Document:

EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

Execution Version 
  

 
  

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 dated as of January 29, 2014, 

among 
 RICE DRILLING B
LLC, 
 as Borrower, 

The Guarantors and Parent Guarantors Party Hereto, 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., 

as Administrative Agent, 

and 
 The Lenders Party
Hereto 
 WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, 

as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner 
  

 
  

 SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 This SIXTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Sixth Amendment”), dated for reference purposes as of January 29, 2014 but effective as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date as
defined in Section 4 below, is among RICE DRILLING B LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”); each of the undersigned Guarantors and Parent Guarantors (the Guarantors and
Parent Guarantors, together with the Borrower, collectively, the “Loan Parties”); each of the Lenders that is a signatory hereto; and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as administrative agent for
the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). 
 Recitals

 A. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of April 25, 2013 (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 informed the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, in contemplation of the IPO (as defined
below), (i) the Borrower formed Rice Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation (“REI”), as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) the Borrower transferred its Equity Interests in REI to Rice Energy Appalachia,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct parent of the Borrower (“REA”), (iii) REA has formed or is forming a new Delaware limited liability company (“Merger LLC”) as a direct wholly-owned
subsidiary of REA, (iv) the Borrower has merged with and into Merger LLC (or will do so prior to the Sixth Amendment Effective Date) and following such merger the Borrower is (or will be) the surviving entity and (v) all Equity Interests
in REA have been, or will substantially contemporaneously with the Sixth Amendment Effective Date be, contributed by the holders thereof to REI in exchange for Equity Interests in REI (the transactions described in the foregoing clauses
(i) through (v) and the other transactions contemplated in connection therewith, collectively, the “IPO Related Transactions”). 

C. After giving effect to the IPO Related Transactions, the Borrower is a wholly-owned subsidiary of REA, and REA is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of REI. 
 D. Substantially contemporaneously with the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, REI will be consummating an initial public offering
of Equity Interests (the “IPO”) in accordance with the Registration Statement (as defined below), whereby REI will become a publicly traded corporation. 

E. The Borrower has informed the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that REI and Rice Drilling C LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability
company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower (“Rice Drilling C”), has entered into that certain Transaction Agreement dated as of December 6, 2013 (such agreement, as amended or modified with the consent of the
Administrative Agent, the “Alpha Shale Acquisition Agreement”), with 

 
Foundation PA Coal Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Seller”), pursuant to which Rice Drilling C (or REI on behalf of Rice Drilling C) will purchase from
the Seller 50% of the Equity Interests in Alpha Shale Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Alpha Shale Holdings”), and 49.5% of the Equity Interests comprising limited partnership interests in Alpha Shale Resources
LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Alpha Shale Resources”), as a result of which both Alpha Shale Holdings and Alpha Shale Resources will become wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiaries of Rice Drilling C (such Equity
Interests in Alpha Shale Holdings and Alpha Shale Resources, collectively, the “Specified Equity Interests”, and such acquisition, the “Alpha Shale Acquisition”), and the Borrower has provided a copy of the Alpha
Shale Acquisition Agreement to the Administrative Agent. 
 F. The Borrower has informed the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that,
contemporaneously with the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, (i) all amounts due under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of September 7, 2012 among Alpha Shale Resources, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders
party thereto (as amended prior to the date hereof, the “Alpha Shale Credit Agreement”) will be paid in full, all commitments to lend under such credit facility will be terminated, and all Liens securing such credit facility will be
released upon such payment, (ii) Alpha Shale Holdings and Alpha Shale Resources will become Guarantors under the Credit Agreement (after giving effect to this Sixth Amendment), and (iii) REI and REA will become Parent Guarantors under the
Credit Agreement (after giving effect to this Sixth Amendment). 
 G. The parties hereto desire to amend the terms of the Credit Agreement
in certain respects to, among other things, (i) reflect the IPO Related Transactions, the IPO and the Alpha Shale Acquisition, (ii) reflect the addition of Alpha Shale Holdings and Alpha Shale Resources as Guarantors, (iii) reflect
the addition of REI and REA as Parent Guarantors, (iv) increase the Borrowing Base from $200,000,000 to $350,000,000 to be effective as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date upon consummation of the Alpha Shale Acquisition and (v) increase
the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts to $1,500,000,000 to be effective as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date. 
 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 Sixth
Amendment, shall have the meaning ascribed such term in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby. Unless otherwise indicated, all section references in this Sixth Amendment refer to the Credit Agreement. 

Section 2. Amendments. In reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Sixth 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 Sixth Amendment Effective Date in the manner provided in this Section 2.

  
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 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: 
 “Continuing
Director” means, at any date, an individual (a) who is a director of REI on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, (b) who, as of the date of determination, has been a director of REI for at least the twelve preceding months,
(c) who has been nominated to be a director of REI, directly or indirectly, by a Permitted Investor or Persons nominated by a Permitted Investor or (d) who has been nominated or designated to be a director of REI by a majority of the other
Continuing Directors then in office. 
 “Existing Alpha Shale Letters of Credit” means the letters of credit
listed on Annex II. 
 “Parent Guarantors” means REI and REA. 

“Parent Guaranty and Pledge Agreement” means the Guaranty and Pledge Agreement executed by the Parent
Guarantors on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which the Parent Guarantors (a) guaranty, on a joint and several basis, payment of the Obligations, and (b) grant
Liens and a security interest on the Parent Guarantors’ personal property constituting “collateral” as defined therein in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Obligations, as the same
may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time. 
 “Permitted Control Group” means the
“group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act comprised of the parties (other than REI) to that certain Stockholders Agreement dated as of January 29, 2014 and effective as of the Sixth Amendment Effective
Date; provided that such “group” shall cease to be a “Permitted Control Group” if at any time the “ANR Entities” as defined in such agreement acquire, in the aggregate, direct or indirect beneficial ownership of
a percentage of ordinary voting power of the outstanding Equity Interests of REI for the election of directors of REI that is greater than the percentage of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of REI owned in the aggregate,
directly or indirectly, beneficially, by the Permitted Investors. 
 “REA” means Rice Energy Appalachia,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. 
 “REI” means Rice Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation. 

“Senior Notes” means senior unsecured notes issued pursuant to Section 9.02(h). 

“Sixth Amendment” means that certain Sixth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as
of January 29, 2014, among the Borrower, the Guarantors and Parent Guarantors party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto. 

“Sixth Amendment Effective Date” means the date on which the Sixth Amendment became effective in accordance
with the terms thereof. 

  
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 2.2 Deleted Definitions. The definitions of “Alpha Shale PV10”,
“Continuing Manager” and “Qualifying IPO” are hereby deleted in their entirety from Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement. 

2.3 Amended Definitions. The definitions of “Adjusted PV10”, “Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts”,
“Applicable Margin”, “Borrowing Base”, “Change in Control”, “Excluded Swap Obligation”, “Fee Letters”, “Guarantors”, “Indemnified
Taxes”, “Letter of Credit”, “Loan Documents”, “Material Adverse Effect”, “Maturity Date”, “Net Secured Debt”, “Obligations”,
“Permitted Tax Distributions”, “Secured Swap Agreement”, “Secured Swap Party”, “Security Instruments” and “Subsidiary” contained in Section 1.02 of the Credit
Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows: 
 “Adjusted PV10” means, as of any
date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the PV10 of the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and the Guarantors as of the most recent date for which a Reserve Report has been prepared and delivered to the Administrative
Agent, as such PV10 may have been thereafter adjusted to reflect any Transfers, and (b) an amount equal to $6,250 multiplied by the number of net acres then under lease by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the Utica Shale on such date (other
than acres that have then been included in drilling units for wells with Proved Reserves for which PV10 value has been assigned as contemplated in clause (a) of this definition); provided than any Utica Shale Acreage acquired after the
Effective Date shall be valued at cost. 
 “Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts” at any time shall equal the
sum of the Maximum Credit Amounts, as the same may be reduced or terminated pursuant to Section 2.06. The Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts of the Lenders as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date is $1,500,000,000. 

“Applicable Margin” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Loan, or with respect to
the Commitment Fee Rate, as the case may be, the rate per annum set forth in the Borrowing Base Utilization Grid below based upon the Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage then in effect: 

Borrowing Base Utilization Grid 
  

																					
	 Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage
	  	<25%	 	 	325% <50%	 	 	350% <75%	 	 	375% <90%	 	 	390%	 
	 Eurodollar Loans
	  	 	1.50	% 	 	 	1.75	% 	 	 	2.00	% 	 	 	2.25	% 	 	 	2.50	% 
	 ABR Loans
	  	 	0.50	% 	 	 	0.75	% 	 	 	1.00	% 	 	 	1.25	% 	 	 	1.50	% 
	 Commitment Fee Rate
	  	 	0.375	% 	 	 	0.375	% 	 	 	0.50	% 	 	 	0.50	% 	 	 	0.50	% 

 Each change in the Applicable Margin shall apply during the period commencing on the effective
date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change, provided, however, that if at any time the Borrower fails to deliver a Reserve Report pursuant to Section 8.12(a), then
the “Applicable Margin” means the rate per annum set forth on the grid when the Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage is at its highest level. 

  
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 “Borrowing Base” means at any time an amount equal to the amount
determined in accordance with Section 2.07, as the same may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 9.11. As of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, the Borrowing Base shall be $350,000,000. 

“Change in Control” means 

(a) any Person, entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than
the Permitted Investors (or any intermediate companies owned directly or indirectly by the Permitted Investors, or the Permitted Control Group), shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and
13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act) of voting power of the outstanding Equity Interests of REI having more than the greater of (i) 35% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of REI and (ii) the percentage of the ordinary
voting power for the election of directors of REI owned in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially, by the Permitted Investors; or 

(b) at any time Continuing Directors shall not constitute at least a majority of the directors of REI; or 

(c) a “Change in Control” (as defined in the documentation for any Material Debt) shall have occurred; or 

(d) REA shall cease to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of REI or the Borrower shall cease to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of REA.

 “Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Parent Guarantors
individually determined, any Obligations in respect of any Swap Agreement if, and solely to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of the Borrower or such Guarantor or Parent Guarantor of, or the grant by the Borrower or such Guarantor
or Parent Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Obligations in respect of any Swap Agreement (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act by virtue of the Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s or
Parent Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” (as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act) with respect to such Swap Obligation at any time such guarantee or grant of a security interest
becomes effective with respect to such related Obligations in respect of any Swap Agreement. 
 “Fee
Letters” means the fee letter agreement, dated March 22, 2013 among Borrower, Wells Fargo Bank and Arranger, the fee letter agreement dated December 11, 2013 among Borrower, Wells Fargo Bank and Arranger, and any other fee letters
that may hereafter be entered into between Administrative Agent and Borrower and/or any Guarantor or Parent Guarantor. 

“Guarantors” means Alpha Shale Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Alpha Shale Resources, LP,
a Delaware limited partnership, Rice Drilling C LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company, Rice Drilling D, Rice Olympus Midstream LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Rice Poseidon Midstream LLC, a

  
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Delaware limited liability company, and each other Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees the Obligations pursuant to Section 8.14(b); provided, that, for the avoidance of
doubt, the term “Guarantors” shall not include the Parent Guarantors. 
 “Indemnified Taxes” means
(a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Parent Guarantor under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise
described in (a), Other Taxes. 
 “Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this
Agreement and any Existing Alpha Shale Letter of Credit. 
 “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the First
Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, the Sixth Amendment, the Notes, the Fee Letters, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Letter of Credit Agreements, the Letters of Credit and the Security
Instruments. 
 “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse change in, or material adverse effect on
(a) the business, operations, Property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Parent Guarantors taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Parent Guarantor to perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents, or (c) the validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender under the Loan Documents. 

“Maturity Date” means the earlier of (a) January 29, 2019 and (b) the date that is 180 days
prior to the maturity date for the Permitted Second Lien Debt if any portion of the Permitted Second Lien Debt remains outstanding as of such date. 

“Net Secured Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans plus the LC Exposure, (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Second Lien Debt, and (c) the outstanding principal amount of any other Debt for borrowed money of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries
that is secured by Liens, minus (d) the Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and the Guarantors that are either unrestricted or are reserved or otherwise dedicated to the payment of Debt described in any of the foregoing clauses (a), (b), or (c).

 “Obligations” means any and all amounts owing or to be owing (including all interest on any of the Loans,
any interest accruing at any post-default rate and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Parent
Guarantor (or could accrue but for the operation of applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws), whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Parent Guarantor
(whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising) (a) to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender under any Loan Document or
(b) to any Secured Swap Party 

  
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under any Secured Swap Agreement, but excluding any additional transactions or confirmations entered into (i) after such Secured Swap Party ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender
or (ii) after assignment by a Secured Swap Party to another Secured Swap Party that is not a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) to any Treasury Management Lender under any Lender Treasury Management Agreement, including in each case
all renewals, extensions and/or rearrangements of any of the above; provided that solely with respect to any Guarantor or Parent Guarantor that is not an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any
regulations promulgated thereunder, Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor or Parent Guarantor shall in any event be excluded from “Obligations” owing by such Guarantor or Parent Guarantor. 

“Permitted Tax Distributions” means distributions to REA and REI that are used for payment of the actual
amount of consolidated tax liabilities of REI and its subsidiaries. 
 “Secured Swap Agreement” means
(a) any Swap Agreement between Alpha Shale Resources, LP and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that exists on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, and (b) any Swap Agreement between (i) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and
(ii) any Person that was, on the date such Swap Agreement was entered into, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, even if such Person subsequently ceases to be a Lender (or an Affiliate thereof) for any reason. 

“Secured Swap Party” means the counterparty opposite the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under any
Secured Swap Agreement. 
 “Security Instruments” means the mortgages, deeds of trust, pledge agreements,
security agreements, control agreements and other agreements, instruments, supplements or certificates described or referred to in Exhibit E, and any and all other agreements, instruments, supplements, consents or certificates (including the
Guaranty and Pledge Agreement and the Parent Guaranty and Pledge Agreement) now or hereafter executed and delivered by the Borrower or any other Person (other than Secured Swap Agreements or participation or similar agreements between any Lender and
any other lender or creditor with respect to any Obligations pursuant to this Agreement) as security for the payment or performance of the Obligations, the Notes, this Agreement or reimbursement obligations under the Letters of Credit, as such
agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time. 
 “Subsidiary” means any
subsidiary of the Borrower. 
 2.4 Amendment to Sections 2.07(d) and 3.04(c)(iii) of the Credit Agreement. Sections 2.07(d) and
3.04(c)(iii) of the Credit Agreement are each hereby amended by inserting “Section 2.07(e) or” immediately prior to all references to “Section 9.11” contained therein. 

  
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 2.5 Addition of New Clause (e) to Section 2.07 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 2.07 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add a new clause (e) immediately following clause (d) thereof, which clause (e) shall read in full as follows: 

(e) Reduction of Borrowing Base Upon Issuance of Senior Notes. In addition to the other redeterminations of the
Borrowing Base provided for herein, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon the issuance of any Senior Notes permitted by Section 9.02(h), the Borrowing Base then in effect shall be automatically reduced by an
amount equal to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the stated principal amount of such Senior Notes (without regard to any initial issue discount), and, in each case, the Borrowing Base as so reduced shall become the new Borrowing Base immediately
upon the date of such issuance, effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders on such date until the next redetermination or modification of the Borrowing Base pursuant to this Agreement;
provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, no such reduction of the Borrowing Base shall occur with respect to the first $300,000,000 of Senior Notes issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary following the Sixth
Amendment Effective Date. 
 2.6 Amendment to Section 2.08(b) of the Credit Agreement. Section 2.08(b) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following sentence immediately prior to the first sentence thereof (before giving effect to this Sixth Amendment): 

The Existing Alpha Shale Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued hereunder as of the Sixth Amendment Effective
Date. 
 2.7 Amendment to Section 2.08(j)(iv). Section 2.08(j)(iv) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended (a) by
deleting the reference to “the Borrower’s and the Guarantors’ Obligations” contained in the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “the Borrower’s, the Guarantors’ and the Parent
Guarantors’ Obligations” and (b) by deleting the reference to “the Borrower and the Guarantors” contained in the fifth sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “the Borrower, the Guarantors and the
Parent Guarantors”. 
 2.8 Amendment to Section 5.03(b) of the Credit Agreement. Section 5.03(b) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: 
 (b) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all
payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Parent Guarantor under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower,
any Guarantor or any Parent Guarantor shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.03(b)), (i) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been
made, (ii) the Borrower, such Guarantor or such Parent Guarantor shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower, such Guarantor or such Parent Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable law. 

  
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 2.9 Amendment to Section 5.03(f) of the Credit Agreement. Section 5.03(f) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: 
 (f) Evidence of Payments. As soon as
practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower, a Guarantor or a Parent Guarantor to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt
issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 

2.10 Amendment to Section 6.02(b) of the Credit Agreement. Section 6.02(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the reference to “the Borrower and the Guarantors” contained therein and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Parent Guarantors”. 

2.11 Amendment to Section 7.12 of the Credit Agreement. Section 7.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety as follows: 
 Section 7.12 Insurance. The Borrower has, and has caused the Parent
Guarantors and all of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries to have, (a) all insurance policies sufficient for the compliance by each of them with all material Governmental Requirements and all material agreements and (b) insurance
coverage in such amounts and against such risks as are usually insured against by companies similarly situated and engaged in the same or a similar business for the assets and operations of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, and the
Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders have been named as additional insureds in respect of such liability insurance policies and the Administrative Agent has been named as a loss payee with respect to such
property loss insurance covering Collateral. 
 2.12 Amendment to Section 7.14 of the Credit Agreement. Section 7.14 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: 
 Section 7.14 Subsidiaries.
Except as set forth on Schedule 7.14 or as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly furnish a copy to the Lenders), which shall upon disclosure be deemed a supplement to Schedule 7.14, (a) the
Borrower has no Subsidiaries and (b) no Parent Guarantor has any subsidiaries. The Borrower has no Foreign Subsidiaries. Schedule 7.14 identifies each Subsidiary as either Restricted or Unrestricted, and each Restricted Subsidiary on
such schedule is wholly-owned by the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary. Schedule 7.14 sets forth which Persons own the Equity Interests in REA, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date. As of
the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, Schedule 7.14 sets forth each Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary owns Equity Interests and the percentage of all Equity Interests in such Person owned by the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary. 
 2.13 Amendment to Section 8.01(j) of the Credit Agreement. Section 8.01(j) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 (j) Information Regarding
Borrower, Guarantors and Parent Guarantors. Prompt written notice of any change in (i) the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Parent 

  
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Guarantor’s corporate name, (ii) the jurisdiction in which the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Parent Guarantor is incorporated, formed, or otherwise organized, (iii) the location
of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Parent Guarantor’s chief executive office, (iv) the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Parent Guarantor’s identity or corporate, limited liability or partnership structure, or (v) the
Borrower’s, any Guarantor’s or any Parent Guarantor’s organizational identification number in such jurisdiction of organization or federal taxpayer identification number. Notices of any change described in the preceding changes
(i) or (ii) must be given at least thirty days prior to such change. 
 2.14 Amendment to Section 8.01(n) of the Credit
Agreement. Section 8.01(n) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 

(n) Issuance of Senior Notes. In the event the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary intends to issue any Senior Notes,
prior written notice of such intended offering, the intended principal amount thereof and the anticipated date of closing and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, a copy of the preliminary offering memorandum (if any) and the final offering
memorandum (if any). 
 2.15 Addition of New Clause (o) to Section 8.01 of the Credit Agreement. Section 8.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add a new clause (o) immediately following clause (n) thereof, which clause (o) shall read in full as follows: 

(o) Other Requested Information. Promptly following any reasonable request therefor, such other information regarding
the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor (including any Plan and any reports or other information required to be filed with respect thereto under the Code or under
ERISA), or compliance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request. 

2.16 Amendment to Section 8.02(c) of the Credit Agreement. Section 8.02(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the reference to “Borrower’s or any Guarantor’s” contained therein and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “the Borrower’s, any Guarantor’s or any Parent Guarantor’s”. 

2.17 Amendment to Section 8.07 of the Credit Agreement. The first sentence of Section 8.07 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 The Borrower will, and will cause each Parent Guarantor and each
Restricted Subsidiary to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same
or similar locations. 

  
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 2.18 Amendment to Section 8.11 of the Credit Agreement. Section 8.11 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 Section 8.11 Further
Assurances. 
 (a) The Borrower at its sole expense will, and will cause each Parent Guarantor and Restricted
Subsidiary to, promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent all such other documents, agreements and instruments reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to comply with, cure any defects or accomplish the conditions precedent,
covenants and agreements of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in the Loan Documents, including the Notes, or to further evidence and more fully describe the collateral intended as security for the
Obligations, or to correct any omissions in this Agreement or the Security Instruments, or to state more fully the obligations secured therein, or to perfect, protect or preserve any Liens created pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Security
Instruments or the priority thereof, or to make any recordings, file any notices or obtain any consents that may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection therewith. 

(b) The Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and
amendments thereto, describing all or any part of the Collateral without the signature of the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Guarantor where permitted by law. A carbon, photographic or other reproduction of the Security Instruments or any
financing statement covering the Collateral or any part thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement where permitted by law. 
 2.19
Amendments to Section 8.14(c) of the Credit Agreement. Clause (c) of Section 8.14 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 

(c) The Borrower agrees that it will not, and will not permit any Guarantor or Parent Guarantor to, grant a Lien on any
Property to secure the Permitted Second Lien Debt without contemporaneously granting to the Administrative Agent, as security for the Obligations, a first priority, perfected Lien (subject only to Permitted Liens other than Liens securing Permitted
Second Lien Debt) on the same Property pursuant to Security Instruments in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. In connection therewith, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each Guarantor or Parent Guarantor to
execute and deliver such other additional closing documents, certificates and legal opinions as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent. 

2.20 Amendment to Section 8.16 of the Credit Agreement. Section 8.16 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety to read as follows: 
 Section 8.16 Commodity Exchange Act Keepwell Provisions. The
Borrower hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide to each Parent Guarantor and each Restricted Subsidiary such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by such Parent Guarantor or Restricted
Subsidiary in order for such Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary to honor its Obligations with respect to Swap Agreements, whether such Swap Agreements are entered into directly by such Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary or are
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Pledge Agreement or the Guaranty and Pledge Agreement, as applicable (provided, however, that the Borrower shall only be liable under this Section 8.16 for the maximum amount of such
liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 8.16, or otherwise under this Agreement or any Loan Document, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent
transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 8.16 shall remain in full force and effect until this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms. Borrower intends that this
Section 8.16 constitute a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each Parent Guarantor and Restricted Subsidiary for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act. 

2.21 Deletion of Section 8.18 of the Credit Agreement. Section 8.18 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety. 
 2.22 Amendment to Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by (a) deleting the references to “Section 9.02(i)” and “$15,000,000” contained in clause (b) thereof and replacing each with a reference to “Section 9.01(j)” and “$50,000,000”, respectively,
(b) deleting clauses (h) and (i) thereof in their entirety, and (c) adding new clauses (h), (i) and (j) immediately following clause (g) thereof, which clauses (h), (i) and (j) shall read in full as
follows: 
 (h) Debt in respect of senior unsecured notes; provided that, (i) no Default, Event of Default or Borrowing
Base Deficiency exists at the time of the incurrence of such Debt or would result therefrom (including after giving effect to any automatic reduction in the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 2.07(e)), (ii) the Permitted Second Lien
Debt has been paid in full or will be paid in full solely with the proceeds of such incurrence, (iii) the interest rate of such Debt is not greater than a market interest rate as of the time of its incurrence, (iv) such Debt does not have
any scheduled amortization of principal or a maturity date prior to 180 days after the date referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Maturity Date, (v) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt, the Borrower is in pro forma
compliance with Section 9.01 (calculated in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and (vi) the terms of such Debt (other than the interest rate thereon and the other compensation payable to the holders thereof)
are not materially more onerous, taken as a whole, than the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 
 (i) Debt
which represents an extension, refinancing, or renewal of any of the Senior Notes; provided that, (i) the principal amount of such Debt is not increased (other than by the costs, fees, premiums and expenses and by accrued and unpaid interest
paid in connection with any such extension, refinancing or renewal) except in compliance with the preceding clause (h) (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that any such increase in the principal amount of such Debt shall be deemed
to be incurred under the preceding clause (h) and subject to Section 2.07(e) hereof), (ii) such extension, refinancing or renewal does not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity of the Debt so extended,
refinanced or renewed and such extension, refinancing or renewal does not result in any principal amount owing in respect of Senior Notes becoming due earlier than the date that is 180 days after the date referred to in clause (a) of the

  
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definition of Maturity Date, and (iii) if the Debt that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the
refinancing, renewal, or extension Debt must include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Debt. 

(j) other Debt so long as (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Debt described in this Section 9.02(j) at
any one time outstanding plus (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Debt permitted under Section 9.02(b) at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate. 

2.23 Amendment to Section 9.03(e) of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.03(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the reference to “Section 9.02(i)” contained therein and inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “Section 9.02(j)”. 

2.24 Amendments to Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(a) amending and restating clause (a)(iii) thereof to read in its entirety as “(iii) The Borrower may pay Permitted Tax Distributions to REA and/or REI”, (b) amending and restating clause (c) thereof to read in its entirety
as “(c) [reserved.]” and (c) amending and restating clause (b) thereof to read in full as follows: 
 (b)
The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary to, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date, make or offer to make any optional or voluntary Redemption of or otherwise optionally or
voluntarily Redeem (whether in whole or in part) any principal of any Permitted Second Lien Debt or Debt in respect of Senior Notes, except that, so long as no Borrowing Base Deficiency or Event of Default exists or results therefrom and subject, in
the case of Permitted Second Lien Debt, to the terms and conditions set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement, the Borrower or applicable Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary may (i) substantially contemporaneously with its receipt of any
cash proceeds from any sale by REI of Equity Interests in REI, voluntarily prepay or otherwise Redeem any principal of Permitted Second Lien Debt or Debt in respect of Senior Notes in an amount equal to the amount of the net cash proceeds received
by the Borrower and/or Parent Guarantors or Restricted Subsidiaries from such sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of REI, (ii) promptly after voluntarily electing to issue or incur any Debt permitted under
Section 9.02(h) in an amount sufficient to repay the Permitted Second Lien Debt in full, prepay or otherwise Redeem all, but not less than all, of the Permitted Second Lien Debt, (iii) refinance the Permitted Second Lien Debt with
other Permitted Second Lien Debt in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) refinance Senior Notes in accordance with Section 9.02(i); 

2.25 Amendment to Section 9.05(i) of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.05(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 (i) [reserved.] 

  
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 2.26 Amendment to Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.11 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following sentence immediately prior to the first sentence thereof (before giving effect to this Sixth Amendment): 

The Borrower will not permit REI to Transfer any Equity Interests in REA or permit REA to Transfer any Equity Interests in the
Borrower. 
 2.27 Amendment to Section 9.15(b) of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.15(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the reference to “and/or, in the case of any designation of any member of the Alpha Shale Group as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, Section 9.05(i)” contained therein. 

2.28 Amendment to Section 9.17 of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.17 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated
to read in full as follows: 
 Section 9.17 Amendments to Certain Debt Documents. The Borrower will not,
and will not permit any Parent Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into or permit any supplement, modification, amendment or amendment or restatement of, or waive any right or obligation of any Person under, (a) any Permitted Second
Lien Debt Document except as permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement, or (b) any Permitted Subordinated Convertible Debt Documents or any Permitted NPI Debt Documents if the effect thereof would, in either case, (i) make the terms of any
such documents materially more onerous to the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) increase the principal amount of the Permitted Subordinated Convertible Debt or the Permitted NPI Debt, as applicable,
(iii) increase the interest rate applicable to the Permitted Subordinated Convertible Debt or the Permitted NPI Debt, as applicable, or (iv) otherwise reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Borrower or the
Lenders. 
 2.29 Amendments to Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement. 

(a) Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting all references to “Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary” contained in clauses (c), (e), (h), (i) and (j) and replacing all such references with “Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Guarantor”. 

(b) Section 10.01(l) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 

(l) the Loan Documents after delivery thereof shall for any reason, except to the extent permitted by the terms thereof, cease
to be in full force and effect and valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms against the Borrower, a Parent Guarantor or a Guarantor party thereto or, in the case of the Intercreditor Agreement, against any other party thereto,
or shall be repudiated by any of them, or cease to create valid and perfected Liens of the priority required thereby on the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, except to the extent permitted by the terms of this Agreement or the Security
Instruments, or the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Guarantor or any of their Affiliates shall so state in writing. 

  
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 2.30 Amendment to Section 10.02(a) of the Credit Agreement. Section 10.02(a) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 (a) In the case of an Event of
Default other than one described in Section 10.01(h) or Section 10.01(i), at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Majority Lenders,
shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Notes and the
Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due
and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and the Guarantors accrued hereunder and under the Notes and the other Loan Documents (including the payment of Cash
Collateral to secure the LC Exposure as provided in Section 2.08(j)), shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration or other notice of any kind, all
of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each Guarantor; and in case of an Event of Default described in Section 10.01(h) or Section 10.01(i), the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the
Notes and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and the other obligations of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors, and the Guarantors accrued hereunder and under the Notes and the other Loan
Documents (including the payment of Cash Collateral to secure the LC Exposure as provided in Section 2.08(j)), shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of
acceleration or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each Guarantor. 
 2.31
Amendment to Section 10.02(c) of the Credit Agreement. Section 10.02(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference to “the Borrower or any Guarantor” contained in the last paragraph thereof and
inserting in lieu thereof a reference to “the Borrower, any Parent Guarantor or any Guarantor”. 
 2.32 Amendment to
Section 12.03(b) of the Credit Agreement. Section 12.03(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 

(b) THE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY EACH AGENT (AND ANY SUB-AGENT THEREOF), THE ARRANGER, THE ISSUING BANK AND EACH
LENDER, AND EACH RELATED PARTY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING PERSONS (EACH SUCH PERSON BEING CALLED AN “INDEMNITEE”) AGAINST, AND DEFEND AND HOLD EACH INDEMNITEE HARMLESS FROM, ANY AND ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, LIABILITIES AND
RELATED EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE REASONABLE FEES, CHARGES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY COUNSEL FOR ANY INDEMNITEE, INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF (i) THE EXECUTION OR DELIVERY OF
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OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, (ii) THE PERFORMANCE BY THE PARTIES HERETO OR THE PARTIES TO ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR BY ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, (iii) THE FAILURE OF THE BORROWER, ANY PARENT GUARANTOR OR ANY RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF ANY
LOAN DOCUMENT, INCLUDING THIS AGREEMENT, OR WITH ANY GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENT, (iv) ANY INACCURACY OF ANY REPRESENTATION OR ANY BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY OR COVENANT OF THE BORROWER, ANY PARENT GUARANTOR OR ANY GUARANTOR SET FORTH IN ANY OF THE
LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY INSTRUMENTS, DOCUMENTS OR CERTIFICATIONS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, (v) ANY LOAN OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREFROM, INCLUDING ANY REFUSAL BY THE ISSUING BANK TO HONOR A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT
UNDER A LETTER OF CREDIT IF THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DEMAND DO NOT STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH LETTER OF CREDIT, OR ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, (vi) THE OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS OF THE BORROWER,
THE PARENT GUARANTORS AND THE BORROWER’S SUBSIDIARIES BY SUCH PERSON, (vii) ANY ASSERTION THAT THE LENDERS WERE NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE PROCEEDS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE SECURITY INSTRUMENTS, (viii) ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
APPLICABLE TO THE BORROWER, ANY PARENT GUARANTOR OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES OR OPERATIONS, INCLUDING, THE PRESENCE, GENERATION, STORAGE, RELEASE, THREATENED RELEASE, USE, TRANSPORT, DISPOSAL, ARRANGEMENT OF DISPOSAL OR TREATMENT OF
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON OR AT ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES, (ix) THE BREACH OR NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE BORROWER, ANY PARENT GUARANTOR OR ANY SUBSIDIARY WITH ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW APPLICABLE TO THE BORROWER, ANY PARENT GUARANTOR OR ANY SUBSIDIARY,
(x) THE PAST OWNERSHIP BY THE BORROWER, ANY PARENT GUARANTOR OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OF ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES OR PAST ACTIVITY ON ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES WHICH, THOUGH LAWFUL AND FULLY PERMISSIBLE AT THE TIME, COULD RESULT IN PRESENT LIABILITY,
(xi) THE PRESENCE, USE, RELEASE, STORAGE, TREATMENT, DISPOSAL, GENERATION, THREATENED RELEASE, TRANSPORT, ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSPORT OR ARRANGEMENT FOR DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON OR AT ANY OF THE PROPERTIES OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE
BORROWER, ANY PARENT GUARANTOR OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR ANY ACTUAL OR ALLEGED PRESENCE OR RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON OR FROM ANY PROPERTY OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE BORROWER, ANY PARENT 

  
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GUARANTOR OR ANY OF THE BORROWER’S SUBSIDIARIES, (xii) ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE BORROWER, ANY PARENT GUARANTOR OR ANY OF THE BORROWER’S SUBSIDIARIES,
OR ANY OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH OR SAFETY CONDITION IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR (xiii) ANY ACTUAL OR PROSPECTIVE CLAIM, LITIGATION, INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY
INDEMNITEE IS A PARTY THERETO OR WHETHER BROUGHT BY THE BORROWER, ANY PARENT GUARANTOR, ANY GUARANTOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY, AND SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL EXTEND TO EACH INDEMNITEE NOTWITHSTANDING THE SOLE OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE OF EVERY KIND OR CHARACTER
WHATSOEVER, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, WHETHER AN AFFIRMATIVE ACT OR AN OMISSION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL TYPES OF NEGLIGENT CONDUCT IDENTIFIED IN THE RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS OF ONE OR MORE OF THE INDEMNITEES OR BY REASON OF STRICT
LIABILITY IMPOSED WITHOUT FAULT ON ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE INDEMNITEES; PROVIDED THAT SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL NOT, AS TO ANY INDEMNITEE, BE AVAILABLE TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES OR RELATED EXPENSES ARE DETERMINED BY A
COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE JUDGMENT TO HAVE RESULTED FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH INDEMNITEE. 

2.33 Amendment to Section 12.19 of the Credit Agreement. Section 12.19 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety to read as follows: 
 Section 12.19 USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Agent and each Lender
hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies the Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each Guarantor, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower, each Parent Guarantor and each Guarantor and other information that will allow it to identify the Borrower, each
Parent Guarantor and each Guarantor in accordance with the Act. 
 2.34 Replacement of Schedule 7.14. Schedule 7.14 to the Credit
Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety with Schedule 7.14 attached hereto and Schedule 7.14 attached hereto shall be deemed to be attached as Schedule 7.14 to the Credit Agreement. 

2.35 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. 
 2.36 New Annex II. Annex
II attached hereto shall be deemed to be attached as Annex II to the Credit Agreement. 

  
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 Section 3. Borrowing Base Increase Upon Consummation of the Alpha Shale Acquisition.
In reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Sixth Amendment, and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Borrowing Base shall be increased,
effective as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, to be $350,000,000 and shall remain at $350,000,000 until the next Scheduled Redetermination, Interim Redetermination, or other adjustment of the Borrowing Base pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Agreement. The Borrowing Base redetermination provided for herein shall not be deemed a Scheduled Redetermination or an Interim Redetermination of the Borrowing Base elected by the Borrower or the Required Lenders for purposes of
Section 2.07(b) of the Credit Agreement. 
 Section 4. Conditions Precedent. This Sixth Amendment will take effect on the
date on which the conditions set forth below in this Section 4 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 12.02 of the Credit Agreement (the “Sixth Amendment Effective Date”). The Administrative Agent shall
notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Sixth Amendment shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is
satisfied at or prior to 2:00 p.m., central standard time, on February 28, 2014 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, this Sixth Amendment shall be deemed null and void and of no force and effect). 

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

4.2 The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts of (a) the Parent Guaranty and Pledge Agreement executed by
REA and REI, (b) an assumption agreement executed by Alpha Shale Holdings and Alpha Shale Resources pursuant to which Alpha Shale Holdings and Alpha Shale Resources will become parties to the Guaranty and Pledge Agreement and the Intercreditor
Agreement, (c) new mortgages duly executed by Alpha Shale Resources and (d) any amendments requested by the Administrative Agent to any existing mortgages previously delivered by a Loan Party under the Credit Agreement, in each case, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. In connection with the execution and delivery of the such Security Instruments, the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that the Liens under such Security Instruments will,
upon the recording of such Security Instruments and the requisite UCC financing statements, as applicable, be first priority, perfected Liens (subject only to Permitted Liens other than Liens securing Permitted Second Lien Debt), after giving effect
to the Alpha Shale Acquisition, on (i) at least 80% of the total PV10 of the proved Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most recent Reserve Report (as supplemented by any applicable Reserve Report relating to the Oil and Gas Properties of
Alpha Shale Resources), (ii) 80% of the Unproven Utica Shale Acreage, (iii) substantially all of each Gathering System then in operation, and (iv) all other Property purported to be pledged as Collateral pursuant to the Security
Instruments including, without limitation, all Equity Interests in each Loan Party other than REI. 
 4.3 To the extent not already in
possession of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall have received the original certificates, if any exist, evidencing the Equity Interests of each Loan Party (other than REI), together with an appropriate undated stock or equity
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 4.4 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 hereby) dated as of the date hereof. 
 4.5 The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and each other Loan Party setting forth (a) resolutions of the members, board of directors or other
appropriate governing body with respect to the authorization of the Borrower or such other Loan Party to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to enter into the transactions contemplated hereby and in those documents,
(b) the officers of the Borrower or such other Loan Party who are authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party and who will, until replaced by another officer or officers duly authorized for that purpose, act as its
representative for the purposes of signing documents and giving notices and other communications in connection with the Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (c) specimen signatures of such authorized officers, and
(d) the limited liability company agreement, the articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or comparable organizational documents) of the Borrower and such other Loan Party, certified as being true and complete (or, if previously
delivered and certified in connection with the Credit Agreement, a certification that such documents have not been amended, modified, supplemented or rescinded and remain in full force and effect). The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may
conclusively rely on each such certificate until the Administrative Agent receives notice in writing from the Borrower to the contrary. 

4.6 The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of the appropriate State agencies with respect to the existence, qualification
and good standing of the Borrower and each other Loan Party. 
 4.7 The IPO shall have been consummated in accordance with (a) the Form
S-1 Registration Statement File No. 333-192894 initially filed by REI with the SEC on December 16, 2013, as amended prior to the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”), (b) the certificate of incorporation and
other organizational documents of REI and (c) all Governmental Requirements, and the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of any documentation related thereto that it has reasonably requested. 

4.8 The consummation of the IPO shall have resulted in gross cash proceeds to REI in an amount not less than $400,000,000, and REI shall have
contributed, directly or indirectly, all of such proceeds (less underwriting discounts, offering expenses and other costs of the IPO) to the Borrower and/or shall have used such net cash proceeds for the Borrower’s benefit to complete the Alpha
Shale Acquisition and pay the Alpha Shale Group Debt. 
 4.9 The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower certifying (a) that Rice Drilling C is concurrently consummating the Alpha Shale Acquisition and acquiring all of the Specified Equity Interests as contemplated in the Alpha Shale Acquisition Agreement, with no condition
precedent or other provision of the Alpha Shale Acquisition Agreement having been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise 

  
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modified in any manner that is adverse to the interests of the Lenders, (b) as to the purchase price to be paid for the Specified Equity Interests on or about the Sixth Amendment Effective
Date, after giving effect to all adjustments, if any, as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date contemplated by the Alpha Shale Acquisition Agreement, (c) that attached to such certificate is a true, correct and complete copy of all amendments,
if any, to the Alpha Shale Acquisition Agreement (or, if there have not been any amendments to the Alpha Shale Acquisition Agreement after December 6, 2013, such certificate shall include a statement to that effect), (d) that, after giving
effect to the Alpha Shale Acquisition, Rice Drilling C owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of both Alpha Shale Holdings and Alpha Shale Resources, and (e) that the IPO Related Transactions have been
consummated or are being consummated contemporaneously herewith. 
 4.10 After giving effect to the Alpha Shale Acquisition and any
additional title information delivered to the Administrative Agent in connection therewith, the Administrative Agent shall have received title information satisfactory to it on at least 80% of the total PV10 of the Proved Oil and Gas Properties
evaluated in the most recent Reserve Report, as supplemented by any applicable Reserve Report relating to the Properties of Alpha Shale Resources (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the status of title on the Gathering Systems).

 4.11 The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that (a) the Alpha Shale Group Debt and all other amounts due under the Alpha Shale
Credit Agreement have been or are being paid in full, (b) that all commitments to lend thereunder have been terminated, and (c) all Liens securing such the Alpha Shale Credit Agreement will be released upon such payment in full. 

4.12 The Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion of Thompson & Knight, LLP, special counsel to the Loan Parties, and
local counsel in the States of Ohio and Pennsylvania, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 

4.13 The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance coverage of the Borrower, the Parent Guarantors and the
Guarantors evidencing that such entities are carrying insurance in accordance with Section 7.12 of the Credit Agreement (after giving effect to this Sixth Amendment). 

4.14 The Administrative Agent and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to
the Sixth Amendment Effective Date including, without limitation, the upfront fees described in Section 4.15 below. 
 4.15 The
Administrative Agent shall have received, for the account of each of the Lenders, upfront fees in an aggregate amount for each such Lender equal to (a) fifty basis points (0.50%) of the amount of such Lender’s Increased Commitment (as
defined below), if any, (b) twelve and one half basis points (0.125%) of the amount of such Lender’s Continued Alpha Shale Commitment (as defined below), if any, and (c) seven and one half basis points (0.075%) of the amount of such
Lender’s Continued Rice Commitment (as defined below), if any. As used in this Section 4.15 with respect to any Lender: 

“Existing Rice Commitment” means such Lender’s Commitment, if any, that was in effect immediately prior
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 “Existing Alpha Shale Commitment” means such Lender’s
“Commitment”, if any, under and as defined in the Alpha Shale Credit Agreement, as amended prior to the Sixth Amendment Effective Date; 

“New Rice Commitment” means such Lender’s Commitment that is in effect after giving effect to this Sixth
Amendment; 
 “Continued Rice Commitment” means the lesser of such Lender’s Existing Rice Commitment
and such Lender’s New Rice Commitment; 
 “Continued Alpha Shale Commitment” means, for any Lender that
has an Existing Alpha Shale Commitment, the lesser of (i) such Lender’s Existing Alpha Shale Commitment, and (ii) the positive amount, if any, by which (A) such Lender’s New Rice Commitment exceeds (B) such
Lender’s Existing Rice Commitment; and 
 “Increased Commitment” means, the amount, if any, by which
such Lender’s New Rice Commitment exceeds the sum of such Lender’s Existing Rice Commitment plus such Lender’s Existing Alpha Shale Commitment, if any. 

4.16 After giving effect to this Sixth Amendment and the Alpha Shale Acquisition, the outstanding principal amount of all Loans under the
Credit Agreement (as amended hereby) shall be $0. 
 4.17 The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts of a
joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which REI and REA shall become parties to the Intercreditor Agreement. 

Section 5. Miscellaneous. 

5.1 Confirmation and Effect. The provisions of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Sixth Amendment) shall remain in full force and
effect in accordance with its terms following the effectiveness of this Sixth Amendment, and this Sixth Amendment shall not constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, except as expressly provided for
herein. 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. 

5.2 Ratification and Affirmation of Loan Parties. Each of the Loan Parties hereby expressly (a) acknowledges the terms of this
Sixth Amendment, (b) ratifies and affirms its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) acknowledges, renews and extends its continued liability under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (d) agrees that
its guarantee under the Loan Documents to which it is a party remains in full force and effect with 

  
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respect to the Obligations as amended hereby, (e) represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that each representation and warranty of such Loan Party contained in
the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party is true and correct as of the date hereof and after giving effect to the amendments set forth in Section 2 hereof (other than representations and warranties that
were made as of a specific date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct when made), (f) represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that the execution, delivery and performance by such
Loan Party of this Sixth Amendment are within such Loan Party’s corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company powers (as applicable), have been duly authorized by all necessary action and that this Sixth Amendment constitutes the
valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditor’s rights generally, and
(g) represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that, after giving effect to this Sixth Amendment, no Event of Default exists. 

5.3 Counterparts. This Sixth 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 Sixth Amendment by facsimile or electronic (e.g. pdf) transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original
counterpart hereof. 
 5.4 No Oral Agreement. THIS WRITTEN SIXTH
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. 
 5.5 Governing Law. THIS
SIXTH 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. 

5.6 Payment of Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses incurred in connection with this Sixth 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. 
 5.7 Severability. Any provision of this Sixth 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. 
 5.8 Successors and Assigns. This Sixth Amendment
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. 

  
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 [Signature Pages Follow.] 

  
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 The parties hereto have caused this Sixth Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year
first above written. 
  

							
	BORROWER:	 		 	RICE DRILLING B LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Grayson T. Lisenby

		 		 	Name:	 	Grayson T. Lisenby
		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

RICE DRILLING B LLC 

							
	GUARANTORS:	 		 	RICE DRILLING C LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Grayson T. Lisenby

		 		 	Name:	 	Grayson T. Lisenby
		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
			
		 		 	RICE DRILLING D LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Grayson T. Lisenby

		 		 	Name:	 	Grayson T. Lisenby
		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
			
		 		 	RICE POSEIDON MIDSTREAM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Grayson T. Lisenby

		 		 	Name:	 	Grayson T. Lisenby
		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
			
		 		 	RICE OLYMPUS MIDSTREAM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Grayson T. Lisenby

		 		 	Name:	 	Grayson T. Lisenby
		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

RICE DRILLING B LLC 

 
					
	ALPHA SHALE HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Grayson T. Lisenby

	Name:	 	Grayson T. Lisenby
	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	
	ALPHA SHALE RESOURCES, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
		
	By:	 	Alpha Shale Holdings, LLC, its general partner
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Grayson T. Lisenby

	Name:	 	Grayson T. Lisenby
	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

RICE DRILLING B LLC 

							
	PARENT GUARANTORS:	 		 	RICE ENERGY INC., a Delaware corporation
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Grayson T. Lisenby

		 		 	Name:	 	Grayson T. Lisenby
		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
			
		 		 	RICE ENERGY APPALACHIA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Grayson T. Lisenby

		 		 	Name:	 	Grayson T. Lisenby
		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

RICE DRILLING B LLC 

 
			
	WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, a Lender and as Issuing Bank
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew W. Coleman

	Name:	 	Matthew W. Coleman
	Title:	 	Vice President

  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

RICE DRILLING B LLC 

 
			
	BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Vanessa A. Kurbatskiy

	Name:	 	Vanessa A. Kurbatskiy
	Title:	 	Vice President

  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

RICE DRILLING B LLC 

 
			
	BMO HARRIS FINANCING, INC.,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Gumaro Tijerina

	Name:	 	Gumaro Tijerina
	Title:	 	Managing Director

  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

RICE DRILLING B LLC 

 
			
	CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Phil Ballard

	Name:	 	Phil Ballard
	Title:	 	Vice President

  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

RICE DRILLING B LLC 

 
			
	COMERICA BANK, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jeff Treadway

	Name:	 	Jeff Treadway
	Title:	 	Vice President

  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

RICE DRILLING B LLC 

 
			
	FIFTH THIRD BANK, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Justin Crawford

	Name:	 	Justin Crawford
	Title:	 	Director

  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

RICE DRILLING B LLC 

 
			
	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark Walton

	Name:	 	Mark Walton
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

RICE DRILLING B LLC 

 
			
	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark Lumpkin, Jr.

	Name:	 	Mark Lumpkin, Jr.
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

  

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

RICE DRILLING B LLC 

 ANNEX I 

LIST OF MAXIMUM CREDIT AMOUNTS 
  

									
	 Name of Lender
	  	Applicable Percentage	 	 	Maximum Credit Amount	 
	 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
	  	 	25.00	% 	 	$	375,000,000.00	  
	 Barclays Bank PLC
	  	 	15.00	% 	 	$	225,000,000.00	  
	 BMO Harris Financing, Inc.
	  	 	15.00	% 	 	$	225,000,000.00	  
	 Citibank, N.A.
	  	 	10.00	% 	 	$	150,000,000.00	  
	 Comerica Bank
	  	 	10.00	% 	 	$	150,000,000.00	  
	 Fifth Third Bank
	  	 	10.00	% 	 	$	150,000,000.00	  
	 Royal Bank of Canada
	  	 	10.00	% 	 	$	150,000,000.00	  
	 Goldman Sachs Bank USA
	  	 	5.00	% 	 	$	75,000,000.00	  
		  	  
	  
	 	 	  
	  
	 
	 TOTAL
	  	 	100.00	% 	 	$	1,500,000,000.00	  
		  	  
	  
	 	 	  
	  
	 

  
 ANNEX I 

 ANNEX II 

EXISTING ALPHA SHALE LETTERS OF CREDIT 

The Existing Alpha Shale Letters of Credit are the following standby letters of credit that have been issued by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. at the
application of Alpha Shale Resources: 
  

											
	 LC #
	  	Issue Date	  	Maturity
Date	  	Amount	 	  	Beneficiary
	 IS0063039U
	  	8/12/2013	  	8/9/2014	  	$	3,203,951.00	  	  	Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC
	 IS0063041U
	  	8/12/2013	  	8/9/2014	  	$	1,254,435.00	  	  	Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC
	 IS0084685U
	  	9/17/2013	  	9/10/2014	  	$	377,880.00	  	  	Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC
	 IS0087965U
	  	9/19/2013	  	9/10/2014	  	$	5,541,593.00	  	  	Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC

  
 ANNEX II 

 SCHEDULE 7.14 

SUBSIDIARIES 
  

									
	 Restricted Subsidiaries
	  	 Ownership of

Restricted

Subsidiary
	  	 Jurisdiction of

Organization
	  	 Organizational

Identification

Number
	  	 Principal Place of

Business and 
Chief Executive
Office

					
	Rice Drilling C LLC	  	100% by Rice Drilling B LLC	  	Pennsylvania	  	3906088	  	 171 Hillpointe

Drive, Suite 301
 Canonsburg PA 15317

					
	Rice Drilling D LLC	  	100% by Rice Drilling B LLC	  	Delaware	  	5060349	  	 171 Hillpointe

Drive, Suite 301
 Canonsburg PA

15317

					
	Rice Poseidon Midstream LLC	  	100% by Rice Drilling B LLC	  	Delaware	  	5334098	  	 171 Hillpointe

Drive, Suite 301
 Canonsburg PA

15317

					
	Rice Olympus Midstream LLC	  	100% by Rice Drilling B LLC	  	Delaware	  	5334101	  	 171 Hillpointe Drive, Suite 301

Canonsburg PA 15317

					
	Alpha Shale Holdings, LLC	  	100% membership interests owned by Rice Drilling C LLC	  	Delaware	  	4761770	  	 171 Hillpointe Drive, Suite 301

Canonsburg PA 15317

					
	Alpha Shale Resources, LP	  	 99.9% limited partnership interest owned by Rice Drilling C LLC
  

0.1% general partnership interest owned by Alpha Shale Holdings, LLC
	  	Delaware	  	4761777	  	 171 Hillpointe Drive, Suite 301

Canonsburg PA 15317

 The above ownership interests in Alpha Shale Holdings, LLC and Alpha Shale Resources, LP are presented after
giving effect to the Alpha Shale Acquisition. 
  

					
	 Unrestricted Subsidiaries
	  	 Ownership of Unrestricted

Subsidiary
	  	 Jurisdiction of

Organization

	Blue Tiger Oilfield Services LLC	  	100% membership interests owned by Rice Drilling B LLC	  	Delaware
	RDB Real Estate Holding LLC*	  	100% membership interests owned by Rice Drilling B LLC	  	Pennsylvania

  

	*	entity to be dissolved 

  
 SCHEDULE 7.14 

 Other Equity Interests owned by the Borrower and Guarantors as of the Sixth Amendment Effective
Date 
  

					
	 Entity
	  	 Ownership of Entity
	  	 Jurisdiction of

Organization

	Countrywide Energy Services LLC	  	50% membership interests owned by Rice Drilling B LLC	  	Pennsylvania

 The only subsidiary directly owned by REI is REA, and REI owns 100% of the membership interests in REA. 

The only subsidiary that is directly owned by REA is the Borrower, and REA owns 100% of the membership interests in the Borrower. 

  
 SCHEDULE 7.14EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

Execution Version 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 

This Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of January 29, 2014 by and between Rice Energy Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and Daniel J. Rice IV (“Indemnitee”). 
 RECITALS: 

WHEREAS, directors, officers, and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are subjected to expensive and
time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the Company or business enterprise itself; 

WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve as directors, officers, or in other capacities unless they are provided
with adequate protection through insurance and adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation; 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and
retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future; 

WHEREAS, (i) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (as may be amended, the “Certificate of
Incorporation”) and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (as may be amended, the “Bylaws”) require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company, (ii) Indemnitee may also be entitled to
indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”) and (iii) the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth
therein are not exclusive and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the Board, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification; 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and any resolutions adopted
pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefore, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and 

WHEREAS, (i) Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and insurance as adequate
in the present circumstances, (ii) Indemnitee may not be willing to serve or continue to serve as a director or officer without adequate protection, (iii) the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity, and (iv) Indemnitee
is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that Indemnitee be so indemnified. 

 AGREEMENT: 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree
as follows: 
 Section 1. Definitions. (a) As used in this Agreement: 

“Affiliate” of any specified Person shall mean any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under
common control with such specified Person. 
 “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of (i) the Company or (ii) any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership or joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which such person is or was serving at the request of
the Company. 
 “Disinterested Director” shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the
Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee. 
 “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary. 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

“Expenses” shall mean all reasonable costs, expenses, fees and charges, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees,
retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types
customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding. Expenses also shall include, without limitation,
(i) expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from, incurred by Indemnitee in connection with, arising out of, or in respect of or relating to, any Proceeding, including without limitation, the premium, security for, and other
costs relating to any cost bond, supersedes bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, (ii) for purposes of Section 12(d) hereof only, expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of
Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, by litigation or otherwise, (iii) any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, and
(iv) any interest, assessments or other charges in respect of the foregoing. “Expenses” shall not include “Liabilities.” 

“Indemnity Obligations” shall mean all obligations of the Company to Indemnitee under this Agreement, including the
Company’s obligations to provide indemnification to Indemnitee and advance Expenses to Indemnitee under this Agreement. 

“Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm of 50 or more attorneys, or a member of a law firm of 50 or more attorneys, that
is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters
concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding 

  
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giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder; provided, however, that the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of
professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. 

“Liabilities” shall mean all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, judgments, orders, fines, penalties and other amounts
payable in connection with, arising out of, or in respect of or relating to any Proceeding, including, without limitation, amounts paid in settlement in any Proceeding and all costs and expenses in complying with any judgment, order or decree issued
or entered in connection with any Proceeding or any settlement agreement, stipulation or consent decree entered into or issued in settlement of any Proceeding. 

“Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust,
governmental agency or body or any other legal entity. 
 “Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed
action, claim, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, formal or informal hearing, inquiry or investigation, litigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed judicial, administrative or
arbitration proceeding (including, without limitation, any such proceeding under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act or any other federal law, state law, foreign law or common law or statute or regulation) or extradition
proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise, and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, in each case, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be, or is threatened to be, involved as a party,
witness or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, by reason of any actual or alleged action taken by Indemnitee (or a failure to take action by Indemnitee) or of any action on
Indemnitee’s part while acting as director or officer of the Company, or by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement can be provided under this
Agreement. 
 “Sponsor Entities” means (i) Rice Energy Holdings LLC and (ii) any Affiliate of Rice Energy Holdings
LLC; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall be considered Sponsor Entities hereunder. 

(b) For the purpose hereof, references to “fines” shall include any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan;
references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with
respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a Person who acted in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit
plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement. 

  
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 Section 2. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify and hold
harmless Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Liabilities and Expenses suffered or reasonably incurred (and, in the case of retainers, reasonably expected to be incurred) by Indemnitee or on
Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with any Proceeding (other than any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor, which is provided for in Section 3 below), or any claim, issue or matter
therein. 
 Section 3. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless
Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Liabilities and Expenses suffered or incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding brought by or in the right of the
Company to procure a judgment in its favor, or any claim, issue or matter therein. No indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 3 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally
adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or any court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine that such indemnification may be made. 

Section 4. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Agreement, and without limiting the rights of Indemnitee under any other provision hereof, including any rights to indemnification pursuant to Sections 2 or 3 hereof, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to the extent that
Indemnitee is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with each successfully resolved Proceeding, claim, issue, or matter. For purposes of this Section 4 and without limitation, the termination of any Proceeding or claim, issue or matter in
such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter. 

Section 5. Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a witness or otherwise a participant, including by receipt of a subpoena, in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party,
Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses suffered or incurred (or, in the case of retainers, reasonably expected to be incurred) by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith. 

Section 6. Additional Indemnification. Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 2, 3 or 4 hereof the Company shall indemnify
Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all
Liabilities and Expenses suffered or reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding, including but not limited to: 

(a) the fullest extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the
corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL; and 
 (b) the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any
amendments to or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its officers and directors. 

  
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 Section 7. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company
shall not be obligated under this Agreement to indemnify or hold harmless Indemnitee: 
 (a) for Liabilities or Expenses for which payment
has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy obtained by the Company except (i) with respect to any excess beyond or any deductible or retention within the amount paid under such insurance policy or
(ii) to the extent amounts previously paid or advanced on behalf of the Indemnitee under any insurance policy are recouped by the insurance company; 

(b) for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the
meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; 
 (c) except as provided in
Section 12(d) of this Agreement, in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee or any Sponsor Entity, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee or any Sponsor
Entity against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding), (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion,
pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law, or (iii) such Proceeding is being brought by Indemnitee to assert, interpret or enforce Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement; or 

(d) if a final decision by a court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine that such indemnification is not lawful. 

Section 8. Advancement. In accordance with the pre-existing requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation, and notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, the Expenses and Liabilities reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding, and such advancement shall be made
within ten (10) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free.
Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall include any and all
Expenses reasonably incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the
execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, which shall constitute an undertaking providing that Indemnitee undertakes to repay the amounts advanced to 

  
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the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. This Section 8 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which
indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 7 hereof. 
 Section 9. Procedure for Notification and Defense of Claim. 

(a) Indemnitee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of any Proceeding with respect to which Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification
or advancement hereunder following the receipt by Indemnitee of written notice thereof (the date of such notification, the “Submission Date”). The written notification to the Company shall include a description of the nature of the
Proceeding and the facts underlying the Proceeding. To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably
available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. Any delay or failure by Indemnitee to notify
the Company hereunder will not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee hereunder or otherwise than under this Agreement, and any delay or failure in so notifying the Company shall not constitute a waiver by Indemnitee
of any rights under this Agreement. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification. 

(b) In the event Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification and/or advancement with respect to any Proceeding, Indemnitee may, at
Indemnitee’s option, (i) retain counsel selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company to defend Indemnitee in such Proceeding, at the sole expense of the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed), or (ii) have the Company assume the defense of Indemnitee in such Proceeding, in which case the Company shall assume the defense of such Proceeding with counsel selected by the Company and approved by Indemnitee (which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) within ten (10) days of the Company’s receipt of written notice of Indemnitee’s election to cause the Company to do so. If the Company is required to assume the defense of any such
Proceeding, it shall engage legal counsel for such defense, and the Company shall be solely responsible for all fees and expenses of such legal counsel and otherwise of such defense. Such legal counsel may represent both Indemnitee and the Company
(and any other party or parties entitled to be indemnified by the Company with respect to such matter) unless, in the reasonable opinion of legal counsel to Indemnitee, there is a conflict of interest between Indemnitee and the Company (or any other
such party or parties) or there are legal defenses available to Indemnitee that are not available to the Company (or any such other party or parties). Notwithstanding either party’s assumption of responsibility for defense of a Proceeding, each
party shall have the right to engage separate counsel at its own expense. The party having responsibility for defense of a Proceeding shall provide the other party and its counsel with all copies of pleadings and material correspondence relating to
the proceeding. Indemnitee and the Company shall reasonably cooperate in the defense of any Proceeding with respect to which indemnification is sought hereunder, regardless of whether the Company or Indemnitee assumes the defense thereof. Indemnitee
may not settle or compromise any Proceeding without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Company may not settle or compromise any proceeding without the prior written
consent of Indemnitee. 

  
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 Section 10. Procedure Upon Application for Indemnification. 

(a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 9(a) hereof, if any determination by the Company is
required by applicable law with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto, such determination shall be made (i) if Indemnitee shall request such determination be made by Independent Counsel, by Independent Counsel, and (ii) in all
other circumstances, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (B) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even
though less than a quorum of the Board, (C) if there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee,
or (D) if so directed by the Board, by the stockholders of the Company holding a majority of the securities of the Company entitled to vote; and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall
be made within ten (10) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person,
persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any
Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company
hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom. The Company will not deny any written request for indemnification hereunder made in good faith by Indemnitee unless a determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to such
indemnification described in this Section 10(a) has been made. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Liabilities and
Expenses arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto. 
 (b) In the event the determination of
entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof, (i) the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee within ten (10) days of the Submission Date (the cost of such
Independent Counsel to be paid by the Company), (ii) Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected and (iii) the Company may, within ten (10) days after such
written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to Indemnitee the Company’s written objection to such selection. Such objection by the Company may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel selected does not meet the
requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in this Agreement. If such written objection is made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel selected shall not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until the Company withdraws the
objection or a court has determined that such objection is without merit. Absent a timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to before the later of
(i) thirty (30) days after the Submission Date and (ii) ten (10) days after the final disposition of the Proceeding, each of the Company and Indemnitee shall 

  
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select a law firm or member of a law firm meeting the qualifications to serve as Independent Counsel, and such law firms or members of law firms shall select the Independent Counsel. Upon the due
commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of
professional conduct then prevailing). 
 Section 11. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings. 

(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person, persons or entity making such
determination shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 9(a) of this
Agreement, and the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption.
Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because
Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the
action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. 
 (b) Subject to Section 12(e) hereof,
if the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 10 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by the
Company of the request therefore, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent a
prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided, however, that such 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if (i) the determination is to be made
by Independent Counsel and the Company objects to Indemnitee’s selection of Independent Counsel and (ii) the Independent Counsel ultimately selected requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation or
information relating thereto; provided further, however, that such 60-day period may also be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be
made by the stockholders of the Company. 
 (c) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment,
order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that
Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that
Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. 

  
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 (d) Reliance as Safe Harbor. For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee
shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the
course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with the
reasonable care by the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 11(d) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in this Agreement. 
 (e) Actions of Others. The knowledge or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or
employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement. 

Section 12. Remedies of Indemnitee. 

(a) Subject to Section 12(e) hereof, in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement
that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement is not timely made pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made
pursuant to Section 10(a) of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Sections 4 or 5 or the last sentence of
Section 10(a) of this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Sections 2, 3 or 6 of this Agreement is not made within ten (10) days
after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vi) in the event that the Company or any other Person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes
any litigation or other action or Proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication, by a court of competent
jurisdiction, of Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification or advancement. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at Indemnitee’s option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration. 

(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse
determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement, as the case may be. 

(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification,
the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, absent a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law. 

  
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 (d) The Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from asserting
in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator
that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. It is the intent of the Company that Indemnitee not be required to incur Expenses associated with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this
Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to Indemnitee hereunder. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if
requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefore) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any
action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately
is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement or insurance recovery, as the case may be. 
 (e) Notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding; provided that, in absence of any such determination
with respect to such Proceeding, the Company shall advance Expenses with respect to such Proceeding. 
 Section 13. Non-Exclusivity;
Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation. 
 (a) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement as provided by this
Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or
otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in Indemnitee’s
Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. The Company shall not adopt any amendment or alteration to, or repeal of, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, the effect of which would be to deny, diminish or encumber the
Indemnitee’s rights to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or applicable law prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or
judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement than would be afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this
Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

  
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 (b) The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee may have certain rights to indemnification,
advancement and insurance provided by one or more Persons with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor Entity). The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Company shall be the
indemnitor of first resort with respect to any Proceeding, Expense, Liability or matter that is the subject of the Indemnity Obligations, (ii) the Company shall be primarily liable for all Indemnity Obligations and any indemnification afforded
to Indemnitee in respect of any Proceeding, Expense, Liability or matter that is the subject of Indemnity Obligations, whether created by law, organizational or constituent documents, contract (including this Agreement) or otherwise, (iii) any
obligation of any other Persons with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor Entity) to indemnify Indemnitee or advance Expenses or Liabilities to Indemnitee in respect of any Proceeding shall be
secondary to the obligations of the Company hereunder, (iv) the Company shall be required to indemnify Indemnitee and advance Expenses or Liabilities to Indemnitee hereunder to the fullest extent provided herein without regard to any rights
Indemnitee may have against any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor Entity) or insurer of any such Person and (v) the Company irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases any
other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor Entity) from any claim of contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect of amounts paid by the Company hereunder.
In the event any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor Entity) or their insurers advances or extinguishes any liability or loss which is the subject of any Indemnity Obligation owed
by the Company or payable under any Company insurance policy, the payor shall have a right of subrogation against the Company or its insurer or insurers for all amounts so paid which would otherwise be payable by the Company or its insurer or
insurers under this Agreement. In no event will payment of an Indemnity Obligation by any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor Entity) or their insurers affect the obligations of
the Company hereunder or shift primary liability for any Indemnity Obligation to any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor Entity). Any indemnification, insurance or advancement
provided by any other Person with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor Entity) with respect to any liability arising as a result of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status or capacity as an officer or
director of any Person is specifically in excess over any Indemnity Obligation of the Company or valid and any collectible insurance (including but not limited to any directors & officers liability insurance, malpractice insurance or
professional errors and omissions insurance) provided by the Company under this Agreement. 
 (c) To the extent that the Company maintains
an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which such person
serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage 

  
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available for any such director, officer, employee or agent under such policy or policies and such policies shall provide for and recognize that the insurance policies are primary to any rights
to indemnification, advancement or insurance proceeds to which Indemnitee may be entitled from one or more Persons with whom or which Indemnitee may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor Entity) to the same extent as the
Company’s indemnification and advancement obligations set forth in this Agreement. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the
Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such
insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. 

(d) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall not be subrogated to the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, including
rights of indemnification provided to Indemnitee from any other person or entity with whom Indemnitee may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor Entity); provided, however, that the Company shall be subrogated to the
extent of any such payment of all rights of recovery of Indemnitee under insurance policies of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. 

(e) The indemnification and contribution provided for in this Agreement will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of Indemnitee. 
 Section 14. Duration of Agreement; Not Employment Contract. This Agreement shall continue
until and terminate upon the latest of: (i) ten (10) years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any other Enterprise and (ii) one year after the date of
final termination of any Proceeding then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement relating
thereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment
contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that Indemnitee’s employment with the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), if any, is at will,
and Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, except as may be otherwise provided in any written employment contract between Indemnitee and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), other
applicable formal severance policies duly adopted by the Board, or, with respect to service as a director of the Company, by the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and the DGCL. 

Section 15. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by

  
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law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and
(c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself
invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby. 
 Section 16.
Enforcement. 
 (a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations
imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company. 
 (b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the
Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefore, nor diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder. 

Section 17. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed
in writing by the parties thereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. 

Section 18. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third
business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed or (d) sent by facsimile transmission, with
receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has been received: 
 (a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature
page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide to the Company. 
 (b) If to the Company to 

Rice Energy Inc. 
 171 Hillpointe
Drive, Suite 301 
 Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317 

Facsimile: (724) 746-6725 

Attention: Board of Directors 
 or to any other
address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company. 

  
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 Section 19. Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if
the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for Liabilities or for
Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative
benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in
connection with such event(s) and transaction(s). 
 Section 20. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and
the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by
Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in
the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and
(iv) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum. 

Section 21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be
deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

 Section 22. Third-Party Beneficiaries. The Sponsor Entities are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and
shall have all of the rights afforded to Indemnitee under this Agreement. 
 Section 23. Miscellaneous. Use of the masculine
pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the
construction thereof. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year
first above written. 
  

									
	RICE ENERGY INC.	 		 		 	INDEMNITEE
					
	By:	 	 /s/ Toby Z. Rice
	 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Daniel J. Rice IV

	Name:	 	Toby Z. Rice	 		 	Name:	 	Daniel J. Rice IV
	Title:	 	President and Chief Operating Officer	 		 	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer

 Signature Page to Indemnification Agreement

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