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Exhibit 10.12

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

TERM LOAN AGREEMENT DUE 2013

$175,000,000

December 20, 2010

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (the “Term Loan Agreement”)
dated as of December 19, 2008, is effective as of December 1, 2010 (the “Effective Date”) between
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation, with principal offices at 1201 Lake Robbins
Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77380 (“Lender”), and Western Gas Partners, LP, a Delaware limited
partnership with principal offices at 1201 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77380
(“Borrower”). The Guarantor (as defined in Section 3 of the Term Loan Agreement) has joined in this
Amendment solely for purposes of confirming its agreement in Section 3 of the Term Loan Agreement.

WHEREAS, Lender and Borrower are party to the Term Loan Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Lender and Borrower desire to amend the Term Loan Agreement to fix the interest rate
through the Maturity Date.

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, Lender and Borrower agree to amend the Term Loan Agreement as follows:

	1.	 	Paragraph 8 of the Term Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such paragraph and
replacing it in its entirety with the following:
	 
	 	 	8. Interest Rate. For the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on December 1,
2010, interest shall be assessed at a fixed rate per annum equal to 4.0% (the “Initial
Fixed Rate”). For the period commencing on December 1, 2010 and ending on the Maturity
Date, interest shall be assessed at a fixed rate per annum equal to 2.82% (the “Subsequent
Fixed Rate”). The interest rate for a particular period shall be whichever of the Initial
Fixed Rate and the Subsequent Fixed Rate is applicable to such period. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 8 or any other provision of this Agreement,
interest on the Loan and other amounts due hereunder at any time shall be limited to the
highest lawful rate that may be charged under the laws of the State of Texas at such time.
	 
	2.	 	The defined terms in Exhibit A to the Term Loan Agreement are hereby amended as
follows:

	 	(a)	 	The defined term “LIBO Rate” is deleted in its entirety;
	 
	 	(b)	 	The defined term “Revolving Credit Agreement” is deleted and
replaced it in its entirety with the following:

	 	 	 	“Revolving Credit Agreement” at any time means the revolving
credit agreement with the largest aggregate commitment amount to
which Lender is then a party as the borrower, as amended, or if
there is no such revolving credit agreement then in effect, the
last revolving credit agreement to which Lender was a party as the
borrower. As of the Effective Date, the Revolving Credit Agreement
is the $5,000,000,000 Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of
September 2, 2010, among Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, as
Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and
the lenders party thereto, as amended.

 

 

	 	(c)	 	The defined term “Business Day” is deleted and replaced it in
its entirety with the following:
	 
	 	 	 	“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day
on which commercial banks in New York City, New York are authorized or
required by law to remain closed.

	3.	 	Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, the Term Loan Agreement is not modified
hereby, is hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall remain in full force and effect.
	 
	4.	 	This Amendment may be executed on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
Delivery of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile transmission or
electronic mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
	 
	5.	 	This Amendment shall be subject to and governed by the laws of the State of Texas.

[Signature Page to Follow]

 

 

In witness whereof the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their proper officers
on the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Bruce W. Busmire
 	 
	 	 	Bruce W. Busmire 	 
	 	 	Vice President, Finance and Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	Western Gas Partners, LP

 	 
	 	By:  	Western Gas Holdings, LLC, its general
 partner
 	 

	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Donald R. Sinclair 	 
	 	 	Donald R. Sinclair

President and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 
	 	Solely for purposes of confirming its agreement in

Section 3 of the Term Loan
 Agreement:

Western Gas Resources, Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Bruce W. Busmire
 	 
	 	 	Bruce W. Busmire 	 
	 	 	Vice President and Treasurer 	 
	 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to

Term Loan Agreement Due 2013exv10w1

Exhibit 10.1

February 17, 2011

	 	 	 

	J. Michael Schroeder

	 	Hand Delivered
	818 Hidden Cave Road
	 	 
	Middleton, WI 53562
	 	 

	RE: 	 	 Confidential Separation Agreement and Release (“Agreement”)

Dear Michael:

This will confirm your separation from employment with Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (the
“Company”) as we discussed on January 20, 2011. Your last day of work with the Company
will be on February 23, 2011. You agree you shall continue to provide services as assigned by the
Company CEO to assist in the transition and wrap-up of your activities on behalf of the Company
from January 20, 2011, until your final date of employment which shall be February 23, 2011, (the
“Separation Date”), and the Company will consider your termination as a termination for
other than cause under Section 4.2(a) of the Employment Agreement signed by you on December 13,
2004 (the “Employment Agreement”). In connection with the separation, the Company offers you the
following:

1. Pay and Benefits.

     Consistent with and in addition to your Employment Agreement, the Company shall provide to you
the following pay and benefits as of the Separation Date:

     (A) The Company will pay you your regular base salary and continue to allow you to participate
in all Company benefit plans through the Separation Date. The Company shall pay you a bonus for
2010 performance in the amount of Seventy-Four Thousand Six Hundred Four Dollars ($74,604.00) by
February 24, 2011. (This bonus shall be converted to GWR stock and the Company’s transfer agent
shall issue the appropriate number of shares to you. The gross amount of shares will be netted
down to pay payroll taxes: estimated gross amount of shares to be 33,545, and estimated net amount
of shares to be approximately 21,000.) The Company shall pay you a profit sharing contribution for
2010 to the Company’s Deferred Compensation Plan. The estimated contribution is in the amount of
Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred Three Dollars and Ninety-nine Cents ($16,403.99) and that shall be
funded to your deferred compensation account by the end of the first quarter of 2011.

     (B) The Company shall pay to you a lump sum amount equal to Three Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand
and Four Dollars ($348,004.00), less appropriate withholding and deductions, which represents the
Section 4.2(a)(1) payment under the Employment Agreement.

 

 

J. Michael Schroeder

February 17, 2011

Page 2

The Company shall make the payment specified in this Paragraph 1(B) within ten (10) business days
of your signing and returning this Agreement.

     (C) With respect to options to purchase Company stock which have been granted to you, the
Company shall accelerate your right to exercise 100% of such still-outstanding options so that you
have the right to exercise 100% of such still-outstanding options on the Separation Date, subject
to the terms of the plan under which the options were granted.

     (D) The Company shall pay to you a lump sum amount equal to Thirty-Three Thousand Eight
Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars and Twenty-Nine Cents ($33,896.29), less appropriate withholding and
deductions, which represents the Section 4.2(a)(3) payment under the Employment Agreement. The
Company shall make the payment specified in this Paragraph 1(D) within ten (10) business days of
your signing and returning the Confirming Release at the last page of this Agreement.

     (E) As of March 1, 2011, should you continue to be unemployed, the Company will not contest
your eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits should you make application to the State of
Wisconsin. All payments received in Paragraph 1(A-D) shall be deemed salary for the payroll period
of March 7, 2011.

     (F) The Company will provide you with a neutral personal reference, from Kim Schaefer, CEO of
the Company (or her designee), and you agree to direct any and all prospective employers to Ms.
Schaefer’s attention. Only Ms. Schaefer (or her designee) is authorized to provide an employment
reference for you on behalf of the Company. Also, you agree to limit any verbal or written
statement you make to any prospective employer or similar third party who asks about your
employment with or separation from employment with the Company.

     (G) The Company has advised you that you have the right to review this Agreement with legal
counsel and shall pay for said services in an amount not to exceed Three Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($3,500.00) upon your presentation of the invoice to the Company. The Company agrees to
make payment directly to the law firm of First Albrecht & Blondis S.C. and issue an IRS Form 1099
to that law firm. The law firm’s Tax ID Number is 39-1784439.

All payments described in Paragraph 1, above, (except Paragraph 1(G)) are subject to applicable
withholdings and normal deductions for income and employment taxes and will be made no later than
the time required by applicable law, or sooner if so stated. You agree that the payments or
benefits specified in this Paragraph 1 constitute any and all payments or benefits which may be due
to you up to or as of the Separation Date, or relating to your
employment with and separation from the Company, and that you shall bring no further claims for
compensation of any kind.

2. Your Undertakings. You agree as follows:

     (A) You agree, on behalf of yourself, your heirs, successors and assigns, to release the
Company, its affiliates, parents and subsidiaries, and their respective past and present owners,
officers, directors, stockholders, partners, members, insurers, agents, attorneys, and

 

 

J. Michael Schroeder

February 17, 2011

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employees
(“Released Parties”) from any and all liability on account of any debts, claims, suits
demands, causes of action, or controversies of any nature for all injuries, losses and damages
(including, but not limited to punitive damages and all claims for attorneys’ fees and costs),
whether known or unknown, whether at law or in equity, contract or tort, or whether judicial or
administrative in nature, that you have or may have against the Company as of the date you sign
this Agreement, excepting only your rights under the worker’s compensation laws of the State of
Wisconsin and your rights under this Agreement. The release in the previous sentence specifically
includes, but is not limited to:

     1. Any and all liability resulting from, arising out of, or connected with the
employment relationship existing between you and the Company or the termination of
that relationship, including, but not limited to, any liability based on salary,
vacation, bonuses or other incentive plans offered by the Company, or any other form
of compensation;

     2. Any and all liability based on rights or claims arising under Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans with
Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the federal Family and Medical
Leave Act, the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act, the Wisconsin Fair Employment
Law, and any other federal, state or local laws, regulations and ordinances of any
kind; and

     3. Any and all liability arising under any common law claims of wrongful
discharge, breach of any express or implied contract, misrepresentation, defamation,
interference with contract, or intentional or negligent infliction of emotional
distress.

     (B) Nothing in this Agreement prevents you from filing a charge with the EEOC or otherwise
cooperating with the EEOC. However, this Agreement does prohibit you from obtaining any monetary
relief, damages, reinstatement of employment or any other remedy whatsoever as a result of or based
on such charge or cooperation or in any court action based on such charge or cooperation.

     (C) You further agree that you have not and will not disclose, directly or indirectly,
the existence of this Agreement or its terms; provided, however, that following your obtaining a
promise of confidentiality for the benefit of the Company from your tax preparer, accountant,
attorney and spouse, you may disclose the terms of this Agreement to such of these individuals who
have made such a promise of confidentiality. This provision shall not prevent you from disclosing
such matters in testifying in any hearing, trial or other legal proceeding where you are required
to do so. Likewise, the Company’s CEO, CFO, CIO, and any other officer of the Company who is aware
of this Agreement make this same confidentiality commitment. The Company and you agree to limit
public comments about the other. Both Parties acknowledge that this Agreement will be filed with
the SEC, and either Party may respond should an inquiry be made, but will do so in a manner
consistent with this Agreement.

 

 

J. Michael Schroeder

February 17, 2011

Page 4

     (D) You reconfirm your agreement to Sections 5.1 — 5.4, and Sections 5.6, 5.8, and 5.9 of the
Employment Agreement by and between the Company and you, as amended, and to be bound by all
covenants therein. As to Section 5.5 of the Employment Agreement, you are released. As to Section
5.7 of the Employment Agreement (and you agree that you will respect the nondisclosure and
professional conduct requirements), that provision is modified such that you agree for the one-year
period from February 23, 2011 until February 23, 2012, you shall not compete with the Company by
accepting a position as an attorney, executive, manager, or consultant with a family entertainment
resort business featuring indoor water parks, which has a family entertainment resort business
featuring indoor water park facility within fifty (50) miles of a location where the Company
conducts its business; provided, however, you may own up to five percent (5%) of the stock of a
publicly traded company that engages in such competitive business so long as you are only a passive
investor and are not actively involved in such company in any way as an employee or consultant (the
term “family entertainment resort business featuring indoor water parks” is further defined as
those businesses described in the Company’s latest Annual Report in Section 1, Industry Overview,
as referenced by the Hotel & Leisure Advisors, LLC survey of June 2009). Should you have a job
opportunity that you believe is not in breach of our noncompetition and nondisclosure promises, you
may present that opportunity to the Company’s CEO for a prompt and reasonable review under this
subsection.

     (E) Having served as the General Counsel of the Company, you agree and acknowledge that you
are and continue to be subject to the Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys (Wisconsin SCR
Chapter 20).

3. Acceptance and Revocation Procedures. The Company wishes to ensure that you voluntarily
agree to the terms contained in this proposal and do so only after you fully understand them.
Accordingly, the following procedures shall apply:

     (A) You agree and acknowledge that you have read this Agreement, understand its contents, and
may agree to the terms of this document by signing and dating it and returning the signed and dated
document, via certified mail (return receipt requested), overnight delivery or hand delivery, so
that it is received by Attorney Scott C. Beightol, of the law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich,
LLP, 100 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 3300, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202, on or before 5:00 p.m.
Central time on March 10, 2011. By signing this Agreement, you acknowledge that you have
knowingly and voluntarily agreed to its terms and conditions of your own free will;

     (B) You agree and acknowledge that you have been advised by the Company to consult with an
attorney prior to signing this Agreement;

     (C) You understand that this Agreement, at Paragraph 2(A), above, includes a final general
release, including a release of all claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act that
arise before the date of this Agreement;

     (D) You understand that this Agreement, at Paragraph 2(A) above, includes a final general
release, including a release of any and all claims for unlawful retaliation against the Company
that exist as of the date of this Agreement;

 

 

J. Michael Schroeder

February 17, 2011

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     (E) You agree and acknowledge that you have been given at least twenty-one (21) calendar days
from your receipt of this Agreement to consider whether to sign this Agreement (“Consideration
Period”);

     (F) You understand that you have seven (7) calendar days after signing this Agreement within
which to revoke your acceptance of it (“Revocation Period”). Such revocation will not be
effective unless written notice of the revocation is, via certified mail (return receipt
requested), overnight delivery or hand delivery, directed to and received by Scott C. Beightol,
Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, 100 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 3300, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202
before the eighth (8th) calendar day following the date you signed this Agreement.

     (G) This document will not be binding or enforceable unless you have signed and delivered this
document as provided in Paragraph 3(A), above, and have chosen not to exercise your revocation
rights, as described in Paragraph 3(F), above. If you give timely notice of your intention to
revoke your acceptance of the terms set forth in this document, this Agreement shall become null
and void, and all rights and claims of the parties which would have existed, but for the acceptance
of this document’s terms, shall be restored; and

     (H) You represent and warrant to the Company that, in the event, you choose to accept the
terms of this proposal by signing this Agreement, the date and time appearing above your name on
the last page of this document shall be the actual date and time on which you have signed the
Agreement.

4. Miscellaneous. Should you accept the terms of the Company’s proposal, its terms will be
governed by the following:

     (A) Except for the terms and conditions of Section 4.2, Section 4.5, all of Section 5, Section
6.8, and Section 6.9 of the Employment Agreement by and between the Company and you, as amended, or
as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
the Parties and supersedes all prior agreements, representations, practices, and understandings
between the Parties, including without limitation, any prior employment agreement you may have had
with the Company or any of its related or predecessor entities, the provisions of any personnel
documents, handbooks, or policies, and any prior customs or practices of the Company with respect
to business, severance pay, fringe benefits, or otherwise. Any and all prior or contemporaneous
agreements or understandings that are not embodied or incorporated by reference in this Agreement,
whether oral or written, are of no force or effect. The Parties agree that the terms of this
Agreement may not be modified, except by written agreement signed by the party against whom
enforcement of any such modification may be sought. This document constitutes the complete
understanding between you and the Company concerning all matters affecting your employment with the
Company and the Separation thereof.

     (B) Nothing in the releases contained in this Agreement should be construed as an admission of
any wrongdoing or liability on the part of you or the Company. Both you and the Company deny any
liability to each other. Such provisions are included to provide written assurances and agreement
between the Parties to end your employment with the Company.

 

 

J. Michael Schroeder

February 17, 2011

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     (C) You will not seek reinstatement or re-employment by the Company except at the
specific invitation of the Company.

     (D) The Parties agree not to assign or transfer any rights conferred by this Agreement without
the prior written consent of all Parties.

     (E) Choice of Law/Arbitration: The Company shall have the right to obtain an injunction or
other equitable relief arising out of a proven breach by you of the provisions of Section 5 of the
Employment Agreement, as amended, and said action shall be subject to Section 5.9 of the Employment
Agreement.

     The remainder of this Agreement shall be governed by Wisconsin law and (subject to this
Paragraph 4(E)) any action that may be brought by either the Company or you involving the
enforcement of this Agreement or any rights, duties, or obligations under this Agreement, shall be
settled by binding arbitration (said arbitration to be conducted in the Madison, Wisconsin
metropolitan area), in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then
applicable to employment-related disputes and any judgment upon any award, which may include an
award of damages, may be entered in the highest state or federal court having jurisdiction over
such award. You acknowledge and agree that your sole remedy shall be arbitration under this
Paragraph 4(E) and any award of damages shall be limited to recovery of lost compensation and
benefits provided for in this Agreement. No punitive damages may be awarded to you. Pursuant to
AAA’s Employment Arbitration Rules, the party filing the claim shall pay the filing fee applicable
to a dispute arising out of an individually negotiated employment agreement.

     (F) If any arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction determines that any of the provisions
of this Agreement are invalid or unenforceable, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall have
no effect on the other provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain valid, binding and
enforceable and in full force and effect, and, to the extent allowed by law, such invalid or
unenforceable provision shall be construed in a manner so as to give the maximum valid and
enforceable effect to the intent of the Parties expressed therein. The Parties agree that if a
court declines to enforce this Agreement in the manner provided in this Agreement, it will be
modified to provide the Company the maximum protection of its business interests allowed by law and
the Parties agree to be bound by this Agreement as so modified.

This document is intended to resolve all outstanding issues between you and the Company in a
comprehensive manner. The Parties deny any liability or wrongdoing and agree that the
consideration they are receiving through this Agreement is good and valid consideration and exceed
anything to which they are already entitled.

 

 

J. Michael Schroeder

February 17, 2011

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Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,

GREAT WOLF RESORTS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	
/s/ Kimberly K. Schaefer 	 
	 	 	Kimberly K. Schaefer, CEO 	 
	 	 	On behalf of Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 	 
	 

I understand and voluntarily agree with and accept the terms contained in this Agreement
and agree to be bound by these terms.

Dated this
22nd day of
February, 2011.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	
/s/ J. Michael Schroeder 	 
	J. Michael Schroeder

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