Document:

Exhibit

July 3, 2017

Joel S. Marcus
Address on file with the Corporation

Dear Joel:

This letter confirms our recent discussions regarding your service as Executive Chairman and uses the same defined terms as your Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2015 (your “Employment Agreement”).

Commencement & Term
As contemplated by your Employment Agreement, the Executive Chairman Period will begin on April 1, 2018.  The Executive Chairman Period and Term shall continue initially through December 31, 2019 and, beginning at that date, the Executive Chairman Period and Term will be extended each December 31 for an additional one-year period unless you or the Corporation delivers 90 days’ prior written notice of non-renewal to the other.
Duties and Responsibilities as Executive Chairman
Your duties and responsibilities as Executive Chairman will include (but not be limited to) overseeing and assisting the Chief Executive Officer, directing the long-term strategy of the Corporation, overseeing strategic business matters, leading Venture Investments, and the duties and responsibilities listed in the Annex to this letter.  Nothing in this letter or your Employment Agreement will preclude you from pursuing writing projects during the Executive Chairman Period (subject, of course, to your compliance with Sections 5 and 6.2 of your Employment Agreement).
Annual Compensation
For each fiscal year ending during the Executive Chairman Period, you will be eligible for an annual Cash Bonus on the same terms as provided by your Employment Agreement for fiscal year 2017.  In addition, for each fiscal year ending during the Executive Chairman Period, you also will be eligible to receive an LTI Grant on the same terms provided in your Employment Agreement for fiscal year 2017 except that the target value for each year will be reduced from $5,500,000 to $2,750,000.
Severance
From April 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019, the Severance Payment will be as defined in the last sentence of Section 4.4(a) of your Employment Agreement, except that the resulting amount shall be multiplied by two.  The equity-related and other benefits you receive pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 3.4(h)(iii) of your Employment Agreement and the last sentence of Section 4.3(b)(i) of your Employment Agreement upon certain terminations of service for any reason other than for Cause shall be available if your service terminates for any reason other than for Cause on or after December 31, 2019.

Miscellaneous

This letter amends your Employment Agreement, which continues in all other respects in accordance with its terms.  Together with your Employment Agreement and the agreements and plans referred to therein, this letter represents the entire understanding between the Corporation and you with respect to the subject matter hereof, and this letter supersedes any and all prior understandings, agreements, plans and negotiations, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof.  Section 6 of your Employment Agreement (including governing law and mandatory arbitration) is incorporated by reference into this letter.

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If you agree with the foregoing, please sign and return the enclosed copy of this letter, which will become a binding agreement on receipt.  We are looking forward to your continued leadership.

Sincerely,

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

By:    _____________________________
Name:
Title:

Accepted and Agreed as of the date hereof:

____________________________________
Joel S. Marcus

Annex
 
Additional Duties and Responsibilities of Executive Chairman
		
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	Lead Thought Leadership vertical.

		
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	Lead Corporate Social Responsibility/Philanthropic vertical (excluding Sustainability).

		
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	Lead Life Science Ecosystem Outreach.

		
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	Oversee and inspire leadership, culture, management and mission.Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

Fifth
Amendment

 

to

 

Credit
Agreement

 

among

 

Energy
One LLC,

as Borrower,

 

The
Guarantor Party Hereto,

 

APEG
Energy II, L.P.,

as Administrative Agent and Sole Lender,

 

     

     

    

 

Fifth
Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

This Fifth
Amendment to Credit Agreement (this “Fifth Amendment”) dated as of June 28, 2017, is among Energy
One LLC, a limited liability company duly formed and existing under the laws of the State of Wyoming (the “Borrower”);
the undersigned Guarantor (the “Guarantor”) and collectively with the Borrower, the “Obligors”);
and APEG Energy II L.P., as administrative agent for the Lender (in such capacity,
together with its successors, the “Administrative Agent”).

 

Recitals

 

		A.	The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lender are parties to that certain Credit Agreement
dated as of July 30, 2010 (as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated April 10, 2012, the Second Amendment to
Credit Agreement dated July 23, 2013, the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 16, 2015, and the Fourth Amendment
to Credit Agreement dated as of August 11, 2016, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lender has made
certain credit available to and on behalf of the Borrower.

 

		B.	The Borrower and the Guarantor are parties to that certain Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated
as of July 30, 2010, made by the Borrower and each of the other Obligors party thereto in favor of the Administrative Agent (the
“Guarantee and Pledge Agreement”).

 

		C.	The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Credit Agreement as more fully set forth herein.

 

		D.	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. Unless otherwise indicated, all section and schedule references in
this Fifth Amendment refer to sections or schedules of the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 2.          Amendments
to Credit Agreement.

 

2.1           Amendments
to Section 1.02.

 

		(a)	The following definitions are hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Agreement”
means this Credit Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment
and the Fifth Amendment, as the same may from time to time be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated.

 

“Maturity
Date” means July 30, 2019.

 

		(b)	The following definitions are hereby added where alphabetically appropriate to read as follows:

 

“Fifth
Amendment” means that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2017, among the Borrower, the
Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the Lender party thereto.

 

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“Fifth
Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Fifth Amendment.

 

“PDP
Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the Borrower’s and the Guarantors’
Total PDP PV-10 as of such date to (b) Net Senior Secured Debt as of such date.

 

“Proved
Reserves” means “Proved Reserves” as defined in the Definitions for Oil and Gas Reserves (in this paragraph,
the “Definitions”) promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (or any generally
recognized successor) as in effect at the time in question. “Proved Developed Producing Reserves” or “PDP”
means Proved Reserves which are categorized as both “Developed” and “Producing” in the Definitions, “Proved
Developed Nonproducing Reserves” means Proved Reserves which are categorized as both “Developed” and “Nonproducing”
in the Definitions, “Proved Developed Reserves” means the sum of Proved Developed Producing Reserves and Proved Developed
Nonproducing Reserves, and “Proved Undeveloped Reserves” means Proved Reserves which are categorized as “Undeveloped”
in the Definitions.

 

“Total
PDP PV-10” means, for any Person or group of Persons, the present value of estimated future revenues less severance and
ad valorem taxes, operating, gathering, transportation and marketing expenses and capital expenditures from the production of Proved
Developed Producing Reserves on such Person’s or such group’s Oil and Gas Properties as set forth in the most recent
Reserve Report delivered pursuant hereto, calculated in accordance with the SEC guidelines and using the Five-Year Strip Price
without giving effect to non-property related expenses such as general and administrative
expenses, debt service, future income tax expense and depreciation, depletion and amortization, and discounted using an annual
discount rate of 10% all as reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. Total PDP PV-10 shall be adjusted to give effect
to any Secured Swap Agreements then in effect discounted at 10%. The Total PDP PV-10 shall be calculated on a pro forma basis,
giving effect to (a) acquisitions and dispositions of Oil and Gas Properties consummated by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (provided
that in the case of any acquisition, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Reserve Report, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to it, evaluating the Proved Developed Producing Reserves subject thereto); (b) the Liquidation of any Swap Agreements
to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party, in each case, occurring since the date of the Reserve Report most recently
delivered pursuant to Section 8.12; and (c) the Proved Developed Producing Reserves attributable to production from any completed
and fully paid wells that have commenced and flowed into sales during the 60 day period after the measurement date, subject to
such Proved Developed Producing Reserve assessment being prepared by an Approved Petroleum Engineer.

 

2.2         Amendment
to Section 9.01. Section 9.01 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

		(a)	PDP Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit,
as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending on or after June 30, 2017, the PDP Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.2 to 1.0.

 

		(b)	Current Ratio. The Borrower will not permit, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending
on or after June 30, 2017, its ratio of (i) consolidated current assets (including the unused amount of the total Commitments,
but excluding non-cash assets under the equivalent of FAS 133 under GAAP) to (ii) consolidated current liabilities (excluding non-cash
obligations under the equivalent of FAS 133 under GAAP and amounts outstanding under this Agreement) to be less than 1.0 to 1.0.
The outstanding amounts under the categories titled “Payable to Major Operator” and “Contingent ownership interests”
on the Guarantor’s financial statements shall not be included in any covenant calculation.

 

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Section 3.           Amendment
to Section 3.02. Section 3.02 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

		(a)	Interest Rate. Commencing on the Effective Date, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the Lender on a pro rata basis accrued interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Loans on the last
Business Day of each calendar month. Commencing on the Effective Date, interest shall accrue and be payable on the outstanding
principal balance of the Loans at a rate per annum equal to 875 basis points (8.75%), but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful
Rate.

 

		(b)	Interest Rate Computations. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year
of 360 days, unless such computation would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, in which case interest shall be computed on the basis
of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year).

 

Section 4.           Conditions
Precedent. This Fifth Amendment shall become effective on the date (such date, the “Fifth Amendment Effective Date”)
when each of the following conditions is satisfied:

 

4.1           The
Administrative Agent shall have received from the Lender and the Borrower counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the
Administrative Agent) of this Fifth Amendment signed on behalf of such Persons.

 

The Administrative
Agent is hereby authorized and directed to declare this Fifth Amendment to be effective (and the Fifth Amendment Effective Date
shall occur) when it has received documents confirming or certifying, to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, compliance
with the conditions set forth in this Section 4. Such declaration shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties to the
Credit Agreement for all purposes.

 

Section 5.           Limited
Waivers

 

The Borrower has requested
that the Lenders waive, and the Lenders do hereby provide a waiver of non-compliance, for the Borrower’s failure to comply
with any and all financial covenants for all historical quarterly financial reporting periods through March 31, 2017.

 

Except as expressly
waived herein, all covenants, obligations and agreements of the Borrower and each Guarantor contained in the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. Without limitation of the foregoing,
the foregoing waivers are hereby granted to the extent and only to the extent specifically stated herein and for no other purpose
and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent or agreement to, or waiver or modification of, or amendment to, any other term or condition
of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the documents referred to therein, (b) except as expressly set forth
herein, prejudice any right or rights which the Administrative Agent or the Lenders may now have or may have in the future under
or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the documents referred to therein, or (c) constitute
any course of dealing or other basis for altering any obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor or any right, privilege or remedy
of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or any other contract or instrument.
Granting the waivers set forth herein does not and should not be construed to be an assurance or promise that consents or waivers
will be granted in the future, whether for the matters herein stated or on other unrelated matters.

 

Section 6.           Miscellaneous.

 

6.1           Confirmation.  The
provisions of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Fifth Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect following the Fifth
Amendment Effective Date.

 

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6.2           Ratification
and Affirmation; Representations and Warranties.  Each Obligor hereby: (a) acknowledges the terms of this Fifth
Amendment; (b) ratifies and affirms its obligations under, and acknowledges its continued liability under, each Loan Document
and agrees that each Loan Document remains in full force and effect as expressly amended hereby; (c) agrees that from and
after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date each reference to the Credit Agreement in the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to
be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Fifth Amendment; and (d) represents and warrants to the Lender
that as of the date hereof, after giving effect to the terms of this Fifth Amendment: (i) all of the representations and warranties
contained in each Loan Document are true and correct, except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly
limited to an earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct as of such
specified earlier date, (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (iii) no event, development or circumstance
has occurred or shall then exist that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.3           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 an executed counterpart of a signature page
of this Fifth Amendment by telecopy, facsimile or email transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of this Fifth Amendment.

 

6.4           No
Oral Agreement.  This Fifth Amendment, the Credit Agreement, the Guaranty and Pledge 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 oral agreements of the parties. There are no oral agreements between the parties.

 

6.5           GOVERNING
LAW.  THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

 

6.6           Payment
of Expenses.  In accordance with Section 12.03, the Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent
for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and reasonable 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.

 

6.7           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.

 

6.8           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.

 

6.9           Loan
Document. This Fifth Amendment is a “Loan Document” as defined and described in the Credit Agreement, and all of
the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to Loan Documents shall apply hereto.

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6.10         Release.
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, EACH OBLIGOR hereby, for itself
and its successors and assigns, fully and without reserve, releases and forever discharges each LENDER, the Arranger, the Issuing
Bank, and each of their respective successors and assigns, officers, directors, employees, representatives, trustees, attorneys,
agents, advisors (including attorneys, accountants and experts) and affiliates (collectively the “Released Parties”
and individually a “Released Party”) from any and all actions, claims, demands, causes of action, judgments,
executions, suits, debts, liabilities, costs, damages, expenses or other obligations of any kind and nature whatsoever, known or
unknown, direct and/or indirect, at law or in equity, whether now existing or hereafter asserted (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ANY OFFSETS, REDUCTIONS, REBATEMENT, CLAIMS OF USURY OR CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF ANY RELEASED PARTY), for or because
of any matters or things occurring, existing or actions done, omitted to be done, or suffered to be done by any of the Released
Parties, in each case, on or prior to the FIFTH AMENDMENT Effective Date and are in any way directly or indirectly arising out
of or in any way connected to any of this FIFTH AMENDMENT, the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby (collectively, the “Released Matters”). eaCH oBLIGOR, by execution hereof, hereby
acknowledges and agrees that the agreements in this Section 6.10 are intended to cover and be in full satisfaction for all or any
alleged injuries or damages arising in connection with the Released Matters. 

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have caused this Fifth Amendment to be duly executed effective as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.

 

	BORROWER:	ENERGY ONE LLC
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ David Veltri
	 	Name:	David Veltri
	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 
	GUARANTOR:	U.S. ENERGY CORP.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ David Veltri
	 	Name:	David Veltri
	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

     

     

    

 

	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:	APEG ENERGY II GP, LLC
	 	a Texas limited liability company
	 	 
	 	as Administrative Agent and a Lender
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Patrick Duke
	 	Name:	Patrick Duke
	 	Title:	Manager

 

	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Paul Haarman
	 	Name:	Paul Haarman
	 	Title:	Manager

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