Document:

Purchase Agreement

 Exhibit 10.2 
 $325,000,000 
 CHAPARRAL ENERGY, INC. 
 8 7/8% Senior Notes due 2017 
 Purchase Agreement 
 January 10,
2007 
 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 
 As Representative of the

 several Initial Purchasers listed 
 in Schedule 1 hereto

 c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 
 270 Park Avenue 

New York, New York 10017 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 Chaparral Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Initial Purchasers listed in
Schedule 1 hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), $325,000,000 principal amount of its 8 7/8% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of January 18, 2007
(the “Indenture”) among the Company, the guarantors listed in Schedule 2 hereto (the “Guarantors”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and will be guaranteed
on an unsecured senior basis by each of the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”). 
 The Securities will be sold to the
Initial Purchasers in a transaction not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance upon an exemption therefrom. The Company has prepared a preliminary offering memorandum dated
January 9, 2007 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”) and will prepare an offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the “Offering Memorandum”) setting forth information concerning the Company and the
Securities. Copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum have been, and copies of the Offering Memorandum will be, delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Company hereby confirms that it has
authorized the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the other Time of Sale Information (as defined below) and the Offering Memorandum in connection with the 

 
offering and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. 
 At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities
were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the following information shall have been prepared (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented and amended by the written
communications listed on Annex A hereto. 
 Holders of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect
transferees) will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, to be dated the Closing Date (as defined below) and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Registration Rights Agreement”),
pursuant to which the Company and the Guarantors will agree to file one or more registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) providing for the registration under the Securities Act of the
Securities or the Exchange Securities referred to (and as defined) in the Registration Rights Agreement. 
 The Company hereby confirms its
agreement with the several Initial Purchasers concerning the purchase and resale of the Securities, as follows: 
 1. Purchase and Resale
of the Securities. (a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, and each Initial Purchaser, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, in each
case, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule 1
hereto at a price equal to 97.178% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from January 10, 2007 to the Closing Date. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the
Securities to be purchased as provided herein. 
 (b) The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers intend to offer the Securities for
resale on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that: 
 (i) it is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”) and an
accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act; 
  

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 (ii) neither it nor any Person acting on its behalf has solicited offers for, or offered
or sold, or will solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”) or
in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act; and 
 (iii) it has
not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities as part of their initial offering except: 
 (A) within the United States to persons whom it reasonably believes to be QIBs in transactions pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and in connection with each such sale, it
has taken or will take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser of the Securities is aware that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A; or 
 (B) in accordance with the restrictions set forth in Annex C hereto. 
 (c) Each Initial Purchaser
acknowledges and agrees that the Company and, for purposes of the “no registration” opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Sections 6(g) and 6(h), Andrews Kurth LLP as counsel for the Company, and Cahill
Gordon & Reindel LLP as counsel for the Initial Purchasers, respectively, may rely upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers, and compliance by the Initial Purchasers with their
agreements, contained in paragraph (b) above (including Annex C hereto), and each Initial Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance. 
 (d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Initial Purchaser and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through
any Initial Purchaser. 
 (e) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Initial Purchasers are acting solely in the capacity of an
arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an
agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, no Initial Purchaser is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own
advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Initial Purchasers shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with
respect thereto. Any review by the Initial Purchasers of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and shall not be on behalf
of the Company. 
  

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 2. Payment and Delivery. 
 (a) Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP at 10:00 A.M., New York
City time, on January 18, 2007, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fourth business day thereafter, as the Representative and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment
and delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.” 
 (b) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer
in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Company to the Representative against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of the Initial Purchasers, of one or more
global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made available for
inspection by the Representative not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date. 
 3.
Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to each Initial Purchaser that: 
 (a) Preliminary Offering Memorandum, Time of Sale Information and Offering Memorandum. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as of its date, did
not, the Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date, will not, and, the Offering Memorandum, in the form first used by the Initial Purchasers to confirm sales of the Securities does not and as of the Closing
Date, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that
the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such
Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum. 
 (b)
Additional Written Communications. The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Initial Purchasers in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare,
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of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below) an “Issuer Written Communication”) other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, (ii) the Offering Memorandum, (iii) the document listed on Annex A hereto, including a term
sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, which constitutes part of the Time of Sale Information, and (iv) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case used in accordance with Section 4(c). Each such
Issuer Written Communication, when taken together with the Time of Sale Information, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Written
Communication in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in any Issuer Written Communication. Each
Issuer Written Communication does not conflict with the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum. 
 (c) Financial
Statements. The historical financial statements and the related notes thereto of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum present fairly the consolidated financial
position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby; the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial information (including the related notes thereto)
included in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments
give appropriate effect to those assumptions and the pro forma data therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts; the other financial information included in each of the Time
of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly the information shown thereby; and the “Summary selected consolidated financial data” and
“Selected consolidated financial data” set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum is accurately presented in all material respects and prepared on a basis consistent with the audited and unaudited
historical consolidated financial statements from which it has been derived. 
 (d) No Material Adverse Change. Except as disclosed in
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of the Company included in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock or
long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreement (as defined below)), or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any
class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations
of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement other than in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference (including any liability or obligation) with its business, including from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or
dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. 
 (e) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their
respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or lease their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or have
such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their obligations under the Securities and the Guarantees (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the
only direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company other than Oklahoma Ethanol L.L.C. and Pointe Vista Development, LLC, which will not be Guarantors. The Company does not own, directly or indirectly, equity securities of any entity other than its
interests in such subsidiaries. 
 (f) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the Time
of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Capitalization.” The limited partnership agreements or limited liability company agreements governing all outstanding limited partnership interests or limited liability
company interests of each Guarantor have been validly executed and delivered, and all capital contributions required under such limited partnership agreements or limited liability company agreements have been paid in full; and, except as otherwise
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company interests of each Guarantor are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance or security interest,
except as otherwise described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, including without limitation for liens under or permitted by the Company’s Seventh Restated Credit Agreement, dated October 31, 2006, as amended
(the “Senior Credit Agreement”). 
 (g) Due Authorization. The Company and each of the Guarantors have full right,
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities, the Indenture (including each Guarantee set forth therein), the Exchange Securities and the Registration Rights Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction
Documents”) and to perform their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken. 
 (h) The Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by
the Company and each of the Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors enforceable
against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws now or hereafter in effect
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles regardless of whether enforcement is sought in law or equity (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”); and on the Closing Date, the
Indenture will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an indenture that is
qualified thereunder. 
 (i) The Securities and the Guarantees. The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly
executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and the Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the Guarantors and, when the Securities have been
duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Guarantors in accordance with
their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. 
 (j) The Exchange
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Guarantors and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the Indenture and as contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, as issuer, and each of the Guarantors, as guarantor, enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the
Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. 
 (k) Purchase and Registration Rights Agreements.
This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors; and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and each of the Guarantors and, when duly executed and
delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its
terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and except that rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable law and public policy. 
 (l) Descriptions of Certain Documents. Each of the Securities, the Indenture, the Guarantees and the Registration Rights Agreement conforms in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in each
of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum. 
 (m) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance
or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over it or its properties, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect. 
 (n) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of each of the
Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities (and the Guarantees) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any
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loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for
any such conflict, breach or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (o) No
Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and
each of the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities (and the Guarantees) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for such
consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications (i) as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers, (ii) with
respect to the Exchange Securities (and the related guarantees) as may be required under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, (iii) which have been, or prior to the
Closing Date will be, obtained and (iv) which, if not obtained, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (p) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the Company’s and each of the Guarantors’ knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by
others. 
 (q) Independent Accountants. Grant Thornton LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries and are independent public accountants within the meaning of Rule 101 of the Code
of Professional Conduct of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and its interpretations and rulings thereunder. 
 (r)
Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have (1) good and defensible title to oil and gas properties owned by the Company and its subsidiaries, 

  

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(2) good and indefeasable title in fee simple to all other real property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and (3) good title to all items
of personal property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries , in each case that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of
title, except (i) those that are described in the each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, (ii) those under the Senior Credit Agreement, (iii) those under oil and gas leases, options to lease, operating
agreements, utilization and pooling agreements, participation and drilling concessions agreements and gas sales contracts, securing payment of amounts not yet due and payable and of a scope and nature customary in the oil and gas industry,
(iv) those that do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (v) those that could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the
use made or proposed to be made of such real property and buildings by the Company or its subsidiaries. 
 (s) Title to Intellectual
Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess or are licensed to use adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations,
copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses, except where the failure to
own, possess or license such rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement of or conflict with any such rights of
others. 
 (t) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is, and after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum none of them will be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, “Investment Company Act”). 
 (u) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof to the extent that such taxes have become due and are
not being contested in good faith with such exceptions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there
is no tax deficiency that has been asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, which has had, nor does the 

  

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Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiency, which if determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries might, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (v) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates,
permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective
properties, the conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license,
certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except for notices, modifications or non-renewals as would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (w) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, is contemplated or threatened, which disturbance or dispute would have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (x) Compliance With Environmental Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state,
local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety and the environment including without limitation those imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning any hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals currently required of them under applicable
Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants, except in any such case as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum or for any such failure to comply with, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or liability
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received notice that it has been identified as a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (“CERCLA”), or any comparable state law; and (v) no property or facility of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is (x) listed or, to the Company’s or any
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(y) listed in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Information System List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA, or on any
comparable list maintained by any state or local governmental authority. 
 (y) Compliance With ERISA. Each employee benefit plan,
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or any of its affiliates for employees or former
employees of the Company and its affiliates has been maintained in all material respects in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected
pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in
Section 412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under
such plan determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions. 
 (z) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain
systems of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. 
 (aa) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, which
insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are reasonably adequate for the conduct by the Company and its subsidiaries of their respective businesses as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar
industries; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that any material capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to
continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary
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 (bb) Solvency. On and immediately after the Closing Date, the Company (after giving effect to the
issuance of the Securities and the other transactions related thereto as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum) will be Solvent. As used in this paragraph, the term “Solvent” means, with
respect to a particular date, that on such date (i) the present fair market value (or present fair saleable value) of the assets of the Company is not less than the total amount required to pay the liabilities of the Company on its total
existing debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured; (ii) the Company is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and commitments as they
mature and become due in the normal course of business; (iii) assuming consummation of the issuance of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, the Company is not incurring
debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; (iv) the Company is not engaged in any business or transaction, and does not propose to engage in any business or transaction, for which its property would
constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which the Company is engaged; and (v) the Company is not a defendant in any civil action that would result in a judgment that the
Company is or would become unable to satisfy. 
 (cc) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except for the restrictions applicable to
subsidiaries that will not be Guarantors, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from
making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or
any other subsidiary of the Company. 
 (dd) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any
contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Initial Purchaser for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like
payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities. 
 (ee) Rule 144A Eligibility. On the Closing Date, the Securities
will not be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in an automated inter-dealer quotation system; and each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the
Offering Memorandum, as of its respective date, contains or will contain all the information that, if requested by a prospective purchaser of the Securities, would be required to be provided to such prospective purchaser pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4)
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 (ff) No Integration. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of
Regulation D) has, directly or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities
in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act. 
 (gg) No General Solicitation or Directed
Selling Efforts. None of the Company or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no representation is made) has (i) solicited offers for, or offered or sold, the
Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or
(ii) engaged in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”), and all such persons have complied with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

 (hh) Securities Law Exemptions. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers contained in
Section 1(b) (including Annex C hereto) and their compliance with their agreements set forth therein, it is not necessary, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and the offer, resale and delivery
of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, to register the Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act. 
 (ii) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has taken, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities. 
 (jj) Margin Rules. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has taken, and none of them will take, any action that might cause the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by
the Company as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum to violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 
 (kk) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E
of the Exchange Act) contained in any of the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith. 
 (ll) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and
market-related data included in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects. 
  

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 (mm) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in a
prospectus that is not described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and that is not so described therein. 
 (nn) Engineers; Reserve Reports. The information described in the each of Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum regarding the estimated proved reserves of the Company and the Guarantors is based in part on the reports
generated by Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc. and Lee Keeling & Associates, each as independent petroleum engineers with respect to the Company and the Guarantors (the “Engineers”). The information underlying
the estimates of the reserves of the Company and the Guarantors supplied by the Company to the Engineers, for the purposes of preparing the reserve reports of the Company referenced in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum
(the “Reserve Reports”), was true and correct in all material respects on the date of each such Reserve Report; the estimates of future capital expenditures and other future exploration and development costs supplied to the
Engineers were prepared in good faith and with a reasonable basis; the information provided to the Engineers for purposes of preparing the Reserve Reports was prepared in all material respects in accordance with customary industry practices; the
Engineers were, as of the date of each of the Reserve Reports prepared by them, and are, as of the date hereof, independent petroleum engineers with respect to the Company and the Guarantors; other than normal production of reserves and intervening
spot market product price fluctuations, and except as disclosed in the each of Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, neither Company nor any of the Guarantors is aware of any facts or circumstances that would result in a material
decline in the reserves in the aggregate, or the aggregate present value of future net cash flows therefrom, as described in the each of Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and as reflected in the Reserve Reports; and the estimates
of such reserves and the present value of the future net cash flows therefrom as described in the each of Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and reflected in the Reserve Reports comply in all material respects with the Securities
Act. 
 4. Further Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally covenant
and agree with each Initial Purchaser that: 
 (a) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver to the Initial Purchasers as many
copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including all amendments and supplements thereto) as the Representative may reasonably request.

  

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 (b) Amendments or Supplements. Before finalizing the Offering Memorandum or making or distributing
any amendment or supplement to any of the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum, the Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of the proposed Offering Memorandum or such amendment or
supplement for review, and will not distribute any such proposed Offering Memorandum, amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects. 
 (c) Additional Written Communications. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving or referring to any Issuer Written Communication, the Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for
the Initial Purchasers a copy of such written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any such written communication to which the Representative reasonably objects. 
 (d) Notice to the Representative. The Company will advise the Representative promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) of the
issuance by any governmental or regulatory authority of any order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or the initiation or, to the extent the Company
becomes aware, threatening of any proceeding for that purpose; (ii) of the occurrence of any event at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities as a result of which the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the
Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (iii) of the occurrence of any event at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities as a result of which an
Issuer Written Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact; and (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or, to the extent the Company becomes aware, threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order preventing or
suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the
withdrawal thereof. 
 (e) Time of Sale Information. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or
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to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or
(ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement any of the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, furnish to
the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to any of the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Time of Sale Information will comply with law. 
 (f) Ongoing Compliance
of the Offering Memorandum. If at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented
would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Offering Memorandum is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to
paragraph (b) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Offering Memorandum as may be necessary so that the statements in the Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the
circumstances existing when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Offering Memorandum will comply with law. 
 (g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request and will continue
such qualifications in effect so long as required for the offering and resale of the Securities; provided that neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors shall be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a
dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction
if it is not otherwise so subject. 
 (h) Clear Market. During the period from the date hereof through and including the date that is
90 days after the date hereof, the Company and each of the Guarantors will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or
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 (i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as
described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Use of proceeds.” 
 (j)
Supplying Information. While the Securities remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, during any period in which
the Company is not subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, furnish to holders of the Securities and prospective purchasers of the Securities designated by such holders, upon the request of such holders or such
prospective purchasers, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. 
 (k) PORTAL and
DTC. The Company will assist the Initial Purchasers in arranging for the Securities to be designated Private Offerings, Resales and Trading through Automated Linkages (“PORTAL”) Market securities in accordance with the rules and
regulations adopted by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) relating to trading in the PORTAL Market and for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC. 
 (l) No Resales by the Company. Until the issuance of the Exchange Securities, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as
defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Securities that have been acquired by any of them, except for Securities purchased by the Company or any of its affiliates and resold in a transaction registered under the
Securities Act. 
 (m) No Integration. None of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) or any
person acting on behalf of the Company or such affiliate will, directly or through any agent, sell, offer for sale, solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be
integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act. The Company will take all action that is appropriate or necessary to assure that its offerings of other securities
will not be integrated for purposes of the Securities Act with the offering contemplated hereby. 
 (n) No General Solicitation or
Directed Selling Efforts. None of the Company or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) will (i) solicit offers for, or offer or sell,
the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or
(ii) engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S, and all such persons will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S. 
  

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 (o) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors will take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities. 
 5. Certain Agreements of the Initial Purchasers. Each Initial Purchaser hereby represents and agrees that it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any
written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, (ii) a written communication that contains no
“issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, (iii) any written
communication listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), (iv) any written communication prepared by such Initial Purchaser and approved by the Company in advance in writing or
(v) any written communication relating to or that contains the terms of the Securities and/or other information that was included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum.

 6. Conditions of Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligation of each Initial Purchaser to purchase Securities on the
Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: 
 (a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained herein shall be true and correct
on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing
Date. 
 (b) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Securities or any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of the Guarantors by any “nationally recognized statistical
rating organization”, as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed
its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or of any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of the Guarantors (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible
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 (c) No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, no
event or condition of a type described in Section 3(d) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Offering
Memorandum (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the
manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum. 
 (d) Officers’ Certificate.
The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer and the general counsel of the Company (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the
Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and, to the best knowledge of such officers, the representations set forth in Sections 3(a) and 3(b) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties
of the Company and the Guarantors in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company and the Guarantors have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the
Closing Date, (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) above and (iv) that, to the knowledge of such officers, the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this
Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date. 
 (e) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing
Date, Grant Thornton LLP shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to initial purchasers with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information of (i) the
Company and its subsidiaries, (ii) CEI Bristol Acquisition, L.P. and (iii) Calumet Oil Company and subsidiary and JMG Oil & Gas, LP, in each case contained in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum;
provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date. 
 (f) Reserve Engineer Letters. The Initial Purchasers shall have received letters, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, from Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc. and Lee
Keeling & Associates, each an independent petroleum engineering firm, for the Company, for CEI Bristol Acquisition, L.P. and for and Calumet Oil Company and subsidiary and JMG Oil & Gas, LP, in form and substance reasonably
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 (g) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel for the Company, and Robert W.
Kelly II, Esq., General Counsel of the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect set forth in Annexes D-1 and D-2, respectively, hereto. 
 (h) Opinion of Counsel for
the Initial Purchasers. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, with respect to such matters as the Initial
Purchasers may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. 
 (i) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or
issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or
foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees. 
 (j) Good Standing. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of
organization and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

 (k) Registration Rights Agreement. The Initial Purchasers shall have received a counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement
that shall have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and each of the Guarantors. 
 (l) PORTAL and
DTC. The Securities shall have been approved by the NASD for trading in the PORTAL Market and shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC. 
 (m) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably
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 All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be
deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers. 
 7. Indemnification and Contribution. 
 (a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. The
Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such Initial Purchaser, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with
any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any omission or alleged omission to state in the Time of Sale Information or the
Offering Memorandum a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing
by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in subsection
(b) below. 
 (b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, each of the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company or any of
the Guarantors to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other
Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the following: the information contained in the
third, the fourth and fifth sentences of the eleventh paragraph and the thirteenth paragraphs under the caption “Plan of distribution” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum. 
  

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 (c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified
Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from
any liability that it may have under this Section 7 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to
notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 7. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall
have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this
Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right
to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the
Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are
different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation
of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in
the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any reasonably necessary local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such reasonable fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed
as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and any such separate firm
for the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and any control persons of the Company and the Guarantors shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason
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settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person
reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 45 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No
Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have
been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person. 
 (d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or
insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial
Purchasers on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net
proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers in connection therewith, as provided in this Agreement, bear to the aggregate
offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any Guarantor or by the Initial Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
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 (e) Limitation on Liability. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph
(d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 7, in no event shall an Initial Purchaser be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discounts and commissions received by such Initial Purchaser with respect to the offering of the Securities
exceeds the amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7
are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint. 
 (f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The
remedies provided for in this Section 6 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity. 
 8. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice to the Company, if after the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or
the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of the Guarantors shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial
banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or
outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by
this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum. 
  

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 9. Defaulting Initial Purchaser. 
 (a) If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the
non-defaulting Initial Purchasers may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Initial
Purchaser, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Initial
Purchasers to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser, either the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or the Company may postpone the Closing Date
for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Initial Purchasers may be necessary in the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum or in any other document
or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser”
includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Securities that a defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed to
purchase. 
 (b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial
Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of
all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Initial Purchaser’s
pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers for which such arrangements have not
been made. 
 (c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial
Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the
Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant
to this Section 9 shall be without liability on the part of the Company or the Guarantors, except that the Company and each of the Guarantors will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 10 hereof and
except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect. 
  

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 (d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any liability it may have to
the Company, the Guarantors or any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser for damages caused by its default. 
 10. Payment of Expenses.

 (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and each of
the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization,
issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation and printing of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer
Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including any amendment or supplement thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses
of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under
the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and reasonable expenses of counsel for the Initial Purchasers); (vi) any fees
charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred
in connection with the application for the inclusion of the Securities on the PORTAL Market and the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road
show” presentation to potential investors. 
 (b) If (i) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to
the Initial Purchasers or (ii) the Initial Purchasers decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement other than a termination pursuant to Section 8(i), 8(iii) or 8(iv), the Company and each of the
Guarantors jointly and severally agree to reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement
and the offering contemplated hereby. 
 11. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates, officers and directors of each Initial Purchaser 

  

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referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase. 
 12. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Guarantors and
the Initial Purchasers contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for
the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers. 
 13. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has
the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term
“subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. 
 14. Miscellaneous. 
 (a) Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. on behalf of the
Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers. 
 (b)
Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Initial Purchasers shall
be given to the Representative c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 (fax: (212) 270-1063); Attention: Lawrence Landry. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 701 Cedar Lake Boulevard, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma 73114 (fax: (405) 478-2906); Attention: General Counsel. 
 (c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 
 (d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts
(which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 (e) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom,
shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto. 
 (f) Headings. The headings
herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement. 
  

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 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this
Agreement by signing in the space provided below. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	CHAPARRAL ENERGY, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark A. Fischer
	Name:	 	Mark A. Fischer
	Title:	 	President & CEO
	
	CHAPARRAL ENERGY, L.L.C.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark A. Fischer
	Name:	 	Mark A. Fischer
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	NORAM PETROLEUM, L.L.C.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark A. Fischer
	Name:	 	Mark A. Fischer
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	CHAPARRAL RESOURCES, L.L.C.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark A. Fischer
	Name:	 	Mark A. Fischer
	Title:	 	Manager

  

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	TRIUMPH TOOLS & SUPPLY, L.L.C.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Charles A. Fischer, Jr.
	Name:	 	Charles A. Fischer, Jr.
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	CHAPARRAL CO2, L.L.C.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark A. Fischer
	Name:	 	Mark A. Fischer
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	CHAPARRAL REAL ESTATE, L.L.C.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Charles A. Fischer, Jr.
	Name:	 	Charles A. Fischer, Jr.
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	CHAPARRAL TEXAS, L.P.
		
	By:	 	Chaparral Energy, L.L.C., its general partner
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark A. Fischer
	Name:	 	Mark A. Fischer
	Title:	 	Manager

  

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	CEI ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark A. Fischer
	Name:	 	Mark A. Fischer
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	CEI PIPELINE, L.L.C.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark A. Fischer
	Name:	 	Mark A. Fischer
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	CALUMET OIL COMPANY
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark A. Fischer
	Name:	 	Mark A. Fischer
	Title:	 	President & CEO
	
	JMG OIL & GAS, LP
		
	By:	 	Chaparral Energy, L.L.C., its general partner
		
	By:	 	/s/ Mark A. Fischer
	Name:	 	Mark A. Fischer
	Title:	 	Manager

  

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	Accepted: January 10, 2007
	
	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
	
	For itself and on behalf of the several Initial
Purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto.
		
	By	 	/s/ Adam Bernard
		 	Authorized Signatory

  

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 Schedule 1 
  

				
	 Initial Purchaser
	  	Principal Amount
	 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
	  	$	162,500,000
	 Banc of America Securities LLC
	  	 	113,750,000
	 Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
	  	 	48,750,000
		  	 	 
	 Total
	  	$	325,000,000

 Schedule 2 
 Guarantors 
  

			
	 Name of Subsidiary
	  	 Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization

		
	 Chaparral Energy, L.L.C.
	  	Oklahoma
		
	 NorAm Petroleum, L.L.C.
	  	Oklahoma
		
	 Chaparral Resources, L.L.C.
	  	Oklahoma
		
	 Triumph Tools & Supply, L.L.C.
	  	Oklahoma
		
	 Chaparral CO2, L.L.C.
	  	Oklahoma
		
	 Chaparral Real Estate, L.L.C.
	  	Oklahoma
		
	 Chaparral Texas, L.P.
	  	Oklahoma
		
	 CEI Acquisition, L.L.C.
	  	Delaware
		
	 Calumet Oil Company
	  	Oklahoma
		
	 JMG Oil & Gas, LP
	  	Oklahoma
		
	 CEI Pipeline, L.L.C.
	  	TexasEX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

SEVERANCE AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE

This Severance Agreement and General Release (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into by
Charles S. Walker (“Employee”) and Live Nation Worldwide, Inc., formerly known as SFX
Entertainment, Inc. (“Employer”). Employee and Employer are also parties to that certain
Employment Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006 (the “Employment Agreement”).

1. CONSIDERATION FOR AGREEMENT FROM EMPLOYER

1.1 Employee’s employment with Employer is severed effective January 23, 2007 (the “Severance
Date”).

1.2 In return for this Agreement and in full and final settlement, compromise and release of
all of Employee’s claims (as described in Section 2 below), Employer agrees that, at Employer’s
sole option, Employer will, within ten (10) days of the Severance Date, either (i) pay to
Employee a cash lump sum severance payment in the amount of $537,200, less applicable federal and
state withholding and all other ordinary payroll deductions, or (ii) cause twenty percent
(20%) of all stock options previously granted to Employee, and not heretofore vested, to
immediately vest, with such vested stock options under this clause (ii) to be exercisable by
Employee for a period of three (3) months from the Severance Date. In addition to the foregoing,
and in the ordinary course following the execution hereof, Employer shall also pay Employee (A) the
amount of any unreimbursed business expenses incurred by Employee in the course of his employment
and not reimbursed prior to the execution hereof, (B) any accrued but unused vacation pay and (C)
Employee’s salary through the Severance Date.

1.3 Section 8(d)(1)(A) of the Employment Agreement provides that if Employer terminates the
Employment Agreement for “Cause” or Employee terminates the Employment Agreement for “Good Reason”
(as each such term is defined therein) then, among other things, any stock options granted to
Employee pursuant to Section 3(f) of the Employment Agreement during the term of the Employment
Agreement shall vest at a rate of twenty percent (20%) per year up to the date of termination.
Notwithstanding the potential acceleration of vesting agreed to by Employer pursuant to Section 1.2
above, Employee and Employer hereby acknowledge and agree (i) that Employee is terminating his
employment with Employer of his own volition in order to pursue other business opportunities; (ii)
accordingly, the termination of the Employment Agreement is neither by Employer for “Cause” nor by
Employee for “Good Reason,” and (iii) but for this Agreement, Employee would not be entitled to any
additional compensation from Employer beyond those payments required by Section 8(c) of the
Employment Agreement.

2. EMPLOYEE’S RELEASE OF CLAIMS

2.1 Except for the obligations created by this Agreement, Employee hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally releases and forever discharges Employer and all of its past, present and future
parents, subsidiaries and affiliates and their employees, officers, directors, agents, insurers and
legal counsel (collectively, the “Employer Parties”) from any and all claims, demands, causes of
action and liabilities of any nature, both past and present, known and unknown, resulting from any
act or omission of any kind occurring on or before the date of execution of this Agreement which
arise under contract or common law or under any federal, state or local law, regulation or
ordinance. Employee understands and agrees that this release of claims includes, but is not
limited to, the following: all claims, demands, causes of action and liabilities for past or
future loss of pay, wages, commissions, bonuses, paid time off or benefits, expenses, damages for
pain and suffering, punitive damages, compensatory damages, attorneys’ fees, interest, court costs,
physical or mental injury, damage to reputation and any other injury, loss, damage or expense or
equitable remedy of any kind whatsoever.

2.2 Employee additionally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases and forever
discharges the Employer Parties from any and all claims, demands, causes of action and liabilities
arising out of or in any way connected with, directly or indirectly, Employee’s hiring, employment
with Employer, severance of employment with Employer, or any incident related thereto, including,
without limitation, Employee’s treatment by Employer or any other person and the terms and
conditions of Employee’s employment.

2.3 This release covers both claims that Employee knows about and those that Employee may not
know about. Employee expressly waives all rights afforded by any statute which limits the effect
of a release with respect to unknown claims. Employee understands the significance of Employee’s
release of unknown claims and Employee’s waiver of statutory protection against a release of
unknown claims, including, without limitation, claims otherwise protected under California Civil
Code Section 1542 (“Section 1542”) or any other applicable similar state or federal law. Section
1542 provides: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or
suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or
her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.”

3. OTHER UNDERSTANDINGS, AGREEMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS

3.1 Employee agrees that this Agreement binds Employee and also binds Employee’s spouse,
children, heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, agents, partners, successors in interest and
all other persons and entities in privity with Employee. Employer agrees that this Agreement binds
Employer and also binds Employer’s affiliates, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, assigns,
officers, directors and all other persons and entities in privity with Employer.

3.2 Each party agrees and represents that he or it will not make or cause to be made any
derogatory, negative or disparaging statements, verbally, electronically, in writing or in any
other form about the other (and, in the case of the Employer, its businesses or its employees).

3.3 Employee acknowledges that during the course of Employee’s employment with Employer,
Employee had access to the confidential and proprietary information of Employer. Employee
therefore agrees that for one (1) year following the Effective Date of this Agreement, Employee
will not directly or indirectly, ask or encourage any employee(s) of Employer to leave their
employment with Employer or solicit any current employee(s) of Employer for employment. Employee
agrees that Employee will make any subsequent employer aware of this non-solicitation obligation.

3.4 Employee acknowledges that: (a) Employee received this Agreement on January 18, 2007 (the
“Receipt Date”); and (b) Employee is hereby given ten (10) days from the Receipt Date (January 28,
2007) (the “Expiration Date”) to consider signing this Agreement (and Employee may, but is not
required to, sign the Agreement at any time prior to the Expiration Date). The “Effective Date” of
this Agreement shall be the date on which it is signed by Employee.

3.5 Each party agrees that, if any single section or clause of this Agreement should be found
invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and the remaining sections and clauses enforced in
accordance with the intent of this Agreement.

3.6 This Agreement contains the entire understanding between Employee and Employer and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter of this
Agreement; provided, however, that any prior written agreements related to restrictive covenants
and/or arbitration shall remain in full force and effect. This Agreement shall not be modified,
amended or terminated unless such modification, amendment or termination is executed in writing by
Employee and an authorized representative of Employer.

3.7 Employee acknowledges that during the course of Employee’s employment with Employer,
Employee had access to the confidential and proprietary information of Employer. This confidential
information includes sales lists, customer lists, pricing information, future business events and
opportunities and other information Employer treats as confidential. Employee agrees that Employee
will not disclose or use Employer’s confidential or proprietary information. Employee understands
that Employer may seek from a court of competent jurisdiction an injunction to prohibit such
disclosure. Employee agrees to return any and all property and/or information belonging to or
relating to Employer or Employer’s business in Employee’s possession on or before the Severance
Date. Further, to the extent Employee executed an agreement with Employer restricting Employee’s
disclosure or use of Employer’s confidential or proprietary information, Employee hereby agrees to
comply with Employee’s obligations set forth in such agreement.

3.8 This Agreement may be pled as a full and complete defense and may be used as the basis for
an injunction against any action, suit or proceeding that may be prosecuted, instituted or
attempted by either party in breach thereof.

3.9 Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as an admission or any liability or any
wrongdoing by any party to this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be construed against any party
on the grounds that such party drafted the Agreement.

3.10 Employee represents and certifies that Employee: (a) has received a copy of this
Agreement for review and study and has had ample time to review it before signing; (b) has read
this Agreement carefully; (c) has been given a fair opportunity to discuss and comment on the terms
of this Agreement; (d) understands its provisions; (e) understands that Employee has the right to
consult with an attorney; (f) has determined that it is in Employee’s best interest to enter into
this Agreement; (g) has not been influenced to sign this Agreement by any statement or
representation by Employer not contained in this Agreement; and (h) enters into this Agreement
knowingly and voluntarily.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed and delivered this Severance Agreement and
General Release as of the dates written below.

EMPLOYEE

	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: January 18, 2007

	 	/s/ Charles S. Walker
	 	

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 
	 	Charles S. Walker
	 	

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	LIVE NATION WORLDWIDE, INC.

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Date: January 18, 2007

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Michael Rapino
	
 
	 	 	 	 
	
 
	 	Name:

Title:
	 	Michael Rapino

President and Chief Executive Officer

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