Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of January 7, 2021, is by and among Devon Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Felix Investments Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Investor”), and the other Holders (as defined below) from time to time parties hereto.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Investor, the other Holders from time to time parties thereto and WPX Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“East” and together with the Investor and the other Holders from time to time parties thereto, the “East RRA Parties”) are party to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2020 (the “East Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, East provided certain registration rights to the Holders of East Common Stock (as defined below) issued to the Investor pursuant to the terms of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2019, between East and the Investor;
WHEREAS, the Company and East have entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 26, 2020, (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, East Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and East, pursuant to which, among other things, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into East (the “Merger”), which will survive as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and the shares of East Common Stock will be converted into shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”);
WHEREAS, in connection with, and effective upon, the date of the closing of the Merger (the “Closing Date”), the Company has issued to the Investor the Issued Shares (as defined below) and all of Investor’s shares of East Common Stock were canceled in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, in connection with the closing of the Merger, the Company is granting to the Investor and the other Holders from time to time parties hereto, certain registration rights with respect to the Issued Shares, as set forth in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in connection with, and effective upon, entering into this Agreement, the East RRA Parties are entering into that certain termination agreement, dated the date hereof, pursuant to which the East RRA Parties agreed to terminate the East Registration Rights Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each party hereto, the parties hereby agree as follows: