Document:

EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

LENDER JOINDER AGREEMENT 

This LENDER JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Joinder”) is made as of November     , 2015, by each of the
undersigned (each, an “Additional Lender”), in favor of EXCO Resources, Inc., a Texas corporation, as Borrower (“Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of Borrower, as Guarantors (“Guarantors”), and Wilmington
Trust National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”). The effective date for this Joinder (the “Effective Date”) shall be the date specified on Schedule I attached
hereto. 
 Reference is made to that certain Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of October 19, 2015, by and among Borrower,
Guarantors, Administrative Agent, Wilmington Trust National Association, as Collateral Trustee (the “Collateral Trustee”), and the lenders party thereto from time to time (as the same may be modified, amended, or restated from time
to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. 

Pursuant to Section 2.18 of the Credit Agreement, Borrower has notified Administrative Agent that it has obtained the commitment
of the undersigned Additional Lenders to provide an Increase in the Loans on the Effective Date. In accordance with Section 2.18, each of the Additional Lenders hereby agrees as follows: 

1. Each Additional Lender agrees to become a Lender and to be bound by the terms of the Credit Agreement as a Lender, with the Commitments set
forth on Schedule I attached hereto. 
 2. Each Additional Lender: (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and
authority, and has taken all necessary action, to execute and deliver this Joinder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets the requirements to be a Lender under the
Credit Agreement, (iii) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (except for copies of Assignment and Assumption agreements which are available to the Additional Lender upon request), and such
other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Joinder, and (iv) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and
based on the documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Joinder; (b) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon Administrative Agent or any other
Secured Party and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document; (c) appoints and
authorizes Administrative Agent and Collateral Trustee, as applicable, to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to Administrative
Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, by the terms thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; (d) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by
the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and (e) has provided to Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof the documents required under Section 2.12(d) of the
Credit Agreement (including but not limited to completed and signed copies of any forms that may be required by the United States Internal Revenue Service (together with any additional supporting documentation required pursuant to applicable
Treasury Department regulations or such other evidence satisfactory to Borrower and Administrative Agent) in order to certify such Additional Lender’s exemption from United States withholding taxes with respect to any payments or distributions
made or to be made to such Additional Lender in respect of the Loans or under the Credit Agreement if such Additional Lender is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States). 

  
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 3. Each Additional Lender confirms that is will not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose
of its interest in the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents except in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, which requires entering into an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Credit
Agreement. 
 Borrower hereby notifies each Additional Lender that the Loans were issued with Original Issue Discount under
Section 1272, 1273 and 1275 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Additional Lender may contact Mark Fesmire, Director of Tax Accounting of the Borrower, at (214) 368-2084, who will provide such Additional Lender with
any required information regarding the Original Issue Discount. 
 In accordance with Section 2.18(c) of the Credit Agreement,
as of the Effective Date the Additional Portions of the Loans representing the Increase shall constitute Loans under, and all be entitled to all the benefits afforded by the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall benefit equally
and ratably from any guarantees and the security interests created by the Loan Documents; provided, however, that interest shall begin to accrue on the Additional Portions of the Loans on the Effective Date. In addition, as of the Effective Date,
each Additional Lender shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder. This Joinder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York. This Joinder may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of to this Joinder by telecopier or email (with a PDF copy attached) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Joinder. 

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Signature Page(s) Follow. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Additional Lender has caused this Joinder to be executed by its
officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date specified thereon. 
  

			
	ADDITIONAL LENDERS:
		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 Signature Page to 

Lender Joinder Agreement 

			
	ACCEPTED AND APPROVED:
	  
 WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,

	as Administrative Agent
		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 Signature Page to 

Lender Joinder Agreement 

			
	CONSENTED TO AS OF THE DATE FIRST
WRITTEN ABOVE:
	
	BORROWER:
	
	EXCO RESOURCES, INC.
		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 Signature Page to 

Lender Joinder Agreement 

 SCHEDULE I 

to 
 JOINDER 

ADDITIONAL LENDERS 
  

							
	 	  	 Lender
	  	 Commitment
	  	 Applicable Percentage

	 1.
	  		  		  	
	 2.
	  		  		  	
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		  	TOTAL	  		  	
		  		  	  
	  	  

 Total Commitments after giving effect to this Joinder: 

Effective Date: November     , 2015 

Contact and Notice Information: 
 Schedule IExhibit

Exhibit 4.01

Amendment No. 3
to
Rights Agreement
of NuStar GP Holdings, LLC
(f/k/a Valero GP Holdings, LLC)

This Amendment No. 3 (this “Amendment”), to the Rights Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2006, between NuStar GP Holdings, LLC (f/k/a Valero GP Holdings, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., successor rights agent to Computershare Investor Services, LLC (the “Rights Agent”), as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement entered into effective as of February 28, 2008 and that certain Amendment No. 2 to the Rights Agreement entered into effective as of October 23, 2012 (as so amended, the “Rights Agreement”) is entered into effective as of November 2, 2015 (“Effective Date”) by and between the Company and the Rights Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used as defined in the Rights Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in compliance with Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, for so long as the Rights are then redeemable, the Company may in its sole and absolute discretion, and the Rights Agent shall if the Company so directs, amend any provision of the Rights Agreement without the approval of any holders of the Rights; 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent wish to amend the Rights Agreement as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Company deems it in the best interest of the Company to effect this Amendment in order to amend Section 1 of the Rights Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Company directs the Rights Agent to join in this Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, in light of the foregoing, it is hereby agreed as follows:
AMENDMENT
1.Section 1 of the Rights Agreement shall be amended to amend and restate the definition of “Exempt Person” in its entirety as follows:
“ “Exempt Person” shall mean:
(i) William E. Greehey, unless such Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of any Company Securities other than (a) such number of Units which shall be less than 20% of the Units of the Company then outstanding (the “Greehey Direct Units”), plus (b) such number of additional Units owned by WLG Holdings, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, which, together with the Greehey Direct Units, shall be less than 25% of the Units of the Company then outstanding; provided, that in the case of (b) the Conditional 

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Irrevocable Proxy by WLG Holdings, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, dated October 30, 2015 (the “Conditional Irrevocable Proxy”), remains in full force and effect; and
(ii) Neuberger Berman Group LLC, unless such Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of any Company Securities other than (x) 6,208,544 Units (appropriately adjusted for any unit split, reverse unit split or distribution) beneficially owned on June 30, 2012 (the “NBG Original Units”), plus (y) such number of additional Units (appropriately adjusted for any unit split, reverse unit split or distribution) which, together with the NBG Original Units, shall be less than 17.5% of the Units of the Company then outstanding.
A purchaser, assignee or transferee of Units or interests in WLG Holdings, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, from an Exempt Person shall not thereby become an Exempt Person, except that a transferee from the estate of an Exempt Person who receives Units or interests in WLG Holdings, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, as a bequest or inheritance from an Exempt Person shall be an Exempt Person so long as such Person continues to be the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the then outstanding Units, and, in the case of interests in WLG Holdings, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, the Conditional Irrevocable Proxy remains in full force and effect.”
2.This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.  A signature to this Amendment executed and/or transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect, and enforceability as an original signature.  
3.Except as hereby amended, the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
4.This Amendment shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.
5.Each provision of this Amendment shall be considered severable and if for any reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Amendment that are valid, enforceable and legal.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and attested, all as of the Effective Date.

NUSTAR GP HOLDINGS, LLC

By:     __/s/ Amy L. Perry______________________
Name: Amy L. Perry
Title:  Senior Vice President, General Counsel—Corporate & Commercial Law and
Corporate Secretary

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Rights Agent

By:     /s/ David L. Adamson    
Name: David L. Adamson    
Title: Vice President    
Date: 11/2/2015_____________________________

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