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Registration Rights Agreeement

 Exhibit 4.3 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 by and among 
 CONSOL Energy Inc., 
 Guarantors Listed on Schedule I hereto 
 and 
 Banc of
America Securities LLC, 
 as Representative of the Initial Purchasers 
 Dated as of April 1, 2010 

 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April 1, 2010, by and among CONSOL
Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the guarantors signatory hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”), and Banc of America Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers (collectively, the
“Initial Purchasers” named on schedule A to the Purchase Agreement), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Company’s (i) 8.000% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Initial 2017 Notes”) and (ii) 8.250% Senior Notes due
2020 (the “Initial 2020 Notes”, and together with the Initial 2017 Notes, the “Initial Notes”) in each case fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement
(as defined below). The Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “Initial Securities.” 
 This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated March 25, 2010, (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers (i) for the
benefit of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Initial Securities, including the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Securities, the Company
has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5(i) of the Purchase Agreement. 

The parties hereby agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings: 
 Additional Interest Payment Date: With respect to the Initial Securities, each Interest Payment Date. 
 Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act. 
 Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies
located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to be closed. 
 Closing Date: The date of this Agreement.

 Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission. 
 Consummate: A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of
(i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously
effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Securities
in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that were tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer. 

 Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5 hereof. 
 Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 Exchange Date: As defined in Section 3(b). 
 Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the Exchange Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of all
outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders. 
 Exchange Offer Registration Statement:
The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus. 
 Exempt Resales: The
transactions in which the Initial Purchasers propose to sell the Initial Securities to certain “qualified institutional buyers,” as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to certain institutional “accredited
investors,” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and to certain non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. 
 Exchange Securities: The 8.000% Senior Notes due 2017 and the 8.250% Senior Notes due 2020, in each case, of the same series under
the Indenture as the Initial Securities attached thereto, to be issued to Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to this Agreement. 
 FINRA: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. 
 Guarantees: As
defined in preamble hereof. 
 Guarantors: As defined in preamble hereof. 
 Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof. 
 Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof. 
 Indenture:
The Indentures, dated as of April 1, 2010, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Securities are to be issued, as each such
Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. 
 Initial Purchaser: As
defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Initial Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
  

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 Initial 2017 Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Initial 2010 Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Initial Placement: The issuance and sale by the Company of the Initial Securities to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. 
 Initial Securities: As defined in the preamble hereto. 
 Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Securities. 
 Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof. 
 Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments,
and all material incorporated by reference into such prospectus. 
 Registration Default: As defined in Section 5
hereof. 
 Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an offering of Exchange
Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the
Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein. 
 Securities: Initial Securities and Exchange Securities. 
 Securities
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated hereunder. 
 Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof. 
 Shelf Registration Statement: As
defined in Section 4(a) hereof. 
 Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial Security, until the earliest to
occur of (a) the date on which such Initial Security is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act, (b) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (c) the date on which such Initial Security is
distributed to the public by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein). 
 Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
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 Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which
securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public. 
 SECTION 2. Securities Subject to
this Agreement. 
 (a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are
the Transfer Restricted Securities. 
 (b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to be a holder
of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities. 
 SECTION 3. Registered Exchange Offer. 
 (a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under
applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), each of the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) file or cause to be filed with the Commission within 180 days after the
Closing Date (or if such 180th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a Registration Statement under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Securities and the Exchange Offer, (ii) use their respective commercially
reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective at the earliest practicable time, (iii) in connection with the foregoing, file (A) all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary
in order to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary filings in
connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Securities to be made under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Transfer
Restricted Securities and to permit resales of Initial Securities held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof. 
 (b) The Company and the Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal
and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 30 days after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company shall cause the Exchange
Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event later than 366 days after the Closing Date (or if such 366th day is not a Business Day,
the next succeeding Business Day (the “Exchange Date”). 
  

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 (c) The Company shall indicate in a “Plan of Distribution” section contained in
the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities
or other trading activities (other than Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such Initial Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an
“underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer in the
Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain
all other information with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the
amount of Initial Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy after the date of this Agreement. 
 Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own
accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time
to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective (which 180-day period shall be extended by the length of any Exchange Offer Registration
Statement Suspension Period) and (ii) the date on which a Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities; provided that the Company may for a period (the “Exchange
Offer Registration Statement Suspension Period”) of up to 60 days in any three-month period, not to exceed 90 days in any calendar year, determine that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not usable under circumstances relating to
corporate developments, public filings with the Commission and similar events, and suspend the use of the prospectus that is part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
 The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time
during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales. 
 SECTION 4. Shelf Registration. 
 (a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company and the Guarantors
are not required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to Consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof
have been complied with), (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is not Consummated within 366 days after the Closing Date (or if such 366th day is not a Business

  

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Day, the next succeeding Business Day), or (iii) with respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (A) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from
participating in the Exchange Offer, or (B) such Holder notifies the Company within 30 days of the consummation of the Exchange Offer that such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public
without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Securities
acquired directly from the Company or one of its affiliates, then, upon such Holder’s request, the Company and the Guarantors shall 
 (x) cause to be filed a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the “Shelf
Registration Statement”) on or prior to the earliest to occur of (1) the 30th day after the date on which the Company receives notice from a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as contemplated by clause (ii) above, and
(2) the 30th day after the Exchange Date (or if such 30th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (such earliest date being the “Shelf Filing Deadline”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for
resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and 
 (y) use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or before the 60th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline (or
if such 60th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day). 
 Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective
commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for
resales of Initial Securities by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms in all material respects with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and
the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least one year following the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (or such shorter period that will terminate when all the
Initial Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement) (which one-year period shall be extended by the length of any Shelf Registration Statement Suspension Period); provided
that the Company may for a period (the “Shelf Registration Statement Suspension Period”) of up to 60 days in any three-month period, not to exceed 90 days in any calendar year, determine that the Shelf Registration Statement is not usable
under circumstances relating to corporate developments, public filings with the Commission and similar events, and suspend the use of the prospectus that is part of the Shelf Registration Statement. 
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 (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within
20 Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to
which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially
misleading. 
 SECTION 5. Additional Interest. If (i) any of the Registration Statements required by this
Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such filing in this Agreement, (ii) any of such Registration Statements has not been declared effective by the Commission (or automatically become effective under
the Securities Act in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness in this Agreement (the “Effectiveness Target Date”), (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated by the
Exchange Date and no Shelf Registration Statement has been filed or no Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission (or automatically become effective under the Securities Act in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement) within 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Target Date or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its
intended purpose (after the consummation of the Exchange Offer in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period in excess of five Business Days) without being succeeded immediately by a post-effective amendment to such
Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself immediately declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration Default”) (provided that the additional interest on the
Transfer Restricted Securities may not accrue under more than one Registration Default at any one time), the Company hereby agrees that the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during
the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default and shall increase by 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent 90-day period, but in no event shall such increases exceed 1.00% per annum. Following
the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities will be reduced to the original interest rate borne by such Transfer Restricted
Securities; provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different Registration Default occurs, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities shall again be increased pursuant to the
foregoing provisions. 
 All obligations of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in the preceding paragraph that are
outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full.

  

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 SECTION 6. Registration Procedures. 
 (a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with
all of the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods
of distribution thereof, and shall comply with all of the following provisions: 
 (i) If in the reasonable
opinion of counsel to the Company there is a question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to seek a no-action letter or
other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company and the Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Initial Securities. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the
Commission staff level but shall not be required to take commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of Commission policy. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees, however, to (A) participate in telephonic conferences with
the Commission, (B) deliver to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and
(C) diligently pursue a favorable resolution by the Commission staff of such submission. 
 (ii) As a
condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation thereof, a written representation
to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to
engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in, a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange
Securities in its ordinary course of business. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Company’s preparations for the Exchange Offer. As a condition of its participation in the Exchange
Offer, each Holder acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in
effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted
in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (which may include any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling
security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company.

  

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 (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted
Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto each of the Company and the Guarantors will as is commercially reasonable expeditiously as possible prepare and file with the
Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 hereof. 
 (c) General Provisions. In
connection with any Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to
permit resales of Transfer Restricted Securities by Broker-Dealers), each of the Company and the Guarantors shall: 
 (i) use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements (including, if required by the Securities Act or any regulation thereunder, financial
statements of the Guarantors for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable ; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material
misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement
(or file with the Commission a document to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement), in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use their
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as practicable thereafter; 
 (ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration
Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply in all material respects with
the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus; 
  

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 (iii) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement advise the
underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders named in the Registration Statement promptly and, if requested by such Persons, to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has
been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or
supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by
any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, and (D) of the existence of any fact or
the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of
any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement,
or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, each of the Company and
the Guarantors shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time; 
 (iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, furnish without charge to each of the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and each of the underwriter(s), if
any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference
after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business Days, and the Company
will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which an Initial Purchaser of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after the receipt thereof (such objection to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy
transmission within such period). The objection of an Initial Purchaser or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to be reasonable if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a
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 (v) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, promptly prior to the
filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and to the
underwriter(s), if any, make the Company’s and the Guarantors’ representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof
as such selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, reasonably may request; 
 (vi) in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, make available at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, the managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant
retained by such Initial Purchasers or any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of each of the Company and the Guarantors reasonably requested to be made available so long as such
records or documents are public and cause the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness and to participate in meetings with investors to the extent requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any; 

(vii) in connection with an Underwritten Offering, if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if any,
promptly incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included
therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold to such
underwriter(s), the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as
soon as practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; 
 (viii) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered thereby or the underwriter(s), if any; 
 (ix) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, but without documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto, unless requested; 
  

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 (x) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, deliver to each selling
Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; each of the Company and the
Guarantors hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto; 
 (xi) in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, enter into such customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and take all such other actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any
Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be reasonably requested by any Initial Purchaser or by any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any
Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and in connection with any offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten
Registration, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall: 
 (A) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each
selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may request in writing and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of the Consummation of the Exchange Offer
or, if applicable, the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement: 
 (1) a certificate, dated the date
of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, signed by (y) the President or any Vice President and (z) a principal financial or accounting officer of each of
the Company and the Guarantors, confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 5(f) of the Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably request;

 (2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the
Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, covering the matters set forth in Section 5(d) of the Purchase Agreement and such other matter as such parties may reasonably request, and in any
event including a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and the Guarantors, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and the
Guarantors, representatives of the underwriter(s), if any, and counsel to the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the preparation of such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and have considered the matters required to be stated
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contained therein, although such counsel has not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements; and that such counsel advises that, on the basis of the
foregoing, no facts came to such counsel’s attention that caused such counsel to believe that the applicable Registration Statement, at the time such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto became effective, and, in the
case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement as of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further that such counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not
independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial statements, notes and schedules and other financial data included in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus; and 

(3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, from the
Company’s independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily requested to be covered in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, and covering or affirming the
matters set forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Purchase Agreement, without exception; 
 (B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be
indemnified pursuant to said Section; and 
 (C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with Section 6(c)(xi)(A) hereof and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company or any of the Guarantors
pursuant to this Section 6(c)(xi), if any. 
 If at any time the representations and warranties of the
Company and the Guarantors contemplated in Section 6(c)(xi)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Company or the Guarantors shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if
requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing; 
 (xii) in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of

  

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the Transfer Restricted Securities under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, may request and do any and all other acts or
things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be required
to register or qualify as a foreign entity where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration
Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject; 
 (xiii) in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities
surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Securities to be registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Securities, as the case may be; in return,
the Initial Securities held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation; 
 (xiv) in
connection with an Underwritten Offering, cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any
restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two Business Days prior to any sale of Transfer
Restricted Securities made by such Holders or underwriter(s); 
 (xv) in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, use its best efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or
sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(xii) hereof; 
 (xvi) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, prepare a
supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus (or file with the Commission a document incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement) so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; 
 (xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement covering
such Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for such Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company and take all other action reasonably necessary to ensure that all
such Securities are eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company; 
  

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 (xviii) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the
FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any “qualified independent underwriter”) that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FINRA; 

(xix) otherwise use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all material respects with all
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 under the Securities Act (which need
not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to
underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement; 
 (xx) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act not later than the effective date of the first
Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of Securities to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance
with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and to execute and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required
to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; 
 (xxi) cause
all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed if requested by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities or the managing underwriter(s), if any; and 
 (xxii) provide promptly to each Holder upon request each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act. 
 Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of
any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies
of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any
additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such

  

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Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such
notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such
notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and including the date when each selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by
Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or shall have received the Advice; provided, however, that no such extension shall be taken into account in determining whether Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the amount of such
Additional Interest, it being agreed that the Company’s option to suspend use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a Registration Default for purposes of Section 5 hereof. 
 SECTION 7. Registration Expenses. 
 (a) All expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantor’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, regardless
of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any Initial Purchaser or Holder with the FINRA (and, if applicable, the fees and
expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations of the FINRA)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state securities or blue sky
laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company, the Guarantors and, subject to Section 7(b) hereof, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a
securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the expenses of any special
audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance); provided that all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of a Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement shall be the responsibility of each Holder. 
 Each of the Company and the Guarantors
will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person,
including special experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors. 
 (b) In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement
required by this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP or such other counsel as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose
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 SECTION 8. Indemnification. 
 (a) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each
Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the Persons referred to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a
“controlling person”) and (iii) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of any Holder or any controlling person (any Person referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may hereinafter
be referred to as an “Indemnified Holder”), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including, without limitation, and as incurred, reimbursement of
all reasonable costs of investigating, preparing, pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), to the extent arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities,
judgments, actions or expenses are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company
by any of the Holders expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or any of the Guarantors may otherwise have. 
 In case any action or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against
any of the Indemnified Holders with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company or the Guarantors, such Indemnified Holder (or the Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company and the
Guarantors in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not relieve any of the Company or the Guarantors of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement except to the extent that the Company or any Guarantor has
been materially prejudiced by such failure (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses). In case any such action or proceeding is brought against any Indemnified Holder and such Indemnified Holder seeks or intends to seek indemnity
from the Company or any Guarantor, the Company will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that the Company shall elect, jointly with all other Indemnified Holders similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the Indemnified Holders
promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such Indemnified Holder, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Holder or Indemnified Holders; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action
include both any Indemnified Holder and the Company or any Guarantor and any Indemnified Holder shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the Company or any Guarantor and any Indemnified Holder in conducting
the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to such Indemnified Holder and/or other Indemnified Holders which are different from or additional to those available to the Company or any Guarantor, the Company shall
have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of the Indemnified Holders. Upon receipt of notice

  

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from the Company to the Indemnified Holders of the Company’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by such Indemnified Holders of counsel, the Company will not be
liable to any Indemnified Holder under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by any Indemnified Holder in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) an Indemnified Holder shall have employed separate
counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel
(in each jurisdiction)), representing all of the Indemnified Holders which are parties to such action) or (ii) the Company shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Holder to represent the Indemnified Holders
within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors shall be liable for any settlement
of any such action or proceeding effected with the Company’s and the Guarantors’ prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any
Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of any settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors shall not, without the
prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out
of such action, claim, litigation or proceeding. 
 (b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not
jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors and their respective directors, officers of the Company and the Guarantors who sign a Registration Statement, and any Person controlling (within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company or any of the Guarantors, and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of each such Person, to the same extent as the foregoing
indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect to claims and actions based on information relating to such Holder furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration
Statement. In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against the Company, the Guarantors or their respective directors or officers or any such controlling person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities, such Holder shall have the rights and duties given the Company and the Guarantors, and the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to
each Holder by the preceding paragraph. 
 (c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an
indemnified party under Section 8(a) or (b) hereof (other than by reason of exceptions provided in those Sections) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses

  

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referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial
Placement (which in the case of the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to be equal to the total gross proceeds to the Company and the Guarantors from the Initial Placement), the amount of Additional Interest which did not become payable as a
result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments actions or expenses, and such Registration Statement, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault
of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Indemnified Holder 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 of the Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Indemnified Holders, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the
limitations set forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a) hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. 
 The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to
in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to
the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, none of the
Holders (and its related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total net profits at which the Initial Securities or Exchange Securities sold by the Holder exceeds the
amount of any damages which such Holder 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 Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in
proportion to the respective principal amount of Initial Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint. 
  

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 SECTION 9. Rule 144A. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree with
each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, if the Company is no longer required to file reports under the Exchange Act, to make available upon request to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted
Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales
of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. 
 SECTION 10. Participation in
Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under
the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 
 SECTION 11. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s)
that will administer such offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering; provided, however, that such investment banker(s) and managing
underwriter(s) must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. 
 SECTION 12. Miscellaneous. 
 (a) Remedies. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any
loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate. 
 (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Each of the Company and the Guarantors will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any
agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has previously entered into any
agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person that remains in effect except pursuant to the Rights Agreement by and between the Company and Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, dated as of
December 22, 2003. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s or any of the Guarantors’ securities under any agreement
in effect on the date hereof. 
 (c) Adjustments Affecting the Securities. The Company will not take any action, or
permit any change to occur, with respect to the Securities that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer. 
  

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 (d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended,
modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 12(d)(i), obtained the written consent of
Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
(excluding any Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company or its affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are
being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the
outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered; provided, however, that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company
shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser with respect to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective. 
 (e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery,
first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery: 
 (i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and 
 (ii) if to the Company or any Guarantor: 
  

	
	 CNX Center
 1000 CONSOL Energy
Drive
 Canonsburg, PA 15317-6506
 Telecopier No.: (724) 485-4837
 Attention: General Counsel

	
	With a copy to:
	
	 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
 One Oxford Centre
 301 Grant Street, 20th Floor
 Pittsburgh, PA 15219
 Telecopier No.: (412) 562-1041
 Attention: Lewis U. Davis, Jr.

 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid,
if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. 
  

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 Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered
by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture. 
 (f) Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without limitation, and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such
Holder. 
 (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile or
other methods of electronic transmission) and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 

(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof. 
 (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF. 
 (j) Severability. In the event that any
one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby. 
 (k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is
intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no
restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter. 
 [Signatures on following page]

  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above. 
  

			
	CONSOL ENERGY INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Stephen W. Johnson

		 	 Name: Stephen W. Johnson
 Title: Senior Vice President and General

	Counsel
	
	 The Guarantors identified on Schedule I hereto,
 as Guarantors

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Stephen W. Johnson

		 	 Name: Stephen W. Johnson
 Title: as Authorized Signatory for each of the

	Subsidiary Guarantors listed on Schedule I hereto

 The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written: 
  

			
	BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
		 	as Representative of the Initial Purchasers
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lex Maultsby

		 	Lex Maultsby
		 	Managing Director

  

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 Schedule I – Guarantors 
 AMVEST Coal & Rail, L.L.C. 
 AMVEST Coal
Sales, Inc. 
 AMVEST Corporation 
 AMVEST Gas Resources, Inc. 
 AMVEST Mineral Services, Inc. 
 AMVEST Minerals Company, L.L.C. 
 AMVEST Oil & Gas, Inc. 
 AMVEST West Virginia Coal, L.L.C. 
 Braxton-Clay
Land & Mineral, Inc. 
 Central Ohio Coal Company 
 CNX Land Resources Inc. 
 CNX Marine Terminals Inc. 
 Conrhein Coal Company (by Consolidation Coal Company and MTB Inc., its partners) 
 CONSOL Energy Holdings LLC VI 
 CONSOL Energy Holdings LLC XVI 
 CONSOL Energy Sales Company 
 CONSOL Financial Inc.

 CONSOL of Canada Inc. 
 CONSOL of
Central Pennsylvania LLC 
 CONSOL of Kentucky Inc. 
 CONSOL of Ohio LLC 
 CONSOL of WV LLC 
 CONSOL of Wyoming LLC 
 Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC 
 Consolidation Coal Company 
 Eighty-Four Mining
Company 
 Fola Coal Company, L.L.C. 
 Glamorgan Coal Company, L.L.C. 
 Helvetia Coal Company 
 Island Creek Coal Company 
 Keystone Coal Mining Corporation 
 Laurel Run Mining Company 
 Leatherwood, Inc.

 Little Eagle Coal Company, L.L.C. 
 McElroy Coal Company 
 Mon River Towing, Inc. 
 MTB Inc. 
 Nicholas-Clay Land & Mineral, Inc. 
 Peters Creek Mineral Services, Inc. 
 Reserve Coal
Properties Company 
 Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company 
 Southern Ohio Coal Company 
 TEAGLE Company, L.L.C. 
 TECPART Corporation 
  

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 Terra Firma Company 
 Terry Eagle Coal Company, L.L.C. 
 Terry Eagle Limited Partnership (by TEAGLE Company, L.L.C. and
TECPART Corporation, its general partners) 
 Twin Rivers Towing Company 
 Vaughan Railroad Company 
 Windsor Coal Company 
 Wolfpen Knob Development Company 
  

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 Exhibit 10.1 
 WESTAR ENERGY, INC. RETIREMENT BENEFIT RESTORATION PLAN 
 The Westar Energy, Inc. Retirement Benefit Restoration Plan (the “Plan”) is adopted effective April 2, 2010. The Plan is established and maintained by Westar Energy, Inc. solely for the purpose of providing benefits in excess
of the limitations on benefits imposed by the Internal Revenue Code on qualified retirement plans for certain of its executive officers who participate in the Westar Energy, Inc. Retirement Plan. 
 Accordingly, Westar Energy, Inc. hereby adopts the Plan pursuant to the terms and provisions set forth below: 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS 
 Wherever used herein the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter set forth:

 1.1 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 1.2 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any regulations relating
thereto. 
 1.3 “Company” means Westar Energy, Inc., a Kansas corporation, or, to the extent provided
in Section 7.9 below, any successor corporation or other entity resulting from a merger or consolidation into or with the Company or a transfer or sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company. 
 1.4 “Normal Retirement Date” means the first day of the month coinciding with or next following a
Participant’s 65th birthday. 
 1.5 “Participant” means an executive officer of the Company who is
a participant under the Qualified Plan (or any successor or replacement of the Qualified Plan) and who is designated by the Board to receive a benefit payable under the Plan. 
 1.6 “Plan” means the Westar Energy, Inc. Retirement Benefit Restoration Plan. 
 1.7 “Qualified Plan” means the Westar Energy, Inc. Retirement Plan last restated effective January 1, 2008.
The benefit formula provisions and related definitions of the Qualified Plan are hereby incorporated by reference, including but not limited to the definition of “Earnings” under the Qualified Plan. 
 1.8 “Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit” means the aggregate benefit payable to a Participant pursuant to the
Qualified Plan by reason of his termination of employment with the Company and all affiliates for any reason other than death. 
 1.9 “Qualified Plan Surviving Spouse Benefit” means the aggregate benefit payable to the Surviving Spouse of a Participant pursuant to the Qualified Plan in the event of the death of the
Participant at any time prior to commencement of payment of his Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit. 
  

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 1.10 “Restoration Retirement Benefit” means the benefit payable to
a Participant pursuant to the Plan by reason of his Separation From Service with the Company and all affiliates for any reason other than death. 
 1.11 “Restoration Surviving Spouse Benefit” means the benefit payable to a Surviving Spouse pursuant to the Plan. 
 1.12 “Separation From Service” means the Participant’s death, retirement or other termination of employment
with the Company. A Separation From Service shall not occur if the Participant is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence (such as temporary employment by the government) if the period of such leave does not exceed six
(6) months, or if longer, as the Participant’s right to reemployment with the Company is provided either by statute or by contract. 
 1.13 “Surviving Spouse” means a person who is married to a Participant at the date of his death and for at least one year prior thereto. 
 1.14 Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa,
unless qualified by the context. Any headings used herein are included for ease of reference only, and are not to be construed so as to alter the terms hereof. 
 ARTICLE II 
 ELIGIBILITY 
 A Participant who is eligible to receive a Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit, the amount of which is reduced by reason of the application of
the limitations on benefits imposed by any provisions of the Code, as in effect on the date of the Participant’s Separation From Service, to the Qualified Plan shall be eligible to receive a Restoration Retirement Benefit. The Surviving Spouse
of a Participant described in the preceding sentence who dies prior to commencement of payment of his Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit shall be eligible to receive a Restoration Surviving Spouse Benefit. 
 ARTICLE III 
 RESTORATION RETIREMENT BENEFIT 
 3.1 Amount. The Restoration Retirement Benefit
payable to an eligible Participant shall be a monthly amount equal to the difference between (a) and (b) below, determined in the form of a straight life annuity over the lifetime of the Participant only, commencing on his Normal
Retirement Date: 
 (a) the monthly amount of the Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit to which the Participant
would have been entitled under the Qualified Plan if such Benefit were computed without giving effect to any limitations on benefits imposed by any provisions of the Code; 
 LESS 
 (b) the monthly amount of the Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit actually payable to the Participant under the Qualified Plan. 
  

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 The amounts described in (a) and (b) shall be computed as of the
date of Separation from Service of the Participant with the Company and all affiliates. 
 3.2 Form of
Benefit. The Restoration Retirement Benefit payable to a Participant shall be specified by the Participant by notice given to the Company no later than thirty (30) days after the first day of the Participant’s taxable year immediately
following the first year the Participant accrues a benefit under this Plan. Such election shall specify either a lump sum or a method of distribution from among the methods of distribution then available under the Qualified Plan. If no such election
is made by the Participant on or before the date specified in the immediately preceding sentence, the form of benefit shall be a single life annuity payable over the Participant’s lifetime, or if married at the time benefits commence, shall be
an actuarially equivalent 50% joint and survivor annuity, with the survivor annuity payable to the Participant’s spouse over the spouse’s lifetime if the Participant predeceases the spouse. 
 3.3 Commencement of Benefit. Unless Section 3.4 is applicable, payment of the Restoration Retirement Benefit to a
Participant shall commence on the first day of the month coincident with or next following the later of the Participant’s Separation From Service with the Company or age 50. The same early commencement or late commencement factors as specified
in the Qualified Plan shall be used in computing the benefit under this Plan. 
 3.4 Payments to a Key
Employee. Notwithstanding anything elsewhere contained in the Plan, a payment shall not be paid to a Participant who is a Key Employee (as defined in Section 416(i)) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended without regard to
paragraph (5) thereof), if on the date of his Separation From Service the capital stock of the Company is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise, earlier than the date six months after the date of his Separation From
Service with the Company (or if earlier, the date of his death). On such date any payment which was delayed due to a Participant being a “Key Employee” shall be immediately paid to the Participant along with accrued interest at the prime
rate in effect on the date of the Participant’s Separation From Service as reported in The Wall Street Journal (or if no longer reported by said newspaper, then as reported in such other nationally recognized publication as selected by
the Company for the period of such delay). If a person is a Key Employee at any time during the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the calendar year before his Separation From Service, he will be treated as a Key Employee for the 12-month
period beginning on the following April 1. 
 3.5 Actuarial Equivalent. A Restoration Retirement
Benefit which is payable in any form other than a straight life annuity over the lifetime of the Participant, shall be the actuarial equivalent of the Restoration Retirement Benefit set forth in Section 3.1 above as determined by the same
actuarial adjustments as those specified in the Qualified Plan with respect to determination of the amount of the Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit on the date for commencement of payment hereunder. The same early commencement or late commencement
factors as specified in the Qualified Plan shall be used in computing the benefit under this Plan. 
 ARTICLE IV 

 RESTORATION SURVIVING SPOUSE BENEFIT 
 4.1 Amount. If a Participant dies prior to commencement of payment of his Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit under
circumstances in which a Qualified Plan Surviving Spouse Benefit is payable to his Surviving Spouse, then a Restoration Surviving Spouse Benefit is

  

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payable to his Surviving Spouse as hereinafter provided. The monthly amount of the Restoration Surviving Spouse Benefit payable to a Surviving Spouse shall be calculated on the first day of the
month coincident or following the later of the date of death of the Participant or the 50th anniversary of the Participant’s birth and shall be equal to the difference between (a) and (b) below as of the specified calculation date: 
 (a) the monthly amount of the Qualified Plan Survivor Spouse Benefit to which the Surviving Spouse would have been entitled
under the Qualified Plan if such Benefit were computed without giving effect to any limitations on benefits imposed by the Code; 
 LESS 
 (b) the monthly amount of the Qualified Plan Surviving
Spouse Benefit actually payable to the Surviving Spouse under the Qualified Plan. 
 4.2
Form and Commencement of Benefit. A Restoration Surviving Spouse Benefit shall be the actuarial equivalent of the amount calculated pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 3.5 and shall be paid in a lump sum to the Surviving Spouse on the first day of
the month following the later of the date of death of the Participant or the 50th anniversary of the Participant’s birth. 
 ARTICLE V 

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN 
 5.1 Administration by the Company. The Company shall be responsible for the general operation and administration of the Plan and for carrying out the provisions thereof. 
 5.2 General Powers of Administration. All provisions set forth in the Qualified Plan with respect to the
administrative powers and duties of the Company, expenses of administration, and procedures for filing claims shall also be applicable with respect to the Plan. The Company shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon all tables, valuations,
certificates, opinions and reports furnished by any actuary, accountant, controller, counsel or other person employed or engaged by the Company with respect to the Plan. 
 5.3 Claims Procedure. The Claims Procedure is set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. 
 ARTICLE VI 
 AMENDMENT OF TERMINATION 
 6.1 Amendment or Termination. The Company intends the
Plan to be permanent but reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan when, in the sole opinion of the Company, such amendment or termination is advisable. Any such amendment or termination shall be made pursuant to a resolution of the Board
and shall be effective as of the date of such resolution. 
 6.2 Effect of Amendment or Termination. No
amendment or termination of the Plan shall directly or indirectly deprive any current or former Participant or Surviving Spouse of all or any portion of any Restoration Retirement Benefit or Restoration Surviving Spouse Benefit payment of which has
commenced prior to the effective date of such amendment or termination or which would be payable if the Participant terminated employment for any reason, including death, on such effective date. 
  

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 ARTICLE VII 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 7.1
Funding. The Plan at all times shall be entirely unfunded and no provision shall at any time be made with respect to segregating any assets of the Company for payment of any benefits hereunder. No Participant, Surviving Spouse or any other
person shall have any interest in any particular assets of the Company by reason of the right to receive a benefit under the Plan and any such Participant, Surviving Spouse or other person shall have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor
of the Company with respect to any rights under the Plan. 
 7.2 General Conditions. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all terms and conditions of the Qualified Plan applicable to a Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit or a Qualified Plan Surviving Spouse Benefit shall also be applicable to a Restoration Retirement Benefit or a Restoration
Surviving Spouse Benefit payable hereunder. Any Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit or Qualified Plan Surviving Spouse Benefit, or any other benefit payable under the Qualified Plan, shall be paid solely in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Qualified Plan and nothing in this Plan shall operate or be construed in any way to modify, amend or affect the terms and provisions of the Qualified Plan. 
 7.3 No Guaranty of Benefits. Nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute a guaranty by the Company or any other
entity or person that the assets of the Company will be sufficient to pay any benefit hereunder. 
 7.4 No
Enlargement of Employee Rights. No Participant or Surviving Spouse shall have any right to a benefit under the Plan except in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Establishment of the Plan shall not be construed to give any Participant the
right to be retained in the service of the Company. 
 7.5 Spendthrift Provision. No interest of any
person or entity in, or right to receive a benefit under, the Plan shall be subject in any manner to sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment, garnishment, or other alienation or encumbrance of any kind; nor may such interest or right to
receive a benefit be taken, either voluntarily or involuntarily, for the satisfaction of the debts of, or other obligations or claims against, such person or entity, including claims for alimony, support, separate maintenance and claims in
bankruptcy proceedings. 
 7.6 Applicable Law. The Plan shall be construed and administered under the laws
of the State of Kansas. 
 7.7 Small Benefits. If the actuarial value of any Restoration Retirement
Benefit or Restoration Surviving Spouse Benefit is less than $5,000, the Company may pay the actuarial value of such Benefit to the Participant or Surviving Spouse in a single lump sum in lieu of any further benefit payments hereunder. 

7.8 Incapacity of Recipient. If any person entitled to a benefit payment under the Plan is deemed by the Company to
be incapable of personally receiving and giving a valid receipt for such payment, then, unless and until claim therefor shall have been made by a duly appointed guardian or other legal representative of such person, the Company may provide for such
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contributing toward or providing for the care and maintenance of such person. Any such payment shall be a payment for the account of such person and a complete discharge of any liability of the
Company and the Plan therefor. 
 7.9 Corporate Successors. The Plan shall not be automatically terminated
by a transfer or sale of assets of the Company or by the merger or consolidation of the Company into or with any other corporation or other entity, but the Plan shall be continued after such sale, merger or consolidation only if and to the extent
that the transferee, purchaser or successor entity agrees to continue the Plan. In the event that the Plan is not continued by the transferee, purchaser or successor entity, then the Plan shall terminate subject to the provisions of
Section 6.2. 
 7.10 Unclaimed Benefit. Each Participant shall keep the Company informed of his
current address and the current address of his spouse. The Company shall not be obligated to search for the whereabouts of any person. If the location of a Participant is not made known to the Company within three (3) years after the date on
which payment of the Participant’s Restoration Retirement Benefit may first be made, payment may be made as though the Participant had died at the end of the three-year period. If, within one additional year after such three-year period has
elapsed, or, within three years after the actual death of a Participant, the Company is unable to locate any Surviving Spouse of the Participant, then the Company shall have no further obligation to pay any benefit hereunder to such Participant or
Surviving Spouse or any other person and such benefit shall be irrevocably forfeited. 
 7.11 Limitations on
Liability. Notwithstanding any of the preceding provisions of the Plan, neither the Company nor any individual acting as an employee or agent of the Company shall be liable to any Participant, former Participant, Surviving Spouse or any other
person for any claim, loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with the Plan. 
 7.12 Department of
Labor Notice. The Company shall be responsible for filing with the Department of Labor a notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, not later than 120 days after the adoption of this Plan. 
 7.13 Internal Revenue Code Section 409A. This Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Section 409A of
the Code and all terms and provisions shall be construed in accordance with such intent. Any provision of this Plan that would cause the payment, settlement or deferral thereof to fail to satisfy Section 409A of the code may be amended by the
Company, to the extent permissible, to comply with Section 409A of the Code, in accordance with regulations and other guidance issued under Section 409A of the Code. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Plan to be executed by a duly authorized officer this 2nd day of April, 2010. 
  

			
	WESTAR ENERGY, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
 CLAIMS PROCEDURES 
  

	I.	Initial Claim. 

  

	 	A.	Submitting the Claim 

 Upon request, the Plan Administrator shall provide any Participant or Beneficiary (“Claimant”) with a claim form which the Claimant can use to request benefits. In addition, the Plan Administrator will consider any written request
for benefits under the Plan to be a claim. 
  

	 	B.	Approval of Initial Claim 

 If a claim for benefits is approved, the Plan Administrator shall provide the Claimant with written or electronic notice of such approval. The notice shall include: 
  

	 	1.	The amount of benefits to which the Claimant is entitled. 

  

	 	2.	The duration of such benefit. 

  

	 	3.	The time the benefit is to commence. 

  

	 	4.	Other pertinent information concerning the benefit. 

  

	 	C.	Denial of Initial Claim 

 If a claim for benefits is denied (in whole or in part) by the Plan Administrator, the Plan Administrator shall provide the Claimant with written or electronic notification of such denial within ninety (90) days after receipt of the
claim, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim. (See Section III for the procedures concerning extensions of time.) 
 The notice of denial of the claim shall include: 
  

	 	1.	The specific reason that the claim was denied. 

  

	 	2.	A reference to the specific plan provisions on which the denial was based. 

  

	 	3.	A description of any additional material or information necessary to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why this material or information is necessary.

  

	 	4.	A description of the plan’s appeal procedures and the time limits that apply to such procedures, including a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a
civil action under ERISA Section 502(a) if the claim is denied on appeal. 

  

	 	5.	Any materials required under 29 C.F.R. § 2560.503-1(g)(1)(v). 

  

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 The Claimant (or his duly authorized representative) may review pertinent documents and
submit issues and comments in writing to the Plan Administrator. The Claimant may appeal the denial as set forth in the next section of this procedure. IF THE CLAIMANT FAILS TO APPEAL SUCH ACTION TO THE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR IN WRITING WITHIN THE
PRESCRIBED PERIOD OF TIME DESCRIBED IN THE NEXT SECTION, THE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR’S DENIAL OF A CLAIM SHALL BE FINAL, BINDING AND CONCLUSIVE. 
  

	II.	Appeal Procedures 

  

	 	A.	Filing the Appeal 

 In the
event that a claim is denied (in whole or in part), the Claimant may appeal the denial by giving written notice of the appeal to the Plan Administrator within 60 days after the Claimant receives the notice of denial of the claim. 
 At the same time the Claimant submits a notice of appeal, the Claimant may also submit written comments, documents, records, and other
information relating to the claim. Westar Energy, Inc. (“Company”) (or its designee) shall review and consider this information without regard to whether the information was submitted or considered in conjunction with the initial claim.

  

	 	B.	General Appeal Procedure 

 Company may hold a hearing or otherwise ascertain such facts as it deems necessary and shall render a decision which shall be binding upon both parties. 
 Company shall render a decision on appeal within sixty (60) days after the receipt by the Plan Administrator of the notice of appeal, unless special circumstances require an extension of time. (See
Section III for the procedures concerning extensions of time.) 
 The appeal decision of Company shall be provided in written or
electronic form to the Claimant. If the appeal decision is adverse to the Claimant, then the written decision shall include the following: 
  

	 	1.	The specific reason or reasons for the appeal decision. 

  

	 	2.	Reference to the specific plan provisions on which the appeal decision is based. 

  

	 	3.	A statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other
information relevant to the Claimant’s claim for benefits. (Whether a document, record, or other information is relevant to a claim for benefits shall be determined by reference to 29 C.F.R. § 2560.503-1 (m)(8).) 

 

	 	4.	A statement describing any voluntary appeal procedures offered by the Plan and the Claimant’s right to obtain the information about such procedures.

  

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	 	5.	A statement of the Claimant’s right to bring an action under Section 502(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. 

  

	III.	Extensions of Time 

  

	 	A.	Notice of Extension 

 If
Company requires an extension of time, Company shall provide the Claimant with written or electronic notice of the extension before the first day of the extension. 
 The notice of the extension shall include: 
  

	 	1.	An explanation of the circumstances requiring the extension. These circumstances must be matters beyond the control of the Plan or Company. 

  

	 	2.	The date by which the Administrator or Company expects to render a decision. 

  

	 	3.	The standard on which the Claimant’s entitlement to a benefit is based. 

  

	 	4.	The unresolved issues, if any, that prevent a decision on the claim or on appeal, and the information needed to resolve those issues. In the event that such information
is needed: 

  

	 	a.	The Claimant shall have at forty-five (45) days in which to provide the specified information. 

  

	 	b.	The time for determining an initial claim shall be tolled from the date on which the notice of extension is sent to the Claimant, until the date on which the Claimant
responds to the request for additional information. 

  

	 	B.	Length of Extension 

 For
purposes of an initial claim, no more than one extension of ninety (90) days shall be allowed. 
 For purposes of an
appeal, no more than one extension of sixty (60) days shall be allowed. 
  

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 EXHIBIT B 
 CERTIFIED MAIL 
 RETURN RECEIPT NO.
                     
 Secretary of Labor 
 Top Hat Plan Exemption 
 Employee Benefits Security Administration 
 Room N-1513 
 U.S. Department of Labor 
 200 Constitution Avenue
NW 
 Washington, DC 20210 
 WESTAR ENERGY, INC. 
 REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE COMPLIANCE STATEMENT 
 In compliance with Section 110 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and the Regulations thereunder, found at 29
CFR 2520.104-23, Westar Energy, Inc. is filing this Reporting and Disclosure Compliance Statement and in connection herewith provides the following information: 
  

			
	EMPLOYER	  	WESTAR ENERGY, INC.
	ADDRESS:	  	 818 SOUTH KANSAS AVE.
 P.O.
BOX 889
 TOPEKA, KS 66612

	EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION #:	  	48-0290150
	PLAN NAME:	  	WESTAR ENERGY, INC. RETIREMENT BENEFIT RESTORATION PLAN
	NUMBER OF PLANS:	  	[         ONE             ]
	 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
 PARTICIPATING IN PLAN:
	  	[                    ]

 Westar Energy, Inc. maintains the above-named unfunded Plan primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group
of management or highly compensated employees. 
 Westar Energy, Inc. will provide the plan documents to the Secretary of Labor
upon request, as required by Section 104(a)(1) of ERISA. 
  

			
	WESTAR ENERGY, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

		
	Title:	 	  

	Date:	 	  

  

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