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Exhibit 10.11

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AGREEMENT

     This BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 27, 2006, is
entered into by and among Concho Resources Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the
parties to this Agreement listed on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Designated Party” and
collectively the “Designated Parties”).

RECITALS

     A. This Agreement is being executed and delivered pursuant to that certain Combination
Agreement, dated February 24, 2006 (the “Combination Agreement”) by and among the Company, certain
of the Designated Parties and the other parties thereto, pursuant to which Concho Equity Holdings
Corp., a Delaware corporation, will become a subsidiary of the Company, and the Company will
acquire certain oil and gas exploration and production assets located in Southeast New Mexico (the
“Combination”).

     B. The Company believes that it and its stockholders (the “Stockholders”) will benefit from
the Combination and that the Combination is in its best interest and in the best interest of the
Stockholders. The Designated Parties to be a party thereto, however, are unwilling to enter into
the Combination Agreement unless the Company enters into this Agreement because each of the
Designated Parties engages, directly or indirectly, in the E&P Business. The businesses in which
the Designated Parties engage are similar to those in which the Company will engage following the
Combination.

     C. In recognition that certain Designated Parties may engage, directly or indirectly, in the
same or similar activities or lines of business and have an interest in the same or similar areas
of business, and in recognition of the benefits to be derived by the Company through its continued
contractual, corporate and business relations with each Designated Party (including services of
employees, officers and directors of each Designated Party as directors and officers of the
Company), this Agreement is set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the
Company as they may involve each Designated Party, and as applicable, its employees, officers and
directors, and the powers, rights, duties, liabilities, interests and expectancies of the Company
in connection therewith.

     D. The law relating to duties that certain Designated Parties may owe to the Company is not
clear. The application of such law to particular circumstances is often difficult to predict, and,
if a court were to hold that any Designated Party breached any such duty, such Designated Party
could be held liable for damages in a legal action brought on behalf of the Company.

     E. In order to induce the Designated Parties to enter into the Combination Agreement or serve
as directors of the Company, as applicable, the Company is willing to enter into this Agreement,
pursuant to Section 122 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, in order to
renounce, effective upon the consummation of the Combination, any interest or expectancy it may
have in the classes or categories of business opportunities specified herein that are presented to
or identified by any Designated Party, as more fully described herein. As a result of this
Agreement, each Designated Party, as applicable, may continue to conduct his or its business and to
pursue certain business opportunities without an obligation to offer such opportunities to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any Designated Party, as applicable,

 

 

may continue to discharge his responsibilities as a director or employee of such Designated Party
or any company in which such Designated Party has an interest.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants, rights, and
obligations set forth in this Agreement, and the benefits to be derived herefrom, and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and the sufficiency of which each of the undersigned
acknowledges and confesses, the undersigned agree as follows:

     1. Renouncement of Business Opportunities. The Company hereby renounces any interest
or expectancy in any business opportunity, transaction or other matter in which any Designated
Party participates or desires or seeks to participate in and that involves any aspect of the E&P
Business (each, a “Business Opportunity”) other than a Business Opportunity that (i) is first
presented to a Designated Party solely in such person’s capacity as a director or officer of the
Company or its Subsidiaries and with respect to which, at the time of such presentment, no other
Designated Party (other than a Nominee) has independently received notice of or otherwise
identified such Business Opportunity or (ii) is identified by a Designated Party solely through
the disclosure of information by or on behalf of the Company (each Business Opportunity other than
those referred to in clauses (i) or (ii) are referred to as a “Renounced Business Opportunity”).
No Designated Party, including any Nominee, shall have any obligation to communicate or offer any
Renounced Business Opportunity to the Company, and any Designated Party may pursue a Renounced
Business Opportunity, provided that such Renounced Business Opportunity is conducted by such
Designated Party in accordance with the standard set forth in Section 2. The Company shall not be
prohibited from pursuing any Business Opportunity with respect to which it has renounced any
interest or expectancy as a result of this Section 1. Nothing in this Section 1 shall be
construed to allow any director to usurp a Business Opportunity of the Company or its Subsidiaries
solely for his or her personal benefit.

     2. Standards for Separate Conduct of Renounced Business Opportunities. In the event
that a Designated Party acquires knowledge of a Renounced Business Opportunity, such Designated
Party may pursue such Renounced Business Opportunity if such Renounced Business Opportunity is
developed and pursued solely through the use of personnel and assets of the Designated Party
(including, as applicable, such Designated Party in his capacity as a director, officer, employee
or agent of the Designated Party).

     3. Liability. Provided a Renounced Business Opportunity is conducted by a Designated
Party in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 2 hereof, no Designated Party shall be
liable to the Company or a Stockholder for breach of any fiduciary or other duty by reason of such
Renounced Business Opportunity. In addition, no Designated Party shall be liable to the Company
or a Stockholder for breach of any fiduciary duty as a director or controlling Stockholder, as
applicable, by reason of the fact that such Designated Party conducts, pursues or acquires such
Renounced Business Opportunity for itself, directs such Renounced Business Opportunity to another
Person or does not communicate information regarding such Renounced Business Opportunity to the
Company.

     4. Disclosing Conflicts of Interest. Should any director of the Company have actual
knowledge that he or his Affiliates is pursuing a Renounced Business Opportunity also pursued by
the Company, he shall disclose to the Company’s board of directors that he may have a

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conflict of interest, so that the board of directors may consider his withdrawal from
discussions in board deliberations, as appropriate.

     5. Interpretation

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “Designated Parties” shall include all
Subsidiaries and Affiliates of each Designated Party (other than the Company and its
Subsidiaries).

(b) As used in this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:

(i) “Affiliate” means with respect to a specified person, a person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified, and
any directors, officers, partners or 5% or more owners of such person.

(ii) “E&P Business” means the oil and gas exploration, exploitation,
development and production business and includes without limitation (a) the
ownership of oil and gas property interests (including working interests,
mineral fee interests and royalty and overriding royalty interests), (b) the
ownership and operation of real and personal property used or useful in
connection with exploration for Hydrocarbons, development of Hydrocarbon
reserves upon discovery thereof and production of Hydrocarbons from wells
located on oil and gas properties and (c) debt of or equity interests in
corporations, partnerships or other entities engaged in the exploration for
Hydrocarbons, the development of Hydrocarbon reserves and the production and
sale of Hydrocarbons.

(iii) “Nominee” means any officer, director, employee or other agent of any
Designated Party who serves as a director (including Chairman of the Board)
or officer of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

(iv) “Hydrocarbons” means oil, gas or other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons
or other minerals produced from oil and gas wells.

(v) “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or
other legal or business entity.

(vi) “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” shall mean, with respect to any Person,
any other Person the majority of the voting securities of which are owned,
directly or indirectly, by such first Person.

     6. Miscellaneous.

(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and
effect at such time as no Designated Party serves as a director (including Chairman
of the Board) or officer of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

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(b) This Agreement does not prohibit or impact the Company’s ability to participate
in any Business Opportunity.

(c) This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which when
so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and such counterparts
together shall constitute one instrument. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to
conflicts of laws principles.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement as of the date set forth
above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CONCHO RESOURCES INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ David W. Copeland 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	David W. Copeland 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Vice President 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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	 	 	YORKTOWN ENERGY
PARTNERS V, L.P.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	Yorktown V Company, LLC,

its general partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ W. Howard Keenan, Jr. 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	W. Howard Keenan, Jr. 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	Managing Member 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	YORKTOWN ENERGY
PARTNERS VI, L.P.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	Yorktown VI Company LP,

its general partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By:	 	Yorktown VI Associates LLC,

its general partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ W. Howard Keenan, Jr. 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	W. Howard Keenan, Jr. 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	Managing Member 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WACHOVIA CAPITAL
PARTNERS 2004, LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ A. Wellford Tabor 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	A. Wellford Tabor 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Partner 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	PPM AMERICA PRIVATE EQUITY
FUND, L.P.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	PPM America Capital Partners, LLC,

Its general partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Craig Waslin 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	Craig Waslin 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	Partner 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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	 	 	MANSEFELDT CONCHO PARTNERS	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Tucker Bridwell 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Tucker Bridwell 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Partner 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	DIAN GRAVES OWEN FOUNDATION	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Tucker Bridwell 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Tucker Bridwell 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	President 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	YALE UNIVERSITY	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ David F. Swensen 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	David F. Swensen 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Chief Investment Officer 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE

LELAND STANFORD

JUNIOR UNIVERSITY	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	The Stanford Management Company	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Larry S. Owen 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	Larry S. Owen 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	Managing Director 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE GENERAL MILLS GROUP TRUST	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Doralyn Peifer 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Doralyn Peifer 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Secretary to the General Mills, Inc.
Benefit Finance Committee 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES

BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUST

FOR THE GENERAL MILLS AND

BAKERY CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO

AND GRAIN MILLERS HEALTH AND

WELFARE PLAN	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Doralyn Peifer 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Doralyn Peifer 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	Secretary to the General Mills, Inc.
Benefit Finance Committee 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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	Address:	 	 	 	CHASE OIL CORPORATION
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Robert C. Chase 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Robert C. Chase, President
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	CAZA ENERGY LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Mack C. Chase 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Mack C. Chase, Manager
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Robert C. Chase 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Robert C. Chase
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Robert C. Chase 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Richard L. Chase, by Robert C. Chase, Attorney-in-Fact
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Robert C. Chase 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Gerene Dianne Chase Crouch, a single woman, by Robert C. Chase, Attorney-in-Fact
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Brad Bartek 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Brad Bartek
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Charlotte Cleghorn 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Charlotte Cleghorn
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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	Address:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Tony Hall 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Tony Hall
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Brad Bartek 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Brad Bartek
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	
/s/ Johnny Knorr 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Johnny Knorr
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	
/s/ W. Howard Keenan, Jr. 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	W. Howard Keenan, Jr.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	
/s/ Tucker S. Bridwell 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Tucker S. Bridwell
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	
/s/ A. Wellford Tabor 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	A. Wellford Tabor

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	Address:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Mack C. Chase 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Mack C. Chase
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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	Address:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Joseph Edwin Canon 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Joseph Edwin Canon
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	/s/ Kade L. Matthews 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Kade L. Matthews
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	TEJON ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	By: Jimaka, LLC, its general partner
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Tucker Bridwell, by POA 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name:  Tucker Bridwell
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title:  
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	DODGE JONES FOUNDATION
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Tucker Bridwell, by POA 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name:  Tucker Bridwell
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title:

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EXHIBIT A

Designated Parties

Board Members

Bradley D. Bartek

John A. Knorr

Robert Chase

W. Howard Keenan, Jr.

Tucker S. Bridwell

A. Wellford Tabor

Any non-executive director of the Company

Stockholders

Yorktown Energy Partners V, L.P.

Yorktown Energy Partners VI, L.P.

Wachovia Capital Partners 2004, LLC

PPM America Private Equity Fund, L.P.

Joseph Edwin Canon

Kade L. Matthews

Dodge Jones Foundation

Tejon Energy Partners, L.P.

Mansefeldt Concho Partners

Dian Graves Owen Foundation

Yale University

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

The General Mills Group Trust

The Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association Trust for the General Mills and Bakery

     Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers Heath and Welfare Plan

Chase Oil Corporation

Caza Energy LLC

Mack C. Chase

Robert C. Chase

Richard L. Chase

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Exhibit 10.12

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of February 27, 2006, by and
among Concho Resources Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Persons listed on
Schedule I attached hereto (the “Holdings Stockholders”), Chase Oil Corporation, a New
Mexico corporation (“Chase”), Caza Energy LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company (“Caza”) and
the Persons listed on Schedule II attached hereto (collectively, the “WI Owners,” and
together with Chase and Caza, the “Chase Stockholders”).

     Section 1. Background.

     1.1 The Company has agreed to issue to the Holdings Stockholders and the Chase Stockholders
shares of the Company’s Common Stock, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by that certain
Combination Agreement dated as of February 24, 2006 by and among the Company, Concho Equity
Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation, the Holdings Stockholders and the Chase Stockholders (the
“Combination Agreement”).

     1.2 A Stockholders’ Agreement of even date herewith by and among the Company, the Holdings
Stockholders and the Chase Stockholders (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”) is in place, pursuant to
which the Holdings Stockholders and the Chase Stockholders have been granted a right of first offer
to purchase New Securities (as defined in the Stockholders’ Agreement) that the Company may from
time to time issue after the date of this Agreement.

     Section 2. Definitions.

     “Affiliate” shall mean with respect to any individual, corporation, partnership, association,
trust, or any other entity (in each case, a “Person”), any Person which, directly or indirectly,
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, including, without
limitation any general partner, officer or director of such Person and any venture capital fund now
or hereafter existing which is controlled by or under common control with one or more general
partners or shares the same management company with such Person.

     “Common Stock” shall mean shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

     “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

     “Form S-3” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any
registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC which permits inclusion
or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company
with the SEC.

     “Holder” shall mean any Person owning or having the right to acquire Registrable Securities or
any assignee thereof in accordance with Section 3.10 hereof.

     “Initiating Holders” means, collectively, any Holders who properly initiate a registration
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     “IPO” means the Company’s first underwritten public offering of its Common Stock under the
Securities Act.

     “Qualified Public Offering” means the first closing of an underwritten public offering
of Common Stock registered under the Securities Act, pursuant to which such shares of common stock
are authorized and approved for listing on a national securities exchange or admitted to trading
and quoted in the Nasdaq National Market or comparable system.

     “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and
filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the Securities Act, and the
declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or document.

     “Registrable Securities” means any of the Company’s Common Stock issued to the Holdings
Stockholders, the Chase Stockholders, any Person formerly a holder of oil and gas working interests
related to Chase or an Affiliate of Chase and any former stockholder of Concho Holdings Equities,
Inc. not listed on Schedule I pursuant to or in connection with the Combination Agreement or
pursuant to the preemptive rights of the Holdings Stockholders and the Chase Stockholders granted
under the Stockholders’ Agreement, and any securities issuable with respect to any such Common
Stock by way of distribution or in connection with any reorganization, recapitalization, merger,
consolidation or otherwise. As to any particular Registrable Securities, once issued such
securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (a) a registration statement with respect
to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such
securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration statement, (b) they
shall have been distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A (or any successor
provision) under the Securities Act, (c) with respect to any Holder, such Holder is not an
Affiliate of the Company, and such shares may be sold freely by such Holder without restriction
under Rule 144(k) (or any successor provision), or (d) they shall have ceased to be outstanding.

     “Registrable Securities then outstanding” means the number of shares determined by adding the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding which are, and the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable pursuant to then exercisable or convertible securities which are, Registrable Securities.

     “Requisite Chase Holders” means the holders of 20% of the Registrable Securities held by the
Chase Stockholders.

     “Requisite Holdings Holders” means the holders of 20% of the Registrable Securities held by
the Holdings Stockholders.

     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “SEC Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

     “SEC Rule 144(k)” means Rule 144(k) promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

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     “SEC Rule 145” means Rule 145 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.

     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

     “Violation” means losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which a party
hereto may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state law,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations: (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement,
including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or
supplements thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii)
any violation or alleged violation by any other party hereto, of the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or any state securities law.

     Section 3. Registration Rights.

     3.1 Request for Registration.

     (a) If the Company shall receive at any time after the earlier of (i) a Qualified
Public Offering or (ii) nine (9) months after the closing date of the Combination Agreement,
subject to Section 3.11, a written request from the Requisite Chase Holders or the
Requisite Holdings Holders that the Company file a registration statement under the
Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities with an anticipated
aggregate offering price, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, exceeding
$50,000,000, then the Company shall:

     (i) within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such
request to all Holders;

     (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, file a registration statement under the
Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities which the Holders request to be
registered, which request shall be given within fifteen (15) days after mailing of
the notice of the Company made in accordance with subsection 3.1(a)(i),
subject to the limitations of subsection 3.1(b); and

     (iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration
statement to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable after the
initial filing thereof.

All requests made pursuant to this Section 3 will specify the amount of Registrable
Securities to be registered and the intended methods of disposition thereof.

     (b) If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered
by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of
their request made pursuant to subsection 3.1(a) and the Company shall

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include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection
3.1(a). The underwriter will be selected by the Company. In such event, the right of
any Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be
conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such
Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All
Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together
with the Company as provided in subsection 3.3(d)) enter into an underwriting
agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such
underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.1, if the
underwriter advises the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a
limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so
advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant
hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the
underwriting shall be allocated among all Holders of Registrable Securities, including the
Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the number of Registrable
Securities of the Company owned by each Holder. To facilitate the allocation of shares in
accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number
of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares.

     (c) The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any
registration

     (i) more than one time in any six month period; or

     (ii) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to
execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration,
unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as
may be required under the Securities Act.

     (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a
registration statement pursuant to this Section 3.1 a certificate signed by the
Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board
of Directors of the Company it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its
stockholders for such registration statement to be filed and it is therefore necessary to
defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the right to defer
taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days
after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders.

     3.2 Company Registration. If the Company proposes to register (including for this
purpose a registration effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any of its
stock or other securities under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such
securities by the Company solely for cash (other than a registration statement relating either to
the sale of securities to employees of the Company pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase or
similar plan or an SEC Rule 145 transaction, a registration on any form which does not include
substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement
covering the sale of the Registrable Securities, a registration statement on which the only Common
Stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt

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securities which are also being registered, or a shelf registration on Form S-3), the Company
shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder written notice of such registration. Upon the
written request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after mailing of such notice by the
Company in accordance with Section 6, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 3.7, cause to be registered under the Securities Act all of the Registrable
Securities that each such Holder has requested to be registered. The Company shall have the right
to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 3.2 prior to
the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities
in such registration. The expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in
accordance with Section 3.6 hereof.

     3.3 Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Section 3 to
effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as soon as reasonably
practicable,

     (a) prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such
Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective, and, upon the request of the Holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration
statement effective for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days or, if earlier,
until the distribution contemplated in the Registration Statement has been completed;

     (b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration
statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be
necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;

     (c) furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a
preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such
other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of
Registrable Securities owned by them;

     (d) in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its
obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing
underwriter of such offering. Each Holder participating in such underwriting shall also
enter into and perform its obligations under such an agreement;

     (e) cause all such Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement
hereunder to be listed on a national securities exchange or trading system and each
securities exchange and trading system on which similar securities issued by the Company are
then listed;

     (f) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered
pursuant hereunder and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not
later than the effective date of such registration statement;

     (g) use its reasonable commercial efforts to furnish, at the request of any Holder
requesting registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 3, on the

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date on which such Registrable Securities are sold to the underwriter, (i) an opinion,
dated such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such
registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an
underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and (ii) a “comfort”
letter dated such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company, in
form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to
underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any.

     3.4 Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the
Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 3 with respect to the Registrable
Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information
regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of
such securities as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Holder’s
Registrable Securities.

     3.5 Expenses of Demand Registration. All expenses, other than underwriting discounts
and commissions and the fees of counsel for such Holders incurred in connection with registrations,
filings or qualifications pursuant to Section 3.1, including (without limitation) all
registration, filing and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company shall be borne by the Company.

     3.6 Expenses of Company Registration. The Company shall bear and pay all expenses
incurred in connection with any registration, filing or qualification of Registrable Securities
with respect to the registrations pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof for each Holder (which
right may be assigned as provided in Section 3.10 hereof), including (without limitation)
all registration, filing, and qualification fees, printers and accounting fees relating or
apportionable thereto, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions relating to Registrable
Securities.

     3.7 Underwriting Requirements. In connection with any offering involving an
underwriting of shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to Section 3.2, the Company
shall not be required to include any of the Holders’ securities in such underwriting unless they
accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and its underwriters, and
then only in such quantity as the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not
jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total number of securities,
including Registrable Securities, requested by stockholders to be included in such offering exceeds
the amount of securities to be sold other than by the Company that the underwriters determine in
their reasonable discretion is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall
be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable
Securities, which the underwriters and the Company determine in their sole discretion will not
jeopardize the success of the offering. In the event that the underwriters determine that less
than all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered can be included in such offering,
then the Registrable Securities that are included in such offering shall be apportioned pro rata
among the selling Holders based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all selling
stockholders participating in such offering or in such other proportions as shall mutually be
agreed to by all such selling Holders.

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     3.8 Delay of Registration/Effectiveness.

     (a) No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or
otherwise delaying any registration pursuant to this Agreement as the result of any
controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this
Section 3.

     (b) The Company will notify the Holders requesting registration pursuant to this
Agreement, at any time when a prospectus relating to the requisite registration statement is
required to be delivered under the Securities Act (within the period that the Company is
required to keep such registration statement effective), of the happening of any event as a
result of which the prospectus included in the requisite registration statement (as then in
effect) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
required to be stated in the prospectus or that is necessary to make the statements in the
prospectus, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. The
Company will prepare (and, as soon as reasonably practicable, file) a supplement or
amendment to that prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of those
securities covered by such registration statement, that prospectus will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
in the prospectus or that is necessary to make the statements in the prospectus, in light of
the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. However, if the Board of
Directors of the Company determines in its good faith judgment that filing any supplement or
amendment to such registration statement to keep such registration statement available for
use by such Holders for resales of the securities covered by such registration statement
would require the Company to disclose material information that the Company has a bona fide
business purpose for preserving as confidential, then, upon the Company’s notice to each
Holder (the “Suspension Notice”), the Company’s obligation to supplement or amend such
registration statement will be suspended. That suspension will remain in effect until the
Company notifies such Holders in writing that the reasons for suspending those obligations
no longer exist and the Company amends or supplements such registration statement as may be
required. As soon as a Holder receives a Suspension Notice from the Company under this
Section 3.8(b), that Holder will immediately discontinue disposing of securities
covered by such registration statement until that Holder receives copies of the supplemented
or amended prospectus referred to in this Section 3.8(b). At the Company’s request,
each Holder will deliver to the Company all copies of the prospectus covering such
securities current at the time of that request.

     3.9 Indemnification. In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a
registration statement under this Section 3:

     (a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each
Holder, the partners, members, officers, directors and stockholders of each Holder, legal
counsel and accountants for each Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act)
for such Holder and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the
meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any Violation and the Company
will pay to each such Holder, underwriter, controlling person

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or other aforementioned person, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them
in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or
action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity
agreement contained in this subsection 3.9(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if such settlement is
effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim,
damage, liability, or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a
Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
expressly for use in connection with such registration by any such Holder, underwriter,
controlling person or other aforementioned person.

     (b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will severally and not jointly
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who has
signed the registration statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of the Securities Act, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, any
underwriter, any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement and any
controlling person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any losses, claims,
damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which any of the foregoing persons may become
subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state law, insofar
as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise out of
or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that
such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
by such Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration statement; and each
such Holder will pay any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any person intended
to be indemnified pursuant to this subsection 3.9(b), in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided,
however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection 3.9(b) shall
not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld; provided, further, that, in no event shall any indemnity under this
subsection 3.9(b) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder,
except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by such Holder.

     (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 3.9 of
notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying
party under this Section 3.9, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of
the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in,
and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to
the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other
indemnified parties which may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the
right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the
indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by
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actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other
party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure to deliver written notice
to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action,
if prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party
of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 3.9, but the omission
so to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability
that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 3.9.

     (d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution to joint liability under
the Securities Act in any case in which either (i) any Holder exercising rights under this
Agreement, or any controlling person of any such Holder, makes a claim for indemnification
pursuant to this Section 3.9 but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a
final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to
appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be
enforced in such case notwithstanding the fact that this Section 3.9 provides for
indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may be required
on the part of any such selling Holder or any such controlling person in circumstances for
which indemnification is provided under this Section 3.9, then, and in each such
case, the Company and such Holder will contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages
or liabilities to which they may be subject (after contribution from others) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the
one hand and of the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and
of the indemnified party 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 indemnifying party
or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission;
provided however, that, in any such case, (I) no such Holder will be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the public offering price of all such
Registrable Securities offered and sold by such Holder pursuant to such registration
statement, and (II) no person or entity guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any
person or entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation; provided further,
that in no event shall a Holder’s liability pursuant to this Section 3.9(d), when
combined with the amounts paid or payable by such holder pursuant to Section 3.9(b),
exceed the proceeds from the offering (net of any underwriting discounts or commissions)
received by such Holder, except in the case of willful fraud by such Holder.

     (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification
and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the
underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions
in the underwriting agreement shall control.

     (f) Unless otherwise superseded by an underwriting agreement entered into in connection
with the underwritten public offering, the obligations of the Company and

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Holders under this Section 3.9 shall survive the completion of any offering of
Registrable Securities in a registration statement under this Section 3, and shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.

     3.10 Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights to cause the Company to register
Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 3 may be assigned (but only with all
related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee or assignee of such securities that (i) is a
subsidiary, Affiliate, parent, partner, member, limited partner, retired partner, retired member or
stockholder of a Holder or (ii) is a Holder’s family member or trust for the benefit of an
individual Holder, provided: (a) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer,
furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the
securities with respect to which such registration rights are being assigned; (b) such transferee
or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including without limitation the provisions of Section 3.11 below; and (c) such
assignment shall be effective only if immediately following such transfer the further disposition
of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the Securities Act.

     3.11 “Market Stand-Off” Agreement. Each Holder hereby agrees that it will not,
without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the
date of the final prospectus relating to the Company’s IPO and ending on the date specified by the
Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed l80 days) (i) lend, offer, pledge,
sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to
sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly
or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock (whether such shares or any such securities are then owned by the
Holder or are thereafter acquired) held immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement for such offering, or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to
another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock,
whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of
Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this
Section 3.11 shall apply only to the Company’s IPO, shall not apply to the sale of any
shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement, and shall only be applicable to the
Holders if all officers, directors and greater than five percent stockholders of the Company enter
into similar agreements. The underwriters in connection with the Company’s IPO are intended
third-party beneficiaries of this Section 3.11 and shall have the right, power and
authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Each Holder further
agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in the
Company’s IPO that are consistent with this Section 3.11 or that are necessary to give
further effect thereto.

     3.12 Termination of Registration Rights. No Holder shall be entitled to exercise any
right provided for in this Section 3 after ten years following the consummation of the IPO.

     Section 4. Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may be amended and the Company may
take any action herein prohibited or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it,
only if the Company shall have obtained the written consent to such
amendment, action or omission to act, of the Requisite Chase Holders and the Requisite

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Holdings Holders. The Holders of any Registrable Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding
shall be bound by any consent authorized by this Section 4, whether or not such Registrable
Securities shall have been marked to indicate such consent.

     Section 5. Nominees for Beneficial Holders. In the event that any Registrable
Securities are held by a nominee for the beneficial owner thereof, the beneficial owner thereof
may, at its election, be treated as the holder of such Registrable Securities for purposes of this
Agreement. If the beneficial owner of any Registrable Securities so elects, the Company may
require assurances reasonably satisfactory to it of such owner’s beneficial ownership of such
Registrable Securities.

     Section 6. Notices. All communications provided for hereunder shall be personally
delivered or sent by facsimile, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or
reputable overnight courier service (providing next business day service) and (a) if addressed to
any Holder, to the address set forth opposite such Holder’s name on the counterpart signature page
to this Agreement or such other address specified in writing by such Holder upon its receipt of
Registrable Securities, or (b) if addressed to the Company, at 550 West Texas Avenue, Suite 1300,
Midland, Texas 79701, Attn: President, Facsimile: (432) 683-7441, or at such other address, or to
the attention of such other officer, as the Company shall have furnished to the Holders at the time
outstanding; provided, however, that any such communication to the Company may also, at the
option of any Holder, be either delivered to the Company at its address set forth above or to any
officer of the Company.

     Section 7. Transfers, Successors and Assigns. The terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns
of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any
party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights,
remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly
provided in this Agreement.

     Section 8. Effectiveness; Termination. This Agreement shall become effective only
upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Combination Agreement, and shall
terminate if the Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms. After this
Agreement becomes effective, this Agreement shall terminate when no Registrable Securities remain
outstanding.

     Section 9. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the several sections and
paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for reference only and shall not limit or otherwise
affect the meaning hereof.

     Section 10. Specific Performance. The parties hereto recognize and agree that money
damages may be insufficient to compensate the Holders for breaches by the Company of the terms
hereof and, consequently, that the equitable remedy of specific performance of the terms hereof
will be available in the event of any such breach.

     Section 11. Cost of Enforcement. If any Party to this Agreement seeks to enforce its
rights under this Agreement by legal proceedings, the non-prevailing Party shall pay all costs and

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expenses incurred by the prevailing Party, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’
fees.

     Section 12. Severability. The invalidity of unenforceability of any provision hereof
shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.

     Section 13. Aggregation of Stock. All shares of Registrable Securities held or
acquired by Affiliates shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability
of any rights under this Agreement.

     Section 14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto, if any)
constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter
hereof existing between the parties are expressly canceled.

     Section 15. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

     Section 16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.

     Section 17. Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or
remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party
under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such non-breaching or
non-defaulting party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an
acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any
waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default
theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or
character on the part of any party of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on
the part of any party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and
shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either
under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not
alternative.

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

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	COMPANY:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CONCHO RESOURCES INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ David W. Copeland 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	David W. Copeland 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	Vice President 	 	 

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	 	 	 	 	 	 	HOLDINGS STOCKHOLDERS:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	/s/ Timothy A. Leach
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Timothy A. Leach
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	/s/ Steven L. Beal
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Steven L. Beal
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	/s/ David W. Copeland
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	David W. Copeland
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	/s/ Curt F. Kamradt
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Curt F. Kamradt
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	/s/ E. Joseph Wright
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	E. Joseph Wright
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	/s/ David M. Thomas, III
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	David M. Thomas, III
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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	Address:	 	YORKTOWN ENERGY PARTNERS V, L.P.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By:	 	Yorktown V Company, LLC,	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	its general partner	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	/s/ W. Howard Keenan,
Jr.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	W. Howard
Keenan, Jr.
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	Managing Member	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	YORKTOWN ENERGY PARTNERS VI, L.P.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By:	 	Yorktown VI Company, LP,	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	its general partner	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	By: 	Yorktown VI Associates LLC,
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	its general partner
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	/s/ W. Howard Keenan,
Jr.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	W. Howard
Keenan, Jr.
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	Managing Member	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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	Address:	 	 	 	WACHOVIA CAPITAL PARTNERS 2004, LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ A. Wellford Tabor 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name: A. Wellford Tabor
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	PPM AMERICA PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, L.P.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:
	 	PPM America Capital Partners, LLC,
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Its general partner
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Craig Waslin 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Craig Waslin
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	MANSEFELDT CONCHO PARTNERS
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Tucker Bridwell 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Tucker Bridwell
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	DIAN GRAVES OWEN FOUNDATION
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Tucker Bridwell 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Tucker Bridwell
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Partner

[Signature Page to Business Opportunities Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	/s/ Joseph Edwin Canon 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Joseph Edwin Canon
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	/s/ Kade L. Matthews 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Kade L. Matthews
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	TEJON ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

By: Jimaka, LLC, Its general partner
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Tucker Bridwell, by POA 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	Tucker Bridwell 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	DODGE JONES FOUNDATION
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Tucker Bridwell, by POA 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	Tucker Bridwell 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	YALE UNIVERSITY
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ David F. Swensen 
	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	David F. Swensen 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	Chief Investment Officer 

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	Address:	 	 	 	 	 	THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	The Stanford Management Company
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Larry S. Owen 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	Larry S. Owen 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	Managing Director 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	 	 	THE GENERAL MILLS GROUP TRUST
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Daralyn Peifer 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	Daralyn Peifer 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	Secretary to the General Mills,
Inc. Benefit Finance Committee 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	 	 	THE VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES
	 	 	 	 	 	 	BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUST FOR
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	THE GENERAL MILLS AND BAKERY
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO AND GRAIN
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:	 	 	 	 	 	MILLERS HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Daralyn Peifer 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	Daralyn Peifer 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	Secretary to the General Mills,
Inc. Benefit Finance Committee 

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	 	 	 	 	CHASE STOCKHOLDERS:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	CHASE OIL CORPORATION
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Robert C. Chase 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	Robert C. Chase, President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:	 	 	 	CAZA ENERGY LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Mack C. Chase 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	Mack C. Chase, Manager
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	/s/ Robert C. Chase 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Robert C. Chase
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	/s/ Deb E. Chase 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Deb E. Chase
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	/s/ Richard C. Chase 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Richard L. Chase, by Robert C. Chase, Attorney-in-Fact
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	/s/ Robert C. Chase 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Karla Chase, by Robert C. Chase, Attorney-in-Fact
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 

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	Address:
	 	 	 	/s/ Robert C. Chase 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Gerene Dianne Chase Crouch, a single woman, by Robert C. Chase, Attorney-in-Fact
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	/s/ Bradley B. Bartek 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bradley B. Bartek
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	/s/ Charlotte Cleghorn 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Charlotte Cleghorn
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	/s/ Tony Hall 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Tony Hall
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:
	 	 	 	/s/ Bill W. Chase 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Bill W. Chase
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Facsimile:

	 	 	 	 	 	 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

Schedule I

Timothy A. Leach

Steven L. Beal

David W. Copeland

Curt F. Kamradt

E. Joseph Wright

David M. Thomas, III

Yorktown Energy Partners V, L.P.

Yorktown Energy Partners VI, L.P.

Wachovia Capital Partners 2004, LLC

PPM American Private Equity Fund, L.P.

Mansefeldt Concho Partners

Dian Graves Owen Foundation

Joseph Edwin Canon

Kade L. Matthews

Tejon Energy Partners, L.P.

Dodge Jones Foundation

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

The General Mills Group Trust

The Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association Trust for the General Mills and Bakery
Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers Health and Welfare Plan

 

 

Schedule II

WI Owners

Robert C. Chase

Richard L. Chase

Gerene Dianne Chase Crouch

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