes shall be borne fifty percent (50%) by QEPFS and fifty percent (50%) by the Partnership. If required by applicable Law, the Partnership Parties shall, and shall cause their Affiliates to, join in the execution of any such Tax Returns and other documentation.
7.5    Tax Treatment of Purchase of Subject Interest.
The purchase of the Subject Interest will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a purchase of a 40% interest in each of the Processing Assets by the Partnership followed by a pro rata contribution of the Processing Assets by each of QEPFS and the Partnership to the Company in exchange for membership interests in the Company in accordance with Revenue Ruling 99-5 (Situation 1).

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7.6    Survival

Anything to the contrary in this Agreement notwithstanding, the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, rights and obligations of the Parties with respect to any Tax matter covered by this Agreement shall survive the Closing and shall not terminate until thirty (30) days after the expiration of the applicable statutes of limitations (including all periods of extension and tolling) applicable to such Tax matter.
7.7    Conflict

In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Article VII and any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Article VII shall control.

ARTICLE VIII.
        TERMINATION
8.1    Events of Termination

This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date:
(a)    by mutual written consent of QEPFS and the Partnership;

(b)    by either QEPFS or the Partnership in writing after August 31, 2014 (the “Outside Termination Date”), if the Closing has not occurred by that date, provided that as of such date the terminating Party is not in default under this Agreement;

(c)    by either QEPFS or the Partnership in writing without prejudice to other rights and remedies that the terminating Party or its Affiliates may have (provided the terminating Party or its Affiliates are not otherwise in material default or breach of this Agreement, or have not failed or refused to close without justification hereunder), if the other Party or its Affiliates shall have (i) materially failed to perform its covenants or agreements contained herein required to be performed by such Party or its Affiliates on or prior to the Closing Date, or (ii) there is one or more inaccuracies, violations or breaches of the representations or warranties of the other Party contained herein and such inaccuracies, violations and breaches would constitute a Material Adverse Effect or a Partnership Material Adverse Effect, as applicable; provided, however, that in the case of clause (i) or (ii), the defaulting Party shall have a period of the earlier of (i) thirty (30) days following written notice from the non-defaulting Party to cure any breach of this Agreement, if such breach is curable, or (ii) the Outside Termination Date; or

(d)    by either QEPFS or the Partnership in writing, without liability, if there shall be any non-appealable order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority binding on any of the Parties, which prohibits or restrains them from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby (provided, however, that the applicable Party shall have used its commercially reasonable efforts to have any such order, writ, injunction or decree lifted) and the same shall not have been lifted within thirty (30) days after entry by any such Governmental Authority.

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8.2    Effect of Termination

If a Party terminates this Agreement as provided in Section 8.1, this Agreement shall thereafter become void except for this Section 8.2 and Article X. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8.2 shall be deemed to release any Party from any liability for any breach by such Party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or to impair any rights of any Party under this Agreement, and the Parties agree that should any Party have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(c), then such Party shall have available all remedies at law, including, without limitation, specific performance. Further, if this Agreement is terminated by any Party pursuant to Section 8.1(c), then the other Parties shall reimburse such Party for its out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement (including legal fees and fees paid to TPH, in either case incurred by the Partnership or the Conflicts Committee).

ARTICLE IX.
INDEMNIFICATION UPON CLOSING

9.1    Indemnification of the Partnership Parties

Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, QEPFS, from and after the Closing Date, shall indemnify, defend and hold the Partnership Parties, their subsidiaries and their respective securityholders, directors, officers and employees (and the officers, directors and employees of the General Partner but otherwise excluding QEPFS and its Affiliates) (the “Partnership Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against any and all Damages suffered or incurred by any Partnership Indemnified Party as a result of or arising out of (a) any inaccuracy, violation or breach of a representation or warranty of QEPFS in this Agreement or any QEPFS Ancillary Document or (b) any breach of any other agreement or covenant on the part of QEPFS made under this Agreement or any QEPFS Ancillary Document or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

9.2    Indemnification of QEPFS

Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, from and after the Closing Date, the Partnership Parties shall, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend and hold QEPFS and its Affiliates and their respective securityholders, directors, officers and employees (the “QEPFS Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against any and all Damages suffered or incurred by the QEPFS Indemnified Parties as a result of or arising out of (a) any inaccuracy, violation or breach of a representation or warranty of the Partnership Parties in this Agreement or any Partnership Ancillary Document or (b) any breach of any other agreement or covenant on the part of the Partnership Parties made under this Agreement or any Partnership Ancillary Document or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
9.3    Tax Indemnification

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With the exception of any inaccuracy, violation or breach of the representations and warranties of QEPFS contained in Section 3.9, nothing in this Article IX shall apply to liability with respect to Taxes, the liability with respect to which shall be as set forth in Article VII.
9.4    Survival

(a)    All the provisions of this Agreement shall survive the Closing, provided that the representations and warranties set forth in Article III and Article IV and in any certificate delivered in connection herewith with respect to any of those representations and warranties shall terminate and expire at 12:01 a.m., Denver, Colorado time, on the one (1) year anniversary of the Closing Date, except (i) the representations and warranties of QEPFS set forth in Section 3.9 and Section 3.13 shall survive until thirty (30) days after the expiration of the applicable statutes of limitations (including all periods of extension and tolling), (ii) the representations and warranties of QEPFS set forth in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.17 (collectively, the “QEPFS Fundamental Representations”) shall survive forever and (iii) the representations and warranties of the Partnership Parties set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.4 shall survive forever. After a representation and warranty or agreement or covenant has terminated and expired, no indemnification shall or may be sought pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.2(a) by any Person who would have been entitled pursuant to this Article IX to indemnification on the basis of such representation and warranty or agreement or covenant prior to its termination and expiration, provided that in the case of each representation and warranty or covenant or agreement that shall terminate and expire as provided in this Section 9.4, no claim presented in writing for indemnification pursuant to this Article IX on the basis of such representation and warranty or agreement or covenant prior to its termination and expiration shall be affected in any way by that termination and expiration. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.4, the covenants and agreements entered into pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Document shall survive the Closing in accordance with their terms (or, in the absence of a stated term, in perpetuity).

(b)    The indemnification obligations under this Article IX or elsewhere in this Agreement shall apply regardless of whether any suit or action results solely or in part from the active, passive or concurrent negligence or strict liability of the indemnified party.

9.5    Demands

(a)    Each indemnified party hereunder agrees that promptly upon its discovery of facts giving rise to a claim for indemnity under the provisions of this Agreement, including receipt by it of notice of any demand, assertion, claim, action or proceeding, judicial or otherwise, by any third party (such claims for indemnity involving third party claims being collectively referred to herein as the “Indemnity Claim”), with respect to any matter as to which it claims to be entitled to indemnity under the provisions of this Agreement, it will give prompt notice thereof in writing to the indemnifying party (a “Claim Notice”), together with a detailed statement of such information respecting any of the foregoing as it shall have and all supporting evidence, including any Damages already incurred and its detailed estimate of any Damages to be incurred in the future. Such notice shall include a formal demand for indemnification under this Agreement.

(b)    If the indemnified party failed to notify the indemnifying party thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement in sufficient time to permit the indemnifying party or its counsel to defend against an Indemnity Claim and to make a timely response thereto, the indemnifying party’s indemnity obligation relating to such Indemnity Claim shall be limited to the extent that such failure has actually prejudiced or damaged the indemnifying party with respect to that Indemnity Claim.

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(c)    With respect to any claim for indemnification not involving an Indemnity Claim, the indemnifying party shall be deemed to have agreed to indemnify the indemnified party pursuant to this Article IX with respect to the claims set forth in any Claim Notice if and to the extent the indemnifying party does not provide the indemnified party notice of its disagreement with respect to the contents of a Claim Notice within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt thereof.

9.6    Right to Contest and Defend

(a)    The indemnifying party shall be entitled, at its cost and expense, to contest and defend by all appropriate legal proceedings any Indemnity Claim for which it is called upon to indemnify by the indemnified party under the provisions of this Agreement; provided, that notice of the intention to so contest shall be delivered by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party within twenty (20) days (or such shorter period necessary to timely respond to the claim) from the date of receipt by the indemnifying party of notice by the indemnified party of the assertion of the Indemnity Claim. Any such contest may be conducted in the name and on behalf of the indemnifying party or the indemnified party as may be appropriate. Such contest shall be conducted by reputable counsel employed by the indemnifying party and not reasonably objected to by the indemnified party, but the indemnified party shall have the right but not the obligation to participate in such proceedings and to be represented by counsel of its own choosing at its sole cost and expense.

(b)    The indemnifying party shall have full authority to determine all action to be taken with respect thereto; provided, however, that the indemnifying party will not have the authority to subject the indemnified party to any obligation whatsoever, other than the performance of purely ministerial tasks or obligations not involving material expense or injunctive relief. If the indemnifying party does not elect to contest any such Indemnity Claim, the indemnifying party shall be bound by the result obtained with respect thereto by the indemnified party. If the indemnifying party assumes the defense of an Indemnity Claim, the indemnified party shall agree to any settlement, compromise or discharge of an Indemnity Claim that the indemnifying party may recommend and that by its terms obligates the indemnifying party to pay the full amount of the liability in connection with such Indemnity Claim, which releases the indemnified party completely in connection with such Indemnity Claim and which would not otherwise adversely affect the indemnified party as reasonably determined by the indemnified party.

(c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Indemnity Claim (and shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel incurred by the indemnified party in defending such Indemnity Claim) if the Indemnity Claim seeks an order, injunction or other equitable relief or relief for other than money damages against the indemnified party which the indemnified party reasonably determines, after conferring with its outside counsel, cannot be separated from any related claim for money damages. If such equitable relief or other relief portion of the Indemnity Claim can be so separated from that for money damages, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to assume the defense of the portion relating to money damages.

9.7    Cooperation

If requested by the indemnifying party, the indemnified party agrees to cooperate with the indemnifying party and its counsel in contesting any Indemnity Claim that the indemnifying party elects to contest or, if appropriate, in making any counterclaim against the Person asserting the Indemnity Claim, or any cross-complaint against any Person, and the indemnifying party will reimburse the indemnified party for any expenses incurred by it in so cooperating without regard to any limitations set forth in Section 9.10. 

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At no cost or expense to the indemnified party, the indemnifying party shall cooperate with the indemnified party and its counsel in contesting any Indemnity Claim.
9.8    Right to Participate

The indemnified party agrees to afford the indemnifying party (at the indemnifying party’s own cost and expense) and its counsel the opportunity to be present at, and to participate in, conferences with all Persons, including Governmental Authorities, asserting any Indemnity Claim against the indemnified party or conferences with representatives of or counsel for such Persons.
9.9    Payment of Damages

The indemnification required hereunder shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, within ten (10) days as and when reasonably specific bills are received or Damages are incurred and reasonable evidence thereof is delivered. In calculating any amount to be paid by an indemnifying party by reason of the provisions of this Agreement, the amount shall be reduced by all insurance proceeds received and any indemnification reimbursement proceeds received from third parties.
9.10    Limitations on Indemnification

(a)    To the extent that the Partnership Indemnified Parties are entitled to indemnification for Damages pursuant to Section 9.1(a), QEPFS shall not be liable for such Damages until the aggregate amount of all such Damages exceeds 1.0% of the dollar value of the Consideration (the “Deductible”), and then, subject to the following sentence, QEPFS shall be liable for all such Damages incurred after the Deductible has been exceeded. In no event shall QEPFS’s aggregate liability to the Partnership Indemnified Parties under Section 9.1(a) exceed 10.0% of the dollar value of the Consideration (the “Cap”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Deductible shall not apply to inaccuracies, violations or breaches of the QEPFS Fundamental Representations and (ii) the Cap shall not apply to inaccuracies, violations or breaches of any of the QEPFS Fundamental Representations, provided QEPFS’s aggregate liability for a breach of the QEPFS Fundamental Representations shall not exceed an amount equal to the dollar value of the Consideration.

(b)    The Parties agree that any indemnification or payment obligation of QEPFS under Section 9.1(a) (to the extent relating to any inaccuracy, violation or breach of a representation or warranty in Sections 3.1(b), 3.1(c), 3.4(b), 3.4(c), Sections 3.5 through 3.16 or Section 3.18) relating to Damages suffered or incurred by the Partnership Indemnified Parties, attributable to the Company or its assets, business or operations, shall be limited to Damages actually suffered or incurred by the Partnership Indemnified Parties. For purposes of illustration (and without limiting the generality of the foregoing), in the event any Damages are suffered or incurred by the Company, the Damages suffered or incurred by the Partnership Parties would be 30% thereof.

9.11    Sole Remedy

No Party shall have any liability under this Agreement, any of the Ancillary Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby except as is provided in Article VII or this Article IX (other than claims or causes of action arising from actual fraud).

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ARTICLE X.
            MISCELLANEOUS
10.1    Expenses

Except as otherwise provided herein and regardless of whether the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, each Party hereto shall pay its own expenses incident to this Agreement and all action taken in preparation for carrying this Agreement into effect.
10.2    Notices

Any notice, request, instruction, correspondence or other document to be given hereunder by any party to another (herein collectively called “Notice”) shall be in writing and delivered (a) in person or (b) by reputable, overnight courier service requiring acknowledgment of receipt of delivery (with charges pre-paid), as follows:
If to QEPFS, addressed to:
QEP Field Services Company
1050 17th Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80265
Attention: General Counsel

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Latham & Watkins LLP
811 Main Street, Suite 3700
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Michael E. Dillard 
John M. Greer

If to the Partnership Parties, addressed to:
QEP Midstream Partners, LP
1050 17th Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80265
Attention: General Counsel

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
QEP Midstream Partners GP, LLC Conflicts Committee
1050 17th Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80265

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Attention: Chairman of the Conflicts Committee

Notice given by personal delivery or reputable, overnight courier service shall be effective upon actual receipt. Any party may change any address to which Notice is to be given to it by giving Notice as provided above of such change of address.
10.3    Governing Law; Jurisdiction

This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the substantive Laws of the State of Delaware without reference to the Delaware conflicts of law principles. The Parties hereto irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Colorado and the federal courts of the United States of America located in Denver County, Colorado over any dispute between the Parties arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and each Party irrevocably agrees that all such claims in respect of such dispute shall be heard and determined in such courts. The Parties hereto irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the venue of any dispute arising out of this Agreement or the transaction contemplated hereby being brought in such court or any defense of inconvenient forum for the maintenance of such dispute. Each Party agrees that a judgment in any such dispute may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law.
10.4    Public Statements

The Parties shall consult with each other and no Party shall issue any public announcement or statement with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the consent of the other Parties, unless the Party desiring to make such announcement or statement, after seeking such consent from the other Parties, obtains advice from legal counsel that a public announcement or statement is required by applicable Law or stock exchange rules or regulations.
10.5    Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers

(a)    This Agreement and the Ancillary Documents constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Each Party to this Agreement agrees that no other Party to this Agreement (including through its agents and representatives) has made any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement to or with such Party relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, other than those expressly set forth herein and in the Ancillary Documents.

(b)    No supplement, modification or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by each Party to be bound thereby. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (regardless of whether similar), nor shall any such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.

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10.6    Conflicting Provisions

This Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, read as a whole, set forth the Parties’ rights, responsibilities and liabilities with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In the Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, and as between them, specific provisions prevail over general provisions. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, this Agreement shall control.

10.7    Binding Effect; Assignment; Parties in Interest

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, but neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, benefits or obligations hereunder shall be assigned or transferred, by operation of Law or otherwise, by any Party hereto without the prior written consent of each other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided that the Partnership may encumber all or a portion of its interests acquired pursuant to this Agreement for financing purposes, and assign or transfer such interests, if necessary, in accordance with such encumbrance(s) without obtaining prior written consent of QEPFS. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 10.7, any Party may (without seeking the consent of the other Parties) transfer or otherwise alienate any of its rights, title, interest or obligations under this Agreement in connection with (a) a transfer to an Affiliate which remains an Affiliate, (b) the granting of a pledge, mortgage, hypothecation, Lien or other security interest, (c) the foreclosure (judicial or non-judicial) or other settlement or rearrangement pursuant to or in connection with any transfer made pursuant to (b) above, (d) a transfer in connection with the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of such Party, if applicable, or (e) a merger, consolidation, share exchange or other form of statutory reorganization with another Person if such Party is the sole surviving Person. Except as otherwise provided in Article VII and Article IX with respect to the QEPFS Indemnified Parties and the Partnership Indemnified Parties, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any Person other than the Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, any rights, benefits or obligations hereunder.

10.8    Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is rendered or declared illegal or unenforceable by reason of any existing or subsequently enacted legislation, by decree of a court of last resort or any other Law, the Partnership Parties and QEPFS shall promptly meet and negotiate in good faith substitute provisions for those rendered or declared illegal or unenforceable, but all of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

10.9    Interpretation

It is expressly agreed by the Parties that neither this Agreement nor any of the Ancillary Documents shall be construed against any Party, and no consideration shall be given or presumption made, on the basis 

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of who drafted this Agreement, any Ancillary Document or any provision hereof or thereof or who supplied the form of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Documents. Each Party agrees that this Agreement has been purposefully drawn and correctly reflects its understanding of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, therefore, waives the application of any Law or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the Party drafting such agreement or document.

10.10    Disclosure Schedules

(a)    The Disclosure Schedules and the Exhibits referred to herein are attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, and unless the context expressly requires otherwise, the Disclosure Schedules and such Exhibits are incorporated in the definition of “Agreement.”

(b)    Any matter disclosed in the Disclosure Schedules pursuant to any section of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been disclosed by such disclosing Parties for purposes of each other representation and warranty of this Agreement to which the relevance of such disclosure is reasonably apparent on its face. The listing (or inclusion of a copy) of a document or other item in the Disclosure Schedules shall be adequate to disclose an exception to a representation or warranty made herein if the nature and relevance of such exception is reasonably apparent on its face from the listing (or inclusion of a copy) of such document. The inclusion of any information in the Disclosure Schedules shall not be deemed to be an admission or evidence of the materiality of such item, nor shall it establish a standard of materiality for any purpose whatsoever.

10.11    Multiple Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
[Signature Page Follows.][Signature Page to the Purchase and Sale Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

QEP FIELD SERVICES COMPANY

By: /s/ Charles B. Stanley    
Name: Charles B. Stanley
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

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QEP MIDSTREAM PARTNERS GP, LLC

By: /s/ Richard J. Doleshek    
Name: Richard J. Doleshek
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

QEP MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP

By: QEP Midstream Partners GP, LLC, its general partner

By: /s/ Richard J. Doleshek    
Name: Richard J. Doleshek
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

QEP MIDSTREAM PARTNERS OPERATING, LLC

By: /s/ Richard J. Doleshek    
Name: Richard J. Doleshek
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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