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Exhibit 10.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of November 17, 2022, by and between FROST BANK, a Texas state bank (“Lender”), and STELLAR BANCORP, INC., a Texas corporation (“SBI” or “Borrower”), f/k/a CBTX, Inc. 
RECITALS:
    WHEREAS, on or about December 13, 2017, Lender made available to Borrower a revolving line of credit in the original principal amount of THIRTY MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($30,000,000.00) (the “Revolving Credit Commitment”), as evidenced by that certain Revolving Promissory Note dated December 13, 2017 (the “Original Note”), made by Borrower and payable to the order of Lender, and as further evidenced by that certain Loan Agreement dated of even date with the Original Note (the “Original Loan Agreement”), by and between Borrower and Lender, and as secured by that certain Pledge and Security Agreement dated of even date with the Original Note (the “Original Pledge Agreement”), by and between Borrower and Lender, pursuant to which Borrower pledged as collateral security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, all of Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of COMMUNITYBANK OF TEXAS, N.A., a national banking association (“CommunityBank”);
    WHEREAS, on or about December 13, 2018, Lender modified, extended and renewed the Revolving Credit Commitment, as evidenced by that certain Revolving Promissory Note dated December 13, 2018 (the “First Renewal Note”), by Borrower and payable to the order of Lender, and as further evidenced by that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated of even date with the First Renewal Note (the “First Amended Loan Agreement”), by and between Borrower and Lender;
    WHEREAS, on or about December 13, 2019, Lender further modified, extended and renewed the Revolving Credit Commitment, as evidenced by that certain Revolving Promissory Note dated December 13, 2019 (the “Second Renewal Note”), by Borrower and payable to the order of Lender, and as further evidenced by that certain Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated of even date with the Second Renewal Note (as amended, the “Second Amended Loan Agreement”), by and between Borrower and Lender; 
    WHEREAS, on or about December 13, 2021, Lender further modified, extended and renewed the Revolving Credit Commitment, as evidenced by that certain Revolving Promissory Note dated December 13, 2021 (the “Third Renewal Note”), by Borrower and payable to the order of Lender, and as further evidenced by that certain First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the “Third Amended Loan Agreement,” and together with this Agreement, the Original Note, Original Loan Agreement, Pledge Agreement, First Renewal Note, First Amended Loan Agreement, Second Renewal Note, Second Amended Loan Agreement, Third Renewal Note, Modification Agreement (as defined below), and all such other documents, instruments and agreements evidencing, security or pertaining to the Obligations as will from time to time be executed and delivered to Lender by Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Obligated Party or any other party in connection with the Revolving Credit Commitment, and any future amendments, restatements, modifications, ratifications, confirmations, extensions or supplements hereto or thereto, the “Loan Documents”), by and between Borrower and Lender; 
    WHEREAS, effective October 1, 2022, (i) CommunityBank merged with and into ALLEGIANCE BANK, a Texas state bank (“Allegiance Bank”), with Allegiance Bank surviving the merger (the “Bank Merger”); (ii) ALLEGIANCE BANCSHARES, INC., a Texas corporation, merged with and into Borrower, with Borrower surviving the merger (the 
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“Holding Company Merger”); and (iii) in connection with the Holding Company Merger, CBTX, Inc. changed its corporate name to SBI;
    WHEREAS, as a result of the Bank Merger, the corporate existence of CommunityBank ceased to exist effective as of October 1, 2022;
    WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Lender enter into a Modification Agreement dated of even date herewith (the “Modification Agreement”) providing for the following modifications to the Revolving Credit Commitment and the Loan Documents: (i) the pledge by Borrower as collateral security for the payment and performance of the Obligations all of Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to 100% of the shares of capital stock of Allegiance Bank; and (ii) identification of Borrower’s corporate name change to SBI; and
    WHEREAS, as a condition to Lender’s agreement to make such modifications, Lender requires that Borrower execute and deliver to Lender this Agreement. 
NOW, THEREFORE, subject to all terms, conditions and covenants hereinafter set forth and in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
    1.    Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
        (a)    The term “Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Texas or of any other state having jurisdiction with respect to any of the rights and remedies of Secured Party on the date of this Agreement or as it may hereafter be amended from time to time.
        (b)    The term “Collateral” shall mean all personal property of Grantor specifically described on SCHEDULE A attached hereto and made a part hereof. The term Collateral, as used herein, shall also include (i) all certificates, instruments and/or other documents evidencing the foregoing; (ii) all renewals, replacements and substitutions of all of the foregoing, (iii) all Additional Property (as hereinafter defined); and (iv) all “Products” and “Proceeds” (each as defined in the Code) of all of the foregoing.  The designation of Proceeds does not authorize Grantor to sell, transfer or otherwise convey any of the foregoing property.  The delivery at any time by Grantor to Secured Party of any property as a pledge to secure payment or performance of any indebtedness or obligation whatsoever shall also constitute a pledge of such property as Collateral hereunder.
        (c)    The term “Grantor” shall mean Borrower, a Texas corporation, whose organization number is 800765321 and who is organized in the State of Texas.    
        (d)    The term “Indebtedness” shall mean (i) all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of Borrower to Secured Party of any kind or character, now existing or hereafter arising, whether direct, indirect, related, unrelated, fixed, contingent, liquidated, unliquidated, joint, several or joint and several, and regardless of whether such indebtedness, obligations and liabilities may, prior to their acquisition by Secured Party, be or have been payable to or in favor of a third party and subsequently acquired by Secured Party (it being contemplated that Secured Party may make such acquisitions from third parties), including, without limitation, all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of Borrower to Secured Party now existing or hereafter arising by note, draft, acceptance, guaranty, endorsement, letter of credit, assignment, purchase, overdraft, discount, indemnity agreement, Interest Rate Protection Agreement (as hereafter defined), or otherwise, including, without limitation, the Third Renewal Note in the original principal amount of $30,000,000.00 executed by Borrower and payable to the order of Secured 
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Party; (ii) all accrued but unpaid interest on any of the indebtedness described in subpart (i) above; (iii) all obligations of Borrower to Secured Party under any documents evidencing, securing, governing and/or pertaining to all or any part of the indebtedness described in subparts (i) and (ii) above; (iv) all costs and expenses incurred by Secured Party in connection with the collection and administration of all or any part of the indebtedness and obligations described in subparts (i), (ii) and (iii) above or the protection or preservation of, or realization upon, the collateral securing all or any part of such indebtedness and obligations, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees; and (v) all renewals, extensions, modifications and rearrangements of the indebtedness and obligations described in subparts (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.
        (e)    The term “Interest Rate Protection Agreement” shall mean any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate exchange agreement, currency exchange agreement, foreign exchange agreement, interest rate and currency exchange agreement, forward rate agreement, rate floor agreement, interest rate protection agreement, interest rate cap agreement, rate collar agreement, any option agreement respecting the foregoing, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) Master Agreement, or any similar agreement or arrangement and any schedule, confirmation, exhibit, document or instrument evidencing any interest in a transaction covered by any such agreement, now existing or hereafter entered into by Borrower and Secured Party or an affiliate of Secured Party in connection with any Indebtedness to hedge the risk of variable interest rate volatility or fluctuations of interest rates, as the same may be modified, supplemented, amended or revised and in effect from time to time.
        (f)    The term “Loan Documents” shall mean all instruments and documents evidencing, securing, governing, guaranteeing and/or pertaining to the Indebtedness.
        (g)    The term “Margin Stock” shall mean margin stock as defined in Section 221.2 of Regulation U, promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Part 221, as amended.
        (h)    The term “Obligated Party” shall mean any party other than Borrower who secures, guarantees and/or is otherwise obligated to pay all or any portion of the Indebtedness, including Grantor, if different from Borrower.
All words and phrases used herein which are expressly defined in Section 1.201, Chapter 8 or Chapter 9 of the Code shall have the meaning provided for therein.  Other words and phrases defined elsewhere in the Code shall have the meaning specified therein except to the extent such meaning is inconsistent with a definition in Section 1.201, Chapter 8 or Chapter 9 of the Code.
    2.    Security Interest.  As security for the Indebtedness, Grantor, for value received, hereby grants to Secured Party a continuing first priority security interest in the Collateral. 
    3.    Additional Property.  Collateral shall also include the following property (collectively, the “Additional Property”) which Grantor becomes entitled to receive or shall receive in connection with any other Collateral:  (a) any stock certificate, including without limitation, any certificate representing a stock dividend or any certificate in connection with any recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, conversion, sale of assets, combination of shares, stock split or spin-off; (b) any option, warrant, subscription or right, whether as an addition to or in substitution of any other Collateral; (c) any dividends or distributions of any kind whatsoever, whether distributable in cash, stock or other property; (d) any interest, premium or principal payments; and (e) any conversion or redemption Proceeds; provided, however, that until the occurrence of an Event of Default (as hereinafter defined), Grantor shall be entitled to all cash dividends and all interest paid on the Collateral (except interest paid on any certificate of 
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deposit pledged hereunder) free of the security interest created under this Agreement.  All Additional Property received by Grantor shall be received in trust for the benefit of Secured Party.  All Additional Property and all certificates or other written instruments or documents evidencing and/or representing the Additional Property that is received by Grantor, together with such instruments of transfer as Secured Party may request, shall immediately be delivered to or deposited with Secured Party and held by Secured Party as Collateral under the terms of this Agreement.  If the Additional Property received by Grantor shall be shares of stock or other securities, such shares of stock or other securities shall be duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer and assignment duly executed in blank with, if requested by Secured Party, signatures guaranteed by a bank or member firm of the New York Stock Exchange, all in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party.  Secured Party shall be deemed to have possession of any Collateral in transit to Secured Party or its agent.
    4.    Voting Rights.  As long as no Event of Default shall have occurred hereunder, any voting rights incident to any stock or other securities pledged as Collateral may be exercised by Grantor; provided, however, that Grantor will not exercise, or cause to be exercised, any such voting rights, without the prior written consent of Secured Party, if the direct or indirect effect of such vote will result in an Event of Default hereunder.
    5.    Maintenance of Collateral.  Other than the exercise of reasonable care to assure the safe custody of any Collateral in Secured Party's possession from time to time, Secured Party does not have any obligation, duty or responsibility with respect to the Collateral.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Secured Party shall not have any obligation, duty or responsibility to do any of the following:  (a) ascertain any maturities, calls, conversions, exchanges, offers, tenders or similar matters relating to the Collateral or informing Grantor with respect to any such matters; (b) fix, preserve or exercise any right, privilege or option (whether conversion, redemption or otherwise) with respect to the Collateral unless (i) Grantor makes written demand to Secured Party to do so, (ii) such written demand is received by Secured Party in sufficient time to permit Secured Party to take the action demanded in the ordinary course of its business, and (iii) Grantor provides additional collateral, acceptable to Secured Party in its sole discretion; (c) collect any amounts payable in respect of the Collateral (Secured Party being liable to account to Grantor only for what Secured Party may actually receive or collect thereon); (d) sell all or any portion of the Collateral to avoid market loss; (e) sell all or any portion of the Collateral unless and until (i) Grantor makes written demand upon Secured Party to sell the Collateral, and (ii) Grantor provides additional collateral, acceptable to Secured Party in its sole discretion; or (f) hold the Collateral for or on behalf of any party other than Grantor.
    6.    Representations and Warranties.  Grantor hereby represents and warrants the following to Secured Party:
        (a)    Authority.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all of the other Loan Documents by Grantor have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of Grantor, to the extent Grantor is a corporation, by all necessary partnership action, to the extent Grantor is a partnership, by all necessary company action of Grantor, to the extent Grantor is a limited liability company, by the provisions of the trust documents, to the extent Grantor is a trust.
        (b)    Accuracy of Information.  All information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to Secured Party by or on behalf of Grantor with respect to the Collateral is true and correct.  The exact legal name and organization number of Grantor is correctly shown above.
        (c)    Enforceability.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Grantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws of general application relating 
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to the enforcement of creditors' rights and except to the extent specific remedies may generally be limited by equitable principles.
        (d)    Ownership and Liens. Grantor has good and marketable title to the Collateral free and clear of all liens, security interests, encumbrances or adverse claims, except for the security interest created by this Agreement and the security interests and other encumbrances expressly permitted by the other Loan Documents.  No dispute, right of setoff, counterclaim or defense exists with respect to all or any part of the Collateral.  Grantor has not executed any other security agreement currently affecting the Collateral and no financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any recording office except as may have been executed or filed in favor of Secured Party.
        (e)    No Conflicts or Consents.  Neither the ownership, the intended use of the Collateral by Grantor, the grant of the security interest by Grantor to Secured Party herein nor the exercise by Secured Party of its rights or remedies hereunder, will (i) conflict with any provision of (A) any domestic or foreign law, statute, rule or regulation, (B) the articles or certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization, charter, bylaws, partnership agreement or trust agreement, as the case may be, of Grantor, or (C) any agreement, judgment, license, order or permit applicable to or binding upon Grantor or otherwise affecting the Collateral, or (ii) result in or require the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets or properties of Grantor or of any person except as may be expressly contemplated in the Loan Documents.  Except as expressly contemplated in the Loan Documents, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, and no notice to or filing with, any court, governmental authority or third party is required in connection with the grant by Grantor of the security interest herein or the exercise by Secured Party of its rights and remedies hereunder.
        (f)    Security Interest.  Grantor has and will have at all times full right, power and authority to grant a security interest in the Collateral to Secured Party in the manner provided herein, free and clear of any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance. This Agreement creates a legal, valid and binding security interest in favor of Secured Party in the Collateral.
    (g)    Location/Identity.  Grantor’s principal residence or place of business and chief executive office (as those terms are used in the Code), as the case may be is located at the address set forth herein.  Except as specified elsewhere herein, all Collateral and records concerning the Collateral shall be kept at such address. Grantor’s organizational structure, state of organization, and organizational number (the “Organizational Information”) are as set forth herein.  Except as specified herein, the Organizational Information shall not change.
        (h)    Solvency of Grantor.  As of the date hereof, and after giving effect to this Agreement and the completion of all other transactions contemplated by Grantor at the time of the execution of this Agreement, (i) Grantor is and will be solvent; (ii) the fair saleable value of Grantor’s assets exceeds and will continue to exceed Grantor’s liabilities (both fixed and contingent); (iii) Grantor is paying and will continue to be able to pay its debts as they mature, and (iv) if Grantor is not an individual, Grantor has and will have sufficient capital to carry on Grantor’s businesses and all businesses in which Grantor is about to engage.
        (i)    Securities.  Any certificates evidencing securities pledged as Collateral are valid and genuine and have not been altered.  All securities pledged as Collateral have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and were not issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any party or of any agreement by which Grantor or the issuer thereof is bound.  No restrictions or conditions exist with respect to the transfer or voting of any securities pledged as Collateral, except as has been disclosed to Secured Party in writing.  To the best of Grantor’s knowledge, no issuer of such securities (other than securities of a class which 
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are publicly traded) has any outstanding stock rights, rights to subscribe, options, warrants or convertible securities outstanding or any other rights outstanding entitling any party to have issued to such party capital stock of such issuer, except as has been disclosed to Secured Party in writing. 
(j)    Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act.  
(i)      Grantor is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.  
(ii)      None of Grantor, any person controlling Grantor, or any subsidiary (i) is a “holding company,” or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company,” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company,” within the meaning of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended; or (ii) is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
    (k)    Patriot Act.  All capitalized words and phrases and all defined terms used in the USA Patriot Act of 2001, 107 Public Law 56 (October 26, 2001) (the “Patriot Act”) and in other statutes and all orders, rules and regulations of the United States government and its various executive department, agencies and offices related to the subject matter of the Patriot Act, including, but not limited to, Executive Order 13224 effective September 24, 2001, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Patriot Rules” and are incorporated into this Agreement.  Borrower (and Grantor, if different from Borrower) represents and warrants to Secured Party that neither it nor any of its principals, shareholders, members, partners, or affiliates, as applicable, is a person named as a Specially Designated National and Blocked Person (as defined in Presidential Executive Order 13224) and that it is not acting, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of any such person.  Borrower (and Grantor, if different from Borrower) further represents and warrants to Secured Party that Borrower (and Grantor, if different from Borrower) and its principals, shareholders, members, partners, or affiliates, as applicable, are not, directly or indirectly, engaged in, nor facilitating, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on behalf of any person named as a Specially Designated National and Blocked Person. Borrower (and Grantor, if different from Borrower) hereby agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Secured Party from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, risks, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys; fees and costs) arising from or related to any breach of the foregoing representations and warranties.
    7.    Affirmative Covenants.  Grantor will comply with the covenants contained in this Section 7 at all times during the period of time this Agreement is effective unless Secured Party shall otherwise consent in writing.
        (a)    Ownership and Liens.  Grantor will maintain good and marketable title to all Collateral free and clear of all liens, security interests, encumbrances or adverse claims, except for the security interest created by this Agreement and the security interests and other encumbrances expressly permitted by the other Loan Documents.  Grantor will not permit any dispute, right of setoff, counterclaim or defense to exist with respect to all or any part of the Collateral.  Grantor will cause any financing statement or other security instrument with respect to the Collateral to be terminated, except as may exist or as may have been filed in favor of Secured Party.  Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints Secured Party as Grantor's attorney-in-fact, such power of attorney being coupled with an interest, with full authority in the place and stead of Grantor and in the name of Grantor or otherwise, for the purpose of terminating any financing statements currently filed with respect to the Collateral.  Grantor will defend at its expense 
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Secured Party's right, title and security interest in and to the Collateral against the claims of any third party.
        (b)    Inspection of Books and Records.  Grantor will keep adequate records concerning the Collateral and will permit Secured Party and all representatives and agents appointed by Secured Party to inspect Grantor’s books and records of or relating to the Collateral at any time during normal business hours, to make and take away photocopies, photographs and printouts thereof and to write down and record any such information.
        (c)    Adverse Claim.  Grantor covenants and agrees to promptly notify Secured Party of any claim, action or proceeding affecting title to the Collateral, or any part thereof, or the security interest created hereunder and, at Grantor’s expense, defend Secured Party’s security interest in the Collateral against the claims of any third party.  Grantor also covenants and agrees to promptly deliver to Secured Party a copy of all written notices received by Grantor with respect to the Collateral, including without limitation, notices received from the issuer of any securities pledged hereunder as Collateral.
        (d)    Further Assurances.  Grantor will contemporaneously with the execution hereof and from time to time thereafter at its expense promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents and take all further action necessary or appropriate or that Secured Party may request in order (i) to perfect and protect the security interest created or purported to be created hereby and the first priority of such security interest; (ii) to enable Secured Party to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder in respect of the Collateral; and (iii) to otherwise effect the purposes of this Agreement, including without limitation:  (A) executing (if requested) and filing any financing or continuation statements, or any amendments thereto, (B) obtaining written confirmation from the issuer of any securities pledged as Collateral of the pledge of such securities, in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party, (C) cooperating with Secured Party in registering the pledge of any securities pledged as Collateral with the issuer of such securities, (D) delivering notice of Secured Party’s security interest in any securities pledged as Collateral to any financial intermediary, clearing corporation or other party required by Secured Party, in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party, and (E) obtaining written confirmation of the pledge of any securities constituting Collateral from any financial intermediary, clearing corporation or other party required by Secured Party, in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party.  If all or any part of the Collateral is securities issued by an agency or department of the United States, Grantor covenants and agrees, at Secured Party’s request, to cooperate in registering such securities in Secured Party’s name or with Secured Party's account maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank.
    (e)    Control Agreements.  Grantor will cooperate with Secured Party in obtaining a control agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party with respect to Collateral for which such agreement is required for perfection of a security interest pursuant to the Code (as determined by Secured Party in its sole discretion).
    8.    Negative Covenants.  Grantor will comply with the covenants contained in this Section 8 at all times during the period of time this Agreement is effective, unless Secured Party shall otherwise consent in writing.
        (a)    Transfer or Encumbrance.  Grantor will not (i) sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or transfer Grantor’s rights in any of the Collateral; (ii) grant a lien or security interest in or execute, authorize, file or record any financing statement or other security instrument with respect to the Collateral to any party other than Secured Party; or (iii) deliver actual or constructive possession of any certificate, instrument or document evidencing and/or representing any of the Collateral to any party other than Secured Party.
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        (b)    Impairment of Security Interest.  Grantor will not take or fail to take any action which would in any manner impair the value or enforceability of Secured Party’s security interest in any Collateral.
        (c)    Dilution of Ownership.  As to any securities pledged as Collateral (other than securities of a class which are publicly traded), Grantor will not consent to or approve of the issuance of (i) any additional shares of any class of securities of such issuer (unless immediately upon issuance additional securities are pledged and delivered to Secured Party pursuant to the terms hereof to the extent necessary to give Secured Party a security interest after such issuance in at least the same percentage of such issuer’s outstanding securities as Secured Party had before such issuance); (ii) any instrument convertible voluntarily by the holder thereof or automatically upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event or condition into, or exchangeable for, any such securities; or (iii) any warrants, options, contracts or other commitments entitling any third party to purchase or otherwise acquire any such securities.
        (d)    Restrictions on Securities.  Grantor will not enter into any agreement creating, or otherwise permit to exist, any restriction or condition upon the transfer, voting or control of any securities pledged as Collateral, except as consented to in writing by Secured Party.
    9.    Rights of Secured Party.  Secured Party shall have the rights contained in this Section 9 at all times during the period of time this Agreement is effective.
        (a)    Power of Attorney.  Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints Secured Party as Grantor’s attorney-in-fact, such power of attorney being coupled with an interest, with full authority in the place and stead of Grantor and in the name of Grantor or otherwise, to take any actions and to execute any instruments which Secured Party may from time to time in Secured Party’s discretion deem necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the following actions: (i) transfer any securities, instruments, documents or certificates pledged as Collateral in the name of Secured Party or its nominee; (ii) use any interest, premium or principal payments, conversion or redemption Proceeds or other cash Proceeds received in connection with any Collateral to reduce any of the Indebtedness; (iii) exchange any of the securities pledged as Collateral for any other property upon any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other readjustment of the issuer thereof, and, in connection therewith, to deposit and deliver any and all of such securities with any committee, depository, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agent upon such terms and conditions as Secured Party may deem necessary or appropriate; (iv) exercise or comply with any conversion, exchange, redemption, subscription or any other right, privilege or option pertaining to any securities pledged as Collateral; provided, however, except as provided herein, Secured Party shall not have a duty to exercise or comply with any such right, privilege or option (whether conversion, redemption or otherwise) and shall not be responsible for any delay or failure to do so; and (v) file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which Secured Party may deem necessary or appropriate for the collection and/or preservation of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of Secured Party with respect to the Collateral.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Secured Party shall only have the right to exercise the power of attorney provided in this Section 9(a) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.
        (b)    Performance by Secured Party.  If Grantor fails to perform any agreement or obligation provided herein, Secured Party may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of Secured Party incurred in connection therewith shall be a part of the Indebtedness, secured by the Collateral and payable by Grantor on demand.
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Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, Secured Party does not have any duty to exercise or continue to exercise any of the foregoing rights and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or for any delay in doing so.
    10.    Events of Default.  Each of the following constitutes an “Event of Default” under this Agreement:
        (a)    Default in Payment.  The failure, refusal or neglect of Borrower to make any payment of principal or interest on the Indebtedness, or any portion thereof, as the same shall become due and payable; 
        (b)    Non-Performance of Covenants.  The failure of Borrower or any Obligated Party to timely and properly observe, keep or perform any covenant, agreement, warranty or condition (i) required herein and such failure shall remain unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the occurrence thereof; or (ii) in any of the other Loan Documents after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure periods; 
        (c)    Default Under other Loan Documents.  The occurrence of an event of default under any of the other Loan Documents after giving effect to any grace or cure periods applicable thereto;
        (d)    False Representation.  Any representation or warranty contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents made by Borrower or any Obligated Party is false or misleading in any material respect; 
        (e)    Default to Third Party.  The occurrence of any event which permits the acceleration of the maturity of any indebtedness owing by Borrower or any Obligated Party to any third party under any agreement or undertaking; 
        (f)    Bankruptcy or Insolvency. If Borrower or any Obligated Party: (i) becomes insolvent, or makes a transfer in fraud of creditors, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due; (ii) generally is not paying its debts as such debts become due; (iii) has a receiver, trustee or custodian appointed for, or take possession of, all or substantially all of the assets of such party or any of the Collateral, either in a proceeding brought by such party or in a proceeding brought against such party and such appointment is not discharged or such possession is not terminated within ninety (90) days after the effective date thereof or such party consents to or acquiesces in such appointment or possession; (iv) files a petition for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other present or future federal or state insolvency, bankruptcy or similar laws (all of the foregoing hereinafter collectively called “Applicable Bankruptcy Law”) or an involuntary petition for relief is filed against such party under any Applicable Bankruptcy Law and such involuntary petition is not dismissed within ninety (90) days after the filing thereof, or an order for relief naming such party is entered under any Applicable Bankruptcy Law, or any composition, rearrangement, extension, reorganization or other relief now or hereafter existing is requested or consented to by such party; (v) fails to have discharged within a period of ninety (90) days any attachment, sequestration or similar writ levied upon any property of such party; or (vi) fails to pay within thirty (30) days any final money judgment against such party;
        (g)    Execution on Collateral.  The Collateral or any portion thereof is taken on execution or other process of law in any action against Grantor; 
        (h)    Abandonment.  Grantor abandons the Collateral or any portion thereof; 
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        (i)    Action by Other Lienholder.  The holder of any lien or security interest on any of the assets of Grantor, including, without limitation, the Collateral (without hereby implying the consent of Secured Party to the existence or creation of any such lien or security interest on the Collateral), (i) suffers a payment default by Grantor; (ii) suffers a non-monetary default by Grantor that is not cured by or before the expiration of any applicable grace or cure periods and permits the creditor to accelerate the indebtedness that is the subject of the default; or (iii) institutes foreclosure or other proceedings for the enforcement of its remedies thereunder; 
        (j)    Liquidation, Death and Related Events.  If Borrower or any Obligated Party is an entity, the liquidation, dissolution, merger or consolidation of any such entity or, if Borrower or any Obligated Party is an individual, the death or legal incapacity of any such individual; 
        (k)    Dilution of Ownership.  The issuer of any securities (other than securities of a class which are publicly traded) constituting Collateral hereafter issues any shares of any class of capital stock (unless immediately upon issuance, additional securities are pledged and delivered to Secured Party pursuant to the terms hereof to the extent necessary to give Secured Party a security interest after such issuance in at least the same percentage of such issuer's outstanding securities as Secured Party had before such issuance) or any options, warrants or other rights to purchase any such capital stock;
        (l)    Bankruptcy of Issuer.  (i) The issuer of any securities constituting Collateral files a petition for relief under any Applicable Bankruptcy Law; (ii) an involuntary petition for relief is filed against any such issuer under any Applicable Bankruptcy Law and such involuntary petition is not dismissed within thirty (30) days after the filing thereof; or (iii) an order for relief naming any such issuer is entered under any Applicable Secured Bankruptcy Law, or
        (m)    Search Report.  If Secured Party shall have elected to file any financing statement with respect to the Collateral, Secured Party shall receive at any time following the execution of this Agreement a search report indicating that Secured Party's security interest is not prior to all other security interests or other interests reflected in the report.
    11.    Remedies and Related Rights.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred, and without limiting any other rights and remedies provided herein, under any of the other Loan Documents or otherwise available to Secured Party, Secured Party may exercise one or more of the rights and remedies provided in this Section 11.
        (a)    Remedies.  Secured Party may from time to time at its discretion, without limitation and without notice:
(i)    Exercise in respect of the Collateral all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code (whether or not the Code applies to the affected Collateral);
(ii)    Reduce its claim to judgment or foreclose or otherwise enforce, in whole or in part, the security interest granted hereunder by any available judicial procedure;
(iii)    Sell or otherwise dispose of, at its office, on the premises of Grantor or elsewhere, the Collateral, as a unit or in parcels, by public or private proceedings, and by way of one or more contracts (it being agreed that the sale or other disposition of any part of the Collateral shall not exhaust Secured Party’s power of sale, but sales or other dispositions may be made from time to time until all of the Collateral has been sold or disposed of or until the Indebtedness has been paid and performed in full), and at any such sale or other disposition it shall not be necessary to exhibit any of the Collateral;
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(iv)    Buy the Collateral, or any portion thereof, at any public sale;
(v)    Buy the Collateral, or any portion thereof, at any private sale if the Collateral is of a type customarily sold in a recognized market or is of a type which is the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations;
(vi)    Apply for the appointment of a receiver for the Collateral, and Grantor hereby consents to any such appointment; and
(vii)    At its option, retain the Collateral in satisfaction of the Indebtedness whenever the circumstances are such that Secured Party is entitled to do so under the Code or otherwise, to the full extent permitted by the Code, Secured Party shall be permitted to elect whether such retention shall be in full or partial satisfaction of the Indebtedness.
    In the event Secured Party shall elect to sell the Collateral, Secured Party may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as and shall be permitted to specifically disclaim any warranties of title or the like.  Further, if Secured Party sells any of the Collateral on credit, Grantor will be credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser, received by Secured Party and applied to the Indebtedness.  In the event the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, Secured Party may resell the Collateral and Grantor shall be credited with the proceeds of the sale.  Grantor agrees that in the event Grantor or any Borrower is entitled to receive any notice under the Code, as it exists in the state governing any such notice, of the sale or other disposition of any Collateral, reasonable notice shall be deemed given when such notice is deposited in a depository receptacle under the care and custody of the United States Postal Service, postage prepaid, at such party’s address set forth on the first page hereof, ten (10) days prior to the date of any public sale, or after which a private sale, of any of such Collateral is to be held.  Secured Party shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given.  Secured Party may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.  Grantor further acknowledges and agrees that the redemption by Secured Party of any certificate of deposit pledged as Collateral shall be deemed to be a commercially reasonable disposition under Section 9.610 of the Code.
        (b)    Private Sale of Securities.  Grantor recognizes that Secured Party may be unable to effect a public sale of all or any part of the securities pledged as Collateral because of restrictions in applicable federal and state securities laws and that Secured Party may, therefore, determine to make one or more private sales of any such securities to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obligated to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof.  Grantor acknowledges that each any such private sale may be at prices and other terms less favorable than what might have been obtained at a public sale and, notwithstanding the foregoing, agrees that each such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that Secured Party shall have no obligation to delay the sale of any such securities for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer to register such securities for public sale under any federal or state securities laws.  Grantor further acknowledges and agrees that any offer to sell such securities which has been made privately in the manner described above to not less than five (5) bona fide offerees shall be deemed to involve a "public sale" for the purposes of Chapter 9 of the Code, notwithstanding that such sale may not constitute a "public offering" under any federal or state securities laws and that Secured Party may, in such event, bid for the purchase of such securities.
        (c)    Application of Proceeds.  If any Event of Default shall have occurred, Secured Party may at its discretion apply or use any cash held by Secured Party as Collateral, and any cash proceeds received by Secured Party in respect of any sale or other disposition of, 
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collection from, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral as follows in such order and manner as Secured Party may elect:
(i)    To the repayment or reimbursement of the reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by Secured Party in connection with (A) the administration of the Loan Documents, (B) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, the Collateral, and (C) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights and remedies of Secured Party hereunder;
(ii)    To the payment or other satisfaction of any liens and other encumbrances upon the Collateral;
(iii)    To the satisfaction of the Indebtedness;
(iv)    By holding such cash and proceeds as Collateral;
(v)    To the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law (including without limitation, Section 9.615(a)(3) of the Code or any other applicable statutory provision); and
(vi)    By delivery to Grantor or any other party lawfully entitled to receive such cash or proceeds whether by direction of a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise.
        (d)    Deficiency.  In the event that the proceeds of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral by Secured Party are insufficient to pay all amounts to which Secured Party is legally entitled, Borrower and any party who guaranteed or is otherwise obligated to pay all or any portion of the Indebtedness shall be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon as provided in the Loan Documents, to the full extent permitted by the Code.
        (e)    Non-Judicial Remedies.  In granting to Secured Party the power to enforce its rights hereunder without prior judicial process or judicial hearing, Grantor expressly waives, renounces and knowingly relinquishes any legal right which might otherwise require Secured Party to enforce its rights by judicial process.  Grantor recognizes and concedes that non-judicial remedies are consistent with the usage of trade, are responsive to commercial necessity and are the result of a bargain at arm's length.  Nothing herein is intended to prevent Secured Party or Grantor from resorting to judicial process at either party's option.
        (f)    Other Recourse.  Grantor waives any right to require Secured Party to proceed against any third party, exhaust any Collateral or other security for the Indebtedness, or to have any third party joined with Grantor in any suit arising out of the Indebtedness or any of the Loan Documents, or pursue any other remedy available to Secured Party.  Grantor further waives any and all notice of acceptance of this Agreement and of the creation, modification, rearrangement, renewal or extension of the Indebtedness.  Grantor further waives any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of any third party or by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of any third party.  Until all of the Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, Grantor shall have no right of subrogation and Grantor waives the right to enforce any remedy which Secured Party has or may hereafter have against any third party, and waives any benefit of and any right to participate in any other security whatsoever now or hereafter held by Secured Party.  Grantor authorizes Secured Party, and without notice or demand and without any reservation of rights against Grantor and without affecting Grantor's liability hereunder or on the Indebtedness, to (i) take or hold any other 
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property of any type from any third party as security for the Indebtedness, and exchange, enforce, waive and release any or all of such other property; (ii) apply such other property and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as Secured Party may in its discretion determine; (iii) renew, extend, accelerate, modify, compromise, settle or release any of the Indebtedness or other security for the Indebtedness; (iv) waive, enforce or modify any of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents executed by any third party; and (v) release or substitute any third party.  
        (g)    Voting Rights.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Grantor will not exercise any voting rights with respect to securities pledged as Collateral.  Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints Secured Party as Grantor’s attorney-in-fact (such power of attorney being coupled with an interest) and proxy to exercise any voting rights with respect to Grantor's securities pledged as Collateral upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.
        (h)    Dividend Rights and Interest Payments.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default:
(i)    All rights of Grantor to receive and retain the dividends and interest payments which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 3 shall automatically cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested with Secured Party which shall thereafter have the sole right to receive, hold and apply as Collateral such dividends and interest payments; and
(ii)    All dividend and interest payments which are received by Grantor contrary to the provisions of Section 11(h)(i) shall be received in trust for the benefit of Secured Party, shall be segregated from other funds of Grantor, and shall be forthwith paid over to Secured Party in the exact form received (properly endorsed or assigned if requested by Secured Party), to be held by Secured Party as Collateral.
    12.    INDEMNITY.  GRANTOR (AND BORROWER, IF BORROWER IS NOT THE GRANTOR) EACH HEREBY INDEMNIFIES AND AGREES TO HOLD HARMLESS SECURED PARTY, AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES (EACH AN “INDEMNIFIED PERSON”) FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, CLAIMS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, ACTIONS, JUDGMENTS, SUITS, COSTS, EXPENSES OR DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE (COLLECTIVELY, THE “CLAIMS”) WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED ON, INCURRED BY, OR ASSERTED AGAINST, ANY INDEMNIFIED PERSON ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE INDEBTEDNESS OR THE COLLATERAL (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE DEFENSE OF ANY INDEMNIFIED PERSON’S ACTIONS AND/OR INACTIONS IN CONNECTION  WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS).  THE INDEMNIFICATION PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION SHALL SURVIVE THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND SHALL EXTEND AND CONTINUE TO BENEFIT EACH INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY WHO IS OR HAS AT ANY TIME BEEN AN INDEMNIFIED PERSON HEREUNDER; PROVIDED THAT, SUCH INDEMNIFICATION SHALL NOT, AS TO ANY INDEMNIFIED PERSON, BE AVAILABLE TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH CLAIMS 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 INDEMNIFIED PERSON.
    13.    Miscellaneous.
        (a)    Entire Agreement.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement of Secured Party and Grantor (and Borrower, if Borrower is not the Grantor) with respect to the 
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Collateral.  If the parties hereto are parties to any prior agreement, either written or oral, relating to the Collateral, the terms of this Agreement shall amend and supersede the terms of such  prior  agreements as to transactions on or after the effective date of this Agreement, but all security agreements, financing statements, guaranties, other contracts and notices for the benefit of Secured Party shall continue in full force and effect to secure the Indebtedness unless Secured Party specifically releases its rights thereunder by separate release.
        (b)    Amendment.  No modification, consent or amendment of any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be valid or effective unless the same is in writing and authenticated by the party against whom it is sought to be enforced, except to the extent of amendments specifically permitted by the Code without authentication by the Grantor.
        (c)    Actions by Secured Party.  The lien, security interest and other security rights of Secured Party hereunder shall not be impaired by (i) any renewal, extension, increase or modification with respect to the Indebtedness; (ii) any surrender, compromise, release, renewal, extension, exchange or substitution which Secured Party may grant with respect to the Collateral; or (iii) any release or indulgence granted to any endorser, guarantor or surety of the Indebtedness.  The taking of additional security by Secured Party shall not release or impair the lien, security interest or other security rights of Secured Party hereunder or affect the obligations of Grantor (or Borrower, if Borrower is not the Grantor) hereunder.
        (d)     Waiver by Secured Party.  Secured Party may waive any Event of Default without waiving any other prior or subsequent Event of Default.  Secured Party may remedy any default without waiving the Event of Default remedied.  Neither the failure by Secured Party to exercise, nor the delay by Secured Party in exercising, any right or remedy upon any Event of Default shall be construed as a waiver of such Event of Default or as a waiver of the right to exercise any such right or remedy at a later date.  No single or partial exercise by Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder shall exhaust the same or shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof, and every such right or remedy hereunder may be exercised at any time.  No waiver of any provision hereof or consent to any departure therefrom shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Secured Party and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instances, for the purpose for which given and to the extent therein specified.  No notice to or demand in any case shall of itself entitle Grantor (or Borrower, if Borrower is not the Grantor) to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. 
        (e)    Costs and Expenses.  Grantor (and Borrower, if Borrower is not the Grantor) will upon demand pay to Secured Party the amount of any and all costs and expenses (including without limitation, attorneys' fees and expenses), which Secured Party may incur in connection with (i) the transactions which give rise to the Loan Documents; (ii) the preparation of this Agreement and the perfection and preservation of the security interests granted under the Loan Documents; (iii) the administration of the Loan Documents; (iv) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, the Collateral; (v) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of Secured Party under the Loan Documents; or (vi) the failure by Grantor (or Borrower, if Borrower is not the Grantor) to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.
        (f)    Controlling Law; Venue.  This Agreement is executed and delivered as an incident to a lending transaction negotiated and consummated in Bexar County, Texas, and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. Grantor (and Borrower, if Borrower is not the Grantor), for itself and its successors and assigns, hereby irrevocably (i) submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in Texas; (ii) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and objection that it may now or in the future have to the laying of venue of any litigation arising out of or in connection with any Loan 
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Document brought in the District Court of Bexar County, Texas, or in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio, Division; (iii) waives any objection it may now or hereafter have as to the venue of any such action or proceeding brought in such court or that such court is an inconvenient forum; (iv) agrees that any legal proceeding against any party to any Loan Document arising out of or in connection with any of the Loan Documents may be brought in one of the foregoing courts; and (v) agrees that service of process upon it may be made by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified herein.  Nothing herein shall affect the right of Secured Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of Secured Party to bring any action or proceeding against Grantor (and Borrower, if Borrower is not the Grantor) or with respect to any of Grantor’s (or Borrower’s, if Borrower is not the Grantor) property in courts in other jurisdictions.  The scope of each of the foregoing waivers is intended to be all encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this transaction, including, without limitation, contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims, and all other common law and statutory claims. Grantor (and Borrower, if Borrower is not the Grantor) acknowledges that these waivers are a material inducement to Secured Party’s agreement to enter into agreements and obligations evidenced by the Loan Documents, that Secured Party has already relied on these waivers and will continue to rely on each of these waivers in related future dealings.  The waivers in this section are irrevocable, meaning that they may not be modified either orally or in writing, and these waivers apply to any future renewals, extensions, amendments, modifications, or replacements in respect of the applicable Loan Document. In connection with any litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.
        (g)    Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future laws, such provision shall be fully severable, shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this Agreement and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provision held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable.
        (h)    No Obligation.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed as an obligation on the part of Secured Party to extend or continue to extend credit to Borrower.
        (i)    Notices.  All notices, requests, demands or other communications required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and given by (i) personal delivery; (ii) expedited delivery service with proof of delivery; or (iii) United States mail, postage prepaid, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, sent to the intended addressee at the address set forth on the first page hereof or to such different address as the addressee shall have designated by written notice sent pursuant to the terms hereof and shall be deemed to have been received either, in the case of personal delivery, at the time of personal delivery, in the case of expedited delivery service, as of the date of first attempted delivery at the address and in the manner provided herein, or in the case of mail, upon deposit in a depository receptacle under the care and custody of the United States Postal Service.  Either party shall have the right to change its address for notice hereunder to any other location within the continental United States by notice to the other party of such new address at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such new address.
        (j)    Binding Effect and Assignment.  This Agreement (i) creates a continuing security interest in the Collateral; (ii) shall be binding on Grantor and the heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns of Grantor (and Borrower, if Borrower is not the Grantor); and (iii) shall inure to the benefit of Secured Party and its successors and assigns.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Secured Party may pledge, assign or otherwise transfer the Indebtedness and its rights under this Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents to any other party.  Grantor's (and Borrower’s, if Borrower is not 
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the Grantor) rights and obligations hereunder may not be assigned or otherwise transferred without the prior written consent of Secured Party.
        (k)    Termination.  It is contemplated by the parties hereto that from time to time there may be no outstanding Indebtedness, but notwithstanding such occurrences, this Agreement shall remain valid and shall be in full force and effect as to subsequent outstanding Indebtedness.  Upon (i) the satisfaction in full of the Indebtedness; (ii) the termination or expiration of any commitment of Secured Party to extend credit to Borrower; (iii) written request for the termination hereof delivered by Grantor to Secured Party; and (iv) written release delivered by Secured Party to Grantor, this Agreement and the security interests created hereby shall terminate.  Upon termination of this Agreement and Grantor’s written request, Secured Party will, at Grantor’s sole cost and expense, return to Grantor such of the Collateral as shall not have been sold or otherwise disposed of or applied pursuant to the terms hereof and execute and deliver to Grantor such documents as Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.
        (l)    Cumulative Rights.  All rights and remedies of Secured Party hereunder are cumulative of each other and of every other right or remedy which Secured Party may otherwise have at law or in equity or under any of the other Loan Documents, and the exercise of one or more of such rights or remedies shall not prejudice or impair the concurrent or subsequent exercise of any other rights or remedies.  Further, except as specifically noted as a waiver herein, no provision of this Agreement is intended by the parties to this Agreement to waive any rights, benefits or protection afforded to Secured Party under the Code.
        (m)    Gender and Number.  Within this Agreement, words of any gender shall be held and construed to include the other gender, and words in the singular number shall be held and construed to include the plural and words in the plural number shall be held and construed to include the singular, unless in each instance the context requires otherwise.
        (n)    Descriptive Headings.  The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall in no way enlarge, limit or define the scope or meaning of the various and several provisions hereof.
    14.    Financing Statement Filings.  Grantor recognizes that financing statements pertaining to the Collateral have been or may be filed in one or more of the following jurisdictions:  the location of Grantor’s principal residence, the location of Grantor’s place of business, the location of Grantor’s chief executive office, or other such place as the Grantor may be “located” under the provisions of the Code; where Grantor maintains any Collateral, or has its records concerning any Collateral, as the case may be.  Without limitation of any other covenant herein, Grantor will neither cause or permit any change in the location of (i) any Collateral; (ii) any records concerning any Collateral; or (iii) Grantor’s principal residence, the location of Grantor’s place of business, or the location of Grantor’s chief executive office, as the case may be, to a jurisdiction other than as represented in Section 6(g) hereof, nor will Grantor change its name or the Organizational Information as represented in Section 6(g), unless Grantor shall have notified Secured Party in writing of such change at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such change, and shall have first taken all action required by Secured Party for the purpose of further perfecting or protecting the security interest in favor of Secured Party in the Collateral.  In any written notice furnished pursuant to this Section 14, Grantor will expressly state that the notice is required by this Agreement and contains facts that may require additional filings of financing statements, amendments or other notices for the purpose of continuing perfection of Secured Party's security interest in the Collateral.
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    Without limiting Secured Party’s rights hereunder, Grantor authorizes Secured Party to file financing statements or amendments thereto under the provisions of the Code as amended from time to time.
    15.    Consent to Disclose Information.  Borrower (and Grantor, if Grantor is not the Borrower) authorizes and consents to the disclosure by Secured Party of all information relating to the Note to any other party to the account pledged as Collateral and upon which a security interest is granted herein, including, but not limited to, information regarding the name of the Borrower and the amount, date and maturity of the Note.
16.      Counterparts; Facsimile Documents and Signatures.  This Agreement may be separately executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be an original, but all of which, taken together, will be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  For purposes of negotiating and finalizing this Agreement, if this document or any document executed in connection with it is transmitted by facsimile machine, electronic mail or other electronic transmission, it will be treated for all purposes as an original document.  Additionally, the signature of any party on this document transmitted by way of a facsimile machine or electronic mail will be considered for all purposes as an original signature.  Any such transmitted document will be considered to have the same binding legal effect as an original document.  At the request of any party, any faxed or electronically transmitted document will be re-executed by each signatory party in an original form.
17.    Imaging of Documents.  Grantor (and Borrower, if Borrower is not the Grantor) understands and agrees that (i) Secured Party’s document retention policy may involve the electronic imaging of executed Loan Documents and the destruction of the paper originals; and (ii) Grantor (and Borrower, if Borrower is not the Grantor) waives any right that it may have to claim that the imaged copies of the Loan Documents are not originals.
[Signature page follows.]

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EXECUTED as of the date first written above.
FROST BANK, a Texas state bank

By:                         
Name:         Cliff McCauley        
Its:     Senior Executive Vice President    

                        BORROWER:
STELLAR BANCORP, INC., a Texas corporation f/k/a CBTX, Inc.
                        
By:                         
    Robert R. Franklin, Jr., Chief Executive Officer

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SCHEDULE A

The following property is a part of the Collateral as defined in Section 1(b):

    THREE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED (3,218,600) shares of common stock of ALLEGIANCE BANK, a Texas state bank, as evidenced by Certificate No. ABT 1001 issued in the name of Grantor.

    

    

041800-26725/4885-1579-8585.4Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

June 16, 2022

 

among

 

BKV
CORPORATION

as Borrower

 

The Lenders Party Hereto

 

and

 

BANGKOK
BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH

as Administrative Agent

 

 

     

     

    

 

Table
of Contents

 

Page

 

	ARTICLE I Definitions	1
	SECTION 1.01.   Defined
    Terms	1
	SECTION 1.02.   Terms
    Generally	35
	SECTION 1.03.   Accounting
    Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations	35
	SECTION 1.04.   Interest
    Rates; Benchmark Notification	37
	SECTION 1.05.   Divisions	37
	ARTICLE II The Credits	37
	SECTION 2.01.   Commitments	37
	SECTION 2.02.   Loans
    and Borrowings	37
	SECTION 2.03.   Requests
    for Borrowings	38
	SECTION 2.04.   Funding
    of Borrowings	38
	SECTION 2.05.   Interest
    Rate	39
	SECTION 2.06.   Termination
    and Reduction of Term Loan Commitments	39
	SECTION 2.07.   Repayment
    of Loans; Evidence of Debt	39
	SECTION 2.08.   Prepayment
    of Loans	40
	SECTION 2.09.   Fees	42
	SECTION 2.10.   Interest	42
	SECTION 2.11.   Alternate
    Rate of Interest	43
	SECTION 2.12.   Increased
    Costs	45
	SECTION 2.13.   Reserved	46
	SECTION 2.14.   Taxes	46
	SECTION 2.15.   Payments
    Generally; Allocations of Proceeds; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs	49
	SECTION 2.16.   Mitigation
    Obligations; Replacement of Lenders	51
	SECTION 2.17.   Defaulting
    Lenders	51
	SECTION 2.18.   Break
    Funding Payments.	52
	ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties	53
	SECTION 3.01.   Organization;
    Powers; Subsidiaries	53
	SECTION 3.02.   Authorization;
    Enforceability	53
	SECTION 3.03.   Governmental
    Approvals; No Conflicts	53
	SECTION 3.04.   Financial
    Condition; No Material Adverse Change	54
	SECTION 3.05.   Maintenance
    of Properties	54
	SECTION 3.06.   Litigation
    and Environmental Matters	54
	SECTION 3.07.   Compliance
    with Laws and Agreements	56
	SECTION 3.08.   Investment
    Company Status	56
	SECTION 3.09.   Taxes	56
	SECTION 3.10.   ERISA	56
	SECTION 3.11.   Disclosure	57
	SECTION 3.12.   Federal
    Reserve Regulations	57
	SECTION 3.13.   Liens	57
	SECTION 3.14.   No
    Default	57
	SECTION 3.15.   Indebtedness
    with Banpu	57
	SECTION 3.16.   Solvency	57
	SECTION 3.17.   Insurance	57
	SECTION 3.18.   Pari
    Passu Ranking	57
	SECTION 3.19.   Anti-Corruption
    Laws; USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Terrorism Laws and Sanctions	57
	SECTION 3.20.   Use
    of Proceeds	58
	SECTION 3.21.   Material
    Contracts.	58
	SECTION 3.22.   Properties;
    Title; Etc.	58
	SECTION 3.23.   Gas
    Imbalances; Prepayments	59
	SECTION 3.24.   Marketing
    of Production	59
	SECTION 3.25.   Swap
    Agreements	59
	SECTION 3.26.   Ad
    Valorem and Severance Taxes	59
	SECTION 3.27.   Beneficial
    Ownership Certification	60

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	ARTICLE IV Conditions	60
	SECTION 4.01.   Effective
    Date	60
	SECTION 4.02.   Initial
    Availability Date	62
	SECTION 4.03.   Initial
    Funding Date	65
	SECTION 4.04.   Other
    Conditions to Each Funding Date	65
	ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants	66
	SECTION 5.01.   Financial
    Statements and Other Information	66
	SECTION 5.02.   Notices
    of Material Events	68
	SECTION 5.03.   Existence;
    Conduct of Business	69
	SECTION 5.04.   Payment
    of Obligations	69
	SECTION 5.05.   Maintenance
    of Properties	70
	SECTION 5.06.   Books
    and Records; Inspection Rights	70
	SECTION 5.07.   Environmental
    Laws	71
	SECTION 5.08.   Compliance
    with Laws	72
	SECTION 5.09.   Use
    of Proceeds	72
	SECTION 5.10.   Compliance
    with ERISA	72
	SECTION 5.11.   Subsidiary
    Guarantors; Further Assurances	72
	SECTION 5.12.   Insurance	72
	SECTION 5.13.   Management
    of BKV-BPP	73
	SECTION 5.14.   Reserve
    Reports	73
	SECTION 5.15.   Title
    Information	74
	SECTION 5.16.   Required
    Commodity Hedging	74
	SECTION 5.17.   Ranking
    of Obligations	74
	SECTION 5.18.   Post-Effective
    Date and Post-Initial Funding Date Covenants	74
	SECTION 5.19.   Material
    Contracts	75
	SECTION 5.20.   Solvency	76
	SECTION 5.21.   Anti-Corruption
    Laws; USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Terrorism Laws and Sanctions	76

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	ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants	76
	SECTION 6.01.   Indebtedness	76
	SECTION 6.02.   Liens	77
	SECTION 6.03.   Fundamental
    Changes; Nature of Business	78
	SECTION 6.04.   Asset
    Sales	79
	SECTION 6.05.   Investments,
    Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions	80
	SECTION 6.06.   Swap
    Agreements	81
	SECTION 6.07.   Transactions
    with Affiliates	82
	SECTION 6.08.   Restricted
    Payments	82
	SECTION 6.09.   Reduction
    in Share Capital	83
	SECTION 6.10.   Sale
    and Leaseback Transactions	83
	SECTION 6.11.   Financial
    Covenants	83
	SECTION 6.12.   Amendments
    to Organizational Documents	83
	SECTION 6.13.   Sale
    or Discount of Receivables	83
	SECTION 6.14.   Foreign
    Subsidiaries	83
	SECTION 6.15.   Proceeds
    of Loans	83
	SECTION 6.16.   Take-or-Pay
    or Other Prepayments	84
	SECTION 6.17.   Marketing
    Activities	84
	SECTION 6.18.   Prepayment
    of Subordinated Shareholder Loans; Amendments to Subordinated Shareholder Loan Documents	84
	SECTION 6.19.   Withdrawal
    of Proceeds of Term Loans Made on the Initial Funding Date	84
	SECTION 6.20.   Amendments
    to Uncommitted Credit Facility Agreements	85
	ARTICLE VII Events of Default	85
	SECTION 7.01.   Events
    of Default	85
	SECTION 7.02.   Right
    to Cure Financial Covenant Defaults	87
	ARTICLE VIII The Agents	88
	SECTION 8.01.   Appointment
    and Authorization	88
	SECTION 8.02.   Administrative
    Agent’s Reliance, Indentification, Etc	91
	SECTION 8.03.   Posting
    of Communications	91
	SECTION 8.04.   The
    Administrative Agent Individually	93
	SECTION 8.05.   Successor
    Administrative Agent	93
	SECTION 8.06.   Acknowledgment
    of Lenders	94
	SECTION 8.07.   Certain
    ERISA Matters	95
	SECTION 8.08.   Administrative
    Agent May File Proof of Claim	97
	SECTION 8.09.   Data
    Protection	97
	ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous	98
	SECTION 9.01.   Notices	98
	SECTION 9.02.   Waivers;
    Amendments	99
	SECTION 9.03.   Expenses;
    Indemnity; Damage Waiver	101
	SECTION 9.04.   Successors
    and Assigns	103
	SECTION 9.05.   Survival	106
	SECTION 9.06.   Counterparts;
    Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution	107
	SECTION 9.07.   Severability	107
	SECTION 9.08.   Right
    of Setoff	107
	SECTION 9.09.   Governing
    Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process	108
	SECTION 9.10.   WAIVER
    OF JURY TRIAL	108
	SECTION 9.11.   Headings	109
	SECTION 9.12.   Confidentiality	109
	SECTION 9.13.   USA
    PATRIOT Act Notice	110
	SECTION 9.14.   Releases
    of Guarantors	110
	SECTION 9.15.   Interest
    Rate Limitation	110
	SECTION 9.16.   No
    Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility	111
	SECTION 9.17.   Acknowledgement
    and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions	111

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	SCHEDULES:
	 
	Schedule 2.01 – Commitments
	Schedule 3.01 – Subsidiaries
	Schedule 3.06 –
    Environmental Matters
	Schedule 3.23 – Gas Imbalances;
    Prepayments
	Schedule 3.24 – Marketing
    of Production
	Schedule 3.25 – Swap
    Agreements
	Schedule 6.01 – Existing
    Indebtedness
	Schedule 6.02 – Existing
    Liens
	 
	EXHIBITS:
	 
	Exhibit A – Form of
    Term Loan Note
	Exhibit B – Form of
    Assignment and Assumption
	Exhibit C-1 – Form of
    U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships)
	Exhibit C-2 – Form of
    U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships)
	Exhibit C-3 – Form of
    U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships)
	Exhibit C-4 – Form of
    U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships)
	Exhibit D-1 – Form of
    Borrowing Request
	Exhibit D-2 – Form of Utilization Receipt

    Exhibit E – Form of Compliance Certificate

	Exhibit F – Form of
    Specified Amount Utilization Certificate
	Exhibit G – Form of
    Solvency Certificate

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
dated as of June 16, 2022 among BKV CORPORATION, as Borrower, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto and BANGKOK
BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent.

 

The parties hereto agree as
follows:

 

Article I

 

Definitions

 

Section 1.01.     Defined
Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

“ABR”, when
used in reference to any Term Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Term Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

 

“ABR Term Loan”
means a Term Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the ABR.

 

“Acreage Swap”
means any concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Oil and Gas Properties between any Loan Party and another Person.

 

“Adjusted Daily Simple
RFR” means with respect to any RFR Borrowing, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple RFR, plus (b) 0.10
%; provided that if the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to
be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

“Adjusted Stockholders’
Equity” means stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as determined pursuant to GAAP,
adjusted to exclude in the calculation thereof any accumulated change in the fair market value of unrealized earnout obligations consisting
of the Subject Payments and accumulated net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting from Swap Agreements and the application
of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 815, Derivatives and Hedging.

 

“Adjusted Term SOFR
Rate” means, for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period,
plus (b) 0.10%; provided that if the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall
be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

“Administrative Agent”
means Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited, New York Branch, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, and any
successor in such capacity pursuant to Article 8.05.

 

“Administrative Questionnaire”
means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Affected Financial
Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

 

     

     

    

 

“Affiliate”
means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or
is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. “Affiliated” shall have a corresponding meaning.

 

“Agency
Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter dated as of the Effective Date by and between the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.

 

“Agreement”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

 

“Alternate
Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the
NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50% and (c) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a six-month Interest Period as published two
U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business
Day) plus 1.00%; provided that, for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for any day shall be based on
the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 6:00 a.m. New York time on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term
SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology). Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective from and including
the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively. If the Alternate
Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to ‎Section 2.11 (for the avoidance of doubt, only
until the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to ‎Section 2.11(b)), then the Alternate Base Rate shall
be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the Alternate Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 1.00%, such rate shall
be deemed to be 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement.

 

“Amended and Restated
Shareholder Loans” means the loans incurred by the Borrower pursuant to the Amended and Restated Shareholder Loan Agreements
(including the XTO Acquisition Subordinated Shareholder Loans).

 

“Amended and Restated
Shareholder Loan Agreements” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2022,
by and between Banpu North America, as lender, and the Borrower, as borrower, pursuant to which Banpu North America made a term loan
in the aggregate principal amount of $116,000,000 and (b) the XTO Acquisition Subordinated Shareholder Loan Agreement.

 

“Amortization Base
Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(a).

 

“Ancillary Document”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.06.

 

“Annual Payment Date”
means each anniversary of the Initial Funding Date occurring on or prior to the Maturity Date.

 

“Anti-Corruption
Laws” means all Requirements of Law of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from time
to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, (including, without limitation, the FCPA).

 

“Anti-Terrorism Laws”
means all Requirements of Law of any jurisdiction related to terrorism financing or money laundering, including the Patriot Act, The
Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act”, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and
12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959) and Executive Order 13224 (effective September 24, 2001).

 

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“Applicable
Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, a percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) equal
to a fraction (a) the numerator of which is an amount equal to such Lender’s Credit Exposure at such time and (b) the
denominator of which is an amount equal to the Credit Exposures of all Lenders at such time; provided that, in each case, when
a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall disregard any Defaulting Lender’s Credit Exposure.

 

“Applicable Prepayment
Premium” means, with respect to any Term Loans being prepaid or repaid (i) as a result of an acceleration of the Term
Loans pursuant to Section 7.01, (ii) at the Borrower’s option pursuant to Section 2.08(a) (subject
to the exceptions set forth in such Section 2.08(a)), (iii) as required pursuant to Section 2.08(b), or
(iv) if any Lender’s rights are assigned or delegated at the election of the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16(b),
a fee (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the Term Loan being prepaid or repaid) equal to 2.00%.

 

“Applicable Rate”
means 4.75% per annum.

 

“Approved Electronic
Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.03(a).

 

“Approved Petroleum
Engineers” means (a) Ryder Scott Company, L.P. and (b) any other independent petroleum engineers reasonably acceptable
to the Administrative Agent.

 

“Approved Swap Counterparty”
means (a) any Person whose (or whose credit support provider’s) long term senior unsecured debt rating or issuer rating at
the time the relevant Swap Agreement is entered into is A- or higher by S&P or A3 or higher by Moody’s (or their equivalent)
or (b) any counterparty to a Swap Agreement with the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is acceptable to the Administrative
Agent at the time such Swap Agreement is entered into.

 

“Asset Coverage Ratio”
means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Total Proved PV-10 as of such date to (b) Specified Total Indebtedness as of such date.

 

“Assignment and Assumption”
means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is
required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit B,
or any other form (including electronic records generated by the use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Available Cash”
means, as of any date of determination, all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as of such date, other
than any such cash or Cash Equivalents that would appear as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

“Available Tenor”
means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark (or
component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable,
that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any frequency
of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any
tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to clause (e) of
Section 2.11.

 

“Bail-In Action”
means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected
Financial Institution.

 

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“Bail-In
Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU
of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such
EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the
United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable
in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their
affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

 

“Bankruptcy Event”
means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator,
trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation
of its business appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence
in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest,
or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, unless such ownership
interest results in or provides such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement
of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permits such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject,
repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

 

“Banpu”
means Banpu Public Company Limited, a public company registered in Thailand.

 

“Banpu North America”
means Banpu North America Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

“Benchmark”
means, initially, (a) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the Term SOFR Rate and (b) with respect to any RFR Term Loan,
the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred
with respect to the Term SOFR Rate, the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the
applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.11(b).

 

“Benchmark Replacement”
means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that
can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:

 

(1)            the
Adjusted Daily Simple RFR;

 

(2)            the
sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement
for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation
of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving
or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated
syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

 

If the Benchmark Replacement
as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement
will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

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“Benchmark Replacement
Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for
any applicable interest period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or
method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected
by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection
or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such
Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement
Date and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating
or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for
syndicated credit facilities denominated in Dollars at such time.

 

“Benchmark
Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to Term SOFR and/or any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative
or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day”,
the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, the definition of “Interest Period,” the definition
of “Interest Payment Date”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing
requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, changes
to Section 2.05 to reflect one interest rate applicable to all Term Loans, and other technical, administrative or operational
matters) that the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower) decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation
of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent
with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively
feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists,
in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower) decides is reasonably necessary
in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

 

“Benchmark
Replacement Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such
then-current Benchmark:

 

(1)            in
the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of
(a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator
of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available
Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

 

(2)            in
the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark
(or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator
of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be
determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if any Available
Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

 

For the avoidance of doubt,
(i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in
respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination
and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or
(2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all
then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

 

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“Benchmark Transition
Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current
Benchmark:

 

(1)            a
public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used
in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark
(or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is
no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

 

(2)            a
public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published
component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official
with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator
for such Benchmark (or such component), or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator
for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased
or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided
that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available
Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

 

(3)            a
public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published
component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no
longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.

 

For the avoidance of doubt,
a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication
of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component
used in the calculation thereof).

 

“Benchmark
Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark
Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark
Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.11
and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder
and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.11.

 

“Beneficial Ownership
Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

“Beneficial Ownership
Regulation” means 31 CFR § 1010.230.

 

“BKV-BPP”
means BKV-BPP Power, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

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“BKV-Temple Loan Agreement”
means that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2021, by and among the Borrower and Temple Generation I LLC.

 

“Board”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

 

“Borrower”
means BKV Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

“Borrowing”
means Term Loans made, converted or continued on the same date.

 

“Borrowing Request”
means a written request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03, which shall be substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit D-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Budget”
means a budget of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, in form and detail acceptable to the Administrative Agent (including
reasonably detailed information regarding any gas discounts, transportation costs, general and administrative expenses and hedging information).

 

“Business
Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City (and, solely
for purposes of Article II, Bangkok, Thailand), are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that,
when used in connection with a Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Term Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any
day that is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.

 

“Capital Expenditures”
means, with respect to any Person for any period, any expenditure in respect of the purchase or other acquisition or improvement of any
fixed or capital asset (excluding normal replacements and maintenance which are properly charged to current operations) classified and
accounted for as a capital expenditure on the statement of cash flow of such Person in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any payments
made as consideration for any merger or consolidation with any other Person or any acquisition of the Equity Interests in any other Person.

 

“Capital
Lease Obligations” of any Person means, subject to Section 1.03, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or
other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof,
which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital lease obligations on a balance sheet of such Person
under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Cash Equivalents”
means, as at any date of determination, any of the following: (a) marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally
guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States Government or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations
of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year after such date; (b) marketable
direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality
thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least
A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (c) commercial paper having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating
of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (d) deposits maturing within one year from the date of creation
thereof with, including certificates of deposit issued by, any Lender or any office located in the United States of any other bank or
trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, has capital, surplus and undivided profits
aggregating at least $100,000,000 (as of the date of such bank or trust company’s most recent financial reports) and has a short
term deposit rating of no lower than A-2 or P-2, as such rating is set forth from time to time, by S&P or Moody’s, respectively;
and (e) deposits in money market funds investing exclusively in Investments described in clauses (b), (c) or (d) above.

 

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“Cash Reforecast”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(e).

 

“Casualty Event”
means any loss, casualty or other insured damage to, or any nationalization, taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation
or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and, with respect to Section 2.08(b) and
clause (b) of the definition of “Prepayment Event”, to the extent that the cost to the Borrower or such Subsidiary
to replace, rebuild or repair such property or asset would be equal to or greater than $1,000,000.

 

“CERCLA”
means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, state and local analogs, and all
rules and regulations and requirements thereunder in each case as now or hereafter in effect.

 

“Change in Control”
means an event or series of events by which:

 

(a)            at
any time prior to the consummation of a Qualified IPO, the Permitted Holders collectively shall cease to directly or indirectly own,
or cease to have the power to vote or direct the voting of, Equity Interests of the Borrower representing at least 75% of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis;

 

(b)            at
any time after the consummation of a Qualified IPO, the Permitted Holders collectively shall cease to directly or indirectly own, or
cease to have the power to vote or direct the voting of, Equity Interests of the Borrower representing at least 51% of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis; or

 

(c)            any
of the Equity Interests of the Borrower owned by any Permitted Holder becomes subject to any Lien (other than Liens securing the Obligations).

 

“Change in Law”
means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule,
regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation
or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline, requirement
or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided however, that notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements
and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines,
requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any
successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in
each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

 

“Charges”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15.

 

“CME Term SOFR Administrator”
means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term SOFR (or a successor administrator).

 

“Code” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

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“Commitment”
means a Term Loan Commitment.

 

“Commitment Expiration
Date” means the last day of the Term Loan Availability Period.

 

“Commodity Exchange
Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

“Communications”
means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any
Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 8.03(c), including through an Approved
Electronic Platform.

 

“Compliance Certificate”
means a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

 

“Connection Income
Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise
Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

“Consolidated
EBITDA” means, with reference to any period, the sum of the following: (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus
(b) without duplication and to the extent deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, (i) Consolidated
Interest Expense, (ii) expense for income, margin, franchise and similar taxes paid or accrued, (iii) depreciation, (iv) depletion,
(v) amortization and (vi) other non-cash charges (except to the extent that such non-cash charges are reserved for cash charges
to be taken in the future), minus (c) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income for such period, (i) interest
income, (ii) income tax credits and refunds (to the extent not netted from income tax expense) and (iii) non-cash gains and
other non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (other than any such non-cash gains on items to the extent representing the reversal
of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash charge in any prior period), all calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis. For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period, if at any time during
such period the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall have made any Material Disposition or Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA
for such period shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Material Disposition or Material Acquisition had occurred
on the first day of such period (such pro forma effect to be determined without giving effect to any anticipated or proposed change in
operations, revenues, expenses or other items included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, except with the consent of the Administrative
Agent), and such pro forma effect shall be determined in a manner otherwise acceptable to the Administrative Agent and with supporting
documentation acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

 

“Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of the last day of any Test Period, the ratio, determined on a consolidated basis for the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Test Period, of (a) (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period plus (ii) cash
held by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the commencement of such Test Period minus (iii) the sum of (without duplication)
(A) the current portion of any Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date (other than the current portion
of any Term Loans and any current contingent Indebtedness), (B) the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred pursuant
to Section 6.01(i) and outstanding as of such date and (C) the aggregate amount of the Subject Payments and any other
contingent Indebtedness and/or earnout obligations incurred by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with any Investment (other
than any current contingent Indebtedness) to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such Test Period.

 

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“Consolidated Fixed
Charges” means, with respect to any Test Period, the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such Test Period, (b) scheduled
principal payments of borrowed money (including the Term Loans) made during such Test Period, (c) Capital Expenditures made during
such Test Period, (d) any federal and state income taxes paid in cash for such Test Period, and (e) cash payments in respect
of Capital Lease Obligations made during such Test Period.

 

“Consolidated
Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, the interest expense (including interest expense under Capital Lease
Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated
basis for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries allocable to such period in accordance
with GAAP (including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit
and bankers acceptance financing and net costs under interest rate Swap Agreements to the extent such net costs are allocable to such
period in accordance with GAAP). In the event that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall have completed a Material Acquisition
or a Material Disposition since the beginning of the relevant period, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be determined for such period
on a pro forma basis as if such acquisition or Disposition, and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, had occurred
at the beginning of such period.

 

“Consolidated Net
Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (to the
extent otherwise included therein) the following: (a) the net income of any Person in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
has an interest (which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to be consolidated with the net income of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP), except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions actually paid in cash
during such period by such Other Person to the Borrower or a Subsidiary; (b) the undistributed earnings during such period of any
Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions or transfers or loans
by that Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument or Governmental
Requirement applicable to such Subsidiary or is otherwise restricted or prohibited; (c) the net income (or loss) of any Person acquired
in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such transaction; (d) any extraordinary or non-recurring
gains or losses during such period; (e) any gains or losses attributable to write-ups or writedowns of assets (including ceiling
test writedowns); and (f) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from Swap Agreements and the
application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 815, Derivatives and Hedging.

 

“Consolidated Subsidiaries”
means each Subsidiary of the Borrower (whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired) the financial statements of which shall
be (or should have been) consolidated with the financial statements of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Total
Assets” means the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP, as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower.

 

“Control”
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of (i) the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of
a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise or (ii) the power to vote or direct the
voting of Equity Interests representing ten percent (10%) or more of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests of a Person on a fully-diluted basis. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled”
have meanings correlative thereto.

 

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“Corresponding Tenor”,
with respect to any Available Tenor, means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having
approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.

 

“Credit Exposure”
means, as to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the unused Commitment of such Lender at such time plus
(b) the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans outstanding at such time.

 

“Credit Party”
means the Administrative Agent or any other Lender.

 

“Cure Election Period”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02(a).

 

“Cure Period”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.

 

“Cure Period Start
Date” means, with respect to any Cure Quarter the first day following the end of such Cure Quarter.

 

“Cure Quarter”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.

 

“Cure Right”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.

 

“Daily Simple RFR”
means for any day, an interest rate per annum equal to, for any RFR Term Loan, Daily Simple SOFR.

 

“Daily
Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day that
is five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days (with observation shift) prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S.
Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business
Day, the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by
the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective
from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.

 

“Default”
means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or
waived, become an Event of Default.

 

“Defaulting
Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or
paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Term Loans or (ii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by
it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure
is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including
the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made
a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement
(unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a
condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a Term Loan under this Agreement
cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business
Days after request by a Credit Party or the Borrower, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized
officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective
Term Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon
such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it, (d) has become the subject of
a Bankruptcy Event or (e) has become the subject of a Bail-in Action.

 

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“Devon Earn-Out Obligations”
means the earnout obligations described in Section 3.1 of that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement between Devon Energy Production
Company, L.P. and BKV Barnett, LLC dated December 17, 2019, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement
dated April 13, 2020.

 

“Disposition”
or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, exchange, license, lease or other disposition (in one transaction or in a series
of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise) of any property by any Person (including any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction and any issuance of Equity Interests by a subsidiary of such Person), including (a) any sale, assignment, transfer or
other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith and (b) any
sale of Equity Interests held by such Person.

 

“Disqualified
Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interest
into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) mature
(excluding any maturity as a result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely
for Qualified Equity Interests and immaterial amounts of cash in lieu of fractional shares), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of
a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to Payment in Full), (b) are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof
(other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests and immaterial amounts of cash in lieu of fractional shares) (except as a result of
a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale
event shall be subject to Payment in Full), in whole or in part, or (c) are or become convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness
or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after
the Maturity Date; provided, that, if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of any
Loan Party or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because
they may be required to be repurchased by such Loan Party in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a
result of such employee’s death, disability or termination.

 

“Division”
means, with respect to any Person, a division of or by such Person into two or more Persons pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction
of any such Person’s organization.

 

“Dollar-Denominated
Production Payment” means a production payment obligation recorded as a liability in accordance with GAAP, together with all
undertakings and obligations in connection therewith.

 

“Dollars”
or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

 

“EEA Financial Institution”
means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of
an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in
clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary
of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

“EEA Member Country”
means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

 

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“EEA Resolution Authority”
means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including
any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

“Effective Date”
means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02),
which date is June 16, 2022.

 

“Electronic Signature”
means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with
the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

 

“Electronic System”
means any electronic system, including e-mail, e-fax, Intralinks®, ClearPar®, Debt Domain, Syndtrak
and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent,
any of its sub-agents, any of its Related Parties or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security
system.

 

“Environmental Laws”
means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued,
promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural
resources, the or to health and safety matters (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), including requirements
pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing,
permitting, investigation or remediation of any Hazardous Material. Environmental Laws include the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), the Hazardous Material Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 331
et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), the Toxic Substances
Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300, et seq.), the
Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations relating to underground storage tanks (40 C.F.R. Parts 280 and 281) and the rules and
regulations thereunder, each as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Environmental Liability”
means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties
or indemnities), of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials,
(c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment
or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to
any of the foregoing.

 

“Environmental Permit”
means any permit, registration, license, approval, consent, exemption, variance, or other authorization required under or issued pursuant
to applicable Environmental Laws.

 

“Equity Interests”
means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a
trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase
or acquire any of the foregoing.

 

“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

 

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“ERISA Affiliate”
means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or
(c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer
under Section 414 of the Code.

 

“ERISA Event”
means (i) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with
respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (ii) the failure to satisfy the “minimum
funding standard” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (iii) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum
funding standard with respect to any Plan; (iv) the incurrence by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of
any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (v) the receipt by the Borrower, any of
its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any
Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (vi) the incurrence by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate
of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (vii) the receipt
by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower,
any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition upon the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or
any ERISA Affiliate of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within
the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

 

“EU Bail-In Legislation
Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as
in effect from time to time.

 

“Event of Default”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

 

“Excluded Taxes”
means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a
Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each
case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case
of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or
(ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.16(b) or,
in the case of the Administrative Agent, Section 2.16(b) and (c) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

“FATCA”
means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively
comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof
and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

 

“FCPA” means
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

“Federal
Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions
by depository institutions, as determined in such manner as shall be set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published
on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective
Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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“Federal
Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” or “NYFRB’s Website” means the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org,
or any successor source.

 

“Fee Letter”
means that certain fee letter dated as of the Effective Date by and between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender party
thereto.

 

“Financial Model”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.01(f)(ii).

 

“Financial
Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, principal
financial officer, treasurer or controller of such Person.

 

“Fiscal Quarter”
means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.

 

“Fiscal Year”
means a fiscal year of the Borrower ending on December 31st of any calendar year.

 

“Five-Year Strip Price”
means, as of any date, (a) for the 60-month period commencing with the month in which such date occurs, as quoted on the New York
Mercantile Exchange (the “NYMEX”) and published in a nationally recognized publication for such pricing reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent (as such prices may be corrected or revised from time to time by the NYMEX in accordance with
its rules and regulations), the corresponding monthly quoted futures contract price for months 0–60 and (b) for periods
after such 60 month period, the average corresponding monthly quoted futures contract price for months 49–60; provided,
however, in the event that the NYMEX no longer provides futures contract price quotes for 60 month periods, the longest period of quotes
of less than 60 months shall be used to determine the strip period and held constant thereafter based on the average of contract prices
for the last twelve months of such period, and, if the NYMEX no longer provides such futures contract quotes or has ceased to operate,
the Administrative Agent shall designate another nationally recognized commodities exchange to replace the NYMEX for purposes of the
references to the NYMEX in this definition.

 

“Floor”
means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification,
amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR, as
applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, the initial Floor for each of the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate and the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR shall
be 0.00%.

 

“Foreign
Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

 

“Funding Date”
means any date of which Term Loans are funded to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.02 (including the Initial Funding Date).

 

“Funds Flow Memorandum”
means a memorandum setting forth the flow of funds for the Transactions to occur on the Initial Funding Date, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.

 

“GAAP” means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, consistently applied.

 

“Governmental Authority”
means the government of the United States of America, the government of the Kingdom of Thailand (and, in each case, any other nation
or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local) and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central
bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining
to government (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and any supra-national
bodies, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

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“Governmental Requirement”
means any law, statute, code, ordinance, order, determination, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction, franchise, permit, certificate,
license, rules of common law, authorization or other directive or requirement, whether now or hereinafter in effect, of any Governmental
Authority.

 

“Guarantee”
of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing
or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”)
in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase
or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance
or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital,
equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to
pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued
to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

 

“Guarantor”
means a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

“Guaranty Agreement”
means that certain Guaranty Agreement (including any and all supplements thereto), to be dated as of the Initial Availability Date, among
the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent.

 

“Hazardous Materials”
means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including
petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical
wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law, including materials listed in 49
C.F.R. § 172.101, materials defined as hazardous pursuant to § 101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

 

“Hydrocarbon Interests”
means all rights, titles, interests and estates now or hereafter acquired in and to oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral leases,
or other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon leases, fee interests, mineral fee interests, overriding royalty and royalty interests, net profit
interests and production payment interests, including any reserved or residual interests of whatever nature and all rents, profits, proceeds,
products, revenues and other incomes from or attributable to any of the foregoing interests. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein,
all references in this Agreement to “Hydrocarbon Interests” refer to Hydrocarbon Interests owned at the time in question
by the Loan Parties.

 

“Hydrocarbons”
means all oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons
and all constituents, elements or compounds thereof and all products refined or separated therefrom and all other minerals which may
be produced and saved from or attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties of any Person, including all oil in tanks.

 

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“Immaterial Title
Deficiencies” means minor defects or deficiencies in title which do not diminish by more than 5% the total value of the Proved
Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the Reserve Report most recently delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

“Indebtedness”
of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified
Equity Interests, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property
acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding
accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business that are either (x) not overdue by more than ninety (90) days or (y) are
being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP (to the extent
required by GAAP)), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured
thereby has been assumed (but to the extent such Indebtedness is limited in recourse with respect to such Person, the amount of
such Indebtedness shall be limited to the greater of (i) the fair market value of such Property subject to such Lien and (ii) the
principal amount of the obligations or liability with respect to which recourse exists to such Person), (g) all Guarantees by such
Person of Indebtedness of others to the extent of the lesser of the amount of such Indebtedness and the maximum stated amount of such
Guarantee, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as
an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (k) obligations to deliver commodities, goods or services, including Hydrocarbons,
in consideration of one or more advance payments, made more than one month in advance of the month in which the commodities, goods or
services are to be delivered, other than Swap Agreements and obligations relating to gas balancing arrangements in the ordinary course
of business, (l) the undischarged balance of any Production Payment created by such Person and (m) any other preferential arrangement
in circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as a method of raising Indebtedness or of financing the
acquisition of an asset. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership
in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership
interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not
liable therefor. Indebtedness shall not include (i) liabilities resulting from endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection
in the ordinary course of business, (ii) obligations in respect of Swap Agreements, (iii) earnout obligations unless such obligations
become a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP or (iv) any liabilities associated with minimum revenue
commitments or minimum volume commitments.

 

“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
any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) hereof, Other Taxes.

 

“Indemnitee”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).

 

“Ineligible Institution”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

 

“Initial Availability
Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.02 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with
Section 9.02).

 

“Initial Funding Date”
means the initial Funding Date under this Agreement.

 

“Initial Funding Date
Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03.

 

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“Initial
Reserve Reports” means, collectively, (a) the engineering report prepared by the Borrower and audited by Ryder Scott Company,
L.P. in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, setting forth, as of December 31, 2021, the oil and gas reserves
attributable to the Proved Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) the engineering report prepared by
the Borrower and audited by Ryder Scott Company, L.P. in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, setting forth, as of
February 1, 2022, the oil and gas reserves attributable to the XTO Acquired Assets, in each case, together with a projection
of the rate of production and future net income, taxes, operating expenses and capital expenditures with respect thereto as of such date,
based upon economic assumptions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

 

“Interest
Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Term Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and
December, (b) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of
which such Loan is a part and (c) the Maturity Date.

 

“Interest
Period” means, for any Term Benchmark Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month that is six (6) months thereafter (in each case, subject to the availability of the Benchmark
applicable to the relevant Term Loan); provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business
Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in
the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period
that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last
calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (iii) no
tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.11(e) shall be available for specification in
any Borrowing Request. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter
shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

 

“Investment”
means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect (a) purchase or other acquisition (including pursuant to any merger or consolidation
with any Person) of any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person, (b) loan or advance
made by such Person to any other Person, (c) Guarantee, assumption or other incurrence of liability by such Person of or for any
Indebtedness or other obligations of any other Person, (d) capital contribution or other investment by such Person in any other
Person or (e) purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of any Oil and Gas Properties or midstream,
downstream, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), or solar properties of another Person or any other assets of any other Person
constituting a business unit.

 

“IRS” means
the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

“Lender Parent”
means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

 

“Lenders”
means the Term Lenders.

 

“Lien” means,
with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge in the nature of a
security interest or other security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional
sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any
of the foregoing) relating to such asset, (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party
with respect to such securities and (d) any arrangement under which money for the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied,
set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts.

 

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“Loan Documents”
means this Agreement, any Notes, the Guaranty Agreement, the Agency Fee Letter, the Fee Letter, the Borrowing Request, the Funds Flow
Memorandum, the Utilization Receipt, the Subordination Agreement, all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates executed
and delivered by or on behalf of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries to, or in favor of, the Administrative
Agent or any Lenders in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and any other document designated in writing
as a “Loan Document” by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document
to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, amendments and restatements,
supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any
and all times such reference becomes operative.

 

“Loan Parties”
means, collectively, the Borrower and the Guarantors.

 

“Material
Acquisition” means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property (including by way of merger or
consolidation) that involves the payment by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower of consideration in excess of $25,000,000.

 

“Material
Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on, or a material adverse change in, (i) the business, operations, properties,
liabilities, financial or other condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of any
of the Loan Parties to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, (iii) the validity or enforceability
against any of the Loan Parties of any Loan Document to which it is a party or (iv) the rights and remedies of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender under any of the Loan Documents.

 

“Material Contract”
means any contract or agreement (excluding any Loan Document) of any Loan Party (a) involving monetary liability of or to such
Loan Party in any year in excess of $5,000,000, or (b) the breach, non-performance, cancellation or failure to renew of which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

“Material
Disposition” means any Disposition that involves the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower of consideration
in excess of $25,000,000.

 

“Material
Indebtedness” means (a) the Subordinated Shareholder Loans, (b) the Indebtedness incurred under any Uncommitted Credit
Facility Agreement and (c) Indebtedness (other than the Term Loans), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of
any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available
amounts) exceeding $10,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount
(giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated
at such time.

 

“Maturity
Date” means the fifth anniversary of the Initial Funding Date.

 

“Maximum Rate”
has the meaning assigned to such term is Section 9.16.

 

“Maximum Term Loan
Amount” means $600,000,000.

 

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“Midstream Properties”
means the gathering and transportation system that is part of the XTO Acquired Assets, including Rights-of-Way.

 

“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

 

“Multiemployer Plan”
means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

“Net Proceeds”
means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event, including (i) any cash received
in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note
or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but excluding any interest payments), but only as and
when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event,
condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid to third parties
(other than Affiliates) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a Disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a casualty
or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness
(other than Term Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event and (iii) the
amount of all Taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) and the amount of any reserves established to fund contingent liabilities
reasonably estimated to be payable that are directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by a Financial
Officer).

 

“Non-Consenting Lender”
has the meaning assigned to such term is Section 9.02(d).

 

“Note” means
a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender which has requested promissory notes pursuant to Section 2.07(f) evidencing
the Term Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the forms attached as Exhibit A and any substitutes therefor, and any
replacements, restatements, renewals or extension thereof, in whole or in part.

 

“NYFRB”
means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

“NYFRB Rate”
means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding
Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that,
if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal
funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker of recognized
standing selected by it; provided further that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined shall be less than 0.00%, such rate
shall be deemed to be 0.00% for purposes of this Agreement.

 

“Obligations”
means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loans, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements,
indemnities and other obligations and indebtedness (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), obligations and liabilities
of any of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties to any of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or any indemnified party, individually
or collectively, existing on the Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent,
matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, arising or
incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Term Loans made or other obligations incurred
or other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof.

 

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“OFAC”
means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 

“Oil and Gas Properties”
means (a) Hydrocarbon Interests; (b) the properties now or hereafter pooled or unitized with Hydrocarbon Interests; (c) all
presently existing or future unitization, communitization, pooling agreements and declarations of pooled units and the units created
thereby (including all units created under orders, regulations and rules of any Governmental Authority) which may affect all or
any portion of the Hydrocarbon Interests; (d) all operating agreements, production sales or other contracts, farmout agreements,
farm-in agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, equipment leases and other agreements which relate to any of the Hydrocarbon
Interests or any interests therein or to the production, sale, purchase, exchange, processing, handling, storage, transporting or marketing
of the Hydrocarbons from or attributable to such Hydrocarbon Interests; (e) all Hydrocarbons; (f) all tenements, hereditaments,
appurtenances and properties in any manner appertaining, belonging, affixed or incidental to the Hydrocarbon Interests, including all
compressor sites, settling ponds and equipment or pipe yards; and (g) all properties, rights, titles, interests and estates whether
now owned or hereinafter acquired, that are situated upon, used or held for use in connection with the interests described or referred
to above, or the operating, working or development of any of such Hydrocarbon Interests or property (excluding drilling rigs, automotive
equipment, rental equipment or other personal property which may be on such premises for the purpose of drilling a well or for other
similar temporary uses) including any and all oil wells, gas wells, injection wells or other wells, structures, fuel separators, liquid
extraction plants, plant compressors, pumps, pumping units, pipelines, sales and flow lines, gathering systems, field gathering systems,
salt water disposal facilities, tanks and tank batteries, fixtures, valves, fittings, machinery and parts, engines, boilers, steam generation
facilities, meters, apparatus, equipment, appliances, tools, implements, cables, wires, towers, casing, tubing and rods, surface leases,
rights-of-way, easements, servitudes, licenses and other surface and subsurface rights, together with all additions, substitutions, replacements,
accessions and attachments to any and all of the foregoing. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references in this Agreement
to “Oil and Gas Properties” refer to Oil and Gas Properties owned at the time in question by the Loan Parties.

 

“Organizational Documents”
means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and bylaws (or equivalent or comparable
constitutive documents with respect to such corporation’s jurisdiction) of such corporation; (b) with respect to any limited
liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement of such limited liability company;
and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or
other applicable agreement of formation or organization of such entity and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto
filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation
or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

 

“Other Connection
Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient
and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party
to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction
pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Term Loan or Loan Document).

 

“Other Taxes”
means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made
under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest
under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to
an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.16).

 

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“Overnight Bank Funding
Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar transactions denominated
in Dollars by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set
forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight
bank funding rate.

 

“Participant”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

 

“Participant Register”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

 

“Payment Conditions”
means, with respect to any Restricted Payment or Restricted Debt Payment:

 

(a)            after
giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment or Restricted Debt Payment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing;

 

(b)            no
Restricted Payment or Restricted Debt Payment shall be made during any Fiscal Year except (i) with respect to Fiscal Year 2022,
on a date that is before November 1, 2022 and (ii) with respect to subsequent Fiscal Years, on a date that is within the Specified
Amount Payment Period for such Fiscal Year;

 

(c)            after
giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment or Restricted Debt Payment, the aggregate amount of Available Cash of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries at the beginning of the related Specified Amount Payment Period is greater than $100,000,000;

 

(d)            after
giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment or Restricted Debt Payment, the Specified Amount shall be greater than $0;

 

(e)            at
the time of such Restricted Payment or Restricted Debt Payment, the Adjusted Stockholders’ Equity of the Borrower is not less than
$800,000,000 (as reflected in the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) with respect to the applicable
Fiscal Quarter ending June 30); and

 

(f)            the
projected cash flow of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the Budget or Cash Reforecast most recently delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(e) (or,
solely for any Restricted Payment or Restricted Debt Payment made prior to November 1, 2022, the Financial Model) reflects sufficient
free cash flow to make the required payments of principal and interest on the Term Loans through the next succeeding Annual Payment Date.

 

“Payment in Full”
or “Paid in Full” means the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each
Term Loan and all fees payable hereunder and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents (other than contingent indemnification
obligations as to which no claim has been received by any Loan Party) shall have been paid in full in cash.

 

“PBGC” means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

 

“Permits”
means the collective reference to any and all franchises, licenses, leases, permits, approvals, consents, notifications, certifications,
registrations, authorizations, exemptions, variances, qualifications, easements and rights of way of any Governmental Authority or third
party.

 

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“Permitted Encumbrances”
means:

 

(a)            Liens
for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies that are not yet due or are being contested in good faith by appropriate
action and for which adequate reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP (to the extent required by GAAP);

 

(b)            carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlord’s, operators’ and other like Liens
imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business or incident to the exploration, development, operation and maintenance of
Oil and Gas Properties and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days or are being contested in good
faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP (to the extent required by GAAP);
provided that any such Lien referred to in this clause (b) does not materially impair the use of the Property covered by
such Lien for the purposes for which such Property is held by any Loan Party or materially impair the value of such Property subject
thereto;

 

(c)            Liens
in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security, old age pension or public liability
obligations which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves
are maintained in accordance with GAAP (to the extent required by GAAP);

 

(d)            deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, government contracts, leases, statutory obligations, regulatory obligations, tenders,
surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business or
in the ordinary course in the oil and gas business generally and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

 

(e)            judgment
Liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(k);

 

(f)            zoning
and land use requirements, easements, restrictions, servitudes, Permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations in any Property
of any Loan Party for the purpose of roads, pipelines, transmission lines, transportation lines, distribution lines for the removal of
gas, oil, coal or other minerals or timber, and other like purposes, or for the joint or common use of real estate, rights of way, facilities
and equipment, that do not secure any monetary obligations and that in the aggregate do not materially impair the value of the assets
encumbered thereby or materially impair the ability of any Loan Party to use such assets in its business;

 

(g)            title
and ownership interests of lessors (including sub-lessors) of Property leased by such lessors to any Loan Party, Liens and encumbrances
encumbering such lessors’ titles and interests in such property and to which the applicable Loan Party’s leasehold interests
may be subject or subordinate, in each case whether or not evidenced by Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings or other
documents of record; provided that such Liens do not secure Indebtedness of any Loan Party and do not encumber Property of any
Loan Party other than the Property that is the subject of such leases and items located thereon; provided further that any such
Lien referred to in this clause does not materially impair the use of the Property covered by such Lien for the purposes for which such
Property is held by the applicable Loan Party or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto;

 

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(h)            Liens
arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision or customary deposit account terms relating to banker’s liens,
rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies and burdening only deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository
institution; provided that no such deposit account is a dedicated cash collateral account or is subject to restrictions against
access by the depositor in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Board and no such deposit account is intended
by any Loan Party to provide collateral to the depository institution;

 

(i)            Liens
arising solely from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings with respect to operating leases or consignment
arrangements otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

 

(j)            Liens
which arise in the ordinary course of business under operating agreements, joint venture agreements, oil and gas partnership agreements,
oil and gas leases, farm-out agreements, participation agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, transportation, gathering,
or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, overriding
royalty agreements, reversionary interests, marketing agreements, processing agreements, net profits agreements, development agreements,
service agreements, supply agreements, gas balancing or deferred production agreements, injection, repressuring and recycling agreements,
salt water or other disposal agreements, seismic or other geophysical permits or agreements, and other agreements which are usual and
customary in the oil and gas business including, without limitation, all lessors’ royalties, overriding royalties, net profits
interests, carried interests, reversionary interests and other burdens on, or deductions from, the proceeds of production with respect
to each Property (in each case) that do not operate to reduce the net revenue interest for such Property as reflected in any Reserve
Report or increase the working interest for such Oil and Gas Property as reflected in any Reserve Report without a corresponding increase
in the corresponding net revenue interest and that do not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money and, in each case, are for claims which
are not more than 30 days delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves
are maintained in accordance with GAAP (to the extent required by GAAP);

 

(k)            minor
defects or other irregularities in title or zoning and other restrictions that do not secure any Indebtedness and which in the aggregate
do not materially impair the use of such Property for the purposes of which such Property is held by any Loan Party or Subsidiary of
the Borrower or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto;

 

(l)            consents
to assignment and similar contractual provisions affecting an Oil and Gas Property, including customary preferential rights to purchase
and calls on production by sellers relating to Hydrocarbon Interests acquired by any Loan Party or Subsidiary of the Borrower;

 

(m)            Liens
(other than the granting of a security interest) pursuant to merger agreements, stock purchase agreements, asset sale agreements and
similar agreements (1) limiting the transfer of properties and assets pending the consummation of the subject transaction, or (2) in
respect of earnest money deposits, good faith deposits, purchase price adjustment and indemnity escrows and similar deposit or escrow
arrangements made or established thereunder; and

 

(n)            Liens,
titles and interests of licensors of software and other intangible personal Property licensed by such licensors to any Loan Party or
any Subsidiary of the Borrower, restrictions and prohibitions on encumbrances and transferability with respect to such Property and such
Loan Party’s or Subsidiary’s interests therein imposed by such licenses, and Liens and encumbrances encumbering such licensors’
titles and interests in such Property and to which such Loan Party’s or Subsidiary’s license interests may be subject or
subordinate, in each case, whether or not evidenced by UCC financing statement filings or other documents of record; provided
that such Liens do not secure Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of the Borrower and do not encumber Property of any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than the Property that is the subject of such licenses;

 

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provided,
that (i) Liens described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (h) and (j) shall remain “Permitted Encumbrances” only
for so long as no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced (ii) the term “Permitted Encumbrance” shall not include
any Lien securing Indebtedness for borrowed money.

 

“Permitted Holders”
means, collectively, Banpu and any wholly-owned subsidiaries of Banpu.

 

“Permitted Liens”
means Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02.

 

“Person”
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.

 

“Petroleum Industry
Standards” means the Definitions for Oil and Gas Reserves promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (or any generally
recognized successor) as in effect at the time in question.

 

“Plan” means
any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate (i) is
(or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA or (ii) otherwise has any liability.

 

“Platform”
means Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.

 

“Prepayment Event”
means:

 

(a)            any
Disposition of any property or asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions)
with a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000 other than Dispositions described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (i) and
(j) of Section 6.04; or

 

(b)            any
Casualty Event; or

 

(c)            the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01.

 

“Prime Rate”
means, as of any day, the rate last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the United States or, if The
Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal
Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer
quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the
Federal Reserve Board (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent).

 

“Production Payment”
means a Dollar-Denominated Production Payment or a Volumetric Production Payment.

 

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“Property”
means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights, including any Oil and Gas Property.

 

“Proved Oil and Gas
Properties” means Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties to which Proved Reserves are attributed in the Reserve Report
most recently delivered at the time in question.

 

“Proved Reserves”
means oil and gas reserves that, in accordance with the Petroleum Industry Standards, are defined and classified as “Proved Reserves”,
which include the following: (a) “Proved Developed Producing Reserves”, (b) “Proved Developed Non-Producing
Reserves” (consisting of proved developed shut-in oil and gas reserves and proved developed behind pipe oil and gas reserves) and
(c) “Proved Undeveloped Reserves”.

 

“PTE” means
a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time

 

“Qualified Equity
Interests” means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.

 

“Qualified
IPO” means any transaction or series of transactions that results in any of the common Equity Interests of the Borrower
or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower being publicly traded on any United States national securities exchange or over-the-counter
market, or any analogous exchange or any recognized securities exchange in Canada, the United Kingdom or any country of the European
Union; provided that a Qualified IPO shall not include a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8.

 

“Qualifying
Benefit Plans” means any stock option plans or other benefit plans for the benefit of employees, management and directors of
the Borrower which are or have become customary in the business industry of the Borrower and which such plans have been approved
in good faith by the Borrower’s compensation committee (or equivalent body of the Borrower responsible for compensation).

 

“Recipient”
means (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) any Lender, as applicable.

 

“Reference Time”
with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 6:00 a.m. (New
York time) on the day that is two Business Days preceding the date of such setting, (2) if the RFR for such Benchmark is Daily Simple
SOFR, then two Business Days prior to such setting or (3) if such Benchmark is none of Term SOFR Rate or Daily Simple SOFR, the
time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

 

“Register”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

 

“Related Parties”
means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents,
third party advisors and representatives of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

 

“Release”
has the meaning set forth in CERCLA or under any other Environmental Law.

 

“Relevant Governmental
Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, as applicable, or a committee officially
endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto.

 

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“Relevant Rate”
means (a) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or (b) with respect to any RFR Borrowing,
the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR, as applicable.

 

“Remedial Work”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.07.

 

“Required Lenders”
means, subject to Section 2.17, (x) if there are three or more Lenders, at least two or more Lenders having Credit Exposures
representing more than 66.666666667% of the sum of the Credit Exposures of all Lenders at such time and (y) if there are fewer than
three Lenders, at least one or more Lenders having Credit Exposures representing more than 66.666666667% of the sum of the Credit Exposures
of all Lenders at such time. For purposes of this definition, any Lenders that are Affiliated shall be deemed to be a single Lender.

 

“Requirement of Law”
means as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority,
in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

 

“Reserve Report”
means, collectively, (a) the Initial Reserve Reports and (b) each other report, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent, setting forth, as of the dates set forth in Section 5.14(a), Section 5.14(b) or
as otherwise indicated in this Agreement, the Proved Reserves attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and the other
Loan Parties located in the United States of America, together with a projection of the rate of production and future net income, taxes,
operating expenses and capital expenditures with respect thereto as of such date, based upon economic assumptions reasonably acceptable
to the Administrative Agent.

 

“Reserve Report Certificate”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(d).

 

“Reserve Report Supporting
Materials” shall mean, with respect to any Reserve Report, (i) a summary of the economic assumptions contained therein
and any material changes from the Reserve Report most recently delivered prior to such Reserve Report, (ii) files containing the
then-current ARIES database of the Loan Parties’ Oil and Gas Properties and (iii) any other supporting materials as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request used to prepare such Reserve Report.

 

“Resolution Authority”
means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

 

“Responsible Officer”
means, as to any Person, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, principal financial
officer, chief operating officer, controller, treasurer or assistant treasurer, or any vice president, of such Person or, in the case
of a Loan Party, any other officer of such Loan Party or other authorized individual designated in writing by such Loan Party and reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document that is signed by a Responsible
Officer of a Person shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action
on the part of such Person and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Person.

 

“Restricted Debt Payment”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.18(a).

 

“Restricted Payment”
means (a) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests
in the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking
fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests
in the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (c) any payment of management fees, advisory fees or similar fees by any Loan Party
to any holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower.

 

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“RFR” means
for any RFR Term Loan, Daily Simple SOFR.

 

“RFR
Term Loan” means a Term Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR.

 

“Rights-of-Way”
means all permits, licenses, servitudes, easements, fee surface, surface leases, surface use agreements and rights-of-way primarily used
or held for use in connection with the ownership or operation of the XTO Acquired Assets, other than permits.

 

“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business.

 

“Sale and Leaseback
Transaction” means any sale or other transfer of any property or asset by any Person with the intent to lease such property
or asset as lessee.

 

“Sanctioned
Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at
the time of this Agreement, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea
Region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).

 

“Sanctioned
Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person that is the subject or target of any Sanctions administered or enforced
by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, Her
Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or any other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person operating, organized or
resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing
clauses (a) or (b).

 

“Sanctions”
means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S.
government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European
Union, any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or any other relevant sanctions authority,
(c) the sanctions authority of the Kingdom of Thailand or (d) the sanctions authority of the Republic of Singapore.

 

“SEC” means
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Securities Act”
means the United States Securities Act of 1933.

 

“SOFR” means
a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

 

“SOFR
Administrator” means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

 

“SOFR
Administrator’s Website” means the NYFRB’s website, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source
for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.

 

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“SOFR Rate Day”
has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.

 

“Solvent”
means, in reference to any Person, (i) the fair value of the assets of such Person, at a fair valuation, will exceed its debts and
liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person will be
greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent
or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) such Person will be able to pay its debts and
liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) such Person
will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted
and is proposed to be conducted after the Effective Date.

 

“Specified Amount”
means, as of any date, an amount (which shall not be less than zero) equal to (without duplication):

 

(a)            Consolidated
EBITDA, determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Test Period most recently ended for which financial
statements of the Borrower have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b), plus cash held
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the commencement of such Test Period minus the aggregate sum of (without duplication)
(i) the current portion of any Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date (other than the current portion
of any Term Loans and any current contingent Indebtedness), (ii) the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred pursuant
to Section 6.01(i) and outstanding as of such date, and (iii) the aggregate amount of the Subject Payments and any other
contingent Indebtedness and/or earnout obligations incurred by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with any Investment (other
than any current contingent Indebtedness) minus

 

(b)            the
Consolidated Fixed Charges for the Test Period most recently ended for which financial statements of the Borrower have been delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b), minus

 

(c)            any
Specified Amount Utilization.

 

“Specified Amount
Utilization” means the sum of, without duplication, the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments and Restricted Debt Payments
made in reliance on Section 6.08(d) and Section 6.18(a)(ii) respectively during the period starting
from the first day of the Test Period most recently ended for which financial statements of the Borrower have been delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) and ending on such date.

 

“Specified Amount
Payment Period” means, for any Fiscal Year, the period beginning the date that financial statements are delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01(b) with respect to the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30 of such Fiscal Year and ending the date that
is 90 days after June 30 of such Fiscal Year.

 

“Specified Contribution”
means at any time, without duplication, the amount of cash proceeds received by the Borrower from (x) an issuance of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Equity Interests), (y) a cash capital contribution or (z) the incurrence of Subordinated Shareholder
PIK Loans (such cash proceeds not to be less than the principal amount of such Subordinated Shareholder PIK Loans), which is made for
the exclusive purpose of curing a failure to comply with Section 6.11(b) or Section 6.11(c) that would
otherwise occur, but for the exercise of a Cure Right pursuant to Section 7.02. For the avoidance of doubt, the XTO Acquisition
Contribution shall not constitute a Specified Contribution.

 

“Specified Disposition”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(b).

 

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“Specified Funds”
means, collectively, the following:

 

(a)            cash
generated from ordinary business operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and not constituting (i) the proceeds of
any Indebtedness, (ii) the proceeds of any issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or any parent entity thereof), (iii) casualty
proceeds, (iv) condemnation proceeds or (v) other proceeds that would not be included in Consolidated Net Income; and

 

(b)            Net
Proceeds from any Disposition referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (i) and (j) of Section 6.04.

 

“Specified
Total Indebtedness” means the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries referred
to in clauses (a), (b), (c), (e) (but only in respect of earn-out obligations to the extent due and payable), (f) (to the extent
such Lien secures Indebtedness that is of the type that would otherwise constitute Specified Total Indebtedness), (g) (to the extent
such Guarantee covers Indebtedness that is of the type that would otherwise constitute Specified Total Indebtedness), (h), (i) (to
the extent consisting of non-contingent reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty that have been
drawn or funded and not reimbursed), (j) (to the extent consisting of non-contingent reimbursement obligations in respect of bankers’
acceptances that have been funded and not reimbursed) of the definition of “Indebtedness” on such date, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP and (k) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (j) above
of any partnership or joint venture in which any Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness
is expressly made non-recourse to such Borrower or such Subsidiary.

 

“Subject Payments”
means, collectively, the Devon Earn-Out Obligations, the First Contingent Payment (as defined in the XTO Acquisition Agreement) and the
Second Contingent Payment (as defined in the XTO Acquisition Agreement).

 

“Subordination Agreement”
means that certain Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Initial Availability Date, by and among Banpu North America Corporation,
the Administrative Agent and each other Person party thereto, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.

 

“Subordinated Shareholder
Loan” means (a) any loan made to the Borrower by Banpu North America which (i) has a maturity date no earlier than
ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date, (ii) is subordinated to the Obligations as to priority of payment pursuant to a subordination
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) is unsecured, (iv) provides for an all-in-yield
no greater than Term SOFR plus 5.25%, (b) any Subordinated Shareholder PIK Loan and (c) the Amended and Restated Shareholder
Loans.

 

“Subordinated Shareholder
PIK Loan” means any loan made to the Borrower by Banpu North America which (a) has a maturity date no earlier than ninety-one
(91) days after the Maturity Date, (b) is subordinated to the Obligations as to priority of payment pursuant to a subordination
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (c) is unsecured, (d) provides for an all-in-yield
no greater than Term SOFR plus 5.25%, and (e) which bears interest that is payable solely in kind by adding the amount of such interest
to the outstanding principal amount of the Subordinated Shareholder Loan, which shall thereafter be deemed principal bearing interest.

 

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“subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s
consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any
other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests
representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50%
of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held.

 

“Subsidiary”
means any subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

“Subsidiary Guarantor”
means each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a party to the Guaranty Agreement (excluding any Subsidiary released from its obligations
under the Guaranty Agreement). The Subsidiary Guarantors as of the Initial Availability Date are identified as such in Schedule 3.01.

 

“Swap
Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any collar, swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar
agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities,
or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any
combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services
provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries shall be a Swap
Agreement.

 

“Taxes”
means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees
or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

“Term Benchmark”,
when used in reference to any Term Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Term Loan, or the Term Loans comprising such Borrowing,
bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate.

 

“Term
Benchmark Loan” means a Term Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Term Benchmark.

 

“Term Lender”
means, as of any date of determination, each Lender having a Term Loan Commitment or that holds Term Loans.

 

“Term Loan Availability
Period” means the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending six (6) months thereafter.

 

“Term Loan Commitment”
means, as to any Term Lender, the commitment of such Term Lender to make a Term Loan in the principal amount set forth on Schedule 2.01
or in the most recent Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby executed by such Term Lender. The aggregate
amount of the Term Loan Commitments of the Term Lenders as of the Effective Date is $600,000,000.

 

“Term Loans”
means, collectively, the loans made pursuant to Section 2.01.

 

“Test Period”
means any period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters.

 

“Term SOFR Determination
Day” has the meaning assigned to such term under the definition of “Term SOFR Reference Rate.”

 

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“Term SOFR Rate”
means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing and for any tenor equal to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference
Rate at approximately 6:00 a.m., New York time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor
comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator.

 

“Term SOFR Reference
Rate” means, for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), with respect to any Term
Benchmark Borrowing for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent
as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term
SOFR Reference Rate” for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement
Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will
be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such
Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than
five (5) Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.

 

“Total Net Indebtedness”
means, as of any date of determination, (a) Specified Total Indebtedness as of such date minus (b) the lesser of (i) the
aggregate amount of Available Cash as of such date and (ii) $100,000,000.

 

“Total Net Leverage
Ratio” means, as of the last day of any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Total Net Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated
EBITDA for such Test Period.

 

“Total
Proved PV-10” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) the estimated market value of the Loan
Parties’ hedge position, discounted using an annual discount rate of 10% and (ii) the present value of estimated future revenues
to be realized from the production of Hydrocarbons from the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties to which Proved Reserves are attributed
as set forth in the most recent Reserve Report delivered pursuant hereto, with appropriate deductions for take or pay and other prepayments,
severance and ad valorem taxes, operating, gathering, transportation and marketing expenses, and capital expenditures (including capitalized
workover expenses) and plugging and abandonment costs. Each calculation of such estimated future revenues shall be made (a) using
the Five-Year Strip Price, adjusted in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent for (i) any basis differential
between the actual delivery location and the reference price delivery location and price differential between the actual product delivered
and the reference product, in each case, using in each case using methodology consistent with past practices and in good faith based
on observable differentials (which utilized differentials shall be, volume weighted on the basis of current and expected future arrangements
for the sale of production, the lesser of (A) the average actual differentials for the last twelve months and (B) those future
differentials which may be hedged by contract); and (ii) quality and gravity, (b) using costs as of the date of estimation
without future escalation and without giving effect to non-property related expenses such as general and administrative expenses, debt
service, future income tax expense and depreciation, depletion and amortization, (c) discounted using an annual discount rate of
10% and (d) to the extent not otherwise specified in the preceding clauses of this sentence, using reasonable economic assumptions
consistent with such clauses. Total Proved PV-10 shall be calculated on a pro forma basis, giving effect to (i) acquisitions and
Dispositions of Oil and Gas Properties consummated by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties since the date of the Reserve Report most
recently delivered pursuant hereto (provided that, in the case of any acquisition of Oil and Gas Properties, the Administrative Agent
shall have received a Reserve Report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, evaluating the Proved Reserves attributable
thereto) and (ii) the unwind, monetization or termination of any Swap Agreement to which a Loan Party is a party, in each case occurring
since the date of the Reserve Report most recently delivered pursuant hereto.

 

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“Transactions”
means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) the
borrowing of Term Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof, (c) the consummation of the XTO Acquisition and (d) any other
transaction relating to or entered into in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

“Type” when
used in reference to any Term Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Term Loan, or on the Term Loans comprising
such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR or the Alternate Base Rate.

 

“U.S. Government Securities
Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes
of trading in United States government securities.

 

“U.S. Person”
means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

“U.S. Tax Compliance
Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(f)(i)(B)(3).

 

“USA PATRIOT Act”
means The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title
III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from
time to time in effect.

 

“UCC” means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or any other state the laws of which are required
to be applied in connection with the issue of perfection of security interests.

 

“UK Financial Institutions”
means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom
Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated
by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates
of such credit institutions or investment firms.

 

“UK Resolution Authority”
means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

 

“Unadjusted Benchmark
Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

 

“Uncommitted Credit
Facility Agreements” means (a) that certain Uncommitted Specific Advance Facility Letter, dated as of December 22,
2021, by and among the Borrower and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, Los Angeles Agency, (b) that certain Uncommitted
Continuing Agreement for Standby Letters of Credit, dated as of December 22, 2021, by and among the Borrower and Oversea-Chinese
Banking Corporation Limited, Los Angeles Agency, (c) that certain Facility Letter (Uncommitted), dated as of February 7, 2022,
by and among Standard Chartered Bank, the Borrower, BKV Chaffee Corners, LLC, BKV Chelsea, LLC, BKV Operating, LLC and BKV Barnett, LLC
and (d) that certain Promissory Note, dated as of March 11, 2022, made by the Borrower, BKV Chaffee Corners, LLC, BKV Chelsea,
LLC, BKV Operating, LLC and BKV Barnett, LLC in favor of Standard Chartered Bank.

 

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“Utilization
Receipt” means documentary evidence of the Borrower’s receipt of the proceeds of the Term Loans funded on any Funding
Date to the deposit account provided by the Borrower in the Borrowing Request, which shall be substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Volumetric Production
Payment” means a production payment obligation recorded as deferred revenue in accordance with GAAP, together with all undertakings
and obligations in connection therewith.

 

“Weighted Average
Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the
sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or
other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated
to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal
amount of such Indebtedness.

 

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary”
means, as to any Person, any other Person all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required
by law) is owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

 

“Withdrawal Liability”
means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are
defined in Part 1 of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

 

“Withholding Agent”
means any Loan Party.

 

“Write-Down
and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers
of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down
and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers
of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any
UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into
shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect
as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In
Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

 

“XTO Acquired Assets”
means the “Assets” (as defined in the XTO Acquisition Agreement).

 

“XTO Acquisition Agreement”
means that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2022, among XTO Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
Barnett Gathering, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, on the one hand, collectively, as seller (the “XTO Sellers”),
and BKV North Texas, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and BKV Midstream, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on the
other hand, collectively, as purchaser.

 

“XTO Acquisition Assignments”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.18(a)(iv)

 

“XTO Acquisition Contribution”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.18(a)(ii).

 

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“XTO Acquisition Releases”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.18(a)(iv).

 

“XTO Acquisition Subordinated
Shareholder Loan” means the loans incurred by the Borrower pursuant to the XTO Subordinated Shareholder Loan Agreement.

 

“XTO Acquisition Subordinated
Shareholder Loan Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2022, by and
between Banpu North America, as lender, and the Borrower, as borrower, pursuant to which Banpu North America made a term loan in the
aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000 to the Borrower.

 

“XTO Acquisition Termination
Date” has the meaning assign to such term in Section 2.08(e).

 

“XTO Sellers”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “XTO Acquisition Agreement”.

 

Section 1.02.     Terms
Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”,
 “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The
word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The word “law”
shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations
thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders and decrees, of all
Governmental Authorities. Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument
or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications
set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto
as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions
on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded
to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words
of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) with
respect to the determination of any time period, the word “from” means “from and including”, the words “to”
and “until” mean “to but excluding”, and the word “through” means “to and including”,
(f) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of,
and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (g) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed
to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights.

 

Section 1.03.     Accounting
Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations.

 

(a)            Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as
in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment
to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on
the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment
to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the
application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change
shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

 

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(b)            Notwithstanding
any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations
of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i) without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25
(or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness
or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower at “fair value”, as defined therein, and (ii) without
giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20
(or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such
Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated
principal amount thereof.

 

(c)            Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all pro forma computations required to be made hereunder giving effect to any acquisition or
Disposition, or issuance, incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness, or other transaction shall in
each case be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto (and, in the case of any pro forma computation made hereunder to determine whether
such acquisition or Disposition, or issuance, incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness, or other transaction is permitted to be consummated
hereunder, to any other such transaction consummated since the first day of the period covered by any component of such pro forma computation
and on or prior to the date of such computation) as if such transaction had occurred on the first day of the period of four consecutive
Fiscal Quarters ending with the most recent Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or
5.01(b) (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements, ending with the last Fiscal Quarter included in the
financial statements referred to in Section 3.04(a) and (b)), and, to the extent applicable, to the historical
earnings and cash flows associated with the assets acquired or Disposed of (but without giving effect to any synergies or cost savings)
and any related incurrence or reduction of Indebtedness, all in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities
Act. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall
be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account
any Swap Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness).

 

(d)            Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in Section 1.03(a) or in the definition of “Capital Lease Obligations,”
for purposes of calculations made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, GAAP will be deemed to treat leases
(whether or not such leases were in effect on such date) that would have been classified as operating leases in accordance with GAAP
as in effect on December 31, 2018 in a manner consistent with the treatment of such leases under GAAP as in effect on December 31,
2018, notwithstanding any modifications or interpretive changes thereto that may occur thereafter.

 

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Section 1.04.     Interest
Rates; Benchmark Notification. The interest rate on a Term Loan may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued
or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Section 2.11(b) provides
a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for,
and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any other matter related to any interest
rate used in this Agreement, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including without
limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar
to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the existing interest rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity
as did any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other
related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative,
successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner
adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain
any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of
any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in
tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided
by any such information source or service.

 

Section 1.05.     Divisions.
For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable
event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset,
right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the
subsequent person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired
on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

 

Article II

 

The Credits

 

Section 2.01.     Commitments.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Term Loans to the Borrower
in Dollars from time to time on any Business Day during the Term Loan Availability Period; provided that (a) the principal
amount of any Term Loan made by any Term Lender on any Funding Date shall not exceed the then-available Term Loan Commitment of such
Lender (immediately prior to giving effect to the making of such Term Loan) and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans
made by the Term Lenders during the Term Loan Availability Period shall not exceed the Maximum Term Loan Amount. Amounts repaid or prepaid
in respect of the Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

 

Section 2.02.     Loans
and Borrowings.

 

(a)            Each
Term Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting entirely of Term Benchmark Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance
herewith made by the applicable Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Term Loan Commitments. The failure of any Lender
to make any Term Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that
the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Term Loans
as required.

 

(b)            Subject
to Section 2.11, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Term Benchmark Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance
herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Term Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make
such Term Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.12 and 2.14 shall apply to such Affiliate
to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower
to repay such Term Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(c)            Each
Borrowing of Term Loans shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000.

 

(d)            Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing
if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

 

Section 2.03.     Requests
for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by delivering to the Administrative
Agent a Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time three (3) Business Days before
the date of the proposed Borrowing (or such later time as may be otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion);
provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Borrowing Request may be delivered prior to the Initial Availability
Date. Each such written Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i)            the
aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.02(c);

 

(ii)           the
date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day; and

 

(iii)          the
location and number of the Borrower’s account or such other account or accounts to which funds are to be disbursed (provided that
the proceeds of Term Loans made on the Initial Funding Date shall be deposited into an account of the Borrower held at the Administrative
Agent) (such account, the “Initial Funding Date Account”).

 

Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request
in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of the amount
of such Lender’s Term Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

 

Section 2.04.     Funding
of Borrowings.

 

(a)            Each
Lender shall make each Term Loan to be made by it hereunder on the relevant Funding Date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available
funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by
notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Term Loans available to the Borrower by promptly wiring the amounts of
all requested funds so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower (or to such other account) designated by the Borrower in
the applicable Borrowing Request on the applicable Funding Date.

 

(b)            Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not
make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may (but shall
have no obligation to do so), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event,
if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender
and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon,
for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative
Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest
rate applicable to the Term Loans comprising such Borrowing. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount
shall constitute such Lender’s Term Loan included in such Borrowing.

 

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Section 2.05.     Interest
Rate.

 

(a)            Each
Borrowing shall be a Term Benchmark Borrowing and shall have an Interest Period of six (6) months. There shall be no more than five
(5) Term Benchmark Borrowings at any time.

 

(b)            At
the end of each Interest Period, each Borrowing shall be continued as a Term Benchmark Borrowing, with a new Interest Period immediately
beginning at the end of the prior Interest Period.

 

Section 2.06.     Termination
and Reduction of Term Loan Commitments.

 

(a)            The
Term Loan Commitments shall be permanently reduced on any Funding Date by the principal amount of Term Loans made on such Funding Date,
such reduction to be effective immediately after the funding of such Term Loans. Unless previously terminated, the Term Loan Commitments
shall terminate on the earlier of (a) the Commitment Expiration Date and (b) if the XTO Acquisition is not consummated on or
prior to the date that is four (4) Business Days after the Initial Funding Date, the XTO Acquisition Termination Date.

 

(b)            The
Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Term Loan Commitments; provided that each partial reduction
of the Term Loan Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000.

 

(c)            The
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any election to terminate or reduce the Term Loan Commitments under paragraph (b) of
this Section by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination
or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative
Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall
be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Term Loan Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such
notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other transactions specified therein, in which case such notice
may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition
is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Term Loan Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Term Loan Commitments
shall be made ratably among the Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Term Loan Commitments.

 

(d)            Without
limiting any other obligation to pay fees and expenses hereunder, any commitment fees accrued pursuant to Section 2.09 until
the effective date of any termination of Term Loan Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

 

Section 2.07.     Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

 

(a)            On
each Annual Payment Date, the Borrower shall repay the Term Loans in an amount equal to 20.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Term Loans outstanding at the end of the Commitment Expiration Date (such aggregate principal amount, the “Amortization Base
Amount”), with each installment due on any such Annual Payment Date subject to adjustment as a result of any prepayment pursuant
to Section 2.08 as provided therein. The Applicable Prepayment Premium shall not apply to repayment of the Term Loans pursuant
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(b)            To
the extent not previously repaid, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans shall be paid in full in Dollars by the Borrower
on the Maturity Date.

 

(c)            Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Lender resulting from each Term Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender
from time to time hereunder.

 

(d)            The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Term Loan made hereunder, the Type
thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due
and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder
for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

 

(e)            The
Register and the corresponding entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) of this Section shall
be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of
any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the Obligations.
If any conflict exists between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent
in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

 

(f)            Any
Lender may request that Term Loans made by it be evidenced by a Note or Notes. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and
deliver to such Lender a Note or Notes payable to such Lender or its registered assigns and substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Thereafter, the Term Loans evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04)
be represented by one or more Notes in such form payable to the payee or its registered assigns.

 

Section 2.08.     Prepayment
of Loans.

 

(a)            Voluntary
Prepayments. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject
to prior written notice in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.08(a). The Borrower shall notify the Administrative
Agent by written notice of any prepayment hereunder not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, fifteen (15) Business Days before
the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each
Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that a notice of voluntary prepayment of all Loans then outstanding at any
time delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other transactions
specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior
to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a voluntary
prepayment of a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment
of any Term Loans shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. Each voluntary prepayment of a Borrowing
pursuant to this Section 2.08(a) shall be applied ratably to the Term Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing in inverse
order of maturity. Each voluntary prepayment shall be accompanied by the Applicable Prepayment Premium; provided that the Applicable
Prepayment Premium shall not apply to any portion of any such voluntary prepayment made with Specified Funds.

 

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(b)            Mandatory
Prepayments (Prepayment Events). In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall, on the same day that such Net Proceeds are received in the case
of a Prepayment Event described in clause (c) of the definition thereof and within three (3) Business Days after such Net Proceeds
are received in the case of all other Prepayment Events, prepay the Term Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds;
provided that, (i) in the case of any Disposition or other Prepayment Event described in clause (a) or (b) of the
definition of the term “Prepayment Event” (each, a “Specified Disposition”), no such prepayment shall
be required unless the consideration received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of such Disposition, together with all
other Specified Dispositions consummated since the Effective Date, exceeds $25,000,000. Each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.08(b) shall
be applied ratably to the Term Loans. Each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.08(b) shall be accompanied by, in the
case of a prepayment resulting from an event of the type described in clauses (a) and (c) of the definition of “Prepayment
Event”, the Applicable Prepayment Premium. Each prepayment of Term Loans made pursuant to this Section 2.08(b) shall
be applied against the remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of such Term Loans in inverse order of maturity.

 

(c)            Mandatory
Prepayments (Illegality). If, in any applicable jurisdiction, it becomes unlawful under any Law (or any Governmental Authority has
asserted that it is unlawful) for any Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or maintain
any Term Loan:

 

(i)            such
Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent upon becoming aware of that event (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrower in writing); and

 

(ii)            upon
the Administrative Agent notifying the Borrower, (i) the Commitments of such Lender will be immediately terminated; and (ii) the
Borrower shall prepay all Loans of such Lender either on the last day of the Interest Period thereof, if such Lender may lawfully continue
to maintain such Loan, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loan.

 

(d)            Mandatory
Prepayments (Specified Contributions). In the event and on each occasion that the Borrower receives any Specified Contribution, the
Borrower shall, no later than the Business Day after such Specified Contribution is received by the Borrower, prepay the Term Loans in
an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Specified Contribution. For the avoidance of doubt, the Applicable Prepayment Premium shall
not apply to any mandatory prepayments made under this Section 2.08(d). Each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.08(d) shall
be applied ratably to the Term Loans. Each prepayment of Term Loans made pursuant to this Section 2.08(d) shall be applied
against the remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of such Term Loans in inverse order of maturity.

 

(e)            Mandatory
Prepayments (Failure of XTO Acquisition to Occur). In the event that the XTO Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to the date
that is four (4) Business Days after the Initial Funding Date, the Borrower shall, on the date is that five (5) Business Days
after the Initial Funding Date (the “XTO Acquisition Termination Date”), prepay all then-outstanding Term Loans and
any other Obligations owing hereunder shall be Paid in Full by the Borrower.

 

(f)            Notice
of Prepayment. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any prepayment under Section 2.08 (other
than under Section 2.08(e)) not later than 1:00 p.m. New York City time, fifteen (15) Business Days (or, in respect
of a prepayment as a result of an event described in clause (c) of the definition of “Prepayment Event”, one (1) Business
Day) prior to the date of prepayment (including, with respect to any prepayment under Section 2.08(c), reasonably detailed
calculations of the Asset Coverage Ratio, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or the Total Leverage Ratio, as applicable, as of such date
after giving effect to such prepayment). Each such notice shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or
portion thereof to be prepaid and a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment.

 

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(g)            Interest;
Breakfunding. All prepayments, whether voluntary or mandatory, pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall be accompanied by
accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.10(d) and any break funding payments required by Section 2.18.

 

Section 2.09.     Fees.

 

(a)            Agency
Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately
agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, including pursuant to the Agency Fee Letter.

 

(b)            Lender
Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender fees payable pursuant to the Fee Letter.

 

Section 2.10.     Interest.

 

(a)            The
Term Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing
plus the Applicable Rate, but in no event to exceed the Maximum Rate.

 

(b)            Reserved.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding
the foregoing, during the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, all Term Loans and other amounts outstanding hereunder
shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of principal of any Term Loan
outstanding hereunder, 2.0% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Term Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or
(ii) in the case of any other amount, 2.0% plus the rate applicable to Term Benchmark Loans as provided in Section 2.10(a),
but in no event to exceed the Maximum Rate.

 

(d)            Accrued
interest on each Term Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Term Loan and on the Maturity Date; provided
that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand and (ii) in
the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Term Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable
on the date of such repayment or prepayment

 

(e)            All
interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate
Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366
days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding
the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Adjusted Daily Simple RFR or Daily Simple SOFR shall be determined
by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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Section 2.11.     Alternate
Rate of Interest.

 

(a)            Subject
to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 2.11, if:

 

(i)            the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) (A) prior to the commencement
of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Term
SOFR Rate or the Term SOFR Rate (including, without limitation, because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or published on
a current basis), for such Interest Period or (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining
the applicable Adjusted Daily Simple RFR or Daily Simple SOFR for an RFR Term Loan;

 

(ii)            the
Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark
Borrowing that the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for the applicable Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period, or (B) at any time, the applicable
Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for an RFR Term Loan will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining
their Term Loans included in such Borrowing;

 

then the Administrative Agent shall
give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders through any Electronic System as provided in Section 9.01 as promptly
as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise
to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the
Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR is not also the subject
of Section 2.11(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR also is the
subject of Section 2.11(a)(i) or (ii) above, on such day, and (2) any RFR Term Loan shall on and from
such day be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute an ABR Term Loan.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement
Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark
Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for
such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan
Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent
of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance
with clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark
Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at
or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided
to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document
so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders
comprising the Required Lenders.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, in connection with the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, the
Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower) will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time
to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark
Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action by or consent of any other party to this Agreement or
any other Loan Document.

 

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(d)            The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (ii) the
implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the
removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (e) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion
of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable,
any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.11, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate
or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking
any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and
without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant
to this Section 1 or in any related definitions.

 

(e)            Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark
Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Rate) and either (A) any tenor for
such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided
a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative,
then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such
time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above
either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is
not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark
Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at
or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

 

(f)            Upon
the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request
for a Term Benchmark Borrowing or RFR Borrowing and any conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or
continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request
into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to (i) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing, an RFR Borrowing so long as
the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (ii) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily
Simple RFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for
the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such
Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Term Loan is outstanding
on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a Relevant
Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Term Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement is implemented pursuant
to this ‎Section 2.11, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such
Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall
constitute, (x) an RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or
(y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, on such day and (2) any RFR
Term Loan shall on and from such day be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute an ABR Term Loan.

 

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Section 2.12.     Increased
Costs.

 

(a)            If
any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)            impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement,
insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender;

 

(ii)            impose
on any Lender or the relevant interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (in each case, other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement
or Term Loans made by such Lender; or

 

(iii)            subject
any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (c) of the
definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other
obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall
be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting into or maintaining any Term Loan or
of maintaining its obligation to make any such Term Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or
such other Recipient hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such other
Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case
may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b)            If
any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the
rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement or the Term Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could
have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s
holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender, such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(c)            A
certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may
be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive
absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after
receipt thereof.

 

(d)            Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s
right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for
any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change
in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided
further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred
to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

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Section 2.13.     Reserved.

 

Section 2.14.     Taxes.

 

(a)            Payments
Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without
deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith
discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding
Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount
deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax,
then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been
made (including such deductions and withholdings of Indemnified Taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.14)
the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

(b)            Payment
of Other Taxes by the Borrower. The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, Other Taxes.

 

(c)            Evidence
of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.14,
such Loan Party 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. On or prior to the last Business Day in February of each calendar year, Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent (for distribution to Lenders) a duly completed IRS Form 1042-S (Copies B, C and D marked for recipient) or any amended or
successor version of such form, together with a copy of IRS Form 1042-S (Copy A marked for United States Internal Revenue Service)
or any amended or successor version of such form, as filed with the United States Internal Revenue Service by Borrower, stamped as received
by the United States Internal Revenue Service or certified as a true copy by an officer of Borrower, and such other supporting documentation
evidencing the withholding Tax paid by any Loan Party for the immediately preceding calendar year that Administrative Agent and Lenders
may reasonably require to claim a tax credit (including any further certification by an officer of Borrower). Each such IRS Form 1042-S
(or any amended or successor version of such form) and other supporting documentation, as applicable, shall specify at least the following
information: (A) the name of the taxpayer, (B) the particulars of the income for such immediately preceding calendar year,
and (C) the amount of the withholding Tax paid for such immediately preceding calendar year.

 

(d)            Indemnification
by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand
therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts
payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient
and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally
imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to
the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of
a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(e)            Indemnification
by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor,
for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified
the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any
Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance
of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the
Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether
or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount
of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender
hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document
or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent
under this paragraph (e).

 

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(f)            Status
of Lenders. Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under
any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower
or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or
not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.14(f)(i)(A),
2.14(f)(i)(B) and 2.14(f)(i)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such
completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice
the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

(ii)            Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing:

 

(A)            any
Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender
becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;

 

(B)            any
Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number
of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement
(and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following
is applicable:

 

		(1)	in
                                            the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United
                                            States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document,
                                            executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption
                                            from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest”
                                            article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under
                                            any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption
                                            from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits”
                                            or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

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		(2)	in
                                            the case of a Foreign Lender claiming that its extension of credit will generate U.S. effectively
                                            connected income, executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

		(3)	in
                                            the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest
                                            under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form
                                            of Exhibit C-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank”
                                            within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder”
                                            of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled
                                            foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S.
                                            Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN
                                            or IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or

 

		(4)	to
                                            the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY,
                                            accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E,
                                            a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2
                                            or Exhibit C-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents
                                            from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is
                                            a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming
                                            the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
                                            substantially in the form of Exhibit C-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect
                                            partner;

 

(C)            any
Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number
of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement
(and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any
other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. Federal withholding Tax, duly completed,
together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent
to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

(D)            if
a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were
to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of
the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law
and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable
law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested
by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations
under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount
to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made
to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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Each Lender agrees that if any form
or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification
or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(g)            Treatment
of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any
Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.14 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant
to this Section 2.14), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity
payments made under this Section 2.14 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses
(including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority
with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party
the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying
party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax
position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been
deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been
paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information
relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(h)            Survival.
Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.14 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative
Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction
or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

(i)            Defined
Terms. For purposes of this Section 2.14, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

 

Section 2.15.     Payments
Generally; Allocations of Proceeds; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.

 

(a)            The
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under
Section 2.12 or 2.14, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately
available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative
Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments
shall be made to the Administrative Agent’s account most recently designated by it to the Borrower, except that payments pursuant
to Sections 2.08(c), 2.12, 2.14 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative
Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following
receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to
the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest and fees, interest and fees thereon shall be payable
for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.

 

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(b)            If
at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest
and fees then due, and expenses then reimbursable, hereunder, such funds shall be applied towards payment of the amounts then so due
or reimbursable as follows:

 

(i)            first,
to payment or reimbursement of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts payable to
the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

 

(ii)           second,
ratably to payment or reimbursement of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts (other
than principal, interest and premium) payable to the Lenders;

 

(iii)          third,
ratably to payment of accrued interest on the Term Loans;

 

(iv)         fourth,
ratably to payment of principal on the Term Loans and the Applicable Prepayment Premium;

 

(v)          fifth,
ratably to the payment of any other Obligations.

 

(c)            If
any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest
on any of its Term Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Term Loans
and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other similarly situated Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater
proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Term Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that
the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by all such Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of
and accrued interest on their respective Term Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or
any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to
the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any
payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender
as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Term Loans to any assignee or participant, other than
to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents
to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant
to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation
as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

(d)            Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the relevant Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume
that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may (but will not be obligated to), in reliance upon
such assumption, distribute to the relevant Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment,
then each of the relevant Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed
to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the
date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

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(e)            If
any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(b), 2.15(d) or 9.03(c),
then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent to satisfy such Lender’s
obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii) hold any such amounts
in a segregated account over which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive control as cash collateral for, and application to,
any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section; in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above,
in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

 

Section 2.16.     Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

 

(a)            If
any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional
amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then such Lender
shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Term
Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment
of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12
or 2.14, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and
would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by
any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

(b)            If any
Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such
Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to
the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant
to Sections 2.12 or 2.14) and obligations under the Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which
assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received
the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) the Borrower shall
have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(C), (iii) such Lender
shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Term Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees
and all other amounts payable to it hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Prepayment Premium) and under the other Loan
Documents, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case
of all other amounts), (iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law, and (v) in the case of any assignment resulting
from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or
otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Notwithstanding anything
in this Section 2.16 to the contrary, the Lender that acts as the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder except
in accordance with the terms of Section 8.05.

 

Section 2.17.     Defaulting
Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following
provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

(a)            the
Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any
action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided
that, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, this clause (a) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting
Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender directly affected
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(b)            any
payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender
(whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent
from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative
Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder;
second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Term Loan in respect
of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative
Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro
rata in order to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Term Loans under this Agreement;
fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained
by any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement;
fifth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting
Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by
a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Term Loans
in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Term Loans were made at a time
when the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 or Section 4.04 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be
applied solely to pay the Term Loans of all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Term
Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Term Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments.
Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a
Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably
consents hereto.

 

If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon
as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will, to the extent applicable,
purchase at par that portion of outstanding Term Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may
determine to be necessary to cause the Term Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments, whereupon, such
Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued
or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that
except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute
a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

Section 2.18.     Break
Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of
an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or an optional or mandatory prepayment of Term Loans),
(b) the conversion of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the
failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term Benchmark Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto
(regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.08 and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the assignment
of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.16 then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable
to such event. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this
Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the
amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

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Article III

 

Representations and Warranties

 

The Borrower represents and
warrants to the Lenders that:

 

Section 3.01.     Organization;
Powers; Subsidiaries. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction of their organization, have all requisite power and authority to carry on their business as now conducted and, except
where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. As of the Effective
Date, Schedule 3.01 hereto identifies the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower, the jurisdiction of its incorporation
or organization, as the case may be, the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of each class of its capital stock or other equity
interests owned by the equity holders of the Borrower, the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries of the Borrower and, if such percentage
is not 100% (excluding directors’ qualifying shares as required by law), a description of each class issued and outstanding. All
of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests of the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower are validly
issued and outstanding and fully paid and nonassessable and, as of the Effective Date, all such shares and other equity interests indicated
on Schedule 3.01 as owned by the equity holders of the Borrower, the Borrower or another Subsidiary of the Borrower are owned,
beneficially and of record, by such equity holders of the Borrower, the Borrower or such Subsidiary free and clear of all Liens. As of
the Initial Availability Date, each Subsidiary of the Borrower is a Guarantor.

 

Section 3.02.     Authorization;
Enforceability. (a) The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s organizational powers and (b) the Loan Documents
are admissible in evidence in each court with proper jurisdiction over the relevant Loan Parties, and each of the foregoing clauses (a) and
(b) have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational actions and, if required, actions by equity holders. The Loan Documents
to which each Loan Party is a party have been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitute a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

Section 3.03.     Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any
other material action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect (b) will
not violate any applicable material Governmental Requirement or the Organizational Documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
(c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument in respect of any Material Indebtedness
binding upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets (other than the Loan Documents), or give rise to a right thereunder
to require any payment to be made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition
of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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Section 3.04.     Financial
Condition; No Material Adverse Change.

 

(a)            All
financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP.

 

(b)            Since
December 31, 2021, there has been no material adverse change in the business, operations, Properties, liabilities or financial condition
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(c)            The
Financial Model was prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed by management
of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made and at the time so furnished (it being recognized that the Financial Model is not to
be viewed as facts and is subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies many of which are beyond the Borrower’s control,
that no assurance can be given that any particular financial projections (including the base case financial model) will be realized,
that actual results may differ from projected results and that such differences may be material).

 

Section 3.05.     Maintenance
of Properties. Except for such acts or failures to act as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with
respect to the Proved Oil and Gas Properties (and Properties unitized therewith) of the Loan Parties (a) operated by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries, such Properties have been maintained, operated and developed in a good and workmanlike manner and in conformity
with all Governmental Requirements and in conformity with the provisions of all leases, subleases or other contracts comprising a part
of the Hydrocarbon Interests and other contracts and agreements forming a part of such Oil and Gas Properties or (b) operated by
any third party, the Borrower and each other Loan Party have used their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Properties
to be so maintained, operated and developed. Specifically in connection with the foregoing, except for those as could not be reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) none of such Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties is subject to having allowable
production reduced below the full and regular allowable (including the maximum permissible tolerance) because of any overproduction (whether
or not the same was permissible at the time) and (ii) no well comprising a part of such Oil and Gas Properties (or Properties unitized
therewith) of the Loan Parties is in violation of applicable Governmental Requirements, and such wells are producing from, and the well
bores are wholly within, such Oil and Gas Properties (or in the case of wells located on Properties unitized therewith, such unitized
Properties). All pipelines, wells, gas processing plants, platforms and other material improvements, fixtures and equipment owned in
whole or in part by the Loan Parties that are necessary to conduct normal operations are being, or in the case of such pipelines, wells,
gas processing plants, platforms and other material improvements, fixtures and equipment the maintenance of which is performed by a third-party
operator, the Borrower and each other Loan Party is using commercially reasonable efforts to cause such items to be, and to the Borrower’s
knowledge such items are, maintained in a state adequate to conduct normal operations (other than those the failure of which to maintain
in accordance with this Section 3.05, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect).

 

Section 3.06.     Litigation
and Environmental Matters.

 

(a)            There
are no investigations by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against, actions, suits, proceedings or, to the knowledge
of the Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) that could reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) that challenge the validity of any of the
Loan Documents or (iii) that could affect a material portion of the Properties of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries when taken
as a whole.

 

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(b)            Except
for such matters as set forth on Schedule 3.06 or that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(i)            the
Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
have operated their respective Properties in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and to the knowledge of the Borrower,
such Properties were operated in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or the
applicable Subsidiary;

 

(ii)            the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have obtained all Environmental Permits required for their respective operations and each of their Properties,
with all such Environmental Permits being currently in full force and effect, and none of Borrower or any other Subsidiary has received
any written notice or otherwise has knowledge that any such existing Environmental Permit will be revoked or that any application for
any new Environmental Permit or renewal of any existing Environmental Permit will be protested or denied;

 

(iii)            there
are no claims, written demands, suits, orders, investigations, requests for information by a Governmental Authority or proceedings concerning
any violation of, or any liability (including as a potentially responsible party) under, any applicable Environmental Law that is pending
or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising from the ownership or operation
of their respective Properties, and to the knowledge of the Borrower, there are no conditions or circumstances that are reasonably expected
to result in the receipt of such claims, written demands, suits, orders, investigations, requests for information or proceedings;

 

(iv)            to
the knowledge of the Borrower, none of the Properties of the Borrower or any Subsidiary contain any: (i) regulated underground storage
tanks; (ii) friable asbestos-containing materials; (iii) landfills or dumps; (iv) hazardous waste management units as
defined pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 or any comparable state law; or (v) sites on or nominated
for the National Priority List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA or any state remedial priority list promulgated or published pursuant to
any comparable state law;

 

(v)            since
the acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Property, or to the knowledge of the Borrower prior to such acquisition, there
has been no Release or threatened Release at any of the Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected
to result in liability to, or require Remedial Work by, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at any such Properties pursuant to applicable
Environmental Law; and there is no on-going Remedial Work at any of such Properties;

 

(vi)            neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice asserting the alleged liability or obligation of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries under any applicable Environmental Laws with respect to the presence of Hazardous Materials at, under or Released
or threatened to be Released from any Properties offsite the Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and

 

(vii)            to
the knowledge of the Borrower, there has been no exposure of any Person or Property to any Hazardous Materials as a result of the operations
of any of the Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in damages or compensation
against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(c)            Except
as individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no strikes, lockouts
or slowdowns against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to their knowledge, threatened in writing. Except as individually
or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the hours worked by and payments made to employees
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state,
local or foreign law relating to such matters. Except as individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, all payments due from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or for which any claim may be made against the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid
or accrued as liabilities on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary. The consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to
any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement under which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is bound except as individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.07.     Compliance
with Laws and Agreements. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Governmental Requirements applicable
to it or its Property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its Property, and possesses all licenses,
permits, franchises, exemptions, approvals and other governmental authorizations necessary for the ownership of its Property and the
conduct of its business, except in each case where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.08.     Investment
Company Status. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject
to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

Section 3.09.     Taxes.

 

(a)            Each
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all material Tax returns and reports required to have been
filed and has paid or caused to be paid all material Taxes required to have been paid by it except Taxes that are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate
reserves in accordance with GAAP (to the extent required by GAAP).

 

(b)            Under
the laws of the country of Thailand, it is not necessary that any of the Loan Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court
or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation the Loan Documents other
than a stamp duty of Baht 10,000 payable on an executed copy of this Agreement (and a stamp duty of Baht 5 for each counterparty thereof)
which must be paid within fifteen (15) days of execution if executed in Thailand or within 30 days of the original being taken into Thailand
if executed outside Thailand.

 

Section 3.10.     ERISA.
No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events, could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 3.11.     Disclosure.
None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information (other than information of a general economic or
industry specific nature) furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented
by other information so furnished), taken as a whole, contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided
that, with respect to projected financial information, geological and geophysical data, engineering projections and other forward
looking information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to
be reasonable at the time (it being understood that such projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts and are
subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Borrower’s control, and that no assurance
can be given that such projections will be realized and actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may
differ significantly from the projected results and such differences may be material and it being further understood that projections
concerning volumes attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties and production and cost estimates contained in each
Reserve Report are necessarily based upon professional opinions, estimates and projections and that the Loan Parties do not warrant that
such opinions, estimates and projections will ultimately prove to have been accurate).

 

Section 3.12.     Federal
Reserve Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Term Loan have been used or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for
any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.

 

Section 3.13.     Liens.
There are no Liens on any of the Properties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except for Liens permitted by Section 6.02.

 

Section 3.14.     No
Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

Section 3.15.     Indebtedness
with Banpu. As of the Effective Date and the Initial Funding Date, there does not exist any Indebtedness owing to Banpu or any Affiliate
thereof (including Banpu North America, but excluding the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof) by the Borrower or any other Loan Party,
other than (a) the Amended and Restated Shareholder Loans and (b) the loans made under the BKV-Temple Loan Agreement.

 

Section 3.16.     Solvency.
Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date and the Initial Availability Date and on the date
of any Borrowing hereunder, the Borrower individually and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.

 

Section 3.17.     Insurance.
The Borrower maintains, and has caused each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies,
insurance as required by Section 5.12 on all of their Property in such amounts, subject to such deductibles and self-insurance
retentions and covering such Properties and risks as are adequate and customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar
businesses operating in the same or similar locations.

 

Section 3.18.     Pari
Passu Ranking. The obligations of each Loan Party under the Loan Documents to which it is a party rank at least equally with all
of the unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of such Loan Party, except liabilities mandatorily (and not consensually) preferred
by law, and ahead of all subordinated indebtedness, if any, of such Loan Party.

 

Section 3.19.     Anti-Corruption
Laws; USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Terrorism Laws and Sanctions.

 

(a)            The
Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Subsidiaries,
BKV-BPP and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

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(b)            The
Borrower, the Subsidiaries, BKV-BPP, their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, their respective
directors and agents are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects and are not engaged
in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in any of the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or BKV-BPP being designated as a
Sanctioned Person.

 

(c)            None
of (x) the Borrower, any Subsidiary, BKV-BPP or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (y) to the knowledge
of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established
hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. The Borrower will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds from the Term Loans or lend, contribute
or otherwise make available such proceeds to the Borrower, any Subsidiary, BKV-BPP, joint venture partner or other Person, for the purpose
of financing the activities of any Person subject to any applicable Sanctions.

 

Section 3.20.     Use
of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Term Loans solely to finance the XTO Acquisition (including all costs
and expenses in connection therewith). No part of the proceeds of any Term Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, (x) for
any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X or (y) to repay any
Subordinated Shareholder Loan.

 

Section 3.21.     Material
Contracts. No Loan Party is in breach of any Material Contracts. Each Material Contract is enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and
subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

Section 3.22.     Properties;
Title; Etc.

 

(a)            Each
of the Loan Parties has defensible title (subject to Immaterial Title Deficiencies) to the Proved Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in
the most recently delivered Reserve Report (except for those Properties that have been Disposed of since the date of such Reserve Report
in accordance with this Agreement or leases which have expired in accordance with their terms). Each of the Loan Parties has good title
to, or valid leasehold interests in, licenses of, or rights to use, all of its material personal Properties (except for those Properties
that have been Disposed of from time to time after the Effective Date in accordance with this Agreement and any leases which have expired
in accordance with their terms), free and clear of all Liens except for Permitted Liens. After giving full effect to such Permitted Liens, Immaterial
Title Deficiencies, any Dispositions of Properties made after the Effective Date in accordance with this Agreement and any leases which
have expired in accordance with their terms, the Loan Party specified as the owner owns the net interests in production attributable
to the Hydrocarbon Interests as reflected in the most recently delivered Reserve Report (except for those Properties that have been Disposed
of since the date of such Reserve Report in accordance with this Agreement or leases which have expired in accordance with their terms),
and except as otherwise provided by statute, regulation or the provisions of any applicable joint operating agreement, unitization agreement
or other similar agreement, the ownership of such Properties shall not in any material respect obligate such Loan Party to bear the costs
and expenses relating to the maintenance, development and operations of each such Property in an amount in excess of the working interest
of such Property set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve Report that is not offset by a corresponding proportionate increase
in such Loan Party’s net revenue interest in such Property.

 

(b)            Except
for matters that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) all leases and agreements necessary for
the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties are valid and subsisting and in full force and effect and (ii) there exists no default
or event or circumstance which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would give rise to a default under any such lease
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(c)           Each
Loan Party owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual Property used in its business
except where any such failure to own or be licensed to use (including the granting of licenses), individually or in the aggregate, could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the use thereof by such Loan Party does not infringe upon the
rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Loan Parties either own or have valid licenses or other rights to use all databases, geological
data, geophysical data, engineering data, seismic data, maps, interpretations and other technical information used in their businesses
as presently conducted, subject to the limitations contained in the agreements governing the use of the same, which limitations are customary
for companies engaged in the business of the exploration and production of Hydrocarbons, with such exceptions as could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)           All
of the Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are reasonably necessary for the operation of their businesses are in good
working condition (ordinary wear and tear and casualty events excepted) and are maintained in accordance with prudent business standards.

 

Section 3.23. Gas
Imbalances; Prepayments. On a net basis there are no gas imbalances, take-or-pay or other prepayments with respect to the Proved
Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties which would require any Loan Party to deliver Hydrocarbons either generally or produced
from Oil and Gas Properties at some future date with a value of $5,000,000 or more, which, in the case of imbalances would be
satisfied no later than forty five (45) days after being incurred.

 

Section 3.24. Marketing
of Production. Except for contracts listed and in effect on the date hereof on Schedule 3.24, or thereafter either
disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent or included in the most recently delivered Reserve Report (with respect to all of
which contracts the Borrower represents that it or another Loan Party is receiving a price for all production sold thereunder which
is computed substantially in accordance with the terms of the relevant contract and are not having deliveries curtailed
substantially below the Property’s delivery capacity), no Loan Party is a party to a material agreement that is not cancelable
on sixty (60) days’ notice or less without penalty or detriment for the sale of production from the Loan Parties’
Hydrocarbons (including calls on or other rights to purchase, production, whether or not the same are currently being exercised)
that (a) pertains to the sale of production at a fixed price (excluding a fixed differential) and (b) has a maturity or
expiry date of longer than six (6) months from the date of such disclosure or the date of such Reserve Report, as
applicable.

 

Section 3.25. Swap
Agreements. Schedule 3.25 sets forth a true and complete list of all Swap Agreements of the Loan Parties in effect
as of the Effective Date, the material terms thereof (including the type, effective date, term or termination date and notional
amounts or volumes), the estimated net mark to market value thereof, all credit support agreements relating thereto (including any
margin required or supplied) and the counterparty to each such agreement, which such counterparty is an Approved Swap
Counterparty.

 

Section 3.26. Ad
Valorem and Severance Taxes. Except to the extent that the failure to pay or discharge would not reasonably be expected to
result in a loss or forfeiture of any material Oil and Gas Property of the Loan Parties, each of the Loan Parties has paid and
discharged all ad valorem Taxes that are payable and have been assessed against its Oil and Gas Properties or any part thereof and
all production, severance and other Taxes that are payable and have been assessed against, or measured by, the production or the
value, or proceeds, of the production therefrom, other than Taxes that are being contested in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04.

 

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Section 3.27. Beneficial
Ownership Certification. As of the Effective Date, all of the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification, if
applicable, is true and correct in all respects.

 

Article IV

 

Conditions

 

Section 4.01. Effective
Date. This Agreement shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived
in accordance with Section 9.02):

 

(a)           Credit
Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto counterparts (in such number as may be requested by
the Administrative Agent) of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party.

 

(b)           Closing
Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent:

 

(i)            Officer’s
Certificate. A certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.01(c) have
been satisfied.

 

(ii)           Secretary’s
Certificate. A certificate from the secretary of the Borrower (or if the Borrower does not have a secretary, a Responsible Officer)
certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each Responsible Officer of the Borrower executing Loan Documents
to which it is a party and certifying that attached thereto is a true, correct and complete copy of (A) the articles or certificate
of incorporation (or equivalent) of the Borrower and all amendments thereto, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental
Authority (to the extent available) in its jurisdiction of incorporation (or equivalent), (B) the bylaws or other governing document
of the Borrower as in effect on the Effective Date (including all amendments thereto and such amendments as reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent), (C) resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or other governing body) of the Borrower authorizing
and approving the transactions contemplated hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which it is or will be a party, and (D) each certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(iii).

 

(iii)          Certificates
of Good Standing. To the extent available, certificates as of a recent date as to the good standing of the Borrower under the laws
of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (or equivalent) and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, each other jurisdiction
where the Borrower owns Oil and Gas Properties or is qualified to do business and, to the extent available, a certificate of the relevant
taxing authorities of such jurisdictions certifying that the Borrower has filed required tax returns and owes no delinquent taxes.

 

(c)           Representations
and Warranties; Defaults; Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i)            The
representations and warranties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall
be true and correct in all material respects (or, with respect to any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or a material
adverse change or material adverse effect standard, in all respects) on and as of the Effective Date (although any representations and
warranties which expressly relate to an earlier date shall be required only to be true and correct in all material respects (or, with
respect to any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or a material adverse change or material adverse effect standard,
in all respects) as of the specified earlier date).

 

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(ii)           At
the time of and immediately after giving effect to the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.

 

(iii)          Since
December 31, 2021, there has not occurred any event, development or circumstance that has had, or could reasonably be expected
to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)           Fee
Letters. The Administration Agent shall have received a fully executed Fee Letter and a fully executed Agency Fee Letter.

 

(e)           Miscellaneous.

 

(i)            USA
PATRIOT Act, Etc. Each Loan Party shall have provided to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders at least five (5) Business
Days prior to the Effective Date the documentation and other information requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in order
to comply with requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act and applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and
regulations, including but not limited to the Borrower’s Form W-9. If the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer”
under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and directly to any Lender requesting
the same, a Beneficial Ownership Certification at least ten Business Days prior to the Effective Date.

 

(ii)           Payment
of Fees; Expense Reimbursement. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received payment of all fees and other amounts
due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Effective
Date (or otherwise set forth in a funds flow or similar statement approved by the Borrower), reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket
expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties hereunder (including payment of the invoiced and reasonable documented
fees, charges and out-of-pocket expenses of outside counsel to the Administrative Agent, plus such additional amounts of such
fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be
incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of
accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent)).

 

(iii)          Due
Diligence. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have completed its business due diligence investigation (including the
receipt of any requested due diligence reports), and each Lender and the Administrative Agent and its counsel shall have completed all
legal due diligence, in each case the results of which shall be satisfactory to each Lender and the Administrative Agent.

 

Without limiting the generality of the provisions
of Article VIII, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, the
Administrative Agent and each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to
be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory
to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the Effective Date specifying its objection
thereto.

 

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Section 4.02. Initial
Availability Date. The occurrence of the Initial Availability Date is subject to the satisfaction (or wavier in accordance with Section 9.02)
of the following conditions:

 

(a)           Additional
Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received:

 

(i)            Notes
executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender, if any, which has requested Notes pursuant to Section 2.07(f), duly completed
and dated the Effective Date; and

 

(ii)           from
each party thereto, counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of the Guaranty Agreement signed on
behalf of such party.

 

(b)           Closing
Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent:

 

(i)            Officer’s
Certificate. A certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(g) have
been satisfied, (B) that either (i) all governmental, shareholder and third party consents, licenses and approvals required
pursuant to Section 4.02(h)(i) have been received by the Loan Parties and are in full force and effect, or (ii) no
such consents, licenses or approvals are so required and (C) as to the matters set forth in Section 4.02(h)(ii).

 

(ii)           Secretary’s
Certificate. A certificate from the secretary of each Loan Party (or if such Loan Party does not have a secretary, a Responsible
Officer) certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each Responsible Officer of such Loan Party executing Loan
Documents to which it is a party and certifying that attached thereto is a true, correct and complete copy of (A) the articles
or certificate of incorporation or formation (or equivalent), as applicable, of such Loan Party and all amendments thereto, certified
as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority (to the extent available) in its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization
or formation (or equivalent), as applicable, (B) the bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other
governing document of such Loan Party as in effect on the Initial Availability Date (including all amendments thereto and such amendments
as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent), (C) resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or other governing
body) of such Loan Party authorizing and approving the transactions contemplated hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (D) each certificate required to be delivered pursuant
to Section 4.02(b)(iii).

 

(iii)          Certificates
of Good Standing. To the extent available, certificates as of a recent date as to the good standing of each Loan Party under the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation (or equivalent), as applicable, and, to the extent requested by
the Administrative Agent, each other jurisdiction where such Loan Party owns Oil and Gas Properties or is qualified to do business and,
to the extent available, a certificate of the relevant taxing authorities of such jurisdictions certifying that such Loan Party has filed
required tax returns and owes no delinquent taxes.

 

(c)           Opinions.
The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a favorable opinion of counsel from Fox Rothschild LLP, special counsel to the
Loan Parties and (ii) a favorable opinion of counsel from Sidley Austin LLP, special counsel to the Administrative Agent, in each
case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Each such opinion shall be addressed to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders and shall expressly permit reliance by the permitted successors and assigns of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

 

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(d)           Lien
Searches and Environmental Assessments.

 

(i)            Lien
Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent Lien search (including a search as to judgments, bankruptcy
and tax matters), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each of the jurisdictions or offices
in which UCC financing statements or other filings or recordations (including mortgages) should be made to evidence or perfect security
interests in the assets of each of the Loan Parties, indicating among other things that the assets of each such Loan Party are free and
clear of any Lien (except for Permitted Liens).

 

(ii)           Environmental
Assessments. The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied with the environmental condition of the XTO Acquired Assets and the Oil
and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties and shall have received copies of all existing environmental assessments and other environmental
reports relating thereto.

 

(e)           Property
and Liability Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent, evidence of property and liability insurance covering each Loan Party (with appropriate endorsements naming
the Administrative Agent as “additional insured” on all policies for liability insurance) and the properties of the Loan
Parties satisfying the requirements of Section 5.12, evidence of payment of all insurance premiums for the current policy
year of each such policy, and if requested by the Administrative Agent, copies of such insurance policies.

 

(f)            Financial
Matters.

 

(i)            Financial
Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received the audited consolidated balance sheet and statements of income or operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the Fiscal Year ended December 31,
2021, reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent public accountants.

 

(ii)           Model.
The Administrative Agent shall have received a base case financial model (the “Financial Model”) for the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for the succeeding five year period, in form and substance, and as of a date, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders. Such model shall demonstrate compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.11 (it
being understood that such financial model shall be a good faith projection).

 

(g)           Representations
and Warranties; Defaults; Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i)            The
representations and warranties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall
be true and correct in all material respects (or, with respect to any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or a material
adverse change or material adverse effect standard, in all respects) on and as of the Initial Availability Date (although any representations
and warranties which expressly relate to an earlier date shall be required only to be true and correct in all material respects (or,
with respect to any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or a material adverse change or material adverse effect standard,
in all respects) as of the specified earlier date).

 

(ii)           At
the time of and immediately after giving effect to the Transactions to occur on the Initial Availability Date, (i) no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with each of the
financial covenants set forth in Section 6.11.

 

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(iii)          Since
December 31, 2021, there has not occurred any event, development or circumstance that has had, or could reasonably be expected to
have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(h)           Consents;
Proceedings.

 

(i)            Governmental
and Third Party Approvals. The Loan Parties shall have received all governmental, shareholder and third party consents, licenses
and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, other than the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and any other governmental, shareholder and third party consents, licenses and approvals necessary in connection
with the XTO Acquisition that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ii)           No
Injunction, Etc. No action, proceeding or investigation shall have been instituted, threatened or proposed before any Governmental
Authority to enjoin, restrain or prohibit the execution and delivery by the Loan Parties of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(i)            Initial
Reserve Reports. The Administrative Agent shall have received the Initial Reserve Reports.

 

(j)            Title.
The Administrative Agent shall have received title information in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
setting forth the status of title to at least (i) 75% of Midstream Properties (as determined by the Administrative Agent) and 75%
of the Total Proved PV-10 of the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties other than the XTO Acquired Assets.

 

(k)           Amended
and Restated Shareholder Loan Agreements. The Administrative Agent shall have received true and correct copies of duly executed Amended
and Restated Shareholder Loan Agreements, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(l)            Subordination
Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party thereto, fully executed counterparts of the Subordination
Agreement.

 

(m)          Miscellaneous.

 

(i)            Other
Documents. All opinions, certificates and other instruments and all proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall
have received copies of all other documents, certificates and instruments reasonably requested thereby with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(ii)           Payment
of Fees; Expense Reimbursement. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received payment of all fees and other amounts
due and payable on or prior to the Initial Availability Date, including, to the extent invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the
Initial Availability Date (or otherwise set forth in a funds flow or similar statement approved by the Borrower), reimbursement or payment
of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties hereunder (including payment of the invoiced and
reasonable documented fees, charges and out-of-pocket expenses of outside counsel to the Administrative Agent, plus such additional
amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred
or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling
of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent)).

 

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Section 4.03. Initial
Funding Date. The obligation of each Lender to make a Term Loan on the Initial Funding Date is subject to the satisfaction of
the following conditions:

 

(a)           Anticipated
Closing of XTO Acquisition. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower,
dated as of the Initial Funding Date, certifying that (i) the Borrower expects the XTO Acquisition to be consummated on or before
the date that is four (4) Business Days after the Initial Funding Date and (ii) all conditions precedent to the XTO Acquisition
under the XTO Acquisition Agreement (other than funding of the Purchase Price (as defined in the XTO Acquisition Agreement) to the XTO
Sellers) have been met.

 

(b)           Solvency
Certificate. The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate in the form of Exhibit G; and

 

(c)           Funds
Flow Memorandum. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, dated as
of the Initial Funding Date, attaching a certified copy of the Funds Flow Memorandum.

 

Section 4.04. Other
Conditions to Each Funding Date. The obligation of each Lender to make a Term Loan on each Funding Date (including the Initial Funding
Date) is subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions:

 

(a)           The
representations and warranties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall
be true and correct in all material respects (or, with respect to any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or a material
adverse change or material adverse effect standard, in all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing (although any representations
and warranties which expressly relate to an earlier date shall be required only to be true and correct in all material respects (or,
with respect to any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or a material adverse change or material adverse effect standard,
in all respects) as of the specified earlier date);

 

(b)           At
the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and (ii) the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with each of the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.11;
and

 

(c)           The
Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request in accordance with Section 2.03.

 

Each Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute
a representation and warranty by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this Section 4.03.

 

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Article V

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

From the Effective Date until
Payment in Full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

Section 5.01. Financial
Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to each Lender):

 

(a)           within
ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower (or, after a Qualified IPO, if earlier, by the date that the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Borrower for such fiscal year would be required to be filed under the rules and regulations
of the SEC, giving effect to any automatic extension available thereunder for the filing of such form) (commencing with the Fiscal Year
ending December 31, 2022), (i) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as
of the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
the previous Fiscal Year, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing
or otherwise acceptable to the Administrative Agent (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without
any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly
in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such
date and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such Fiscal Year, in
each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and (ii) a narrative management discussion and analysis of the financial
condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year;

 

(b)           within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower (or, after a
Qualified IPO, if earlier, by the date that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Borrower for such fiscal quarter would be
required to be filed under the rules and regulations of the SEC, giving effect to any automatic extension available thereunder
for the filing of such form) (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30, 2022), the unaudited consolidated balance sheet
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related statements of income or operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such Fiscal Quarter and the then-elapsed portion of the then-current
Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of
the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous Fiscal Year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as presenting fairly
in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such
date and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the period or periods
then ended, in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes;

 

(c)           concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 5.01, a Compliance
Certificate (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof
and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of the
financial covenants contained in Section 6.11 (to the extent required to be tested as of the last day of the fiscal period covered
by such financial statements);

 

(d)           promptly
following the written request of the Administrative Agent, certificates of insurance coverage and endorsements with respect to the insurance
required by Section 5.12, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and, if requested by
the Administrative Agent, all copies of the applicable policies;

 

(e)           (i) not
later than ninety (90) days prior to the end of each Fiscal Year (beginning the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2022), a draft unapproved
Budget for the following Fiscal Year, which shall be subject to review by the Administrative Agent, (ii) not later than thirty (30)
days prior to the end of each Fiscal Year (beginning the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2022), a copy of a Budget for the following
Fiscal Year that has been approved by the Administrative Agent, and (iii) within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (beginning
the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2023) a cash forecast for the succeeding 12-month period in form and substance acceptable to
the Administrative Agent (the “Cash Reforecast”); provided that, if the Borrower makes any Restricted Payment or Restricted
Debt Payment after the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2022, the Cash Reforecast to be delivered within 45 days after the end of
the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30 must be delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the date of such Restricted Payment or
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(f)            concurrently
with the delivery of any draft unapproved Budget pursuant to Section 5.01(e)(i) or any approved Budget pursuant to Section 5.01(e)(ii),
a forecast of the volume of production and forecasted sales attributable to production (and the forecasted prices at which such sales
are to be made and the projected revenues derived from such sales) from Oil and Gas Properties for the related Fiscal Year covered by
such Budget, including setting forth the related projected ad valorem, severance and production taxes and lease operating expenses attributable
thereto and projected to be incurred for each month during such Fiscal Year (all in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative
Agent);

 

(g)           promptly
following the written request of the Administrative Agent, copies of any Material Contract and any amendments, modifications, waivers,
or supplements thereto;

 

(h)           promptly
following the written request of the Administrative Agent, a list of all Persons purchasing Hydrocarbons from the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries under contracts with a term exceeding one month (or, with respect to Oil and Gas Properties that are not operated by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, a list of the operators of such properties);

 

(i)            within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, a report setting forth, for each calendar month such Fiscal Quarter, the volume
of production and sales attributable to production for which cash activity has been recorded (and the prices at which such sales were
made and the revenues derived from such sales) from the Oil and Gas Properties, and setting forth the related ad valorem, severance and
production taxes and lease operating expenses attributable thereto and incurred for each such calendar month;

 

(j)            within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, a report setting forth the Capital Expenditures made by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries during such Fiscal Quarter, in reasonable detail;

 

(k)           within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, (i) a report setting forth, as of the last day of such Fiscal
Quarter, a summary of all outstanding Swap Agreements (including the type, strike price and notional amounts or volumes), any credit
support documents relating thereto, any margin required or supplied under any credit support document, the counterparty to each such
Swap Agreement and (ii) demonstrating compliance with the requirements of Section 5.16(b) with respect to Swap
Agreements to be entered into or maintained within fourteen (14) days after the end of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended;

 

(l)            not
less than three (3) Business Days’ prior to making a Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 6.08(d) or Restricted
Debt Payments pursuant to Section 6.18(a)(ii), a certificate of a Financial Officer in substantially the form of Exhibit F
hereto setting forth (i) the Specified Amount, including the calculation thereof, as of the date of delivery of such certificate
and (ii) the Specified Amount immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment or Restricted Debt Payment;

 

(m)          within
ten (10) days after the receipt of any filed-stamped copies of any XTO Acquisition Assignment or XTO Acquisition Release, the Borrower
shall deliver copies of such XTO Acquisition Assignment or XTO Acquisition Release to the counsel of the Administrative Agent;

 

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(n)           promptly
following the written request of the Administrative Agent, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial
condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent
or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request; and

 

(o)           promptly
following the written request of the Administrative Agent, all documentation and other information that such Lender or the Administrative
Agent reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money
laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

Section 5.02. Notices
of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to each Lender) the following:

 

(a)           promptly,
and in any event within five (5) Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge
of the occurrence thereof, written notice of the occurrence of any Default;

 

(b)           promptly,
and in any event within five (5) Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge
thereof, the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or
affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of liability in excess
of $10,000,000 to the extent not covered by insurance, subject to normal deductibles;

 

(c)           promptly,
and in any event within five (5) Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge
thereof, the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be
expected to result in the imposition of liability in excess of $10,000,000;

 

(d)           promptly
upon the receipt thereof, or the acquisition of knowledge by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party, a copy of any form of request, claim,
complaint, order, notice, summons or citation received from any Governmental Authority or any other Person (i) concerning violations
or alleged violations of Environmental Laws that seek to impose liability therefor in excess of $10,000,000, or (ii) concerning
any action or omission on the part of any of such Loan Party in connection with Hazardous Materials that could reasonably result in the
imposition of liability in excess of $10,000,000 or requiring that action be taken to respond to or clean up a Release of Hazardous Materials
into the environment and such action or clean-up could reasonably be expected to exceed $10,000,000, including without limitation any
information request related to, or notice of, potential responsibility under CERCLA;

 

(e)           promptly
after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, the occurrence of any Casualty Event
with respect to Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with a fair market value in excess of $10,000,000 or the commencement
of any action of proceeding that could reasonably be expected to result in such a Casualty Event, together with a reasonably detailed
description thereof;

 

(f)            promptly
after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, any other development that results
in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(g)           promptly,
and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after a Responsible Officer of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge
thereof, written notice of the receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any written default notices under or with respect to
any Material Contract; and

 

(h)           prior
to any Disposition under Section 6.04 anticipated to generate in excess of $5,000,000 in Net Proceeds, prior written notice
of such Disposition, which notice shall (i) describe such Disposition and the nature and material terms and conditions of such transaction
and (ii) state the estimated Net Proceeds anticipated to be received by any Loan Party from such Disposition.

 

Each notice delivered under clauses (a) through
(g) of this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower
setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect
thereto.

 

After the occurrence of a
Qualified IPO, documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) (to the extent any such documents
are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have
been delivered on the date (i) on which such materials are publicly available as posted on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis
and Retrieval system (EDGAR); or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet
website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether
made available by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (A) upon written request by the Administrative Agent (or any
Lender through the Administrative Agent) to the Borrower, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative
Agent or such Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and
(B) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any
such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents The
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above,
and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and
each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such document
to it and maintaining its copies of such documents.

 

Section 5.03. Existence;
Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary
to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and
franchises material to the conduct of its business and maintain, if necessary, its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction
in which its Oil and Gas Properties are located or the ownership of its Properties require such qualification, in each case (other
than with respect to the preservation of existence of any Loan Party) except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation,
liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.

 

Section 5.04. Payment
of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities
that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except with
respect to any Tax liabilities where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in
accordance with GAAP (to the extent required under GAAP) or (b) the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect or result in the seizure or levy of any Proved Oil and Gas Properties with an aggregate fair
market value in excess of $5,000,000.

 

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Section 5.05. Maintenance
of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:

 

(a)           operate
its Oil and Gas Properties, or cause such Oil and Gas Properties to be operated, in a reasonably prudent manner in accordance with the
customary practices of the industry and in compliance with all applicable contracts and agreements and in compliance with all applicable
Governmental Requirements, including applicable proration requirements and Environmental Laws, and all applicable laws, rules and
regulations of every other Governmental Authority from time to time constituted to regulate the development and operation of such Oil
and Gas Properties and the production and sale of Hydrocarbons and other minerals therefrom, except, in each case, where the failure
to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(a)           maintain
and keep in good repair, working order and efficiency (ordinary wear and tear excepted) all of its Oil and Gas Properties and other Properties
material to the operation thereof, including all equipment, machinery and facilities, except, in each case, where the failure to do so
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b)           promptly
pay and discharge, or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be paid and discharged, all material delay rentals, royalties,
expenses and indebtedness accruing under the leases or other agreements affecting or pertaining to its Oil and Gas Properties (except
where the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the applicable Loan Party
has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP (to the extent required by GAAP)) and will
do all other things necessary, in accordance with industry standards, to keep unimpaired its rights with respect thereto and prevent
any forfeiture thereof or default thereunder, except, in each case, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)           promptly
perform or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be performed, in accordance with industry standards, the obligations required
by each and all of the assignments, deeds, leases, sub-leases, contracts and agreements affecting its interests in its Oil and Gas Properties
and other Properties material to the operation thereof, except, in each case, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(d)           operate
its Oil and Gas Properties and other Properties material to the operation thereof, or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause
such Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties to be operated, in accordance with the practices of the industry and in compliance
with all applicable contracts and agreements and in compliance with all Governmental Requirements, except, in each case, where the failure
to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(e)           to
the extent that neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower is the operator of any Property, use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the operator to comply with the requirements of this Section 5.05.

 

Section 5.06. Books
and Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and
account in which entries that are full, true and correct entries in all material respects are made of all dealings and transactions
in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any
representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its
Properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its
officers and independent accountants, all at reasonable times during normal business hours; provided that, excluding any such
visits and inspections during the continuation of any Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent (or any of its representatives
or independent contractors) on behalf of the Lenders may exercise the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 5.06
and, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall only be responsible for the costs and
expenses of one such visit and inspection per calendar year. The Administrative Agent shall give the Borrower the opportunity to
participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.06,
none of the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or
abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter that (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or
non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their
respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by applicable law or any material binding agreement between the Borrower or
any of the Subsidiaries and a Person that is not the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries and not entered into in contemplation of
preventing such disclosure, inspection or examination or (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or
constitutes attorney work-product.

 

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Section 5.07. Environmental
Laws. The Borrower shall, at its sole expense: (i) comply, and shall cause its real property and operations and each of
its Subsidiaries and each of its Subsidiaries’ real property and operations to comply, with applicable Environmental Laws, the
breach of which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) not
Release or threaten to Release, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not to Release or threaten to Release, any Hazardous
Material on, under, about or from any Properties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Property offsite the
Property to the extent caused by the operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except in compliance with applicable
Environmental Laws, if and to the extent that the Release or threatened Release of such Hazardous Materials, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) timely obtain or file, and shall cause each
of its Subsidiaries to timely obtain or file, all Environmental Permits to be obtained or filed in connection with the operation or
use of any Properties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, if and to the extent that the failure to obtain or file such
Environmental Permits, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) promptly commence and diligently prosecute to completion, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to promptly commence
and diligently prosecute to completion, any assessment, evaluation, investigation, monitoring, containment, cleanup, removal,
repair, restoration, remediation or other remedial obligations (collectively, the “Remedial Work”) in the event
such Remedial Work is required or is reasonably necessary under applicable Environmental Laws because of or in connection with the
actual or suspected past, present or future Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material on, under, about or from any real
property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, if and to the extent that failure to commence and diligently prosecute to
completion such Remedial Work, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) conduct, and cause each Subsidiary to conduct, their respective operations and businesses in a manner that will not expose
any Property or Person to Hazardous Materials that could reasonably be expected to form the basis for a claim for damages or
compensation which claim could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (vi) establish and implement, and
shall cause each Subsidiary to establish and implement, such procedures as may be necessary to continuously determine and assure
that the Borrower’s and the other Subsidiaries’ obligations under this Section 5.07 are timely and fully
satisfied, to the extent the failure to establish and implement such procedures could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. To the extent that neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is the operator of any Oil and Gas Property, the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the operator to comply with the requirements of this Section 5.07.

 

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Section 5.08. Compliance
with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of
any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its Property, in each case except where the failure to do so, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce
policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers,
employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

Section 5.09. Use
of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Term Loans only for the purposes set forth in Section 3.20.
The Borrower will not request any Borrowing and shall not use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its and their respective
directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of any Borrowing (i) in
furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to
any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any
activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any manner that
would result in the violation, by any Person, of any Sanctions or other anti-money laundering rules and regulations applicable
to any party hereto.

 

Section 5.10. Compliance
with ERISA. In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 5.08, the Borrower shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries and each ERISA Affiliate to, (a) except where the failure to so comply could not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) comply with applicable provisions of ERISA, the
Code and the regulations and interpretations thereunder with respect to all Plans and other employee benefit plans, (ii) not
take any action or fail to take action the result of which could reasonably be expected to result in a liability to the PBGC or to a
Multiemployer Plan, (iii) not participate in any prohibited transaction that could result in any civil penalty under ERISA or
tax under the Code and (iv) operate each employee benefit welfare plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) in
such a manner that will not result in any tax liability under Section 4980B of the Code or any liability to any qualified
beneficiary as defined in Section 4980B of the Code and (b) furnish to the Administrative Agent upon the Administrative
Agent’s request such additional information about any Plan or other employee benefit plan as may be reasonably requested by
the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders.

 

Section 5.11. Subsidiary
Guarantors; Further Assurances.

 

(a)            In
the event that, at any time after the Effective Date, any Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, whether pursuant to formation,
acquisition or otherwise, the Borrower shall promptly (and, in any event, within thirty (30) days after such formation, acquisition
or otherwise, as such time period may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) (i) cause such Subsidiary
to (A) become a Guarantor by delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly executed supplement to the Guaranty Agreement or such
other document as the Administrative Agent shall deem reasonably appropriate for such purpose and (B) deliver to the Administrative
Agent such opinions, documents and certificates referred to in Section 4.01 as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent.

 

(b)          The
Borrower and each Subsidiary will, at its sole expense, promptly execute and deliver to each Agent all such other documents, agreements
and instruments reasonably requested by such Agent to comply with, cure any defects or accomplish the conditions precedent, covenants
and agreements of any Loan Party, as the case may be, in the Loan Documents or to correct any omissions in this Agreement, or to make
any recordings, file any notices or obtain any consents, all as such Agent may deem necessary or advisable in its reasonable discretion.

 

Section 5.12. Insurance.
The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain with financially sound and reputable carriers insurance
in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or
similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and as may be required by applicable material Governmental
Requirements. The Borrower will furnish to the Lenders, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, information in reasonable
detail as to the insurance so maintained.

 

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Section 5.13. Management
of BKV-BPP. The Borrower will cause the management, business and affairs of each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to be
conducted in such a manner (including, without limitation, by keeping separate books of account, furnishing separate financial
statements of BKV-BPP to creditors thereof and by not permitting assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to be commingled with
those of BKV-BPP) so that BKV-BPP will be treated as an entity separate and distinct from the Borrower and each Subsidiary.

 

Section 5.14. Reserve
Reports.

 

(a)           Within
sixty (60) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Borrower (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2022),
the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to the Lenders) (i) a Reserve Report prepared by the Borrower
and audited by one or more Approved Petroleum Engineers (each, an “Approved Petroleum Engineer Reserve Report”) evaluating
the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties to which Proved Reserves are attributable as of December 31st
of such Fiscal Year and (ii) with respect to such Reserve Report, related Reserve Report Supporting Materials.

 

(b)          Within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter ending on June 30th of each Fiscal Year (commencing with June 30,
2023), the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to the Lenders) (i) a Reserve Report evaluating
the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties to which Proved Reserves are attributable as of June 30th
of such Fiscal Year, such Reserve Report to be prepared internally by or under the supervision of the chief petroleum engineer of the
Borrower, who shall certify such Reserve Report to be true and accurate in all material respects and, except as otherwise specified therein,
to have been prepared in accordance with the procedures used in the immediately preceding Approved Petroleum Engineer Reserve Report
and (ii) with respect to any such Reserve Report, related Reserve Report Supporting Materials.

 

(c)           Reserved.

 

(d)           With
the delivery of each Reserve Report, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to the Lenders) a certificate
(the “Reserve Report Certificate”) from a Responsible Officer certifying on behalf of the Borrower that in all material
respects: (i) the information furnished by the Loan Parties to the applicable petroleum engineers in connection with the preparation
of such Reserve Report is true and correct in all material respects, it being understood that projections concerning volumes attributable
to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties and production and cost estimates contained in the Reserve Report
are necessarily based upon professional opinions, estimates and projections and that the Borrower does not warrant that such opinions,
estimates and projections will ultimately prove to have been accurate, (ii) each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties has
defensible title (subject to Immaterial Title Deficiencies) to the Proved Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the related Reserve Report
(except for those Properties that have been Disposed of since the date of such Reserve Report in accordance with this Agreement or leases
which have expired in accordance with their terms), (iii) except as set forth on an exhibit to the certificate, on a net basis
there are no gas imbalances, take-or-pay or other prepayments in excess of the threshold specified in Section 3.23 with
respect to its Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in such Reserve Report which would require the Borrower or any other Loan Party to deliver
Hydrocarbons either generally or produced from such Oil and Gas Properties at some future time without then or thereafter receiving full
payment therefor, (iv) none of the Loan Parties’ Proved Oil and Gas Properties have been sold (other than Hydrocarbons sold
in the ordinary course of business) since the date of the previous Reserve Report except as set forth on an exhibit to the certificate,
which exhibit shall list all of such Proved Oil and Gas Properties sold and in such detail as reasonably required by the Administrative
Agent and (v) attached to the certificate is a list of all marketing agreements entered into by a Loan Party subsequent to the
later of the date hereof or the most recently delivered Reserve Report which the Borrower could reasonably be expected to have been obligated
to list on Schedule 3.24 had such agreement been in effect on the date hereof.

 

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Section 5.15. Title
Information. Upon any request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall promptly supply the Administrative Agent with any
reasonably requested title information with respect to the Loan Parties’ Oil and Gas Properties.

 

Section 5.16. Required
Commodity Hedging. After the end of each Fiscal Quarter (beginning the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30, 2023), the Borrower
and one or more Approved Swap Counterparties shall enter into Swap Agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
(or maintain Swap Agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, entered into with Approved Swap
Counterparties):

 

(i)            hedging
notional volumes not less than 50% of the reasonably anticipated projected production of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids,
calculated in the aggregate, from the Loan Parties’ Oil and Gas Properties that constitute Proved Developed Producing Reserves
(as reflected in the most recently delivered Reserve Report) for a period of not less than twelve (12) months from the end of such Fiscal
Quarter; and

 

(ii)           hedging
notional volumes not less than 25% of the reasonably anticipated projected production of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids,
calculated in the aggregate, from the Loan Parties’ Oil and Gas Properties that constitute Proved Developed Producing Reserves
(as reflected in the most recently delivered Reserve Report) for a period beginning thirteen (13) months from the end of such Fiscal
Quarter and ending twenty-four (24) months from the end of such Fiscal Quarter.

 

Section 5.17. Ranking
of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each Loan Party to, take all such actions as shall be necessary to ensure that
the Obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party rank at least equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of
such Loan Party, except obligations mandatorily (and not consensually) preferred by applicable law, and ahead of all subordinated
Indebtedness, if any, of such Loan Party.

 

Section 5.18. Post-Effective
Date and Post-Initial Funding Date Covenants.

 

(a)           On
or prior to the date that is five (5) Business Days after the Initial Funding Date:

 

(i)            the
XTO Acquisition shall have been consummated pursuant to the terms of the XTO Acquisition Agreement.

 

(ii)           the
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that the Borrower has directly or indirectly received any combination
of (a) cash equity contributions (with all such contributions to the common equity capital of the Borrower) and (b) net proceeds
from the XTO Acquisition Subordinated Shareholder Loan, in each case, in connection with the XTO Acquisition in an aggregate amount not
less than $75,000,000 (the “XTO Acquisition Contribution”), together with a certificate from a Responsible Officer
of the Borrower certifying that the proceeds of the XTO Acquisition Contribution were applied (or will be applied substantially concurrently
with the consummation of the XTO Acquisition) solely to the Purchase Price (as defined in the XTO Acquisition Agreement);

 

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(iii)          the
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that the XTO Acquisition Contribution, together with the Borrowing
of the Term Loans on the Initial Funding Date, shall be sufficient to fund the entire consideration due to the XTO Sellers under the
XTO Acquisition Agreement for the XTO Acquisition; and

 

(iv)          the
Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received electronic executed copies (which such copies may be provided in a data room
made available to the Administrative Agent and its counsel) of (i) real property assignments from the XTO Sellers with respect
to the XTO Acquired Assets (the “XTO Acquisition Assignments”) and (ii) lien releases from the lenders of the
XTO Sellers under any debt instruments and/or mortgages securing the XTO Sellers’ credit facilities to the extent burdening the
XTO Acquired Assets (the “XTO Acquisition Releases”).

 

(b)           Within
thirty (30) days after the Initial Funding Date (or such later date acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the XTO Acquisition
Assignments and XTO Acquisition Releases have been duly sent for filing in the applicable counties in the State of Texas.

 

(c)           As
soon as possible, but in no event later than one (1) day after the Borrower’s receipt of the proceeds of Term Loans funded
on any Funding Date, the Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a Utilization Receipt.

 

(d)           Within
thirty (30) days after the Initial Funding Date (or such later date acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the
Borrower shall deliver a Reserve Report prepared by the Borrower and audited by one or more Approved Petroleum Engineers evaluating the
oil and gas reserves of the XTO Acquired Assets.

 

(e)           Within
forty-five (45) days after the Effective Date (or such later date acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the
Administrative Agent shall have received the unaudited consolidated balance sheets and statements of income or operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the Fiscal Quarter ended March 31, 2022.
Such financial statements shall present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and for such period in accordance with GAAP and be in form and detail
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

 

(f)            Within
thirty (30) days after the Initial Funding Date (or such later date acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the
Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent title information in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent setting forth the status of title to at least 75% of the Total Proved PV-10 of the Oil and Gas Properties attributable to the XTO
Acquired Assets as evaluated in the engineering report prepared by the Borrower and audited by Ryder Scott Company L.P. as of February 1,
2022.

 

Section 5.19. Material
Contracts. The Borrower will maintain in force all Material Contracts except amendments, supplements, or other modifications
that could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect and or materially impair the Loans Parties’
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Section 5.20. Solvency.
At all times, the Borrower shall individually be, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall on a consolidated basis be,
Solvent.

 

Section 5.21. Anti-Corruption
Laws; USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Terrorism Laws and Sanctions.

 

(a)           The
Borrower will maintain in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, the Subsidiaries, BKV-BPP and
their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

(b)           The
Borrower, the Subsidiaries, BKV-BPP, their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, their respective
directors and agents shall at all times be in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects
and shall not engage in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in any of the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or BKV-BPP
being designated as a Sanctioned Person.

 

(c)           None
of (x) the Borrower, any Subsidiary, BKV-BPP or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (y) to the knowledge
of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established
hereby, shall be a Sanctioned Person.

 

Article VI

 

Negative Covenants

 

From the Effective Date until
Payment in Full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

Section 6.01. Indebtedness.
The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness,
except:

 

(a)           Indebtedness
existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.01;

 

(b)           Indebtedness
of any Loan Party owing to any other Loan Party;

 

(c)           Reserved;

 

(d)           Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital
assets, including Capital Lease Obligations, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness; provided that
(i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement
and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 6.01(d) shall not exceed $5,000,000
at any time outstanding;

 

(e)           Indebtedness
incurred to finance insurance premiums in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount of such insurance premiums;

 

(f)            Indebtedness
arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the
case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(g)           to
the extent constituting Indebtedness, Indebtedness associated with workers’ compensation claims, performance, bid, surety
or similar bonds or surety obligations required by Governmental Requirements or third parties in the ordinary course of business in connection
with the operation of the Oil and Gas Properties;

 

(h)           (i) earnout
obligations consisting of the Subject Payments, (ii) Indebtedness in the form of indemnification, incentive, non-compete, consulting
or other similar arrangements in respect of any Investments permitted hereunder and (iii) Indebtedness arising from agreements
providing for indemnification related to sales of goods or adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations in any case incurred in
connection with the sale or other disposition of any business, assets or Subsidiary permitted hereunder;

 

(i)            unsecured
Indebtedness incurred (A) under the Uncommitted Credit Facility Agreements in an amount not to exceed $65,000,000 or (B) otherwise
for working capital purposes; provided that (1) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (i) shall
not exceed (x) at any time prior to the consummation of a Qualified IPO, an amount equal to $150,000,000 or (y) on or after
the consummation of a Qualified IPO, an amount equal to $200,000,000, (2) such Indebtedness, if not incurred under any Uncommitted
Credit Facility Agreement, shall not mature earlier than 91 days after the Maturity Date, (3) such Indebtedness shall rank pari
passu or junior in right of payment to the Term Loans, and if junior, shall be subject to customary subordination terms reasonably acceptable
to the Administrative Agent and (4) the proceeds of any such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (i) may not be used
to prepay any Subordinated Shareholder Loans; and

 

(j)            Indebtedness
of the Borrower owing to Banpu North America arising from Subordinated Shareholder Loans; and

 

(k)            unsecured
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor incurred in respect of letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business.

 

Section 6.02. Liens.
The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary of the Borrower to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on
any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except:

 

(a)           Permitted
Encumbrances;

 

(b)           any
Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02;
provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other Property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower
and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements
thereof that do not increase the original outstanding principal amount thereof unless such increased amount is otherwise permitted hereunder
(plus the amount of any capitalized fees and expenses incurred in connection with such extension, renewal or replacement);

 

(c)           Liens
existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset
of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower after the Effective Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary;
provided that (i) such Liens are not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming
a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
and (iii) such Liens shall secure only those obligations which they secure on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person
becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be; provided further that any such Liens shall only be permitted in connection with any
such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary until the date that is two (2) months after the date of such acquisition or
such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be;

 

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(d)           Liens
securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(d); provided that (i) such Liens are created prior to
or within sixty (60) days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (ii) the Indebtedness secured
thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iii) such Liens do not
encumber any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than improvements, accessions, proceeds
and assets fixed or appurtenant thereto and except that individual financings by a lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings
by such lender or its Affiliate);

 

(e)           Liens
on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the related insurance premiums permitted under Section 6.01(e);

 

(f)            Liens
on property of any Loan Party securing obligations of such Loan Party owing to any other Loan Party;

 

(g)           Liens
securing the Obligations;

 

(h)           Liens
encumbering Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Equity Interests in Subsidiaries of the Borrower) having an aggregate
value, when aggregated with the aggregate value of all Oil and Gas Properties Disposed of pursuant to Section 6.04(d), not
to exceed $25,000,000 (after giving effect to the incurrence of any such new Liens); and

 

(i)            other
Liens as may be agreed in writing by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion.

 

Section 6.03. Fundamental
Changes; Nature of Business.

 

(a)           The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other
Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or Dispose of all or substantially all of its Property (whether in a single transaction
or a series of transactions), or liquidate or dissolve, including, in each case, pursuant to a Division, except:

 

(i)            any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor in a transaction in which the surviving entity is the
Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that any such merger involving the Borrower must result in the Borrower as the surviving
entity);

 

(ii)           any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

 

(iii)          any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is
in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders (provided that all assets and property of
such Subsidiary are distributed to a Loan Party in connection with such liquidation or dissolution);

 

(iv)          if
at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Person (other than
the Borrower or a Subsidiary) may participate in a merger or consolidation with a Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with any Investment
permitted under Section 6.05 (provided that, if such merger or consolidation involves a Subsidiary Guarantor, a Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving entity); and

 

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(v)           any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may effect a merger, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation to effect a Disposition permitted pursuant
to Section 6.04 or an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.05.

 

(b)          The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) engage in any business other than the exploration, development,
production and sale of Hydrocarbons, midstream, downstream, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), solar and activities reasonably
incidental or related thereto or (ii) acquire or make any other expenditure (whether such expenditure is capital, operating or
otherwise) in or related to, any Oil and Gas Properties not located within the geographical boundaries of Canada, the United States or
Mexico.

 

(c)           The
Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change its Fiscal Year from the basis in effect on the Effective Date.

 

Section 6.04. Asset
Sales. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, Dispose of any of its assets (including any of
the Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including pursuant to a Division, except
that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may:

 

(a)           sell
Hydrocarbons, seismic data or Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)           enter
into (i) Acreage Swaps and (ii) farmouts of undeveloped acreage or undrilled depths, in each case, to which no Proved Reserves
are attributed and assignments in connection with such farmouts;

 

(c)           Dispose
of equipment and other personal property that is obsolete, worn out or uneconomic and Disposed of in the ordinary course of business
or no longer necessary for the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary of the Borrower or is replaced by equipment or other personal
property of at least comparable value and use;

 

(d)           Dispose
of any Oil and Gas Property or any interest therein (including any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that owns Oil and Gas Properties);
provided that:

 

(i)            except
with respect to Casualty Events, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such Disposition,

 

(ii)           at
least 75% of the consideration (other than environmental or other liabilities associated with such property and assumed by the purchaser
or its Affiliates) received in respect of such Disposition shall be cash or Cash Equivalents,

 

(iii)          the
consideration received in respect of such Disposition shall be equal to or greater than the fair market value of the Oil and Gas Properties
or interest therein (or Equity Interests) subject of such Disposition (as reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
and if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying
to the foregoing),

 

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(iv)          the
Borrower shall make all mandatory prepayments required by, and within the time periods set forth in, Section 2.08 in connection
with such Disposition, and

  

(v)           the
total value of all Oil and Gas Properties Disposed of under this clause (d), when aggregated with the total aggregate value of the Properties
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries subject to Liens incurred pursuant to Section 6.02(h), shall not exceed $25,000,000
(after giving effect to such Disposition);

 

(e)           enter
into licenses of technology in the ordinary course of business;

 

(f)            enter
into leases or subleases of real or personal property and grant easements, rights-of-way, permits, licenses, restrictions or the like
with respect to real or personal property, in each case, which do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary course of business
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(g)           Dispose
of Property to a Loan Party or among Loan Parties;

 

(h)           unwind,
monetize or terminate any Swap Agreement (including as may be necessary to comply with Section 6.06(a)), so long as, immediately
after giving effect to such unwind, monetization or termination, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the minimum hedging requirements
of Section 5.16, provided that in connection therewith, the Borrower shall make all mandatory prepayments required
by, and within the time periods set forth in, Section 2.08;

 

(i)            license,
sublicense, abandon or otherwise Dispose of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(j)            sell
or discount without recourse accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or collection thereof.

 

Section 6.05. Investments,
Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any
Investment in any Person, except:

 

(a)           Investments
in Cash Equivalents;

 

(b)           Investments
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof in the Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries;

 

(c)           Investments
made by any Loan Party in or to any other Loan Party;

 

(d)           Guarantees
constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01;

 

(e)            any
guarantees by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of the operating or commercial obligations (to the extent not constituting Indebtedness)
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(f)            Investments
consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the granting of trade credit
in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled
account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

 

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(g)           deposits
made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of leases or other obligations as permitted by Section 6.02;

 

(h)           Reserved;

 

(i)            loans
made by the Borrower to Temple Generation I LLC pursuant to the BKV-Temple Loan Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$15,000,000 at any time outstanding;

 

(j)            Investments
in direct ownership interests in additional Oil and Gas Properties and Properties related to oil and gas exploration and production activities,
midstream, downstream, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), solar and any other related businesses located within the geographic
boundaries of Canada, the United States and Mexico so long as after giving pro forma effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing;

 

(k)           any
other Investment (other than acquisitions) not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05, so long as (i) at the time
of such Investment and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and (ii) the aggregate amount of all such Investments made pursuant to this clause (k) does not exceed $5,000,000 at
any time outstanding;

 

(l)            Investments
in the form of Swap Agreements not prohibited under Section 6.06;

 

(m)          Investments
in the ordinary course of business consisting of (x) endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with
customers and (y) deposits, prepayments and/or other credits to suppliers, vendors or other trade counterparties;

 

(n)           promissory
notes and other non-cash consideration received by the Borrower, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with any Disposition permitted
hereunder; and

 

(o)           the
acquisition of the XTO Acquired Assets pursuant to the XTO Acquisition Agreement.

 

Section 6.06. Swap
Agreements.

 

(a)           The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreements in respect of commodities with any
Person other than Swap Agreements in respect of commodities (i) with an Approved Swap Counterparty, (ii) the tenor of which
does not exceed five (5) years and (iii) the notional volumes for which (other than for (x) basis differential swaps
on volumes hedged pursuant to other Swap Agreements and (y) Swap Agreements providing for floors), when aggregated with all other
commodity Swap Agreements then in effect (other than for (x) basis differential swaps on volumes hedged pursuant to other Swap
Agreements and (y) Swap Agreements providing for floors) do not exceed on a monthly basis (determined, in the case of contracts
that are not settled on a monthly basis, by a monthly proration acceptable to the Administrative Agent), as of the date the latest hedging
transaction is entered into under any such Swap Agreement, ninety percent (90%) of the reasonably anticipated projected production of
crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids, calculated in the aggregate, attributable to Proved Developed Producing Reserves of the
Loan Parties evaluated in the most recently delivered Reserve Report.

 

(b)           No
Swap Agreement shall be entered into for speculative purposes.

 

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(c)           For
purposes of entering into or maintaining Swap Agreement trades or transactions under this Section 6.06, forecasts of reasonably
anticipated production from the Proved Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as set forth on the most recent Reserve
Report delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall, at the option of the Borrower, be deemed to be updated to account for
any increase or decrease therein anticipated because of information obtained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and delivered
to the Administrative Agent subsequent to the publication of such Reserve Report including, without limitation, the internal forecasts
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of production decline rates for existing wells, additions to or deletions from anticipated future
production from new wells, completed dispositions, and completed acquisitions coming on stream or failing to come on stream; provided
that any such supplemental information shall be provided to the Administrative Agent and be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and if any such supplemental information is delivered, such information shall be presented on a net basis (i.e., it shall
take into account both increases and decreases in anticipated production subsequent to publication of the most recent Reserve Report).

 

Section 6.07. Transactions
with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or permit to exist any
transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of,
or officer or director of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, except at prices and on terms and conditions that are no
less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained at the time from a Person
who is not an officer, director or Affiliate of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that the foregoing
restriction shall not apply to (a) any transaction solely between or among the Loan Parties not involving any other Affiliate,
(b) fees and compensation to, reimbursement of expenses of, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors and
employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in their capacity as such, to the extent such fees and compensation are
customary, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.08 and Investments permitted by Section 6.05,
(d) issuances of Equity Interests of the Borrower not prohibited by this Agreement, and (e) the performance of
employment, equity award, equity option or equity appreciation agreements, plans or similar compensation or benefit plans or
arrangements (including vacation plans, health and insurance plans, deferred compensation plans and retirement or savings plans); provided, further,
that in no event shall the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries enter into any transaction providing financial support to any
Permitted Holder.

 

Section 6.08. Restricted
Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make,
directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:

 

(a)           the
Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Qualified Equity Interests payable solely in additional units or shares of
its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests);

 

(b)           Subsidiaries
may declare and pay dividends to the Borrower and other Subsidiaries ratably with respect to their Equity Interests;

 

(c)           the
Borrower may redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase, for cash, shares of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of
the Borrower held by an present or former officer, manager, director or employee of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries upon the
death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such person or otherwise make Restricted Payments pursuant to Qualifying
Benefit Plans so long as, in each case, no Default or Event of Default exists at the time of such payment or results therefrom; and

 

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(d)           the
Borrower may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Specified Amount so long as the Payment Conditions have
been met.

 

Section 6.09. Reduction
in Share Capital. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person to, redeem, purchase or
otherwise reduce any of the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s authorized or outstanding Equity Interests or the share
capital of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, except in each case as permitted by Section 6.08.

 

Section 6.10. Sale
and Leaseback Transactions. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, consummate any Sale and
Leaseback Transaction.

 

Section 6.11. Financial
Covenants.

 

(a)           Minimum
Asset Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not, as of December 31 and June 30 of any Fiscal Year (beginning June 30,
2022), permit the Asset Coverage Ratio to be less than 2.00 to 1.00.

 

(b)           Maximum
Total Net Leverage Ratio. The Borrower will not, as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending
June 30, 2022), permit the Total Net Leverage Ratio to be greater than 2.50 to 1.00.

 

(c)           Minimum
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not, as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter (commencing with the Fiscal
Quarter ending June 30, 2022), permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.30 to 1.00.

 

Section 6.12. Amendments
to Organizational Documents. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to amend, modify, waive or
supplement (or permit any modification, amendment, waiver or supplement of) any of the terms or provisions of its Organizational
Documents in any manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders;

 

Section 6.13. Sale
or Discount of Receivables. Except for the settlement of joint interest billing accounts in the ordinary course of business or
discounts granted to settle collection of accounts receivable or the sale of defaulted accounts arising in the ordinary course of
business in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and not in connection with any financing transaction, the Borrower
will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, discount or sell (with or without recourse) any of its notes receivable or
accounts receivable.

 

Section 6.14. Foreign
Subsidiaries. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, acquire or permit to exist any
Subsidiary which is not organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America.

 

Section 6.15. Proceeds
of Loans. The Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower will not permit the proceeds of the Term Loans to be used for any
purpose other than those permitted by Section 3.20. The Borrower shall not issue a Borrowing Request and the Borrower
shall not use, and shall procure that its directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of the Term Loans
(i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else
of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating
any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country to the extent such
activities, business or transaction would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted by a corporation incorporated in the United
States, or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

 

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Section 6.16. Take-or-Pay
or Other Prepayments. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.23 or in the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.14(d),
the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, allow, on a net basis, gas imbalances, take-or-pay or other
prepayments with respect to the Proved Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties that would require any Loan Party to deliver
Hydrocarbons either generally or produced from Oil and Gas Properties at some future date with a value of $5,000,000 or more, which
in the case of imbalances, would be satisfied no later than forty five (45) days after being occurred.

 

Section 6.17. Marketing
Activities. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in marketing activities for any
Hydrocarbons or enter into any contracts related thereto other than (i) contracts for the sale of Hydrocarbons scheduled or
reasonably estimated to be produced from their Proved Oil and Gas Properties during the period of such contract and
(ii) contracts for the sale of Hydrocarbons scheduled or reasonably estimated to be produced from Proved Oil and Gas
Properties of third parties during the period of such contract associated with the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary that the Borrower or such Subsidiary has the right to market pursuant to joint operating agreements, unitization
agreements or other similar contracts that are usual and customary in the oil and gas business.

 

Section 6.18. Prepayment
of Subordinated Shareholder Loans; Amendments to Subordinated Shareholder Loan Documents.

 

(a)           The
Borrower shall not, nor shall the Borrower permit any of its Subsidiaries to, prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy
prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner any Subordinated Shareholder Loan, (ii) make any cash payment of interest
on any Subordinated Shareholder Loans ((i) and (ii), each, a “Restricted Debt Payment”), or (iii) make
any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Subordinated Shareholder Loans, except:

 

(i)            the
refinancing thereof with the net proceeds of, or in exchange for, any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.01;
and

 

(ii)           any
Restricted Debt Payments in an amount not to exceed the Specified Amount so long as the Payment Conditions are met.

 

(b)           The
Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or change any agreement governing any Subordinated
Shareholder Loans (including the Amended and Restated Shareholder Loan Agreements) in a manner materially adverse to the interests of
the Lenders without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any amendment which
would (x) increase the rate of interest applicable to any Subordinated Shareholder Loan, (y) make any Subordinated Shareholder
Loan secured, or (z) make the principal amount of any Subordinated Shareholder Loan due and payable at an earlier time than prior
to giving effect to such amendment shall be considered materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders).

 

Section 6.19. Withdrawal
of Proceeds of Term Loans Made on the Initial Funding Date. The Borrower shall not withdraw the proceeds of the Term Loans made
on the Initial Funding Date from the Initial Funding Date Account until it has provided the Administrative Agent (a) written
notice that the XTO Acquisition is being consummated on the date of (and substantially concurrently with) such withdrawal and
(b) any other information reasonably necessary to facilitate the wire transfer of the proceeds of the Term Loans made on the
Initial Funding Date from the Initial Funding Date Account to the XTO Sellers or their assigns.

 

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Section 6.20. Amendments
to Uncommitted Credit Facility Agreements

 

Section 6.21.     . The
Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or change any Uncommitted Credit Facility
Agreement in a manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent.

 

Article VII

 

Events of Default

 

Section 7.01. Events
of Default. If any of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”) shall occur:

 

(a)           the
principal of any Term Loan shall not be paid when such payment is due, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment
thereof or otherwise;

 

(b)           any
interest on any Term Loan, any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Section 7.01)
payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not be paid when the same shall become due and payable and such failure
shall continue unremedied for a period of (i) with respect to interest, two (2) Business Days solely to the extent such failure
is as a result of a technical or administrative error and (ii) for any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to
in clause (a) or (b)(i) of this Section 7.01), two (2) Business Days;

 

(c)           any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party in or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any
report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when
made or deemed made (or, with respect to any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or a material adverse change or material
adverse effect standard, in any respect);

 

(d)           any
Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03
(with respect to the Borrower’s existence), 5.04, 5.11, 5.14, 5.18 or in Article VI;

 

(e)            (i) any
Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.01(a), Section 5.01(b) or
Section 5.01(c), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of ten (10) Business Days or (ii) the
Borrower or any other Loan Party, as applicable, shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this
Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b), (d) or (e)(i) of this Article) or any other Loan Document, and
such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (A) notice thereof from the Administrative
Agent to the Borrower or (B) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any other Loan Party becoming aware of such default;

 

(f)            the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount)
in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable grace
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(g)           other
than as specified in clause (f) of this Article, any Loan Party defaults under any Material Indebtedness (other than, with respect
to Material Indebtedness consisting of a Swap Agreement, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Swap Agreement
not arising as a result of a default by any Loan Party thereunder) that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its
scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness
or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase,
redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity;

  

(h)           an
involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or
other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under
any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or
for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60) days
or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

 

(i)            the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation,
reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter
in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition
described in clause (h) of this Section 7.01, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or for a substantial
part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding,
or (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;

 

(j)            the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(k)           one
or more final judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower
or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any combination thereof (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which
the insurer does not dispute coverage) and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days during
which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any
assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower to enforce any such judgment;

 

(l)            an
ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that
have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Loan Parties in an aggregate amount exceeding $10,000,000;

 

(m)          a
Change in Control shall occur;

 

(n)           the
occurrence of a material adverse change in the business, operations, properties, liabilities or financial condition of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

(o)           the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall cease normal business operations;

 

(p)           any
Loan Party shall cease, suspend or Dispose of its core business without the consent of the Required Lenders;

 

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(q)           any
material provision of any Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (or any
Loan Party shall challenge the enforceability of any Loan Document or shall assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction based
on any such assertion, that any provision of any of the Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding and enforceable
in accordance with its terms);

 

then, and in every such event (other than an
event with respect to any of the Loan Parties described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.01), and at
any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required 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
(if not already terminated), and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Term 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 Term Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest
thereon, the Applicable Prepayment Premium with respect thereto and all fees and other Obligations accrued hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which
are hereby waived by each Loan Party; and in case of any event described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.01,
the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Term Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon,
the Applicable Prepayment Premium, any break funding payments required by Section 2.18 with respect thereto and all fees
and other Obligations accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Loan Party. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall (subject to its rights and protections
under Article VIII), exercise any rights and remedies provided to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, under the Loan
Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the UCC.

 

Section 7.02. Right
to Cure Financial Covenant Defaults. In the event that the Borrower fails to comply with Section 6.11(b) or
Section 6.11(c) as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter (a “Cure Quarter”) then during the period
beginning on the Cure Period Start Date and ending ten (10) Business Days after the date the Compliance Certificate for such
Cure Date is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(d) (the “Cure Period”), the Borrower
shall be permitted to cure such failure to comply by receiving a Specified Contribution and by recalculating the financial covenant
in Section 6.11(b) of Section 6.11(c) by increasing Consolidated EBITDA for such Cure Date by an amount up
to the amount of the Specified Contribution received by the Borrower during the Cure Period (the “Cure Right”).
If, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of
Section 6.11(b) or Section 6.11(c), the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of
Section 6.11(b) or Section 6.11(c) as of the last day of the applicable Cure Date with the same effect as
though there had been no failure to comply with Section 6.11(b) or Section 6.11(c) on such date, and the
applicable Default or Event of Default with respect to Section 6.11(b) or Section 6.11(c) and the Cure Date
that had occurred shall be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided,
however, that:

 

(a)           the
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing during the period beginning on the Cure Period Start Date and ending five (5) Business
Days after the date the Compliance Certificate for such Cure Date is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(d) (the
 “Cure Election Period”) that the Borrower intends to exercise the Cure Right in respect of the applicable Cure Date;

 

(b)           in
each period of four consecutive Cure Quarters there shall be at least two Cure Quarters in which no Cure Right is exercised;

 

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(c)           the
Cure Right shall not be exercised more than five times during the term of this Agreement;

 

(d)           the
amount of each Specified Contribution that may be applied to increase Consolidated EBITDA for the applicable Cure Date shall not exceed
the amount required to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with Section 6.11(b) with respect to such Cure Date;

 

(e)           all
proceeds of any Specified Contribution shall for the purposes of this Section 7.02 be treated as increases to Consolidated
EBITDA rather than as decreases in Indebtedness (except if such Specified Contribution is in the form of a Subordinated Shareholder PIK
Loan, in which case such Specified Contribution shall also be treated as a decrease in Indebtedness as a result of the related mandatory
prepayment of Loans required by Section 2.08(d));

 

(f)            the
amount of any Specified Contribution used to increase Consolidated EBITDA shall be credited to the applicable Cure Date and such amount
may be included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for any consecutive four Fiscal Quarter period that includes such Cure Date;
and

 

(g)           Consolidated
EBITDA shall be increased solely for the purpose of recalculating and complying with the financial covenant in Section 6.11(b) or
Section 6.11(c) in accordance with this Section 7.02 and not for the purpose of calculating Consolidated EBITDA
for any other purpose.

 

Upon
receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice from the Borrower, on or prior to the expiration of the Cure Election Period, that
the Borrower intends to exercise a Cure Right in respect of a Fiscal Quarter, the Lenders shall not be permitted to accelerate payment
of any Obligations owed to them or to exercise remedies, in each case, on the basis of a failure to comply with the requirements of Section 6.11(b) or
Section 6.11(c) as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter, unless such failure is not cured pursuant to the exercise of the Cure
Right on or prior to the expiration of the Cure Period; provided, however, that (i) the Cure Right shall not affect
in any way the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent with respect to any other Default or Event of Default and
(ii) for the avoidance of doubt, unless and until (x) such failure to comply is cured pursuant to the exercise of the Cure
Right and (y) the Borrower has delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that the proceeds of the Specified
Contribution were used exclusively to prepay any Loan in accordance with Section 2.08(d), in each case, on or prior to the expiration
of the Cure Period, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be prohibited from taking any action that is prohibited under the Loan Documents
from being taken while a Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for determining whether
a Cure Right has been properly exercised in accordance with the terms of this Section 7.02. The proceeds of any Specified
Contribution received by the Borrower shall be used to prepay any Loans then outstanding in accordance with Section 2.08(d).

 

Article VIII

 

The Agents

 

Section 8.01. Appointment
and Authorization.

 

(a)           Each
Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors and assigns
to serve as the administrative agent under the Loan Documents and each Lender and each Issuing Bank authorizes the Administrative Agent
to take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated
to the Administrative Agent under such agreements and to exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting
the foregoing, each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, each
of the Loan Documents to which the Administrative Agent is a party, to exercise all rights, powers and remedies that the Administrative
Agent may have under such Loan Documents.

 

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(b)           As
to any matters not expressly provided for herein and in the other Loan Documents (including enforcement or collection), the Administrative
Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and
shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written instructions of the Required Lenders, as applicable
(or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, pursuant to the terms in the Loan Documents), and, unless and
until revoked in writing, such instructions shall be binding upon each Lender; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent
shall not be required to take any action that (i) the Administrative Agent in good faith believes exposes it to liability unless
the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification satisfactory to it from the Lenders with respect to such action or (ii) is
contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable Requirements of Law, including any action that may be in violation
of the automatic stay under any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or that
may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any requirement of law relating
to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors; provided further that the Administrative Agent may seek clarification
or direction from the Required Lenders, as applicable, prior to the exercise of any such instructed action and may refrain from acting
until such clarification or direction has been provided. Except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent
shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent
or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Administrative Agent to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights
or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability
is not reasonably assured to it.

 

(c)            In
performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent is acting solely on behalf
of the Lenders (except in limited circumstances expressly provided for herein relating to the maintenance of the Register), and its duties
are entirely mechanical and administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

 

(i)            the
Administrative Agent does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation or duty or any other relationship as the
agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender or holder of any other obligation other than as expressly set forth herein and in the
other Loan Documents, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and
agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the
Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine
of any applicable Requirements of Law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only
an administrative relationship between contracting parties); additionally, each Lender agrees that it will not assert any claim against
the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(ii)            nothing
in this Agreement or any Loan Document shall require the Administrative Agent to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element
of any sum received by the Administrative Agent for its own account;

 

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(d)            The
Administrative Agent may perform any of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or
through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform
any of their respective duties and exercise their respective rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory
provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such
sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities pursuant to this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible
for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agent except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and
nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agent.

 

(e)            Reserved.

 

(f)            In
case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Term Loan or any Obligation
shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent
shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise:

 

(i)            to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Term Loans and all other
Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.09, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14
and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(ii)            to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each other Credit Party
to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Lenders or the other Credit Parties, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity
as the Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03). Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent
to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

(g)            The
provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and, except solely to the extent
of the Borrower’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, none of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary, or any of their respective Affiliates, shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary under any such provisions.
Each Credit Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Guarantees of the Obligations
provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article.

 

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Section 8.02. Administrative
Agent’s Reliance, Indentification, Etc.

 

(a)            Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be (i) liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it under
or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (x) with the consent of or at the request of the Required Lenders,
as applicable, (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe
in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (y) in the absence of its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final
and nonappealable judgment) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations
or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate,
report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with,
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.

 

(b)            The
Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is
a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender and the Administrative Agent shall
not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in
connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection
therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any
Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of
any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV
or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative
Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, or (vi) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on any collateral.

 

(c)            Without
limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent (i) may treat the payee of any promissory note as its holder until such promissory
note has been assigned in accordance with Section 9.04, (ii) may rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section 9.04(b),
(iii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected
by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such
counsel, accountants or experts, (iv) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender
for any statements, warranties or representations made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, (v) in determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Term Loan that by its terms must be
fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent
shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender sufficiently in advance of the making of such Term Loan and (vi) shall
be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon,
any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which writing may be a fax, any electronic message, Internet or
intranet website posting or other distribution) or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be genuine and
signed or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper party or parties (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set
forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).

 

Section 8.03. Posting
of Communications.

 

(a)            The
Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications available to the Lenders by
posting the Communications on IntraLinksTM, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other electronic platform chosen by the Administrative
Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”).

 

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(b)            Although
the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented
or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system)
and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic
Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders Banks and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material
through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution.
Each of the Lenders and the Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and
understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.

 

(c)            THE
APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE APPLICABLE
PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC
PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS.
NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES
IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED
PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON
OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES
(WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS
THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM IN THE ABSENCE OF ITS OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT (SUCH
ABSENCE TO BE PRESUMED UNLESS OTHERWISE DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE JUDGMENT).

 

(d)            Each
Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted to the Approved Electronic
Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees
(i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic communication) from time to time of
such Lender’s email address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the foregoing
notice may be sent to such email address.

 

(e)            Each
of the Lenders and the Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable Requirements of
Law) shall not be obligated to, store the Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s
generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.

 

(f)            Nothing
herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent, any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan
Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.

 

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Section 8.04. The
Administrative Agent Individually . With respect to its Commitment and Term Loans, the Person serving as the Administrative Agent
shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and to the
extent set forth herein for any other Lender, as the case may be. The terms “Lenders”, “Required Lenders” and
any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity
as a Lender or as one of the Required Lenders, as applicable. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept
deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage
in any kind of banking, trust or other business with, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing as if such
Person was not acting as the Administrative Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

Section 8.05. Successor
Administrative Agent.

 

(a)            The
Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower, whether
or not a successor Administrative Agent has been appointed. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with,
so long as no Event of Default exists, the consent of the Borrower, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to appoint a
successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall
have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then
the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with
an office in New York, New York or an Affiliate of any such bank. In either case, such appointment shall be subject to the prior written
approval of the Borrower (which approval may not be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required while an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor
Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative
Agent. Upon the acceptance of appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent
shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Prior to any retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably
necessary to assign to the successor Administrative Agent its rights as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding
paragraph (a) of this Section, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have
accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative
Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness
of such resignation stated in such notice, (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder
or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall
be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the
Administrative Agent shall directly be given or made to each Lender. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s
resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory,
reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring
Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any
of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso
under clause (i) above.

 

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Section 8.06. Acknowledgment
of Lenders.

 

(a)            Each
Lender represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and that
it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of
the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to
enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Term Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing,
and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States
securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own
decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any
document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

(b)            Each
Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment
and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged
receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by
or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date.

 

(c)            Each
Lender hereby agrees that (x) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in
its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment,
prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a “Payment”) were
erroneously transmitted to such Lender (whether or not known to such Person), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof),
such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of
any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect
of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid
to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance
with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (y) to the extent permitted by applicable
law, such Lender shall not assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off
or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Payments received,
including without limitation any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative
Agent to any Lender under this Section 8.06(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

 

(i)            Each
Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (x) that
is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or
any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (y) that was not preceded or accompanied
by a Payment Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment. Each Lender
agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly,
but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion
thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including
the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent
at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.

 

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(ii)            The
Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby agrees that (x) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) are not recovered
from any Lender that has received such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all
the rights of such Lender with respect to such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise
satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, except, in each case, to the extent such erroneous Payment is,
and solely with respect to the amount of such erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from
the Borrower or any other Loan Party for the purpose of satisfying such Obligations.

 

(iii)            Each
party’s obligations under this Section 8.06(c) shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative
Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment,
satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations under any Loan Document.

 

Section 8.07. Certain
ERISA Matters.

 

(a)            Each
Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the
date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative
Agent and its Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at
least one of the following is and will be true:

 

(i)            such
Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection
with the Term Loans or the Commitments,

 

(ii)            the
transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent
qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts),
PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption
for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined
by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and
performance of the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, and the conditions for exemptive relief thereunder are and will continue
to be satisfied in connection therewith,

 

(iii)            (A) such
Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE
84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate
in, administer and perform the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration
of and performance of the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through
(g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I
of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of
the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

 

(iv)            such
other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and
such Lender.

 

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(b)            In
addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such
Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding
clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and
(y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto,
for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower
or any other Loan Party, that:

 

(i)            none
of the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with
the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related
to hereto or thereto),

 

(ii)            the
Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of
and performance of the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21)
and is a bank, an insurance carrier, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other person that holds, or has under management or control,
total assets of at least $50 million, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E),

 

(iii)            the
Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of
and performance of the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in
general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies (including in respect of the Obligations),

 

(iv)            the
Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of
and performance of the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to
the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the transactions
hereunder, and

 

(v)            no
fee or other compensation is being paid directly to the Administrative Agent or any its Affiliates for investment advice (as opposed
to other services) in connection with the Term Loans, the Commitments or this Agreement.

 

(c)            The
Administrative Agent hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to
give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest
in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with
respect to the Term Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Term Loans or the Commitments
for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Term Loans or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive
fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring
fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent,
utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees,
processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

 

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Section 8.08. Administrative
Agent May File Proof of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Term Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a)            to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Term Loans and all other
Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the Lenders, the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Administrative Agent
under Section 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding;

 

(b)            to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and

 

(c)            any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby
authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent
to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent
under Section 9.03. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent
to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Indebtedness
or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

Section 8.09. Data
Protection. The Borrower acknowledges the purposes and details with respect to the Administrative Agent’s collection, use and
disclosure of personal data as well as the rights of the data subject as stated in the Privacy Notice and the Written Request for Consent
Relating to the Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Data (copies of which have been distributed to the Borrower prior to the
Effective Date). The Borrower hereby confirms to the Administrative Agent that (1) the Borrower has notified details of the Privacy
Notice of the Administrative Agent to the person(s) whose personal data has been provided by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent and such person is informed of details as stated in the Privacy Notice of the Administrative Agent, and (2) the Borrower has
legitimate rights to disclose any information of any other person(s) whose personal data has been provided by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent. The Borrower accepts and agrees that the Administrative Agent is entitled to collect and use the information which
the Borrower has provided to the Administrative Agent or which derives from the use of the service under this agreement and other information
related to the use of the service under this agreement or other information which the Administrative Agent has received or obtained from
other sources, and is entitled to send, transfer or disclose such information to companies within the Administrative Agent’s financial
group, business partners, outsource service providers, agents of the Administrative Agent, assignees of the Administrative Agent’s
rights or obligations, assignees of the Administrative Agent’s claims, advisors, other financial institutions, credit rating agencies,
external auditors, agencies or any Persons related to the business operation of the Administrative Agent, both domestic and overseas,
for the purposes stated in the Privacy Notice of the Administrative Agent, including (a) for compliance with its obligations under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including for compliance with
any agreement or contract entered into between the Administrative Agent and any other Person related to or in connection with the provision
of service under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) for notification, communication, examination or response to any
inquiries or complaints related to the use of the service under this Agreement or any other Loan Document at the request of the Borrower
or any other Person related to the provision of service under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (c) for analysis, processing,
management or use of information obtained from the utilization of the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s products or
services in order to facilitate such utilization by the Borrower and for advertisement, granting or offering privileges, benefits, rewards
and products or services likely to be suitable to, or meet requirements of, the Borrower, as well as for assessment, development and
improvement of the products and services of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (d) for operations relating to information technology,
(e) for compliance, risk management and any audit related to the service provision of the Administrative Agent including business
management of the Administrative Agent, companies within the Administrative Agent’s financial group and the Administrative Agent’s
affiliates or business partners and (f) for compliance with laws, regulations, orders or procedures prescribed by government agencies
or regulatory authorities as well as for debt collection, exercise of claims or enforcement of legal rights.

 

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Article IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Notices.

 

(a)            Except
in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below),
all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service,
mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by electronic mail, as follows:

 

(i)            if
to the Borrower, to

 

BKV Corporation

1200 17th Street, Suite 2100

Denver CO 80202

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Email: [***]

 

With a copy to:

 

BKV Corporation

1200 17th Street, Suite 2100

Denver CO 80202

Attention: General Counsel

Email: [***]

 

With a copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

 

Fox Rothschild, LLP

1225 17th Street, Suite 2200

Denver, CO 80202

Attn: Gregory Brown

Email: [***]

 

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(ii)            if
to the Administrative Agent, to

 

Bangkok
Bank Public Company Limited (New York Branch)

Address: 29 Broadway, Suite #19

New
York, NY 10016

Attention: Sirivan Chuaypradit

Email: [***]

 

With a copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

 

Sidley Austin LLP

1000 Louisiana, Suite 5900

Houston, TX 77002

Attn: Herschel T. Hamner III

Email: [***]

 

(iii)            if
to any other Lender, to it at its address or e-mail address set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

 

Notices
sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received.
Notices delivered through Electronic Systems, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided
in said paragraph (b).

 

(b)            Notices
and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Electronic Systems pursuant to procedures approved
by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, in its
discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved
by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

 

Unless
the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received
upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested”
function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet
or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in
the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor;
provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during
the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business
on the next Business Day for the recipient.

 

(c)            Any
party hereto may change its address or e-mail address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

 

Section 9.02. Waivers;
Amendments.

 

(a)            No
failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance
of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.
The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are
not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by
paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Term Loan shall not be construed as a waiver
of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the
time.

 

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(b)            Neither
this Agreement nor any provision hereof nor any other Loan Document nor any provision thereof may be waived, amended or modified except
pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by (x) in the case of this Agreement, the Borrower and the Required
Lenders (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders,
and (y) in the case of any other Loan Document, each Loan Party that is a party thereto and the Required Lenders, or each Loan Party
that is a party thereto and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement
shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount
of any Term Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender
directly affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Term Loan (including by way
of extension of the Maturity Date), or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse
any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly
affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.15(b) or 2.15(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata
sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or
the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required
to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent
of each Lender, (vi) release all of substantially all of the Guarantors from their guarantee obligations under the Guaranty Agreement(other
than as provided in Section 9.14 below) without the written consent of each Lender, (vii) release the Borrower from
its obligations under the Loan Documents without the written consent of each Lender, (viii) contractually subordinate any Obligations
in contractual right of payment to any other debt or other obligations, including any other Term Loans hereunder,
without the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby (provided, however, in no event shall this clause (viii) restrict
any “debtor in possession” financing) or (ix) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01, 4.02,
4.03, or 4.04 without the written consent of each applicable Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall
amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement
shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be directly affected
by such amendment, waiver or other modification.

 

(c)            If,
in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “each Lender” or “each Lender
directly affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not
obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”),
then the Borrower may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement in accordance with Section 2.16(b).

 

(d)            Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, (i) the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower only, amend, modify or supplement
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency and (ii) the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or other applicable Loan Party) may enter into any amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or as required by any Governmental Requirement to give effect to, protect or otherwise enhance the rights
or benefits of any Lender under the Loan Documents without the consent of any other party to this Agreement.

 

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Section 9.03. Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

 

(a)            The
Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates,
including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent, in
connection with the syndication and distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through a service such as Intralinks)
of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, execution and delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement
or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section, or
in connection with the Term Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring
or negotiations in respect of the Term Loans.

 

(b)            THE
BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY SUB-AGENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, EACH LENDER AND EACH RELATED PARTY OF ANY
OF THE FOREGOING PERSONS (EACH SUCH PERSON BEING CALLED AN “INDEMNITEE”) AGAINST, AND HOLD EACH INDEMNITEE HARMLESS
FROM, ANY AND ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES AND RELATED EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE 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 ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, THE PERFORMANCE BY THE
PARTIES HERETO OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OBLIGATIONS THEREUNDER OR THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY, (II) ANY LOAN OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREFROM, (III) ANY ACTUAL OR ALLEGED PRESENCE OR RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
ON OR FROM ANY PROPERTY OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE BORROWER OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, OR ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY RELATED IN ANY WAY
TO THE BORROWER OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, OR (IV) ANY ACTUAL OR PROSPECTIVE CLAIM, LITIGATION, INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING
RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH CLAIM, LITIGATION, INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT BY THE BORROWER
OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EQUITY HOLDERS, AFFILIATES, CREDITORS OR ANY OTHER THIRD PERSON AND WHETHER BASED
ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY INDEMNITEE IS A PARTY THERETO, AND TO REIMBURSE EACH INDEMNITEE WITHIN
THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF WRITTEN DEMAND FOR ANY REASONABLE AND DOCUMENTED OUT-OF-POCKET LEGAL OR OTHER EXPENSES INCURRED IN
CONNECTION WITH INVESTIGATING OR DEFENDING ANY OF THE FOREGOING (BUT LIMITED, IN THE CASE OF LEGAL FEES AND EXPENSES, TO ONE EXTERNAL
COUNSEL FOR THE INDEMNITEES, TAKEN AS A WHOLE, AND, IF REASONABLY NECESSARY (AS REASONABLY DETERMINED BY THE APPLICABLE INDEMNITEES),
ONE FIRM OF LOCAL COUNSEL IN EACH RELEVANT JURISDICTION, AND, SOLELY IN THE CASE OF AN ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST (AS REASONABLY
DETERMINED BY ANY INDEMNITEE) WHERE THE AFFECTED INDEMNITEE INFORMS THE BORROWER OF SUCH CONFLICT, ONE ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL COUNSEL FOR
ALL AFFECTED INDEMNITEES SIMILARLY SITUATED, TAKEN AS A WHOLE, AND, IF REASONABLY NECESSARY (AS REASONABLY DETERMINED BY THE AFFECTED
INDEMNITEES SIMILARLY SITUATED), ONE FIRM OF LOCAL COUNSEL IN EACH RELEVANT JURISDICTION FOR THE AFFECTED INDEMNITEES SIMILARLY SITUATED,
TAKEN AS A WHOLE); PROVIDED THAT SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL NOT, AS TO ANY INDEMNITEE, BE AVAILABLE TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LOSSES,
CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES OR RELATED EXPENSES (X) ARE DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE
JUDGMENT TO HAVE RESULTED FROM THE BAD FAITH, GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH INDEMNITEE OR (Y) HAVE NOT RESULTED
FROM AN ACT OR OMISSION BY THE BORROWER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES AND HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BY AN INDEMNITEE AGAINST ANY OTHER INDEMNITEE
(OTHER THAN ANY CLAIMS AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE IN ITS CAPACITY AS AGENT OR ANY SIMILAR ROLE HEREUNDER). THIS SECTION 9.03(b) SHALL
NOT APPLY WITH RESPECT TO TAXES OTHER THAN ANY TAXES THAT REPRESENT LOSSES, CLAIMS OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY NON-TAX CLAIM.

 

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(c)            Each
Lender severally agrees to pay any amount required to be paid by the Borrower under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 9.03
to the Administrative Agent and each Related Party of the Administrative Agent (each, an “Agent Indemnitee”) (to the
extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective
Applicable Percentage in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought
after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Term Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance
with such Applicable Percentage immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after
the payment of the Term Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising
out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein
or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent Indemnitee under or in connection with
any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision
of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The
agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Term Loans and all other amounts
payable hereunder.

 

(d)            To
the extent permitted by applicable law, each party to this Agreement agrees not to assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any other
party to this Agreement or any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed
to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement
or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions or any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that nothing
contained herein shall limit the obligation of the Borrower to indemnify any Indemnitee in accordance with this Section 9.03
against any such special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages that may be awarded to any third person against such Indemnitee.
No Indemnitee shall be liable for any direct or indirect damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained
through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including, without limitation, the Internet, email
or similar electronic transmission systems); provided that this sentence shall not, as to any Indemnitee, apply 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 bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

 

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(e)            All
amounts due under this Section shall be paid promptly (but in any event not later than thirty (30) days) after written demand
therefor.

 

Section 9.04. Successors
and Assigns.

 

(a)            The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall
be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with
this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto,
their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section)
and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the sub-agents and Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders)
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)            (i) Subject
to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible
Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the
Term Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

 

(A)            the
Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written
notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof); provided that no
consent of the Borrower shall be required for any assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and

 

(B)            the
Administrative Agent.

 

(ii)            Assignments
shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A)            except
in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount
of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Term Loans, the amount of the Commitments or Term Loans of the assigning Lender subject
to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided
that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(B)            each
partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement; provided that this clause (B) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a proportionate
part of its rights and obligations in respect of Commitments or Term Loans;

 

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(C)            the
parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to
the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to a Platform as to which the Administrative
Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, such
fee to be paid by either the assigning Lender or the assignee Lender or shared between such Lenders; and

 

(D)            the
assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent all documentation and other information required by
regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including,
without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act and an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts
to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and
their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with
the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

 

For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b),
the terms “Approved Fund” and “Ineligible Institution” have the following meanings:

 

“Approved Fund”
means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate
of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

“Ineligible Institution”
means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Lender Parent, (c) the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or
any of its Affiliates, (d) any Permitted Holder or any portfolio company thereof or (e) a company, investment vehicle or trust
for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any
duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Ineligible Institutions and (ii) the
Borrower (on behalf of itself and the other Loan Parties) and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent shall have
no responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is an Ineligible Institution and that the Administrative
Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment or participation made to an Ineligible Institution.

 

(iii)            Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective or recordation
date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned
by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder
shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement,
such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.14 and
9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04
shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance
with paragraph (c) of this Section.

 

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(iv)            The
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of
each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the
Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Term Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time
to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for
all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower
and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior written notice.

 

(v)            Upon
its receipt of (x) a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee or (y) to the
extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to a Platform as to which the Administrative
Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire
(unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of
this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative
Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that
if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(b),
2.15(e) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and
record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued
interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided
in this paragraph.

 

(c)            Any
Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities
(a “Participant”), other than an Ineligible Institution, in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Term Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such
Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other
parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue
to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any
agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right
to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that
such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification
or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that
each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12 and 2.14 (subject to the requirements and limitations
therein, including the requirements under Section 2.14(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under
Section 2.14(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired
its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees
to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.15 and 2.16 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of
this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.12 or 2.14, with
respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement
to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each
Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the
Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.16(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by
law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant
agrees to be subject to Section 2.15(d) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting
solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each
Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Term Loans or other obligations
under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to
disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s
interest in any Commitments, Term Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such
disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Term Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of
the United States Treasury Regulations or as necessary for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to satisfy its obligations under
FATCA. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose
name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any
notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no
responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

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(d)            Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations
of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply
to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall
release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

Section 9.05. Survival.
All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other
instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied
upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Term Loans,
regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder,
and shall continue in full force and effect until Payment in Full. The provisions of Sections 2.12, 2.14, 9.03,
9.09, 9.10 and 9.16 and Section VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Term Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments
or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.

 

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Section 9.06. Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
on different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single
contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative
Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements
and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement
shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a signature page of (x) this Agreement, (y) any other Loan Document and/or (z) any document, amendment, approval,
consent, information, notice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any notice delivered pursuant to Section 9.01), certificate,
request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the transactions contemplated
hereby and/or thereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed
pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement, such other Loan Document or such Ancillary Document, as applicable. The words “execution,”
 “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement, any
other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records
in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual
executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature,
physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided that nothing herein shall
require the Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent and pursuant
to procedures approved by it; provided further without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent
has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic
Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party without further verification thereof and without
any obligation to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic signature and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Borrower and each Loan Party hereby (i) agrees that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection
with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders,
the Borrower and the Loan Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces
an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic images of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any
Ancillary Document shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, (ii) the Administrative
Agent and each of the Lenders may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary
Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format, which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s
business, and destroy the original paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and
shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record), (iii) waives any argument, defense or right to
contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document based solely
on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Loan Document and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including
with respect to any signature pages thereto and (iv) waives any claim against any Related Parties of any Lender for any Liabilities
arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s and/or any Lender’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures and/or transmissions
by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page, including any
Liabilities arising as a result of the failure of the Borrower and/or any Loan Party to use any available security measures in connection
with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.

 

Section 9.07. Severability.
Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such
provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 9.08. Right
of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized
at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special,
time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by
such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any of and all of the Obligations
held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under the Loan Documents and although such
obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including
other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

 

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Section 9.09. Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

 

(a)            This
Agreement and any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise)
shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

 

(b)            Except
as set forth in the immediately following sentence, each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence
any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise,
against any other party hereto or any Related Party of any other party hereto in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or the Transactions, in any forum other than the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, Borough
of Manhattan, or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and
each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims
in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may (and any such claims, cross-claims or third party claims brought against
the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties may only) be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent
permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such
action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other
manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that any Credit Party may otherwise
have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its Properties
in the courts of any jurisdiction for the purposes of enforcing a judgment, or to the extent the courts referred to in the preceding
sentence do not have jurisdiction over such legal action or proceeding or the parties or property subject thereto.

 

(c)            Each
party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection
which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of
such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(d)            Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing
in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law.

 

Section 9.10. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO
A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT
OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES
THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN
THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN
INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

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Section 9.11. Headings.
Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

Section 9.12. Confidentiality.
Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except
that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its (i) Affiliates’ directors, (ii) officers, (iii) employees
and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors and (iv) any insurer, insurance broker, reinsurer or provider
of security and their affiliated companies, auditors, advisors and service providers, in each case in this clause (iv) arising from
or in connection with the provision of credit support or insurance, (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is
made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to
the extent required or requested by any Governmental Authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association
of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process
(in which case the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, agrees to inform the Borrower promptly thereof (except with respect
to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory or self-regulatory authority exercising
examination or regulatory authority) to the extent practicable and not prohibited by law, rule or regulation and to only disclose
that Information necessary to fulfill such legal requirement), (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection
with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing
provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee
of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its
advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any
rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided for herein or (ii) the
CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the credit
facilities provided for herein, (h) with the consent of the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (i) becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section, (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent any Lender
or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or (iii) is independently
developed by the Administrative Agent, or any such Lender without the use of Information. For the purposes of this Section, “Information”
means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower and other than information pertaining
to this Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending
industry. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to
have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such
Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL
NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED
COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

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ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING
REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING,
THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWER, THE OTHER
LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN
MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.

 

Section 9.13. USA
PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower
that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the
Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative
Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

Section 9.14. Releases
of Guarantors.

 

(a)            So
long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or would result from such release) any Subsidiary Guarantor shall
be released from its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement and the other Loan Documents if all of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary
Guarantor that is owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary is sold or otherwise Disposed of in a transaction or transactions permitted by
this Agreement. In connection with any release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall, promptly upon receipt of a written
request therefor from the Borrower (together with an certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that such transaction
is permitted hereunder), execute and deliver all documents and take such other action as may reasonably be requested to evidence such
release of such Subsidiary Guarantor. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse
to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

 

(b)            Upon
Payment in Full, the Guaranty Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of each Guarantor
thereunder shall automatically terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

 

Section 9.15. Interest
Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Term Loan, together
with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Term Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”),
shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or
reserved by the Lender holding such Term Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Term
Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful,
the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Term Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation
of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Term Loans or periods
shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal
Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

 

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Section 9.16. No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection
with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that: (i) (A) the
arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between
the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, (B) the
Loan Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate, and
(C) the Loan Parties are capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) each of the Lenders and their Affiliates is and has been acting
solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting
as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for any of the Loan Parties or their Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) no Lender nor any
of its Affiliates has any obligation to any of the Loan Parties or their Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby
except, in the case of a Lender, those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) each of
the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those
of the Loan Parties and their Affiliates, and no Lender or any of its Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests
to the Loan Parties or their Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that
it may have against each of the Lenders and their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty
in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

Section 9.17. Acknowledgement
and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in
any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected
Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and
Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

 

(a)            the
application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder
which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and

 

(b)            the
effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable

 

(i)            a
reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

(ii)            a
conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution,
its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other
instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document; or

 

(iii)            the
variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any applicable Resolution
Authority.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written.

 

	 	BKV CORPORATION,
	 	as the Borrower
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Christopher P. Kalnin
	 	Name:	Christopher P. Kalnin
	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

[BK
Corporation]

 

     

     

    

 

	 	BANGKOK BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED,

NEW YORK BRANCH,
	 	as Administrative Agent and as a Lender
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Thitipong Prasertslip
	 	Name:	Thitipong Prasertslip
	 	Title:	VP and Branch Manager

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

[BKV
Corporation]

 

     

     

    

 

	 	BANGKOK BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED,
	 	as a Lender
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Niramarn Laisathit
	 	Name:	Niramarn Laisathit
	 	Title:	Senior Executive Vice President

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

[BKV
Corporation]

 

     

     

    

 

	 	KRUNG THAI BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED,
	 	as a Lender
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Jamroong Suriyakiettikul
	 	Name:	Mr. Jamroong Suriyakiettikul
	 	Title:	First Vice President & Manager Corporate Banking Team 4

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

[BKV
Corporation]

 

     

     

    

 

	 	OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION

LIMITED, LOS ANGELES AGENCY,
	 	as a Lender
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Charles Ong
	 	Name:	Charles Ong
	 	Title:	General Manager and Head USA

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

[BKV
Corporation]

 

     

     

    

 

	 	SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,

BANGKOK BRANCH,
	 	as a Lender
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Vorapat Chaovanasmith
	 	Name:	Mr. Vorapat Chaovanasmith
	 	Title:	Head of Thailand Corporate Banking, Asia Pacific

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

[BKV
Corporation]

 

     

     

    

 

	 	UNITED OVERSEAS BANK (THAI) PUBLIC

COMPANY LIMITED,
	 	as a Lender
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Boonyarit Pataratanawadee
	 	Name:	Boonyarit Pataratanawadee
	 	Title:	Assistant Vice President
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Saipetch Bureekaew
	 	Name:	Saipetch Bureekaew
	 	Title:	Assistant Vice President

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

[BKV
Corporation]

 

     

     

    

 

SCHEDULE 2.01

 

COMMITMENTS

 

	LENDER	 	TERM LOAN COMMITMENT	 
	Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited	 	$	200,000,000.00	 
	Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited	 	$	150,000,000.00	 
	United Overseas Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited	 	$	100,000,000.00	 
	Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited, New York Branch	 	$	50,000,000.00	 
	Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, Los Angeles Agency	 	$	50,000,000.00	 
	Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Bangkok Branch	 	$	50,000,000.00	 
	AGGREGATE COMMITMENTS	 	$	600,000,000.00

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