Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 19, 2022 (the “Agreement”), by and among Centennial Resource Development, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Riverstone VI Centennial QB Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Riverstone QB Holdings”), REL US Centennial Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“REL US”), Riverstone Non-ECI USRPI AIV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Riverstone Non-ECI”), Silver Run Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Silver Run Sponsor” and, together with Riverstone QB Holdings, REL US and Riverstone Non-ECI, “Holders” and each individually, “Holder”), and Colgate Energy Partners III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent has entered into a Business Combination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among Parent, Centennial Resource Production, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), the Company, and, solely for purposes of the specified provisions therein, Colgate Energy Partners III MidCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, at the Effective Time, the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with Merger Sub surviving the Merger as a subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS, each Holder is the Beneficial Owner (as defined below) of such number of shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Parent (the “Parent Common Stock” and such shares of Parent Common Stock, but excluding shares Transferred in compliance with this Agreement, the “Shares”) set forth under its name on Schedule I hereto;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, and as a condition and an inducement to the Company entering into the Business Combination Agreement, Holders are entering into this Agreement with respect to the Shares; and
WHEREAS, Holders are willing, subject to the limitations herein, not to Transfer (as defined below) any of their Shares, and to vote their Shares in a manner so as to facilitate consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
GENERAL
Section 1.1 Definitions. This Agreement is the “Voting Agreement” as defined in the Business Combination Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, Parent shall not be deemed an Affiliate of Holders, and Parent and its Representatives are not Representatives of any Holder. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.
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