Document:

Exhibit 10.C

     

    EXHIBIT
      10.C

    

    
      	 

              

            

    

     

    THIRD
      SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

     

    among

     

    EL
      PASO
      PRODUCTION HOLDING COMPANY,

     

    as
      Issuer,

     

    EL
      PASO
      PRODUCTION COMPANY,

     

    EL
      PASO
      PRODUCTION GOM INC.,

     

    EL
      PASO
      ENERGY RATON CORPORATION,

     

    MEDICINE
      BOW ENERGY CORPORATION,

     

    MEDICINE
      BOW OPERATING COMPANY,

     

    and

     

    MBOW
      FOUR
      STAR CORPORATION,

     

    as
      Subsidiary Guarantors,

     

    and

     

    WILMINGTON
      TRUST COMPANY

     

    as
      Trustee

     

    ______________

     

    August
      31,
      2005

     

    ______________

     

     

    73⁄4%
      Senior
      Notes due 2013

     

    

     

    
      
        
        

        
          

        

      

       

    

    THIRD
      SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

     

    

    This
      Third
      Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 31, 2005 (this “Third
      Supplemental Indenture”),
      is entered into
      by and among (i) El Paso Production Holding Company (the “Company”),
      (ii) El Paso
      Production Company, El Paso Production GOM Inc., El Paso Energy Raton
      Corporation, Medicine Bow Energy Corporation, Medicine Bow Operating Company
      and
      MBOW Four Star Corporation (collectively, the “Subsidiary
      Guarantors”),
      and
      (iii) Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
      Capitalized
      terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the
      Original Indenture (as defined below).

     

    W
      I T N E S S E T H:

     

    WHEREAS,
      the
      Company, El Paso Production Company (“El
      Paso
      Production”),
      El Paso
      Production GOM Inc. (“GOM”),
      Vermejo
      Minerals Corporation (“Vermejo”)
      and El Paso
      Energy Raton, L.L.C. (“Raton”)
      have heretofore
      executed and delivered to the Trustee that certain Indenture, dated as of May
      23, 2003 (the “Original
      Indenture”),
      providing for
      the issuance of $1,200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s
      73⁄4% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”);

     

    WHEREAS,
      as set
      forth in the First Supplemental Indenture (as defined below), Raton and Vermejo
      entered into an Agreement of Merger, pursuant to which (i) Raton was merged
      with
      and into Vermejo, (ii) Vermejo was the surviving corporation of the merger
      contemplated by such agreement, and (iii) Vermejo’s name was changed to “El Paso
      Energy Raton Corporation;”

     

    WHEREAS,
      the
      Company, El Paso Production, GOM, Vermejo and the Trustee entered into that
      certain First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2004 (the
“First
      Supplemental Indenture”),
      pursuant to
      which the Original Indenture was amended and Vermejo expressly assumed the
      obligations of Raton under its Subsidiary Guarantee;

     

    WHEREAS,
      the
      Company, El Paso Production, GOM, Vermejo and the Trustee entered into that
      certain Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 26, 2004 (the
      “Second
      Supplemental Indenture”),
      pursuant to
      which the Original Indenture (as supplemented by the First Supplemental
      Indenture) was further amended and certain covenants were added for the benefit
      of the Holders pursuant to Section 9.01(6) of the Original
      Indenture;

     

    WHEREAS,
      pursuant
      to Section 9.01(4) of the Original Indenture, the Company and the Subsidiary
      Guarantors have requested that the Trustee amend the Original Indenture (as
      supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental
      Indenture, and as so supplemented, the “Indenture”),
      without notice
      to or the consent of any Holder, to add Subsidiary Guarantees with respect
      to
      the Notes;

     

    WHEREAS,
      pursuant
      to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2005 and as
      amended to date, among the Company, Medicine Bow Energy Corporation, a Delaware
      corporation (“Medicine
      Bow”),
      and the Sellers
      party thereto, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of
      Medicine Bow as of the date hereof;

     

    WHEREAS,
      the
      Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors now desire to further amend the Indenture
      to include Medicine Bow, Medicine Bow Operating Company, a Delaware corporation
      and a subsidiary of Medicine Bow (“MBOW
      Operating”),
      and MBOW Four
      Star Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a subsidiary of Medicine Bow
      (“MBOW
      Four
      Star”),
      as parties to
      the Indenture as guarantors of the Company’s obligations under the Notes,
      subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture and the Notes;
      and

     

    WHEREAS,
      the
      Trustee, upon satisfaction or all actions and conditions on the part of the
      Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors necessary for the execution, delivery
      and
      performance of this Third Supplemental Indenture (including, without limitation,
      the receipt of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel) is willing to
      amend the Indenture as hereinafter set forth;

     

    NOW,
      THEREFORE, the
      Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree
      for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes as
      follows:

     

    ARTICLE
      1

     

    Section
      1.01 This
      Third
      Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Original Indenture, as previously
      amended by the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental
      Indenture, and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be
      construed in connection with and as a part of, the Original Indenture, as so
      amended and supplemented, for any and all purposes.

     

    Section
      1.02 This
      Third
      Supplemental Indenture shall become effective immediately upon its execution
      and
      delivery by each of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the
      Trustee.

     

    ARTICLE
      2

     

    Section
      2.01 The
      Company, the
      Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee hereby acknowledge and agree that each
      of
      Medicine Bow, MBOW Operating and MBOW Four Star (collectively, the “New
      Subsidiary
      Guarantors”)
      hereby becomes a
      party to the Indenture, as a Subsidiary Guarantor, and as such will have all
      of
      the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a
      Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture. The New Subsidiary Guarantors agree
      to
      be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Subsidiary
      Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Subsidiary
      Guarantor under the Indenture. Each New Subsidiary Guarantor hereby provides
      a
      full, unconditional and irrevocable Guarantee, as primary obligor and not merely
      as surety, jointly and severally with each other Subsidiary Guarantor, to each
      Holder and to the Trustee and their successors and assigns, on the terms and
      subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, including but not limited
      to Article 10 thereof.

     

    ARTICLE
      3

     

    Section
      3.01 Except
      as
      specifically modified herein, the Notes and the Indenture are in all respects
      ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance
      with their terms. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the
      Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter
      authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. The Trustee shall not be
      responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or
      sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the
      recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company and
      the
      Subsidiary Guarantors.

     

    Section
      3.02 Except
      as otherwise
      expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are
      assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this
      Third Supplemental Indenture. This Third Supplemental Indenture is executed
      and
      accepted by the Trustee subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in
      the
      Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions were
      repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee with respect
      hereto. In entering into this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall
      be
      entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture relating to the
      conduct or affecting the liability or affording protection to the Trustee,
      regardless of whether elsewhere herein so provided, including indemnification
      pursuant to Section 7.07 of the Original Indenture, and the Company acknowledges
      that the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 7.07
      of the Original Indenture against any and all loss, liability or expense
      (including attorney’s fees) in connection with the Trustee’s signing this Third
      Supplemental Indenture.

     

    Section
      3.03 THIS
      THIRD
      SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
      THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

     

    Section
      3.04 This
      Third
      Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
      of
      which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such
      counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same
      instrument.

     

    Section
      3.05 All
      notices and
      other communications to the New Subsidiary Guarantors shall be given as provided
      in Section 11.02 of the Original Indenture for notices to Subsidiary
      Guarantors.

     

    [Signature
      page
      follows.]

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

       

    

    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF,
      the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly
      executed as of the date first written above.

     

     

    Issuer:

     

     

    EL
      PASO PRODUCTION HOLDING COMPANY

     

     

    By: /s/
      Gene T.
      Waguespack                   

    
    

    
    

    
    

         
      Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer

     

     

    

     

     

    Subsidiary
      Guarantors:

     

     

    EL
      PASO PRODUCTION COMPANY

     

     

    By:
/s/
      Gene T.
      Waguespack                        

    
    

         
      Gene T. Waguespack

    
    

         
      Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer

     

     

    

     

     

    EL
      PASO PRODUCTION GOM INC.

     

     

    By:/s/
      Gene T.
      Waguespack                

    
    

        
      Gene T. Waguespack

    
    

        
      Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer

     

     

    

     

     

    EL
      PASO ENERGY RATON CORPORATION

     

     

    By:/s/
      Gene T.
      Waguespack                

    
    

        
      Gene T. Waguespack

    
    

        
      Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer

     

     

    

     

     

    MEDICINE
      BOW ENERGY
      CORPORATION

     

     

    By:/s/
      Gene T.
      Waguespack                

    
    

    
    

    
    

        
      Gene T.Waguespack

        
      Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer

     

     

    

     

     

    MEDICINE
      BOW
      OPERATING COMPANY

     

     

    By:/s/
      Gene T.
      Waguespack                

    
    

        
      Gene T. Waguespack

    
    

        
      Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer

     

     

    

     

     

    MBOW
      FOUR STAR
      CORPORATION

     

     

    By:/s/
      Gene T.
      Waguespack                

    
    

        
      Gene T. Waguespack

    
    

        
      Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer

     

     

    

     

    
       

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
 

    

     

    Trustee:

     

     

    WILMINGTON
      TRUST
      COMPANY, as Trustee

     

     

    By:/s/
      Steven
      Cimalore                

        
      Steven Cimalore

        
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    Exhibit
      10.1

    

    FORM
      OF RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

    PURSUANT
      TO j2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

    SECOND
      AMENDED AND RESTATED 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN

    

    THIS
      RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT is made this _____ day of _________, 200_ by and
      between ________________________ (the “Participant”) and j2 Global
      Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to the
      Company’s Second Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan (the
“Plan”).

    

    WHEREAS,
      the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the
      Company and/or the Board of Directors itself by action taken on __________
      authorized and directed the Company to make an award of stock to the Participant
      under the Plan for the purposes expressed in the Plan;

    

    NOW
      THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual undertakings herein
      contained, the parties agree as follows:

    

    1.
      Grant
      of Stock.
      In
      accordance with the terms of the Plan and subject to the further terms,
      conditions and restrictions contained in this Agreement, the Company hereby
      grants to the Participant ______ shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common
      stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”). As long as the Shares are subject
      to the Restrictions set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement, such shares shall
      be deemed to be, and are referred to in this Agreement as, the “Restricted
      Shares.”

    

    2.
      Certificates
      for Shares.
      Certificates evidencing Restricted Shares shall be deposited with the Company
      to
      be held in escrow until such Shares are released to the Participant or forfeited
      in accordance with this Agreement. The Participant shall, simultaneously with
      the delivery of this Agreement, deliver to the Company a stock power, in blank,
      executed by the Participant. If any Restricted Shares are forfeited, the Company
      shall direct the transfer agent of the Common Stock to make the appropriate
      entries in its records showing the cancellation of the certificate or
      certificates for such Restricted Shares and to return the Shares represented
      thereby to the Company’s treasury.

    

    3.
      Adjustments
      in Restricted Shares.
      In the
      event of a subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock, a declaration of a
      dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, a declaration of a dividend payable
      in a form other than shares in an amount that has a material effect on the
      value
      of shares of Common Stock, a combination or consolidation of the outstanding
      Common Stock into a lesser number of shares of Common Stock, a recapitalization,
      a classification or a similar occurrence, the Committee shall make appropriate
      adjustments in the number of Restricted Shares Any new, additional or different
      securities to which the Participant shall be entitled in respect of Restricted
      Shares by reason of such adjustment shall be deemed to be Restricted Shares
      and
      shall be subject to the same terms, conditions, and restrictions as the
      Restricted Shares so adjusted.

    

    4.
      Restrictions.
      During
      applicable periods of restriction determined in accordance with Section 6 of
      this Agreement (the “Restricted Period”), Restricted Shares and all rights with
      respect to such Shares, may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged,
      hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, except by will or the laws of descent
      and
      distribution, and shall be subject to the risk of forfeiture contained in
      Section 5 of this Agreement (such limitations on transferability and risk of
      forfeiture being herein referred to as “Restrictions”), but the Participant
      shall possess all incidents of ownership of such Restricted Shares, including
      the right to vote and receive dividends on Restricted Shares. 

    

    5.
      Forfeiture
      of Restricted Shares.
      In the
      event that the Participant’s continuous employment with the Company and its
      subsidiaries shall terminate for any reason prior to the expiration of the
      Restricted Period, such event shall constitute an “Event of Forfeiture” and all
      Shares which at that time are Restricted Shares shall thereupon be forfeited
      by
      the Participant and transferred to, and reacquired by, the Company at no cost
      to
      the Company, and neither the Participant nor any successor, heir, assign or
      personal representative of the Participant shall have any right, title or
      interest in or to such Restricted Shares or the certificates evidencing
      them.

    

    6.
      Lapse
      of Restrictions.
      (a)
      Except as provided in subsection (b) below, the Restrictions on the Restricted
      Shares granted under this Agreement shall lapse over the first through _______
      anniversaries of the date of this Agreement

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    in
      accordance with the following schedule:

     

    
      	 	Date 	 	
              Number of Shares on

              Which Restrictions
                Lapse 

            

    

     

      

    

     

    (b)
      In
      the event that a Participant’s employment with the Company and its subsidiaries
      terminates as a result of his or her death, retirement or permanent disability,
      the Restrictions shall lapse on the Restricted Shares (if not already lapsed
      pursuant to subsection (a) above) on the later of (i) the date of such event,
      or
      (ii) the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement. 

    

    Upon
      lapse of the Restrictions in accordance with this Section, the Company shall,
      as
      soon as practicable thereafter, deliver to the Participant an unrestricted
      certificate for the Shares with respect to which such Restrictions have
      lapsed.

    

    7.
      Withholding
      Requirements.
      The
      Company shall be required to withhold the amount of taxes required to satisfy
      any applicable federal, state and local tax withholding obligations arising
      from
      the lapse of Restrictions. Participant may elect to satisfy any such tax
      obligation in cash or by authorizing the Company to withhold from the Shares
      issued to Participant as a result of the lapse of the Restrictions, the number
      of whole shares of Common Stock required to satisfy such tax obligation, the
      number to be determined by the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of
      the
      Shares on the date of the lapse of the Restrictions. If Recipient elects to
      withhold shares of Common Stock to satisfy any such tax obligation, Recipient
      shall pay in cash any obligation which remains after the application of whole
      shares that is less than the value of a whole share. 

    

    _______
      Participant
      hereby authorizes by authorizes the Company to withhold from the Shares issued
      to Participant as a result of the lapse of the Restrictions, the number of
      whole
      shares of Common Stock required to satisfy such tax obligation, the number
      to be
      determined by the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the Shares
      on
      the date of the lapse of the Restrictions. The foregoing election shall become
      irrevocable as to particular Shares with Restrictions lapsing on the date that
      is six (6) months prior to the date of lapse.

    

    Participant
      is hereby permitted to make the election permitted under Section 83(b) of the
      Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (i.e. an election to
      include in gross income in the year of transfer the amounts specified in Section
      83(b) of the Code notwithstanding the continuing transfer restrictions) and
      if
      Participant makes such election, the Participant shall submit to the Company
      a
      copy of the notice filed by the Participant with the Internal Revenue Service
      within ten (10) days of filing such notice, and shall pay, or make arrangements
      satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of, any federal, state or local
      taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld as a result of such election,
      all in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.

    

    8.
      Change
      in Control.
      Notwithstanding anything else provided in this Agreement, upon the occurrence
      of
      a Change in Control, as defined below, all Restrictions on each Restricted
      Share
      shall immediately be canceled in full upon and simultaneously with the Change
      of
      Control unless the Board determines that the Recipient has been offered
      substantially identical replacement restricted stock and a comparable position
      at any acquiring company. 

    

    For
      purposes of the Plan, a “Change in Control” of the Company shall be deemed to
      have occurred if:

    

    (i)
      any
“person,” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (other than the Company,
      any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company, any trustee or other
      fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company,
      or
      any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the
      Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of
      the
      Company), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d−3 under
      the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
      representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then
      outstanding securities;

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    
 

    (ii)
      during any period of two consecutive years individuals who at the beginning
      of
      such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director
      designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to
      effect a transaction described in clause (i), (iii) or (iv) of this Section)
      whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s
      stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors
      then
      still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or
      whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease
      for
      any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof;

    

    (iii)
      the
      stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company
      with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would
      result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior
      thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being
      converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 50% of
      the
      combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving
      entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or

    

    (iv)
      the
      stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the
      Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
      substantially all of the Company’s assets. For the purposes of this subsection
      (iv), “substantially all” of the Company’s assets shall mean assets for which
      the price or consideration upon sale or disposition equals or exceeds
      seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the fair market value of the
      Company.

    9.
      Effect
      of Employment.
      Nothing
      contained in this Agreement shall in any manner be construed to limit in any
      way
      the right of the Company or any subsidiary to terminate the Participant’s
      employment at any time, without regard to the effect of such termination on
      any
      rights such Participant would otherwise have under this Agreement, or give
      any
      right to the Participant to remain employed by the Company or a subsidiary
      thereof in any particular position or at any particular rate of
      compensation.

    

    10.
      Amendment.
      This
      Agreement may not be amended except with the consent of the Committee and by
      a
      written instrument duly executed by the Participant and the
      Company.

    

    11.
      Binding
      Effect.
      This
      Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties
      hereto and their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns.
      Participant acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, which is annexed hereto,
      represents that he or she is familiar with the terms and provisions thereof
      and
      accepts the award of Shares hereunder subject to all of the terms and conditions
      thereof and of this Agreement. Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding,
      conclusive and final all decisions and interpretations of the Committee upon
      any
      questions arising under the Plan or this Agreement.

    

    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Participant have each executed and
      delivered this Agreement as of the date first above written.

     

    
 

    
      	ATTEST: 	 j2
              GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 
	 	 
	 	By:
              ______________________________ 
	
              __________________

              Secretary     

            	Its:
              _____________________________ 
	 	 
	 	PARTICIPANT: 
	 	 
	 	_________________________________

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