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10-Q

BKV Corp (BKV)

10-Q 2026-05-07 For: 2026-03-31
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Added on May 07, 2026

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026

OR

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 001-42282

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BKV CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware 85-0886382
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1200 17th Street, Suite 2100<br><br>Denver, Colorado 80202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(720) 375-9680

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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, $0.01 Par Value BKV New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer x
Non-accelerated filer o Smaller reporting company o
Emerging growth company x

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.

x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

Yes o No x

As of April 30, 2026, 109,386,611 shares of the registrant's common stock were outstanding.

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Glossary of Commonly Used Terms
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item1. FinancialStatements (Unaudited)
CondensedConsolidatedBalanceSheets 11
CondensedConsolidatedStatementsofOperations 13
CondensedConsolidatedStatementsofCashFlows 14
CondensedConsolidatedStatementsofStockholders' EquityandMezzanineEquity 16
NotestotheCondensedConsolidatedFinancial Statements 17
Item2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 42
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 57
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 59
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item1. Legal Proceedings 60
Item 1A. Risk Factors 60
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 60
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities 60
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 60
Item 5. Other Information 60
Item 6. Exhibits 61
Signatures 63

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Glossary of Commonly Used Terms

“2025 Equity Offering” refers to the underwritten public offering of 6,900,000 shares of our common stock completed on December 3, 2025 for net proceeds of $170.1 million.

“2026 Equity Offering” refers to the underwritten public offering of 7,003,813 shares of our common stock offered by the Company and 4,142,089 shares of our common stock offered by Bedrock as the selling stockholder completed on March 12, 2026 for net proceeds to the Company of $186.2 million.

“2030 Senior Notes” refers to the $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.50% senior unsecured notes due 2030 issued by BKV Upstream Midstream.

“ABR” refers to the alternative borrowing rate.

“Banpu” refers to our sponsor, Banpu Public Company Limited, a public company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and the ultimate parent company of BKV Corporation, BNAC, Banpu Power, and BPPUS.

“Banpu Power” refers to Banpu Power Public Company Limited, a public company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Banpu owns approximately 91.1% of Banpu Power as of March 31, 2026.

“Barnett” refers to the Barnett Shale in the Fort Worth Basin of Texas.

“Barnett Zero Project” refers to BKV dCarbon Barnett Zero, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and, as of May 8, 2025, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BKV-CIP Joint Venture.

“Bbl” refers to one stock tank barrel, of 42 U.S. gallons liquid volume, used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in reference to crude oil or other liquid hydrocarbons.

“Bcf” refers to one billion cubic feet of natural gas or CO2.

“Bcfe” refers to one billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent.

“Bedrock” refers to Bedrock Energy Partners, LLC.

“Bedrock Acquisition” refers to the acquisition by BKV Upstream Midstream of 100% of the equity interests of BKV Barnett II (formerly known as Bedrock Production, LLC) from Bedrock, which closed on September 29, 2025.

“Bedrock Purchase Agreement” refers to that certain Membership Interest Purchase Agreement entered into on August 7, 2025, with an economic effectiveness date of July 1, 2025 by and among BKV Upstream Midstream and Bedrock and, solely for certain limited purposes set forth therein, the Company and certain subsidiaries of Bedrock.

“BKV Barnett II” refers to BKV Barnett II, LLC (formerly known as Bedrock Production, LLC), a Texas limited liability company and, following its acquisition on September 29, 2025, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BKV Upstream Midstream. BKV Barnett II and its subsidiaries own certain oil and gas producing properties and midstream assets in the Barnett Shale, including approximately 96,000 net acres, 1,121 operated wells, and related natural gas upstream, midstream, and other assets.

“BKV-BPP Cotton Cove” or “BKV-BPP Cotton Cove Joint Venture” refers to BKV-BPP Cotton Cove, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the joint venture between BKV dCarbon Ventures and BPPUS, in which we currently own a 51% interest.

“BKV-BPP Power” or “BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture” refers to BKV-BPP Power LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the joint venture between BKV Corporation and BPPUS, in which we owned a 50% interest as of December 31, 2025. Following the closing of the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction on January 30, 2026, the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture is owned 75% by BKV and 25% by BPPUS.

“BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction” refers to BKV’s acquisition of an additional 25% interest in the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture from BPPUS, which closed on January 30, 2026.

“BKV-BPP Power Purchase Agreement” refers to that certain Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2025, by and between the Company and BPPUS.

“BKV-BPP Retail” refers to BKV-BPP Retail, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture.

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“BKV-CIP Joint Venture” refers to BKV dCarbon Project, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the joint venture between BKV dCarbon Ventures and C Squared Solutions, Inc., in which we currently own a 51% interest.

“BKV-CIP JV Agreement” refers to the Limited Liability Company Agreement of BKV dCarbon Project, LLC, entered into on May 8, 2025, by BKV dCarbon Ventures, C Squared Solutions, Inc. and, for the limited purposes specified therein, BKV Corporation.

“BKV dCarbon Ventures” refers to BKV dCarbon Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a wholly-owned subsidiary, and the CCUS business of BKV Corporation.

“BKV Upstream Midstream” refers to BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of BKV Corporation.

“BNAC” refers to Banpu North America Corporation, a subsidiary of Banpu, our sponsor, and the majority stockholder of BKV Corporation.

“BPPUS” refers to Banpu Power US Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Banpu Power and the owner of a 50% interest in the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture and a 49% interest in the BKV-BPP Cotton Cove Joint Venture as of December 31, 2025. Following the closing of the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction on January 30, 2026, BPPUS owns a 25% interest in the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture.

“Btu” refers to British thermal unit, which is the heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of liquid water by one degree Fahrenheit.

“Carbon Sequestered Gas” refers to a Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon neutral natural gas product.

“CCUS” refers to carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration.

“Class B Member” refers to C Squared Solutions, Inc, a subsidiary of the Energy Transition Fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).

“CO2” refers to carbon dioxide.

“CO2e” refers to carbon dioxide equivalent.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Corporate and Other” refers to the Company’s operating segment, which is an "All Other" category that includes the CCUS business line.

“developed reserves” are reserves of any category that can be expected to be recovered: (i) through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods or in which the cost of the required equipment is relatively minor compared to the cost of a new well or (ii) through installed extraction equipment and infrastructure operational at the time of the reserves estimate if the extraction is by means not involving a well.

“Devon Barnett Acquisition” refers to our acquisition of more than 289,000 net acres, 3,850 producing operated wells and related upstream assets in the Barnett from Devon Energy Corporation, which closed in October 2020.

“ERCOT” refers to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

“ESG” refers to environmental, social, and governance.

“ESPP” refers to the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

“GAAP” refers to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

“GHG” refers to greenhouse gases.

“GWh” refers to gigawatt hour.

“HRCO” refers to a heat rate call option, which is a contract for the financial purchase and sale of power based on a floating price of natural gas at a predetermined location using a predetermined conversion factor, or heat rate, required to turn the fuel input into electricity.

“LNG” refers to liquefied natural gas.

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“MBbls” refers to one thousand barrels of crude oil or other liquid hydrocarbons.

“Mcf” refers to one thousand cubic feet.

“Mcf/d” refers to one thousand cubic feet per day.

“Mcfe” refers to one thousand cubic feet of natural gas equivalent.

“MMBtu” refers to one million British thermal units, which is the heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of liquid water by one degree Fahrenheit.

“MMcf” refers to one million cubic feet.

“MMcf/d” refers to one million cubic feet per day.

“MMcfe” refers to one million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent, calculated by converting barrels of crude oil or other liquid hydrocarbons to natural gas at a ratio of one Bbl to six Mcf of natural gas. This is an energy content correlation and does not reflect a value or price relationship between the commodities.

“MMcfe/d” refers to one million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent per day.

“MW” refers to megawatt.

“MWh” refers to megawatt hour.

“NEPA” refers to the Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin of Northeast Pennsylvania.

“net acres” refers to the percentage of total acres an owner has out of a particular number of acres, or a specified tract. For example, an owner who has 50% interest in 100 acres owns 50 net acres.

“net zero” refers to the full elimination and/or offset of Scope 1, Scope 2, and/or Scope 3 emissions, as applicable, from our owned and operated upstream businesses.

“NGL” refers to natural gas liquids.

“NYMEX” refers to the New York Mercantile Exchange.

“OPEC” refers to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

“OPIS” refers to a Dow Jones Company that surveys and collects price information and publishes benchmarks for various energy commodities.

“Pad of the Future” refers to our program of converting natural gas-powered instrument pneumatics to compressed air or electric power instruments on existing pads, combined with emission and leak surveys.

“Power segment” refers to the Company’s reportable segment that includes the power generation business line.

“proved developed producing reserves” or “PDP reserves” refers to quantities of proved developed reserves expected to be recovered from completion intervals that are open and producing at the effective date of the estimate. Improved recovery reserves are considered producing only after the improved recovery project is in operation.

“proved reserves” refers to quantities of oil and gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible — from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulations — prior to the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether deterministic or probabilistic methods are used for the estimation. The project to extract the hydrocarbons must have commenced or the operator must be reasonably certain that it will commence the project within a reasonable time. The area of the reservoir considered as proved includes: (i) the area identified by drilling and limited by fluid contacts, if any, and (ii) adjacent undrilled portions of the reservoir that can, with reasonable certainty, be judged to be continuous with it and to contain economically producible oil or gas on the basis of available geoscience and engineering data. In the absence of data on fluid contacts, proved quantities in a reservoir are limited by the lowest known hydrocarbons (LKH) as seen in a well penetration unless geoscience, engineering, or performance data and reliable technology establishes a lower contact with reasonable certainty. Where direct observation from well penetrations has defined highest known oil (HKO) elevation and the potential exists for an associated gas cap, proved oil reserves may be assigned in the structurally higher portions of the reservoir only if geoscience, engineering, or performance data and

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reliable technology establish the higher contact with reasonable certainty. Reserves which can be produced economically through application of improved recovery techniques (including, but not limited to, fluid injection) are included in the proved classification when: (a) successful testing by a pilot project in an area of the reservoir with properties no more favorable than in the reservoir as a whole, the operation of an installed program in the reservoir or an analogous reservoir, or other evidence using reliable technology establishes the reasonable certainty of the engineering analysis on which the project or program was based; and (b) the project has been approved for development by all necessary parties and entities, including governmental entities. Existing economic conditions include prices and costs at which economic producibility from a reservoir is to be determined. The price shall be the average price during the 12-month period prior to the ending date of the period covered by the report, determined as an unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for each month within such period, unless prices are defined by contractual arrangements, excluding escalations based upon future conditions.

“RBL Credit Agreement” refers to that certain reserve-based lending agreement dated as of June 11, 2024, as amended from time to time, among BKV Corporation, BKV Upstream Midstream, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the financial institutions party thereto.

“Scope 1 emissions” refers to direct GHG emissions that occur from sources that are controlled or owned by an organization.

“Scope 2 emissions” refers to indirect GHG emissions associated with the purchase of electricity, steam, heat or cooling.

“Scope 3 emissions” refers to GHG emissions that result from the end use of an organization’s products, as estimated per Category 11 (Use of Sold Product), as well as emissions from other business activities from assets not owned or controlled by the organization but that the organization indirectly impacts in its value chain.

“Section 45I tax credits” refers to tax credits provided under Section 45I of the Code.

“Section 45Q tax credits” refers to tax credits provided under Section 45Q of the Code.

“SOFR” refers to the secured overnight financing rate.

“Temple Credit Facilities” refers to, collectively, the Temple Revolving Facility and Temple Term Loan Facility.

“Temple Generation I” refers to Temple Generation I, LLC, a subsidiary of Temple Intermediate II.

“Temple Generation II” refers to Temple Generation II, LLC, a subsidiary of Temple Intermediate II.

“Temple Generation SF” refers to Temple Generation SF LLC, an indirect subsidiary of BKV-BPP Power in which Temple Generation I and Temple Generation II each own a 50% interest.

“Temple I” refers to the first combined gas turbine and steam turbine power plant located in Temple, Texas and owned by the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture.

“Temple I Loan Agreements” refers to, collectively, the $141 Million Banpu Loan Agreement and $141 Million BPPUS Loan Agreement, each as defined herein.

“Temple II” refers to a second combined gas turbine and steam turbine power plant located in Temple, Texas, which power plant sits on the same site as Temple I and is owned by the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture.

“Temple Intermediate II” refers to Temple Generation Intermediate Holdings II, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of BKV-BPP Power.

“Temple Plants” refers to Temple I and Temple II, collectively.

“Temple Revolving Facility” refers to the senior secured revolving credit facility associated with the Beal Credit Agreement with a maximum aggregate principal amount of $60.0 million.

“Temple Term Loan Facility” refers to the senior secured term loan facility associated with the Beal Credit Agreement with an aggregate principal amount of $500.0 million.

“undeveloped reserves” refers to reserves of any category that are expected to be recovered from new wells on undrilled acreage, or from existing wells where a relatively major expenditure is required for recompletion. Reserves on undrilled acreage shall be limited to those directly offsetting development spacing areas that are reasonably certain of production when drilled, unless evidence using reliable technology exists that establishes reasonable certainty of economic producibility at greater distances. Undrilled locations can be classified as having undeveloped reserves only if a development plan has been adopted

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indicating that they are scheduled to be drilled within five years, unless the specific circumstances, justify a longer time. Under no circumstances shall estimates for undeveloped reserves be attributable to any acreage for which an application of fluid injection or other improved recovery technique is contemplated, unless such techniques have been proved effective by actual projects in the same reservoir or an analogous reservoir or by other evidence using reliable technology establishing reasonable certainty.

“Upstream/Midstream segment” refers to the Company’s reportable segment that includes its natural gas production and natural gas midstream business lines.

“working interest” refers to the right granted to the lessee of a property to explore for and to produce and own natural gas or other minerals. The working interest owners bear the exploration, development, and operating costs on either a cash, penalty, or carried basis.

“WTI” refers to West Texas Intermediate light sweet crude oil.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenue and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management and dividend policy, are forward-looking statements. When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, words such as “expect,” “project,” “estimate,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “budget,” “plan,” “seek,” “envision,” “forecast,” “target,” “predict,” “may,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “will,” the negative of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the anticipated benefits, opportunities and results with respect to the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction, including any expected value creation from the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction, and any anticipated efficiencies, power plant reliability, and strategic growth and power purchase agreement opportunities relating to the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture and the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction, as well as guidance, projected or forecasted financial and operating results, future liquidity, leverage, results in certain basins, objectives, project timing, utility of reporting segment changes, expectations and intentions, regulatory and governmental actions, and other statements that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events.

Forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, statements about:

•our business strategy;

•our reserves;

•our financial strategy, liquidity, and capital required for our development programs;

•our relationship with our sponsor, Banpu and its affiliates, including future agreements with Banpu;

•actual and potential conflicts of interest relating to Banpu, its affiliates, and other entities in which members of our officers and directors are or may become involved;

•volatility in natural gas, NGL, and oil prices;

•our dividend policy;

•our drilling plans and the timing and amount of future production of natural gas, NGL, and oil;

•our hedging strategy and results;

•competition and government regulation;

•changes in trade regulation, including tariffs and other market factors;

•legal, regulatory, or environmental matters;

•marketing of natural gas, NGL, and oil;

•business or leasehold acquisitions and integration of acquired businesses, including the Bedrock Acquisition, with our business;

•our ability to develop existing prospects;

•costs of developing our properties and of conducting our operations;

•our plans to establish midstream contracts that allow us to supply our own natural gas directly to the Temple Plants;

•our plan to continue to build out our power generation business and to expand into retail power;

•our ability to develop, produce, and sell Carbon Sequestered Gas;

•our ability to effectively operate and grow our CCUS business;

•our ability to forecast annual CO2 sequestration rates for our CCUS projects;

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•our ability to reach final investment decision and execute and complete any of our pipeline of identified CCUS projects;

•our ability to identify and complete additional CCUS projects as we expand our upstream operations;

•our ability to effectively operate and grow our retail power business;

•our anticipated Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions from our owned and operated upstream and natural gas midstream businesses and our sustainability plans and goals, including our plans to offset our Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions from our owned and operated upstream and natural gas midstream businesses;

•our ESG strategy and initiatives, including those relating to the generation and marketing of environmental attributes or new products seeking to benefit from ESG-related activities, and the continuation of government tax incentives applicable thereto;

•general economic conditions;

•cost inflation;

•credit markets;

•our ability to service our indebtedness;

•our ability to expand our business, including through the recruitment and retention of skilled personnel;

•our future operating results;

•the remediation of our material weakness;

•the Bedrock Acquisition and the anticipated benefits thereof;

•BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction and the anticipated benefits thereof;

•the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (the “OBBBA”); and

•our plans, objectives, expectations, and intentions.

When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements described under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (“2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K”). These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current belief, based on currently available information, as to the outcome and timing of future events. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

BKV Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands, except par value)

(Unaudited)

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March 31, 2026 December 31, 2025 (1)
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 288,536 $ 248,427
Restricted cash 15,974 15,846
Accounts receivable, net 141,722 129,077
Accounts receivable, related parties 11,282 11,196
Prepaid expenses 13,258 14,720
Inventory 18,761 20,039
Commodity derivative assets, current 72,216 63,900
Other current assets 6,245 8,150
Total current assets 567,994 511,355
Natural gas properties and equipment
Developed properties 3,016,204 2,965,638
Undeveloped properties 13,416 13,182
Midstream assets 278,340 277,974
Accumulated depreciation, depletion, and amortization (884,546) (849,464)
Total natural gas properties, net 2,423,414 2,407,330
Other property and equipment, net 1,057,960 944,412
Deposits 48,402 14,247
Goodwill 18,417 18,417
Commodity derivative assets 36,422 26,432
Other noncurrent assets 18,923 17,064
Total assets $ 4,171,532 $ 3,939,257
Liabilities, mezzanine equity, and equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 217,441 $ 229,487
Commodity derivative liabilities, current 17,526 8,469
Income taxes payable to related party 978 810
Payable to BPPUS for the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction 115,136
Current portion of Temple I Loan Agreements 176,000 191,000
Current portion of long-term debt, net 9,387 9,387
Other current liabilities 11,248 10,302
Total current liabilities 432,580 564,591
Asset retirement obligations 197,014 230,372
Commodity derivative liabilities 1,160 5,767
Deferred tax liability, net 140,139 128,839
Long-term debt, net 1,080,913 937,724
Other noncurrent liabilities 8,638 5,223
Total liabilities 1,860,444 1,872,516
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
Mezzanine equity
Noncontrolling interest 18,622 12,951
Stockholders' equity
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000 authorized shares; 109,385 and 96,872 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively 1,760 1,635
Treasury stock, shares at cost; 214 shares as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 (6,663) (6,663)
Additional paid-in capital 1,864,963 1,676,785
Retained earnings 352,385 309,051
Total stockholders' equity 2,212,445 1,980,808
Noncontrolling interest 80,021 72,982 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements. 11
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Total equity 2,292,466 2,053,790
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Total liabilities, mezzanine equity, and equity $ 4,171,532 $ 3,939,257

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(1) The financial information presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q has been retrospectively adjusted for the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction, which was accounted for as a transaction between entities under common control, with prior periods recast as if the transaction had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented. See Note 2 - Acquisition for further information.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements. 12

BKV Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

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Three Months Ended March 31,
2026 2025 (1)
Revenues and other operating income
Natural gas, NGL, and oil sales $ 287,675 $ 216,126
Midstream revenues 2,296 2,771
Derivative gains (losses), net 53,109 (98,383)
Marketing revenues 17,585 9,686
Section 45Q tax credits 3,060 3,307
Power revenues 68,990 43,864
Other 132 (1,305)
Total revenues and other operating income 432,847 176,066
Operating expenses
Lease operating and workover 45,075 35,055
Fuel commodity costs 57,121 46,363
Purchased power 27,355 18,667
Taxes other than income 20,202 14,790
Gathering and transportation 67,802 55,793
Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and accretion 52,941 49,597
Power operating and maintenance 19,679 20,213
General and administrative 42,130 29,069
Other operating expenses 14,516 6,616
Total operating expenses 346,821 276,163
Income (loss) from operations 86,026 (100,097)
Other income (expense)
Interest expense (22,830) (16,049)
Interest expense, related party (4,269) (5,076)
Interest income 1,498 749
Other income 2,888 3,034
Income (loss) before income taxes 63,313 (117,439)
Income tax benefit (expense) (11,469) 30,668
Net income (loss) 51,844 (86,771)
Less: net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest 7,769 (4,792)
Net income (loss) attributable to BKV $ 44,075 $ (81,979)
Net income (loss) per common share attributable to BKV:
Basic $ 0.42 $ (0.97)
Diluted $ 0.42 $ (0.97)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic 102,018 84,706
Diluted 102,304 84,706

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(1) The financial information presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q has been retrospectively adjusted for the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction, which was accounted for as a transaction between entities under common control, with prior periods recast as if the transaction had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented. See Note 2 - Acquisition for further information.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements. 13

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands)

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Three Months Ended March 31,
2026 2025 (1)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss) $ 51,844 $ (86,771)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and accretion 54,165 49,711
Equity-based compensation expense 3,907 2,067
Deferred income tax expense (benefit) 11,300 (31,098)
Unrealized (gains) losses on derivatives, net (13,856) 147,035
Impairment of asset held for sale 2,446
Settlement of contingent consideration (20,000)
Payments for the purchase of put options (16,206)
Other, net 1,905 2,850
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net (13,443) (12,805)
Accounts receivable, related party (86) (262)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (23,470) (26,036)
Other changes in operating assets and liabilities (277) 5,522
Net cash provided by operating activities 71,989 16,453
Cash flows from investing activities:
Asset acquisition (93,414)
Deposits on fixed asset purchases (33,050)
Capital expenditures (106,527) (57,612)
Proceeds from sales of assets 171 1,109
Other investing activities, net 257
Net cash used in investing activities (232,820) (56,246)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of underwriting discounts and commissions 186,174
Acquisition of affiliate (common control) (115,136)
Payment of debt issuance costs (892)
Payments on Temple Term Loan Facility (2,500) (2,500)
Proceeds from Promissory Note 46,000
Payments on Temple I Loan Agreements (15,000)
Proceeds under RBL Credit Agreement 330,000 170,000
Payments on RBL Credit Agreement (230,000) (135,000)
Net share settlements, equity-based compensation (2,055) (1,181)
Cash contributions from noncontrolling interest 4,200
Common stock issued from employee purchase plan 277
Net cash provided by financing activities 201,068 31,319
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash 40,237 (8,474)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period 264,273 96,998
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period $ 304,510 $ 88,524

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(1) The financial information presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q has been retrospectively adjusted for the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction, which was accounted for as a transaction between entities under common control, with prior periods recast as if the transaction had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented. See Note 2 - Acquisition for further information.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands)

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Three Months Ended March 31,
Supplemental cash flow information: 2026 2025 (1)
Cash payments for:
Interest $ 11,406 $ 15,331
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Increase in accrued capital expenditures $ 11,440 $ 487
Additions to asset retirement obligations $ 40 $ 35
Lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets $ 5,040 $
Modification of lease contracts $ (853) $
Revision of asset retirement obligations $ (35,172) $
Issuance of common stock to BPPUS $ 53 $
Accretion of Class B Units to redemption value $ 741 $

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(1) The financial information presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q has been retrospectively adjusted for the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction, which was accounted for as a transaction between entities under common control, with prior periods recast as if the transaction had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented. See Note 2 - Acquisition for further information.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity and Mezzanine Equity (in thousands)

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Equity Mezzanine Equity
Common Stock Treasury Additional Paid-In Capital Retained Earnings Noncontrolling Interest Total Equity Noncontrolling Interest
Shares Amount Shares Amount
Balance, December 31, 2025 (1) 96,872 $ 1,635 214 $ (6,663) $ 1,676,785 $ 309,051 $ 72,982 $ 2,053,790 $ 12,951
Net income 44,075 7,039 51,114 730
Contributions from noncontrolling interest 4,200
Accretion of Class B Units to redemption value (741) (741) 741
Issuance of common stock, net 7,004 70 186,104 186,174
Issuance of common stock to BPPUS 5,315 53 (53)
Issuance of common stock under equity incentive plans, net 16 277 277
Common stock issued upon vesting of restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for income taxes 178 2 (2,057) (2,055)
Equity-based compensation 3,907 3,907
Balance, March 31, 2026 109,385 $ 1,760 214 $ (6,663) $ 1,864,963 $ 352,385 $ 80,021 $ 2,292,466 $ 18,622
Equity Mezzanine Equity
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Common Stock Treasury Additional Paid-In Capital Retained Earnings Noncontrolling Interest Total Equity (1) Noncontrolling Interest
Shares Amount Shares Amount
Balance, December 31, 2024 84,600 $ 1,512 214 $ (6,663) $ 1,369,526 $ 131,316 $ 56,829 $ 1,552,520 $
Net loss (81,979) (4,792) (86,771)
Common stock issued upon vesting of restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for income taxes 108 1 (1,182) (1,181)
Equity-based compensation 2,067 2,067
Balance, March 31, 2025 84,708 $ 1,513 214 $ (6,663) $ 1,370,411 $ 49,337 $ 52,037 $ 1,466,635 $

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(1) The financial information presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q has been retrospectively adjusted for the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction, which was accounted for as a transaction between entities under common control, with prior periods recast as if the transaction had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented. See Note 2 - Acquisition for further information.

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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Note 1 - Business and Basis of Presentation

General

BKV Corporation (“BKV Corp”) was formed on May 1, 2020 and is a corporation registered with the State of Delaware. BKV Corp is a growth-driven energy company focused on creating value for its shareholders through organic development of its properties, as well as accretive acquisitions. BKV Corp’s core business is to produce natural gas from its owned and operated upstream businesses.

The majority shareholder of BKV Corp is BNAC. BKV Corp’s ultimate parent company is Banpu Public Company Limited ("Banpu"), a public company listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand. As of April 30, 2026, Banpu, the ultimate parent company of BNAC and BPPUS, indirectly owned an aggregate 62.8% of BKV Corp's shares. The remaining 37.2% of shares of common stock of BKV Corp were owned by non-controlling members of management, members of the board of directors, and employee and non-employee shareholders.

Basis of Presentation of the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Principles of Consolidation

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and include the accounts for BKV Corp’s wholly-owned subsidiaries and majority-owned subsidiaries in which BKV Corp has a controlling interest. The condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as certain disclosures and information required by GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements have been condensed or omitted. The condensed consolidated financial statements, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include normal and recurring adjustments, necessary to fairly state the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented herein. The interim results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2026 or for any other future annual or interim period. The December 31, 2025 condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from the Company's 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K; however, it has been retrospectively recast to reflect the historical results of BKV-BPP Power LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BKV-BPP Power” or the “BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture”), as described below. Accordingly, amounts as of December 31, 2025 and for the three months ended March 31, 2025 differ from those previously reported.

In addition, as discussed further in Note 14 - Reportable Segments, certain prior period amounts have been recast to reflect the Company's change in reportable segments from one reportable segment and one operating segment to two reportable segments consisting of Upstream/Midstream and Power, and one operating segment consisting of Corporate and Other.

Together, BKV Corp, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and its majority-owned subsidiaries where BKV Corp has a controlling interest and is the primary beneficiary, are referred to collectively as “BKV” or the “Company.” All intercompany balances and transactions between these entities have been eliminated within the condensed consolidated financial statements. Current and deferred income taxes and related tax expense have been determined based on the stand-alone results of BKV by applying the separate return method to BKV’s operations as if it were a separate taxpayer.

Common Control Transaction

On January 30, 2026, the Company completed the previously announced acquisition of an additional 25% interest in the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture (the "BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction"), pursuant to that certain membership interest purchase agreement, dated as of October 29, 2025, by and between the Company and BPPUS, an affiliate under common control (the "BKV-BPP Power Purchase Agreement"). In connection with such closing, the Company and BPPUS entered into an Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the "BKV-BPP Power LLC Agreement"), which governs BKV-BPP Power. Banpu indirectly holds the controlling financial interests in both the Company and BPPUS, and as such, the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction was accounted for as a transfer of assets between entities under common control in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 805-50, Business Combinations - Related Issues. Transfers of net assets between entities under common control are accounted for at the historical carrying values of the transferring entity as of the date of transfer, and no gain or loss is recognized. The Company recognized the difference between the consideration transferred and the historical carrying value of the net assets received as an adjustment to equity. Because the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture

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Transaction represents a common-control transfer, the Company retrospectively recast its condensed consolidated financial statements to include the historical results of BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture for all periods during which the Company and BKV-BPP Power were under common control. As a result of the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction, the Company is considered the primary beneficiary of BKV-BPP Power and consolidated BKV-BPP Power’s financial results in accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation. See Note 2 - Acquisition and Note 10 - Investments for further information.

Reclassification

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified in order to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no impact on previously reported balance sheets, net income (loss), net cash flows, or stockholders’ equity. In addition, the Company recast its prior period condensed consolidated financial statements as further described in Note 2 - Acquisition and Note 10 - Investments. The recast impacted previously reported financial statement line items.

2026 Equity Offering

On March 12, 2026, the Company completed the 2026 Equity Offering (as defined below). See Note 9 - Stockholders' Equity for further detail.

Liquidity

As of March 31, 2026, the Company held $288.5 million of cash and cash equivalents. The Company’s working capital as of March 31, 2026, was $135.4 million, and for the three months ended March 31, 2026, cash flows provided by operating activities was $72.0 million. The Company intends to make the payments related to its debt and investments in capital expenditures with cash flows from operations.

Restricted Cash

As of March 31, 2026, restricted cash included amounts to fund the debt service reserve account, or the quarterly portion due on the Temple Term Loan Facility (as defined below) plus accrued interest and cash collateral held in connection with certain retail customers.

(in thousands) March 31, 2026 December 31, 2025
Cash and cash equivalents $ 288,536 $ 248,427
Restricted cash 15,974 15,846
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash $ 304,510 $ 264,273

Significant Judgments and Accounting Estimates

The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. In connection with the consolidation of the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture during the period, management has made significant judgments and estimates related to (i) the valuation of commodity derivative instrument and (ii) estimates of revenues earned and not yet billed and costs incurred and not yet billed. Actual results could differ from these estimates, and such differences may be material to the Company's financial position and results of operations.

Other than the items described above, there have been no significant changes to the Company's accounting estimates from those disclosed in the Company's 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Significant Accounting Policies

The Company's significant accounting policies are described in the notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, which are disclosed in the 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K. There have been no significant changes in accounting policies during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

In connection with the consolidation of the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture during the period, the Company evaluated BKV-BPP Power's accounting policies and determined they are consistent with the Company's accounting policies as disclosed in the Company's 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Accordingly, no adjustments to conform accounting policies were required upon consolidation.

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Common Shares Issued and Outstanding

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had common shares issued and outstanding of 109,385,430 and 96,871,868, respectively.

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In November 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This standard requires that entities (i) disclose amounts of purchases of inventory, employee compensation, and depreciation, depletion, and amortization, including those recognized as part of oil and gas-producing activities (or other amounts of depletion expense) included in each relevant expense caption, (ii) include certain amounts that are already required to be disclosed under current GAAP in the same disclosure as the other disaggregation requirements, (iii) disclose a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively, and (iv) disclose the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. This standard is effective January 1, 2027, with early adoption permitted. Management is currently evaluating the impact this standard will have on the Company’s disclosures.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software. Under the new standard, companies may capitalize eligible costs when (i) management has authorized and committed to funding the software project, and (ii) it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function intended. The standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted as of the beginning of a fiscal year. The standard may be applied prospectively, retrospectively or using a modified transition approach. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated operating results, cash flows, financial condition, and related disclosures.

Note 2 - Acquisition

BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction

On January 30, 2026, pursuant to the BKV-BPP Power Purchase Agreement, the Company completed the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction for an aggregate consideration of $394.6 million, which consisted of $115.1 million in cash and 5,315,390 shares of Company common stock, which shares are subject to a 180-day lock-up. The aggregate purchase price was equal to (x) $376.0 million, less (y) 25% of BKV-BPP Power's net indebtedness at closing, payable 50% in cash and 50% in shares of the Company's common stock. BKV-BPP Power's net indebtedness was $582.9 million as of the closing date and the number of shares issued was determined by dividing the 50% of the aggregate purchase price by $21.6609, which represents the volume-weighted average price of the Company's common stock during the 20 consecutive trading day period ended October 28, 2025. The Company funded the cash consideration for the transaction with a combination of cash on hand and the net proceeds from the 2025 Equity Offering. Following the closing of the transaction, the Company and BPPUS own 75% and 25% of the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture, respectively.

The Company's condensed consolidated financial statements include $13.0 million of costs associated with the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction, $9.3 million related to the 2025 Equity Offering, which was included in additional paid-in capital on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and $3.7 million was expensed and included in other operating expenses on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

The BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction was accounted for as an acquisition of a business under common control (see Note 1 - Business and Basis of Presentation for further information). Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements prior to the acquisition date were retrospectively recast to include the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture's historical results. The Company previously accounted for BKV-BPP Power as an equity method investment and recognized 50% of its earnings. As a result of the consolidation of BKV-BPP Power, the Company determined that the manner in which its Chief Executive Officer, identified as the Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM"), evaluates operating performance and allocates resources has changed. Accordingly, BKV-BPP Power, the Company's power generation business, meets the criteria to be presented as a reportable segment. See Note 14 - Reportable Segments.

The following table represents a summary of the retrospective adjustments to the statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 to conform to the current presentation due to the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction.

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(in thousands) Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
Increase (decrease) to net loss
Loss from operations $ (6,394)
Net loss (8,105)
Less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest (4,792)
Net loss attributable to BKV $ (3,313)
Net loss per common share attributable to BKV:
Basic $ (0.04)
Diluted $ (0.04)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic 84,706
Diluted 84,706

Asset Acquisition

On July 1, 2025, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire approximately 6,200 acres of land and related assets in the state of Texas for a total consideration of $94.3 million, with a deposit of $0.9 million paid in July 2025. The acquisition closed on February 26, 2026. The assets acquired were accounted for as an asset acquisition as the fair value of substantially all the assets acquired were concentrated in a group of similar assets. The Company evaluated the related assets, including structures, easements, and mineral rights, and determined that they were not material, individually or in the aggregate to the total purchase price. Accordingly, the total consideration, including transaction costs was allocated to land. No goodwill was recognized. The Company partially funded the acquisition with $46.0 million in proceeds from the Advance (as defined below), with the remainder funded through the Company's cash from operations. See Note 3 - Debt for further information on the Advance.

Bedrock Acquisition

On September 29, 2025, BKV Upstream Midstream acquired 100% of the equity interests of Bedrock Production, LLC (now known as BKV Barnett II, LLC (“BKV Barnett II”)), a Texas limited liability company (such transaction, the “Bedrock Acquisition”) from Bedrock pursuant to a membership interest purchase agreement (the “Bedrock Purchase Agreement”). The Bedrock Acquisition was accounted for as an asset acquisition. The purchase price allocation was finalized on December 31, 2025. See Note 3 - Acquisitions and Dispositions on the Company's 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information, including the allocation of consideration to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, half of the $37.0 million purchase price holdback was released in accordance with the terms of the Bedrock Purchase Agreement. As of March 31, 2026, the remaining half of holdback balance continues to be held in escrow for potential indemnification claims. In accordance with the terms of the Bedrock Purchase Agreement, the balance remaining in escrow is expected to be released upon the expiration of the 14-month indemnification period following the closing date of September 29, 2025, subject to the resolution of any outstanding claims.

Note 3 - Debt

The following table summarizes the debt balances (refer to the Company's 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K for definitions and further description of the Company's debt instruments):

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March 31, 2026 December 31, 2025
(in thousands) Principal Value Carrying Value Principal Value Carrying Value
Current portion of Temple I Loan Agreements $ 176,000 $ 176,000 $ 191,000 $ 191,000
Current portion of Temple Term Loan Facility 10,000 9,387 10,000 9,387
Total current portion of long-term debt, net 186,000 185,387 201,000 200,387
RBL Credit Agreement 100,000 100,000
2030 Senior Notes (7.50%) 500,000 486,313 500,000 486,777
Promissory Note 46,000 46,000
Temple Term Loan Facility 389,383 388,600 391,883 390,947
Temple Revolving Facility 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000
Total debt, net 1,281,383 1,266,300 1,152,883 1,138,111
Less: current portion of long-term debt (186,000) (185,387) (201,000) (200,387)
Total long-term debt, net $ 1,095,383 $ 1,080,913 $ 951,883 $ 937,724

RBL Credit Agreement

On June 11, 2024, BKV Corporation, as a guarantor, and BKV Upstream Midstream, as borrower, entered into the RBL Credit Agreement with Citibank, N.A., as the administrative agent, and the financial institutions party thereto. The RBL Credit Agreement includes a maximum credit commitment of $1.5 billion. As of March 31, 2026, the RBL Credit Agreement had a borrowing base of $1.0 billion, an elected commitment of $800.0 million, and the ability to issue up to $40.0 million in letters of credit.

The loans under the RBL Credit Agreement may be borrowed, repaid, and reborrowed during the term of the RBL Credit Agreement. The RBL Credit Agreement will mature on June 12, 2028. The obligations under the RBL Credit Agreement are secured and guaranteed on a senior secured basis by BKV Upstream Midstream and all of BKV Upstream Midstream’s current and future material restricted subsidiaries. BKV Upstream Midstream is obligated to pay certain fees to the lenders and administrative agent under the RBL Credit Agreement, including commitment fees on the average daily amount of the undrawn portion of the commitments. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, BKV Upstream Midstream recognized $0.9 million and $0.5 million, respectively, of commitment fees, which are included in interest expense on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The RBL Credit Agreement contains various restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit BKV Upstream Midstream's ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to, subject to certain exceptions: (i) incur indebtedness; (ii) incur liens; (iii) acquire or merge with any other company; (iv) sell assets or equity interests of their subsidiaries; (v) make investments; (vi) pay dividends or make other restricted payments; (vii) change their lines of business; (viii) enter into certain hedge agreements; (ix) enter into transactions with affiliates; (x) own any subsidiary that is not organized in the United States; (xi) prepay any unsecured senior or subordinated indebtedness; (xii) engage in certain marketing activities; and (xiii) allow, on a net basis, gas imbalances, take-or-pay, or other prepayments with respect to their proved oil and gas properties.

The RBL Credit Agreement requires BKV Upstream Midstream and its restricted subsidiaries to always hedge not less than 50% of reasonably anticipated projected production from their proved developed producing reserves for the subsequent 24 calendar month period immediately following the date financial statements are required to be delivered under the RBL Credit Agreement for each fiscal quarter.

The RBL Credit Agreement also includes financial covenants that require BKV Upstream Midstream to maintain:

• on a quarterly basis, a minimum Current Ratio (as defined in the RBL Credit Agreement) of no less than 1.00 to 1.00; and

• on a quarterly basis, a Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the RBL Credit Agreement) of no greater than 3.25 to 1.00.

The RBL Credit Agreement includes customary equity cure rights that will enable BKV Upstream Midstream to cure certain breaches of the minimum current ratio covenant or the maximum net leverage ratio covenant (subject to certain limitations in the RBL Credit Agreement). As of March 31, 2026, BKV Upstream Midstream was in compliance with such covenants in the RBL Credit Agreement.

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Financing costs related to the RBL Credit Agreement are deferred and capitalized as debt issuance costs and are included within other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, $6.3 million and $6.9 million, respectively, of unamortized debt issuance costs remained outstanding.

As of May 7, 2026, $130.0 million of borrowings and $15.0 million of letters of credit were outstanding under the RBL Credit Agreement, leaving $655.0 million of available capacity thereunder for future borrowings and letters of credit.

Promissory Note

On March 3, 2026, in accordance with the terms of a real estate option agreement entered into on February 27, 2026, by and between a wholly-owned subsidiary of BKV Corporation, as seller, and an unaffiliated third party, as buyer, BKV Corporation, as borrower, received $46.0 million, representing an advance of a portion of the purchase price set forth in the real estate option agreement (the "Advance"). The Advance is evidenced by a promissory note (the "Promissory Note") and secured by a first-priority security interest in the real property that is the subject of the real estate option agreement.

Pursuant to the Promissory Note, the principal amount of the Advance bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.0% per annum and will mature on the earliest of (i) the occurrence of specified credit events, (ii) certain repayment events, and (iii) February 25, 2036. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, including the closing of the underlying property acquisition or the execution of a power purchase agreement, the outstanding principal (or an applicable portion thereof) of the Advance shall be applied as a credit against the purchase payable by the counterparty to the real estate option agreement, or the counterparty's obligations under an executed power purchase agreement, as applicable. The Advance may be prepaid, in whole or in part, without penalty beginning on the third anniversary of the effective date of the real estate option agreement, subject to 30 days' notice. The Promissory Note contains customary covenants and events of default, upon which the lender may accelerate repayment.

BKV-BPP Power Loan Agreements and Credit Facilities

Temple I Loan Agreements

On October 14, 2021, BKV-BPP Power entered into a Loan Agreement (the “$141 Million Banpu Loan Agreement”) with BNAC, which allowed for a single drawdown in the amount of $141.0 million. On November 1, 2021, BKV-BPP Power borrowed $141.0 million under the $141 Million Banpu Loan Agreement for the purpose of acquiring Temple I and working capital.

On October 15, 2021, BKV-BPP Power entered into a Loan Agreement (the “$141 Million BPPUS Loan Agreement” and, together with the $141 Million Banpu Loan Agreement, the “Temple I Loan Agreements”) with BPPUS, which allowed for a single drawdown in the amount of $141.0 million. On November 21, 2021, BKV-BPP Power borrowed $141.0 million under the $141 Million BPPUS Loan Agreement (and in addition to the $141.0 million borrowed under the $141 Million Banpu Loan Agreement) for the purpose of acquiring Temple I and working capital.

BKV-BPP Power’s payment obligations under the Temple I Loan Agreements are senior unsecured indebtedness. The Temple I Loan Agreements bear interest at 6-month SOFR plus 5.25% per annum. Interest on the loans is payable on a semi-annual basis, and the loans will mature on November 1, 2026. BKV-BPP Power is permitted to prepay the loans at any time, with no prepayment premium. The Temple I Loan Agreements include covenants that, among other things, prohibit BKV-BPP from merging, incurring liens or incurring any additional indebtedness or guarantees. The Temple I Loan Agreements include financial covenants that require BKV-BPP Power to maintain a minimum net worth (as defined in the Temple I Loan Agreements, but generally meaning total assets minus total liabilities). In the $141 Million Banpu Loan Agreement, the minimum net worth requirement is $120.0 million and in the $141 Million BPPUS Loan Agreement, the minimum net worth requirement is $40.0 million. Under the Temple I Loan Agreements, BNAC and BPPUS have no recourse to BKV Corporation with respect to any amounts owed to them thereunder and BKV Corporation is not liable in any manner (and is not required to provide security) for any obligations owed to BNAC or BPPUS thereunder. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the outstanding principal balance of the Temple I Loan Agreements for each affiliate was $88.0 million and $95.5 million, respectively.

Temple Credit Facilities

On July 10, 2023, Temple Generation Intermediate Holdings II, LLC (“Temple Intermediate II”), an indirect subsidiary of BKV-BPP Power, as borrower, Temple Generation I, LLC (“Temple Generation I”), Temple Generation II, LLC (previously, CXA Temple 2, LLC) (“Temple Generation II”), each of Temple Generation I and Temple Generation II being a subsidiary of Temple Intermediate II, and Temple Generation SF LLC (“Temple Generation SF”), a joint subsidiary of Temple Generation I and Temple Generation II, each as subsidiary guarantors, entered into a credit agreement (the “Beal Credit Agreement”) with Beal

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Bank USA and the other lenders from time to time party thereto that provides the following credit facilities (collectively, the “Temple Credit Facilities”): (i) a senior secured term loan facility with an aggregate principal amount of $500.0 million (the “Temple Term Loan Facility”), which was fully drawn in an amount equal to $500.0 million on the closing date, and (ii) a senior secured revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $60.0 million (the “Temple Revolving Facility”), which was fully drawn in an amount equal to $60.0 million on the closing date. The interest is payable annually for the Temple Credit Facilities at a rate equal to SOFR plus an interest rate margin of 4.60%.

The Temple Term Loan Facility requires a quarterly repayment at a minimum of $2.5 million per quarter, beginning on September 30, 2023. The final aggregate principal installment for the Temple Term Loan Facility is due and payable on July 10, 2028 (subject to extension by up to two additional one-year periods), and the Temple Revolving Facility terminates five business days prior to the Temple Term Loan Facility maturity date. On the closing date, Temple Intermediate II applied the proceeds of the Temple Term Loan Facility to fund a portion of the Temple II acquisition and applied the proceeds of the Temple Revolving Loan Facility for general corporate purposes, including working capital and operating expenses. Any prepayment of the Temple Term Loan Facility prior to the third anniversary of the closing date thereof is subject to a prepayment penalty. Amounts repaid by Temple Intermediate II with respect to the Temple Term Loan Facility may not be reborrowed. Amounts repaid by Temple Intermediate II with respect to the Temple Revolving Facility may be reborrowed upon satisfaction of customary conditions.

The obligations under the Temple Credit Facilities are secured by (i) all of the assets of Temple Intermediate II, Temple Generation I, Temple Generation II and Temple Generation SF, including the Temple Plants and all other personal property and real property of such entities and (ii) 100.0% of the equity interests in each of Temple Generation I, Temple Generation II, Temple Generation SF, and Temple Intermediate II. This collateral will remain pledged to Beal Bank until all secured obligations under the Temple Loan Facilities have been satisfied in full. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default under either of the Temple Credit Facilities, Beal Bank has customary secured creditor remedies, including the right to foreclose upon the pledged collateral.

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the effective interest rate on the outstanding balances under the RBL Credit Agreement, the Temple I Loan Agreements, and the Temple Credit Facilities was 8.24% and 8.86%, respectively.

Note 4 - Natural Gas Properties & Other Property and Equipment

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, accumulated depreciation, depletion, and amortization for developed natural gas properties was $859.1 million and $825.7 million, respectively. Depreciation, depletion, and amortization expense for developed natural gas properties was $33.5 million and $31.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, accumulated depreciation for midstream assets was $25.4 million and $23.8 million, respectively. Depreciation expense on midstream assets was $1.6 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

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Other property and equipment consisted of the following:

(in thousands) March 31, 2026 December 31, 2025
Plant facility $ 928,956 $ 926,092
Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration 125,224 114,261
Buildings 6,746 6,746
Furniture, fixtures, equipment, and vehicles 25,221 27,643
Computer software 8,461 8,461
Leasehold improvements 1,685 1,685
Land 102,434 8,090
Construction in process 26,857 6,350
Total 1,225,584 1,099,328
Accumulated depreciation (167,624) (154,916)
Other property and equipment, net $ 1,057,960 $ 944,412

For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, depreciation expense for other property and equipment was $13.2 million and $11.0 million, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company received proceeds on the sale of other properties of $0.2 million and $1.1 million, respectively, and recognized a gain on sale of these properties of $0.2 million and $1.1 million, respectively. The gain on sale of other property and equipment is included in other in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Impairment of Asset Held for Sale

As of March 31, 2025, the Company approved the plan to sell its field office in Bridgeport, Texas and has classified this asset as held for sale. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized an impairment of $2.4 million based on an estimated selling price of $5.5 million, which was included in other within total revenues and other operating income in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company completed the sale of the field office in the third quarter of 2025 for proceeds of $5.5 million, resulting in no further gain or loss.

Asset Retirement Obligations

The following table summarizes the activities of the Company's asset retirement obligations:

Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands) 2026 2025
Balance, beginning of period $ 233,339 $ 201,158
Liabilities incurred 40 35
Liabilities settled (448) (623)
Revisions of estimates(1) (35,172)
Accretion of discount 4,015 3,616
Balance, end of period 201,774 204,186
Less current portion (4,760) (3,506)
Asset retirement obligations, long-term $ 197,014 $ 200,680

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(1) Revisions of estimates are due to reductions of expected plugging & abandonment cost per well for all Barnett operated properties.

Note 5 - Fair Value Measurements

As the Company uses the market approach to determine the fair value of its derivative instruments, these fair values are also compared to the values given by counterparties for reasonableness. Since natural gas and NGL swaps, fixed-price power sales, and fixed price power purchases are based on measurements derived indirectly from observable inputs or from quoted prices from markets that are less liquid, they are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. The heat rate call options are classified

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The Company factors its own non-performance risk into the valuation of derivatives using current published credit default swap rates. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the impact of the non-performance risk adjustment to the Company's fair value of commodity derivative liabilities was $1.4 million and $1.6 million, respectively.

The following tables set forth by level within the fair value hierarchy, the financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis:

March 31, 2026
Fair Value Measurements Using:
(in thousands) Significant Other<br>Observable Inputs<br>(Level 2) Significant<br>Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) Total
Financial assets
Derivative instruments
Natural gas derivatives $ 58,302 $ $ 58,302
NGL derivatives 420 420
Natural gas basis swaps 15,372 15,372
Power derivatives 8,717 25,827 34,544
Financial liabilities
Derivative instruments
Natural gas derivatives 9,813 9,813
NGL derivatives 1,788 1,788
Power derivatives 7,085 7,085 December 31, 2025
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(in thousands) Significant Other<br>Observable Inputs<br>(Level 2) Significant<br>Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) Total
Financial assets
Derivative instruments
Natural gas derivatives $ 57,135 $ $ 57,135
NGL derivatives 13,807 13,807
Natural gas basis swaps 17,272 17,272
Power derivatives 1,347 771 2,118
Financial liabilities
Derivative instruments
Natural gas derivatives 6,572 6,572
NGL derivatives 407 407
Natural gas basis swaps 1,328 1,328
Power derivatives 3,514 2,415 5,929

The following table is the quantitative information regarding significant unobservable inputs used in the measurement of Level 3 positions:

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Valuation Technique Significant Unobservable Input Range Weighted Average Description
Kirk Spread Option Model Power and natural gas price correlation 92.7 % 92.7 % Estimated correlation between underlying commodities
Kirk Spread Option Model Power volatility (non-liquid hours) 49.3 % 60.3 % 54.8 % Extrapolated from observable 5x16 implied volatilities and shaped for delivery periods (2x16 and 7x8)
December 31, 2025
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Valuation Technique Significant Unobservable Input Range Weighted Average Description
Kirk Spread Option Model Power and natural gas price correlation 92.7 % 92.7 % Estimated correlation between underlying commodities
Kirk Spread Option Model Power volatility (non-liquid hours) 42.9 % 52.4 % 47.7 % Extrapolated from observable 5x16 implied volatilities and shaped for delivery periods (2x16 and 7x8)

The tables below sets forth the changes in the Company's Level 3 fair value measurements:

Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands) 2026 2025
Balance, beginning of period $ (1,644) $ (3,595)
Settlements (50,527) (15,291)
Total realized gains 50,527 15,291
Total unrealized gains (losses) 27,471 (17,083)
Balance, end of period $ 25,827 $ (20,678)

Other Fair Value Measurements

The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, net, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values due to the short-term maturities of these instruments. Long-term debt obligations under the RBL Credit Agreement, the Temple I Loan Agreements, and the Temple Credit Facilities also approximate fair value because the variable rates of interest are market-based. The fair value of the 2030 Senior Notes as of March 31, 2026, was approximately $505.8 million based on quoted market prices from banks and are classified Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The 2030 Senior Notes are carried on the condensed consolidated balance sheets at their original issuance value, as adjusted over time to accrete that value to par.

Note 6 - Derivative Instruments

The Company may utilize derivative contracts in connection with its natural gas, NGL and power operations to provide an economic hedge of the Company’s exposure to commodity price risk associated with anticipated future natural gas and NGL production, as well as to manage the Company's exposure to delivery risk, optimize physical and contractual assets in the Company's portfolio, and manage working capital requirements.

The derivative contracts outstanding as of March 31, 2026 consisted of commodity swaps, basis swaps, put and call options, producer collar agreements, fixed-price natural gas forwards, fixed-price power forwards, and HRCOs, subject to master netting agreements with each individual counterparty. The following table presents gross commodity derivative balances prior to applying netting adjustments recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheets:

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March 31, 2026
(in thousands) Balance Sheet Location Gross Amounts of Assets and Liabilities Offset Adjustments Net Amounts of Assets and Liabilities
Current derivative assets Commodity derivative assets, current $ 110,731 $ (38,515) $ 72,216
Noncurrent derivative assets Commodity derivative assets 51,822 (15,400) 36,422
Current derivative liabilities Commodity derivative liabilities, current 56,041 (38,515) 17,526
Noncurrent derivative liabilities Commodity derivative liabilities 16,560 (15,400) 1,160 December 31, 2025
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Current derivative assets Commodity derivative assets, current $ 66,787 $ (2,887) $ 63,900
Noncurrent derivative assets Commodity derivative assets 34,116 (7,684) 26,432
Current derivative liabilities Commodity derivative liabilities, current 11,356 (2,887) 8,469
Noncurrent derivative liabilities Commodity derivative liabilities 13,451 (7,684) 5,767

Derivative Contracts

Collar, Commodity Swap, and Basis Swap Contracts

A commodity collar provides for a price floor and a price ceiling. The floating price for the collar contract is traded for a fixed price when the floating price is not between the floor and ceiling. If the floating price is between these contracted prices, no trade occurs. A commodity swap agreement is an agreement whereby a floating price based on the underlying commodity is traded for a fixed price over a specified period. Basis swaps provide a guaranteed price differential for natural gas from two different specified delivery points over a specified period. The fair value of open collar, commodity swap, and basis swap contracts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets may differ from that which would be realized in the event the Company terminated its position in the respective contract.

Fixed-Price Power Forwards and HRCOs

For the power generated out of the Temple Plants, the Company held fixed-price power sales contracts in which energy is delivered to the ERCOT north hub at a fixed-price per MWh. The contracts contain an agreed upon quantity of total MW and total MWh. The Company also held fixed-price power purchase contracts to hedge BKV-BPP Retail power purchases for its retail customers.

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had outstanding four HRCO contracts with two counterparties, where the Company supplied 200 MW and 400 MW of energy to these counterparties upon demand at ERCOT North 345KV Hub, respectively, as defined by ERCOT. Under the agreements, the Company receives a monthly premium for capacity; electricity revenue for a strike price per MWh is delivered based on Platt’s Gas Daily for Houston Ship Channel and variable costs. The Company also receives a reimbursement for a maximum of two starts per calculation period. If, due to external factors, it is more advantageous to purchase power on the day-ahead market to satisfy the HRCO obligation, then this will occur instead of producing the agreed upon power for physical delivery. HRCOs contains various commodities, natural gas, and energy, and has various corresponding prices and unit of measures that correlate to the fair value recognized by the Company.

The following tables set forth the derivative gains (losses), net on the condensed consolidated statements of operations:

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Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands) Income Statement Location 2026 2025
Realized losses on derivatives (natural gas) Derivative gains (losses), net $ (26,910) $ (10,373)
Realized gains (losses) on derivatives (NGL) Derivative gains (losses), net 22 (5,097)
Realized gains on derivatives (power sales) Derivative gains (losses), net 62,569 67,098
Realized losses on derivatives (purchased power) Purchased power (9,456) (7,418)
Total realized gains on derivatives, net $ 26,225 $ 44,210 Three Months Ended March 31,
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Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives (natural gas) Derivative gains (losses), net $ 23,920 $ (110,395)
Unrealized losses on derivatives (NGL) Derivative gains (losses), net (41,333) (8,060)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives (power sales) Derivative gains (losses), net 34,841 (31,556)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives (purchased power) Purchased power (3,572) 2,976
Total unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives, net $ 13,856 $ (147,035)

During the first quarter in 2025, the Company entered into agreements to buy put options and subsequently paid a net premium of $16.2 million for contracts that settle in 2026 and 2027. The put options have an established floor of $3.00 per MMBtu. If at the time of settlement the contracted settlement price falls below the floor, the counterparties pay the Company an amount equal to the difference between the contracted settlement price and the floor multiplied by the contract volumes. The premium paid was recorded as an asset and is subsequently adjusted to the current fair value of the option written. During the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company terminated a portion of the put option contracts scheduled to settle in 2026 in exchange for natural gas fixed-price swap contracts that will settle in 2026. No realized gain or loss was recognized on this transaction.

Derivative Contract Volumes and Fair Values

The following tables summarize the Company’s outstanding derivative positions as of March 31, 2026 by commodity and contract type, including volume, pricing indices, or reference points, and associated fair values.

The following table summarizes the Company's power derivatives:

Instrument Units Quantity Pricing Index Fair Value as of<br><br>March 31, 2026 (in thousands)
2026
Swap MMBtu 6,132,000 HSC Gas Daily $ (3,821)
Power forwards - sales MWh 876,000 ERCOT North $ 8,717
Heat rate call option MMBtu 5,256,000 Various $ 25,827
Power forwards - purchases MWh (573,011) Various $ (7,085)

The following table summarizes the Company's natural gas commodity derivatives indexed to NYMEX Henry Hub pricing:

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Instrument MMBtu Weighted Average Price () Weighted Average Price Floor Weighted Average Price Ceiling Fair Value as of<br><br>March 31, 2026 (in thousands)
2026
Swap 121,458,622 $ 56,026
2027
Swap 98,958,854 $ 20,643
Collars 37,662,319 $ 3.57 $ 4.00 $ (257)
Call options 36,500,000 $ 5.00 $ (11,750)
Put options 36,500,000 $ 3.00 $ 10,295
2028
Swap 94,085,323 $ 4,073
2029
Swap 34,675,000 $ (157)

All values are in US Dollars.

The following table summarizes the Company's natural gas basis derivatives by reference price:

Instrument Basis Reference Price MMBtu Weighted Average Basis Differential Fair Value as of<br><br>March 31, 2026<br><br>(in thousands)
2026
Swap Transco Leidy Basis 39,713,234 $ (0.79) $ 1,541
Swap HSC Basis 41,250,000 $ (0.32) $ 5,209
Swap Transco St 85 (Z4) Basis 27,500,000 $ 0.62 $ 3,220
Swap NGPL TXOK Basis 35,794,014 $ (0.37) $ 3,134
2027
Swap Transco Leidy Basis 10,950,000 $ (0.76) $ (1,313)
Swap HSC Basis 7,300,000 $ (0.25) $ 1,303
Swap NGPL TXOK Basis 16,965,270 $ (0.31) $ 1,559
2028
Swap NGPL TXOK Basis 7,320,000 $ (0.76) $ (568)
Swap HSC Basis 10,980,000 $ (0.17) $ 1,288

The following table summarizes the Company's natural gas liquids derivatives position by product and reference price:

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Instrument Commodity Reference Price Gallons Weighted Average Price () Fair Value as of<br><br>March 31, 2026<br><br>(in thousands)
2026
Swap OPIS Purity Ethane Mont Belvieu 102,240,321 $ 432
Swap OPIS IsoButane Mont Belvieu Non-TET 10,677,157 $ (2,087)
Swap OPIS Normal Butane Mont Belvieu Non-TET 17,555,154 $ (3,738)
Swap OPIS Propane Mont Belvieu Non-TET 61,367,542 $ (5,274)
Swap OPIS Natural Gasoline Mont Belvieu Non-TET 27,359,457 $ (12,071)
2027
Swap OPIS Purity Ethane Mont Belvieu 79,965,970 $ 2,908
Swap OPIS IsoButane Mont Belvieu Non-TET 8,864,077 $ (860)
Swap OPIS Normal Butane Mont Belvieu Non-TET 14,071,274 $ (1,452)
Swap OPIS Propane Mont Belvieu Non-TET 49,204,884 $ (2,739)
Swap OPIS Natural Gasoline Mont Belvieu Non-TET 22,107,531 $ (3,051)

All values are in US Dollars.

Note 7 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers

All of the Company's revenues from contracts with customers are generated in the states of Pennsylvania and Texas. Revenues consist of the following:

Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
(in thousands) Pennsylvania Texas Total
Natural gas $ 30,908 $ 209,243 $ 240,151
NGLs 44,760 44,760
Oil 2,764 2,764
Total natural gas, NGL, and oil sales 30,908 256,767 287,675
Merchant energy sales and other 94,831 94,831
Energy retail sales 29,801 29,801
Solar revenue 92 92
Physical power purchased (55,734) (55,734)
Revenue from contracts with customers - power 68,990 68,990
Marketing revenues 17,585 17,585
Midstream revenues 2,296 2,296
Total $ 30,908 $ 345,638 $ 376,546

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
(in thousands) Pennsylvania Texas Total
Natural gas $ 24,572 $ 143,411 $ 167,983
NGLs 44,683 44,683
Oil 3,460 3,460
Total natural gas, NGL, and oil sales 24,572 191,554 216,126
Merchant energy sales and other 59,531 59,531
Energy retail sales 29,660 29,660
Solar revenue 86 86
Physical power purchased (45,413) (45,413)
Revenue from contracts with customers - power 43,864 43,864
Marketing revenues 9,686 9,686
Midstream revenues 2,771 2,771
Other(1) 51 51
Total $ 24,572 $ 247,926 $ 272,498

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(1) Excludes gains (losses) on sales of assets.

Accounts Receivable and Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Substantially all of the Company’s accounts receivable, net result from the sale of natural gas, joint interest billings, and power sales. The Company sells the substantial majority of its natural gas, NGLs, and oil to fewer than five customers and bills working interest owners for costs related to development of the Company’s natural gas properties. The Company sells power to retail and wholesale customers on the ERCOT power grid. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company’s accounts receivable, net consisted of the following:

(in thousands) March 31, 2026 December 31, 2025
Accounts receivable - contracts with customers(1) $ 74,026 $ 97,308
Accounts receivable - derivative instruments 40,957 11,383
Accounts receivable - other 28,115 21,656
Allowance for credit losses (1,376) (1,270)
Total accounts receivable, net $ 141,722 $ 129,077

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(1)As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, one customer accounted for 65% and 62%, respectively, of accounts receivable - contracts with customers. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, two customers each accounted for approximately 63% and 25% of the Company's revenue from contracts with customers, totaling $238.0 million and $94.8 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the same two customers accounted for 61% and 22% of revenue, totaling $166.5 million and $59.5 million, respectively. Also during the three months ended March 31, 2025, an additional customer accounted for approximately 15% of revenue, totaling $40.8 million of the Company's revenue from contracts with customers.

Note 8 - Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities included in current liabilities consist of the following:

(in thousands) March 31, 2026 December 31, 2025
Accounts payable $ 119,957 $ 100,432
Revenues payable 40,060 36,310
Interest payable 19,713 10,104
Accrued payroll 13,417 31,069
Oil, gas, and power production and other taxes payable 8,795 21,604
Commodity derivative settlements payable 2,431 24,705
Other accrued liabilities 13,068 5,263
Total $ 217,441 $ 229,487

Note 9 - Stockholders' Equity

2026 Equity Offering

On March 12, 2026, the Company completed its underwritten public offering of 7,003,813 shares of common stock offered by the Company and 4,142,089 shares offered by Bedrock as the selling stockholder (the "2026 Equity Offering"), and the Company received net proceeds of $186.2 million. The proceeds from the 2026 Equity Offering were used for general corporate purposes, including working capital, operating expenses and capital expenditures.

Equity-Based Compensation

2024 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan

The Company's 2024 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2024 Plan”) became effective immediately prior to the consummation of the Company's IPO in September 2024, and in December 2025, the Company's board of directors approved an amendment and restatement of the 2024 Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock available for grant and issuance under the 2024 Plan by 2,500,000 shares, effective March 5, 2026 (the 2024 Plan, as so amended and restated, the “A&R 2024 Plan”). As of March 31, 2026, 4,212,364 shares were available for future grants under the A&R 2024 Plan. See Note 12 - Equity-Based Compensation in the Company's 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion on the A&R 2024 Plan.

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units

The table below summarizes the activity of the performance-based restricted stock units ("PRSUs") for the three months ended March 31, 2026:

(in thousands, except per share amounts) Shares Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested PRSUs as of January 1, 2026 1,185 $ 16.06
Granted 585 $ 30.73
Vested (6) $ 16.90
Forfeited (16) $ 18.65
Unvested PRSUs as of March 31, 2026 1,748 $ 20.94

As of March 31, 2026, there was $29.4 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to the PRSU awards, which will be amortized over a weighted average period of 1.8 years.

Equity-based compensation related to PRSUs was $2.3 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Equity compensation related to PRSUs is included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Time-Based Restricted Stock Units

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The table below summarizes the activity of the time-based restricted stock units ("TRSUs") for the three months ended March 31, 2026:

(in thousands, except per share amounts) Shares Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested TRSUs as of January 1, 2026 689 $ 19.39
Granted 390 $ 28.94
Vested (241) $ 18.70
Forfeited (8) $ 20.50
Unvested TRSUs as of March 31, 2026 830 $ 24.07

As of March 31, 2026, there was $18.2 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to the A&R 2024 Plan TRSU awards, which will be amortized over a weighted average period of 2.2 years.

Equity-based compensation related to the TRSUs was $1.6 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, which is included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized equity-based compensation expense related to the ESPP of $0.1 million, which is included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. There was no equity-based compensation related to the ESPP for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Note 10 - Investments

Joint Ventures

BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture

In 2021, the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture was formed to own and operate combined-cycle natural gas-fired power generation facilities and a retail electricity marketing business in Temple, Texas. BKV-BPP Power generates revenues primarily through the sale of electricity and related products in the ERCOT market and through retail customer contracts, which allows the Company to integrate its upstream natural gas production with downstream power generation and marketing activities.

BKV-CIP Joint Venture

On May 8, 2025, BKV dCarbon Ventures, together with C Squared Solutions, Inc. (the “Class B Member”), a subsidiary of the Energy Transition Fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), and for the limited purposes specified therein, BKV Corporation, entered into the BKV-CIP JV Agreement forming BKV dCarbon Project, LLC (the “BKV-CIP Joint Venture”) for the purpose of developing CCUS projects. On May 8, 2025, BKV dCarbon Ventures contributed to the BKV-CIP Joint Venture $40.3 million of CCUS assets that included the BKV dCarbon Barnett Zero, LLC and BKV dCarbon Las Tiendas, LLC and related assets (including the Barnett Zero and Eagle Ford CCUS projects), and $4.1 million of Section 45Q accrued receivables at carrying value, and committed to future contributions of certain CCUS projects, related assets, and/or cash in exchange for an interest in the BKV-CIP Joint Venture and 4,796,421 Class A Units at $10.00 per share. The Class B Member committed up to an initial $500.0 million in cash for use by the BKV-CIP Joint Venture in construction and operating new CCUS projects across the United States in exchange for no more than a 49% interest in the BKV-CIP Joint Venture. Through March 31, 2026, the Class B Member contributed $22.1 million, and during the three months ended March 31, 2026, contributed $4.2 million. In exchange for the Class B Member's contribution to the BKV-CIP Joint Venture, the Class B Member has received a total of 2,211,155 of the BKV-CIP Joint Venture's Class B Units at $10.00 per share.

Net income (loss) is allocated to each member pursuant to the BKV-CIP JV Agreement's liquidation provisions. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, BKV dCarbon Ventures and the Class B Member's allocation in BKV-CIP Joint Venture's net income (loss) was 52% and 48%, respectively.

BKV-BPP Cotton Cove Joint Venture

On June 26, 2025, BKV dCarbon Ventures and BPPUS amended and restated the BKV-BPP Cotton Cove, LLC Agreement whereby on July 9, 2025, BKV dCarbon Ventures contributed $3.3 million to BKV-BPP Cotton Cove, net of $0.1 million of

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expenditures paid by BKV dCarbon Ventures on behalf of BKV-BPP Cotton Cove, and on July 10, 2025, BPPUS received $5.4 million of its initial capital contribution of $8.6 million from BKV-BPP Cotton Cove. On July 31, 2025, BKV dCarbon Ventures and BPPUS contributed an additional $3.8 million and $3.6 million, respectively. As a result of these transactions, BKV dCarbon Ventures owns a 51% controlling interest in BKV-BPP Cotton Cove, with BPPUS retaining a 49% interest.

Both the BKV-CIP Joint Venture and BKV-BPP Cotton Cove Joint Venture were formed to advance the Company’s CCUS strategy and do not represent a material business combination under ASC 805, Business Combination, as the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were not significant to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements, and no goodwill or a bargain purchase gain was recognized.

Variable Interest Entities

The Company considers the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture, the BKV-CIP Joint Venture, and the BKV-BPP Cotton Cove Joint Venture to each be a variable interest entity (“VIE”) in accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation as the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary of these joint ventures. Generally, a VIE is an entity with at least one of the following conditions: (i) the total equity investment at risk is insufficient to allow the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support, or (ii) the holders of the equity investment at risk, as a group, lack the characteristics of having a controlling financial interest. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is an entity that has a variable interest or a combination of variable interests that provide such entity with a controlling financial interest in the VIE. An entity is deemed to have a controlling financial interest in a VIE if it has both of the following characteristics: (i) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

The Company’s control over BKV-BPP Power is derived from its governance rights and its role in directing the day-to-day operational activities through its participation on a 12-member board of managers (the "BKV-BPP Power Board"), nine of whom are appointed by the Company and three of whom are appointed by BPPUS. The BKV-BPP Power Board has overall management and oversight of BKV-BPP Power, including approval of budgets, business plans, and key commercial and financing decisions. The Company directs plant operations, commercial optimization, fuel procurement, and marketing and risk management activities, through its operational role and participation in the governance of BKV-BPP Power. The Company’s economic exposure is primarily based on its 75% ownership interest, which entitles it to a majority of distributions and results of operations and exposes it to a majority of potential losses. In addition, the Company is generally required to fund its proportionate share of capital contributions in accordance with the BKV-BPP Power LLC Agreement.

The assets of BKV-BPP Power may only be used to settle its obligations, and the liabilities of BKV-BPP Power do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company, except to the extent of the Company’s investment and any contractual commitments. In addition, distributions from BKV-BPP Power may be subject to restrictions under its debt agreements or other contractual arrangements.

The Company's control over the BKV-CIP Joint Venture is derived from its ability to direct the development and execution of CCUS projects that most significantly impact the economic performance of this joint venture, including project development, capital deployment, and operational execution of CCUS projects through its management and oversight of these activities. The Company's economic exposure is based on its ownership interest and its obligation to absorb losses, or the right to receive benefits from the BKV-CIP Joint Venture.

The Company's control over BKV-BPP Cotton Cove is derived from its majority ownership interest and governance rights, which provide the Company with the ability to direct the activities that most significantly impact the joint venture's economic and operational performance, including the development and operation of CCUS-related assets. The Company's economic exposure is based on its ownership interest, including its potential earnings and losses, including funding its proportionate share of capital contributions in accordance with the respective agreements.

The assets and liabilities of these consolidated VIEs are included within the respective line items of the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. The assets of the consolidated VIEs may only be used to settle obligations of the respective VIEs, and the liabilities of the consolidated VIEs do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company, except to the extent of the Company’s investment and any contractual commitments. The BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture, the BKV-CIP Joint Venture, and BKV-BPP Cotton Cove are exposed to similar operational risks as the Company, and are each monitored and evaluated on a similar basis by management. The carrying amounts and classification of the consolidated VIE assets and liabilities included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets are as follows (excluding intercompany balances):

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March 31, 2026
(in thousands) BKV-BPP Power BKV-CIP Joint Venture BKV-BPP Cotton Cove
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 56,000 $ 2,170 $ 2,632
Restricted cash 15,974
Accounts receivable, net 25,853 14,794 14
Other current assets 90,862 311
Total current assets 188,689 17,275 2,646
Other property, plant, and equipment, net 906,076 57,230 17,606
Other assets 11,470
Total assets $ 1,106,235 $ 74,505 $ 20,252
Liabilities
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 30,021 $ 4,623 $ 1,342
Other current liabilities 23,051
Total current liabilities 53,072 4,623 1,342
Other liabilities 624,600
Total liabilities $ 677,672 $ 4,623 $ 1,342 As of December 31, 2025
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(in thousands) BKV-BPP Power BKV-CIP Joint Venture BKV-BPP Cotton Cove
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 49,015 $ 1,331 $ 3,744
Accounts receivable, net 28,618 11,749 568
Other current assets 46,206 654
Total current assets 123,839 13,734 4,312
Other property, plant, and equipment, net 806,673 55,452 16,606
Other assets 9,469
Total assets $ 939,981 $ 69,186 $ 20,918
Liabilities
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 22,553 $ 4,880 $ 2,269
Other current liabilities 18,374
Total current liabilities 40,927 4,880 2,269
Other liabilities 641,947
Total liabilities $ 682,874 $ 4,880 $ 2,269

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Noncontrolling Interests

Noncontrolling interests held by BPPUS of 25% and 49% in BKV-BPP Power and BKV-BPP Cotton Cove, respectively, are presented as noncontrolling interest within equity on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Pursuant to the BKV-CIP JV Agreement, the Class B Units are not mandatorily redeemable or currently redeemable, but become exercisable by the Class B Member with the passage of time beginning on May 8, 2027. The Company determined that there is an embedded put option in the Class B Units, which contains redemption features that are not solely within the control of the Company. Therefore, the shares of the BKV-CIP Joint Venture's Class B Units have been classified as noncontrolling interest within mezzanine equity on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. The redemption value of the Class B Units is based on a 1.65x multiple of invested capital, reduced by cumulative distributions made to the Class B Member. The contributions from the Class B Member are accreted to the redemption value over a period from issuance to the earliest redemption date (using the effective interest method) with the accretion accounted for as a dividend paid to the Class B Member. As of March 31, 2026, the carrying value of the Class B Units was $18.6 million, compared to an estimated redemption value of approximately $35.3 million.

As of March 31, 2026, distributions payable to Class B Member was $6.9 million, which represents 49% of the Section 45Q tax credits generated by BKV dCarbon Ventures in 2024. The distributions payable is included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Note 11 - Commitments and Contingencies

The Company may be subject to various claims, title matters, and legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, including environmental contamination claims, personal injury and property damage claims, claims related to joint interest billings and other matters under natural gas operating agreements, and other contractual disputes. The Company maintains general liability and other insurance to cover some of these potential liabilities. All known liabilities are fully accrued based on the Company's best estimate of the potential loss. As of March 31, 2026, the Company has recorded an aggregate accrual of approximately $1.6 million, which is included in other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

While the outcome and impact on the Company cannot be predicted with certainty, results may change in future periods. For the periods presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company believes that its ultimate liability, with respect to any such matters, will not have a significant impact or material adverse effect on its financial positions, results of operations, or cash flows. Results of operations and cash flows, however, could be significantly impacted in the reporting periods in which such matters are resolved.

As a part of the consideration paid for the Devon Barnett Acquisition, additional cash consideration was paid by the Company when certain thresholds were met for average Henry Hub natural gas and WTI crude oil prices for each of the calendar years during the period beginning January 2021 through December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2024, the final portion of the arrangement was considered to be settled, resulting in a settlement of $20.0 million, which was paid on January 8, 2025.

The Company has volume commitments in the form of gathering, processing, and transportation agreements with various third parties that require delivery of 835,763,676 dekatherms of natural gas. The significant majority of the agreements terminate by 2029, with one agreement extending through 2036. As of March 31, 2026, the aggregate undiscounted future payments required under these contracts total $242.3 million.

BKV-BPP Power has commitment agreements to support the operation, fuel supply, and commercialization of its power generation assets. These agreements include energy management, fuel transportation and storage, operations and maintenance, and administrative service arrangements with terms expiring through 2028.

On January 14, 2026, the Company entered into a manufacturing reservation agreement related to a planned power generation project. Under the agreement, the Company is committed to pay up to an aggregate of $80.0 million in reservation fees, scheduled in phases during 2026, to secure future manufacturing capacity through 2028 for turbines with up to approximately 1,230 MW in total generation capacity. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company paid $30.0 million of the reservation fees. Amounts paid are generally non-refundable and will be credited against the purchase price if a definitive supply agreement is executed.

On March 25, 2026, the Company entered into an equipment supply contract related to a planned power generation project. Under the agreement, the Company is committed to pay up to an aggregate of $124.1 million in purchase payments, scheduled in phases from 2026 through 2027, to secure the manufacture of modular power generation equipment. During the three months

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ended March 31, 2026, the Company paid $2.5 million of the purchase payments, and on April 1, 2026, the Company paid an additional $33.5 million. If the Company terminates the contract before manufacturing of the equipment begins, the Company would be required to pay 60% of the contract price, and if the Company terminates the contract after manufacturing of the equipment begins, the Company would be required to pay 100% of the contract price. The Company has an option to exercise a contract with similar terms, pricing, payment, and equipment manufacture and delivery lead times.

A summary of the Company's commitments, excluding contingent consideration, as of March 31, 2026, is provided in the following table:

(in thousands) 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 Thereafter Total
RBL Credit Agreement $ $ $ 100,000 $ $ $ $ 100,000
Temple Term Loan Facility 10,000 10,000 379,383 399,383
Temple Revolving Facility 60,000 60,000
Interest payable 19,713 19,713
BKV-BPP Power commitment agreements 4,218 4,891 401 9,510
Temple I Loan Agreements 176,000 176,000
Interest payable on Temple I Loan Agreements 7,238 7,238
Manufacturing reservation agreement 50,000 50,000
Equipment supply contract 83,147 38,453 121,600
Operating lease payments 4,859 1,474 1,269 1,303 1,345 5,628 15,878
Transportation commitments 52,924 62,224 53,909 34,257 5,913 33,032 242,259
Total $ 408,099 $ 117,042 $ 594,962 $ 35,560 $ 7,258 $ 38,660 $ 1,201,581

Note 12 - Income Taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company calculated its provision for income taxes using the estimated annual effective income tax rate applied to year-to-date ordinary income (loss) before income taxes. The provision for income taxes also includes the tax effects of discrete items recognized in the period in which they occur.

The Company's effective tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 were 18.1% and 26.1%, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the effective tax rate differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% due to the benefit of Section 45Q tax credits from the injection of captured CO2 waste for secure geologic storage, the noncontrolling interests related to the Company's investment in joint venture partnerships, and Section 45I tax credits from marginal production. These tax benefits were partially offset by tax expense associated with the limitation on deductible executive compensation. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the effective tax rate differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily driven by the discrete impact of unrealized hedging losses, partially offset by the benefit of Section 45I tax credits from marginal production, and Section 45Q tax credits from the injection of captured CO2 waste for secure geologic storage.

Note 13 - Earnings Per Share

Basic net income (loss) per common share attributable to BKV for each period is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to BKV, adjusted for accretion to redemption value of the Class B Units, by the basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per common share attributable to BKV is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to BKV, adjusted for accretion to redemption value of the Class B Units, by the diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the respective period. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the Class B Units subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the Class B Member. Accordingly, accretion is deducted from net income (loss) in the calculation of earnings per share. Diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding and the dilutive effect of potential common shares is calculated using the treasury method. The Company includes potential shares of common stock for PRSUs and TRSUs in the calculation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding based on the number of common shares that would be issuable if the end of the reporting period was also the

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end of the performance period. During periods in which the Company incurred a net loss, diluted weighted average common shares outstanding were equal to basic weighted average of common shares outstanding because the effects of all potential common shares was anti-dilutive.

The following is the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share attributable to BKV three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:

Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands, except per share amounts) 2026 2025
Net income (loss) attributable to BKV $ 44,075 $ (81,979)
Accretion of Class B Units to redemption value (741)
Net income (loss) including accretion of Class B Units to redemption value $ 43,334 $ (81,979)
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding 102,018 84,706
Add: dilutive effect of TRSUs 153
Add: dilutive effect of PRSUs 133
Diluted weighted average of common shares outstanding 102,304 84,706
Weighted average number of outstanding securities excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share
TRSUs 22
PRSUs
Net income (loss) per common share attributable to BKV:
Basic $ 0.42 $ (0.97)
Diluted $ 0.42 $ (0.97)

Note 14 - Reportable Segments

Prior to the consolidation of the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture in the first quarter of 2026, the Company was organized, managed, and identified as one operating segment and one reportable segment. Thereafter, as a result of changes to the Company's internal reporting structure, the Company’s CODM changed the manner in which resource allocation decisions are made and performance is assessed. As such, commencing in the first quarter of 2026, the Company's natural gas production, natural gas midstream, and power generation business lines, all of which are located within the United States, are now organized into two reportable segments for financial reporting purposes: (i) Upstream/Midstream and (ii) Power. In addition, the Company has an "All Other" category, which includes its Corporate and Other operating segment. The Corporate and Other operating segment includes the Company's remaining non-reportable segment operations consisting primarily of its CCUS business line and general corporate expenses not allocated to its reportable segments. Prior period segment information has been recast to reflect the current reportable segment structure.

The CODM evaluates segment performance and allocates resources based on segment revenues and other operating income, significant segment expenses, and other segment items, as well as capital expenditures. The primary measure of segment profit or loss used by the CODM is income from operations. The CODM also evaluates the Company's segment results period-over-period and relative to budget.

The Company's Upstream/Midstream segment is engaged in the acquisition, operation, exploration, development, and production of natural gas, NGLs, and oil in the Barnett and NEPA, and the commercial and midstream services such as gathering and transportation, marketing services, and commodity risk management activities.

The Company's Power segment is engaged in electricity generation, wholesale energy sales and purchases, and retail marketing operations. These activities are conducted through the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture in which the Company holds a 75% ownership interest. Subsidiaries of the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture own the Temple Plants, which are modern combined cycle gas and steam turbine power plants located in the ERCOT North Zone in Temple, Texas, and operate a retail marketing business throughout the deregulated portions of Texas.

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The Company's Corporate and Other operating segment includes BKV Corp, shared services, and the results of the Company's carbon capture and sequestration business, which focuses on reducing GHG emissions by capturing CO2 from Company-owned and third-party operations, as well as other energy and industrial sources. Intercompany eliminations are included within the Corporate and Other segment for purposes of segment reporting.

The following tables present the Company's segment revenues and other operating income, significant segment operating expenses, and segment income (loss) from operations:

Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
(in thousands) Upstream/Midstream Power Total Reportable Segments Corporate and Other Total
Revenues and other operating income
Natural gas, NGL, and oil sales $ 287,675 $ $ 287,675 $ $ 287,675
Power revenues 68,990 68,990 68,990
Midstream revenues 2,296 2,296 2,296
Derivative gains (losses), net (42,476) 95,585 53,109 53,109
Marketing revenues 17,527 17,527 58 17,585
Section 45Q tax credits 3,060 3,060
Other 132 132 132
Total revenues and other operating income $ 265,154 $ 164,575 $ 429,729 $ 3,118 $ 432,847
Operating expenses
Lease operating and workover 45,075 45,075 45,075
Fuel commodity costs 57,121 57,121 57,121
Purchased power 27,355 27,355 27,355
Taxes other than income 15,961 4,234 20,195 7 20,202
Gathering and transportation 67,802 67,802 67,802
Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and accretion 40,691 11,804 52,495 446 52,941
General and administrative 21,908 6,740 28,648 13,482 42,130
Power operating and maintenance 19,679 19,679 19,679
Other operating expenses 8,860 4,156 13,016 1,500 14,516
Total operating expenses 200,297 131,089 331,386 15,435 346,821
Income (loss) from operations $ 64,857 $ 33,486 $ 98,343 $ (12,317) $ 86,026
Capital expenditures $ 78,970 $ 16,850 $ 95,820 $ 10,707 $ 106,527

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
(in thousands) Upstream/Midstream Power Total Reportable Segments Corporate and Other Total
Revenues and other operating income
Natural gas, NGL, and oil sales $ 216,126 $ $ 216,126 $ $ 216,126
BKV-BPP Power revenues 43,864 43,864 43,864
Midstream revenues 2,771 2,771 2,771
Derivative gains (losses), net (152,191) 53,808 (98,383) (98,383)
Marketing revenues 9,686 9,686 9,686
Section 45Q tax credits 3,307 3,307
Other (1,305) (1,305) (1,305)
Total revenues and other operating income $ 75,087 $ 97,672 $ 172,759 $ 3,307 $ 176,066
Operating expenses
Lease operating and workover 35,055 35,055 35,055
Fuel commodity costs 46,363 46,363 46,363
Purchased power 18,667 18,667 18,667
Taxes other than income 10,221 4,569 14,790 14,790
Gathering and transportation 55,793 55,793 55,793
Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and accretion 39,491 9,627 49,118 479 49,597
General and administrative 10,174 5,232 15,406 13,663 29,069
Power operating and maintenance 20,213 20,213 20,213
Other operating expenses 4,038 390 4,428 2,188 6,616
Total operating expenses 154,772 105,061 259,833 16,330 276,163
Loss from operations $ (79,685) $ (7,389) $ (87,074) $ (13,023) $ (100,097)
Capital expenditures $ 54,264 $ 238 $ 54,502 $ 3,110 $ 57,612

The following table reconciles total segment income (loss) from operations to consolidated income before income taxes

Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands) 2026 2025
Total segment operating income (loss) $ 98,343 $ (87,074)
Unallocated amounts:
Corporate and other revenues and other operating income 3,118 3,307
Corporate and other taxes other than income (7)
Corporate and other depreciation, depletion, amortization, and accretion (446) (479)
Corporate and other general and administrative (13,482) (13,663)
Corporate and other, other operating expenses (1,500) (2,188)
Interest expense, net (25,601) (20,376)
Other income 2,888 3,034
Income (loss) before income taxes $ 63,313 $ (117,439)

The following table presents total assets by reportable segment reconciled to total consolidated assets:

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March 31,
(in thousands) 2026 2025
Upstream/Midstream $ 2,699,776 $ 2,037,244
Power 1,106,235 979,070
Total reportable segments 3,806,011 3,016,314
Corporate and Other 365,521 107,632
Total consolidated assets $ 4,171,532 $ 3,123,946

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Item 1 of Part I, Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes, including “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for the year ended December 31, 2025 included in our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 6, 2026. The following discussion contains “forward-looking statements” that reflect our future plans, estimates, beliefs, and expectations. We disclaim any duty to publicly update any forward-looking statements except as otherwise required by applicable law.

In this section, references to “BKV,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to BKV Corporation and its subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires. For more information on our organizational structure, see Note 1 - Business and Basis of Presentation to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Recent Developments

•BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction. On January 30, 2026, we completed the previously announced acquisition of an additional 25% interest in the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture for aggregate consideration consisting of $115.1 million in cash and 5,315,390 shares of our common stock. We funded the cash consideration with a combination of cash on hand and the net proceeds from the 2025 Equity Offering. Following the closing of the transaction, the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture is owned 75% by BKV Corp and 25% by BPPUS, and the financial results of BKV-BPP Power have been consolidated into our financial statements for all periods presented. For additional information, see Note 2 - Acquisition and Note 14 - Reportable Segments.

•2026 Equity Offering. On March 12, 2026, we completed the 2026 Equity Offering for net proceeds to the Company of $186.2 million, which were used for general corporate purposes, including working capital, operating expenses and capital expenditures. For additional information, see Note 9 - Stockholders' Equity.

Operational and Financial Highlights

Below are some highlights of our operating and financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2026:

•Production of natural gas, NGLs, and oil was 83.3 Bcfe, or 925.0 MMcfe/d, respectively.

•Average realized product prices, excluding the impact of settled derivatives, was $3.46 per Mcfe.

•Power generation of 1,981 GWh from the Temple Plants and capacity factor of 62.4%.

•Upstream/Midstream production revenues were $287.7 million, and Power revenues were $69.0 million.

•Net income attributable to BKV was $44.1 million.

•Net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $72.0 million.

•Accrued capital expenditures for the three months ended March 31, 2026 were $118.6 million.

Factors That Affect Comparability of Our Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Our business depends on many factors, including, but not limited to: (i) commodity prices, (ii) market supply and demand for natural gas, NGLs, and power, and (iii) upstream and power capital and operating costs. We continually monitor domestic and global factors which may cause our actual results of operations to differ from historical results or expected outlook.

Commodity Pricing. The natural gas, NGL, and power industries are each cyclical and seasonal, and commodity prices are highly volatile, and we expect these prices to continue to remain volatile in the near future. In order to manage our market exposure of price volatility, we utilize derivative contracts in connection with our operations to provide an economic hedge of our exposure to commodity price risks associated with anticipated future natural gas and NGL production and power generation. However, there are still market risks beyond our control that may impact our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

Supply, Demand, Market Risk, and the Impact on Natural Gas, NGLs, and Power Prices. Natural gas, NGL, and power prices are subject to large fluctuations in response to relatively minor changes in the demand for natural gas, NGLs, and power. Natural gas and NGL prices are affected by current and expected supply and demand dynamics, including the level of drilling,

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completion, and production activities by other natural gas production companies, industry-wide supply chain disruptions, widespread shortages of labor, material, and services. Other factors impacting supply and demand include weather conditions (including severe weather events), pipeline capacity constraints, basis differentials, export capacity, supply chain quality and availability. Power prices in the ERCOT market are subject to large fluctuations in response to relatively minor changes in the weather, time of day and generation mix, along with current and expected supply and demand dynamics in the ERCOT market. The majority of the factors noted above are outside of our control.

Power Business. The consolidated financial statements include the results of our power business for all periods presented, reflecting the retrospective recast of prior periods, as the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction was accounted for as a transfer between entities under common control. However, the power business has historically operated separately from our other operations and has a different operating profile. Businesses engaged in power generation are subject to seasonal, daily, and hourly fluctuations in demand, periods of peak load, and changes in supply and demand dynamics, which can result in variability in revenues and operating costs. In addition, the power business is more capital intensive, requiring ongoing investments in land, modular generation equipment, and turbine generators, and its growth is dependent on access to capital and the ability to obtain necessary commercial agreements. As a result, our consolidated results may not be fully comparable across periods and may not be indicative of the results that would have been achieved if the power business had been operated as part of our company during those periods or of our future performance.

Upstream Capital Costs. Businesses engaged in the exploration and production of natural gas and NGLs, such as ours, face the challenge of natural production declines. As initial reservoir pressures are depleted, natural gas and NGL production from a given well naturally decreases. Thus, as does any natural gas exploration and production company, we deplete part of our asset base with each unit of natural gas and NGLs we produce. We attempt to overcome this natural decline by drilling and refracturing to unlock additional reserves and acquiring more reserves than we produce. Our future growth will depend on our ability to enhance production levels from our existing reserves and to continue to add reserves in excess of production in a cost-effective manner, through development of existing assets and acquisitions. Our ability to make capital expenditures to increase production from our existing reserves and to add reserves through drilling is dependent on our capital resources and can be limited by many factors, including our ability to access capital in a cost-effective manner and to timely obtain drilling permits and regulatory approvals.

Other factors significantly affecting our financial condition and results of operations include, among others:

•success in drilling new wells;

•the availability of attractive acquisition opportunities and our ability to execute them;

•the amount of capital we invest in the leasing and development of our properties;

•facility or equipment availability and unexpected downtime; and

•delays imposed by or resulting from compliance with regulatory requirements.

Production Volumes and Power Data

The following table presents our historical production volumes for the periods presented:

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Three Months Ended March 31,
2026 2025
Production Data
Natural gas (MMcf) 68,079 54,121
NGLs (MBbls) 2,490 2,344
Oil (MBbls) 39 53
Total volumes (MMcfe) 83,253 68,503
Average daily total volumes (MMcfe/d) 925.0 761.1
Power Data
Power generation (GWh) 1,981 1,588
Fuel consumption 14,016 11,232

Impact of Acquisition and Joint Venture Transactions. Our financial condition and results of operations for the periods presented were impacted by acquisitions and joint venture transactions completed during 2025, which changed the scale, composition, and ownership structure of our operations.

In May 2025, as part of our CCUS business strategy, we partnered with the Class B Member to form the BKV-CIP Joint Venture, and beginning in the third quarter of 2025, we consolidated the BKV-BPP Cotton Cove Joint Venture. These transactions resulted in changes to the accounting treatment of certain assets and results, including the recognition of noncontrolling interests and fair value adjustments, further affecting comparability across periods.

In September 2025, we completed the Bedrock Acquisition, with an economic effective date of July 1, 2025. The acquisition significantly expanded our asset base in the Barnett with low-decline proved developed producing reserves, resulting in higher production volumes, revenues, operating expenses, depreciation, depletion and amortization, and asset retirement obligations beginning in the third quarter of 2025. Because the acquired assets were not owned for a full period of 2025, results for 2026 are not comparable to prior periods. In addition, the consideration paid, including cash, common stock, and repayment of indebtedness, affected our liquidity, leverage, and weighted-average shares outstanding.

As a result of these transactions, our historical operating, financial, and reserve data may not be comparable between periods presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Sources of Revenues

Our core businesses are the production of natural gas and the generation of natural gas-fired power from our owned and operated assets. Currently, a significant portion of our revenues are derived from the sale of our natural gas production and the NGLs that are extracted from processing our natural gas, as well as from the sale of our power generated out of the Temple plants and sold to a third party at either market or negotiated contract terms. A smaller portion of our revenues are generated from the sale of crude oil, midstream and surface operations, and certain marketing revenue and other income. Our midstream and surface operations primarily support our own exploration and production operations, with revenues generated primarily from fees charged for midstream and surface services, including transportation, freshwater sourcing and disposal, and other services to us and our affiliates and, to a lesser extent, third parties.

Realized Commodity Prices

NYMEX Henry Hub, for gas prices, and NYMEX WTI, for oil prices, are widely used benchmarks for the pricing of natural gas and oil in the United States. The price we receive for our natural gas and oil production is generally different than the NYMEX price because of adjustments for delivery location (“basis”), relative quality and other factors. In addition, we are exposed to fluctuations in wholesale electricity prices, primarily in the ERCOT market, related to our power generation and marketing activities. Power prices are influenced by several factors, including natural gas prices, weather, and market supply and demand. As such, our revenues are sensitive to the price of the underlying commodity to which they relate. For further discussion on our derivative contracts, see Note 6 - Derivative Instruments to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The following is a comparison of average pricing excluding and including the effects of derivatives:

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2026 2025
Average prices:
Natural gas (/Mcf)
Average NYMEX Henry Hub price $ 5.04 $ 3.65
Average natural gas realized price (excluding derivatives) $ 3.53 $ 3.10
Average natural gas realized price (including derivatives) $ 3.14 $ 2.86
Differential $ (1.51) $ (0.55)
NGLs (/Bbl)
Average NGL realized price (excluding derivatives) $ 17.98 $ 19.06
Average NGL realized price (including derivatives) $ 17.98 $ 16.89
Oil (/Bbl)
Average oil realized price $ 70.87 $ 65.28
High and low daily spot prices
Natural gas (/Mcf)
High NYMEX Henry Hub $ 30.72 $ 9.86
Low NYMEX Henry Hub $ 2.82 $ 2.93
Oil (/Bbl)
High NYMEX WTI $ 104.69 $ 80.73
Low NYMEX WTI $ 56.01 $ 66.31
Power
Average power price (/MWh) (excluding derivatives) $ 19.73 $ 8.89
Average power price (/MWh) (including derivatives) $ 51.04 $ 52.87
Average natural gas cost (/Mcf) $ 4.08 $ 4.13

All values are in US Dollars.

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Business Segment Results of Operations

The following sections present our results of operations for our two reportable segments, which include Upstream/Midstream and Power. Management believes this information is useful to investors in understanding the Company's financial condition, results of operations, and trends and uncertainties. See Note 14 - Reportable Segments to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Upstream/Midstream Segment

Comparison of the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:

Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands, other than percentages) 2026 2025 Change % Change
Production volume
Total production volumes (MMcfe) 83,253 68,503 14,750 22 %
Average daily production (MMcfe/d) 925.0 761.1 163.9 22 %
Average realized price (excluding derivatives) $ 3.46 $ 3.15 10 %
Average realized price (including derivatives) $ 3.14 $ 2.89 9 %
Revenues and other operating income
Natural gas revenues $ 240,151 $ 167,983 43 %
NGL revenues 44,760 44,683 77 %
Oil revenues 2,764 3,460 (696) (20) %
Midstream revenues 2,296 2,771 (475) (17) %
Derivative losses, net (42,476) (152,191) 109,715 *
Marketing revenues 17,527 9,686 7,841 81 %
Other 132 (1,305) 1,437 *
Total revenues and other operating income 265,154 75,087 190,067
Operating expenses
Lease operating and workover 45,075 35,055 10,020 29 %
Taxes other than income 15,961 10,221 5,740 56 %
Gathering and transportation 67,802 55,793 12,009 22 %
Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and accretion 40,691 39,491 1,200 3 %
General and administrative 21,908 10,174 11,734 *
Other operating expenses 8,860 4,038 4,822 *
Total operating expenses 200,297 154,772 45,525
Income (loss) from operations $ 64,857 $ (79,685)
Per unit costs
Lease operating and workover $ 0.54 $ 0.51 6 %
Taxes other than income $ 0.19 $ 0.15 27 %
Gathering and transportation $ 0.81 $ 0.81 %
Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and accretion $ 0.49 $ 0.58 (16) %
General and administrative $ 0.26 $ 0.15 73 %
Other operating expenses $ 0.11 $ 0.06 83 %
Total $ 2.40 $ 2.26
*Percentage not meaningful

All values are in US Dollars.

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Natural Gas Revenues

Our natural gas revenues increased by approximately $72.2 million, or 43%, to $240.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $168.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was due to higher production volumes during the three months ended March 31, 2026, which accounted for a $43.4 million increase in period-over-period revenues (calculated as the change in period-to-period volumes times the prior period average price). The impact was also due to commodity price increases, excluding the effect of derivative settlements, which provided a $28.8 million increase in period-over-period revenues (calculated as the change in the period-to-period average price times current period production volumes).

NGL Revenues

Our NGL revenues were $44.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and $44.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, remaining relatively consistent period-over-period. Higher production volumes during the three months ended March 31, 2026 increased NGL revenues by $2.8 million (calculated as the change in period-to-period volumes times the prior period average price), which was largely offset by a $2.7 million decrease attributable to lower commodity prices, excluding the effect of derivative settlements (calculated as the change in the period-to-period average price times current period production volumes).

Oil Revenues

Our oil revenues decreased by approximately $0.7 million, or 20%, to $2.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $3.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease was due to lower production volumes during the three months ended March 31, 2026, which accounted for a $0.9 million decrease in period-over-period revenues (calculated as the change in period-to-period volumes times the prior period average price). The decrease was offset by the impact of commodity price increases, excluding the effect of derivative settlements, which accounted for a $0.2 million increase in period-over-period revenues (calculated as the change in the period-to-period average price times current period production volumes).

Midstream Revenues

Our midstream revenues decreased by approximately $0.5 million, or 17%, to $2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $2.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. This decrease was primarily due to decreased throughput and pricing period-over-period.

Derivative Gains (Losses), Net

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, our Upstream/Midstream segment had net realized and unrealized losses on derivative contracts of $42.5 million, compared to net realized and unrealized losses of $152.2 million for the same period in 2025. The decrease in losses for the three months ended March 31, 2026, was primarily attributable to our open derivative positions, which were in an unrealized loss position of $16.1 million, compared to an unrealized loss position of $134.0 million for the same period in 2025. The current period primarily reflects slight increases in the forward curve of natural gas prices relative to December 31, 2025, whereas the prior year period reflected higher increases in future natural gas prices compared to December 31, 2024. In addition, we purchased put options of $16.2 million in the first quarter of 2025, limiting our 2026/2027 pricing downside. Increasing the derivative losses for the three months ended March 31, 2026 were realized losses of $26.3 million, compared to realized losses of $18.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, which were due to slightly higher natural gas prices settled in the current period compared to the same period in the prior year.

Marketing Revenues

Our marketing revenues are derived under our marketing agreement with a third party pursuant to which we receive a fixed percentage of all net income realized in the resale of our and other producers' hydrocarbons. Our marketing revenues increased by approximately $7.9 million to $17.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $9.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase in marketing revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2026, was primarily due to a higher pricing environment and more volumes sold compared to the same period in 2025.

Other Revenues

Other revenues includes the gain (loss) on sale of assets, which were $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $1.3 million for the same period in 2025. The period-over-period increase was primarily due to a gain on sale of assets of $0.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to a loss on sale of assets of $1.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

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Lease Operating and Workover

The following table summarizes our components of lease operating expenses for the periods presented:

Three Months Ended March 31,
2026 2025 Change % Change
(in thousands, other than percentages and average costs) Amount Per Mcfe Amount Per Mcfe
Lease operating expenses $ 42,780 $ 0.51 $ 33,675 $ 0.49 27 %
Workover expenses 2,295 0.04 1,380 0.02 915 66 %
Total lease operating and workover expense $ 45,075 $ 0.55 $ 35,055 $ 0.51 29 %

All values are in US Dollars.

Lease operating and workover expenses were $45.1 million, or $0.54 per Mcfe, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of approximately $10.0 million, or 29%, from $35.1 million, or $0.51 per Mcfe, for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase in lease operating and workover expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025, was primarily attributable to $10.2 million of lease operating and workover expenses associated with BKV Barnett II, which was acquired in connection with the Bedrock Acquisition in September 2025.

Taxes Other Than Income

Taxes other than income were $16.0 million, or $0.19 per Mcfe, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of approximately $5.7 million, or 56%, from $10.2 million, or $0.15 per Mcfe, for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was primarily driven by higher production taxes in the Barnett of $4.1 million, including $2.1 million attributable to BKV Barnett II. In addition, ad valorem and property taxes in the Barnett increased by $1.7 million, reflecting higher gas prices, of which $0.4 million was attributable to BKV Barnett II.

Gathering and Transportation

Gathering and transportation expenses were $67.8 million, or $0.81 per Mcfe, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of approximately $12.0 million, or 22%, from $55.8 million, or $0.81 per Mcfe, for the three months ended March 31, 2025. This increase was primarily driven by natural gas and NGL production of $11.9 million and $1.1 million, respectively, and natural gas rate increases of $0.3 million. These increases were offset by NGL rate decreases of $0.9 million and decreases in gathering costs associated with our midstream business of $0.4 million.

Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization, and Accretion

Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and accretion was $40.7 million, or $0.49 per Mcfe, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of approximately $1.2 million, or 3%, from $39.5 million, or $0.58 per Mcfe, for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was primarily due to an increase in our proved reserves in the current period compared to the same period in 2025.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses were $21.9 million, or $0.26 per Mcfe, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of approximately $11.7 million, from $10.2 million, or $0.15 per Mcfe, for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to Company-wide growth initiatives, including higher headcount and employee expenses, and an increase in consulting and information technology expenses, which resulted in increased corporate allocations to the Upstream/Midstream segment.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses were $8.9 million, or $0.11 per Mcfe, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of approximately $4.8 million, from $4.0 million, or $0.06 per Mcfe, for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase in other operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025, was due to a $2.9 million increase in integration and transaction costs primarily due to the Bedrock Acquisition, a $1.0 million reduction in emissions costs in 2025, and an increase of $0.9 million in gas purchases due to higher gas prices.

Power Segment

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Comparison of the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:

Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands, other than percentages) 2026 2025 Change % Change
Temple I capacity factor 64.5 % 45.4 % 19.1 % 42 %
Temple II capacity factor 60.3 % 54.2 % 6.1 % 11 %
Total power generation (GWh) 1,981 1,588 393 25 %
Fuel consumption (MMBtu) 14,016 11,232 2,784 25 %
Average generation price (excluding derivatives) $ 19.73 $ 8.89 *
Average generation price (including derivatives) $ 51.04 $ 52.87 (3) %
Average natural gas cost $ 4.08 $ 4.13 (1) %
Average spark spread $ 22.21 $ 23.67 (6) %
Revenues and other operating income
Power revenues $ 68,990 $ 43,864 57 %
Derivative gains, net 95,585 53,808 41,777 78 %
Total revenues and other operating income 164,575 97,672 66,903
Operating expenses
Fuel commodity costs 57,121 46,363 10,758 23 %
Purchased power 27,355 18,667 8,688 47 %
Taxes other than income 4,234 4,569 (335) (7) %
Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and accretion 11,804 9,627 2,177 23 %
Power operating and maintenance 19,679 20,213 (534) (3) %
General and administrative 6,740 5,232 1,508 29 %
Other operating expenses 4,156 390 3,766 *
Total operating expenses 131,089 105,061 26,028
Income (loss) from operations $ 33,486 $ (7,389)
*Percentage not meaningful

All values are in US Dollars.

Power Revenues

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, our Power revenues were $69.0 million compared to $43.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025, which include merchant energy sales and revenue from our retail business. The increase was primarily due to the increase in merchant energy sales, which was attributable to higher power prices, power generation, and capacity at the Temple Plants.

Derivative Gains (Losses), Net

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, our Power segment had net realized and unrealized gains on derivative contracts of $95.6 million, compared to net realized and unrealized gains of $53.8 million for the same period in 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to our open derivative positions, which were in an unrealized gain position of $33.6 million as of March 31, 2026, compared to an unrealized loss position of $16.0 million for the same period in 2025. This change is largely due to decreases in power prices relative to hedged prices and the value of optionality. We also had an increase in realized gains of $35.2 million on our HRCOs during the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was primarily due to higher contracted capacity with four contracts totaling 600 MW in 2026, compared to two contracts totaling 200 MW in the prior year period. These increases were offset by a $39.8 million decrease in net realized gains on our power derivatives driven by higher realized market power prices relative to contracted prices. As the activity in the derivative gains (losses), net includes fixed-power forward sales, increases in market prices reduced the spread between fixed contract prices and settlement prices, resulting in lower realized gains. Additionally, reduced price volatility and/or lower contract volumes may have contributed to the decrease.

Fuel Commodity Costs

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Fuel commodity costs were $57.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of $10.8 million, or 23%, from $46.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was due to higher fuel consumption compared to the same period in 2025.

Purchased Power

Purchased power costs for the retail business were $27.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of $8.7 million, or 47%, from $18.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was primarily driven by our net realized and unrealized loss position on the power derivatives, which was $13.0 million compared to a net realized and unrealized loss of $4.4 million for the same period in 2025. As the retail power derivatives are in a long position, increases in market prices reduced the spread between fixed contract prices and settlement prices, which resulted in higher realized losses.

Taxes Other Than Income

Taxes other than income were $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was a decrease of approximately $0.3 million, or 7%, from $4.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease was driven by BKV-BPP Power's property tax reassessment.

Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization, and Accretion

Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and accretion was $11.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of approximately $2.2 million, or 23%, from $9.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was primarily due to the true-up of depreciation on equipment during the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Power Operating and Maintenance

Power operating and maintenance expenses are costs incurred to run the Temple Plants and remained relatively consistent period-over-period. These expenses were $19.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was a decrease of approximately $0.5 million, or 3%, from $20.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses were $6.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of approximately $1.5 million, from $5.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to Company-wide growth initiatives, including higher headcount and employee expenses, and an increase in consulting and information technology expenses, which resulted in increased corporate allocations to the Power segment. This was offset by a $2.6 million decrease in lower credit loss expense with BKV-BPP Retail customers as the prior year period included significant write-offs related to 2024 and 2025 customer balances.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses were $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of approximately $3.8 million, from $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was due to $3.7 million in transaction costs related to the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction.

Other Income Statement Line Items

Section 45Q Tax Credits

Our Section 45Q tax credits decreased by approximately $0.2 million, or 7%, to $3.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $3.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025. Our Section 45Q tax credits related to CO2 waste sequestration activities under our Barnett Zero Project. The decrease period-over-period was due to less CO2 waste sequestered in 2026, reflecting routine fluctuations in activity levels that occur as part of our normal operations.

Other Income (Expense)

Interest expense. Interest expense was $22.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of $6.8 million, from $16.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase in interest expense during the three months ended March 31, 2026 was primarily due to $9.4 million of interest on the 2030 Senior Notes, $0.6 million of interest on the Promissory Note, and $0.5 million of higher debt amortization expense. These increases were partially offset by $2.4 million

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and $1.3 million of lower interest expense on the RBL Credit Agreement and the Temple Term Loan Facility, respectively, compared to the same period in 2025.

Interest expense, related party. Interest expense, related party was $4.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was a decrease of $0.8 million, from $5.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease was primarily due to a lower outstanding balance on the Temple I Loan Agreements period-over-period.

Interest income. Interest income was $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which was an increase of $0.8 million, from $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was due to a higher cash balance during the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025.

Income tax benefit (expense). For the three months ended March 31, 2026, we had an income tax expense of $11.5 million, which was a change of $42.1 million, from a $30.7 million income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The period-over-period change was primarily due to a pre-tax income for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to a pre-tax loss for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Capital Commitments

Our primary needs for cash are to fund our upstream development, midstream, power, and CCUS activities, fund operations and capital expenditures, acquisitions, and asset retirement obligations, cover any debt interest or minimum volume commitment obligations, pay down debt, and return capital to stockholders. Our primary uses of cash during the three months ended March 31, 2026 included funding the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture transaction, development of our natural gas properties, land acquisitions, deposits for modular power generation equipment and associated reservation fees. Our primary use of cash during the three months ended March 31, 2025, included funding the development of our natural gas properties.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, cash paid for capital expenditures was $106.5 million and $57.6 million, respectively. Our current estimated budget for total accrued capital expenditures in 2026 is approximately $570 million to $740 million on a Company-wide basis. To help fund these capital expenditures, we expect to receive approximately $85 million to $105 million of capital contributions from our joint venture partners in our CCUS and power businesses. Expected contributions from our joint venture partners would bring our 2026 net capital expenditure range to $485 million to $635 million. Capital expenditures for our operated properties are largely discretionary and within our control. We could choose to defer a portion of these planned capital expenditures depending on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the success of our drilling activities, prevailing and anticipated prices for natural gas and NGLs, the availability of equipment, infrastructure and capital, the receipt and timing of required regulatory permits and approvals, seasonal conditions, drilling and acquisition costs, and the level of participation by other interest owners. In addition, the development of our power business is capital intensive, requiring ongoing investments in land, modular equipment, and turbine generators. We will continue to monitor commodity prices and overall market conditions and can adjust our rig cadence up or down in response to changes in commodity prices and overall market conditions.

On January 14, 2026, we entered into a manufacturing reservation agreement related to a planned power generation project. Under the agreement, we are committed to pay up to an aggregate of $80.0 million in reservation fees, scheduled in phases during 2026, to secure future manufacturing capacity through 2028 for turbines with up to approximately 1,230 MW in total generation capacity. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we paid $30.0 million of the reservation fees. Amounts paid are generally non-refundable and will be credited against the purchase price if a definitive supply agreement is executed.

On March 25, 2026, we entered into an equipment supply contract related to a planned power generation project. Under the agreement, we are committed to pay up to an aggregate of $124.1 million in purchase payments, scheduled in phases from 2026 through 2027, to secure the manufacture of modular power generation equipment. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we paid $2.5 million of the purchase payments, and on April 1, 2026, we paid an additional $33.5 million. If we terminate the contract before manufacturing of the equipment begins, we would be required to pay 60% of the contract price, and if we terminate the contract after manufacturing of the equipment begins, we would be required to pay 100% of the contract price. We have an option to exercise a contract with similar terms, pricing, payment, and equipment manufacture and delivery lead times.

Capital Resources

Historically, our primary sources of capital and liquidity have consisted of internally generated cash flows from operations, together with loans, capital contributions from our majority stockholder, BNAC, and issuances of equity or debt. We also enter

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into financial instruments to reduce the impact of commodity and power price volatility and provide a level of certainty and stability around cash flows. We currently believe that our cash flows from operations, cash on hand, borrowings under our RBL Credit Agreement, proceeds from the issuance of the 2026 Equity Offering, and our commodity and power hedges in place will provide sufficient liquidity to fund our operations and our capital expenditures for the remainder of 2026, excluding our CCUS business. If capital expenditures were to exceed such capital sources during the remainder of 2026, we expect to fund such excess capital expenditures through the sale of oil and natural gas producing assets, leasehold interests or mineral interests, and potential issuances of equity or debt, none of which may be available on satisfactory terms, or at all. We expect to fund the majority of our CCUS business from a variety of external sources, including contributions from our joint ventures with the Class B Member and BPPUS, project-based equity partnerships, debt financing, and federal grants, with the remaining capital needs being funded with cash flows from operations.

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 (in thousands):

Three Months Ended March 31,
2026 2025
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 71,989 $ 16,453
Net cash used in investing activities (232,820) (56,246)
Net cash provided by financing activities 201,068 31,319
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash $ 40,237 $ (8,474)

Cash flows provided by operating activities. Net cash provided by operating activities was $72.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $16.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Net cash provided by operating activities increased during the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025 due to a $28.0 million increase in income from operations (excluding noncash items), resulting from higher natural gas and production volumes, and higher power prices, power generation, and capacity at the Temple Plants. Cash from operations also increased period-over-period due to the absence of $20.0 million and $16.2 million of cash paid in 2025 for the settlement of contingent liabilities and the purchase of put options, respectively, and a $3.9 million decrease in cash paid for interest. These increases were partially offset by a $12.4 million unfavorable change in working capital period-over-period.

Operating cash flow fluctuations are substantially driven by realized commodity prices, production volumes, power prices, power generated, and operating expenses. Prices for natural gas, NGLs, and power have historically been volatile, primarily as a result of supply and demand, pipeline infrastructure constraints, basis differentials, inventory storage levels, and seasonal influences. We are unable to predict future commodity prices and therefore cannot provide assurance about future levels of cash provided by operating activities.

Cash flows used in investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities was $232.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $56.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was driven by $93.4 million of cash paid for land, and $33.1 million of cash deposits on equipment supply and manufacturing reservations. The increase was also attributable to higher capital expenditures, including a $24.7 million increase in Upstream/Midstream segment capital expenditures, a $16.6 million increase in Power segment capital expenditures, a $6.6 million increase in CCUS capital expenditures, and a $1.0 million increase in corporate and other capital expenditures, as well as a $0.9 million decrease in proceeds from the sales of assets.

The following table presents our capital expenditures (excluding leasehold costs and acquisitions) on an accrual basis for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 and reconciles to cash flows used for capital expenditures in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

Three Months Ended March 31,
2026 2025
Total use of cash and cash equivalents for capital expenditures $ (106,527) $ (57,612)
Increase in accrued capital expenditures (11,440) (487)
Capital expenditures (accrued) $ (117,967) $ (58,099)

Cash flows provided by financing activities. Net cash provided by financing activities was $201.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which consisted of $186.2 million of net proceeds from the issuance of common stock,

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$100.0 million in net borrowings on the RBL Credit Agreement, the $46.0 million Advance, $4.2 million of cash contributions from noncontrolling interest, and $0.3 million of cash received for common stock issued pursuant to the ESPP. These inflows were offset by $115.1 million of cash paid for a portion of the consideration for the BKV-BPP Power Transaction, $15.0 million of payments on the Temple I Loan Agreements, a $2.5 million payment on the Temple Term Loan Facility, $2.1 million of payments for taxes related to net share settlement of restricted stock units, and $0.9 million of payments on debt issuance costs. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, net cash provided by financing activities was $31.3 million, primarily consisting of $35.0 million of net borrowings under the RBL Credit Agreement, offset by a $2.5 million payment on the Temple Term Loan Facility and $1.2 million of payments for taxes related to net share settlement of restricted stock units.

Working Capital

As of March 31, 2026, we had cash and cash equivalents of $288.5 million and restricted cash of $16.0 million, compared to $248.4 million of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash of $15.8 million as of December 31, 2025. Our net working capital surplus was $135.4 million as of March 31, 2026, compared to a net working capital deficit of $53.2 million as of December 31, 2025.

Our working capital fluctuates based on the timing of cash collections on accounts receivable and payments on accounts payable. Our collection of receivables has historically been timely, and losses associated with uncollectible receivables have historically not been significant. Furthermore, we expect that our pace of development, production volumes, commodity prices, power prices, power generation, and differentials to NYMEX pricing for our natural gas and oil production will be the largest variables impacting our working capital.

2030 Senior Notes

On September 26, 2025, BKV Upstream Midstream issued in a private placement $500.0 million of 7.50% senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2030 (the "2030 Senior Notes"). The 2030 Senior Notes were issued at par and resulted in proceeds of $490.0 million, after deducting underwriters’ discounts and commissions. The proceeds were used to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under the RBL Credit Agreement and fund a portion of the cash consideration for the Bedrock Acquisition, with the remainder of the purchase price being funded with shares of our common stock. In connection with the issuance of the 2030 Senior Notes, we recorded debt issuance costs of $13.6 million, which are amortized to interest expense on the condensed consolidated statements of operations over the term of the 2030 Senior Notes.

Interest on the 2030 Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2026. The 2030 Senior Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by us and all of BKV Upstream Midstream's existing restricted subsidiaries and certain future subsidiaries. These guarantees are full, unconditional, joint, and several among the guarantors of the 2030 Senior Notes, subject to certain customary release provisions. The indenture governing the 2030 Senior Notes contains customary events of default, as well as cross-default provisions with other indebtedness of BKV Upstream Midstream and its restricted subsidiaries.

On or after October 15, 2027, BKV Upstream Midstream may, on any one or more occasions, redeem some or all of its 2030 Senior Notes prior to their maturity at redemption prices plus accrued and unpaid interest as described in the indenture governing the 2030 Senior Notes. BKV Upstream Midstream may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2030 Senior Notes before October 15, 2027, with an amount of cash not greater than the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at a redemption price described in the indenture governing the 2030 Senior Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. In addition, prior to October 15, 2027, BKV Upstream Midstream may redeem some or all of the 2030 Senior Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus a make-whole premium as described in the indenture governing the 2030 Senior Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

Loan Agreements and Credit Facilities

RBL Credit Agreement

On June 11, 2024, BKV Corporation, as a guarantor, and BKV Upstream Midstream, as borrower, entered into the RBL Credit Agreement with Citibank, N.A., as the administrative agent, and the financial institutions party thereto. The RBL Credit Agreement includes a maximum credit commitment of $1.5 billion. As of March 31, 2026, the RBL Credit Agreement had a borrowing base of $1.0 billion, an elected commitment of $800.0 million, and the ability to issue up to $40.0 million in letters of credit.

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The loans under the RBL Credit Agreement may be borrowed, repaid, and reborrowed during the term of the RBL Credit Agreement. The RBL Credit Agreement will mature on June 12, 2028. The obligations under the RBL Credit Agreement are secured and guaranteed on a senior secured basis by BKV Upstream Midstream and all of BKV Upstream Midstream’s current and future material restricted subsidiaries. Loans under the RBL Credit Agreement bear interest at one, three, or six-month term SOFR or ABR, as applicable, plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10% for SOFR borrowings, plus an applicable margin per annum. Interest is payable on the last day of each interest period and at maturity. We are obligated to pay certain fees to the lenders and administrative agent under the RBL Credit Agreement, including commitment fees on the average daily amount of the undrawn portion of the commitments. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, BKV Upstream Midstream recognized $0.9 million and $0.5 million, respectively, of commitment fees, which are included in interest expense on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The RBL Credit Agreement contains various restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit BKV Upstream Midstream’s ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to, subject to certain exceptions: (i) incur indebtedness; (ii) incur liens; (iii) acquire or merge with any other company; (iv) sell assets or equity interests of their subsidiaries; (v) make investments; (vi) pay dividends or make other restricted payments; (vii) change their lines of business; (viii) enter into certain hedge agreements; (ix) enter into transactions with affiliates; (x) own any subsidiary that is not organized in the United States; (xi) prepay any unsecured senior or subordinated indebtedness; (xii) engage in certain marketing activities; and (xiii) allow, on a net basis, gas imbalances, take-or-pay, or other prepayments with respect to their proved oil and gas properties.

The RBL Credit Agreement requires BKV Upstream Midstream and its restricted subsidiaries to always hedge not less than 50% of reasonably anticipated projected production from their proved developed producing reserves for the subsequent 24 calendar month period immediately following the date financial statements are required to be delivered under the RBL Credit Agreement for each fiscal quarter.

The RBL Credit Agreement also includes financial covenants that require BKV Upstream Midstream to maintain:

• on a quarterly basis, a minimum Current Ratio (as defined in the RBL Credit Agreement) of no less than 1.00 to 1.00; and

• on a quarterly basis, a Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the RBL Credit Agreement) of no greater than 3.25 to 1.00.

The RBL Credit Agreement includes customary equity cure rights that will enable BKV Upstream Midstream to cure certain breaches of the minimum current ratio covenant or the maximum net leverage ratio covenant (subject to certain limitations in the RBL Credit Agreement). As of March 31, 2026, BKV Upstream Midstream was in compliance with such covenants in the RBL Credit Agreement.

The RBL Credit Agreement generally includes customary events of default for a reserve-based credit facility, some of which allow for an opportunity to cure. If an event of default relating to bankruptcy or other insolvency events occurs, the revolving loans will immediately become due and payable; if any other event of default exists, the administrative agent or the requisite lenders will be permitted to accelerate the maturity of the revolving loans. The RBL Credit Agreement is secured by substantially all of BKV Upstream Midstream's assets and those of the guarantors, and upon an event of default the agent under the RBL Credit Agreement could commence foreclosure proceedings.

Financing costs related to the RBL Credit Agreement are deferred and capitalized as debt issuance costs and are included within other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, $6.3 million and $6.9 million, respectively, of unamortized debt issuance costs remained outstanding.

As of May 7, 2026, $130.0 million of borrowings and $15.0 million of letters of credit were outstanding under the RBL Credit Agreement, leaving $655.0 million of available capacity thereunder for future borrowings and letters of credit.

Promissory Note

On March 3, 2026, in accordance with the terms of a real estate option agreement entered into on February 27, 2026, by and between a wholly-owned subsidiary of BKV Corporation, as seller, and an unaffiliated third party, as buyer, BKV Corporation, as borrower, received $46.0 million, representing an advance of a portion of the purchase price set forth in the real estate option agreement (the "Advance"). The Advance is evidenced by a promissory note (the "Promissory Note") and is secured by a first-priority security interest in the real property that is the subject of the real estate option agreement. For more information regarding the Advance and Promissory Note, see Note 3 - Debt.

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Temple I Loan Agreements

On October 14, 2021, BKV-BPP Power entered into a Loan Agreement (the “$141 Million Banpu Loan Agreement”) with BNAC, which allowed for a single drawdown in the amount of $141.0 million. On November 1, 2021, BKV-BPP Power borrowed $141.0 million under the $141 Million Banpu Loan Agreement for the purpose of acquiring Temple I and working capital.

On October 15, 2021, BKV-BPP Power entered into a Loan Agreement (the “$141 Million BPPUS Loan Agreement” and, together with the $141 Million Banpu Loan Agreement, the “Temple I Loan Agreements”) with BPPUS, which allowed for a single drawdown in the amount of $141.0 million. On November 21, 2021, BKV-BPP Power borrowed $141.0 million under the $141 Million BPPUS Loan Agreement (and in addition to the $141.0 million borrowed under the $141 Million Banpu Loan Agreement) for the purpose of acquiring Temple I and working capital.

BKV-BPP Power’s payment obligations under the Temple I Loan Agreements are senior unsecured indebtedness. The Temple I Loan Agreements bear interest at 6-month SOFR plus 5.25% per annum. Interest on the loans is payable on a semi-annual basis, and the loans will mature on November 1, 2026. BKV-BPP Power is permitted to prepay the loans at any time, with no prepayment premium. The Temple I Loan Agreements include covenants that, among other things, prohibit BKV-BPP from merging, incurring liens or incurring any additional indebtedness or guarantees. The Temple I Loan Agreements include financial covenants that require BKV-BPP Power to maintain a minimum net worth (as defined in the Temple I Loan Agreements, but generally meaning total assets minus total liabilities). In the $141 Million Banpu Loan Agreement, the minimum net worth requirement is $120.0 million and in the $141 Million BPPUS Loan Agreement, the minimum net worth requirement is $40.0 million. Under the Temple I Loan Agreements, BNAC and BPPUS have no recourse to BKV Corporation with respect to any amounts owed to them thereunder and BKV Corporation is not liable in any manner (and is not required to provide security) for any obligations owed to BNAC or BPPUS thereunder. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the outstanding principal balance of the Temple I Loan Agreements for each affiliate was $88.0 million and $95.5 million, respectively.

Temple Credit Facilities

On July 10, 2023, Temple Generation Intermediate Holdings II, LLC (“Temple Intermediate II”), an indirect subsidiary of BKV-BPP Power, as borrower, Temple Generation I, LLC (“Temple Generation I”), Temple Generation II, LLC (“Temple Generation II”), each of Temple Generation I and Temple Generation II being a subsidiary of Temple Intermediate II, and Temple Generation SF LLC (“Temple Generation SF”), a joint subsidiary of Temple Generation I and Temple Generation II, each as subsidiary guarantors, entered into a credit agreement (the “Beal Credit Agreement”) with Beal Bank USA and the other lenders from time to time party thereto that provides the following credit facilities (collectively, the “Temple Credit Facilities”): (i) a senior secured term loan facility with an aggregate principal amount of $500.0 million (the “Temple Term Loan Facility”), which was fully drawn in an amount equal to $500.0 million on the closing date, and (ii) a senior secured revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $60.0 million (the “Temple Revolving Facility”), which was fully drawn in an amount equal to $60.0 million on the closing date. The interest is payable annually for the Temple Credit Facilities at a rate equal to SOFR plus an interest rate margin of 4.60%.

The Temple Term Loan Facility requires a quarterly repayment at a minimum of $2.5 million per quarter, beginning on September 30, 2023. The final aggregate principal installment for the Temple Term Loan Facility is due and payable on July 10, 2028 (subject to extension by up to two additional one-year periods), and the Temple Revolving Facility terminates five business days prior to the Temple Term Loan Facility maturity date. On the closing date, Temple Intermediate II applied the proceeds of the Temple Term Loan Facility to fund a portion of the Temple II acquisition and applied the proceeds of the Temple Revolving Loan Facility for general corporate purposes, including working capital and operating expenses. Any prepayment of the Temple Term Loan Facility prior to the third anniversary of the closing date thereof is subject to a prepayment penalty. Amounts repaid by Temple Intermediate II with respect to the Temple Term Loan Facility may not be reborrowed. Amounts repaid by Temple Intermediate II with respect to the Temple Revolving Facility may be reborrowed upon satisfaction of customary conditions.

The obligations under the Temple Credit Facilities are secured by (i) all of the assets of Temple Intermediate II, Temple Generation I, Temple Generation II, and Temple Generation SF, including the Temple Plants and all other personal property and real property of such entities and (ii) 100.0% of the equity interests in each of Temple Generation I, Temple Generation II, Temple Generation SF, and Temple Intermediate II. This collateral will remain pledged to Beal Bank until all secured obligations under the Temple Loan Facilities have been satisfied in full. Upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default under either of the Temple Credit Facilities, Beal Bank has customary secured creditor remedies, including the right to foreclose upon the pledged collateral.

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As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the effective interest rate on the outstanding balances under the RBL Credit Agreement, the Temple I Loan Agreements, and the Temple Credit Facilities was 8.24% and 8.86%, respectively.

BKV-BPP Power and BKV-BPP Cotton Cove Joint Ventures

Under the terms of the BKV-BPP Power LLC Agreement and BKV-BPP Cotton Cove LLC Agreement, as applicable, we do not have the ability to unilaterally cause BKV-BPP Power or BKV-BPP Cotton Cove to make distributions. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, no distributions were made by BKV-BPP Power or BKV-BPP Cotton Cove. In addition, we may be required to make additional capital contributions to one or both joint ventures to fund items approved in their respective annual budgets or other matters approved by their respective boards. Such additional capital contributions, which are not subject to any limit on the potential amount required, would reduce the amount of cash otherwise available to us. However, following the closing of the BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction on January 30, 2026, any additional capital contributions to BKV-BPP Power must be approved by a majority of BKV-BPP Power's twelve member board of managers, nine of whom are appointed by us and three of whom are appointed by BPPUS. Similarly, any additional capital contributions to BKV-BPP Cotton Cove must receive the unanimous approval of the BKV-BPP Cotton Cove Joint Venture's six-member board of managers, four of whom are appointed by us and two of whom are appointed by BPPUS. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, BKV dCarbon Ventures and BPPUS made no contributions to BKV-BPP Cotton Cove.

On January 30, 2026, we completed the previously announced BKV-BPP Power Joint Venture Transaction for aggregate consideration consisting of $115.1 million in cash and 5,315,390 shares of our common stock. We funded the cash consideration with a combination of cash on hand and the net proceeds from the 2025 Equity Offering. For additional information, see Note 2 - Acquisition.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We may enter into off-balance sheet arrangements and transactions that could give rise to material off-balance sheet arrangements. As of March 31, 2026, our material off-balance sheet arrangements and transactions included transportation commitments of $242.3 million and letters of credit of $15.0 million against the RBL Credit Agreement. For further information regarding these arrangements, see Note 11 - Commitments and Contingencies to our condensed consolidated financial statements and under “—Liquidity and Capital Resources — RBL Credit Agreement.”

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our historical consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of our financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of certain assets, liabilities, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

Other than the items described in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates from those disclosed in our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Refer to Note 1 - Business and Basis of Presentation.

Tariffs and Trading Relationships

In April 2025, the U.S. government announced a baseline tariff of 10% on products imported from all countries and an additional individualized reciprocal tariff on the countries with which the United States has the largest trade deficits, including China. Increased tariffs by the United States have led and may continue to lead to the imposition of retaliatory tariffs by foreign jurisdictions. Additionally, the U.S. government has announced and rescinded multiple tariffs on several foreign jurisdictions, which has increased uncertainty regarding the ultimate effect of the tariffs on economic conditions. Current uncertainties about tariffs and their effects on trading relationships may impact the demand for, and price of natural gas, NGLs, and oil, increase the costs of goods and services or the availability of raw materials that we rely on to operate our business or impact interest rates. Although we are continuing to monitor the economic effects of such announcements, as well as opportunities to mitigate their related impacts, costs and other effects associated with the tariffs remain uncertain and could adversely impact our financial position, results of operations, and liquidity.

Emerging Growth Company Status

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). As a result, for so long as we qualify as an

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emerging growth company, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies. We have elected to take advantage of certain of the reduced disclosure obligations in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and may elect to take advantage of other reduced reporting requirements in our future filings with the SEC. As a result, the information that we provide to our stockholders may be different from other public reporting companies.

Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act, until such time as those standards apply to private companies. However, we have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption. Rather, we will adopt new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates in which adoption of such standards is required for other public companies.

We may take advantage of these provisions until the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of our IPO. Such fifth anniversary will occur in 2029. However, if certain events occur prior to the end of such five-year period, including if (i) we become a “large accelerated filer,” which requires that the market value of our common equity held by non-affiliates be at least $700 million as of the end of the most recently completed second fiscal quarter, (ii) our gross revenues for any fiscal year equal or exceed $1.235 billion, or (iii) we issue more than $1.0 billion of non-convertible debt in any three-year period, then we will cease to be an emerging growth company prior to the end of such five-year period. We expect to lose our emerging growth company status as of December 31, 2026.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

There has been no material change in our market risks since December 31, 2025, as set forth in our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Commodity Price Risk and Hedging Activities

As of March 31, 2026, we did not enter into any trading market risk sensitive instruments, and our market risk sensitive instruments consisted entirely of non-trading instruments entered into for risk management purposes related to our natural gas and NGL production and power operations. Pricing is primarily driven by spot regional market prices applicable to our U.S. natural gas production. Pricing for natural gas, NGLs and power has historically been volatile and unpredictable, and we expect this volatility to continue in the future. The prices we receive for our production depend on many factors outside of our control, including volatility in the differences between product prices at sales points and the applicable index price.

To mitigate some of the potential negative impact on our cash flows caused by changes in commodity prices, we enter into financial derivative instruments for a portion of our natural gas and NGL production and power operations when management believes that favorable future prices can be secured.

Our financial hedging activities are intended to support natural gas, NGL, and power prices at targeted levels and to manage our exposure to natural gas, NGL and power price fluctuations. These contracts may include commodity price swaps, whereby we will receive a fixed price and pay a variable market price to the contract counterparty, producer collars that set a floor and ceiling price for the hedged production, or basis differential swaps. These contracts are financial instruments and do not require or allow for physical delivery of the hedged commodity. The derivative contracts outstanding as of March 31, 2026 consisted of commodity swaps, basis swaps, put and call options, producer collar agreements, fixed-price natural gas forwards, fixed price power forwards, and HRCOs, subject to master netting agreements with each individual counterparty.

These derivative contracts cover portions of our projected positions through 2029. Our commodity hedge position as of March 31, 2026 is summarized in Note 6 - Derivative Instruments to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

We may enter into single hedge transactions with settlements up to 48 months. The aggregate notional volumes of these executed hedge instruments may not exceed certain limits without board of director approval of our forecasted production volumes. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, a hypothetical increase or decrease of $0.10 per Mcf in NYMEX natural gas prices would have resulted in a $4.6 million decrease or increase in natural gas hedge revenues, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, a hypothetical increase or decrease of $1.00 per Bbl of NGL purity product price would have resulted in a $1.7 million decrease or increase in NGL hedge revenues, respectively.

Additionally, to reduce our exposure to fluctuations in the market price of power and natural gas, we enter into financially settled HRCOs, which are contracts for the financial purchase and sale of power based on a floating price of natural gas at a predetermined location using a predetermined conversion factor, or heat rate, required to convert natural gas into power. We are exposed to basis risk in our operations when our derivative contracts are financially settled while physical power is delivered at

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different pricing locations or under different terms. For example, when we enter into an HRCO, we hedge our power production at an agreed price, but physical power must be delivered into the market it serves, which may result in pricing differences. Accordingly, we are exposed to basis risk between the hub price specified in the HRCO and the price received for power sales. These HRCOs are entered into to economically hedge power price and fuel cost exposures rather than for trading purposes. We attempt to hedge basis risk where possible, but hedging instruments are sometimes not economically feasible or available in the quantities that it requires. Our hedging activities do not provide us with protection for all of our basis risk and could result in economic losses and liabilities, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. Additionally, by using derivative instruments to economically hedge exposure to changes in power prices, we could limit the benefit we would receive from increases in the power prices, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition. Moreover, in the event we are not able to satisfy our obligations under the HRCO, we must purchase power at prevailing market prices to satisfy the HRCO. Likewise, increases in power pricing could limit the benefit we receive under HRCOs and may result in losses. Either such event could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, a hypothetical increase or decrease of $0.10 per MMBtu in Houston Ship Channel (HSC) natural gas daily prices would have resulted in a $0.4 million increase or decrease in power hedge revenues, respectively.

All derivative instruments, other than those that meet the normal purchase and normal sale scope exception, are recorded at fair market value in accordance with GAAP and are included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as assets or liabilities. The fair values of our derivative instruments are adjusted for non-performance risk. Because we do not designate these derivatives as accounting hedges, they do not receive hedge accounting treatment; therefore, all mark-to-market gains or losses, as well as cash receipts or payments on settled derivative instruments, are recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. Although these derivatives are not designated as accounting hedges for GAAP purposes, they are not entered into for trading or speculative purposes and are intended to manage commodity price and basis risk associated with our operations. We present total gains or losses on commodity derivatives (for both settled derivatives and derivative positions which remain open) within operating revenues as derivative gains (losses), net.

Mark-to-market adjustments of derivative instruments cause earnings volatility but have no cash flow impact relative to changes in market prices until the derivative contracts are settled or monetized prior to settlement. We expect continued volatility in the fair value of our derivative instruments. Our cash flows are only impacted when the associated derivative contracts are settled or monetized by making or receiving payments to or from the counterparty. As of March 31, 2026, the estimated fair value of our commodity derivative instruments was a net asset of $90.0 million, comprised of current and noncurrent assets and current and noncurrent liabilities.

By removing price volatility from a portion of our expected production through December 2029, we have mitigated, but not eliminated, the potential negative effects of changing prices on our operating cash flows for those periods. While mitigating the negative effects of falling commodity prices, these derivative contracts also limit the benefits we would receive from increases in commodity prices above the fixed hedge prices.

Counterparty Credit Risk

We routinely monitor and manage our exposure to counterparty risk related to derivative contracts by requiring specific minimum credit standards for all counterparties, actively monitoring counterparties’ public credit ratings, and avoiding concentration of credit exposure by transacting with multiple counterparties. Our commodity derivative contract counterparties are typically financial institutions with investment-grade credit ratings.

We enter into International Swap Dealers Association (“ISDA”) Master Agreements with each of our derivative counterparties prior to executing derivative contracts. The terms of the ISDA Master Agreements provide, among other things, the Company and the counterparties with rights of set-off upon the occurrence of defined acts of default by either us or counterparty to a derivative contract.

In addition, we utilize an unaffiliated third party to market all of our natural gas production to various purchasers, which consist of credit-worthy counterparties, including utilities, LNG producers, industrial consumers, major corporations, and super majors in our industry. We rely on the creditworthiness of such third party marketer, who collects directly from the purchasers and remits to us the total of all amounts collected on our behalf, less their fee for making such sales.

Interest Rate Risks

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As of March 31, 2026, our primary exposure to interest rate risk was due to the balances on our Temple I Loan Agreements and the Temple Credit Facilities and our RBL Credit Agreement, which have floating interest rates. Changes in interest rates do not affect the amount of interest we pay on our fixed-rate 2030 Senior Notes, but can affect their fair values. For more information on our 2030 Senior Notes, see Note 3 - Debt and Note 5 - Fair Value Measurements to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this report. As of March 31, 2026, there were $176.0 million, $459.4 million, and $100.0 million of outstanding borrowings under the Temple I Loan Agreements, the Temple Credit Facilities, and our RBL Credit Agreement, respectively. The average annualized interest rate incurred on our outstanding variable rate borrowings during the three months ended March 31, 2026, was approximately 7.79%. We estimate that a 1.0% increase in the applicable average interest rates during the three months ended March 31, 2026 would have resulted in an increase of $1.7 million in interest expense.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As required by Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), we have evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of March 31, 2026, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Because of its inherent limitations, disclosure controls and procedures may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2026 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal controls over financial reporting.

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PART II OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

This information is set forth in Part I, Item 1 in Note 11 - Commitments and Contingencies to the condensed consolidated financial statements incorporated herein.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the “Risk Factors” disclosed in our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which could materially affect our business, financial condition, or future results. There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in the 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None

Item 5. Other Information

Securities Trading Plans of Directors and Executive Officers

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, no director or officer of the Company (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Exchange Act), adopted, modified, or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading agreement” (each as defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K).

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Item 6. Exhibits

Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number Description Form SEC File Number Exhibit Filing Date Filed or Furnished Herewith
2.1+ Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2025, by and among BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC, Bedrock Energy Partners, LLC, certain of its subsidiaries and, solely for certain limited purposes set forth herein, BKV Corporation. 10-Q 001-42282 2.1 11/10/25
2.2+ Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2025, by and between BKV Corporation and Banpu Power US Corporation. 10-Q 001-42282 2.2 11/10/25
3.1 Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of BKV Corporation. 8-K 001-42282 3.1 9/27/24
3.2 Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of BKV Corporation. 8-K 001-42282 3.2 9/27/24
4.1 Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 15, 2026, by and among BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC, BKV Marketing, LLC, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee. X
10.1 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2026, by and between BKV Corporation and Banpu Power US Corporation. 8-K 001-42282 10.1 1/30/26
10.2+ Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of BKV-BPP Power LLC, dated as of January 30, 2026. 8-K 001-42282 10.2 1/30/26
10.3 Amended and Restated BKV Corporation 2024 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Amended 2024 Plan”). 10-K 001-42282 10.29 3/6/26
10.4 Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice and Award Agreement under the Amended 2024 Plan (CEO). X
10.5 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice and Award Agreement under the Amended 2024 Plan (CEO). X
10.6 Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice and Award Agreement under the Amended 2024 Plan (Non-CEO Employee). X
10.7 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice and Award Agreement under the Amended 2024 Plan (Non-CEO Employee). X
10.8+ Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2026, among BKV Corporation, as guarantor, BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC, as borrower, certain subsidiaries of BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC, as guarantors, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto. X
10.9+ Credit Agreement, dated as of July 10, 2023, among Temple Generation Intermediate Holdings II, LLC, as borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, Beal Bank USA, as letter of credit issuing bank, and CLMG Corp., as administrative agent and collateral agent. X
31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. X
31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. X
32.1 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. X

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32.2 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. X
101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document. X
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. X
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. X
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. X
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document. X
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. X
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document). X
  • Certain schedules and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant undertakes to furnish supplemental copies of any of the omitted schedules upon request by the SEC.

‡ Certain portions of this exhibit have been redacted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2)(ii) or Item 601(b)(10)(iv), as applicable, of Regulation S-K. The registrant agrees to furnish supplementally an unredacted copy of this exhibit to the SEC upon request.

† Compensatory plan or arrangement.

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Signatures

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

BKV Corporation
May 7, 2026 By: /s/ David R. Tameron
David R. Tameron
Chief Financial Officer
BKV Corporation
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May 7, 2026 By: /s/ Barry S. Turcotte
Barry S. Turcotte
Chief Accounting Officer 63
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BKV - Second Supplemental Indenture (BKV Marketing_ LLC)(516275628.4) 1

Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as

of April 15, 2026, among BKV Marketing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

(“Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC, a Delaware

limited liability company (the “Issuer”), the Issuer, the other Guarantors party hereto, and U.S.

Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the

“Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture

dated as of September 26, 2025 (as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as

of September 29, 2025, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of 7.500% Senior Notes due

2030 (collectively, the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing

Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which

the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee all of the Issuer’s Obligations under

the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Note Guarantee”);

and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to

execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable

consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the

Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes

as follows:

1.CAPITALIZED TERMS.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall

have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

2.AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE.  The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees

to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the

Note Guarantee and in the Indenture, including but not limited to Article 10 thereof.

3.NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW

YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL

INDENTURE.

4.COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this

Supplemental Indenture.  Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together

represent the same agreement.  The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of

signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and

delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the

original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes.  Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by

facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

2

5.EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only

and shall not affect the construction hereof.

6.THE TRUSTEE.  The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever

for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect

of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing

Subsidiary and the Issuer.

[Signatures on following page]

[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to

be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

Dated: April 15, 2026

GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY BKV MARKETING, LLC<br><br>By:  /s/ Eric Jacobsen<br><br>Name:  Eric Jacobsen<br><br>Title:    President, Upstream
ISSUER BKV UPSTREAM MIDSTREAM, LLC<br><br>By:  /s/ Eric Jacobsen<br><br>Name:  Eric Jacobsen<br><br>Title:    President, Upstream
OTHER GUARANTORS BKV CORPORATION<br><br>By:  /s/ Eric Jacobsen<br><br>Name:  Eric Jacobsen<br><br>Title:    President, Upstream<br><br>BKV BARNETT, LLC<br><br>BKV CHELSEA, LLC<br><br>BKV MIDSTREAM, LLC<br><br>BKV NORTH TEXAS, LLC<br><br>BKV OPERATING, LLC<br><br>KALNIN VENTURES LLC<br><br>BEDROCK PRODUCTION, LLC<br><br>BEDROCK DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LLC<br><br>BEP ABS I HOLDINGS, LLC<br><br>BEDROCK ABS I, LLC
By:  /s/ Eric Jacobsen<br><br>Name:  Eric Jacobsen<br><br>Title:    President, Upstream

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TRUSTEE U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY,<br><br>NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  /s/ Bradley E. Scarbrough<br><br>Name:  Bradley E. Scarbrough<br><br>Title:    Vice President

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Document

Exhibit 10.4

Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (CEO)

BKV CORPORATION

TIME RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD NOTICE

2024 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

BKV Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2024 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), hereby grants to the Participant an award (the “Award”) of the number of Restricted Stock Units (as defined in the Plan) subject to service-based vesting requirements as set forth below (the “Time Restricted Stock Units” or “TRSUs”). The Time Restricted Stock Units are subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth in this Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (this “Award Notice”) and in the Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) and the Plan, both of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety.

Participant: [_______]
Date of Grant: [_______]
Number of Time Restricted Stock Units: [_______]
TRSU Vesting Schedule: One-third of the TRSUs vest on each of the first three anniversaries of the Date of Grant

The undersigned Participant acknowledges that the Participant has received a copy of this Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice, the Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan. As an express condition to the grant of the Award hereunder, the Participant agrees to be bound by the terms of this Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice, the Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan. The undersigned Participant further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice, the Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between the Participant and the Company regarding the Award and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of (i) Awards previously granted and delivered to the Participant by the Company, and (ii) any agreements referenced in this Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice. This Award Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same agreement.

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BKV CORPORATION: PARTICIPANT:
By: _____________________________ _________________________________________
Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________________________
Title: _____________________________ Address: _____________________________
_____________________________

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TIME RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

UNDER THE

BKV CORPORATION 2024 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Pursuant to the Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (the “Award Notice”) to which this Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is attached, and subject to the terms of this Agreement and the BKV Corporation 2024 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), BKV Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Participant agree as follows. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement or in the Award Notice will have the same meanings as set forth in the Plan.

1.Award of Time Restricted Stock Units. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant Time Restricted Stock Units, as set forth in the Award Notice, subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan, and each of which, if vested pursuant to this Agreement, will be settled in one (1) Common Share, at the time and subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan. Unless and until the Time Restricted Stock Units vest in accordance with this Agreement, the Participant will have no right to receive any Common Shares or other payment in respect of the Time Restricted Stock Units. Prior to settlement of the Time Restricted Stock Units, the Time Restricted Stock Units and this Agreement represent an unsecured obligation of the Company, payable only from the general assets of the Company.

2.Vesting.

a.Time Restricted Stock Units. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan, the Time Restricted Stock Units will vest in the amounts and on the date(s) as indicated in the TRSU Vesting Schedule set forth in the Award Notice (each a “TRSU Vesting Date”), provided the Participant remains in the Service of the Company or a Subsidiary through the applicable TRSU Vesting Date. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan, or as otherwise determined by the Committee, any Time Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service shall be forfeited and terminate.

b.Death or Disability. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), if the Participant dies while employed by the Company or a Subsidiary or the Company terminates the Participant’s Service due to the Participant’s Disability, subject to the Participant’s (or the Participant’s legal representative’s, heir’s, legatee’s or distributee’s, as applicable) (i) timely execution of a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company and (ii) if applicable, failure to revoke such execution or signature in accordance with the terms of such release, in each case, during the period (not to exceed sixty (60) days) to execute and revoke such release of claims (such period, the “Consideration Period”), the Time Restricted Stock Units shall vest.

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c.Termination without Cause or for Good Reason. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), if the Participant’s Service with the Company or a Subsidiary is terminated prior to the TRSU Vesting Date pursuant to a Qualifying Termination, subject to the Participant’s (or the Participant’s legal representative’s, heir’s, legatee’s or distributee’s, as applicable) (i) timely execution of a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company and (ii) if applicable, failure to revoke such execution or signature in accordance with the terms of such release, in each case, during the Consideration Period, the Time Restricted Stock Units shall vest.

d.Retirement. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), if the Participant’s Service with the Company or a Subsidiary terminates due to the Participant’s Retirement (as defined below) after the first anniversary of the Date of Grant and prior to the third anniversary of the Date of Grant on any date other than the second anniversary of the Date of Grant, subject to the Participant’s (i) timely execution of a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company and (ii) if applicable, failure to revoke such execution or signature in accordance with the terms of such release during the Consideration Period, the Time Restricted Stock Units will remain outstanding and will thereafter vest in accordance with Section 2(a) as if the Participant had remained in the Service of the Company or a Subsidiary through the third anniversary of the Date of Grant. “Retirement” means the Participant’s voluntary resignation from Service with the Company or a Subsidiary on or after the date that (A) the Participant attains age sixty-five (65) or (B) the Participant attains age sixty-two (62) and has completed at least ten (10) years of Service with the Company or a Subsidiary; provided that the Participant gave at least ninety (90) days’ prior written notice of such voluntary resignation to the Company or such Subsidiary.

e.Termination for Cause. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Participant’s employment is terminated for Cause, any Time Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service by the Company for Cause shall be forfeited and terminate automatically. This Section 2(e) applies regardless of whether such termination for Cause occurs prior to or after any Change in Control.

f.Forfeiture Events. If, prior to a Change in Control, the Participant is determined by the Committee, acting in its sole discretion, to have taken any action that would constitute Cause or an Adverse Action, irrespective of whether such action or the Committee’s determination occurs before or after termination of the Participant’s Service and irrespective of whether or not the Participant was terminated for Cause, (i) all rights of the Participant under this Agreement and the Plan will terminate and be forfeited without notice of any kind; and (ii) the Committee, in its sole discretion, may require the Participant to surrender and return to the Company all or any Common Shares received in connection with the vesting of the Time Restricted Stock Units, or to disgorge all or any profits or any other economic value (however defined by the Committee) made or

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realized by the Participant on the sale of such Common Shares, during the period beginning one year prior to the Participant’s termination of Service. This Section 2(f) applies only to any such determinations made prior to a Change in Control and shall not apply following a Change in Control.

3.Settlement; Issuance of Common Stock.

a.Timing and Manner of Settlement. As soon as practicable and, in any event, no later than the earlier of (i) fifteen (15) days, following the vesting of Time Restricted Stock Units and (ii) March 15 of the second calendar year, such vested Time Restricted Stock Units will be converted to Common Shares which the Company will issue and deliver to the Participant (either by delivering one or more certificates for such shares or by entering such shares in book entry form in the name of the Participant or depositing such shares for the Participant’s benefit with any broker with which the Participant has an account relationship or the Company has engaged to provide such services under the Plan) and record such shares on the records of the Company, except to the extent that Common Shares are withheld to pay tax withholding obligations pursuant to Section 3(b) of this Agreement. For Time Restricted Stock Units that vest pursuant to Section 2(b) or Section 2(c), if the Consideration Period spans two calendar years, then notwithstanding this Section 3(a), the Time Restricted Stock Units shall be settled in Common Shares in the second calendar year.

b.Withholding Taxes; Participation Election. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 16 of the Plan, the Participant may elect, pursuant to such procedures as determined by the Company, to satisfy the Company’s federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding (including FICA) requirements relating to the issuance of any Common Shares in settlement of any Time Restricted Stock Units, in whole or in part, by (i) having withheld, from the Common Shares required to be delivered to the Participant, Common Shares, (ii) delivering to the Company other Common Shares held by the Participant, and/or (iii) subject to the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, a broker-assisted sale of Common Shares delivered to the Participant and delivering to the Company the proceeds of such sale, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), with such Common Shares having an aggregate Market Value per Share equal to the amount elected by the Participant; provided that such amount elected by the Participant shall be not less than the minimum amount required to be withheld and not more than the maximum amount permitted to be withheld.

4.Rights of Participant; Transferability.

a.No Right to Continued Service or Future Awards. Nothing in the Plan or in this Agreement confers upon the Participant any right to continue in the Service of the Company or any Subsidiary or interferes with or limits in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Service of the Participant at any time, with or without notice and with or without Cause. The grant of Time

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Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement to the Participant is a voluntary, discretionary award being made on a one-time basis and it does not constitute a commitment to make any future awards.

b.Rights as a Shareholder. The Participant shall have no rights as a Shareholder with respect to any Common Shares subject to the Time Restricted Stock Units prior to the date as of which the Participant is actually recorded as the holder of such Common Shares upon the share records of the Company pursuant to Section 3 above.

c.Non-Transferability. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Plan, no Time Restricted Stock Units may be assigned or transferred, or subjected to any lien or encumbrance, during the lifetime of the Participant, either voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise. Except to the extent expressly permitted by the Plan, any purported sale, pledge, lien, assignment, transfer, attachment or encumbrance of such Restricted Stock Units shall be null, void and unenforceable against the Company.

5.Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, if the Time Restricted Stock Units do not continue or are not assumed, substituted or replaced with an award with respect to cash or shares of the acquiror or surviving entity in such Change in Control, in each case, with substantially equivalent terms and value as the Time Restricted Stock Units, any unvested Time Restricted Stock Units shall vest. In the event of a Change in Control in which the Time Restricted Stock Units continue or are assumed, substituted or replaced with an award with respect to cash or shares of the acquiror or surviving entity in such Change in Control, the Time Restricted Stock Units, as so continued, assumed, substituted or replaced, shall remain subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

6.Securities Laws Restrictions. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, the Company will not be required to issue any Common Shares pursuant to the vesting of the Time Restricted Stock Units if such issuance would constitute a violation of any applicable law or regulation or the requirements of any securities exchange or market system upon which the Common Shares may then be listed. In addition, Common Shares will not be issued hereunder unless (a) there is in effect with respect to such Common Shares a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the Common Shares are permitted to be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Shares hereunder will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue such Common Shares as to which such requisite authority has not been obtained. As a condition to the issuance of any Common Shares hereunder, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any requirements that

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may be necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect to such compliance as may be requested by the Company.

7.Certain Definitions.

a.“Adverse Action” means any Participant, during or within one year after the termination of Service, (a) being employed or retained by or rendering services to any organization that, directly or indirectly, competes with or becomes competitive with the Company or any Subsidiary, or otherwise violating any non-compete or non-solicitation agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary as determined by the Committee, (b) violating any confidentiality agreement or agreement governing the ownership or assignment of intellectual property rights of the Company or any Subsidiary as determined by the Committee, or (c) engaging in any other conduct or act during the Participant’s Service that is determined by the Committee to be materially injurious, detrimental or prejudicial to any interest of the Company or any Subsidiary.

b.“Cause” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the Participant’s employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may be in effect, or if no such agreement or policy exists, shall mean (i) the Participant’s commission of a felony or any crime of moral turpitude, in each case, relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or that is materially injurious to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries’ reputation; (ii) commission of an act of dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, embezzlement, breach of fiduciary duty or deliberate injury or attempted injury, in each case relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) the Participant’s repeated failure to perform the Participant’s duties in accordance with the Participant’s job description, employment agreement or service contract with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the Participant’s material or repeated insubordination; (iv) a material or repeated breach by the Participant of any material provision of this Agreement or any material provision of any other agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (v) the Participant’s material or repeated failure to comply with or the Participant’s material breach of the established work rules or internal policies of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. In each case, the Committee has the sole discretion to determine in its reasonable judgment whether Cause exists.

c.“Change in Control” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan.

d.“Disability” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the Participant’s Service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may be in effect, or if no such agreement or policy exists, shall mean the Participant’s inability due to physical or mental incapacity, to perform the essential functions of the Participant’s job, for one hundred eighty

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(180) days out of any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period or one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days.

e.“Good Reason” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the Participants Service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may be in effect, or if no such agreement or policy exists, shall mean (i) a reduction in the Participant’s base salary or target bonus; (ii) a material breach by the Company of any material provision of this Agreement; (iii) a material, adverse change in the Participant’s authority, duties or responsibilities (other than temporarily while the Participant is physically or mentally incapacitated); or (iv) a relocation of the Participant’s principal place of employment by more than 50 miles. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Participant shall not be considered to have terminated the Participant’s Service for Good Reason unless, within sixty (60) days following the occurrence of an event described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the Participant gives the Company written notice of the existence of such event, the Company does not remedy such event within sixty (60) days of receiving such notice and the Participant terminates the Participant’s Service within thirty (30) days of the end of the Company’s cure period.

f.“Qualifying Termination” shall mean a termination by the Company other than for Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability) or a termination by the Participant for Good Reason.

g.“Service” means a Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, whether in the capacity of an employee, Director or consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor who renders services to the Company or a Subsidiary (and which services are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a capital raising transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities). A change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company or a Subsidiary as an employee, Director or consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor, shall be treated as a termination of the Participant’s Service, unless the Committee otherwise determines in its sole discretion, except that continuous Service shall not be considered interrupted in the case of transfers between locations of the Company and its Subsidiaries. A Participant’s Service will be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service or upon the Subsidiary for which the Participant performs Service ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Company (unless the Participant continues to be employed by the Company or another Subsidiary).

8.Miscellaneous.

a.Relation to the Plan. This Agreement is subject to the terms of the Plan, the terms of which are incorporated by reference in this Agreement in their entirety.

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In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will prevail.

b.Section 409A. The Time Restricted Stock Units are intended to be exempt from the provisions of Section 409A of the Code or, if not so exempt, to comply with Section 409A of the Code and, wherever possible, this Agreement and the Plan shall be construed and administered to the fullest extent possible to reflect such intent. To the extent that any payment or benefit hereunder constitutes non-exempt “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, and such payment or benefit would otherwise be payable or distributable hereunder by reason of the Participant’s termination of Service, all references to the Participant’s termination of Service shall be construed to mean a “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A of the Code (a “Section 409A Separation from Service”), and the Participant shall not be considered to have a termination of Service unless such termination constitutes a Section 409A Separation from Service. If, at the time of the Participant’s Section 409A Separation from Service, (i) the Participant will be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company makes a good faith determination that an amount payable hereunder constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A of the Code in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but will instead pay it, without interest, on the tenth business day of the seventh month after such separation from service. In any case, the Participant will be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on the Participant or for the Participant’s account in connection with the Plan and this Agreement (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Company nor any of its affiliates will have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold the Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

c.Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein and in the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon the Participant and the Participant’s beneficiaries, executors and administrators.

d.Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions thereof. Any legal proceeding related to this Agreement will be brought in an appropriate Delaware court, and the parties to this Agreement consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court for this purpose.

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e.Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Award Notice and the Plan set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties to this Agreement with respect to the Award and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements, plans and understandings relating to the Award (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Employment Agreement) and administration of the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of an inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and any other agreement, arrangement, plan or understanding (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the terms of the Employment Agreement), the terms of this Agreement will control.

f.Amendment and Waiver. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend this Agreement from time to time in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan; provided, however, that (a) no amendment shall materially impair the rights of the Participant under this Agreement without the Participant’s consent, and (b) the Participant’s consent shall not be required to an amendment that is deemed necessary by the Company to ensure compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

g.Construction; Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

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Exhibit 10.5

Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (CEO)

BKV CORPORATION

PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD NOTICE

2024 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

BKV Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2024 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), hereby grants to the Participant an award (the “Award”) of the number of Restricted Stock Units (as defined in the Plan) subject to performance-based vesting requirements as set forth below (the “Performance-based Restricted Stock Units” or “PRSUs”). The Performance-based Restricted Stock Units are subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth in this Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (this “Award Notice”) and in the Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) and the Plan, both of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety.

Participant: [_______]
Date of Grant: [_______]
Number of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units at the Target Payout (as defined in Exhibit A attached to the Agreement): [_______]
PRSU Vesting Schedule: As set forth in Exhibit A attached to the Agreement.
Performance Period: As set forth in Exhibit A attached to the Agreement.

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The undersigned Participant acknowledges that the Participant has received a copy of this Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan. As an express condition to the grant of the Award hereunder, the Participant agrees to be bound by the terms of this Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan. The undersigned Participant further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between the Participant and the Company regarding the Award and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of (i) Awards previously granted and delivered to the Participant by the Company, and (ii) any agreements referenced in this Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice. This Award Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same agreement.

BKV CORPORATION: PARTICIPANT:
By: _____________________________ _________________________________________
Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________________________
Title: _____________________________ Address: _____________________________
_____________________________

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PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

UNDER THE

BKV CORPORATION 2024 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Pursuant to the Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (the “Award Notice”) to which this Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is attached, and subject to the terms of this Agreement and the BKV Corporation 2024 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), BKV Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Participant agree as follows. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement or in the Award Notice will have the same meanings as set forth in the Plan.

1.Award of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, as set forth in the Award Notice, subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan, and each of which, if vested and earned pursuant to this Agreement, will be settled in one (1) Common Share, at the time and subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan. Unless and until the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units are earned and vest in accordance with this Agreement, the Participant will have no right to receive any Common Shares or other payment in respect of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units. Prior to settlement of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units and this Agreement represent an unsecured obligation of the Company, payable only from the general assets of the Company.

2.Vesting.

a.Performance-based Vesting; Determination of Amount of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will be earned and vested and the number of Common Shares payable in settlement of such earned and vested Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will be based on the level of achievement of the PRSU KPIs during the Performance Period as determined by the Board in good faith in accordance with Exhibit A attached to this Agreement, which determination shall be made as soon as practicable and, in any event, within sixty (60) days following the end of the Performance Period, provided the Participant remains in the Service of the Company or a Subsidiary through the day following the last day of the Performance Period. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan, or as otherwise determined by the Committee, any Performance-based Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service shall be forfeited and terminate.

b.Death or Disability. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), if the Participant dies while employed by the Company or a Subsidiary or the Company terminates the Participant’s Service due to the Participant’s Disability prior to the day

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following the last day of the Performance Period, then subject to the Participant’s (or the Participant’s legal representative’s, heir’s, legatee’s or distributee’s, as applicable) (i) timely execution of a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company and (ii) if applicable, failure to revoke such execution or signature in accordance with the terms of such release, in each case, during the period (not to exceed sixty (60) days) to execute and revoke such release of claims (such period, the “Consideration Period”), the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units shall vest at the Target Payout.

c.Termination without Cause or for Good Reason. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), and subject to Section 5 of this Agreement, if the Participant’s Service with the Company or a Subsidiary is terminated pursuant to a Qualifying Termination prior to the day following the last day of the Performance Period, subject to the Participant’s (i) timely execution of a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company and (ii) if applicable, failure to revoke such execution or signature in accordance with the terms of such release during the Consideration Period, (1) if such termination of Service occurs in the final six (6) months of the Performance Period, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will remain outstanding and will thereafter vest in accordance with Section 2(a) as if the Participant had remained in the Service of the Company or a Subsidiary from the Date of Grant through the day following the last day of the Performance Period, or (2) if such termination of Service occurs prior to the final six (6) months of the Performance Period, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will vest at the Target Payout.

d.Retirement. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), if the Participant’s Service with the Company or a Subsidiary terminates due to the Participant’s Retirement (as defined below) at any time on or after the first anniversary of the Date of Grant and prior to the day following the last day of the Performance Period, subject to the Participant’s (i) timely execution of a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company and (ii) if applicable, failure to revoke such execution or signature in accordance with the terms of such release during the Consideration Period, (1) if such termination of Service occurs in the final six (6) months of the Performance Period, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will remain outstanding and will thereafter vest in accordance with Section 2(a) as if the Participant had remained in the Service of the Company or a Subsidiary from the Date of Grant through the day following the last day of the Performance Period, or (2) if such termination of Service occurs prior to the final six (6) months of the Performance Period, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will vest at the Target Payout. “Retirement” means the Participant’s voluntary resignation from Service with the Company or a Subsidiary on or after the date that (A) the Participant attains age sixty-five (65) or (B) the Participant attains age sixty-two (62) and has completed at least ten (10) years of Service with the Company or a Subsidiary; provided that the

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Participant gave at least ninety (90) days’ prior written notice of such voluntary resignation to the Company or such Subsidiary.

e.Termination for Cause. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Participant’s employment is terminated for Cause, any Performance-based Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service by the Company for Cause shall be forfeited and terminate automatically. This Section 2(e) applies regardless of whether such termination for Cause occurs prior to or after any Change in Control.

f.Forfeiture Events. If, prior to a Change in Control, the Participant is determined by the Committee, acting in its sole discretion, to have taken any action that would constitute Cause or an Adverse Action, irrespective of whether such action or the Committee’s determination occurs before or after termination of the Participant’s Service and irrespective of whether or not the Participant was terminated for Cause, (i) all rights of the Participant under this Agreement and the Plan will terminate and be forfeited without notice of any kind; and (ii) the Committee, in its sole discretion, may require the Participant to surrender and return to the Company all or any Common Shares received in connection with the vesting of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, or to disgorge all or any profits or any other economic value (however defined by the Committee) made or realized by the Participant on the sale of such Common Shares, during the period beginning one year prior to the Participant’s termination of Service. This Section 2(f) applies only to any such determinations made prior to a Change in Control and shall not apply following a Change in Control.

3.Settlement; Issuance of Common Stock.

a.Timing and Manner of Settlement. As soon as practicable and, in any event, no later than the earlier of (i) fifteen (15) days following determination by the Board of the level of achievement of the PRSU KPIs of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units and (ii) March 15 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Performance Period ends, the number of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units determined by the Committee to have been earned will be converted to Common Shares which the Company will issue and deliver to the Participant (either by delivering one or more certificates for such shares or by entering such shares in book entry form in the name of the Participant or depositing such shares for the Participant’s benefit with any broker with which the Participant has an account relationship or the Company has engaged to provide such services under the Plan), except to the extent that Common Shares are withheld to pay tax withholding obligations pursuant to Section 3(b) of this Agreement.

b.Withholding Taxes; Participation Election. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 16 of the Plan, the Participant may elect, pursuant to such procedures as determined by the Company, to satisfy the Company’s federal,

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state, local and foreign tax withholding (including FICA) requirements relating to the issuance of any Common Shares in settlement of any Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, in whole or in part, by (i) having withheld, from the Common Shares required to be delivered to the Participant, Common Shares, (ii) delivering to the Company other Common Shares held by the Participant, and/or (iii) subject to the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, a broker-assisted sale of Common Shares delivered to the Participant and delivering to the Company the proceeds of such sale, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), with such Common Shares having an aggregate Market Value per Share equal to the amount elected by the Participant; provided that such amount elected by the Participant shall be not less than the minimum amount required to be withheld and not more than the maximum amount permitted to be withheld.

4.Rights of Participant; Transferability.

a.No Right to Continued Service or Future Awards. Nothing in the Plan or in this Agreement confers upon the Participant any right to continue in the Service of the Company or any Subsidiary or interferes with or limits in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Service of the Participant at any time, with or without notice and with or without Cause. The grant of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement to the Participant is a voluntary, discretionary award being made on a one-time basis and it does not constitute a commitment to make any future awards.

b.Rights as a Shareholder. The Participant shall have no rights as a Shareholder with respect to any Common Shares subject to the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units prior to the date as of which the Participant is actually recorded as the holder of such Common Shares upon the share records of the Company pursuant to Section 3 above.

c.Non-Transferability. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Plan, no Performance-based Restricted Stock Units may be assigned or transferred, or subjected to any lien or encumbrance, during the lifetime of the Participant, either voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise. Except to the extent expressly permitted by the Plan, any purported sale, pledge, lien, assignment, transfer, attachment or encumbrance of such Restricted Stock Units shall be null, void and unenforceable against the Company.

5.Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, if the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units do not continue or are not assumed, substituted or replaced with an award with respect to cash or shares of the acquiror or surviving entity in such Change in Control, in each case, with substantially equivalent terms and value as the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, any Performance-based Restricted Stock Units shall vest immediately prior to the Change in Control at the greater of the Target Payout or, if determinable, the level of

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achievement of the PRSU KPIs during the Performance Period through the latest practicable date prior to the Change in Control, as determined by the Board. In the event of a Change in Control in which the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units continue or are assumed, substituted or replaced with an award with respect to cash or shares of the acquiror or surviving entity in such Change in Control, the PRSU KPIs for any Performance-based Restricted Stock Units shall be deemed to have been met at the greater of the Target Payout or, if determinable, the level of achievement of the PRSU KPIs during the Performance Period through the latest practicable date prior to the Change in Control, as determined by the Board in good faith, and the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, as so scored and continued, assumed, substituted or replaced, shall otherwise remain subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the requirement that the Participant remain in the Service of the Company or a Subsidiary through the day following the last day of the Performance Period.

6.Securities Laws Restrictions. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, the Company will not be required to issue any Common Shares pursuant to the vesting of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units if such issuance would constitute a violation of any applicable law or regulation or the requirements of any securities exchange or market system upon which the Common Shares may then be listed. In addition, Common Shares will not be issued hereunder unless (a) there is in effect with respect to such Common Shares a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the Common Shares are permitted to be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Shares hereunder will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue such Common Shares as to which such requisite authority has not been obtained. As a condition to the issuance of any Common Shares hereunder, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any requirements that may be necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect to such compliance as may be requested by the Company.

7.Certain Definitions.

a.“Adverse Action” means any Participant, during or within one year after the termination of Service, (a) being employed or retained by or rendering services to any organization that, directly or indirectly, competes with or becomes competitive with the Company or any Subsidiary, or otherwise violating any non-compete or non-solicitation agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary as determined by the Committee, (b) violating any confidentiality agreement or agreement governing the ownership or assignment of intellectual property rights of the Company or any Subsidiary as determined by the Committee, or (c) engaging in any other conduct or act during the Participant’s Service that is

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determined by the Committee to be materially injurious, detrimental or prejudicial to any interest of the Company or any Subsidiary.

b.“Cause” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the Participant’s employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may be in effect, or if no such agreement or policy exists, shall mean (i) the Participant’s commission of a felony or any crime of moral turpitude, in each case, relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or that is materially injurious to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries’ reputation; (ii) commission of an act of dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, embezzlement, breach of fiduciary duty or deliberate injury or attempted injury, in each case relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) the Participant’s repeated failure to perform the Participant’s duties in accordance with the Participant’s job description, employment agreement or service contract with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the Participant’s material or repeated insubordination; (iv) a material or repeated breach by the Participant of any material provision of this Agreement or any material provision of any other agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (v) the Participant’s material or repeated failure to comply with or the Participant’s material breach of the established work rules or internal policies of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. In each case, the Committee has the sole discretion to determine in its reasonable judgment whether Cause exists.

c.“Change in Control” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan.

d.“Disability” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the Participant’s Service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may be in effect, or if no such agreement or policy exists, shall mean the Participant’s inability due to physical or mental incapacity, to perform the essential functions of the Participant’s job, for one hundred eighty (180) days out of any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period or one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days.

e.“Good Reason” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the Participants Service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may be in effect, or if no such agreement or policy exists, shall mean (i) a reduction in the Participant’s base salary or target bonus; (ii) a material breach by the Company of any material provision of this Agreement; (iii) a material, adverse change in the Participant’s authority, duties or responsibilities (other than temporarily while the Participant is physically or mentally incapacitated); or (iv) a relocation of the Participant’s principal place of employment by more than 50 miles. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Participant shall not be considered to have terminated the Participant’s Service for Good Reason unless, within sixty (60) days following

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the occurrence of an event described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the Participant gives the Company written notice of the existence of such event, the Company does not remedy such event within sixty (60) days of receiving such notice and the Participant terminates the Participant’s Service within thirty (30) days of the end of the Company’s cure period.

f.“Qualifying Termination” shall mean a termination by the Company other than for Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability) or a termination by the Participant for Good Reason.

g.“Service” means a Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, whether in the capacity of an employee, Director or consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor who renders services to the Company or a Subsidiary (and which services are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a capital raising transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities). A change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company or a Subsidiary as an employee, Director or consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor, shall be treated as a termination of the Participant’s Service, unless the Committee otherwise determines in its sole discretion, except that continuous Service shall not be considered interrupted in the case of transfers between locations of the Company and its Subsidiaries. A Participant’s Service will be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service or upon the Subsidiary for which the Participant performs Service ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Company (unless the Participant continues to be employed by the Company or another Subsidiary).

8.Miscellaneous.

a.Relation to the Plan. This Agreement is subject to the terms of the Plan, the terms of which are incorporated by reference in this Agreement in their entirety. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will prevail.

b.Section 409A. The Performance-based Restricted Stock Units are intended to be exempt from the provisions of Section 409A of the Code or, if not so exempt, to comply with Section 409A of the Code and, wherever possible, this Agreement and the Plan shall be construed and administered to the fullest extent possible to reflect such intent. To the extent that any payment or benefit hereunder constitutes non-exempt “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, and such payment or benefit would otherwise be payable or distributable hereunder by reason of the Participant’s termination of Service, all references to the Participant’s termination of Service shall be construed to mean a “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A of the Code (a “Section 409A Separation from Service”), and the Participant shall not be considered to have a termination of Service unless such termination

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constitutes a Section 409A Separation from Service. If, at the time of the Participant’s Section 409A Separation from Service, (i) the Participant will be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company makes a good faith determination that an amount payable hereunder constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A of the Code in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but will instead pay it, without interest, on the tenth business day of the seventh month after such separation from service. In any case, the Participant will be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on the Participant or for the Participant’s account in connection with the Plan and this Agreement (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Company nor any of its affiliates will have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold the Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

c.Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein and in the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon the Participant and the Participant’s beneficiaries, executors and administrators.

d.Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions thereof. Any legal proceeding related to this Agreement will be brought in an appropriate Delaware court, and the parties to this Agreement consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court for this purpose.

e.Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Award Notice and the Plan set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties to this Agreement with respect to the Award and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements, plans and understandings relating to the Award (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Employment Agreement) and administration of the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of an inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and any other agreement, arrangement, plan or understanding (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the terms of the Employment Agreement), the terms of this Agreement will control.

f.Amendment and Waiver. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend this Agreement from time to time in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan; provided, however, that (a) no amendment shall materially impair the rights of the Participant under this Agreement without the Participant’s consent,

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and (b) the Participant’s consent shall not be required to an amendment that is deemed necessary by the Company to ensure compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

g.Construction; Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

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EXHIBIT A

PRSU KPIs

The Performance-based Restricted Stock Units may be earned based upon the achievement of the following PRSU KPIs over the Performance Period, as described below and shall be subject to the determination of the Board, in accordance with this Exhibit A.

PRSU KPI Minimum Target Maximum Weighting
Annualized Total Shareholder Return 5% 12.5% Equal to or greater than 20% 30%
Relative Annualized Total Shareholder Return 25th percentile 50th percentile Equal to or greater than 75th percentile 30%
Average Annual Return on Average Capital Employed (ROACE) 0% 7% Equal to or greater than 14% 40%
Payout Percentage 0% 100%<br><br>(the “Target Payout”) 200%

If a particular PRSU KPI is earned at an amount that exceeds the Minimum and that is at a point between two adjacent performance levels (that is, between the Minimum and Target or between Target and Maximum), the level at which such PRSU KPI shall be earned and the number of PRSUs earned for such PRSU KPI shall be determined by straight line interpolation between such points. For the avoidance of doubt, no Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will be earned for a particular PRSU KPI that is not determined to have been met at a level at least equal to Minimum.

All determinations as to the achievement of the PRSU KPIs and the amount of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units that have been earned will be made by the Board in good faith in its sole discretion and such determinations shall be final and binding. The Board has the authority, in its sole discretion and in good faith, to make equitable adjustments to the amount of Performance-based Restricted Units that have been earned in the event of, and to take into consideration, unanticipated, significant and exceptional circumstances or factors that occurred during the applicable performance period that the Board, acting in good faith, considers to be appropriate at such time and any such determination of the Board shall be final and binding.

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Total Shareholder Return

The portion of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units subject to the Annualized Total Shareholder Return PRSU KPI may be earned based upon the achievement of the Annualized TSR of the Company from the first day of the calendar year in which the Date of Grant occurs and ending on the day on which the Third IM Period (as defined below) ends (such period, the “Performance Period”). Annualized TSR shall be determined based on the following formula:

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Ending Average Share Price means (a) for purposes of determining Annualized TSR of the Company, the average of the Company’s closing stock prices of the last 20 trading days of the Performance Period (including the last day of the Performance Period); provided, that (i) if a dividend has an ex-dividend date during this 20-day averaging period, Adjusted Close Prices (as described below) will be used, and (ii) if there is no regular public trading market for the Common Shares, the Ending Average Share Price shall be determined in accordance with the proviso in the definition of Market Value per Share set forth in the Plan, and (b) for purposes of determining the Annualized TSR of members of the Benchmark Group for the Relative Annualized Total Shareholder Return PRSU KPI, the average of the “Adjusted Close Price” or its equivalent (which assumes reinvested dividends throughout the performance period) as per FactSet (or its successor) for the company’s common stock for the last 20 trading days of the Performance Period (including the last day of the Performance Period). For clarity, FactSet currently utilizes the term “Total Return (Gross)” in place of “Adjusted Close Price.”

Beginning Average Share Price means (a) for purposes of determining Annualized TSR of the Company, the average of the “Adjusted Close Price” or its equivalent (which assumes reinvested dividends throughout the performance period) as per FactSet (or its successor) for the Company’s common stock for the first 20 trading days of the Performance Period (including the first day of the Performance Period), and (b) for purposes of determining the Annualized TSR of members of the Benchmark Group for the Relative Annualized Total Shareholder Return PRSU KPI, the average of the “Adjusted Close Price” or its equivalent (which assumes reinvested dividends throughout the performance period) as per FactSet (or its successor) for the company’s common stock for the first 20 trading days of the Performance Period (including the first day of the Performance Period).

Relative Total Shareholder Return

The portion of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units subject to the Relative Annualized Total Shareholder Return PRSU KPI may be earned based upon the achievement of the Annualized TSR of the Company over the Performance Period relative to the Annualized TSR of the Benchmark Group over the Performance Period.

1.Benchmark Group.

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a.The Benchmark Group. The Benchmark Group shall include the companies in the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production sub-industry of the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry (Bloomberg Ticker: SPSIOP), whereby the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production sub-industry classification utilizes the GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard).

b.Effect of Changes to Benchmark Group.

i.The Benchmark Group utilized for percentile ranking purposes will include only companies that are included in the Benchmark Group on the first day of the calendar year in which the Date of Grant occurs.

ii.If a company in the Benchmark Group is acquired and ceases to have its primary common equity security listed or traded prior to the end of the Performance Period, such company will be omitted from the ranking of the Annualized TSR of companies in the Benchmark Group.

iii.If a company in the Benchmark Group is forced to delist from the securities exchange upon which it was traded due to low stock price or other reasons or files for bankruptcy, such company shall be included in the ranking of the Annualized TSR of companies in the Benchmark Group but will be ranked last.

1.Ranking Benchmark Group for Purposes of Percentile Determination. The results of the Annualized TSR for each of the companies in the Benchmark Group (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Company) shall be ranked from highest to lowest Annualized TSR (rounded, if necessary, to one-tenth of a percentage point by application of regular rounding) and the Company’s Annualized TSR shall be compared to such ranking to determine the Company’s relative TSR percentile ranking.

Average Annual Return on Average Capital Employed

The portion of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units subject to the Return on Average Capital Employed (“ROACE”) PRSU KPI may be earned based upon the achievement of the average annual return on capital (“Average Annual ROACE”) of the Company for each Intermediate Measurement Period during the Performance Period.

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An “Intermediate Measurement Period” means each of:

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•The First Intermediate Measurement Period (or the “First IM Period”): The period beginning on the first day of the calendar year in which the Date of Grant occurs and ending on the last day of such calendar year;

•The Second Intermediate Measurement Period (or the “Second IM Period”): The period beginning on the first day of the calendar year immediately following the last day of the First IM Period and ending on the last day of such calendar year; and

•The Third Intermediate Measurement Period (or the “Third IM Period”): The period beginning on the first day of the calendar year immediately following the last day of the Second IM Period and ending on the last day of such calendar year.

Applicable Year End Adjusted EBIT means Adjusted EBITDAX as defined in the Company’s 10-K that includes the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period (or, if no 10-K, as such term was defined in the most recently filed 10-K or 10-Q), less depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion, less exploration expense, in each case, starting from the first day of the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period and ending on the last day of the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period.

Total Assets shall mean the Company’s total assets, excluding unrealized derivative assets, if any, and contingent consideration assets, if any, as each is set forth in the Company’s 10-K or 10-Q that includes the applicable measurement date (or, if no 10-K or 10-Q is on file for such period, as such term was defined in the most recently filed 10-K or 10-Q).

Applicable Total Assets shall mean, for each Intermediate Measurement Period, (1) the sum of the Total Assets as of the last day of the quarter immediately preceding the first day of the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period plus the Total Assets as of the last day of each of the first four quarters of the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period, divided by (2) five, which for the avoidance of doubt, uses five balance sheet positions to calculate the average for Total Assets.

Current Liabilities shall mean the Company’s current liabilities, excluding unrealized current derivative liabilities, if any, and current contingent consideration liabilities, if any, as each is set forth in the Company’s 10-K or 10-Q that includes the applicable measurement date (or, if no 10-K or 10-Q is on file for such period, as such term was defined in the most recently filed 10-K or 10-Q).

Applicable Current Liabilities shall mean, for each Intermediate Measurement Period, (1) the sum of the Current Liabilities as of the last day of the quarter immediately preceding the first day of the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period plus the Current Liabilities as of the last day of each of the first four quarters of the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period, divided by (2) five, which for the avoidance of doubt, uses five balance sheet positions to calculate the average for Current Liabilities.

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Exhibit 10.6

Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (Employee)

BKV CORPORATION

TIME RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD NOTICE

2024 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

BKV Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2024 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), hereby grants to the Participant an award (the “Award”) of the number of Restricted Stock Units (as defined in the Plan) subject to service-based vesting requirements as set forth below (the “Time Restricted Stock Units” or “TRSUs”). The Time Restricted Stock Units are subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth in this Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (this “Award Notice”) and in the Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) and the Plan, both of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety.

Participant: [_______]
Date of Grant: [_______]
Number of Time Restricted Stock Units: [_______]
TRSU Vesting Schedule: One-third of the TRSUs vest on each of the first three anniversaries of the Date of Grant

The undersigned Participant acknowledges that the Participant has received a copy of this Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice, the Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan. As an express condition to the grant of the Award hereunder, the Participant agrees to be bound by the terms of this Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice, the Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan. The undersigned Participant further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice, the Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between the Participant and the Company regarding the Award and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of (i) Awards previously granted and delivered to the Participant by the Company, and (ii) any agreements referenced in this Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice. This Award Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same agreement.

Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (Employee)

BKV CORPORATION: PARTICIPANT:
By: _____________________________ _________________________________________
Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________________________
Title: _____________________________ Address: _____________________________
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Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Employee)

TIME RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

UNDER THE

BKV CORPORATION 2024 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Pursuant to the Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (the “Award Notice”) to which this Time Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is attached, and subject to the terms of this Agreement and the BKV Corporation 2024 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), BKV Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Participant agree as follows. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement or in the Award Notice will have the same meanings as set forth in the Plan.

1.Award of Time Restricted Stock Units. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant Time Restricted Stock Units, as set forth in the Award Notice, subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan, and each of which, if vested pursuant to this Agreement, will be settled in one (1) Common Share, at the time and subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan. Unless and until the Time Restricted Stock Units vest in accordance with this Agreement, the Participant will have no right to receive any Common Shares or other payment in respect of the Time Restricted Stock Units. Prior to settlement of the Time Restricted Stock Units, the Time Restricted Stock Units and this Agreement represent an unsecured obligation of the Company, payable only from the general assets of the Company.

2.Vesting.

a.Time Restricted Stock Units. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan, the Time Restricted Stock Units will vest in the amounts and on the date(s) as indicated in the TRSU Vesting Schedule set forth in the Award Notice (each a “TRSU Vesting Date”), provided the Participant remains in the Service of the Company or a Subsidiary through the applicable TRSU Vesting Date. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan, or as otherwise determined by the Committee, any Time Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service shall be forfeited and terminate.

b.Death or Disability. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), if the Participant dies while employed by the Company or a Subsidiary or the Company terminates the Participant’s Service due to the Participant’s Disability, subject to the Participant’s (or the Participant’s legal representative’s, heir’s, legatee’s or distributee’s, as applicable) (i) timely execution of a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company and (ii) if applicable, failure to revoke such execution or signature in accordance with the terms of such release, in each case, during the period (not to exceed sixty (60) days) to execute and revoke such release of claims (such period, the “Consideration Period”), the Time Restricted Stock Units shall vest.

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c.Termination without Cause. If the Participant’s Service with the Company or a Subsidiary is terminated by the Company other than for Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability) prior to the TRSU Vesting Date, the Time Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited and terminate.

d.Retirement. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), if the Participant’s Service with the Company or a Subsidiary terminates due to the Participant’s Retirement (as defined below) after the first anniversary of the Date of Grant and prior to the third anniversary of the Date of Grant on any date other than the second anniversary of the Date of Grant, subject to the Participant’s (i) timely execution of a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company and (ii) if applicable, failure to revoke such execution or signature in accordance with the terms of such release during the Consideration Period, the Time Restricted Stock Units will remain outstanding and will thereafter vest in accordance with Section 2(a) as if the Participant had remained in the Service of the Company or a Subsidiary through the third anniversary of the Date of Grant. “Retirement” means the Participant’s voluntary resignation from Service with the Company or a Subsidiary on or after the date that (A) the Participant attains age sixty-five (65) or (B) the Participant attains age sixty-two (62) and has completed at least ten (10) years of Service with the Company or a Subsidiary; provided that the Participant gave at least ninety (90) days’ prior written notice of such voluntary resignation to the Company or such Subsidiary.

e.Termination for Cause. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Participant’s employment is terminated for Cause, any Time Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service by the Company for Cause shall be forfeited and terminate automatically. This Section 2(e) applies regardless of whether such termination for Cause occurs prior to or after any Change in Control.

f.Forfeiture Events. If, prior to a Change in Control, the Participant is determined by the Committee, acting in its sole discretion, to have taken any action that would constitute Cause or an Adverse Action, irrespective of whether such action or the Committee’s determination occurs before or after termination of the Participant’s Service and irrespective of whether or not the Participant was terminated for Cause, (i) all rights of the Participant under this Agreement and the Plan will terminate and be forfeited without notice of any kind; and (ii) the Committee, in its sole discretion, may require the Participant to surrender and return to the Company all or any Common Shares received in connection with the vesting of the Time Restricted Stock Units, or to disgorge all or any profits or any other economic value (however defined by the Committee) made or realized by the Participant on the sale of such Common Shares, during the period beginning one year prior to the Participant’s termination of Service. This Section 2(f) applies only to any such determinations made prior to a Change in Control and shall not apply following a Change in Control.

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3.Settlement; Issuance of Common Stock.

a.Timing and Manner of Settlement. As soon as practicable and, in any event, no later than the earlier of (i) fifteen (15) days, following the vesting of Time Restricted Stock Units and (ii) March 15 of the second calendar year, such vested Time Restricted Stock Units will be converted to Common Shares which the Company will issue and deliver to the Participant (either by delivering one or more certificates for such shares or by entering such shares in book entry form in the name of the Participant or depositing such shares for the Participant’s benefit with any broker with which the Participant has an account relationship or the Company has engaged to provide such services under the Plan) and record such shares on the records of the Company, except to the extent that Common Shares are withheld to pay tax withholding obligations pursuant to Section 3(b) of this Agreement. For Time Restricted Stock Units that vest pursuant to Section 2(b) or Section 2(c), if the Consideration Period spans two calendar years, then notwithstanding this Section 3(a), the Time Restricted Stock Units shall be settled in Common Shares in the second calendar year.

b.Withholding Taxes; Participation Election. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 16 of the Plan, the Participant may elect, pursuant to such procedures as determined by the Company, to satisfy the Company’s federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding (including FICA) requirements relating to the issuance of any Common Shares in settlement of any Time Restricted Stock Units, in whole or in part, by (i) having withheld, from the Common Shares required to be delivered to the Participant, Common Shares, (ii) delivering to the Company other Common Shares held by the Participant, and/or (iii) subject to the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, a broker-assisted sale of Common Shares delivered to the Participant and delivering to the Company the proceeds of such sale, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), with such Common Shares having an aggregate Market Value per Share equal to the amount elected by the Participant; provided that such amount elected by the Participant shall be not less than the minimum amount required to be withheld and not more than the maximum amount permitted to be withheld.

4.Rights of Participant; Transferability.

a.No Right to Continued Service or Future Awards. Nothing in the Plan or in this Agreement confers upon the Participant any right to continue in the Service of the Company or any Subsidiary or interferes with or limits in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Service of the Participant at any time, with or without notice and with or without Cause. The grant of Time Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement to the Participant is a voluntary, discretionary award being made on a one-time basis and it does not constitute a commitment to make any future awards.

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b.Rights as a Shareholder. The Participant shall have no rights as a Shareholder with respect to any Common Shares subject to the Time Restricted Stock Units prior to the date as of which the Participant is actually recorded as the holder of such Common Shares upon the share records of the Company pursuant to Section 3 above.

c.Non-Transferability. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Plan, no Time Restricted Stock Units may be assigned or transferred, or subjected to any lien or encumbrance, during the lifetime of the Participant, either voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise. Except to the extent expressly permitted by the Plan, any purported sale, pledge, lien, assignment, transfer, attachment or encumbrance of such Restricted Stock Units shall be null, void and unenforceable against the Company.

5.Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, if the Time Restricted Stock Units do not continue or are not assumed, substituted or replaced with an award with respect to cash or shares of the acquiror or surviving entity in such Change in Control, in each case, with substantially equivalent terms and value as the Time Restricted Stock Units, any unvested Time Restricted Stock Units shall vest. In the event of a Change in Control in which the Time Restricted Stock Units continue or are assumed, substituted or replaced with an award with respect to cash or shares of the acquiror or surviving entity in such Change in Control, the Time Restricted Stock Units, as so continued, assumed, substituted or replaced, shall remain subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided, that, notwithstanding Section 2(a), Section 2(b) or Section 2(c), if the Participant’s Service with the Company or a Subsidiary is terminated pursuant to a Qualifying Termination within the 24-month period beginning on the Change in Control and ending at the end of the second anniversary of the Change in Control, the Time Restricted Stock Units, as so continued, assumed, substituted or replaced, will vest.

6.Securities Laws Restrictions. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, the Company will not be required to issue any Common Shares pursuant to the vesting of the Time Restricted Stock Units if such issuance would constitute a violation of any applicable law or regulation or the requirements of any securities exchange or market system upon which the Common Shares may then be listed. In addition, Common Shares will not be issued hereunder unless (a) there is in effect with respect to such Common Shares a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the Common Shares are permitted to be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Shares hereunder will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue such Common Shares as to which such requisite authority has not been obtained. As a condition to the issuance of any Common Shares

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hereunder, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any requirements that may be necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect to such compliance as may be requested by the Company.

7.Certain Definitions.

a.“Adverse Action” means any Participant, during or within one year after the termination of Service, (a) being employed or retained by or rendering services to any organization that, directly or indirectly, competes with or becomes competitive with the Company or any Subsidiary, or otherwise violating any non-compete or non-solicitation agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary as determined by the Committee, (b) violating any confidentiality agreement or agreement governing the ownership or assignment of intellectual property rights of the Company or any Subsidiary as determined by the Committee, or (c) engaging in any other conduct or act during the Participant’s Service that is determined by the Committee to be materially injurious, detrimental or prejudicial to any interest of the Company or any Subsidiary.

b.“Cause” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the Participant’s employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may be in effect, or if no such agreement or policy exists, shall mean (i) the Participant’s commission of a felony or any crime of moral turpitude, in each case, relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or that is materially injurious to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries’ reputation; (ii) commission of an act of dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, embezzlement, breach of fiduciary duty or deliberate injury or attempted injury, in each case relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) the Participant’s repeated failure to perform the Participant’s duties in accordance with the Participant’s job description, employment agreement or service contract with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the Participant’s material or repeated insubordination; (iv) a material or repeated breach by the Participant of any material provision of this Agreement or any material provision of any other agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (v) the Participant’s material or repeated failure to comply with or the Participant’s material breach of the established work rules or internal policies of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. In each case, the Committee has the sole discretion to determine in its reasonable judgment whether Cause exists.

c.“Disability” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the Participant’s Service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may be in effect, or if no such agreement or policy exists, shall mean the Participant’s inability due to physical or mental incapacity, to perform the essential functions of the Participant’s job, for one hundred eighty

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(180) days out of any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period or one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days.

d.“Good Reason” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the Participants Service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may be in effect, or if no such agreement or policy exists, shall mean (i) a reduction in the Participant’s base salary or target bonus; (ii) a material breach by the Company of any material provision of this Agreement; (iii) a material, adverse change in the Participant’s authority, duties or responsibilities (other than temporarily while the Participant is physically or mentally incapacitated); or (iv) a relocation of the Participant’s principal place of employment by more than 50 miles. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Participant shall not be considered to have terminated the Participant’s Service for Good Reason unless, within sixty (60) days following the occurrence of an event described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the Participant gives the Company written notice of the existence of such event, the Company does not remedy such event within sixty (60) days of receiving such notice and the Participant terminates the Participant’s Service within thirty (30) days of the end of the Company’s cure period.

e.“Qualifying Termination” shall mean a termination by the Company other than for Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability) or a termination by the Participant for Good Reason.

f.“Service” means a Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, whether in the capacity of an employee, Director or consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor who renders services to the Company or a Subsidiary (and which services are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a capital raising transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities). A change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company or a Subsidiary as an employee, Director or consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor, shall be treated as a termination of the Participant’s Service, unless the Committee otherwise determines in its sole discretion, except that continuous Service shall not be considered interrupted in the case of transfers between locations of the Company and its Subsidiaries. A Participant’s Service will be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service or upon the Subsidiary for which the Participant performs Service ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Company (unless the Participant continues to be employed by the Company or another Subsidiary).

8.Miscellaneous.

a.Relation to the Plan. This Agreement is subject to the terms of the Plan, the terms of which are incorporated by reference in this Agreement in their entirety.

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In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will prevail.

b.Section 409A. The Time Restricted Stock Units are intended to be exempt from the provisions of Section 409A of the Code or, if not so exempt, to comply with Section 409A of the Code and, wherever possible, this Agreement and the Plan shall be construed and administered to the fullest extent possible to reflect such intent. To the extent that any payment or benefit hereunder constitutes non-exempt “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, and such payment or benefit would otherwise be payable or distributable hereunder by reason of the Participant’s termination of Service, all references to the Participant’s termination of Service shall be construed to mean a “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A of the Code (a “Section 409A Separation from Service”), and the Participant shall not be considered to have a termination of Service unless such termination constitutes a Section 409A Separation from Service. If, at the time of the Participant’s Section 409A Separation from Service, (i) the Participant will be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company makes a good faith determination that an amount payable hereunder constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A of the Code in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but will instead pay it, without interest, on the tenth business day of the seventh month after such separation from service. In any case, the Participant will be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on the Participant or for the Participant’s account in connection with the Plan and this Agreement (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Company nor any of its affiliates will have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold the Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

c.Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein and in the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon the Participant and the Participant’s beneficiaries, executors and administrators.

d.Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions thereof. Any legal proceeding related to this Agreement will be brought in an appropriate Delaware court, and the parties to this Agreement consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court for this purpose.

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e.Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Award Notice and the Plan set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties to this Agreement with respect to the Award and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements, plans and understandings relating to the Award and administration of the Plan.

f.Amendment and Waiver. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend this Agreement from time to time in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan; provided, however, that (a) no amendment shall materially impair the rights of the Participant under this Agreement without the Participant’s consent, and (b) the Participant’s consent shall not be required to an amendment that is deemed necessary by the Company to ensure compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

g.Construction; Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

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Exhibit 10.7

Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (Employee)

BKV CORPORATION

PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD NOTICE

2024 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

BKV Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2024 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), hereby grants to the Participant an award (the “Award”) of the number of Restricted Stock Units (as defined in the Plan) subject to performance-based vesting requirements as set forth below (the “Performance-based Restricted Stock Units” or “PRSUs”). The Performance-based Restricted Stock Units are subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth in this Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (this “Award Notice”) and in the Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) and the Plan, both of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety.

Participant: [_______]
Date of Grant: [_______]
Number of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units at the Target Payout (as defined in Exhibit A attached to the Agreement): [_______]
PRSU Vesting Schedule: As set forth in Exhibit A attached to the Agreement.
Performance Period: As set forth in Exhibit A attached to the Agreement.

The undersigned Participant acknowledges that the Participant has received a copy of this Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan. As an express condition to the grant of the Award hereunder, the Participant agrees to be bound by the terms of this

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Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan. The undersigned Participant further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between the Participant and the Company regarding the Award and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of (i) Awards previously granted and delivered to the Participant by the Company, and (ii) any agreements referenced in this Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice. This Award Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same agreement.

BKV CORPORATION: PARTICIPANT:
By: _____________________________ _________________________________________
Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________________________
Title: _____________________________ Address: _____________________________
_____________________________

Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Employee)

PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

UNDER THE

BKV CORPORATION 2024 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Pursuant to the Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (the “Award Notice”) to which this Performance-based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is attached, and subject to the terms of this Agreement and the BKV Corporation 2024 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), BKV Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Participant agree as follows. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement or in the Award Notice will have the same meanings as set forth in the Plan.

1.Award of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, as set forth in the Award Notice, subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan, and each of which, if vested and earned pursuant to this Agreement, will be settled in one (1) Common Share, at the time and subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan. Unless and until the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units are earned and vest in accordance with this Agreement, the Participant will have no right to receive any Common Shares or other payment in respect of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units. Prior to settlement of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units and this Agreement represent an unsecured obligation of the Company, payable only from the general assets of the Company.

2.Vesting.

a.Performance-based Vesting; Determination of Amount of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will be earned and vested and the number of Common Shares payable in settlement of such earned and vested Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will be based on the level of achievement of the PRSU KPIs during the Performance Period as determined by the Board in good faith in accordance with Exhibit A attached to this Agreement, which determination shall be made as soon as practicable and, in any event, within sixty (60) days following the end of the Performance Period, provided the Participant remains in the Service of the Company or a Subsidiary through the day following the last day of the Performance Period. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan, or as otherwise determined by the Committee, any Performance-based Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service shall be forfeited and terminate.

b.Death or Disability. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), if the Participant dies while employed by the Company or a Subsidiary or the Company terminates the Participant’s Service due to the Participant’s Disability prior to the day

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following the last day of the Performance Period, then subject to the Participant’s (or the Participant’s legal representative’s, heir’s, legatee’s or distributee’s, as applicable) (i) timely execution of a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company and (ii) if applicable, failure to revoke such execution or signature in accordance with the terms of such release, in each case, during the period (not to exceed sixty (60) days) to execute and revoke such release of claims (such period, the “Consideration Period”), the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units shall vest at the Target Payout.

c.Termination without Cause. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), and subject to Section 5 of this Agreement, if the Participant’s Service with the Company or a Subsidiary is terminated by the Company other than for Cause and other than by reason of death or Disability prior to the day following the last day of the Performance Period, subject to the Participant’s (i) timely execution of a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company and (ii) if applicable, failure to revoke such execution or signature in accordance with the terms of such release during the Consideration Period, (1) if such termination of Service occurs in the final six (6) months of the Performance Period, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will remain outstanding and will thereafter vest in accordance with Section 2(a) as if the Participant had remained in the Service of the Company or a Subsidiary from the Date of Grant through the day following the last day of the Performance Period, or (2) if such termination of Service occurs prior to the final six (6) months of the Performance Period, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will vest at the Target Payout. In either case of (1) or (2) above, the number of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units in which the Participant so vests shall be prorated based on a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar days that have elapsed from the first day of the Performance Period through the date of the Participant’s termination, and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days from the first day of the Performance Period through the last day of the Performance Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant’s initial commencement of Service with the Company (the “Service Commencement Date”) is subsequent to the first day of the Performance Period, then the number of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units in which the Participant shall vest in the case of (1) or (2) above, shall be prorated based on a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar days that have elapsed from the Service Commencement Date through the date of the Participant’s termination, and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days from the Service Commencement Date through the last day of the Performance Period.

d.Retirement. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), if the Participant’s Service with the Company or a Subsidiary terminates due to the Participant’s Retirement (as defined below) at any time on or after the first anniversary of the Date of Grant and prior to the day following the last day of the Performance Period, subject to

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the Participant’s (i) timely execution of a general release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company and (ii) if applicable, failure to revoke such execution or signature in accordance with the terms of such release during the Consideration Period, (1) if such termination of Service occurs in the final six (6) months of the Performance Period, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will remain outstanding and will thereafter vest in accordance with Section 2(a) as if the Participant had remained in the Service of the Company or a Subsidiary from the Date of Grant through the day following the last day of the Performance Period, or (2) if such termination of Service occurs prior to the final six (6) months of the Performance Period, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will vest at the Target Payout. In either case of (1) or (2) above, the number of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units in which the Participant so vests shall be prorated based on a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar days that have elapsed from the first day of the Performance Period through the date of the Participant’s Retirement, and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days from the first day of the Performance Period through the last day of the Performance Period. “Retirement” means the Participant’s voluntary resignation from Service with the Company or a Subsidiary on or after the date that (A) the Participant attains age sixty-five (65) or (B) the Participant attains age sixty-two (62) and has completed at least ten (10) years of Service with the Company or a Subsidiary; provided that the Participant gave at least ninety (90) days’ prior written notice of such voluntary resignation to the Company or such Subsidiary.

e.Termination for Cause. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Participant’s employment is terminated for Cause, any Performance-based Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service by the Company for Cause shall be forfeited and terminate automatically. This Section 2(e) applies regardless of whether such termination for Cause occurs prior to or after any Change in Control.

f.Forfeiture Events. If, prior to a Change in Control, the Participant is determined by the Committee, acting in its sole discretion, to have taken any action that would constitute Cause or an Adverse Action, irrespective of whether such action or the Committee’s determination occurs before or after termination of the Participant’s Service and irrespective of whether or not the Participant was terminated for Cause, (i) all rights of the Participant under this Agreement and the Plan will terminate and be forfeited without notice of any kind; and (ii) the Committee, in its sole discretion, may require the Participant to surrender and return to the Company all or any Common Shares received in connection with the vesting of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, or to disgorge all or any profits or any other economic value (however defined by the Committee) made or realized by the Participant on the sale of such Common Shares, during the period beginning one year prior to the Participant’s termination of Service.

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This Section 2(f) applies only to any such determinations made prior to a Change in Control and shall not apply following a Change in Control.

3.Settlement; Issuance of Common Stock.

a.Timing and Manner of Settlement. As soon as practicable and, in any event, no later than the earlier of (i) fifteen (15) days following determination by the Board of the level of achievement of the PRSU KPIs of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units and (ii) March 15 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Performance Period ends, the number of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units determined by the Committee to have been earned will be converted to Common Shares which the Company will issue and deliver to the Participant (either by delivering one or more certificates for such shares or by entering such shares in book entry form in the name of the Participant or depositing such shares for the Participant’s benefit with any broker with which the Participant has an account relationship or the Company has engaged to provide such services under the Plan), except to the extent that Common Shares are withheld to pay tax withholding obligations pursuant to Section 3(b) of this Agreement.

b.Withholding Taxes; Participation Election. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 16 of the Plan, the Participant may elect, pursuant to such procedures as determined by the Company, to satisfy the Company’s federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding (including FICA) requirements relating to the issuance of any Common Shares in settlement of any Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, in whole or in part, by (i) having withheld, from the Common Shares required to be delivered to the Participant, Common Shares, (ii) delivering to the Company other Common Shares held by the Participant, and/or (iii) subject to the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, a broker-assisted sale of Common Shares delivered to the Participant and delivering to the Company the proceeds of such sale, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), with such Common Shares having an aggregate Market Value per Share equal to the amount elected by the Participant; provided that such amount elected by the Participant shall be not less than the minimum amount required to be withheld and not more than the maximum amount permitted to be withheld.

4.Rights of Participant; Transferability.

a.No Right to Continued Service or Future Awards. Nothing in the Plan or in this Agreement confers upon the Participant any right to continue in the Service of the Company or any Subsidiary or interferes with or limits in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Service of the Participant at any time, with or without notice and with or without Cause. The grant of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement to the Participant is a voluntary, discretionary award being made on a one-time basis and it does not constitute a commitment to make any future awards.

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b.Rights as a Shareholder. The Participant shall have no rights as a Shareholder with respect to any Common Shares subject to the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units prior to the date as of which the Participant is actually recorded as the holder of such Common Shares upon the share records of the Company pursuant to Section 3 above.

c.Non-Transferability. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Plan, no Performance-based Restricted Stock Units may be assigned or transferred, or subjected to any lien or encumbrance, during the lifetime of the Participant, either voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise. Except to the extent expressly permitted by the Plan, any purported sale, pledge, lien, assignment, transfer, attachment or encumbrance of such Restricted Stock Units shall be null, void and unenforceable against the Company.

5.Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, if the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units do not continue or are not assumed, substituted or replaced with an award with respect to cash or shares of the acquiror or surviving entity in such Change in Control, in each case, with substantially equivalent terms and value as the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, any Performance-based Restricted Stock Units shall vest immediately prior to the Change in Control at the greater of the Target Payout or, if determinable, the level of achievement of the PRSU KPIs during the Performance Period through the latest practicable date prior to the Change in Control, as determined by the Board. In the event of a Change in Control in which the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units continue or are assumed, substituted or replaced with an award with respect to cash or shares of the acquiror or surviving entity in such Change in Control, the PRSU KPIs for any Performance-based Restricted Stock Units shall be deemed to have been met at the greater of the Target Payout or, if determinable, the level of achievement of the PRSU KPIs during the Performance Period through the latest practicable date prior to the Change in Control, as determined by the Board in good faith, and the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, as so scored and continued, assumed, substituted or replaced, shall otherwise remain subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the requirement that the Participant remain in the Service of the Company or a Subsidiary through the day following the last day of the Performance Period; provided that, notwithstanding Section 2(a), Section 2(b) or Section 2(c), if the Participant’s Service with the Company or a Subsidiary is terminated prior to the day following the last day of the Performance Period pursuant to a Qualifying Termination within the 24-month period beginning on the Change in Control and ending at the end of the second anniversary of the Change in Control, the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units, as so scored and continued, assumed, substituted or replaced, will vest.

6.Securities Laws Restrictions. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, the Company will not be required to issue any Common Shares pursuant to the vesting of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units if such issuance would

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constitute a violation of any applicable law or regulation or the requirements of any securities exchange or market system upon which the Common Shares may then be listed. In addition, Common Shares will not be issued hereunder unless (a) there is in effect with respect to such Common Shares a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the Common Shares are permitted to be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Shares hereunder will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue such Common Shares as to which such requisite authority has not been obtained. As a condition to the issuance of any Common Shares hereunder, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any requirements that may be necessary or appropriate to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect to such compliance as may be requested by the Company.

7.Certain Definitions.

a.“Adverse Action” means any Participant, during or within one year after the termination of Service, (a) being employed or retained by or rendering services to any organization that, directly or indirectly, competes with or becomes competitive with the Company or any Subsidiary, or otherwise violating any non-compete or non-solicitation agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary as determined by the Committee, (b) violating any confidentiality agreement or agreement governing the ownership or assignment of intellectual property rights of the Company or any Subsidiary as determined by the Committee, or (c) engaging in any other conduct or act during the Participant’s Service that is determined by the Committee to be materially injurious, detrimental or prejudicial to any interest of the Company or any Subsidiary.

b.“Cause” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the Participant’s employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may be in effect, or if no such agreement or policy exists, shall mean (i) the Participant’s commission of a felony or any crime of moral turpitude, in each case, relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or that is materially injurious to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries’ reputation; (ii) commission of an act of dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, embezzlement, breach of fiduciary duty or deliberate injury or attempted injury, in each case relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) the Participant’s repeated failure to perform the Participant’s duties in accordance with the Participant’s job description, employment agreement or service contract with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the Participant’s material or repeated insubordination; (iv) a material or repeated breach by the Participant of any material provision of this Agreement or any material provision

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of any other agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (v) the Participant’s material or repeated failure to comply with or the Participant’s material breach of the established work rules or internal policies of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. In each case, the Committee has the sole discretion to determine in its reasonable judgment whether Cause exists.

c.“Disability” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the Participant’s Service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may be in effect, or if no such agreement or policy exists, shall mean the Participant’s inability due to physical or mental incapacity, to perform the essential functions of the Participant’s job, for one hundred eighty (180) days out of any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period or one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days.

d.“Good Reason” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the Participants Service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may be in effect, or if no such agreement or policy exists, shall mean (i) a reduction in the Participant’s base salary or target bonus; (ii) a material breach by the Company of any material provision of this Agreement; (iii) a material, adverse change in the Participant’s authority, duties or responsibilities (other than temporarily while the Participant is physically or mentally incapacitated); or (iv) a relocation of the Participant’s principal place of employment by more than 50 miles. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Participant shall not be considered to have terminated the Participant’s Service for Good Reason unless, within sixty (60) days following the occurrence of an event described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the Participant gives the Company written notice of the existence of such event, the Company does not remedy such event within sixty (60) days of receiving such notice and the Participant terminates the Participant’s Service within thirty (30) days of the end of the Company’s cure period.

e.“Qualifying Termination” shall mean a termination by the Company other than for Cause (other than by reason of death or Disability) or a termination by the Participant for Good Reason.

f.“Service” means a Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, whether in the capacity of an employee, Director or consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor who renders services to the Company or a Subsidiary (and which services are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a capital raising transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities). A change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company or a Subsidiary as an employee, Director or consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor, shall be treated as a termination of the Participant’s

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Service, unless the Committee otherwise determines in its sole discretion, except that continuous Service shall not be considered interrupted in the case of transfers between locations of the Company and its Subsidiaries. A Participant’s Service will be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service or upon the Subsidiary for which the Participant performs Service ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Company (unless the Participant continues to be employed by the Company or another Subsidiary).

8.Miscellaneous.

a.Relation to the Plan. This Agreement is subject to the terms of the Plan, the terms of which are incorporated by reference in this Agreement in their entirety. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will prevail.

b.Section 409A. The Performance-based Restricted Stock Units are intended to be exempt from the provisions of Section 409A of the Code or, if not so exempt, to comply with Section 409A of the Code and, wherever possible, this Agreement and the Plan shall be construed and administered to the fullest extent possible to reflect such intent. To the extent that any payment or benefit hereunder constitutes non-exempt “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, and such payment or benefit would otherwise be payable or distributable hereunder by reason of the Participant’s termination of Service, all references to the Participant’s termination of Service shall be construed to mean a “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A of the Code (a “Section 409A Separation from Service”), and the Participant shall not be considered to have a termination of Service unless such termination constitutes a Section 409A Separation from Service. If, at the time of the Participant’s Section 409A Separation from Service, (i) the Participant will be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company makes a good faith determination that an amount payable hereunder constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A of the Code in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but will instead pay it, without interest, on the tenth business day of the seventh month after such separation from service. In any case, the Participant will be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on the Participant or for the Participant’s account in connection with the Plan and this Agreement (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Company nor any of its affiliates will have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold the Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

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c.Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein and in the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon the Participant and the Participant’s beneficiaries, executors and administrators.

d.Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions thereof. Any legal proceeding related to this Agreement will be brought in an appropriate Delaware court, and the parties to this Agreement consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court for this purpose.

e.Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Award Notice and the Plan set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties to this Agreement with respect to the Award and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements, plans and understandings relating to the Award and administration of the Plan.

f.Amendment and Waiver. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend this Agreement from time to time in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan; provided, however, that (a) no amendment shall materially impair the rights of the Participant under this Agreement without the Participant’s consent, and (b) the Participant’s consent shall not be required to an amendment that is deemed necessary by the Company to ensure compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

g.Construction; Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

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EXHIBIT A

PRSU KPIs

The Performance-based Restricted Stock Units may be earned based upon the achievement of the following PRSU KPIs over the Performance Period, as described below and shall be subject to the determination of the Board, in accordance with this Exhibit A.

PRSU KPI Minimum Target Maximum Weighting
Annualized Total Shareholder Return 5% 12.5% Equal to or greater than 20% 30%
Relative Annualized Total Shareholder Return 25th percentile 50th percentile Equal to or greater than 75th percentile 30%
Average Annual Return on Average Capital Employed (ROACE) 0% 7% Equal to or greater than 14% 40%
Payout Percentage 0% 100%<br><br>(the “Target Payout”) 200%

If a particular PRSU KPI is earned at an amount that exceeds the Minimum and that is at a point between two adjacent performance levels (that is, between the Minimum and Target or between Target and Maximum), the level at which such PRSU KPI shall be earned and the number of PRSUs earned for such PRSU KPI shall be determined by straight line interpolation between such points. For the avoidance of doubt, no Performance-based Restricted Stock Units will be earned for a particular PRSU KPI that is not determined to have been met at a level at least equal to Minimum.

All determinations as to the achievement of the PRSU KPIs and the amount of Performance-based Restricted Stock Units that have been earned will be made by the Board in good faith in its sole discretion and such determinations shall be final and binding. The Board has the authority, in its sole discretion and in good faith, to make equitable adjustments to the amount of Performance-based Restricted Units that have been earned in the event of, and to take into consideration, unanticipated, significant and exceptional circumstances or factors that occurred during the applicable performance period that the Board, acting in good faith, considers to be appropriate at such time and any such determination of the Board shall be final and binding.

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Total Shareholder Return

The portion of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units subject to the Annualized Total Shareholder Return PRSU KPI may be earned based upon the achievement of the Annualized TSR of the Company from the first day of the calendar year in which the Date of Grant occurs and ending on the day on which the Third IM Period (as defined below) ends (such period, the “Performance Period”). Annualized TSR shall be determined based on the following formula:

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Ending Average Share Price means (a) for purposes of determining Annualized TSR of the Company, the average of the Company’s closing stock prices of the last 20 trading days of the Performance Period (including the last day of the Performance Period); provided, that (i) if a dividend has an ex-dividend date during this 20-day averaging period, Adjusted Close Prices (as described below) will be used, and (ii) if there is no regular public trading market for the Common Shares, the Ending Average Share Price shall be determined in accordance with the proviso in the definition of Market Value per Share set forth in the Plan, and (b) for purposes of determining the Annualized TSR of members of the Benchmark Group for the Relative Annualized Total Shareholder Return PRSU KPI, the average of the “Adjusted Close Price” or its equivalent (which assumes reinvested dividends throughout the performance period) as per FactSet (or its successor) for the company’s common stock for the last 20 trading days of the Performance Period (including the last day of the Performance Period). For clarity, FactSet currently utilizes the term “Total Return (Gross)” in place of “Adjusted Close Price.”

Beginning Average Share Price means (a) for purposes of determining Annualized TSR of the Company, the average of the “Adjusted Close Price” or its equivalent (which assumes reinvested dividends throughout the performance period) as per FactSet (or its successor) for the Company’s common stock for the first 20 trading days of the Performance Period (including the first day of the Performance Period), and (b) for purposes of determining the Annualized TSR of members of the Benchmark Group for the Relative Annualized Total Shareholder Return PRSU KPI, the average of the “Adjusted Close Price” or its equivalent (which assumes reinvested dividends throughout the performance period) as per FactSet (or its successor) for the company’s common stock for the first 20 trading days of the Performance Period (including the first day of the Performance Period).

Relative Total Shareholder Return

The portion of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units subject to the Relative Annualized Total Shareholder Return PRSU KPI may be earned based upon the achievement of the Annualized TSR of the Company over the Performance Period relative to the Annualized TSR of the Benchmark Group over the Performance Period.

1.Benchmark Group.

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a.The Benchmark Group. The Benchmark Group shall include the companies in the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production sub-industry of the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry (Bloomberg Ticker: SPSIOP), whereby the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production sub-industry classification utilizes the GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard).

b.Effect of Changes to Benchmark Group.

i.The Benchmark Group utilized for percentile ranking purposes will include only companies that are included in the Benchmark Group on the first day of the calendar year in which the Date of Grant occurs.

ii.If a company in the Benchmark Group is acquired and ceases to have its primary common equity security listed or traded prior to the end of the Performance Period, such company will be omitted from the ranking of the Annualized TSR of companies in the Benchmark Group.

iii.If a company in the Benchmark Group is forced to delist from the securities exchange upon which it was traded due to low stock price or other reasons or files for bankruptcy, such company shall be included in the ranking of the Annualized TSR of companies in the Benchmark Group but will be ranked last.

1.Ranking Benchmark Group for Purposes of Percentile Determination. The results of the Annualized TSR for each of the companies in the Benchmark Group (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Company) shall be ranked from highest to lowest Annualized TSR (rounded, if necessary, to one-tenth of a percentage point by application of regular rounding) and the Company’s Annualized TSR shall be compared to such ranking to determine the Company’s relative TSR percentile ranking.

Average Annual Return on Average Capital Employed

The portion of the Performance-based Restricted Stock Units subject to the Return on Average Capital Employed (“ROACE”) PRSU KPI may be earned based upon the achievement of the average annual return on capital (“Average Annual ROACE”) of the Company for each Intermediate Measurement Period during the Performance Period.

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An “Intermediate Measurement Period” means each of:

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•The First Intermediate Measurement Period (or the “First IM Period”): The period beginning on the first day of the calendar year in which the Date of Grant occurs and ending on the last day of such calendar year;

•The Second Intermediate Measurement Period (or the “Second IM Period”): The period beginning on the first day of the calendar year immediately following the last day of the First IM Period and ending on the last day of such calendar year; and

•The Third Intermediate Measurement Period (or the “Third IM Period”): The period beginning on the first day of the calendar year immediately following the last day of the Second IM Period and ending on the last day of such calendar year.

Applicable Year End Adjusted EBIT means Adjusted EBITDAX as defined in the Company’s 10-K that includes the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period (or, if no 10-K, as such term was defined in the most recently filed 10-K or 10-Q), less depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion, less exploration expense, in each case, starting from the first day of the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period and ending on the last day of the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period.

Total Assets shall mean the Company’s total assets, excluding unrealized derivative assets, if any, and contingent consideration assets, if any, as each is set forth in the Company’s 10-K or 10-Q that includes the applicable measurement date (or, if no 10-K or 10-Q is on file for such period, as such term was defined in the most recently filed 10-K or 10-Q).

Applicable Total Assets shall mean, for each Intermediate Measurement Period, (1) the sum of the Total Assets as of the last day of the quarter immediately preceding the first day of the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period plus the Total Assets as of the last day of each of the first four quarters of the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period, divided by (2) five, which for the avoidance of doubt, uses five balance sheet positions to calculate the average for Total Assets.

Current Liabilities shall mean the Company’s current liabilities, excluding unrealized current derivative liabilities, if any, and current contingent consideration liabilities, if any, as each is set forth in the Company’s 10-K or 10-Q that includes the applicable measurement date (or, if no 10-K or 10-Q is on file for such period, as such term was defined in the most recently filed 10-K or 10-Q).

Applicable Current Liabilities shall mean, for each Intermediate Measurement Period, (1) the sum of the Current Liabilities as of the last day of the quarter immediately preceding the first day of the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period plus the Current Liabilities as of the last day of each of the first four quarters of the applicable Intermediate Measurement Period, divided by (2) five, which for the avoidance of doubt, uses five balance sheet positions to calculate the average for Current Liabilities.

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Exhibit 10.8

Execution Version

FIFTH AMENDMENT TO

CREDIT AGREEMENT

This FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of March 30, 2026, is by and among BKV UPSTREAM MIDSTREAM, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), BKV CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), each other Credit Party, each of the Lenders party hereto, and CITIBANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

RECITALS

A.    The Borrower, Holdings, the Administrative Agent and the lenders from time to time party thereto (each, a “Lender,” and collectively, the “Lenders”) are party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2024 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 19, 2024, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 6, 2025, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 22, 2025, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 27, 2025, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the “Existing Credit Agreement”, and the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain Loans and credit available to and on behalf of the Borrower.

B.    The Borrower has advised the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, contemporaneously with the closing of this Amendment on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, Holdings will contribute all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of BKV Marketing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BKV Marketing”), to the Borrower (the “Specified Contribution”) pursuant to that certain Assignment Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Contribution Agreement”), by and among Holdings, as assignor, and the Borrower, as assignee.

C.    The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto constituting the Majority Lenders have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, add BKV Marketing as a “Credit Party”, “Guarantor”, and/or “Grantor”, as applicable, under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1.Defined Terms. Each capitalized term which is defined in the Credit Agreement, but which is not defined in this Amendment, shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Existing Credit Agreement after giving effect to this Amendment. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to sections in this Amendment refer to sections in the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

Section 2.Amendments to Existing Credit Agreement. As of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

2.1Section 1.02 of the Existing Credit Agreement is amended to add the following defined terms in alphabetical order to read in their entirety as follows:

“‘BKV Marketing’ means BKV Marketing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.”

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“‘Carbon Offset Credits’ means a reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases made to compensate for or to offset an emission of greenhouse gases made elsewhere, where one offset equals one metric ton of carbon dioxide.”

“‘dCarbon Carbon Offset Credit Purchase Agreement’ means that certain Carbon Offset Credit Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2025, by and among certain of the dCarbon Entities party thereto, as sellers, BKV Marketing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as buyer, and the other parties party thereto.”

“‘Fifth Amendment’ means that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2026, by and among the Borrower, Holdings, each other Credit Party party thereto, each of the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.”

“‘Fifth Amendment Effective Date’ means March 30, 2026.”

2.2Section 1.02 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the following defined terms as follows:

“‘dCarbon Entities” means each of (a) BKV dCarbon Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (b) BKV-BPP Cotton Cove, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (c) BKV dCarbon Las Tiendas, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (d) BKVerde, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (e) BKVerde Donaldsonville, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (f) BKVerde Whites Bayou, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (g) BKV dCarbon High West, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (h) High West Sequestration LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company, (i) BKV dCarbon Barnett Zero, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (j) Athena Land, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (formerly known as BKV dCarbon Temple, LLC), (k) BKV dCarbon Project, LLC, and (l) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any of the foregoing.”

“‘Loan Documents’ means this Agreement, the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, the Fee Letters, the Notes, the Letter of Credit Agreements, the Letters of Credit, the Security Instruments and any other agreement or document now or hereafter executed by a Credit Party in favor of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and/or one or more Lenders in connection with any of the foregoing, or which has been designated by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent as a ‘Loan Document’.”

2.3Section 7.14 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the following provision as follows:

“Section 7.14    Subsidiaries.    As of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, except as set forth on Schedule 7.14 or as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly furnish a copy to the Lenders), which shall be a supplement to Schedule 7.14, neither Holdings nor the Borrower has any Subsidiaries, and the Borrower has no Foreign Subsidiaries. Schedule 7.14, as so supplemented, correctly identifies each Subsidiary as either “Restricted” or “Unrestricted” as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, and each Restricted Subsidiary on such schedule is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.”

2.4Section 7.21 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the following provision as follows:

“Section 7.21    Use of Loans and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit shall be used to refinance the amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Facilities, to provide for the working capital needs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, to fund capital expenditures, for the acquisitions, development and exploration of Oil and Gas Properties as permitted hereunder, to engage in marketing activities for any Hydrocarbons as permitted hereunder, for general company purposes and to pay Transaction Costs. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not engaged principally, or as one of its or their important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the Board). No part of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit will be used for any purpose which violates the provisions of Regulations T, U or X of the Board.”

2.5Schedule 7.14 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth on Schedule 7.14 attached to Amendment.

2.6Section 9.14 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a)The “and” that appears immediately after clause (f) of Section 9.14 is hereby replaced with “,”.

(b)Clause (g) of Section 9.14 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“(g) transactions in effect on the Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 9.14, and”

(c)A new clause (h) is hereby added to Section 9.14 immediately after clause (g) of Section 9.14 as follows:

“(h) the dCarbon Carbon Offset Purchase Agreement and any other similar agreement or transaction pursuant to which BKV Marketing purchases Carbon Offset Credits from certain dCarbon Entities so long as the dCarbon Carbon Offset Purchase Agreement and such similar agreements and transactions are on fair and reasonable terms and include pricing that is fair value taking into account the mutual commitments of the parties to such agreements.”

Section 3.Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective on the date when each of the following conditions is satisfied (the “Fifth Amendment Effective Date”):

3.1The Administrative Agent shall have executed and received from the Lenders constituting the Majority Lenders, the Borrower, each other Credit Party and BKV Marketing counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of this Amendment signed on behalf of each Person.

3.2The Specified Contribution shall have been consummated, or shall be consummated substantially concurrently with the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, in accordance with the Contribution Agreement (without giving effect to any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto that are adverse to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in their capacities as such, except as approved by the Administrative Agent), and (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (i) that substantially concurrently with the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, Holdings, the Borrower and BKV Marketing are consummating the Specified Contribution in accordance with the terms of the Contribution Agreement (without any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto in contravention of clause (a) above), and (ii) that attached is a true and correct copy of the Contribution Agreement (including all amendments and other modifications thereto), which shall not have been further amended or modified except as set forth therein.

3.3The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of BKV Marketing setting forth (a) resolutions of its board of directors (or comparable governing body) with respect to the authorization of BKV Marketing to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment and to enter into the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents and perform its obligations thereunder, (b) the officers of BKV Marketing (i) who are authorized to sign this Amendment and the other Loan Documents to which BKV Marketing is a party and (ii) 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 the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, (c) specimen signatures of such authorized officers, and (d) the bylaws, limited liability company agreements, limited partnership agreements, certificates of formation and certificates of limited partnership, as applicable, of BKV Marketing, certified as being true and correct. 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.

3.4The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of the appropriate State agencies with respect to the existence, qualification and good standing of BKV Marketing from its state of incorporation or formation and with respect to foreign qualification in any other jurisdiction in which BKV Marketing owns Oil and Gas Properties.

3.5The Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion of Baker & Hostetler LLP, special counsel to the Credit Parties, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks.

3.6The Administrative Agent shall have received appropriate tax, judgment and UCC search certificates reflecting no prior Liens encumbering the Properties of BKV Marketing for each jurisdiction requested by the Administrative Agent other than (a) those Liens permitted by Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement and (b) those Liens which will be terminated or released substantially simultaneously or promptly following the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.

3.7The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that after giving effect to this Amendment on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, (a) each representation and warranty set forth in Article VII of the Credit Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those which have a materiality qualifier, which shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified), 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 hereof, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects (except for those which have a materiality qualifier, which shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) as of such specified earlier date, (b) since December 31, 2025, there has not been any event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (d) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have no indebtedness outstanding other than (i) the Loans and other extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement and (ii) any other Debt permitted by Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement.

3.8With respect to BKV Marketing, the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, substantially in the form of Annex 2 to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in order for BKV Marketing to become a Guarantor and Grantor (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) duly executed by BKV Marketing, together with evidence that all other actions, recordings and filings required by the Security Instruments as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date to (A) create the Liens intended to be created by any Security Instrument and (B) comply with Section 8.13 of the Credit Agreement, in each case shall have been delivered, taken, completed or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. All Equity Interests directly owned by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

3.9(a) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received, at least 5 days prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, all documentation and other information about the Credit Parties required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations,

including the USA Patriot Act that has been requested by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in writing at least 10 days prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date and (b) to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, any Lender that has requested, in a written notice to the Borrower at least 10 days prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower shall have received such Beneficial Ownership Certification at least 5 days prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.

3.10The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent).

Section 4.Post-Closing Covenant. Within 30 days after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its sole discretion), the Administrative Agent shall have received updated certificates of insurance coverage evidencing that the Credit Parties are carrying insurance in accordance with Section 7.12 of the Credit Agreement.

Section 5.Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

5.1Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Credit Party contained in each Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof except to the extent any such representations and warranties (a) are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case, on and as of the date hereof, such representations and warranties continue to be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified earlier date or (b) are already qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar qualification, in which case, such representations and warranties are true and correct in all respects.

5.2Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement by the Borrower and each other Credit Party of this Amendment are within the Borrower’s and such Credit Party’s corporate or limited liability company powers, as applicable, and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action, as applicable, and, if required, action by any holders of its Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any action required to be taken by any class of directors, managers or supervisors of the Borrower or any other Person, whether interested or disinterested, in order to ensure the due authorization of this Amendment).

5.3Validity and Binding Effect. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and each other Credit Party, and this Amendment and the Credit Agreement constitute valid and binding obligations of the Borrower and each other Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law.

5.4Absence of Defaults. No Default or Event of Default has occurred that is continuing immediately prior to and after giving effect to this Amendment.

Section 6.Reaffirmation; No Novation. Each Credit Party (a) consents to this Amendment and the Credit Agreement and reaffirms its obligations under the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, (b) reaffirms all of its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the guarantees set out therein and any other guarantees in the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and confirms that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and such other guarantees remain in full force and effect on a continuous basis, (c) reaffirms each Lien granted by each Credit Party to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (d) acknowledges and agrees that the agreements, pledges and grants of security interests by the Credit Parties contained in the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents are, and shall remain, in full force and effect after giving effect to this

Amendment, and (e) agrees that the Obligations outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement remain outstanding under the Credit Agreement. This Amendment shall not extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Loan Document or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement or instruments securing or guaranteeing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby.

Section 7.Miscellaneous.

7.1Confirmation. The Existing Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, as specifically amended by this Amendment, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents.

7.2Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.

7.3No Oral Agreement. This Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the final agreement among the parties hereto and thereto and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.

7.4GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

7.5Payment of Expenses; Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Amendment, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with Section 12.03 of the Credit Agreement. Section 12.03(b) of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment, mutatis mutandis.

7.6Severability. Any provision of this Amendment which is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

7.7Loan Document. On and after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, this Amendment shall for all purposes constitute a Loan Document.

7.8Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

7.9JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. Section 12.09(b), (c) and (d) of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment, mutatis mutandis.

[Signature pages follow.]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed effective as of the day and year first above written.

BORROWER: BKV UPSTREAM MIDSTREAM, LLC
By: /s/ Christopher P. Kalnin
Name: Christopher P. Kalnin
Title: Chief Executive Officer
HOLDINGS: BKV CORPORATION
By: /s/ Christopher P. Kalnin
Name: Christopher P. Kalnin
Title: Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

CREDIT PARTIES: BKV CHELSEA, LLC<br><br>BKV BARNETT, LLC<br><br>BKV OPERATING, LLC<br><br>BKV MIDSTREAM, LLC<br><br>BKV NORTH TEXAS, LLC<br><br>KALNIN VENTURES LLC<br><br>BKV BARNETT II, LLC<br><br>BKV MARKETING, LLC
By: /s/ Christopher P. Kalnin
Name: Christopher P. Kalnin
Title: Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and a Lender

By:    /s/ Todd Mogil

Name:    Todd Mogil

Title:    Vice President

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

Barclays Bank PLC,,<br><br>as a Lender and Issuing Bank
By:    /s/ Joseph Tauro
Name:    Joseph Tauro
Title:    Assistant Vice President

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, NEW YORK BRANC,<br><br>as a Lender
By:    /s/ Scott W. Danvers
Name:    Scott W. Danvers
Title:    Authorized Signatory
By:    /s/ Donovan C. Broussard
Name:    Donovan C. Broussard
Title:    Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,<br><br>as a Lender
By:    /s/ David Baron
Name:    David Baron
Title:    Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

KeyBank National Association,<br><br>as a Lender
By:    /s/ David Bornstein
Name:    David Bornstein
Title:    Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,<br><br>as a Lender
By:    /s/ Edward Sacks
Name:    Edward Sacks
Title:    Managing Director

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING<br><br>CORPORATION,<br><br>as a Lender
By:    /s/ Nabeel Shah
Name:    Nabeel Shah
Title:    Executive Director

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

TRUIST BANK,<br><br>as a Lender
By:    /s/ John Kovarik
Name:    John Kovarik
Title:    Managing Director

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

FIRST HORIZON BANK,<br><br>as a Lender
By:    /s/ W. David McCarver IV
Name:    W. David McCarver IV
Title:    Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

Royal Bank of Canada,<br><br>as a Lender
By:    /s/ Drew Tolson
Name:    Drew Tolson
Title:    Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

Texas Capital Bank,<br><br>as a Lender
By:    /s/ Nupur Kumar
Name:    Nupur Kumar
Title:    Executive Director

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

BP Energy Company,<br><br>as a Lender
By:    /s/ William L. Shappley
Name:    William L. Shappley
Title:    Vice President

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

Goldman Sachs Bank USA,<br><br>as a Lender
By:    /s/ Roopa Chandra
Name:    Roopa Chandra
Title:    Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING,<br><br>INC.,<br><br>as a Lender
By:    /s/ Karina Rodriguez
Name:    Karina Rodriguez
Title:    Vice President

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment – BKV Upstream Midstream, LLC]

Schedule 7.14

Subsidiaries

Subsidiary Restricted/Unrestricted
Athena Land, LLC N/A
BKV Barnett, LLC Restricted
BKV Barnett II, LLC Restricted
BKV-BPP Cotton Cove, LLC N/A
BKV-BPP Power LLC N/A
BKV-BPP Ponder Solar, LLC N/A
BKV-BPP Retail LLC N/A
BKV Chelsea, LLC Restricted
BKV dCarbon Barnett Zero, LLC N/A
BKV dCarbon High West, LLC N/A
BKV dCarbon Las Tiendas, LLC N/A
BKV dCarbon Ventures, LLC N/A
BKV Land Holdings I, LLC N/A
BKVerde, LLC N/A
BKVerde Donaldsonville, LLC N/A
BKVerde Whites Bayou, LLC N/A
BKV Marketing, LLC Restricted
BKV Midstream, LLC Restricted
BKV North Texas, LLC Restricted
BKV Operating, LLC Restricted
High West Sequestration, LLC N/A
Kalnin Ventures LLC Restricted
Temple Generation I, LLC N/A
Temple Generation II, LLC N/A
Temple Generation Holdings, LLC N/A
Temple Generation Intermediate Holdings II, LLC N/A
Temple Generation SF LLC N/A

Schedule 7.14

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BKV - Temple II Acquisition - Credit Agreement Executed - Abbreviated AMERICAS 123463960

Exhibit 10.9

Execution Version

$560,000,000

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of July 10, 2023

Among

TEMPLE GENERATION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS II, LLC

as Borrower,

THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

BEAL BANK USA

as L/C Issuing Bank,

and

CLMG CORP.

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Section 1.01.Certain Defined Terms2

Section 1.02.Computation of Time Periods; Other Definitional Provisions53

Section 1.03.Accounting Terms54

Article II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT54

Section 2.01.Advances54

Section 2.02.Making the Advances54

Section 2.03.Letters of Credit56

Section 2.04.Drawings and Reimbursements under Letters of Credit58

Section 2.05.Repayment of Advances65

Section 2.06.Termination or Reduction of the Commitments65

Section 2.07.Prepayments66

Section 2.08.Interest71

Section 2.09.Fees72

Section 2.10.Conversion of Advances73

Section 2.11.Increased Costs, Etc.74

Section 2.12.Payments and Computations75

Section 2.13.Taxes77

Section 2.14.Sharing of Payments, Etc.81

Section 2.15.Use of Proceeds82

Section 2.16.Evidence of Debt82

Section 2.17.Minimizing Additional Costs; Replacement of Lenders83

Section 2.18.Benchmark Replacement84

Section 2.19.Extension of Applicable Maturity Date86

Article III CONDITIONS TO CLOSING AND OF LENDING87

Section 3.01.Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date87

Section 3.02.Conditions Precedent to Issuance and Renewal of Letters of Credit and the

Making of Advances94

Section 3.03.Determinations Under Section 3.01 and Section 3.0295

Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES95

Section 4.01.Representations and Warranties95

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Article V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS106

Section 5.01.Compliance with Laws, Etc.106

Section 5.02.Payment of Taxes, Etc.107

Section 5.03.Compliance with Environmental Laws107

Section 5.04.Maintenance of Insurance107

Section 5.05.Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc.107

Section 5.06.Visitation Rights, Etc.108

Section 5.07.Keeping of Books108

Section 5.08.Maintenance of Properties, Etc.108

Section 5.09.Covenant to Give Security108

Section 5.10.Further Assurances109

Section 5.11.Performance of Material Project Contracts110

Section 5.12.Preparation of Environmental Reports110

Section 5.13.Accounts111

Section 5.14.Sanctions111

Section 5.15.Separateness111

Section 5.16.ERCOT Sales Authority; EWG; PUCT112

Section 5.17.Operation and Maintenance of the Projects112

Section 5.18.Tax Abatement Agreement112

Section 5.19.[Reserved]112

Section 5.20.Post-Closing Actions113

Section 5.21.Funding of Debt Service Reserve Account113

Article VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS113

Section 6.01.Liens, Etc.113

Section 6.02.Debt113

Section 6.03.Nature of Business114

Section 6.04.Mergers, Etc.115

Section 6.05.Sales, Etc. of Assets115

Section 6.06.Investments in Other Persons116

Section 6.07.Restricted Payments116

Section 6.08.Transactions with Affiliates117

Section 6.09.Amendments of Constituent Documents117

Section 6.10.Accounting Changes117

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Section 6.11.Prepayments of Debt117

Section 6.12.Amendment of Material Project Contracts, Etc.117

Section 6.13.Partnerships, Formation of Subsidiaries, Etc.118

Section 6.14.Speculative Transactions/ Commodity Hedges118

Section 6.15.Capital Expenditures119

Section 6.16.Additional Project Agreements119

Section 6.17.Contingent Liabilities120

Section 6.18.Lease Transactions120

Section 6.19.Employees120

Section 6.20.ERISA Plans120

Section 6.21.Accounts120

Article VII REPORTING COVENANTS120

Section 7.01.Default and Material Adverse Effect Notice120

Section 7.02.Annual Financials120

Section 7.03.Scheduled Financials121

Section 7.04.Annual Budget121

Section 7.05.Litigation123

Section 7.06.Creditor Reports123

Section 7.07.Agreement Notices, Etc.123

Section 7.08.Environmental Conditions124

Section 7.09.Material Commodity Agreements124

Section 7.10.Insurance124

Section 7.11.Sanctions Violation124

Section 7.12.Operating Reports124

Section 7.13.Notices, Etc.125

Section 7.14.Other Information126

Section 7.15.Shared Facilities Reports126

Article VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT126

Section 8.01.Events of Default126

Section 8.02.Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Default133

Article IX THE AGENTS133

Section 9.01.Authorization and Action133

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Section 9.02.Agents Individually134

Section 9.03.Duties of Agents; Exculpatory Provisions135

Section 9.04.Reliance by Agents137

Section 9.05.Delegation of Duties137

Section 9.06.Resignation of Agents; Removal of Administrative Agent137

Section 9.07.Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders Parties139

Section 9.08.No Other Duties, Etc.140

Section 9.09.Indemnification140

Section 9.10.Withholding141

Section 9.11.Consultants141

Section 9.12.Erroneous Payment142

Article X GUARANTY146

Section 10.01.Guaranty; Limitation of Liability146

Section 10.02.Guaranty Absolute146

Section 10.03.Waivers and Acknowledgments148

Section 10.04.Waiver149

Section 10.05.Subordination149

Section 10.06.Continuing Guaranty; Assignments150

Section 10.07.Eligible Contract Participant150

Section 10.08.Keepwell150

Section 10.09.Excluded Swap Obligations151

Article XI MISCELLANEOUS151

Section 11.01.Amendments, Etc.151

Section 11.02.Notices, Etc.153

Section 11.03.No Waiver; Remedies157

Section 11.04.Costs and Expenses; Indemnification157

Section 11.05.Right of Set-off160

Section 11.06.Binding Effect160

Section 11.07.Assignments and Participations161

Section 11.08.Execution in Counterparts166

Section 11.09.No Liability of the L/C Issuing Bank166

Section 11.10.Confidentiality166

Section 11.11.Patriot Act Notice167

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Section 11.12.Jurisdiction, Etc.167

Section 11.13.Governing Law168

Section 11.14.Waiver of Jury Trial168

Section 11.15.Intercreditor Agreement169

Section 11.16.Reinstatement169

Section 11.17.No Immunity169

Section 11.18.Severability169

Section 11.19.Complete Agreement169

Section 11.20.Usury Savings Clause170

Section 11.21.Waiver170

Section 11.22.Electronic Execution of Assignments170

Section 11.23.No Fiduciary Duty170

Section 11.24.Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights171

Section 11.25.Independence of Covenants171

Section 11.26.Limitation of Liability171

Section 11.27.Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

172

Section 11.28.Non-Recourse172

Section 11.29.Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs173

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SCHEDULES

Schedule ICommitments and Applicable Lending Offices

Schedule IIPermitted Transferees

Schedule IIIApproved Replacement Operators

Schedule IVG&A Expenses

Schedule 1.01Easement Agreements

Schedule 3.01(d)(iii)(A)Temple I Mortgaged Properties

Schedule 3.01(d)(iii)(B)Temple II Mortgaged Properties

Schedule 3.01(d)(xi)Excepted Consents and Agreements

Schedule 4.01(b)Loan Parties

Schedule 4.01(f)Authorizations, Approvals, Actions, Notices and Filings in

Connection with the Projects, Properties and Material Project

Contracts

Schedule 4.01(h)Litigation

Schedule 4.01(p)Filing and Perfection Requirements

Schedule 4.01(t)Taxes

Schedule 4.01(u)Owned Real Property

Schedule 4.01(v)(i)Leasehold and Easement Real Property

Schedule 4.01(v)(ii)Leased Real Property (Lessor)

Schedule 4.01(w)Investments

Schedule 4.01(cc)Material Project Contracts

Schedule 4.01(dd)(i)Compliance with Environmental Laws

Schedule 4.01(dd)(ii)Hazardous Material Release

Schedule 4.01(dd)(iii)Hazardous Material Disposal and Remedial Actions

Schedule 4.01(ee)Environmental Permits

Schedule 5.04Required Insurance

Schedule 6.08Permitted Affiliate Transactions (Closing Date)

Schedule 8.01(s)Deemed Material Adverse Effect in a Water Services Agreement

EXHIBITS

Exhibit AForm of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B-1Form of Term Loan Note

Exhibit B-2Form of Revolving Note

Exhibit B-3Form of Notice of Issuance

Exhibit B-4Form of Letter of Credit

Exhibit CForm of Notice of Borrowing

Exhibit DForm of Security Agreement

Exhibit EForm of Mortgage

Exhibit FForm of Security Deposit Agreement

Exhibit GForm of Pledge Agreement

Exhibit HForm of Intercreditor Agreement

Exhibit IForm of Solvency Certificate

Exhibit J[Reserved]

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Exhibit K[Reserved]

Exhibit LInitial Operating Budget

Exhibit M[Reserved]

Exhibit N[Reserved]

Exhibit O[Reserved]

Exhibit P[Reserved]

Exhibit R-1Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders

that are not Partnerships)

Exhibit R-2Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants

that are not Partnerships)

Exhibit R-3Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants

that are Partnerships)

Exhibit R-4Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders

that are Partnerships)

Exhibit SForm of Consent and Agreement

AMERICAS 123463960

CREDIT AGREEMENT

CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 10, 2023 (this “Agreement”), among Temple

Generation Intermediate Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the

“Borrower”), the Guarantors (as hereinafter defined), the Lenders (as hereinafter defined),

BEAL BANK USA, as the L/C Issuing Bank, CLMG CORP., a Texas corporation (“CLMG”),

as collateral agent (together with any successor collateral agent, the “Collateral Agent”) for the

Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined), and CLMG, as administrative agent (together with any

successor administrative agent appointed pursuant to Article X, the “Administrative Agent”) for

the Lender Parties.  Terms used but not defined in this Agreement, including this recital of

parties and the preliminary statements below, shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in

Section 1.01.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

(1)On the Closing Date, the Borrower intends to acquire, directly or indirectly, 100%

of the equity interests in Temple II and 50% of the equity interests in Shared Facilities SPE

pursuant to that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended,

amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Temple II

PSA”), by and among Borrower, as purchaser (in such capacity, the “Purchaser”), and CXA

Temple 2 Holdco, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, as seller (in such capacity, the

“Seller”) (such acquisitions, the “Temple II Acquisition”).

(2)The Borrower directly owns 100% of the Equity Interests in Temple I which

directly owns 50% of the equity interests in Shared Facilities SPE.

(3)The Borrower has requested that (a) the Lenders provide senior secured credit

facilities (the “Facilities”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $560,000,000, which

shall be comprised of (i) a senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) in an

aggregate principal amount equal to $500,000,000 and (ii) a senior secured revolving credit

facility (the “Revolving Facility” and, together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Facilities” and

each a “Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $60,000,000 and (b) that the L/

C Issuing Bank issue letters of credit pursuant to letter of credit facilities described herein.

(4)The Guarantors have agreed to guarantee all of the Obligations of the Borrower

under the Loan Documents.

(5)Each of the Borrower and each Guarantor has agreed to secure all of the

Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents by granting to the Collateral Agent,

for the benefit of the Secured Parties, first-priority Liens (subject to Permitted Liens) on

substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and each such Guarantor (including Temple I,

Temple II and the Shared Facilities SPE), and, in consideration for the direct and indirect

subsidiaries of Holdings receiving the benefits of the Facilities, Holdings has agreed to secure all

of the Obligations of the Loan Parties by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the

Secured Parties, first-priority Liens (subject to Permitted Liens) on the Equity Interests in the

Borrower.

(6)The Lenders and L/C Issuing Bank are willing to extend credit to the Borrower

under the Facilities on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and

agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Article I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

Section 1.01.Certain Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms

shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular

and plural forms of the terms defined):

“Account Control Agreement” means any agreement entered into by and among

the Collateral Agent, any Loan Party and a third party bank or other institution (including a

Securities Intermediary (as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code)) in which any

such Loan Party maintains a Deposit Account or Investment Property (as each such term is

defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) and which is intended to perfect the Collateral

Agent’s security interest in any account.

“Accounts” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

“Activities” has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(b).

“Additional Project Agreement” means each material Contractual Obligation

entered into by, or on behalf of, any Loan Party with any other Person or Persons after the date

hereof; provided that each such contract or agreement (or series of related contracts or

agreements) which (i) provides for aggregate consideration being payable to any Loan Party of

$5,000,000 or less in any consecutive 12 month period, (ii) (A) is entered into by any such Loan

Party in the ordinary course of business in connection with the furnishing of goods or

performance of services or (B) is entered into under emergency circumstances requiring

immediate action to resume or maintain operation of any Project in accordance with Prudent

Industry Practice or to avoid imminent threat to human life or property, (iii) can be readily

replaced by other Contractual Obligations having substantially similar terms and conditions, and

(iv) commits any Loan Party to spend less than $5,000,000 individually within any consecutive

12 month period or $10,000,000 when taken together with all other agreements that would be

Additional Project Agreements but for the operation of this proviso shall not constitute

Additional Project Agreements (excluding, for purposes of this clause (iv), any contract or

agreement described in clause (ii)(B) above); provided, further, that, this definition shall not

include (x) any Permitted Commodity Agreements and related security arrangements permitted

to be executed by the Loan Parties pursuant to Section 6.14, (y) any Permitted Affiliate

Commodity Agreements and related security arrangements made with solely Retained Excess

Cash Flow or Voluntary Equity Contributions permitted to be executed by the Loan Parties

pursuant to Section 6.14 or (z) any Interest Rate Agreements and related security arrangements

made with solely Retained Excess Cash Flow or Voluntary Equity Contributions permitted to be

executed by the Loan Parties pursuant to Section 6.14.

“Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this

Agreement.

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“Administrative Agent’s Account” means the account of the Administrative

Agent specified by the Administrative Agent in writing to the Lender Parties from time to time.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a

form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

“Advance” means a Term Loan Advance or a Revolving Advance.

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

any UK Financial Institution.

“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly,

controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or is a director or officer

of such Person.  For purposes of this definition and for purposes of the definition of “Change of

Control”, the term “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under

common control with”) of a Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to

direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the

ownership of Voting Interests, by contract or otherwise.

“Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(c).

“Agents” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, the

Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Depositary.

“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.

“Agreement Value” means, without duplication and with respect to each Loan

Party, for any Interest Rate Agreement or Commodity Agreement, on any date of determination,

an amount equal to the amount, if any, that is due and payable by any such Loan Party to its

counterparty to such Interest Rate Agreement or Commodity Agreement in accordance with its

terms as a result of such Interest Rate Agreements or Commodity Agreement having been

terminated early.

“AML Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable

to any Lender Party or any Loan Party from time to time concerning or relating to anti-money

laundering and ensuring that all sources of funding are lawful and identifiable.

“Annual Budget” has the meaning specified in Section 7.04(a).

“Applicable Annual Budget” means (a) during the Fiscal Year in which the

Closing Date occurs, the Initial Operating Budget and (b) with respect to any Fiscal Year

occurring thereafter, the Annual Budget approved in respect of such Fiscal Year pursuant to

Section 7.04, in each case, to the extent amended from time to time in accordance with Section

7.04.

“Applicable Governmental Authorization” means, as of any date of

determination, any Governmental Authorization, including, without limitation, all environmental,

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regulatory and other permits and approvals, that is necessary to be obtained by or on behalf of a

Project or a Loan Party, including the Shared Facilities SPE, at such time in light of the stage of

operation of such Project in order to (a) enable the relevant Loan Parties to operate, maintain,

repair, or own their respective interest in such Project in accordance with Requirements of Law

and as otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (b) enable the Shared Facilities

SPE to operate, maintain, repair, own its interest in, or use the Shared Facilities in accordance

with Requirements of Law and as otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (c) sell

electricity, capacity or ancillary services from such Project, (d) enter into any Transaction

Document or (e) consummate and/or perform any transaction or obligation contemplated hereby

or thereby.

“Applicable Lending Office” means, with respect to each Lender Party, such

Lender Party’s Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender

Party’s lending office in the case of a SOFR Advance.

“Applicable Margin” means, in the case of each of the Facilities, 4.60% per

annum in the case of SOFR Advances, and 3.60% per annum in the case of Base Rate Advances.

“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, with respect to any of the Term Loan

Facility and the Revolving Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment or is owed any outstanding

Advances with respect to such Facility at such time.

“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a

Lender Party, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender Party or (c) an entity (including an investment adviser

or investment sub-adviser) or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender

Party.

“Approved Replacement Operator” means any entity listed on Schedule III

attached hereto.

“Asset Sale” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

“Asset Sale Proceeds” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit

Agreement.

“Assigned Shared Assets” has the meaning specified in the Shared Facilities

Agreement.

“Assignment and Assumption” means, as applicable, an assignment and

assumption entered into by a Lender Party and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any

party whose consent is required by Section 11.07 or by the definition of “Eligible Assignee”),

and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in accordance with Section 11.07 and in substantially

the form of Exhibit A hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Assistant Secretary” means, as to any Person, the individual performing on

behalf of such Person the duties customarily performed by an assistant secretary of a business

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corporation, whether or not such individual has been appointed as the “assistant secretary” of

such Person.

“Atmos” means Atmos Pipeline-Texas, a division of Atmos Energy Corporation,

a Texas and Virginia corporation.

“Atmos LC” means that certain Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit issued on

April 11, 2023 by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in favor of Atmos.

“Atmos Surety Bond” means that certain Performance Bond (Annual Form),

dated July 3, 2023, between CXA Temple 2, LLC and United State Fire Insurance Company

Surety.

“Available Amount” of any Letter of Credit means, at any time, the maximum

amount (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit if

such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit)

available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at such time (assuming compliance at such

time with all conditions to drawing).

“Available Funds” means the available funds remaining on deposit in, or credited

to, the Revenue Account on such Scheduled Payment Date after giving effect to any transfers or

withdrawals from the Revenue Account on such Scheduled Payment Date pursuant to priorities

first through sixth of Section 3.2 of the Security Deposit Agreement (which available funds shall

have been transferred to the Prepayment Account (as defined in the Security Deposit Agreement)

for prepayment hereunder in accordance with Section 2.07(b)(i)).

“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the

then-current Benchmark, as applicable, 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 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 2.18(d).

“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 that 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).

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“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled

“Bankruptcy”, as amended from time to time, and any other federal or state insolvency,

reorganization, moratorium or similar law for the relief of debtors, or any successor statute.

“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person shall

generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay

its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any

proceeding shall be instituted by or against such Person seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or

insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,

protection, relief or composition of it or its debts under any Bankruptcy Law, or seeking the

entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it

or for any substantial part of its Property and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted

against it (but not instituted by it) that is being diligently contested by it in good faith, either such

proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days or any of the actions

sought in such proceeding (including, without limitation, the entry of an order for relief against,

or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or any

substantial part of its Property) shall occur, or such Person shall take any corporate action to

authorize any of the foregoing actions.

“Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or

foreign law for the relief of debtors, conservatorship, bankruptcy, general 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 any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors affecting the rights

of creditors generally.

“Base Case Projections” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(d)(xiii).

“Base Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(a).

“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the

Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%

and (c) Term SOFR for a three-month tenor in effect on such day plus 1%.  Any change in the

Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Term SOFR shall be

effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal

Funds Rate or Term SOFR, respectively.  The Base Rate shall not be less than two and one-half

percent (2.50%) per annum.

“Base Rate Advance” means an Advance that bears interest as provided in

Section 2.08(a)(i).

“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 2.18(a).

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“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition

Event, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the

Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:

(a)the sum of (i) Daily Simple SOFR and (ii) (A) 0.11448% (if monthly

payment periods are selected) and (B) 0.26161% (if quarterly payment periods are

selected); or

(b)the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the

Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (A) any selection or

recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such

a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market

convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current

Benchmark for U.S. Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (ii) the related

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above would be less

than the Floor, the 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, 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 U.S. Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.

“Benchmark Replacement Date” means a date and time determined by the

Administrative Agent, which date shall be no later than the earliest to occur of the following

events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(a)in the case of clause (a) or (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 such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term

rate, 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 all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published

component used in the calculation thereof) has been or, if such Benchmark is a term rate,

all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) have been

determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such

Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such

non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or

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publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if such Benchmark (or such component

thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or

such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

For the avoidance of doubt, if such Benchmark is a term rate, the “Benchmark

Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (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 such

Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, 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 such Benchmark (or such

component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, 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 Federal Reserve 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 such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark

is a term rate, 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 such Benchmark (or such

component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such

Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(c)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) announcing that such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or,

if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such

component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.

For the avoidance of doubt, if such Benchmark is a term rate, 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).

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“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 2.18 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 2.18.

“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial

ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

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

“Blades and Vanes Insurance Proceeds” has the meaning specified in the

Security Deposit Agreement.

“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the

United States of America.

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.

“Borrowing” means a Term Loan Borrowing or a Revolving Borrowing.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any day which

is a federal holiday or any day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or

obligated by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.

“Capacity Payments” means, with respect to any Commodity Agreement, the

amount payable from time to time under such Commodity Agreement to any Loan Party party to

such Commodity Agreement that is assessed on the amount of energy, electricity, generation

capacity, ancillary service or power delivered or required to be delivered or made available by

any Loan Party party to such Commodity Agreement to the Qualified Commodity Counterparty

party to such Commodity Agreement pursuant to the terms of such Commodity Agreement.

“Capital Adequacy Regulation” means any rule, regulation, order, guideline,

directive or request of any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having

the force of law), or any other Requirement of Law, in each case regarding the capital adequacy

or liquidity of any bank or of any corporation controlling a bank.

“Capital Expenditures” means, for any Person for any period, the sum of, without

duplication, (a) all expenditures made, directly or indirectly, by such Person or any of its

Subsidiaries during such period for equipment, fixed assets, Real Property or improvements, or

for replacements or substitutions therefor or additions thereto, that have been or should be, in

accordance with GAAP, reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment on a balance sheet

of such Person plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of all Debt (including Obligations under

Capitalized Leases) assumed or incurred in connection with any such expenditures.

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“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance

with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.

“Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or deposit

account.

“Cash Equivalents” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit

Agreement.

“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act of 1980.

“CERCLIS” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Information System maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

“CFIUS” means the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or its

successor.  “Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of

the following:  (a) the adoption or taking effect of any applicable Requirement of Law, (b) any

change in any applicable Requirement of Law or in the administration, interpretation,

implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) without limiting the

foregoing, the making or issuance of any applicable request, rule, guideline or directive (whether

or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; 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.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(a)the Sponsor ceases to own and control, directly or indirectly, beneficially

and of record, 100% of the Equity Interests in Holdings; or

(b)Holdings ceases to own and control, directly, beneficially and of record,

100% of the Equity Interests in the Borrower;

(c)the Borrower ceases to own and control, directly, beneficially and of

record, 100% of the Equity Interests in Temple I; or

(d)on and after the Closing Date, the Borrower ceases to own and control,

directly, beneficially and of record, 100% of the Equity Interests in Temple II; or

(e)Temple I and Temple II, collectively, cease to own and control, directly,

beneficially and of record, 100% of the Equity Interests in the Shared Facilities SPE;

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(f)a trustee has been appointed, in accordance with an agreement with or

directive by a Governmental Authority, to take control of any Loan Party or any Project;

or

(g)the Sponsor ceases to control (as defined in the definition of “Affiliate”)

the managing member of the Borrower (with the power to direct the management,

policies and administration of the Borrower); or

(h)as of the date a Person directly or indirectly owns or controls voting or

economic Equity Interests in any Loan Party, such Person is a Disqualified Owner;

provided that, no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred in any

circumstance set forth in clause (a) above if the Person maintaining such beneficial

interests, having such control or otherwise becoming a replacement Sponsor, (x) is (i) one

or more of the Persons listed on Schedule II, as such schedule may be amended from

time to time with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent

shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, or (ii) a Permitted Owner and (y) (i) is

Permitted Operator or (ii) has caused the applicable Loan Party to contract for the

operation of the Projects with one or more Permitted Operators; provided, further, that, (i)

no Person or entity with a “substantial interest” as defined at 31 C.F.R. § 800.244 shall be

a Permitted Owner and (ii) no Change of Control shall be permitted that would result in a

mandatory filing with CFIUS under 31 C.F.R. § 800.401.

“Chief Financial Officer” means, as to any Person, the individual performing on

behalf of such Person the duties customarily performed by a chief financial officer of a business

corporation, whether or not such individual has been appointed as the “chief financial officer” or

“treasurer” of such Person.

“City of Temple” means the City of Temple, a home rule city and municipal

corporation of Bell County, Texas.

“Claims” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).

“CLMG” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.

“Closing Date” means the date on which all the conditions set forth in on Section

3.01 have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).

“Closing Date Funds Flow Memorandum” means that certain funds flow

memorandum to be dated the Closing Date and delivered by the Borrower to the Depositary, the

Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the L/C Issuing Bank in connection with the

application of funds on the Closing Date, which funds flow memorandum shall be in form and

substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary, the Lenders, the L/C Issuing Bank and the

Collateral Agent.

“Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

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“Collateral Agent” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this

Agreement.

“Collateral Agent’s Office” means, with respect to the Collateral Agent or any

successor Collateral Agent, the office of such Collateral Agent as such Collateral Agent may

from time to time specify to the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent.

“Collateral Documents” means the Security Agreement, the Security Deposit

Agreement, the Mortgages, each Consent and Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Account

Control Agreement (as and when entered into), each of the collateral documents, instruments and

agreements delivered pursuant to Section 5.09, each other agreement that creates or purports to

create a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all non-

disturbance agreements, recognition agreements and similar arrangements in favor of the

Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and all Uniform Commercial Code

financing statements and other filings, recordings or registrations required by this Agreement to

be filed or made in respect of any such Collateral Document.

“Commitment” means the Term Loan Commitments and the Revolving

Commitment, as applicable.

“Commodity Agreement” means any agreement entered into by the Borrower or

any Guarantor (including each confirmation entered into pursuant to any master agreement or

similar agreement) providing for any swap, cap, collar, put, call, floor, future, option, spot,

forward, credit sleeve, power and/or capacity purchase and sale agreement (including, but not

limited to, any physical call option and any heat rate option), fuel purchase and sale agreement,

emissions credit purchase and sale agreement, power transmission agreement, fuel transportation

agreement, fuel storage agreement, energy management agreement, netting agreement or similar

agreement, in each case entered into in respect of any commodity, and any agreement (including,

but not limited to, any guarantee, credit sleeve or similar arrangement) providing for credit

support for any of the foregoing.

“Communications” has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(b).

“Confidential Information” means information that any Loan Party furnishes to

any Agent or any Lender Party, other than (a) any such information clearly identified at the time

of its delivery as not confidential or (b) any such information that is or becomes generally

available to the public other than as a result of a breach by such Agent or any Lender Party of its

obligations hereunder or that is or becomes available to such Agent or such Lender Party from a

source other than the Loan Parties that is not, to the best of such Agent’s or such Lender Party’s

knowledge, acting in violation of a confidentiality agreement with a Loan Party.

“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 “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

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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 2.11 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).

“Consent and Agreement” means each consent agreement required to be

delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents in respect of any Material Project Contract, including,

without limitation, those required to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(d)(xi), Section 6.14(a)

and Section 6.16(b), each of which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit S or in such

other form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

“Constituent Documents” means, with respect to any Person, (a) to the extent

such Person is a corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the by-laws of such

Person, (b) to the extent such Person is a limited liability company, the certificate of formation or

articles of formation or organization and operating or limited liability company agreement of

such Person and (c) to the extent such Person is a partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of

business, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or

organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in

connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the

jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of

formation or organization or formation of such Person.

“Contest” means, with respect to any matter or claim involving any Person, that

such Person is contesting such matter or claim in good faith and by appropriate proceedings

diligently conducted and timely instituted; provided that the following conditions are satisfied:

(a) such Person has posted a bond or other security reasonably acceptable to the Administrative

Agent or has established reasonably adequate reserves with respect to the contested items in

accordance with GAAP; (b) during the period of such contest, the enforcement of any contested

item is effectively stayed; (c) neither such Person nor any of its officers, directors or employees

nor any Agent or Lender Party or any of their respective officers, directors, partners, employees

is, or could reasonably be expected to become, subject to any criminal liability or sanction in

connection with such contested items; and (d) such contest and any resultant failure to pay or

discharge the claimed or assessed amount does not, and could not reasonably (individually or in

the aggregate) be expected to, have a Material Adverse Effect or involve a material risk of the

sale, forfeiture or loss of any of the Collateral.

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“Contract Service Agreement Costs” means all costs, fees, expenses and other

amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Contract Service Agreement.

“Contract Service Agreements” means any Contractual Obligation entered into

by any Loan Party relating to the provision of regularly scheduled long term gas turbine

maintenance or overhaul services for each Project that would customarily be categorized as

major maintenance in respect of such Project, including, without limitation, each LTP Contract.

“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any contractual provision of

any security issued by such Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract,

agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any

of its Property is bound.

“Conversion,” “Convert” and “Converted” each refer to a conversion of

Advances of one Type into Advances of the other Type pursuant to Section 2.10.

“Counterparty Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit

Agreement.

“Counterparty Collateral Account” has the meaning specified in the Security

Deposit Agreement.

“Credit Event” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02.

“Credit Extension” means (a) a Borrowing or (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this

rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in

accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant

Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans;

provided that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not

administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may

establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.

“Debt” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such

Person for borrowed money, (b) all Obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of

property or services (other than trade payables not overdue by more than 90 days incurred in the

ordinary course of such Person’s business), (c) all Obligations of such Person evidenced by

notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all Obligations of such Person created

or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property

acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such

agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all

Obligations of such Person as lessee under Capitalized Leases, (f) all Obligations of such Person

under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, and all drafts drawn thereunder, (g) all

Obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment

in respect of any Equity Interests in such Person or any other Person or any warrants, rights or

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options to acquire such Equity Interests, valued, in the case of Redeemable Preferred Interests, at

the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid

dividends, (h) all payments that such Person would have to make in the event of an early

termination on the date Debt of such Person is being determined in respect of outstanding Hedge

Agreements (such payments in respect of any such agreements with a counterparty being

calculated subject to and in accordance with any netting provisions in such agreement), (i) all

Obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person for production payments from property

operated by or on behalf of such Person and other similar arrangements with respect to natural

resources, (j) all Guaranteed Debt and Synthetic Debt of such Person and (k) all indebtedness

and other payment Obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (j) above of another Person

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 (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights)

owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the

payment of such indebtedness or other payment Obligations.

“Debt for Borrowed Money” means, at any date of determination, without

duplication, (a) all items that, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as funded

indebtedness on a balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, (b) all funded

Obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under acceptance, letter of credit or similar

facilities at such date and (c) Synthetic Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time.

“Debt Proceeds” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

“Debt Service Reserve Account” has the meaning specified in the Security

Deposit Agreement.

“Default” means any Event of Default or any event that, with the passing of time

or the giving of notice or both, would become an Event of Default.

“Default Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(c).

“Defaulting Issuing Bank” means, any L/C Issuing Bank that (a) has failed to

issue, amend or renew a Letter of Credit as requested by the Borrower within two Business Days

of the date such Letter of Credit was required to be issued, amended or renewed hereunder unless

such L/C Issuing Bank notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such

failure is the result of such L/C Issuing Bank’s determination that one or more conditions

precedent to such issuance, amendment or renewal (each of which conditions precedent, together

with any applicable Default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been

satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not

intend to comply with its obligations to issue, amend or renew Letters of Credit hereunder, or has

made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such L/C

Issuing Bank’s obligation hereunder to issue, amend or renew Letters of Credit hereunder and

states that such position is based on such L/C Issuing Bank’s determination that a condition

precedent to such issuance, amendment or renewal (which condition precedent, together with any

applicable Default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be

satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative

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Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that

it will comply with its prospective obligations hereunder to issue, amend and renew Letters of

Credit hereunder (provided that such L/C Issuing Bank shall cease to be a Defaulting Issuing

Bank pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative

Agent and the Borrower), (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become

the subject of a proceeding under any Bankruptcy 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 the subject of a Bail-In Action or (e) failed to honor a draw under a

Letter of Credit in accordance with its terms; provided that an L/C Issuing Bank shall not be a

Defaulting Issuing Bank solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in

that L/C Issuing Bank or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental

Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such L/C Issuing Bank

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 L/C Issuing Bank (or such

Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements

made with such L/C Issuing Bank.  Any determination by the Administrative Agent that an L/C

Issuing Bank is a Defaulting Issuing Bank under any one or more of clauses (a) through (e)

above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such L/C Issuing Bank shall be

deemed to be a Defaulting Issuing Bank upon delivery of written notice of such determination to

the Borrower, the L/C Issuing Bank and each other Lender Party.

“Defaulting Lender” means, any Lender that (a) has failed to fund all or any

portion of its Advances within two Business Days of the date such Advances were required to be

funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in

writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions

precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable Default,

shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the

Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its

funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing

or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund an Advance hereunder and states

that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding

(which condition precedent, together with any applicable Default, shall be specifically identified

in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three 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 (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the

Borrower) or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject

of a proceeding under any Bankruptcy 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 the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting

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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 so long as 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) 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 any one or more of clauses

(a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender

shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination

to the Borrower, the L/C Issuing Bank and each other Lender.

“Depositary” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

“Discharge of Secured Obligations” has the meaning specified in the

Intercreditor Agreement.

“Disqualified Owner” means any Person that, as of the date it first becomes a

direct or indirect owner of Equity Interests of any Loan Party (as applicable):  (a) is, or is an

Affiliate of a Person that is, a Restricted Party or described by or designated in any Sanctions

List; (b) is, or is an Affiliate of a Person that is, in violation of Sanctions; or (c) has, or is an

Affiliate of a Person that has, been convicted of money laundering (under 18 U.S.C. Sections

1956 or 1957), which conviction has not been overturned; provided, however, that a Person shall

not be a Disqualified Owner if:  (i) prior to the date that the Person first becomes a direct or

indirect owner of Equity Interests in any Loan Party, such Loan Party provides the Lender

Parties with all documentation and other written information required under applicable “know

your customer” and anti-money laundering rules, regulations and requirements (including the

PATRIOT Act) in respect of such Person; and (ii) as of the date the Person first becomes a direct

or indirect owner of the Equity Interests in any Loan Party, such Person has certified to the

Administrative Agent that none of the criteria set forth in the foregoing clauses (a) to (c) in this

definition are applicable to such Person.

“Distribution Conditions” means, collectively, before and after giving effect to

the applicable Restricted Payment to be made after each applicable Scheduled Payment Date (a)

no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (b) the amount on deposit

therein or credited to the Debt Service Reserve Account is equal to or greater than the Debt

Service Reserve Requirement.

“Division” means the division of a limited liability company into two (2) or more

limited liability companies pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar method within the meaning

of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or similar statute in any other state.

“Domestic Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender Party, the office of

such Lender Party specified as its “Domestic Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I

hereto or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which it became a Lender Party, as the

case may be, or such other office of such Lender Party as such Lender Party may from time to

time specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

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“Early Termination Event” means, with respect to any Interest Rate Agreement

or Commodity Agreement, (a) the designation or occurrence of an “Early Termination Date” (as

defined in such agreement) or (b) any “Event of Default”, “Additional Event of Default”,

“Termination Event” or “Additional Termination Event” (each as defined therein) under such

Interest Rate Agreement or Commodity Agreement, which has resulted in the termination of

such Interest Rate Agreement or Commodity Agreement, as applicable.

“Easement Agreements” means those agreements, including the Shared Facilities

Easement Agreement, the Temple I Access Easements and the Temple II Access Easements,

listed in Schedule 1.01.

“EDF ISDA” means that certain ISDA Master Agreement, dated as of the date

hereof, between EDF Trading North America, LLC and the Borrower, as supplemented by the

Schedule to the ISDA Master Agreement, and all related transactions and confirmations that are

subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, such master agreement.

“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm

established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution

Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution

described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA

Member Country that 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.

“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender Party; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender Party;

(c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person (other than an individual) approved by the

Administrative Agent and/or the Borrower (as applicable) (unless approval of such Person is not

required under Section 11.07(a)); provided, however, that none of any natural Person, any

Defaulting Issuing Bank, any Loan Party, nor any Affiliate of a Loan Party shall qualify as an

Eligible Assignee.

“Energy Management Agreements” means each of the Temple I Energy

Management Agreement and the Temple II Energy Management Agreement.

“Energy Manager” means each of the Temple I Energy Manager and the Temple

II Energy Manager.

“Environmental Action” means any action, suit, written demand, demand letter,

written claim, notice of enforcement, notice of non-compliance or violation, written notice of

liability or potential liability, known investigation, proceeding, order, consent order or consent

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agreement relating in any way to any applicable Environmental Law, any Environmental Permit

or Hazardous Material or arising from alleged injury or threat to human health, safety or the

environment, including, without limitation, (a) by any governmental or regulatory authority or

third party for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages

arising under applicable Environmental Law and (b) by any governmental or regulatory authority

or third party for damages, penalties, fines, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery,

compensation or injunctive relief pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law.

“Environmental Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law,

ordinance, rule, regulation, code, common law, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or

judicial or legally binding agency interpretation, policy or guidance relating to pollution or

protection of the environment, human health (relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials),

worker health and safety or natural resources, including, without limitation, those relating to the

use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge of or exposure to

Hazardous Materials.

“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number,

license or other authorization required under any applicable Environmental Law.

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, shares of capital stock of

(or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, warrants, options or other rights for the

purchase or other acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership

or profit interests in) such Person, securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of

capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or

options for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other

interests), and other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including, without limitation,

partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not

such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized or otherwise existing on

any date of determination.

“Equity Issuance” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

“Equity Proceeds” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

“ERCOT” means, as appropriate, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. or

the power region served by the electrical grid wholly within the State of Texas for which the

Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.is the independent system operator designated by the

PUCT.

“ERISA” means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of

1974 and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any Person that for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a

member of the controlled group of the Loan Parties, or under common control with the Loan

Parties, within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.12(a).

“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning assigned to it in

Section 9.12(d)(i).

“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” has the meaning assigned to it in Section

9.12(d)(i).

“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning assigned to it in

Section 9.12(d)(i).

“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” has the meaning assigned to it in

Section 9.12(e).

“ETF” means Energy Transfer Fuel, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

“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 specified in Section 8.01.

“Event of Eminent Domain” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit

Agreement.

“EWG” means an “exempt wholesale generator” as defined in PUHCA.

“Excluded Equity Issuance” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit

Agreement.

“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap

Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty (or any guarantee of such

Guarantor in respect of any Swap Obligation under any Commodity Agreement or any Hedge

Agreement) of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure,

such Swap Obligation (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 such Guarantor’s failure

for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity

Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guarantee of such Guarantor or the

grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or at any

other time as is required for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act or regulations.  If a Swap

Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall

apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such

guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect

to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes

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imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch

profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the

laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender Party, its Applicable Lending

Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii)

that are Other Connection Taxes , (b) in the case of a Lender Party, U.S. federal withholding

Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender Party with respect to an

applicable interest in an Advance or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on

which (i) such Lender Party acquires its applicable interest under the relevant Loan Document or

Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section

2.17(b)) or (ii) such Lender Party changes its Applicable Lending Office, except in each case to

the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.13(f), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable

either to such Lender Party’s assignor immediately before such Lender Party became a party

hereto or to such Lender Party immediately before it changed its Applicable Lending Office, (c)

Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.13(f) and (d) any

withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

“Executive Order” means the Executive Order No. 13224 of September 23, 2001,

entitled Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to

Commit, or Support Terrorism.

“Existing Debt” means Debt for Borrowed Money of any Loan Party outstanding

at or immediately before the occurrence of the Closing Date.

“Facility” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code as of

the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively

comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations

thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section

1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or

practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among

Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per

annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight

Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal

funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next

preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so

published for any day that is a Business Day, the average 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.

“Fee Letters” means, collectively, (a) that certain Fee Letter, dated the date

hereof, by and among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Borrower and (b)

that certain Upfront Fee Letter, dated the date hereof (the “Upfront Fee Letter”), among the

Borrower and the Lenders.

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“Fee Site” means (a) with respect to Temple I, the Temple I Site as described on

Schedule 3.01(d)(iii)(A) in which Temple I holds fee simple property interests pursuant to that

certain Trustee’s Deed, dated June 7, 2022, as recorded as document number 2022036342 in the

Real Property Records of Bell County, Texas and (b) with respect to Temple II, the Temple II

Site as described on Schedule 3.02(d)(iii)(B) in which Temple II holds fee simple property

interests pursuant to the Temple II Coufal Site Deed of Conveyance and the Temple II Site Deed

of Conveyance.

“FERC” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

“First Lien Aggregate Cap” each has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor

Agreement.

“Fiscal Year” means a fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on

December 31 in any calendar year.

“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 1.50%.

“Foreign Lender” means any Recipient that is not a United States person, as such

term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.

“Fund” means any Person (other than an individual) that is or will be engaged in

making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions

of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

“Funding Date” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

“G&A Cost Reimbursement Payments” has the meaning specified in Section

6.07.

“GAAP” has the meaning specified in Section 1.03.

“Gas Transportation Agreements” means each of the Temple I Gas

Transportation Agreements and the Temple II Gas Transportation Agreements.

“GDP-IPD” means the ratio of Gross Domestic Product – Implicit Price Deflator

published in the National Income Product Account by the United States Department of

Commerce on the date of determination relative to the published index value on such date in the

immediately preceding year.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of

America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether federal, 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, without limitation, ERCOT, PUCT and TRE

and any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

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“Governmental Authorization” means any authorization, approval, consent,

franchise, license, covenant, order, ruling, permit, certification, exemption, notice, declaration or

similar right, undertaking or other action of, to or by, or any filing, qualification or registration

with, any Governmental Authority.

“Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(l).

“GSU Transformer” means that spare Generator Step-Up Transformer procured

form MARS Transformers, LLC pursuant to Temple II’s Purchase Order PO-22-1251, dated as

of September 28, 2022.

“Guaranteed Debt” means, with respect to any Person, any Obligation or

arrangement of such Person to guarantee or intended to guarantee any Debt, leases, dividends or

other payment Obligations (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”)

in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, (a) the direct or

indirect guarantee, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of

business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the

Obligation of a primary obligor, (b) the Obligation to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if

required, regardless of nonperformance by any other party or parties to an agreement or (c) any

Obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation

or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds

(A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain working

capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency

of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, assets, securities or services primarily for the

purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary

obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless

the holder of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.  The amount of any

Guaranteed Debt shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of

the primary obligation in respect of which such Guaranteed Debt is made (or, if less, the

maximum amount of such primary obligation for which such Person may be liable pursuant to

the terms of the instrument evidencing such Guaranteed Debt) or, if not stated or determinable,

the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is

required to perform thereunder), as determined by such Person in good faith.

“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(a).

“Guarantors” means each of (a) Temple I, (b) Temple II and (c) the Shared

Facilities SPE.

“Guaranty” means the guaranty of the Guarantors set forth in Article X.

“Hazardous Materials” means (a) petroleum or petroleum products, by-products

or breakdown products, radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials, mold,

polychlorinated biphenyls and radon gas and (b) any other chemicals, materials, substances or

condition designated, classified or regulated as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or

contaminant or otherwise subject to regulation under any Environmental Law.

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“Hedge Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, call, cap,

collar, floor, forward, future, put, spot or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement

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 or any combination of these

transactions.

“Hedge Bank” means any Person reasonably acceptable to the Administrative

Agent (other than any Loan Party) that executes and delivers an Interest Rate Agreement.

“Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at

any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws

applicable to any 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 now allow.

“HMT” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Sanctions”.

“Holdings” means Temple Generation Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited

liability company.

“Impermissible Qualification” means, relative to the opinion or certification of

any independent public accountant as to any financial statement of the Borrower and its

Subsidiaries, any qualification or exception to such opinion or certification (a) which is of a

“going concern” or similar nature (other than any such exception or explanatory paragraph that is

expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, an upcoming maturity date

under any indebtedness that is scheduled to occur within one year from the time such opinion or

certification is delivered) or (b) which relates to the limited scope of examination of matters

relevant to such financial statement (except, in the case of matters relating to any acquired

business or assets permitted under this Agreement, in respect of the period prior to the

acquisition by the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries of such business or assets).

“Indemnified Costs” has the meaning specified in Section 9.09(a).

“Indemnified Party” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).

“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or

with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of a Loan Party under any

Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) above, Other Taxes.

“Independent Engineer” means any independent engineer reasonably acceptable

to the Administrative Agent retained on behalf of or for the benefit of the Lender Parties from

time to time, including, as of the date hereof, Leidos Engineering, LLC.

“Initial Lenders” means the banks, financial institutions and other institutional

lenders listed on the signature pages hereof as the Initial Lenders.

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“Initial Operating Budget” means the operating budget attached hereto as

Exhibit L.

“Initial Operator” means Consolidated Asset Management Services Texas

(O&M), LLC, a Texas limited liability company.

“Insurance Proceeds” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit

Agreement.

“Interconnection Agreements” means each of the Temple I Interconnection

Agreement and the Temple II Interconnection Agreement.

“Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(d)(vi).

“Interest Period” means, as to any Borrowing, the period commencing on the

date of such Borrowing or the date of the Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into a SOFR

Advance and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is three,

six or twelve months thereafter (in each case, subject to the availability thereof), as specified in

the applicable Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion; provided that (a) if any Interest

Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to

the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the

next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business

Day, (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on

a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such

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

Period, (c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date

or any Maturity Date and (d) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to

Section 2.18(d) shall be available for specification in such Notice of Borrowing.  For purposes

hereof, the date of an Advance or Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Advance or

Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or

continuation of such Advance or Borrowing.  The initial Borrowing on the Closing Date shall

have an Interest Period ending on July 10, 2024.

“Interest Rate Agreement” means, individually or collectively, as the context

may require any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar

agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of

which is entered into by a Loan Party (as applicable) with a Hedge Bank, for the purpose of

hedging the interest rate exposure associated with the Loan Parties’ operations and not for

speculative purposes.

“Internal Revenue Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of

1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Investment” in any Person means any loan or advance to such Person, any

purchase or other acquisition of any Equity Interests or Debt or the assets comprising a division

or business unit or a substantial part or all of the business of such Person, any capital

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contribution to such Person or any other direct or indirect investment in such Person, including,

without limitation, any acquisition by way of a merger or consolidation (or similar transaction)

and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor incurs Debt of the types referred to in clause

(j) or (k) of the definition of “Debt” in respect of such Person.

“Investment Grade” means, with respect to any Person, a credit rating of (a) not

less than BBB- by S&P and Baa3 by Moody’s in the event that such Person is rated by both

agencies (or, only in the case of one rating, an equivalent rating from another nationally

recognized credit rating agency) or (b) not less than BBB- by S&P or Baa3 by Moody’s, as

applicable, in the event such Person is rated by only S&P or Moody’s.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“J. Aron ISDA” means, collectively, (i) that certain ISDA Master Agreement,

dated as of November 1, 2021, between J. Aron & Company LLC and Temple I, as

supplemented by the Schedule to the ISDA Master Agreement, and all related transactions and

confirmations that are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, such master

agreement and (ii) that certain ISDA Master Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between J.

Aron & Company LLC and Borrower, as supplemented by the Schedule to the ISDA Master

Agreement, and all related transactions and confirmations that are subject to the terms and

conditions of, or governed by, such master agreement.

“Knowledge” when used in this Agreement with respect to any Loan Party, means

the actual knowledge (as opposed to any constructive or imputed knowledge) of Robert Dowd,

John Jimenez, Will Nereson, Sean Hausman, Christopher Kalnin, Lindsay Larrick (solely with

respect to Sections 4.01(qq) and 7.10(c)) or any Person that succeeds each such Person (solely

with respect to Sections 4.01(qq) and 7.10(c), including Lindsay Larrick) in their and their

successors’ respective roles, in each case, after due inquiry.

“L/C Cash Collateral Account” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit

Agreement.

“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance

or renewal thereof, the extension of the expiry date thereof, or the reinstatement or increase of

the amount thereof.

“L/C Disbursement” means a payment or disbursement made by the L/C Issuing

Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit issued by the L/C Issuing Bank, including a payment or

disbursement made by the L/C Issuing Bank pursuant to such Letter of Credit upon or following

any reinstatement of such Letter of Credit.

“L/C Issuance Commitment” means, with respect to the L/C Issuing Bank at any

time, the amount set forth opposite the L/C Issuing Bank’s name on Schedule I hereto under the

caption “L/C Issuance Commitment”, or if the L/C Issuing Bank has entered into an Assignment

and Assumption, set forth for the L/C Issuing Bank in the Register maintained by the

Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 11.07(e) as the L/C Issuing Bank’s “L/C Issuance

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Commitment,” as such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.06.

The aggregate amount of the L/C Issuance Commitment on the Closing Date is $60,000,000.

“L/C Issuing Bank” means Beal Bank USA, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters

of Credit hereunder, and any Eligible Assignee to which the L/C Issuance Commitment has been

assigned pursuant to Section 11.07 so long as such Eligible Assignee expressly agrees to perform

in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are

required to be performed by it as the L/C Issuing Bank and notifies the Administrative Agent of

its Applicable Lending Office and the amount of its L/C Issuance Commitment (which

information shall be recorded by the Administrative Agent in the Register), for so long as the L/

C Issuing Bank or Eligible Assignee, as the case may be, shall have a L/C Issuance Commitment.

“L/C Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn

amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, determined without regard to whether

any conditions to drawing could be met at that time, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all L/C

Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time.

The L/C Obligations of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its applicable percentage of

the total L/C Obligations at such time.  For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of

determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn

thereunder by reason of the operation of Article 29(a) of the UCP or Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of

the ISP or similar terms in the governing rules or laws or of the Letter of Credit itself, or if

compliant documents have been presented but not yet honored, such Letter of Credit shall be

deemed to be “outstanding” and “undrawn” in the amount so remaining available to be paid, and

the obligations of the Borrower and each Revolving Lender shall remain in full force and effect

until the L/C Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders shall have no further obligations to make

any payments or disbursements under any circumstances with respect to any Letter of Credit.

“L/C Related Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(d)(i).

“Lender Party” means any Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank, as the context may

require.

“Lender Party Appointment Period” has the meaning specified in Section

9.06(a).

“Lenders” means the Initial Lenders and each Person that shall become a Lender

hereunder pursuant to Section 2.17 and Section 11.07 for so long as such Initial Lender or

Person, as the case may be, shall be a party to this Agreement.

“Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a).

“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09.

“Letter of Credit Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) the date of

termination of the L/C Issuance Commitments in full pursuant to Section 2.06 or Section 8.01

and (b) the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

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“Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, leasehold

mortgage, leasehold deed of trust, leasehold deed to secure debt, pledge, hypothecation, security

interest or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, or any other similar type of preferential

arrangement, including, without limitation, the lien or retained security title of a conditional

vendor and any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property.

“Loan Documents” means (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c) the Collateral

Documents, (d) the Intercreditor Agreement, (e) the Fee Letters and (f) any other document that

is executed in connection with the transactions contemplated herewith or therewith and is

deemed in writing by a Loan Party and the Administrative Agent to constitute a Loan Document.

“Loan Parties” means the Borrower, Holdings and each Guarantor.

“Local Account” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

“Loss Event” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

“Loss Proceeds” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

“LTP Contracts” means each of the Temple I LTP Contract and the Temple II

LTP Contract.

“LTP Provider” means Siemens.

“Major Maintenance Expenditures” means all expenditures and costs (other than

administration costs and expenditures and costs and expenditures incurred in connection with

routine maintenance of the Projects) by any Loan Party for scheduled (or reasonably anticipated)

overhauls of, or major maintenance procedures for, the Projects or any part thereof (a) in

accordance with Prudent Industry Practice, (b) pursuant to vendor and supplier requirements and

recommendations (including teardowns, overhauls, capital improvements and replacements of

major components of any Project) or (c) as required to comply with any applicable Requirement

of Law.  For purposes of clarity, Major Maintenance Expenditures shall include Contract Service

Agreement Costs.

“Margin Stock” has the meaning specified in Regulation U.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,

condition (financial or otherwise), operations, assets or properties of the Loan Parties (including

the Temple I Project and the Temple II Project), taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of

any Agent, the Depositary or any other Secured Party under any Loan Document, (c) the legality,

validity, binding effect or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or (d) the ability of any

Loan Party to fully and timely perform its Obligations under any Loan Document to which it is

or is to be a party.

“Material Commodity Agreement” means any Permitted Commodity Agreement

(a) that is for 150 megawatts or more of capacity or ancillary services (other than Permitted

Commodity Agreements for sales into the ERCOT Day-Ahead Market (DAM) or Real-Time

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Market (RTM)) or (b) that has a duration which, when taken together with the start date for such

Permitted Commodity Agreement, is longer than one year.

“Material Project Contract” means, without duplication, (a) the Interconnection

Agreements, (b) the LTP Contracts, (c) the Gas Transportation Agreements, (d) the Tax

Abatement Agreements, (e) the Water Services Agreements, (f) the Energy Management

Agreements, (g) the O&M Agreements, (h) the Standard Form Market Participant Agreement, (i)

each Additional Project Agreement entered into after the date hereof and (j) each Replacement

Project Contract for any Material Project Contract.

“Maturity Date” means the Revolving Commitment Termination Date or the

Term Maturity Date, as context may require.

“Minimum Earnings Amount” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section

2.07(c).

“Minimum Earnings Period” means the period commencing on the Closing Date

and ending on the date that is 36 months thereafter; provided that such period shall be extended

by a 12-month period for each additional 1-year extension of the Existing Maturity Date pursuant

to Section 2.19.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. or any successor thereof.

“Mortgage Policy” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(d)(iii)(B).

“Mortgaged Properties” means the Fee Sites and all other Property that is the

subject of one or more Mortgages.

“Mortgages” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(d)(iii).

“Net Cash Proceeds” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit

Agreement.

“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(c).

“Non-Peak Months” means January, February, March, April, May, October,

November and December.

“Non-Public Information” means material non-public information (within the

meaning of United States federal, state or other applicable securities laws) with respect to the

Borrower, any other Loan Party or their respective Affiliates.

“Non-Speculative” means, in the case of any applicable Commodity Agreement,

that (a) such Commodity Agreement’s specified amount or volume, nominal or otherwise, or the

amount or volume of the hedges entered into thereunder with respect to the applicable Project is

limited such that, when taken together with the aggregate volume of hedges under all other

Commodity Agreements in effect with respect to the applicable Project, does not exceed 750

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MW for any Project (excluding any outages) or fuel input limits of the applicable Project and (b)

such Commodity Agreement is executed, maintained and, if applicable, terminated in a manner

such that the amount and delivery of gas purchased and the amount and delivery of power sold

under such Commodity Agreement for the applicable Project, in the aggregate, are

volumetrically substantially related (i.e., the amount of gas purchased under such Commodity

Agreement is proportional (given the heat rate of the applicable Project(s) and ambient

conditions) in all material respects to the amount of power generated and sold, and that the

timing of the delivery of such gas purchased is concurrent with the generation of such power).

“Note” means a Term Loan Note or a Revolving Note, as the context may require.

“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a).

“Notice of Conversion” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(a).

“Notice of Issuance” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c).

“Notice of Termination” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b).

“NPL” means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.

“O&M Agreements” means that the Temple I O&M Agreement and the Temple

II O&M Agreement.

“O&M Costs” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

“Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any payment, performance or

other obligation of such Person of any kind, including, without limitation, any liability of such

Person on any claim, whether or not the right of any creditor to payment in respect of such claim

is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, disputed,

undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, and whether or not such claim is discharged,

stayed or otherwise affected by any proceeding under Bankruptcy Law.  Without limiting the

generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of any Loan Party under the Loan Documents

include (a) the obligation to pay principal, interest, prepayment premium, the Minimum Earnings

Amount, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees and disbursements, indemnities and other

amounts payable by such Person under any Loan Document, (b) the obligation of such Person to

reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender Party, any Agent or the

Depositary, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Person and (c)

the obligations to pay, discharge and satisfy the Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights.

“OFAC” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Sanctions”.

“Operator” means either (a) the Initial Operator, (b) subject to Section 6.08, an

Affiliate of Sponsor (provided that none of such Affiliate’s personnel shall be employed by any

Loan Party) or (c) an Approved Replacement Operator appointed to act as replacement operator

pursuant to the O&M Agreements.

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“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed

as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction

imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed,

delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received

or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced

any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Advance, Commitment, Note or Loan

Document).

“Other Funding Date” means, as the context may require, the date (other than the

Initial Closing Date) of any Credit Event pursuant to the terms hereunder.

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, excise, court or documentary,

intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the

execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection

of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such

Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an

assignment made pursuant to Section 2.17(b)).

“Participant” has the meaning provided in Section 11.07(g).

“Participant Register” has the meaning provided in Section 11.07(g).

“Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing

Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56,

signed into law October 26, 2001.

“Payment Recipient” has the meaning provided in Section 9.12(a).

“Peak Months” means June, July, August and September.

“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the

definition of “Term SOFR”.

“Permitted Affiliate Commodity Agreements” means each Commodity

Agreement that (a) is entered into with an Affiliate of a Loan Party (other than a Loan Party) to

(x) hedge reasonably anticipated commodity price and availability risks associated with any

Project or (y) provide for the sale of energy from any Project that is physically settled, (b) is on

terms fair and reasonable to, the Loan Parties (as determined by the applicable Loan Party acting

in good faith) and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) is

entered into in the ordinary course of business in accordance with Prudent Industry Practice, (d)

is entered into in accordance with the terms of Section 6.08, (e) when taken together with the

aggregate volume of hedges under all outstanding hedge transactions under all other Permitted

Affiliate Commodity Agreements, does not have hedged volumes that exceed 100 megawatts in

any single year and (e) is Non-Speculative.

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“Permitted Commodity Agreements” means each Commodity Agreement that (a)

is entered into with a Qualified Commodity Counterparty to (x) hedge reasonably anticipated

commodity price and availability risks associated with any Project or (y) provide for the sale of

energy from any Project that is physically settled, (b) is on terms fair and reasonable to, the Loan

Parties (as determined by the applicable Loan Party acting in good faith) and could not

reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) is entered into in the ordinary

course of business in accordance with Prudent Industry Practice and (d) is Non-Speculative;

provided that each of the J. Aron ISDA, the EDF ISDA, the Energy Management Agreements

and each Retail Energy Purchase Agreement are Permitted Commodity Agreements.

“Permitted Debt” means any Debt permitted to be incurred under Section 6.02.

“Permitted Investments” means (a) (i) any marketable securities (A) issued or

directly and unconditionally guaranteed or insured as to interest and principal by the United

States of America or (B) issued by any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America

the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America,

in each case maturing within one year after the date of issuance and (ii) marketable direct

obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of

any such state or any public agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one

year after the date of issuance and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at

least A-1 from S&P and at least P-1 from Moody’s, (b) commercial paper maturing no more than

three months from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition

thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P and at least P-1 from Moody’s, (c) any certificate of

deposit or bankers’ acceptance maturing not more than three months after its date of acquisition

and issued or accepted by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of

America (or any state thereof or the District of Columbia) that (i) is at least “adequately

capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator) and has Tier

1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $1,000,000,000 or (ii) is the L/C Issuing

Bank, the Administrative Agent or the Depositary, (d) interest-bearing deposit accounts,

including time deposits and certificates of deposit, of any Lender or any domestic or foreign

commercial bank whose outstanding short-term debt is rated at least A 1 or the equivalent thereof

by S&P or at least P 1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s having capital and surplus in excess

of $500,000,000 having a maturity not exceeding 90 days from the date of acquisition, (e) shares

of any money market mutual fund whose investment criteria are substantially similar to those in

respect of the other investments described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d), (f) fully

secured repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities

of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications

established in clause (d) above, (g) instruments issued by an investment company rated at least A

or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least A2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s having a

portfolio consisting of 95% or more of the securities described in items (a) through (f) of this

definition, (h) investment contracts pursuant to which moneys are deposited (to bear interest at

an agreed rate) with a bank, insurance company or other financial institution whose long-term

senior unsecured debt is rated at least A or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least A2 or the

equivalent thereof by Moody’s and (i) cash.

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“Permitted Liens” means each of the following:

(a)Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies to the

extent not required to be paid under Section 5.02;

(b)Liens imposed by law, such as materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’,

workmen’s and repairmen’s Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course

of business that (i) are for amounts (x) not yet due or (y) which are being Contested and

(ii) individually or together with all other Permitted Liens outstanding on any date of

determination do not materially adversely affect the Property to which they relate or

materially impair the operation or maintenance of any Project;

(c)pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure obligations

under workers’ compensation laws or similar legislation or to secure public or statutory

obligations;

(d)deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases

(other than Debt, Hedge Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements and Commodity

Agreements), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments

or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the

ordinary course of business, not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time and

which Lien is contemplated to be released within 270 days of its attachment;

(e)Liens securing judgments (or the payment of money owing in respect of

such judgments) not constituting a Default under Section 8.01(h) or securing appeal or

other surety bonds related to such judgments so long as an appeal or proceeding for

review is being prosecuted in good faith and for the payment of which adequate reserves,

bonds or other security reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent have been

provided or are fully covered by insurance;

(f)easements, rights of way and other encumbrances on title to Real Property

that do not render title to the Property encumbered thereby unmarketable and will not

materially adversely affect the use of such Property in the manner contemplated by the

Transaction Documents or the value of such Property for the purpose of such business;

(g)purchase money Liens upon or in Real Property or equipment acquired or

held by the Borrower or any Guarantor in the ordinary course of business to secure the

purchase price of such Property or equipment or to secure Debt incurred solely for the

purpose of financing the acquisition, construction or improvement of any such Property

or equipment to be subject to such Liens, or Liens existing on any such Property or

equipment at the time of acquisition (other than any such Liens created in contemplation

of such acquisition that do not secure the purchase price), or extensions, renewals or

replacements of any of the foregoing for the same or a lesser amount; provided, however,

that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any Property other than the Property or

equipment being acquired, constructed or improved, and no such extension, renewal or

replacement shall extend to or cover any Property not theretofore subject to the Lien

being extended, renewed or replaced; and provided further that the aggregate principal

amount of the Debt secured by Liens permitted by this clause (g) shall not exceed the

amount permitted under Section 6.02(b) at any time outstanding;

(h)Liens arising under Capitalized Leases permitted under Section 6.02(c);

provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any Collateral or assets other than the

assets subject to such Capitalized Leases;

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(i)Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating

to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;

(j)Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing

statements regarding any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublessor under any

capital or operating lease otherwise permitted hereunder;

(k)pledges or deposits of Cash or Cash Equivalents securing deductibles,

self-insurance, co-payment, co-insurance, retentions or similar obligations to providers of

property, casualty or liability insurance in the ordinary course of business;

(l)obligations under the Shared Facilities Agreement, to the extent such

obligations constitute Liens;

(m)Liens created under the Collateral Documents; provided that (i) such Liens

only secure Obligations of the Loan Parties owed under (A) this Agreement and the other

Loan Documents and (B) Secured Commodity Agreements of the Loan Parties; (ii) such

Liens shall be subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement; (iii) any Qualified

Commodity Counterparty party to any such Secured Commodity Agreement (or its

Collateral Agent) shall have become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement and shall have

the obligations of a Secured Party thereunder and (iv) the aggregate Liens in favor of

each Qualified Commodity Counterparty party to the Intercreditor Agreement shall not

exceed the First Lien Aggregate Cap in respect of such Qualified Commodity

Counterparties (each in effect on such date in accordance with the Intercreditor

Agreement);

(n)liens on any Counterparty Collateral or any Counterparty Collateral

Account in favor of any Qualified Commodity Counterparty;

(o)(i) liens securing Interest Rate Agreements, but only to the extent secured

by cash from the proceeds of Retained Excess Cash Flow, Voluntary Equity

Contributions or a combination of the foregoing and (ii) liens on cash collateral securing

obligations of the Loan Parties under Permitted Commodity Agreements or Permitted

Affiliate Commodity Agreements, but only to the extent secured by cash from the

proceeds of Retained Excess Cash Flow, Voluntary Equity Contributions or a

combination of the foregoing;

(p)minor defects in title, none of which, individually or in the aggregate,

materially interfere with the use of the Loan Parties’ Property in the manner contemplated

by the Transaction Documents, or the value of such Property for the purpose of such

business, or render title to such Property unmarketable, and any matters listed as

exceptions to title in the Mortgage Policy or disclosed by the Survey;

(q)to the extent applicable, (i) Liens in favor of ERCOT pursuant to ERCOT

Nodal Protocols on (A) any segregated QSE account for either Project (as described in

the Energy Management Agreements) or any similar receipts account in respect of

ERCOT held by the QSE for the account of Temple I or Temple II and (B) all amounts

held therein and (ii) Liens in favor of (A) (x) the Temple I Energy Manager arising from

the “netting” arrangements set forth in Section 5.2(b) of the Temple I Energy

Management Agreement and (y) the Temple II Energy Manager arising from the

“netting” arrangements set forth in Section 11.6(a) of the Temple II Energy Management

Agreement, and (B) such other Qualified Energy Manager arising from the “netting”

arrangements substantially similar to those permitted with respect to Energy Management

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Agreement pursuant to subclause (A) above as set forth in any Permitted Replacement

Energy Management Agreements;

(r)Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness solely to the extent (i) such

secured Subordinated Indebtedness is subject to a subordination and intercreditor

agreement that, among other things provides for a “silent” second lien, and is acceptable

to the Administrative Agent, the Lender Parties and each other Secured Party each in

their sole discretion, (ii) the guarantors of such Subordinated Indebtedness are identical to

the Guarantors hereunder and (iii) the collateral granted to the Subordinated Indebtedness

is identical to the Collateral granted hereunder;

(s)other Liens incident to the ordinary course of business that are not

incurred in connection with the incurrence of any Debt or to secure obligations under

Permitted Commodity Agreements and that do not in the aggregate materially impair the

use of the Property of the Loan Parties in the manner contemplated by the Transaction

Documents, or the value of such Property for the purposes of such business, in respect of

an aggregate amount of obligations with a value not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one

time; and

(t)extensions, renewals and replacements of any of the foregoing Liens to the

extent and for so long as the indebtedness secured thereby remains outstanding and such

indebtedness is expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

“Permitted Operator” means (a) any Operator and (b) any Person (i) that is (or is

an Affiliate of a Person that is) a past or present direct or indirect owner of one or more natural

gas-fired electric generating facilities with an aggregate capacity of at least 500 megawatts or (ii)

that has (or is an Affiliate of a Person that has) substantial experience as an operator of such

electric generating facilities.

“Permitted Owner” means any Person that (a)(i) has a tangible net worth of at

least $500,000,000, (ii) is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Person that has a tangible net worth

of at least $500,000,000, (iii) has its obligations in respect of its direct or indirect ownership

interests in Holdings guaranteed by an Affiliate that has a tangible net worth of at least

$500,000,000 or (iv) is an investment, sovereign, private equity or pension fund (or similar legal

entity) with invested and unfunded capital commitments of at least $500,000,000 under

management or (b) has (or is the direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Person that has) an Investment

Grade rating.

“Permitted Replacement Energy Management Agreements” means each energy

management agreement that (a) is entered into with a Qualified Energy Manager, (b) could not

have a material and adverse impact on the Lenders or the applicable Project and (c) is entered

into in the ordinary course of business in accordance with Prudent Industry Practice and not for

speculative purposes.

“Person” means an individual, partnership, limited partnership, corporation

(including a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated

association, joint venture or other entity or a Governmental Authority.

“PGC” means a “power generation company” as that term is defined in PURA.

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“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(b).

“Pledge Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(d)(v).

“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Pledge Agreement.

“Preferred Interests” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests issued

by such Person that are entitled to a preference or priority over any other Equity Interests issued

by such Person upon any distribution of such Person’s property and assets, whether by dividend

or upon liquidation.

“Prepayment Account” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit

Agreement.

“Prepayment Event” means the occurrence of any Asset Sale, Loss Event, Title

Event, Equity Issuance, Early Termination Event or the incurrence or issuance of any Debt (other

than Permitted Debt).

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum last quoted by The Wall Street

Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate,

the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve

Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such

rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the

Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the

Administrative Agent).  Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business

on the day such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.

“Pro Rata Share” of any amount means, with respect to any Lender and amounts

relating to a Facility at any time, the product of such amount times a fraction the numerator of

which is the amount of such Lender’s Commitment at such time (or, if the Commitments shall

have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.01, such Lender’s Commitment as in effect

immediately prior to such termination) and the denominator of which is such Facility at such

time (or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 2.06 or Section

8.01, such Facility as in effect immediately prior to such termination).

“Project” means each of the Temple I Project and the Temple II Project.

“Project Agreement” means each Material Project Contract, all Easement

Agreements, each Permitted Commodity Agreement, each Permitted Affiliate Commodity

Agreement, each Interest Rate Agreement and each other Contractual Obligation related to the

operation, maintenance, management, administration, ownership or use of any Project, the

provision of fuel, water and other inputs therefor, the sale of electricity or other products

therefrom, the disposal of wastewater or other outputs therefrom, or the provision of services

therefor, entered into by any Loan Party and any other Person, or assigned to any Loan Party.

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“Project Counterparty” means, with respect to any Material Project Contract, any

Person (other than the Loan Parties) that is a party to such Material Project Contract (including

any such Person guaranteeing the obligations of such Person under such Material Project

Contract).

“Property” means any right or interest in or to any asset or property of any kind

whatsoever (including Equity Interests), whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or

intangible.

“Prudent Industry Practices” means those practices, methods, equipment,

techniques, specifications and standards of safety and performance that are commonly used from

time to time by gas-fired electric generation stations in ERCOT as good, safe and prudent

engineering and operating practices, which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of

facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish a

desired result at a reasonable cost in connection with the operation, maintenance, repair and use

of electric generating and other equipment, facilities and improvements of such electrical

generation stations, with commensurate standards of safety, performance, dependability,

efficiency and economy having due regard for Requirements of Law, Governmental

Authorizations and applicable Contractual Obligations, and considering the type and size of the

applicable Project.  “Prudent Industry Practices” is not intended to be limited to the optimum

practice, method or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to a spectrum of possible

practices, methods or acts having due regard for, among other things, Requirements of Law,

Governmental Authorizations and applicable Contractual Obligations.

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(e).

“PUCT” means the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

“PUHCA” means the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as set forth in

Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58, 1261-1277 (2005), and the rules and

regulations promulgated thereunder.

“PURA” means the Texas Public Utility Regulatory Act, set forth in the Tex. Util.

Code Ann. §§ 11.001-66.016, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 11.29.

“Qualified Commodity Counterparty” means (a) for any Permitted Commodity

Agreement that has a term of six months or less and is entered into for the sale of energy from

the applicable Project that is physically settled, any Person that is in the business of buying or

selling electric energy or natural gas and (b) for any Permitted Commodity Agreement that has a

term greater than six months, any Person (or any Person whose obligations under the applicable

Permitted Commodity Agreement are guaranteed by an entity) (i) that is, as of the date of the

applicable Permitted Commodity Agreement (A) a commercial bank, investment bank, insurance

company, investment fund or other similar financial institution or any Affiliate thereof which is

engaged in the business of entering into Commodity Agreements, (B) a public utility or (C) in

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the business of selling, marketing, purchasing, transporting, distributing, hedging or storing

electric energy (or related products), fuel, oil, or natural gas and (ii) solely to the extent that

Liens under the Collateral Documents are intended to benefit such Person, that, at the time the

applicable Permitted Commodity Agreement is entered into, is either (A) Investment Grade or

(B) a Person who has executed and delivered (and maintains in full force and effect) a credit

support annex in connection with such Permitted Commodity Agreement, together with any

other Permitted Commodity Agreements entered into in reliance on this clause (B), that provides

for unsecured exposure thresholds for all such Permitted Commodity Agreements not exceeding

$1,000,000 in the aggregate and further provides for Required Credit Support to be posted by

such Person above such unsecured exposure threshold; provided that each of J. Aron & Company

LLC, EDF Trading North America, LLC, Tenaska Power Services Co., Shell Energy North

America (US), L.P., BP Energy Company, Citadel Energy Marketing LLC, DRW Energy

Trading LLC, Mercuria Energy America, LLC, ENGIE Energy Marketing NA, Inc., and, in each

case, their respective affiliates, shall be a Qualified Commodity Counterparty; provided further

that in no event shall any Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party constitute a Qualified

Commodity Counterparty.

“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each

Guarantor that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the guarantee, indemnity or

keepwell or grant of any relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap

Obligation 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 Energy Manager” means each of the Energy Manager, EDF Trading

North America, LLC, ETC Endure Energy, LLC, Tenaska Power Services Co., Sempra Gas &

Power Marketing, LLC, Engie Energy Marketing N.A., or any of their respective Affiliates.

“R&W Insurance Proceeds” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit

Agreement.

“Real Property” means all right, title and interest of each Loan Party in and to any

and all parcels of real Property owned, leased or operated by each such Loan Party, or in which

such Loan Party has an easement interest, together with all improvements and appurtenant

fixtures, equipment, personal property, easements and other property and rights incidental to the

ownership, lease or operation thereof, including the Sites.

“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) any Lender Party, as

applicable.

“Reciprocal Access Easement” means the Reciprocal Private Access Easement,

dated as of April 3, 2013, by and among Temple II and Temple I.

“Redeemable” means, with respect to any Equity Interest, any such Equity

Interest that (a) the issuer has undertaken to redeem at a fixed or determinable date or dates,

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whether by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise, or upon the occurrence of a condition not

solely within the control of the issuer or (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder.

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(e).

“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board, as in effect from time to time.

“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board, as in effect from time to time.

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and

such Person’s and such Person’s Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees,

agents and advisors.

“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal

Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal

Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

“Replacement Project Contract” means any agreement entered into in

replacement of a Material Project Contract which has substantially similar or more favorable

economic effect on the applicable Loan Parties and substantially similar or more favorable non-

economic terms (taken as a whole) for the applicable Loan Parties as the Material Project

Contract being replaced; provided that (i) any Energy Management Agreement upon expiration

or termination thereof may be replaced with a Permitted Replacement Energy Management

Agreement in accordance with Section 6.16, (ii) as to any LTP Contract, or any Gas

Transportation Agreement, with a counterparty (or a guarantor of such counterparty’s obligations

pursuant to an unconditional payment and performance guaranty) having substantially similar or

better creditworthiness and experience than that of the counterparty being replaced (as

determined on any date of determination by comparing the creditworthiness and experience of

the potential counterparty on such date of determination to the creditworthiness and experience

of the counterparty to the Material Project Contract being replaced on the date such Material

Project Contract being replaced was originally entered into).

“Required Credit Support” means, with respect to any Secured Commodity

Agreement, either (a) cash deposits and/or letters of credit from a commercial bank that is

Investment Grade, in each case, that must be posted in any amount above any unsecured

threshold, which unsecured threshold for all such Secured Commodity Agreements shall not

exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate, to cover the applicable Loan Party’s exposure to the

counterparty under such Secured Commodity Agreement or (b) an unconditional payment

guarantee from a Person that is Investment Grade.

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders owed or holding at least a

majority in interest of the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Advances outstanding

at such time and (b) Unused Commitments.  The Advances and Unused Commitments of any

Defaulting Lender (other than Beal Bank USA and its Affiliates) shall be disregarded in

determining Required Lenders at any time.

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“Requirements of Law” means, as to any Person, the Constituent Documents of

such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or

other Governmental Authority, ERCOT or any other applicable independent system operator or

regional transmission organization, including any requirement under any Governmental

Authorization, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to

which such Person or any of its Property is subject.

“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, its president, chief executive

officer, any executive vice president, vice president, chief financial officer, principal accounting

officer, controller, treasurer or secretary, any managing general partner, managing director or

manager (or any of the preceding with regard to such Person’s managing general partner or

manager) or authorized representative.

“Restricted Party” means a Person that is:

(a)Listed on, or owned or otherwise (directly or indirectly) controlled by a

person listed on, or acting on behalf of a person listed on, any Sanctions List;

(b)Located in, incorporated under the laws of, or owned or otherwise

(directly or indirectly) controlled by, or acting on behalf of, a person located in or

organized under the laws of a country that is the target of country-wide or territory wide

Sanctions; or

(c)Otherwise a target of Sanctions (“target of Sanctions” signifying a person

with whom a United States person or other national of a Sanctions Authority would be

prohibited or restricted by law from engaging in trade, business, or other activities).

“Restricted Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 6.07.

“Restricting Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(f).

“Retail Energy Purchase Agreements” means each agreement that is (i) for any

Project’s purchase of energy to serve the electrical load at the applicable Project site (other than

any agreement with another Loan Parties or any of their Affiliates), in each case, all related

transactions and confirmations that are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by,

such agreements and (ii) Non-Speculative.

“Retained Excess Cash Flow” means an amount equal to that portion of excess

cash flow permitted to be retained by the Loan Parties pursuant to Section 2.07(b)(i).

“Revenue Account” has the meaning specified in Security Deposit Agreement.

“Revenues” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

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“Revolving Advance” means a loan made by a Revolving Lender to the Borrower

pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or Section 2.04(a).

“Revolving Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing

Date to but excluding the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

“Revolving Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving

Advances of the same Type and, in the case of SOFR Advances, having the same Interest Period

made by the Revolving Lenders.

“Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender on any

date, the commitment of such Lender to (a) make a Revolving Advance if such Advance is

required to be disbursed on such date and (b) purchase a participation in L/C Obligations if such

participation is required to be purchased on such date, expressed as an amount representing the

maximum principal or face amount of such Revolving Advance or Letter of Credit (as

applicable), as such commitment may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to

Section 11.07 or reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07.  The initial amount of such

Lender’s Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule I or in the Assignment and

Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as

applicable.

“Revolving Commitment Termination Date” means the date that is five (5)

Business Days prior to the Term Maturity Date (as such date may be extended in accordance

with the terms hereof).

“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the

aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Advances and such

Revolving Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations at such time.

“Revolving Facility” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements.

“Revolving Lender” means the Persons listed on Schedule I holding a Revolving

Commitment or Revolving Advances and any other Person that shall have become party hereto

holding a Revolving Commitment or Revolving Advances pursuant to an Assignment and

Assumption or a joinder agreement, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto

holding a Revolving Commitment or Revolving Advances pursuant to an Assignment and

Assumption.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “Revolving Lenders” does not

include the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuing Banks in their respective capacities as the

Administrative Agent or as the L/C Issuing Bank.

“Revolving Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any

Revolving Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto, evidencing the indebtedness of

the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Revolving Advance made by such Lender.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,

Inc., or any successor thereof.

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“Sanctions” means the economic sanctions laws, regulations, embargoes or

restrictive measures administered, enacted, or enforced by:  (a) the United States government,

including but not limited to, the Executive Order, the USA Patriot Act of 2001, the U.S.

International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq.), the U.S. Trading

with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq.), the U.S. United Nations Participation Act, the

U.S. Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act, the U.S. Comprehensive Iran

Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 or the Iran Sanctions Act, Section 1245

of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, The Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation

Act of 2012, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, all as amended, or

any of the foreign assets control regulations (including but not limited to 31 C.F.R., Subtitle B,

Chapter V, as amended); (b) the United Nations; (c) the European Union and its member states;

(d) the United Kingdom; or (e) the respective governmental institutions and agencies of any of

the foregoing, including without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the

United States Department of State, His Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), the United Nations

Security Council, or other relevant sanctions authority (together the “Sanctions Authorities”).

“Sanctions Authorities” has the meaning specified in the definition of

“Sanctions”.

“Sanctions List” means the Annex to the Executive Order, the Specially

Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by OFAC, the Consolidated List of

Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List maintained by HMT, or any list

maintained by, or public announcement of Sanctions designation made by, any of the Sanctions

Authorities.

“Sanctions Violation” has the meaning specified in Section 5.14.

“Scheduled Payment Date” means each March 31st, June 30th, September 30th

and December 31st of each calendar year, commencing with September 30, 2023, or, if any such

day is not a Business Day, the Business Day occurring immediately prior thereto.

“Secretary” means, as to any Person, the individual performing on behalf of such

Person the duties customarily performed by a secretary of a business corporation, whether or not

such individual has been appointed as the “secretary” of such Person.

“Secured Commodity Agreement” means any Permitted Commodity Agreement

permitted to be entered into under Section 6.14 that by its terms is required to be secured by a

Lien under the Collateral Documents and is entered into with any Person that is a Qualified

Commodity Counterparty as of the time entered into.

“Secured Obligations” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Secured Parties” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Security Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(d)(ii).

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“Security Deposit Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(d)(iv).

“Seller” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements.

“Shared Expenses” has the meaning specified in the Shared Facilities Agreement.

“Shared Facilities” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements.

“Shared Facilities Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated

Shared Facilities Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2018.

“Shared Facilities Assignment Agreements” means any agreements relating to

assignment of the Assigned Shared Assets pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Shared Facilities

Agreement.

“Shared Facilities Easement Agreement” means that certain Easement

Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2018, by and among Temple I, Temple II and the Shared

Facilities SPE.

“Shared Facilities Easements” means each of (a) the easements and other Real

Property rights granted by Temple I to Temple II pursuant to any Easement Agreement and (b)

the easements and other Real Property rights granted by Temple II to Temple I pursuant to any

Easement Agreement.

“Shared Facilities Manager” means either (a) Consolidated Asset Management

Services Texas (O&M), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as

“Manager” under the Shared Facilities Agreement, or its permitted successors or assigns or (b)

an Approved Replacement Operator appointed to act as a replacement Shared Facilities Manager

pursuant to the Shared Facilities Agreement.

“Shared Facilities SPE” means Temple Generation SF LLC, a Delaware limited

liability company.

“Shared Facilities SPE Permitted Lien” means each of the following:

(a)Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies to the

extent not required to be paid under Section 5.02;

(b)Liens imposed by law, such as materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’,

workmen’s and repairmen’s Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course

of business that (i) are for amounts (x) not yet due or (y) which are being Contested and

(ii) individually or together with all other Shared Facilities SPE Permitted Liens

outstanding on any date of determination do not materially adversely affect the Property

to which they relate or materially impair the operation or maintenance of the Shared

Facilities;

(c)pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure obligations

under workers’ compensation laws or similar legislation or to secure public or statutory

obligations; and

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(d)minor defects in title, none of which, individually or in the aggregate,

materially interfere with the use of the Shared Facilities SPE’s Property in the manner

contemplated by the Shared Facilities Agreement, or the value of such Property for the

purpose of such business, or render title to such Property unmarketable.

“Siemens” means Siemens Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Site” means each of the Temple I Site and the Temple II Site.

“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as

administered by the SOFR Administrator.

“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a

successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

“SOFR Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at a rate based on Term

SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”.

“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on a particular date,

that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount

of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present

fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to

pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c)

such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond

such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not

engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for

which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital.  The amount of

contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts

and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected

to become an actual or matured liability.

“SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(l).

“Specified Project MAE” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,

condition (financial or otherwise), operations, assets or properties of the applicable Loan Party

with respect to any Project, taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of any Agent, the

Depositary or any other Secured Party under any Loan Document, (c) the legality, validity,

binding effect or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or (d) the ability of any Loan

Party to fully and timely perform its Obligations under any Loan Document to which it is or is to

be a party.

“Specified Reimbursement Obligations” means those certain obligations of

Temple II to reimburse the City of Temple for expenditures in connection with those certain

Utility System Revenue Bonds, Taxable Series 2014 in the amount of $12,990,000, dated March

15, 2014, as contemplated by Section 6.6 of the Temple II Water Services Agreement.

“Sponsor” means BKV-BPP Power LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

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“Standard Form Market Participant Agreements” means each of the Temple I

Standard Form Market Participant Agreement and the Temple II Standard Market Form

Participant Agreement.

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means the portion of any Debt of the type

described in clause (a) of the definition thereof incurred by the Loan Parties from the Sponsor or

other Affiliates of the Loan Parties or the Sponsor (other than the Loan Parties) that (a) is either

(x) (i) unsecured and (ii) contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on

terms relating to such contractual subordination and pursuant to the terms of an intercreditor

agreement that, in each case is in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders or (y) secured,

provided that the security meets the requirements set forth in clause (r) of the definition of

“Permitted Liens”, (b) has a maturity date no earlier than the Maturity Date, and (c) does not

provide for any scheduled payments of interest or principal in cash prior to the Maturity Date

(provided that (A) capitalized or paid-in-kind interest, or interest which represents deferred

amortization at any time or (B) any such payments with the proceeds of the Retained Excess

Cash Flow, Voluntary Equity Contributions or a combination of the foregoing shall not be

deemed to contravene this clause (c)).

“Subordinated Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05.

“Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture,

limited liability company, trust or estate of which (or in which) more than 50% of (a) the issued

and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of

Directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class

or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any

contingency), (b) the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership, joint venture or limited

liability company or (c) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate, in each case, is at the time

directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its

other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.

“Support Instrument” means, with respect to any Material Project Contract, any

guarantee, letter of credit, surety, payment or performance bond or other agreement or instrument

relating to the performance by any Person of its obligations under such Material Project Contract.

“Survey” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(d)(iii)(C).

“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or

perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the

meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“Synthetic Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication of any

clause within the definition of “Debt,” all (a) Obligations of such Person under any lease that is

treated as an operating lease for financial accounting purposes and a financing lease for tax

purposes (i.e., a “synthetic lease”), (b) Obligations of such Person in respect of transactions

entered into by such Person, the proceeds from which would be reflected on the financial

statements of such Person in accordance with GAAP as cash flows from financings at the time

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such transaction was entered into (other than as a result of the issuance of Equity Interests) and

(c) Obligations of such Person in respect of other transactions entered into by such Person that

are not otherwise addressed in the definition of “Debt” or in clause (a) or (b) above that are

intended to function primarily as a borrowing of funds (including, without limitation, any

minority interest transactions that function primarily as a borrowing).

“Tax Abatement Agreements” means each of the Temple I Tax Abatement

Agreement and the Temple II Tax Abatement Agreement.

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,

withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any

Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax, or penalties applicable thereto.

“Temple I” means Temple Generation I, LLC (f/k/a Panda Temple Power, LLC),

a Delaware limited liability company.

“Temple I Access Easements” means (a) the Temple I Water and Sewer

Easement Agreement, (b) the Reciprocal Access Easement and (c) each other agreement

designated as a Temple I Access Easement on Schedule 1.01.

“Temple I Energy Center” means the approximately 760 megawatt combined

cycle natural gas-fired electric generating unit constructed in connection with the Temple I

Project and located on the Temple I Site.

“Temple I Energy Management Agreement” means that certain Energy

Management Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2022, by and between Borrower (as transferee of

Temple I) and the Temple I Energy Manager.

“Temple I Energy Manager” means EDF Trading North America, LLC, a Texas

limited liability company.

“Temple I ETF Gas Transportation Agreements” means (a) that certain

Intrastate Gas Transportation Service Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012, between ETC Katy

Pipeline, Ltd. and Temple I; (b) that certain Intrastate Natural Gas Transportation Service

Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012 between Oasis Pipeline, L.P. and Temple I; (c) that

certain Intrastate Natural Gas Transportation Service Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012

between ETF and Temple I; (d) that certain Intrastate Natural Gas Transportation Service

Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012 between Houston Pipe Line Company, LP and Temple I;

and (e) that certain Master Intrastate Gas Storage Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012 between

Houston Pipe Line Company LP and Temple I.

“Temple I Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section

3.01(d)(xiii).

“Temple I Gas Transportation Agreements” means (a) that certain Interruptible

Natural Gas Transportation Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2014, between Atmos and

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Temple I, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 effective as of April 1, 2019, (b) that

certain Letter Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2012, between Atmos Pipeline - Texas and

Temple Generation I, LLC (f/k/a Panda Temple Power, LLC) and (c) the Temple I ETF Gas

Transportation Agreements.

“Temple I Interconnection Agreement” means that certain ERCOT Standard

Generation Interconnection Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2012, by and between Temple I and

the Transmission Service Provider.

“Temple I June Revenue Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the

Security Deposit Agreement.

“Temple I LTP Contract” means the Long-Term Program Contract, dated as of

March 20, 2012, by and between Temple I and the LTP Provider, as amended.

“Temple I O&M Agreement” means that certain Operation and Maintenance

Agreement, entered into as of January 1, 2023, by and between Temple I and the Initial Operator.

“Temple I Project” means the ownership, operation and maintenance of,

collectively, the Temple I Energy Center and all attendant buildings, structures and

improvements, all alterations thereto and replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments,

appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection

therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached

thereto, including the Shared Facilities and all related Material Project Contracts, all Easement

Agreements, all leases of Real Property or personal Property related thereto, all other Real

Property and tangible and intangible personal Property owned, leased or otherwise under the

control of Temple I (or, to the extent used in connection with the operation of the Temple I

Energy Center and the Shared Facilities, any other Loan Party), the Governmental

Authorizations required in connection with (or otherwise related to) the Temple I Energy Center

and the Shared Facilities and any electrical or gas interconnections, water intake structure or

pipelines owned or leased by Temple I (or, to the extent used in connection with the operation of

the Temple I Energy Center and the Shared Facilities, any other Loan Party).

“Temple I Site” means the Fee Site on which the Temple I Project is located, as

described more fully in the Mortgage Policy, together with any fixtures and civil works

construction thereon and any other easements, licenses, and other real property rights and

interests required for the operation of the Temple I Project, including any land required for the

operation of the Temple I Project referred to in the Easement Agreements.

“Temple I Standard Form Market Participant Agreement” means that certain

Standard Form Market Participant Agreement, with an effective date of April 1, 2016, by and

between Temple I and ERCOT.

“Temple I Tax Abatement Agreement” means that certain Tax Abatement

Agreement (2011), adopted by the City Council of the City of Temple, Texas on May 5, 2011,

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among Temple I, the City of Temple, Texas, Bell County, Texas, Temple College, Clearwater

Underground Water Conservation District and each other party named therein.

“Temple I Water and Sewer Easement Agreement” means that certain Easement

Agreement for Access and Utilities, dated as of March 27, 2013, by and among the City of

Temple and Temple II.

“Temple I Water Services Agreement” means that certain 2009 Effluent and

Water Purchase Agreement (TPB), dated as of November 23, 2009, by and between the City of

Temple and Temple I, as assigned to Temple Generation SF LLC pursuant to the Bill of Sale and

Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2018.

“Temple II” means CXA Temple 2, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, as

assignee from Panda Temple Power II, LLC.

“Temple II Access Easements” means (a) the Temple II Water and Sewer

Easement Agreement, (b) the Reciprocal Access Easement and (c) each other agreement

designated as a Temple II Access Easement on Schedule 1.01.

“Temple II Acquisition” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements.

“Temple II Atmos Gas Transportation Service Agreement” means that certain

NGPA § 311 Interruptible Gas Transportation Service Agreement, dated as of February 14,

2013, by and between Panda Temple Power II, LLC and Atmos and attached as Exhibit “B” to

that certain Temple II Atmos Subscription Agreement, as amended by that certain Amendment to

Subscription Agreement, Natural Gas Transportation Agreement, and Interruptible Gas

Transportation Service Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2015.

“Temple II Atmos Natural Gas Transportation Agreement” means that certain

Natural Gas Transportation Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2013, by and between Panda

Temple Power II, LLC and Atmos and attached as Exhibit “A” to that certain Temple II Atmos

Subscription Agreement, as amended by that certain Amendment to Subscription Agreement,

Natural Gas Transportation Agreement, and Interruptible Gas Transportation Service Agreement,

dated as of May 18, 2015.

“Temple II Atmos Subscription Agreement” means that certain Subscription

Agreement for Additional Transportation Capacity, dated as of February 14, 2013, by and

between Panda Temple Power II, LLC and Atmos, as amended by that certain Amendment to

Subscription Agreement, Natural Gas Transportation Agreement, and Interruptible Gas

Transportation Service Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2015.

“Temple II Atmos Transportation Agreements” means the Temple II Atmos Gas

Transportation Service Agreement, the Temple II Atmos Natural Gas Transportation Agreement

and the Temple II Atmos Subscription Agreement.

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“Temple II Coufal Site Deed of Conveyance” means that certain unconditional

and irrevocable deed of conveyance, dated as of March 26, 2013, delivered by the Coufal Family

Limited Partnership to Temple II in connection with the transfer, sale, assignment and

conveyance by the Coufal Family Limited Partnership to Temple II of a one hundred percent

(100%) ownership interest (fee simple) in and to a portion of the Temple II Site owned as of such

date by the Coufal Family Limited Partnership.

“Temple II Energy Center” means the approximately 760 megawatt combined

cycle natural gas-fired electric generating unit constructed in connection with the Temple I

Project and located on the Temple II Site.

“Temple II Energy Management Agreement” means that certain Energy

Management Agreement, dated as of January 21, 2019, by and between Temple II and the

Temple II Energy Manager.

“Temple II Energy Manager” means Tenaska Power Services Co., a Delaware

limited liability company.

“Temple II ETF Gas Transportation Agreement” means that certain Intrastate

Natural Gas Transportation Service Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2013, by and between

Panda Temple Power II, LLC and ETF, and the related Service Agreement Confirmation No.

149-12149-02-101, dated as of January 1, 2013.

“Temple II Gas Transportation Agreements” means the Temple II ETF Gas

Transportation Agreement and each of the Temple II Atmos Transportation Agreements.

“Temple II Interconnection Agreement” means that certain ERCOT Standard

Generation Interconnection Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2012, by and between Panda

Temple Power II, LLC and the Transmission Service Provider, as amended by that certain

Amendment No.1, dated as of January 30, 2013.

“Temple II LTP Contract” means that certain Long-Term Program Contract,

dated as of February 8, 2013, by and between Panda Temple Power II, LLC and the LTP

Provider, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 dated as of August 1, 2014, that certain

Amendment No. 2 dated as of June 27, 2014, and that certain Amendment No. 3 dated as of June

7, 2022.

“Temple II O&M Agreement” means that certain Operation and Maintenance

Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2023, by and between Temple II and the Initial Operator.

“Temple II Project” means the ownership, operation and maintenance of,

collectively, the Temple II Energy Center and all attendant buildings, structures and

improvements, all alterations thereto and replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments,

appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection

therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached

thereto, including the Shared Facilities and all related Material Project Contracts, all Easement

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Agreements, all leases of Real Property or personal Property related thereto, all other Real

Property and tangible and intangible personal Property owned, leased or otherwise under the

control of Temple II (or, to the extent used in connection with the operation of the Temple II

Energy Center and the Shared Facilities, any other Loan Party), the Governmental

Authorizations required in connection with (or otherwise related to) the Temple II Energy Center

and the Shared Facilities and any electrical or gas interconnections, water intake structure or

pipelines owned or leased by Temple II (or, to the extent used in connection with the operation

of the Temple II Energy Center and the Shared Facilities, any other Loan Party).

“Temple II PSA” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements.

“Temple II Site” means the Fee Site on which the Temple II Project is located, as

described more fully in the Mortgage Policy, together with any fixtures and civil works

construction thereon and any other easements, licenses, and other real property rights and

interests required for the operation of the Temple II Project, including any land required for the

operation of the Temple II Project referred to in the Easement Agreements.

“Temple II Site Deed of Conveyance” means that certain unconditional and

irrevocable deed of conveyance, dated as of March 28, 2013, delivered by Temple I to Temple II

in connection with the transfer, sale, assignment and conveyance by Temple I to Temple II of a

one hundred percent (100%) ownership interest (fee simple) in and to a portion of the Temple II

Site owned as of such date by Temple I.

“Temple II Standard Form Market Participant Agreement” means that certain

Standard Form Market Participant Agreement, with an effective date of June 7, 2022, by and

between Temple II and ERCOT.

“Temple II Tax Abatement Agreement” means that certain Tax Abatement

Agreement (2012), adopted by the City Council of the City of Temple, Texas on December 6,

2012, among Panda Temple Power II, LLC, City of Temple, Texas, Bell County, Texas, and

Temple College, as subsequently assigned to and assumed by CXA Temple 2, LLC pursuant to

that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement among the parties and CXA Temple 2, LLC

effective as of June 6, 2022.

“Temple II Water and Sewer Easement Agreement” means that certain Easement

Agreement for Access and Utilities, dated as of March 27, 2013, by and among the City of

Temple and Temple I.

“Temple II Water Services Agreement” means that certain 2013 Effluent and

Water Purchase Agreement (TPB), dated as of February 4, 2013, by and between the City of

Temple and Temple II, as assigned to Temple Generation SF LLC pursuant to the Bill of Sale

and Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2018.

“Term Loan Advances” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).

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“Term Loan Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term

Loan Advances of the same Type made by the Term Loan Lenders.

“Term Loan Commitments” means, with respect to any Term Loan Lender at any

time, the amount set forth opposite such Term Loan Lender’s name on Schedule I under the

heading “Term Loan Commitment”, or if such Term Loan Lender has entered into one or more

Assignment and Assumptions, set forth for such Term Loan Lender in the Register maintained

by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 11.07(e) as such Lender’s “Term Loan

Commitment”, as such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.06.

“Term Loan Facility” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements.

“Term Loan Lender” means any Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment.

“Term Loan Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any

Term Loan Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, evidencing the indebtedness

of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Term Loan Advance made by such Lender.

“Term Maturity Date” means July 10, 2028, subject to extension in accordance

with Section 2.19 (except that, if such date is not a Business Day, the Term Maturity Date shall

be the next preceding Business Day), or, if earlier, the date of acceleration of such date as

provided for in Section 8.01.

“Term Repayment Date” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit

Agreement.

“Term SOFR” means,

(a)for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Advance, 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 a Base Rate Advance on any day, the

Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “ABR

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 ABR Term

SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has

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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 ABR

Term SOFR Determination Day;

provided, further, that if Term SOFR determined as provided above (including

pursuant to the proviso under clause (a) or clause (b) above) shall ever be less than the Floor,

then Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.

“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 Payment” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor

Agreement.

“Title Event” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit Agreement.

“Title Event Proceeds” has the meaning specified in the Security Deposit

Agreement.

“Title Insurer” means Fidelity National Title Insurance Company.

“Transaction” means collectively, (a) the ownership and operation of each

Project as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (b) the execution, delivery and

performance by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents, (c) the Borrowings hereunder and the

issuance of Letters of Credit and the use of proceeds of each of the foregoing, (d) the granting of

the Liens pursuant to the Collateral Documents, and (e) any other transactions entered into by

any Loan Party in connection with the foregoing, to the extent permitted under the Loan

Documents.

“Transaction Documents” means, collectively, the Material Project Contracts, the

Interest Rate Agreements, the Permitted Commodity Agreements, the Permitted Affiliate

Commodity Agreements, and the Loan Documents.

“Transmission Service Provider” means Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company.

“TRE” means the Texas Reliability Entity, Inc.

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“Type” refers to the distinction between Advances bearing interest at the Base

Rate and Advances bearing interest at Term SOFR.

“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.

“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark

Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted

in any applicable jurisdiction.

“United States” and “United States person” has the meaning specified in Section

2.13(f).

“Unused Commitments” means the Unused Term Loan Commitments and the

Unused Revolving Commitments.

“Unused Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to any Revolving Lender

at any time, (a) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time minus (b) the aggregate

principal amount of all Revolving Advances made by such Lender and outstanding at such time.

“Unused Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to any Term Loan

Lender at any time, (a) such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment at such time minus (b) the

aggregate principal amount of all Term Loan Advances made by such Lender as of such time.

“Upfront Fee Letter” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Fee Letters”.

“U.S. Dollars” or “$” means lawful money of the United States of America.

“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.

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section

2.13(f)(ii)(B)(3).

“Voluntary Equity Contribution” has the meaning specified in the Security

Deposit Agreement.

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“Voting Interests” means shares of capital stock issued by a corporation, or

equivalent Equity Interests in any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the

absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing

similar functions) of such Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the

happening of such a contingency.

“Water and Sewer Easement Agreements” means the Temple I Water and Sewer

Easement Agreement and the Temple II Water and Sewer Easement Agreement.

“Water Provider Breach” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01(s).

“Water Services Agreements” means each of the Temple I Water Services

Agreement and the Temple II Water Services Agreement.

“Winter Storm Uri” means the February 10 through February 19, 2021 North

American winter storm, unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Uri.

“Winter Storm Uri Litigation” means any action, suit, investigation, litigation or

proceeding affecting Temple I and/or the Temple I Project pending or, threatened, before any

Governmental Authority, in connection with Winter Storm Uri.

“Withholding Agent” means the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent.

“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 1.02.Computation of Time Periods; Other Definitional Provisions.  Except

as otherwise expressly provided, the following rules of interpretation shall apply to this

Agreement and the other Loan Documents:

(a)in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later

specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and

“until” each shall mean “to but excluding”;

(b)references to any agreement or contract shall mean and be a reference to

such agreement or contract, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or

otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and to the extent

permitted under this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 6.12);

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(c)each reference to a Requirement of Law shall be deemed to refer to such

Requirement of Law as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified

from time to time;

(d)each reference to a Person in any capacity includes a reference to its

permitted successors and assigns in such capacity and, in the case of any Governmental

Authority, any Person succeeding to any of its functions and capacities;

(e)references to days shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are

specified, and references to weeks, months or years shall be to calendar weeks, months or

years, respectively;

(f)all references to a “Section,” a “Schedule” or an “Exhibit” are to the

relevant section of this Agreement or the applicable Loan Document (as the case may be)

or to the relevant schedule or exhibit attached hereto or thereto (as applicable);

(g)the table of contents and section headings and other captions are for the

purpose of reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or the

applicable Loan Document (as the case may be);

(h)defined terms in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, and

the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include all genders;

(i)the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder,” and words of similar

import, when used herein, shall refer to this Agreement or the applicable Loan Document

(as the case may be) as a whole and not to any particular provision hereof or thereto (as

applicable);

(j)the words “include,” “includes” and “including” are deemed to be

followed by the phrase “without limitation”;

(k)where the terms of this Agreement or the applicable Loan Document (as

the case may be) require that the approval, opinion, consent or other input of the

Collateral Agent be obtained, such requirement shall be deemed satisfied only where the

required approval, opinion, consent or other input is given by or on behalf of the

Collateral Agent in writing; and

(l)any reference to a document shall be deemed to include all exhibits,

annexes, appendices and schedules thereto.

Section 1.03.Accounting Terms.  All accounting terms not specifically defined herein

shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistent with

those applied in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(i)

(“GAAP”).

Article II

AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

Section 2.01.Advances.

(a)Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally

agrees to make a term loan (a “Term Loan Advance”) to the Borrower on the Closing

Date in an aggregate principal amount equal to such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan

Commitment.  Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may

not be reborrowed.  Term Loan Advances may be Base Rate Advances or SOFR

Advances, as further provided herein.

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(b)Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving

Lender severally agrees to make revolving loans (the “Revolving Advances”) to the

Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Revolving Availability

Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s

Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or (ii) the

total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Revolving Commitments or (iii)

during such time as the Atmos LC remains outstanding, the total Revolving Credit

Exposures exceeding the total Revolving Commitments minus the face amount of the

Atmos LC.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth

herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Advances; provided

that, the Borrower may not reborrow or otherwise draw Revolving Advances more than

twice per calendar month.

Section 2.02.Making the Advances.

(a)A Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not later than 1:00 P.M. (New

York City time) on the third Business Day (or, in the case of any Revolving Borrowing in

excess of $10,000,000, the fifth Business Day) prior to the date of the proposed

Borrowing, by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, which shall give to each

Lender prompt notice thereof by electronic communication.  Each such notice of a

Borrowing (a “Notice of Borrowing”) shall be by telephone, confirmed immediately in

writing, or by electronic communication, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto,

specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Borrowing, (ii) the Type of Advances

comprising such Borrowing, (iii) aggregate amount of such Borrowing, which

Borrowing, in the case of the Revolving Borrowings, shall be no less than $500,000, (iv)

in the case of a Borrowing consisting of SOFR Advances, the initial Interest Period in

respect thereof and (v) the Account to which the proceeds of such Borrowing are to be

disbursed (if applicable).  Each Lender shall, before 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on

the date of such Borrowing, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending

Office to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Account, in same day

funds, such Lender’s ratable portion of such Borrowing in accordance with the respective

Commitments of such Lender and the other Lenders.  After the Administrative Agent’s

receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article

III, the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower in

accordance with the Security Deposit Agreement.

(b)Anything in Section 2.02(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) the

Borrower may not select SOFR Advances if the obligation of the Lenders to make SOFR

Advances shall then be suspended pursuant to Section 2.11 and (ii) the Term Loan

Advances may not be outstanding as part of more than one separate Borrowing.

(c)Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the

Borrower.  In the case of any Borrowing that the related Notice of Borrowing specifies is

to be comprised of SOFR Advances, the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against

any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on

and as of the date specified in such Notice of Borrowing for such Borrowing the

applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including, without limitation, any loss

(including loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the

liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund

the Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Borrowing when such Advance,

as a result of such failure, is not made on such date.

(d)Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender

prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the

Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of such Borrowing, the

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Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to

the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with Section

2.02(a) and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make

available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount.  If and to the extent that

such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Administrative

Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to repay or pay to the

Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount and to pay

interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the

Borrower until the date such amount is repaid or paid to the Administrative Agent, at (i)

in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at such time under Section 2.08 to

Advances comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the greater of

the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance

with banking industry practices on interbank compensation.  If such Lender shall pay to

the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so paid shall

constitute such Lender’s Advance as part of such Borrowing for all purposes.

(e)The failure of any Lender to make the Advance to be made by it as part of

any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to

make its Advance on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for

the failure of any other Lender to make the Advance to be made by such other Lender on

the date of any Borrowing.

Section 2.03.Letters of Credit.

(a)The Letters of Credit.  The L/C Issuing Bank agrees, on the terms and

conditions hereinafter set forth, to issue letters of credit (each, a “Letter of Credit”) in

U.S. Dollars for the account of the Borrower until the Letter of Credit Termination Date.

A Letter of Credit shall be issued, extended, reinstated or otherwise amended only if (and

upon issuance, extension, reinstatement or other amendment of each Letter of Credit, the

Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such

issuance, extension, reinstatement or other amendment, (i) the Revolving Credit Exposure

of any Revolving Lender shall not exceed its Revolving Commitment, (ii) the total

Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving Commitments and (iii)

the aggregate amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate amount of all

L/C Disbursements in respect of Letters of Credit no longer outstanding that have not yet

been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower do not exceed the L/C Issuance

Commitment.

(b)Renewal and Termination of Letters of Credit.  No Letter of Credit

shall have an expiration date (including all rights of the Borrower or the beneficiary to

require renewal) later than the then-applicable Letter of Credit Termination Date (subject

to clause (ii) below) and may by its terms be renewable annually unless the L/C Issuing

Bank has notified the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) on or prior to

the date for notice of termination set forth in such Letter of Credit but in any event at

least 30 Business Days prior to the date of automatic renewal of its election not to renew

such Letter of Credit (a “Notice of Termination”); provided that the terms of each Letter

of Credit that is automatically renewable annually (i) (A) shall require the L/C Issuing

Bank to give the beneficiary named in such Letter of Credit notice of any Notice of

Termination and (B) may, at the Borrower’s option, permit such beneficiary, upon receipt

of such notice, to draw under such Letter of Credit prior to the date such Letter of Credit

otherwise would have been automatically renewed and (ii) shall not permit the expiration

date (after giving effect to any renewal) of such Letter of Credit in any event to be

extended to a date later than five Business Days before the Letter of Credit Termination

Date unless cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to

the L/C Issuing Bank and the L/C Issuing Bank has agreed to such extension in its sole

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discretion.  If a Notice of Termination is given by the L/C Issuing Bank pursuant to the

immediately preceding sentence, such Letter of Credit shall expire on the date on which it

otherwise would have been automatically renewed.  Subject to the limits referred to

above, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit under this Section

2.03.  The L/C Issuing Bank shall be under no obligation to issue any amendment to any

Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuing Bank would have no obligation at such time to issue

the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

(c)Request for Issuance.  Subject to the applicable conditions set forth in

Article III, each Letter of Credit shall be issued upon request, given not later than 1:00

P.M. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day prior to the date of the proposed

issuance of such Letter of Credit, by the Borrower to the L/C Issuing Bank (with a copy

to the Administrative Agent and each Revolving Lender).  Each such request for issuance

of a Letter of Credit shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit B-3 (a “Notice of

Issuance”) and each Letter of Credit shall be issued substantially in the form of Exhibit

B-4.  The L/C Issuing Bank will, upon fulfillment or waiver of the applicable conditions

set forth in Article III, make such Letter of Credit available to the Borrower at its office

referred to in Section 11.02 or as otherwise agreed with the Borrower in connection with

such issuance.  In the event and to the extent that the provisions of any other letter of

credit or reimbursement agreement or instrument relating to any Letter of Credit shall

conflict with this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) a Letter of Credit shall be issued,

amended or renewed only if (and upon issuance, amendment or renewal of each Letter of

Credit, the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to

such issuance, amendment or renewal, the sum of (x) the aggregate Available Amount of

all Letters of Credit then outstanding, plus (y) the aggregate principal amount of all

unreimbursed L/C Disbursements, plus (z) the aggregate principal amount of all

Revolving Advances then outstanding, shall not exceed the Revolving Commitment or

the L/C Issuance Commitment at such time and (ii) the L/C Issuing Bank shall not be

under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if any order, judgment or decree of any

Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/

C Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to the L/C

Issuing Bank or any directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any

Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or

direct that the L/C Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or

such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuing Bank with respect

to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C

Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder), or shall impose upon the L/C

Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense (for which the L/C Issuing Bank is

not otherwise compensated hereunder).

(d)Letter of Credit Reports.  Promptly upon the request of the Borrower or

the Administrative Agent, but in no event later than 3 Business Days following any such

request, the L/C Issuing Bank shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower

and the Revolving Lenders a written report (i) summarizing issuance and expiration dates

of Letters of Credit issued by it and drawings under all Letters of Credit and (ii) setting

forth the average daily aggregate Available Amount during the preceding calendar

quarter of all Letters of Credit issued by it pursuant to this Section 2.03.

(e)Participations in Letters of Credit.

(i)Upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit by the L/C Issuing Bank

under Section 2.03(a), the L/C Issuing Bank shall be deemed, without further

action by any party hereto, to have sold to each Revolving Lender, and each

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Revolving Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to

have purchased from the L/C Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit

in an amount for each Revolving Lender equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of

the Available Amount of such Letter of Credit, effective upon the issuance of

such Letter of Credit.  In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each

Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the L/C

Issuing Bank in accordance with Section 2.04(a), such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of

each L/C Disbursement by the L/C Issuing Bank.

(ii)Each Revolving Lender severally agrees with the L/C Issuing Bank

on the terms and conditions set forth herein to participate in the issuance (or

extension, modification or amendment) of each Letter of Credit, and the issuance

of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a confirmation by the L/C Issuing

Bank and each Revolving Lender of such participation in such amount.

Section 2.04.Drawings and Reimbursements under Letters of Credit.

(a)Drawings and Reimbursements Through Revolving Advances;

Participations.

(i)If the L/C Issuing Bank shall make any L/C Disbursement, the

Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement (together with interest thereon

at the rate applicable for Base Rate Advances under the Revolving Facility) in

accordance with Section 2.04(c); provided, that, so long as no Event of Default

under Section 8.01(g) with respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be

continuing and the Letter of Credit Termination Date shall not have occurred, any

L/C Disbursement shall be deemed to be a request by the Borrower to the

Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders for a Revolving Advance in an

aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of such L/C Disbursement (to be

deemed made, for purposes of accrual and payment by the Borrower of interest

thereon, as of the date of such L/C Disbursement) and, to the extent so financed,

the Borrower’s reimbursement obligation with respect to the principal amount of

such L/C Disbursement (and interest thereon, as included in the outstanding

interest of such Revolving Advance) shall be discharged and replaced by the

resulting Revolving Advance.

(ii)Each Revolving Advance shall (A) be deemed made by each

Revolving Lender based on its Pro Rata Share, (B) initially be a Base Rate

Advance, but may be subsequently converted by the Borrower in accordance with

Section 2.10, and (C) be repaid in accordance with Section 2.05(b) and other

applicable provisions of this Agreement and the Security Deposit Agreement.

Amounts advanced under the Revolving Facility once repaid may be reborrowed.

(iii)The L/C Issuing Bank agrees to give the Administrative Agent and

each Revolving Lender prompt notice of each L/C Disbursement under each

Letter of Credit.  In consideration of its obligations to purchase participations in

the Letters of Credit (and, as applicable, in lieu of its obligation to pay for such

participation with respect to an L/C Disbursement through the funding of any

applicable Revolving Advance), each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely,

unconditionally and severally agrees to pay such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each

L/C Disbursement made by the L/C Issuing Bank (and not separately (but without

duplication) reimbursed by the Borrower) by 11:00 A.M. (New York City time),

on the first Business Day immediately following the date the Borrower and the

Revolving Lenders receive notice of such L/C Disbursement by making available

for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent for

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the account of the L/C Issuing Bank by deposit to the Administrative Agent’s

Account (or at the election of the L/C Issuing Bank, by so transferring directly to

the L/C Issuing Bank), in same day funds, an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro

Rata Share of such L/C Disbursement plus (to the extent not so paid by such time

on such date) interest on such amount (for the benefit of the L/C Issuing Bank) at

a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from such disbursement date to

the date of such payment by such Revolving Lender.  Such payment by each

Revolving Lender shall be deemed, as the case may be, (A) the funding of its

applicable Revolving Advance with respect to such L/C Disbursement, or (B) if

an Event of Default under Section 8.01(g) with respect to the Borrower shall have

occurred and be continuing or the Letter of Credit Termination Date shall have

occurred, the purchase of its applicable participation interest in such L/C

Disbursement.  Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its

obligation to pay for its participation or fund its Revolving Advance pursuant to

this Section 2.04(a) in respect of Letters of Credit is several, absolute and

unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever,

including the failure of any other Lender to make any payment under this Section

2.04 (other than, in the case of making a Revolving Advance, but not for purposes

of the purchase of a participation interest in any L/C Disbursement, the

occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(g) with

respect to the Borrower or the occurrence of the Letter of Credit Termination

Date), and that each such payment shall be made without any off-set, abatement,

withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(b)Failure to Make Revolving Advances.  The failure of any Revolving

Lender to fund to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of (or directly to, as

applicable) the L/C Issuing Bank the Revolving Advance to be funded by it on the date

specified in Section 2.04(a)(iii) shall not relieve any other Revolving Lender of its

obligation hereunder to fund its Revolving Advance on such date, but no Revolving

Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Revolving Lender to fund the

Revolving Advance to be funded by such other Revolving Lender on such date; provided

that, for so long as such failure shall continue, the L/C Issuing Bank shall be deemed, for

all purposes of this Agreement (excluding Section 2.04(a)(iii)) to be the Revolving

Lender hereunder owed a Revolving Advance in an amount equal to the outstanding

principal amount due and payable by such Revolving Lender to the Administrative Agent

for the account of (or directly to, as applicable) the L/C Issuing Bank pursuant to Section

2.04(a)(iii).

(c)Drawings and Reimbursements by Borrower.

(i)Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any

notice of drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuing Bank shall notify

promptly the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof.  Not later than 3:00

P.M. (New York City time) on the first Business Day following the date of any

payment by the L/C Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall

reimburse the L/C Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the amount of such

drawing, plus interest on such amount from the date so paid by the L/C Issuing

Bank until repayment in full at a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal at all

times to the sum of the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable

Margin; provided, that in the event the Borrower shall fail to so pay the same

when due (including through applicable Revolving Advances), Section 2.08(c)

shall apply.  Interest accrued pursuant to the foregoing shall be for the account of

the L/C Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued pursuant to the foregoing in the

case of payment by any Revolving Lender of its applicable participation interest

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payment pursuant to Section 2.04(a)(iii) shall be for the account of such

Revolving Lender to the extent of such payment.  Furthermore, interest on any

Revolving Advance (made pursuant to Section 2.04(a)(i) to be funded by any

Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(a)(iii)) shall accrue for the benefit of

the L/C Issuing Bank from and including the date of the applicable L/C

Disbursement, except that such interest shall accrue for the benefit of such

Revolving Lender to the extent such Revolving Lender makes payment (for

funding such Revolving Advance) pursuant to Section 2.04(a)(iii).

(ii)Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or

in any other Loan Document, in the event that, following the making of any

payment by the Borrower to the L/C Issuing Bank, any portion of such payment

shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the L/C Issuing Bank, then

each Revolving Lender, upon notice to it by the L/C Issuing Bank, of such

rescission or restoration, shall pay to the L/C Issuing Bank, its Pro Rata Share of

the amount of such payment which was so rescinded or restored.

(d)Obligations Absolute.  The Obligations of the Loan Parties under this

Agreement and any other agreement or instrument relating to any Letter of Credit shall be

absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the

terms of this Agreement and such other agreement or instrument under all circumstances

whatsoever, including the following:

(i)any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, any

Letter of Credit or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto (all of the

foregoing being, collectively, the “L/C Related Documents”) or any term or

provision thereof;

(ii)any change in time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other

term of, all or any of the Obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of any L/C

Related Document or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to

departure from all or any of the L/C Related Documents;

(iii)any amendment or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, all

or any of the Loan Documents;

(iv)the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the

Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a

Letter of Credit (or any Persons for which any such beneficiary or any such

transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuing Bank or any other Person, whether in

connection with the transactions contemplated by the L/C Related Documents or

any unrelated transaction;

(v)any statement or any other document presented under a Letter of

Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or

any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

(vi)payment by the L/C Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against

presentation of a draft, certificate or other document that does not strictly comply

with the terms of such Letter of Credit;

(vii)any failure to preserve or protect, exchange, release or non-

perfection of any Collateral or other collateral, or any release or amendment or

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waiver of or consent to departure from any guarantee, for all or any of the

Obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of the L/C Related Documents; or

(viii)any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not

similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might

otherwise constitute a defense available to, a discharge of, or provide a right of

setoff against the Borrower or a guarantor.

The Administrative Agent, each Revolving Lender and the Borrower agree that, in

paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuing Bank shall have no responsibility to

obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required

by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such

document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document.  None of the

Agents, the L/C Issuing Bank or any of their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors,

trustees, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact shall be liable for (A) any action taken or omitted

in connection with Section 2.03 or this Section 2.04 at the request or with the approval of the

Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (B) any action taken or omitted in the absence of

gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a

court of competent jurisdiction; or (C) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability

of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit.  The Borrower hereby assumes all

risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter

of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s

pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or

under any other agreement.  None of the Agents, the L/C Issuing Bank or any of their Affiliates

and their respective officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact, shall be

liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 2.04(d)(i) through Section

2.04(d)(viii); provided that, in all cases subject to Section 11.26, the Borrower may have a claim

against the L/C Issuing Bank, and the L/C Issuing Bank may be liable to the Borrower, to the

extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages

suffered by the Loan Parties which were caused by the L/C Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or

gross negligence as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent

jurisdiction or the L/C Issuing Bank’s willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter

of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly

complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit as determined by a final non-

appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  In furtherance and not in limitation of

the foregoing, the L/C Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in

order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to

the contrary, and the L/C Issuing Bank shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of

any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or

the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be

invalid or ineffective for any reason.

(e)Revolving Facility Fees.  The Borrower shall pay the L/C Issuing Bank,

for its own account, such commissions, issuance fees, and other fees and charges in

connection with the issuance, administration and amendment of each Letter of Credit as

the Borrower and the L/C Issuing Bank shall agree.

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(f)Replacement of the L/C Issuing Bank.

(i)The L/C Issuing Bank may be replaced (subject to Section

2.04(f)(iv)) at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, a new L/C

Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (with notice to such replaced L/C

Issuing Bank); provided that, if the replaced L/C Issuing Bank so requests, any

Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuing Bank shall be replaced and cancelled

prior to the removal of the L/C Issuing Bank and all fees and other amounts owed

to such removed L/C Issuing Bank shall be paid to it.

(ii)If at any time the unsecured senior debt of any L/C Issuing Bank

(other than Beal Bank USA) is not rated at least A3 by Moody’s and A- by S&P

or the L/C Issuing Bank is a Defaulting Issuing Bank, then the Borrower may,

upon 10 days’ prior written notice to the L/C Issuing Bank and the Administrative

Agent, elect, subject to clause (iv) below, to (x) replace the L/C Issuing Bank with

a Person selected by the Borrower so long as such Person is an Eligible Assignee

and is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (y) cause the L/C

Issuing Bank to assign its L/C Issuance Commitment to an additional L/C Issuing

Bank selected by the Borrower so long as such Person is an Eligible Assignee and

is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  Each replacement or

assignment pursuant to this Section 2.04(f)(ii) shall be done in accordance with

Section 11.07.

(iii)From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (x) the

successor L/C Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the L/C

Issuing Bank under this Agreement (and the Letters of Credit to be issued by it on

such effective date or thereafter) and (y) references herein to the term “L/C

Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor L/C Issuing Bank or to

any previous L/C Issuing Bank, or to such successor L/C Issuing Bank and all

previous L/C Issuing Banks, as the context may require.

(iv)In connection with any replacement of the L/C Issuing Bank

pursuant to this Section 2.04(f), if and to the extent the replaced L/C Issuing Bank

so requests (and as a condition to completion of such replacement) (w) any Letter

of Credit issued by the L/C Issuing Bank shall be replaced and cancelled prior to

the removal of the L/C Issuing Bank, (x) if the L/C Issuing Bank or any Affiliate

thereof is a Revolving Lender, such Revolving Lender shall assign its Revolving

Advances and Revolving Commitments in respect of Revolving Advances to the

replacement L/C Issuing Bank or its relevant Affiliate, (y) all Obligations of the

Borrower owing to the L/C Issuing Bank and Revolving Lender being replaced

shall be paid in full to the L/C Issuing Bank and Revolving Lender, as applicable,

concurrently with such replacement, and (z) the replacement L/C Issuing Bank

shall purchase the foregoing by paying to the L/C Issuing Bank and Revolving

Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid

interest thereon.  Subject to the foregoing, any such replacement or assignment

pursuant to this Section 2.04(f) shall be done in accordance with Section 11.07.

(g)Borrower’s and Lenders’ Agreements.  Without limiting the effect of

Section 11.03, the Borrower and each Lender agree with the L/C Issuing Bank that:

(i)The L/C Issuing Bank is authorized to make payments under each

Letter of Credit issued by it upon the presentation of the documents provided for

therein and without regard to whether the Borrower or any other Person has failed

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to fulfill any of its obligations with respect to any Loan Document or any other

default has occurred thereunder or hereunder.

(ii)The L/C Issuing Bank shall be entitled to rely upon any certificate,

notice, demand or other communication (whether by electronic communication or

other written communication), including, without limitation, any thereof from or

purporting to be from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit issued by the L/C

Issuing Bank, believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the

proper Person or Persons (and no such reliance or failure shall place the L/C

Issuing Bank under any liability to the Borrower or any Lender or limit or

otherwise affect the Borrower’s or any Lender’s obligations under this

Agreement).

(iii)Any action, inaction or omission on the part of the L/C Issuing

Bank under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by the L/C Issuing

Bank or the related instruments or documents, if in good faith and in conformity

with such laws, regulations or customs as the L/C Issuing Bank may reasonably

deem to be applicable, shall be binding upon the Borrower and each Lender (and

shall not place the L/C Issuing Bank under any liability to the Borrower or any

Lender or limit or otherwise affect the Borrower’s or any Lender’s obligations

under this Agreement).

(iv)Notwithstanding any change or modification, with or without the

consent of the Borrower, in any instruments or documents called for in any Letter

of Credit issued by the L/C Issuing Bank, including waiver of noncompliance of

any such instruments or documents with the terms of such Letter of Credit, this

Agreement shall be binding on the Borrower with regard to such Letter of Credit,

and to any action taken by the L/C Issuing Bank relative thereto.

(h)Cash Collateralization.  If any Event of Default shall occur and be

continuing, (i) in the case of an Event of Default described in Section 8.01(g),

immediately (without demand or other notice of any kind) and such deposit shall become

immediately due and payable in U.S. Dollars, without demand or other notice of any

kind, or (ii) in the case of any other Event of Default, on the third Business Day, in each

case following the date on which the Borrower receives notice from the L/C Issuing Bank

at the direction of the Required Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant

to this Section 2.04(h), the Borrower shall deposit in the L/C Cash Collateral Account

and for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders, an amount in U.S. Dollars in cash equal to

102.5% of the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding as of

such date; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, prior to an

acceleration of the Advances, the obligation of the Borrower to so deposit cash collateral

pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii) shall be satisfied solely to the extent of funds

available therefor pursuant to priority seventh of Section 3.2 of the Security Deposit

Agreement.  The Borrower also shall separately (but without duplication) deposit cash

collateral as and to the extent required by Section 2.07(b).  Each such deposit pursuant to

this subsection or pursuant to Section 2.07(b) shall be held by the Depositary as collateral

for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Loan Parties under this

Agreement in respect of the Revolving Facility.  Other than any interest earned on the

investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole

discretion of (A) for so long as an Event of Default shall be continuing, the

Administrative Agent (or, if delegated by the Administrative Agent to the L/C Issuing

Bank, the L/C Issuing Bank) and (B) at any other time, the Borrower, in each case, in

Cash or Cash Equivalents (or other investments permitted by the L/C Issuing Bank) and

at the risk and expense of the Borrower, such deposits shall not bear interest.  Interest or

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profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account.  Until termination

of the Revolving Facility and all Letters of Credit and repayment in full of all Revolving

Advances and other Obligations in respect of the Revolving Facility, moneys in such

account shall, except to the extent expressly permitted to be released to the Borrower

pursuant to this Section 2.04(h) and Section 2.07(b)(iv), be applied by the Depositary

(upon direction of the L/C Issuing Bank or the Required Lenders, including, as applicable

through the Collateral Agent) to reimburse the L/C Issuing Bank for L/C Disbursements

for which the L/C Issuing Bank has not been reimbursed (or, as applicable, at the option

of the L/C Issuing Bank or the Required Lenders, to immediately repay any Revolving

Advance on account of any such L/C Disbursement) and, to the extent not so applied,

shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Loan Parties for

the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding at such time and

payment when due of any other Obligations payable to the L/C Issuing Bank and the

Revolving Lenders with respect to the Revolving Facility.  If the Borrower is required to

provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event

of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the

Borrower (for deposit into the Revenue Account) within three (3) Business Days after all

Events of Default have been cured or waived.  If the Borrower is required to provide an

amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.07(b), such amount (to the

extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower and to the extent that,

after giving effect to such return, the Borrower would remain in compliance with Section

2.07(b) and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.  For purposes of

Section 3.2 of the Security Deposit Agreement, any required deposit into the L/C Cash

Collateral Account pursuant to this Section 2.04(h) or Section 2.07(b) shall be deemed

immediately due and payable as of each Funding Date from and after the date such

obligation arises hereunder (or under Section 2.07(b)) until such time such obligation

shall have been satisfied in accordance with the terms hereof.  Notwithstanding anything

in this Agreement to the contrary, at no time shall the Loan Parties be obligated to deposit

or retain any amount in the L/C Cash Collateral Account to the extent that, after giving

effect to such deposit, the amount on deposit in the L/C Cash Collateral Account is an

amount in excess of 102.5% of the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit

then outstanding (it being understood that the Borrower shall not be obligated to deposit

or retain solely that portion of the deposit that exceeds 102.5%).

Section 2.05.Repayment of Advances.

(a)Repayment of Term Loan Advances.  The Borrower shall repay to the

Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Term Loan Lenders the aggregate

outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan Advances on each Scheduled Payment

Date, commencing with the Scheduled Payment Date occurring on September 30, 2023,

in an amount of 0.50% of the total principal amount of Term Loan Advances outstanding

on the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Term Loan Advances made on such date);

provided, that the final principal installment shall be due and payable on the Term

Maturity Date and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal

amount of the Term Loan Advances outstanding on such date.

(b)Repayment of Revolving Advances.  With respect to each Revolving

Advance, the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Advances outstanding on the

Revolving Commitment Termination Date shall be due and payable on such date.

Section 2.06.Termination or Reduction of the Commitments.

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Upon at least three Business Days’ prior irrevocable written notice to the

Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuing Bank and the Lenders, the Borrower may at

any time in whole permanently terminate, or from time to time in part permanently

reduce, the Revolving Commitment and L/C Issuance Commitment; provided, however,

that (A) each partial reduction of the Revolving Commitment and L/C Issuance

Commitment shall be in an integral multiple of $100,000 and in a minimum amount of

$1,000,000 (or, if the total Revolving Commitment or L/C Issuance Commitment, as may

be reduced in accordance with this Section 2.06(a), is less than $1,000,000, such lesser

amount), (B) the aggregate L/C Issuance Commitment shall not be reduced to an amount

that is less than the aggregate face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit on the date

of such proposed reduction, (C) the aggregate L/C Issuance Commitment remaining after

giving effect to the proposed reduction shall be equal to or greater than all letters of credit

then required to be delivered by the Borrower and (D) the aggregate Revolving

Commitment shall not be reduced to an amount that is less than the aggregate amount of

Revolving Credit Exposure of the Lenders.  The Borrower covenants and agrees that it

shall, promptly following any date that it is entitled to obtain a reduction in the Available

Amount of, or the return of any Letter of Credit previously delivered by the Borrower to

any beneficiary, request and diligently and in good faith seek such reduction or return.

(b)Mandatory.

(i)The L/C Issuance Commitments and the Revolving Commitments

shall be permanently reduced from time to time on the date of each reduction in

the Revolving Facility by the amount, if any, by which the amount of the L/C

Issuance Commitment and/or the Revolving Commitments (as applicable) exceed

the Revolving Facility, provided that (x) each such reduction of the Revolving

Commitments shall be made ratably among the Revolving Lenders in accordance

with their Revolving Commitments and (y) in no event shall the aggregate L/C

Issuance Commitments exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments (and the L/

C Issuance Commitments shall automatically be reduced by the amount of such

excess).  Any reference herein to a reduction in the Revolving Facility shall result

in reduction to both the Revolving Commitments and the L/C Issuance

Commitments.

(ii)The Revolving Commitment shall be permanently reduced from

time to time in the amount of the principal prepayment made in respect of the

Revolving Facility pursuant to Sections 2.07(b)(i)(C) and (D) and Section

2.07(b)(iv).

(iii)Unless terminated earlier, the Revolving Commitment and the L/C

Issuance Commitment shall each terminate on the Revolving Commitment

Termination Date.

Section 2.07.Prepayments.

(a)Optional.

(i)The Borrower may, upon at least one Business Day notice in the

case of Base Rate Advances and three Business Days’ notice in the case of SOFR

Advances, in each case to the Administrative Agent stating the proposed date and

aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given the

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Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the

Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing in whole or in part, together

with (A) accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the aggregate

principal amount prepaid, (B) in the case of any prepayment during the Minimum

Earnings Period, the Minimum Earnings Amount (as applicable) and (C) any

other fees or expenses then due under this Agreement; provided, however, that (1)

each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000

or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (2) if any prepayment of a

SOFR Advance is made on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period for

such Advance, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to

Section 11.04(e).  Optional prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.07 can only be

made with the proceeds of Voluntary Equity Contributions, proceeds of a

refinancing in full of the Facilities in accordance with the terms of the Loan

Documents or as contemplated by priority ninth of Section 3.2 of the Security

Deposit Agreement.

(ii)Each such prepayment of any Term Loan Advances shall be

applied to the installments thereof and the payments at final maturity thereof in

inverse order of maturity.  Any prepayment made pursuant to priority eighth of

Section 3.2 of the Security Deposit Agreement and Section 3.8 of the Security

Deposit Agreement shall not be deemed to be a prepayment pursuant to this

Section 2.07(a).

(b)Mandatory.

(i)Until the Maturity Date, the Borrower shall, on each Scheduled

Payment Date, as set forth in Section 3.2 of the Security Deposit Agreement,

prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Advances outstanding on such

Scheduled Payment Date in an amount equal to 50% of the Available Funds

remaining on deposit in, or credited to, the Revenue Account on such Scheduled

Payment Date (which amounts shall have been transferred to the Prepayment

Account for prepayment hereunder), in each case, after giving effect to any

transfers or withdrawals from the Revenue Account on such Scheduled Payment

Date pursuant to priorities first through sixth of Section 3.2 of the Security

Deposit Agreement.  Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence,

each such prepayment of the Advances shall be applied (A) first, to the scheduled

principal payments of the Term Loan Advances in full in Cash in inverse order of

maturity, including the principal amount due on the Term Maturity Date, until the

aggregate outstanding principal balance thereof equals $0.00; (B) second,

following the repayment contemplated by the preceding clause (A), to pay

unreimbursed L/C Disbursements until such L/C Disbursements are paid in full;

(C) third, following the repayment contemplated by the preceding clause (B), to

the prepayment of all outstanding Revolving Advances in full in Cash and (D)

fourth, following the repayment contemplated by the preceding clause (C), for

deposit in the L/C Cash Collateral Account as cash collateral in an amount equal

to 102.5% of the Letters of Credit then outstanding (to the extent not already

funded in such amount).  Each Term Loan Lender may, in its sole discretion, elect

on its own behalf to reject its Pro Rata Share of all or any portion of any such

prepayment described in clause (A) above and, notwithstanding this Section

2.07(b)(i) the Borrower shall have no obligation to make any prepayment to any

such Term Loan Lender that has, in its sole discretion, rejected its portion of such

proceeds; provided further that any such rejected portions shall be applied to

clauses (B) – (D) above, sequentially.  The payments required under this Section

2.07(b)(i) shall be made without the Minimum Earnings Amount.  Any amounts

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remaining on deposit in, or credited to, the Revenue Account after application to

prepay the Advances as set forth in this Section 2.07(b)(i) (unless otherwise

waived by the Lenders in their sole direction) and after giving effect to any

transfers or withdrawals from the Revenue Account on such Scheduled Payment

Date pursuant to priorities first through eighth may thereafter be retained by the

Borrower as “Retained Excess Cash Flow” and may be distributed on such

Scheduled Payment Date by the Borrower in accordance with Section 6.07.

(ii)Subject to the terms and conditions of the Security Deposit

Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall make

a prepayment in an amount equal to (A) in the case of any Asset Sale, 100% of

the Asset Sale Proceeds attributable thereto, (B) in the case of any Loss Event,

100% of the Loss Proceeds attributable thereto, (C) in the case of any Title Event,

100% of the Title Event Proceeds attributable thereto, (D) in the case of any

R&W Insurance Proceeds, 100% of the R&W Insurance Proceeds attributable

thereto, (E) in the case of any Equity Issuance, 100% of the Equity Proceeds

attributable thereto, (F) in the case of any Early Termination Event, 100% of the

Termination Payment payable to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates in respect

thereof, (G) in the case of the incurrence of any Debt, other than Permitted Debt,

100% of the Debt Proceeds attributable thereto and (H) in the case of any Blades

and Vanes Insurance Proceeds, 100% of the Blades and Vanes Insurance Proceeds

attributable thereto.  Each such prepayment shall be applied (1) first, to the

scheduled principal payments of the Term Loan Advances in full in Cash in

inverse order of maturity, including the principal amount due on the Term

Maturity Date, until the aggregate outstanding principal balance thereof equals

$0.00; (2) second, following the repayment contemplated by the preceding clause

(1), to pay unreimbursed L/C Disbursements until such L/C Disbursements are

paid in full; (3) third, following the repayment contemplated by the preceding

clause (2), to the prepayment of all outstanding Revolving Advances in full in

Cash and (4) fourth, following the repayment contemplated by the preceding

clause (3), for deposit in the L/C Cash Collateral Account as cash collateral in an

amount equal to 102.5% of the Letters of Credit then outstanding (to the extent

not already funded in such amount).  Each Term Loan Lender may, in its sole

discretion, elect on its own behalf to reject its Pro Rata Share of all or any portion

of any such prepayment described in clause (1) above and any such rejected

portions shall be applied to the prepayment of the Revolving Advances in inverse

order of maturity.  The payments required under this clause (ii) (other than

clauses (ii)(B) and (ii)(C), (ii)(D) and (ii)(H)), to the extent made on or prior to

the end of the Minimum Earnings Period, must be accompanied by a prepayment

fee equal to the Minimum Earnings Amount.  If the Revolving Commitment has

been reduced to zero and the Borrower no longer has the right to request any

Revolving Advances hereunder, any amount remaining after application as set

forth in Section 2.07(b)(ii) may thereafter be retained by the Borrower as

“Retained Excess Cash Flow” and may be distributed on such Scheduled

Payment Date by the Borrower in accordance with Section 6.07.

(iii)The Borrower shall, on each Business Day, prepay an aggregate

principal amount of the Revolving Advances and unreimbursed L/C

Disbursements and deposit an amount in the L/C Cash Collateral Account in an

amount equal to the amount by which (A) the sum of the (1) the Revolving

Advances and unreimbursed L/C Disbursement and (2) the aggregate Available

Amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding exceeds (B) the Revolving

Facility on such Business Day.

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(iv)Amounts deposited in the L/C Cash Collateral Account shall be

held therein for the benefit of the Revolving Facility and applied to applicable

obligations with respect to the Revolving Facility in accordance with Section

2.04(h).  All prepayments under this Section 2.07(b) shall be made together with

(A) accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount

prepaid, together with any amounts owing pursuant to Section 11.04(d) and (B)

any Minimum Earnings Amount (as applicable) and, to the extent applied to

prepay the outstanding Term Loan Advances shall be applied to the installments

thereof and (if applicable) the payment at final maturity thereof in inverse order of

maturity.

(c)Minimum Earnings.

(i)Prepayments of the Term Loan Advances described in Section

2.07(a) or Section 2.07(b)(ii) (other than Section 2.07(b)(ii)(B), Section

2.07(b)(ii)(C), Section 2.07(b)(ii)(D) and Section 2.07(b)(ii)(H)) made on or prior

to the end of the Minimum Earnings Period applicable to such Term Loan

Advance must be accompanied by a prepayment fee equal to the Minimum

Earnings Amount, (ii) any other prepayment of any Term Loan Advance made on

or prior to the end of the Minimum Earnings Period applicable to such Term Loan

Advance must be accompanied by a prepayment fee equal to the Minimum

Earnings Amount and (iii) any Term Loan Advance that has become or is

declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 8.01 on or prior

to the end of the Minimum Earnings Period shall be accompanied by a

prepayment fee equal to the Minimum Earnings Amount on the date of such

acceleration.  Such fee shall be paid by the Borrower to Administrative Agent for

the account of the Lenders on the date of such prepayment.  In determining any

Minimum Earnings Amount, the following terms shall have the following

meanings:

“Called Principal” means, with respect to any Term Loan

Advance, the principal of such Term Loan Advance that is to be

prepaid pursuant to Section 2.07(a)(i) or Section 2.07(b)(ii) (other

than Section 2.07(b)(ii)(B), Section 2.07(b)(ii)(C), Section

2.07(b)(ii)(D) and Section 2.07(b)(ii)(H)), or has become or is

declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section

8.01 as the result of an Event of Default, as the context requires.

“Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of

any Term Loan Advance, the amount obtained by discounting all

Minimum Earnings Interest Payments with respect to such Called

Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the

Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in

accordance with accepted financial practice and using a discount

factor equal to the equivalent weighted-average life U.S. Treasury

yield as of 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the date of such

prepayment or acceleration plus 0.50%.

“Minimum Earnings Amount” means, with respect to any Term

Loan Advance, an amount equal to the Discounted Value of the

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Minimum Earnings Interest Payments with respect to the Called

Principal of such Term Loan Advance, provided that such amount

shall in no event be less than zero.

“Minimum Earnings Interest Payments” means, with respect to

the Called Principal of any Term Loan Advance, all payments of

interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date

through the end of the Minimum Earnings Period with respect to

such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were

made prior to the end of the Minimum Earnings Period, calculated

based upon the Applicable Margin with respect to SOFR Advances

(and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Term SOFR

Reference Rate (or, if a Benchmark Replacement has occurred, the

applicable Benchmark)).

“Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of

any Term Loan Advance, the date on which such Called Principal

is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 2.07(a) or Section 2.07(b)(ii)

(other than Section 2.07(b)(ii)(B), Section 2.07(b)(ii)(C), Section

2.07(b)(ii)(D) and Section 2.07(b)(ii)(H)), or has become or is

declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section

8.01 as the result of an Event of Default, as the context requires.

If all or any part of the Obligations in respect of the Loan Documents becomes due and

payable on or prior to the end of the Minimum Earnings Period, whether on the Term Maturity

Date, upon acceleration (whether by election or automatically), or on such other earlier date on

which the Obligations in respect of the Loan Documents or portion of the Obligations in respect

of the Loan Documents becomes due and payable as provided in the Loan Documents, the

applicable Minimum Earnings Amount shall be due and payable on such repayment date.  EACH

LOAN PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LAWFULLY

DO SO) THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT

PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF ANY MINIMUM EARNINGS

AMOUNT.  Each Loan Party expressly agrees (to the fullest extent that it may lawfully do so)

that:  (A) each Minimum Earnings Amount is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length

transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel; (B) NO

MINIMUM EARNINGS AMOUNT SHALL CONSTITUTE, OR BE DEEMED OR

CONSIDERED TO BE, UNMATURED INTEREST ON THE TERM LOAN ADVANCE OR

OTHER AMOUNT AND NO LOAN PARTY SHALL ARGUE UNDER ANY

CIRCUMSTANCE THAT ANY MINIMUM EARNINGS AMOUNT CONSTITUTES

UNMATURED INTEREST ON THE TERM LOAN ADVANCE; (C) each Minimum Earnings

Amount shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is

made; (D) there has been a course of conduct between the Lenders and the Loan Parties giving

specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Minimum Earnings

Amounts; (E) each Loan Party shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as

agreed to in this paragraph; and (F) in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of

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ascertaining actual damages, the parties mutually agree that the Minimum Earnings Amounts are

a reasonable calculation of the Lenders’ lost profits as a result of any such prepayments and are

not a penalty.

Section 2.08.Interest.

(a)Scheduled Interest.  The Borrower shall pay interest (the “Base

Interest”) on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance owing to each Lender under

each Facility at the following rates per annum (in each case, in an amount calculated in

accordance with Section 2.08(a)(i) or Section 2.08(a)(ii), as applicable):

(i)Base Rate Advances.  During such periods as such Advance is a

Base Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of (A) the Base

Rate in effect from time to time plus (B) the Applicable Margin in effect from

time to time for Base Rate Advances under such Facility; and

(ii)SOFR Advances.  During such periods as such Advance is a

SOFR Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest Period for

such Advance to the sum of (A) the Term SOFR for such Interest Period for such

Advance plus (B) the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time for SOFR

Advances under such Facility.

(b)Interest Payment Dates.  Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(e) and

Section 8.01, accrued interest on each Advance shall be payable by the Borrower in

arrears (i) on each Scheduled Payment Date for such Advance, (ii) on the date of any

prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.07, (iii) in the case of the Term Loan Advances

on the Term Maturity Date and (iv) in the case of the Revolving Advances on the

Revolving Commitment Termination Date; provided that (w) interest accrued pursuant to

Section 2.08(c) shall be payable on demand, (x) in the event of any repayment or

prepayment of any Advance, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid

shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (y) in the event of any

Conversion of any SOFR Advance prior to the end of the Interest Period therefor, accrued

interest on such Advance shall be payable on the effective date of such Conversion.

(c)Default Interest.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or

interest on any Advance or any fees or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder

is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, the

Borrower shall pay interest (“Default Interest”) on such overdue amount, after as well as

before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any

Advance, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Advance as provided this Section

2.08 or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to Base Rate

Advances under the Term Loan Facility as provided in Section 2.08(a)(i).

(d)Notice of Interest Period and Interest Rate.  Promptly after receipt of a

Notice of Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.02(a), a Notice of Conversion pursuant to

Section 2.10, or a notice of selection of an Interest Period pursuant to the terms of the

definition of “Interest Period,” the Administrative Agent shall give notice to the

Borrower and each Appropriate Lender of the applicable Interest Period and the

applicable interest rate determined by the Administrative Agent for purposes of Section

2.08(a)(ii).

(e)Rates.

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The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility

for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (i) the continuation of, administration

of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to Base Rate, the Term SOFR

Reference Rate or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in

the definition thereof, or 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) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of,

or have the same volume or liquidity as, Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate,

Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (ii)

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 Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR,

any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or

any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower.  The

Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable

discretion to ascertain Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR or any

other Benchmark, or 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 2.09.Fees.  The Borrower shall pay:

(a)to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a

Letter of Credit fee with respect to its participations in each outstanding Letter of Credit

(the “Letter of Credit Fee”), payable in arrears quarterly on each Scheduled Payment

Date, commencing with the first Scheduled Payment Date occurring after the Closing

Date and on the Letter of Credit Termination Date, on such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of

the average daily aggregate Available Amount during such quarter of all Letters of Credit

outstanding from time to time at the rate of the 3-month Term SOFR plus 0.50% per

annum; provided that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of

Default under Section 8.01(a) or Section 8.01(g), the amount of Letter of Credit Fee

payable by the Borrower shall be increased by 2% per annum.  Notwithstanding anything

to the contrary contained herein, for any period during which any Revolving Lender

(other than Beal Bank USA and its Affiliates) is a Defaulting Lender, such Revolving

Lender shall not be entitled to receive any Letter of Credit Fee for any such period and

the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been

required;

(b)to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a

commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) on the average daily unused amount of the

Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender, which shall accrue at a rate per

annum equal to 3-month Term SOFR plus 0.50% during the period from and including

the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

Accrued Commitment Fees shall be payable in arrears on each Scheduled Payment Date,

commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof, and on the Revolving

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Commitment Termination Date.  For purposes of computing Commitment Fees, the

Revolving Commitment of any Revolving Lender shall be deemed to be used to the

extent of the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving

Advances and such Revolving Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations; provided that

upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section

8.01(a) or Section 8.01(g), the amount of Commitment Fee payable by the Borrower shall

be increased by 2% per annum.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained

herein, for any period during which any Revolving Lender (other than Beal Bank USA

and its Affiliates) is a Defaulting Lender, such Revolving Lender shall not be entitled to

receive any Commitment Fee for any such period (and the Borrower shall not be required

to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required);

(c)to CSG Investments, Inc., for its own account, the Upfront Fees (as

defined in the Upfront Fee Letter) set forth in the Upfront Fee Letter, payable in Cash on

the Closing Date; and

(d)to each Agent and the L/C Issuing Bank for its own account such fees as

may from time to time be agreed between the Borrower and such Agent and the L/C

Issuing Bank, as applicable (including pursuant to the Fee Letters).

Section 2.10.Conversion of Advances.

(a)Optional.  The Borrower may on any Business Day, upon notice given to

the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the third

Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Conversion and subject to the provisions

of Section 2.08, Convert all or any portion of the Advances of one Type comprising the

same Borrowing into Advances of the other Type; provided, however, that any

Conversion of SOFR Advances into Base Rate Advances shall be made only on the last

day of an Interest Period for such SOFR Advances.  Each such notice of Conversion (a

“Notice of Conversion”) shall, within the restrictions specified above, specify (i) the date

of such Conversion, (ii) the Advances to be Converted and (iii) if such Conversion is into

SOFR Advances, the duration of the initial Interest Period for such Advances.  Each

Notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower.

(b)Mandatory.

(i)If the Borrower shall fail to select the duration of any Interest

Period for any SOFR Advances, the Administrative Agent will forthwith so notify

the Borrower and the Appropriate Lenders, whereupon each such SOFR Advance

will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor,

Convert into a Base Rate Advance.

(ii)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if an

Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at

the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the Required

Lenders, so notifies the Borrower then, so long as such Event of Default is

continuing, (A) no outstanding Advance may be converted to or continued as a

SOFR Advance and (B) unless repaid, each SOFR Advance shall be converted to

a Base Rate Advance at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

(iii)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 of the applicable Facility (whether by acceleration or otherwise).

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Section 2.11.Increased Costs, Etc.

(a)If, due to a Change in Law, there shall be any increase in the cost to any

Lender Party of agreeing to make or of making, funding or maintaining SOFR Advances

or of agreeing to issue or participate in Letters of Credit (including, for purposes of this

Section 2.11, any change subjecting any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (i)

Indemnified Taxes and (ii) Excluded Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit,

commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital

attributable thereto), then the Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such

Lender Party (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the

Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender Party additional amounts sufficient

to compensate such Lender Party for such increased cost.  A certificate as to the amount

of such increased cost, accompanied by documented evidence of such increased cost in

reasonable detail, submitted to the Borrower by such Lender Party, shall be conclusive

and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(b)If any Lender Party determines that (i) the introduction of any Capital

Adequacy Regulation or any change in any Capital Adequacy Regulation, (ii) any change

in the interpretation or administration of any Capital Adequacy Regulation by any central

bank or other Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration

thereof or (iii) compliance by such Lender Party (or its Applicable Lending Office) or

any corporation controlling such Lender Party with such Capital Adequacy Regulation or

Change in Law affects or would affect the amount of capital or liquidity required or

expected to be maintained by such Lender Party or any corporation controlling such

Lender Party and that the amount of such capital or liquidity is increased by or based

upon the existence of such Lender Party’s commitment to lend or to issue or participate in

Letters of Credit hereunder and other commitments of such type or the issuance or

maintenance of or participation in the Letters of Credit (or similar Guaranteed Debts),

then, upon demand (such demand to include reasonable supporting evidence and

documentation for such increased costs) by such Lender Party or such corporation (with a

copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the

Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender Party, from time to time as specified

by such Lender Party, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender Party in

light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Lender Party reasonably determines

such increase in capital or liquidity to be allocable to the existence of such Lender Party’s

commitment to lend or to issue or participate in Letters of Credit hereunder or to the

issuance or maintenance of or participation in any Letters of Credit.

(c)If, with respect to any SOFR Advances under any Facility, Lender Parties

owed at least a majority of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof notify the

Administrative Agent that the Term SOFR for any Interest Period for such Advances will

not adequately reflect the cost to such Lender Parties of making, funding or maintaining

their SOFR Advances for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith

so notify the Borrower and the Appropriate Lenders, whereupon (i) each such SOFR

Advance under such Facility will automatically, on the last day of the then existing

Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Advance, and (ii) the obligation of the

Appropriate Lenders and such Lender Parties to make, or to Convert Advances into,

SOFR Advances shall be suspended.

(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Change in

Law shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental Authority shall

assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender Party to perform its obligations hereunder to

make SOFR Advances or to continue to fund or maintain SOFR Advances then, on notice

thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative

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Agent, (i) each SOFR Advance under each Facility under which such Lender Party has a

Commitment or has Advances outstanding will automatically, upon such demand,

Convert into a Base Rate Advance, and (ii) the obligation of the Appropriate Lenders and

such Lender Parties to make, or to Convert Advances into, SOFR Advances shall be

suspended.

Section 2.12.Payments and Computations.

(a)Subject to Section 2.04, the Borrower shall make each payment hereunder

and under the other Loan Documents, irrespective of any right of counterclaim or set-off,

not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the day when due in U.S. Dollars to the

Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Account in same day funds, with

payments being received by the Administrative Agent after such time being deemed to

have been received on the next succeeding Business Day.  The Administrative Agent will

promptly thereafter cause like funds to be distributed (i) if such payment by the Borrower

is in respect of principal, interest, commitment fees or any other Obligation then payable

hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to more than one Lender Party, to such

Lender Parties for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices ratably in

accordance with the amounts of such respective Obligations then payable to such Lender

Parties and (ii) if such payment by the Borrower is in respect of any Obligation then

payable hereunder to one Lender Party, to such Lender Party for the account of its

Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of

this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  Upon its acceptance of an Assignment

and Assumption and recording of the information contained therein in the Register

pursuant to Section 11.07(e), from and after the effective date of such Assignment and

Assumption, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under the

other Loan Documents in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the assignee

thereunder, and the parties to such Assignment and Assumption shall make all

appropriate adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective date directly

between themselves.

(b)The Borrower hereby authorizes each Lender Party and each of its

Affiliates, if and to the extent payment owed to such Lender Party is not made when due

hereunder or under the other Loan Documents to charge from time to time, to the fullest

extent permitted by law, against any or all of the Borrower’s accounts with such Lender

Party or such Affiliate any amount so due.

(c)All computations of interest based on the Base Rate when Base Rate is

determined by the prime rate shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a

year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and all computations of interest based on

Term SOFR or the Federal Funds Rate and of fees and Letter of Credit commissions shall

be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for

the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in

the period for which such interest, fees or commissions are payable.  Each determination

by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate, fee or commission hereunder shall be

conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(d)Whenever any payment hereunder or under the other Loan Documents

shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made

on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be

included in the computation of payment of interest or commitment or letter of credit fees

or commissions, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if such extension would

cause payment of interest on or principal of SOFR Advances to be made in the next

following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business

Day.

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(e)Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the

Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to any Lender Party hereunder

that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may

assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on

such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to

be distributed to each such Lender Party on such due date an amount equal to the amount

then due such Lender Party.  If and to the extent the Borrower shall not have so made

such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each such Lender Party shall repay to

the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender

Party together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed

to such Lender Party until the date such Lender Party repays such amount to the

Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by

the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry practices on interbank

compensation.

(f)If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the

Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under

circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the Advances or the Facility

to which, or the manner in which, such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent

may, but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lender

Parties in accordance with such Lender Party’s Pro Rata Share of the sum of the

aggregate principal amount of all Advances and unreimbursed L/C Disbursements

outstanding at such time in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding

Advances or other Obligations then owing to such Lender Party, and, in the case of the

Term Loan Advances for application to such principal repayment installments thereof, as

the Administrative Agent shall direct.

Section 2.13.Taxes.

(a)Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan

Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any

Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the

good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or

withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the

applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding

and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental

Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then

the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after

such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and

withholding applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.13) the applicable

Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such

deduction or withholding been made.

(b)The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority

in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely

reimburse it for the payment of any Other Taxes.

(c)Without duplication of any amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.13(a), the

Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after

demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified

Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.13)

that are payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a

payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect

thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or

asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such

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payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender Party (with a copy to the

Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of

a Lender Party, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d)Each Lender Party shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent,

within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such

Lender Party (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the

Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of

the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender Party’s failure to

comply with the provisions of Section 11.07(g) relating to the maintenance of a

Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender Party, 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 Party by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent

manifest error.  Each Lender Party hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off

and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender Party under any Loan

Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender Party from

any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this

paragraph.

(e)As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a

Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.13, such Loan Party shall furnish to

the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 11.02, 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)For purposes of this Section 2.13(f), the terms “United States” and

“United States person” shall have the meanings specified in Section 7701 of the Internal

Revenue Code and the term “Lender” includes the Administrative Agent and the L/C

Issuing Bank.

(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 prescribed by applicable law or 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 Section 2.13(f)(ii)(A), Section 2.13(f)(ii)(B) and Section 2.13(f)(ii)(D)) 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.

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(ii)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

(A)any Lender that is a United States person shall deliver to

the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to 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 (or successor

form) 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 on or prior

to 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), two copies of 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 (or successor form) 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 (or successor form) 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 or W-8EXP (or

successor form);

(3)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the

exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the

Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the

form of Exhibit R-1, R-2, R-3 or R-4 (a “U.S. Tax

Compliance Certificate”), and (y) executed copies of IRS

Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or successor

form); or

(4)to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner,

executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (or successor form),

accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or

IRS Form W-8BEN-E a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate,

IRS Form W-8EXP, IRS Form W-9, and/or other

certification documents (or, in each case, any successor

form) from each beneficial owner; 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 on behalf of

each such partner;

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(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 prior to 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; and

(D)if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document

would be subject to 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 Internal Revenue

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 Internal Revenue 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 clause (D),

“FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of

this Agreement.

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)On or prior to the date it becomes the Administrative Agent hereunder, the

Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower a (1) duly completed and executed

IRS Form W-9 certifying that it is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding Tax and

a representation that it is a “financial institution” for purposes of Treas. Reg. §

1.1441-1(b)(2)(ii) or (2) a U.S. branch withholding certificate on IRS Form W-8IMY (or

any successor form) evidencing its agreement with the Borrower to be treated as a U.S.

Person (with respect to amounts received on account of any Lender Party) and IRS Form

W-8ECI (or any successor form) (with respect to amounts received on its own account),

with the effect that, in any case, the Borrower will be entitled to make payments

hereunder to the Administrative Agent without withholding or deduction on account of

U.S. federal withholding Tax.  The Administrative Agent agrees that if any form or

certification it previously delivered becomes expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in

any respect, it shall update such form or certification.

(h)Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.13 shall survive the

resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or

the replacement of, a Lender Party, the termination of the Commitments and the

repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

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(i)If any party has received a refund, of any Taxes as to which it has been

indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.13 (including by the payment of additional

amounts pursuant to this Section 2.13), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount

equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this

Section 2.13 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable

out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest

(other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such

refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall

repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 2.13(i)

(plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental

Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to

such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section

2.13(i), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an

indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 2.13(i) the payment of which would place the

indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party

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 paragraph shall

not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or

any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying

party or any other Person.

(j)For purposes of this Section 2.13, the term “applicable law” includes

FATCA.

Section 2.14.Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender Party shall obtain at any time

any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or

otherwise, other than as a result of an assignment pursuant to Section 11.07 or any payment

made under any insurance policy, credit default swap or other protection against loss arranged by

such Lender Party solely for its own account in respect of any Advances or other amounts owing

to such Lender Party hereunder) (a) on account of Obligations due and payable to such Lender

Party hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share

(according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations due and payable to such

Lender Party at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations due and payable to all

Lender Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on

account of the Obligations due and payable to all Lender Parties hereunder and under the other

Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lender Parties at such time or (b) on account of

Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender Party hereunder and under the other

Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the

amount of such Obligations owing to such Lender Party at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount

of the Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lender Parties hereunder and under the

other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations owing (but not

due and payable) to all Lender Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such

time obtained by all of the Lender Parties at such time, such Lender Party shall forthwith

purchase from the other Lender Parties such interests or participating interests in the Obligations

due and payable or owing to them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such

purchasing Lender Party to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided,

however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such

purchasing Lender Party, such purchase from each other Lender Party shall be rescinded and

such other Lender Party shall repay to the purchasing Lender Party the purchase price to the

extent of such Lender Party’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the purchase price

paid to such Lender Party to (ii) the aggregate purchase price paid to all Lender Parties) of such

recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender Party’s ratable share (according to the

proportion of (i) the amount of such other Lender Party’s required repayment to (ii) the total

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amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender Party) of any interest or other amount paid or

payable by the purchasing Lender Party in respect of the total amount so recovered; and provided

further that, so long as the Advances are outstanding, any excess payment received by any

Appropriate Lender shall be shared on a pro rata basis only with other Appropriate Lenders.  The

Loan Parties agree that any Lender Party so purchasing an interest or participating interest from

another Lender Party pursuant to this Section 2.14 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law,

exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such interest or

participating interest, as the case may be, as fully as if such Lender Party were the direct creditor

of the Loan Parties in the amount of such interest or participating interest, as the case may be.

The parties hereto hereby agree that nothing contained in this Section 2.14 shall prevent any

Lender Party from receiving and retaining any amount received by it pursuant to Section 3.2 of

the Security Deposit Agreement.

Section 2.15.Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Advances will be used (a) on the

Closing Date and in accordance with the Closing Date Funds Flow Memorandum to (i) pay the

consideration for the Temple II Acquisition, (ii) make distributions, expense reimbursements or

other payments to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates on the Closing Date, (iii) repay the Existing

Debt in full and (iv) pay related transaction fees, costs and expenses and (b) after the Closing

Date, for working capital and general corporate purposes, including reimbursements of the G&A

Cost Reimbursement Payments but not other Restricted Payments.

Section 2.16.Evidence of Debt.

(a)Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an

account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender

resulting from each Advance owing to such Lender from time to time, including the

amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time

hereunder.  The Borrower agrees that upon notice by any Lender to the Borrower (with a

copy of such notice to the Administrative Agent) to the effect that a promissory note or

other evidence of indebtedness is required or appropriate in order for such Lender to

evidence (whether for purposes of pledge, enforcement or otherwise) the Advances

owing to, or to be made by, such Lender, the Borrower shall promptly execute and

deliver to such Lender Party, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, one or more Term

Loan Notes and Revolving Notes, as applicable, in substantially the form of Exhibits B-1

and B-2 hereto, respectively, payable to such Lender in a principal amount equal to the

applicable Term Loan Commitments and Revolving Commitments, respectively of such

Lender.  All references to Notes in the Loan Documents shall mean Notes, if any, to the

extent issued hereunder.

(b)The Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section

11.07(e) shall include a control account, and a subsidiary account for each Lender Party,

in which accounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the date and amount of each

Borrowing made hereunder, the Type of Advances comprising such Borrowing and, if

appropriate, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (iii) the terms of each Assignment and

Assumption delivered to and accepted by it, (iv) the amount of any principal or interest

due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender Party

hereunder, and (v) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent from the

Borrower hereunder and each Lender Party’s share thereof.

(c)Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register

pursuant to Section 2.16(b), and by each Lender Party in its account or accounts pursuant

to Section 2.16(a), shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest

due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to, in the case of the

Register, each Lender Party and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender

Party, under this Agreement, absent manifest error; provided, however, that entries in the

Register shall control; provided further, that the failure of the Administrative Agent or

such Lender Party to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the

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Register or such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of

the Borrower under this Agreement.

Section 2.17.Minimizing Additional Costs; Replacement of Lenders.

(a)Each Lender Party shall promptly use commercially reasonable efforts

(including reasonable efforts to change its Applicable Lending Office) to avoid or

minimize any additional costs, Taxes, expenses or other Obligations which might

otherwise be imposed on the Borrower pursuant to either of Section 2.11 or Section 2.13

or to avoid the unavailability of any Type of Advance; provided that such efforts shall not

cause the imposition on any such Lender Party of any material unreimbursed additional

costs or material legal or regulatory burdens.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all

reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender

Party in connection with any such efforts.

(b)If any Lender Party requests compensation under Section 2.11, or if the

Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender Party or any

Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender Party pursuant to Section 2.13, or

if any L/C Issuing Bank is a Defaulting Issuing Bank or any Lender is a Defaulting

Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender

Party and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender Party (other than Beal Bank

USA and its Affiliates) to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and

subject to the restrictions contained in Section 11.07), all its interests, rights and

obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations

(which assignee may be another Lender Party, if a Lender Party accepts such

assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent

of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or

delayed, (ii) such Lender Party shall have received payment of an amount equal to the

outstanding principal of its Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other

amounts payable to it hereunder, 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)

and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation

under Section 2.11 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.13, such

assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments.  Nothing in this

Section 2.17 shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against

any L/C Issuing Bank that is a Defaulting Issuing Bank.

(c)If any Lender Party (such Lender Party, a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has

failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination which

pursuant to the terms of Section 11.01 requires the consent of all of the Lender Parties

affected and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent,

then provided no Event of Default then exists (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants

such consent), the Borrower shall have the right to replace such Non-Consenting Lender

(other than Beal Bank USA and its Affiliates) by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender

to assign its Advances and Commitments to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable

to the Administrative Agent; provided that (i) any such Non-Consenting Lender must be

replaced with a Lender Party that grants the applicable consent, (ii) all Obligations of the

Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to

such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment and (iii) the replacement

Lender Party shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a

price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon (and

the Borrower shall pay all other Obligations owing to such Non-Consenting Lender);

provided further that the Borrower may not make such replacement with respect to the

Non-Consenting Lender that is also the L/C Issuing Bank unless, prior to the

effectiveness of such replacement, the Borrower shall have caused each outstanding

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Letter of Credit issued thereby to be cancelled or assumed by a replacement L/C Issuing

Bank.  In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,

such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender Party shall otherwise comply

with Section 11.07.

Section 2.18.Benchmark Replacement.

(a)

(i)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other

Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark

Replacement Date have occurred prior any setting of the then-current Benchmark,

then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (a)

of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement

Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes

hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting

and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action

or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and

(y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (b) of

the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement

Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes

hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at

or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the

date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without

any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this

Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has

not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark

Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.  If the Benchmark

Replacement is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a

monthly basis.

(ii)No swap agreement shall be deemed to be a “Loan Document” for

purposes of this Section 2.18.

(b)Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.  In connection with the

use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the

Administrative Agent will have the right (in consultation with the Borrower) 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.

(c)Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations.  The Administrative

Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) the implementation of

any Benchmark Replacement and (ii) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in

connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark

Replacement.  The Administrative Agent will notify the Borrower of (x) the removal or

reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.18(d) and (y) the

commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period.  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 2.18, 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

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other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section

2.18.

(d)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), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a

term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (A) 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 (B) 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, 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 or non-

representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above

either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark

(including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an

announcement that it is not or will not be representative 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.

(e)Benchmark Unavailability Period.  Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice

of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke

any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR

Advances 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 Base Rate Advances.  During a

Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current

Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of Base Rate based upon the then-

current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in

any determination of Base Rate.

Section 2.19.Extension of Applicable Maturity Date

(a)Request for Extension.  The Borrower may, by notice to the

Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the Lenders and the L/C Issuing Bank

under the applicable Facility) not earlier than 90 days and not later than 30 days prior to

the applicable Maturity Date for such Facility then in effect hereunder (each, an

“Existing Maturity Date”), request that each Lender and the L/C Issuing Bank, as

applicable, under any Facility extend the applicable Maturity Date for such Lender’s or

the L/C Issuing Bank’s Commitments and Credit Extensions, as applicable, under such

Facility for not more than two additional 1-year periods from the applicable Existing

Maturity Date for such Facility (such extended Existing Maturity Date, the “Extended

Maturity Date”); provided that no Extended Maturity Date shall be later than July 10,

2030.

(b)Conditions to Effectiveness of Extensions.  Notwithstanding the

foregoing, the extension of any Maturity Date pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall not be

effective with respect to any Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank unless:

(i)no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be

continuing on the date of such extension and after giving effect thereto;

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(ii)the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in

each Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of

such date (except to the extent any representation or warranty set forth in this

Agreement or such other Loan Document (as applicable) contains qualifiers such

as “material”, “in all material respects”, “except as could not reasonably be

expected to result in, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse

Effect” or similar qualifying language or similar qualifiers, then such

representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date),

before and after giving effect to such extension of debt, as though made on and as

of such date, other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms,

refer to a specific date other than the date of such extension of debt, in which case

as of such specific date;

(iii)as of the applicable Maturity Date, the amount of the Term Loan

Advances then outstanding shall be less than $350,000,000;

(iv)no request to extend the Revolving Facility shall be made if the

Term Loan Advances shall have been paid in full in Cash at such time (or will

have been paid in full in Cash as of the Existing Maturity Date then in effect); and

(v)this Agreement shall have been amended pursuant to Section

2.19(c), to (among other things) provide for a Minimum Earnings Period of 12

months for each one year extension.

(c)Amendment.  In connection with any extension of any Maturity Date, the

Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each extending Lender and the L/C Issuing Bank

shall enter into such amendments to this Agreement as such Parties reasonably determine

to be necessary to evidence the extension.  This Section 2.19 shall supersede Section 2.14

and Section 11.01.

Article III

CONDITIONS TO CLOSING AND OF LENDING

Section 3.01.Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date.  The occurrence of the

Closing Date and the obligations of the Lenders to make Credit Extensions in connection with

the initial Credit Event shall be subject to the prior or concurrent satisfaction or waiver of each of

the following conditions precedent:

(a)The Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the Closing

Date the Temple II PSA.

(b)The Temple II Acquisition under the Temple II PSA shall be

consummated substantially concurrently with the initial Credit Event on the Closing

Date, in accordance with the terms of the Temple II PSA.

(c)Each of the Accounts shall have been established.

(d)The Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the Closing

Date the following, each dated such day (unless otherwise specified), in form and

substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (unless otherwise specified) and in

sufficient copies for each Lender Party:

(i)Executed counterparts of this Agreement, duly executed and

delivered by the Borrower, each other Loan Party, each Agent (other than the

Depositary), each of the Lender Parties and each other party hereto;

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(ii)A security and pledge agreement in substantially the form of

Exhibit D hereto (the “Security Agreement”), duly executed by the Borrower, the

Guarantors and the Collateral Agent together with:

(A)proper financing statements in form appropriate for filing

under the Uniform Commercial Code of all jurisdictions that the

Administrative Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect and protect

the first priority liens and security interests created under the Security

Agreement, covering the Collateral described in the Security Agreement,

(B)completed requests for information, dated on or before the

Closing Date, listing all effective financing statements filed in the

jurisdictions referred to in Section 3.01(d)(ii)(A) that name any Loan Party

as debtor, together with copies of such financing statements,

(C)evidence of the completion of all other recordings and

filings of or with respect to the Security Agreement that the

Administrative Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect and protect

the security interest created thereunder and payment of all filing and

recording fees related thereto,

(D)evidence that all other action that the Administrative Agent

may deem necessary in order to perfect and protect the first priority liens

and security interests created under the Security Agreement has been taken

(including, without limitation, receipt of duly executed payoff letters and/

or release letters, UCC-3 termination statements and landlords’ and

bailees’ waiver and consent agreements), and

(E)equity interests certificates of each Guarantor

(accompanied by undated instruments of transfer duly executed in blank);

(iii)Deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, trust deeds, mortgages,

leasehold mortgages, leasehold deeds of trust, leasehold deeds to secure debt and

leasehold trust deeds in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto (with such

changes as may be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent

and their respective counsel to account for local law matters) and covering the

Mortgaged Properties (together with each other mortgage, deed of trust, deed to

secure debt, trust deed, leasehold mortgage, leasehold deed of trust, leasehold

deed to secure debt and leasehold trust deed delivered pursuant to Section 5.09, in

each case, the “Mortgages”) duly executed by the applicable Loan Parties,

together with:

(A)evidence that counterparts of each of the Mortgages have

been either (x) duly recorded on or before the Closing Date or (y) duly

executed, acknowledged and delivered on or before the Closing Date in

form suitable for filing or recording, to the Title Insurer for immediate

filing and/or recording, in all filing or recording offices that the

Administrative Agent may deem necessary in order to create a valid first

(subject to Permitted Liens) and subsisting Lien on the property described

therein in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured

Parties and that all filing and recording taxes and fees will be paid out of

the proceeds of the Term Loan Facility,

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(B)the written commitment of the Title Insurer to issue a

TLTA loan policy of title insurance for the benefit of the Secured Parties

(the “Mortgage Policy”) (having an effective date being the date of the

filing of the Mortgages) in form and substance as promulgated by the

Texas Department of Insurance and with all available endorsements and in

amount acceptable to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent,

insuring the Mortgages to be valid first and subsisting Liens on the

property described therein, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances,

other than Permitted Liens, and otherwise in accordance with the pro-

forma mortgage policy heretofore delivered to counsel for the

Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and approved by said

counsel, together with evidence that the cost of such Mortgage Policy will

be paid out of the proceeds of the Term Loan Facility,

(C)Either (1) an American Land Title Association/American

Congress on Surveying and Mapping form survey of the Fee Sites (or Real

Property which includes the Fee Site ) (collectively the “Surveys” and

each a “Survey”) for which all necessary fees (where applicable) have

been paid, and dated no more than 240 days before the Closing Date,

certified to the Administrative Agent and the Title Insurer by a land

surveyor duly registered and licensed in the United States in which the

property described in such surveys is located, or (2) copies of the most

recent surveys in the Loan Parties’ possession, together with an affidavit

of Borrower confirming no material change with respect to the Fee Site

depicted therein, in each case of clause (1) and (2) above in a form

sufficient to delete any general survey exception from the Mortgage Policy

with respect to the Fee Sites,

(D)Phase I reports in respect of the Fee Sites in form and

substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and upon

which the Administrative Agent, Agents and Lender Party shall be entitled

to rely, and

(E)such other consents, agreements and confirmations of

lessors and third parties as are necessary or desirable and evidence that all

other action that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary in order to

create valid first and subsisting Liens on the property described in the

Mortgages, subject to Permitted Liens, has been taken;

(iv)A security deposit agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit F

hereto (the “Security Deposit Agreement”), duly executed by the Borrower, the

other Loan Parties, the Depositary, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative

Agent;

(v)A pledge agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit G hereto

(as amended, the “Pledge Agreement”), duly executed by Holdings and the

Collateral Agent, together with:

(A)the equity interest certificates representing the Pledged

Collateral referred to in the Pledge Agreement accompanied by undated

stock powers executed in blank and instruments evidencing the Pledged

Collateral referred to in the Pledge Agreement, indorsed in blank,

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(B)proper financing statements in form appropriate for filing

under the Uniform Commercial Code of all jurisdictions that the

Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect

and protect the first priority liens and security interests created under the

Pledge Agreement, covering the Collateral described in the Pledge

Agreement,

(C)completed requests for information, dated on or before the

Closing Date, listing all effective financing statements filed in the

jurisdictions referred to in Section 3.01(d)(v)(B) that name Holdings as

debtor, together with copies of such financing statements,

(D)evidence of the completion of all other recordings and

filings of or with respect to the Pledge Agreement that the Administrative

Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect and protect the

security interest created thereunder and payment of all filing and recording

fees related thereto, and

(E)evidence that all other action that the Administrative Agent

may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect and protect the first

priority liens and security interests created under the Pledge Agreement

has been taken (including, without limitation, receipt of duly executed

payoff letters and/or release letters and UCC-3 termination statements);

(vi)An intercreditor agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit H

hereto (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), duly executed by the Borrower,

Holdings, the other Loan Parties, the Collateral Agent, the Depositary, the

Administrative Agent and each other party thereto;

(vii)Certified copies of the resolutions, or consents or approvals of the

board of directors, members or managers, officers, partners or general partner of

each Loan Party, approving the Transaction and each Transaction Document to

which it is or is to be a party and of all documents evidencing other necessary

corporate, limited liability company or partnership action and governmental and

other third party approvals and consents, if any, with respect to the Transaction

and each Transaction Document to which it is or is to be a party;

(viii)A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction

of incorporation, formation or existence of each Loan Party, dated reasonably near

the Closing Date, certifying (A) as to a true and correct copy of the Constituent

Documents of such Person and each amendment thereto on file in such

Secretary’s office and (B) that (1) such amendments are the only amendments to

such Person’s Constituent Documents on file in such Secretary’s office, (2) such

Person has paid all franchise taxes to the date of such certificate and (3) such

Person is duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and in good standing or

presently subsisting under the laws of the State of the jurisdiction of its

incorporation or formation;

(ix)A certificate of each Loan Party signed on behalf of such Person

by its President or a Vice President and its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary,

dated the Closing Date (the statements made in which certificate shall be true on

and as of the Closing Date), certifying as to (A) the absence of any amendments

to the Constituent Documents of such Person since the date of the Secretary of

State’s certificate referred to in Section 3.01(d)(viii) to the extent applicable, (B) a

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true and correct copy of the Constituent Documents of such Person as in effect on

the date on which the resolutions referred to in Section 3.01(d)(vii) were adopted

and on the Closing Date, (C) the due incorporation or organization and good

standing or valid existence of such Person as a corporation, limited liability

company or partnership organized under the laws of the jurisdiction of its

organization and the absence of any proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation

of such Person, (D) the truth, in all material respects (or in all respects with

respect to any representations or warranties that are already qualified by

materiality), of the representations and warranties made by such Person in the

Loan Documents as though made on and as of the Closing Date, and (E) the

absence of any event occurring and continuing or resulting from the deposit by

the Lenders into the Revenue Account on the Closing Date, that constitutes a

Default;

(x)A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each

Loan Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Person

authorized to sign each Transaction Document to which it is or is to be a party and

the other documents to be delivered hereunder and thereunder;

(xi)Copies of (A) each of the Material Project Contracts and each

related Support Instrument in effect as of the Closing Date, duly executed by the

parties thereto, together with a Consent and Agreement duly executed by the

Collateral Agent and each other Person party to such Material Project Contract

(except for the Consents and Agreements set forth on Schedule 3.01(d)(xi)), (B) a

list or description of any Applicable Governmental Authorizations in effect as of

the Closing Date and (C) a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower

(1) to the effect that (a) the copies of the Material Project Contracts and Support

Instruments delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01(d)(xi) are true, correct and

complete copies of such Material Project Contract or Support Instrument, as the

case may be, (b) no term or condition of any of the Material Project Contracts and

Support Instruments delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01(d)(xi) has been

amended from the form thereof delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01(d)(xi), (c)

each Material Project Contract and Support Instrument delivered pursuant to this

Section 3.01(d)(xi) is in full force and effect and, in the case of each Material

Project Contract and/or Support Instrument, is enforceable against the Loan

Parties (as applicable) and, to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge, each other Person

party thereto in accordance with its terms, (4) none of the Loan Parties nor, to the

Loan Parties’ Knowledge, any Project Counterparty party to any Material Project

Contract delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01(d)(xi) is in material default

thereunder and (5) the Loan Parties and, to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge, each

Project Counterparty party to any Material Project Contract has complied with all

conditions precedent to its obligations under such Material Project Contract

required to be performed or complied by any such Person on or before the Closing

Date and (2) as to each Applicable Governmental Authorization in effect as of the

Closing Date;

(xii)A certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit I, attesting to the

Solvency of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties both before and after giving

effect to the Transaction, from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower;

(xiii)A certified hard copy of, and a copy delivered in an electronic/soft

medium in a format acceptable to the Administrative Agent, containing, (A)

balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements with respect to

Temple I in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender Parties for the Fiscal

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Year ending December 31, 2022 and the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2023

(the “Temple I Financial Statements”), and (B) financial projections for the

period commencing with the quarterly period ending September 30, 2023 and

ending with the quarterly period ending June 30, 2028 (the “Base Case

Projections”);

(xiv)Copies of all certificates representing the policies, endorsements

and other documents required under Section 5.04 to be in effect as of the Closing

Date, including, without limitation, evidence of insurance naming the Collateral

Agent as an additional insured and naming the Collateral Agent as sole loss payee

to the extent required by Section 5.04, accompanied by (A) a certificate of the

Loan Parties signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the

copies of each of the endorsements, certificates and other documents delivered

pursuant to this Section 3.01(d)(xiv) are true, correct and complete copies thereof

and (B) letters from the Loan Parties’ insurance brokers or insurers, dated not

earlier than 15 days prior to the Closing Date, stating with respect to each such

insurance policy that (1) such policy is in full force and effect, (2) all premiums

theretofore due thereon have been paid and (3) the policies contain the provisions

required under Section 5.04;

(xv)A legal opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P., special New York and

Texas counsel for the Loan Parties and dated as of the Closing Date;

(xvi)A legal opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P., as regulatory counsel to the

Loan Parties and environmental counsel to the Loan Parties, dated as of the

Closing Date;

(xvii)A legal opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P., as real estate counsel to the

Loan Parties, dated as of the Closing Date;

(xviii)The Notes payable to the Lenders to the extent requested by the

Lenders pursuant to the terms of Section 2.16(a).

(e)The Lender Parties shall be satisfied that all Existing Debt has been

prepaid, redeemed or defeased in full or otherwise satisfied and extinguished and all

commitments relating thereto terminated.

(f)Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01(h), there shall exist no action, suit,

investigation, litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party or any Project pending or,

to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge as certified by the Borrower, threatened before any

Governmental Authority that (i) could reasonably be expected to have, either

individually, or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the

legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document or the consummation of

the Transaction.

(g)Except as disclosed in writing to, and agreed by, the Administrative

Agent, all Applicable Governmental Authorizations and third party consents and

approvals necessary in connection with the Transaction and each Project shall have been

obtained and shall be in full force and effect and not subject to current legal proceedings

or to any unsatisfied conditions that could reasonably be expected to allow material

modification or revocation, and no appeals shall be pending with regard to any of the

foregoing and all applicable appeal periods with respect thereto shall have expired; and

no Requirement of Law shall be applicable that restrains, prevents or imposes materially

adverse conditions upon the Transaction or the rights of the Loan Parties freely to transfer

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or otherwise dispose of, or to create any Lien on, any Properties now owned or hereafter

acquired by any of them.

(h)Each Agent and each Lender Party shall have received, at least five

Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (x) all documentation and other information

required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-

money laundering rules and regulations, including, the Patriot Act and (y) a Beneficial

Ownership Certification in relation to the Loan Parties.

(i)The Administrative Agent shall have received such other statements,

certificates, documents, approvals and legal opinions as such Person shall reasonably

request.

(j)With respect to the Loan Parties (other than Temple II), no Default shall

have occurred and be continuing.

(k)Except as disclosed in the Seller Disclosure Schedule (as defined in the

Temple II PSA), it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any section or subsection

of the Seller Disclosure Schedule shall also be deemed disclosure with respect to any

other section or subsection of the Temple II PSA to which the relevance of such item is

reasonably apparent on its face, and except as expressly contemplated by the Temple II

PSA, since June 7, 2022, no Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Temple II PSA)

on the Business (as defined in the Temple II PSA) shall have occurred.

(l)The Borrower shall have paid (or have arranged for the payment thereof in

a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) all agreed fees of the Agents and the

Lender Parties and all reasonable and documented expenses of the Agents (including the

fees and expenses of counsel to the Agents) and the Lender Parties (including the fees

and expenses of counsel to the L/C Issuing Bank).

(m)The Debt Service Reserve Account shall have been established.

Section 3.02.Conditions Precedent to Issuance and Renewal of Letters of Credit

and the Making of Advances.  The (x) obligation of the L/C Issuing Bank to issue a Letter of

Credit (including the initial issuance of any Letter of Credit) or renew a Letter of Credit that is

not an automatically renewing or evergreen Letter of Credit and (y) making of any Advance

(each of the foregoing, a “Credit Event”), shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that

on the date of such Credit Event, the following statements shall be true (and the giving of the

Notice of Issuance and the acceptance by the Borrower of the proceeds of such issuance of such

Letter of Credit or renewal of such Letter of Credit or such Credit Event, shall constitute a

representation and warranty by the Borrower that both on the date of such request, notice or

requisition and on the date of such issuance of such Letter of Credit or renewal of such Letter of

Credit or Credit Event, such statements are true):

(a)in the case of each Credit Event, and each issuance of a Letter of Credit

(including the initial issuance of any Letter of Credit), or renewal of a Letter of Credit

that is not an automatically renewing or evergreen Letter of Credit occurring after the

Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in each

Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date

(except to the extent any representation or warranty set forth in this Agreement or such

other Loan Document (as applicable) contains qualifiers such as “material”, “in all

material respects”, “except as could not reasonably be expected to result in, either

individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect” or similar qualifying

language or similar qualifiers, then such representation or warranty shall be true and

correct in all respects as qualified as of such date), before and after giving effect to such

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Credit Event, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as

of such date, other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer

to a specific date other than the date of such Credit Event, in which case as of such

specific date; and

(b)with respect to the Loan Parties (other than, solely with respect to any

Credit Event on the Closing Date, Temple II), no Default has occurred and is continuing

or would result from such Credit Event from the application of the proceeds therefrom.

Section 3.03.Determinations Under Section 3.01 and Section 3.02.  For purposes of

determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 3.01 and Section 3.02, each

Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each

document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or

satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the

transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have received notice from such Lender

prior to the date of such Borrowing or other applicable event specifying its objection thereto and,

in the case of Section 3.01 and Section 3.02 such Lender shall not have made available to the

Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of the Borrowing.

Article IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 4.01.Representations and Warranties.  Each Loan Party represents and

warrants, on the Closing Date and each Other Funding Date, as follows:

(a)Such Loan Party (i) is a limited liability company duly organized or

formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its

organization or formation, (ii) is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign

company in each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or in which the

conduct of its business requires it to so qualify or be licensed, except where the failure

(either individually or in the aggregate) to so qualify or be licensed could not reasonably

be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) has all requisite limited liability

company power and authority to own or lease and operate its Properties and to carry on

its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including pursuant to the

Transaction Documents to which it is party.

(b)Set forth on Schedule 4.01(b) hereto is a complete and accurate list of all

Loan Parties, showing as of the Closing Date, the jurisdiction of its incorporation,

formation or existence, the address of its principal place of business and its U.S. taxpayer

identification number.  The copy of the Constituent Documents of each such Person and

each amendment thereto provided pursuant to Section 3.01 is a true and correct copy of

each such document, together with any amendment entered into after the Closing Date in

accordance with Section 6.09, each of which is valid and in full force and effect.

(c)There is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other

agreement to which any Loan Party is party requiring, and there is no membership

interest in or other Equity Interest in or other security or instrument of any Loan Party

outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by any Loan

Party of any additional membership interests or other Equity Interests in any Loan Party

or other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe

for or purchase a membership interest or other Equity Interest in any Loan Party.  The

Equity Interests of the Loan Parties have been duly authorized and validly issued and are

fully paid and non-assessable.  As of the Closing Date, 100% of the Equity Interests in

the Borrower are owned directly, beneficially and of record, by Holdings; 100% of the

Equity Interests in Temple I are owned directly, beneficially and of record, by the

Borrower; 50% of the Equity Interests in the Shared Facilities SPE are owned directly,

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beneficially and of record, by Temple I; 50% of the Equity Interests in the Shared

Facilities SPE are owned directly, beneficially and of record, by Temple II; and, after

giving effect to the Temple II Acquisition, 100% of the Equity Interests in Temple II are

owned directly, beneficially and of record, by the Borrower.

(d)The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan

Document to which it is or is to be a party, and the consummation of the Transaction, are

within such Person’s corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership (as

applicable) powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability

company or limited partnership (as applicable) action, and do not (i) contravene in any

material respect such Person’s charter, bylaws, limited liability company agreement,

partnership agreement or other Constituent Documents, (ii) violate any Requirement of

Law (including, without limitation, Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or

award binding on or affecting such Person or any of its Properties or each Project which

could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) conflict with in any

material respect or result in the material breach of, or constitute a material default or

require any payment to be made under, any material Contractual Obligations binding on

or affecting such Person, or any of its Properties or each Project or (iv) except for the

Liens created under the Loan Documents, result in or require the creation or imposition of

any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Properties of such Person or any Project.

None of the Loan Parties is in violation of any Requirement of Law, order, writ,

judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award binding on or affecting such Person

or in breach of any Contractual Obligation binding on or affecting such Person, the

violation or breach of which could reasonably be expected to have individually, or in the

aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(e)No Governmental Authorization, and no notice to or filing with or consent

of any Governmental Authority or any other third party, is required for (i) the due

execution, delivery, recordation, filing or performance by any Loan Party of any Loan

Document to which it is or will be a party, (ii) the grant by any Loan Party of the Liens

granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents or (iii) the perfection, priority or

maintenance of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents, except for (A) the

filings or other actions set forth on Schedule 4.01(p), (B) those required in connection

with the exercise by any Agent or Lender Party of its rights under the Loan Documents or

the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents or (C)

those which have been duly obtained, taken given or made.

(f)No material Governmental Authorization (including Environmental

Permits), and no material notice to or filing with or consent of any Governmental

Authority or any other third party, is required in connection with the consummation of

the Transaction or the ownership or operation of the Temple I Project, the Shared

Facilities, to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge as to the time period preceding the Closing

Date, the Temple II Project or following the Closing Date, the Temple II Project in

accordance with Requirements of Law, the Material Project Contracts, the Easement

Agreements and as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, except for (i) the

Governmental Authorizations, notices and filings set forth in Schedule 4.01(f) and (ii)

those Governmental Authorizations the failure to obtain which would not have a Material

Adverse Effect, all of which either (A) have been duly obtained, taken, given or made,

are in full force and effect, are not subject to any pending appeal, known investigation or

similar proceeding and all applicable statutory or regulatory periods to file an appeal have

expired and are not subject to any unsatisfied condition or requirement that could

reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) are Governmental

Authorizations that are not yet Applicable Governmental Authorizations.  Each

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Governmental Authorization listed on Schedule 4.01(f) which has not yet been obtained

has been specifically identified as such on such Schedule 4.01(f), is not yet an Applicable

Governmental Authorization and is reasonably expected to be timely obtainable without

undue or disproportionate cost or delay prior to the time that it will become an Applicable

Governmental Authorization.

(g)This Agreement has been, and each other Transaction Document when

delivered hereunder will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party

party hereto and thereto.  This Agreement is, and each other Transaction Document when

delivered hereunder will be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party

party hereto or thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms,

except to the extent the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) the effects of

bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other

similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity

(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at

law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

(h)Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01(h), there is no action, suit, litigation,

proceeding, or to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge, investigation affecting any of the

Borrower, the Shared Facilities SPE, Holdings, Temple I, the Temple I Project, to the

Loan Parties’ Knowledge as to the time period preceding the Closing Date, Temple II and

the Temple II Project or following the Closing Date, Temple II and the Temple II Project,

including any Environmental Action, pending or, to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge,

threatened before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator that (i) as of the Closing

Date, involve any Transaction Document or the Transactions, or (ii) could reasonably be

expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(i)On the Closing Date, the Temple I Financial Statements delivered

pursuant to Section 3.01(d)(xiii)(A) fairly present in all material respects the financial

condition of Temple I as at the dates thereof and for the periods ended on such dates, all

in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, subject, in the case of interim

balance sheets and statements of income, delivered for the fiscal quarter ending March

31, 2023, to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosure.

(j)As of any date on which this representation and warranty is made after the

first delivery of the financial statements pursuant to Section 7.02 or Section 7.03, as the

case may be, the balance sheet, statement of income and statement of cash flows that

have been delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 7.02 and Section 7.03,

fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its

Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof and for the periods ended on such dates, all in

accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis subject, in the case of balance

sheets, statements of income and cash flows delivered pursuant to Section 7.03, to normal

year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosure.

(k)Since the Closing Date (or, if later, the date of delivery of the financial

statements pursuant to Section 7.02), no event or occurrence has occurred and is

continuing which has resulted in, or would reasonably be expected to result in,

individually or in the aggregate, any Material Adverse Effect.

(l)The Base Case Projections, the Initial Operating Budget and each Annual

Budget delivered to the Lender Parties pursuant to Section 3.01(d)(xiii) or Section

7.04(a), as applicable, were (i) prepared in good faith and on the basis of assumptions

that were at the time of delivery thereof and as of the Closing Date reasonable and (ii) in

the case of the Initial Operating Budget and each Annual Budget delivered to the Lender

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Parties pursuant to Section 3.01(d)(xiii) or Section 7.04(a), as applicable, consistent, in

all material respects, with the provisions of the Material Project Contracts; provided that

with respect to the Base Case Projections, it is agreed and understood that (i) the Base

Case Projections (A) are based upon a number of estimates and are subject to significant

business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies and (B) are not to be

viewed as facts, (ii) whether or not the results described therein are achieved will depend

on future events, some of which are not within the control of the Loan Parties and (iii) the

actual results during the period or periods covered by the Base Case Projections may

differ from the projected results and such differences may be material and, accordingly,

no assurances are given and no representations are made that any of the estimates or

assumptions set forth in the Base Case Projections are correct, that the results set forth in

the Base Case Projections will be achieved or that the forward-looking statements

expressed in the Base Case Projections will correspond to actual results.

(m)No written information, exhibit or report furnished by, or as directed by,

any Loan Party or any Sponsor (other than the Base Case Projections, written reports of

the Independent Engineer, estimates, budgets (solely to the extent constituting forecasts

or forward-looking information), forecasts and any other forward-looking information,

and general economic information) to any Agent or any Lender Party in connection with

the negotiation and syndication of the Loan Documents or pursuant to the terms of the

Loan Documents, taken as a whole with all other information furnished by, or as directed

by, any Loan Party (as supplemented or updated from time to time), contained at the time

of delivery thereof any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted at the time of

delivery thereof to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein (as

supplemented or updated from time to time) not misleading in any material respect in

light of the circumstances under which such statements were made; provided that no

Loan Party makes this representation and warranty with respect to any financial

information related to Temple II and the Temple II Project with respect to the period

preceding the Closing Date.

(n)No Loan Party is engaged in the business of extending credit for the

purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, and no proceeds of any Advance or

drawings under a Letter of Credit will be used to (i) purchase or carry any Margin Stock

or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock

or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the

provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation U or Regulation X.

(o)No Loan Party is an “investment company,” or a company “controlled” by,

or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment

company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as

amended.

(p)Upon making of the filings and taking of the other actions set forth on

Schedule 4.01(p), all filings and other actions necessary to perfect the security interests in

the Collateral created under the Collateral Documents shall have been duly made or

taken.  Each Loan Party has properly delivered or caused to be delivered to the Collateral

Agent all Collateral that requires perfection of the Liens and security interests described

above by possession.

(q)The Collateral Documents create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the

benefit of the Secured Parties a valid and, upon making of the filings and taking of the

other actions set forth on Schedule 4.01(p), perfected first priority security interest

(subject to Permitted Liens) in the Collateral, securing the payment of the Secured

Obligations.

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(r)Each Loan Party is the legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral

pledged by it free and clear of any Lien, other than Permitted Liens.

(s)Both before and after giving effect to the Transaction on the Closing Date,

each Loan Party is Solvent.

(t)(i) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01(t), each of the Loan Parties has

timely filed, or caused to be timely filed, all federal and other material Tax returns and

reports required to have been filed by it, and has paid all material Taxes it is required to

pay to the extent due (other than any such Tax that is not yet due or payable or is subject

to Contest), (ii) as of the Closing Date, there is no proposed Tax assessment against any

of the Loan Parties proposed to such Person in writing or, to such Person’s Knowledge,

threatened, and (iii) none of the Loan Parties has been treated as an entity other than a

partnership or disregarded entity for federal or applicable state, local or foreign income

tax purposes; provided that with respect to any information regarding Temple II as of the

Closing Date, the representation and warranty set forth in this Section 4.01(t) is made to

the Knowledge of the Loan Parties.

(u)Set forth on Schedule 4.01(u) hereto is a complete and accurate

description in all material respects of all Real Property which is owned in fee by the Loan

Parties as of the Closing Date, showing as of the Closing Date the county or other

relevant jurisdiction and state.  The Loan Parties, as applicable, have good, indefeasible

and insurable fee simple title to such Real Property, free and clear of all Liens, other than

Permitted Liens.  As of the Closing Date, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of

the Loan Parties, proposed material special or other assessments for public improvements

or otherwise affecting any material portion of such owned Real Property, nor are there

any contemplated improvements to any owned Real Property that may result in such

material special or other assessments.  No Loan Party has suffered, permitted or initiated

the joint assessment of any owned Real Property with any Real Property constituting a

separate tax lot.  Each owned parcel of Real Property is composed of one or more parcels,

each of which constitutes a separate tax lot and none of which constitutes a portion of any

other tax lot; provided that with respect to any information regarding Temple II prior to

the Closing Date, the representation and warranty set forth in this Section 4.01(u) is made

to the Knowledge of the Loan Parties.

(v) (i) Set forth on Schedule 4.01(v)(i) hereto is a complete and accurate list

in all material respects of all leases or easements of Real Property (including, without

limitation, Easement Agreements) or easement options in respect of Real Property as of

the Closing Date under which any Loan Party is the lessee, easement holder or easement

option holder showing as of the Closing Date the county or other relevant jurisdiction,

state, lessor or easement grantor, lessee or easement holder and annual rental or easement

cost thereof (if any).  As of the Closing Date, each such lease, easement or easement

option is (i) in full force and effect and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the

applicable Loan Party as the lessee, easement holder or easement option holder (as

applicable), (ii) to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge, the legal, valid and binding obligation of

the lessor, easement grantor or easement option grantor (as applicable) thereof,

enforceable in accordance with its terms.  None of the Loan Parties is in material default,

and to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge, there are no existing material defaults by any

counterparty, under any such lease, easement, or easement option, and to the Loan

Parties’ Knowledge no event has occurred or is continuing that gives any Person party

thereto the right to terminate any such lease, easement, or easement option.

(i)Set forth on Schedule 4.01(v)(ii) hereto is a complete and accurate

list in all material respects of all leases of Real Property as of the Closing Date

under which any Loan Party is the lessor, showing as of the Closing Date the

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street address, county or other relevant jurisdiction, state, lessor, lessee, expiration

date and annual rental cost thereof.  To the Loan Parties’ Knowledge, each such

lease is (i) in full force and effect and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of

the applicable Loan Party as the lessor, (ii) to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge, the

legal, valid and binding obligation of the lessee thereof, enforceable in accordance

with its terms.  None of the Loan Parties is in material default, and to the Loan

Parties’ Knowledge, there are no existing material defaults by any counterparty,

under any such lease, and to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge no event has occurred

or is continuing that gives any Person party thereto the right to terminate any such

lease.

(ii)There are no suits, actions, land use proceedings, or other

proceedings (including condemnation proceedings) pending or, to the Loan

Parties’ Knowledge, threatened in writing against any portion of the Real Property

that would detrimentally affect the use or operation of the Real Property;

provided that with respect to any information regarding Temple II prior to the

Closing Date, the representation and warranty set forth in this Section 4.01(v) is

made to the actual knowledge of the Loan Parties.

(w)No Loan Party has any Investments, other than Permitted Investments and

Investment permitted by Section 6.06.

(x) (i) Each Loan Party has good record and indefeasible and insurable title in

fee simple to, or a valid and insurable leasehold or easement interest in (as applicable), all

material Real Property rights, including all rights of way, necessary for the operation of

each Project in accordance in all material respects with Requirements of Law,

Governmental Authorizations and the Transaction Documents, free and clear of any

Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

(i)Each Loan Party has good, legal and valid title or otherwise has the

right to use all material equipment and personal Property, tangible or intangible,

which is used in the day to day operations of the business of the Loan Parties (as

applicable) and which is necessary to conduct the business of the Loan Parties in

accordance in all material respects with Requirements of Law, Governmental

Authorizations and under the Transaction Documents.

(ii)As of the Closing Date, none of the Loan Parties has received any

notice of nor has any knowledge of (A) any pending or contemplated Event of

Eminent Domain or Title Event or (B) any existing or, to such Person’s

knowledge, threatened change in the zoning classification in respect of the Sites.

As of the Closing Date, neither the business nor the Properties of the Loan Parties

are subject to or affected by any material strike, lockout or other labor dispute.

(iii)Except as otherwise depicted on any of the Surveys, no material

portion of the Collateral is located in an area designated by the Federal

Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards.

(iv)As of the Closing Date, there are no existing zoning violations

which have or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on

the Mortgaged Properties;

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provided that, with respect to any information regarding Temple II prior to

the Closing Date, the representation and warranty set forth in this Section

4.01(x) is made to the actual knowledge of the Loan Parties.

(y)None of the Loan Parties (other than the Shared Facilities SPE) has any

deposit or securities accounts other than the Accounts, the L/C Cash Collateral Account,

the Local Account and accounts described in clauses (n) and (o) of the definition of

“Permitted Liens” and the Shared Facilities SPE has no deposit or securities accounts

other than the accounts expressly permitted in Section 9.2.3 of the Shared Facilities

Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date.

(z)All of the services, utilities, equipment and materials or supplies necessary

for the Loan Parties to operate and maintain the Projects in accordance with

Requirements of Law, all Governmental Authorizations and the Transaction Documents

have been obtained under the Project Agreements or are otherwise available to the Loan

Parties at commercially reasonable rates.

(aa)[Reserved.]

(ab) (i) None of the Loan Parties is subject to regulation as a “public utility” as

such term is defined in the Section 201 of the FPA, 16 USC § 824(e) (2012).

Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, each of the Loan Parties will be subject to

regulation as a user, owner or operator of the bulk-power system pursuant to Section 215

of the FPA, 16 USC § 824o (2012), and FERC implementing regulations thereunder.

(i)Temple I and Temple II are each self-certified as an EWG with the

FERC and the Loan Parties shall operate Temple I and Temple II in such a way

that such Project will be able to maintain EWG status.

(ii)To the Loan Parties’ Knowledge, there are no complaints or

investigation proceedings, public or non-public, pending with the FERC, the

PUCT, or the ERCOT seeking abrogation or modification, or otherwise

investigating the terms, of a contract for the sale of power by any Loan Party.

(iii)Each of Temple I and Temple II (solely with respect to Temple II,

the Loan Parties’ Knowledge as to the time period preceding the Closing Date)

has executed and is in compliance with and, as applicable, the Transmission

Service Provider or ERCOT has accepted or approved each of the following for

each Project:  the Interconnection Agreement, the Standard Form Market

Participant Agreement and the ERCOT Resource Asset Registration with

ERCOT, necessary to generate and sell power at wholesale in the markets

operated by ERCOT and overseen by the PUCT.

(iv)None of the Loan Parties is subject to any state laws or regulations

respecting rates or the financial or organizational regulation of electric utilities or

public utilities pursuant to PURA.  No pre-approval is required to be obtained in

connection with execution of any of the Transaction Documents by the Loan

Parties from the PUCT, FERC, or any other state or federal Governmental

Authority with jurisdiction over electric power sales, gas purchases or financing

arrangements of any Loan Party.  None of the Agents nor any Lender Parties nor

any “affiliate” (as the term is defined in PUHCA) thereof or any of them will,

solely as a result of the Loan Parties’ ownership of the Projects or the Shared

Facilities SPE’s ownership of the Shared Facilities, the sale or transmission of

electricity therefrom, or the entering into of any Transaction Document or any

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transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, be subject to, or not exempt from

regulation under PUHCA respecting FERC access to books and records, and

accounting, record-retention, and reporting requirements, provided that each

Project maintains EWG status and except that the exercise by the Agents or the

Lender Parties of certain foreclosure remedies allowed under the Transaction

Documents may subject the Agents, the Lender Parties and their affiliates (as that

term is defined in PUHCA) to regulation under PUHCA.

(ac)Set forth on Schedule 4.01(cc) hereto is a complete and accurate list of all

Material Project Contracts of the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date, each of which is in

full force and effect as of the Closing Date.  Copies of all Material Project Contracts

currently in effect have been delivered to the Administrative Agent.  None of the Loan

Parties is in material default and, to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge, there are no existing

material defaults under any Material Project Contract and no event has occurred or is

continuing that gives any Person party thereto the right to terminate any such Material

Project Contracts.  None of the Material Project Contracts has been amended or modified,

except for (x) amendments and modifications provided to the Administrative Agent prior

to the date hereof and (y) amendments and modifications entered into after the Closing

Date in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

provided that with respect to any information regarding Temple II and the Temple II

Project prior to the Closing Date, the representation and warranty set forth in this Section

4.01(cc) is made to the Knowledge of the Loan Parties.

(ad) (i) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01(dd)(i), all of the operations and

Properties of Temple I, and Temple II (solely with respect to Temple II, to the Loan

Parties’ Knowledge as to the time period preceding the Closing Date) and the Shared

Facilities SPE comply in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws

and Environmental Permits, all past material non-compliance with such Environmental

Laws and Environmental Permits has been resolved, and no circumstances exist that

could reasonably be expected to (A) form the basis of a material Environmental Action

against Temple I, or to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge as to the time period preceding the

Closing Date, Temple II or the Shared Facilities SPE or any Agent or Lender Party or (B)

cause any material Property (including the Sites) of Temple I, or to the Loan Parties’

Knowledge as to the time period preceding the Closing Date, Temple II or the Shared

Facilities SPE to be subject to any restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or

transferability under any applicable Environmental Law.

(i)Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01(dd)(ii), none of the Properties

currently owned or operated by the Loan Parties is listed or, to the best of the

Loan Parties’ Knowledge, proposed for listing on the NPL or on the CERCLIS or

any analogous foreign, state or local list or is adjacent to any such property; there

are no and never have been any underground or above ground storage tanks or

any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which

Hazardous Materials are being or have been treated, stored or disposed of on any

Property currently owned or operated by the Loan Parties that could reasonably be

expected to give rise to a material liability under any applicable Environmental

Law; there is no asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any Property

currently owned or operated by the Loan Parties in material violation of

applicable Environmental Laws; and, except as set forth on Schedule 4.01(dd)(ii),

Hazardous Materials have not been released, discharged or disposed of on any

property currently owned or operated by Temple I, Temple II (solely with respect

to Temple II, as to the time period preceding the Closing Date, to the Loan

Parties’ Knowledge) or the Shared Facilities SPE in any manner that could

reasonably be expected to give rise to a material liability under any applicable

Environmental Law.

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(ii)Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01(dd)(iii), none of Temple I, or

Temple II (solely with respect to Temple II, as to the time period preceding the

Closing Date, to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge) or the Shared Facilities SPE, is

undertaking, and has completed, either individually or together with other

potentially responsible parties, any investigation or assessment or remedial or

response action relating to any actual or threatened release, discharge or disposal

of Hazardous Materials at any site, location or operation, either voluntarily or

pursuant to the order of any governmental or regulatory authority or the

requirements of any Environmental Law; and all Hazardous Materials generated,

used, treated, handled or stored at, or transported to or from, any property

currently owned or operated by any Loan Party have been disposed of pursuant to

the requirements of Environmental Law in a manner that could not reasonably be

expected to give rise to a material liability under any applicable Environmental

Law.

(ae)Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01(ee), each of Temple I, and Temple II

(solely with respect to Temple II, to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge as to the time period

preceding the Closing Date) and the Shared Facilities SPE has obtained all material

Environmental Permits required for the ownership and operation of its Property and each

Project.  Neither Temple I nor Temple II (solely with respect to Temple II, to the Loan

Parties’ Knowledge as to the time period preceding the Closing Date) or the Shared

Facilities SPE has received any written notification pursuant to any applicable

Environmental Law or otherwise has Knowledge that any material Environmental Permit

will be reviewed, made subject to new limitations or conditions, revoked, withdrawn or

terminated within six (6) months following the Closing Date.

(af)With respect to the Loan Parties (other than, solely on the Closing Date,

Temple II), no Default has occurred and is continuing.

(ag)Each of the Loan Parties owns or has the right to use all patents,

trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, licenses and other

rights which are necessary for the development, construction, ownership and operation of

each Project in accordance with the Transaction Documents.  No product, process,

method, substance, part or other material to be sold or employed by the Loan Parties in

connection with its business will infringe any patent, trademark, service mark, trade

name, domain name, copyright, license or other right owned by any other Person in any

matter that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have

a Material Adverse Effect; provided that with respect to any information regarding

Temple II and the Temple II Project prior to the Closing Date, the representation and

warranty set forth in this Section 4.01(gg) is made to the Knowledge of the Loan Parties.

(ah)None of the Loan Parties has any employees.

(ai)As of the Closing Date, none of the Loan Parties nor any ERISA Affiliate

have any liability exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate under, or by operation of, Title

IV of ERISA, including, but not limited, to any liability in connection with the

termination of an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject

to Title IV of ERISA or the withdrawal from a multiemployer plan as defined in Section

4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

(aj) (i) Subject to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge as to the time period

preceding the Closing Date with respect solely to Temple II, none of the Loan Parties has

conducted any business other than the business contemplated by the Transaction

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Documents and is not a party to or bound by any material contract other than the

Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

(i)No Loan Party is a general partner or a limited partner in any

general or limited partnership, a joint venturer in any joint venture or a member of

any limited liability company, other than, in the case of Temple I and Temple II,

the Shared Facilities SPE.

(ii)No Loan Party has any Subsidiaries, other than, in the case of the

Borrower, each of Temple I and, after giving effect to the Temple II Acquisition,

Temple II, and in the case of Temple I and Temple II, the Shared Facilities SPE.

(iii)Each Loan Party maintains separate bank accounts and separate

books of account from one another, Holdings, the Sponsor, and all other Persons.

The separate liabilities of the Loan Parties are readily distinguishable from the

liabilities of Holdings, the Sponsor and all other Persons.

(iv)Each of the Loan Parties conducts its business solely in its own

name in a manner not misleading to other Persons as to its identity.

(ak)None of the Loan Parties, nor any of their respective directors, officers, or

employees, nor, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, any persons acting on any of their

behalf, is a Restricted Party, or is owned or controlled by or acting on behalf of a

Restricted Party.

(al)None of the Loan Parties, nor any of their respective directors, officers, or

employees, nor, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, any persons acting on any of their

behalf, will, directly or indirectly, use, and will not permit or authorize any other person

to, use, lend, make payments of, contribute, or otherwise make available, all or any part

of the proceeds of the Facilities or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, to

fund any trade, business, or other activity

(i)involving or for the benefit of any Restricted Party; or

(ii)in any other manner that would reasonably be expected to result in

any party to this Agreement (including any person participating in the transaction,

whether as underwriter, agent, advisor, investor, or otherwise) being in breach of

any Sanctions or AML Laws, or becoming a Restricted Party.

(am)For the past five years, the Loan Parties, their respective directors, officers

and employees, and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, any persons acting on their

behalf, have not, knowingly engaged in, and are not now knowingly engaged in, and will

not knowingly engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Restricted Parties that at

the time of the dealing or transaction is or was a Restricted Party, or in any other

transactions, that in any manner would reasonably be expected to result in any party to

this Agreement (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as

underwriter, agent, advisor, investor, or otherwise) being in breach of any Sanctions or

becoming a Restricted Party; provided that with respect to any information regarding

Temple II and the Temple II Project prior to the Closing Date, the representation and

warranty set forth in this Section 4.01(mm) is made to the knowledge of the Loan Parties.

(an)None of the funds or the assets of the Loan Party that are used to repay or

prepay the Advances shall constitute the property of, or shall be beneficially owned by,

any Restricted Party, and shall not constitute proceeds obtained from transactions with

Restricted Parties or that violate any Sanctions laws.

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(ao)Each Loan Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with the Patriot

Act, and all other AML Laws, regulations and other requirements (in each case, to the

extent applicable to such Loan Party).

(ap)During Winter Storm Uri, to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge, the equivalent

availability factor of the Temple I Project was equal to or greater than 95% on average.

(aq)Temple I, (i) has notified or caused to be notified the carrier of its

insurance applicable to the Winter Storm Uri Litigations of, to the Loan Parties’

Knowledge (x) the commencement of any Winter Storm Uri- related lawsuit against

Temple I and/or the Temple I Project and (y) any threatened Winter Storm Uri-related

lawsuit against Temple I and/or the Temple I Project, in each case, within the period

during which Temple I is required to make such notification in order to make a timely

claim with respect to such lawsuit as may be required by the Loan Parties’ applicable

insurance policies and (ii) has provided to the Administrative Agent all correspondence

between the Loan Parties and/or their respective Affiliates and such insurance carrier

relating to such Winter Storm Uri- related lawsuit.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document,

no breach of any representation and warranty set forth in Sections (f), (h), (m), (u), (v)(ii),

(bb)(iii), (cc), (dd), (ee), (gg), (jj), (ll), (mm), (nn) or (oo) by any Loan Party, solely with respect

to Temple II and the Temple II Project, shall constitute, or be deemed to constitute, a breach of

such representation and warranty under this Agreement if the fact, event, circumstance, condition

or similar antecedent causing, in each case, directly giving rise to, or otherwise directly resulting

in such breach constitutes, a breach of a representation and warranty by Seller under the Temple

II PSA.

Article V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Advance or any other Obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan

Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, or any Lender

Party shall have any Commitment hereunder, each Loan Party will:

Section 5.01.Compliance with Laws, Etc. Except for compliance with Environmental

Laws, which shall be governed by Section 5.03 below, comply with all Requirements of Laws,

rules, regulations and orders, except to the extent that such non-compliance (taking into account

any amount of Excluded Equity Issuances, solely to the extent such proceeds have been

contributed to the Loan Parties to provide for reserves in respect of such liabilities):

(a)could not reasonably be expected to result in liabilities of the Loan Parties

in aggregate exceeding $6,000,000; or

(b)otherwise does not have or could not reasonably be expected to have a

Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.02.Payment of Taxes, Etc. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01(t), pay and

discharge before the same shall become delinquent (a) all material Taxes imposed upon it or

upon its property and (b) all lawful claims that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon its

property; provided, however, that no Loan Party shall be required to pay or discharge any such

Tax or claim that is subject to Contest, unless and until any Lien resulting therefrom attaches to

its property and becomes enforceable against its other creditors.  Each Loan Party shall remain,

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and ensure that each other Loan Party remains, classified as an entity that is disregarded as

separate from its regarded owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes and each Loan Party will

not, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, be classified as an association taxable as a

corporation or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax

purposes.

Section 5.03.Compliance with Environmental Laws.

(a)Comply with, and cause all lessees and other Persons operating or

occupying its Properties to comply with, all applicable Environmental Laws and

Environmental Permits except (x) where the necessity of compliance therewith or alleged

violation therewith is subject to Contest or (y) to the extent that such non-compliance

(taking into account any amount of Excluded Equity Issuances, solely to the extent such

proceeds have been contributed to the Loan Parties to provide for reserves in respect of

such liabilities)could not reasonably be expected to result in liabilities of the Loan Parties

in aggregate exceeding $6,000,000.

(b)Obtain and renew all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations

and Properties in a timely fashion, except where the failure to obtain or renew could not

reasonably be expected to result in a material liability for, or criminal sanctions against,

the Loan Parties or any Agent or Lender Party.

Section 5.04.Maintenance of Insurance.  Maintain insurance against physical loss,

public liability, property damage and other risks in accordance with Schedule 5.04 and cause the

Shared Facilities SPE to be insured in accordance with the Shared Facilities Agreement.  If the

Borrower or any Loan Party fails to take out or maintain the full insurance coverage required by

this Section 5.04, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take the required

policies of insurance and pay the premiums on the same.  All amounts so advanced by the

Administrative Agent shall become a Secured Obligation and the Loan Parties shall forthwith

pay such amounts to the Administrative Agent, together with interest from the date of payment

by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.08(c)(ii).

Section 5.05.Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc. (i) Preserve and maintain its

existence, legal structure and legal name, and (ii) take all reasonable actions to maintain all rights

(charter and statutory), privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the conduct of its

business, except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so would not

reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.06.Visitation Rights, Etc.

(a)Upon reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours, permit

any of the Agents or any of the Lender Parties, or any agents or representatives thereof, to

examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account of, and

visit the Properties of, the Loan Parties, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts

of the Loan Parties with any of its officers or directors and with its independent certified

public accountants; provided that, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,

in no event shall there be more than one visit per calendar year (in total) by the Agents,

Lender Parties or representatives.

(b)No later than 15 days after receipt of notice of request by the

Administrative Agent, participate in a telephonic meeting of the Administrative Agent

and the Lender Parties once during each calendar quarter to be held at such time as may

be agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Section 5.07.Keeping of Books.  Keep proper books of record and account, in which

full and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of

the Loan Parties (as applicable) in accordance with GAAP.

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Section 5.08.Maintenance of Properties, Etc. (a) Maintain, preserve and protect (and,

as necessary, repair) all of its material Properties and equipment that are used or useful in the

conduct of the business of the Loan Parties (x) in all material respects in good working order and

condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (y) (A) in all material respects in accordance

with Prudent Industry Practices and (B) in a manner that ensures that the conditions set forth in

any warranty provisions of any Material Project Contracts with any supplier or vendor of any

material equipment incorporated into each Project are not violated and (b) except as otherwise

permitted pursuant to Section 6.05, maintain (or cause to maintain) (x) good, valid, indefeasible

and insurable title in all Real Property owned by each Loan Party, subject only to Permitted

Liens and (y) maintain (or cause to be maintained) good, indefeasible and insurable title to all of

its and the Shared Facilities SPE’s other Properties, subject only to Permitted Liens.

Section 5.09.Covenant to Give Security.  Upon the acquisition of any Property

(including any leasehold interest or easement, as applicable, in any Real Property, and excluding

any Counterparty Collateral received by any Loan Party that has a fair market value greater than

$200,000), by any Borrower, and such Property, in the reasonable judgment of the

Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, shall not already be subject to a perfected first

priority (subject to Permitted Liens) security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent for the

benefit of the Secured Parties, then in each case at the Loan Parties’ expense:

(a)within 15 days after such acquisition, furnish to the Administrative Agent

and the Collateral Agent a description of the real and personal Properties so acquired;

(b)within 30 days after receipt of request therefor from the Administrative

Agent, duly execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent, and record or file if applicable,

such additional mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, trust deeds, leasehold

mortgages, leasehold deeds of trust, leasehold deeds to secure debt, leasehold trust deeds,

Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, pledges, assignments, security

agreement supplements and other security agreements as specified by, and in form and

substance reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,

to secure payment of all Secured Obligations and create Liens on all such Properties in

favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and any memoranda of

leases, any landlord consents, estoppels and consent agreements, estoppel certificates,

and such other consents, agreements and confirmations of lessors and third parties as the

Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably deem necessary in order to

create valid first (subject to Permitted Liens) and subsisting Liens on all such Properties;

(c)within 60 days after such acquisition, deliver to the Collateral Agent, upon

the request of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in their sole discretion, a

signed copy of an opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured

Parties, of counsel for the Loan Parties reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent as

to (i) such mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, trust deeds, leasehold

mortgages, leasehold deeds of trust, leasehold deeds to secure debt, leasehold trust deeds,

pledges, assignments, security agreement supplements and security agreements being

legal, valid and binding obligations of each Loan Party thereto enforceable in accordance

with their terms, (ii) such recordings, filings, notices, endorsements and other actions

being sufficient to create valid perfected Liens on such Properties, (iii) such corporate

formalities matters as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably

request, and (iv) such other matters as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent

may reasonably request;

(d)as promptly as practicable after such acquisition, deliver, upon the request

of the Administrative Agent, to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent with

respect to each parcel of Real Property owned or held by any Loan Party title insurance

policies, land surveys and engineering, soils and other reports, zoning confirmations and

reports and environmental assessment reports, each in scope, form and substance

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reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that to the extent

that any Loan Party shall have otherwise received any of the foregoing items with respect

to such Real Property, such items shall, promptly after the receipt thereof, be delivered to

the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent; and

(e)at any time and from time to time, promptly execute and deliver, and

cause each other Loan Party to execute and deliver, any and all further instruments and

documents and take, and cause each other Loan Party to take, all such other action as the

Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order for it and the Collateral Agent to

obtain the full benefits of, or to perfect and preserve the Liens of, such guarantees,

mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, trust deeds, leasehold mortgages,

leasehold deeds of trust, leasehold deeds to secure debt, leasehold trust deeds, pledges,

assignments, security agreement supplements and security agreements.

Section 5.10.Further Assurances.

(a)Promptly upon request by any Agent, or any Lender Party through the

Administrative Agent, correct, and cause each Loan Party to correct, any defect or error

that may be discovered in any Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment,

filing or recordation thereof; and

(b)Promptly upon request by any Agent, or any Lender Party through the

Administrative Agent, do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file,

register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, conveyances, pledge

agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, deed to secure debt, trust deeds, leasehold

mortgages, leasehold deeds of trust, leasehold deeds to secure debt, leasehold trust deeds,

assignments, financing statements and continuations thereof, termination statements,

notices of assignment, transfers, certificates, assurances and other instruments as any

Agent, or any Lender Party through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably require

from time to time in order to (i) carry out more effectively the purposes of the Loan

Documents, (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by Requirements of Law, subject any Loan

Party’s Properties, assets, rights or interests to the Liens now or hereafter intended to be

covered by any of the Collateral Documents, (iii) perfect and maintain the validity,

effectiveness and priority of any of the Collateral Documents and any of the Liens

intended to be created thereunder and (iv) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer,

preserve, protect and confirm more effectively unto the Secured Parties the rights granted

or now or hereafter intended to be granted to the Secured Parties under any Loan

Document or under any other instrument executed in connection with any Loan

Document to which any Loan Party is or is to be a party.

Section 5.11.Performance of Material Project Contracts.  (a) Perform and observe

all of the material terms and provisions of each Material Project Contract to be performed or

observed by it, (b) maintain each Material Project Contract in full force and effect (subject to the

scheduled expiration thereof in accordance with its terms or any termination or cancellation in

respect thereof otherwise permitted under Section 6.12(a)), (c) seek to enforce the material terms

of each in accordance with its terms, (d) during any time that a Default shall have occurred and

be continuing, take all such action to such end as may be from time to time reasonably requested

by the Administrative Agent, and (e) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, make to each

other party to each Material Project Contract such demands and requests for information and

reports or for action as any Loan Party is entitled to make under such Material Project Contract,

except, in the case of clauses (d) and (e) above, to the extent failure to do so could not

reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.12.Preparation of Environmental Reports.  After receiving notice of any

Environmental Action against or of any non-compliance by any Loan Party with any

Environmental Law or Environmental Permit or the release of any Hazardous Material that could

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reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to, or criminal sanctions against, any Loan

Party or any Agent or Lender Party or in a material operational disruption of any Project, at the

request of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from time to time, provide to the

Lender Parties within 60 days after such request, at the expense of the Loan Parties, an

environmental site assessment report and/or a compliance audit report addressing the subject

matter of such notice and any other matter reasonably requested to be addressed or audited,

prepared by an environmental consulting firm acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the

Collateral Agent, including a discussion of the requested matters and the estimated cost of any

compliance, removal or remedial action in connection with such requested matters; without

limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent

reasonably determines at any time that a material risk exists that any such reports will not be

provided within the time referred to above, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may

retain an environmental consulting firm to prepare such report at the expense of the Loan Parties,

and each Loan Party hereby grants the Lender Parties, such firm and any agents or

representatives thereof an irrevocable non-exclusive license, subject to the rights of tenants, to

enter onto such respective Properties to undertake such an assessment.

Section 5.13.Accounts.  (a) Establish and maintain at all times in accordance with the

Security Deposit Agreement, the Accounts, (b) cause all Revenues and other amounts payable to

it to be deposited into, or credited to, the Accounts, (to the extent constituting Counterparty

Collateral) the Counterparty Collateral Accounts, the L/C Cash Collateral Account, the Local

Account or any account described in clause (n) of the definition of Permitted Liens, in

accordance with the terms of the Security Deposit Agreement and (c) cause all funds deposited in

the Accounts to be applied in accordance with the terms of the Security Deposit Agreement.

Section 5.14.Sanctions.  If any Loan Party obtains actual knowledge or receives any

written notice that it or any Person holding a legal or beneficial interest in such Loan Party

(whether directly or indirectly) is named on any Sanctions List (such occurrence, a “Sanctions

Violation”), (a) promptly comply with all applicable laws with respect to such Sanctions

Violation (regardless of whether the party included on any Sanctions List is located within the

jurisdiction of the United States of America or the European Union), including all applicable

Sanctions laws and (b) promptly comply at all times with the requirements of all applicable

Sanctions laws.  Each Loan Party hereby authorizes and consents to the Lender’s taking all steps

it deems necessary, in its sole discretion, to comply with all applicable laws with respect to any

Sanctions Violation, including the requirements of the Sanctions laws (including the “freezing”

and/or “blocking” of assets).

Section 5.15.Separateness.  Comply with the following:

(a)maintain deposit accounts or accounts, separate from those of Holdings,

the Sponsor and any Affiliate of Holdings or the Sponsor, with commercial banking or

trust institutions and not commingle its funds with those of Holdings or the Sponsor or

any such Affiliate of Holdings or the Sponsor;

(b)act solely in its name and through its duly authorized officers, managers,

representatives or agents in the conduct of its businesses;

(c)conduct in all material respects its business solely in its own name, in a

manner not misleading to other Persons as to its identity (including, without limiting the

generality of the foregoing, all oral and written communications (if any), including

invoices, purchase orders, and contracts);

(d)obtain proper authorization from member(s), director(s), manager(s) and

partner(s), as required by its Constituent Documents for all of its limited liability

company actions;

(e)comply in all material respects with the terms of its Constituent

Documents; and

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(f)at all times maintain at least one independent director who (i) for the five

year period prior to his or her appointment as an independent director, has not been, and

during the continuation of his or her service as an independent director is not:  (A) an

employee, director, stockholder, partner, membership interest holder or officer of the

Borrower or any of its Affiliates (other than his or her service as an independent director

or similar capacity of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates); (B) a customer or supplier of

the Borrower or any of its Affiliates (other than an independent director provided by a

corporate services company that provides independent directors in the ordinary course of

its business); or (C) any member of the immediate family of a Person described in clause

(A) or (B) above and (ii) is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Section 5.16.ERCOT Sales Authority; EWG; PUCT.

(a)Take or cause to be taken all necessary or appropriate actions so that each

of Temple I and Temple II will at all times be in compliance, in all material respects, with

the requirements of PUCT’s regulations, including (i) filing annual reports with the

PUCT with respect to the amount of energy generated at the applicable Project in

accordance with PUCT Substantive Rule §25.91 or its successor; (ii) filing reports with

the PUCT as requested by the Executive Director of the PUCT, or the designee of the

Executive Director of the PUCT, with respect to the amount of energy generated at the

applicable Project in accordance with PUCT Substantive Rule §25.93 or its successor;

and (iii) filing annual reports with the PUCT with respect to new generating facilities in

Texas in accordance with PUCT Substantive Rule §25.172(h), to the extent the

requirement to make such filing is not waived by the PUCT and (iv) filing with the PUCT

any other reports that may be required for the operation of the applicable Project as a

PGC; and

(b)maintain status of each of Temple I and Temple II as an EWG.

Section 5.17.Operation and Maintenance of the Projects.  At all times operate and

maintain each Project and the Shared Facilities, or cause each Project and the Shared Facilities to

be operated and maintained in a manner consistent, with Prudent Industry Practice and, in all

material respects, with the Applicable Annual Budget and the Project Agreements.

Section 5.18.Tax Abatement Agreement.  Timely file the required certification

(pursuant to Section 10 of each Tax Abatement Agreement) with each of (a) the City of Temple,

(b) Temple College, Texas (c) Bell County, Texas and (d) each other Taxing Entity (as defined

in each Tax Abatement Agreement) party to the Tax Abatement Agreements or each of their

respective successors no later than January 31 of each calendar year.

Section 5.19.[Reserved].

Section 5.20.Post-Closing Actions.

(a)Use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Collateral Agent and

the Administrative Agent each executed Consent and Agreement set forth on Schedule

3.01(c)(xi).

(b)Use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Lenders

(including granting each of the consultants described in this Section 5.20 access to the

Projects and the Sites and providing information relating to the Projects, the Base Case

Projections, and any other information reasonably requested by such consultants) in

connection with obtaining (a) a report of the Independent Engineer with respect to the

Temple I Project and (b) reliance letters from such consultants.

Section 5.21.Funding of Debt Service Reserve Account.

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On or prior to September 30, 2023, fund, or caused to be funded, the Debt Service

Reserve Account with an amount in cash at least equal to the Debt Service Reserve Requirement

(as defined in the Security Deposit Agreement).

Article VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Advance or any other Obligation of the Loan Parties under any Loan

Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or any Lender Party

shall have any Commitment hereunder, each Loan Party will not at any time:

Section 6.01.Liens, Etc. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on or with

respect to any of its Properties of any character whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or sign

or file or suffer to exist, under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, a financing

statement that names the any Loan Party as debtor, or sign or suffer to exist any security

agreement authorizing any secured party thereunder to file such financing statement, or assign

any accounts or other right to receive income, except Permitted Liens.

Section 6.02.Debt.  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Debt of any Loan Party,

except:

(a)Debt under the Loan Documents;

(b)Debt secured by Liens permitted by clause (g) of the definition of

Permitted Liens in a principal amount not to exceed in the aggregate $10,000,000 at any

time outstanding;

(c)Capitalized Leases not to exceed in the aggregate $10,000,000 at any time

outstanding;

(d)Debt in respect of Interest Rate Agreements designed to hedge against

fluctuations in interest rates incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent

with prudent business practice;

(e)Debt in respect of Permitted Commodity Agreements and Permitted

Affiliate Commodity Agreements, in each case, to the extent permitted to be entered into

under Section 6.14 (including pursuant to the Energy Management Agreement and any

Permitted Replacement Energy Management Agreements);

(f)trade or other similar Debt incurred in the ordinary course of business (but

not for borrowed money) including payments under the Energy Management Agreement

and any Permitted Replacement Energy Management Agreements:

(i)not more than 90 days past due; or

(ii)being Contested;

(g)contingent liabilities permitted pursuant to Section 6.17;

(h)unsecured Debt incurred in the ordinary course of business for the deferred

purchase price of property or services in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000

at any one time outstanding;

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(i)to the extent constituting Debt, contingent obligations under or in respect

of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, financial assurances and

completion guarantees, indemnification obligations, obligations to pay insurance

premiums (including broker or underwriter or their respective Affiliates’ financed

premium deferrals), take or pay obligations and similar obligations in each case incurred

in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with Debt for Borrowed Money;

(j)to the extent constituting Debt, Debt arising from the honoring by a bank

or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against

insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in

the ordinary course of business; provided that such Debt is extinguished within 10

Business Days of its incurrence; and

(k)to the extent constituting Debt, obligations for the deferred purchase price

of services pursuant to each LTP Contract or change order thereunder in an aggregate

amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time;

(l)Subordinated Indebtedness; and

(m)to the extent constituting Debt, (i) the Specified Reimbursement

Obligations and (ii) the obligations of Temple I to reimburse Temple II under the Shared

Facilities Agreement in effect as of the Closing Date for its portion of the Specified

Reimbursement Obligations; and

(n)to the extent constituting Debt, the Atmos Surety Bond as in effect on the

Closing Date.

Section 6.03.Nature of Business.  Engage in any business other than the direct or

indirect acquisition, development, expansion, ownership, operation, management, maintenance,

use and/or financing of the Projects and activities incidental to the foregoing, including the

disposition of assets to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents.

Section 6.04.Mergers, Etc. Merge into or consolidate with any Person or permit any

Person to merge into it, or enter into any Division.

Section 6.05.Sales, Etc. of Assets.  Sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of

its Property (including by way of Division), or grant any option or other right to purchase, lease

or otherwise acquire, any of its Property, except:

(a)sales of (or the granting of any option or other right to purchase, lease or

otherwise acquire) electric capacity, energy, ancillary services, excess natural gas, excess

fuel, excess fuel transportation or emission allowances or credits in the ordinary course of

business to the extent not prohibited by Section 6.14;

(b)sales, transfers or other dispositions in the ordinary course of its business

of Property that is obsolete, worn-out, damaged, surplus or not used or useful in the

business of the Loan Parties; provided that to the extent that the aggregate amount of Net

Cash Proceeds received by the Loan Parties in any Fiscal Year in connection with such

sales, transfers or dispositions (excluding any Net Cash Proceeds received by the Loan

Parties in respect of the sale or other disposition of the GSU Transformer) exceeds

$3,000,000 in such Fiscal Year, such excess shall constitute Asset Sale Proceeds and be

applied to prepay the Advances in accordance with the terms and conditions of the

Security Deposit Agreement;

(c)any disposition in accordance with the terms of the Temple II PSA (as in

effect on the Closing Date);

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(d)the liquidation, sale or use of Cash and Cash Equivalents;

(e)(i) any sale of the GSU Transformer and (ii) sales of assets as otherwise

expressly permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents;

(f)refunds and other transfers of Counterparty Collateral pursuant to the

terms of any Permitted Commodity Agreement or any Permitted Affiliate Commodity

Agreement;

(g)(i) deposits and the posting of cash collateral, and any application or

disposition thereof by the counterparty thereto, under or pursuant to any Permitted Lien

described in clause (n) of the definition thereof and (ii) to the extent constituting a sale of

assets, disposition or transfer of assets, under or pursuant to any Permitted Lien described

in clause (q)(ii) of the definition thereof;

(h)transfers of the Assigned Shared Assets to the Shared Facilities SPE

pursuant to and in accordance with the Shared Facilities Agreement;

(i)Transfers of assets among Loan Parties (other than Holdings); and

(j)any other asset sales not exceeding $3,000,000 in the aggregate in any

Fiscal Year.

Section 6.06.Investments in Other Persons.  Make or hold any Investment in any

Person, except:

(a)Investments consisting of (i) capital contributions made by Holdings

(whether made in the form of contributed assets or cash) through the Borrower, (ii) any

capital contributions made by the Borrower (whether made in the form of contributed

assets or cash) to Temple I or Temple II or (iii) any capital contributions made by Temple

I or Temple II (whether made in the form of contributed assets or cash) through to the

Shared Facilities SPE as required pursuant to the Shared Facilities Agreement;

(b)Investments by the Loan Parties in Cash or Cash Equivalents;

(c)Investments existing on the Closing Date and described on Schedule

4.01(w);

(d)Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization

of suppliers or customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other

disputes with, customers arising in the ordinary course of business;

(e)the delivery, receipt or application of amounts described in Section

6.05(i), to the extent constituting an Investment; and

(f)Capital Expenditures, including investments in spare parts, fuel oil and

inventory, to the extent expressly permitted by the Loan Documents.

Section 6.07.Restricted Payments.  (a) Declare or pay any dividends, purchase,

redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any of its Equity Interests now or hereafter

outstanding, return any capital to its stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent

Persons thereof) as such, make any distribution of assets, Equity Interests, obligations or

securities to its stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof) as such or

issue or sell any Equity Interests or (b) make any payment in respect of any management or other

fees, make any loans or advances to any Affiliate of the Borrower, or make any payment of

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principal or interest in respect of any subordinated indebtedness (each a “Restricted Payment”),

except (i) payments by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower or any Guarantor; (ii)

payments by the Borrower to Holdings (or its designee) to reimburse Holdings for general and

administrative costs of the Projects, the Borrower and the Guarantors directly incurred by

Holdings and other corporate overhead expenses and franchise, capital stock or other similar

Taxes required to maintain Holdings’ existence in the ordinary course of business not to exceed

the amount set forth for each item of general and administrative costs set forth on Schedule IV in

any Fiscal Year, so long as such amounts included in the Applicable Annual Budget for such

Fiscal Year (the “G&A Cost Reimbursement Payments”); (iii) any Temple I June Revenue

Amount in accordance with the Security Deposit Agreement and (iv) any payments in respect of

any Permitted Affiliate Commodity Agreement permitted under Section 6.14, and (v) so long as

the Distribution Conditions are satisfied, any Restricted Payments using the proceeds of Retained

Excess Cash Flow pursuant to priority ninth under Section 3.2 of the Security Deposit

Agreement.

Section 6.08.Transactions with Affiliates.  Except as set forth on Schedule 6.08,

conduct any transactions otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents with any of its

Affiliates on terms other than (a) those that are fair and reasonable and no less favorable to the

Loan Parties than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an

Affiliate (as determined by the applicable Loan Party acting in good faith) and (b) the disposition

of assets and properties described in the Shared Facilities Assignment Agreements and Section

6.05(i).

Section 6.09.Amendments of Constituent Documents.  Amend its Constituent

Documents other than amendments that do not adversely impair the rights and remedies of any

Agent or any Secured Party under the Collateral Documents.

Section 6.10.Accounting Changes.  Make or permit any change in its (a) accounting

policies or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP or (b) Fiscal Year.

Section 6.11.Prepayments of Debt.  Prepay, redeem, cash collateralize, purchase,

defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or make any

payment in violation of any subordination terms of, any Debt, except the prepayment of the

Advances in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Security Deposit Agreement

and the delivery or application of Counterparty Collateral, to the extent constituting any such

action.

Section 6.12.Amendment of Material Project Contracts, Etc.

(a)Directly or indirectly, amend, modify or change in any manner any

material term or condition of any Material Project Contract or give any consent, waiver or

approval thereunder in respect of any material term or condition or waive any default

under or breach of any material term or condition of any Material Project Contract, unless

either (i) the Borrower shall have (A) certified in writing to the Administrative Agent and

the Lender Parties at least 5 Business Days prior to the taking of any such action by any

Loan Party that such amendment, modification, change, consent, waiver, amendment or

other action is in the best interest of the Borrower (as determined by the Borrower acting

in good faith) and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect

and (B) provided a copy of the proposed amendment, modification, waiver or other

documentation relating to such action to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties

at least 5 Business Days prior to the effectiveness thereof and (ii) solely in the case of any

such action in respect of any Material Project Contract, has not received any objection

within the 5 Business Day period following receipt of the certification required under

clause (i) above from the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required

Lenders) to the effect that such amendment, modification, waiver or other action could

reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)Cancel or terminate any Material Project Contract (including by way of

assignment of any Loan Parties’ (as applicable) rights thereunder) or consent to or accept

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any cancellation or termination thereof (other than upon the scheduled expiration in

accordance with the terms thereof) unless the Loan Party (as applicable) shall have

entered into (or simultaneously with such termination shall enter into) a Replacement

Project Contract in substitution thereof in accordance with Section 6.16, and the

Borrower shall have certified in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lender

Parties at least 5 Business Days prior to such cancellation or termination that such

termination (after giving effect to such Replacement Project Contract) is in the best

interest of the applicable Loan Party (as determined by such Loan Party acting in good

faith) and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided

that notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) no Loan Party shall be entitled to terminate and

substitute or replace any Interconnection Agreement, any Tax Abatement Agreement or

any Water Services Agreement and (y) no Loan Party shall be entitled to terminate and

substitute or replace any Gas Transportation Agreement unless such Gas Transportation

Agreement is replaced with a Replacement Project Contract which (i) in the case of each

Gas Transportation Agreement, provides for gas transportation services on a firm basis

for a term no shorter than, and for gas quantities no less than, the term and quantities of

the Gas Transportation Agreement being replaced and (ii) contains gas quality and other

technical specifications consistent in all material respects with those contained in the Gas

Transportation Agreement being replaced, or are otherwise consistent with the

operational requirements of the Temple I Energy Center or the Temple II Energy Center;

provided, further, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Loan Party shall be permitted

to cancel, terminate or agree to the cancellation or termination of any Additional Project

Agreement (other than an Additional Project Agreement that constitutes a Replacement

Project Contract) without entering into a Replacement Project Contract in respect thereof,

to the extent that (A) the Borrower shall have certified in writing to the Administrative

Agent and the Lender Parties at least 5 Business Days prior to the cancellation or

termination thereof that such cancellation or termination is in the best interests of the

applicable Loan Party (as determined by such Loan Party acting in good faith) and could

not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) the Required

Lenders have consented to any such cancellation or termination; and provided further that

any Commodity Agreement shall be governed solely by Section 6.16.

Section 6.13.Partnerships, Formation of Subsidiaries, Etc. Become a general partner

in any general or limited partnership or joint venture or a member in any limited liability

company or organize or own any Subsidiary (including by way of Division), other than (a) the

Borrower owning Equity Interests in each of Temple I and Temple II and (b) each of Temple I

and Temple II each owning 50% of the Shared Facilities SPE.

Section 6.14.Speculative Transactions/ Commodity Hedges.  Enter into:

(a)any Hedge Agreement except (1) (x) Permitted Commodity Agreements;

provided that thereafter the Loan Parties shall promptly deliver to the Administrative

Agent a copy of such Permitted Commodity Agreement; or (y) Permitted Replacement

Energy Management Agreements that are assignable as collateral security for the

obligations of the Loan Parties in accordance with its respective terms; provided that

thereafter the Loan Parties shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent an

executed Consent and Agreement in respect of such Permitted Replacement Energy

Management Agreement, together with a copy of such Permitted Replacement Energy

Management Agreement, (2) Interest Rate Agreements that are either unsecured or

secured with (i) Retained Excess Cash Flow or (ii) the Voluntary Equity Contribution or

(3) Permitted Affiliate Commodity Agreements, provided that thereafter the Loan Parties

shall promptly (but in no event later than five (5) Business Days) deliver to the

Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties a copy of such Permitted Affiliate

Commodity Agreement; or

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(b)any Commodity Agreements that are secured by the Collateral, other than

Secured Commodity Agreements, but only to the extent the Liens securing such Secured

Commodity Agreements constitute Permitted Liens.

Section 6.15.Capital Expenditures.  Make any Capital Expenditures in any calendar

year in an amount greater than $1,000,000 in the aggregate for any such calendar year, other than

(a) in connection with a Capital Expenditure made by any Loan Party, as applicable, to bring it or

the applicable Project into compliance with any Requirement of Law, (b) costs with respect to

Major Maintenance Expenditures, Capital Expenditures, or the Shared Facilities (x) consistent

with the Applicable Annual Budget or (y) under emergency circumstances requiring action to

resume or maintain operation of the Projects or the assets of the Shared Facilities SPE, as

applicable, in accordance with Prudent Industry Practice or to avoid imminent threat to human

life or property, (c) expenditures made with Loss Proceeds on account of a Loss Event in

accordance with the terms of the Security Deposit Agreement, (d) the purchase or plant, property

or equipment to the extent financed with any proceeds received by the Loan Parties in connection

with any disposition of any property of a Loan Party pursuant to Section 6.05 and, in each case,

in accordance with the Security Deposit Agreement, or (e) to the extent funded solely with the

proceeds of (i) any Retained Excess Cash Flows or (ii) the proceeds of Voluntary Equity

Contributions or other equity contributions from Holdings.

Section 6.16.Additional Project Agreements.  Except as contemplated by Section

5.11 or by Section 6.5 of the Shared Facilities Agreement, enter into, become a party to or

become liable under any Additional Project Agreement (with any series of related Contractual

Obligations entered into as part of a single transaction or series of related transactions to be

considered as one Additional Project Agreement for purposes of this Section 6.16), or allow the

Shared Facilities SPE to take any such action, including any Replacement Project Contract

entered into pursuant to this Section 6.16 or Section 8.01(m) unless:

(a)such Additional Project Agreement (i) is for the purchase of items

expressly provided for in the Applicable Annual Budget, (ii) is a Replacement Project

Contract, (iii) is required to be entered into under the Shared Facilities Agreement to

implement the arrangements contemplated thereby or (iv) is a Permitted Replacement

Energy Management Agreement that has been procured through a request for proposal

process mutually agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (such

consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and

(b)the Loan Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the

Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent an executed Consent and Agreement in

respect of such Additional Project Agreement, together with a copy of such Additional

Project Agreement; provided that, in the event the Borrower is selecting among two or

more Additional Project Agreement counterparties with terms that are substantially

similar, the Loan Parties shall select the counterparty that will provide a Consent and

Agreement,.

Section 6.17.Contingent Liabilities.  Become liable under any Contractual Obligation

or Support Instrument as a surety or accommodation endorser for or upon the obligation of any

other Person, except (a) normal trade credit, (b) the endorsement of negotiable instruments

received in the normal course of its business, (c) indemnities provided under the Transaction

Documents, (d) ordinary course indemnities under Contractual Obligations that are not

Transaction Documents and (e) Permitted Debt.

Section 6.18.Lease Transactions.  Enter into any transaction for the lease of any

Property, whether an operating lease, Capitalized Lease or otherwise other than (a) the leases set

forth on Schedule 4.01(v)(i) or Schedule 4.01(v)(ii), (b) Capitalized Leases permitted under

Section 6.02(c), (c) leases of automobiles, office equipment and other real or personal property

under which the aggregate annual lease payments by the Loan Parties do not exceed $2,000,000

in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year and (d) operating leases contemplated by the then Applicable

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Annual Budget; provided that such operating leases shall not have a term in excess of five years

as of any date of determination, and (e) leases in respect of the Shared Facilities, as defined in

and pursuant to the Shared Facilities Agreement.

Section 6.19.Employees.  Have any employees.

Section 6.20.ERISA Plans.  Incur any material liability under or by operation of Title

IV of ERISA, including, but not limited to, any liability in connection with the termination of an

“employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA or

the withdrawal from a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

Section 6.21.Accounts.  Open or have any deposit or securities accounts other than the

Accounts, the Local Account, the L/C Cash Collateral Account and accounts described in

clauses (n) and (o) of the definition of Permitted Liens.

Article VII

REPORTING COVENANTS

So long as any Advance or any other Obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan

Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or any Lender Party

shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Loan Parties will furnish to the Agents and the

Lender Parties:

Section 7.01.Default and Material Adverse Effect Notice.  As soon as possible and in

any event within ten (10) Business Days after any Loan Party obtains Knowledge of the

occurrence of (a) each Default or (b) any event, development or occurrence specific to any Loan

Parties or any Project that is not a matter of general public knowledge and that has had, or could

reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect continuing on the date of such

statement, a statement of the Chief Financial Officer of the Loan Parties setting forth details of

such Default or event, development or occurrence and the action that the Loan Parties has taken

and proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 7.02.Annual Financials.  As soon as available and in any event within 120

days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a copy of the annual audit report for such year for the

Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including therein a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower

and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statement of

income and consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such

Fiscal Year, in each case accompanied by an opinion as to such audit report of

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of nationally recognized

standing acceptable to the Required Lenders (without any Impermissible Qualification) and (b) a

certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower stating that, to the Chief Financial

Officer’s Knowledge, no Default has occurred and is continuing or, if a Default has occurred and

is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action that the Borrower has taken and

proposes to take with respect thereto; provided that, in the event of any change in GAAP used in

the preparation of such financial statements, the Borrower shall also provide a reconciliation of

such financial statements to GAAP.

Section 7.03.Scheduled Financials.  As soon as available and in any event within 60

days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each Fiscal Year, a consolidated balance

sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and the related

consolidated statement of income and consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and

its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal quarter and ending

with the end of such fiscal quarter and a consolidated statement of income and a consolidated

statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the

end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such quarter, setting forth in each

case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding date or period of the

preceding Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and duly certified (subject to normal year-end

audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes) by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower as

having been prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a certificate of said officer stating

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that, to the Chief Financial Officer’s Knowledge, no Default has occurred and is continuing or, if

a Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action that

the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect; provided that, in the event of any

change in GAAP used in the preparation of such financial statements, the Borrower shall also

provide a reconciliation of such financial statements to GAAP.

Section 7.04.Annual Budget.

(a)As soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each

Fiscal Year, deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders an annual budget and

operating plan, including a statement of projected Revenues and O&M Costs on an

individual line item basis (for each Project) and projected debt service in respect of the

Facilities and Permitted Debt (to the extent such Permitted Debt constitutes Debt for

Borrowed Money) for the then current Fiscal Year (each, as approved or deemed

approved in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.04, an “Annual Budget”).

Each Annual Budget shall be accompanied by an officer’s certificate signed by a

Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that the budget is a reasonable estimate for

the period covered thereby and is in compliance with the requirements of Section 7.04(d).

(b)A proposed Annual Budget shall become effective on the 45th day after its

submission to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in accordance with Section

7.04(a) unless all or any material item of such proposed Annual Budget is disapproved

prior to such date by the Required Lenders.  No later than 45 days after the receipt of any

Annual Budget, the Required Lenders in consultation with the Independent Engineer

shall approve such Annual Budget or shall advise the Borrower of any changes thereto

necessary for approval by the Administrative Agent.

(c)If any item of a proposed Annual Budget is disapproved by the Required

Lenders within 45 days after its submission to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,

the Borrower shall comply with all approved items (if any) of such Annual Budget.  With

respect to those items (if any) of an Annual Budget that are disapproved, the Borrower,

the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to discuss such items; provided

that if the Borrower and the Required Lenders are unable to agree with respect to such

item, the amount set forth for such item in the Applicable Annual Budget for the

preceding Fiscal Year relating to such disapproved items shall be applicable (and shall for

all purposes hereof be deemed to be part of the approved Annual Budget for the current

Fiscal Year until such time as such items of the Annual Budget for the current Fiscal

Year have been approved by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the

Required Lenders)); provided that until so approved, the budgeted amounts of such

disputed items shall be escalated by an amount equal to the GDP-IPD.

(d)Each Annual Budget shall (i) be prepared in good faith on the basis of all

facts and circumstances then existing and known to the Loan Parties and written

assumptions stated therein which the Loan Parties believe to be reasonable as to all

factual and legal matters material to such estimates, and reflect the Borrower’s best

estimate of the future results of the Loan Parties and the Projects (it being understood that

such Budget is as to future events and is not to be viewed as facts, is subject to significant

uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Loan

Parties (and each of their respective Subsidiaries), and no assurance can be given that the

Budget will be realized and that actual results may differ from projected results and such

differences may be material) and (ii) be based on the same format and maintained

substantially on the same basis as, and provide sufficient detail to permit a meaningful

comparison to, previous years.  Each Annual Budget shall include (A) fair and good faith

reasonable estimates of Revenues (including Capacity Payments), O&M Costs (both

fixed and variable), Major Maintenance Expenditures and other Capital Expenditures on

an individual line item basis for each Project and projected debt service and pro forma

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cash flow projections for each month covered by such Annual Budget, (B) a summary of

each Project’s major maintenance schedule to the end of the then current long term major

maintenance cycle (and related scheduled outages), (C) the Loan Parties’ fair and good

faith reasonable estimates of the Major Maintenance Expenditures for the succeeding two

years and the envisioned effect of any contemplated major maintenance activities on each

Project’s operations, (D) each Project’s program for spare parts (including the proposed

suppliers thereof and prices therefor, inventory management and fuel supply

management) and (E) such other information as the Administrative Agent may

reasonably request (in each case, it being understood that such Budget is as to future

events and is not to be viewed as facts, is subject to significant uncertainties and

contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Loan Parties (and each of

their respective Subsidiaries), and no assurance can be given that the Budget will be

realized and that actual results may differ from projected results and such differences may

be material).

(e)If at any time during any Fiscal Year, fixed O&M Costs to be paid during

the balance of such Fiscal Year exceed or could reasonably be expected to exceed by

25% the amount of such fixed O&M Costs indicated in the Applicable Annual Budget for

such Fiscal Year, then the Borrower shall deliver an amendment to the Applicable

Annual Budget to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.  At the time the Borrower

submits such proposed amendment, the Borrower shall certify the purpose of such

amendment and that such amendment is reasonably necessary or advisable for the

operation and maintenance of each Project, provided that no such amendment shall be

made to the Applicable Annual Budget for the payment of any fees or other amounts to

any Affiliate of the Borrower unless the Borrower shall have demonstrated to the

reasonable satisfaction of the Independent Engineer that such increased amounts reflect

fair market compensation for the services or products being rendered or paid for with

such additional amounts.  If the Required Lenders do not inform the Borrower of their

failure to approve a proposed amendment within 45 days after submission thereof to the

Lenders and the Administrative Agent, such proposed amendment shall be deemed

approved by the Required Lenders.  If the Required Lenders do not approve a proposed

amendment, the Required Lenders shall advise the Borrower of the items which are

disapproved and the reason for such disapproval.  If all or any part of a proposed

amendment is disapproved, the Loan Parties shall comply with the approved Annual

Budget.

Section 7.05.Litigation.  Promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of all

actions, suits, investigations, litigation and proceedings before any Governmental Authority

affecting any Loan Party of the type described in Section 4.01(h).

Section 7.06.Creditor Reports.  Promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any

material statement or report furnished to any holder of Debt securities of any Loan Party

pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement and not otherwise

required to be furnished to the Lender Parties pursuant to any other section of this Article VII.

Section 7.07.Agreement Notices, Etc. Promptly upon receipt thereof, (a) copies of all

notices, requests and other documents received by any Loan Party under or pursuant to any

Material Project Contract, Easement Agreements or Governmental Authorization regarding or

related to (i) any material breach or default asserted by any party thereto or (ii) any other event

that could reasonably be expected to materially impair the value of the interests or the rights of

any Loan Party thereunder or otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) copies of any

amendment, modification or waiver of any material provision of any Material Project Contract,

Easement Agreements or other material Contractual Obligations or any Applicable

Governmental Authorizations, (c) copies of any material amendment, modification or waiver of

any provision of any Constituent Document of any Loan Party, (d) copies of any Additional

Project Agreement entered into by any Loan Party after the date hereof to the extent not

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previously delivered, (e) copies of any material Governmental Authorizations obtained after the

Closing Date, (f) any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership

Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in parts (c) or

(d) of such certification and (g) from time to time upon request by the Administrative Agent,

such information and reports regarding the Material Project Contracts, Easement Agreements,

Permitted Commodity Agreements, Permitted Affiliate Commodity Agreements, Governmental

Authorizations obtained in respect of each Project and such instruments, indentures and loan and

credit and similar agreements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.  .

Section 7.08.Environmental Conditions.  Promptly after receipt of notice or obtaining

Knowledge thereof, notice of any Environmental Action against or of any non-compliance by

any Loan Party with any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit or the release of any

Hazardous Material, which, in each case, could (a) reasonably be expected to have a Material

Adverse Effect or could reasonably be likely to result in any material liability to, or criminal

sanctions against, any Loan Party or any Agent or Lender Party or (b) cause any Real Property

described in the Mortgages to be subject to any material restrictions on ownership, occupancy,

use or transferability under any Environmental Law.

Section 7.09.Material Commodity Agreements.  Deliver to the Administrative Agent,

no later than ten days after the end of each calendar quarter, a quarterly report of all Material

Commodity Agreements entered into by any Loan Party during such quarterly period, certifying

compliance of such Material Commodity Agreements with the requirements set forth in the

definition of Permitted Commodity Agreements, and, if applicable, Secured Commodity

Agreements.

Section 7.10.Insurance.  (a) As soon as available and in any event within 30 days after

the end of each annual policy renewal date, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the

Borrower, certifying that (i) in the case of the Loan Parties, the insurance requirements of

Schedule 5.04 have been implemented and in the case of the Shared Facilities SPE, the insurance

requirements of Section 13 of the Shared Facilities Agreement have been implemented and the

Loan Parties’ insurance policies are being complied with in all material respects and (ii) the Loan

Parties have paid all insurance premiums then due and payable, and (b) promptly after obtaining

Knowledge of any early cancellation or material change in the terms, coverage or amounts of any

insurance, in the case of the Loan Parties, described in Schedule 5.04 or, in the case of the

Shared Facilities SPE, described in the Shared Facilities Agreement, a statement a Responsible

Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of such cancellation or change and (c) within the

period during which Temple I is required to make a notification to the carrier of its insurance

applicable to the Winter Storm Uri Litigations of, to the Loan Parties’ Knowledge (x) the

commencement of any Winter Storm Uri- related lawsuit against Temple I and/or the Temple I

Project and (y) any threatened Winter Storm Uri-related lawsuit against Temple I and/or the

Temple I Project, in each case, in order to make a timely claim with respect to such lawsuit as

may be required by the Loan Parties’ applicable insurance policies, Temple I shall (i) deliver or

cause to be delivered such notification to such insurance carrier with a copy to the

Administrative Agent and (ii) provide to the Administrative Agent all correspondence between

the Loan Parties and/or their respective Affiliates and such insurance carrier relating to such

Winter Storm Uri- related lawsuit.

Section 7.11.Sanctions Violation.  Promptly after any Loan Party obtains actual

knowledge or receives any written notice of a Sanctions Violation, written notice to the

Administrative Agent of such Sanctions Violation.

Section 7.12.Operating Reports.  Deliver to the Administrative Agent, as soon as

available, but in any event no later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, a summary of

operations for each such fiscal quarter and a summary of the calendar year-to-date operations, in

each case including comparisons to the Applicable Annual Budget, including information in

reasonable detail concerning:  (a) generating output of each Project during such fiscal quarter, (b)

Commodity Agreements in effect during such fiscal quarter and any deliveries or payments made

thereunder, (c) any adjustments made to any pricing formula or component thereof in any

Commodity Agreement during such fiscal quarter, (d) the mark to market exposure of each Loan

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Party under any Commodity Agreement to which any Loan Party is a party as of the last day of

such fiscal quarter, (e) Revenues generated during such fiscal quarter, (f) O&M Costs during

such fiscal quarter, (g) any Capital Expenditures or Major Maintenance Expenditures made

during such fiscal quarter, (h) the Loan Parties’ most recent cash planning forecast by month

covering at least the next six months, (i) any material developments during such fiscal quarter in

the operations of each Project which have had or could reasonably be expected to have, either

individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (j) a description of compliance and

non-compliance with Applicable Governmental Authorizations, and (k) without duplication of

any of the foregoing, a description of any material defects or material malfunctions at each

Project and factors affecting actual or expected O&M Costs and Revenues.

Section 7.13.Notices, Etc. Promptly upon any Loan Party obtaining Knowledge thereof

notify the Administrative Agent of:

(a)the incurrence of fixed O&M Costs in any three month period to the extent

such incurrence exceeds (x) 115% of fixed O&M Costs budgeted for such three month

period pursuant to the then Applicable Annual Budget or (y) Shared Expenses in any

three month period, to the extent such incurrence exceeds 115% of Shared Expenses

budgeted for such three month period pursuant to the then Applicable Annual Budget;

(b)the occurrence of any Loss Event or Title Event, in each case, whether or

not insured;

(c)any notice of cancellation of, or non-renewal of, or material change in the

insurance policies maintained by or on behalf of the Loan Parties, including in respect of

any Project and the Shared Facilities;

(d)any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices

by any Loan Party;

(e)any notice of demand under any Support Instrument issued in respect of

any Material Project Contract;

(f)(i) any dispute or material correspondence between any Loan Party and

any Governmental Authority involving the revocation, modification or failure to renew of

any Applicable Governmental Authorization, except as could not reasonably be expected

to result in any such Loan Party incurring a liability or loss in excess of $3,000,000, or

(ii) the imposition of additional conditions with respect to any Applicable Governmental

Authorization that could reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the

interests of the Lenders;

(g)the assertion of the occurrence of any event of force majeure under any

Material Project Contract and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent and

available to any Loan Party, copies of any invoices, statements, supporting

documentation, schedules, data or affidavits delivered under such Material Project

Contract;

(h)any total plant forced outage in respect of any Project in excess of 72

consecutive hours;

(i)upon obtaining Knowledge thereof, any transfer or disposition of any

direct ownership interest in Holdings, including information regarding transferees in

respect of any transfers by the Person that directly owns an interest in any Loan Party

below a corporate taxpayer level; and

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(j)within 60 days of the replacement of any Person included in the

Knowledge definition (whether those specifically listed or successors into any such role),

the name of any successor to a Person.

Section 7.14.Other Information.  Such other information respecting the business,

condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any Loan

Party as any Agent, or any Lender Party through the Administrative Agent, may from time to

time reasonably request.

Section 7.15.Shared Facilities Reports.  Deliver to the Administrative Agent, as soon

as available each report, financial statement, notice or other written information delivered to any

Loan Party pursuant to the Shared Facilities Agreement.

Article VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section 8.01.Events of Default.  If any of the following events (each an “Event of

Default”) shall occur and be continuing:

(a)(i) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Advance or

reimburse the L/C Issuing Bank for any draws under a Letter of Credit when the same

shall become due and payable, (ii) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any

Advance within three (3) Business Days after the same shall become due and payable, or

(iii) any Loan Party shall fail to make any other payment under any Loan Document

within five (5) Business Days after the earlier of the date on which (x) any Responsible

Officer of the Borrower becomes aware of such failure or (y) written notice thereof shall

have been given to the Borrower by any Agent or any Lender Party; or

(b)any representation or warranty made by any Loan Party under or in

connection with any Loan Document shall prove to have been incorrect in any material

respect when made; provided that, if (i) the fact, event or circumstance resulting in such

inaccurate representation or warranty is capable of being cured, corrected or otherwise

remedied and (ii) such fact, event or circumstance shall have been cured, corrected or

otherwise remedied within forty five (45) days from the date the Borrower or any other

Loan Party obtains Knowledge thereof or from notice to the Borrower from the

Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

(c)any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or

agreement contained in:

(i)Section 2.15 (Use of Proceeds);

(ii)Section 5.04 (Maintenance of Insurance);

(iii)Section 5.05 (Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc.);

(iv)Section 5.13 (Accounts) (solely with respect to Section 5.13, such

failure shall remain unremedied for fifteen (15) days after the earlier of the date

on which (i) any officer of any Loan Party becomes aware of such failure or (ii)

written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower or any other Loan

Party by any Agent or any Lender Party);

(v)Section 5.14 (Sanctions);

(vi)Section 5.15 (Separateness);

(vii)Section 5.18 (Tax Abatement Agreement);

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(viii)Section 5.21 (Funding of the Debt Service Reserve Account)

(solely with respect to Section 5.21, such failure shall remain unremedied for 5

days after September 30, 2023),

(ix)Article VI (Negative Covenants); or

(x)Section 7.01 (Default and Material Adverse Effect Notice); or

(d)(A) any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or

agreement contained in Section 7.02, Section 7.03 or Section 7.04 and such failure shall

remain unremedied for 10 days, or (B) any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe

any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 7.12 and such failure shall remain

unremedied for 15 days, in each case, after the earlier of the date on which (i) any officer

of any Loan Party becomes aware of such failure or (ii) written notice thereof shall have

been given to the Borrower or any other Loan Party by any Agent or any Lender Party; or

(e)any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or

agreement contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed

(other than any term, covenant or agreement contemplated by Section 8.01(a) through

Section 8.01(c) ) if such failure shall remain unremedied for 45 days after the earlier of

the date on which (i) any officer of a Loan Party becomes aware of such failure or (ii)

written notice thereof shall have been given to a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or

any other Loan Party by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; provided,

however, that, if (A) such failure does not involve the payment of money to any Person

and cannot be cured in such 45 day period, (B) such failure is susceptible of cure, (C) the

Loan Parties are proceeding with diligence and in good faith to cure such failure, and (D)

the existence of such failure has not had and would not, after considering the nature of the

cure, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (E) the

Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of

the Borrower to the effect of clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) above and stating what action

the Borrower or any other Loan Party is taking to cure such failure, then such 45 day cure

period shall be extended to such date, not to exceed a total of 90 days, as shall be

necessary for the applicable Loan Party to diligently cure such failure; or

(f)any Loan Party shall fail to pay any principal of, premium or interest on or

any other amount payable in respect of any Debt of any Loan Party that is outstanding in

a principal amount (or, in the case of any Interest Rate Agreement or Commodity

Agreement, an Agreement Value) of at least $10,000,000 either individually or in the

aggregate (but excluding Debt outstanding hereunder), when the same becomes due and

payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or

otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any,

specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Debt; or any other event shall

occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to any such

Debt and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such

agreement or instrument, and the effect of such event or condition is the acceleration of

such Debt or the maturity of such Debt, or such Debt shall be declared to be due and

payable or required to be prepaid or redeemed; or

(g)any Loan Party shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event; or

(h)any judgments or orders, either individually or in the aggregate, for the

payment of money in excess of $10,000,000 shall be rendered against any Loan Party and

either enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such

judgment or order or (ii) there shall be any period of 60 consecutive days during which a

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stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or

otherwise, shall not be in effect; provided, however, that any such judgment or order shall

not give rise to an Event of Default under this Section 8.01(h)(ii) if and for so long as (A)

the amount of such judgment or order is covered by a valid and binding policy of

insurance in favor of such Loan Party from an insurer that is rated at least “A” by A.M.

Best Company, which policy covers full payment thereof (other than the greater of the

applicable deductible or $5,000,000) or by third-party indemnification or reimbursement

and (B) such insurer or third-party has been notified, and has not disputed the claim made

for payment, of the amount of such judgment or order; or

(i)any non-monetary judgment or order shall be rendered against any Loan

Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there shall

be any period of 30 consecutive days during which such judgment shall not have been

vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal; or

(j)any provision of any Loan Document after delivery thereof pursuant to

Section 3.01 or Section 5.09 shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or

enforceable against any Loan Party or any Loan Party shall so state in writing; or

(k)any Collateral Document or financing statement in respect thereof after

delivery thereof pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 5.09 shall for any reason (other than

pursuant to the terms thereof) cease to create a valid and perfected first priority lien

(subject to Permitted Liens) on and security interest in the Collateral purported to be

covered thereby; or

(l)any Loan Party shall be in breach of any material obligation, or a material

default by any Loan Party shall have occurred and be continuing, under a Material Project

Contract, and such breach or default shall not be remediable or, if remediable, shall

continue unremedied for a period equal to the lesser of cure period provided under the

Material Project Contract or 45 days from the time any such Loan Party obtains

Knowledge thereof; provided, however, that, if (i) such breach cannot be cured within

such period, (ii) such breach is susceptible of cure, (iii) the Loan Parties are proceeding

with diligence and in good faith to cure such breach, (iv) the existence of such breach has

not had and would not, after considering the nature of the cure, reasonably be expected to

give rise to, a termination by the counterparty to the Material Project Contract which is

subject to breach or to otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect, and (v) the

Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of

the Borrower to the effect of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above and stating what action

the Loan Parties are taking to cure such breach then, so long as no Material Adverse

Effect occurs, such cure period shall be extended to such date, not to exceed a total of 90

days, as shall be necessary for the Loan Parties diligently to cure such breach; or

(m)(i) any Project Counterparty (other than the City of Temple) shall fail to

perform or observe any material term, covenant or agreement contained in any Material

Project Contract or any Consent and Agreement to which it is a party (and (x) such

failure shall remain unremedied for 90 days from the time any Loan Party obtains

Knowledge of such failure and (y) such failure has resulted in, or could reasonably be

expected to result in, a Specified Project MAE) or shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event,

unless (A) in the case of a Bankruptcy Event, such Project Counterparty is continuing to

perform all of its material obligations under each Material Project Contract to which it is

a party and such Bankruptcy Event could not reasonably be expected to have a Material

Adverse Effect or (B) the applicable Loan Party has entered into a Replacement Project

Contract in respect of such Material Project Contract within 120 days after such breach or

Bankruptcy Event and the relevant Loan Party shall have fully satisfied all of its

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obligations arising out of such termination within such 120-day period; or (ii) any

Material Project Contract (other than the Water Services Agreement) shall terminate or

otherwise cease to be valid and binding on any party thereto (except upon expiration in

accordance with its terms or full performance by such party of its obligations thereunder

or as otherwise permitted by the second proviso to Section 6.12(b)) and such termination

or cessation shall have resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a

Specified Project MAE, unless the relevant Loan Party has entered into a Replacement

Project Contract in respect of such Material Project Contract within 90 days after such

termination and the relevant Loan Party shall have fully satisfied all of its obligations

arising out of such termination within such 120-day period; or

(n)any Loan Party shall voluntarily abandon the operation and maintenance

of any Project, with no intent to resume such operation, for a period of more than 60

consecutive days (it being acknowledged that any Loss Event, Title Event, Event of

Eminent Domain, force majeure event, outage or other event which is not caused by the

Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall, in each case, be deemed to not be an

abandonment); or

(o)any material portion of any Project is damaged, seized or appropriated

without fair value being paid therefor (by insurance or otherwise) such as to allow

replacement of such Property and/or prepayment of the Secured Obligations in

accordance with Section 3.8 of the Security Deposit Agreement and to allow the Loan

Parties to continue satisfying their Obligations under this Agreement and the other

Transaction Documents, in each case after giving effect to any cash contributions to the

common equity of the Loan Parties made to the Loan Parties after the Closing Date and

applied to such replacement and/or prepayment; or

(p)a Change of Control shall occur; or

(q)Holdings shall (i) directly conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or

commit to conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, any business or operations or other

activity other than those related to its ownership of the Equity Interests in the Borrower

and the performance of its Obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party

including (A) activities associated with the making of capital contributions to the

Borrower and (B) the issuance of Equity Interests in connection with its ownership of the

Borrower or (ii) directly own, lease, manage or otherwise operate any Property other than

the ownership of Equity Interests in the Borrower or (iii) incur any Debt other than under

the Loan Documents or as otherwise permitted under the Pledge Agreement;

(r)any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or

agreement contained in Section 5.16 and such failure shall remain unremedied for 30

days after the earlier of the date on which (i) any officer of the Borrower becomes aware

of such failure or (ii) written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by any

Agent or any Lender Party;

(s)The City of Temple shall fail to perform or observe any material term,

covenant or agreement (a “Water Provider Breach”) contained in any Water Services

Agreement or any Consent and Agreement to which it is a party and such failure to

perform or observe such material term, covenant or agreement could reasonably be

expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (provided that the occurrence of any event set

forth on Schedule 8.01(s) shall be deemed to constitute a Material Adverse Effect for

purposes of this Section 8.01(s)) and shall continue unremedied for a period of more than:

(i)if such Water Provider Breach occurs during a Peak Month:

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(A)in the event City of Temple is delivering less water to

either Temple I or Temple II than required pursuant to the applicable

Water Services Agreement and such shortfall has not been replaced or

substituted with a short-term water supply source (including, without

limitation, by the use of water under any other Water Services Agreement

and any water delivered under a Replacement Project Contract in respect

of such Water Services Agreement), 90 days after such breach;

(B)in the event City of Temple is delivering less water to

either Temple I or Temple II than required pursuant to the applicable

Water Services Agreement and such shortfall has been replaced or

substituted with a short-term water supply source (including, without

limitation, by the use of water under any other Water Services Agreement

and any water delivered under a Replacement Project Contract in respect

of such Water Services Agreement), 120 days after such breach; or

(C)in the event City of Temple is delivering the full amount of

water pursuant to the Water Services Agreements, 120 days after such

breach; or

(ii)if such Water Provider Breach occurs during a Non-Peak Month,

120 days after such breach; or

(t)Any Water Services Agreement shall terminate or otherwise cease to be

valid and binding on any party thereto unless the relevant Loan Party has entered into a

Replacement Project Contract in respect of the applicable Water Services Agreement

within 90 days and the relevant Loan Party shall have fully satisfied all of its obligations

arising out of such termination or cessation within such 90-day period;

then, and in any such event, the Administrative Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the

consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Loan Parties, declare the Commitments of

each Lender Party and the obligation of each Lender to make Advances and of the L/C Issuing

Bank to issue Letters of Credit to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate,

(ii) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Loan

Parties, declare the Advances, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this

Agreement (including the Minimum Earnings Amount) and the other Loan Documents to be

forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall

become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further

notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Loan Party; provided,

however, that, in the event of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any

Loan Party under the Bankruptcy Code or upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under

Section 8.01(g), (x) the Commitments of each Lender and the obligation of each Lender Party to

make Advances and of the L/C Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit shall automatically be

terminated and (y) the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts (including the Minimum

Earnings Amount) shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment,

demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each

Loan Party, (iii) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, may apply, set off or execute upon any

amounts on deposit in any Account or any proceeds (or direct the Depositary and/or the

Collateral Agent to do the same), or any other moneys of any Loan Party on deposit with the

Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party in the manner provided in the Uniform

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Commercial Code and other relevant statutes and decisions and interpretations thereunder with

respect to cash collateral or on its own volition if the Administrative Agent reasonably believes

that the failure to make such payment would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse

Effect, apply funds in the Revenue Account at the times and in the order of priority provided in

the Security Deposit Agreement, (iv) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, may liquidate

Insurance Proceeds (including any Permitted Investments made with such proceeds) in such

manner as the Required Lenders shall deem reasonable and prudent under the circumstances and

apply the same (A) to curing such Event of Default, and any Insurance Proceeds remaining

thereafter shall be applied as provided in the Security Deposit Agreement, or (B) toward payment

of all other Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) of the Borrower and

the other Loan Parties in connection with the exercise of the Lenders’ remedies pursuant to this

Section 8.01 and (v) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, may exercise any and all rights and

remedies available under any of the Loan Documents or applicable law, including judicial or

non-judicial foreclosure or public or private sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to the

Collateral Documents.  Upon any acceleration of the unpaid principal balance of any Advance

pursuant to this Section 8.01 during the Minimum Earnings Period, the applicable Lender shall

be entitled to, and the Borrower shall pay as liquidated damages (it being agreed that the amount

of damages that such Lender will suffer in each case are difficult to calculate) an amount equal to

the Minimum Earnings Amount applicable to the unpaid principal balance so accelerated, in

addition to all other amounts due and payable in respect of the Obligations hereunder.

If all or any part of the Obligations in respect of the Loan Documents becomes due and

payable on or prior to the end of the Minimum Earnings Period, whether on the Term Maturity

Date, upon acceleration (whether by election or automatically), or on such other earlier date on

which the Obligations in respect of the Loan Documents or portion of the Obligations in respect

of the Loan Documents becomes due and payable as provided in the Loan Documents, the

applicable Minimum Earnings Amount shall be due and payable on such repayment date.  EACH

LOAN PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LAWFULLY

DO SO) THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT

PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF ANY MINIMUM EARNINGS

AMOUNT.  Each Loan Party expressly agrees (to the fullest extent that it may lawfully do so)

that:  (A) each Minimum Earnings Amount is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length

transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel; (B) NO

MINIMUM EARNINGS AMOUNT SHALL CONSTITUTE, OR BE DEEMED OR

CONSIDERED TO BE, UNMATURED INTEREST ON THE TERM LOAN ADVANCE OR

OTHER AMOUNT AND NO LOAN PARTY SHALL ARGUE UNDER ANY

CIRCUMSTANCE THAT ANY MINIMUM EARNINGS AMOUNT CONSTITUTES

UNMATURED INTEREST ON THE TERM LOAN ADVANCE; (C) each Minimum Earnings

Amount shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is

made; (D) there has been a course of conduct between the Lenders and the Loan Parties giving

specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Minimum Earnings

Amounts; (E) each Loan Party shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as

agreed to in this paragraph; and (F) in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of

ascertaining actual damages, the parties mutually agree that the Minimum Earnings Amounts are

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a reasonable calculation of the Lenders’ lost profits as a result of any such prepayments and are

not a penalty.

It being understood that, prior to, during the occurrence and continuance of any Event of

Default, or anytime thereafter the Loan Parties may prepay in full the outstanding aggregate

principal amount of all Advances, together with (A) accrued interest to the date of such

prepayment on the aggregate principal amount prepaid, (B) in the case of any prepayment during

the Minimum Earnings Period, the Minimum Earnings Amount (as applicable) and (C) any other

fees or expenses then due under this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.07(a).  Any optional

prepayments pursuant to this paragraph may be made with the proceeds of any funding source,

including without limitation, any Voluntary Equity Contributions, proceeds of a refinancing in

full of the Facilities in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and as contemplated by

priority ninth of Section 3.2 of the Security Deposit Agreement.

Section 8.02.Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Default.

If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent

may, or shall at the request of the Required Lenders, irrespective of whether it is taking any of

the actions described in Section 8.01 or otherwise, make demand upon the Borrower to, and

forthwith upon such demand the Borrower will, pay to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the

Lender Parties in same day funds at the Collateral Agent’s Office, for deposit in the L/C Cash

Collateral Account, to the extent not already funded, an amount equal to 102.5% of the aggregate

Available Amount of all Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuing Bank then outstanding;

provided that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(g) relating to any

Loan Party, the Borrower shall be obligated to pay to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the

Lender Parties in same day funds at the Collateral Agent’s Office, for deposit in the L/C Cash

Collateral Account, to the extent not already funded, an amount equal to 102.5% of the aggregate

Available Amount of all Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuing Bank then outstanding,

without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby

expressly waived by each Loan Party.  If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be

continuing and the L/C Issuing Bank determines that any funds held in the L/C Cash Collateral

Account are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the L/C Issuing Bank or its

agent or depositary or that the total amount of such funds is less than 102.5% of the aggregate

Available Amount of all Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuing Bank then outstanding, the

Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by the L/C Issuing Bank, pay to the L/C Issuing Bank, as

additional funds to be deposited and held in the L/C Cash Collateral Account, an amount equal to

the excess of (a) 102.5% of the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit issued by the

L/C Issuing Bank then outstanding over (b) the total amount of funds, if any, then held in the L/C

Cash Collateral Account that the L/C Issuing Bank determines to be free and clear of any such

right and claim.

Article IX

THE AGENTS

Section 9.01.Authorization and Action.

(a)Each Lender Party hereby appoints CLMG to act on its behalf as the

Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the

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Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are

delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such

actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

(b)Each Lender Party hereby appoints CLMG to act on its behalf as the

Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the

Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are

delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such other

actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, including acting as the agent of

such Lender Party for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on

Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations.

(c)The provisions of this Article IX are solely for the benefit of the Agents

and Lender Parties and, except as provided in Section 9.11, no Loan Party shall have

rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.  In performing its functions

and duties hereunder, no Agent assumes, and shall not be deemed to have assumed, any

obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for any Loan Party.

(d)No Agent shall have, by reason hereof or of any of the other Loan

Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender Party or any other Person

(regardless of whether or not a Default has occurred), it being understood and agreed that

the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar

term) with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other

implied obligations arising under any agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that

such term is used as a matter of market custom; and nothing herein or in any of the other

Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to

impose upon any Agent any obligations in respect hereof or of any of the other Loan

Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.  Without limiting the

generality of the foregoing, no Agent shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the

other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to

disclose, any information relating to any Loan Party or any of their Affiliates that is

communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as such Agent or any of its Affiliates

in any capacity.

Section 9.02.Agents Individually.

(a)Any Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and

powers in its capacity as a Lender Party as any other Lender Party and may exercise the

same as though it were not an Agent and the term “Lender Party” or “Lender Parties”

shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires,

include each Person serving as an Agent hereunder in its individual capacity.  Each such

Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial

advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business

with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were

not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lender Parties.

(b)Each Lender Party understands that CLMG and each of its Affiliates are

engaged in a wide range of financial services and businesses (including investment

management, financing, securities trading, corporate and investment banking and

research) (such services and businesses are collectively referred to in this Section 9.02 as

“Activities”) and may engage in the Activities with or on behalf of one or more of the

Loan Parties or their respective Affiliates.  Furthermore, CLMG and its Affiliates may, in

undertaking the Activities, engage in trading in financial products or undertake other

investment businesses for their own account or on behalf of others (including the Loan

Parties and their Affiliates and including holding, for their own account or on behalf of

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others, equity and similar positions in the Borrower, any other Loan Party or their

respective Affiliates), including trading in or holding long, short or derivative positions in

securities, loans or other financial products of one or more of the Loan Parties or their

Affiliates.  Each Lender Party and each Loan Party understand and agree that in engaging

in the Activities, CLMG and its Affiliates may receive or otherwise obtain information

concerning the Loan Parties or their Affiliates (including information concerning the

ability of the Loan Parties to perform their respective Obligations hereunder and under

the other Loan Documents), which information may not be available to any of the Lender

Parties that are not Affiliates of CLMG.  Except for documents expressly required by any

Loan Document to be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lender Parties,

neither any Agent or any of their respective Affiliates shall have any duty or

responsibility to provide, and shall not be liable for the failure to provide, any Lender

Party with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations,

property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any

Affiliate of any Loan Party that may come into the possession of any Agent or any

Affiliate thereof or any employee or agent of any of the foregoing.

(c)Each Lender Party and each Loan Party further understand that there may

be situations where parts of CLMG and/or CLMG’s customers (including the Loan

Parties or their Affiliates) either now have or may in the future have interests or take

actions that may conflict with the interests of any one or more of the Lender Parties

hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  Each Lender Party and each Loan Party

agree that neither CLMG nor any of its Affiliates are required to restrict their activities as

a result of CLMG acting as an Agent (or in any other capacity) hereunder and under the

other Loan Documents, and that CLMG and its respective Affiliates may undertake any

Activities without further consultation with or notification to any Lender Party or any

Loan Party.  None of (i) this Agreement nor any other Loan Document, (ii) the receipt by

CLMG of Confidential Information nor (iii) any other matter shall give rise to any

fiduciary, equitable or contractual duties (including without limitation any duty of trust or

confidence) owing by any Agent or any of their respective Affiliates to any Lender Party

or any Loan Party that would prevent or restrict CLMG or any of its Affiliates from

acting on behalf of customers (including the Loan Parties or their Affiliates) or for their

own account.  Each Lender Party and each Loan Party agree that none of any Agent nor

any of their respective Affiliates is under a duty to disclose to any Lender Party or any

Loan Party or use on behalf of any Lender Party or any Loan Party any information

whatsoever about or derived from the Activities or to account for any revenue or profits

obtained in connection with the Activities.

Section 9.03.Duties of Agents; Exculpatory Provisions.

(a)The Agents’ duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are

solely mechanical and administrative in nature and no Agent shall have any duties or

obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Agent shall be entitled to refrain

from the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection

herewith or with any of the other Loan Documents or from the exercise of any power,

discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent

shall have received instructions in respect thereof from the Required Lenders (or such

other Lenders as may be required, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith to be

required, to give such instructions under Section 11.01) and, upon receipt of such

instructions from the Required Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such

Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise

such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions; provided that

such Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose such

Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including any

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action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under the Bankruptcy Code or that

may affect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Issuing

Bank in violation of the Bankruptcy Code.

(b)No Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable to the Lender

Parties for any action taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of

the Loan Documents except to the extent caused by such Agent’s gross negligence or

willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of

competent jurisdiction.  No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or

the event or events that give or may give rise to any Default unless and until written

notice describing such Default and such event or events is given to such Agent by any

Loan Party or any Lender Party.

(c)No Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire

into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this

Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or

other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith,

(iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or

conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity,

enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document

or any other agreement, instrument or document or the perfection or priority of any Lien

or security interest created or purported to be created by the Collateral Documents or (v)

the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article III or elsewhere herein, other than

(but subject to the foregoing clause (ii)) to confirm receipt of items expressly required to

be delivered to such Agent.  No Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be responsible

for the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or

written) supplied by any Agent, any Loan Party or any other Person given in, pursuant to

or in connection with any Loan Document.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the

contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from, or be

responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by any Loan Party or any Lender Party

as a result of, confirmations of the amount of outstanding Advances or Letters of Credit

or the component amounts thereof.

(d)Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall require any

Agent to carry out any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any person on

behalf of any Lender Party and each Lender Party confirms to each Agent that it is solely

responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any

statement in relation to such checks made by any Agent.

Section 9.04.Reliance by Agents.

(a)(i) Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any

liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument,

document or other writing (including any telephonic notice, electronic message, Internet

or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have

been signed, sent or otherwise provided by the proper Person (whether or not such Person

in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory,

sender or provider thereof) and on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be

attorneys for the Loan Parties), accountants, experts and other professional advisors

selected by it; and (ii) no Lender Party shall have any right of action whatsoever against

any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting

hereunder or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance with the instructions of the

Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required, or as such Agent shall

believe in good faith to be required, to give such instructions under Section 11.01).

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(b)Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by

telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur

any liability for relying thereon.  In determining compliance with any condition

hereunder to the making of any Advances or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its

terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender Party, the Administrative Agent

may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative

Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender Party prior to the

making of such Advances or the issuance of such Letter of Credit.

Section 9.05.Delegation of Duties.  Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties

and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through

any one or more sub agents, co-agents or trustees appointed by such Agent.  Each Agent and any

such sub agent, co-agent or trustee may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights

and powers by or through their respective Related Parties.  Each such sub agent, co-agent or

trustee and the Related Parties of each Agent and each such sub agent, co-agent or trustee shall

be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article XI (as though such sub-

agents were the “Administrative Agent” or the “Collateral Agent,” as the case may be, under the

Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

Section 9.06.Resignation of Agents; Removal of Administrative Agent.

(a)Subject to Section 4.5 of the Security Deposit Agreement and Section 3.6

of the Intercreditor Agreement, any Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation

as to any or all of the Facilities to the Lender Parties and the Loan Parties.  Upon receipt

of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in

consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor as to such of the Facilities as to

which such Agent has resigned, which shall be a commercial bank with an office in New

York, New York or an Affiliate of any such commercial bank with an office in New

York, New York.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required

Lenders and no such successor shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after

the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (such 30-day period, the “Lender Party

Appointment Period”), then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lender Parties,

appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above.  In addition and

without any obligation on the part of the retiring Agent to appoint, on behalf of the

Lender Parties, a successor Agent, the retiring Agent may at any time upon or after the

end of the Lender Party Appointment Period notify the Borrower and the Lender Parties

that no qualifying Person has accepted appointment as successor Agent and the effective

date of such retiring Agent’s resignation which effective date shall be no earlier than

three Business Days after the date of such notice.  Upon the resignation effective date

established in such notice and regardless of whether a successor Agent has been

appointed and accepted such appointment, the retiring Agent’s resignation shall

nonetheless become effective and (i) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties

and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents as to such Facility and

(ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or

through the retiring Agent in respect of such Facility shall instead be made by or to each

Lender Party directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent

as provided for above in this paragraph.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s

appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with

all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent as to the

relevant Facilities, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and

obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents as to such Facilities (if not

already discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph).  The fees payable by

the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor

unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the retiring

Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of

this Article IX and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring

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Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken

or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as

Administrative Agent in respect of such Facilities.

(b)Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative

Agent as provided above, the Administrative Agent may be removed by notice from the

Required Lenders at any time it is no longer a Lender under this Agreement.  In such

event, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative

Agent, which shall be a commercial bank with an office in New York, New York or

Dallas, Texas or an Affiliate of any such commercial bank with an office in New York,

New York or Dallas, Texas.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the

Required Lenders and no such successor shall have accepted such appointment within the

Lender Party Appointment Period, then the removed Administrative Agent may on behalf

of the Lender Parties, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the

qualifications set forth above.  In addition and without any obligation on the part of the

removed Administrative Agent to appoint, on behalf of the Lender Parties, a successor

Administrative Agent, the removed Administrative Agent may at any time upon or after

the end of the Lender Party Appointment Period notify the Borrower and the Lender

Parties that no qualifying Person has accepted appointment as successor Administrative

Agent and the effective date of such removed Administrative Agent’s resignation which

effective date shall be no earlier than three Business Days after the date of such notice.

Upon the resignation effective date established in such notice and regardless of whether a

successor Administrative Agent has been appointed and accepted such appointment, the

removed Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nonetheless become effective and (i)

the removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations

hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (ii) all payments, communications

and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the removed Administrative

Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender Party directly, until such time as the

Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this

paragraph.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent

hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights,

powers, privileges and duties of the removed Administrative Agent, and the retiring

Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder

or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided

above in this paragraph).  The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor

Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless

otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the Administrative

Agent is removed hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this

Article IX and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such removed

Administrative Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any

actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the removed Administrative

Agent was acting in respect of such Facilities.

Section 9.07.Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders Parties.

(a)Each Lender Party represents and warrants to each Agent, each other

Lender Party and each of their respective Related Parties that it (i) possesses such

knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable, without

reliance on any Agent, any other Lender Party or any of their respective Related Parties,

of evaluating the merits and risks (including tax, legal, regulatory, accounting and other

financial matters) of entering into this Agreement, making Advances and other extensions

of credit hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and in taking or not taking

actions hereunder and thereunder, (ii) is financially able to bear such risk and (iii) has

determined that entering into this Agreement and making Advances and other extensions

of credit hereunder and under the other Loan Documents is suitable and appropriate for it.

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(b)Each Lender Party acknowledges that it is solely responsible for making

its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection

with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and that it has, independently and

without reliance upon any Agent, or any other Lender Party or any of their respective

Related Parties and based on such documents and information, as it has deemed

appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each

Lender Party also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any

Agent or any other Lender Party or any of their Related Parties and based on such

documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to be

solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks

arising under or in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,

including, but not limited to:

(i)the financial condition, status and capitalization of the Loan

Parties;

(ii)the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of

this Agreement and each other Loan Document and any other agreement,

arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under

or in connection with any Loan Document;

(iii)determining compliance or non-compliance with any condition

hereunder to the making of Advances or the issuance of Letters of Credit; and

(iv)the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information

delivered by any Agent and any other Lender Party or by any other Person under

or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the

transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or

any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in

anticipation of, under or in connection with any Loan Document.

(c)Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, an

Assignment and Assumption on the Closing Date and funding its Advances on the

Closing Date and/or providing its Commitment on the Closing Date shall be deemed to

have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and

each other document required to be approved by any Agent, the Required Lenders or any

other Lenders, as applicable, on the Closing Date.

Section 9.08.No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,

none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the L/C Issuing Bank shall have any

powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,

except in its capacity, as applicable, as an Agent, a Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank hereunder.

Section 9.09.Indemnification.

(a)Each Lender severally agrees to indemnify each Agent (to the extent not

promptly reimbursed by any Loan Party) from and against such Lender’s ratable share

(determined as provided below) of any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,

penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or

nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against such Agent in

any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents or any action taken or omitted

by such Agent or under the Loan Documents (collectively, the “Indemnified Costs”);

provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities,

obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or

disbursements resulting from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as

found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction.  Without

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limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse each Agent promptly upon

demand for its ratable share of any costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees

and expenses of counsel) payable by the Borrower under Section 11.04, to the extent that

such Agent is not promptly reimbursed for such costs and expenses by any Loan Party.

In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified

Costs, this Section 9.09 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding

is brought by any Lender or any other Person.

(b)Each Revolving Lender severally agrees to indemnify the L/C Issuing

Bank (to the extent not promptly reimbursed by any Loan Party) from and against such

Lender’s ratable share (determined as provided below) of any and all liabilities,

obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or

disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or

asserted against the L/C Issuing Bank in any way relating to or arising out of or in

connection with each Letter of Credit and the other Loan Documents or any action taken

or omitted by the L/C Issuing Bank in connection with each Letter of Credit or under the

other Loan Documents; provided, however, that no Revolving Lender shall be liable for

any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,

suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the L/C Issuing Bank’s gross

negligence or willful misconduct as found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court

of competent jurisdiction.  Without limitation of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender

agrees to reimburse the L/C Issuing Bank promptly upon demand for its ratable share of

any costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel)

payable by the Borrower under Section 11.04, to the extent that the L/C Issuing Bank is

not promptly reimbursed for such costs and expenses by any Loan Party.

(c)For purposes of this Section 9.09, each Lender’s ratable share of any

amount shall be determined, at any time, according to the aggregate principal amount of

the Advances outstanding at such time and owing to such Lender (or, if no Advances are

outstanding with respect to a Facility, then according to the Commitments of the Lenders

under that Facility).  The failure of any Lender to reimburse any Agent, promptly upon

demand for its ratable share of any amount required to be paid by the Lenders to such

Agent, as provided herein shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to

reimburse such Agent, for its ratable share of such amount, but no Lender shall be

responsible for the failure of any other Lender to reimburse such Agent, for such other

Lender’s ratable share of such amount.  Without prejudice to the survival of any other

agreement of any Lender hereunder, the agreement and obligations of each Lender

contained in this Section 9.09 shall survive the payment in full of principal, interest and

all other amounts payable hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.

Section 9.10.Withholding.  To the extent required by any applicable law, the

Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender Party an amount

equivalent to any withholding tax applicable to such payment.  If the IRS or any other

Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold

tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender Party for any other reason, or the

Administrative Agent has paid over to the IRS applicable withholding tax relating to a payment

to a Lender Party but no deduction has been made from such payment, such Lender Party shall

indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the

Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with

any and all expenses incurred, unless such amounts have been indemnified by any Loan Party.

Section 9.11.Consultants.

(a)Independent Engineer.  The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to

engage on behalf of the Lender Parties, at the sole cost and expense of and with the

consent of the Borrower (it being agreed that no Loan Party shall have approval rights

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under this Section 9.11(a) if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is

continuing) an Independent Engineer, to be engaged pursuant to an engagement letter

with a commercially reasonable scope acceptable in form and substance to the

Administrative Agent and the Borrower.  As of the date hereof, the Independent Engineer

is Leidos Engineering, LLC.

(b)Scope.  The scope of work of the Independent Engineer shall be as set

forth in the relevant engagement letter and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of

the Loan Documents relating to the roles of the Independent Engineer.

Section 9.12.Erroneous Payment

(a)If the Administrative Agent (x) notifies a Lender, L/C Issuing Bank or

Secured Party, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender, L/C Issuing

Bank or Secured Party (any such Lender, L/C Issuing Bank, Secured Party or other

recipient (and each of their respective successors and assigns), a “Payment Recipient”)

that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after

receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds (as set

forth in such notice from the Administrative Agent) received by such Payment Recipient

from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously or mistakenly

transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment

Recipient (whether or not known to such Lender, L/C Issuing Bank, Secured Party or

other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether transmitted or received

as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or

otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and (y) demands in

writing the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous

Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent pending its

return or repayment as contemplated below in this Section 9.12 and held in trust for the

benefit of the Administrative Agent, and such Lender, L/C Issuing Bank or Secured Party

shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf,

shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than two Business

Days thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion,

specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous

Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in

the currency so received), together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in

writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date

such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to

the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds at the

greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in

accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in

effect.  A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this Section

9.12(a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(b)Without limiting Section 9.12(a), each Lender, L/C Issuing Bank, Secured

Party or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender, L/C Issuing Bank or

Secured Party (and each of their respective successors and assigns), agrees that if it

receives a payment, prepayment or repayment (whether received as a payment,

prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from the

Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on

a different date from, that specified in this Agreement or in a notice of payment,

prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with

respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, (y) that was not preceded or

accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the

Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates), or (z) that such Lender, L/C Issuing Bank

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or Secured Party, or other such recipient, otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or

received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), then in each such case:

(i)it acknowledges and agrees that (A) in the case of immediately

preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error and mistake shall be presumed to have been

made (absent written confirmation from the Administrative Agent to the contrary)

or (B) an error and mistake has been made (in the case of immediately preceding

clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment;

and

(ii)such Lender, L/C Issuing Bank or Secured Party shall use

commercially reasonable efforts to (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts

to cause any other recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to)

promptly (and, in all events, within one Business Day of its knowledge of the

occurrence of any of the circumstances described in immediately preceding

clauses (x), (y) and (z)) notify the Administrative Agent of its receipt of such

payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and

that it is so notifying the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.12(b).

For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to deliver a notice to the Administrative

Agent pursuant to this Section 9.12(b) shall not have any effect on a Payment Recipient’s

obligations pursuant to Section 9.12(a) or on whether or not an Erroneous Payment has

been made.

(c)Each Lender, L/C Issuing Bank or Secured Party hereby authorizes the

Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to

such Lender, L/C Issuing Bank or Secured Party under any Loan Document, or otherwise

payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender, L/C Issuing Bank or

Secured Party under any Loan Document with respect to any payment of principal,

interest, fees or other amounts, against any amount that the Administrative Agent has

demanded to be returned under Section 9.12(a).

(d)

(i)In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not

recovered by the Administrative Agent for any reason, after demand therefor in

accordance with Section 9.12(a), from any Lender that has received such

Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) (and/or from any Payment Recipient who

received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) on its respective behalf)

(such unrecovered amount, an “Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency”), upon

the Administrative Agent’s notice to such Lender at any time, then effective

immediately (with the consideration therefor being acknowledged by the parties

hereto), (A) such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned its Advances (but not

its Commitments) with respect to which such Erroneous Payment was made (the

“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class”) in an amount equal to the Erroneous

Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser amount as the Administrative Agent

may specify) (such assignment of the Advances (but not Commitments) of the

Erroneous Payment Impacted Class, the “Erroneous Payment Deficiency

Assignment”) (on a cashless basis and such amount calculated at par plus any

accrued and unpaid interest (with the assignment fee to be waived by the

Administrative Agent in such instance)), and is hereby (together with the

Borrower) deemed to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption (or, to

the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption

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by reference pursuant to the Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and

such parties are participants) with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency

Assignment, and such Lender shall deliver any Notes evidencing such Advances

to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (but the failure of such Person to

deliver any such Notes shall not affect the effectiveness of the foregoing

assignment), (B) the Administrative Agent as the assignee Lender shall be

deemed to have acquired the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, (C)

upon such deemed acquisition, the Administrative Agent as the assignee Lender

shall become a Lender, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous

Payment Deficiency Assignment and the assigning Lender shall cease to be a

Lender, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment

Deficiency Assignment, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations

under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement and its applicable

Commitments which shall survive as to such assigning Lender, (D) the

Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall each be deemed to have waived any

consents required under this Agreement to any such Erroneous Payment

Deficiency Assignment, and (E) the Administrative Agent will reflect in the

Register its ownership interest in the Advances subject to the Erroneous Payment

Deficiency Assignment.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Erroneous Payment

Deficiency Assignment will reduce the Commitments of any Lender and such

Commitments shall remain available in accordance with the terms of this

Agreement.

(ii)Subject to Section 11.07 (but excluding, in all events, any

assignment consent or approval requirements (whether from the Borrower or

otherwise)), the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, sell any Advances

acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and upon

receipt of the proceeds of such sale, the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency

owing by the applicable Lender shall be reduced by the net proceeds of the sale of

such Advance (or portion thereof), and the Administrative Agent shall retain all

other rights, remedies and claims against such Lender (and/or against any

recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf).  In addition, an Erroneous

Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Lender (x) shall be reduced

by the proceeds of prepayments or repayments of principal and interest, or other

distribution in respect of principal and interest, received by the Administrative

Agent on or with respect to any such Advances acquired from such Lender

pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment (to the extent that any

such Advances are then owned by the Administrative Agent) and (y) may, in the

sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, be reduced by any amount specified

by the Administrative Agent in writing to the applicable Lender from time to

time.

(e)The parties hereto agree that (x) irrespective of whether the Administrative

Agent may be equitably subrogated, in the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion

thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous

Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be

subrogated to all the rights and interests of such Payment Recipient (and, in the case of

any Payment Recipient who has received funds on behalf of a Lender, L/C Issuing Bank

or Secured Party, to the rights and interests of such Lender, L/C Issuing Bank or Secured

Party, as the case may be) under the Loan Documents with respect to such amount (the

“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights”) (provided that the Loan Parties’ Obligations

under the Loan Documents in respect of the Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights shall

not be duplicative of such Obligations in respect of Advances that have been assigned to

the Administrative Agent under an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment) and (y)

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an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any

Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party; provided that this Section

9.12 shall not be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have the effect

of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Obligations of the Borrower relative

to the amount (and/or timing for payment) of the Obligations that would have been

payable had such Erroneous Payment not been made by the Administrative Agent;

provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, immediately preceding clauses (x) and

(y) shall not apply to the extent any such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to

the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the

Administrative Agent from the Borrower for the purpose of making such Erroneous

Payment.

(f)To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Payment Recipient shall

assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to

waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to

any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any

Erroneous Payment received, including, without limitation, any defense based on

“discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.

(g)Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 9.12

shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any transfer of

rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender or L/C Issuing Bank, the

termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all

Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.

Article X

GUARANTY

Section 10.01.Guaranty; Limitation of Liability.

(a)Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby absolutely, unconditionally

and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled

maturity or on any date of a required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or

otherwise, of all Obligations of each other Loan Party now or hereafter existing under or

in respect of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, any extensions,

modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing

Obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal,

interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or

otherwise (such Obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any

and all expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel)

incurred by the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank in

enforcing any rights under this Guaranty or any other Loan Document.  Without limiting

the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that

constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by any other Loan Party

to any Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank under or in respect of the Loan Documents but for

the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy,

reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Loan Party.

(b)Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty, the

Administrative Agent, each other Lender and the L/C Issuing Bank, hereby confirms that

it is the intention of all such Persons that this Guaranty and the obligations of each

Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of

Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent

Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this

Guaranty and the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder.  To effectuate the foregoing

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intention, the Administrative Agent, the other Lenders, the L/C Issuing Bank and the

Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor under this

Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the

obligations of such Guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer

or conveyance.

(c)Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that in the

event any payment shall be required to be made to any Lender and/or the L/C Issuing

Bank under this Guaranty or any other guaranty, such Guarantor will contribute, to the

maximum extent permitted by law, such amounts to each other Guarantor and each other

guarantor so as to maximize the aggregate amount paid to the Lenders and/or the L/C

Issuing Bank under or in respect of the Loan Documents.

Section 10.02.Guaranty Absolute

Each Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in

accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or

order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the

rights of any Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank, as applicable, with respect thereto.  The

obligations of each Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the

Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Loan Party under or in

respect of the Loan Documents, and a separate action or actions may be brought and

prosecuted against each Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of whether any

action is brought against the Borrower or any other Loan Party or whether the Borrower

or any other Loan Party is joined in any such action or actions.  The liability of each

Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional

irrespective of, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now

have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:

(a)any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any

agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(b)any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other

term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other

Loan Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents, or any other amendment or

waiver of or any consent to departure from any Loan Document, including, without

limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of

additional credit to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise;

(c)any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral or any

other collateral, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure

from, any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(d)any manner of application of Collateral or any other collateral, or proceeds

thereof, to all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any manner of sale or other

disposition of any Collateral or any other collateral for all or any of the Guaranteed

Obligations or any other Obligations of any Loan Party under the Loan Documents or any

other assets of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;

(e)any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or

existence of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;

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(f)any failure of any Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank to disclose to any Loan

Party any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise),

operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Loan Party now or hereafter

known to such Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank, as applicable (each Guarantor waiving

any duty on the part of the Lenders or the L/C Issuing Bank, as applicable, to disclose

such information);

(g)the failure of any other Person to execute or deliver this Agreement or any

other guaranty or agreement or the release or reduction of liability of any Guarantor or

other guarantor or surety with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or

(h)any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of

limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by any Lender or the L/

C Issuing Bank, as applicable, that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a

discharge of, any Loan Party or any other guarantor or surety.

This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if

at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must

otherwise be returned by any Lender, the L/C Issuing Bank or any other Person upon the

insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Loan Party or

otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

Section 10.03.Waivers and Acknowledgments

(a)Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives

promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance,

notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice

with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement

that any Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any

property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against any Loan Party or

any other Person or any Collateral.

(b)Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right

to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and

applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.

(c)Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any

defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by

any Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or

otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or

indemnification rights of such Guarantor or other rights of such Guarantor to proceed

against any of the other Loan Parties, any other guarantor or any other Person or any

Collateral and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in

respect of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.

(d)Each Guarantor acknowledges that the Collateral Agent may, without

notice to or demand upon such Guarantor and without affecting the liability of such

Guarantor under this Guaranty, foreclose under any mortgage by nonjudicial sale, and

each Guarantor hereby waives any defense to the recovery by the Collateral Agent and

the other Secured Parties against such Guarantor of any deficiency after such nonjudicial

sale and any defense or benefits that may be afforded by applicable law.

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(e)Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty

on the part of any Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank to disclose to such Guarantor any

matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise),

operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Loan Party or any of its

Subsidiaries now or hereafter known by such Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank, as

applicable.

(f)Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and

indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Loan Documents

and that the waivers set forth in Section 10.02 and this Section 10.03 are knowingly

made in contemplation of such benefits.

Section 10.04.Waiver.  Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees

not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Borrower or any

other Loan Party that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such

Guarantor’s obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document,

including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution

or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Lender or the L/C

Issuing Bank against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any Collateral, whether or not such

claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including,

without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Borrower or any other Loan Party directly

or indirectly, in Cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security

on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and

all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in Cash, the

Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and all Obligations shall have been paid in

full in Cash.

Section 10.05.Subordination.  Each Guarantor hereby subordinates any and all debts,

liabilities and other obligations owed to such Guarantor by each other Loan Party (the

“Subordinated Obligations”) to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent and in the manner

hereinafter set forth in this Section 10.05.

(a)Prohibited Payments, Etc.  After the occurrence and during the

continuance of any Event of Default, unless the Required Lenders otherwise agree, no

Guarantor shall demand, accept or take any action to collect any payment on account of

the Subordinated Obligations other than to the extent payment of such Subordinated

Obligations is permitted under the terms of the Security Deposit Agreement and the other

Loan Documents.

(b)Prior Payment of Guaranteed Obligations.In any proceeding under any

Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Loan Party, each Guarantor agrees that the Lenders

and the L/C Issuing Bank shall be entitled to receive payment in full in Cash of all

Guaranteed Obligations (including all interest and expenses accruing after the

commencement of a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, whether or not constituting

an allowed or allowable claim in such proceeding (“Post-Petition Interest”)) before such

Guarantor receives payment of any Subordinated Obligations.

(c)Turn-Over.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of any

Default, each Guarantor shall, if the Administrative Agent so requests, collect, enforce

and receive payments on account of the Subordinated Obligations as trustee for the

Lenders and the L/C Issuing Bank and deliver such payments to the Administrative Agent

on account of the Guaranteed Obligations (including all Post-Petition Interest), together

with any necessary endorsements or other instruments of transfer, but without reducing or

affecting in any manner the liability of such Guarantor under the other provisions of this

Guaranty.

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(d)Administrative Agent Authorization.After the occurrence and during the

continuance of any Default, the Administrative Agent is authorized and empowered (but

without any obligation to so do), in its discretion, (i) in the name of each Guarantor, to

collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, the Subordinated Obligations and

to apply any amounts received thereon to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and

all Post-Petition Interest), and (ii) to require each Guarantor (A) to collect and enforce,

and to submit claims in respect of, the Subordinated Obligations and (B) to pay any

amounts received on such obligations to the Administrative Agent for application to the

Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post-Petition Interest).

Section 10.06.Continuing Guaranty; Assignments.  This Guaranty is a continuing

guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until a Discharge of Secured Obligations

has occurred, (b) be binding upon each Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the

benefit of and be enforceable by the Lenders and the L/C Issuing Bank and their respective

successors, transferees and assigns.  Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the

immediately preceding sentence, any Lender and the L/C Issuing Bank may assign or otherwise

transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without

limitation, all or any portion of its Commitments, the Advances owing to it and any Note or

Notes held by it) to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with

all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender and the L/C Issuing Bank herein or

otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in Section 11.07.  No Guarantor shall have

the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of

the Required Lenders, which consent may be granted or withheld in the Required Lenders’ sole

and absolute discretion.

Section 10.07.Eligible Contract Participant.

(a)Each Guarantor represents and warrants on the date hereof that, to the

extent any Guaranteed Obligations include Swap Obligations on the date hereof, it is an

“eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the

regulations issued thereunder.

(b)Each Guarantor agrees that at such time as the Guaranteed Obligations of

such Guarantor includes Swap Obligations, and at such other times as are required for

purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder, such

Guarantor shall constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity

Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder.

Section 10.08.Keepwell.  Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally

absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as

may be needed from time to time by any other Guarantor to honor all of such Guarantor’s Swap

Obligations to the extent included in such Guarantor’s Guaranteed Obligations under this Article

X (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section

10.08 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its

obligation under this Section 10.08, or otherwise under this Article X, voidable under applicable

law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount).

The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 10.08 shall remain in full

force and effect until the Discharge of Secured Obligations.  Each Qualified ECP Guarantor

intends that this Section 10.08 constitute, and this Section 10.08 shall be deemed to constitute, a

keepwell, support, or other agreement for the benefit of each Guarantor for all purposes of

Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Section 10.09.Excluded Swap Obligations.  In no event shall the Guaranty or any

guarantee of any Guarantor in respect of any Swap Obligation under any Commodity Agreement

include, or be deemed to include, a guarantee of any Excluded Swap Obligations.  It being

understood that Hedge Agreements shall not in any event be guaranteed hereunder.

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Article XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01.Amendments, Etc.

(a)Subject to Section 11.01(b) and Section 11.01(c), no amendment or

waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any Loan Document, nor consent to any

departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same

shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders and in the case of any amendment,

such Loan Party, and then such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in

the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however,

that:

(i)no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and

signed by all of the Lender Parties, do any of the following at any time:

(A)amend or waive any of the terms and conditions of Section

2.14,

(B)waive any of the conditions specified in Section 3.01, or in

the case of a Credit Event, the conditions specified in Section 3.02,

(C)change the number of Lenders or the percentage (or any

related definition) of (x) the Commitments or (y) the aggregate unpaid

principal amount of the Advances, or, if applicable, Commitments, that, in

each case, shall be required for the Lenders or any of them to take any

action hereunder or under any other Loan Document,

(D)(1) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any

transaction or series of related transactions and (2) except as otherwise

expressly provided in a Loan Document, release a Loan Party from its

Obligations under the Loan Documents or any Guarantor from its

obligations under a Guaranty,

(E)amend this Section 11.01,

(F)amend the Intercreditor Agreement (but subject to Article 5

and Section 8.5 thereof); or

(G)increase the Commitments of a Lender Party (including the

L/C Issuance Commitment of the L/C Issuing Bank); and

(ii)no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and

signed by the Required Lenders and each Lender Party specified below for such

amendment (and the Loan Parties in the case of any amendment), waiver or

consent, do any of the following at any time:

(A)reduce the principal of, or stated rate of interest on, the

Advances or owed to a Lender or any fees or other amounts stated to be

payable hereunder or under the other Loan Documents to any Lender

Party without the consent of such Lender Party;

(B)postpone any date scheduled for any payment of principal

of, or interest (other than the waiver of Default Interest) on, the Advances

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pursuant to Section 2.05 or Section 2.08 or any date fixed for any payment

of fees hereunder in each case payable to a Lender Party without the

consent of such Lender Party;

(C)change the order of application or any reduction in the

Commitments, any prepayment of Advances from the application thereof

set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.07 or in Sections 3.2,

3.4, 3.5 or 3.8 of the Security Deposit Agreement or Section 4.7 of the

Intercreditor Agreement, respectively, in any manner that materially

adversely affects any Lender Party without the consent of such Lender

Party;

(D)reduce the amount (whether as a percentage rate or fixed

dollar amount) of, or postpone the date of, any amounts required to be

applied to prepay the Advances in accordance with priority seventh of

Section 3.2 of the Security Deposit Agreement and Section 3.8 of the

Security Deposit Agreement or make any other modification thereof to

priority seventh of Section 3.2 of the Security Deposit Agreement or

Section 3.8 of the Security Deposit Agreement in a manner adverse to any

Lender Party, without the consent of such Lender Party;

(E)reduce the amount (whether as a percentage rate or fixed

dollar amount) of, or postpone the date of, any amounts required to be

applied to prepay the Advances in accordance with priority fourth of

Section 3.2 of the Security Deposit Agreement or make any other

modification thereof to priority third, or priority seventh of Section 3.2 of

the Security Deposit Agreement in a manner adverse to any Lender Party,

without the consent of such Lender Party;

(F)amend or waive the conditions for (or rights with respect

to) issuing, renewing, terminating or requiring cash collateral for any

Letter of Credit without the consent of (and no amendment, waiver or

consent with respect to any Default or Event of Default shall be effective

for purposes of the foregoing unless in writing and signed by) the L/C

Issuing Bank and the Required Lenders, or extend the stated expiration of

any Letter of Credit beyond the Letter of Credit Termination Date, without

the prior written consent of each Revolving Lender directly affected

thereby; or

(G)subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the

Obligations hereunder to any other indebtedness, without the prior written

consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

provided further that no amendment, waiver or consent shall (x) unless in writing

and signed by an Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the

rights or duties of such Agent under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; and (y) unless

in writing and signed by the L/C Issuing Bank, in addition to the Lenders required above to take

such action, affect the rights or obligations of the L/C Issuing Bank.

(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, amendments, waivers and consents in

respect of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Collateral Documents shall be subject to

the provisions set forth in Article 5 and Section 8.5 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

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(c)Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 11.01, the applicable

Loan Parties or Agents may (but shall have no obligation to) amend or supplement the

Loan Documents without the consent of any other Agent or Lender Party for the purpose

of (i) curing any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, (ii) making any change that would

provide any additional rights or benefits to the Lender Parties or that does not adversely

affect the legal rights hereunder of any Agent or Lender Party and (iii) making,

completing or confirming any grant of Collateral permitted or required by this Agreement

or any of the Loan Documents or any release of any Collateral that is otherwise permitted

under the terms of this Agreement and the Loan Documents.

Section 11.02.Notices, Etc.

(a)All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be

either (x) in writing (including electronic communication) and mailed or delivered or (y)

as and to the extent set forth in Section 11.02(b) and in the proviso to this Section

11.02(a), in an electronic medium and delivered as set forth in Section 11.02(b):

If to any Loan Party:

c/o BKV Corporation

1200 17th Street, Suite 2100

Denver, CO 80202

Attn:  Christopher P. Kalnin

Email:  ChrisKalnin@bkvcorp.com

With a copy to:

c/o BKV Corporation

1200 17th Street, Suite 2100

Denver, CO 80202

Attn:  Legal Department

Email:  Legal@bkvcorp.com

If to the L/C Issuing Bank:

Beal Bank USA

c/o CLMG Corp.

7195 Dallas Parkway

Plano, Texas 75024

Attention:James Erwin and Rob Ackermann

Telephone:469-467-5414

E-mail:JErwin@clmgcorp.com

RAckermann@clmgcorp.com,

If to the Administrative Agent:

CLMG Corp.

7195 Dallas Parkway

Plano, Texas 75024

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Attention:  James Erwin and Rob Ackermann

Telephone:469-467-5414

E-mail:JErwin@clmgcorp.com

RAckermann@clmgcorp.com,

If to the Collateral Agent:

CLMG Corp.

7195 Dallas Parkway

Plano, Texas 75024

Attention:  James Erwin

Telephone:469-467-5414

E-mail:JErwin@clmgcorp.com

RAckermann@clmgcorp.com

or, as to any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, at such other address as shall be designated

by such party in a written notice to the other parties and, as to each other party, at such other

address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the Loan Parties and the

Administrative Agent; provided, however, that materials and information described in Section

11.02(b) shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions thereof

or as otherwise specified to Loan Parties by the Administrative Agent.  The Borrower and each

other Loan Party shall deliver all notices required to be delivered to each Lender Party hereunder

at the address set forth on Schedule I hereto or as otherwise specified to the Borrower and the

other Loan Parties by the respective Lender Party.  All such notices and other communications

shall, when mailed, or e-mailed, be effective when deposited in the mails or sent by electronic

communication, respectively, except that notices and communications to any Agent pursuant to

Article II, Article III or Article X shall not be effective until received by such Agent.  Delivery

by e-mail in pdf format of an executed counterpart of a signature page to any amendment or

waiver of, or consent relating to, any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document

shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart thereof.

(b)Each Loan Party hereby agrees that it will provide to the Administrative

Agent all information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the

Administrative Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, all

notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and other

information materials, but excluding any such communication that (i) relates to a request

for a new, or a Conversion of an existing, Borrowing or other extension of credit

(including any election of an interest rate or interest period relating thereto), (ii) relates to

the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the

scheduled date therefor, (iii) provides notice of any Default under this Agreement or (iv)

is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this

Agreement and/or the Borrowing or other extension of credit thereunder (all such non-

excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as “Communications”),

by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format acceptable

to the Administrative Agent to an electronic mail address specified by the Administrative

Agent to the Loan Parties.  In addition, each Loan Party agrees to continue to provide the

Communications to the Administrative Agent in the manner specified in the Loan

Documents but only to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent.  Each Loan

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Party further agrees that the Administrative Agent may make the Communications

available to the Lenders and actual or prospective assignees, participants or other

transferees by posting the Communications on IntraLinks or a substantially similar

electronic transmission system (the “Platform”).

(c)THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE

AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY

OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE ADEQUACY OF

THE PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR

OMISSIONS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,

EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,

ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR

PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM

FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE AGENT

PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE

PLATFORM.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY

OF ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS,

DIRECTORS, PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ADVISORS OR

REPRESENTATIVES (COLLECTIVELY, “AGENT PARTIES”) HAVE ANY

LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER PARTY OR ANY OTHER

PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT

LIMITATION, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR

CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT,

CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTIES’ OR THE

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS

THROUGH THE INTERNET, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE LIABILITY OF ANY

AGENT PARTY IS FOUND IN A FINAL NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT BY A

COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE RESULTED PRIMARILY

FROM SUCH AGENT PARTY’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL

MISCONDUCT.

(d)The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications

by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective

delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Loan

Documents.  Each Lender Party agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence)

specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute

effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender Party for purposes of the Loan

Documents.  Each Lender Party agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing

(including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender Party’s e-mail

address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that

the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address.  Nothing herein shall prejudice

the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party to give any notice or other

communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such

Loan Document.

(e)Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges that certain of the Lenders may be

“public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material Non-Public

Information with respect to the Loan Parties or its securities) (each, a “Public Lender”).

Each Loan Party hereby agrees that (i) Communications that are to be made available on

the Platform to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC,”

which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on

the first page thereof, (ii) by marking Communications “PUBLIC,” each Loan Party shall

be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties to treat

such Communications as either publicly available information or not material information

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(although it may contain sensitive business information and remains subject to the

confidentiality undertakings of Section 11.10) with respect to each Loan Party or its

securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws, (iii) all

Communications marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion

of the Platform designated “Public Side Information,” and (iv) the Administrative Agent

shall be entitled to treat any Communications that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being

suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side

Information.”

(f)EACH LENDER PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT UNITED STATES

FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS PROHIBIT ANY PERSON WITH

MATERIAL, NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT AN ISSUER FROM

PURCHASING OR SELLING SECURITIES OF SUCH ISSUER OR, SUBJECT TO

CERTAIN LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, FROM COMMUNICATING SUCH

INFORMATION TO ANY OTHER PERSON.  EACH LENDER PARTY AGREES TO

COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF LAW AND ITS RESPECTIVE

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO CONFIDENTIAL AND

MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION.  Each Lender Party that is not a Public

Lender confirms to the Administrative Agent that such Lender Party has adopted and will

maintain internal policies and procedures reasonably designed to permit such Lender

Party to take delivery of Restricting Information (as defined below) and maintain its

compliance with Requirements of Law and its respective Contractual Obligations with

respect to confidential and material Non-Public Information.  A Public Lender may elect

not to receive Communications and information that contain material Non-Public

information with respect to the Loan Parties or their securities (such Communications and

information, collectively, “Restricting Information”), in which case it will identify itself

to the Administrative Agent as a Public Lender.  Such Public Lender shall not take

delivery of Restricting Information and shall not participate in conversations or other

interactions with the Agent Parties, any Lender Party or any Loan Party concerning the

Facilities in which Restricting Information may be discussed.  No Agent Party, however,

shall by making any Communications and information (including Restricting

Information) available to a Lender Party (including any Public Lender), by participating

in any conversations or other interactions with a Lender Party (including any Public

Lender) or otherwise, be responsible or liable in any way for any decision a Lender Party

(including any Public Lender) may make to limit or to not limit its access to the

Communications and information.  In particular, no Agent Party shall have, and the

Administrative Agent, on behalf of all Agent Parties, hereby disclaims, any duty to

ascertain or inquire as to whether or not a Lender Party (including any Public Lender) has

elected to receive Restricting Information, such Lender Party’s policies or procedures

regarding the safeguarding of material nonpublic information or such Lender’s

compliance with Requirements of Laws related thereto.  Each Public Lender

acknowledges that circumstances may arise that requires it to refer to Communications

and information that might contain Restricting Information.  Accordingly, each Public

Lender agrees that it will nominate at least one designee to receive Communications and

information (including Restricting Information) on its behalf and identify such designee

(including such designee’s contact information) on such Public Lender’s Administrative

Questionnaire.  Each Public Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent in writing

(including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Public Lender’s

designee’s e-mail address to which notice of the availability of Restricting Information

may be sent by electronic transmission.  Each Public Lender confirms to the

Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties that are not Public Lenders that such Public

Lender understands and agrees that the Administrative Agent and such other Lender

Parties may have access to Restricting Information that is not available to such Public

Lender and that such Public Lender has elected to make its decision to enter into this

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Agreement and to take or not take action under or based upon this Agreement, any other

Loan Document or related agreement knowing that, so long as such Person remains a

Public Lender, it does not and will not be provided access to such Restricting

Information.  Nothing in this Section 11.03(f) shall modify or limit a Lender Party’s

(including any Public Lender) obligations under Section 11.10 with regard to

Communications and information and the maintenance of the confidentiality of or other

treatment of Communications and information.

Section 11.03.No Waiver; Remedies.  No failure on the part of any Lender Party or any

Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under any Note or any other

Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any

such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.  The

remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

Section 11.04.Costs and Expenses; Indemnification.

(a)Each Loan Party agrees to pay on demand (i) all reasonable and

documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each Agent and each Lender Party in

connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification and

amendment of, or any consent or waiver under, the Loan Documents (including, without

limitation, (A) all due diligence, collateral review, syndication, transportation, computer,

duplication, appraisal, audit, insurance, consultant, search, filing and recording fees and

expenses and (B) the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for each

Agent and the L/C Issuing Bank with respect thereto, with respect to advising such Agent

as to their respective rights and responsibilities, or the perfection, protection or

preservation of rights or interests, under the Loan Documents, with respect to

negotiations with the Loan Parties or with other creditors of any Loan Party arising out of

any Default or any events or circumstances that may result in a Default and with respect

to presenting claims in or otherwise participating in or monitoring any bankruptcy,

insolvency or other similar proceeding involving creditors’ rights generally and any

proceeding ancillary thereto) and (ii) all documented costs and expenses of each Agent,

the L/C Issuing Bank and each other Lender Party in connection with the enforcement of

the Loan Documents, whether in any action, suit or litigation or any Bankruptcy,

insolvency or other similar proceeding (including, without limitation, the documented

fees and expenses of counsel for the Agents, the L/C Issuing Bank and each other Lender

Party with respect thereto).

(b)Each Loan Party agrees to indemnify, defend and save and hold harmless

each Agent, the L/C Issuing Bank, each other Lender Party, and each of their Affiliates

and their (and each of their Affiliates’) respective officers, directors, partners, employees,

agents and advisors (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against, and shall pay on

demand, any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without

limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) (collectively, “Claims”) that may be

incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out

of or in connection with or by reason of (including, without limitation, in connection with

any investigation, litigation or proceeding or preparation of a defense in connection

therewith) (i) the Facilities, the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances,

the Transaction Documents or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, or (ii) the

actual or alleged presence of Hazardous Materials on any property of any Loan Party or

any Environmental Action relating in any way to any Loan Party, and without regard to

the exclusive or contributing negligence of such Indemnified Party, except, in each case,

to the extent such claim, damage, loss, liability or expense (x) resulted from such

Indemnified Party’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (in each case as

determined by a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction),

(y) resulted from the material breach by such Indemnified Party of this Agreement or any

other Loan Document, as determined in the final and non-appealable judgment of a court

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of competent jurisdiction or (z) resulted from disputes between and among any

Indemnified Parties (or any of such Indemnified Parties’ Affiliates or any of its or their

respective officers, directors, employees, agents, controlling persons, members or the

successors of any of the foregoing) that does not involve an act or omission by Holdings

or any Loan Party (other than any claims against any Agent in its capacity as such).  No

Loan Party shall have any obligation to pay the fees, disbursements or other charges of

counsel to the extent such fees, disbursements or other charges of counsel arise as a result

of any litigation or proceeding brought either by the Loan Party or any of its Affiliates

against such Indemnified Party or by an Indemnified Party against any Loan Party in

connection with any indemnification claim made pursuant to this Section 11.04(b) but

only if the Loan Parties are successful in defending against any claim made by an

Indemnified Party in respect of the Loan Parties’ indemnification obligations under this

Section 11.04(b) as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of

competent judgment not to have any liability under this Section 11.04(b).  In the case of

an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section

11.04(b) applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation,

litigation or proceeding is brought by a Loan Party, its directors, equity holders or

creditors, any Indemnified Party or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnified

Party is otherwise a party thereto.  Each Loan Party also agrees that no Indemnified Party

shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise or

based on its or their exclusive or contributory negligence or otherwise) to Loan Parties or

Affiliates or to any equity holders or creditors of the Loan Parties or Affiliates arising out

of, related to or in connection with any aspect of the Transaction, except only for direct

(as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive) damages determined in a final

non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from an

Indemnified Party’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or material breach

of any Loan Document.  Section 11.04(a) and this Section 11.04(b) shall not apply with

respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising

from any non-Tax claim.

(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Indemnified

Party shall be responsible or be liable for damages arising from the unauthorized use by

others of information or other materials obtained through internet, electronic,

telecommunications or other information transmission systems.

(d)Each Agent, the L/C Issuing Bank and each other Lender Party hereby

agrees that promptly after its determination that it may seek any indemnification from

each Loan Party in respect of any action, claim, suit, investigation, proceeding or notice

relating to any Claim it shall give written notice to the Loan Parties thereof (to the extent

legally permitted to do so); provided that the failure to deliver any such notice shall not

relieve any Loan Party from any of its indemnification Obligations under Section

11.04(a).  Each Agent and each Lender Party further agrees that (i) it shall act in a

commercially reasonable manner in respect of any action, claim, suit, investigation,

proceeding or notice brought against it in respect of any Claim and (ii) that it shall

consult with the Loan Parties during the course of any litigation (to the extent it is legally

permitted to do so) and prior to entering into any settlement in respect of any Claim;

provided that notwithstanding any such consultation in no event shall any Loan Party’s

consent be required in connection with any settlement thereof.  The foregoing shall in no

way affect any rights, remedies or defense at law or equity that the Loan Parties may have

as an indemnitor in respect of any indemnification sought by Indemnified Party pursuant

to Section 11.04(a).

(e)If any payment of principal of, or Conversion of, any SOFR Advance is

made by the Borrower to or for the account of a Lender Party other than on the last day of

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the Interest Period for such Advance as a result of a payment or Conversion pursuant to

Section 2.07, Section 2.10(b)(i) or Section 2.11(d), acceleration of the maturity of the

Advances pursuant to Section 8.01 or for any other reason, or by an Eligible Assignee to

a Lender Party other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Advance upon an

assignment of rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.07 as a

result of a demand by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11(d), or if the Borrower fails

to make any payment or prepayment of an Advance for which a notice of prepayment has

been given or that is otherwise required to be made, whether pursuant to Section 2.05,

Section 2.07 or Section 8.01 or otherwise, the Borrower shall, upon demand by such

Lender Party (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the

Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender Party any amounts required to

compensate such Lender Party for any additional losses, costs or expenses that it may

reasonably incur as a result of such payment or Conversion or such failure to pay or

prepay, as the case may be, including, without limitation, any loss, cost or expense

incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired

by any Lender Party to fund or maintain such Advance.

(f)If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other

amounts payable by it under any Loan Document, including, without limitation, fees and

expenses of counsel and indemnities, such amount may be paid on behalf of such Loan

Party by the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party, in its sole discretion.

(g)Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of any Loan

Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, the agreements and obligations of

the Borrower or any other Loan Party contained in Section 2.11 and Section 2.13 and this

Section 11.04 shall survive the payment in full of principal, interest and all other amounts

payable hereunder and under any of the other Loan Documents.

Section 11.05.Right of Set-off.  Upon (a) the occurrence and during the continuance of

any Event of Default and (b) the making of the request or the granting of the consent specified by

Section 8.01 to authorize the Administrative Agent to declare the Advances due and payable

pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.01, each Agent and each Lender Party and each of their

respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent

permitted by law, to set off and otherwise apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or

demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such

Agent, such Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower and the

other Loan Parties against any and all of the Obligations of the Loan Parties now or hereafter

existing under the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether such Agent or such Lender Party

shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such Obligations may be

unmatured.  Each Agent and each Lender Party agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the

other Loan Parties after any such set-off and application; provided, however, that the failure to

give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.  The rights of each

Agent and each Lender Party and their respective Affiliates under this Section 11.05 are in

addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) that

such Agent, such Lender Party and their respective Affiliates may have.

Section 11.06.Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall become effective when it shall

have been executed by each Loan Party and each Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have

received an executed signature page to this Agreement of each Initial Lender and thereafter shall

be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each Loan Party, each Agent and each Lender Party

and their respective successors and assigns, except that each Loan Party shall not have the right

to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of each

Lender Party.

Section 11.07.Assignments and Participations.

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(a)Subject to the conditions set forth below in Section 11.07(b), any Lender

Party may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations

under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment

or Commitments, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it); with the

prior written consent of:

(i)the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or

delayed in the case of Term Loan Advances or Term Loan Commitments and

otherwise in its sole discretion); provided, that no consent of the Borrower shall

be required:

(A)for any assignment of a Term Loan Commitment, a

Revolving Commitment or any Advances under the Term Loan Facility or

the Revolving Facility to an assignee that is a Person that, immediately

prior to such assignment, was a Lender Party, an Affiliate of any Lender

Party or an Approved Fund of any Lender Party; or

(B)if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and

(ii)the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably

withheld or delayed), provided no consent of the Administrative Agent, as

applicable shall be required:

(A)for any assignment of Advances under the Term Loan

Facility or the Revolving Facility; and

(B)for any assignment of a Term Loan Commitment or a

Revolving Commitment to an assignee that is a Person that, immediately

prior to such assignment, was a Lender Party, an Affiliate of a Lender

Party or an Approved Fund of a Lender Party.

(b)Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(i)except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately

prior to such assignment, was a Lender Party, an Affiliate of any Lender Party or

an Approved Fund of any Lender Party or an assignment of all of a Lender

Party’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the

Commitments (or Advances) being assigned to any Eligible Assignee pursuant to

such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Assumption

with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $1,000,000 (or

such lesser amount as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and, so long

as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of effectiveness of

such assignment, the Borrower) under each Facility for which a Commitment is

being assigned;

(ii)each such assignment shall be of a uniform, and not a varying,

percentage of all rights and obligations under and in respect of any or all of the

Facilities; and

(iii)the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the

Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an

Assignment and Assumption, together with any Note or Notes (if any) subject to

such assignment.

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(c)Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after

the effective date specified in such Assignment and Assumption, (i) the assignee

thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder

have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights

and obligations of a Lender Party or the L/C Issuing Bank hereunder, as the case may be,

and (ii) the Lender Party or the L/C Issuing Bank assignor thereunder shall, to the extent

that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such

Assignment and Assumption, relinquish its rights (other than its rights under Section

2.08, Section 2.10, Section 2.13 and Section 11.04 to the extent any claim thereunder

relates to an event arising prior to such assignment) and be released from its obligations

under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of

the remaining portion of an assigning Lender Party’s or the L/C Issuing Bank’s rights and

obligations under this Agreement, such Lender Party or L/C Issuing Bank, as the case

may be, shall cease to be a party hereto).

(d)By executing and delivering an Assignment and Assumption, each Lender

Party assignor thereunder and each assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each

other and the other parties thereto and hereto as follows:  (i) other than as provided in

such Assignment and Assumption, such assigning Lender Party makes no representation

or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or

representations made in or in connection with any Loan Document or the execution,

legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, or the perfection or

priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under or in

connection with, any Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished

pursuant thereto; (ii) such assigning Lender Party makes no representation or warranty

and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Loan Party or

the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of its obligations under any

Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (iii)

such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies

of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01 and such other documents and

information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to

enter into such Assignment and Assumption; (iv) such assignee will, independently and

without reliance upon any Agent, such assigning Lender Party or any other Lender Party

and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,

continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this

Agreement; (v) such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi) such assignee

appoints and authorizes each Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to

exercise such powers and discretion under the Loan Documents as are delegated to such

Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are

reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in

accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are

required to be performed by it as a Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank, as the case may be.

(e)The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose (but only for this

purpose) as the agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at its address referred to in Section

11.02 a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to and accepted by it and a

register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lender Parties, the

Commitment under each Facility of each Lender Party, and principal amount (and stated

interest) of the Advances owing under each Facility to each Lender Party from time to

time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all

purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agents and the Lender Parties

shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender Party

hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement.  The Register shall be available for

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inspection by the Borrower or any Agent or any Lender Party at any reasonable time and

from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(f)Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Assumption executed by an

assigning Lender Party and an assignee, together with any Note or Notes (if any) subject

to such assignment, the Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Assumption

has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto and such

assignment is permitted pursuant to this Section 11.07, (i) accept such Assignment and

Assumption, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give

prompt notice thereof to the Borrower and each other Agent.  In the case of any

assignment by a Lender Party, within five Business Days after its receipt of such notice,

the Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent

in exchange for the surrendered Note or Notes (if any) a new Note to such Eligible

Assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment (or, if the Commitments have

terminated, the Advances) assumed by it under each Facility pursuant to such Assignment

and Assumption and, if any assigning Lender Party that had a Note or Notes prior to such

assignment has retained a Commitment hereunder under such Facility, a new Note to

such assigning Lender Party in an amount equal to the Commitment (or, if the

Commitments have terminated, the Advances) retained by it hereunder.  Such new Note

or Notes shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and Assumption and shall

otherwise be in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 or Exhibit B-2, as applicable,

hereto, as the case may be.

(g)Each Lender Party may sell participations to one or more Persons (other

than any Loan Party or any of their Affiliates) (each such Person, a “Participant”) in or to

all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without

limitation, all or a portion of its Commitments and the Advances owing to it and the Note

or Notes (if any) held by it); provided, however, that (i) such Lender Party’s obligations

under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitments) shall remain

unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for

the performance of such obligations, (iii) such Lender shall remain the holder of any such

Note for all purposes of this Agreement, (iv) the Borrower, the Agents and the other

Lender Parties shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender Party in

connection with such Lender Party’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and (v)

no Participant under any such participation shall have any right to approve any

amendment or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document, or any consent to any

departure by any Loan Party therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment, waiver

or consent would reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Advances or any fees or other

amounts payable hereunder (other than a waiver of Default Interest), in each case to the

extent subject to such participation, postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal

of, or interest on, the Advances or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in each

case to the extent subject to such participation, or release all or substantially all of the

Collateral.  Each Loan Party agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits

of Section 2.11 and Section 2.13 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein,

including the requirements under Section 2.13(f) (it being understood that the

documentation required under Section 2.13(f) shall be delivered to the participating

Lender Party)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender Party and had acquired its interest

by assignment pursuant to Section 11.07(a); provided that such Participant (A) agrees to

be subject to the provisions of Section 2.17 as if it were an assignee under Section

11.07(a); and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.11

or Section 2.13, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender Party

would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a

greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired

the applicable participation.  Each Lender Party that sells a participation agrees, at the

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Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower

to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.17 with respect to any Participant.  To the extent

permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.05 as

though it were a Lender Party; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to

Section 2.14 as though it were a Lender Party.  Each Lender Party that sells a

participation, or grants any rights shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary

agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of

each Participant and SPC and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each

Participant’s and SPC’s interest in the loans or other obligations under the Loan

Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any

obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity

of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any

commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document)

to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such

commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under United

States Treasury Regulations Section 5f.103-1(c) and United States Proposed Treasury

Regulations Section 1.163-5(b) (or, in each case, any amended or successor version).  The

entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such

Lender Party shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register

as the owner of such participation or SPC interest for all purposes of this Agreement

notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  The Administrative Agent (in its capacity as

Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

(h)Any Lender Party may, in connection with any assignment or participation

or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 11.07, disclose to the

assignee or Participant or proposed assignee or Participant any information relating to the

Loan Parties furnished to such Lender Party by or on behalf of the Loan Parties;

provided, however, that, prior to any such disclosure, the assignee or Participant or

proposed assignee or Participant shall agree to preserve the confidentiality of any

Confidential Information received by it from such Lender.

(i)Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any

Lender Party may at any time create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights

under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Advances owing to it and the

Note or Notes (if any) held by it) in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance

with Regulation A of the Board.

(j)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Lender Party may

pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of such Lender Party’s rights

hereunder (including, without limitation, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes

(if any) held by it) without the consent of, or notice to or any other action by, any other

party hereto, to secure the obligations of such Lender Party or any of its Affiliates to any

Person providing any loan, letter of credit or other extension of credit to or for the

account of such Lender Party or any of its Affiliates and any agent, trustee or

representative of such Person.

(k)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender

that is a Fund may create a security interest in all or any portion of the Advances owing

to it and any Note or Notes held by it to the trustee for holders of obligations owed, or

securities issued, by such Fund as security for such obligations or securities; provided

that, unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the other

provisions of this Section 11.07, (i) no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender

from any of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) such trustee shall not be

entitled (directly or indirectly through consent rights, veto rights or otherwise) to exercise

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any of the rights of a Lender under the Loan Documents even though such trustee may

have acquired ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclosure or

otherwise.

(l)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a

“Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in

writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the

Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Advance that such

Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement;

provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any

Advance and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make

all or any part of such Advance, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such

Advance pursuant to the terms hereof.  The making of an Advance by an SPC hereunder

shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such

Advance were made by such Granting Lender.  Each party hereto hereby agrees that (A)

no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this

Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, (B) no SPC shall be entitled to the

benefits of Section 2.11, Section 2.12 or Section 2.13 (or any other increased costs

protection provision) and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including,

without limitation, the approval of any amendment or waiver of any provision of any

Loan Document, remain the Lender of record hereunder.  In furtherance of the foregoing,

each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this

Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of

all outstanding commercial paper or other senior Debt of any SPC, it will not institute

against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy,

reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the

United States or any State thereof.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in

this Agreement, any SPC may (1) with notice to, but without prior consent of, the

Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee of

$3,500, assign all or any portion of its interest in any Advance to the Granting Lender and

(2) disclose on a confidential basis any Non-Public Information relating to its funding of

Advances to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or

guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.  This Section 11.07(l) may not

be amended without the prior written consent of each Granting Lender, all or any part of

whose Advances are being funded by the SPC at the time of such amendment.

Section 11.08.Execution in Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any

number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which

when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall

constitute one and the same agreement.  Delivery by electronic format (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) of an

executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement shall be effective as delivery of an

original executed counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 11.09.No Liability of the L/C Issuing Bank.  The Borrower assumes all risks of

the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit with respect to its

use of such Letter of Credit.  Neither the L/C Issuing Bank nor any of its officers or directors

shall be liable or responsible for:  (a) the use that may be made of any Letter of Credit or any acts

or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in connection therewith; (b) the validity, sufficiency

or genuineness of documents, or of any endorsement thereon, even if such documents should

prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged; (c) payment by the L/

C Issuing Bank against presentation of documents that do not comply with the terms of a Letter

of Credit, including failure of any documents to bear any reference or adequate reference to the

Letter of Credit; or (d) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to make

payment under any Letter of Credit, except that the Borrower shall have a claim against the L/C

Issuing Bank, and the L/C Issuing Bank shall be liable to the Borrower, to the extent of any

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direct, but not consequential, damages suffered by the Borrower that the Borrower proves were

caused by (i) the L/C Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence as determined in a

final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction in determining whether

documents presented under any Letter of Credit comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit or

(ii) the L/C Issuing Bank’s willful failure to make lawful payment under a Letter of Credit after

the presentation to it of a draft and certificates strictly complying with the terms and conditions

of the Letter of Credit.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuing

Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for

further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary.

Section 11.10.Confidentiality.  Neither any Agent nor any Lender Party shall disclose

any Confidential Information to any Person without the consent of the Borrower, other than (a)

to (i) such Agent’s or such Lender Party’s Affiliates or (ii) (A) any Person providing any loan,

letter of credit or other extension of credit to or for the account of such Lender Party or any of its

Affiliates and any agent, trustee or representative of such Person, and their respective officers,

directors, partners, employees, agents, counsel, auditors, bank examiners and advisors, (B) actual

or prospective Eligible Assignees and Participants and (C) any direct or indirect contractual

counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating

to any Loan Party and its obligations, and in each case of this clause (ii) only on a confidential

basis other than with respect to examiners or other Governmental Authorities with regulatory

oversight over such party where confidential treatment may not be available, (b) as required by

any law, rule or regulation or judicial process, (c) as requested or required by any state, Federal

or foreign authority or examiner (including the National Association of Insurance

Commissioners or any similar organization or quasi-regulatory authority) regulating such Lender

Party, (d) to any rating agency when required by it, provided that, prior to any such disclosure,

such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential

Information relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such Lender Party, (e) in connection

with any litigation or proceeding to which such Agent or such Lender Party or any of its

Affiliates may be a party to the extent such Confidential Information is relevant thereto or to the

extent such Confidential Information is otherwise required to be disclosed by compulsory legal

process, (f) in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy under this Agreement or any

other Loan Document or (g) disclosure on a confidential basis to the CUSIP Service Bureau or

any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with

respect to the Advances.  In addition, each Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of

this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to (i) market data collectors, (ii)

similar services providers to the lending industry, and (iii) service providers to the Agents and

the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement and the

other Loan Documents, in each case on a confidential basis.

Section 11.11.Patriot Act Notice.  Each Lender Party and each Agent (for itself and not

on behalf of any Lender Party) hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements

of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan

Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other

information that will allow such Lender Party or such Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan

Party in accordance with the Patriot Act.  Each Loan Party shall provide such information and

take such actions as are reasonably requested by any Agent or any Lender Party in order to assist

the Agents and the Lender Parties in maintaining compliance with the Patriot Act.

Section 11.12.Jurisdiction, Etc. SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (E) OF THE FOLLOWING

SENTENCE, ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY

ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR

ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN ANY FEDERAL COURT OF

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN

OR, IF THAT COURT DOES NOT HAVE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, IN ANY

STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK.  BY

EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH LOAN PARTY, FOR

ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (A) ACCEPTS

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GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND

VENUE OF SUCH COURTS (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS BY ANY

AGENT IN RESPECT OF RIGHTS UNDER ANY COLLATERAL DOCUMENT

GOVERNED BY A REQUIREMENT OF LAW OTHER THAN THE LAWS OF THE STATE

OF NEW YORK OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY COLLATERAL SUBJECT THERETO); (B)

WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (C) AGREES THAT SERVICE

OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE

BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE

APPLICABLE LOAN PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH

Section 11.02; (D) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (C) ABOVE IS

SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER EACH LOAN PARTY IN

ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES

EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (E) AGREES THAT

THE AGENTS AND LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY

OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY REQUIREMENTS OF LAW OR TO BRING

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST EACH LOAN PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER

JURISDICTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS UNDER ANY

COLLATERAL DOCUMENT OR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT.

Section 11.13.Governing Law.  This Agreement and the Notes and any claims,

controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon,

arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes and the transactions contemplated

hereby or thereby, including the validity, interpretation, construction, breach, enforcement or

termination hereof and thereof, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law

of the State of New York.

Section 11.14.Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY

AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR

CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF

THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING

TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER

RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED.  THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS

INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE

FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS

TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF

DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS.  EACH

PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL

INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS

ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND

THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE

DEALINGS.  EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT

IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT

KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING

CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.  THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE,

MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING

(OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO

THIS Section 11.14 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS

WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS,

SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN

DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO

THE ADVANCES MADE HEREUNDER.  IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS

AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

Section 11.15.Intercreditor Agreement.  Each Lender Party hereby acknowledges and

agrees on behalf of itself in its capacity as Lender or the L/C Issuing Bank, as applicable, that

certain matters related to the Loan Documents and the Secured Commodity Agreements that are

secured by the Collateral are subject to and governed by the Intercreditor Agreement.  Each

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Lender Party, by delivering its signature page hereto, funding its Advances, issuing or

participating in a Letter of Credit and/or executing an Assignment and Assumption (as

applicable) shall be deemed to have (a) acknowledged receipt of, consented to and approved the

Intercreditor Agreement (in its capacity as Lender and/or L/C Issuing Bank, as applicable), (b)

authorized (in its capacity as Lender Party) the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to

enter into the Intercreditor Agreement and perform their respective obligations thereunder

(including binding such Lender Party in its capacity as Lender Party to the terms and conditions

of the Intercreditor Agreement) and (c) agreed to comply with any and all obligations applicable

to it thereunder as though it were a direct party thereto.

Section 11.16.Reinstatement.  To the extent that any Lender Party receives any payment

by or on behalf of the Borrower, which payment or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated,

declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to the Borrower or to

its estate, trustee, receiver, custodian or any other party under any Bankruptcy Laws or

otherwise, then to the extent of the amount so required to be repaid, the obligation or part thereof

which has been paid, reduced or satisfied by the amount so repaid shall be reinstated by the

amount so repaid and shall be included within the Secured Obligations as of the date such initial

payment, reduction or satisfaction occurred.

Section 11.17.No Immunity.  To the extent that the Borrower or any other Loan Party

may be entitled, in any jurisdiction in which judicial proceedings may at any time be commenced

with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to claim for itself or its revenues,

assets or Properties any immunity from suit, the jurisdiction of any court, attachment prior to

judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, set-off, execution of a judgment or any

other legal process, and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed to such

Person such an immunity (whether or not claimed), each Loan Party hereby irrevocably agrees

not to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such immunity to the fullest extent permitted by the

law of the applicable jurisdiction.

Section 11.18.Severability.  Any provision hereof which is prohibited or unenforceable

in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or

unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and without affecting the

validity or enforceability of any provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 11.19.Complete Agreement.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN

DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AND COMPLETE AGREEMENT OF THE

PARTIES HERETO, AND ALL PRIOR NEGOTIATIONS, REPRESENTATIONS,

UNDERSTANDINGS, WRITINGS AND STATEMENTS OF ANY NATURE ARE HEREBY

SUPERSEDED IN THEIR ENTIRETY BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE

OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

Section 11.20.Usury Savings Clause.  Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the

aggregate interest rate charged with respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or

fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law shall not

exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.  If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the

preceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the

outstanding amount of the Advances made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful

Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would

have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times

been in effect.  In addition, if when the Advances made hereunder are repaid in full the total

interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided for above) is less than the total

amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in

this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, the Borrower

shall pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the difference between the amount of

interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate

had at all times been in effect.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Lenders

and the Borrower to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws.  Accordingly, if any Lender

contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the

Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously

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paid, shall at such Lender’s option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Advances made

hereunder or be refunded to the Borrower.

Section 11.21.Waiver.  Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives,

to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, all rights of rescission, setoff, counterclaim, and

other defenses in connection with the repayment of the Obligations of the Borrower or any Loan

Party under the Loan Documents.

Section 11.22.Electronic Execution of Assignments.  The words “execution,” “signed,”

“signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to

include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be

of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of

a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any

applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce

Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws

based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

Section 11.23.No Fiduciary Duty.  Each Agent, each Lender and their Affiliates

(collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders”), may have economic interests

that conflict with those of the Loan Parties, their stockholders and/or their Affiliates.  Each Loan

Party agrees that nothing in the Loan Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an

advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender,

on the one hand, and such Loan Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates, on the other.The

Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the transactions contemplated by the Loan

Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s-

length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on

the other, and (b) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has

assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Loan Party, its stockholders or its

Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or

remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender

has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Loan Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates

on other matters) or any other obligation to any Loan Party except the obligations expressly set

forth in the Loan Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the

agent or fiduciary of any Loan Party, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other

Person.  Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and

financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its

own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto.

Each Loan Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of

any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Loan Party, in connection with

such transaction or the process leading thereto.

Section 11.24.Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights.  The

obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the

obligations or Commitment of any other Lender hereunder.  Nothing contained herein or in any

other Loan Document, and no action taken by the Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be

deemed to constitute Lenders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of

entity.  The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and

independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out

hereof and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in

any proceeding for such purpose.

Section 11.25.Independence of Covenants.  All covenants hereunder shall be given

independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such

covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within

the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default if such action is

taken or condition exists.

Section 11.26.Limitation of Liability.  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY

APPLICABLE LAW, AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS

AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS:  (A) NONE OF THE

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE LENDER PARTIES OR ANY INDEMNIFIED PARTY

SHALL BE SUBJECT TO ANY EQUITABLE REMEDY OR RELIEF, INCLUDING

SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OR INJUNCTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS

AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR THE TRANSACTIONS

CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY; (B) NONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE

AGENT, THE LENDER PARTIES OR ANY INDEMNIFIED PARTY SHALL HAVE ANY

LIABILITY TO THE LOAN PARTIES, FOR DAMAGES OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT

OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR THE

TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY UNTIL THE CLOSING

DATE; AND (C) IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LIABILITY OF THE LENDER PARTIES

(TAKEN TOGETHER) TO THE LOAN PARTIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO

THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR THE TRANSACTIONS

CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY OR FOR FAILURE TO FUND ANY

ADVANCES EXCEED THE LESSER OF (I) THE ACTUAL DIRECT DAMAGES

INCURRED BY THE LOAN PARTIES IN THE AGGREGATE AND (II) $10,000,000 IN THE

AGGREGATE.

Section 11.27.Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial

Institutions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other

agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto

acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan

Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and

conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and

acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a)the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the

applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder that may be

payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and

(b)the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if

applicable:

(i)a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii)a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or

other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent

undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred

on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it

in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any

other Loan Document; or

(iii)the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the

exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution

Authority.

Section 11.28.Non-Recourse.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this

Agreement or any other Loan Document, none of the Secured Parties shall have any claims with

respect to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents against any present or future

holder (whether direct or indirect) of any equity interests in the Borrower (other than Holdings),

or, in each case, any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Loan Parties) (except, in each

case, in accordance with and to the extent expressly set forth in the Loan Documents to which

such holder of equity interests is a party), shareholders, officers, directors, employees

representatives, controlling persons, executives or agents (collectively, the “Non-Recourse

Persons”), such claims against such Non-Recourse Persons (including as may arise by operation

of law) being expressly waived hereby; provided that the foregoing provisions of this Section

11.28 shall not (a) constitute a waiver, release or discharge (or otherwise impair the

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enforceability) of any of the Obligations, or of any of the terms, covenants, conditions, or

provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and the same shall continue (but

without personal liability of the Non-Recourse Persons) until fully paid, discharged, observed or

performed, (b) constitute a waiver, release or discharge of any lien or security interest purported

to be created pursuant to the Collateral Documents (or otherwise impair the ability of any

Secured Party to realize or foreclose upon any Collateral in accordance with the terms of the

Loan Documents), (c) limit or restrict the right of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent

or any other Secured Party (or any permitted assignee, beneficiary or successor to any of them)

to name the Loan Parties, Holdings or any other Person as a defendant in any action or suit for a

judicial foreclosure or for the exercise of any other remedy under or with respect to (and, in each

case, to the extent expressly set forth in) any Loan Document to which such Person is a party, or

for injunction or specific performance, so long as no judgment in the nature of a deficiency

judgment shall be enforced against any Non-Recourse Person or (d) release any Non-Recourse

Person from liability (to the extent it would otherwise be liable) for its own gross negligence,

fraudulent actions or willful misconduct as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a

court of competent jurisdiction.  The limitations on recourse set forth in this Section 11.28 shall

survive the Discharge of Secured Obligations, and the earlier termination of this Agreement.

Section 11.29.Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs.

To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a

guarantee or otherwise, for Commodity Agreements or any other agreement or instrument

that is a QFC (such support “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported

QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution

power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance

Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

(together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution

Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the

provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported

QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of

the United States or any other state of the United States):

(a)In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a

“Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution

Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support

(and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit

Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit

Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer

would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and

such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were

governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.  In the event a

Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a

proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan

Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit

Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised

to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special

Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the

laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

(b)As used in this Section 11.29, the following terms have the following

meanings:

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“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined

under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

(i)a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in

accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b)

(ii)a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in

accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

(iii)a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in

accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted

in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and

shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).

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AMERICAS 123463960

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers

to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first written above.

[SIGNATURE PAGES TO BE CIRCULATED SEPARATELY]

Signature Page to Credit Agreement, dated July 10, 2023, by and among Temple Generation Intermediate Holdings

II, LLC, Temple Generation I, LLC, CXA Temple 2, LLC, Temple Generation SF LLC, Beal Bank USA as L/C

Issuing Bank, other Lenders party hereto, and CLMG Corp., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent

TEMPLE GENERATION INTERMEDIATE

HOLDINGS II, LLC,

as Borrower

By: /s/ Christopher Kalnin

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Name:  Christopher Kalnin

Title:  Chief Executive Officer

TEMPLE GENERATION I, LLC,

as Guarantor

By: /s/ Christopher Kalnin

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Name:  Christopher Kalnin

Title:  Chief Executive Officer

CXA TEMPLE 2, LLC,

as Guarantor

By: /s/ Christopher Kalnin

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Name:  Christopher Kalnin

Title:  Chief Executive Officer

TEMPLE GENERATION SF LLC,

as Guarantor

By: /s/ Christopher Kalnin

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Name:  Christopher Kalnin

Title:  Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement, dated July 10 , 2023, by and among Temple Generation Intermediate

Holdings II, LLC, Temple Generation I, LLC, CXA Temple 2, LLC, Temple Generation SF LLC, Beal Bank USA as

L/C Issuing Bank, other Lenders party hereto, and CLMG Corp., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent]

BEAL BANK USA,

as L/C Issuing Bank

By: /s/ Jacob Cherner

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Name:  Jacob Cherner

Title:  Authorized Signatory

BEAL BANK USA,

as Initial Lender

By: /s/ Jacob Cherner

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Name:  Jacob Cherner

Title:  Authorized Signatory

BEAL BANK,

as Initial Lender

By: /s/ Jacob Cherner

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Name:  Jacob Cherner

Title:  Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement, dated July 10 , 2023, by and among Temple Generation Intermediate

Holdings II, LLC, Temple Generation I, LLC, CXA Temple 2, LLC, Temple Generation SF LLC, Beal Bank USA as

L/C Issuing Bank, other Lenders party hereto, and CLMG Corp., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent]

CLMG CORP.,

as Administrative Agent

By: /s/ James Erwin

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Name:  James Erwin

Title:  President

CLMG CORP.,

as Collateral Agent

By: /s/ James Erwin

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Name:  James Erwin

Title:  President

Execution Version

Privileged & Confidential

PROJECT TEMPLE II

CREDIT AGREEMENT SCHEDULES

Table of Contents

SCHEDULE I Commitments and Applicable Lending Offices2

SCHEDULE II Permitted Transferees3

SCHEDULE III Approved Replacement Operators4

SCHEDULE IV G&A Expenses5

SCHEDULE 1.01 Easement Agreements6

SCHEDULE 3.01(d)(iii)(A) Temple I Mortgaged Properties7

SCHEDULE 3.01(d)(iii)(B) Temple II Mortgaged Properties 8

SCHEDULE 3.01(d)(xi) Excepted Consents and Agreements9

SCHEDULE 4.01(b) Loan Parties11

SCHEDULE 4.01(f) Authorizations, Approvals, Actions, Notices and Filings in Connection with

the Project, Properties and Material Project Contracts 12

SCHEDULE 4.01(h) Litigation21

SCHEDULE 4.01(p) Filing and Perfection Requirements31

SCHEDULE 4.01(t) Taxes32

SCHEDULE 4.01(u) Owned Real Property33

SCHEDULE 4.01(v)(i) Leasehold and Easement Real Property35

SCHEDULE 4.01(v)(ii) Leased Real Property (Lessor) 104

SCHEDULE 4.01(w) Investments106

SCHEDULE 4.01(cc) Material Project Contracts 107

SCHEDULE 4.01(dd)(i) Compliance with Environmental Laws110

SCHEDULE 4.01(dd)(ii) Hazardous Material Release 111

SCHEDULE 4.01(dd)(iii) Hazardous Material Disposal and Remedial Actions 112

SCHEDULE 4.01(ee) Environmental Permits 113

SCHEDULE 5.04 Required Insurance114

SCHEDULE 6.08 Permitted Affiliate Transactions (Closing Date)122

SCHEDULE 8.01(s) Deemed Material Adverse Effect in a Water Services Agreement124

Document

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Christopher P. Kalnin, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of BKV Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  May 7, 2026

/s/ Christopher P. Kalnin
Christopher P. Kalnin
Chief Executive Officer
Principal Executive Officer

Document

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, David R. Tameron, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of BKV Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  May 7, 2026

/s/ David R. Tameron
David R. Tameron
Chief Financial Officer
Principal Financial Officer

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Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, Christopher P. Kalnin, the Chief Executive Officer of BKV Corporation (the "Company"), hereby certify, that, to the best of my knowledge:

(1)          The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended March 31, 2026 (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)          The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:  May 7, 2026

/s/ Christopher P. Kalnin
Christopher P. Kalnin
Chief Executive Officer
Principal Executive Officer

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Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, David R. Tameron, the Chief Financial Officer of BKV Corporation (the "Company"), hereby certify, that, to the best of my knowledge:

(1)          The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended March 31, 2026 (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)          The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:  May 7, 2026

/s/ David R. Tameron
David R. Tameron
Chief Financial Officer
Principal Financial Officer