Document:

EX-10.17

 Exhibit 10.17 
 KRAFT FOODS GROUP, INC. 
 2012 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN 

GLOBAL STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT 
 KRAFT FOODS GROUP, INC., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to the employee identified in the Award Statement (the “Optionee” identified in the
“Award Statement”) attached hereto under the Kraft Foods Group, Inc. 2012 Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) a non-qualified stock option (the “Option”). The Option entitles the Optionee to
exercise up to the aggregate number of shares set forth in the Award Statement (the “Option Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, at the Grant Price per share set forth in the Award Statement (the “Grant
Price”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Global Stock Option Award Agreement, including any country-specific terms set forth in Appendix A hereto (the “Agreement”), shall have the meaning set forth in the
Plan. The Option is subject to the following terms and conditions (including the country-specific terms set forth in Appendix A to the Agreement): 
 1. Vesting. Prior to the satisfaction of the Vesting Requirements set forth in the Schedule in the Award Statement (the “Schedule”), the Option Shares may not be exercised except
as provided in paragraph 2 below. 
 2. Vesting Upon Termination of Employment. In the event of the termination of the
Optionee’s employment with the Kraft Foods Group (as defined below in paragraph 13) prior to satisfaction of the Vesting Requirements other than by reason of Early Retirement (as defined below in paragraph 13) occurring after December 31
of the same year as the date of grant of the Option, Normal Retirement (as defined below in paragraph 13), death or Disability (as defined below in paragraph 13), or as otherwise determined by (or pursuant to authority granted by) the
Committee administering the Plan, this Option shall not be exercisable with respect to any of the Option Shares set forth in the Award Statement. If death or Disability of the Optionee occurs prior to satisfaction of the Vesting Requirements, this
Option shall become immediately exercisable for 100% of the Option Shares set forth in the Award Statement. If the Optionee’s employment with the Kraft Foods Group is terminated by reason of Normal Retirement, or by Early Retirement occurring
after December 31 of the same year as the date of grant of the Option, the Option Shares shall continue to become exercisable as set forth on the Schedule as if such Optionee’s employment had not terminated. 

3. Exercisability Upon Termination of Employment. During the period commencing on the first date that the Vesting Requirements are
satisfied (or, such earlier date determined in accordance with paragraph 2) until and including the Expiration Date set forth in the Schedule, this Option may be exercised in whole or in part with respect to such Option Shares, subject to the
following provisions: 
 (a) In the event that the Optionee’s employment is terminated by reason of Early Retirement
occurring after December 31 of the same year as the date of grant of the Option, Normal Retirement, death or Disability, such Option Shares may be exercised on or prior to the Expiration Date; 

(b) If employment is terminated by the Optionee (other than by Early Retirement occurring after December 31 of the same year as the
date of grant of the Option, death, Disability or Normal Retirement), such Option Shares may be exercised for a period of 30 days from the effective date of termination; 
 (c) If, other than by death, Disability, Normal Retirement, or Early Retirement occurring after December 31 of the same year as the date of grant of the Option, the Optionee’s employment is
terminated by the Company, a subsidiary or affiliate without cause for any reason (even if such termination constitutes 

  
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unfair dismissal under the employment laws of the country where the Optionee resides or if the Optionee’s termination is later determined to be invalid and his or her employment is
reinstated) or in the event of any other termination of employment caused directly or indirectly by the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate, such Option Shares may be exercised for a period of 12 months following such termination; provided,
however, if the Optionee shall die within such 12-month period, such Option Shares may be exercised for a period of 12 months from the date of death of the Optionee; and 
 (d) If the Optionee’s employment is involuntarily suspended or terminated for Cause, no Option Shares may be exercised during the period of suspension, or following such termination of employment.

 No provision of this paragraph 3 shall permit the exercise of any Option Shares after the Expiration Date. For purposes of
this Agreement, the Optionee’s employment shall be deemed to be terminated (i) when he or she is no longer actively employed by the Kraft Foods Group (regardless of the reason for such termination and whether or not later found to be
invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Optionee is employed or the terms of the Optionee’s employment agreement, if any), and (ii) when he or she is no longer actively employed by a corporation, or a parent
or subsidiary thereof, substituting a new option for this Option (or assuming this Option) in connection with a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, split-up, reorganization, liquidation or similar transaction. The
Optionee shall not be considered actively employed during any notice period or period of pay in lieu of notice required under any applicable law or during any other period for which he or she is receiving, or is eligible to receive, salary
continuation, notice period or garden leave payments, or other benefits under the Kraft Foods Group, Inc. Severance Pay Plan, or any similar plan maintained by the Kraft Foods Group or through other such arrangements that may be entered into that
give rise to separation or notice pay, except in any case in which the Optionee is eligible for Normal Retirement or Early Retirement upon the expiration of salary continuation or other benefits. The Committee shall have the exclusive discretion to
determine when the Optionee is no longer actively employed for purposes of the Option. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, leaves of absence shall not constitute a termination of employment for purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions and unless otherwise determined by the Company, this Option may only be exercised on a day that the NASDAQ Global Select Market (the “Exchange”) is open. Accordingly, if the Expiration Date is a day the
Exchange is closed, the Expiration Date shall be the immediately preceding day on which the Exchange is open. 
 4. Exercise
of Option and Withholding Taxes. This Option may be exercised only in accordance with the procedures and limitations (including the country-specific terms set forth in Appendix A to the Agreement) set forth in the Company’s Equity Awards
Plan Guide, as amended from time to time (the “Methods of Exercise”). 
 The Optionee acknowledges that,
regardless of any action taken by the Company or, if different, the Optionee’s employer (the “Employer”), the ultimate liability for all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, payment on account or
other tax-related items related to the Optionee’s participation in the Plan and legally applicable to the Optionee (“Tax-Related Items”), is and remains the Optionee’s responsibility and may exceed the amount actually
withheld by the Company or the Employer. The Optionee further acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (a) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of the
Option, including the grant, vesting or exercise of the Option, the subsequent sale of Option Shares acquired pursuant to such exercise and the receipt of any dividends; and (b) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the
terms of the grant or any aspect of the Option to reduce or eliminate the Optionee’s liability for Tax-Related Items or achieve any particular tax result. Further if the Optionee becomes subject to any Tax-Related Items in more than one
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date of any relevant taxable event (including jurisdictions outside the United States), the Optionee acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (or former employer, as applicable) may be
required to withhold or account for (including report) Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction. 
 The Optionee
acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall not be required to deliver the Option Shares being exercised upon any exercise of this Option unless it has received payment in a form acceptable to the Company for all applicable Tax-Related Items, as
well as amounts due to the Company as “theoretical taxes” pursuant to the then-current international assignment and tax and/or social insurance equalization policies and procedures of the Kraft Foods Group, or arrangements
satisfactory to the Company for the payment thereof have been made. 
 In this regard, the Optionee authorizes the Company
and/or the Employer, in their sole discretion and without any notice or further authorization by the Optionee, to withhold all applicable Tax-Related Items legally due by the Optionee and any theoretical taxes from the Optionee’s wages or other
cash compensation paid by the Company and/or the Employer or from proceeds of the sale of Option Shares acquired at exercise either through a voluntary sale or through a mandatory sale arranged by the Company (on the Optionee’s behalf and at
the Optionee’s direction pursuant to this authorization) without further consent. In addition, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Tax-Related Items or theoretical taxes may be paid with outstanding shares of the Company’s Common
Stock, such shares to be valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date, or by the Company withholding from Option Shares subject to the exercised Option, provided, however, that withholding in Option Shares shall be subject to approval by the
Committee to the extent deemed necessary or advisable by counsel to the Company at the time of any relevant tax withholding event. Finally, the Optionee agrees to pay to the Company or the Employer any amount of Tax-Related Items and theoretical
taxes that the Company or the Employer may be required to withhold or account for as a result of the Optionee’s participation in the Plan that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described. 

To avoid any negative accounting treatment, the Company may withhold or account for Tax-Related Items or theoretical taxes by considering
applicable minimum statutory withholding amounts or other applicable withholding rates. If the obligation for Tax-Related Items and/or theoretical taxes is satisfied by withholding in Option Shares, for tax purposes, the Optionee is deemed to have
been issued the full number of Option Shares subject to the exercised Option, notwithstanding that a number of the Option Shares are held back solely for the purpose of paying the Tax-Related Items. 

5. Cash-Out of Option. The Committee may elect to cash out all or a portion of the Option Shares to be exercised pursuant to any
Method of Exercise by paying the Optionee an amount in cash or Common Stock, or both, equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares on the exercise date less the Grant Price for such shares. 

6. Transfer Restrictions. Unless otherwise required by law, this Option is not transferable or assignable by the Optionee in any
manner other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and is exercisable during the Optionee’s lifetime only by the Optionee. The terms of the Plan and this Agreement shall be binding upon the executors, administrators, heirs,
successors and assigns of the Optionee. 
 7. Adjustments. In the event of any merger, share exchange, reorganization,
consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, distribution, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, spin-off, issuance of rights or warrants or other similar transaction or event affecting the Common Stock after the date of
this Award, the Committee shall make adjustments to the terms and provisions of this Award (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, terms and provisions relating to the Grant Price and the number and kind of shares subject to
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but not limited to, the substitution of equity interests in other entities involved in such transactions, to provide for cash payments in lieu of the Option, and to determine whether continued
employment with any entity resulting from such transaction or event will or will not be treated as a continued employment with the Kraft Foods Group, in each case, subject to any Committee action specifically addressing any such adjustments, cash
payments or continued employment treatment. 
 8. Successors. Whenever the word “Optionee” is used herein under
circumstances such that the provision should logically be construed to apply to the executors, the administrators, or the person or persons to whom this Option may be transferred pursuant to this Agreement, it shall be deemed to include such person
or persons. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company and any person or persons who shall acquire any rights hereunder in accordance with this Agreement, the Award Statement or the
Plan. 
 9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, U.S.A., without
regard to choice of laws principles thereof. 
 10. Award Confers No Rights to Continued Employment - Nature of the
Grant. Nothing contained in the Plan or this Agreement (including the country-specific terms set forth in Appendix A to the Agreement) shall give any employee the right to be retained in the employment of any member of the Kraft Foods Group or
affect the right of any such employer to terminate any employee. The adoption and maintenance of the Plan shall not constitute an inducement to, or condition of, the employment of any employee. Further, the Optionee acknowledges and agrees that:

 (a) the Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature and it may be modified, amended,
suspended or terminated by the Company at any time, to the extent permitted by the Plan; 
 (b) the grant of the Option is
voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of options, or benefits in lieu of options, even if options have been granted in the past; 

(c) all decisions with respect to future option or other grants, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Committee; 

(d) the Optionee is voluntarily participating in the Plan; 
 (e) the Option and the Option Shares subject to the Option are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation; 
 (f) the Option and the Option Shares subject to the Option and the income and the value of same are not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation,
termination, redundancy, dismissal, end-of-service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension, retirement or welfare benefits; 
 (g) the future value of the underlying Option Shares is unknown, indeterminable and cannot be predicted with certainty; 
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 (i) if the Optionee exercises the Option and obtains shares of Common Stock, the value of
those shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise may increase or decrease in value, even below the Grant Price; 
 (j) no
claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture of the Option resulting from the termination of the Optionee’s employment or other service relationship (for any reason whatsoever, whether or not later found to be
invalid or in breach of any employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Optionee is employed or the terms of the Optionee’s employment agreement, if any), and in consideration of the grant of the Option to which the Optionee is otherwise not
entitled, the Optionee irrevocably agrees never to institute any claim against the Company, any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or the Employer, waives his or her ability, if any, to bring any such claim, and releases the Kraft Foods Group and the
Employer from any such claim; if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is allowed by a court of competent jurisdiction, then, by participating in the Plan, the Optionee shall be deemed irrevocably to have agreed not to pursue such claim and
agrees to execute any and all documents necessary to request dismissal or withdrawal of such claim; 
 (k) unless otherwise
provided in the Plan or by the Company in its discretion, the Option and the benefits evidenced by this Agreement do not create any entitlement to have the Option or any such benefits transferred to, or assumed by, another company nor to be
exchanged, cashed out or substituted for, in connection with any corporate transaction affecting the Common Stock of the Company; 
 (l) the Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the Company making any recommendations regarding the Optionee’s participation in the Plan, or the Optionee’s
acquisition or sale of the underlying shares of Common Stock; 
 (m) the Optionee is hereby advised to consult with the
Optionee’s own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding the Optionee’s participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan; 
 (n) the Option is designated as not constituting an Incentive Stock Option; this Agreement shall be interpreted and treated consistently with such designation; and 

(o) the following provisions apply only if the Optionee is providing services outside the United States: 

(i) the Option and the Option Shares subject to the Option are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for any purpose;
and 
 (ii) The Optionee acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company, the Employer nor any member of the Kraft Foods Group
shall be liable for any foreign exchange rate fluctuation between the Optionee’s local currency and the United States Dollar that may affect the value of the Option or any shares of Common Stock delivered to the Optionee upon exercise of the
Option or of any proceeds resulting from the Optionee’s sale of such shares. 

11. Data Privacy. The Optionee explicitly and unambiguously consents to the
collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of the Optionee’s personal data as described in this Agreement and any other Option grant materials (such information collectively referred to herein as “Data”) by and
among, as applicable, the Employer and the Kraft Foods Group for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Optionee’s participation in the Plan. 

  
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 The Optionee understands that the Company and the Employer may hold certain personal
information about the Optionee, including, but not limited to, the Optionee’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or
directorships held in the Company, details of all options or any other entitlement to shares of stock awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Optionee’s favor, for the exclusive purpose of implementing,
administering and managing the Plan . 
 The Optionee understands that Data will be transferred to UBS Financial
Services (“UBS”), or such other stock plan service provider as may be selected by the Company in the future, which is assisting the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. The Optionee understands
that Data may also be transferred to the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or such other public accounting firm that may be engaged by the Company in the future. The Optionee understands that
the recipients of the Data may be located in the United States or elsewhere, and that the recipients’ country (e.g., the United States) may have different data privacy laws and protections than the Optionee’s country. The Optionee
understands that if he or she resides outside the United States, the Optionee may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting the Optionee’s local human resources representative. The
Optionee authorizes the Company, UBS and any other possible recipients which may assist the Company (presently or in the future) with implementing, administering and managing the Plan to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in
electronic or other form, for the sole purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Optionee’s participation in the Plan. The Optionee understands that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and
manage the Optionee’s participation in the Plan. The Optionee understands that if he or she resides outside the United States, the Optionee may, at any time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of Data,
require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting in writing the Optionee’s local human resources representative. Further, the Optionee understands that he or she is
providing the consents herein on a purely voluntary basis. If the Optionee does not consent, or if the Optionee later seeks to revoke his or her consent, his or her employment status or service and career with the Employer will not be adversely
affected; the only adverse consequence of refusing or withdrawing the Optionee’s consent is that the Company would not be able to grant the Optionee an Option or other equity awards or administer or maintain such awards. Therefore, the Optionee
understands that refusing or withdrawing his or her consent may affect the Optionee’s ability to participate in the Plan. For more information on the consequences of the Optionee’s refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, the Optionee
understands that he or she may contact his or her local human resources representative. 
 12. Interpretation.
The terms and provisions of the Plan (a copy of which will be furnished to the Optionee upon written request to the Office of the Corporate Secretary, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Three Lakes Drive, Northfield, Illinois, U.S.A. 60093) are incorporated
herein by reference. To the extent any provision in this Agreement is inconsistent or in conflict with any term or provision of the Plan, the Plan shall govern. The Committee shall have the right to resolve all questions which may arise in
connection with the Award or this Agreement, including whether an Optionee is no longer actively employed and any interpretation, determination or other action made or taken by the Committee regarding the Plan or this Agreement shall be final,
binding and conclusive. 
 13. Miscellaneous Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term
“Disability” means permanent and total disability as determined under the procedures established by the Company for purposes of the Plan and the term “Normal Retirement” means retirement from active employment under
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Foods Group, on or after the date specified as normal retirement age in the pension plan or employment contract, if any, under which the Optionee is at that time accruing pension benefits for his
or her current service (or, in the absence of a specified normal retirement age, the age at which pension benefits under such plan or contract become payable without reduction for early commencement and without any requirement of a particular period
of prior service). For the purposes of this Agreement, “Early Retirement” means retirement from active employment other than Normal Retirement, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. As used herein, “Kraft
Foods Group” means Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and each of its subsidiaries and affiliates. For purposes of this Agreement, (x) a “subsidiary” includes only any company in which the applicable entity, directly or
indirectly, has a beneficial ownership interest of greater than 50 percent and (y) an “affiliate” includes only any company that (A) has a beneficial ownership interest, directly or indirectly, in the applicable entity of
greater than 50 percent or (B) is under common control with the applicable entity through a parent company that, directly or indirectly, has a beneficial ownership interest of greater than 50 percent in both the applicable entity and the
affiliate. 
 14. Language. If this Agreement or any other document related to the Plan is translated into a language
other than English and if the meaning of the translated version is different from the English version, the English version will control. 
 15. Compliance With Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, unless there is an available exemption from any registration, qualification or other legal requirement
applicable to the shares of Common Stock, the Company shall not be required to deliver any Option Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option prior to the completion of any registration or qualification of the shares under any local, state, federal
or foreign securities or exchange control law or under rulings or regulations of the Commission or of any other governmental regulatory body, or prior to obtaining any approval or other clearance from any local, state, federal or foreign
governmental agency, which registration, qualification or approval the Company shall, in its absolute discretion, deem necessary or advisable. The Optionee understands that the Company is under no obligation to register or qualify the shares with
the Commission or any state or foreign securities commission or to seek approval or clearance from any governmental authority for the issuance or sale of the shares. Further, the Optionee agrees that the Company shall have unilateral authority to
amend the Plan and the Agreement without the Optionee’s consent to the extent necessary to comply with securities or other laws applicable to the issuance of shares of Common Stock. 

16. Electronic Delivery and Acceptance. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to
current or future participation in the Plan by electronic means or to request the Optionee’s consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. The Optionee hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if
requested, agrees to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or a third party designated by the Company. 
 17. Agreement Severable. The provisions of this Agreement are severable and if any one or more provisions are determined to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining
provisions shall nevertheless be binding and enforceable. 
 18. Headings. Headings of paragraphs and sections used in
this Agreement are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement, and must not be used in construing it. 
 19.
Imposition of Other Requirements. The Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on the Optionee’s participation in the Plan, on the Option, and on any shares of Common Stock acquired under the Plan, to the extent the
Company determines it is necessary or advisable for legal or administrative reasons, and to require the Optionee to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing. 

  
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 20. Appendix. Notwithstanding any provisions in this Agreement, the Option shall be
subject to any special terms set forth in the Appendix to this Agreement for the Optionee’s country. Moreover, if the Optionee relocates to one of the countries included in the Appendix, the special terms for such country will apply to the
Optionee, to the extent the Company determines that the application of such terms is necessary or advisable for legal or administrative reasons. The Appendix constitutes part of this Agreement. 

21. Waiver. The Optionee acknowledges that a waiver by the Company of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not
operate or be construed as a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement or of any subsequent breach by the Optionee or any other participant of the Plan. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Global Stock Option Award Agreement has been granted as of             , 2012. 

 

	
	KRAFT FOODS GROUP, INC.
	
	Diane Johnson May
	Executive Vice President, Human Resources
	

  
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 APPENDIX A 

ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE 
 KRAFT FOODS GROUP, INC. 
 2012 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN 

GLOBAL STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT 
 TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
 This Appendix A includes additional terms and conditions that
govern the Option granted to the Optionee under the Plan if he or she resides in one of the countries listed below at the time of grant. Certain capitalized terms used but not defined in this Appendix A have the meanings set forth in the Plan and/or
the Agreement. 
 NOTIFICATIONS 
 This Appendix A also includes information regarding exchange controls and certain other issues of which the Optionee should be aware with respect to participation in the Plan. The information is based on
the securities, exchange control, and other laws in effect in the respective countries as of June 2012. Such laws are often complex and change frequently. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that the Optionee not rely on the information in
this Appendix A as the only source of information relating to the consequences of his or her participation in the Plan because the information may be out of date at the time the Optionee exercises the Option or sells shares of Common Stock acquired
under the Plan. 
 In addition, the information contained herein is general in nature and may not apply to the Optionee’s particular
situation, and the Company is not in a position to assure the Optionee of a particular result. Accordingly, the Optionee is advised to seek appropriate professional advice as to how the relevant laws in his or her country may apply to the
Optionee’s situation. 
 *** 

Finally, if the Optionee is a citizen or resident of a country other than the one in which he or she is currently working, transfers employment after the
Option is granted or is considered a resident of another country for local law purposes, the notifications contained herein may not be applicable to the Optionee, and the Company shall, in its discretion, determine to what extent the terms and
conditions contained herein shall apply to the Optionee. 
 CANADA 
 TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
 Form of Payment. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan
or the Agreement to the contrary, the Optionee is prohibited from surrendering shares of Common Stock that he or she already owns or attesting to the ownership of shares of Common Stock to pay the Grant Price or any Tax-Related Items in connection
with the Option. 
 Form of Settlement. Options granted to employees resident in Canada shall be paid in shares of Common Stock only.

  
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 The following provisions apply for Optionees resident in Quebec: 

Data Privacy Notice and Consent. This provision supplements Paragraph 11 of the Agreement: 

The Optionee hereby authorizes the Company and the Company’s representatives to discuss with and obtain all relevant information from all personnel,
professional or not, involved in the administration and operation of the Plan. The Optionee further authorizes the Company and any subsidiary or affiliate and the administrator of the Plan to disclose and discuss the Plan with their advisors. The
Optionee further authorizes the Company and any subsidiary or affiliate to record such information and to keep such information in his or her employee file. 
 Language Consent. The parties acknowledge that it is their express wish that the Agreement, including this Appendix A, as well as all documents, notices, and legal proceedings entered into,
given or instituted pursuant hereto or relating directly or indirectly hereto, be drawn up in English. 
 Consentement relatif
à la langue utilisée. Les parties reconnaissent avoir exigé la rédaction en anglais de cette convention, ainsi que de tous documents, avis et procédures judiciaires, exécutés,
donnés ou intentés en vertu de, ou liés directement ou indirectement à, la présente convention. 

NOTIFICATIONS 
 Securities Law
Information. The Optionee is permitted to sell shares of Common Stock acquired under the Plan through the designated broker appointed under the Plan, if any, provided that the sale of shares of Common Stock takes place outside of Canada through
the facilities of a stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed (i.e., the Exchange). 
 UNITED STATES 

NOTIFICATIONS 
 Exchange Control
Information. United States persons who have signature or other authority over, or a financial interest in, bank, securities or other financial accounts outside of the United States (including a non-U.S. brokerage account holding the shares
of Common Stock or proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock) must file a Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts Report (“FBAR”) with the United States Internal Revenue Service each calendar year in which
the aggregate value of the accounts exceeds $10,000. The FBAR must be on file by June 30 of each calendar year for accounts held in the previous year which exceed the aggregate value.

  
 10EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 
 Execution Version 
  

 
  

 
 

 
 FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT 
 dated as of March 19, 2013 

among 

Memorial Production Operating LLC, 
 as Borrower, 
 The Guarantors Party Hereto, 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 
 as Administrative Agent, 
 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 

as Syndication Agent, 
 Royal Bank of Canada, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Union Bank, N.A., and Comerica Bank, 
 as Co-Documentation Agents, 
 and 

The Lenders Party Hereto 
  

 
 Wells Fargo
Securities, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 
 Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners 

 
  

 

 FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT 
 This FIFTH AMENDMENT TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Fifth Amendment”), dated as of March 19, 2013 (the “Fifth Amendment Effective Date”), is among MEMORIAL PRODUCTION
OPERATING LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Borrower”); MEMORIAL PRODUCTION PARTNERS LP, a limited partnership formed
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Parent”); each of the other undersigned guarantors (the “Other Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower and the Parent, the “Loan Parties”); each of
the Lenders that is a signatory hereto; and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors,
the “Administrative Agent”). 
 Recitals 

A. The Borrower, the Parent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
December 14, 2011 (as amended prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, made certain credit available to and on behalf of the
Borrower. 
 B. The Borrower has advised the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, in connection with the WHT Acquisition,
the Borrower has entered into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2013, attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “WHT Acquisition Agreement”, and together with all agreements, instruments and
documents executed and delivered in connection therewith, as amended, the “WHT Acquisition Documents”), with Memorial Resource Development LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, WildHorse Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, and Tanos Energy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Seller”), and the Borrower pursuant to which the Borrower will (i) directly acquire all of the Equity Interests in WHT Energy
Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WHT Energy Partners”), and (ii) indirectly acquire (a) all of the Equity Interests in WHT Energy Partners’ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, WHT Carthage LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“WHT Carthage” and, together with WHT Energy Partners, the “WHT Entities”), (b) all of the Swap Agreements owned by the WHT Entities, and (c) all of the Oil and Gas Properties
owned by the WHT Entities (such Oil and Gas Properties including, without limitation, those listed on Exhibits A and B of the WHT Acquisition Agreement, and the Oil and Gas Properties listed on Exhibits A and B of the WHT
Acquisition Agreement, together with the Swap Agreements to which the WHT Entities are a party, are collectively referred to herein as the “WHT Assets”), in each case as more particularly described in the WHT Acquisition Agreement.

 C. The Borrower has advised the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that the Borrower may finance all or a part of the WHT
Acquisition by entering into a second lien credit facility. 
 D. The parties hereto desire to (i) amend the Credit
Agreement in certain respects including, without limitation, to extend the Maturity Date and to provide the terms on which the Borrower would be permitted to incur such second lien indebtedness, to be effective as of the Fifth Amendment Effective
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Base to an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Borrowing Base in effect immediately prior to the consummation of the WHT Acquisition plus (b) $120,000,000, which increase is to be
effective following (or substantially contemporaneously with) the consummation of the WHT Acquisition on the WHT Acquisition Closing Date (as defined below). 
 E. The Borrower has requested that Amegy Bank National Association, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Capital LLC, Regions Bank, Sovereign Bank, N.A., and Goldman Sachs Bank USA (each a
“New Lender” and, collectively, the “New Lenders”) become Lenders hereunder with Maximum Credit Amounts in the amounts as shown on Annex I to the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby). 

F. The Borrower has advised the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, substantially contemporaneously with the consummation of the
WHT Acquisition, WHT Energy Partners will merge with ETX I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ETX”) and a Loan Party, with WHT Energy Partners being the surviving entity following such merger. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 Section 1. Defined
Terms. Each capitalized term which is defined in the Credit Agreement, but which is not defined in this Fifth Amendment, shall have the meaning ascribed such term in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby. Unless otherwise indicated, all
section references in this Fifth Amendment refer to the Credit Agreement. 
 Section 2. Amendments as of Fifth Amendment
Effective Date. In reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Fifth Amendment, and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Credit
Agreement shall be amended effective as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date in the manner provided in this Section 2. 
 2.1 Additional Definitions. Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add thereto in alphabetical order the following definitions which shall read in full as follows:

 “Fifth Amendment” means that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of
March 19, 2013, among the Borrower, the Parent, the other Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. 
 “Fifth Amendment Effective Date” means March 19, 2013. 
 “Permitted Second Lien Debt Term Sheet” means that certain Summary of Terms and Conditions setting forth the terms and conditions of the Permitted Second Lien Debt, which Summary of Terms
and Conditions was provided by the Borrower and posted to the Lenders on SyndTrak on March 14, 2013. 

“Permitted Second Lien Documents” means each credit or other loan agreement governing Permitted Second
Lien Debt, all guarantees thereof and all other agreements, documents or instruments executed and delivered by any Loan Party in connection with, or pursuant to, the incurrence of Permitted Second Lien Debt. 

  
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 “Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes Documents” means the
Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes, all guarantees thereof and all other agreements, documents or instruments executed and delivered by any Loan Party in connection with, or pursuant to, the issuance of Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes. 

“WHT Acquisition Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in the Fifth Amendment, as such agreement
may be amended from time to time to the extent permitted under this Agreement. 
 “WHT Acquisition
Closing Date” has the meaning given to such term in the Fifth Amendment. 
 “WHT
Assets” has the meaning given to such term in the Fifth Amendment. 
 2.2 Amended Definitions. The definitions
of “Intercreditor Agreement”, “LIBO Rate”, “Loan Documents”, “Maturity Date”, “Permitted Additional Debt”, and “Permitted Second Lien Debt”
contained in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read in full as follows: 
 “Intercreditor Agreement” means (a) the Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Fifth Amendment among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the
Administrative Agent and Wells Fargo Energy Capital, Inc. (or such other party reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), as administrative agent under the Permitted Second Lien Debt Documents, and (b) if such Permitted Second Lien
Debt is refinanced or replaced in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, any successor intercreditor agreement entered into in connection therewith, which shall be on terms and conditions acceptable to the Administrative Agent and
the Majority Lenders in their sole discretion, in each case as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time. 
 “LIBO Rate” means the greater of: (a) 0% and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any
successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to
time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for
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such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) at which dollar deposits of an amount comparable to such Eurodollar
Borrowing and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period. 
 “Loan Documents” means this
Agreement, the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, the Notes, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Letter of Credit Agreements, the Letters of Credit, the Agency Fee Letter, and the
Security Instruments. 
 “Maturity Date” means March 19, 2018. 

“Permitted Additional Debt” means, at any time, either (a) the Debt evidenced by the Permitted
Senior Unsecured Notes, if Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes are then outstanding, or (b) the Permitted Second Lien Debt, if Permitted Second Lien Debt is then outstanding. 

“Permitted Second Lien Debt” means (a) Debt incurred on the WHT Acquisition Closing Date by the
Borrower pursuant to a second lien credit facility under which Wells Fargo Energy Capital, Inc. (or such other party reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) serves as “administrative agent” to finance part of the purchase price
for the WHT Acquisition; provided that such Debt shall, in each case: (i) be in an aggregate original principal amount not to exceed $75,000,000 less the net cash proceeds received by the Parent from the issuance by the Parent of its
Equity Interests during the period from and including the Fifth Amendment Effective Date to and including the WHT Acquisition Closing Date; (ii) not provide for any scheduled payment of principal, scheduled mandatory Redemption or scheduled
sinking fund payment before the date that is one year following the WHT Acquisition Closing Date, (iii) be evidenced and governed by documentation containing terms and conditions that are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Majority Lenders in their sole discretion (provided, that the terms and conditions contained in the Permitted Second Lien Debt Term Sheet shall be deemed satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders, and the terms and conditions
contained in the definitive loan documentation of such Permitted Second Lien Debt transaction shall be deemed satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders if the terms and conditions of such definitive loan documentation reflect
the terms and conditions set forth in the Permitted Second Lien Debt Term Sheet (or any other term sheet that has been approved by the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders) and are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent); and (iv) at all times be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, and (b) any second lien Debt incurred to refinance or replace the Debt referred to in the foregoing clause (a), to the extent such refinancing or replacement is
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 2.3 Deletion of Definitions. The definitions of “Permitted Additional Debt
Documents”, “Permitted Rise Acquisition Debt”, “Permitted Rise Acquisition Debt Documents”, “Permitted Rise Acquisition Debt Term Sheet” and “Rise Intercreditor Agreement”
contained in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement are each hereby deleted in their entirety. 
 2.4 Amendment to
Section 2.07(g) of the Credit Agreement. Section 2.07(g) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read in full as follows: 

(g) Reduction in the Borrowing Base – Permitted Second Lien Debt. In addition to the other automatic
reductions of the Borrowing Base set forth herein, if, as of the date that is 180 days following the WHT Acquisition Closing Date, Permitted Second Lien Debt remains outstanding, the Borrowing Base shall automatically be reduced, effective
immediately on such date, by an amount equal to 25% of the total principal amount of the then outstanding Permitted Second Lien Debt (as such principal amount is set forth in the certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered
pursuant to Section 8.01(t)), and such new Borrowing Base shall be effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders until the next redetermination or modification of the Borrowing Base
pursuant to this Agreement. Such decrease in the Borrowing Base shall occur without any vote of the Lenders or action by the Administrative Agent. Upon any such redetermination, the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a New Borrowing Base
Notice to the Borrower and the Lenders. 
 2.5 Amendment to Section 5.01(b) of the Credit Agreement.
Section 5.01(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read in full as follows: 
 (b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return
on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or liquidity or on the capital or liquidity of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations
in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for
such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital or liquidity adequacy), then from time to
time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such
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 2.6 Amendment to Section 8.01(m) of the Credit Agreement. Section 8.01(m)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read in full as follows: 
 (m)
Issuance of Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes and Incurrence of Permitted Second Lien Debt. In the event the Parent or the Borrower intends to issue Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes, prior written notice of such intended offering of such
Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes, the amount thereof, and the anticipated date of closing and promptly when available will furnish a copy of the preliminary offering memorandum (if any) and the final offering memorandum (if any). In the event the
Borrower intends to incur Permitted Second Lien Debt, prior written notice of such intended incurrence, the amount thereof, and the anticipated date of closing, which notice shall include a copy of the term sheet relating to such Permitted Second
Lien Debt (if different from the Permitted Second Lien Debt Term Sheet) for the review and approval of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders and the Borrower will subsequently (but prior to the execution thereof) furnish the material
documents governing the Permitted Second Lien Debt to the Administrative Agent for approval. 
 2.7 New Section 8.01(t)
of the Credit Agreement. A new clause (t) is hereby added to Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement immediately following clause (s) thereof, which clause (t) shall read in full as follows: 

(t) Notice of Outstanding Principal Balance of Permitted Second Lien Debt. On the date that is 180 days following
the WHT Acquisition Closing Date, if any Permitted Second Lien Debt remains outstanding as of such date, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the outstanding principal amount of Permitted Second Lien Debt as of such
date, which certificate will be used to calculate the automatic reduction in the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 2.07(g), if applicable. 
 2.8 Amendments to Section 8.14 of the Credit Agreement. Section 8.14(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting the reference to “or Permitted Rise Acquisition
Debt” contained in such Section and (b) replacing the reference to “10” with a reference to “20” in the second sentence of such Section. 
 2.9 New Section 8.18 of the Credit Agreement. A new Section 8.18 is hereby added to the Credit Agreement immediately following Section 8.17 thereof, which Section 8.18 shall
read in full as follows: 
 Section 8.18 Mandatory Prepayment of Permitted Second Lien Debt. If
(a) the Parent or the Borrower receives any cash proceeds from the issuance of Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes or from the issuance of Equity Interests in the Parent or the Borrower at any time while any Permitted Second Lien Debt remains
outstanding, and (b) no Event of Default exists at such time, then, substantially contemporaneously with the receipt of such cash proceeds, the Borrower shall make a mandatory prepayment in respect of such outstanding Permitted Second Lien Debt
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received by the Parent or the Borrower in connection with such issuance of Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes or Equity Interests (or such lesser amount as may be necessary to repay the Permitted
Second Lien Debt in full); provided, that, if an Event of Default exists at such time, the Borrower shall not be permitted to call, make or offer to make any Redemption of or otherwise Redeem (whether in whole or in part) any principal of any
Permitted Second Lien Debt. 
 2.10 Amendment to Section 9.01(c) of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.01(c) is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read in full as follows: 
 (c) Total Leverage Ratio. The
Borrower will not, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2013 on which any Permitted Second Lien Debt remains outstanding, permit the Parent’s ratio of (i) Total Funded Debt as of
such day to (ii) Consolidated EBITDAX for the Rolling Period ending on such day to be greater than 4.50 to 1.00. 
 2.11
Amendment to Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement. Clauses (f), (g), (h) and (i) of Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement are hereby deleted and replaced with the following: 

(f) Debt under the Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes and guarantees thereof by any Loan Party; provided that, after
giving effect to the substantially contemporaneous prepayment of Permitted Second Lien Debt with the proceeds of Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes as contemplated in Section 8.18, in no event shall any Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes be
permitted to be outstanding at any time any Permitted Second Lien Debt is outstanding; 
 (g) Permitted Second
Lien Debt and guarantees thereof by any Loan Party; provided that, after giving effect to the substantially contemporaneous prepayment of Permitted Second Lien Debt with the proceeds of Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes as contemplated in
Section 8.18, in no event shall any Permitted Second Lien Debt be permitted to be outstanding at any time any Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes are outstanding; and 

(h) other Debt not to exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding. 

2.12 Amendments to Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(a) amending and restating clause (d) thereof to read in its entirety as “(d) Liens securing Debt permitted by Section 9.02(g) that are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement”, (b) amending and restating clause
(f) thereof to read in its entirety as “ (f) [reserved.]” and (c) deleting the reference to “(other than Liens securing the Indebtedness and Excepted Liens)” contained in the last paragraph of such Section and
inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “(other than Liens securing the Indebtedness, Excepted Liens and Liens permitted by Section 9.03(d))”. 
 2.13 Amendments to Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the reference to “Permitted Additional Debt and Permitted
Rise Acquisition Debt” in the heading of such Section with a reference to “Permitted Additional Debt” and by amending and restating clause (b) of such Section in its entirety as follows: 

  
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 (b) Repayment of Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes and Permitted Second
Lien Debt; Amendment of Terms of Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes Documents and Permitted Second Lien Documents. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, prior to the date that is 180 days after the Maturity Date:

 (i) call, make or offer to make any optional or voluntary Redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily
Redeem (whether in whole or in part) any Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes, except that, so long as no Default exists, the Borrower may, substantially contemporaneously with its receipt of any cash proceeds from (A) any issuance of Permitted
Senior Unsecured Notes or (B) any sale of Equity Interests in the Borrower or the Parent (other than Disqualified Capital Stock), prepay or otherwise Redeem Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes in an amount equal to the amount of the net cash
proceeds of such issuance of Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes or such sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or the Parent; 
 (ii) call, make or offer to make any Redemption of or otherwise Redeem (whether in whole or in part) any principal of any Permitted Second Lien Debt, except that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Borrower shall be permitted to (A) pay or otherwise Redeem Permitted Second Lien Debt to the extent required under Section 8.18 and (B) pay or otherwise Redeem Permitted Second Lien Debt substantially contemporaneously with its
receipt of any cash proceeds from the incurrence of any Permitted Second Lien Debt described in clause (b) of the definition thereof; 
 (iii) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes Documents (except to
the extent a new issuance of Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes, the proceeds of which were used to Redeem existing Permitted Senior Unsecured Notes pursuant to the foregoing clause (i), would be permitted to have such terms as so amended, modified,
waived or otherwise changed) if the effect thereof would be to (A) shorten its maturity or average life, (B) increase the amount of any payment of principal thereof, (C) increase the rate or shorten any period for payment of interest
thereon, or (D) modify or amend covenants or events of default such that the resulting covenants and events of default in respect thereof, taken as a whole, are more restrictive with respect to the Loan Parties than the covenants and Events of
Default in this Agreement without this Agreement being contemporaneously amended to add similar provisions (as determined in good faith by senior management of the General Partner); or 

(iv) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to,
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 2.14 Amendment to Section 9.18 of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.18(a)(i)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference to “is in effect for each of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids, which may be hedged with Swap Agreements for crude oil,” contained therein and inserting in
lieu thereof a reference to “is in effect for each of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (which, in the case of natural gas liquids, may be hedged with Swap Agreements for crude oil),”. 

2.15 Amendment to Section 10.01(d) of the Credit Agreement. Section 10.01(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and restated in its entirety to read in full as follows: 
 (d) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform
any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 8.01(i), Section 8.01(n), Section 8.01(t), Section 8.02, Section 8.03, Section 8.14, Section 8.15 or in Article IX of this Agreement. 

2.16 Amendment to Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement. Clause (c) of Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the following language immediately following clause (c)(vii) thereof, which shall read in full as follows: 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from the Borrower or any Guarantor that is not an Eligible Contract Participant shall not be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligations owing to a Secured
Swap Provider (it being understood, that in the event that any amount is applied to Indebtedness other than Excluded Swap Obligations as a result of this clause, the Administrative Agent shall make such adjustments as it determines are appropriate
to distributions pursuant to clause fourth above from amounts received from Eligible Contract Participants to ensure, as nearly as possible, that the proportional aggregate recoveries with respect to Indebtedness described in clause
fourth above by Secured Swap Providers that are the holders of any Excluded Swap Obligations are the same as the proportional aggregate recoveries with respect to other Indebtedness pursuant to clause fourth above). 

2.17 Amendment to Section 11.12 of the Credit Agreement. Section 11.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read in full as follows: 
 Section 11.12 Intercreditor Agreements. The
Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any intercreditor agreement with any Secured Swap Provider and the Intercreditor Agreement and to amend any such agreements in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.02. Each
Lender (by receiving the benefits thereunder and of the collateral pledged pursuant to the Security Instruments) agrees that the terms of each such intercreditor agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement shall be binding on such Lender and its
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 2.18 Amendment to Section 12.04(d) of the Credit Agreement.
Section 12.04(d) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read in full as follows: 
 (d) Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including, without limitation, any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal
Reserve Bank or other central bank, and this Section 12.04 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. 
 2.19 Replacement of
Annex I. Annex I to the Credit Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety with Annex I attached hereto and Annex I attached hereto shall be deemed to be attached as Annex I to the Credit Agreement. After giving effect to this
Fifth Amendment and any Borrowings made on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, (a) each Lender who holds Loans in an aggregate amount less than its Applicable Percentage (after giving effect to this Fifth Amendment) of all Loans shall advance
new Loans which shall be disbursed to the Administrative Agent and used to repay Loans outstanding to each Lender who holds Loans in an aggregate amount greater than its Applicable Percentage of all Loans, (b) each Lender’s participation
in each Letter of Credit, if any, shall be automatically adjusted to equal its Applicable Percentage (after giving effect to this Fifth Amendment), (c) such other adjustments shall be made as the Administrative Agent shall specify so that the
Revolving Credit Exposure applicable to each Lender equals its Applicable Percentage (after giving effect to this Fifth Amendment) of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders and (d) the Borrower shall be required to make any
break-funding payments required under Section 5.02 of the Credit Agreement resulting from the Loans and adjustments described in this Section 2.19. 
 Section 3. Borrowing Base Increase upon Consummation of the WHT Acquisition. In reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Fifth Amendment, and
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 hereof, the Loan Parties, Administrative Agent, and Lenders hereby agree that the Borrowing Base shall be redetermined and automatically increased to an
amount equal to the sum of (x) the Borrowing Base in effect immediately prior to the consummation of the WHT Acquisition plus (y) $120,000,000, which increase is to be effective following the consummation of the WHT Acquisition on the WHT
Acquisition Closing Date. The Borrowing Base shall remain at such level until the next Scheduled Redetermination, the next Interim Redetermination or other adjustment to the Borrowing Base thereafter, whichever occurs first pursuant to the Credit
Agreement as amended hereby. The redetermination of the Borrowing Base provided for in this Section 3, if it occurs, shall be deemed to be the Scheduled Redetermination scheduled for on or about April 1, 2013 for purposes of
Section 2.07 of the Credit Agreement. If the conditions to the effectiveness of the redetermination of the Borrowing Base provided for in this Section 3 that are set forth in Section 5 hereof are not satisfied on or
before April 30, 2013, the Borrower and the Lenders agree that, notwithstanding Section 2.07(b) of the Credit Agreement to the contrary, the Scheduled Redetermination scheduled from on or about April 1, 2013 shall occur as soon as
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 Section 4. Conditions Precedent to this Fifth Amendment. The effectiveness of
the amendments to the Credit Agreement contained in Section 2 and Section 7 hereof, and the increase of the Borrowing Base set forth in Section 3 hereof is subject to the following: 

4.1 The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Fifth Amendment from the Loan Parties and each of the Lenders.

 4.2 The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Fifth
Amendment Effective Date including, without limitation, an extension fee for the benefit of the Lenders (other than the New Lenders) in an amount for each such Lender equal to ten (10) basis points (0.10%) of the amount of such Lender’s
Commitment as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date. 
 4.3 The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed
amendments to the Security Instruments comprised of mortgages and deeds of trust, each in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. 
 4.4 The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower and each Guarantor setting forth (a) resolutions of its board of directors
(or comparable governing body) with respect to the authorization of the Borrower or such Guarantor to execute and deliver this Fifth Amendment and to enter into the transactions contemplated herein, and (b) the Organizational Documents of the
Borrower and such Guarantor, certified as being true and complete. 
 4.5 The Administrative Agent shall have received
certificates of the appropriate State agencies with respect to the existence, qualification and good standing of the Loan Parties. 
 4.6 The Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P., special counsel to the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel. 
 4.7 The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as the
Administrative Agent or counsel to the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. 
 The Administrative Agent shall notify the
Borrower and the Lenders of the effectiveness of this Fifth Amendment, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. 

Section 5. Conditions to Borrowing Base Increase upon the WHT Acquisition. The increase of the Borrowing Base provided for in
Section 3 hereof shall only occur to the extent that each of the following conditions is satisfied: 
 5.1 Each of
the conditions set forth in Section 4 hereof shall have been satisfied. 
 5.2 The closing date of the WHT
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 5.3 The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) a certificate of a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower certifying: (i) that the Borrower is concurrently consummating the WHT Acquisition and indirectly acquiring all of the WHT Assets in accordance with all Governmental Requirements and the terms of the WHT Acquisition
Documents, with all of the material conditions precedent thereto having been satisfied in all material respects by the parties thereto and with no provision of such WHT Acquisition Documents having been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified in any material respect without the approval of the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, it shall be reasonable for the Administrative Agent
to withhold its consent to any such waiver or amendment that removes any Oil and Gas Properties (other than a waiver or amendment which removes up to $2,000,000 of Oil and Gas Properties (as determined by the Administrative Agent) from the WHT
Assets)); and (ii) as to the final purchase price for the Equity Interests in WHT Energy Partners after giving effect to all adjustments as of the WHT Acquisition Closing Date and specifying, by category, the amount of such adjustment;
(b) original counterparts or copies, certified as true and complete by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, of each of the WHT Acquisition Documents not previously delivered and certified to the Administrative Agent, which WHT Acquisition
Documents shall have terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and (c) such other related documents and information as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested. 

5.4 No Default, Event of Default, or Borrowing Base Deficiency exists immediately prior to or after giving effect to such increase in the
Borrowing Base. 
 5.5 After giving effect to the WHT Acquisition and any additional title information and Security Instruments
delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in connection therewith, (A) the Administrative Agent shall have received title information satisfactory to it on at least 80% of the total value of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in
the most recent Reserve Report (as supplemented by any applicable Reserve Reports relating to the WHT Assets) and (B) the Mortgaged Properties shall represent at least 80% of the total value of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most
recent Reserve Report (as supplemented by any applicable Reserve Reports relating to the WHT Assets). 
 5.6 The Administrative
Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the WHT Acquisition Closing Date including, without limitation, a Borrowing Base increase fee for the benefit of each Increasing Lender (as defined below), in an
amount for each such Increasing Lender equal to fifty (50) basis points (0.50%) of the amount of such Increasing Lender’s Increased Commitment (as defined below). As used herein, “Increasing Lender” means each Lender (including
the New Lenders) whose Commitment after giving effect to Section 3 and Section 7.1 hereof exceeds such Lender’s Commitment, if any, that was in effect immediately prior to giving effect to Section 3 and
Section 7.1 hereof, and “Increased Commitment” means the amount of such excess. 
 5.7 The Administrative
Agent shall be satisfied with the environmental condition of the WHT Assets. 
 5.8 The Administrative Agent shall have received
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that, concurrently with the funding of any Loans on the WHT Acquisition Closing Date and application of the proceeds thereof, (a) any amounts due under any

  
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existing credit facilities of the WHT entities have been paid in full, (b) all commitments to lend under such credit facilities have been terminated, and (c) all Liens encumbering
(i) the Equity Interests in the WHT Entities, (ii) the WHT Assets, and (iii) all other Property of the WHT Entities will be released (other than the Liens securing the Indebtedness and created pursuant to the Security Instruments and
Excepted Liens identified in clauses (a) to (d) and (f) of the definition thereof, subject to the provisos at the end of such definition). 
 5.9 The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) such duly executed Security Instruments including, without limitation, such supplements and amendments to the Security Agreement and the Guaranty
Agreement as necessary pursuant to which (i) each WHT Entity becomes a Guarantor, (ii) each WHT Entity grants to the Administrative Agent a perfected, first-priority security interest in substantially all of the material tangible and
intangible personal property assets owned by it, (iii) the Loan Parties grant to the Administrative Agent a perfected, first-priority security interest in the Equity Interests in each WHT Entity owned by each such Loan Party, (b) evidence
of the consummation of the merger between ETX and WHT Energy Partners, and (c) such other stock certificates, stock powers, closing documents, certificates, authorization resolutions, Organizational Documents and legal opinions, in each case as
shall be reasonably requested by, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent. 
 5.10 The
Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed Notes payable to each Lender requesting a Note in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount (as amended by Section 7.1 hereof) dated as of the WHT Acquisition Closing
Date. 
 5.11 The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Borrower has entered into incremental
Swap Agreements on or after March 8, 2013 with Approved Counterparties containing terms that are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and pursuant to which the Loan Parties have hedged notional volumes of natural gas, crude oil
and natural gas liquids (which, in the case of natural gas liquids, may be hedged with Swap Agreements for crude oil) not less than the volumes set forth in the table below, for each applicable calendar year set forth in the table below: 

 

													
	 Year
	  	Natural Gas
(MMbtu)	 	  	Natural Gas
Liquids (Bbls)	 	  	Crude Oil (Bbls)	 
	 2013
	  	 	1,080,000	  	  	 	200,000	  	  	 	18,000	  
	 2014
	  	 	2,160,000	  	  	 	294,000	  	  	 	21,000	  
	 2015
	  	 	2,160,000	  	  	 	N/A	  	  	 	48,000	  
	 2016
	  	 	3,600,000	  	  	 	N/A	  	  	 	12,000	  
	 2017
	  	 	3,240,000	  	  	 	N/A	  	  	 	N/A	  
	 2018
	  	 	3,840,000	  	  	 	N/A	  	  	 	N/A	  

  
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 5.12 The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as the Administrative
Agent or counsel to the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. 
 Section 6. Return of Promissory Notes.
Promptly upon receipt of any replacement Note under Section 5.10 hereof, each Lender shall return to the Administrative Agent (for delivery to the Borrower for cancellation) any other Note in such Lender’s possession that was
previously delivered to such Lender under the Credit Agreement. 
 Section 7. Amendments as of WHT Acquisition Closing
Date. In reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Fifth Amendment, and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 hereof, the Credit Agreement shall
be automatically amended (without any further action required by any party) effective as of the WHT Acquisition Closing Date in the manner provided in this Section 7. 

7.1 Replacement of Annex I. Annex I to the Credit Agreement shall be replaced in its entirety with Annex I-A attached
hereto and Annex I-A attached hereto shall be deemed to be attached as Annex I to the Credit Agreement. After giving effect to this Section 7.1 and any Borrowings made on the WHT Acquisition Closing Date, (a) each Lender who
holds Loans in an aggregate amount less than its Applicable Percentage (after giving effect to this Section 7.1) of all Loans shall advance new Loans which shall be disbursed to the Administrative Agent and used to repay Loans
outstanding to each Lender who holds Loans in an aggregate amount greater than its Applicable Percentage of all Loans, (b) each Lender’s participation in each Letter of Credit, if any, shall be automatically adjusted to equal its
Applicable Percentage (after giving effect to this Section 7.1), (c) such other adjustments shall be made as the Administrative Agent shall specify so that the Revolving Credit Exposure applicable to each Lender equals its
Applicable Percentage (after giving effect to this Section 7.1) of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders and (d) the Borrower shall be required to make any break-funding payments required under Section 5.02 of
the Credit Agreement resulting from the Loans and adjustments described in this Section 7.1. 
 Section 8.
New Lenders. Each New Lender hereby joins in, becomes a party to, and agrees to comply with and be bound by the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and under each and every other Loan Document to which any
Lender is required to be bound by the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, to the same extent as if such New Lender were an original signatory thereto. Each New Lender hereby appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as
agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement as amended hereby as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Each New Lender represents and warrants that (a) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Fifth Amendment, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a party
to, and a Lender under, the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, (b) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.01 thereof, and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Fifth Amendment and to become a Lender on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (c) from and after the Fifth 

  
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Amendment Effective Date, it shall be a party to and be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and the other Loan Documents and have the rights and obligations of a
Lender thereunder. If the WHT Acquisition Closing Date does not occur, and the conditions set forth in Section 5 hereof are not satisfied, in each case, on or prior to April 30, 2013, any New Lender with a Maximum Credit Amount of
$0.00 shall automatically cease to be a Lender for all purposes under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of May 1, 2013. 
 Section 9. Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender hereby consents to the terms of, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into in the event that the Borrower incurs
Permitted Second Lien Debt, a form of Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the Permitted Second Lien Debt that is substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, and each Lender agrees that the terms of such Intercreditor Agreement
shall be binding on such Lender and its successors and assigns, as if it were a party thereto. 
 Section 10.
Representations and Warranties; Etc. Each Loan Party hereby affirms: (a) that as of the date hereof, all of the representations and warranties contained in each Loan Document to which such Loan Party is a party are true and correct in
all material respects as though made on and as of the date hereof (unless made as of a specific earlier date, in which case, was true as of such date), (b) no Defaults exist under the Loan Documents or will, after giving effect to this Fifth
Amendment, exist under the Loan Documents and (c) no Material Adverse Effect has occurred. 
 Section 11.
Miscellaneous. 
 11.1 Confirmation and Effect. The provisions of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Fifth
Amendment) shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms following the effectiveness of this Fifth Amendment. Each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof’,
“herein”, or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, and each reference to the Credit Agreement in any other document, instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection
with the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. 
 11.2 Ratification and
Affirmation of Loan Parties. Each of the Loan Parties hereby expressly (a) acknowledges the terms of this Fifth Amendment, (b) ratifies and affirms its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it
is a party, as amended hereby, (c) acknowledges, renews and extends its continued liability under the Guaranty Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, as amended hereby and (d) agrees that its guarantee under the
Guaranty Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party remains in full force and effect with respect to the Indebtedness, as amended hereby. 
 11.3 Counterparts. This Fifth Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of this Fifth Amendment by facsimile or electronic (e.g. pdf) transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart hereof. 

  
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 11.4 No Oral Agreement. THIS WRITTEN
FIFTH AMENDMENT, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS EXECUTED
IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND THEREWITH REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS,
OR UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO SUBSEQUENT
ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. 
 11.5
Governing Law. THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE VALIDITY
AND ENFORCEABILITY HEREOF) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 11.6 Payment of Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Fifth Amendment, any
other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent. 

11.7 Severability. Any provision of this Fifth Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 11.8 Successors and Assigns. This Fifth Amendment shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fifth Amendment to be duly executed effective as of
the date first written above. 
  

									
	BORROWER:	 	MEMORIAL PRODUCTION OPERATING LLC,
		 	a Delaware limited liability company
				
		 		 	By:	 	 Memorial Production Partners LP,
 its sole member

				
		 		 	By:	 	 Memorial Production Partners GP LLC,
 its general partner

					
		 		 		 	By:	 	/s/ Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Name:	 	Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
		
	GUARANTORS:	 	MEMORIAL PRODUCTION PARTNERS LP,
		 	a Delaware limited partnership
				
		 		 	By:	 	 Memorial Production Partners GP LLC,
 its general partner

					
		 		 		 	By:	 	/s/ Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Name:	 	Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
		
		 	COLUMBUS ENERGY, LLC,
		 	a Delaware limited liability company
				
		 		 	By:	 	Memorial Production Operating LLC, its sole member
				
		 		 	By:	 	Memorial Production Partners LP, its sole member
				
		 		 	By:	 	Memorial Production Partners GP LLC, its general partner
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	/s/ Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Name:	 	Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIFTH
AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
 MEMORIAL
PRODUCTION OPERATING LLC] 

									
		 	ETX I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
				
		 		 	By:	 	Memorial Production Operating LLC, its sole member
				
		 		 	 By:
	 	Memorial Production Partners LP, its sole member
				
		 		 	 By:
	 	Memorial Production Partners GP LLC, its general partner
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	/s/ Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Name:	 	Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
		
		 	 RISE ENERGY OPERATING, LLC, a
 Delaware limited liability company

				
		 		 	By:	 	Memorial Production Operating LLC, its sole member
				
		 		 	By:	 	Memorial Production Partners LP, its sole member
				
		 		 	By:	 	Memorial Production Partners GP LLC, its general partner
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	/s/ Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Name:	 	Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

  

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIFTH AMENDMENT TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
 MEMORIAL PRODUCTION OPERATING
LLC] 

									
		 	RISE ENERGY MINERALS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
		 		 		 	
		 		 	 By:
	 	Rise Energy Operating, LLC, its sole member
				
		 		 	 By:
	 	Memorial Production Operating LLC, its sole member
				
		 		 	 By:
	 	Memorial Production Partners LP, its sole member
				
		 		 	 By:
	 	Memorial Production Partners GP LLC, its general partner
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	/s/ Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Name:	 	Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
		 		 		 		 	
		 	RISE ENERGY BETA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
		 		 		 		 	
		 		 	By:	 	Rise Energy Operating, LLC, its sole member
		 		 		 		 	
		 		 	By:	 	Memorial Production Operating LLC, its sole member
		 		 		 		 	
		 		 	By:	 	Memorial Production Partners LP, its sole member
		 		 		 	
		 		 	By:	 	Memorial Production Partners GP LLC, its general partner
		 		 		 		 	
		 		 		 	By:	 	/s/ Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Name:	 	Andrew J. Cozby
		 		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

  

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIFTH AMENDMENT TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
 MEMORIAL PRODUCTION OPERATING
LLC] 

 
					
	 MEMORIAL PRODUCTION FINANCE
 CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation

			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Andrew J. Cozby
		 	Name:	 	Andrew J. Cozby
		 	Title:	 	Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

  

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIFTH AMENDMENT TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
 MEMORIAL PRODUCTION OPERATING
LLC] 

 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDER: 

			
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and a Lender
		
	By:	 	/s/ Shiloh Davila
	Name:	 	Shiloh Davila
	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Ryan Aman
		 	Name:	 	Ryan Aman
		 	Title:	 	Authorized Officer

  

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 MEMORIAL PRODUCTION OPERATING
LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Phil Ballard
		 	Name:	 	Phil Ballard
		 	Title:	 	Vice-President

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	COMERICA BANK, as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Jeff Treadway
		 	Name:	 	Jeff Treadway
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Mark Lumpkin, Jr.
		 	Name:	 	Mark Lumpkin, Jr.
		 	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Sanjay Remond
		 	Name:	 	Sanjay Remond
		 	Title:	 	Director

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Justin M. Alexander
		 	Name:	 	Justin M. Alexander
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	UNION BANK, N.A., as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Haylee Dallas
		 	Name:	 	Haylee Dallas
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Sreedhar R. Kona
		 	Name:	 	Sreedhar R. Kona
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Michael Clayborne
		 	Name:	 	Michael Clayborne
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	NATIXIS, as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Louis P. Laville, III
		 	Name:	 	Louis P. Laville, III
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Daniel Payer
		 	Name:	 	Daniel Payer
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	 AMEGY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
 a Lender

			
		 	By:	 	/s/ William B. Robinson
		 	Name:	 	William B. Robinson
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	 CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND
 INVESTMENT BANK, as a Lender

			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Mark Roche
		 	Name:	 	Mark Roche
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Michael Willis
		 	Name:	 	Michael Willis
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director

  

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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	ING CAPITAL LLC, as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Charles Hall
		 	Name:	 	Charles Hall
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	REGIONS BANK, as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Daniel G. Steele
		 	Name:	 	Daniel G. Steele
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  

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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A. as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ David O’Driscoll
		 	Name:	 	David O’Driscoll
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President
			
		 	 By:
	 	/s/ Mark Connelly
		 	 Name:
	 	Mark Connelly
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  

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CREDIT AGREEMENT - 
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LLC] 

					
	LENDER:	 	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender
			
		 	By:	 	/s/ Mark Walton
		 	Name:	 	Mark Walton
		 	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

  

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LLC] 

 Annex I 
 LIST OF MAXIMUM CREDIT AMOUNTS 
 Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts

  

									
	 Name of Lender
	  	Applicable Percentage	 	 	Maximum Credit Amount	 
	 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
	  	 	15.21739130	% 	 	$	152,173,913.06	  
	 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	  	 	15.21739130	% 	 	$	152,173,913.06	  
	 The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
	  	 	9.56521739	% 	 	$	95,652,173.91	  
	 Comerica Bank
	  	 	9.56521739	% 	 	$	95,652,173.91	  
	 Union Bank, N.A.
	  	 	9.56521739	% 	 	$	95,652,173.91	  
	 Royal Bank of Canada
	  	 	9.56521739	% 	 	$	95,652,173.91	  
	 Citibank, N.A.
	  	 	6.46739130	% 	 	$	64,673,913.04	  
	 Natixis
	  	 	6.46739130	% 	 	$	64,673,913.04	  
	 Barclays Bank PLC
	  	 	6.46739130	% 	 	$	64,673,913.04	  
	 Bank of America, N.A.
	  	 	6.46739130	% 	 	$	64,673,913.04	  
	 U.S. Bank National Association
	  	 	5.43478261	% 	 	$	54,347,826.08	  
	 Amegy Bank National Association
	  	 	0.00000000	% 	 	$	0.00	  
	 Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
	  	 	0.00000000	% 	 	$	0.00	  
	 ING Capital LLC
	  	 	0.00000000	% 	 	$	0.00	  
	 Regions Bank
	  	 	0.00000000	% 	 	$	0.00	  
	 Sovereign Bank, N.A.
	  	 	0.00000000	% 	 	$	0.00	  
	 Goldman Sachs Bank USA
	  	 	0.00000000	% 	 	$	0.00	  
		  	  
	  
	 	 	  
	  
	 
	 TOTAL
	  	 	100.00	% 	 	$	1,000,000,000.00	  
		  	  
	  
	 	 	  
	  
	 

 Annex I-A 
 LIST OF MAXIMUM CREDIT AMOUNTS 
 Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts

  

									
	 Name of Lender
	  	Applicable Percentage	 	 	Maximum Credit Amount	 
	 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
	  	 	12.50000000	% 	 	$	125,000,000.00	  
	 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	  	 	12.50000000	% 	 	$	125,000,000.00	  
	 The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
	  	 	7.75862069	% 	 	$	77,586,206.91	  
	 Comerica Bank
	  	 	7.75862069	% 	 	$	77,586,206.91	  
	 Union Bank, N.A.
	  	 	7.75862069	% 	 	$	77,586,206.91	  
	 Royal Bank of Canada
	  	 	7.75862069	% 	 	$	77,586,206.91	  
	 Citibank, N.A.
	  	 	7.75862069	% 	 	$	77,586,206.91	  
	 Natixis
	  	 	5.60344828	% 	 	$	56,034,482.75	  
	 Barclays Bank PLC
	  	 	5.60344828	% 	 	$	56,034,482.75	  
	 Bank of America, N.A.
	  	 	5.60344828	% 	 	$	56,034,482.75	  
	 U.S. Bank National Association
	  	 	5.60344828	% 	 	$	56,034,482.75	  
	 Amegy Bank National Association
	  	 	2.58620690	% 	 	$	25,862,068.96	  
	 Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
	  	 	2.58620690	% 	 	$	25,862,068.96	  
	 ING Capital LLC
	  	 	2.58620690	% 	 	$	25,862,068.96	  
	 Regions Bank
	  	 	2.58620690	% 	 	$	25,862,068.96	  
	 Sovereign Bank, N.A.
	  	 	2.58620690	% 	 	$	25,862,068.96	  
	 Goldman Sachs Bank USA
	  	 	0.86206897	% 	 	$	8,620,689.65	  
		  	  
	  
	 	 	  
	  
	 
	 TOTAL
	  	 	100.00	% 	 	$	1,000,000,000.00	  
		  	  
	  
	 	 	  
	  
	 

 Exhibit A 
 WHT Acquisition Agreement 
 [attached] 

 Exhibit B 
 Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement 
 [attached]

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