Exhibit 10.3
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (including all exhibits hereto and as may be amended, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of August 7, 2018, by and among Riviera Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the other parties signatory hereto and any additional parties identified on the signature pages of any joinder agreement executed and delivered pursuant hereto.
WHEREAS, on February 28, 2017, Linn Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Old LINN”), entered into a registration rights agreement (the “LINN RRA”) with holders of Old Linn’s “Registrable Securities” (as defined in the LINN RRA, the “LINN Registrable Securities”);
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Linn Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation and thesuccessor-in-interest to Old LINN (“New LINN”), completed a distribution, on a pro rata basis to the holders of New LINN common stock, of all of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock (as defined below) of the Company (the “Spinoff”);
WHEREAS, any shares of the Company’s Common Stock distributed in the Spinoff in respect of LINN Registrable Securities outstanding on the date hereof constitute additional LINN Registrable Securities, in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of “Registrable Securities” in the LINN RRA; and
WHEREAS, Company desires to enter into a registration rights agreement with each recipient of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock that owns at least ten percent (10%) of the Company’s Common Stock or that otherwise reasonably determines that it is an “affiliate” of the Company (as such term is defined in the Securities Act (as defined below)).
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Holders (as defined below) agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Advice” has the meaning set forth inSection 16(c).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person. The term “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used in this definition means the possession, directly or indirectly (including through one or more intermediaries), of the power or authority to direct or cause the direction of management, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.