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EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

Execution Version 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER OF 

RICE MERGER LLC 
 WITH AND
INTO 
 RICE DRILLING B LLC 

This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”) is entered into on January 23, 2014, by and
among Rice Drilling B LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rice Drilling”), Rice Merger LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Merger Sub,” and together with Rice Drilling, the
“Merging Entities”), and Rice Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Rice Energy”). 

WHEREAS, each of the Merging Entities is duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware; and 

WHEREAS, each of Rice Energy Appalachia, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“REA”), which
is the sole member of Merger Sub, the board of managers of Rice Drilling and the board of directors of Rice Energy has approved the merger of Merger Sub with and into Rice Drilling as set forth below (the
“Merger”), in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “DLLCA”) and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, terms and conditions set forth herein, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: 
 1. Upon
the terms and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions hereof, and in accordance with Section 18-209 of the DLLCA, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into Rice Drilling at the Effective Time (as hereinafter defined). Following
the Merger, the separate existence of Merger Sub shall cease, and Rice Drilling shall continue as the surviving limited liability company (the “Surviving Entity”) and shall continue to be governed by the applicable laws of
the State of Delaware. 
 2. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the parties shall duly prepare, execute and file a
certificate of merger (the “Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with respect to the Merger and make all other filings or recordings as may be required by law to make the Merger
effective. The Merger shall be subject to the completion of the initial public offering of common stock of Rice Energy and shall become effective as set forth in the Certificate of Merger (the “Effective Time”). 

3. The Merger shall have the effects set forth in the DLLCA. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, from the
Effective Time, all the properties, rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises of Merger Sub shall vest in Rice Drilling, as the Surviving Entity, and all debts, liabilities and duties of Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and
duties of Rice Drilling, as the Surviving Entity. 

 4. The Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rice Drilling, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Annex A, and as so amended and restated shall be the limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Entity until thereafter
amended as provided therein and in accordance with the DLLCA, and the Certificate of Formation of Rice Drilling, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the certificate of formation of the Surviving Entity until thereafter
amended as provided therein and in accordance with the DLLCA. 
 5. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on
the part of the holders thereof: 
  

	 	a.	All of the membership interests in Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to exist with no payment being made with respect thereto. 

 

	 	b.	Each of the Units of Rice Drilling issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall receive a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Rice Energy Share Amount, and all Units (other than
Preferred Units) of Rice Drilling shall be cease to exist. 

  

	 	c.	The Preferred Units of Rice Drilling shall automatically convert into a sole membership interest of Rice Drilling and continue to remain outstanding. 

 

	 	d.	Notwithstanding the foregoing, any shares of Common Stock issuable to REA pursuant to this Agreement (the “REA Shares”) shall be issued in accordance with Section 2.4 of the Master
Reorganization Agreement. 

 Certain capitalized terms used in this Section 5 shall have the meanings set forth below:

 “IPO Price” means the initial public offering price of common stock of Rice Energy in its initial
public offering pursuant to, and as more fully described in, a registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Registration No. 333-192894. 

“Master Reorganization Agreement” means the Master Reorganization Agreement, dated as of
January 23, 2014, is entered into by and among Rice Energy, Rice Drilling, Merger Sub and the other parties thereto. 

“Preferred Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Rice Drilling LLC Agreement.

 “REA” means Rice Energy Appalachia, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 “Rice Drilling LLC Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company
Agreement of Rice Drilling, dated as of November 12, 2009, as amended. 
 “Rice Drilling
Value” means the product of (x) the IPO Price multiplied by (y) 88,000,000. 

  
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 “Rice Energy Share Amount” means, with respect to any Unit,
an amount of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (x) the amount of proceeds that would be received in respect of such Unit if a distribution of proceeds in an amount equal to the Rice Drilling Value was made pursuant to
Section 5.2.1(b) of the Rice Drilling LLC Agreement, divided by (y) the IPO Price. 

“Units” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Rice Drilling LLC Agreement.

 6. This Agreement, together with the Certificate of Merger, constitutes the sole and entire agreement of the parties to this
Agreement with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, representations and warranties and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter. 

7. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. 
 8. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and nothing
herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, under or by reason of this Agreement. 

9. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. 
 [Signature page follows.] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties to this Agreement has caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	RICE DRILLING B LLC
		
	By:	 	/s/ Toby Z. Rice
	Name:	 	Toby Z. Rice
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	RICE MERGER LLC,
	By:	 	Rice Energy Appalachia, LLC,
		 	its sole member
		
	By:	 	/s/ Toby Z. Rice
	Name:	 	Toby Z. Rice
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	RICE ENERGY INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Daniel J. Rice IV
	Name:	 	Daniel J. Rice IV
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer

 SIGNATURE PAGE TO 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER 

 Annex A 

Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of 

Rice Drilling B LLC 

 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT 

OF 
 RICE DRILLING B LLC

 This Limited Liability Company Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated effective as of January 29, 2014, is
made by and between Rice Drilling B LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and Rice Energy Appalachia, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the sole member of the Company (the “Sole
Member”). 
 RECITALS: 

WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a Delaware limited liability company by the filing of a Certificate of Formation of the Company with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware effective January 10, 2012; and 
 WHEREAS, the members of the Company
entered into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of November 13, 2009, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of July 8, 2011, as further amended by Amendment No. 2, dated as of
January 25, 2012, and as further amended by Amendment No. 3, dated as of November 5, 2012 (as amended, the “Prior LLC Agreement”); and 

WHEREAS, the Sole Member desires to enter into this Agreement to, among other things, (a) amend and restate the Prior LLC
Agreement in its entirety, (b) provide for the management of the Company and (c) set forth its respective rights and obligations. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Sole Member agrees as follows: 

1. Formation. The Company was formed as of January 10, 2012 as a Delaware limited liability company under and pursuant to the
Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended (the “Act”). 
 2. Term. The Company shall have a perpetual
existence. 
 3. Purposes. The purposes of the Company are to carry on any lawful business, purpose or activity for which limited
liability companies may be formed under the Act. The Company shall have all of the powers to conduct such business as permitted under the Act. 

4. Member. The Sole Member is the sole member of the Company. 

5. Allocation of Profits and Losses. The Sole Member shall receive the allocation of all profits, losses, gains, deductions and credits
with respect to the operations of the Company. 
 6. Contributions. Without creating any rights in favor of any third party, the Sole
Member may, from time to time, make contributions of cash or property to the capital of the Company, but shall have no obligation to do so. 

 7. Distributions. The Sole Member shall be entitled (a) to receive all distributions
(including, without limitation, liquidating distributions) made by the Company and (b) to enjoy all other rights, benefits and interests in the Company. 

8. Management. The business affairs of the Company shall be managed by the Sole Member. The Sole Member shall make all decisions and
elections for the Company and have the maximum authority permitted under the Act to bind the Company with respect to any matter, contract or agreement without the consent or approval of any other party. The Sole Member may from time to time delegate
to one or more persons such authority as the Sole Member may deem advisable and may elect one or more persons as a chief executive officer, president, vice president, secretary, treasurer or any other title of an officer of the company as determined
by the Sole Member to act on behalf of the Company with respect to any matter or matters delegated to such person by the Sole Member. No officer need be a resident of the State of Delaware. In the event the Sole Member appoints a person as an
officer of the Company, the Sole Member shall be deemed to have assigned and may thereafter assign titles to particular officers. All officers of the Company, as between themselves and the Company, shall have such authority, perform such duties and
manage the Company as determined by the Sole Member. 
 9. Tax Matters. The Company and the Sole Member shall comply with all
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to the Company. In this regard, the Company shall be disregarded as an entity separate from the Sole Member for federal tax purposes as provided in Treasury Regulations
Section 301.7701-3. 
 10. Indemnification. To the extent allowed under the laws of the State of Delaware, the Company shall
indemnify the Sole Member and its affiliates and the Company’s officers (each, an “Indemnitee”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including reasonable legal fees and
expenses), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that relate to the operations of the Company as set forth in this
Agreement in which such Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ARISING FROM ANY ACT OR OMISSION WHICH CONSTITUTED THE SOLE, PARTIAL OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE (WHETHER ACTIVE OR
PASSIVE) OF SUCH INDEMNITEE, unless it is established that: (a) the act or omission of such Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate
dishonesty; (b) such Indemnitee did not reasonably believe that it was acting in the best interests of the Company; (c) such Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or (d) in the case
of any criminal proceeding, such Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement does not create a presumption that such Indemnitee did not meet the
requisite standard of conduct set forth in this Section 10. The termination of any proceeding by conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or an entry of an
order of probation prior to judgment, creates a rebuttable presumption that such Indemnitee acted in a manner contrary to that specified in this Section 10. Any indemnification pursuant to
this Section 10 shall be made only out of the assets of the Company, including insurance proceeds, if any. The indemnification provided by this Section 10 shall be the primary
source of indemnification with respect to the matters addressed herein, without regard to other potential sources of indemnification, reimbursement or contribution (subject to applicable express provisions of any insurance policy to which the
Company is a party). 

  
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 11. Transfers. The Sole Member may freely transfer all or any part of its membership
interest in the Company at any time. Any such transferee shall become an additional or substituted Sole Member of the Company, as applicable, with full rights of a Sole Member as set forth herein and in the Act. 

12. Dissolution. The Company shall dissolve and its affairs shall be wound up at such time, if any, as the Sole Member may elect or as
may be required under the Act. No other event will cause the Company to dissolve. 
 13. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended,
supplemented or restated at any time by and with the consent of the Sole Member. 
 14. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY
AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (EXCLUDING ITS CONFLICT-OF-LAWS RULES). 
 [Signature Page
Follows] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and
year first above written. 
  

			
	SOLE MEMBER:
	
	RICE ENERGY APPALACHIA, LLC
		
	By:	 	RICE ENERGY INC., its sole member
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	Daniel J. Rice IV
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer

 RICE DRILLING B LLC 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT 

SIGNATURE PAGEEX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 
  

 
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AMEDICA® 
SHARES 
AC 
rethink what’s possible® 
COMMON STOCK 
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 
SYMBOL: AMDA 
CUSIP 023435 10 0 
THIS CERTIFIES THAT: 
IS THE OWNER OF 
PROOF 
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF $0.01 PAR VALUE EACH OF 
AMEDICA
CORPORATION 
transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by attorney upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed or assigned. This certificate
and the shares represented hereby are subject to the laws of the State of Delaware, and to the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation, as now or hereafter amended. This certificate is not valid until countersigned by the Transfer
Agent. 
WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers. 
DATED: 
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
AMEDICA CORPORATION CORPORATE SEAL 1996 DELAWARE 
CORPORATE SECRETARY 
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: 
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC

BROOKLYN, NY 
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR 
BY: 
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE 
© 1990 COLUMBIA FINANCIAL PRINTING CORP. 

 The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: 
  

													
	TEN COM -	 	as tenants in common	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -	 	  
	 	Custodian	 	  
	 	
	TEN ENT -	 	as tenants by the entireties	 		 	(Cust)	 		 	(Minor)	 	
	JT TEN -	 	as joint tenants with right of	 		 	under Uniform Gifts to Minors	 	
		 	survivorship and not as tenants in common	 		 		 	Act	 	  
	 	
		 		 		 		 		 	(State)	 	

 Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 

For Value Received,                     
hereby sell, assign and transfer unto 
  

									
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	(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
	
	  

	
	  

		
	  
	 	Shares
	of the stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
		
	  
	 	Attorney
	to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.	 	

  

			
	Dated	 	  

  

			
		 	  

		 	NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER.

  

			
	Signature(s) Guaranteed
		
	By	 	  

	The Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (Banks, Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions with membership in an approved Signature Guarantee Medallion Program),
pursuant to SEC Rule 17Ad-15.

 THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH TO ANY STOCKHOLDER, UPON REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE, A FULL STATEMENT OF THE DESIGNATIONS,
RELATIVE RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE SHARES OF EACH CLASS AND SERIES AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED, SO FAR AS THE SAME HAVE BEEN DETERMINED, AND OF THE AUTHORITY, IF ANY, OF THE BOARD TO DIVIDE THE SHARES INTO CLASSES OR SERIES AND TO
DETERMINE AND CHANGE THE RELATIVE RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS OF ANY CLASS OR SERIES. SUCH REQUEST MAY BE MADE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION OR TO THE TRANSFER AGENT NAMED ON THIS CERTIFICATE. 

 
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