Document:

Exhibit 10.5

 

EV MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

RETENTION BONUS AGREEMENT

 

Personal and Confidential

 

November 17, 2017

 

		Re:	Retention Bonus Agreement

 

Dear Nicholas Bobrowski:

 

On behalf of EV Management,
LLC (the “Company”), I am pleased to offer you the opportunity to receive a retention bonus, if you agree
to the terms and conditions contained in this letter agreement (this “Agreement”), which shall be effective
as of the date you execute and return a copy of this Agreement (such date, the “Effective Date”).

 

1.             Retention
Bonus. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, you (the “Participant”) will receive
a cash lump sum payment in the amount of $290,000 (the “Retention Bonus”) within fifteen (15) days of
the Effective Date. Participant agrees that in the event Participant’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason
other than a Qualifying Termination (as defined herein) before December 31, 2018 (the “Completion Date”),
Participant will be required to repay to the Company within fifteen (15) days of such termination 100% of the After-Tax Value of
the Retention Bonus (as defined herein). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event of Participant’s
Qualifying Termination before the Completion Date and if Participant executes and does not revoke a customary release of claims
in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, Participant will not be required to repay any portion of the Retention Bonus.

 

2.             Definitions.
For purposes of this Agreement:

 

“Affiliate”
means EV Energy Partners, L.P., or any entity, in whatever form, of which the Company or EV Energy Partners, L.P., has ownership
or management control, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

“After-Tax
Value of the Retention Bonus” means the aggregate amount of the Retention Bonus net of any taxes Participant is required
to pay in respect thereof and determined by taking into account any tax benefit that may be available in respect of such repayment.
The Company shall determine in good faith the After-Tax Value of the Retention Bonus, which determination shall be conclusive and
binding.

 

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“Cause”
means Participant (i) has been convicted of, or pleaded no contest to, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or a felony, (ii)
engaged in misconduct which is materially injurious to the Company or its Affiliates (including, without limitation, misuse of
any funds or other property), (iii) engaged in gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of Participant’s
duties for the Company, (iv) willfully refused, without proper legal reason, to perform Participant’s duties for the Company,
(v) materially breached of Participant’s duties and responsibilities, which is not remedied promptly after the Company gives
Participant written notice specifying such breach, (vi) committed, or engaged in, any act of fraud, embezzlement, theft, a material
breach of trust, or any material act of dishonesty, in each case, involving the Company or its Affiliates, or (iv) committed, or
engaged in, any significant violation of the code of conduct of the Company or its Affiliates, or of any statutory or common law
duty of loyalty to the Company or its Affiliates. For purposes of this definition, no act or failure to act will be deemed “willful,”
unless effected by the Participant not in good faith and without a reasonable belief that his action or failure to act was in or
not opposed to the best interests of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

“Disability”
means Participant’s inability, due to physical or mental incapacity, to perform the essential functions of Participant’s
job, for two hundred seventy (270) consecutive days.

 

“Good Reason”
means any of the following, in each case, without Participant’s consent and as compared to what was in effect as of the Effective
Date: (i) a material breach by the Company of any material provision of any material written agreement between Participant and
the Company, (ii) any material reduction in Participant’s base salary or target annual bonus amount, (iii) any material diminution
in Participant’s authority, duties, or responsibilities, or (iv) a material and involuntary change in geographic location
from the Company’s offices at which Participant is principally employed to a location more than fifty (50) miles from such
offices immediately prior to the relocation (except for required travel on the Company’s business to an extent substantially
consistent with Participant’s business travel obligations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the occurrence of an event that
would otherwise constitute Good Reason will cease to be an event constituting Good Reason upon any of the following: (x) Participant’s
failure to provide written notice to the Company within thirty (30) days of the date the Participant has actual knowledge of the
facts or circumstances giving rise thereto, (y) substantial correction of such occurrence by the Company within thirty (30) days
following receipt of Participant’s written notice described in (x), or (z) Participant’s failure to actually terminate
employment within the ten (10) day period following the expiration of the Company’s thirty (30) day cure period.

 

“Qualifying
Termination” means the termination of Participant’s employment (i) by the Company for a reason other than Cause,
(ii) by Participant for Good Reason, or (iii) due to Participant’s death or Disability.

 

3.             Release.
As a condition to receiving the Retention Bonus, Participant hereby agrees to release any and all Claims (as defined below) against
the Company, its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers and employees. “Claims” means claims,
charges, or complaints for, or related to, any breach of contract, violation of any statute or law, or tortious conduct occurring,
or based on events occurring, on or before the date of this Amendment; provided that Claims do not include, and Participant
is not releasing: (a) any claims that may not be released as a matter of law; (b) any claims or rights that arise after Participant
signs this Agreement (including claims based on an event occurring after the date Participant signs this Agreement); (c) any
claims or rights with respect to accrued compensation or benefits; (d) any claims or rights for indemnification, advancement of
defense costs or other fees and expenses and related matters, arising as a matter of law or under the organizational documents
of the Company or its affiliates or under any applicable insurance policy with respect to Participant’s liability as an employee,
director, manager or officer of the Company or its affiliates; and (e) any claims or rights under the directors and officers and
other insurance policies of the Company and its affiliates.

 

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4.             Withholding
Taxes. The Company may withhold from any and all amounts payable to Participant hereunder such federal, state, and local taxes
as the Company determines in its sole discretion may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

 

5.             No
Right to Continued Employment. Nothing in this Agreement will confer upon Participant any right to continued employment with
the Company (or its Affiliates or their respective successors) or to interfere in any way with the right of the Company (or its
Affiliates or their respective successors) to terminate Participant’s employment at any time.

 

6.             Other
Benefits. The Retention Bonus is a special payment to you, the above-named Participant, and will not be taken into account
in computing the amount of salary or compensation for purposes of determining any bonus, incentive, pension, retirement, death,
or other benefit under any other bonus, incentive, pension, retirement, insurance, or other employee benefit plan of the Company,
unless such plan or agreement expressly provides otherwise.

 

7.             Governing
Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed under and in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Texas,
without reference to rules relating to conflicts of laws.

 

8.             Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

9.             Entire
Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Participant and the Company with respect to the
Retention Bonus and supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings between Participant and the Company with respect
to the Retention Bonus, whether written or oral. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written instrument executed
by you and the Company.

 

10.           Section
409A Compliance. Although the Company does not guarantee the tax treatment of the Retention Bonus, the intent of the parties
is that the Retention Bonus be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder, and accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be
interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.

 

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This Agreement is intended
to be a binding obligation on you, the above-named Participant, and the Company. If this Agreement accurately reflects your understanding
as to the terms and conditions of the Retention Bonus, please sign, date, and return to me one copy of this Agreement. You should
make a copy of the executed Agreement for your records.

 

	 	Very truly yours,
	 	 
	 	EV MANAGEMENT, LLC
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ John B. Walker
	 	 
	 	Name:	 John B. Walker
	 	 
	 	Its:	 Executive Chairman

 

The above terms and
conditions accurately reflect our understanding regarding the terms and conditions of the Retention Bonus, and I hereby confirm
my agreement to the same.

 

Dated: November 17, 2017                   

 

	 	/s/ Nicholas Bobrowski
	 	Participant’s Signature

 

Signature Page to AgreementEX-10.(1)(A)

 Exhibit 10.1.a 

December [·], 2017

 Regalwood Global Energy Ltd. 
 1001 Pennsylvania
Avenue N.W. 
 Suite 220 South 
 Washington, D.C. 20004 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 
 388 Greenwich Street 

New York, New York 10013 
 J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 

383 Madison Avenue 
 New York, New York 10179 

 

	Re:	 	Initial Public Offering 

 Gentlemen: 

This letter is being delivered to you in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) entered into by and
between Regalwood Global Energy Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives (collectively, the
“Representatives”) of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten initial public offering (the “IPO”) of the
Company’s units (the “Units”), each comprised of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one-third of one redeemable warrant, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share (each, a “Warrant”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in paragraph 11
hereof. 
 In order to induce the Company and the Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and to proceed with the IPO, and in recognition of
the benefit that such IPO will confer upon the undersigned as a shareholder of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees with the Company
as follows: 
  

	1.	 	If the Company solicits approval of its shareholders of a Business Combination, the undersigned will vote all shares beneficially owned by it, whether acquired before, in or after the IPO, in favor of such Business
Combination. 

  

	2.	 	 In the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the time period set forth in the
Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as the same may be amended from time to time (“Charter”), the undersigned will, as promptly as possible, take all necessary actions to cause the
Company to (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the IPO Shares, at a per-share
price, 

	 	 
payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the Trust Account not previously released to the Company (less up to $100,000 of
such net interest to pay winding up expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding IPO Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation
distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in
the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii) to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law. The undersigned hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or
claim of any kind in or to any distribution of the Trust Account and any remaining net assets of the Company as a result of such liquidation with respect to the Founder Shares owned by the undersigned (“Claim”). However, if
the undersigned has acquired IPO Shares in or after the IPO, it will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such IPO Shares in the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the
time period set forth in the Company’s Charter. In the event of the liquidation of the Trust Account, the undersigned agrees that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than the
Company’s independent public accountants) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or
business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the
Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the assets in the Trust Account, less taxes payable; provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who
executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s obligation to indemnify the Underwriters against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that there will be no distribution from
the Trust Account with respect to any warrants, all rights of which will terminate on the Company’s liquidation. 

  

	3.	 	The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that prior to entering into a definitive agreement for a Business Combination with a target business that is affiliated with the undersigned or any Insiders of the Company or
their affiliates, such transaction must be approved by a majority of the Company’s disinterested independent directors and the Company must obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA, or an
independent account firm that such Business Combination is fair to the Company’s unaffiliated shareholders from a financial point of view. 

  

	4.	 	Neither the undersigned nor any affiliate of the undersigned will be entitled to receive and will not accept any compensation or other cash payment prior to, or for services rendered in order to effectuate, the
consummation of the Business Combination; provided that the Company shall be allowed to make the payments set forth in the Registration Statement adjacent to the caption “Prospectus Summary–The Offering–Limited payments to
insiders.” 

  
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	5.	 	(a) The undersigned agrees that the Founder’ Shares may not be transferred, assigned or sold (except to certain permitted transferees as described in the Registration Statement and herein) (the
“Lockup”) until the earlier to occur of: (1) one year after the consummation of a Business Combination and (2) the date following the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination on which the
Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of its shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the closing price of the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days
within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Company’s initial Business Combination, the Founder Shares will be released from the Lockup. 

 

	 	(b)	 	The undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, hedge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any
transaction that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the
undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any other Units, Class A Ordinary Shares, Warrants of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Class A Ordinary Shares
or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 180 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement. 

  

	 	(c)	 	The undersigned agrees that until the Company consummates a Business Combination, the undersigned’s Private Placement Warrants will be subject to the transfer restrictions described in the Private Placement
Warrants Purchase Agreement relating to the undersigned’s Private Placement Warrants. 

  

	 	(d)	 	 Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c), transfers, assignments and sales of the
Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants are permitted (i) to the Company’s officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of any of the Company’s
officers or directors, any members of the undersigned or their affiliates, or any affiliates of the undersigned; (ii) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of
which is a member of one of the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or to a charitable organization; (iii) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual;
(iv) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (v) by private sales or transfers made in connection with any forward purchase agreement or similar arrangement or in connection with the Business Combination
at prices no greater than the price at which the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants or Class A Ordinary Shares were originally purchased; 

  
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were originally purchased; (vi) by virtue of the undersigned’s organizational documents upon dissolution of the undersigned; (vii) in the event of the Company’s liquidation
prior to the completion of a Business Combination liquidation; or (viii) in the event of completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right
to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (i) through (vi) these permitted
transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions. 

  

	 	(e)	 	The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that if, in order to consummate any Business Combination, the holders of Founder Shares or Private Placement Warrants are required to contribute back to the capital of the Company
a portion of any such securities to be cancelled by the Company or transfer any such securities to third parties, the undersigned will contribute back to the capital of the Company or transfer to such third parties, at no cost, a proportionate
number of Founder Shares or Private Placement Warrants, as applicable, pro rata with the other holders of Founder Shares or Private Placement Warrants, as applicable. 

 

	6.	 	(a) In order to minimize potential conflicts of interest that may arise from multiple corporate affiliations, the undersigned hereby agrees that until the earliest of the Company’s initial Business Combination or
liquidation, the undersigned shall present to the Company for its consideration, prior to presentation to any other entity, any target business that has a fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (net of amounts
previously disbursed to management for working capital purposes and excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held in trust), subject to any fiduciary or contractual obligations the undersigned might have. 

 

	 	(b)	 	The undersigned hereby agrees and acknowledges that (i) each of the Underwriters and the Company would be irreparably injured in the event of a breach of the obligations under paragraph 6(a) herein,
(ii) monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for such breach and (iii) the non-breaching party shall be entitled to injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedy that such party may have
in law or in equity, in the event of such breach. 

  

	7.	 	The undersigned has full right and power, without violating any agreement by which it is bound, to enter into this letter agreement. 

 

	8.	 	The undersigned hereby waives any right to exercise conversion rights with respect to any of the Company’s ordinary shares owned or to be owned by the undersigned, directly or indirectly, whether such shares be
part of the Founder Shares or IPO Shares, and agrees not to seek conversion with respect to such shares (or sell such shares to the Company in any tender offer) in connection with any vote to approve a Business Combination. 

 

	9.	 	 The undersigned hereby agrees to not propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to Article 22 of the
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the Company provides public shareholders with the opportunity to convert their Class A Ordinary Shares upon such approval in accordance with such Article 28 thereof. 

 

	10.	 	This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of
the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. Each of the undersigned hereby (i) agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against him arising out of or relating in any way to this letter agreement (a “Proceeding”)
shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive and (ii) waives any
objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. 

  

	11.	 	As used herein, (i) a “Business Combination” shall mean a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination
with one or more businesses or entities; (ii) “Insiders” shall mean all officers, directors and sponsors of the Company immediately prior to the IPO; (iii) “Founder Shares” shall mean all of the
Class B Ordinary Shares of the Company acquired by an Insider prior to the IPO; (iv) “IPO Shares” shall mean the Class A Ordinary Shares issued in the Company’s IPO; (v) “Private Placement
Warrants” shall mean the warrants that are being sold privately by the Company simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO; (vi) “Trust Account” shall mean the trust account into which a portion of the net
proceeds of the Company’s IPO will be deposited; and (vii) “Registration Statement” means the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-220771) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

  

	12.	 	This Letter Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among
the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby. This Letter Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived (other than to correct a
typographical error) as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto. 

  

	13.	 	The undersigned acknowledges and understands that the Underwriters and the Company will rely upon the agreements, representations and warranties set forth herein in proceeding with the IPO. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to render the Underwriters a representative of, or a fiduciary with respect to, the Company, its shareholders or any creditor or vendor of the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof. 

 

	14.	 	This letter agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and such person’s successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns. This letter agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the consummation
of a Business Combination and (ii) the liquidation of the Company; provided, that such termination shall not relieve the undersigned from liability for any breach of this agreement prior to its termination. 

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	 CIEP Sponsor Ltd.

	
	
By:                  
                                         
                                     

	 Name:

Title:

	
	 Acknowledged and Agreed:

	
	 Regalwood Global Energy Ltd.

	
	
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	 Name:

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