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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 15, 2022

COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Nevada	001-03262	94-1667468

(State or other jurisdiction incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

5300 Town and Country Boulevard

Suite 500

Frisco, Texas 75034

(Address of principal executive offices)

(972) 668-8800

(Registrant's Telephone No.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


☐			Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐			Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐			Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐			Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.50 (per share)	CRK	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On November 15, 2022, Comstock Resources, Inc ("Comstock" or the "Company") entered into an amended and restated revolving credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank National Association, as administrative agent, and other lenders party thereto (the "Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement is a senior secured reserve based revolving credit facility with an aggregate maximum credit amount of $3.5 billion, a borrowing base of $2.0 billion and total lender commitments of $1.5 billion. The Credit Agreement has a maturity date of November 15, 2027.

Comstock can make borrowings under the credit facility at (i) adjusted SOFR plus a margin ranging from 1.75% to 2.75% or (ii) an alternate base rate, plus a margin ranging from 0.75% to 1.75%, in each case depending on the utilization of the borrowing base. The undrawn portion of the total lender commitments will be subject to a commitment fee ranging from 0.375% to 0.50%, which is also dependent on the utilization of the borrowing base. The borrowing base will be redetermined by the lenders semi-annually beginning April 1, 2023 and at certain other times as permitted under the Credit Agreement.

The Credit Agreement contains customary financial and non-financial covenants. Comstock must maintain (1) a ratio of Total Net Debt to EBITDAX of less than 3.5 to 1.0 and (2) an adjusted current ratio of at least 1.0 to 1.0. In addition, the Credit Agreement contains various covenants that limit, among other things, Comstock’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make distributions and dividends, enter into transactions with affiliates and make certain acquisitions and investments.

If an event of default occurs under the Credit Agreement, the lenders will be able to accelerate the maturity of the credit facility and exercise other rights and remedies. An event of default includes, among other things nonpayment of principal when due, nonpayment of interest, fees or other amounts, material inaccuracy of representations and warranties, violation of covenants, bankruptcy events, certain ERISA events, judgments in excess of $75 million and a change in control.

The preceding summary of the material terms of the Credit Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Credit Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1. In the event of any discrepancy between the preceding summary and the text of the Credit Agreement, the text of the Credit Agreement shall control.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant into a Material Definitive Agreement

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is hereby incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference, insofar as it relates to the creation of a direct financial obligation.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits


Exhibit No.			Description
10.1			Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 15, 2022, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Administrative Agent and the lenders party thereto from time to time.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.


		COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.

Dated: November 16, 2022	By:	/s/ ROLAND O. BURNS
		Roland O. Burns
		President and Chief Financial Officer

Document

EXHIBIT 10.1

Second Amended And Restated Credit Agreement

dated as of

November 15, 2022

among

Comstock Resources, Inc.,
as Borrower,

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent

the Issuing Banks Party Hereto

and

The Lenders Party Hereto

with

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC,

BofA Securities, Inc.,

Capital One, National Association,

Fifth Third Bank, National Association,

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.,

Regions Capital Markets, a Division of Regions Bank,

and

Truist Securities, Inc.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and
Joint Bookrunners

and

Keybanc Capital Markets Inc.
and
PNC Capital Markets LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers

TABLE OF CONTENTS


			Page
Article I Definitions and Accounting Matters			1
Section 1.01 Terms Defined Above			1
Section 1.02 Certain Defined Terms			2
Section 1.03 Types of Loans and Borrowings			49
Section 1.04 Terms Generally			50
Section 1.05 Accounting Terms and Determinations; GAAP			50
Section 1.06 Rates			51
Section 1.07 Divisions			51
Section 1.08 Rounding			52
Section 1.09 Letter of Credit Amounts			52
Article II The Credits			52
Section 2.01 Elected Commitments			52
Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings			52
Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings			53
Section 2.04 Interest Elections			54
Section 2.05 Funding of Borrowings			56
Section 2.06 Termination of Elected Commitment Amounts; Optional Increase and Reduction of Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts			57
Section 2.07 Borrowing Base			60
Section 2.08 Letters of Credit			65
Section 2.09 [Reserved]			73
Section 2.10 Cash Collateral for Defaulting Lenders			73
Section 2.11 Defaulting Lenders			74
Article III Payments of Principal and Interest; Prepayments; Fees			76
Section 3.01 Repayment of Loans			76
Section 3.02 Interest			77
Section 3.03 Changed Circumstances			78
Section 3.04 Prepayments			81
Section 3.05 Fees			84
Article IV Payments; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.			85
Section 4.01 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs			85
Section 4.02 Presumption of Payment by the Borrower			86
Section 4.03 Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent			86
Section 4.04 Disposition of Proceeds			87


Article V Increased Costs; Break Funding Payments; Taxes			87
Section 5.01 Increased Costs			87
Section 5.02 Break Funding Payments			89
Section 5.03 Taxes			89
Section 5.04 Designation of Different Lending Office			93
Section 5.05 Replacement of Lenders			94
Article VI Conditions Precedent			94
Section 6.01 Effective Date			94
Section 6.02 Each Credit Event			97
Article VII Representations and Warranties			99
Section 7.01 Organization; Powers			99
Section 7.02 Authority; Enforceability			99
Section 7.03 Approvals; No Conflicts			99
Section 7.04 Financial Position; No Material Adverse Change			100
Section 7.05 Litigation			100
Section 7.06 Environmental Matters			101
Section 7.07 Compliance with the Laws and Agreements; No Defaults			102
Section 7.08 Investment Company Act; Commodity Exchange Act			102
Section 7.09 Taxes			102
Section 7.10 ERISA			103
Section 7.11 Disclosure; No Material Misstatements			104
Section 7.12 Insurance			105
Section 7.13 Restriction on Liens			105
Section 7.14 Subsidiaries			105
Section 7.15 Location of Business and Offices			105
Section 7.16 Properties; Titles, Etc			105
Section 7.17 Maintenance of Properties			107
Section 7.18 Use of Loans and Letters of Credit			107
Section 7.19 Solvency			107
Section 7.20 Gas Imbalances, Prepayments			108
Section 7.21 Marketing of Production			108
Section 7.22 Swap Agreements and Qualified ECP Guarantor			108
Section 7.23 Anti-Terrorism Laws			108
Section 7.24 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions			109
Section 7.25 Affected Financial Institutions			110
Section 7.26 Beneficial Ownership Regulation			110
Section 7.27 Labor Matters			110
Section 7.28 Security Instruments			110
Article VIII Affirmative Covenants			111
Section 8.01 Financial Statements; Other Information			111
Section 8.02 Notices of Material Events			116


Section 8.03 Existence; Conduct of Business			117
Section 8.04 Payment of Obligations			118
Section 8.05 Performance of Obligations under Loan Documents			118
Section 8.06 Operation and Maintenance of Properties			118
Section 8.07 Insurance			119
Section 8.08 Books and Records; Inspection Rights			119
Section 8.09 Compliance with Laws			120
Section 8.10 Environmental Matters			120
Section 8.11 Further Assurances			121
Section 8.12 Reserve Reports			122
Section 8.13 Title Information			123
Section 8.14 Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors			125
Section 8.15 ERISA Compliance			127
Section 8.16 Unrestricted Subsidiaries			127
Section 8.17 Accounts			128
Article IX Negative Covenants			129
Section 9.01 Financial Covenants.			129
Section 9.02 Debt			130
Section 9.03 Liens			132
Section 9.04 Fundamental Changes			133
Section 9.05 Dispositions of Properties			134
Section 9.06 Investments, Loans, Advances and Guaranties			137
Section 9.07 Marketing Activities			139
Section 9.08 Restricted Payments			140
Section 9.09 Transactions with Affiliates			140
Section 9.10 Change in Nature of Business			141
Section 9.11 Restrictive Agreements			141
Section 9.12 Restrictions on Amendments to Certain Documents			142
Section 9.13 Changes in Fiscal Periods			142
Section 9.14 Repayment of Permitted Debt or Senior Notes; Amendment of Permitted Debt Documents or Senior Notes Documents			142
Section 9.15 Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Finance Laws; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; Sanctions Laws; Restricted Person			143
Section 9.16 Limitation on Leases			144
Section 9.17 Gas Imbalances, Take-or-Pay or Other Prepayments			144
Section 9.18 Hedge Transactions.			144
Section 9.19 Hedge Transaction Termination			146
Section 9.20 Sale and Leaseback Transactions and other Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities			146
Section 9.21 Sale or Discount of Receivables			146

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Section 9.22 Additional Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodities Accounts			147
Section 9.23 Designation and Conversion of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries			147
Section 9.24 ERISA			149
Article X Events of Default; Remedies			150
Section 10.01 Events of Default			150
Section 10.02 Remedies			152
Article XI The Administrative Agent			154
Section 11.01 Appointment; Powers			154
Section 11.02 Duties and Obligations of Administrative Agent			154
Section 11.03 Action by Administrative Agent			155
Section 11.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent			156
Section 11.05 Subagents			156
Section 11.06 Resignation or Removal of Administrative Agent			156
Section 11.07 Administrative Agent as Lender			157
Section 11.08 No Reliance			157
Section 11.09 Authority of Administrative Agent to Release Collateral and Liens			158
Section 11.10 Co-Syndication Agents and Co-Documentation Agents			158
Section 11.11 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim			159
Section 11.12 Erroneous Payments.			159
Article XII Miscellaneous			162
Section 12.01 Notices			162
Section 12.02 Waivers; Amendments			163
Section 12.03 Expenses, Indemnity; Damage Waiver			165
Section 12.04 Successors and Assigns			168
Section 12.05 Survival; Revival; Reinstatement			172
Section 12.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness			173
Section 12.07 Severability			175
Section 12.08 Right of Setoff			175
Section 12.09 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS			175
Section 12.10 Headings			177
Section 12.11 Confidentiality			177
Section 12.12 Interest Rate Limitation			178
Section 12.13 EXCULPATION PROVISIONS			179
Section 12.14 Existing Credit Agreement; True-Up Loans; Existing Eurodollar Loans; Breakage			179
Section 12.15 Collateral Matters; Swap Agreements			181
Section 12.16 No Third Party Beneficiaries			182


Section 12.17 USA Patriot Act Notice			182
Section 12.18 Keepwell Understanding			182
Section 12.19 Arm’s-Length Transaction			182
Section 12.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions			183
Section 12.21 Certain ERISA Matters			184
Section 12.22 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs			185
Section 12.23 Exiting Lenders			186

Annex I List of Maximum Credit Amounts and Elected Commitments
Annex II List of LC Issuance Limits

Exhibit A Form of Note

Exhibit B Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit C Security Instruments

Exhibit D Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit E Form of Elected Commitment Increase Certificate

Exhibit F Form of Additional Lender Certificate

Exhibit G Reaffirmation Agreement

Exhibit H Form of Tax Compliance Certificates

Schedule 1.01 Existing Letters of Credit

Schedule 7.05 Litigation

Schedule 7.14 Subsidiaries and Partnerships; Non-Material Subsidiaries

Schedule 7.15 Location of Business and Offices

Schedule 7.20 Gas Imbalances

Schedule 7.21 Marketing of Production

Schedule 7.22 Swap Agreements

Schedule 7.27 Labor Matters

Schedule 9.02 Existing Debt

Schedule 9.03 Existing Liens

Schedule 9.06 Existing Investments

Schedule 9.11 Existing Restrictive Agreements

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of November 15, 2022, is by and among COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC., a corporation duly formed and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Borrower”); each of the Lenders from time to time party hereto; WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (in its individual capacity, “Wells Fargo”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, by operation of law or as otherwise provided herein, the “Administrative Agent”), and the Issuing Banks.

The parties hereto agree as follows:

RECITALS

(A)The Borrower, the Administrative Agent named therein, the lenders party thereto and the other agents and parties referred to therein are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 16, 2019 (as amended prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).

(B)The Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders (as defined below) and the other agents and parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement, such restatement to supplement and replace the Existing Credit Agreement without affecting the requirements thereof with respect to periods occurring, or measured by dates, prior to the Effective Date (as defined below).

(C)Each of (i) Bank of Montreal, (ii) Natixis, New York Branch, (iii) Societe Generale, (iv) Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, (v) OCM ENGY Holdings, LLC, (vi) Oaktree Opportunities Fund Xb Holdings (Delaware), L.P., (vii) Oaktree Value Opportunities Fund Holdings, L.P. and (viii) Banc of America Credit Products desires to cease to be a Lender on the Effective Date (each, in such capacity, an “Exiting Lender”).

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and of the loans, extensions of credit and commitments hereinafter referred to, the parties hereto agree as follows, in doing so amending and restating in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement effective as of the Effective Date without affecting the requirements of the Existing Credit Agreement existing, or measured by dates or periods, prior to the Effective Date, as more fully set forth herein.

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS

Section 1.01Terms Defined Above. As used in this Agreement (as defined below), each capitalized term defined above has the meaning indicated above.

Section 1.02Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the meanings specified below:

“2021 Senior Notes Issuance” means the issuance of the 2029 Senior Notes and the 2030 Senior Notes.

“2029 Senior Notes” means those certain 6.75% senior unsecured notes in an aggregate stated principal amount of $1,250,000,000 due 2029 issued by the Borrower on March 4, 2021 under the 2029 Senior Notes Documents.

“2029 Senior Notes Documents” means that certain Indenture dated as of March 4, 2021 by and among Borrower, as issuer, and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee, and one or more Loan Parties, as guarantors, and all related documentation entered into in connection therewith pursuant to which the 2029 Senior Notes were issued, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

“2030 Senior Notes” means those certain 5.875% senior unsecured notes in an aggregate stated principal amount of $965,000,000 due 2030 issued by the Borrower on June 28, 2021 under the 2030 Senior Notes Documents.

“2030 Senior Notes Documents” means that certain Indenture dated as of June 28, 2021 by and among Borrower, as issuer, and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee, and one or more Loan Parties, as guarantors, and all related documentation entered into in connection therewith pursuant to which the 2030 Senior Notes were issued, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

“Account Control Agreement” means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which grants the Administrative Agent “control” as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the applicable jurisdiction over any Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account maintained by any Loan Party, in each case, among the Administrative Agent, the applicable Loan Party and the applicable financial institution at which such Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account is maintained.

“Additional Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(c)(i).

“Additional Lender Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(c)(ii)(F).

“Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that, if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

“Advance Payment Contract” means any contract whereby any Loan Party either (a) receives or becomes entitled to receive (either directly or indirectly) any payment (an ”Advance Payment”) to be applied toward payment of the purchase price of Hydrocarbons produced or to be produced from Oil and Gas Properties owned by any Loan Party and which Advance Payment is, or is to be, paid in advance of actual delivery of such production to or for the account of the purchaser regardless of whether such Hydrocarbons are actually produced or actual delivery is required, or (b) grants an option or right of refusal to the purchaser to take delivery of such Hydrocarbons in lieu of payment, and, in either of the foregoing instances, the Advance Payment is, or is to be, applied as payment in full for such Hydrocarbons when sold and delivered or is, or is to be, applied as payment for a portion only of the purchase price thereof or of a percentage or share of such Hydrocarbons; provided that inclusion of the standard “take or pay” provisions in any gas sales or purchase contract or any other similar contract shall not, in and of itself, constitute such contract as an Advance Payment Contract for the purposes hereof.

“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

“Affected Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.03(b).

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

“Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts” at any time means the sum of the Elected Commitments, as the same may be increased, reduced or terminated pursuant to Section 2.06. As of the Effective Date, the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts are $1,500,000,000.

“Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts” at any time means the sum of the Maximum Credit Amounts, as the same may be reduced or terminated pursuant to Section 2.06. As of the Effective Date, the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts are $3,500,000,000.

“Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures” means at any time the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Exposures of all of the Lenders.

“Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.

“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%, and (c) the Adjusted Term SOFR for a one-month Interest Period beginning on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus one percent (1.00%); provided that clause (c) of this definition shall not be applicable during any period in which Adjusted Term SOFR is unavailable or unascertainable. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, Federal Funds Effective Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR, respectively. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Alternate Base Rate shall be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of the United States of America that are applicable to Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

“Anti-Terrorism Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.23.

“Applicable Margin” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or SOFR Loan, or with respect to the commitment fee rate set forth in the grid below for any commitment fees payable hereunder (the “Commitment Fee Rate”), as the case may be, the rate per annum set forth in the Elected Commitment Utilization Grid below based upon the Elected Commitment Utilization Percentage then in effect:


Elected Commitment Utilization Grid
Elected Commitment Utilization Percentage	<25%	>25% but <50%	>50% but <75%	>75% but <90%	>90%
SOFR Loans	1.750%	2.000%	2.250%	2.500%	2.750%
ABR Loans	0.750%	1.000%	1.250%	1.500%	1.750%
Commitment Fee Rate	0.375%	0.375%	0.500%	0.500%	0.500%

Each change in the Applicable Margin shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of

the next such change, provided, however, that if at any time the Borrower fails to deliver a Reserve Report pursuant to Section 8.12(a), then until such time as the Reserve Report is delivered the “Applicable Margin” means the rate per annum set forth on the grid above when the Elected Commitment Utilization Percentage is at its highest level.

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts represented by such Lender’s Elected Commitment as of the Effective Date, as such percentage is set forth on Annex I (as may be (a) modified from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) modified from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 12.04(b)).

“Approved Counterparty” means (a) any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender and (b) any other Person whose long term senior unsecured debt rating is BBB+/Baa1 by S&P or Moody’s (or their equivalent) or higher.

“Approved Petroleum Engineers” means (a) Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. and (b) any other independent petroleum engineers reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person (or holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural person)) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial bank revolving loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“Arkoma” means Arkoma Drilling, L.P., a Texas limited partnership.

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 12.04(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date.

“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 3.03(c)(iv).

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule) and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

“Bank Price Deck” means the Administrative Agent’s forward curve for each of oil, natural gas and other Hydrocarbons, as applicable, furnished to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent from time to time and consistent with the bank price deck used at such time by the Administrative Agent with respect to similar oil and gas reserve-based credits for similarly situated borrowers.

“Bank Products” means any of the following bank services: (a) commercial and corporate credit cards, including purchase cards, (b) stored value cards, and (c) treasury management services (including, without limitation, sweep, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network services).

“Bank Products Provider” means any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that provides Bank Products to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

“Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Term SOFR”.

“Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that, if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 3.03(c)(i).

“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities.

“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(a) in the case of clause (a) or clause (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative or non-compliant with or non-aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks; provided that such non-representativeness, non-compliance or non-alignment will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or clause (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof)

announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(c) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks.

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than ninety (90) days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).

“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.03(c)(i) and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has

replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.03(c)(i).

“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership of a Loan Party required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America or any successor Governmental Authority.

“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of SOFR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

“Borrowing Base” means at any time an amount equal to the amount determined in accordance with Section 2.07, as the same may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 or Section 8.13(c).

“Borrowing Base Deficiency” means, at any time, the amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures exceeds the Borrowing Base then in effect, provided that, for purposes of determining the existence and amount of any Borrowing Base Deficiency, obligations under any Letter of Credit will not be deemed to be outstanding on any date to the extent such obligations are Cash Collateralized on such date.

“Borrowing Base Deficiency Determination Date” means the date on which the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower that (a) the aggregate Credit Exposures exceeds (b) the Borrowing Base then in effect.

“Borrowing Base Deficiency Payment Date” means, with respect to each Borrowing Base Deficiency Determination Date, the corresponding day of the month in each of the four (4) consecutive months occurring immediately after such Borrowing Base Deficiency Determination Date or if any of such months does not have a corresponding day, then, with respect to such month(s), the last day of such month, provided that if any such corresponding day is not a Business Day, then the Borrowing Base Deficiency Payment Date for such month shall be the Business Day immediately succeeding such corresponding day.

“Borrowing Base Value” means, with respect to any Oil and Gas Property constituting proved reserves of a Loan Party, the Administrative Agent’s estimation of the value attributed to

such Oil and Gas Property in the most recent determination or redetermination of the Borrowing Base hereunder in accordance with Section 2.07.

“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.

“Business Day” means any day that (a) is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the NYFRB is closed and (b) is not a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York, Charlotte, North Carolina or Dallas, Texas are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any Capital Lease, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Capital Leases” means, in respect of any Person, all leases that have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date hereof, recorded as capital leases on the balance sheet of the Person liable (whether contingent or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder.

“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Issuing Banks or Lenders, as collateral for LC Exposure or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of LC Disbursements, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case, pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

“Cash Equivalent Investments” means:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case, maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within two hundred seventy (270) days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or Moody’s;

(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America

or any State thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for securities described in clause (b) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and

(e) money market funds or similar funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P or Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.

“Casualty Event” means any loss, casualty or other damage to, or any nationalization, taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any Property of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries having a fair market value in excess of $50,000,000.

“Change in Control” means (a) any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) acquires the ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, of Equity Interests representing more than the greater of 35% and the percentage beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders of the aggregate issued and outstanding Voting Equity Interests of the Borrower; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower or a Permitted Holder nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated or (iii) appointed by a Permitted Holder; (c) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of the Borrower by any Person or group other than a Permitted Holder; or (d) a change of control occurs under the terms of the Permitted Debt Documents, Senior Notes Documents or the Preferred Stock Documents.

“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty after the Effective Date, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Effective Date or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Effective Date; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case, pursuant to Basel III, shall, in each case, be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

“CLO” means any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial bank revolving loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and is administered or managed by a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute (except as otherwise provided herein).

“Collateral” means any Property of any Loan Party upon which a security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Indebtedness is purported to be granted pursuant to any Security Instrument.

“Commitment Fee Rate” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Applicable Margin”.

“Commodity Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate described in Section 8.01(c) and being substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate”, the definition of “Business Day”, the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 5.02 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

“Consolidated Net Income” means with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, for any period, the aggregate of the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its

Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (to the extent otherwise included therein) the following: (a) the net income of any Person (other than the Borrower) if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except (i) the Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Person shall be included in Consolidated Net Income to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions actually paid in cash during such period by such other Person to the Borrower or to a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be (and in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, such Restricted Subsidiary is not precluded from further distributing such amount to the Borrower as described in clause (b)) and (ii) the Borrower’s equity in a net loss of any such Person for such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income; (b) the net income (but not loss) during such period of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions or transfers or loans by that Restricted Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its Organization Documents or any agreement, instrument or applicable Law applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or is otherwise restricted or prohibited, in each case, determined in accordance with GAAP; (c) the net income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the date that such Person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; (d) any extraordinary or unusual gains or losses during such period; (e) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and any gains or losses attributable to writeups or writedowns of assets (including as a result of ASC Topic 410 (formerly FAS 143)), (f) non-cash gains or losses or charges in respect of Hedge Transactions or other interest rate agreements, currency agreements or commodity agreements (including those resulting from the application of ASC Topic 815 (formerly FAS 133), but shall expressly include any cash charges or payments in respect of the termination of any Hedge Transaction) and (g) any writedowns or impairments of non-current assets (including any ceiling limitation writedowns). For the purposes of calculating Consolidated Net Income for any Reference Period in connection with any determination of the financial ratio contained in Section 9.01(a), if at any time during such Reference Period the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition or Material Acquisition or designated a Subsidiary as Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary, Consolidated Net Income for such Reference Period shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

“Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries” means the Restricted Subsidiaries that are Consolidated Subsidiaries.

“Consolidated Subsidiaries” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower (whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired) the financial statements of which shall be (or should have been) consolidated with the financial statements of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP.

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting

power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Debt” means, for any Person, without duplication: (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not more than sixty (60) days past due), (f) all Debt of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Debt secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Debt of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) Disqualified Equity Interests, (k) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (l) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person under Swap Agreements after giving effect to any legally enforceable netting obligations, (m) all obligations or undertakings of such Person to maintain or cause to be maintained the financial position or covenants of others or to purchase the Debt of others; (n) obligations to deliver commodities, goods or services, including Hydrocarbons, in consideration of one or more Advance Payments, other than gas balancing arrangements in the ordinary course of business (but only to the extent of such Advance Payments); (o) obligations under “take or pay” or similar agreements (other than obligations under firm transportation or drilling contracts); and (p) the undischarged balance of any production payment created by such Person or for the creation of which such Person directly or indirectly received payment. The Debt of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described above to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is not included as a liability of such Person under GAAP. The Debt of any Person shall include the Debt of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such other Person, except to the extent the terms of such Debt provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

Notwithstanding the preceding, “Debt” of a Person shall not include:

(1) any indebtedness that has been defeased in accordance with GAAP or defeased pursuant to the deposit of cash or Cash Equivalent Investments (in any amount sufficient to satisfy all such indebtedness obligations at maturity or redemption, as applicable, and all payments of interest and premium, if any) in a trust or account created or pledged for the sole benefit of the holders of such indebtedness, and subject to no other Liens; and

(2) any obligation of such Person in respect of a farm-in agreement or similar arrangement whereby such Person agrees to pay all or a share of the drilling, completion or other expenses of an exploratory or development well (which agreement may be subject to a maximum payment obligation, after which expenses are shared in accordance with the working or participation interest therein or in accordance with the agreement of the parties) or perform the drilling, completion or other operation on such well in exchange for an ownership interest in an oil or gas property.

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.11(b), any Lender (a) which has defaulted in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder within two (2) Business Days after the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) which has failed to fund any portion of its participations in LC Disbursements required to be funded by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days after the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (c) which has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within three (3) Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (d) which has notified the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or the Issuing Lender, or has stated publicly, that such Lender will not comply with all or any of its funding obligations under this Agreement, (e) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (e) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (f) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become subject to a Bail-In Action; provided that (x) a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof and (y) the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator with respect to a Lender or Person under the Dutch Financial Supervision Act 2007 (as amended from time to time and including any successor

legislation) shall not be deemed an event described in clause (f) hereof so long as, in the case of each of clauses (x) and (y), such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under one or more of clauses (a) through (f) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.11(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank and each Lender.

“Deposit Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself, or whose government, is the subject of any Sanction.

“Disposition” with respect to any property, means any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interest into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests that are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Equity Interests that are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (iii) provides for scheduled payments or dividends in cash or other Property, or (iv) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Debt or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 180 days after the Maturity Date; provided that the Preferred Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests for purposes of this Agreement. The amount of Disqualified Equity Interests deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum amount that the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Equity Interests, exclusive of accrued dividends.

“Dollar-Denominated Production Payments” means production payment obligations of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary recorded as liabilities in accordance with GAAP, together with all undertakings and obligations in connection therewith.

“dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States.

“EBITDAX” means, for any period, the sum of Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, without duplication, the following expenses or charges of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income in such period: (a) income and franchise taxes paid or accrued; (b) Interest Expense; (c) amortization, depletion and depreciation expense; (d) any non-cash losses or charges resulting from the application of ASC Topic 815(formerly FAS 133), ASC Topic 410 (formerly FAS 143) or ASC Topic 360 (formerly FAS 144); (e) oil and gas exploration and abandonment expenses (including all drilling, completion, geological and geophysical costs); (f) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring costs, expenses or losses; (g) other non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period, but including (and not limited to) expenses related to stock-based compensation, hedging, ceiling test writedowns or impairments, Restricted Payments in connection with the Equity Interests owned by directors and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries); (h) Transaction Expenses; and (i) the actual, reasonable and documented transaction costs, expenses, fees and charges incurred with respect to any Investment, non-ordinary course acquisition, non-ordinary course Disposition, issuance of Equity Interests, recapitalization, refinancing or the incurrence, refinance or repayment of Debt permitted to be incurred in this Agreement (in each case, including, without limitation, legal fees, title, environmental and other third-party due diligence costs, transition overhead, pre-close overhead paid to the seller as a purchase price adjustment, and new software implementation costs and severance costs); provided that the aggregate amount added back in the determination of EBITDAX pursuant to this clause (i) shall not exceed the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 10.0% of EBITDAX (determined prior to giving effect to any increase pursuant to this clause (i)) in any Reference Period; minus, to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period: (i) any non-cash income included in Consolidated Net Income and (ii) any extraordinary or unusual items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period. For the purposes of calculating EBITDAX for any Reference Period in connection with any determination of the financial ratio contained in Section 9.01(a), if at any time during such Reference Period the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition or Material Acquisition or designated a Subsidiary as Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary, EBITDAX for such Reference Period shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the items specified in clauses (a), (c) - (g) for any Restricted Subsidiary shall be added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDAX only:

(a) to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income or loss of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income, and

(b) to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be distributed to the Borrower by such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to its Organization Documents and each applicable Law, agreement or judgment applicable to such distribution.

“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 6.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02).

“Elected Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such “Elected Commitment” may be (a) modified from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) modified from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 12.04(b). The amount representing each Lender’s Elected Commitment shall at any time be such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts. The amount of each Lender’s initial Elected Commitment is set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Annex I under the caption “Elected Commitment.”

“Elected Commitment Increase Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(c)(ii)(E).

“Elected Commitment Utilization Percentage” means, as of any day, the fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures of the Lenders on such day, and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts in effect on such day.

“Electronic Record” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 15 U.S.C. § 7006.

“Electronic Signature” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 15 U.S.C. § 7006.

“Engineering Reports” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(c)(i).

“Environmental Laws” means any and all Governmental Requirements pertaining in any way to pollution, health, safety, the environment or the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, in effect in any and all jurisdictions in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is conducting or at any time has conducted business, or where any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is located, including without limitation, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”), as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), as amended, the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, and other environmental conservation or protection Governmental Requirements. For purposes of this definition, Section 7.06 and Section 8.10, the term “oil” shall have the meaning specified in OPA, the terms “hazardous substance” and “release” (or “threatened release”) have the meanings specified in CERCLA, the terms “solid waste” and “disposal” (or “disposed”) have the meanings specified in RCRA and the term “oil and gas waste” shall have the meaning specified in Section 91.1011 of the Texas Natural Resources Code (“Section 91.1011”); provided, however, that (a) in the event any of OPA, CERCLA, RCRA or Section 91.1011 is amended so as to broaden the meaning of any term defined thereby, such broader meaning shall apply subsequent to the effective date of such amendment and (b) to the extent the laws of the state or other jurisdiction in which any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is located establish a meaning for “oil,” “hazardous substance,” “release,” “solid waste,” “disposal” or “oil and gas waste” which is broader than that specified in either OPA, CERCLA, RCRA or Section 91.1011, such broader meaning shall apply.

“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, joint venture interest or interests in comparable entities, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such Equity Interest.

“Equity Offering” means any issuance and sale by the Borrower, whether public or private, of any Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower or any other capital contribution from shareholders of the Borrower; provided that issuances of securities pursuant to employee benefit plans shall not be considered to be “Equity Offerings”.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, as well as the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ERISA Affiliate” means each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which together with the Borrower or a Subsidiary would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or subsections (b), (c), (m) or (o) of section 414 of the Code.

“ERISA Event” means (a) a “reportable event” described in section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA have been waived, (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the Pension Funding Rules applicable to such Plan, whether or not waived, (c) the withdrawal of the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under section 4041 of ERISA, (e) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan by the PBGC or (f) any other event or condition which might constitute grounds under section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan.

“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.12(a).

“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.12(d).

“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.12(d).

“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.12(d).

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.

“Excess Cash” means, at any time, the aggregate cash and Cash Equivalent Investments of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Cash) in excess of the greater of (x) $150,000,000 and (y) ten percent (10%) of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts then in effect.

“Excluded Accounts” means depository accounts that are used solely for one or more of the following purposes: (a) making payroll and withholding tax payments related thereto and other employee wage and benefit payments and accrued and unpaid employee compensation (including salaries, wages, benefits and expense reimbursements), (b) paying Taxes, including sales taxes, or (c) as escrow accounts or as fiduciary or trust accounts or for the benefit of Persons other than the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that in no event shall any of the principal

operating, revenue or collection accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary constitute an Excluded Account.

“Excluded Cash” means (a) any cash or Cash Equivalent Investments of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an Excluded Account, (b) any cash or Cash Equivalent Investments held by the Administrative Agent as cash collateral pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, (c) checks issued, wires initiated, or automated clearing house transfers initiated, in each case (i) solely to the extent issued or initiated to satisfy bona fide expenditures of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) on account of transactions not prohibited under this Agreement and in the ordinary course of business, (d) cash of the Loan Parties to be used by any Loan Party to Redeem Debt pursuant to Section 9.14 pursuant to a binding and enforceable commitment to Redeem such Debt within ten (10) Business Days; provided that cash excluded pursuant to this clause (d) shall not be excluded for more than ten (10) consecutive Business Days at any time and the amount excluded shall not exceed the contractually committed amount and (e) cash of the Loan Parties to be used by any Loan Party within ten (10) Business Days to pay the purchase price for Property to be acquired by such Loan Party pursuant to a binding and enforceable purchase and sale agreement with an unaffiliated third party containing customary provisions regarding the payment of such purchase price; provided that cash excluded pursuant to this clause (e) shall not be excluded for more than ten (10) consecutive Business Days at any time and the amount excluded shall not exceed the amount required under such purchase and sale agreement.

“Excluded Swap Obligations” means, with respect to the Borrower or any Guarantor, any Indebtedness in respect of any Swap Agreement if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of the Borrower or of such Guarantor of, or the grant by the Borrower or such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Indebtedness in respect of any Swap Agreement (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of the Borrower’s or of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time of such guarantee of the Borrower or of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Indebtedness in respect of any Swap Agreement. If any Indebtedness in respect of any Swap Agreement arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Indebtedness that is attributable to any swaps (including individual transactions), and the related confirmations under any such master agreement for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America or such other jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal

office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any Guarantor is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 5.05), any United States withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 5.03(a) or Section 5.03(c), (d) any United States withholding tax imposed under FATCA, or (e) any withholding tax that is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 5.03(f).

“Executive Order” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.23.

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals to this Agreement.

“Exiting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals to this Agreement.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided that in no event shall the Federal Funds Effective Rate be less than 0%.

“Fee Letter” means that certain letter agreement among the Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and the Borrower dated as of the Effective Date.

“Final Borrowing Base Deficiency Payment Date” means, with respect to each Borrowing Base Deficiency Determination Date, the corresponding day of the month in the fourth month after the Borrowing Base Deficiency Determination Date, or if such month has no such corresponding day, then the last day of such month, provided that if any such corresponding day is not a Business Day, then the Borrowing Base Deficiency Payment Date for such month shall be the Business Day immediately succeeding such corresponding day.

“Financial Officer” means, for any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a Financial Officer means a Financial Officer of the Borrower.

“Financial Statements” means the financial statement or statements of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries referred to in Section 7.04(a).

“Flood Insurance Regulations” means, collectively, (a) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, (b) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, (c) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, (d) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 and (e) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, as each of the foregoing is now or hereafter in effect and any successor statute to any of the foregoing and any regulations promulgated under any of the foregoing.

“Floor” means a rate of interest per annum equal to zero percent.

“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure other than LC Disbursements as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1.05.

“Good and Defensible Title” means title that is free from reasonable doubt to the end that a prudent person engaged in the business of purchasing and owning, developing, and operating producing oil and gas properties in the geographical areas in which they are located, with knowledge of all of the facts and their legal bearing, would be willing to accept the same acting reasonably.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

“Governmental Requirement” means any law, statute, code, ordinance, order, determination, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction, franchise, permit, certificate, license,

authorization or other directive or requirement, whether now or hereinafter in effect, including, without limitation, Environmental Laws, energy regulations and occupational, safety and health standards or controls, of any Governmental Authority.

“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing, or having the economic effect of guaranteeing, any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Debt or obligation; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

“Guarantors” means each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower on the Effective Date, and each other Person that becomes a Guarantor after the Effective Date, whether pursuant to Section 8.14 or otherwise.

“Guaranty Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement dated as of the Effective Date executed by the Guarantors in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

“Hedge Liquidation” means the sale, assignment, novation, liquidation, unwind, cancellation, modification or termination of all or any part of any Hedge Transaction (other than, in each case, at its scheduled maturity) or the creation of an offsetting position against all or any part of such Hedge Transaction, including any sale, assignment, or other transfer of Equity Interests in any Guarantor that is a party to any Hedge Transaction to a party that is not a Loan Party.

“Hedge Termination Value” means, during any period between two successive Scheduled Redetermination Dates (or in the case of any Hedge Liquidation occurring prior to April 1, 2023, the period from the Effective Date to April 1, 2023, the net positive value to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (if any) of any Hedge Liquidation (after giving effect to any new hedge position or Hedge Transaction previously entered into during such period) (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) on the Borrowing Base then in effect; provided that in no event shall the Hedge Termination Value be less than $0.

“Hedge Transaction” means any trade or other transaction entered into by a Person under a Swap Agreement.

“Highest Lawful Rate” means, with respect to each Lender, the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the Loans or on other Indebtedness under laws applicable to such Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable Laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable Laws allow as of the date hereof.

“Hydrocarbon Interests” means all rights, titles, interests and estates now or hereafter acquired in and to oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral leases, or other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon leases, mineral fee interests, overriding royalty and royalty interests, net profit interests and production payment interests, including any reserved or residual interests of whatever nature.

“Hydrocarbons” means oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and all products refined or separated therefrom.

“Indebtedness” means any and all amounts owing or to be owing by the Borrower or any Guarantor (whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising): (a) to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender under any Loan Document, including, without limitation, all interest on any of the Loans (including any interest that accrues after the commencement of any case, proceeding or other action relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of any Loan Party (or would accrue but for the operation of applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws), whether or not such interest is allowed or allowable as a claim in any such case, proceeding or other action); (b) to any Lender Swap Provider under any Swap Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary including any Swap Agreement in existence prior to the date hereof but excluding, in the case of all Swap Agreements, whether currently in existence or entered into after the date hereof, any additional Hedge Transactions or confirmations entered into (i) after such Lender Swap Provider ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or (ii) after assignment by a Lender Swap Provider to another Lender Swap Provider that is not a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) to any Bank Products Provider in respect of Bank Products; and (d) all renewals, extensions and/or rearrangements of any of the above; provided that solely with respect to the Borrower or any Guarantor that is not an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder, Excluded Swap Obligations of such Person shall in any event be excluded from “Indebtedness” owing by such Person, as applicable.

“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

“Initial Reserve Report” means the reserve report prepared internally by the Borrower setting forth as of July 1, 2022 the Proved Reserves attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties and utilized by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in determining the initial Borrowing Base hereunder.

“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04.

“Interest Expense” means, for any period, the consolidated interest expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus, to the extent not included in such consolidated interest expense, and to the extent incurred by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, interest expense attributable to Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease obligations, capitalized interest, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, net payments under interest rate Swap Agreements, any interest expense on Debt of another Person that is guaranteed by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on the assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus all dividends whether paid or accrued on any series of preferred stock of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than dividends on equity interests payable solely in equity interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) or to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower).

“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each calendar month and (b) with respect to any SOFR Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of a SOFR Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, at the end of each three month interval during such Interest Period.

“Interest Period” means, as to any SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date such SOFR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a SOFR Loan and ending on the date one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter, in each case, as selected by the Borrower in its Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request and subject to availability; provided that:

(a) the Interest Period shall commence on the date of advance or continuation of or conversion to any SOFR Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;

(b) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day;

(c) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end

of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;

(d) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date;

(e) there shall be no more than ten (10) Interest Periods in effect at any time; and

(f) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 3.03(c)(iv) and not thereafter reinstated shall be available for specification in any Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request.

“Interim Redetermination” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(b).

“Interim Redetermination Date” means the date on which a Borrowing Base that has been redetermined pursuant to an Interim Redetermination becomes effective as provided in Section 2.07(d).

“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of any direct or indirect deposit with, advance, loan or other extension of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement (including the deposit of any Equity Interests to be sold) with respect to, Debt or other liability of any other Person and (without duplication) an amount committed to be advanced, lent or extended to such Person) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other Property or any payment for Property or services for the account or use of others), or assumption of Debt of, purchase or other acquisition of any other Debt or equity participation or interest in, or any purchase or acquisition of Equity Interests, evidences of Debt or other securities (excluding any interest in an oil or natural gas leasehold to the extent constituting a security under applicable Law) of, such other Person and all other items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and any purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit; provided that the endorsement of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of business will not be deemed to be an Investment. If the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise Disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect to any such sale or Disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or Disposition equal to the fair market value of the Borrower’s Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary that were not sold or Disposed of. The acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person. Except

as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to the subsequent changes in value.

“Issuing Bank” means (a) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, (b) Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, (c) Capital One, National Association, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, (d) Fifth Third Bank, National Association, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, (e) Mizuho Bank, Ltd., in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, (f) Regions Bank, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, (g) Truist Bank, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder and (h) their respective successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.08(i). Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

“Jones Entities” means Arkoma and Williston.

“Law” means any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, treaty, judgment, order, decree, permit, concession, franchise, license, agreement or other governmental restriction of the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof or of any foreign country or any department, province or other political subdivision thereof. Any reference to a Law includes any amendment or modification to such Law, and all regulations, rulings, and other Laws promulgated under such Law.

“LC Commitment” at any time means $50,000,000.

“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by any Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

“LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

“LC Issuance Limit” means, with respect to each Issuing Bank, the amount set forth on Annex II opposite such Issuing Bank’s name, as such LC Issuance Limit may be amended from time to time in accordance with Section 12.02 (it being understood that the aggregate LC Issuance Limit of the Issuing Banks may exceed the LC Commitment, but in no event may an individual Issuing Bank’s LC Issuance Limit exceed the LC Commitment).

“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Annex I, any Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a

party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, and any Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.06(c).

“Lender Swap Provider” means any (a) Person (i) that is a party to a Swap Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) that entered into such Swap Agreement while (or before, so long as such Person became a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender after entering into such Swap Agreement) such Person was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, whether or not such Person at any time ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, as the case may be, or (b) assignee of any Person described in clause (a) above so long as such assignee is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, “Lender Swap Provider” shall include any Exiting Lender that is a party to a Swap Agreement with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that was entered into while such Exiting Lender was a “Lender” (under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement”) or an Affiliate of a “Lender” (under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement”).

“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement, and each letter of credit outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Effective Date, including those letters of credit listed on Schedule 1.01.

“Letter of Credit Agreements” means all letter of credit applications and other agreements (including any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto) submitted by the Borrower, or entered into by the Borrower, with the applicable Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit.

“Lien” means any interest in Property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than the owner of the Property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, and whether such obligation or claim is fixed or contingent, and including but not limited to (a) the lien or security interest arising from a deed of trust, mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, security agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes or (b) production payments and the like payable out of Oil and Gas Properties. The term “Lien” shall not include easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be the owner of any Property which it has acquired or holds subject to a conditional sale agreement, or leases under a financing lease or other arrangement pursuant to which title to the Property has been retained by or vested in some other Person in a transaction intended to create a financing.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Fee Letter, the Letter of Credit Agreements, the Letters of Credit, the Security Instruments, and any other document identified as a “Loan Document” delivered in connection with this Agreement from time to time, in each case, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

“Loan Limit” means, at any time, the least of (a) the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount at such time, (b) the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts and (c) the Borrowing Base at such time.

“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Guarantor.

“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

“Majority Lenders” means, (i) at any time while no Loans or LC Exposure is outstanding, Non-Defaulting Lenders having more than fifty percent (50%) of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts of all Non-Defaulting Lenders; and (ii) at any time while any Loans or LC Exposure is outstanding, Non-Defaulting Lenders holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans of all Non-Defaulting Lenders and participation interests in Letters of Credit of all Non-Defaulting Lenders (without regard to any sale by a Non-Defaulting Lender of a participation in any Loan or Letter of Credit under Section 12.04(c)).

“Material Acquisition” means any acquisition of Property or series of related acquisitions of Property that involves the payment of consideration by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of the lesser of (a) $100,000,000 and (b) a dollar amount equal to five percent (5%) of the then effective Borrowing Base.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Guarantor to perform any of its payment obligations or other material obligations under the Loan Documents, (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, or (d) the rights and remedies of or benefits available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders under the Loan Documents.

“Material Debt” means Debt (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $100,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Debt, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Hedge Transaction at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (after giving effect to legally enforceable netting obligations) that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedge Transaction were terminated at such time.

“Material Disposition” means any Disposition of Property or series of related Dispositions of property that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of the lesser of (a) $100,000,000 and (b) a dollar amount to five percent (5%) of the then effective Borrowing Base.

“Material Subsidiary” means, as of any date, any Domestic Subsidiary that, together with its Subsidiaries, owns or holds Property having a fair market value greater than five percent (5%) of the fair market value of all of the consolidated Property of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 8.01(a) or 8.01(b). For the avoidance of doubt, any Domestic Subsidiary that owns Equity Interests of any Material Subsidiary shall constitute a Material Subsidiary.

“Maturity Date” means November 15, 2027 or any earlier date on which the Commitments are terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.

“Maximum Credit Amount” means, as to each Lender, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Annex I under the caption “Maximum Credit Amounts”, as the same may be (a) modified from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 or (b) modified from time to time pursuant to any assignment permitted by Section 12.04(b).

“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances, an amount equal to 103% of the Fronting Exposure of the applicable Issuing Bank with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time and (ii) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank in their sole discretion.

“Minority Interest” means the percentage interest represented by any class of Equity Interest of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not owned by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency.

“Mortgaged Property” means any Property owned by any Loan Party which is subject to the Liens existing and to exist under the terms of the Security Instruments.

“Multiemployer Plan” means a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in section 3(37) of ERISA.

“Net Cash Proceeds” means, (a) with respect to any Disposition of any Oil and Gas Properties (including any Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary owning Oil and Gas Properties) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such Disposition, but only as and when so received, over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by such Oil and Gas Properties and that is senior to the Liens securing the Indebtedness and required to be repaid in connection with such Disposition (other than the Loans), (B) the out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition, (C) all legal, title and recording tax expense and all federal, state, provincial, foreign

and local Taxes required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP as a consequence of such Disposition, (D) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries as a result of such Disposition, (E) the deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the Property Disposed of in such Disposition and retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Disposition, (F) cash payments made to satisfy obligations resulting from Hedge Liquidations or the early termination of any Hedge Transactions in connection with or as a result of any such Disposition of Oil and Gas Properties, and (G) any portion of the purchase price from such Disposition placed into an escrow account pursuant to customary provisions of any Disposition agreement, whether as a reserve for adjustment of the purchase price, for satisfaction of indemnities in respect of such Disposition or otherwise in connection with such Disposition; provided, however, that upon the termination of that escrow, Net Cash Proceeds will be increased by any portion of funds in the escrow that are released to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (b) with respect to any Permitted Refinancing Debt or issuance of Permitted Debt, the cash proceeds received from such Permitted Refinancing Debt or issuance of Permitted Debt, as the case may be, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, and (c) with respect to any Hedge Liquidation by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such Hedge Liquidation (after giving effect to any netting arrangements), over (ii) the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such Hedge Liquidation and (d) with respect to any Equity Offering, the cash proceeds thereof, net of customary fees, commissions, costs and other expenses incurred in connection therewith.

“Net Working Capital” means (a) all current assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, less (b) all current liabilities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, except (i) current liabilities included in Indebtedness, (ii) leases that were not considered capital leases prior to the adoption of ASC 842, and (iii) Suspended Liabilities and Assets as of such date, in each case, as set forth in consolidated financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with GAAP.

“New Borrowing Base Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(d).

“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

“Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:

(a) as to which neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (ii) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (iii) constitutes the lender;

(b) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and

(c) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Notes” means the promissory notes of the Borrower described in Section 2.02(d) and being substantially in the form of Exhibit A, together with all amendments, modifications, replacements, extensions and rearrangements thereof.

“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

“Off-Balance Sheet Liability” of a Person means (a) any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (b) any liability under any sale and leaseback transaction that is not a Capital Lease Obligation, (c) any indebtedness, liability or obligation under any so-called “synthetic lease” transaction entered into by such Person, (d) any Advance Payment Contract, or (e) any indebtedness, liability or obligation arising with respect to any other transaction that is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but that does not constitute a liability on the balance sheets of such Person, but excluding from the foregoing clauses (c) through (e) operating leases and usual and customary oil, gas and mineral leases.

“Oil and Gas Properties” means (a) Hydrocarbon Interests; (b) the Properties now or hereafter pooled or unitized with Hydrocarbon Interests; (c) all presently existing or future unitization, pooling agreements and declarations of pooled units and the units created thereby (including without limitation all units created under orders, regulations and rules of any Governmental Authority) which may affect all or any portion of the Hydrocarbon Interests; (d) all operating agreements, contracts and other agreements, including production sharing contracts and agreements, which relate to any of the Hydrocarbon Interests or the production, sale, purchase, exchange or processing of Hydrocarbons from or attributable to such Hydrocarbon Interests; (e) all Hydrocarbons in and under and which may be produced and saved or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests, including all oil in tanks, and all rents, issues, profits, proceeds, products, revenues and other incomes from or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests; (f) all tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances and Properties in any manner appertaining, belonging, affixed or incidental to the Hydrocarbon Interests and (g) all Properties, rights, titles, interests and estates described or referred to above, including any and all Property, real or personal, now owned or

hereinafter acquired and situated upon, used, held for use or useful in connection with the operating, working or development of any of such Hydrocarbon Interests or Property (excluding drilling rigs, automotive equipment, rental equipment or other personal Property which may be on such premises for the purpose of drilling a well or for other similar temporary uses) and including any and all oil wells, gas wells, injection wells or other wells, buildings, structures, fuel separators, liquid extraction plants, plant compressors, pumps, pumping units, field gathering systems, tanks and tank batteries, fixtures, valves, fittings, machinery and parts, engines, boilers, meters, apparatus, equipment, appliances, tools, implements, cables, wires, towers, casing, tubing and rods, surface leases, rights-of-way, easements and servitudes together with all additions, substitutions, replacements, accessions and attachments to any and all of the foregoing. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references in this Agreement to “Oil and Gas Properties” refer to Oil and Gas Properties owned by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the context requires.

“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation (including the Certificate of Designations with respect to the Preferred Stock and any other certificate of designation) and the bylaws; (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the limited liability company agreement, articles of formation and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation with the secretary of state or other department in the state of its formation, in each case, as amended from time to time to the extent permitted under Section 9.12.

“Original Effective Date” means July 16, 2019.

“Other Agents” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.19.

“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, court, intangible, recording, filing, documentary or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made hereunder, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement and any other Loan Document.

“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.04(c)(i).

“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.04(c)(i).

“Payment Recipient” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.12(a).

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.

“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Plans and set forth in Sections 412, 430 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA.

“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Term SOFR”.

“Permitted Asset Swap” means the Disposition of Oil and Gas Properties made by a Loan Party in exchange for other Oil and Gas Properties so long as each of the following conditions are met: (a) such exchange is made with a Person (the “transferee”) that is not an Affiliate of any Loan Party, (b) if any of the Oil and Gas Properties being Disposed of are Collateral, then the Oil and Gas Properties received shall be pledged as substitute Collateral pursuant to Mortgages (unless the Borrower has demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries remain in compliance with Section 9.05(f)), and (c) the fair market value of the Disposed Oil and Gas Properties are substantially equivalent to the fair market value of the received Oil and Gas Properties (in any case, as reasonably determined by the board of directors or the equivalent governing body of the Borrower, or its designee, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying to that effect).

“Permitted Debt” means any unsecured senior or unsecured senior subordinated Indebtedness, including convertible securities, issued pursuant to Section 9.02(k).

“Permitted Debt Documents” means such agreements and documents as may be executed to evidence any Permitted Debt or any Permitted Refinancing Debt in respect thereof, as the same shall be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 9.02(k) and (l).

“Permitted Encumbrances” means:

(a) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies that are not delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP;

(b) Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security, old age pension or public liability obligations that are not delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP;

(c) statutory landlord’s liens, operators’, vendors’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’, workers’, materialmen’s, construction or other like Liens

arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business or incident to the exploration, development, operation and maintenance of Oil and Gas Properties each of which is in respect of obligations that are not delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP;

(d) contractual Liens that arise in the ordinary course of business under operating agreements, joint venture agreements, oil and gas partnership agreements, oil and gas leases, farm-out agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, marketing agreements, processing agreements, development agreements, injection, repressuring and recycling agreements, salt water or other disposal agreements, gas balancing agreements, overriding royalty agreements, net profits interests, deferred production payments, seismic or other geophysical permits or agreements, and other agreements that are usual and customary in the oil and gas business in each case, (i) that are customary in the oil, gas and mineral production business, and (ii) that are entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; provided that any such Lien referred to in this clause (d) does not materially impair the use of any material Property covered by such Lien for the purposes for which such Property is held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or materially impair the value of any Property subject thereto;

(e) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies and burdening only deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution, provided that no such deposit account is a dedicated cash collateral account or is subject to restrictions against access by the depositor in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the NYFRB and no such deposit account is intended by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to provide collateral to the depository institution;

(f) immaterial title defects or irregularities in title, zoning and land use requirements or restrictions, easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations in any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, that in each case do not secure Debt and in the aggregate do not materially impair the use of such Property for the purposes of which such Property is held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto;

(g) Liens on cash, Cash Equivalent Investments or securities pledged to secure performance of tenders, surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance and return of money bonds, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, regulatory obligations and other obligations of a like nature, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(h) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default, provided that any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review

of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceeding may be initiated shall not have expired and no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced; and

(i) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases (including, Synthetic Leases) entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the Property under lease;

(j) licenses, subleases or sublicenses (other than of or in respect of Oil and Gas Properties) granted to other Persons in the ordinary course of business which do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto; and

(k) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor under licenses entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Liens do not encumber Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Property that is the subject of such lease or license;

provided, further that (1) Liens described in clauses (a) through (e) shall remain “Permitted Encumbrances” only for so long as no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced, (2) no intention to subordinate the first-priority Lien granted in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders is to be hereby implied or expressed by the permitted existence of any Permitted Encumbrance, and (3) the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Debt.

“Permitted Holders” means each of Arkoma, Williston, and Jerry Jones, his spouse and descendants and/or Affiliates (including certain trusts, family partnerships or similar entities controlled, directly or indirectly, by Jerry Jones and his spouse), and each individually shall be a “Permitted Holder”.

“Permitted Refinancing Debt” means any Debt of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and Debt constituting Guarantees thereof by any Loan Party, incurred or issued in exchange for, or the Net Cash Proceeds of which are used solely to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, “refinance”), existing Permitted Debt or Senior Notes, in whole or in part, from time to time; provided that (a) the principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing Debt (or if such Permitted Refinancing Debt is issued at a discount, the initial issuance price of such Permitted Refinancing Debt) does not exceed the principal amount of Debt permitted under Section 9.02(k), (m) or (n) outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing (plus the amount of any premiums, accrued and unpaid interest, fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith), (b) such Permitted Refinancing Debt does not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or payment of a sinking fund obligation prior to the date that is one year

after the Maturity Date (except for any offer to redeem such Debt required as a result of asset sales or the occurrence of a “Change in Control” (or other similar event, however denominated) under and as defined in the Permitted Debt Documents or the Senior Notes Documents, provided that such agreements provide that the Borrower or such Subsidiary must first comply with the provisions of this Agreement), (c) with respect to any Permitted Refinancing Debt of the Permitted Debt or the Senior Notes, the terms and conditions of any such Permitted Refinancing Debt, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Debt being refinanced (excluding as to “market” interest rates, fees, funding discounts and redemption or prepayment premiums), provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least seven (7) Business Days prior to the incurrence or issuance of such Debt, together with drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such seven (7) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (d) the mandatory prepayment, repurchase and redemption provisions of such Permitted Refinancing Debt are not materially more onerous to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries than those imposed by such existing Permitted Debt or the Senior Notes, (e) such Permitted Refinancing Debt is unsecured, (f) no direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall Guarantee such Permitted Refinancing Debt unless such Subsidiary is (or concurrently with any such Guarantee becomes) a Guarantor hereunder, (g) to the extent such Permitted Refinancing Debt is or is intended to be expressly subordinate to the payment in full of all or any portion of the Indebtedness, the subordination provisions contained therein are either (x) at least as favorable to the Secured Parties as the subordination provisions contained in such existing Permitted Debt or the Senior Notes or (y) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders.

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

“Petroleum Industry Standards” means the Definitions for Oil and Gas Reserves promulgated by the SPE (or any generally recognized successor) as in effect at the time in question.

“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in section 3(2) of ERISA, which (a) is currently or hereafter sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate or (b) was at any time during the six calendar years preceding the date hereof, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate.

“Preferred Stock” means the Series B Preferred Stock.

“Preferred Stock Documents” means that certain Certificate of Designations for Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock of the Borrower dated on or about July 16, 2019, and all documentation entered into in connection therewith pursuant to which the Series B Preferred Stock was issued as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith.

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in San Francisco, California; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective. Such rate is set by the Administrative Agent as a general reference rate of interest, taking into account such factors as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; it being understood that many of the Administrative Agent’s commercial or other loans are priced in relation to such rate, that it is not necessarily the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer and that the Administrative Agent may make various commercial or other loans at rates of interest having no relationship to such rate.

“Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or EBITDAX attributable to any Reference Period in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition or Material Acquisition, or designated a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or as a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, subsequent to the commencement of such Reference Period, (i) in the case of a Material Disposition, Consolidated Net Income and EBITDAX shall exclude from the calculation thereof any amounts attributable to the Property that is the subject of such Material Disposition for such Reference Period as if such Material Disposition had occurred on the first day of such Reference Period, (ii) in the case of a Material Acquisition, Consolidated Net Income and EBITDAX for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as if such Material Acquisition had occurred on the first day of such Reference Period, and (iii) in the case of a designation by the Borrower of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or as a Restricted Subsidiary, Consolidated Net Income and EBITDAX for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Security Act of 1933 as if such designation occurred on the first day of such Reference Period.

“Pro Forma Compliance” means, for purposes of determining whether the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall remain in pro forma compliance with the financial ratio covenant set forth in Section 9.01(a) after giving effect to any Material Disposition or designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or as a Restricted Subsidiary: (a) in the case of a Material Disposition, Consolidated Net Income and EBITDAX shall exclude from the calculation thereof any amounts attributable to the Property that is the subject of such Material Disposition as if such Material Disposition had occurred on the first day of the most recent Reference Period for which financial statements have been provided pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or (b), (b) in the case of a designation by the Borrower of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or as a Restricted

Subsidiary, Consolidated Net Income and EBITDAX for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto in a manner consistent with Regulation S-X under the Security Act of 1933 as if such designation occurred on the first day of such Reference Period for which financial statements have been provided pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or (b); (c) in the case or either a Material Disposition or a designation by the Borrower of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or as a Restricted Subsidiary, in the event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has incurred or will incur (including by assumption or guarantees) or has repaid or will repay (including by redemption, repayment, retirement, discharge, defeasance or extinguishment) any Debt (other than Debt incurred or repaid under this Agreement unless such Debt has been permanently repaid and not replaced) in connection with such Material Disposition or designation by the Borrower of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or as a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise after the date of the most recent Reference Period for which financial statements have been provided pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or (b), then Total Net Debt shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or repayment of Debt as if the same had occurred on the last day of the applicable Reference Period; and (d) if any Material Disposition or designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or as a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, occurs prior to the delivery by the Borrower of the financial statements required pursuant to Section 8.01(a) for the fiscal period ending December 31, 2022, then for purposes of calculating pro forma compliance with any financial ratio under Section 9.01(a), the Borrower shall use the audited financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) of the Existing Credit Agreement for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 for purposes of calculating Consolidated Net Income, EBITDAX and Total Net Debt, as applicable.

“Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

“Proposed Borrowing Base” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(c)(i).

“Proposed Borrowing Base Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(c)(ii).

“Proved Reserves” or “Proved” means oil and gas reserves that, in accordance with Petroleum Industry Standards, are classified as both “Proved Reserves” and one of the following: (a) “Developed Producing Reserves”, (b) “Developed Non-Producing Reserves” or (c) “Undeveloped Reserves”.

“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

“PV-9” means, with respect to any Proved Reserves expected to be produced from any Oil and Gas Properties, the net present value, discounted at 9% per annum, of the future net revenues

expected to accrue to the Borrower’s and the other Loan Parties’ collective interests in such reserves during the remaining expected economic lives of such reserves, calculated in accordance with the most recent Bank Price Deck.

“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Agreement, each of the Borrower and each Guarantor that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time any guaranty of obligations under such Swap Agreement or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective or such other Person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“Qualified Professional Asset Manager” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.21(a)(iii)(A).

“Reaffirmation Agreements” means that certain Reaffirmation Agreement dated as of the Effective Date, by the Borrower in favor of the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit G hereto, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.

“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Bank, as applicable.

“Redemption” means with respect to any Debt or the Preferred Stock, the repurchase, redemption, prepayment, repayment or defeasance (or the segregation of funds with respect to any of the foregoing) of such Debt or Preferred Stock. “Redeem” has the correlative meaning thereto.

“Redetermination Date” means, with respect to any Scheduled Redetermination or any Interim Redetermination, the date that the redetermined Borrowing Base related thereto becomes effective pursuant to Section 2.07(d).

“Reference Period” means, with respect to any fiscal quarter, any period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of such applicable fiscal quarter.

“Refinanced Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Debt”.

“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.04(b)(iv).

“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board, as the same may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, partners, members, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board or the NYFRB, or any successor thereto.

“Remedial Work” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.10(a).

“Required Deficiency Payment” means, for each Borrowing Base Deficiency Payment Date occurring after a Borrowing Base Deficiency Determination Date in accordance with the terms hereof, an amount equal to one-fourth of the Borrowing Base Deficiency (plus accrued interest thereon) existing on the Borrowing Base Deficiency Determination Date; provided that if the amount of the Borrowing Base Deficiency has increased after the Borrowing Base Deficiency Determination Date then each remaining Required Deficiency Payment shall be increased to substantially equal amounts sufficient to reduce to zero the Borrowing Base Deficiency on or before the Final Borrowing Base Deficiency Payment Date (after giving effect to the Required Deficiency Payment made on such date).

“Required Engineered Value” means (a) with respect to mortgages or deeds of trust for the purpose of creating first-priority, perfected liens for the benefit of the Administrative Agent in the Loan Parties’ Oil and Gas Properties, 85% of the PV-9 value of the “proved reserves” and 85% of the PV-9 value of the “proved developed producing reserves”, in each case, evaluated in the Initial Reserve Reports or the most recent Reserve Report delivered to the Lenders; (b) with respect to title information satisfactory to the Administrative Agent setting forth the status of title in the Loan Parties’ Oil and Gas Properties, not less than eighty-five (85%) of the PV-9 value of the “proved” Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the Initial Reserve Reports or the most recent Reserve Report delivered to the Lenders.

“Required Lenders” means, (i) at any time while no Loan or LC Exposure is outstanding, Non-Defaulting Lenders having at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts of all Non-Defaulting Lenders; and (ii) at any time while any Loan or LC Exposure is outstanding, Non-Defaulting Lenders holding at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans and participation interests in Letters of Credit of all Non-Defaulting Lenders (without regard to any sale by a Non-Defaulting Lender of a participation in any Loan or Letter of Credit under Section 12.04(c)).

“Reserve Report” means a report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth, as of each December 31st or June 30th (or such other date in the event of an Interim Redetermination) the Proved Reserves attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Loan Parties, together with a projection of the rate of production and future net

income, taxes, operating expenses and capital expenditures with respect thereto as of such date, based upon the pricing assumptions consistent with SEC reporting requirements at the time.

“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

“Responsible Officer” means, as to any Person, the chief executive officer, the president, any financial officer or any vice president of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references to a Responsible Officer herein means a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether by division, in cash, securities or other Property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any payment (whether by division, in cash, securities or other Property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Borrower that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans and its LC Exposure at such time.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Service, a division of S&P Global Inc. and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency.

“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country or territory which is the subject or target of any Sanctions (as of the Effective Date, including the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).

“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person controlled by any such Person described in the foregoing clause (a) or clause (b).

“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the United States Government (including without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.

“Scheduled Redetermination” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(b).

“Scheduled Redetermination Date” means the date on which a Borrowing Base that has been redetermined pursuant to a Scheduled Redetermination becomes effective as provided in Section 2.07(d).

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor Governmental Authority.

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks, the Bank Products Providers and Lender Swap Providers, and “Secured Party” means any of them individually.

“Securities Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.

“Security Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of the Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“Security Instruments” means any Guaranty Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Reaffirmation Agreement, any Account Control Agreements, any intercreditor agreement and all assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, amendments and/or supplements to mortgages or deeds of trust, and all other agreements, instruments or certificates described or referred to in Exhibit C, and any and all other agreements, instruments or certificates now or hereafter executed and delivered by the Borrower or any other Person (other than Swap Agreements with the Lenders or any Affiliate of a Lender or participation or similar agreements between any Lender and any other lender or creditor with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to this Agreement) in connection with, or as security for the payment or performance of the Indebtedness, the Notes, this Agreement, or reimbursement obligations under the Letters of Credit, as such agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

“Senior Notes” means, individually and collectively, the 2029 Senior Notes Documents and the 2030 Senior Notes Documents.

“Senior Notes Documents” means, individually and collectively, the 2029 Senior Notes Documents and the 2030 Senior Notes Documents.

“Series B Preferred Stock” means the 175,000 shares of the Borrower’s Series B Preferred Stock par value $10.00 per share, held by the Jones Entities on the Effective Date.

“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

“SOFR Administrator” means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

“SOFR Borrowing” when used in reference to any Borrowing, refers to whether the Loans comprising such Borrowing are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to Adjusted Term SOFR as provided in Section 3.02(b) (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, ABR Borrowings comprised of ABR Loans bearing interest based on the Alternate Base Rate when such rate is determined by reference to clause (c) of the definition thereof).

“SOFR Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR as provided in Section 3.02(b) (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, ABR Loans bearing interest based on the Alternate Base Rate when such rate is determined by reference to clause (c) of the definition thereof).

“SPE” means the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

“Specified Event of Default” means any Event of Default under clauses (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Section 10.01.

“Subordinated Debt” means the collective reference to any Debt of any Loan Party contractually subordinated in right and time of payment to the Indebtedness and containing such other terms and conditions, in each case, as are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any other Person the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other Person (a) of which Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power (irrespective of whether or not at the time Equity Interests of any other class or classes of such Person shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency), or (b) in the case of a partnership of which any general partnership interests are, as of such date, Controlled by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

“Subsidiary” means a subsidiary of the Borrower.

“Suspended Liabilities and Assets” means the positive difference if any between (a) the aggregate amount of liabilities for unclaimed payments that are held in suspense related to owners of Oil and Gas Properties for which the Loan Parties have an obligation to make payments, including deceased or unidentified owners of interests, disputed mineral interests, unleased mineral interests and other related unclaimed payments and (b) accounts receivable for joint interest billings relating to the interests described in clause (a) above.

“Swap Agreement” means any agreement, with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement, whether exchange traded, “over-the-counter” or otherwise, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction (including any agreement, including Electric Swap Agreements, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act) or any combination of these transactions, including all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, that are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any other master agreement including any such obligations or liabilities under any such master agreement (in each case, together with any related schedules or trade confirmations); provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.

“Synthetic Leases” means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, treated as operating leases on the financial statements of the Person liable (whether contingently or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder and which were properly treated as indebtedness for borrowed money for purposes of U.S. federal income taxes, if the lessee in respect thereof is obligated to either purchase for an amount in excess of, or pay upon early termination an amount in excess of, 80% of the residual value of the Property subject to such operating lease upon expiration or early termination of such lease.

“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees, or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“Term SOFR” means:

(a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day; and

(b) for any calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day.

“Term SOFR Adjustment” means, for any calculation, with respect to an ABR Loan (if calculated pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Alternate Base Rate) or a SOFR Loan, a percentage per annum equal to 0.10% for such Loan.

“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).

“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.

“Termination Date” means the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Elected Commitments.

“Total Net Debt” means, at any date, all Debt of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis, excluding Debt of the type described in clauses (e), (i) (other than drawn and unreimbursed amounts with respect thereto), (k), or (l) of the definition of “Debt,” minus the sum of all unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalent Investments held on such date valued at par; provided that if, as of the date of determination, there is any outstanding principal of any Loan or there are any LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower, then for purposes of computing Total Net Debt for compliance with Section 9.01(a), the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalent Investments permitted to reduce Total Net Debt for such computation, shall not exceed the greater of (x) $150,000,000 and (y) ten percent (10%) of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts then in effect.

“Transaction Expenses” means the fees and expenses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries resulting from the negotiation, documentation, consummation, administration, amendment and

supplement of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, any amounts and fees paid pursuant to the Fee Letter).

“Transactions” means, with respect to (a) the Borrower, the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, and the grant of Liens by the Borrower on Mortgaged Properties and other Properties pursuant to the Security Instruments and (b) each Loan Party, the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party, the guaranteeing of the Indebtedness and the other obligations under the Guaranty Agreement by such Loan Party and such Loan Party’s grant of the security interests and provision of collateral thereunder, and the grant of Liens by such Loan Party on Mortgaged Properties and other Properties pursuant to the Security Instruments.

“Type” means, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate, the Adjusted Term SOFR or any Benchmark Replacement.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York, as amended from time to time.

“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any Person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower which the Borrower has designated in writing to the Administrative Agent to be an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” pursuant to Section 9.23 and all subsidiaries of such Person. As of the Effective Date, there are no Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

“Unused Availability” means (to the extent that the Borrower is permitted to borrow such amounts under the terms of this Agreement including, without limitation, Section 6.02 hereof) at any time, an amount equal to (a) the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts minus (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure (calculated, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, as if such Defaulting Lender had funded its Applicable Percentage of all outstanding Borrowings).

“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities; provided that for purposes of notice requirements in Section 2.03, Section 2.04, and Section 3.04(b), in each case, such day is also a Business Day.

“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 5.03(f).

“Volumetric Production Payments” means production payment obligations of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary recorded as deferred revenue in accordance with GAAP, together with all undertakings and obligations in connection therewith.

“Voting Equity Interest” means, as to any Person, an Equity Interest in such Person having ordinary voting power with respect to the board of directors or other governing body of such Person.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of which all of the outstanding Equity Interests (other than any directors’ qualifying shares mandated by applicable Law), on a fully-diluted basis, are owned by the Borrower or one or more of the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

“Williston” means Williston Drilling L.P., a Texas limited partnership.

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

Section 1.03 Types of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans and Borrowings, respectively, may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “SOFR Loan” or a “SOFR Borrowing”).

Section 1.04 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” as used in this Agreement shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth in the Loan Documents), (b) any reference in the Loan Documents to any law shall be construed as referring to such law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, (c) any reference in the Loan Documents to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to the restrictions contained herein), (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) with respect to the determination of any time period, the word “from” as used in this Agreement means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to and including” and (f) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be interpreted or construed against any Person solely because such Person or its legal representative drafted such provision.

Section 1.05Accounting Terms and Determinations; GAAP. Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent with the Financial Statements except for changes in which Borrower’s independent certified public accountants concur and which are disclosed to Administrative Agent on the next date on which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.01(a); provided that, unless the Borrower and the Majority Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing, no such change shall modify or affect the manner in which compliance with the covenants contained herein is computed such that all such computations shall be conducted utilizing financial information presented consistently with prior periods. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for the purposes of calculating any of the ratios tested under Section 9.01, and the components of each of such ratios, all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and their subsidiaries (including their assets, liabilities, income, losses, cash flows, and the elements thereof) shall be excluded, except for any cash dividends or distributions actually paid by any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any of its subsidiaries to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, which shall be deemed to be income to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary when actually received by it. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, unless otherwise expressly stated (including,

without limitation, for the purposes of calculating any of the ratios tested under Section 9.01), (i) all obligations of any Person that are or would have been treated as operating leases for purposes of GAAP prior to the effectiveness of FASB ASC 842 shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases for purposes of all financial definitions and calculations for purpose of this Agreement (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such date) notwithstanding the fact that such obligations are required in accordance with FASB ASC 842 (on a prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) to be treated as Capital Lease Obligations in the financial statements, (ii) all financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent hereunder shall contain a schedule showing the modifications necessary to reconcile the adjustments made pursuant to clause (i) above with such financial statements and (iii) for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Debt of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

Section 1.06 Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or with respect to any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement), as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 3.03(c)), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto and such transactions may be adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR, or any other Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

Section 1.07 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset,

right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

Section 1.08 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio or percentage is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

Section 1.09 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the amount of such Letter of Credit available to be drawn at such time; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms, provides for one or more automatic increases in the available amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum amount is available to be drawn at such time.

ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS

Section 2.01 Elected Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make Loans in dollars to the Borrower during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Elected Commitment or (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow the Loans.

Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings.

(a) Borrowings; Several Obligations. Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Elected Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Elected Commitments are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b) Types of Loans. Subject to Section 3.03, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or SOFR Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any SOFR Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option

shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) Minimum Amounts; Limitation on Number of Borrowings. At the commencement of each Interest Period for any SOFR Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $3,000,000. At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.08(e). Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten (10) SOFR Borrowings outstanding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

(d) Notes. The Loans made by each Lender shall (if requested by such Lender) be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit A, dated, in the case of (i) any Lender party hereto as of the Effective Date, as of the Effective Date, (ii) any Lender that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, as of the effective date of the Assignment and Assumption, or (iii) any Lender that becomes a party hereto in connection with an increase in the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts pursuant to Section 2.06(c), as of the effective date of such increase, payable to such Lender in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount as in effect on such date, and otherwise duly completed. In the event that any Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount increases or decreases for any reason (whether pursuant to Section 2.06, Section 12.04(b) or otherwise), if requested by such Lender, the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered on the effective date of such increase or decrease, a new Note payable to such Lender and its registered assigns in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount after giving effect to such increase or decrease, and otherwise duly completed. The date, amount, Type, interest rate and, if applicable, Interest Period of each Loan made by each Lender, and all payments made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books for its Note. Failure to make any such notation shall not affect any Lender’s or the Borrower’s rights or obligations in respect of such Loans.

Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (or transmit by electronic communication, pursuant to arrangements approved by the Administrative Agent) (a) in the case of a SOFR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., Charlotte, North Carolina time, three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing (or in the case of any SOFR Borrowing requested to be made on the Effective Date, one U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to the Effective Date), or (b) in the case of a ABR Borrowing, including an ABR Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as

contemplated by Section 2.08(e), not later than 1:00 p.m., Charlotte, North Carolina time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing, which date shall be a Business Day in the United States. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or electronic mail to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day in the United States;

(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a SOFR Borrowing;

(iv) in the case of a SOFR Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;

(v) the amount of the then effective Borrowing Base, the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts, the current Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures (without regard to the requested Borrowing) and the pro forma Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures (giving effect to the requested Borrowing); and

(vi) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.05(a).

If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested SOFR Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Each Borrowing Request shall constitute a representation and warranty that the amount of the requested Borrowing shall not cause the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures to exceed the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts or the Borrowing Base.

Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section 2.03, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

Section 2.04 Interest Elections.

(a) Conversion and Continuance. Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a SOFR Borrowing, shall have

an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a SOFR Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section 2.04. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

(b) Interest Election Requests. To make an election pursuant to this Section 2.04, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent) by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or electronic mail to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.

(c) Information in Interest Election Requests. Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(iii) and (iv) shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a SOFR Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a SOFR Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a SOFR Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d) Notice to Lenders by the Administrative Agent. Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) Effect of Failure to Deliver Timely Interest Election Request and Events of Default and Borrowing Base Deficiencies on Interest Election. If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a SOFR Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be continued as a SOFR Borrowing with a one-month Interest Period, provided that if such Interest Period is within one month of the Maturity Date, such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if (i) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, acting at the direction of the Majority Lenders, has notified the Borrower in writing that no conversion of outstanding Borrowings into, or continuation as, SOFR Borrowings shall be permitted or (ii) if the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures exceed the Borrowing Base then in effect: (A) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a SOFR Borrowing (and any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a SOFR Borrowing shall be ineffective) and (B) unless repaid, each SOFR Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

Section 2.05 Funding of Borrowings.

(a) Funding by Lenders. Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 2:00 p.m. Charlotte, North Carolina time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower subject to an Account Control Agreement and designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time in writing (or another account otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent) and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.08(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for its Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for its Loan in any particular place or manner.

(b) Presumption of Funding by the Lenders. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.05(a) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such

amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the Overnight Bank Funding Rate or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans; provided, however, such demands shall be made first upon the applicable Lender and then upon the Borrower. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

Section 2.06 Termination of Elected Commitment Amounts; Optional Increase and Reduction of Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts.

(a) Scheduled Termination of Commitments. Unless previously terminated, the Elected Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date. If at any time the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts, the Borrowing Base or the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts are terminated or reduced to zero, then the Elected Commitments shall terminate on the effective date of such termination or reduction.

(b) Optional Termination and Reduction of Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts.

(i) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts; provided that (A) each reduction of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (B) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 3.04(c), the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts.

(ii) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts under Section 2.06(b)(i) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts shall be permanent and may not be reinstated except pursuant to Section 2.06(c). Each reduction of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with each Lender’s Applicable Percentage.

(i) Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(c)(ii), the Borrower may increase the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts then in effect by increasing the Elected Commitment of a Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) or by causing a Person acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks that at such time is not a Lender to become a Lender (an “Additional Lender”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in no case shall an Additional Lender be (A) the Borrower, an Affiliate of the Borrower or a natural person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person) or (B) any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute a Defaulting Lender or a subsidiary thereof.

(ii) Any increase in the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A)such increase shall not be less than $10,000,000 unless the Administrative Agent otherwise consents, and no such increase shall be permitted if after giving effect thereto the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts exceed the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount or the Borrowing Base then in effect;

(B)no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the effective date of such increase;

(C)if any SOFR Borrowings are outstanding on the effective date of such increase, the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 5.02 in connection with such increase;

(D)no Lender’s Elected Commitment may be increased without the consent of such Lender;

(E)if the Borrower elects to increase the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts by increasing the Elected Commitment of a Lender, the Borrower and such Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E (an “Elected Commitment Increase Certificate”) and further, in the event a new Note is required to reflect the increased Elected Commitment of such Lender, then in that case, the Borrower shall deliver a new Note (after presentation of same to Borrower by the Administrative Agent) payable to such Lender in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount after giving effect to such increase, and otherwise duly completed, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 payable by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the reimbursement by the Borrower of the reasonable legal fees of counsel to the Administrative Agent; and

(F)if the Borrower elects to increase the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts by causing an Additional Lender to become a party to this Agreement, then the Borrower and such Additional Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F (an “Additional Lender Certificate”), together with an Administrative Questionnaire and a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 payable by such Additional Lender and the reimbursement by the Borrower of the reasonable legal fees of counsel to the Administrative Agent, and the Borrower shall (1) if requested by the Additional Lender, deliver a Note payable to such Additional Lender and its registered assigns in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount, and otherwise duly completed and (2) pay any applicable fees as may have been agreed to between the Borrower, the Additional Lender and/or the Administrative Agent.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to Section 2.06(c)(iv), from and after the effective date specified in the Elected Commitment Increase Certificate or the Additional Lender Certificate (or if any SOFR Borrowings are outstanding, then the last day of the Interest Period in respect of such SOFR Borrowings): (A) the amount of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts shall be increased as set forth therein, and (B) in the case of an Additional Lender Certificate, any Additional Lender party thereto shall be a party to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In addition, the Lender or the Additional Lender, as applicable, shall purchase a pro rata portion of the outstanding Loans (and participation interests in Letters of Credit) of each of the other Lenders (and such Lenders hereby agree to sell and to take all such further action to effectuate such sale) such that each Lender (including any Additional Lender, if applicable) shall hold its Applicable Percentage of the outstanding Loans (and participation interests) after giving effect to the increase in the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts.

(iv) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Elected Commitment Increase Certificate or an Additional Lender Certificate, executed by the Borrower and the Lender or the Borrower and the Additional Lender party thereto, as applicable, the processing and recording fee referred to in Section 2.06(c)(ii), the Administrative Questionnaire referred to in Section 2.06(c)(ii), if applicable, and the written consent of the Administrative Agent to such increase required by Section 2.06(c)(i), the Administrative Agent shall accept such Elected Commitment Increase Certificate or Additional Lender Certificate and record the information contained therein in the Register required to be maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 12.04(b)(iv). No increase in the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this Section 2.06(c)(iv).

(v) After giving effect to an increase in the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts, the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts shall not exceed the Borrowing Base or the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts.

(vi) Upon any increase in the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts pursuant to this Section 2.06(c), (A) each Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount shall be automatically deemed amended to the extent necessary so that each such Lender’s Applicable Percentage equals the percentage of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts represented by such Lender’s Elected Commitment, in each case, after giving effect to such increase, and (B) Annex I to this Agreement shall be deemed amended to reflect the Elected Commitment of each Lender (including any Additional Lender) as thereby increased, any changes in the Lenders’ Maximum Credit Amounts pursuant to the foregoing clause (A), and any resulting changes in the Lenders’ Applicable Percentages; provided that no Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount may be increased without the consent of such Lender.

(vii) Upon any redetermination or other adjustment in the Borrowing Base pursuant to this Agreement that would otherwise result in the Borrowing Base becoming less than the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts, the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts shall be automatically reduced (ratably among the Lenders in accordance with each Lender’s Applicable Percentage) so that they equal such redetermined Borrowing Base (and Annex I shall be deemed amended to reflect such amendments to each Lender’s Elected Commitment and the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts.

Section 2.07 Borrowing Base.

(a) Initial Borrowing Base. For the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the first Redetermination Date, the amount of the Borrowing Base shall be $2,000,000,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowing Base shall be subject to further adjustments from time to time pursuant to this Section 2.07 and Section 8.13(c).

(b) Scheduled and Interim Redeterminations.

(i) The Borrowing Base shall be redetermined semi-annually in accordance with this Section 2.07 (each such scheduled redetermination, a “Scheduled Redetermination”) and, subject to Section 2.07(d), such redetermined Borrowing Base shall become effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders on April 1 and October 1 of each year (or, in each case, such date promptly thereafter as reasonably practicable), commencing April 1, 2023.

(ii) In addition, each of the Borrower (by notifying the Administrative Agent thereof) and the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders, by notifying the Borrower thereof) may, one time during any period between any two consecutive Scheduled Redeterminations, elect to cause the Borrowing Base to be redetermined between such Scheduled Redeterminations in accordance with this Section 2.07. For purposes of this Agreement, the determination of the Borrowing Base on the Effective Date provided for herein shall be deemed and considered to be a Scheduled Redetermination.

(iii) In addition to, and not including and/or limited by clause (ii) above, the Borrower may, by notifying the Administrative Agent thereof, at any time between Scheduled Redeterminations, request additional Interim Redeterminations of the Borrowing Base in the event it acquires Oil and Gas Properties with proved reserves which are to be Borrowing Base properties having a PV-9 value (calculated at the time of acquisition) in excess of 5% of the Borrowing Base in effect immediately prior to such acquisition (any redetermination pursuant to Section 2.07(b)(ii), or (iii) an “Interim Redetermination”).

(i)Each Scheduled Redetermination and each Interim Redetermination shall be effectuated as follows: upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of (A) the Reserve Report and the certificate required to be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, in the case of a Scheduled Redetermination, pursuant to Section 8.12(a) and Section 8.12(c), and, in the case of an Interim Redetermination, pursuant to Section 8.12(b) and Section 8.12(c) and (B) such other reports, data and supplemental information, including, without limitation, the information provided pursuant to Section 8.12(c), as may, from time to time, be reasonably requested by the Required Lenders (the Reserve Report, such certificate and such other reports, data and supplemental information being the “Engineering Reports”), the Administrative Agent shall evaluate the information contained in the Engineering Reports and shall, in good faith, propose a new Borrowing Base or a reaffirmation of the existing Borrowing Base (the “Proposed Borrowing Base”) based upon such information and such other information (including the status of title information with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties as described in the Engineering Reports and the existence of any other Debt, the Loan Parties’ other assets, liabilities, fixed charges, cash flow, business, properties, management and ownership, hedged and unhedged exposure of the Loan Parties to price, production scenarios, interest rate and operating cost changes) as the Administrative Agent deems appropriate in good faith and consistent with its normal oil and gas lending criteria as it exists at the particular time. In no event shall any Proposed Borrowing Base exceed the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts.

(ii)The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Proposed Borrowing Base (the “Proposed Borrowing Base Notice”):

(A)in the case of a Scheduled Redetermination, promptly after the Administrative Agent has received the required Engineering Reports and has had a reasonable opportunity to determine the Proposed Borrowing Base in accordance with Section 2.07(c)(i); and

(B) in the case of an Interim Redetermination, promptly, and in any event, within fifteen (15) days after the Administrative Agent has received the required Engineering Reports;

(iii) Any Proposed Borrowing Base that would increase the Borrowing Base then in effect must be approved by all of the Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lenders) as provided in this Section 2.07(c)(iii) in good faith and consistent with its normal oil and gas lending criteria as it exists at the particular time and any Proposed Borrowing Base that would decrease or maintain the Borrowing Base then in effect must be approved or be deemed to have been approved by the Required Lenders as provided in this Section 2.07(c)(iii) in good faith and consistent with its normal oil and gas lending criteria as it exists at the particular time. Upon receipt of the Proposed Borrowing Base Notice, each Lender shall have fifteen (15) Business Days to agree with the Proposed Borrowing Base or disagree with the Proposed Borrowing Base by proposing an alternate Borrowing Base. If, in the case of any Proposed Borrowing Base that would decrease or maintain the Borrowing Base then in effect, at the end of such fifteen (15) Business Days, any Lender has not communicated its approval or disapproval in writing to the Administrative Agent, such silence shall be deemed to be an approval of the Proposed Borrowing Base. If, in the case of any Proposed Borrowing Base that would increase the Borrowing Base then in effect, at the end of such fifteen (15) Business Days, any Lender has not communicated its approval or disapproval in writing to the Administrative Agent, such silence shall be deemed to be a disapproval of the Proposed Borrowing Base. If, at the end of such 15-Business Day period, all of the Lenders, in the case of a Proposed Borrowing Base that would increase the Borrowing Base then in effect, or the Required Lenders, in the case of a Proposed Borrowing Base that would decrease or maintain the Borrowing Base then in effect, have approved or, in the case of a decrease or reaffirmation, deemed to have approved, as aforesaid, then the Proposed Borrowing Base shall become the new Borrowing Base, effective on the date specified in Section 2.07(d). If, however, at the end of such 15-day period, all of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable, have not approved or, in the case of a decrease or reaffirmation, deemed to have approved, as aforesaid, the Proposed Borrowing Base, then for purposes of this Section 2.07, the Administrative Agent shall poll the Lenders to ascertain the highest Borrowing Base then acceptable (A) to the Required Lenders, if such amount would reaffirm or decrease the Borrowing Base then in effect, or (B) to all of the Lenders, if such amount would increase the Borrowing Base then in effect, which amount shall become the new Borrowing Base, effective on the date specified in Section 2.07(d).

(iv) If any Lender does not approve a Proposed Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 2.07(c)(iii), the Borrower shall have the right to cause the Elected Commitment of such dissenting Lender to be replaced pursuant to Section 5.05.

(v) In the event that the Borrower does not furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the Reserve Reports, or other information specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above by the date specified therein, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may nonetheless redetermine the Borrowing Base and redesignate the Borrowing Base from time to time thereafter in their sole discretion until the Administrative Agent and the Lenders receive the relevant Reserve Reports, or other information, as applicable, whereupon the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall redetermine the Borrowing Base as otherwise specified in this Section 2.07.

(vi) Upon any redetermination or other adjustment in the Borrowing Base pursuant to this Agreement that would otherwise result in the Borrowing Base becoming less than the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts, the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts shall be automatically reduced pursuant to Section 2.06(c)(vii).

(d) Effectiveness of a Redetermined Borrowing Base. After a redetermined Borrowing Base is approved or is, in the case of a decrease or reaffirmation, deemed to have been approved by all of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable, pursuant to Section 2.07(c)(iii), the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the amount of the redetermined Borrowing Base (the “New Borrowing Base Notice”), and such amount shall become the new Borrowing Base, effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders:

(i) in the case of a Scheduled Redetermination, (A) if the Administrative Agent shall have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.12(a) and Section 8.12(c) in a timely and complete manner, then on April 1 or October 1 (or, in each case, such date promptly thereafter as reasonably practicable), as applicable, following such notice, or (B) if the Administrative Agent shall not have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.12(a) and Section 8.12(c) in a timely and complete manner, then on the Business Day next succeeding delivery of such notice; and

(ii) in the case of an Interim Redetermination, on the Business Day next succeeding delivery of such notice.

(iii) Such amount shall then become the Borrowing Base until the next Scheduled Redetermination Date, the next Interim Redetermination Date or the next adjustment to the Borrowing Base under Section 2.07(f) or (g) or Section 8.13(c), whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Scheduled Redetermination or Interim Redetermination shall become effective until the New Borrowing Base Notice related thereto is received by the Borrower.

(e) Lenders’ Sole Discretion. The Lenders shall have no obligation to determine the Borrowing Base at any particular amount, either in relation to the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount or otherwise. Furthermore, Borrower acknowledges that the Lenders have no obligation to increase the Borrowing Base and that any increase in the Borrowing Base is in each Lender’s sole discretion and subject to the individual credit approval processes of each of the Lenders which processes shall be conducted in good faith and based upon such information and such other information (including, the status of title information with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties as described in the Engineering Reports, the existence of any other Debt, the financial condition of the Loan Parties, the economic effect of the Borrower’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Hedge Transactions then in effect, commodity price assumptions, projections of production, operating expenses, general and administrative expenses, capital costs, working capital

requirements, liquidity evaluations, dividend payments, environmental costs, legal costs, and such other credit factors) as such Lender deems appropriate in its sole discretion and consistent with its normal oil and gas lending criteria as they exist at the particular time.

(f) Reduction of Borrowing Base Upon Issuance of Permitted Debt. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary incurs any Debt under Section 9.02(k) (or any Permitted Refinancing Debt in reliance on Section 9.02(l) in a principal amount in excess of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes or the Permitted Debt refinanced with such Permitted Refinancing Debt (provided that such excess is permitted under Section 9.02(k))) during the period between Scheduled Redetermination dates (or, in the case of any such event occurring prior to April 1, 2023, the period from the Effective Date to April 1, 2023) (and not otherwise in conjunction with an Interim Redetermination), then on the date on which such Debt is issued, the Borrowing Base then in effect shall be reduced by an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 0.25 multiplied by the amount of such Debt (or the amount of such excess, in the case of Permitted Refinancing Debt) and (ii) such other amount, if any, determined by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion prior to the issuance of such Debt, and the Borrowing Base as so reduced shall become the new Borrowing Base immediately upon the date of such incurrence, effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Agents, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders on such date until the next redetermination or adjustment of the Borrowing Base pursuant to this Agreement; provided that if any of the proceeds of such Debt are used concurrently with (but in any event within five (5) Business Days of) the incurrence of such Debt to Redeem any of the Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 9.08, any reduction in the Borrowing Base otherwise required pursuant to this Section 2.07(f) shall apply only to the principal amount of such Debt incurred in excess of the amount of the proceeds used to Redeem Preferred Stock. Upon any such redetermination, the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a New Borrowing Base Notice to the Borrower and the Lenders. For purposes of this Section 2.07(f), if any such Debt is issued at a discount or otherwise sold for less than “par”, the reduction shall be calculated based upon the stated principal amount without reference to such discount.

(g) Reduction of Borrowing Base upon Disposition of Oil and Gas Properties or Hedge Liquidations. In addition to any other redeterminations of or adjustments to the Borrowing Base provided for herein, if at any time the aggregate Borrowing Base Value of Oil and Gas Properties Disposed of (including by means of a Disposition of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary) pursuant to Section 9.05(d) together with the Hedge Termination Value of all Hedge Liquidations pursuant to Section 9.19, during any period between two successive Scheduled Redetermination Dates (or, if prior to the first Scheduled Redetermination Date, during the period from the Effective Date until the first Scheduled Redetermination Date) exceeds five percent (5%) of the Borrowing Base then in effect (and after giving effect to any other Hedge Transactions entered into by the Borrower contemporaneously with such Hedge Liquidations), then the Borrowing Base shall be automatically reduced by an amount equal to the Borrowing Base Value of all such Oil and Gas Properties Disposed of and the Hedge Termination Value of such Hedge

Liquidations, and, in each case, the Borrowing Base as so reduced shall become the new Borrowing Base immediately upon such Disposition or Hedge Liquidation (as applicable) effective and applicable to the Borrowers, the Agents, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders until the next redetermination or other adjustment of the Borrowing Base pursuant to this Agreement. Upon any such reduction, the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders.

(h) Reduction of Borrowing Base Associated with Title Defects or Exceptions. If at any time the Borrower does not satisfy the title requirements of Section 8.13, then the Administrative Agent may redetermine the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 8.13(c), and the Borrowing Base as so reduced shall become the new Borrowing Base immediately upon such redetermination, effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Agents, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders until the next redetermination or adjustment of the Borrowing Base pursuant to this Agreement. Upon any such redetermination, the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a New Borrowing Base Notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.

Section 2.08 Letters of Credit.

(a)General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of dollar denominated Letters of Credit for its own account or for the account of any other Loan Party, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed the LC Commitment (and with respect to any Issuing Bank, its LC Issuance Limit); provided that the Borrower may not request the issuance, amendment or extension of Letters of Credit hereunder if the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures exceed the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts then in effect at such time or the Aggregate Revolving Exposures would exceed the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts as a result thereof. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the applicable Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Issuing Bank shall have an obligation hereunder to issue, and shall not issue, any Letter of Credit (i) the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (A) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions or (B) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement, (ii) if the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally under similar circumstances for similarly situated borrowers or (iii) if any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Governmental Requirement relating to such Issuing Bank or any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit

in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Effective Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Effective Date and which such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in the implementation thereof, and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed not to be in effect on the Effective Date for purposes of clause (iii) above, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

(b)Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank) to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (not less than three (3) Business Days in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension) a notice:

(i) requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended;

(ii) specifying the date of issuance, amendment or extension (which shall be a Business Day);

(iii) specifying the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with Section 2.08(c));

(iv) specifying the amount of such Letter of Credit;

(v) specifying the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit; and

(vi) specifying the amount of the then effective Borrowing Base, the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts, the current Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures (without regard to the requested Letter of Credit or the requested amendment or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit) and the pro forma Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures (giving effect to the requested Letter of Credit or the requested amendment or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit).

Each notice shall constitute a representation that after giving effect to the requested issuance, amendment or extension, as applicable, (A) the LC Exposure shall not exceed the LC Commitment, (B) each Issuing Bank’s individual LC Exposure shall not exceed such Issuing Bank’s LC Issuance Limit and (C) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Issuing Bank shall at any time be obligated to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit if any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless (x) the Borrower cash collateralizes such Defaulting Lender’s portion of the total LC Exposure (calculated after giving effect to the issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.08(j) or (y) such Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements satisfactory to such Issuing Bank in its sole discretion with the Borrower or such Defaulting Lender to eliminate such Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s portion of the total LC Exposure.

If requested by any Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit; provided that, in the event of any conflict between such application or any Letter of Credit Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.

(c)Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any extension thereof, one year after such extension) and (ii) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.

(d)Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Banks or the Lenders, each Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (which, for this purpose, if any Defaulting Lender then exists, shall be calculated as such Lender’s percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure after giving effect to Section 2.11(a)(iv)) of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in Section 2.08(e), or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this Section 2.08(d) in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Elected Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e)Reimbursement. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, Charlotte, North Carolina time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 12:00 noon, Charlotte, North Carolina time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon Charlotte, North Carolina time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 12:00 noon, Charlotte, North Carolina time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than $1,000,000, the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to Borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be financed with a ABR Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Borrowing. If the Borrower makes such a request (and if the Borrower fails to make such a request and has not made the relevant reimbursement, it shall be deemed to have made such a request), the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (which, for this purpose, if any Defaulting Lender then exists, shall be calculated as such Lender’s percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure after giving effect to Section 2.11(a)(iv)) thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage (which, for this purpose, if any Defaulting Lender then exists, shall be calculated as such Lender’s percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure after giving effect to Section 2.11(a)(iv)) of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.05 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.05 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.08(e), the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this Section 2.08(e) to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.08(e) to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

(f)Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in Section 2.08(e) shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, any Letter of Credit Agreement or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or

invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by any Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or any Letter of Credit Agreement, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.08(f), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Banks, nor any of their Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of any Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse such Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable Law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised all requisite care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, each Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

(g)Disbursement Procedures. Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Each Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by electronic mail, or in the case of the Administrative Agent, by electronic email or other electronic communication if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

(h)Interim Interest. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, until the Borrower shall have reimbursed such Issuing Bank for such LC Disbursement (either with its own funds or a Borrowing under Section 2.08(e)), the unpaid amount thereof shall

bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans. Interest accrued pursuant to this Section 2.08(h) shall be for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.08(e) to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

(i)Replacement of any Issuing Bank. Any Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such replaced Issuing Bank and such successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of any Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 3.05(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(j)Cash Collateralization. If (i) any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this Section 2.08(j), (ii) the Borrower is required to pay to the Administrative Agent the excess attributable to an LC Exposure in connection with any prepayment pursuant to Section 3.04(c) or Section 3.04(e)(ii), as applicable (iii) the Borrower elects to cash collateralize the LC Exposure of any Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.08(b) or (iv) any Letter of Credit is outstanding at the time any Lender is a Defaulting Lender and the Borrower receives written request from any Issuing Bank demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this Section 2.08(j), then the Borrower shall deposit, in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to 103% of, in the case of an Event of Default, the LC Exposure, and in the case of a payment required by Section 3.04(c) or Section 3.04(e)(ii), as applicable, the amount of such excess as provided in Section 3.04(c) or Section 3.04(e)(ii), as applicable, and in the case of a Defaulting Lender, an amount in cash equal to 103% of such Defaulting Lender’s portion of the total LC Exposure at such time as calculated pursuant to clause (x) of the second to last sentence of Section 2.08(b) (less any amounts already on deposit in such account representing cash collateral for any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s portion of the total LC Exposure), as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of

any Event of Default with respect to any Loan Party described in Section 10.01(h), Section 10.01(i) or Section 10.01(j). The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, an exclusive first-priority and continuing perfected security interest in and Lien on such account and all cash, checks, drafts, certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time deposited or held in such account, all deposits or wire transfers made thereto, any and all investments purchased with funds deposited in such account, all interest, dividends, cash, instruments, financial assets and other Property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise payable in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the foregoing, and all proceeds, products, accessions, rents, profits, income and benefits therefrom, and any substitutions and replacements therefor. The Borrower’s obligation to deposit amounts pursuant to this Section 2.08(j) shall be absolute and unconditional, without regard to whether any beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit has attempted to draw down all or a portion of such amount under the terms of a Letter of Credit, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, shall not be subject to any defense or be affected by a right of set-off, counterclaim or recoupment which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may now or hereafter have against any such beneficiary, the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any other Person for any reason whatsoever. Such deposit shall be held as collateral securing the payment and performance of the Borrower’s and the Guarantor’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the written request and instruction of the Borrower but at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral pursuant to clauses (i), (iii) or (iv) above, and the Borrower is not otherwise required to pay to the Administrative Agent the excess attributable to an LC Exposure in connection with any prepayment pursuant to Section 3.04(c) or Section 3.04(e)(ii), as applicable, then such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three (3) Business Days after (x) in the case of cash collateral provided pursuant to clause (i) above, all Events of Default have been cured or waived and (y) in the case of cash collateral provided pursuant to clauses (iii) or (iv) above, the applicable Defaulting Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender. The Borrower may at any time request confirmation from the Administrative Agent that a Defaulting Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly confirm such request or provide written confirmation to the Borrower that such Lender remains a Defaulting Lender and the basis for such determination.

(k)Reporting of Letter of Credit Information and LC Issuance Limit. At any time that there is an Issuing Bank that is not also the financial institution acting as Administrative Agent, then (a) no later than the fifth Business Day following the last day of each calendar month, (b) on each date that a Letter of Credit is amended, terminated or otherwise expires, (c) on each date that a Letter of Credit is issued or the expiry date of a Letter of Credit is extended, and (d) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank (or, in the case of clauses (b), (c) or (d) of this Section, the applicable Issuing Bank) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a report setting forth in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent information (including any reimbursement, cash collateral, or termination in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank) with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank that is outstanding hereunder. In addition, each Issuing Bank shall provide notice to the Administrative Agent of its LC Issuance Limit, or any change thereto, promptly upon it becoming an Issuing Bank or making any change to its LC Issuance Limit. No failure on the part of any Issuing Bank to provide such information pursuant to this Section 2.08(k) shall limit the obligations of the Borrower or any Lender hereunder with respect to its reimbursement and participation obligations hereunder.

(l)Resignation of Issuing Banks.

(i) Any Issuing Bank may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower. After the resignation of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the retiring Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or to extend, renew or increase the outstanding Letter of Credit.

(ii) Any resigning Issuing Bank shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Bank hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an Issuing Bank and all LC Exposure with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to take such actions as are required under Section 2.08(d)). Without limiting the foregoing, upon the resignation of a Lender as an Issuing Bank hereunder, the Borrower may, or at the request of such resigned Issuing Bank the Borrower shall, use commercially reasonable efforts to, arrange for one or more of the other Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, issued by such resigned Issuing Bank and outstanding at the time of such resignation, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the resigned Issuing Bank to effectively cause another Issuing Bank to assume the obligations of the resigned Issuing Bank with respect to any such Letters of Credit.

Section 2.09 [Reserved].

Section 2.10 Cash Collateral for Defaulting Lenders. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within one (1) Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent or any applicable Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize such Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to Section 2.11(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Minimum Collateral Amount and (b) an amount otherwise agreeable to such Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent in their sole discretion.

(a)Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower and, to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Banks, and agrees to maintain, a first-priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral as security for (i) in the case of the Defaulting Lender, the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of LC Exposure, to be applied pursuant to clause (b) below and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, its obligations hereunder to reimburse the LC Exposure for which such Defaulting Lender is obligated as a participant. Borrower or such Defaulting Lender, as applicable, shall execute any documents and agreements, including the Administrative Agent’s standard form assignment of deposit accounts, that the Administrative Agent reasonably requests in connection therewith to establish such cash collateral account and to grant the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Banks, a first-priority security interest in such account and the funds therein. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the amount required above, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(b)Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.10 or Section 2.11 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of LC Exposure (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

(c)Termination of Requirement. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce any Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.10 following (a) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the

applicable Lender), or (b) the determination by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that, subject to Section 2.11, (x) such Issuing Bank may determine in its sole discretion that Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations of such Defaulting Lender and (y) the Borrower and such Issuing Bank may agree, each in its sole discretion, that Cash Collateral provided by the Borrower shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations; and provided further that to the extent that such Cash Collateral was provided by the Borrower, such Cash Collateral shall remain subject to any other security interest granted pursuant to the Loan Documents.

Section 2.11 Defaulting Lenders.

(a)Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

(i) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definitions of Majority Lenders and Required Lenders.

(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article X or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 12.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Banks hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize any Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.10; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize any Issuing Bank’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.10; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or any Issuing Bank against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting

Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or LC Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 6.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LC Disbursements owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LC Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in LC Exposures are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Elected Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.11(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.11(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(iii) Certain Fees.

(A)No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 3.05(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

(B)Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive letter of credit fees under Section 3.05(b)(i) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Applicable Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.10.

(C)With respect to any fee pursuant to Section 3.05(b) not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to sub-clause (B) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit obligations that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (a)(iv) below, (y) pay to the applicable Issuing Bank the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.

(iv) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Elected Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 6.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Elected Commitment. Subject to Section 12.18, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a

Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

(v) Cash Collateral. If the reallocation described in clause (a)(iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, Cash Collateralize any applicable Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.10.

(b)Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Elected Commitments hereunder (without giving effect to Section 2.11(a)(iv), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

(c)New Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that the LC Exposure related to any existing Letters of Credit as well as the new, extended, renewed or increased Letter of Credit has been or will be fully allocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with clause (a)(iv) above and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein except to the extent such Defaulting Lender’s participation has been or will be fully Cash Collateralized in accordance with Section 2.10.

ARTICLE III
PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; PREPAYMENTS; FEES

Section 3.01 Repayment of Loans. The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan on the Termination Date.

Section 3.02 Interest.

(a)ABR Loans. The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount of such Loans at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.

(b)SOFR Loans. The Loans comprising each SOFR Borrowing shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount of such Loans at the Adjusted Term SOFR for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.

(c)[Reserved].

(d)Post-Default Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Loan Document is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and including any payments in respect of a Borrowing Base Deficiency under Section 3.04(c), or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, then, such overdue amount, in the case of a failure to pay amounts when due, and at the option of the Majority Lenders, all Loans outstanding, in the case of any other Event of Default, shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in Section 3.02(a), but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate and (ii) if any Event of Default of the type described in Section 10.01(h), Section 10.01(i) and/or Section 10.01(j) occurs, then all outstanding principal, fees and other obligations under any Loan Document shall automatically bear interest at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in Section 3.02(a), but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, all Loans outstanding at such time shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at the rate then applicable to such Loans, plus the Applicable Margin, if any, plus an additional two percent (2%), but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.

(e)Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and on the Termination Date; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section 3.02(d) shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than an optional prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the Termination Date), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment, and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any SOFR Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(f)Interest Rate Computations. All computations of interest for ABR Loans when the Alternate Base Rate is determined by the Prime Rate shall be made on the basis of a year

of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest provided hereunder shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365/366-day year). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and be binding upon the parties hereto.

(g)Term SOFR Conforming Changes. In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.

Section 3.03 Changed Circumstances.

(a) Circumstances Affecting Benchmark Availability. Subject to clause (c) below, in connection with any request for a SOFR Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof or otherwise, if for any reason (i) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that reasonable and adequate means do not exist for ascertaining Adjusted Term SOFR for the applicable Interest Period with respect to a proposed SOFR Loan on or prior to the first day of such Interest Period or (ii) the Majority Lenders shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Adjusted Term SOFR does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans during such Interest Period, then, in each case, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or fax as promptly as practicable thereafter. Upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and the Lenders, any obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR Loans, and any right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to or continue any Loan as a SOFR Loan, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or the affected Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent (with respect to clause (ii), at the instruction of the Majority Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (A) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans or the affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans in the amount specified therein and (B) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into ABR Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower

shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts, if any, required pursuant to Section 5.02.

(b) Laws Affecting SOFR Availability. If, after the date hereof, the introduction of, or any change in, any applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any of the Lenders (or any of their respective lending offices) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or impossible for any of the Lenders (or any of their respective lending offices) to honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any SOFR Loan, or to determine or charge interest based upon SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, such Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders as promptly as practicable thereafter. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that such circumstances no longer exist, (i) any obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR Loans, and any right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to a SOFR Loan or continue any Loan as a SOFR Loan, in each case, shall be suspended (the “Affected Loans”) and (ii) if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Administrative Agent shall compute the Alternate Base Rate without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Alternate Base Rate”, in each case, until each such affected Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, upon demand from any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Affected Loans to ABR Loans (in each case, if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Administrative Agent shall compute the Alternate Base Rate without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Alternate Base Rate”), on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if all affected Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain such Affected Loans to such day, or immediately, if any Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Affected Loans to such day. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts, if any, required pursuant to Section 5.02.

(i)Benchmark Replacement. (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Lenders and the Borrower so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Majority

Lenders. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 3.03(c)(i) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.

(ii)Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(iii)Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (A) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (B) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower of the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 3.03(c)(iv). Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 3.03(c), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 3.03(c).

(iv)Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (1) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (2) the administrator of such Benchmark or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable, non-representative, non-compliant or non-aligned tenor and (B) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (A) above either (1) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (2) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative

Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

(v)Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, (A) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans and (B) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted to ABR Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Alternate Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Alternate Base Rate.

Section 3.04 Prepayments.

(a)Optional Prepayments. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 3.04(b).

(b)Notice and Terms of Optional Prepayment. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by electronic mail) (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a SOFR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m. Charlotte, North Carolina time, three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the date of prepayment, or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m. Charlotte, North Carolina time, on the date of prepayment, which date shall be a Business Day in the United States. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and whether the prepayment is of SOFR Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof, and the amount allocable to each; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Elected Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.06(b), then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.06(b). Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 3.02.

(c)Mandatory Prepayments.

(i) If, after giving effect to any termination or reduction of the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts pursuant to Section 2.06(a) or Section 2.06(b), the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures exceed the Aggregate Elected Commitment Amounts, then the Borrower shall (A) prepay the Borrowings on the date of such termination or reduction in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess, and (B) if any excess remains after prepaying all of the Borrowings as a result of an LC Exposure, pay to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders an amount equal to such excess to be held as cash collateral as provided in Section 2.08(j).

(ii) Upon any redetermination of or adjustment to the amount of the Borrowing Base in accordance with Section 2.07 (other than Section 2.07(f), (g) or (h)) if the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures exceed the redetermined or adjusted Borrowing Base, then Borrower must, at Borrower’s election, take one of the following actions and notify Administrative Agent of such election within ten (10) Business Days of written notice from the Administrative Agent that a Borrowing Base Deficiency then exists: (A) make four (4) consecutive equal monthly installment mandatory prepayments, each in an amount equal to one quarter (1/4) of the Borrowing Base Deficiency, with such payments commencing thirty (30) days from and after receipt by the Borrower of notice of the Borrowing Base Deficiency, (B) execute and deliver, or cause one or more Loan Parties to execute and deliver, to the Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days from and after receipt by the Borrower of notice of the Borrowing Base Deficiency, supplemental or additional Security Instruments, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent securing payment of the Indebtedness and covering other Properties of the Borrower or such Loan Parties, as applicable, including additional Oil and Gas Properties directly owned by the Borrower or such Loan Parties that are not then covered by any Security Instrument and that are of a type and nature satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and having a value (as determined by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion), in addition to other Oil and Gas Properties already subject to a Mortgage, in an amount at least equal to the Borrowing Base Deficiency; provided that, if the Borrower shall elect to execute and deliver (or cause one or more Loan Parties to execute and deliver) supplemental or additional Security Instruments to the Administrative Agent pursuant to subclause (B) of this Section 3.04(c)(ii), it shall provide concurrently within such thirty (30) day period to the Administrative Agent descriptions of the additional assets to be mortgaged or pledged thereby (together with current valuations, engineering reports, title evidence or opinions applicable thereto and other documents (including opinions of counsel) reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, each of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) or (C) within thirty (30) days from and after receipt by the Borrower of notice of the Borrowing Base Deficiency, prepay such excess or notify the Administrative Agent that the Borrower will implement a combination of the actions described in the foregoing subclauses (A) through (C) that are acceptable to the Administrative Agent (and thereafter implement such actions in accordance with subclauses (A) through (C)); and further provided that, if the Administrative Agent has not received within such ten (10) Business Day period the required notice from the

Borrower that the Borrower shall take the actions described in subclause (B) within such thirty (30) day period, then without any necessity for notice to the Borrower or any other Person, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to make mandatory prepayments equal to at least the Required Deficiency Payment for each Borrowing Base Deficiency Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all payments required to be made pursuant to this Section 3.04(c)(ii) must be made on or prior to the Termination Date.

(iii) Upon any adjustments to the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 2.07(f), (g) or (h) or Section 8.13(c), if the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures exceed the Borrowing Base as adjusted, then the Borrower shall prepay the Borrowings in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess on the first Business Day after receiving notice from the Administrative Agent of such excess. The Borrower shall be obligated to make such prepayment and/or deposit of cash collateral on the date of such Disposition or Hedge Liquidation or such incurrence of Indebtedness, and in the case of Sections 2.07(g) and (h) and/or Section 8.13(c), the Borrower shall be obligated to make such prepayment and/or deposit of cash collateral on the date of such reduction; provided that all payments required to be made pursuant to this Section 3.04(c)(iii) must be made on or prior to the Termination Date.

(iv) Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section 3.04(c) shall be applied, first, ratably to any ABR Borrowings then outstanding, and, second, to any SOFR Borrowings then outstanding, and if more than one SOFR Borrowing is then outstanding, to each such SOFR Borrowing in order of priority beginning with the SOFR Borrowing with the least number of days remaining in the Interest Period applicable thereto and ending with the SOFR Borrowing with the most number of days remaining in the Interest Period applicable thereto.

(v) Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section 3.04(c) shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowings. Prepayments pursuant to this Section 3.04(c) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 3.02.

(d)No Premium or Penalty. Prepayments permitted or required under this Section 3.04 shall be without premium or penalty, except as required under Section 5.02.

(e)If the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have any Excess Cash outstanding for more than five (5) consecutive Business Days, the Borrower shall prepay the Borrowings no later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following such five (5) consecutive Business Day period, which prepayment shall be in a principal amount equal to or greater than the amount of such Excess Cash as of such fifth (5th) Business Day. Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section 3.04(e) shall be applied, first, ratably to any ABR Borrowings then outstanding, and, second, to any SOFR Borrowings then outstanding, and if more than one SOFR Borrowing is then outstanding, to each such SOFR Borrowing in order of priority beginning with the SOFR Borrowing with the least number of days remaining in the Interest Period applicable thereto and

ending with the SOFR Borrowing with the most number of days remaining in the Interest Period applicable thereto. Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section 3.04(e) shall be applied ratably to the Loans that are being prepaid by such Excess Cash. Prepayments pursuant to this Section 3.04(e) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 3.02.

Section 3.05 Fees.

(a)Commitment Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily unused amount of the Elected Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date (it being understood that LC Exposure shall constitute usage of the Commitments for purposes of this Section 3.05(a)). Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the third Business Day after the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the Termination Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, unless such computation would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, in which case commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). If a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, commitment fees shall cease to accrue pursuant to this Section 3.05(a) on the entire Elected Commitment of such Lender until such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender.

(b)Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to such Lender’s participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Margin used to determine the interest rate applicable to SOFR Loans (or for any date of determination prior to the Effective Date with respect to the Letters of Credit set forth on Schedule 1.01, “Eurodollar Loans” under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Elected Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, (ii) to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.250% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Elected Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, provided that in no event shall such fee be less than $500 during any quarter, and (iii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, its standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after

the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the Termination Date and any such fees accruing after the Termination Date shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Banks pursuant to this Section 3.05(b) shall be payable within ten (10) days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, unless such computation would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, in which case participation and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(c)Administrative Agent Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS; PRO RATA TREATMENT; SHARING OF SET-OFFS.

Section 4.01 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.

(a) Payments by the Borrower. The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 5.01, Section 5.02, Section 5.03 or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m. Charlotte, North Carolina time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without defense, deduction, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim. Fees, once paid, shall be fully earned and shall not be refundable under any circumstances, absent manifest error. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices specified in Section 12.01, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Banks as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Section 2.09, Section 5.01, Section 5.02, Section 5.03 and Section 12.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars.

(b) Application of Insufficient Payments. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second,

towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.

(c) Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this Section 4.01(c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower to a particular Lender pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender) or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant. The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

Section 4.02 Presumption of Payment by the Borrower. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Bank Funding Rate.

Section 4.03 Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent. If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(b), Section 2.08(d), Section 2.08(e) or Section 4.02, or otherwise hereunder, then the Administrative Agent may, in its

discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid. If at any time prior to the acceleration or maturity of the Loans, the Administrative Agent shall receive any payment in respect of principal of a Loan or a reimbursement of an LC Disbursement while one or more Defaulting Lenders shall be party to this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall apply such payment pursuant to Section 2.11(a)(ii). After acceleration or maturity of the Loans, all principal will be paid ratably as provided in Section 10.02(c).

Section 4.04 Disposition of Proceeds. The Security Instruments contain an assignment by the Loan Parties unto and in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties of all of the Loan Parties’ interest in and to production and all proceeds attributable thereto which may be produced from or allocated to the Mortgaged Property. The Security Instruments further provide in general for the application of such proceeds to the satisfaction of the Indebtedness and other obligations described therein and secured thereby. Notwithstanding the assignment contained in such Security Instruments, until the occurrence of an Event of Default, (a) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that they will neither notify the purchaser or purchasers of such production nor take any other action to cause such proceeds to be remitted to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, but the Lenders will instead permit such proceeds to be paid to the Loan Parties and (b) the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to take such actions as may be necessary to cause such proceeds to be paid to the Loan Parties.

ARTICLE V
INCREASED COSTS; BREAK FUNDING PAYMENTS; TAXES

Section 5.01 Increased Costs.

(a)Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

(i)impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or advances, loans or other credit extended or participated in by, any Lender or any Issuing Bank that were not imposed or deemed applicable on the date hereof;

(ii)subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes indemnified pursuant to Section 5.03 or (B) Excluded Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, elected commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto, which Taxes it was not subject to on the date hereof, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any increase in the Tax rate after the date hereof for Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes indemnified pursuant to Section 5.03 or (B) Excluded Taxes) for which it was subject to on the date hereof; or

(iii)impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein that was not imposed on such Lender or such Issuing Bank on the date hereof;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, upon request of such Lender, such Issuing Bank or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, such Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or such Issuing Bank or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, regarding capital adequacy requirements or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Elected Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) Certificates. A certificate of a Recipient setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Recipient or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in Section 5.01(a) or (b), shall be delivered to the Borrower, shall include the calculation of such amount and sufficient backup detail to allow the Borrower to confirm such calculation, and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

(d) Effect of Failure or Delay in Requesting Compensation. Failure or delay on the part of any Recipient to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 5.01 shall not

constitute a waiver of such Recipient’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Loan Parties shall not be required to compensate a Lender or any Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 5.01 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the one hundred eighty (180) day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

Section 5.02 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any SOFR Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or an optional or mandatory prepayment of Loans), (b) the conversion of any SOFR Loan into an ABR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any SOFR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (d) the assignment of any SOFR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.05, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense (including any loss, cost or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds or from any fees payable) attributable to such event.

A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

Section 5.03 Taxes.

(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law; provided that, if the Borrower or Administrative Agent shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions or withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.03(a)), the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made, (ii) the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (as applicable) shall make such deductions or withholding and (iii) the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (as applicable) shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. The Borrower shall timely pay, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law.

(c) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the

Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5.03) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate of the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Bank as to the amount of such payment or liability under this Section 5.03 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.04(c)(i) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (d).

(e) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(f) Status of Lenders. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall

deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in paragraphs (f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (g) of this Section) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or about the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(1)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(2)executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(3)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within

the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W 8BEN-E; or

(4)to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W 8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that, if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner; and

(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(g) FATCA Documentation. If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this paragraph (g), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the Effective Date.

(h) Tax Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.03, it shall pay over such refund to the

Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 5.03 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent or such Lender the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h), in no event will the Administrative Agent or any Lender be required to pay any amount to the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the Administrative Agent or such Lender in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 5.03 shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

(i) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Elected Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

Section 5.04 Designation of Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 5.01, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.03, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.03, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

Section 5.05 Replacement of Lenders.

(a)If any Lender requests compensation under Section 5.01, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.03, and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 5.04, or if any Lender has affected Loans pursuant to Section 3.03(b), or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, or if any Lender refuses to approve a Proposed Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 2.07(c)(iii) and as a result, the Borrower elects to replace such dissenting Lender pursuant to Section 2.07(c)(iv), or if the Borrower has the right to replace a Lender pursuant to Section 12.02, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 12.04(b)), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.03 and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks (in each case, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed), (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 5.02) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 5.01 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 5.03, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments, (iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Law, and (v) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a non-consenting Lender pursuant to Section 12.02, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 6.01 Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02):

(a)The Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Lenders, shall have received all facility and agency fees and other reasonable and documented fees and amounts

due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, without limitation, all fees and amounts set forth in the Fee Letter to the extent due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, and, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all of the Administrative Agent’s out-of-pocket expenses including, without limitation, to the extent invoiced on or prior to the Effective Date, the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Administrative Agent, required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder, or shall have received confirmation acceptable to the Administrative Agent that the all such fees and amounts will be paid with the proceeds of the Loans funded on the Effective Date.

(b)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party setting forth (i) resolutions duly adopted by such Loan Party’s board of directors (or other governing body) with respect to the authorization of such Loan Party to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to enter into the transactions contemplated in those documents, (ii) the officers of such Loan Party (y) who are authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party and (z) who will, until replaced by another officer or officers duly authorized for that purpose, act as its representative for the purposes of signing documents and giving notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) specimen signatures of such authorized officers, and (iv) articles or certificate of incorporation or formation of each Loan Party and all amendments thereto, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority in its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, and the bylaws or other governing document of such Person as in effect on the Effective Date. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely on such certificate until the Administrative Agent receives notice in writing from the Borrower to the contrary.

(c)The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates as of a recent date of the good standing, existence or its equivalent of each Loan Party under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, each other jurisdiction where such Person is qualified to do business.

(d)The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party.

(e)The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed Notes (or any amendment or restatement thereof, as the case may be) payable to each requesting Lender and its registered assigns in a principal amount equal to such requesting Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount, dated as of the Effective Date.

(f)The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party thereto duly executed and completed counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of the Security Instruments, including the Reaffirmation Agreement, amendments and

restatements of the Loan Parties’ existing mortgages, and the other Security Instruments described on Exhibit C, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. In connection with the execution and delivery of the Security Instruments and the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that the Security Instruments (A) creating Liens on the Oil and Gas Properties create first-priority, perfected Liens (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances but subject to the provisos at the end of such definition) on at least 85% of the PV-9 value of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the Initial Reserve Report and (B) creating Liens on all other Property purported to be pledged as collateral pursuant to the Security Instruments create first-priority, perfected Liens (subject to only Liens permitted by Section 9.03) on such Property; and

(g)The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Locke Lord LLP, Woodburn and Wedge and O’Melveny & Myers LLP, special counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantors, covering such matters relating to the Borrower and the Guarantors, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, and such other legal opinions, including opinions of local counsel, certificates, notes, documents and other instruments as the Administrative Agent may request, in each case, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(h)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance coverage of the Loan Parties evidencing that the Loan Parties are carrying insurance in accordance with Section 7.12.

(i)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the Borrower has received all consents and approvals required by Section 7.03.

(j)The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from an authorized officer of the Borrower to the effect that (i) all representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects); (ii) none of the Loan Parties is in violation of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (iii) after giving effect to the Transactions, no Default has occurred and is continuing; (iv) since December 31, 2021, no event has occurred or condition arisen, either individually or in the aggregate, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (v) each Loan Party, as applicable, has satisfied each of the conditions set forth in Section 6.01 and Section 6.02.

(k)The Lenders shall have received at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, to the extent requested in writing at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.

(l)If any Loan Party qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, each Lender that so requests shall have received a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Loan Party at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date.

(m)The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as the Administrative Agent or special counsel to the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 11.04, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 6.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required under this Section 6.01 to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the Effective Date specifying its objection thereto. All documents executed or submitted pursuant to this Section 6.01 by and on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 12.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., Charlotte, North Carolina time, on [November 30], 2022 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Elected Commitments shall terminate at such time). The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.

Section 6.02 Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (including the initial funding), and of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(b) The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference

to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case, on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such specified earlier date.

(c) The making of such Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, would not conflict with, or cause any Lender or any Issuing Bank to violate or exceed, any applicable Governmental Requirement, and no Change in Law shall have occurred, and no litigation shall be pending or threatened, which does or, with respect to any threatened litigation, seeks to, enjoin, prohibit or restrain, the making or repayment of any Loan, the issuance, amendment, extension or repayment of any Letter of Credit or any participations therein or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(d) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Loan Limit then in effect.

(e) The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not have any Excess Cash immediately before or after giving effect to such Borrowing, in each case, determined after giving effect to any intended use of proceeds in the ordinary course of business (as certified by the Borrower, to the extent applicable, in the related Borrowing Request, and including, for the avoidance of doubt, any purpose permitted by Section 9.15) on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days after the date the Borrower receives the funds from such Borrowing, nor may such Borrowing, after giving effect to any such intended use of proceeds in the ordinary course of business (as certified by the Borrower, to the extent applicable, in the related Borrowing Request), be in an amount that would trigger a mandatory prepayment under Section 3.04(e), and such Loans shall be funded in accordance with Section 2.05 and thereafter maintained (until used in accordance with this Agreement) in (A) an account of the Borrower over which the Administrative Agent has “control” (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the Uniform Commercial Code) or (B) an Excluded Account to the extent permitted in accordance with the definition thereof.

(f) The receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Request in accordance with Section 2.03 or a request for a Letter of Credit (or an amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit) in accordance with Section 2.08(b), as applicable.

Each request for a Borrowing and each request for the issuance, amendment or extension of any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in Section 6.02(a) through (e).

ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

Section 7.01 Organization; Powers. Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority, and has all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals necessary, to own its assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

Section 7.02 Authority; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s corporate, limited liability company, or partnership powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or partnership action and, if required, action by any holders of its Equity Interests. Each Loan Document to which each Loan Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

Section 7.03 Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other third Person, nor is any such consent, approval, registration, filing or other action necessary for the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect other than (i) the recording and filing of the Security Instruments as required by this Agreement and (ii) those third party approvals or consents which, if not made or obtained, would not cause a Default hereunder, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or do not have an adverse effect on the enforceability of the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any applicable Law or the Organization Documents of any Loan Party or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, material Debt agreement or other similar instrument binding upon the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or their Properties, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition

of any Lien on any Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents).

Section 7.04 Financial Position; No Material Adverse Change.

(a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders (i) its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, reported on by Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, certified by a Financial Officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and for such period in accordance with GAAP, subject, with respect to the financial statements described in clause (ii), to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

(b) Since December 31, 2021, there has been no event, development or circumstance that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.