incurred by our officer or director (solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Company) will be made only upon delivery to us of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such
officer or director, to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under our Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise.
The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights which any person covered by our
Certificate of Incorporation may have or hereafter acquire under law, our Certificate of Incorporation, our Amended and Restated Bylaws (“Bylaws”), an agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
Any repeal or amendment of provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation affecting indemnification rights, whether by our stockholders or by
changes in law, or the adoption of any other provisions inconsistent therewith, will (unless otherwise required by law) be prospective only, except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits us to provide broader indemnification rights on
a retroactive basis, and will not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such
repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision. Our Certificate of Incorporation also permits us, to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than those
specifically covered by our Certificate of Incorporation.
Our Bylaws include the provisions relating to advancement of expenses and
indemnification rights consistent with those set forth in our Certificate of Incorporation. In addition, our Bylaws provide for a right of indemnity to bring a suit in the event a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses is not paid in
full by us within a specified period of time. Our Bylaws also permit us to purchase and maintain insurance, at our expense, to protect us and/or any director, officer, employee or agent of our corporation or another entity, trust or other enterprise
against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.
Any repeal or amendment of provisions of our Bylaws affecting indemnification rights, whether by our Board of Directors, stockholders or by
changes in applicable law, or the adoption of any other provisions inconsistent therewith, will (unless otherwise required by law) be prospective only, except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits us to provide broader
indemnification rights on a retroactive basis, and will not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing thereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such
inconsistent provision.
In connection with the merger (the “Earthstone Merger”) with Earthstone Energy, Inc.
(“Earthstone”), we have agreed to indemnify, defend and hold harmless, in the same manner as provided by Earthstone immediately prior to August 21, 2023, each person who has been at any time prior to August 21, 2023 or who
became, prior to the Initial Company Merger Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement (as defined below)), an officer or director of Earthstone or any of its subsidiaries or who acts as a fiduciary under any employee benefit plan sponsored,
maintained, or contributed to by Earthstone, or was serving at the request of Earthstone or any of its respective subsidiaries as a director, officer or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
employment benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, in each case, when acting in such capacity (whom are referred to herein as the “indemnified persons”) against all losses, claims, damages, costs, fines, penalties, expenses (including
attorneys’ and other professionals’ fees and expenses), liabilities or judgments or amounts that are paid in settlement of, or incurred in connection with, any actual or threatened proceeding to which such indemnified person is a party
or is otherwise involved (including as a witness) based on, in whole or in part, or arising out of, in whole or in part, the fact that such person was an officer or director of Earthstone or any of its subsidiaries, a fiduciary under any employee
benefit plan sponsored, maintained, or contributed to by Earthstone or is or was serving at the request of Earthstone or any of its respective subsidiaries as an officer, director or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, as applicable, or by reason of anything done or not done by such person in any such capacity, whether pertaining to any act or omission occurring or existing prior to, but not
after, the Initial Company Merger Effective Time and whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after, the Initial Company Merger Effective Time (which liabilities are referred to herein as “indemnified liabilities”), including all
indemnified liabilities based in whole or in part on, or arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 21, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), among us, Smits Merger
Sub I Inc., Smits Merger Sub II LLC, OpCo, Earthstone and