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EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

 
  
 SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO 
 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 Dated April 15, 2013 
 Among 
 RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION, 

as Borrower, 
 CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, 
 as Guarantors, 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 as Administrative Agent, 
 BANK OF MONTREAL, 

as Syndication Agent, 
 BARCLAYS BANK PLC, CITIBANK, N.A. and 
 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 as Co-Documentation Agents, 
 and 
 The Lenders Party Hereto 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC 
 and BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 
 as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers

  
  

 THIS SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
“Seventh Amendment”), dated as of April 15, 2013, is by and among Resolute Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Guarantors”),
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and the lenders party hereto (the “Lenders”). 
 Recitals 
 WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative
Agent and the other lenders party thereto entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2010 (as amended by the First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated April 13,
2011, the Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated April 20, 2011, the Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 13, 2012, the Fourth Amendment to Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2012, the Fifth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 27, 2012 and the Sixth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
March 22, 2013, and as the same may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”); 
 WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders amend the Credit Agreement as set forth herein; and 

WHEREAS, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are willing to
amend the Credit Agreement as provided herein. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants contained herein and in the Credit Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 ARTICLE I 
 Definitions 
 Each capitalized term used in this Seventh Amendment and not
defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, all section references in this Seventh Amendment refer to sections of the Credit Agreement. 

ARTICLE II 

Amendments 

As of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is amended as follows: 

Section 2.01 Amendments to Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement. 

  
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 (a) Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new
definitions in their proper alphabetical order: 
 “‘Seventh Amendment’ means that certain
Seventh Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2013, among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.” 

“‘Seventh Amendment Effective Date’ means the first Business Day on which all of the conditions
precedent set forth in Article III of the Seventh Amendment shall have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02).” 
 (b) The definition of “Agreement” in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting it in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof: 

“‘Agreement’ means this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended by the First
Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, the Sixth Amendment and the Seventh Amendment, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.” 

Section 2.02 Amendment to Section 9.01(b). Section 9.01(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety as follows: 
 “(b) Maximum Leverage Ratio. The Loan Parties will not, as of the last
day of any fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been provided pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or (b), permit the ratio of Funded Debt as of such date to EBITDA of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries
for the four (4) quarter period ending on such date to be greater than the applicable ratio set forth below: 
  

			
	 Quarter Ending
	  	 Maximum Leverage Ratio

	December 31, 2012	  	4:25:1.00
	March 31, 2013	  	4.85:1.00
	June 30, 2013 – December 31, 2013	  	4.50:1.00
	March 31, 2014	  	4.25:1.00
	June 30, 2014 and thereafter	  	4.00:1.00

  
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 ARTICLE III 
 Conditions Precedent 
 This Seventh Amendment shall become effective on the
first Business Day on which all of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02 of the Credit Agreement): 
 (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower, each of the Guarantors and the Majority Lenders, counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of this
Seventh Amendment signed on behalf of such Persons. 
 (b) The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower
(i) a work fee for each Lender party to the Seventh Amendment on such date in an amount equal to $10,000 for each such Lender, and (ii) all other fees and amounts due and payable on or prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date,
including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder. 
 ARTICLE IV 
 Representations and Warranties 

Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to each Lender that: 

(a) Each of the representations and warranties made by it under the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document is true and correct on
and as of the actual date of its execution of this Seventh Amendment, as if made on and as of such date, except for any representations and warranties made as of a specified date, which are true and correct as of such specified date. 

(b) Immediately after giving effect to, this Seventh Amendment, no Default has occurred and is continuing. 

(c) The execution, delivery and performance by it of this Seventh Amendment have been duly authorized by it. 

(d) This Seventh Amendment constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

 (e) The execution, delivery and performance by it of this Seventh Amendment (i) does not require any consent or approval
of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other third Person (including shareholders or any class of directors, whether interested or disinterested, of it or any other Person), nor is any such
consent, approval, registration, filing or other action necessary for the validity or enforceability of this Seventh Amendment or any Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, except such as have been obtained or
made and are in full force and effect other than those third party approvals or consents which, if not made or obtained, would not cause a Default hereunder, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or do not have an
adverse effect on the enforceability of the Loan Documents, (ii) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of it or any Restricted Subsidiary or any order of any Governmental
Authority, (iii) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon it or any Restricted Subsidiary or its Properties, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by
the it or such Restricted Subsidiary and (iv) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Property of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Liens created by this Seventh Amendment or the Loan
Documents). 

  
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 ARTICLE V 
 Miscellaneous 
 Section 5.01 Credit Agreement in Full Force and
Effect as Amended. Except as specifically amended hereby, the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect. Each of the Loan Parties hereby agrees that its liabilities under the Credit Agreement, the Guaranty
and Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case as amended, to which it is a party, shall remain enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with the terms thereof and shall not be reduced, altered, limited, lessened or in
any way affected by the execution and delivery of this Seventh Amendment, and each Loan Party hereby confirms and ratifies its liabilities under the Loan Documents (as so amended) to which it is a party in all respects. Except as expressly set forth
herein, this Seventh Amendment shall not be deemed to be a waiver, amendment or modification of any provisions of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or Lenders, or constitute a
waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any other document, instrument and/or agreement executed or delivered in connection therewith or of any Default or Event of Default under any of the foregoing, in each
case whether arising before or after the date hereof or as a result of performance hereunder or thereunder. This Seventh Amendment also shall not preclude the future exercise of any right, remedy, power, or privilege available to the Administrative
Agent and/or Lenders whether under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, at law or otherwise. The parties hereto agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and Loan Documents as amended by this Seventh Amendment,
as though such terms and conditions were set forth herein. Each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference
to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Seventh Amendment, and each reference herein or in any other Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement” shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended and modified by this Seventh
Amendment. 
 Section 5.02 GOVERNING LAW. THIS SEVENTH AMENDMENT, AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER, SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

Section 5.03 Descriptive Headings, Etc. The descriptive headings of the sections of this Seventh Amendment are inserted for
convenience only and shall not be deemed to affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof. The statements made and the terms defined in the recitals to this Seventh Amendment are hereby incorporated into this Seventh Amendment
in their entirety. 

  
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 Section 5.04 Payment of Fees and Expenses. Without duplicating any amounts paid
pursuant to clause (b)(i) of Article III above, the Borrower agrees that each Lender that executes and delivers this Seventh Amendment to the Administrative Agent prior to 5:00 pm MT on April 19, 2013 shall receive from the Borrower a work fee
of $10,000, and all such amounts shall be paid by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lenders on or prior to April 23, 2013. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, this Seventh Amendment shall be effective for all
purposes on the first Business Day on which all of the conditions precedent set forth in Article III above are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02 of the Credit Agreement). The Borrower also agrees to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Seventh Amendment, the Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent. The agreement set forth in this Section 5.04 shall survive the termination of this Seventh Amendment and the Credit Agreement.

 Section 5.05 Entire Agreement. This Seventh Amendment and the documents referred to herein represent the entire
understanding of the parties hereto regarding the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous oral and written agreements of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Seventh Amendment is a Loan
Document executed under the Credit Agreement. 
 Section 5.06 Counterparts. This Seventh Amendment may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of the signature
page of this Seventh Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. 
 Section 5.07 Successors. The execution and delivery of this Seventh Amendment by any Lender shall be binding upon each of its successors and assigns. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Seventh Amendment to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first written above. 
  

									
	BORROWER:	 		 				 	
			
		 		 	 	RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION
				
		 		 	 	By:	  	 	 /s/ Theodore Gazulis

		 		 				 	Theodore Gazulis
		 		 				 	Executive Vice President and
		 		 				 	Chief Financial Officer
			
	GUARANTORS:	 		 	 	HICKS ACQUISITION COMPANY I, INC.
			
		 		 	 	RESOLUTE ANETH, LLC
			
		 		 	 
 	RESOLUTE WYOMING, INC. (f/k/a Primary Natural
Resources, Inc.)
			
		 		 	 
 	RESOLUTE NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY, LLC (f/k/a
Resolute Natural Resources Company)
			
		 		 	 	BWNR, LLC
			
		 		 	 	WYNR, LLC
			
		 		 	 	RESOLUTE NORTHERN ROCKIES, LLC
			
		 		 	 	RESOLUTE NATURAL RESOURCES
		 		 	 	SOUTHWEST, LLC
				
		 		 	 	By:	  	 	 /s/ Theodore Gazulis

		 		 				 	Theodore Gazulis
		 		 				 	Executive Vice President and
		 		 				 	Chief Financial Officer

  
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	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT	 		 		 	
	AND LENDER:	 		 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
		 		 	 ASSOCIATION, successor-by-merger to Wachovia Bank, National Association,

as Administrative Agent and a Lender

				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Suzanne F. Ridenhour

		 		 		 	Suzanne F. Ridenhour
		 		 		 	Director
			
	LENDER:	 		 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Suzanne F. Ridenhour

		 		 		 	Suzanne F. Ridenhour
		 		 		 	Director

  
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	LENDER:	 	BANK OF MONTREAL
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Gumaro Tijerina

		 	Name:	 	Gumaro Tijerina
		 	Title:	 	Director

  
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to 
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	LENDER:	 	BARCLAYS BANK PLC 
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Sreedhar R. Kona

		 	Name:	 	Sreedhar R. Kona
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	LENDER:	 	CITIBANK, N.A. 
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ John Miller

		 	Name:	 	John Miller
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	LENDER:	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Jonathan H. Lee

		 	Name:	 	Jonathan H. Lee
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	LENDER:	 	BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ James Giordano

		 	Name:	 	James Giordano
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	LENDER:	 	CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Wesley Fontana

		 	Name:	 	Wesley Fontana
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	LENDER:	 	COMERICA BANK
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Katya Evseev

		 	Name:	 	Katya Evseev
		 	Title:	 	Assistant Vice President

  
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	LENDER:	 	SUNTRUST BANK
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Shannon Juhan

		 	Name:	 	Shannon Juhan
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	LENDER:	 	ING CAPITAL LLC
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Juli Bieser

		 	Name:	 	Juli Bieser
		 	Title:	 	Director

  
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	LENDER:	 	KEY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Chulley Bogle

		 	Name:	 	Chulley Bogle
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	LENDER:	 	ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A.
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Kyle Lewis

		 	Name:	 	Kyle Lewis
		 	Title:	 	Assistant Vice President

  
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	LENDER:	 	CADENCE BANK, N.A. 
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Eric Broussard

		 	Name:	 	Eric Broussard
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  
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	LENDER:	 	GUARANTY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Gail J. Nofsinger

		 	Name:	 	Gail J. Nofsinger
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  
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 Exhibit 4.1 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 FIRST AMENDMENT TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 This FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of April 11, 2013 (this
“Amendment”), is by and among CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC., a Texas corporation (the “Borrower”), the Banks (as hereinafter defined) named on the signature pages hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative
agent for the Banks (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto (collectively, the
“Banks”) and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2011 (as heretofore amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”); 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Banks agree to amend the Credit Agreement, and the Banks and the Administrative Agent are
agreeable to such request upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this Amendment, capitalized terms used in this Amendment which are defined in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby (the “Amended
Credit Agreement”), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement. The interpretive provisions set forth in Section 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment. 

SECTION 2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties herein contained, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 
 (a)
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following defined terms in their appropriate alphabetical order: 
 “Bronco Group” means, collectively, Bronco Midstream Holdings, LLC and Bronco Midstream Holdings II, LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company. 

“CEFS LLC” means CenterPoint Energy Field Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and CERC. 
 “EH II” means Enogex Holdings II LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company. 
 “Enogex” means Enogex LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company. 
 “Enogex Holdings” means Enogex Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 “Master Formation Agreement” means the Master Formation
Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2013, by and among the Borrower, OGE Energy and the Bronco Group, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, but excluding, prior to the consummation of the Midstream MLP/JV Transactions
described in clauses (a) through (g) of the definition thereof, any such amendment, supplement or other modification thereto that is materially adverse to the Banks, unless otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent. 

“Midstream MLP/JV Transactions” means a series of transactions pursuant to which, among other things,
(a) CERC contributes the Capital Stock of certain of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries that own midstream field services and interstate pipelines assets, and causes a JV Subsidiary to contribute the Capital Stock of a Joint Venture that owns
midstream field services and interstate pipelines assets, to CEFS LLC, (b) OGE Holdings and Bronco Group restructure their ownership of Enogex Holdings to provide that the Capital Stock of Enogex will be held through EH II, (c) CEFS LLC is
converted to a Delaware limited partnership (such converted and renamed entity, the “Midstream JV”), (d) OGE Holdings contributes all of the management interests in EH II owned by OGE Holdings to the general partner of the
Midstream JV in exchange for membership interests in such general partner, (e) OGE Holdings contributes to the Midstream JV all of the economic interests in EH II in exchange for the issuance by the Midstream JV of limited partnership interests
in the Midstream JV, (f) Bronco Group contributes to the Midstream JV all of its economic interests in EH II in exchange for the issuance by the Midstream JV of limited partnership interests in the Midstream JV, (g) upon completion of and
as a result of the transactions described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (f), on the Closing Date (as defined in the Master Formation Agreement), CERC obtains not less than 50% of the limited partner interest in the Midstream JV and not
less than 50% of the GP Management Units (as defined in the Master Formation Agreement) (each transaction described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (g) being effected pursuant to the Master Formation Agreement), and (h) the
Midstream JV may consummate an initial public offering as a master limited partnership. 
 “OGE
Energy” means OGE Energy Corp., an Oklahoma corporation. 
 “OGE Holdings” means OGE
Enogex Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of OGE Energy. 
 (b)
Section 7.2(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 

“(c) Consolidation, Merger or Disposal of Assets. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Significant Subsidiary to,
(i) merge into or consolidate with any other Person; (ii) liquidate, wind up or dissolve (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution); or (iii) sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its Properties to
any Person; provided, however, that (A) the Borrower may merge into, or consolidate with, any Person if the Borrower is the surviving entity; (B) any Significant Subsidiary may consolidate with or merge into (1) the
Borrower if the Borrower is the surviving entity or (2) any other Subsidiary of the Borrower if the surviving entity is such Significant Subsidiary or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary; (C) any Significant Subsidiary may consolidate
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than the Borrower or another Subsidiary of the Borrower if (1) such Significant Subsidiary is the surviving entity or (2) such other Person is the surviving entity and becomes a
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary contemporaneously with such consolidation or merger; (D) any Significant Subsidiary may liquidate, wind up or dissolve if the Properties of such Significant Subsidiary are conveyed, transferred or distributed
pursuant to such liquidation, winding up or dissolution to the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary; (E) any Significant Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its Properties to the
Borrower, to another Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary or to a Person that becomes a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary contemporaneously with such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition; (F) the Borrower and any Significant Subsidiary may
transfer assets in connection with the issuance of Securitization Securities; (G) the Borrower and any Significant Subsidiary may make Permitted MLP/JV Asset Transfers and (H) the Borrower and any Significant Subsidiary may effect the
Midstream MLP/JV Transactions; provided that (x) in the case of any transaction described in clauses (A) through (H), immediately before and after giving effect to any such merger or consolidation, dissolution or liquidation, or
sale, transfer, lease or other disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) in the case of any transaction described in foregoing clause (A), (G) or (H) (excluding, in the case of clause
(A), any transaction in which any Subsidiary of the Borrower merges into or consolidates with the Borrower), after giving effect to such transaction, the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with Section 7.2(a).” 

(c) Section 7.2(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 

“(e) Sale of Significant Subsidiary Stock. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Significant Subsidiary to, sell,
assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Capital Stock of any Significant Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Section 7.2(c) or this Section 7.2(e), (1) the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary may
sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of (i) any of the Capital Stock of any Significant Subsidiary to the Borrower or to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that constitutes a Significant Subsidiary after giving effect to such
transaction and (ii) any of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary that is not a Significant Subsidiary; (2) any Significant Subsidiary shall have the right to issue, sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of for value its preference or
preferred stock in one or more bona fide transactions to any Person; (3) the Borrower and any Significant Subsidiary may make Permitted MLP/JV Asset Transfers and (4) the Borrower and any Significant Subsidiary may effect the Midstream
MLP/JV Transactions; provided that (A) immediately before and after giving effect to any such sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition described in the foregoing clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4), no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and (B) in the case of any such Permitted MLP/JV Asset Transfer permitted under the foregoing clause (3) or the Midstream MLP/JV Transactions permitted under the foregoing clause (4), after giving
effect to such Permitted MLP/JV Asset Transfer or the Midstream MLP/JV Transactions, as applicable, the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with Section 7.2(a).” 

SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower
represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof: 
 (a) both immediately before and after giving effect to this Amendment,
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representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except to the
extent that any representation or warranty is qualified by materiality in the text thereof, in which case such representation or warranty is true and correct in all respects), except for (i) those representations or warranties or parts thereof
that, by their terms, expressly relate solely to a specific date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date and (ii) the representations and warranties contained in
Sections 6.1(j) and (k) of the Credit Agreement; 
 (b) both immediately before and after giving effect to this Amendment,
no Default or Event of Default exists or is continuing; 
 (c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
Amendment are within the Borrower’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action; and 

(d) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. 
 SECTION 4. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become
effective as of the date first written above when, and only when, each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement): 

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment fully executed and delivered by the Borrower and Banks
constituting the Majority Banks; and 
 (b) the Administrative Agent and the Banks shall have received all fees required to be
paid, and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid for which reasonably detailed invoices have been presented to the Borrower on or before the date that is one Business Day prior to the date hereof. 

SECTION 5. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 SECTION 6. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts (or counterpart signature pages), each of which counterparts shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile transmission or
other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. The execution and delivery of this Amendment by any Bank shall be binding upon each of its successors and assigns (including Transferees of
its Commitments and Loans, in whole or in part, prior to the effectiveness hereof) and binding in respect of all of its Commitments and Loans, including any acquired subsequent to its execution and delivery of this Amendment and prior to the
effectiveness hereof. 

  
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 SECTION 7. Effect of Amendment. From and after the effectiveness of this Amendment,
each reference to “hereof”, “hereunder”, “herein” and “hereby” and each other similar reference and each reference to “this Agreement” and each other similar reference contained in the Credit
Agreement shall refer to the Amended Credit Agreement. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Administrative
Agent or the Banks under the Credit Agreement or under any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 

SECTION 8. Headings. Section and subsection headings in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only, and are not part of,
and are not to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment. 
 SECTION 9. Entire Agreement. This
Amendment and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Banks with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the
Administrative Agent or any Bank relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of
the date first above written. 
  

			
	CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.,
	as the Borrower
		
	By:	 	/s/ Marc Kilbride
	Name:	 	Marc Kilbride
	Title:	 	Vice President and Treasurer

  
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	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
	as Administrative Agent and as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ Bridget Killackey
	Name:	 	Bridget Killackey
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ William A. Merritt, III
	Name:	 	William A. Merritt, III
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	CITIBANK, N.A.,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ Maureen P. Maroney
	Name:	 	Maureen P. Maroney
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ Emily Freedman
	Name:	 	Emily Freedman
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ May Huang
	Name:	 	May Huang
	Title:	 	AVP

  
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	 DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
 as a Bank

		
	By:	 	/s/ Philippe Sandmeier
	Name:	 	Philippe Sandmeier
	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	By:	 	/s/ Ming K. Chu
	Name:	 	Ming K. Chu
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as a Bank

		
	By:	 	/s/ Sara Olesen
	Name: 	 	Sara Olesen
	Title:	 	Assistant Vice President

  
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	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ Frank Lambrinos
	Name:	 	Frank Lambrinos
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

  
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	SUNTRUST BANK,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ Andrew Johnson
	Name:	 	Andrew Johnson
	Title:	 	Director

  
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	 THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ,
 LTD., as a Bank

		
	By:	 	/s/ Paul V. Farrell
	Name:	 	Paul V. Farrell
	Title:	 	Director

  
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	UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ Lana Gifas
	Name:	 	Lana Gifas
	Title:	 	Director
		
	By:	 	/s/ Joselin Fernandes
	Name:	 	Joselin Fernandes
	Title:	 	Associate Director

  
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	CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ Christopher Reo Day
	Name:	 	Christopher Reo Day
	Title:	 	Vice President
		
	By:	 	/s/ Tyler R. Smith
	Name:	 	Tyler R. Smith
	Title:	 	Associate

  
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	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ Michelle Latzoni
	Name:	 	Michelle Latzoni
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

  
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	MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK (USA),
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ Leon Mo
	Name:	 	Leon Mo
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  
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	MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ John Durland
	Name:	 	John Durland
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

  
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	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ James O’Shaughnessy
	Name:	 	James O’Shaughnessy
	Title:	 	VP-Portfolio Manager

  
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	COMERICA BANK,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ Joey Powell
	Name:	 	Joey Powell
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ John Bery
	Name:	 	John Bery
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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	THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY,
	as a Bank
		
	By:	 	/s/ Keith L. Burson
	Name:	 	Keith L. Burson
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
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