EX-99

Dated: August 7, 2020

Whiting Petroleum Corporation on behalf of itself and all other Debtors

/s/ Jeffrey S. Stein

Name: Jeffrey S. Stein

Title: Chief Restructuring Officer

EX-99 3 d27916dex99.htm EX-99 EX-99

Exhibit 99

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

HOUSTON DIVISION


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In re:	)	Chapter 11
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WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.,¹	)	Case No. 20-32021 (DRJ)
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Debtors.	)	(Jointly Administered)
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ORDER (I) CONFIRMING THE JOINT CHAPTER 11 PLAN

OF REORGANIZATION OF WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION

AND ITS DEBTOR AFFILIATES AND (II) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF

The Court² having:

entered, on July 1, 2020, the Order (I) Approving the Adequacy of the Disclosure Statement, (II) Approving the Solicitation and Notice Procedures with Respect to Confirmation of the Proposed Chapter 11 Plan, (III) Approving the Forms of Ballots and Notices in Connection Therewith, (IV) Scheduling Certain Dates with Respect Thereto, and (V) Granting Related Relief [Docket No 576] (the “Disclosure Statement Order”), pursuant to which the Court approved the Disclosure Statement Relating to the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 566] (the “Disclosure Statement”);

set July 30, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. (prevailing Central Time) as the deadline for filing objections to confirmation of the Plan (the “Objection Deadline”);

set July 30, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. (prevailing Central Time) as the deadline for voting on the Plan (the “Voting Deadline”);

set August 10, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. (prevailing Central Time), as the date and time for the hearing to consider confirmation of the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 567] (the “Plan,” and such hearing to consider confirmation of the Plan, the “Confirmation Hearing”), pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 3017 and 3018 and sections 1126, 1128, and 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, as set forth in the Disclosure Statement Order;

The debtors in these chapter 11 cases, along with the last four digits of each debtor’s federal tax identification number, are: Whiting Canadian Holding Company Unlimited Liability Corporation (3662); Whiting Petroleum Corporation (8515); Whiting US Holding Company (2900); Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation (8829); and Whiting Resources Corporation (1218). The location of the debtors’ service address is: 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 4700, Denver, Colorado 80203.

²	Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Plan (as defined below). The rules of interpretation set forth in Article I.B of the Plan apply to the Confirmation Order.

reviewed: (i) the Plan; (ii) the Disclosure Statement; (iii) the Plan Supplement for the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 609] and the Amended Plan Supplement for the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its Debtor Affiliates filed contemporaneously herewith (collectively, the “Plan Supplement”); (iv) the Debtors’ Memorandum of Law in Support of Confirmation of the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its Debtor Affiliates and Omnibus Reply to Objections Thereto [Docket No. 703] (the “Confirmation Brief”); (v) the Declaration of Jeffrey S. Stein in Support of Confirmation of the Joint Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 717] (the “Stein Declaration”) (vi) the Declaration of R. Seth Bullock in Support of Confirmation of the Joint Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 707] (the “Bullock Declaration”); (vii) the Declaration of Kevin J. Voelte in Support of Confirmation of the Joint Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 706] (the “Voelte Declaration”); (viii) the Supplemental Declaration of Jung W. Song in Support of Confirmation of the Joint Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 693] (the “Voting Declaration” and, together with the Stein Declaration, the Bullock Declaration, and the Voelte Declaration, the “Declarations”); (ix) the Notice of Hearing to Consider Confirmation of the Chapter 11 Plan Filed By the Debtors and Related Voting and Objection Deadlines (the “Confirmation Hearing Notice”), the form of which is attached as Exhibit 7 to the Disclosure Statement Order; (x) the The Wall Street Journal Affidavit of Publication [Docket No. 589] and the Houston Chronicle Affidavit of Publication [Docket No. 588] (collectively, the “Publication Affidavits”); (xi) the Certificate of Service dated July 17, 2020 [Docket No. 607] and Supplemental Certificate of Service dated July 27, 2020 [Docket No. 633] (collectively, the “Solicitation Affidavits” and together with the Publication Affidavits the “Affidavits”); and (xii) all filed³ pleadings, exhibits, statements, and comments regarding approval of the Disclosure Statement and Confirmation, including all objections, statements, and reservations of rights;

held the Confirmation Hearing on August 14, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. (prevailing Central Time);

heard the statements and arguments made by counsel in respect of approval of the Confirmation and having considered the record of these Chapter 11 Cases and taken judicial notice of all papers and pleadings filed in the Chapter 11 Cases; and

considered all oral representations, testimony, documents, filings, and other evidence regarding Confirmation.

³	Unless otherwise indicated, use of the term “filed” herein refers also to the service of the applicable document filed on the docket in these chapter 11 cases, as applicable.

NOW, THEREFORE, after due deliberation thereon and good cause appearing therefor, the Court hereby makes and issues the following findings of fact, and conclusions of law:

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

IT IS DETERMINED, FOUND, ADJUDGED, DECREED AND ORDERED THAT:

A. Findings of Fact. The findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth herein, in the Plan, including specifically in Article IX of the Plan and in the record of the Confirmation Hearing constitute the Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law under Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as made applicable herein by Bankruptcy Rules 7052 and 9014. To the extent any of the following conclusions of law constitute findings of fact, or vice versa, they are adopted as such.

B. Jurisdiction, Venue, and Core Proceeding. The Court has jurisdiction over these Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 1334 of title 28 of the United States Code. The Court has exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether the Plan complies with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and should be confirmed. Venue is proper in this district pursuant to sections 1408 and 1409 of title 28 of the United States Code. Confirmation of the Plan is a core proceeding within the meaning of section 157(b)(2) of title 28 of the United States Code.

C. Ballots. The Classes entitled to vote on the Plan (collectively, the “Voting Classes”) are set forth below:


Class		Designation
3		RBL Claims

5		General Unsecured Claims

8		Existing Interests

9		Section 510(b) Claims

As set forth and approved in the Disclosure Statement Order, the ballots the Debtors used to solicit votes to accept or reject the Plan from holders in the Voting Classes adequately addressed the particular needs of these Chapter 11 Cases and were appropriate for holders in the Voting Classes to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

D. Notice. As evidenced by the Affidavits and the Voting Declaration, all parties required to be given notice of the Confirmation Hearing (including the deadline for filing and serving objections to Confirmation of the Plan) have been given due, proper, adequate, timely, and sufficient notice of the Confirmation Hearing in accordance with the Disclosure Statement Order and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Bankruptcy Local Rules, and all other applicable non-bankruptcy rules, laws, and regulations and such parties have had an opportunity to appear and be heard with respect thereto.

E. Solicitation. As described in and evidenced by the Affidavits and the Voting Declaration, transmittal and service of the Solicitation Materials (collectively, the “Solicitation”) were timely, adequate, appropriate, and sufficient under the circumstances. The Solicitation (i) was conducted in good faith and (ii) complied with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Bankruptcy Local Rules, the Disclosure Statement Order, and all other applicable non-bankruptcy rules, laws, and regulations applicable to the Solicitation.

F. Vote Tabulation. As described in the Voting Declaration, the Holders of Claims and Interests in Class 3 (RBL Claims), Class 5 (General Unsecured Claims), and Class 8 (Existing Interests), and Class 9 (Section 510(b) Claims) are Impaired under the Plan and have voted to accept the Plan in the numbers and amounts required by section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code. All procedures used to tabulate the Ballots were fair, reasonable, and conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Bankruptcy Local Rules, the Disclosure Statement Order, and all other applicable non-bankruptcy rules, laws, and regulations.

G. Service of Opt-Out Form. The process described in the Voting Declaration and the Solicitation Affidavit that the Debtors and the Solicitation Agent followed to identify the relevant parties on which to serve the applicable ballot or notice containing an opportunity to opt out of the Third-Party Releases (as defined herein) (each an “Opt-Out Form”) and to distribute the Opt-Out Forms (i) is consistent with the industry standard for the identification and dissemination of such materials on holders of public securities, and (ii) was reasonably calculated to ensure that each of Holders of Claims in Interests in all voting and non-voting Classes was informed of its ability to opt out of the Third-Party Releases and the consequences for failing to timely do so.

H. Modifications to Plan. Pursuant to section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, the modifications to the Plan made after solicitation of the Plan or in this Confirmation Order (including those modifications announced on the record of the Confirmation Hearing) constitute technical or clarifying changes, changes with respect to particular Claims by agreement with holders of such Claims, or modifications that do not otherwise materially and adversely affect or change the treatment of any other Claim under the Plan. Notice of these modifications was adequate and appropriate under the facts and circumstances of the Chapter 11 Cases. In accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 3019, these modifications do not require additional disclosure under section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code or the resolicitation of votes under section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code, and they do not require that holders of Claims or Interests be afforded an opportunity to change previously cast acceptances or rejections of the Plan. Accordingly, the Plan is properly before this Court and all votes cast with respect to the Plan prior to such modification shall be binding and shall apply with respect to the Plan.

I. Releases, Exculpation, Injunction, and Preservation of Claims and Causes of Action. Article VIII.B of the Plan describes certain releases granted by the Debtors, the

Reorganized Debtors and the Estates (the “Debtor Releases”). Such releases are a necessary and integral element of the Plan, and are fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Debtors, the Estates, and holders of Claims and Interests. The Debtor Releases are: (a) in exchange for the good and valuable consideration provided by the Released Parties; (b) a good-faith settlement and compromise of the Claims released by Article VIII.B of the Plan; (c) given, and made, after due notice and opportunity for hearing; (d) appropriately tailored under the facts and circumstances of the Chapter 11 Cases; and (e) a bar to any of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and the Estates asserting any Claim or Cause of Action released by the Debtor Releases.

J. Article VIII.C of the Plan describes certain releases (the “Third-Party Releases”) granted by the Releasing Parties of the Released Parties which include: (a) the holders of RBL Claims; (b) the RBL Agent; (c) the Consenting Creditors; (d) The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; (e) the Exit Facility Lenders; (f) the Exit Facility Agent and the Exit Facility Arranger; (g) the Treasury Management Service Providers; (h) any Issuing Bank; (i) any Hedge Counterparty; (j) all Releasing Parties and the parties related to any of the foregoing as more fully set forth in Article I.A.136 of the Plan.

K. The Third-Party Releases are consensual with respect to the Releasing Parties and such parties were provided notice of the chapter 11 proceedings, the Plan, the deadline to object to Confirmation of the Plan, and received the Confirmation Hearing Notice and were properly informed that the Holders of Claims against or Interests in the Debtors that did not (a) check the “opt-out” box on the applicable Ballot or Opt-Out Form attached to the applicable (i) Notice of Non-Voting Status to Holders of Unimpaired Claims Conclusively Presumed to Accept the Plan (the “Presumed to Accept Notice”) or (ii) Notice of Non-Voting Status With Respect to Disputed Claims (the “Disputed Claims Notice”), returned in advance of the Voting Deadline, or (b) object

to their inclusion as a Releasing Party on or before the Objection Deadline would be deemed to have consented to the release of all Claims and Causes of Action against the Debtors and the Released Parties as set forth in Article VIII.C. The Confirmation Hearing Notice was additionally published in The Wall Street Journal (National Edition) and the Houston Chronicle on July 7, 2020. The release provisions of the Plan were conspicuous, emphasized with boldface type in the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Ballots, the Confirmation Hearing Notice, the Deemed to Accept Notice and the Disputed Claims Notice. Importantly, the inclusion of the parties to the Restructuring Support Agreement in the Third-Party Releases was a material inducement for their participation, negotiation and ultimate resolution of Claims through the Restructuring Support Agreement.

L. The Third-Party Releases are: (a) in exchange for the good and valuable consideration provided by the Released Parties; (b) a good-faith settlement and compromise of the Claims and Causes of Action released by the Third-Party Releases; (c) materially beneficial to, and in the best interests of, the Debtors, their Estates, and their stakeholders, and is important to the overall objectives of the Plan to finally resolve certain Claims among or against certain parties in interest in these Chapter 11 Cases; (d) fair, equitable, and reasonable; (e) given and made after due notice and opportunity for hearing; (f) a bar to any of the Releasing Parties asserting any Claim or Cause of Action released by the Third-Party Release against any of the Released Parties; and (g) consistent with sections 105, 524, 1123, 1129, and 1141 and other applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.

M. The exculpation, described in Article VIII.D of the Plan (the “Exculpation”), is appropriate under applicable law because it was proposed in good faith, was formulated following extensive good faith, arm’s-length negotiations with key constituents, and is appropriately limited

in scope. Without limiting anything in the Exculpation, each Exculpated Party has participated in good faith in these Chapter 11 Cases and is appropriately released and exculpated from any obligation, Cause of Action, or liability for any act taken or omitted to be taken in connection with, or arising from or relating in any way to, the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or filing of the Restructuring Support Agreement and related prepetition transactions (including any draws under the RBL Credit Agreement), the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Exit Facility Documents, or any transaction related to the Restructuring, any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created or entered into before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, any preference, fraudulent transfer, or other avoidance claim arising pursuant to chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable law, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance of securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement.

N. The injunction provisions set forth in Article VIII.E of the Plan are necessary to implement, preserve, and enforce the Debtors’ discharge, the Debtor Releases, the Third-Party Releases, and the Exculpation, and are narrowly tailored to achieve this purpose.

O. Article IV.S of the Plan provides that the Reorganized Debtors will retain, and may assert, all rights to commence and pursue, as appropriate, any and all Causes of Action except for Causes of Action that have been expressly waived, relinquished, exculpated released, compromised or settled by the Plan, whether arising before or after the Petition Date in accordance with section 1123(b)(3)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code. The provisions regarding the preservation of Causes of Action in the Plan are appropriate, fair, equitable, and reasonable, and are in the best interests of the Debtors, the Estates, and holders of Claims and Interests.

P. The release and discharge of all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests against any property of the Estates described in Article VIII.G of the Plan (the “Lien Release”), except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan and this Confirmation Order, is necessary to implement the Plan. The provisions of the Lien Release are appropriate, fair, equitable, and reasonable and are in the best interests of the Debtors, the Estates, and holders of Claims and Interests.

Q. Valuation. The evidence with respect to the valuation analysis of the Debtors introduced at the Confirmation Hearing and in the Declarations provides the basis for and supports the distributions and recoveries of Holders of Claims and Interests under the Plan, and is reasonable, persuasive and credible, and uses reasonable and appropriate methodologies and assumptions. Given such enterprise value of the Debtors, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules, the Plan’s treatment of Existing Interests and Section 510(b) Claims is appropriate and reasonable.

R. Good Faith. The Debtors have proposed the Plan in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law. In so determining based on the evidence presented to this Court, including the Declarations, the Plan, the Disclosure Statement and the other motions and pleadings filed and the testimony elicited at the Confirmation Hearing, the Court has examined the totality of the circumstances surrounding the filing of these Chapter 11 Cases, the Plan itself, the Restructuring Support Agreement, the process leading to Confirmation, including the overwhelming support of holders of Claims and Interests in the Voting Classes for the Plan, and the transactions to be implemented pursuant thereto. These Chapter 11 Cases were filed, and the Plan was proposed, with the legitimate purpose of allowing the Debtors to reorganize and emerge from bankruptcy with a capital and organizational structure that will allow them to conduct their

businesses and satisfy their obligations with sufficient liquidity and capital resources. The Plan is the product of good faith, arm’s length negotiations by and among the Debtors, the parties to the Restructuring Support Agreement and the Creditors’ Committee, among others.

S. Satisfaction of Confirmation. Based on the foregoing and the findings contained in Article IX of the Plan, the Debtors, as proponents of the Plan, have met their burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence, which is the applicable evidentiary standard for Confirmation, that the Plan satisfied all applicable elements of sections 1129(a) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code required for Confirmation.

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

I.	Confirmation of the Plan

1. The Plan is confirmed pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

2. Any and all objections to the Plan that have not been withdrawn or resolved on the merits as of the entry of this Confirmation Order are hereby overruled in their entirety on the merits; provided that as of the date hereof, the Confirmation Order does not affect the proposed cure cost (the “Cure Cost”) of any executory contract or unexpired lease (each a “Disputed Agreement”) relating to claims purchased by Argo Partners. This Confirmation Order shall become effective as to the proposed Cure Cost of any such Disputed Agreement either (i) by agreement of the Debtors and the applicable counterparties to such Disputed Agreement or (ii) by further order of this Court; provided that assumption of a Disputed Agreement is conditioned upon payment of the Cure Cost for such Disputed Agreement.

3. The documents contained in the Plan Supplement and the Exit Facility Documents (including the Exit Facility Revolving Loan Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters⁴) are integral to the Plan, in the best interests of the Debtors, their Estates, and the Holders of Claims and Equity Interests and are approved by the Court and the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) are authorized to take all actions required under the Plan, the Plan Supplement documents and the Exit Facility Documents (including the Exit Facility Revolving Loan Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters) to effectuate the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Exit Facility Documents (including the Exit Facility Revolving Loan Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters) and the Restructuring Transactions, including, for the avoidance of doubt, entry into the Exit Facility and the issuance of any new equity interests as contemplated by the Plan.

4. The terms of the Plan and the Plan Supplement are incorporated herein by reference, and are an integral part of this Confirmation Order. The terms of the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Exit Facility Documents (including the Exit Facility Revolving Loan Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters), and all other relevant and necessary documents shall be effective and binding as of the Effective Date on all parties in interest, including the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and all holders of Claims and Interests. The failure to specifically include or refer to any particular article, section, or provision of the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Exit Facility Documents (including the Exit Facility Revolving Loan Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters), or any related document in this Confirmation Order does not diminish or impair the effectiveness or enforceability of such article, section, or provision.

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As used herein, the “Fee Letters” means, collectively, the Upfront Fee Letter between the Administrative Agent and the Company, and the Arranger Fee Letter between the Administrative Agent and the Company, each dated and the Company, and the Arranger Fee Letter between the Administrative Agent and the Company, each dated and delivered on the date of the Exit Revolving Loans Facility Commitment Letter.

5. The compromises and settlements set forth in the Plan are approved, and will be effective immediately and binding on all parties in interest on the Effective Date.

6. The Debtors shall cause to be served a notice of the entry of this Confirmation Order and occurrence of the Effective Date, substantially in form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Confirmation Notice”), upon (a) all parties listed in the creditor matrix maintained by the Solicitation Agent and (b) such additional persons and entities as deemed appropriate by the Debtors, no later than five (5) business days after the Effective Date. The Debtors shall cause the Confirmation Notice to be published in the Wall Street Journal and the Houston Chronicle within seven (7) business days after the Effective Date.

II.

Releases by the Debtors

7. The following release by the Debtors in Section VIII.B of the Plan is approved:

Pursuant to section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, for good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby confirmed, on and after the Effective Date, each Released Party is deemed to be, hereby conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably, and forever released and discharged by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and their Estates, in each case on behalf of themselves and their respective successors, assigns, and representatives, and any and all other Entities who may purport to assert any Cause of Action, directly or derivatively, by, through, for, or because of the foregoing Entities, from any and all Causes of Action, including any derivative claims, asserted on behalf of the Debtors, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, existing or hereafter arising, in law, equity, contract, tort or otherwise, that the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or their Estates would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the holder of any Claim against, or Interest in, a Debtor or other Entity, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors (including the Debtors’ capital structure, management, ownership, or operation thereof, including any draws under the RBL Credit Agreement), the assertion or enforcement of rights and remedies against the Debtors, the Debtors’ in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, any avoidance actions, intercompany transactions between or among a Debtor or an affiliate of a Debtor and another Debtor or affiliate of a Debtor, the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or filing of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the plan supplement), the Claims and Causes of Action addressed by the Convertible Notes Litigation Settlement, or any aspect of the Restructuring,

including any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, or the Plan, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance or distribution of securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, or upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date related or relating to any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the foregoing release does not release any obligations of any party under the Plan or any document, instrument, or agreement executed to implement the Plan. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the foregoing release does not release (i) any obligations of any party under the Plan or any document, instrument, or agreement executed to implement the Plan, (ii) the rights of any current employee of the Debtors under any employment agreement or plan, (iii) the rights of the Debtors with respect to any confidentiality provisions or covenants restricting competition in favor of the Debtors under any employment agreement with a current or former employee of the Debtors, or (iv) the rights of Holders of Allowed Claims or Interests to receive distributions under the Plan.

III.

Releases by Holders of Claims and Interests.

8. The following release by Holders of Claims and Interests in Section VIII.C of the Plan is approved:

contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, or the Plan, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance or distribution of securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, or upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date related or relating to any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the foregoing release does not release (i) any obligations of any party under the Plan or any document, instrument, or agreement executed to implement the Plan, (ii) any claims related to any act or omission that is determined in a Final Order to have constituted willful misconduct, gross negligence, or actual fraud, (iii) the rights of any current employee of the Debtors under any employment agreement or plan, (iv) the rights of the Debtors with respect to any confidentiality provisions or covenants restricting competition in favor of the Debtors under any employment agreement with a current or former employee of the Debtors, or (v) the rights of Holders of Allowed Claims or Interests to receive distributions under the Plan.

IV.

Exculpation.

9. The following exculpation of the Exculpated Parties in Section VIII.D of the Plan is approved:

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur liability for, and each Exculpated Party is hereby released and exculpated from any Cause of Action for any claim related to any act or omission in connection with, relating to, or arising out of, the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or filing of the Restructuring Support Agreement and related prepetition transactions (including any draws under the RBL Credit Agreement), the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the plan supplement, the Claims and other matters settled pursuant to the Convertible Notes Litigation Settlement, or any transaction related to the Restructuring, any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created or entered into before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, any preference, fraudulent transfer, or other avoidance claim arising pursuant to chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable law, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance of securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, except for claims related to any act or omission that is determined in a Final Order to have constituted actual fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, but in all respects such Exculpated Parties shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Plan.

V.	Injunction.

10. The following injunction in Section VIII.E of the Plan is approved:

Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or for obligations or distributions issued or required to be paid pursuant to the Plan or the Confirmation Order, all Entities that have held, hold, or may hold Claims or Interests that have been released pursuant to the Plan, discharged pursuant to the Plan, or are subject to exculpation pursuant to the Plan, are permanently enjoined, from and after the Effective Date, from taking any of the following actions against, as applicable, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Released Parties or the Exculpated Parties: (i) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding of any kind on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests; (ii) enforcing, attaching, collecting, or recovering by any manner or means any judgment, award, decree, or order against such Entities on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests; (iii) creating, perfecting, or enforcing any lien or encumbrance of any kind against such Entities or the property or the estates of such Entities on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests; (iv) asserting any right of setoff, subrogation, or recoupment of any kind against any obligation due from such Entities or against the property of such Entities on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests unless such Entity has timely asserted such setoff right in a document Filed with the Bankruptcy Court explicitly preserving such setoff, and notwithstanding an indication of a claim or interest or otherwise that such Entity asserts, has, or intends to preserve any right of setoff pursuant to applicable law or otherwise; and (v) commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding of any kind on account of or in connection with or with respect to any such Claims or Interests released or settled pursuant to the Plan.

VI.

No Action Required

11. Under section 1142(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and applicable nonbankruptcy law, including section 303 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and any comparable provision of the business organization laws of any other jurisdiction, as applicable, no action of the directors, partners, managers, members, stockholders or equity holders of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, is required to authorize the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to enter into, execute, deliver, file, adopt, amend, restate, consummate, or

effectuate, as the case may be, the Plan and any contract, instrument, or other document to be executed, delivered, adopted, or amended in connection with the implementation of the Plan and following the Effective Date, each of the Definitive Documents, including the New Organizational Documents, will be a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, enforceable against the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors in accordance with the respective terms thereof.

12. Subject to the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Debtors are also authorized from and after the date hereof to negotiate, execute, issue, deliver, implement, file, or record any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document or take any action necessary or appropriate to implement the transactions contemplated by the Plan.

13. This Confirmation Order shall constitute all authority, approvals, and consents required, if any, by the laws, rules, and regulations of all states and any other governmental authority or any contract to which any of the Debtors are party with respect to the implementation or consummation of the Plan and any documents, instruments, or agreements, and any amendments or modifications thereto, and any other acts and transactions referred to in or contemplated by the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Disclosure Statement, and any documents, instruments, securities, or agreements provided for therein, and any amendments or modifications thereto.

VII.

Cancellation of Instruments

14. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or any agreement, instrument, or other document incorporated in the Plan or the Plan Supplement, on the Effective Date, (a) all notes, instruments, Certificates, and other documents evidencing Claims or Interests, including the Indentures, (b) the RBL Credit Agreement, and (c) any other credit agreements and indentures, shall be terminated and canceled and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder or in any way related thereto shall be deemed satisfied in full and discharged and, subject to Article IV.J of the

Plan, the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, and the RBL Agent shall be released from all duties thereunder without any need for further action or approval by the Bankruptcy Court or any Holder or other person, provided that the Indentures and the RBL Credit Agreement shall survive the occurrence of the Effective Date and continue in effect solely to the extent set forth in Article IV.J of the Plan.

VIII.

Release of Liens

15. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, the Exit Facility Documents, or in any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, or contract assumed by the Plan, and except with respect to Secured Claims that are Reinstated pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to the Plan and, in the case of a Secured Claim, satisfaction in full of the portion of the Secured Claim that is Allowed as of the Effective Date, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title, and interest of any holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors and their successors and assigns, in each case, without any further approval or order of the Bankruptcy Court and without any action or filing being required to be made by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, or any other Holder of a Secured Claim. In addition, at the sole expense of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the Holders of Secured Claims shall execute and deliver all documents reasonably requested by the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors or administrative agent for the Exit Facility to evidence the release of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, and other security interests and shall authorize the Reorganized Debtors and their designees to file UCC-3 termination statements and other release documentation (to the extent applicable) with respect thereto.

IX.

Exemption from Registration

16. The offering, issuance, and distribution of any Securities pursuant to the Plan, including the New Common Stock, Warrants-A, and Warrants-B shall be exempt from the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act or any similar federal, state, or local law in reliance on, with respect to (a) the New Common Stock issued as part of the Claims Equity Pool or (b) the New Common Stock, New Warrants-A, and New Warrants-B issued as part of the Existing Interests Equity Pool, section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code or, only to the extent such exemption under section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code is not available, any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

17. Pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, the New Common Stock, the New Warrants-A, and the New Warrants-B may be sold without registration under the Securities Act by the recipients thereof, subject to: (1) the provisions of section 1145(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code relating to the definition of an underwriter in section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act and compliance with any applicable state or foreign securities laws, if any, and the rules and regulations of the SEC, if any, applicable at the time of any future transfer of such Securities or instruments; (2) any other applicable regulatory approval; and (3) the transfer restrictions set forth in the New Warrants-A Agreement, New Warrants-B Agreement, and the New Organizational Documents, if any.

X.	Enforceability of Plan

18. Pursuant to sections 1123(a) and 1142(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, upon the Effective Date, the provisions of this Confirmation Order and the Plan shall apply and be binding and enforceable notwithstanding any otherwise applicable nonbankruptcy law.

XI.

Exit Facility

19. The applicable Reorganized Debtors are hereby authorized to enter into, on the Effective Date, and take such actions as necessary or desirable to perform their obligations under, the Exit Facility and all documents or agreements related thereto, including the payment or reimbursement of any fees, indemnities and expenses under or pursuant to any such documents and agreements in connection therewith.

20. The Exit Facility Documents (including the Exit Facility Revolving Loan Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters) shall constitute legal, valid, binding, and authorized joint and several obligations of the Reorganized Debtors enforceable in accordance with their terms and such obligations shall not be enjoined or subject to discharge, impairment, release, avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination under applicable law, the Plan, or this Order. The Exit Facility Lenders shall have valid, binding, perfected, and enforceable first priority Liens on the Collateral (or other property identified as “Collateral” therein) specified in, and to the extent required by, the Exit Facility Documents. To the extent granted, the guarantees, mortgages, pledges, Liens and other security interests granted pursuant to the Exit Facility Documents are granted in good faith as an inducement to the lenders under the Exit Facility to extend credit thereunder and shall be deemed not to constitute a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, shall not otherwise be enjoined or subject to discharge, impairment, release, avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination (whether contractual or otherwise) for any purposes whatsoever under any applicable law, the Plan, or this Order, and the priorities of any such Liens and security interests shall be as set forth in the relevant Exit Facility Documents. The Reorganized Debtors and the persons and entities granting such Liens are authorized to make all filings and recordings, and to obtain all governmental approvals and consents necessary to establish and perfect such Liens under the provisions of the applicable state, provincial, federal, or other law (whether domestic or

foreign) that would be applicable in the absence of the Plan and this Confirmation Order, and will thereafter cooperate to make all other filings and recordings that otherwise would be necessary under applicable law to give notice of such Liens to third parties.

21. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation Order or the Plan, the Court’s retention of jurisdiction shall not govern any disputes arising or asserted under the Exit Facility Documents (including the Exit Facility Revolving Loan Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters) or related collateral or other documentation executed in connection with the Exit Facility or any liens, rights or remedies related thereto.

XII.

Reservation of Rights of the United States and/or Any Governmental Unit

22. Nothing in this Confirmation Order or the Plan discharges, releases, precludes, or enjoins: (a) any liability to any Governmental Unit that is not a Claim; (b) any Claim of a Governmental Unit arising on or after the Confirmation Date; (c) any police or regulatory liability to a Governmental Unit that any entity would be subject to as the owner, lessee, holder or operator of Federal Leases (as defined below) or property after the Confirmation Date; or (d) any liability to a Governmental Unit on the part of any Person other than the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors. Nothing in this Confirmation Order or the Plan shall enjoin or otherwise bar a Governmental Unit from asserting or enforcing any liability described in the preceding sentence outside of the Bankruptcy Court; provided that the Bankruptcy Court retains non-exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether environmental liabilities asserted by any Governmental Unit are discharged or otherwise barred by this Confirmation Order or the Plan or the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding any provision of this Confirmation Order, the Plan, or the Plan Supplement, nothing shall preclude or affect any valid right of setoff of the United States under federal law as recognized in section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code or any right of recoupment of the United States against any of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors. Nothing in this Confirmation

Order or the Plan is intended to release the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors from any plugging and abandonment requirements under applicable federal law. Nothing in this Confirmation Order divests any tribunal of any jurisdiction it may have under police or regulatory law to interpret this Confirmation Order or the Plan or to adjudicate any defense asserted under this Confirmation Order or the Plan. Nothing in the Plan or Plan Supplement shall be construed as a compromise or settlement of any claim, interest or cause of action of the United States (including any agencies or subagencies thereof); provided that the foregoing does not affect any discharge of Claims under the Plan (as modified by this Confirmation Order, including this paragraph). Moreover, nothing in the Plan or Plan Supplement shall affect the treatment of any interest in contracts, leases, covenants, operating rights agreements, rights-of-use and easement, and rights-of-way or other interests or agreements with the federal government or involving federal land or minerals. Moreover, nothing in the Plan or Plan Supplement shall affect the treatment of any interest of a Governmental Unit or an Indian Landowner (as defined below) in contracts, leases, covenants, operating rights agreements, rights-of-use and easement, surface agreements and rights-of-way or other interests or agreements (a) with the federal government; (b) involving (i) federal land or minerals or (ii) lands or minerals held in trust for federally-recognized Indian tribes or Indian individuals (collectively, “Indian Landowners”); or (c) held by such Indian Landowners in fee with federal restriction on alienation, in each case of (a) through (c) in effect on or after the Confirmation Date (collectively, the “Federal Leases”).

23. For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the foregoing, any assignment and/or transfer of any interests in the Federal Leases will be ineffective absent the consent of the United States or the applicable Indian Landowner. Nothing in the Plan or Plan Supplement shall be interpreted to set cure amounts or require the United States to novate, approve or consent to any sale, assignment and/or transfer of any interests in the Federal Leases except pursuant to existing regulatory requirements and applicable law.

24. Moreover, nothing in the Plan or Plan Supplement shall be interpreted to release the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors from any reclamation, decommissioning, site clearance, and plugging and abandonment, or other operational requirement under applicable Federal law with respect to the Federal Leases or to address or otherwise affect any decommissioning obligations and financial assurance requirements under the Federal Leases, as determined by the United States, that must be met by the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, or their successors and assigns on the Federal Leases going forward; or to impair audit rights of the United States. In addition, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Confirmation Order, the Plan, or the Plan Supplement, nothing shall nullify the United States’ right to assert against the Debtors and their Estates or the Reorganized Debtors: any (a) decommissioning liability with respect to the Federal Leases; and/or (b) claim with respect to the Federal Leases that is nondischargeable under applicable law, including but not limited to a claim arising from the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ interest in any Federal Lease not assumed by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan or the Plan Supplement, the United States will retain and have the right to audit and/or perform any compliance review and, if appropriate, collect from the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and/or their successor(s) and assign(s) in full any additional monies owed by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors with respect to any assumed Federal Leases without those rights being adversely affected by these Chapter 11 Cases. Such rights are preserved as if these Chapter 11 Cases had not occurred. The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and their successors and assigns, will retain all defenses and/or rights, other than defenses and/or rights arising from these Chapter 11 Cases, with respect to all rights reserved

to the United States or any other Governmental Unit pursuant to this Confirmation Order, including the right to challenge any such determination set forth in the preceding sentence; provided that any such challenge, including any challenge associated with these Chapter 11 Cases, must be raised in the United States’ administrative review process leading to a final agency determination by the Department of the Interior. The audit and/or compliance review period shall remain open for the full statute of limitations period established by the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996, 30 U.S.C. § 1702, et seq.

XIII.

Provisions Regarding the Montana Department of Revenue

25. The Montana Department of Revenue (“MDOR”) commenced an audit pre-petition of the Debtors to determine if the Debtors were holding any known unclaimed property owing to Montana pursuant to Montana Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (the “Montana Unclaimed Property Audit,” and any such unclaimed property, the “Montana Unclaimed Property”). Such unclaimed property is not property of the Debtors’ Estates and is subject to turnover to the MDOR for administration under the Montana Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. MDOR issued its Preliminary Assessment dated May 28, 2020 (the “Montana Preliminary Assessment”) and granted the Debtors until August 14, 2020, to provide additional information relevant to the Montana Unclaimed Property Audit.

26. Notwithstanding section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code and the injunction contained in Article VIII.E of the Plan, after the Effective Date, MDOR and its agents may continue its audit of the Debtors in accordance with the Montana Uniform Unclaimed Property Act and pursue recovery of any unremitted Montana Unclaimed Property identified pursuant to the Montana Unclaimed Property Audit. The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors shall continue to abide by their obligations under the Montana Uniform Unclaimed Property Act and cooperate with the Auditors to enable them to accurately and timely perform and complete the Montana Unclaimed Property Audit by making the entities’ employees, professionals, books, and records available for further examination and tracing of the accounts for any Montana Unclaimed Property.

27. The Debtors’ rights and defenses with respect to any allegations and claims asserted against the Debtors arising from or relating to the Montana Unclaimed Property Audit are hereby reserved; provided, however, that upon agreement between the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors and MDOR or a final non-appealable determination by a court or other tribunal with jurisdiction as to the amount of unremitted Montana Unclaimed Property, if any, that is due in connection with the Montana Unclaimed Property Audit, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors shall turn over such unremitted Montana Unclaimed Property to MDOR.

28. MDOR may file or amend any Proofs of Claim in these Chapter 11 Cases following the Effective Date as a result of the filing of any unclaimed property reports or as a result of the Montana Unclaimed Property Audit or any subsequent litigation or agreement on such audit.

XIV.

Provisions Regarding the Texas Comptroller

29. Payment of Priority Tax Claims. In full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Priority Tax Claim held by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (the “Texas Comptroller”), such Allowed Priority Tax Claims of the Texas Comptroller shall be treated in accordance with the terms set forth in section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code beginning on the Effective Date and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Texas Comptroller’s Allowed Priority Tax Claims will be paid in equal monthly installments by no later than April 1, 2025, and the Texas Comptroller shall receive interest on such Allowed Priority Tax Claims after the Effective Date to the extent provided by the Texas Tax Code in accordance with sections 511 and 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code.

30. Discharge and Release. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Plan shall not release or discharge any entity, other than the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, from

any liability owed to the Texas Comptroller for a tax debt, including interest and penalties on such tax. This provision is not an admission by any party that such liability exists, and all rights and defenses of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors under non-bankruptcy law are reserved and preserved with respect to such issues.

31. Setoff. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Plan shall not limit the Comptroller’s setoff rights under 11 U.S.C. § 553. This provision is not admission by any party that such setoff rights exist, and all rights and defenses of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors under non-bankruptcy law are reserved and preserved with respect to such issues.

32. Default. A failure by the Reorganized Debtors to make a payment to the Texas Comptroller pursuant to the terms of the Plan shall be an event of default (an “Event of Default”). If the Reorganized Debtors fail to cure an Event of Default as to tax payments within ten (10) days after service of written notice of default from the Texas Comptroller, the Comptroller may (a) enforce the entire amount of its claim, (b) exercise all rights and remedies under applicable nonbankruptcy law, and (c) seek such relief as may be appropriate in this court. Notice of the default shall be served by both first class mail and email upon the Reorganized Debtors and counsel thereto in accordance with Article XIII.G of the Plan and is effective when deposited in the mail and sent by email.

33. Unclaimed Property. The following provisions of this Confirmation Order will govern the treatment of the Texas Comptroller concerning the duties and responsibilities of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors relating to unclaimed property presumed abandoned before the Petition Date (the “Texas Unclaimed Property”) under Texas Property Code, Title 6, Chapters 72–76 and other applicable Texas Laws (the “Texas Unclaimed Property Laws”):

On or within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, the Debtors shall review their books and records and turn over to the Texas Comptroller any known Texas Unclaimed Property presumed abandoned before the Petition Date and reflected in property reports delivered by the Debtors to the Texas Comptroller under the Texas Unclaimed Property Laws (the “Reported Unclaimed Property”). With respect to such Reported Unclaimed Property, the Texas Comptroller will not seek payment of any interest or penalty by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors.

Notwithstanding section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code and the injunction contained in Article VIII.E of the Plan, after the Effective Date, the Texas Comptroller and its agents may commence an audit of the Debtors in accordance with the Texas Unclaimed Property Laws (the “Texas Unclaimed Property Audit”) and pursue recovery of any unremitted Texas Unclaimed Property identified pursuant to the Texas Unclaimed Property Audit. The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors shall continue to abide by their obligations under the Texas Unclaimed Property Laws and cooperate with the Auditors to enable them to accurately and timely perform the Texas Unclaimed Property Audit by making the entities’ employees, professionals, books, and records available.

The Debtors’ rights and defenses with respect to any allegations and claims asserted against the Debtors arising from or relating to the Texas Unclaimed Property Audit are hereby reserved and preserved; provided, however, that upon agreement between the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors and the Texas Comptroller or a final nonappealable determination by a court or other tribunal with jurisdiction as to the amount of unremitted Texas Unclaimed Property, if any, that is due in connection with the Texas Unclaimed Property Audit, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors shall turn over such unremitted Texas Unclaimed Property to the Texas Comptroller.

The Texas Comptroller may file or amend any Proofs of Claim in these Chapter 11 Cases following the Effective Date as a result of the filing of any property reports or in the ordinary course of the Unclaimed Property Audit.

XV.

Provisions Regarding the Texas Taxing Authorities

34. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, with respect to the Claims of the Texas Taxing Authorities⁵ (the “Texas Taxing Authority

⁵

The “Texas Taxing Authorities” shall include: Andrews Independent School District; Andrews County Tax Office; Gaines County Appraisal District; Yoakum County Tax Office; Balmorhea Independent School District; Howard County Tax Office; Kermit Independent School District; and Brazoria County Tax Office; Aransas County; Dewitt County; Ector CAD; Liberty County, Nueces County, Reeves County and Reeves County Tax Districts, Ward County, and Winkler County, The County of Wharton, and The County of Stephens.

Claims”), (a) to the extent the Texas Tax Code provides for interest and/or penalties with respect to any portion of the Texas Taxing Authority Claims, such interest and/or penalties shall be included in the Texas Taxing Authority Claims, (b) the liens securing the Texas Taxing Authority Claims shall not be released and/or discharged on the Effective Date if the Texas Taxing Authority Claims are not Allowed on or prior to the Effective Date (for the avoidance of doubt, such liens will be released when the applicable Texas Taxing Authority Claims are paid in full), and (c) the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay Allowed Texas Taxing Authority Claims on the later of (i) the date the Texas Taxing Authority Claims become due pursuant to the Texas Tax Code (subject to any applicable extensions, grace periods, or similar rights under the Texas Tax Code) and (ii) the Effective Date (or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter). All rights and defenses of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors under non-bankruptcy law are reserved and preserved with respect to such Texas Taxing Authority Claims.

XVI.

Provisions Regarding the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources

35. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any other language to the contrary, nothing in the Plan or this Confirmation Order shall obviate the requirement of the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, their Estates, or any person exercising the rights of the Estates, or any non-Debtor from maintaining conformance bonding as required under Michigan law for permit-holders of oil and gas wells or as required under any current or future oil and gas lease or surface use lease or agreement with any Governmental Unit in the State of Michigan.

36. Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation and any applicable Reorganized Debtor agree to formalize the assignment of certain State of Michigan oil and gas leases in compliance with the terms of such lease or agreement and any applicable state law by February 1, 2021. These leases are identified as: 13475, 13490, N-31995, 19782, N-19787, N-32228, N32899, N-24500, N-29905, N-26029, 28505, 28506, 37938.

XVII.

Provisions Regarding RLI Surety

37. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or this Confirmation Order, on the Effective Date: (i) all of the Debtors’ obligations and commitments to any surety bond provider, including without limitation, obligations under any indemnity agreements, shall be deemed reinstated and reaffirmed, and shall be continuing obligations of the Reorganized Debtors; (ii) all bonded obligations of the Debtors for which such surety bonds secure performance by the Debtors shall be deemed assumed by the Debtors and shall be unimpaired by the Plan or this Confirmation Order; and (iii) to the extent any of the obligations and commitments set forth in this provision are secured by collateral, such collateral shall remain in place as continuing security. Nothing in the Plan or this Confirmation Order shall be deemed to (i) modify or impair the rights of any party under the Debtors’ surety bonds, related indemnity agreements, or applicable law; (ii) require any surety bond provider to issue any new surety bonds or extensions or renewals of any surety bonds; or (iii) affect the sureties’ respective rights (only to the extent such rights exist with respect to the surety bonds, indemnity agreements or under applicable law) to require the Reorganized Debtors to execute and deliver to the Sureties new indemnity agreements containing such new or additional terms as the Sureties may require in their discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, RLI Insurance Company and its affiliated companies, (collectively “RLI Surety”) shall not be deemed Releasing Parties under the Plan and the release and injunction provisions of the Plan shall not impair RLI Surety’s rights with respect to any surety bonds issued on behalf of the Debtors or any indemnity agreements relating to the Debtors’ surety bond program.

XVIII.

Seismic Data of Seitel Data, Ltd.

38. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan, any Plan Supplement or this Confirmation Order to the contrary, (a) all Executory Contracts, including, but not limited to, all Master Licensing Agreements and all supplements, amendments, schedules and attachments thereto (collectively, the “Seitel Agreements”) between any of the Debtors, on the one hand, and Seitel Data, Ltd. (“Seitel”), on the other hand, shall be and hereby are rejected pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the date of entry of this Confirmation Order, (b) to the extent necessary, the automatic stay under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code is hereby modified to permit the termination of the Seitel Agreements, and (c) the Debtors shall comply with all confidentiality provisions, destruction of data and verification of destruction of data provisions required by the Seitel Agreements.

XIX.

Seismic Data of CGG Land (U.S.) Inc. f/k/a CGG Veritas Land (U.S.) Inc.

39. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan, any Plan Supplement or this Confirmation Order to the contrary, (a) all Executory Contracts, including, but not limited to, the Master Geophysical Data-Use License and all supplements, amendments, schedules and attachments thereto (collectively, the “CGG Agreement”) between any of the Debtors, on the one hand, and CGG Land (U.S.) Inc. f/k/a CGGVeritas Land (U.S.) Inc. (“CGG”), on the other hand, shall be and hereby are rejected pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the date of entry of this Confirmation Order, (b) to the extent necessary, the automatic stay under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code is hereby modified to permit the termination of the CGG Agreement, and (c) the Debtors shall comply with all confidentiality provisions, destruction of data and verification of destruction of data provisions required by the CGG Agreement.

XX.

Provisions Regarding the TGS Agreements

40. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or this Confirmation Order, on the Effective Date, the applicable Debtors will assume all of those agreements identified in TGS Entities’ Objection to Confirmation of the Debtors’ Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its Debtor Affiliates and to Assumption or Assumption and Assignment of the TGS Entities’ License Agreements [Docket No. 651] (the “TGS Agreements”) under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. The cure amounts and “adequate assurance of future performance” to be paid and/or provided by the applicable Reorganized Debtor to TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (“TGS-NOPEC”) and A2D Technologies d/b/a TGS Geological Products & Services (“A2D”) in conjunction with the assumption of the foregoing executory contracts is embodied in that certain Letter Agreement dated August 6, 2020 between TGS-NOPEC, A2D and the Debtors (the “TGS Letter Agreement”). The Court hereby approves the assumption of the TGS Agreements pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the TGS Letter Agreement executed by and between TGS-NOPEC, A2D and the Debtors.

XXI.

Provisions Regarding Geophysical Pursuit, Inc.

41. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or this Confirmation Order, on the Effective Date, the applicable Debtors will assume that certain Master Geophysical Data-Use License Agreement dated March 9, 2011 that was supplemented six times from the license date through 2015 (the “GPI Agreement”) under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. The cure amounts and “adequate assurance of future performance” to be paid and/or provided by the applicable Reorganized Debtor to Geophysical Pursuit, Inc. (“GPI”) in conjunction with the assumption of the foregoing executory contract is embodied in that certain Letter Agreement dated August 6, 2020 between GPI and Debtor Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation (the “GPI Letter Agreement”). The Court hereby approves the assumption of the GPI Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the GPI Letter Agreement.

XXII.

Provisions Regarding WesternGeco LLC

42. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan, any Plan Supplement or this Confirmation Order to the contrary: (a) all Executory Contracts, including, but not limited to, all Master Licensing Agreements and all supplements, amendments, addenda, schedules, related agreements, and attachments thereto (collectively, the “WesternGeco Agreements”) between any of the Debtors, on the one hand, and WesternGeco LLC (“WesternGeco”), on the other hand, shall be and hereby are rejected pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the date of entry of this Confirmation Order; (b) to the extent necessary, the automatic stay under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code is hereby modified to permit the termination of the WesternGeco Agreements; (c) within twenty (20) days of the Effective Date, the Debtors shall either return or cause to be returned to WesternGeco, or destroy or cause to be destroyed, all Data (as defined in the Master Licensing Agreement, the “WesternGeco Data”) and information derived from the WesternGeco Data, as required by Section Two, paragraph 7.B. of the WesternGeco Agreements, and the Debtors shall within five (5) business days thereafter certify in writing to WesternGeco that the Debtors have caused such actions to be undertaken and completed; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, copies of the WesternGeco Data that are in backups (the “Backup Data”) shall be deleted in the ordinary course of business; provided further that the Debtors shall maintain confidentiality with respect to the Backup Data, and shall not access the Backup Data prior to the purge thereof in the ordinary course of business; (d) the Debtors shall comply with all confidentiality provisions required by the WesternGeco Agreements until the WesternGeco Data is either returned to WesternGeco or destroyed; and (e) WesternGeco is not a “Releasing Party” as defined by the Plan and is not bound by such releases.

XXIII.

Provisions Regarding Hess Corporation

43. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan, this Confirmation Order, or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court, nothing in the Plan, this Confirmation Order or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court shall modify, affect, or impair the validity of: (a) Hess Corporation’s and its affiliates’ and subsidiaries’ (“Hess”) legal and equitable rights, interests, claims, causes of action, remedies, defenses, or any other rights regarding the Riverbed Dispute;⁶ or (b) the Debtors’ legal and equitable rights, interests, claims, causes of action, remedies, defenses, or any other rights regarding the Riverbed Dispute. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) any interests that Hess, the Debtors, or the Reorganized Debtors may have in the Hess Suspense Account⁷ and (b) any interests that Hess, the Debtors, or the Reorganized Debtors may have in (i) any amounts that the Debtors overcharged or underpaid Hess as determined through audits that Hess would be entitled to collect from Whiting, or vice versa; and (ii) any outstanding revenue or payments that the Debtors may owe Hess, or vice versa, on account of any royalty and/or working interest relationships that are separate and apart from or in addition to the Hess Suspense Account amounts shall not be modified or affected by the Plan, this Confirmation Order, or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court; provided that all rights and defenses of Hess, the Debtors, and the Reorganized Debtors under non-bankruptcy law are reserved and preserved with respect to such matters.

⁶	Since 2015, certain of Hess’s and the Debtors’ interests in oil and gas properties in North Dakota have been subject to federal and state litigation commonly referred to as the “Riverbed Dispute.”

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As described in the Debtors’ Emergency Motion for Entry of Interim and Final Orders (I) Authorizing Payment of Mineral Obligations and (II) Granting Related Relief [Docket. No. 18] (the “Mineral Interest Motion”), the Debtors currently hold approximately $105 million in “suspense,” (the “Hess Suspense Account”), “consisting of Royalties due and owing to certain holders of Mineral and Other Interests but which amounts are otherwise unpayable for a variety of reasons, including incorrect contact information, unmarketable title, ongoing federal and state litigation, and ongoing disputes over ownership of the underlying interest.” Mineral Interest Motion, ¶ 11, n.3.

XXIV.

Provisions Regarding ONEOK Rockies Midstream, L.L.C.

44. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or this Confirmation Order, on the Effective Date, the Gas Purchase Agreements by and between one or more of the Debtors and ONEOK Rockies Midstream, L.L.C. (the “ONEOK Contracts”) shall be deemed contracts by and between the applicable Reorganized Debtor(s) and ONEOK Rockies Midstream, L.L.C., and neither the Plan nor the Confirmation Order shall be a determination as to whether the ONEOK Contracts constitute executory contracts or unexpired leases capable of assumption within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Reorganized Debtors must pay ONEOK Rockies Midstream, L.L.C. all post-petition amounts owed under the ONEOK Contracts as of the Effective Date according to the terms of the ONEOK Contracts; the parties agree that the pre-petition balance owed to ONEOK Rockies Midstream, L.L.C. under the ONEOK Contracts is $0, with the exception of those projects and estimated amounts reflected on the Claim Nos. 37 and 38 as future pre-petition invoices which will be invoiced and paid in the ordinary course of business.

XXV.

Provisions Regarding Meritian Health, Inc.

45. The Administrative Services Agreement, effective as of July 1, 2008, by and between Whiting Petroleum Corporation and Meritain Health, Inc. (“Meritain”), as amended, and related, schedules, exhibits, appendices and documents (the “ASA”), under which Meritain provides claims administration and related services with respect to the Debtors’ self-funded employee benefits plan (the “Health Plan”), is hereby assumed. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Confirmation Order or any other order entered in these Bankruptcy Cases, the Reorganized Debtors shall pay to Meritain in the ordinary course of business all amounts that become due to Meritain under the ASA, including, without limitation, all service fees and all Health Plan benefits paid by Meritain for which Meritain has not otherwise been reimbursed, without regard to the dates of service for such benefits.

XXVI.

Provisions Regarding Ovintiv

46. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan, Plan Supplement, or Confirmation Order to the contrary, the Plan and Confirmation Order shall not be, and shall not be construed as or deemed to be, a determination of the cure amount or compensation, if any required to satisfy the provisions of sections 365(b)(1)(A) and 365(b)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code (the “Ovintiv Cure Amount”) for the assumption of any executory contract (the “Assumed Ovintiv Contracts”) relating to Ovintiv Production Inc. f/k/a Newfield Production Company and Ovintiv RMI LLC f/k/a Newfield RMI LLC (together with any affiliates, collectively, “Ovintiv”). To the extent that any amounts owed relating to the Assumed Ovintiv Contracts are not paid in the ordinary course of business, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and Ovintiv shall endeavor in good faith to reach agreement as to the Ovintiv Cure Amount within sixty (60) days following the Effective Date and if such agreement is reached shall file a stipulation with the Court setting forth the agreed Ovintiv Cure Amount. If the Reorganized Debtors and Ovintiv fail to reach an agreement as to the Ovintiv Cure Amount within such sixty (60) day period, either the Reorganized Debtors or Ovintiv may, upon notice to the Reorganized Debtors or Ovintiv, as applicable, request a hearing before the Court for the determination of the Ovintiv Cure Amount; provided, however, that, within ten (10) business days of the Effective Date, the Debtors shall pay Ovintiv $85,438.25 on account of amounts owed relating to the Taylor 32-13 AFE (as defined in Ovintiv’s Objection to the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 649]). For purposes of determining the Ovintiv Cure Amount, the effective date of assumption shall be the Effective Date. Nothing herein shall prejudice Ovintiv’s right to oppose assumption and/or assignment of any Executory Contracts between the Debtors and Ovintiv, or the Debtors’ or the Reorganized Debtors’ right to add any Assumed Ovintiv Contract to the list of rejected executory contracts if the Court determines that the Ovintiv Cure Amount is greater than

the amount set forth in any applicable cure notice. All allowed claims arising under the Assumed Ovintiv Contracts that arise after the Petition Date shall be deemed to be allowed administrative claims based on liabilities incurred by the Debtors in the ordinary course of their business, and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay in full all postpetition obligations and other disbursements due and owing on account of the foregoing to Ovintiv after the Petition Date. Nothing herein shall prejudice (a) Ovintiv’s right to assert an administrative claim for, inter alia, any postpetition obligation owed to Ovintiv in accordance with applicable law, or (b) the Debtors’ or the Reorganized Debtors’ right to dispute or defend against any such claim. To the extent that an Assumed Ovintiv Contract is assumed, such assumption shall result in the release and satisfaction of only those claims that are based on an actual default existing as of the Effective Date with respect to such assumed Assumed Ovintiv Contract. Otherwise, Ovintiv and the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors expressly retains all of their respective rights under the Assumed Ovintiv Contracts. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan, Plan Supplement, or Confirmation Order to the contrary, the Plan and Confirmation Order shall not alter (a) the character of Ovintiv’s mineral interests or proceeds related thereto under applicable nonbankruptcy law, or (b) any of Ovintiv’s statutory liens, consensual liens, defenses, rights of setoff or recoupment to the extent such rights exist under the Assumed Ovintiv Contracts, executory contracts rejected pursuant to the Plan, or applicable law. Ovintiv shall not be a Releasing Party.

XXVII.

Provisions Regarding the XTO Entities

47. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, the terms of this paragraph shall apply to the XTO Entities (as defined herein).

The “XTO Entities” include XTO Energy Inc., XH LLC, XTO Holdings LLC, ExxonMobil Corporation and Exxon Mobil Exploration Co., as well as any parent, subsidiary or any affiliate of any of such entities. The XTO Entities have filed an Amended Objection to the Joint Plan Chapter 11 of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation

and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 679] (the “XTO Objection”). These provisions of this Confirmation Order fully resolve the XTO Objection which is hereby deemed as withdrawn.

Certain of the XTO Entities have filed XTO’s Motion for Relief from the Automatic Stay [Docket No. 640] (the “Stay Motion”). Reference is hereby made to the Stay Motion for all purposes. In the Stay Motion, the movant XTO Entities seek relief from the automatic stay to allow them to exercise their netting rights (whether based on rights of setoff or recoupment) as to all expenses associated with the Accounts (as defined in the Stay Motion), both pre-petition and post-petition. The relief sought in the Stay Motion seeks to net all expenses in relation to the Accounts for all such expenses through the Effective Date of the Plan.

Upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the automatic stay pursuant to section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code will no longer apply and will be replaced by the discharge provision contained in Article VIII.A of the Plan and the plan injunction found in Article VIII.E of the Plan. From and after the Effective Date, nothing contained in this Confirmation Order or the Plan (including both the discharge provision and the plan injunction) shall act to extinguish, impair or alter the XTO Entities’ netting rights (whether based on setoff or recoupment) with respect to the Accounts, or prevent the XTO Entities from netting the Accounts (whether based on setoff or recoupment), including as to all expenses and revenues through the Effective Date; provided, however, the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors shall retain all rights and defenses in relation to the XTO Entities’ netting rights. Upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Stay Motion shall be deemed as fully resolved and, no later than five (5) business days after the occurrence of the Effective Date, the XTO Entities shall withdraw the Stay Motion.

The XTO Entities shall be deemed to have opted out of the Third-Party Releases contained in Section VIII.C of the Plan.

XXVIII.

Provisions Regarding Equinor Energy, LP

48. On the Effective Date, that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation (“WOGC”) and Whiting Resources Corporation (“WRC”), on one hand, and Equinor Energy LP (“Equinor”), on the other hand, dated as of July 29, 2019 (as amended, the “Equinor PSA”) shall be deemed a contract by and between the applicable Reorganized Debtors and Equinor, and neither the Plan nor the Confirmation Order shall be a

determination as to whether the Equinor PSA constitutes an executory contract or unexpired lease within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. The amounts due to Equinor from WOGC and/or WRC under the Equinor PSA will be resolved in the ordinary course of business between the parties or pursuant to the terms of the Equinor PSA, with the scheduled “Cure Cost” stated in Exhibit F of the Plan Supplement having no bearing on the amounts due. WOGC, WRC, and Equinor’s rights under the Equinor PSA are fully preserved. Any joint-interest billings or similar charges that may be due to Equinor by one of the Debtors are not impaired in any manner by the Plan or this Confirmation Order, and will be paid outside the Plan.

XXIX.

Provisions Regarding Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative

49. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, neither the Plan nor the Confirmation Order shall have any effect on any security interests and rights of offset of Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative (“Mountrail-Williams”) with respect to those capital credits the Debtors have and will continue to earn with Mountrail-Williams under applicable law and contract; provided that the non-bankruptcy rights of the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors are fully reserved with respect to such matters.

XXX.

Provisions Regarding Continental Resources, Inc.

50. Treatment of Proof of Claim: Notwithstanding anything in the Plan, the Plan Supplement or this Confirmation Order to the contrary, upon the Effective Date, Continental Resources, Inc. (“CLR”) may, without further notice or Order of this Court but only if the claim is deemed to be an Allowed Claim, and otherwise only after the entry of a final order allowing such claim in whole or in part, setoff or recoup its claim in the amount of $834,054.94 or the amount allowed by the Court, designated as Claim No. 1262, against future amounts owed by CLR to the applicable Debtor entity; provided that the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors reserve all rights and defenses with respect to such claim.

51. Ongoing Title Disputes: Notwithstanding anything in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or this Confirmation Order to the contrary, the Debtors will continue to and hereafter hold in suspense all existing and future production revenue attributable to (i) all wells, for which one or more of the Debtors is the operator, located on lands along the Missouri River which are impacted by the mineral ownership dispute between the State of North Dakota and riparian fee mineral owners until such dispute is resolved in accordance with the North Dakota Century Code ch. 61-33.1, as amended by Senate Bill 2211 of the Sixty-Sixth Legislative Assembly and (ii) all wells, for which one or more of the Debtors is the operator, which are impacted by an unresolved title dispute(s) and/or title issue(s) involving CLR until such title dispute(s) and/or title issue(s) is/are resolved by final order of a court or sufficient title curative documents are provided, whichever is applicable; provided that the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors reserve all rights and defenses with respect to such disputes. To the extent the funds suspended are insufficient to pay amounts determined to be owed to CLR, CLR may setoff such amounts against funds owed by it to the applicable Debtor(s) to the extent permitted by applicable law or the applicable agreement between CLR and the applicable Debtor, and the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors reserve all rights with respect to such issues.

XXXI.

Provisions Regarding Polar Midstream, LLC

52. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, the Administrative Claims Bar Date shall be extended as to Polar Midstream, LLC (“Polar”) to be the later of (a) six months after the Effective Date or (b) 30 days after the last payment is due by the Debtors to Polar and not paid pursuant to that certain Crude Oil Gathering Agreement dated August 1, 2012, by and between Polar and Whiting Resources Corporation (as amended) and that certain Water Gathering Agreement dated August 1, 2012, by and between Polar and Whiting Resources Corporation (as amended).

XXXII.

Provisions Regarding P2ES Holdings, Inc.

53. The Master Agreement dated October 8, 2013 between Whiting Petroleum Corporation and P2ES Holdings, Inc. and all exhibits and order forms related thereto (the “P2 Contracts”) are assumed pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 365(a) with an aggregate cure cost of $322,272.50 to be paid on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, provided, however, that such P2 Contracts are amended and modified effective as of the date of this Confirmation Order by (a) Perpetual Software License Order Form dated August 6, 2020 between Whiting Petroleum Corporation and P2ES Holdings, LLC (regarding P2 Merrick Premium with eVIN Maintenance) and (b) Perpetual Software License Order Form dated August 6, 2020 between Whiting Petroleum Corporation and P2ES Holdings, LLC (regarding BOLO and Unidata).

XXXIII.

Provisions Regarding Element Fleet Corporation

54. The following provisions of this Confirmation Order will govern the treatment of Element Fleet Corporation, as successor to Gelco Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet (“Element Fleet”):

By the Schedule of Assumed Executory Contracts and Leases (the “Assumed Contract List”) attached to the Plan Supplement as its Exhibit F, and the provisions of this Order, Debtor Whiting Oil Corporation has exercised its business judgment with respect to and shall assume the Element Fleet Agreements⁸ pursuant to Confirmation of the Plan.The Debtors’ decisions to assume the Element Fleet Agreements are hereby approved by this Order under and pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 365(a) and assumption of the Element Fleet Agreements shall become effective upon the Effective Date of the Plan.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or in this Confirmation Order, the Debtors’ decision to assume the Element Fleet Agreements shall be irrevocable and the Debtors shall not hereafter reject the Element Fleet Agreements or remove the Element Fleet Agreements from the Assumed Contract List.

⁸

The “Element Fleet Agreements” are: (i) the Master Lease Agreement (together with related documents and amendments), dated February 26, 2015, and to which Element Fleet and Debtor Whiting Oil Corporation are parties, and (ii) the Master Services Agreement (together with related documents and amendments) dated February 26, 2015, and to which Element Fleet and Debtor Whiting Oil Corporation are parties.

Element Fleet shall have until seven (7) calendar days after the Effective Date to file with the Court and serve on the Debtors a pleading setting forth its position with respect to any cure claims in connection with assumption of the Element Fleet Agreements and the Debtors shall have seven (7) calendar days after Element Fleet files and serves such pleading in which to file and serve its response thereto. Element Fleet and the Debtors will work together in good faith both to attempt to consensually resolve any issues with respect to cure claims and to promptly bring such matters to the Court for determination if they cannot be resolved consensually.

Nothing contained in the Plan or this Confirmation Order shall enhance or impair the Debtors’ claims, rights, remedies, or defenses under the Element Fleet Agreements, all of which are expressly reserved and preserved.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, Debtor Whiting Petroleum Corporation shall not be entitled to a discharge of or a release from its obligations to Element Fleet pursuant to the Continuing Guaranty of Payment executed by Whiting Petroleum Corporation in favor of Element Fleet on and dated as of February 26, 2015 (the “Whiting Petroleum Guaranty”), Element Fleet’s rights under the Whiting Petroleum Guaranty shall not be impaired by confirmation of the Plan.

Subject to paragraph 54.c of this Order, nothing contained in Article XII of the Plan shall be deemed to provide the Court with personal, subject matter, or other jurisdiction over Element Fleet, the Element Fleet Agreements, or the Whiting Petroleum Guaranty and any performance due thereunder, with respect to any Claim arising after the Effective Date relating to the Element Fleet Agreements, the Whiting Petroleum Guaranty, or any performance that may be due thereunder.

XXXIV.

Provisions Regarding the Steven H. Harris Family LLLP

55. For the sake of clarification, the right of the Steven H. Harris Family LLLP to receive past royalties as asserted in claim number 1302 is unimpaired and is reserved for later determination; and all rights and defenses of the Steven H. Harris Family LLLP and the Debtors with respect to such matters are reserved. To the extent it is fully and finally determined that any unpaid royalties are due from any of the Debtors to the Steven H. Harris Family LLLP, such amounts shall be paid in full in the ordinary course.

XXXV.

Provisions Regarding the Higgins/Lund Royalty Owners

56. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, with respect to the Claim(s) of Bruce Higgins, Rebekka Higgins, Estate of Judy Devney, Jack Devney, Maynard Lund, Kjersti Eide, Don Eide and Jennifer Eide (collectively the “Higgins/Lund Royalty Owners”) relating to certain royalty payments that are being held in suspense by the Debtors (the “Higgins/Lund Suspense Payments”) in Bruce Higgins, et. al. v. Maynard Lund, et. al., Williams County District Court, North Dakota, Case No. 53-2017-CV-00033 (the “Higgins/Lund Litigation”), the Claim(s) of the Higgins/Lund Royalty Owners and/or their successors are not General Unsecured Claims, and shall be deemed satisfied in full upon the resolution of the ownership of the Higgins/Land Suspense Payments, as determined in the Higgins/Lund Litigation. Specifically, the Higgins/Lund Suspense Payments shall be released upon the final determination of ownership of the Higgins/Lund Suspense Payments, as determined in the Higgins/Lund Litigation. Additionally, on the Effective Date of the Plan, any injunction under the Plan or the Bankruptcy Code shall be deemed lifted with respect to the Higgins/Lund Litigation, which shall be allowed to proceed.

XXXVI.

Provisions Regarding BNN Western, LLC

57. The following provisions of this Confirmation Order will govern the treatment of BNN Western, LLC (“BNN”):

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Confirmation Order to the contrary, BNN may appeal any order on the contract rejection litigation relating to the Debtors’ Motion for Entry of an Order Authorizing Rejection of Certain Executory Contracts with BNN Western, LLC [Docket No. 503] (the “BNN Rejection Motion”) and/or the related adversary proceeding in connection therewith [Adv. Pro. No. 20-03196] (the “BNN Adversary Proceeding,” and appeal of any orders relating to the BNN Rejection

Motion or the BNN Adversary Proceeding the “Appeals”). The Debtors agree that they will not raise or seek to dismiss or otherwise oppose further review of the Appeals, and otherwise waives the right to challenge the Appeals, on the grounds of “mootness.” For the avoidance of doubt, “mootness” includes the theories of mootness, statutory mootness, equitable mootness, or any equivalent legal theory that is premised upon the protection of the good faith reliance interests created by the implementation of the Plan from being undone following consummation.

In the event of any appeal of a decision determining that the Debtors may reject their agreements with BNN or its affiliates, or allowing the Debtors to reject any such agreements (including in the BNN Adversary Proceeding), BNN agrees, in light of paragraph 57.a of this Order, not to seek a stay pending appeal of the rejection or Plan Confirmation and effectiveness or in any way seek to prevent the Debtors from implementing this Order or any other rejection order issued by the Court (including in the BNN Adversary Proceeding).

All rights of the Debtors and BNN are reserved with respect to any other matter other than as set forth above, including with respect to the rejection litigation (including in the BNN Adversary Proceeding), any Appeal, or remand on Appeal.

BNN Western LLC’s Objection to Debtors’ Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization [Docket No. 644] (the “BNN Objection”) is deemed resolved/withdrawn on the basis of the above agreement, and BNN will indicate to the Court that the BNN Objection is resolved to the extent requested by the Debtors (subject to all of BNN’s rights on matters other than Confirmation).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, entry of the Confirmation Order shall not prejudice the resolution of the litigation regarding the proposed rejection of the Debtors’ contracts with BNN or its affiliates (including in the BNN Adversary Proceeding, collectively, the “BNN Rejection Litigation”), which shall be governed by the order or orders of the Court regarding the BNN Rejection Litigation.

XXXVII.

Provisions Regarding Archrock Partners Operating LLC

58. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan, any Plan Supplement, or the Confirmation Order to the contrary, the Archrock Contracts (as defined below) are assumed under the Plan, and the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors shall pay Archrock Partners Operating LLC (“Archrock”) all postpetition and postconfirmation amounts owed to Archrock in the ordinary

course of business, pursuant to the Master Compression Services Agreement dated January 1, 2008, nine (9) related Schedule A’s, and an Amendment of Schedule A’s dated November 22, 2019 (collectively, the “Archrock Contracts”), each between Archrock and Debtor Whiting Oil & Gas Corporation; provided that if there is any dispute regarding such payments to Archrock, Archrock may file a claim with the Bankruptcy Court, and the rights of Archrock and the Debtors with respect to such amounts are reserved and preserved.

XXXVIII.

Provisions Regarding the Andeavor Agreements

59. Andeavor Field Services LLC and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “Andeavor”) and the Debtors have resolved their pending disputes (including Andeavor’s Objection to Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 660] and the matters raised in the adversary proceeding captioned Andeavor Field Services LLC v. Whiting Oil & Gas Corporation, Adv. Pro. No. 20-03304 (the “Andeavor Adversary Proceeding”)), and the Court so orders, as follows: (i) all agreements and contracts among the Debtors, on the one hand, and Andeavor, on the other hand, including but not limited to the First Amendment to Water Gathering Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2020, the Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Gas Purchase, Gathering, Processing and Fractionation Agreement (Belfield), dated as of August 14, 2020, and the Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Gas Purchase, Gathering, Processing and Fractionation Agreement (Robinson Lake), dated as of August 14, 2020 (collectively, the “Amended Gathering Agreements”), and those listed on the Assumed Contract List (together with the Amended Gathering Agreements, collectively, the “Andeavor Agreements”), and all rights, claims, dedications and interests related thereto, shall not be adversely affected or otherwise impaired by these Chapter 11 Cases, including but not limited to the Plan, Confirmation Order, and any related Restructuring Transactions, and, except as expressly modified by the Amended Gathering

Agreements, shall remain unimpaired as if the Chapter 11 Cases had not occurred; (ii) the Debtors and Andeavor shall enter into the Amended Gathering Agreements which will become effective only after (a) this Confirmation Order is entered by the Court, (b) the occurrence of the Effective Date and (c) all unpaid amounts outstanding for all monetary defaults under the Andeavor Agreements are paid or otherwise performed as set forth in the Amended Gathering Agreements; (iii) the Debtors’ deadline to answer or otherwise move in the Andeavor Adversary Proceeding is extended to September 8, 2020, and may be further extended by the parties if they so agree; and (iv) upon the occurrence of each of (i) and (ii), Andeavor shall, within three (3) business days of the last occurring event of (i) and (ii), voluntarily dismiss the Andeavor Adversary Proceeding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, this Confirmation Order, or any related document, the Court is not making any findings or determinations as to whether the Andeavor Agreements are executory contracts that may be assumed or rejected or covenants running with the land that may not be rejected.

XXXIX.

Provision Regarding Certain Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

60. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease listed on the Schedule of Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases attached to the Plan Supplement as Exhibit F are only deemed rejected to the extent one or more Debtor entities is party to such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease.

XL.

Provisions Regarding Fairfield

61. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan, any Plan Supplement or this Confirmation Order to the contrary, (a) all Executory Contracts, including, but not limited to, the Master Onshore Geophysical Data-Use License Agreement entered into with Geokinetics Inc. and Geokinetics USA, Inc. dated December 21. 2012 and all supplements, amendments, schedules and attachments thereto between Fairfield Industries Incorporated d/b/a Fairfield Geotechnologies f/k/a Fairfield

Nodal (“Fairfield”), on the one hand, and between any of the Debtors, on the other hand (collectively, the “Fairfield Agreement”), shall be and hereby are rejected pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code as of the date of entry of this Confirmation Order, (b) to the extent necessary, the automatic stay under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code is hereby modified to permit the termination of the Fairfield Agreement, and (c) the Debtors shall comply with all confidentiality provisions, destruction of data and verification of destruction of data provisions required by the Fairfield Agreement.

XLI.

Provisions Regarding True Oil

62. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything in the Plan or the Confirmation Order to the Contrary, any amounts due and owing to True Oil LLC (“True Oil”) or Eighty Eight Oil LLC (“Eighty Eight Oil”) will be paid in the ordinary course of business. The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, True Oil, and Eighty Eight Oil reserve all rights under nonbankruptcy law with respect to such amounts.

XLII.

Provision Regarding the Distribution Record Date

63. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, the Distribution Record Date as set forth in Article I.A.58 of the Plan shall not apply to any Notes or other Securities deposited with DTC, the Holders of which shall receive a distribution in accordance with the customary procedures of DTC.

XLIII.

Miscellaneous

64. After the Effective Date, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have no obligation to file with the Court or serve on any parties reports that the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, were obligated to file under the Bankruptcy Code or a Court order, including monthly operating reports (even for those periods for which a monthly operating report was not filed before the Effective Date), ordinary course professional reports, reports to any

parties otherwise required under the “first” and “second” day orders entered in these Chapter 11 Case, including the Final Cash Collateral Order, and monthly or quarterly reports for Professionals; provided, however, that the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will comply with the U.S. Trustee’s quarterly reporting requirements.

65. On the Effective Date (or, to the extent not known or submitted to the Debtors for payment as of the Effective Date, promptly following receipt of an invoice therefor, whether incurred before or after the Effective Date) and to the extent invoiced in accordance with the terms of applicable engagement letter (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no invoices be required to include itemized time detail), the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay all Transaction Expenses not previously paid pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court in accordance with the Article IV.U of the Plan.

66. Except as otherwise set forth herein, this Court retains jurisdiction over all matters arising out of or related to these Chapter 11 Cases and the Plan, including the matters set forth in Article XI of the Plan.

67. Notwithstanding the possible applicability of Bankruptcy Rules 6004(g), 7062, 9014, or otherwise, the terms and conditions of this Confirmation Order shall be effective and enforceable immediately upon its entry. Each term and provision of the Plan, and the transactions related thereto as it heretofore may have been altered or interpreted by the Court is: (a) valid and enforceable pursuant to its terms; (b) integral to the Plan and may not be deleted or modified except as provided by the Plan or this Confirmation Order; and (c) nonseverable and mutually dependent.

68. Subject to the terms of the Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement, respectively, the Debtors are hereby authorized to amend or modify the Plan at any time prior to the substantial consummation of the Plan, but only in accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Article XI.A of the Plan, without further order of this Court.

69. Notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e), the terms and conditions of this Confirmation Order will be effective and enforceable immediately upon its entry.

Houston, Texas

Date: August 14, 2020

/s/ David R. Jones

DAVID R. JONES

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE

Exhibit A

Plan

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

HOUSTON DIVISION



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In re:	)	Chapter 11
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WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.,¹	)	Case No. 20-32021 (DRJ)
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Debtors.	)	Jointly Administered
	)

JOINT CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF

WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND ITS DEBTOR AFFILIATES


JACKSON WALKER L.L.P.		KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
Matthew D. Cavenaugh (TX Bar No. 24062656)		KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP
Jennifer F. Wertz (TX Bar No. 24072822)		Gregory F. Pesce (admitted pro hac vice)
Veronica A. Polnick (TX Bar No. 24079148)		300 North LaSalle Street
1401 McKinney Street, Suite 1900		Chicago, Illinois 60654
Houston, Texas 77010		Telephone: (312) 862-2000
Telephone: (713) 752-4200		Facsimile: (312) 862-2200
Facsimile: (713) 752-4221		Email: gregory.pesce@kirkland.com
Email: mcavenaugh@jw.com
jwertz@jw.com		-and-
vpolnick@jw.com
		Stephen E. Hessler, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)
-and-		601 Lexington Avenue
		New York, New York 10022
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP		Telephone: (212) 446-4800
KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP		Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
Brian E. Schartz, P.C. (TX Bar No. 24099361)		Email: stephen.hessler@kirkland.com
Anna Rotman, P.C. (TX Bar No. 24046761)
609 Main Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone: (713) 836-3600
Facsimile: (713) 836-3601
Email: brian.schartz@kirkland.com
anna.rotman@kirkland.com

Co-Counsel to the Debtors and Debtors in Possession
Dated: August 7, 2020

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Page
INTRODUCTION			4

ARTICLE I. DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION, COMPUTATION OF TIME, GOVERNING LAW, AND OTHER REFERENCES			4
A.	Defined Terms.		4
B.	Rules of Interpretation		17
C.	Computation of Time		18
D.	Governing Law		18
E.	Reference to Monetary Figures		18
F.	Reference to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors		18
G.	Controlling Document		18
H.	Consultation, Information, Notice, and Consent Rights		19

ARTICLE II. ADMINISTRATIVE AND PRIORITY CLAIMS			19
A.	Administrative Claims		19
B.	Final Fee Applications and Payment of Professional Fee Claims		20
C.	Professional Fee Escrow Amount		20
D.	Allocation and Estimation of Professional Fees and Expenses		20
E.	Post-Confirmation Date Fees and Expenses		20
F.	Priority Tax Claims		20
G.	Statutory Fees		21

ARTICLE III. CLASSIFICATION, TREATMENT, AND VOTING OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS			21
A.	Classification of Claims and Interests		21
B.	Treatment of Classes of Claims and Interests		22
C.	Special Provision Governing Unimpaired Claims		25
D.	Elimination of Vacant Classes		25
E.	Voting Classes; Presumed Acceptance by Non-Voting Classes		25
F.	Confirmation Pursuant to Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code		25
G.	Intercompany Interests		25
H.	Substantive Consolidation		25
I.	Subordinated Claims and Interests		26

ARTICLE IV. PROVISIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN			26
A.	General Settlement of Claims, Interests, and Causes of Action		26
B.	Restructuring Transactions		26
C.	Employee and Retiree Benefits		27
D.	Issuance and Distribution of New Common Stock and Warrants		27
E.	The Exit Facility		27
F.	Management Incentive Plan		28
G.	Management of Reorganized Whiting		28
H.	Exemption from Registration Requirements		28
I.	Vesting of Assets		28
J.	Cancellation of Instruments, Certificates, and Other Documents		29
K.	Holders of Working and Similar Interests		29
L.	Corporate Action		30
M.	Corporate Existence		30
N.	New Organizational Documents		30
O.	Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions		31
P.	Section 1146(a) Exemption		31
Q.	Directors and Officers		31

TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT’D)


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R.	Potential Wind-Down of Canadian Debtor Entity		32
S.	Preservation of Causes of Action		32
T.	Indenture Trustee Expenses		32
U.	Transaction Expenses		33
V.	Closing the Chapter 11 Cases		33
W.	Settlement of Existing Employee Awards		33

ARTICLE V. TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES			34
A.	Assumption or Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases		34
B.	Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases		34
C.	Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases		35
D.	Indemnification		35
E.	Insurance Policies		36
F.	Employee Compensation and Benefits		36
G.	Contracts and Leases After the Petition Date		37
H.	Reservation of Rights		37
I.	Nonoccurrence of Effective Date		37

ARTICLE VI. PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS			37
A.	Distributions on Account of Claims and Interests Allowed as of the Effective Date		37
B.	Rights and Powers of the Distribution Agent		37
C.	Special Rules for Distributions to Holders of Disputed Claims		38
D.	Delivery of Distributions		38
E.	Compliance with Tax Requirements/Allocations		40
F.	Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties		40
G.	Setoffs		41
H.	Indefeasible Distributions		41
I.	Allocation Between Principal and Accrued Interest		41

ARTICLE VII. PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DISPUTED CLAIMS			42
A.	Allowance of Claims		42
B.	Claims Administration Responsibilities		42
C.	Estimation of Claims		42
D.	Disputed Claims Reserve		42
E.	Adjustment to Claims Without Objection		43
F.	Time to File Objections to Claims		43
G.	Disallowance of Claims		43
H.	Amendments to Claims		43
I.	No Distributions Pending Allowance		44
J.	Distributions After Allowance		44
K.	Single Satisfaction of Claims		44

ARTICLE VIII. DISCHARGE, RELEASE, INJUNCTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS			44
A.	*Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests*		44
B.	*Releases by the Debtors*		44
C.	*Releases by Releasing Parties*		45
D.	*Exculpation*		46
E.	*Injunction*		46
F.	Protection Against Discriminatory Treatment		46
G.	Release of Liens		47
H.	Reimbursement or Contribution		47
I.	Recoupment		47
J.	Subordination Rights		47
K.	Reservation of Rights of the United States		48

TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT’D)


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ARTICLE IX. EFFECT OF CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN			49
A.	Jurisdiction and Venue		49
B.	Order Approving the Disclosure Statement		49
C.	Voting Report		50
D.	Judicial Notice		50
E.	Transmittal and Mailing of Materials; Notice		50
F.	Solicitation		50
G.	Burden of Proof		50
H.	Bankruptcy Rule 3016(a) Compliance		51
I.	Compliance with the Requirements of Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code		51
J.	Securities Under the Plan		55
K.	Releases and Discharges		55
L.	Release and Retention of Causes of Action		56
M.	Approval of Restructuring Support Agreement and Other Restructuring Documents and Agreements		56
N.	Confirmation Hearing Exhibits		56
O.	Objections to Confirmation of the Plan		56
P.	Retention of Jurisdiction		56
Q.	Plan Supplement		56

ARTICLE X. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE			56
A.	Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date		56
B.	Waiver of Conditions		57
C.	Effect of Non-Occurrence of Conditions to Consummation		57
D.	Substantial Consummation		57

ARTICLE XI. MODIFICATION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN			58
A.	Modification of Plan		58
B.	Effect of Confirmation on Modifications		58
C.	Revocation or Withdrawal of Plan		58

ARTICLE XII. RETENTION OF JURISDICTION			58

ARTICLE XIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS			60
A.	Immediate Binding Effect		60
B.	Additional Documents		60
C.	Dissolution of the Statutory Committees		60
D.	Payment of Statutory Fees		60
E.	Reservation of Rights		61
F.	Successors and Assigns		61
G.	Service of Documents		61
H.	Term of Injunctions or Stays		63
I.	Entire Agreement		63
J.	Plan Supplement		63
K.	Non-Severability		63
L.	Votes Solicited in Good Faith		63
M.	Waiver or Estoppel		63

iii

INTRODUCTION

Whiting Petroleum Corporation and its affiliated debtors and debtors in possession in the above-captioned chapter 11 cases propose this joint chapter 11 plan of reorganization pursuant to chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Article I.A hereof. Although proposed jointly for administrative purposes, the Plan constitutes a separate plan for each of the foregoing entities and each of the foregoing entities is a proponent of the Plan within the meaning of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Plan does not contemplate substantive consolidation for any of the Debtors; provided that the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall consolidate Allowed Claims into one Estate for purposes of distributions for Class 5. The classification of Claims and Interests set forth in Article III of the Plan should be deemed to apply separately to each Debtor, as applicable.

Reference is made to the accompanying Disclosure Statement for the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation and Its Debtor Affiliates for a discussion of the Debtors’ history, business, properties and operations, valuation, projections, risk factors, a summary and analysis of the Plan and the transactions contemplated thereby, and certain related matters.

ALL HOLDERS OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THIS PLAN AND THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IN THEIR ENTIRETY BEFORE VOTING TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THIS PLAN.

ARTICLE I.

DEFINED TERMS, RULES OF INTERPRETATION,

COMPUTATION OF TIME, GOVERNING LAW, AND OTHER REFERENCES

A.	Defined Terms.

1. “2021 Senior Notes” means the 5.750% senior notes due 2021 issued by Whiting Parent pursuant to the 2021 Senior Notes Indenture.

2. “2021 Senior Notes Claim” means any Claim against any of the Debtors arising from or based upon the 2021 Senior Notes or the 2021 Senior Notes Indenture.

3. “2021 Senior Notes Indenture” means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 12, 2013, by and among Whiting Parent, as issuer, the subsidiary guarantors named therein, as guarantors, and the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

4. “2023 Senior Notes” means the 6.250% senior notes due 2023 issued by Whiting Parent pursuant to the 2023 Senior Notes Indenture.

5. “2023 Senior Notes Claim” means any Claim against any of the Debtors arising from or based upon the 2023 Senior Notes or the 2023 Senior Notes Indenture.

6. “2023 Senior Notes Indenture” means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 27, 2015, by and among Whiting Parent, as issuer, the subsidiary guarantors named therein, as guarantors, and the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

7. “2026 Senior Notes” means the 6.625% senior notes due 2026 issued by Whiting Parent pursuant to the 2026 Senior Notes Indenture.

8. “2026 Senior Notes Claim” means any Claim against any of the Debtors arising from or based upon the 2026 Senior Notes or the 2026 Senior Notes Indenture.

9. “2026 Senior Notes Indenture” means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 27, 2017, by and among Whiting Parent, as issuer, the subsidiary guarantors named therein, as guarantors, and the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

10. “Ad Hoc Committee of Noteholders” means, collectively, those certain institutions comprising the ad hoc committee of Holders of Notes represented by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Porter Hedges LLP, and PJT Partners LP.

11. “Administrative Claim” means a Claim against any of the Debtors arising on or after the Petition Date and before the Effective Date for a cost or expense of administration of the Chapter 11 Cases entitled to priority under sections 503(b), 507(a)(2), 507(b), or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, including: (a) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred on or after the Petition Date until and including the Effective Date of preserving the Estates and operating the Debtors’ businesses; (b) Allowed Professional Fee Claims; (c) all Transaction Expenses; and (d) all fees and charges assessed against the Estates pursuant to section 1930 of chapter 123 of title 28 of the United States Code.

12. “Administrative Claims Bar Date” means the deadline for Filing requests for payment of Administrative Claims, which: (a) with respect to Administrative Claims other than Professional Fee Claims, shall be 30 days after the Effective Date; and (b) with respect to Professional Fee Claims, shall be 45 days after the Effective Date.

13. “Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in section 101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. With respect to any Person that is not a Debtor, the term “Affiliate” shall apply to such Person as if the Person were a Debtor.

14. “Allowed” means, with respect to any Claim against any of the Debtors, except as otherwise provided herein: (a) a Claim that is evidenced by a Proof of Claim Filed by the Claims Bar Date (or such other date as agreed by the Debtors pursuant to the Bar Date Order) or a request for payment of an Administrative Claim Filed by the Administrative Claims Bar Date, as applicable (or for which Claim under the Plan, the Bankruptcy Code, or pursuant to a Final Order, a Proof of Claim or request for payment of Administrative Claim is not or shall not be required to be Filed); (b) a Claim that is listed in the Schedules as not contingent, not unliquidated, and not Disputed, and for which no contrary or superseding Proof of Claim, as applicable, has been timely Filed; or (c) a Claim allowed pursuant to the Plan, the Cash Collateral Orders, or a Final Order; provided, that with respect to a Claim described in clauses (a) and (b) above, such Claim shall be considered Allowed only if and to the extent that with respect to such Claim no objection to the allowance thereof is interposed within the applicable period of time fixed by the Plan, the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, or the Bankruptcy Court, or such an objection is so interposed and the Claim has been Allowed by a Final Order. Any Claim that has been or is hereafter listed in the Schedules as contingent, unliquidated, or disputed, and for which no contrary or superseding Proof of Claim is or has been timely Filed, or that is not or has not been Allowed by a Final Order, is not considered Allowed and shall be expunged without further action by the Debtors and without further notice to any party or action, approval, or order of the Bankruptcy Court. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Claim of any Entity subject to section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be deemed Allowed unless and until such Entity pays in full the amount that it owes the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, a Proof of Claim Filed after the Claims Bar Date or a request for payment of an Administrative Claim Filed after the Administrative Claims Bar Date, as applicable, shall not be Allowed for any purposes whatsoever absent entry of a Final Order allowing such late-Filed Claim. “Allow” and “Allowing” shall have correlative meanings.

15. “Avoidance Actions” means any and all avoidance, recovery, subordination, or other Claims and Causes of Actions that may be brought by or on behalf of the Debtors or their Estates or other authorized parties in interest under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable non-bankruptcy law, including actions or remedies under chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code or under similar or related state or federal statutes and common law.

16. “Bankruptcy Code” means title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101–1532, as amended from time to time.

17. “Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division or such other court having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases, including, to the extent of the withdrawal of reference under 28 U.S.C. § 157 and/or the General Order of the District Court pursuant to section 151 of title 28 of the United States Code, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

18. “Bankruptcy Rules” means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure promulgated under section 2075 of title 28 of the United States Code, and the general, local, and chambers rules of the Bankruptcy Court.

19. “Bar Date Order” means the Order (I) Setting Bar Dates for Filing Proofs of Claim, Including Requests for Payment Under Section 503(b)(9), (II) Establishing Amended Schedules Bar Date and Rejection Damages Bar Date, (III) Approving the Form of and Manner for Filing Proofs of Claim, Including Section 503(b)(9) Requests, (IV) Approving Notice of Bar Dates, and (V) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 278] (as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof).

20. “Base Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of September 13, 2013, by and among Whiting Parent, as issuer, the subsidiary guarantors named therein, as guarantors, and the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee.

21. “Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or “legal holiday” (as defined in Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a)).

22. “Canadian HoldCo” means Whiting Canadian Holding Company Unlimited Liability Corporation.

23. “Cash” means the legal tender of the United States of America or the equivalent thereof, including bank deposits and checks.

24. “Cash Collateral Orders” means, collectively, the Interim Cash Collateral Orders and the Final Cash Collateral Order.

25. “Causes of Action” means any and all claims, controversies, actions, proceedings, controversies, reimbursement claims, contribution claims, recoupment rights, interests, debts, third-party claims, indemnity claims, damages, remedies, causes of action, demands, rights, suits, obligations, liabilities, accounts, judgments, defenses, affirmative defenses, offsets, powers, privileges, licenses, franchises, Avoidance Actions, counterclaims and cross-claims, of any kind or character whatsoever, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, contingent or non-contingent, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, disputed or undisputed, asserted or unasserted, direct or indirect, assertible directly or derivatively, choate or inchoate, reduced to judgment or otherwise, secured or unsecured, whether arising before, on, or after the Petition Date, in tort, law, equity, or otherwise pursuant to any theory of law. Causes of Action also include: (a) all rights of setoff, counterclaim, or recoupment and claims on contracts or for breaches of duties imposed by law or equity; (b) the right to object to or otherwise contest Claims or Interests; (c) claims pursuant to sections 362, 510, 542, 543, 544 through 550, or 553 of the Bankruptcy Code; (d) such claims and defenses as fraud, mistake, duress, and usury and any other defenses set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (e) any claim for fraudulent transfer or similar claim pursuant to any state or foreign law.

26. “Certificate” means any instrument evidencing a Claim or an Interest.

27. “Chapter 11 Cases” means, when used with reference to a particular Debtor, the case pending for that Debtor under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court, and when used with reference to all the Debtors, the procedurally consolidated and jointly administered chapter 11 cases pending for the Debtors in the Bankruptcy Court.

28. “Claim” has the meaning set forth in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

29. “Claims Bar Date” means the applicable deadline by which Proofs of Claim must be Filed, as established by: (a) the Bar Date Order; (b) a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court; or (c) the Plan.

30. “Claims Equity Pool” means New Common Stock in an amount equal to 97% of all New Common Stock, subject to dilution by the New Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the New Warrants-A, the New Warrants-B, and the Management Incentive Plan.

31. “Claims Register” means the official register of Claims maintained by the Solicitation Agent or the clerk of the Bankruptcy Court.

32. “Class” means a category of Holders of Claims or Interests pursuant to section 1122(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

33. “Collateral” means any property or interest in property of the Estate of any Debtor subject to a Lien, charge, or other encumbrance to secure the payment or performance of a Claim, which Lien, charge, or other encumbrance is not subject to a Final Order ordering the remedy of avoidance of any such Lien, charge, or other encumbrance under the Bankruptcy Code.

34. “Compensation and Benefits Programs” means all employment and severance agreements and policies, and all employment, compensation, and benefit plans, policies, workers’ compensation programs, savings plans, retirement plans, deferred compensation plans, supplemental executive retirement plans, healthcare plans, disability plans, severance benefit plans, incentive and retention plans, programs and payments, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans, and programs of the Debtors, and all amendments and modifications thereto, applicable to the Debtors’ and their Affiliates’ employees, former employees, retirees, and non-employee directors and the employees, former employees and retirees of their subsidiaries.

35. “Confirmation” means the entry of the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases.

36. “Confirmation Date” means the date on which the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases within the meaning of Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.

37. “Confirmation Hearing” means the hearing held by the Bankruptcy Court to consider Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

38. “Confirmation Order” means the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

39. “Consenting Creditors” means those holders of Notes that are signatories to the Restructuring Support Agreement, and any subsequent holder of Notes that becomes party thereto in accordance with the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement.

40. “Consenting Creditor Consent Right” means, with respect to each Definitive Document, the applicable consent right of the Requisite Creditors with respect to such Definitive Document as set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

41. “Consummation” or “Consummated” means the occurrence of the Effective Date.

42. “Convertible Notes” means the 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2020 issued by Whiting Parent pursuant to the Convertible Notes Indenture.

43. “Convertible Notes Claim” means any Claim against any of the Debtors arising from or based upon the Convertible Notes or the Convertible Notes Indenture.

44. “Convertible Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of March 27, 2015, by and among Whiting Parent, as issuer, the subsidiary guarantors named therein, as guarantors, and the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, as may be amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

45. “Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee” means Delaware Trust Company, solely in its capacity as successor trustee under the Convertible Notes Indenture, and any successor thereto, in its capacity as such.

46. “Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee Fee Payment Amount” means all reasonable compensation, fees, expenses, disbursements and indemnity claims incurred by the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, including the attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP and local counsel to the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee (and no other attorney, agent or professional of the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee). For the avoidance of any doubt, the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee Fee Payment Amount shall not include any compensation, fees, expenses, disbursements, or indemnity claims of Herrick Feinstein LLP or any other firm engaged as special litigation counsel engaged by or on behalf of the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee.

47. “Convertible Notes Litigation Settlement” has the meaning set forth in Article IV.A of the Plan.

48. “Creditors’ Committee” means the official committee of unsecured creditors appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to the Notice of Appointment of Committee of Unsecured Creditors [Docket No. 127], as may be reconstituted from time to time.

49. “Cure Costs” means all amounts, including an amount of $0.00, required to cure any monetary defaults under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease (or such lesser amount as may be agreed upon by the parties to such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease) that is to be assumed by the Debtors pursuant to sections 365 or 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code.

50. “Cure Notice” means any notice that sets forth the proposed Cure Costs under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease at the time such contract or lease is assumed by the applicable Debtors under the Plan, which notice shall include (a) procedures for objecting to proposed assumptions or assignments of the applicable Executory Contracts and/or Unexpired Leases, (b) the Cure Costs proposed to be paid in connection therewith, and (c) procedures for resolution by the Bankruptcy Court of any related dispute.

51. “D&O Liability Insurance Policies” means all insurance policies (including any “tail policy”) of any of the Debtors for current or former directors’, managers’, officers’, and/or employees’ liability.

52. “Debtors” means, collectively, Whiting Parent, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, Whiting US Holding Company, Whiting Canadian Holding Company Unlimited Liability Corporation, and Whiting Resources Corporation.

53. “Definitive Documents” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Restructuring Support Agreement. Each Definitive Document shall be subject to the Consenting Creditor Consent Right.

54. “Disclosure Statement” means the disclosure statement for the Plan, including all exhibits and schedules thereto as approved by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to the Disclosure Statement Order.

55. “Disclosure Statement Order” means the order (and all exhibits thereto) entered by the Bankruptcy Court approving the Disclosure Statement and the Solicitation Materials, and allowing solicitation of the Plan to commence, entered on July 1, 2020 [Docket No. 576], (as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof).

56. “Disputed” means, as to any Claim or Interest (or any portion thereof), a Claim or Interest: (a) that is not Allowed; (b) that is not disallowed by the Plan, the Bankruptcy Code, or a Final Order, as applicable; (c) as to which a dispute is being adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with non-bankruptcy law; (d) as to which a timely objection or request for estimation has been Filed and not withdrawn; or (e) with respect to which a party in interest has Filed a Proof of Claim or otherwise made a written request to a Debtor for payment, without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

57. “Distribution Agent” means, as applicable, the Reorganized Debtors or any Entity the Reorganized Debtors select, and which Entity agrees, to make or to facilitate distributions in accordance with the Plan.

58. “Distribution Date” means, except as otherwise set forth herein and except distributions to holders of public securities, the date or dates determined by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, on or after the Effective Date, upon which the Distribution Agent shall make distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims and Interests entitled to receive distributions under the Plan.

59. “Distribution Record Date” means, other than with respect to those Notes deposited with DTC, the record date for purposes of determining which Holders of Allowed Claims against or Allowed Interests in the Debtors are eligible to receive distributions under the Plan, which date shall be the Confirmation Date, or such other date as is agreed to by the Debtors and the Requisite Creditors, or designated in a Final Order. The Distribution Record Date shall not apply to any Notes deposited with DTC, the Holders of which shall receive a distribution in accordance with the customary procedures of DTC.

60. “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

61. “Effective Date” means the date that is the first Business Day after the Confirmation Date on which all conditions precedent to the occurrence of the Effective Date set forth in Article X.A of the Plan have been satisfied or waived in accordance with Article X.B of the Plan, and the Plan is deemed effective by the Debtors.

62. “Entity” has the meaning set forth in section 101(15) of the Bankruptcy Code.

63. “Estate” means, as to each Debtor, the estate created for such Debtor pursuant to section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code upon the commencement of the applicable Debtor’s Chapter 11 Case.

64. “Exculpated Parties” means, collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors; (b) holders of RBL Claims; (c) the RBL Agent; (d) the Consenting Creditors; (e) The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; (f) any Issuing Bank; (g) the Treasury Management Service Providers; (h) the Creditors’ Committee and its members; (i) the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee; (j) with respect to each of the foregoing entities in clauses (a) through (i), each such Entity’s current and former predecessors, successors, Affiliates (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), subsidiaries, direct and indirect equity holders, funds, portfolio companies, and management companies; and (k) with respect to each of the foregoing Entities in clauses (a) through (j), each of their respective current and former directors, officers, members, employees, partners, managers, independent contractors, agents, representatives, principals, professionals, consultants, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, and other professional advisors, each in their capacity as such; provided that no current or former Holder of Existing Interests, each in their capacity as such, is an Exculpated Party unless such Holder is also a current director, officer or employee of a Debtor or an Affiliate of a Debtor.

65. “Executory Contract” means a contract or lease to which one or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 or 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code.

66. “Existing Interests” means the Interests in Whiting Parent.

67. “Existing Interests Equity Pool” means New Common Stock in an amount equal to 3% of all New Common Stock, subject to dilution by the New Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the New Warrants-A, the New Warrants-B, and the Management Incentive Plan.

68. “Exit Facility” means the financing to be provided to the Reorganized Debtors on the Effective Date in accordance with the Exit Facility Credit Agreement.

69. “Exit Facility Agent” means the financial institution identified in the Plan Supplement as administrative agent under the Exit Facility Credit Agreement, solely in its capacity as such.

70. “Exit Facility Arranger” means the financial institution(s), if any, arranging, acting as lead arranger and/or book runners for the Exit Facility.

71. “Exit Facility Credit Agreement” means that certain credit agreement among the Reorganized Debtors, as borrower, the Exit Facility Agent, as administrative agent, and the Exit Facility Lenders from time to time party thereto.

72. “Exit Facility Documents” means, collectively, the Exit Facility Credit Agreement and any and all other agreements, documents, and instruments delivered or entered into in connection therewith, including any guarantee agreements, pledge and collateral agreements, mortgages, and other security documents, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors, the Exit Facility Arranger, and the Exit Facility Agent.

73. “Exit Facility Effective Date Cash Amount” means an amount of Cash paid pursuant to the terms of the Exit Facility to Exit Facility Lenders that provide Exit Facility Revolving Loans.

74. “Exit Facility Lenders” means those certain lenders from time to time party to the Exit Facility Credit Agreement, solely in their capacity as such.

75. “Exit Facility Revolving Loans” means the loans to be provided to the Reorganized Debtors pursuant to the Exit Facility Credit Agreement.

76. “Exit Facility Revolving Loans Term Sheet” means the term sheet for the Exit Facility Revolving Loans attached to the Disclosure Statement as Exhibit G.

77. “Exit Facility Revolving Loan Commitments” means commitments by Exit Facility Lenders to provide the Exit Facility Revolving Loans pursuant to the Exit Facility, as set forth in the Exit Facility Revolving Loan Commitment Letter to be filed in the Plan Supplement.

78. “Exit Facility Revolving Loan Commitment Letter” means a “best efforts” commitment letter from the Exit Facility Agent and certain Exit Facility Lenders with respect to the syndication of the Exit Facility Revolving Commitments.

79. “Exit Facility Term Loan” means the term loan to be issued by the Reorganized Debtors pursuant to the Exit Facility Credit Agreement.

80. “Exit Facility Term Loan Term Sheet” means a term sheet describing the material terms of the Exit Facility Term Loan, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors, the Exit Facility Arranger, and the Exit Facility Agent.

81. “Federal Judgment Rate” means the federal judgment rate in effect pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961 as of the Petition Date, compounded annually.

82. “File,” “Filed,” and “Filing” means file, filed, or filing in the Chapter 11 Cases with the Bankruptcy Court.

83. “Final Cash Collateral Order” means the Final Order Under 11 U.S.C. §§ 105, 361, 362, 363 And 507, and Bankruptcy Rules 2002, 4001 and 9014 (I) Authorizing Debtors to Use Cash Collateral and (II) Granting Adequate Protection to Prepetition Secured Parties [Docket No. 476], (as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof).

84. “Final Decree” means the decree contemplated under Bankruptcy Rule 3022.

85. “Final Order” means an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court or other court of competent jurisdiction with respect to the relevant subject matter that has not been reversed, stayed, modified, or amended, and as to which the time to appeal or seek certiorari has expired and no appeal or petition for certiorari has been timely taken, or as to which any appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been or may be Filed has been resolved by the highest court to which the order or judgment could be appealed or from which certiorari could be sought or the new trial, reargument, or rehearing shall have been denied, resulted in no modification of such order, or has otherwise been dismissed with prejudice.

86. “General Unsecured Claim” means any Claim against any of the Debtors that is not Secured and is not: (a) an Administrative Claim; (b) a Professional Fee Claim; (c) a Priority Tax Claim; (d) an Other Priority Claim; (e) a Trade Claim; (f) an Intercompany Claim; or (g) a Section 510(b) Claim. For the avoidance of doubt, all (i) Notes Claims, (ii) Rejection Damages Claims, and (iii) Claims that are not Secured resulting from litigation against one or more of the Debtors are General Unsecured Claims.

87. “Governmental Unit” has the meaning set forth in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code.

88. “Hedge Counterparty” means any non-Debtor Entity or Person party to a financial derivative contract entered into with certain Debtor entities pursuant to the RBL Credit Agreement or the Hedge Orders to hedge the Debtors’ exposure to pricing risk in oil, natural gas, natural gas liquid components, or interest rates, as applicable.

89. “Hedge Orders” means, collectively, the Interim Order (I) Authorizing the Debtors to Perform Under Prepetition Hedging Arrangements, and (II) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 49] and the Final Order (I) Authorizing the Debtors to (A) Perform Under and Amend Prepetition Hedging Agreements, (B) Enter Into, and Perform Under, Postpetition Hedging Agreements, (C) Grant Liens and Superpriority Administrative Expense Claims, and (II) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 279].

90. “Holder” means an Entity holding a Claim or Interest, as applicable.

91. “Impaired” means, with respect to any Class of Claims or Interests, a Class of Claims or Interests that is impaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

92. “Indemnification Obligations” means each of the Debtors’ indemnification provisions in place, whether in the Debtors’ bylaws, certificates of incorporation, other formation documents, board resolutions, management or indemnification agreements, employment contracts, or otherwise, for the current and former directors, officers, managers, employees, attorneys, other professionals, and agents of the Debtors and such current and former directors’, officers’, and managers’ respective Affiliates.

93. “Indentures” means, collectively, the Convertible Notes Indenture, the 2021 Senior Notes Indenture, the 2023 Senior Notes Indenture, and the 2026 Senior Notes Indenture.

94. “Indenture Trustee Charging Lien” means any Lien or priority of payment to which the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, as applicable, are entitled under their respective Indenture(s) against distributions to be made to Holders of Notes Claims for payment of any Indenture Trustee Fees.

95. “Indenture Trustee Fees” means all reasonable compensation, fees, expenses, disbursements and indemnity claims, including, without limitation, attorneys’ and agents’ fees, expenses and disbursements, incurred by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, as applicable, under their respective Indenture(s), whether before or after the Petition Date or before or after the Effective Date.

96. “Intercompany Claim” means any Claim held by a Debtor against another Debtor.

97. “Intercompany Interest” means, other than an Interest in Whiting Parent, an Interest in one Debtor held by another Debtor.

98. “Interest” means any equity security (as defined in section 101(16) of the Bankruptcy Code) in any Debtor, including options, warrants, rights, restricted stock awards, performance share awards, performance share units, stock-settled restricted stock units, cash-settled restricted stock units or other securities or agreements to acquire the common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company interests, or other equity, ownership or profits interests of any Debtor (whether or not arising under or in connection with any employment agreement, separation agreement or employee incentive plan or program of a Debtor as of the Petition Date).

99. “Interim Cash Collateral Orders” means, collectively, the Interim Order Under 11 U.S.C. §§ 105, 361, 362, 363 and 507, and Bankruptcy Rules 2002, 4001 and 9014 (I) Authorizing Debtors to Use Cash Collateral, (II) Granting Adequate Protection to Prepetition Secured Parties and (III) Scheduling a Final Hearing Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 4001(b) [Docket No. 61] and the Second Interim Order Under 11 U.S.C. §§ 105, 361, 362, 363 and 507, and Bankruptcy Rules 2002, 4001 and 9014 (I) Authorizing Debtors to Use Cash Collateral, (II) Granting Adequate Protection to Prepetition Secured Parties and (III) Scheduling a Final Hearing Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 4001(b) [Docket No. 144].

100. “Interim Compensation Order” means the Order Establishing Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses for Professionals [Docket No. 275] (as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof).

101. “Issuing Bank” means any issuer of a letter of credit issued pursuant to the RBL Credit Agreement.

102. “Lien” has the meaning set forth in section 101(37) of the Bankruptcy Code.

103. “Management Incentive Plan” means a post-Effective Date management incentive plan for certain participating employees of the Reorganized Debtors and their Affiliates, to be established and implemented in accordance with Article IV.F of the Plan, which shall provide for the terms and conditions under which the MIP Pool may be allowed and distributed to certain participating employees of the Reorganized Debtors and Affiliates.

104. “MIP Pool” means a pool of stock-based awards, in the form of options, appreciation rights, restricted stock units, restricted stock, or similar awards, as applicable, representing 7.70% of the aggregate amount of New Common Stock, determined on a fully diluted and fully distributed basis and assuming the exercise of all of the Warrants (the “MIP Equity”), which shall be reserved for distribution to certain participating employees of the Reorganized Debtors or their Affiliates pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan and shall be in accordance with the Restructuring Support Agreement. No less than 50% of the MIP Equity (the “Effective Date MIP Equity Allocation”) will be granted on the Effective Date to such employees in the form of restricted stock units (or the economic equivalent), on other customary terms and conditions for similar type awards, and which shall vest ratably over three years with the breakdown between time and performance based awards being determined by the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board; provided, however, that the Effective Date MIP Equity Allocation granted on the Effective Date shall be reduced by subtracting a percentage equal to the quotient of $13.5 million divided by 7.70% of the stipulated equity value as set forth in the Plan Supplement, which stipulated equity value is subject to the Consenting Creditor Consent Right.

105. “New Common Stock” means the common stock of Reorganized Whiting Parent.

106. “New Organizational Documents” means the form of the certificates or articles of incorporation, bylaws, or such other applicable formation documents, of each of the Reorganized Debtors.

107. “New Warrants-A” means warrants to purchase up to 10% of the New Common Stock (subject to dilution only by the New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan), exercisable on a non-cash basis for a 4-year period after the Effective Date, in an amount equal to an implied 110% recovery to Holders of Notes Claims, inclusive of non-default interest under the Notes through the Effective Date, calculated as though the Notes remained outstanding through the Effective Date and all accrued and unpaid interest had been added to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes daily, and otherwise on the terms and conditions set forth in the New Warrants-A Agreement; provided, however, that to the extent DTC requirements are applicable, if DTC is not able to provide for daily accretion, the Consenting Creditors agree to negotiate in good faith with the Debtors on alternative accretion schedules to address any such impediment.

108. “New Warrants-A Agreement” means the definitive agreement governing the terms of the New Warrants-A.

109. “New Warrants-B” means warrants to purchase up to 5% of the New Common Stock (subject to dilution only by the New Common Stock issued pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan), exercisable on a non-cash basis for a 5-year period after the Effective Date, in an amount equal to an implied 125% recovery to Holders of Notes Claims, inclusive of non-default interest under the Notes through the Effective Date, calculated as though the Notes remained outstanding through the Effective Date and all accrued and unpaid interest had been added to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes daily, and otherwise on the terms and conditions set forth in the New Warrants-B Agreement; provided, however, that to the extent DTC requirements are applicable, if DTC is not able to provide for daily accretion, the Consenting Creditors agree to negotiate in good faith with the Debtors on alternative accretion schedules to address any such impediment.

110. “New Warrants-B Agreement” means the definitive agreement governing the terms of the New Warrants-B.

111. “Notes” means, collectively, the Convertible Notes and the Senior Notes.

112. “Notes Claims” means, collectively, the Convertible Notes Claims and the Senior Notes Claims.

113. “Other Priority Claim” means any Claim other than an Administrative Claim or a Priority Tax Claim entitled to priority in right of payment under section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

114. “Other Secured Claim” means any Secured Claim against any of the Debtors, other than an RBL Claim.

115. “Person” has the meaning set forth in section 101(41) of the Bankruptcy Code.

116. “Petition Date” means April 1, 2020, the date on which the Debtors commenced the Chapter 11 Cases.

117. “Plan” means this joint chapter 11 plan (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, including all exhibits, schedules, supplements, appendices, annexes and attachments hereto).

118. “Plan Supplement” means the compilation of documents and forms of documents, schedules, and exhibits to the Plan, to be Filed by the Debtors on or before July 18, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. (prevailing Central Time), or such later date as may be approved by the Bankruptcy Court on notice to parties in interest (as such documents may be amended prior to the Effective Date by Filing such amended documents), including: (a) the material New Organizational Documents; (b) the Exit Facility Revolving Loan Commitment Letter; (c) the Exit Facility Term Loan Term Sheet; (d) the schedule of Retained Causes of Action; (e) a disclosure of the members of the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board and their compensation; (f) the Schedule of Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases; (g) the Schedule of Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases; (h) the Restructuring Transactions Exhibit; (i) the New Warrants-A Agreement; (j) the New Warrants-B Agreement; and (k) a description of the material terms of the Management Incentive Plan. The Debtors shall have the right to amend the documents contained in, and exhibits to, the Plan Supplement through the Effective Date, subject to the terms of the Plan.

119. “Priority Tax Claim” means any Claim of a Governmental Unit against any of the Debtors of the kind specified in section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

120. “Pro Rata” means the proportion that an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest in a particular Class bears to the aggregate amount of the Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests in that respective Class, or the proportion of the Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests in a particular Class and other Classes entitled to share in the same recovery as such Allowed Claim or Allowed Interests under the Plan.

121. “Professional” means an Entity employed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to a Bankruptcy Court order in accordance with sections 327, 363, or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code and to be compensated for services rendered before or on the Effective Date, pursuant to sections 327, 328, 329, 330, or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code.

122. “Professional Fee Amount” means the aggregate amount of Professional Fee Claims and other unpaid fees and expenses that Professionals estimate they have incurred or will incur in rendering services to the Debtors prior to and as of the Confirmation Date, which estimates Professionals shall deliver to the Debtors as set forth in Article II.B of the Plan.

123. “Professional Fee Claim” means any Administrative Claim for the compensation of Professionals and the reimbursement of expenses incurred by such Professionals through and including the Confirmation Date to the extent such fees and expenses have not been paid pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court. To the extent the Bankruptcy Court denies or reduces by a Final Order any amount of a Professional’s requested fees and expenses, then the amount by which such fees or expenses are reduced or denied shall reduce the applicable Professional Fee Claim.

124. “Professional Fee Escrow Account” means an account funded by the Debtors with Cash on the Effective Date in an amount equal to the total estimated amount of the Professional Fee Amount as set forth in 0 of the Plan.

125. “Proof of Claim” means a proof of Claim Filed against any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases by the applicable Claims Bar Date.

126. “RBL Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and any successor thereto, solely in its capacity as successor agent under the RBL Credit Agreement.

127. “RBL Credit Agreement” means that certain Seventh Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2018, by and among Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, as borrower, Whiting Parent, as parent guarantor, the RBL Lenders, and the RBL Agent, as the administrative agent, as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

128. “RBL Claim” means any Claim against any of the Debtors arising from or based upon the RBL Credit Agreement and shall include, without limitation, the “Credit Agreement Obligations” as defined in the Final Cash Collateral Order.

129. “RBL Lenders” means the lenders under the RBL Credit Agreement from time to time.

130. “Rejection Damages Claim” means any Claim resulting from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to (a) the Plan or (b) any Bankruptcy Court order.

131. “Rejection Damages Claim Determination Date” means August 25, 2020, which date may be extended by the Debtors by filing an amended version of the Plan and filing a notice on the docket of these Chapter 11 Cases.

132. “Rejection Damages Claim Distribution Stipulation” means the stipulation attached as Exhibit 1 to the Order Approving Certain Procedures in Furtherance of Resolution of the Committee’s Potential Confirmation Objection [Docket No. 684].

133. “Reinstate,” “Reinstated,” or “Reinstatement” means, with respect to Claims or Interests, that the Claim or Interest shall be rendered Unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

134. “Related Party” means, collectively, with respect to an Entity, such Entity’s current and former directors, managers, officers, shareholders, equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), affiliated investment funds or investment vehicles, predecessors, participants, successors, assigns (whether by operation of law or otherwise), subsidiaries, current, former, and future affiliates, associated entities, managed entities, accounts or funds, partners, limited partners, general partners, principals, members, management companies, fund advisors, fiduciaries, trustees, employees, agents (including any Distribution Agent), advisory board members, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, other representatives, and other professionals, representatives, advisors, predecessors, successors, and assigns, each solely in their capacities as such, solely in their capacity as such, and the respective heirs, executors, estates, servants and nominees of the foregoing.

135. “Released Parties” means, collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) the holders of RBL Claims; (b) the RBL Agent; (c) the Consenting Creditors; (d) The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; (e) the Exit Facility Lenders; (f) the Exit Facility Agent and the Exit Facility Arranger; (g) the Treasury Management Service Providers; (h) any Issuing Bank; (i) any Hedge Counterparty; (j) all Releasing Parties; (k) the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee; (l) each current and former Affiliate of each Entity in clause (a) through (k); and (m) each Related Party of each Debtor, each Reorganized Debtor and each Entity in clause (a) through (l); provided that any holder of a Claim or Interest that (x) validly opts out of the releases contained in the Plan or (y) files an objection to the releases contained in the Plan shall not be a “Released Party;” and provided, further that the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee does not release any Holder of Convertible Notes that has provided a direction to the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee from such Holder’s obligations under such direction (including without limitation the indemnity provided by such Holder). For the avoidance of any doubt, no Person or Entity will release EJS Investment Holdings, LLC, nor will EJS Investment Holdings, LLC release any other Person or Entity, with respect to any matters dealt with by the Plan pursuant to Article VIII of the Plan.

136. “Releasing Parties” means, collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) the holders of RBL Claims; (b) the RBL Agent; (c) the Consenting Creditors; (d) The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee; (e) the Exit Facility Lenders; (f) the Exit Facility Agent and the Exit Facility Arranger; (g) the Treasury Management Service Providers; (h) any Issuing Bank; (i) any Hedge Counterparty; (j) all Holders of Claims or Interests, solely in their capacities as such, that are presumed to accept the Plan and who do not opt out of the releases in the Plan; (k) all Holders of Claims or Interests, solely in their capacities as such, that (w) vote to accept the Plan and who do not opt out of the releases in the Plan, (x) abstain from voting on the Plan and who do not opt out of the releases in the Plan, (y) vote to reject the Plan and who do not opt out of the releases in the Plan, or (z) are deemed to reject the Plan and who do not opt out of the releases in the Plan; (l) the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee; (m) each current and former Affiliate of each Entity in clause (a) through (l); and (n) each Related Party of each Debtor, each Reorganized Debtor, and each Entity in clause (a) through (m); provided that any holder of a Claim or Interest that (x) validly opts out of the releases contained in the Plan or (y) files an objection to the releases contained in the Plan shall not be a “Releasing Party”; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, no Holder of a Claim that is party to or has otherwise signed the Restructuring Support Agreement may opt out of the releases; and provided, further that the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee does not release any Holder of Convertible Notes that has provided a direction to the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee from such Holder’s obligations under such direction (including without limitation the indemnity provided by such Holder). For the avoidance of any doubt, no Person or Entity will release EJS Investment Holdings, LLC, nor will EJS Investment Holdings, LLC release any other Person or Entity, with respect to any matters dealt with by the Plan pursuant to Article VIII of the Plan.

137. “Reorganized Debtors” means the Debtors, as reorganized pursuant to and under the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, or any successors or assigns thereto.

138. “Reorganized Whiting Parent” means Whiting Parent, as reorganized pursuant to and under the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, or any successor or assign thereto.

139. “Reorganized Whiting Parent Board” means the board of directors of Reorganized Whiting Parent on and after the Effective Date.

140. “Requisite Creditors” means, as of the applicable date of determination, at least two (2) members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Noteholders that have signed the Restructuring Support Agreement, that hold a majority of the outstanding Notes held by the Ad Hoc Committee of Noteholders, and that have signed the Restructuring Support Agreement as of such date.

141. “Restructuring Support Agreement” means that certain Restructuring Support Agreement, entered into and dated as of April 23, 2020, by and among the Debtors and the Consenting Creditors, including all exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, as such agreement may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and which shall only be amended in accordance with the terms thereof, a copy of which is attached to the Disclosure Statement as Exhibit B.

142. “Restructuring Transactions” mean those mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, arrangements, continuances, restructurings, transfers, conversions, dispositions, liquidations, dissolutions, or other corporate transactions that the Debtors reasonably determine to be necessary to implement the Plan.

143. “Restructuring Transactions Exhibit” means an exhibit that sets forth the steps to be carried out to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions on and after the Effective Date.

144. “Retained Causes of Action” means those Causes of Action that shall vest in the Reorganized Debtors on the Effective Date, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any of the Causes of Action that are settled, released or exculpated under the Plan.

145. “Schedule of Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases” means the schedule (including any modifications or amendments thereto) of certain Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be assumed by the Debtors, subject to the consent of the Requisite Creditors (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) pursuant to the Plan.

146. “Schedule of Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases” means the schedule (including any amendments or modifications thereto), if any, of certain Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be rejected by the Debtors, subject to the consent of the Requisite Creditors (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) pursuant to the Plan.

147. “Schedules” means, collectively, the schedules of assets and liabilities and statements of financial affairs Filed by the Debtors pursuant to section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code.

148. “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

149. “Section 510(b) Claim” means any Claim against any of the Debtors that is subject to subordination under section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, including any Claim arising from or related to the purchase or ownership of Existing Interests.

150. “Secured” or “Secured Claim” means, when referring to a Claim against any of the Debtors, a Claim that is: (a) secured by a lien on property in which any of the Debtors has an interest, which lien is valid, perfected, and enforceable pursuant to applicable law or by reason of a Bankruptcy Court order, or that is subject to a valid right of setoff pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent of the value of the creditor’s interest in the Debtors’ interest in such property or to the extent of the amount subject to setoff, as applicable, as determined pursuant to section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code; or (b) Allowed pursuant to the Plan, or separate order of the Bankruptcy Court, as a secured claim. The “Credit Agreement Obligations,” as defined in the Final Cash Collateral Order, are Secured Claims under this Plan.

151. “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77a–77aa, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time, or any similar federal, state, or local law.

152. “Security” has the meaning set forth in section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act. “Securities” shall have a correlative meaning.

153. “Senior Notes” means, collectively, the 2021 Senior Notes, the 2023 Senior Notes, and the 2026 Senior Notes.

154. “Senior Notes Claims” means, collectively, the 2021 Senior Notes Claims, the 2023 Senior Notes Claims, and the 2026 Senior Notes Claims.

155. “Senior Notes Indenture Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., solely in its capacity as trustee under each of the 2021 Senior Notes Indenture, the 2023 Senior Notes Indenture, and the 2026 Senior Notes Indenture, as applicable, and any successor thereto, in its capacity as such.

156. “Servicer” means an agent or other authorized representative of Holders of Claims or Interests.

157. “Solicitation Agent” means Stretto, the notice, claims, and solicitation agent retained by the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.

158. “Solicitation Materials” means, collectively, the solicitation materials with respect to the Plan.

159. “Texas Comptroller” means the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

160. “The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Copmany, N.A., in its capacities as Senior Notes Indenture Trustee and as predecessor trustee under the Convertible Notes Indenture.

161. “Trade Claim” means any Claim held by an ordinary course trade vendor of the Debtors against any of the Debtors on account of ordinary course goods and/or services provided to any of the Debtors. For the avoidance of doubt, Trade Claims shall not include any Rejection Damages Claim, nor any Claim that is not Secured resulting from litigation against one or more of the Debtors.

162. “Transaction Expenses” means, collectively, all reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the Consenting Creditors, including: (a) Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; (b) PJT Partners LP; and (c) Porter Hedges LLP; and the reasonable and documented fees, costs and, expenses of the RBL Agent, including the fees, costs, and expenses of: (i) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; (ii) Opportune, LLP; (iii) local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction; and (iv) other professionals, advisors and experts engaged from time to time by or on behalf of the RBL Agent.

163. “Treasury Management Service Providers” means a party to any Treasury Management Agreement (as defined in the RBL Credit Agreement).

164. “Unclaimed Distribution” means any distribution under the Plan on account of an Allowed Claim to a Holder that has not: (a) accepted a particular distribution or, in the case of distributions made by check, negotiated such check; (b) given notice to the Reorganized Debtors of an intent to accept a particular distribution; (c) responded to the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ requests for information necessary to facilitate a particular distribution; or (d) taken any other action necessary to facilitate such distribution.

165. “Unexpired Lease” means a lease of nonresidential real property to which one or more of the Debtors is a party that is subject to assumption or rejection under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

166. “Unimpaired” means, with respect to a Class of Claims or Interests, a Class of Claims or Interests that is not impaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

167. “U.S. Trustee” means the Office of the United States Trustee for the Southern District of Texas.

168. “Voting Classes” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Disclosure Statement Order.

169. “Voting Report” means the report certifying the methodology for the tabulation of votes and result of voting under the Plan.

170. “Warrants” means the New Warrants-A and New Warrants-B, collectively and as applicable.

171. “Whiting Parent” means Whiting Petroleum Corporation.

B.	Rules of Interpretation

For purposes herein: (1) in the appropriate context, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender shall

include the masculine, feminine, and the neuter gender; (2) unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to a contract, lease, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that such document shall be substantially in such form or substantially on such terms and conditions; (3) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to “Articles” and “Sections” are references to Articles and Sections, respectively, hereof or hereto; (4) the words “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereto” refer to the Plan in its entirety rather than to any particular portion of the Plan; (5) captions and headings to Articles and Sections are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation of the Plan; (6) unless otherwise specified herein, the rules of construction set forth in section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code shall apply; (7) any term used in capitalized form herein that is not otherwise defined but that is used in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, as applicable; (8) references to docket numbers of documents Filed in the Chapter 11 Cases are references to the docket numbers under the Bankruptcy Court’s CM/ECF system; (9) any immaterial effectuating provisions may be interpreted by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors in such a manner that is consistent with the overall purpose and intent of the Plan and without further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity; (10) all references to statutes, regulations, orders, rules of courts, and the like shall mean as amended from time to time, and as applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases, unless otherwise stated; (11) references to “shareholders,” “directors,” and/or “officers” shall also include “members” and/or “managers,” as applicable, as such terms are defined under the applicable state limited liability company laws; and (12) the words “include” and “including” and variations thereof shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, and shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

C.	Computation of Time

Unless otherwise specifically stated herein, the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply in computing any period of time prescribed or allowed herein. If the date on which a transaction may occur pursuant to the Plan shall occur on a day that is not a Business Day, then such transaction shall instead occur on the next succeeding Business Day. Any action to be taken on the Effective Date may be taken on or soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date, provided that the distributions to Class 3 shall be made on the Effective Date.

D.	Governing Law

Except to the extent a rule of law or procedure is supplied by federal law (including the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules), and subject to the provisions of any contract, lease, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document entered into expressly in connection herewith, the rights and obligations arising hereunder shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles.

E.	Reference to Monetary Figures

All references in the Plan to monetary figures refer to currency of the United States of America, unless otherwise expressly provided.

F.	Reference to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan to the contrary, references in the Plan to the Debtors or to the Reorganized Debtors mean the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, to the extent the context requires.

G.	Controlling Document

In the event of an inconsistency between the Plan and the Disclosure Statement, the terms of the Plan shall control in all respects. In the event of an inconsistency between the Plan and any document included in the Plan Supplement, the applicable Plan Supplement document shall control. In the event of an inconsistency between the Confirmation Order and any of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, or the Plan Supplement, the Confirmation Order shall control.

H.	Consultation, Information, Notice, and Consent Rights

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any and all consultation, information, notice, and consent rights of the parties to the Restructuring Support Agreement set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement (including the exhibits thereto) with respect to the form and substance of this Plan, all exhibits to the Plan, and the Plan Supplement, and all other Definitive Documents (as defined in the Restructuring Support Agreement), including any amendments, restatements, supplements, or other modifications to such agreements and documents, and any consents, waivers, or other deviations under or from any such documents, shall be incorporated herein by this reference (including to the applicable definitions in Article I.A hereof) and fully enforceable as if stated in full herein.

Failure to reference the rights referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph as such rights relate to any document referenced in the Restructuring Support Agreement shall not impair such rights and obligations.

ARTICLE II.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND PRIORITY CLAIMS

In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims, Professional Fee Claims, Priority Tax Claims, and Other Priority Claims have not been classified and thus are excluded from the Classes of Claims and Interests set forth in Article III of the Plan.

A.	Administrative Claims

Except with respect to the Professional Fee Claims and Claims for fees and expenses pursuant to section 1930 of chapter 123 of title 28 of the United States Code, and except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim and the Debtors against which such Allowed Administrative Claim is asserted agree to less favorable treatment for such Holder, or such Holder has been paid by any Debtor on account of such Allowed Administrative Claim prior to the Effective Date, each Holder of such an Allowed Administrative Claim will receive in full and final satisfaction of its Allowed Administrative Claim an amount of Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed Administrative Claim in accordance with the following: (1) if an Administrative Claim is Allowed on or prior to the Effective Date, on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter (or, if not then due, when such Allowed Administrative Claim is due or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter); (2) if such Administrative Claim is not Allowed as of the Effective Date, no later than 30 days after the date on which the Reorganized Debtors Allow such Allowed Administrative Claim or the date on which an order Allowing such Administrative Claim becomes a Final Order, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, as applicable; (3) if such Allowed Administrative Claim is based on liabilities incurred by the Debtors in the ordinary course of their business after the Petition Date, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the particular transaction giving rise to such Allowed Administrative Claim without any further action by the Holder of such Allowed Administrative Claim; (4) at such time and upon such terms as may be agreed upon by such Holder and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable; or (5) at such time and upon such terms as set forth in an order of the Bankruptcy Court.

Holders of Administrative Claims that are required to File and serve a request for payment of such Administrative Claims by the Administrative Claims Bar Date that do not File and serve such a request by the Administrative Claims Bar Date shall be forever barred, stopped, and enjoined from asserting such Administrative Claims against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, and such Administrative Claims shall be deemed compromised, settled, and released as of the Effective Date. For the avoidance of doubt, Holders of Transaction Expenses Claims shall not be required to File or serve any request for payment of such Transaction Expenses Claim.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any unpaid Claim payable to the Consenting Creditors or the RBL Agent on account of Transaction Expenses shall constitute Allowed Administrative Claims and shall be paid on a current basis in full in Cash on the Effective Date, or to the extent accrued after the Effective Date, on a current basis in full in Cash as invoiced; provided that upon the payment of all fees and expenses due to the RBL Agent as adequate protection under the Final Cash Collateral Order, all other Claims for diminution of value under the Final Cash Collateral Order shall be irrevocably released, waived and discharged on the Effective Date unless the RBL Claims are not paid in full under the Plan. Nothing herein shall require the Consenting Creditors or the RBL Agent or their respective professionals to file applications, a Proof of Claim or otherwise seek approval of the Bankruptcy Court as a condition to the payment of such Allowed Administrative Claims.

B.	Final Fee Applications and Payment of Professional Fee Claims

All final requests for payment of Professional Fee Claims incurred during the period from the Petition Date through the Confirmation Date shall be Filed no later than 45 days after the Effective Date. All such final requests will be subject to approval by the Bankruptcy Court after notice and a hearing in accordance with the procedures established by the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rules, and prior orders of the Bankruptcy Court, including the Interim Compensation Order, and once approved by the Bankruptcy Court, shall be promptly paid from the Professional Fee Escrow Account up to the full Allowed amount. To the extent that funds held in the Professional Fee Escrow Account are insufficient to satisfy the amount of Professional Fee Claims owing to the Professionals, such Professionals shall have an Allowed Administrative Claim for any such deficiency, which shall be satisfied in accordance with Article II.A of the Plan.

C.	Professional Fee Escrow Amount

As soon as possible after Confirmation and not later than the Effective Date, the Debtors shall establish and fund the Professional Fee Escrow Account with Cash equal to the Professional Fee Escrow Amount. The Professional Fee Escrow Account shall be maintained in trust for the Professionals. Such funds shall not be considered property of the Debtors’ Estates. The amount of Professional Fee Claims owing to the Professionals shall be paid in Cash to such Professionals from funds held in the Professional Fee Escrow Account as soon as reasonably practicable after such Claims are Allowed by a Final Order. When all such Allowed amounts owing to Professionals have been paid in full, any remaining amount in the Professional Fee Escrow Account shall promptly be transferred to the Reorganized Debtors, subject to the Liens of the Exit Facility and such other Liens or other encumbrances as may be permitted thereby.

D.	Allocation and Estimation of Professional Fees and Expenses

Professionals shall reasonably estimate their unpaid Professional Fee Claims and other unpaid fees and expenses incurred before and as of the Confirmation Date, and shall deliver such estimate to the Debtors by the earlier of (a) five Business Days after the Confirmation Date and (b) two Business Days prior to the Effective Date; provided that such estimate shall not be considered an admission with respect to the fees and expenses of such Professional and such Professionals are not bound to any extent by the estimates. If a Professional does not provide an estimate, the Debtors may estimate the unbilled fees and expenses of such Professional.

E.	Post-Confirmation Date Fees and Expenses

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, from and after the Confirmation Date, the Debtors will, in the ordinary course of business and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, pay in Cash the reasonable and documented legal, professional, or other fees and expenses incurred by the Debtors. Upon the Confirmation Date, any requirement that Professionals and Ordinary Course Professionals comply with sections 327 through 331 and 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Interim Compensation Order, or the Ordinary Course Professionals Order, in seeking retention or compensation for services rendered after such date shall terminate, and the Debtors may employ and pay any Professional or Ordinary Course Professional in the ordinary course of business without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

F.	Priority Tax Claims

Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim and the Debtors against which such Allowed Priority Tax Claim is asserted agree to a less favorable treatment for such Holder, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Priority Tax Claim, each Holder of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall be treated in accordance with the terms set forth in section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code beginning on the Effective Date and, for the avoidance of doubt, Holders of Allowed Priority Tax Claims will receive interest on such Allowed Priority Tax Claims after the Effective Date in accordance with sections 511 and 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code.

G.	Statutory Fees

All fees due and payable pursuant to section 1930 of title 28 of the United States Code prior to the Effective Date shall be timely paid by the Debtors. On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall timely pay any and all such fees when due and payable, and shall File with the Bankruptcy Court quarterly reports in a form reasonably acceptable to the U.S. Trustee. Each Debtor shall remain obligated to pay such quarterly fees to the U.S. Trustee until the earliest of that particular Debtor’s case being closed, dismissed, or converted to a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.

ARTICLE III.

CLASSIFICATION, TREATMENT, AND VOTING OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS

A.	Classification of Claims and Interests

The Plan constitutes a separate plan proposed by each Debtor within the meaning of section 1121 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided that the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall consolidate Allowed Claims into one Estate for purposes of distributions for Class 5. Except for the Claims addressed in Article II of the Plan, all Claims and Interests are classified in the Classes set forth below for all purposes, including voting, Confirmation, and distribution pursuant to the Plan, all in accordance with sections 1122 and 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. A Claim or an Interest is classified in a particular Class only to the extent that the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of that Class and is classified in other Classes to the extent that any portion of the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of such other Classes. A Claim or an Interest also is classified in a particular Class for the purpose of receiving distributions under the Plan only to the extent that such Claim or Interest is an Allowed Claim or Existing Interest in that Class and has not been paid, released, or otherwise satisfied or disallowed by Final Order prior to the Effective Date.

Unless otherwise indicated, except to the extent that the Debtors and a Holder of such Allowed Claim or Interest, as applicable, agree to a less favorable treatment (subject to the consent of the Requisite Creditors, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), each Holder of an Allowed Claim or Interest, as applicable, shall receive such treatment on the Effective Date (or, if payment is not then due, in accordance with its terms in the ordinary course of business) or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. For all purposes under the Plan, each Class will contain sub-Classes for each of the Debtors, as applicable; provided, that any Class that does not contain any Allowed Claims or Existing Interests with respect to a particular Debtor will be treated in accordance with Article III.D below.

Below is a chart assigning each Class a number for purposes of identifying each separate Class.


Class	Claim or Interest	Status	Voting Rights
1	Other Secured Claims	Unimpaired	Deemed to Accept
2	Other Priority Claims	Unimpaired	Deemed to Accept
3	RBL Claims	Impaired	Entitled to Vote
4	Trade Claims	Unimpaired	Deemed to Accept
5	General Unsecured Claims	Impaired	Entitled to Vote
6	Intercompany Claims	Unimpaired, or Impaired	Deemed to Accept, or Presumed to Reject
7	Intercompany Interests	Unimpaired, or Impaired	Deemed to Accept, or Presumed to Reject
8	Existing Interests	Impaired	Entitled to Vote
9	Section 510(b) Claims	Impaired	Entitled to Vote

B.	Treatment of Classes of Claims and Interests

Class 1 — Other Secured Claims

Classification: Class 1 consists of all Other Secured Claims.

Treatment: Each Holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim shall receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Allowed Other Secured Claim, at the option of the applicable Debtor, either:

payment in full in Cash;

ii.

delivery of the Collateral securing any such Allowed Other Secured Claim;

iii.

Reinstatement of such Allowed Other Secured Claim, notwithstanding any contractual provision or applicable non-bankruptcy law that entitles the holder of such claim to demand or to receive payment prior to the stated maturity of such Allowed Other Secured Claim from and after the occurrence of default; or

iv.

such other treatment rendering such Allowed Other Secured Claim Unimpaired.

Voting: Class 1 is Unimpaired. Holders of Allowed Other Secured Claims in Class 1 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan under section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Holders of Allowed Other Secured Claims in Class 1 are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

Class 2 — Other Priority Claims

Classification: Class 2 consists of all Other Priority Claims.

Treatment: Each Holder of an Allowed Other Priority Claim shall receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Allowed Other Priority Claim, at the option of the applicable Debtors, either:

Cash in an amount equal to such Allowed Other Priority Claim; or

ii.

such other treatment rendering such Allowed Other Priority Claim Unimpaired.

Voting: Class 2 is Unimpaired. Holders of Allowed Other Priority Claims in Class 2 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan under section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Holders of Allowed Other Priority Claims in Class 2 are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

Class 3 — RBL Claims

Classification: Class 3 consists of all RBL Claims.

Treatment: The RBL Claims shall be Allowed and deemed to be Allowed Claims in the full amount outstanding under the RBL Credit Agreement and the Cash Collateral Orders, including all principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and all accrued and unpaid fees, expenses, and noncontingent or asserted indemnification claims payable under the RBL Credit Agreement and the Cash Collateral Orders. In full and final satisfaction of such

Allowed RBL Claim, each Holder of an Allowed RBL Claim shall receive, at the option of each Holder:

(1)

if such Holder votes to accept the Plan and elects to participate in the Exit Facility, its Pro Rata share of: (i) the Exit Facility Revolving Loan Commitments and (ii) the Exit Facility Effective Date Cash Amount; or

(2)

if such Holder does not vote to accept the Plan (including by voting against the Plan or failing to timely return a ballot) or does not elect to participate in the Exit Facility (including by not making any election with respect to the Exit Facility on the ballot), its Pro Rata share of the Exit Facility Term Loans.

For the avoidance of doubt, in either case, contingent or unasserted indemnification obligations under the RBL Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and shall not be discharged, impaired, or otherwise affected by this Plan.

Voting: Class 3 is Impaired. Holders of Allowed RBL Claims in Class 3 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

Class 4 — Trade Claims

Classification: Class 4 consists of all Trade Claims.

Treatment: Each Holder of an Allowed Trade Claim shall receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Allowed Trade Claim, payment in full of such Allowed Trade Claim on the Effective Date or otherwise in the ordinary course of the Debtors’ business.

Voting: Class 4 is Unimpaired. Holders of Allowed Trade Claims in Class 4 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan under section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. Holders of Allowed Trade Claims in Class 4 are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

Class 5 — General Unsecured Claims

Classification: Class 5 consists of all General Unsecured Claims.

Treatment: Each Holder of a General Unsecured Claim shall receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Allowed General Unsecured Claim, its Pro Rata share of the Claims Equity Pool; provided that if either Class 3 or Class 5 vote to reject the Plan, each Holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim shall receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Allowed General Unsecured Claim, its Pro Rata share of 100% of the New Common Stock, subject to dilution by the New Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Management Incentive Plan.

Voting: Class 5 is Impaired. Holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims in Class 5 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

Class 6 — Intercompany Claims

Classification: Class 6 consists of all Intercompany Claims.

Treatment: Unless otherwise provided for under the Plan, Intercompany Claims shall be Reinstated or modified as agreed by the Debtors and the Requisite Creditors.

Voting: Class 6 is either Unimpaired, in which case the Holders of Allowed Intercompany Claims in Class 6 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, or Impaired and not receiving any distribution under the Plan, in which case the Holders of such Allowed Intercompany Claims in Class 6 are presumed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, each Holder of an Allowed Intercompany Claim in Class 6 will not be entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

Class 7 — Intercompany Interests

Classification: Class 7 consists of all Intercompany Interests.

Treatment: Unless otherwise provided for under the Plan, Intercompany Claims shall be Reinstated or modified as agreed by the Debtors and the Requisite Creditors.

Voting: Class is either Unimpaired, in which case the Holders of Allowed Intercompany Interests in Class 7 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, or Impaired and not receiving any distribution under the Plan, in which case the Holders of such Allowed Intercompany Interests in Class 7 are presumed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, each Holder of an Allowed Intercompany Interest in Class 7 will not be entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

Class 8 — Existing Interests

Classification: Class 8 consists of all Existing Interests.

Treatment: Each Existing Interest shall be canceled, released, and expunged and shall be of no further force and effect. To the extent Class 3 and Class 5 vote to accept the Plan, each Holder of an Allowed Existing Interest shall receive its Pro Rata² share of (i) the Existing Interests Equity Pool, (ii) the New Warrants-A, and (iii) the New Warrants-B; provided that if either Class 3 or Class 5 vote to reject the Plan, Holders of Allowed Existing Interests shall receive no distribution.

Voting: Class 8 is Impaired. Holders of Existing Interests in Class 8 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

Class 9 — Section 510(b) Claims

Classification: Class 9 consists of all Section 510(b) Claims.

Treatment: Section 510(b) Claims will be canceled, released, and expunged and shall be of no further force and effect. To the extent Class 3 and Class 5 vote to accept the Plan,

²	For the treatment set forth in this Article III.B.8.b, the Pro Rata amounts shall be calculated as the Pro Rata share of all Allowed Existing Interests and Allowed Section 510(b) Claims.

each Holder of an Allowed Section 510(b) Claim shall receive its Pro Rata³ share of (i) the Existing Interests Equity Pool, (ii) the New Warrants-A, and (iii) the New Warrants-B; provided that if either Class 3 or Class 5 vote to reject the Plan, Holders of Allowed Section 510(b) Claims shall receive no distribution.

Voting: Class 9 is Impaired. Holders of Section 510(b) Claims in Class 9 are presumed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Holders of Section 510(b) Claims in Class 9 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

C.	Special Provision Governing Unimpaired Claims

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, nothing under the Plan shall affect the Debtors’ or the Reorganized Debtors’ rights regarding any Unimpaired Claim, including all rights regarding legal and equitable defenses to, or setoffs or recoupments against, any such Unimpaired Claim.

D.	Elimination of Vacant Classes

Any Class of Claims or Interests that does not have a Holder of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest, or a Claim or Interest temporarily Allowed by the Bankruptcy Court as of the date of the Confirmation Hearing, shall be deemed eliminated from the Plan for purposes of voting to accept or reject the Plan and for purposes of determining acceptance or rejection of the Plan by such Class pursuant to section 1129(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

E.	Voting Classes; Presumed Acceptance by Non-Voting Classes

If a Class contains Claims eligible to vote on the Plan and no Holder of Claims eligible to vote in such Class votes to accept or reject the Plan, the Plan shall be presumed accepted by the Holders of such Claims in such Class.

F.	Confirmation Pursuant to Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code

Section 1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code shall be satisfied for purposes of Confirmation by acceptance of the Plan by at least one Impaired Class of Claims. The Debtors shall seek Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any rejecting Class(es) of Claims or Interests. The Debtors reserve the right to modify the Plan in accordance with Article XI of the Plan to the extent, if any, that Confirmation pursuant to section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code requires modification, including by modifying the treatment applicable to a Class of Claims or Interests to render such Class of Claims or Interests Unimpaired to the extent permitted by the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Bankruptcy Code, and the Bankruptcy Rules.

G.	Intercompany Interests

To the extent Reinstated under the Plan, the Intercompany Interests shall be Reinstated for the ultimate benefit of the Holders of Claims and Interests that receive New Common Stock under the Plan, and the Intercompany Interests shall receive no recovery or distribution. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent Reinstated pursuant to the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, all Intercompany Interests shall be owned by the same Reorganized Debtor that corresponds with the Debtor that owned such Intercompany Interests prior to the Effective Date (subject to any modifications in the Restructuring Transactions Exhibit).

H.	Substantive Consolidation

The Plan is being proposed as a joint plan of reorganization of the Debtors for administrative purposes only and constitutes a separate chapter 11 plan of reorganization for each Debtor. The Plan is not premised upon the substantive consolidation of the Debtors with respect to the Classes of Claims or Interests set forth in the Plan; provided that the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall consolidate Allowed Claims into one Estate for purposes of distributions for Class 5.

³	For the treatment set forth in this Article III.B.9.b, the Pro Rata amounts shall be calculated as the Pro Rata share of all Allowed Existing Interests and Allowed Section 510(b) Claims.

I.	Subordinated Claims and Interests

The allowance, classification, and treatment of all Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests and their respective distributions and treatments under the Plan take into account and conform to the relative priority and rights of the Claims and Interests in each Class in connection with any contractual, legal, and equitable subordination rights relating thereto, whether arising under general principles of equitable subordination, section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise. Pursuant to section 510 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right to re-classify any Allowed Claim or Interest in accordance with any contractual, legal, or equitable subordination relating thereto.

ARTICLE IV.

PROVISIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN

A.	General Settlement of Claims, Interests, and Causes of Action

Pursuant to section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019, and in consideration for the classification, distributions, releases, and other benefits provided under the Plan, upon the Effective Date, the provisions of the Plan shall constitute a good faith compromise and settlement of all Claims, Interests, Causes of Action, and controversies released, settled, compromised, discharged, satisfied, or otherwise resolved pursuant to the Plan. The Plan shall be deemed a motion, proposed by the Debtors and joined by the Consenting Creditors to approve the good-faith compromise and settlement of all Claims, Interests, Causes of Action, and controversies pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019, and the entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the compromise and settlement of all such Claims, Interests, Causes of Action, and controversies, as well as a finding by the Bankruptcy Court that such compromise and settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors, their Estates, and Holders of Claims and Interests and is fair, equitable, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Debtors and their Estates.

Without limiting the foregoing, pursuant to section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019, the Plan shall constitute a good faith compromise and settlement of all Claims and Causes of Action raised by the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee or EJS Investment Holdings, LLC in connection with or relating to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Chapter 11 Cases, or related matters. On the Effective Date, the Debtors shall remit (a) Cash in an amount equal to $150,000 to Herrick Feinstein LLP on account of professional fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with services rendered to the Convertible Indenture Notes Trustee, and (b) Cash in an amount equal to $450,000 to EJS Investment Holdings, LLC on account of professional fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases. Subject to the foregoing, the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee and EJS Investment Holdings, LLC shall immediately support, and take no further actions to object to, the Plan (including its releases and exculpations) (the “Convertible Notes Litigation Settlement”).

B.	Restructuring Transactions

On the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Reorganized Debtors shall consummate the Restructuring Transactions and take all actions to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions, including: (1) the execution and delivery of any appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, restructuring, conversion, disposition, transfer, formation, organization, dissolution, or liquidation containing terms that are consistent with the terms of the Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement, and that satisfy the requirements of applicable law and any other terms to which the applicable Entities may agree, including the documents comprising the Plan Supplement and the New Organizational Documents; (2) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption, or delegation of any asset, property, right, liability, debt, or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of the Plan and the Restructuring Support Agreement and having other terms for which the applicable Entities may agree; (3) the execution, delivery and filing, if applicable, of appropriate certificates or articles of incorporation, formation, reincorporation, merger, consolidation, conversion, or dissolution pursuant to applicable state law, including any applicable New Organizational Documents; (4) such other transactions that are required to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions; and (5) all other actions that the applicable Entities determine to be necessary or appropriate, including making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable law.

C.	Employee and Retiree Benefits

Unless otherwise provided herein, and subject to Article V hereof, all employee wages and Compensation and Benefits Programs in place as of the Effective Date with the Debtors shall be assumed by the Reorganized Debtors and shall remain in place as of the Effective Date, and the Reorganized Debtors will continue to honor such agreements, arrangements, programs, and plans. For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to section 1129(a)(13) of the Bankruptcy Code, from and after the Effective Date, all retiree benefits (as such term is defined in section 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code), if any, shall continue to be paid in accordance with applicable law.

D.	Issuance and Distribution of New Common Stock and Warrants

All Existing Interests shall be canceled on the Effective Date and Reorganized Whiting Parent shall issue the New Common Stock, the New Warrants-A, and the New Warrants-B to Holders of Claims and Interests entitled to receive the New Common Stock, the New Warrants-A, and the New Warrants-B, as applicable, pursuant to the Plan in the proportions set forth in the Plan. The issuance of New Common Stock, including any New Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the New Warrants-A and the New Warrants-B, shall be duly authorized without the need for any further corporate action and without any further action by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors or by Holders of any Claims or Interests, as applicable. All New Common Stock, New Warrants-A, and New Warrants-B issued under the Plan shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.

E.	The Exit Facility

On the Effective Date, the applicable Reorganized Debtors shall enter into the Exit Facility, including any documents required in connection with the creation, continuation, or perfection of Liens in connection therewith. The Confirmation Order shall include approval of the Exit Facility and the Exit Facility Documents, subject to the consent of the Requisite Creditors (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), all transactions contemplated thereby, and all actions to be taken, undertakings to be made, and obligations to be incurred and fees paid by the Reorganized Debtors in connection therewith, and authorization of the Reorganized Debtors to enter into, execute, and perform under the Exit Facility Documents and all related documents and agreements to the extent a party thereto, and authorization for the Reorganized Debtors to create or perfect the Liens in connection therewith.

The Exit Facility Documents shall constitute legal, valid, binding, and authorized obligations of the Reorganized Debtors, enforceable in accordance with their terms. The financial accommodations to be extended pursuant to the Exit Facility Documents are being extended, and shall be deemed to have been extended, in good faith, for legitimate business purposes, are reasonable, shall not be subject to any Claims, Causes of Action, avoidance, reduction, recharacterization, subordination (whether contractual or otherwise), cross claim, disallowance, impairment, objection, or challenges under any applicable law or regulation by any Person for any purposes whatsoever, and shall not constitute preferential transfers, fraudulent transfers, obligations, or conveyances, or other voidable transfers or obligations under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable non-bankruptcy law.

The Exit Facility Lenders shall have valid, binding, and enforceable Liens on the Collateral (or other property identified as “Collateral” therein) specified in, and to the extent required by, the Exit Facility Documents. To the extent granted, the guarantees, mortgages, pledges, Liens and other security interests granted pursuant to the Exit Facility Documents are granted in good faith as an inducement to the Exit Facility Lenders to extend credit thereunder and shall be deemed not to constitute a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, shall not otherwise be subject to avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination (whether contractual or otherwise) for any purposes whatsoever, and the priorities of any such Liens and security interests shall be as set forth in the relevant Exit Facility Documents. The Reorganized Debtors and the persons and entities granted such Liens are authorized to make all filings and recordings, and to obtain all governmental approvals and consents necessary to establish and perfect such Liens under the provisions of the applicable state, provincial, federal, or other law (whether domestic or foreign) that would be applicable in the absence of the Plan and the Confirmation Order, and will thereafter cooperate to make all other filings and recordings that otherwise would be necessary under applicable law to give notice of such Liens to third parties.

F.	Management Incentive Plan

On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board shall implement the MIP Pool, and following the Effective Date, the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board shall determine the other terms and conditions of the Management Incentive Plan.

G.	Management of Reorganized Whiting

The Debtors’ current management team shall remain in their current positions after consummation of the Restructuring Transactions, and the Debtors shall enter into new employment agreements with their current management team in connection with the Restructuring Transactions.

H.	Exemption from Registration Requirements

The offering, issuance, and distribution of any Securities pursuant to the Plan, including the New Common Stock, the New Warrants-A and the New Warrants-B, will be exempt from the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act or any similar federal, state, or local law in reliance on section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, the New Common Stock, the New Warrants-A and the New Warrants-B issued under the Plan may be sold without registration under the Securities Act by the recipients thereof, subject to: (1) the provisions of section 1145(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code relating to the definition of an underwriter in section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act and compliance with any applicable state or foreign securities laws, if any, and the rules and regulations of the SEC, if any, applicable at the time of any future transfer of such Securities or instruments; (2) any other applicable regulatory approval; and (3) the transfer restrictions set forth in the New Organizational Documents, if any.

The New Common Stock, the New Warrants-A, the New Warrants-B and the New Common Stock issued upon the exercise of the New Warrants-A or the New Warrants-B shall be reflected through the facilities of DTC, and neither the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, nor any other Person shall be required to provide any further evidence other than the Plan or the Confirmation Order with respect to the treatment of such New Common Stock, New Warrants-A, New Warrants-B or New Common Stock issued upon the exercise of the New Warrants-A or the New Warrants-B under applicable securities laws.

DTC shall be required to accept and conclusively rely upon the Plan or Confirmation Order in lieu of a legal opinion regarding whether the New Common Stock, the New Warrants-A, the New Warrants-B and the New Common Stock issued upon exercise of the New Warrants-A or New Warrants-B are exempt from registration and/or eligible for DTC book-entry delivery, settlement, and depository services.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, no entity (including, for the avoidance of doubt, DTC) shall be entitled to require a legal opinion regarding the validity of any transaction contemplated by the Plan, including, for the avoidance of doubt, whether New Common Stock, the New Warrants-A, the New Warrants-B and the New Common Stock issued upon exercise of the New Warrants-A or New Warrants-B are exempt from registration and/or eligible for DTC book-entry delivery, settlement, and depository services.

I.	Vesting of Assets

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in any agreement, instrument, or other document incorporated in the Plan or the Plan Supplement, on the Effective Date, all property in each Debtor’s Estate, all Causes of Action, and any property acquired by each of the Debtors under the Plan shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor, free and clear of all Liens, Claims, charges, or other encumbrances other than the Liens of the Exit Facility and such other Liens or other encumbrances as may be permitted thereby. On and after the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided in the Plan, each Reorganized Debtor may operate its business and may use, acquire, or dispose of property and pursue, compromise or settle any Claims, Interests, or Causes of Action without supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules.

J.	Cancellation of Instruments, Certificates, and Other Documents

Except as otherwise provided in this Plan or any agreement, instrument, or other document incorporated in this Plan or the Plan Supplement, on the Effective Date, (a) all notes, instruments, Certificates, and other documents evidencing Claims or Interests, including the Indentures and the RBL Credit Agreement, and (b) any other credit agreements and indentures, shall be terminated and canceled and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder or in any way related thereto shall be deemed satisfied in full and discharged and the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, and the RBL Agent shall be released from all duties thereunder without any need for further action or approval by the Bankruptcy Court or any Holder or other person, provided that any contingent indemnification obligations relating to unasserted claims under the RBL Credit Agreement shall survive in accordance with their terms. In addition to the foregoing, the Indentures and the RBL Credit Agreement shall survive the occurrence of the Effective Date and shall continue in effect solely to the extent necessary to: (i) allow a Disbursing Agent, the RBL Agent, the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee to make distributions under the Plan to the Holders of RBL Claims and Notes Claims, as applicable; (ii) allow the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, and the RBL Agent to make post-Effective Date distributions or take such other action pursuant to the Plan on account of Allowed Notes Claims and Allowed RBL Claims, as applicable, and to otherwise exercise their rights and discharge their obligations relating to the interests of the Holders of such Claims in accordance with the Plan; (iii) allow the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, and the RBL Agent to enforce their rights, claims and interests vis-à -vis any parties other than the Debtors; (iv) allow the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, and the RBL Agent to maintain or assert any rights it may have against the distributions to Holders of Notes Claims (including the Indenture Trustee Charging Liens) and RBL Claims, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the Indentures or RBL Credit Agreement, as applicable, for the payment of outstanding Indenture Trustee Fees and any other fees, expenses and indemnification obligations arising under (and due pursuant to the terms of) the Indentures; provided that except as expressly provided in this Article IV.J, nothing in this Article IV.J shall affect the discharge of Claims pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, the Confirmation Order or the Plan or result in any liability or expense to the Reorganized Debtors; (v) permit the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee and the RBL Agent to assert their respective Indenture Trustee Charging Liens or other charging liens; (vi) permit the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee and the RBL Agent to appear in the Chapter 11 Cases; and (vii) allow the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, and the RBL Agent to maintain any right of indemnification, contribution, subrogation or any other claim or entitlement they may have under the applicable Indentures and the RBL Credit Agreement. Except for the foregoing with respect to such other rights of the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee that survive the Indentures, as applicable, the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee, the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, the RBL Agent, and their respective agents shall be relieved of all further duties and responsibilities related to the Indentures, the RBL Credit Agreement, and the Plan, as applicable.

If the record holder of the Notes is DTC or its nominee or another securities depository or custodian thereof, and such Notes are represented by a global security held by or on behalf of DTC or such other securities depository or custodian, then each such Holder of the Notes shall be deemed to have surrendered such Holder’s note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness upon surrender of such global security by DTC or such other securities depository or custodian thereof.

K.	Holders of Working and Similar Interests.

The legal and equitable rights, interests, defenses, and obligations of lessors under the Debtors’ oil and gas leases, holders of certain other mineral interests related to the Debtors’ oil and gas properties, owners of non-operating working interests in the Debtors’ oil and gas properties, counterparties to the Debtors’ joint operating agreements, and holders of claims related to joint-interest billings and other similar working interests shall not be impaired in any manner by the provisions of this Plan. Nor shall anything in this Plan impair the related legal and equitable rights, interests, defenses, or obligations of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors. To the extent applicable, such Claims or Interests shall be Reinstated pursuant to this Plan.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Article IV.K shall limit the Debtors’ rights to reject any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code or pursuant to Article V hereof; provided that overriding royalty interests and joint-interest billings shall not constitute Executory Contracts or

Unexpired Leases. Accordingly, for the avoidance of doubt, overriding royalty interests and joint-interest billings are not eligible to be assumed or rejected pursuant to the Plan. All parties’ rights are reserved to timely object to any proposed rejection of a joint operating agreement and with respect to the classification of any Rejection Damages Claim resulting therefrom.

L.	Corporate Action

On and after the Effective Date, all actions contemplated by the Plan are and shall be deemed authorized and approved by the Bankruptcy Court in all respects without any further corporate or equity holder action, including, as applicable: (1) the adoption, execution, and/or filing of the New Organizational Documents; (2) the selection of the directors, managers, and officers for the Reorganized Debtors, including the appointment of the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board; (3) the authorization, issuance, entry into and distribution, as applicable, of the Exit Facility and the New Common Stock, and the execution, delivery, and filing of any documents pertaining thereto, as applicable; (4) the rejection, assumption, or assumption and assignment, as applicable, of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases; (5) the formation of any Entities pursuant to the Restructuring Transactions; (6) the implementation of the Restructuring Transactions, including any transaction contemplated by the Restructuring Transactions Exhibit; (7) the adoption of the Management Incentive Plan by the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board; and (8) all other actions contemplated by the Plan (whether to occur before, on, or after the Effective Date). Upon the Effective Date, all matters provided for in the Plan involving the corporate structure of the Reorganized Debtors, and any corporate, partnership, limited liability company, or other governance action required by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have occurred and shall be in effect, without any requirement of further corporate or other action by any Security holders, members, directors, or officers of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable.

On or before the Effective Date, as applicable, the appropriate directors and officers of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors shall be (or shall be deemed to have been) authorized and (as applicable) directed to issue, execute, and deliver the agreements, documents, Securities, and instruments contemplated by the Plan (or necessary or desirable to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions) in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors, including and any and all other agreements, documents, Securities, and instruments relating to the foregoing, to the extent not previously authorized by the Bankruptcy Court. The authorizations and approvals contemplated by this Article IV.L shall be effective notwithstanding any requirements under non-bankruptcy law.

M.	Corporate Existence

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or any agreement, instrument, or other document incorporated in the Plan or the Plan Supplement, on the Effective Date, or as otherwise may be agreed between the Debtors and the Requisite Creditors, each Debtor shall continue to exist on and after the Effective Date as a separate corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other form of entity, as the case may be, with all the powers of a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other form of entity, as the case may be, pursuant to the applicable law in the jurisdiction in which each applicable Debtor is incorporated or formed and pursuant to the respective certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or other analogous formation documents) in effect before the Effective Date, except to the extent such certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or other analogous formation, constituent or governance documents) is amended by the Plan or otherwise, and to the extent any such document is amended, such document is deemed to be amended pursuant to the Plan and requires no further action or approval (other than any requisite filings required under applicable state or federal law).

N.	New Organizational Documents

On the Effective Date, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the Reorganized Debtors’ certificates of incorporation and bylaws (and other formation and constituent documents relating to limited liability companies) shall be amended or amended and restated, as applicable, as may be required to be consistent with the provisions of the Plan, the New Organizational Documents, as applicable, and the Bankruptcy Code. To the extent required under the Plan or applicable nonbankruptcy law, the Reorganized Debtors will file their respective New Organizational Documents with the applicable Secretaries of State and/or other applicable authorities in their respective states, provinces, or countries of incorporation in accordance with the corporate laws of the respective states, provinces, or countries of incorporation. The New Organizational Documents shall, among other things: (1) authorize the issuance

of the New Common Stock, the New Warrants-A, and the New Warrants-B; and (2) pursuant to and only to the extent required by section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, include a provision prohibiting the issuance of non-voting equity Securities. After the Effective Date, each Reorganized Debtor may amend and restate its certificate of incorporation and other formation and constituent documents as permitted by the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation and the terms of the New Organizational Documents.

O.	Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions

On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors and the officers and members of the boards of directors and managers (or other relevant governing body) thereof, including the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board, shall be authorized to and may issue, execute, deliver, file, or record such contracts, Securities, instruments, releases, and other agreements or documents and take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement, and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan including the Exit Facility Documents and the Securities issued pursuant to the Plan in the name of and on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors, without the need for any approvals, authorizations, or consents except for those expressly required under the Plan.

P.	Section 1146(a) Exemption

To the fullest extent permitted by section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, any transfers (whether from a Debtor to a Reorganized Debtor or to any other Person) of property under the Plan (including the Restructuring Transactions) or pursuant to: (1) the issuance, distribution, transfer, or exchange of any debt, equity Security, or other interest in the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors; (2) the creation, modification, consolidation, termination, refinancing, and/or recording of any mortgage, deed of trust, or other security interest, or the securing of additional indebtedness by such or other means; (3) the making, assignment, or recording of any lease or sublease; (4) the grant of Collateral (or other property identified as “Collateral” therein) as security for the Exit Facility; or (5) the making, delivery, or recording of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of, or in connection with, the Plan, including any deeds, bills of sale, assignments, or other instrument of transfer executed in connection with any transaction arising out of, contemplated by, or in any way related to the Plan (including the Restructuring Transactions), shall not be subject to any document recording tax, stamp tax, conveyance fee, intangibles or similar tax, mortgage tax, real estate transfer tax, mortgage recording tax, Uniform Commercial Code filing or recording fee, regulatory filing or recording fee, or other similar tax or governmental assessment, and upon entry of the Confirmation Order, the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents shall forego the collection of any such tax or governmental assessment and accept for filing and recordation any of the foregoing instruments or other documents without the payment of any such tax, recordation fee, or governmental assessment. All filing or recording officers (or any other Person with authority over any of the foregoing), wherever located and by whomever appointed, shall comply with the requirements of section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall forego the collection of any such tax or governmental assessment, and shall accept for filing and recordation any of the foregoing instruments or other documents without the payment of any such tax or governmental assessment.

Q.	Directors and Officers

As of the Effective Date, the term of the current members of the boards of directors of the Debtors shall expire, and the initial boards of directors, including the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board, as well as the officers of each of the Reorganized Debtors, shall be appointed in accordance with the New Organizational Documents and other constituent documents of each Reorganized Debtor. The Reorganized Whiting Parent Board will consist of (i) the Reorganized Debtors’ chief executive officer and (ii) the other directors selected by the Requisite Creditors, whose identities shall be disclosed in the Plan Supplement.

The New Organizational Documents shall provide that any independent director appointed to the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board shall be unaffiliated with any person that has designation rights for the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board.

Pursuant to section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors will, to the extent reasonably practicable, disclose in advance of the Confirmation Hearing the identity and affiliations of any Person proposed to serve on the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board, as well as those Persons that will serve as officers of the Reorganized Debtors. To the extent any such director or officer is an “insider” under the Bankruptcy Code, the nature of any compensation

to be paid to such director or officer will also be disclosed. Provisions regarding the removal, appointment, and replacement of members of the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board will be disclosed in the New Organizational Documents.

R.	Potential Wind-Down of Canadian Debtor Entity

The Debtors may, in their discretion, determine to transfer and/or sell the assets of Canadian HoldCo to the other Debtors on or after the Effective Date without any further approval from the Court, and in connection therewith, take steps to wind down Canadian HoldCo in accordance with applicable law. To the extent the Debtors determine to wind down Canadian HoldCo in connection with the Plan, the detailed steps will be included in the Restructuring Transactions Exhibit to be included in the Plan Supplement.

S.	Preservation of Causes of Action

Unless any Causes of Action against an Entity are expressly waived, relinquished, exculpated, released, compromised, or settled in the Plan, including pursuant to Article VIII of the Plan or a Final Order, in accordance with section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, such Causes of Action shall be Retained Causes of Action, whether arising before or after the Petition Date, including any actions specifically enumerated in the Plan Supplement, and the Reorganized Debtors’ rights to commence, prosecute, or settle such Retained Causes of Action shall be preserved notwithstanding the occurrence of the Effective Date. No Entity may rely on the absence of a specific reference in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or the Disclosure Statement to any Cause of Action against them as any indication that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors will not pursue any and all available Causes of Action against them. The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors expressly reserve all rights to prosecute any and all Causes of Action against any Entity, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. Unless any Causes of Action against an Entity are expressly waived, relinquished, exculpated, released, compromised, or settled in the Plan, including pursuant to Article VIII of the Plan or a Final Order, the Reorganized Debtors expressly reserve all Causes of Action, for later adjudication, and, therefore, no preclusion doctrine, including the doctrines of res judicata, collateral estoppel, issue preclusion, claim preclusion, estoppel (judicial, equitable, or otherwise), or laches, shall apply to such Causes of Action upon, after, or as a consequence of the Confirmation or Consummation. For the avoidance of doubt, in no instance will any Cause of Action preserved pursuant to this Article IV.R include any claim or Cause of Action with respect to, or against, a Released Party that is released under Article VIII of the Plan.

In accordance with section 1123(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, any Causes of Action preserved pursuant to the first paragraph of this Article IV.R that a Debtor may hold against any Entity shall vest in the Reorganized Debtors. The applicable Reorganized Debtor, through its authorized agents or representatives, shall retain and may exclusively enforce any and all such Causes of Action. The Reorganized Debtors shall have the exclusive right, authority, and discretion to determine and to initiate, file, prosecute, enforce, abandon, settle, compromise, release, withdraw, or litigate to judgment any such Causes of Action, or to decline to do any of the foregoing, without the consent or approval of any third party or any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

T.	Indenture Trustee Expenses

On the Effective Date, and without any further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors shall pay the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee Fee Payment Amount and the reasonable fees and expenses of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee in Cash; provided that The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, and the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee shall provide the Debtors with the invoices (subject to redaction to preserve attorney-client privilege) for which it seeks payment no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the Effective Date. If the Debtors dispute any such invoice, the Debtors shall (i) pay the undisputed portion of such invoices, (ii) notify The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, as applicable, with respect to any disputed portion within ten (10) days after presentation of the invoices to the Debtors, and (iii) escrow the amount of any disputed portion of such invoices pending any resolution. Upon such notification, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, as applicable, may submit such dispute for resolution by the Bankruptcy Court. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Plan (including, without limitation, the Convertible Notes Litigation Settlement) affects the rights of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, as applicable, to exercise their respective Indenture

Trustee Charging Liens pursuant to the terms of the applicable Indentures; provided that the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors reserve all rights pursuant to the Indentures with respect to whether any such amounts (including fees, compensation, expenses, and costs) are “reasonable” as required by the Indentures.

To the extent the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee provide services or incur costs or expenses, including professional fees, related to or in connection with the Plan, the Confirmation Order or the Indentures after the Effective Date, the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive from the Reorganized Debtors, without further Bankruptcy Court approval, reasonable compensation for such services and reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred with such services. The payment of such compensation and expenses will be made promptly or as otherwise agreed to by the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, and the Reorganized Debtors, subject to the consent of the Requisite Creditors (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).

The payment of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, and the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee as set forth in the applicable Indenture shall be considered a distribution on account of Notes Claims.

U.	Transaction Expenses

The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, will, on the Effective Date (or, to the extent not known or submitted to the Debtors for payment as of the Effective Date, promptly following receipt of an invoice therefor, whether incurred before or after the Effective Date) and to the extent invoiced in accordance with the terms of the applicable engagement letter (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no invoices shall be required to include itemized time detail), pay the Transaction Expenses (whether accrued prepetition or postpetition and to the extent not otherwise paid during the Chapter 11 Cases), without the need for application by any such parties to the Bankruptcy Court, and without notice and a hearing pursuant to section 1129(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, all fees and expenses set forth in any engagement letter of any of the foregoing professionals executed by Whiting Parent or any of its subsidiaries prior to or during the Chapter 11 Cases shall be deemed reasonable by the Debtors and the Consenting Creditors for purposes of determining what constitutes Transaction Expenses.

V.	Closing the Chapter 11 Cases

On and after the Effective Date, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors shall be permitted to close all of the Chapter 11 Cases of the Debtors except for the Chapter 11 Case of Whiting Parent and any other Debtor identified in the Restructuring Transactions Exhibit as having its Chapter 11 Case remain open following the Effective Date, and all contested matters relating to any of the Debtors, including objections to Claims, shall be administered and heard in the Chapter 11 Case of Whiting Parent, irrespective of whether such Claim(s) were Filed against a Debtor whose Chapter 11 Case was closed.

When all Disputed Claims have become Allowed or disallowed and all distributions have been made in accordance with the Plan, the Reorganized Debtors shall seek authority to close any remaining Chapter 11 Cases in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules.

W.	Settlement of Existing Employee Awards

As part of their ordinary course compensation practices, the Debtors have historically awarded certain equity incentives, including restricted stock awards, performance share awards, performance share units, stock-settled restricted stock units and cash-settled restricted stock units to eligible employees. Prior to the Effective Date, the compensation committee of Whiting Petroleum Corporation’s Board of Directors, as permitted by the governing equity incentive plan documents, may elect to settle outstanding cash-settled restricted stock awards in existing common stock in the Debtors, rather than in cash. To the extent that such restricted stock units are settled in existing common stock, such restricted stock units, along with any other equity incentives designed to be settled in common stock, shall receive the treatment as Existing Interests as provided in Article III.A.8 of the Plan.

ARTICLE V.

TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

A.	Assumption or Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

Unless an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease: (i) was previously assumed or rejected by the Debtors, pursuant to a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court entered prior to the Effective Date; (ii) previously expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms or by agreement of the parties thereto; (iii) is the subject of a motion to reject filed by the Debtors on or before the Confirmation Date, (iv) contains a change of control or similar provision that would be triggered by the Chapter 11 Cases (unless such provision has been irrevocably waived); or (v) is specifically designated as a contract or lease to be rejected on the Schedule of Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, on the Effective Date, each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease shall be deemed assumed pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, without the need for any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, unless such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is listed on the Schedule of Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, if any; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be assumed, assumed and assigned, or rejected without the written consent of the Requisite Creditors (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld). The assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases hereunder may include the assignment of certain of such contracts to Affiliates. The Confirmation Order will constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the above-described assumptions, rejections, and assumptions and assignments.

Except as otherwise provided herein or agreed to by the Debtors and the applicable counterparty, each assumed Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall include all modifications, amendments, supplements, restatements, or other agreements related thereto, and all rights related thereto, if any, including all easements, licenses, permits, rights, privileges, immunities, options, rights of first refusal, and any other interests. Modifications, amendments, supplements, and restatements to prepetition Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases that have been executed by the Debtors during the Chapter 11 Cases shall not be deemed to alter the prepetition nature of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or the validity, priority, or amount of any Claims that may arise in connection therewith. To the extent applicable, no change of control (or similar provision) will be deemed to occur under any such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease.

If certain, but not all, of a contract counterparty’s Executory Contracts and/or Unexpired Leases are assumed pursuant to the Plan, the Confirmation Order shall be a determination that such counterparty’s Executory Contracts and/or Unexpired Leases that are being rejected pursuant to the Plan are severable agreements that are not integrated with those Executory Contracts and/or Unexpired Leases that are being assumed pursuant to the Plan. Parties seeking to contest this finding with respect to their Executory Contracts and/or Unexpired Leases must file a timely objection to the Plan on the grounds that their agreements are integrated and not severable, and any such dispute shall be resolved by the Bankruptcy Court at the Confirmation Hearing (to the extent not resolved by the parties prior to the Confirmation Hearing).

B.	Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases

Counterparties to Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases listed on the Schedule of Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, if any, shall be served with a notice of rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases with the Plan Supplement. Proofs of Claim with respect to Claims arising from the rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, if any, must be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court within 30 days after the date of the order of the Bankruptcy Court approving such rejection. Any Claims arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that are not Filed within such time will be automatically disallowed, forever barred from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against, as applicable, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, or property of the foregoing parties, without the need for any objection by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, or further notice to, or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity, and any Claim arising out of the rejection of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged, notwithstanding anything in a Proof of Claim to the contrary. Claims arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases shall be classified as General Unsecured Claims and shall be treated in accordance with Article III of the Plan.

To the extent that a Rejection Damages Claim is Allowed on or before the Rejection Damages Claim Determination Date, the Holder of such Rejection Damages Claim shall receive the applicable distribution under the Plan on the Effective Date. To the extent that a Rejection Damages Claim is Allowed after the Rejection Damages Claim Determination Date, the Holder of such Rejection Damages Claim shall receive its applicable distribution under the Plan in accordance with the provisions set forth in Article VII of the Plan.

C.	Cure of Defaults for Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

On the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall pay all Cure Costs relating to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases that are being assumed under the Plan. Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by the parties to the applicable Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, all requests for payment of Cure Costs that differ from the amounts paid or proposed to be paid by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors to a counterparty must be Filed with the Solicitation Agent on or before 14 days after receiving the applicable Cure Notice. Any such request that is not timely Filed shall be disallowed and forever barred, estopped, and enjoined from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, without the need for any objection by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors or any other party in interest or any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. Any Cure Costs shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged upon payment by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors of the applicable Cure Costs; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the Reorganized Debtors from paying any Cure Costs despite the failure of the relevant counterparty to file such request for payment of such Cure Costs. The Reorganized Debtors also may settle any Cure Costs without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. In addition, any objection to the assumption of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease under the Plan must be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or before the Confirmation Hearing. Any such objection will be scheduled to be heard by the Bankruptcy Court at the Confirmation Hearing or at the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’, as applicable, first scheduled omnibus hearing for which such objection is timely Filed. Any counterparty to an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that fails to timely object to the proposed assumption of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease will be deemed to have consented to such assumption.

If there is any dispute regarding any Cure Costs, the ability of the Reorganized Debtors or any assignee to provide “adequate assurance of future performance” within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any other matter pertaining to assumption, then payment of any Cure Costs shall occur as soon as reasonably practicable after entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute, approving such assumption (and, if applicable, assignment), or as may be agreed upon by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and the counterparty to the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease. The Debtors and Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right at any time to move to reject any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease based upon the existence of any such unresolved dispute. If the Bankruptcy Court determines that the Allowed Cure Cost with respect to any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is greater than the amount set forth in the applicable Cure Notice, the Debtors shall have the right to add such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to the Schedule of Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, in which case such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease will be deemed rejected as of the Effective Date subject to the applicable counterparty’s right to object to such rejection.

Assumption of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to the Plan or otherwise and full payment of any applicable Cure Costs pursuant to this Article V.C shall result in the full release and satisfaction of any Cures, Claims, or defaults, whether monetary or nonmonetary, including defaults of provisions restricting the change in control or ownership interest composition or other bankruptcy-related defaults, arising under any assumed Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease at any time prior to the effective date of assumption. Any and all Proofs of Claim based upon Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases that have been assumed in the Chapter 11 Cases, including pursuant to the Confirmation Order, and for which any Cure Costs have been fully paid pursuant to this Article V.C, shall be deemed disallowed and expunged as of the Effective Date without the need for any objection thereto or any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

D.	Indemnification

On and as of the Effective Date, the Indemnification Obligations will be assumed, irrevocable with respect to any claims relating to acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Date, and will survive the effectiveness of the Plan, and the New Organizational Documents will provide for the indemnification, defense, reimbursement,

exculpation, and/or limitation of liability of, and advancement of fees and expenses to the Debtors’ and the Reorganized Debtors’ directors, officers, employees, or agents that were employed by, or serving on the board of directors (or similar governing body) of, any of the Debtors as of the Petition Date and/or at any time in the period between the Petition Date and the Effective Date, to the fullest extent permitted by law and at least to the same extent as the organizational documents of each of the respective Debtors on the Petition Date or the applicable period between the Petition Date and the Effective Date, against any Claims or Causes of Action whether direct or derivative, liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, disputed or undisputed, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, asserted or unasserted, and, notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, none of the Reorganized Debtors will amend and/or restate the New Organizational Documents before or after the Effective Date to terminate or adversely affect any of the Reorganized Debtors’ obligations to provide such indemnification rights or such directors’, officers’, employees’, or agents’ indemnification rights with respect to any claims relating to acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Date.

E.	Insurance Policies

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, all of the Debtors’ insurance policies and any agreements, documents, or instruments relating thereto, are treated as and deemed to be Executory Contracts under the Plan. On the Effective Date, pursuant to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors shall be deemed to have assumed all insurance policies and any agreements, documents, and instruments related thereto, including all D&O Liability Insurance Policies (including tail coverage liability insurance). Entry of the Confirmation Order will constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the Reorganized Debtors’ assumption of all such insurance policies, including the D&O Liability Insurance Policies. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, Confirmation of the Plan shall not discharge, impair, or otherwise modify any indemnity obligations assumed by the foregoing assumption of insurance policies, including the D&O Liability Insurance Policies, and each such indemnity obligation will be deemed and treated as an Executory Contract that has been assumed by the Reorganized Debtors under the Plan as to which no Proof of Claim or Claim for Cure Costs need be Filed, and shall survive the Effective Date.

F.	Employee Compensation and Benefits

Compensation and Benefits Programs

Subject to the provisions of the Plan, all Compensation and Benefits Programs shall be treated as Executory Contracts under the Plan and deemed assumed on the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, except for:

(a)

all employee equity or equity-based incentive plans, and any provisions set forth in the Compensation and Benefits Programs that provide for rights to acquire Interests in any of the Debtors;

(b)

any Compensation and Benefits Programs that, as of the entry of the Confirmation Order, have been specifically waived by the beneficiaries of any employee benefit plan or contract; and

(e)

Compensation and Benefits Programs that have been rejected pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court or is listed on the Schedule of Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.

Any assumption of Compensation and Benefits Programs pursuant to the terms herein shall not be deemed to trigger any applicable change of control, immediate vesting, termination, or similar provisions therein. No counterparty shall have rights under a Compensation and Benefits Programs assumed pursuant to the Plan other than those applicable immediately prior to such assumption.

Workers’ Compensation Programs.

As of the Effective Date, except as set forth in the Plan Supplement, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors shall continue to honor their obligations under: (a) all applicable workers’ compensation laws in states in which the

Reorganized Debtors operate; and (b) the Debtors’ written contracts, agreements, agreements of indemnity, self-insured workers’ compensation bonds, policies, programs, and plans for workers’ compensation and workers’ compensation insurance. All Proofs of Claim on account of workers’ compensation shall be deemed withdrawn automatically and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court; provided that nothing in the Plan shall limit, diminish, or otherwise alter the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ defenses, Causes of Action, or other rights under applicable non-bankruptcy law with respect to any such contracts, agreements, policies, programs, and plans; provided further that nothing herein shall be deemed to impose any obligations on the Debtors in addition to what is provided for under applicable state law.

G.	Contracts and Leases After the Petition Date

Contracts and leases entered into after the Petition Date by any Debtor, including any Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases assumed under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, will be performed by the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor liable thereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such contracts and leases that are not rejected under the Plan shall survive and remain unaffected by entry of the Confirmation Order.

H.	Reservation of Rights

Nothing contained in the Plan or the Plan Supplement shall constitute an admission by the Debtors or any other party that any contract or lease is in fact an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder. If there is a dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or unexpired at the time of assumption, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have 45 days following entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute to alter their treatment of such contract or lease.

I.	Nonoccurrence of Effective Date

In the event that the Effective Date does not occur, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to any request to extend the deadline for assuming or rejecting Unexpired Leases pursuant to section 365(d)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.

ARTICLE VI.

PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS

A.	Distributions on Account of Claims and Interests Allowed as of the Effective Date

Except as otherwise provided herein, in a Final Order, or as otherwise agreed to by the Debtors (or the Reorganized Debtors) and the Holder of the applicable Claim or Interest, on the first Distribution Date, the Distribution Agent shall make initial distributions under the Plan on account of Claims and Interests Allowed on or before the Effective Date; provided, however, that (1) Allowed Administrative Claims with respect to liabilities incurred by the Debtors in the ordinary course of business shall be paid or performed in the ordinary course of business in accordance with the terms and conditions of any controlling agreements, course of dealing, course of business, or industry practice, and (2) Allowed Priority Tax Claims shall be paid in accordance with Article II.C. To the extent any Allowed Priority Tax Claim is not due and owing on the Effective Date, such Claim shall be paid in full in Cash in accordance with the terms of any agreement between the Debtors and the Holder of such Claim or as may be due and payable under applicable non-bankruptcy law or in the ordinary course of business. A Distribution Date shall occur no more frequently than once in every 90-day period after the Effective Date, as necessary, in the Reorganized Debtors’ sole discretion.

B.	Rights and Powers of the Distribution Agent

Powers of Distribution Agent

The Distribution Agent shall be empowered to: (a) effect all actions and execute all agreements, instruments, and other documents necessary to perform its duties under the Plan; (b) make all distributions contemplated hereby; (c) employ professionals to represent it with respect to its responsibilities; and (d) exercise such other powers as may be vested in the Distribution Agent by order of the Bankruptcy Court, pursuant to the Plan, or as deemed by the Distribution Agent to be necessary and proper to implement the provisions hereof.

Expenses Incurred On or After the Effective Date

Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, the amount of any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Distribution Agent on or after the Effective Date (including taxes) and any reasonable compensation and expense reimbursement claims (including reasonable attorney fees and expenses) made by the Distribution Agent shall be paid in Cash by the Reorganized Debtors.

C.	Distributions to Certain Rejection Damages Claims as of the Effective Date

A Rejection Damages Claim shall be Allowed as of the Rejection Damages Claims Determination Date if, prior to the Rejection Damages Claims Determination Date, the Debtors and the Holder of any such Rejection Damages Claim enter into a Rejection Damages Claim Distribution Stipulation with respect to, or the Bankruptcy Court enters an order following notice and a hearing establishing, the Allowed amount of such Rejection Damages Claim on or prior to the Rejection Damages Claims Determination Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contain in Article VI.E.2 of the Plan, distributions to any Holders of a Rejection Damages Claim shall be made on the Effective Date to the extent that any such such Rejection Damages Claims is Allowed Claims as of the Rejection Damages Claims Determination Date. Distributions to Holders of Disputed Rejection Damages Claims shall be made in accordance with Article VII of the Plan.

D.	Special Rules for Distributions to Holders of Disputed Claims

Except as otherwise agreed by the relevant parties: no partial payments and no partial distributions shall be made with respect to a Disputed Claim until all such disputes in connection with such Disputed Claim have been resolved by settlement or Final Order. Any dividends or other distributions arising from property distributed to Holders of Allowed Claims in a Class and paid to such Holders under the Plan shall also be paid, in the applicable amounts, to any Holder of a Disputed Claim in such Class that becomes an Allowed Claim after the date or dates that such dividends or other distributions were earlier paid to Holders of Allowed Claims in such Class.

Any fund established to hold consideration to be received under the Plan pending resolution of Disputed Claims shall be treated as a “disputed ownership fund” pursuant to Treasury Regulation section 1.468B-9. Any such fund shall, therefore, be subject to entity-level taxation. For the avoidance of doubt, any New Common Stock shall not be issued to such fund; rather, Reorganized Whiting Parent shall retain sufficient authorized, but unissued, New Common Stock and issue them directly to Holders of Claims following the resolution of Disputed Claims.

E.	Delivery of Distributions

Record Date for Distributions

Except as provided herein, on the Distribution Record Date, the Claims Register shall be closed and the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or any other party responsible for making distributions under the Plan shall be authorized and entitled to recognize only those record Holders listed on the Claims Register or any other transfer register for each Class of Claims as maintained by the Debtors or their agents, each of which shall be deemed closed as of the close of business on the Distribution Record Date, and there shall be no further changes in the record Holders of the applicable Claims. In addition, with respect to payment of any Cure Costs or disputes over any Cure Costs, neither the Debtors nor the Distribution Agent shall have any obligation to recognize or deal with any party other than the non-Debtor party to the applicable Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease as of the Effective Date, even if such non-Debtor party has thereafter sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred its Claim for Cure Costs. The Distribution Record Date shall not apply to Notes deposited with DTC, the Holders of which shall receive distributions in accordance with the customary procedures of DTC.

Distribution Process

The Distribution Agent shall make all distributions required under the Plan, except that with respect to distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims governed by a separate agreement, shall exercise commercially reasonable efforts to implement appropriate mechanics governing such distributions in accordance with the Plan and the terms of the relevant governing agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, and notwithstanding any authority to the contrary, distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests, including Claims and Interests that become Allowed after the Effective Date, shall be made to Holders of record or their respective designees as of the Distribution Record Date: (a) to the address of such Holder or designee as set forth in the applicable register (or if the appropriate notice has been provided pursuant to the governing agreement in writing, on or before the date that is 10 calendar days before the Effective Date, of a change of address or an identification of designee, to the changed address or to such designee, as applicable); or (b) in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4, as modified and made applicable by Bankruptcy Rule 7004, if no address exists in the applicable register, no Proof of Claim has been Filed, and the Distribution Agent has not received a written notice of a change of address on or before the date that is 10 calendar days before the Effective Date. The Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and the Distribution Agent, as applicable, shall not incur any liability whatsoever on account of any distributions under the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, Holders of Claims and Holders of Interests shall not be entitled to interest, dividends, or accruals on the distributions provided for in the Plan, regardless of whether such distributions are delivered on or at any time after the Effective Date.

Delivery of Distributions to Holders of Notes Claims

Except as reasonably requested by either the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, as applicable, all distributions to Holders of Notes Claims shall be made to and deemed completed when received by the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, as applicable. Regardless of whether such distributions are made by the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, or by the Distribution Agent at the reasonable direction of the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, as applicable, the Indenture Trustee Charging Liens shall attach to the property to be distributed to the Holders of Notes Claims in the same manner as if such distributions were made through the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, as applicable. The Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek the cooperation of DTC with respect to the cancellation of the Notes as of the Effective Date and the eligibility of the distributions to be made by the Senior Notes Indenture Trustee or the Convertible Notes Indenture Trustee, as applicable, through the facilities of DTC.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate

Except as otherwise provided in a Bankruptcy Court order, as of the Effective Date, any Claim asserted in currency other than U.S. dollars shall be automatically deemed converted to the equivalent U.S. dollar value using the exchange rate for the applicable currency as published in The Wall Street Journal, National Edition, on the Effective Date.

Fractional, Undeliverable, and Unclaimed Distributions

Fractional Distributions. Whenever any distribution of fractional shares of New Common Stock or Cash would otherwise be required pursuant to the Plan, the actual distribution shall reflect a rounding of such fraction to the nearest interest or share or dollar, as applicable, with half interests of shares, or any amount equal to $0.50, or less being rounded down. The total number of authorized shares of New Common Stock to be distributed pursuant to the Plan shall be adjusted as necessary to account for the foregoing rounding.

Undeliverable Distributions. If any distribution to a Holder of an Allowed Claim is returned to the Distribution Agent as undeliverable, no further distributions shall be made to such Holder unless and until the Distribution Agent is notified in writing of such Holder’s then-current address or other necessary information for delivery, at which time all currently due missed distributions shall be made to such Holder on the next Distribution Date. Undeliverable distributions shall remain in the possession of the Reorganized Debtors until such time as a distribution becomes deliverable, or such distribution reverts to the Reorganized Debtors or is canceled pursuant to Article VI.D.5.c of the Plan, and shall not be supplemented with any interest, dividends, or other accruals of any kind.

Reversion. Any distribution under the Plan that is an Unclaimed Distribution for a period of 6 months after distribution shall be deemed unclaimed property under section 347(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and such Unclaimed Distribution shall revest in the applicable Reorganized Debtor and, to the extent such Unclaimed Distribution is comprised of New Common Stock, such New Common Stock shall be canceled. Upon such revesting, the Claim of the Holder or its successors with respect to such property shall be canceled, discharged, and forever barred notwithstanding any applicable federal or state escheat, abandoned, or unclaimed property laws, or any provisions in any document governing the distribution that is an Unclaimed Distribution, to the contrary.

Minimum; De Minimis Distributions

No Cash payment of less than $250 shall be made to a Holder of an Allowed Claim on account of such Allowed Claim.

Surrender of Canceled Instruments or Securities

On the Effective Date, each Holder of a Certificate shall be deemed to have surrendered such Certificate to the Distribution Agent or a Servicer (to the extent the relevant Claim is governed by an agreement and administered by a Servicer). Such Certificate shall be canceled solely with respect to the Debtors, and such cancelation shall not alter the obligations or rights of any non-Debtor third parties vis-à-vis one another with respect to such Certificate. Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, this Article VI.D.6 shall not apply to any Claims and Interests that are Reinstated pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

F.	Compliance with Tax Requirements/Allocations

In connection with the Plan, to the extent applicable, the Distribution Agent shall request distributees to provide appropriate documentation that may be required for an exemption from withholding or reporting, and shall comply with all tax withholding and reporting requirements imposed on it by any Governmental Unit, and all distributions pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to such withholding and reporting requirements unless an exception applies. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Distribution Agent shall take all actions necessary or appropriate to comply with such withholding and reporting requirements, including liquidating a portion of the distribution to be made under the Plan to generate sufficient funds to pay applicable withholding taxes, or withholding distributions pending receipt of information necessary to facilitate such distributions. The Reorganized Debtors and the Distribution Agent reserves the right to allocate all distributions made under the Plan in compliance with all applicable wage garnishments, alimony, child support, and other spousal awards, liens, and encumbrances. All Persons holding Claims shall be required to provide any information necessary to effect information reporting and the withholding of such taxes. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, each Holder of an Allowed Claim shall have the sole and exclusive responsibility for the satisfaction and payment of any tax obligations imposed by any Governmental Unit, including income, withholding, and other tax obligations, on account of such distribution.

G.	Claims Paid or Payable by Third Parties

Claims Paid by Third Parties

Subject to the last sentence of this paragraph, to the extent a Holder of a Claim receives a distribution on account of such Claim and receives payment from a party that is not a Debtor or a Reorganized Debtor on account of such Claim, such Holder shall, within 14 calendar days of receipt thereof, repay or return the distribution to the Reorganized Debtors to the extent the Holder’s total recovery on account of such Claim from the third party and under the Plan exceeds the amount of such Claim as of the date of any such distribution under the Plan. The failure of such Holder to timely repay or return such distribution shall result in the Holder owing the Reorganized Debtors annualized interest at the Federal Judgment Rate on such amount owed for each Business Day after the 14-day grace period specified above until the amount is repaid.

Claims Payable by Insurance Carriers

No distributions under the Plan shall be made on account of an Allowed Claim that is payable pursuant to one of the Debtors’ insurance policies until the Holder of such Allowed Claim has exhausted all remedies with respect to such insurance policy. To the extent that one or more of the Debtors’ insurers agrees to satisfy in full or in part a Claim (if and to the extent adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction), then immediately upon such insurers’ agreement, the applicable portion of such Claim may be expunged without a Claim objection having to be Filed and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court; provided that the Debtors shall provide 21 calendar days’ notice to the Holder of such Claim prior to any disallowance of such Claim during which period the Holder may object to such disallowance, and if the parties cannot reach an agreed resolution, the matter shall be decided by the Bankruptcy Court.

Applicability of Insurance Policies

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims shall be in accordance with the provisions of any applicable insurance policy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (including Article VIII of the Plan), nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute or be deemed a release, settlement, satisfaction, compromise, or waiver of any Cause of Action that the Debtors or any other Entity may hold against any other Entity, including insurers, under any policies of insurance or applicable indemnity, nor shall anything contained herein constitute or be deemed a waiver by such insurers of any defenses, including coverage defenses, held by such insurers.

Setoffs

Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, each Reorganized Debtor, pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code (including section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code), applicable non-bankruptcy law, or as may be agreed to by the Holder of a Claim, may (but shall not be required to) set off against any Allowed Claim and the distributions to be made pursuant to the Plan on account of such Allowed Claim (before any distribution is made on account of such Allowed Claim), any claims, rights, and Causes of Action of any nature that such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, may hold against the Holder of such Allowed Claim, to the extent such claims, rights, or Causes of Action against such Holder have not been otherwise compromised or settled on or prior to the Effective Date (whether pursuant to the Plan or otherwise); provided, however, that neither the failure to effect such a setoff nor the allowance of any Claim pursuant to the Plan shall constitute a waiver or release by such Reorganized Debtor of any such claims, rights, and Causes of Action that such Reorganized Debtor may possess against such Holder. Other than as permitted under the Bankruptcy Code, in no event shall any Holder of Claims be entitled to set off any such Claim against any claim, right, or Cause of Action of the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor (as applicable), unless such Holder has Filed a motion with the Bankruptcy Court requesting the authority to perform such setoff on or before the Confirmation Date, and notwithstanding any indication in any Proof of Claim or otherwise that such Holder asserts, has, or intends to preserve any right of setoff pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise.

I.	Indefeasible Distributions

Any and all distributions made under the Plan shall be indefeasible and not subject to clawback.

J.	Allocation Between Principal and Accrued Interest

Distributions in respect of Allowed Claims shall be allocated first to the principal amount of such Claims (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) and then, to the extent the consideration exceeds the principal amount of the Allowed Claims, to any portion of such Claims for accrued but unpaid interest.

ARTICLE VII.

PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DISPUTED CLAIMS

A.	Allowance of Claims

After the Effective Date, each of the Reorganized Debtors shall have and retain any and all rights and defenses the applicable Debtor had with respect to any Claim immediately before the Effective Date. Except as expressly provided in the Plan or in any order entered in the Chapter 11 Cases before the Effective Date (including the Confirmation Order), no Claim shall become an Allowed Claim unless and until such Claim is deemed Allowed under the Plan or the Bankruptcy Code, or the Bankruptcy Court has entered a Final Order, including the Confirmation Order (when it becomes a Final Order), in the Chapter 11 Cases allowing such Claim.

B.	Claims Administration Responsibilities

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan and notwithstanding any requirements that may be imposed pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall have the sole authority to: (1) File and prosecute objections to Claims; (2) settle, compromise, withdraw, litigate to judgment, or otherwise resolve objections to any and all Claims, regardless of whether such Claims are in a Class or otherwise; (3) settle, compromise, or resolve any Disputed Claim without any further notice to or action, order, or approval by the Bankruptcy Court; and (4) administer and adjust the Claims Register to reflect any such settlements or compromises without any further notice to or action, order, or approval by the Bankruptcy Court. After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall resolve Disputed Claims in accordance with their fiduciary duties and pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

C.	Estimation of Claims

Before, on, or after the Effective Date, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may (but are not required to) at any time request that the Bankruptcy Court estimate any Claim pursuant to applicable law, including pursuant to section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code and/or Bankruptcy Rule 3012 for any reason, regardless of whether any party previously has objected to such Claim or whether the Bankruptcy Court has ruled on any such objection, and the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction to estimate any such Claim, including during the litigation of any objection to any Claim or during the pendency of any appeal relating to such objection. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan, a Claim that has been expunged from the Claims Register, but that either is subject to appeal or has not been the subject of a Final Order, shall be deemed to be estimated at zero dollars, unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court. In the event that the Bankruptcy Court estimates any Claim and does not provide otherwise, such estimated amount shall constitute a maximum limitation on such Claim for all purposes under the Plan (including for purposes of distributions and discharge) and may be used as evidence in any supplemental proceedings, and the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors may elect to pursue any supplemental proceedings to object to any ultimate distribution on such Claim. Notwithstanding section 502(j) of the Bankruptcy Code, in no event shall any Holder of a Claim that has been estimated pursuant to section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise be entitled to seek reconsideration of such estimation unless such Holder has Filed a motion requesting the right to seek such reconsideration on or before seven (7) days after the date on which such Claim is estimated. Each of the foregoing Claims and objection, estimation, and resolution procedures are cumulative and not exclusive of one another. Claims may be estimated and subsequently compromised, settled, withdrawn, or resolved by any mechanism approved by the Bankruptcy Court.

D.	Disputed Claims Reserve

On or before the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall establish one or more reserves of New Common Stock for those General Unsecured Claims that are Disputed Claims as of the Distribution Record Date (for the avoidance of doubt, deducting such amounts from the Claims Equity Pool), which reserves shall be administered by the Reorganized Debtors or the Distribution Agent, as applicable. After the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors or the Distribution Agent shall hold such New Common Stock in such reserve(s) in trust for the benefit of the Holders of General Unsecured Claims that are Disputed Claims as of the Distribution Record Date, that are ultimately determined to be Allowed after the Distribution Record Date. The Reorganized Debtors or the Distribution Agent shall distribute such amounts (net of any expenses, including any taxes relating thereto), as provided herein, as such

Claims are resolved by a Final Order or agreed to by settlement, and such amounts will be distributable on account of such Claims as such amounts would have been distributable had such Claims been Allowed Claims as of the Effective Date under Article III of the Plan solely to the extent of the amounts available in the applicable reserve(s).

Upon a Disputed Claim becoming disallowed by a Final Order, the applicable amount of New Common Stock that was in the disputed claims reserve on account of such Disputed Claim shall be canceled by the Reorganized Debtors.

Any assets held in a disputed claims reserve shall be subject to the tax rules that apply to “disputed ownership funds” under 26 C.F.R. 1.468B–9. As such, such assets will be subject to entity-level taxation, and the Reorganized Debtors shall be required to comply with the relevant rules.

E.	Adjustment to Claims Without Objection

Any Claim that has been paid or satisfied, or any Claim that has been amended or superseded, may be adjusted or expunged on the Claims Register by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors without an objection having to be Filed and without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

F.	Time to File Objections to Claims

Any objections to Claims shall be Filed on or before the later of (1) 180 days after the Effective Date and (2) such other period of limitation as may be specifically fixed by the Bankruptcy Court upon a motion by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors.

G.	Disallowance of Claims

Any Claims held by Entities from which property is recoverable under sections 542, 543, 550, or 553 of the Bankruptcy Code or that is a transferee of a transfer avoidable under sections 522(f), 522(h), 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, or 724(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall not be Allowed or deemed Allowed, and Holders of such Claims may not receive any distributions on account of such Claims until such time as such Causes of Action against that Entity have been settled or a Bankruptcy Court order with respect thereto has been entered and all sums due, if any, to the Debtors by that Entity have been turned over or paid to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors. All Proofs of Claim Filed on account of an Indemnification Obligation shall be deemed satisfied and expunged from the Claims Register as of the Effective Date to the extent such Indemnification Obligation is assumed (or honored or reaffirmed, as the case may be) pursuant to the Plan, without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, any Holder of an Allowed Claim under section 502(h) of the Bankruptcy Code arising from an Avoidance Action shall, in lieu of any distribution to Holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims, solely receive Cash from the proceeds of such Avoidance Action in an amount reasonably equivalent to the percentage recovery received by Holders of General Unsecured Claims based on the enterprise value of the Debtors for purposes of Confirmation; provided that the Reorganized Debtors may elect in their sole discretion (and without any further approval from the Court) to instead have such amount of Cash set off against the recovery from the applicable Avoidance Action.

Except as otherwise provided herein or as agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, any and all Proofs of Claim Filed after the Claims Bar Date shall be deemed disallowed and expunged as of the Effective Date without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, and Holders of such Claims may not receive any distributions on account of such Claims, unless such late Proof of Claim has been deemed timely Filed by a Final Order.

H.	Amendments to Claims

On or after the Effective Date, a Claim may not be Filed or amended without the prior authorization of the Bankruptcy Court or the Reorganized Debtors, and any such new or amended Claim Filed shall be deemed disallowed in full and expunged without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court to the maximum extent provided by applicable law.

I.	No Distributions Pending Allowance

If an objection to a Claim or portion thereof is Filed, no payment or distribution provided under the Plan shall be made on account of such Claim or portion thereof unless and until such Disputed Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, unless otherwise determined by the Reorganized Debtors.

J.	Distributions After Allowance

To the extent that a Disputed Claim ultimately becomes an Allowed Claim, distributions shall be made to the Holder of such Allowed Claim in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. As soon as reasonably practicable after the date that the order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court allowing any Disputed Claim becomes a Final Order, the Reorganized Debtors shall provide to the Holder of such Claim the distribution to which such Holder is entitled under the Plan as of the Effective Date, less any previous distribution (if any) that was made on account of the undisputed portion of such Claim, without any interest, dividends, or accruals to be paid on account of such Claim unless required under applicable bankruptcy law or as otherwise provided herein.

K.	Single Satisfaction of Claims

Holders of Allowed Claims may assert such Claims against the Debtors obligated with respect to such Claims, and such Claims shall be entitled to share in the recovery provided for the applicable Class of Claims against the Debtors based upon the full Allowed amount of such Claims. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no case shall the aggregate value of all property received or retained under the Plan on account of any Allowed Claim exceed 100 percent of the underlying Allowed Claim (including applicable interest, if any such interest is Allowed).

ARTICLE VIII.

DISCHARGE, RELEASE, INJUNCTION AND RELATED PROVISIONS

A.	*Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests*

Pursuant to section 1141(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or in any contract, instrument, or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, the distributions, rights, and treatment that are provided in the Plan shall be in complete satisfaction, discharge, and release, effective as of the Effective Date, of Claims (including any Intercompany Claims resolved or compromised after the Effective Date by the Reorganized Debtors), Interests, and Causes of Action of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on Claims or Interests from and after the Petition Date, whether known or unknown, against, liabilities of, Liens on, obligations of, rights against, and Interests in, the Debtors or any of their assets or properties, regardless of whether any property shall have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims and Interests, including demands, liabilities, and Causes of Action that arose before the Effective Date, any liability (including withdrawal liability) to the extent such Claims or Interests relate to services performed by employees of the Debtors before the Effective Date and that arise from a termination of employment, any contingent or non-contingent liability on account of representations or warranties issued on or before the Effective Date, and all debts of the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h), or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, in each case whether or not: (1) a Proof of Claim based upon such debt or right is Filed or deemed Filed pursuant to section 501 of the Bankruptcy Code; (2) a Claim or Interest based upon such debt, right, or Interest is Allowed pursuant to section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code; or (3) the Holder of such a Claim or Interest has accepted the Plan. Any default or “event of default” by the Debtors or Affiliates with respect to any Claim or Interest that existed immediately before or on account of the Filing of the Chapter 11 Cases shall be deemed cured (and no longer continuing) as of the Effective Date. The Confirmation Order shall be a judicial determination of the discharge of all Claims and Interests subject to the Effective Date occurring.

B.	*Releases by the Debtors*

hereby conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably, and forever released and discharged by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and their Estates, in each case on behalf of themselves and their respective successors, assigns, and representatives, and any and all other Entities who may purport to assert any Cause of Action, directly or derivatively, by, through, for, or because of the foregoing Entities, from any and all Causes of Action, including any derivative claims, asserted on behalf of the Debtors, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, existing or hereafter arising, in law, equity, contract, tort or otherwise, that the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or their Estates would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the holder of any Claim against, or Interest in, a Debtor or other Entity, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors (including the Debtors’ capital structure, management, ownership, or operation thereof, including any draws under the RBL Credit Agreement), the assertion or enforcement of rights and remedies against the Debtors, the Debtors’ in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, any avoidance actions, intercompany transactions between or among a Debtor or an affiliate of a Debtor and another Debtor or affiliate of a Debtor, the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or filing of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the plan supplement), the Claims and Causes of Action addressed by the Convertible Notes Litigation Settlement, or any aspect of the Restructuring, including any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, or the Plan, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance or distribution of securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, or upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date related or relating to any of the foregoing.

C.	*Releases by* *Releasing Parties*

Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, on and after the Effective Date, in exchange for good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby confirmed, each Released Party is, and is deemed to be, hereby conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably and forever, released and discharged by each Releasing Party from any and all Causes of Action, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, existing or hereafter arising, in law, equity, contract, tort, or otherwise, including any derivative claims asserted on behalf of the Debtors, that such Entity would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively), based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors (including the Debtors’ capital structure, management, ownership, or operation thereof, including any draws under the RBL Credit Agreement), the Debtors’ in or out of court restructuring efforts, intercompany transactions between or among a Debtor or an affiliate of a Debtor and another Debtor or affiliate of a Debtor, the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or filing of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the plan supplement), the Claims and Causes of Action addressed by the Convertible Notes Litigation Settlement, or any aspect of the Restructuring, including any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created or entered into in connection with the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Disclosure Statement, or the Plan, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of Consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance or distribution of securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, or upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date related or relating to any of the foregoing.

D.	*Exculpation*

E.	*Injunction*

F.	Protection Against Discriminatory Treatment

In accordance with section 525 of the Bankruptcy Code, and consistent with Article VI of the United States Constitution, no Governmental Unit shall discriminate against any Reorganized Debtor, or any Entity with which a Reorganized Debtor has been or is associated, solely because such Reorganized Debtor was a Debtor under chapter 11, may have been insolvent before the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases (or during the Chapter 11 Cases but before such Debtor was granted or denied a discharge), or has not paid a debt that is dischargeable in the Chapter 11 Cases.

G.	Release of Liens

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, the Exit Facility Documents or in any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to the Plan and, in the case of a Secured Claim, satisfaction in full of the portion of the Secured Claim that is Allowed as of the Effective Date, all mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests against any property of the Estates shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title, and interest of any holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors and their successors and assigns, in each case, without any further approval or order of the Bankruptcy Court and without any action or Filing being required to be made by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, or any other Holder of a Secured Claim. In addition, at the sole expense of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the Holders of Secured Claims (and the applicable agent for such Holders) shall be authorized and directed to release any collateral or other property of the Debtors (including any cash collateral and possessory collateral) held by such Holders (and the applicable agent for such Holders), and to take such actions as may be reasonably requested by the Reorganized Debtors to evidence the release of such Liens and/or security interests, including the execution and delivery of all documents reasonably requested by the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, or the Exit Facility Agent to evidence the release of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, and other security interests. The presentation or filing of the Confirmation Order to or with any federal, state, provincial, or local agency, records office, or department shall constitute good and sufficient evidence of, but shall not be required to effect, the termination of such Liens and/or security interests.

To the extent that any Holder of a Secured Claim that has been satisfied or discharged in full pursuant to the Plan, or any agent for such Holder has filed or recorded publicly any Liens and/or security interests to secure such Holder’s Secured Claim, then as soon as practicable on or after the Effective Date, such Holder (or the agent for such Holder) shall take any and all steps requested by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or Exit Facility Agent that are necessary or desirable to record or effectuate the cancellation and/or extinguishment of such Liens and/or security interests, including the making of any applicable filings or recordings, and the Reorganized Debtors shall be entitled to make any such filings or recordings on such Holder’s behalf. Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, this Article VIII.G shall not apply to any Secured Claims that are Reinstated pursuant to the terms of this Plan.

H.	Reimbursement or Contribution

If the Bankruptcy Court disallows a Claim for reimbursement or contribution of an Entity pursuant to section 502(e)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code, then to the extent that such Claim is contingent as of the Effective Date, such Claim shall be forever disallowed notwithstanding section 502(j) of the Bankruptcy Code, unless prior to the Effective Date (1) such Claim has been adjudicated as non-contingent, or (2) the relevant Holder of a Claim has Filed a non-contingent Proof of Claim on account of such Claim and a Final Order has been entered determining such Claim as no longer contingent.

I.	Recoupment

In no event shall any Holder of a Claim be entitled to recoup such Claim against any claim, right, or Cause of Action of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, unless such Holder actually has performed such recoupment and provided notice thereof in writing to the Debtors on or before the Confirmation Date, notwithstanding any indication in any Proof of Claim or otherwise that such Holder asserts, has, or intends to preserve any right of recoupment.

J.	Subordination Rights

Any distributions under the Plan to Holders of Allowed Claims shall be received and retained free from any obligations to hold or transfer the same to any other Holder and shall not be subject to levy, garnishment, attachment, or other legal process by any Holder by reason of claimed contractual subordination rights. On the Effective Date,

any such subordination rights shall be deemed waived, and the Confirmation Order shall constitute an injunction enjoining any Entity from enforcing or attempting to enforce any contractual, legal, or equitable subordination rights to property distributed under the Plan, in each case other than as provided in the Plan; provided, that any such subordination rights shall be preserved in the event the Confirmation Order is vacated, the Effective Date does not occur in accordance with the terms hereunder or the Plan is revoked or withdrawn.

K.	Reservation of Rights of the United States and/or Any Governmental Unit

As to the United States of America, its agencies, departments, or agents (collectively, the “United States”) and/or any other Governmental Unit, nothing in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or the Confirmation Order shall expand the scope of discharge, release, or injunction to which the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors are entitled under the Bankruptcy Code, if any. The discharge, release, and injunction provisions contained in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, and the Confirmation Order are not intended and shall not be construed to bar the United States and/or any Governmental Unit from, subsequent to the Confirmation Order, pursuing any actions, including any police or regulatory action, against anyone.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan or the Plan Supplement to the contrary, nothing in the Plan or the Plan Supplement shall discharge, release, impair, or otherwise preclude: (a) any liability to the United States or any Governmental Unit that is not a “claim” within the meaning of section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) any valid right of setoff or recoupment of the United States and/or any Governmental Unit against any of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors; or (c) the exercise of the United States’ and/or any Governmental Unit’s police and regulatory powers against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or any non-Debtor. Nor shall anything in the Confirmation Order, the Plan, or the Plan Supplement: (a) enjoin or otherwise bar the United States and/or any Governmental Unit from asserting or enforcing, outside the Bankruptcy Court, any liability described in this paragraph, (b) divest any court, commission, or tribunal of jurisdiction from resolving any matters relating to the liabilities and/or claims set forth in this paragraph, or (c) confer in the Bankruptcy Court jurisdiction over any matter as to which it would not have jurisdiction under the Bankruptcy Code.

Moreover, nothing in the Confirmation Order, the Plan, or the Plan Supplement shall release or exculpate any non-Debtor, including any Released Parties and/or Exculpated Parties, from any liability to the United States and/or any Governmental Unit, including any liabilities arising under the Internal Revenue Code, the environmental laws, or the criminal laws against the Released Parties and/or Exculpated Parties, nor shall anything in the Confirmation Order, the Plan, or the Plan Supplement enjoin the United States from bringing any claim, suit, action, or other proceeding against the Released Parties and/or Exculpated Parties for any liability whatsoever; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall affect in any way any release by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their Estates, any person exercising the rights of the Estates, or any successor to the Estates of the Released Parties provided for in Article VIII.B of the Plan.

Nothing contained in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or the Confirmation Order shall be deemed to determine the tax liability of any person or entity, including the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, nor shall the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or the Confirmation Order be deemed to have determined the federal tax treatment of any item, distribution, or entity, including the federal tax consequences of the Plan, nor shall anything in the Plan, the Plan Supplement, or the Confirmation Order be deemed to have conferred jurisdiction upon the Bankruptcy Court to make determinations as to federal tax liability and federal tax treatment except as provided under 11 U.S.C. § 505.

L.	Reservation of Rights of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Payment of Priority Tax Claims

In full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Priority Tax Claim held by the Texas Comptroller, such Allowed Priority Tax Claims of the Texas Comptroller shall be treated in accordance with the terms set forth in section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code beginning on the Effective Date and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Texas Comptroller’s Allowed Priority Tax Claims will be paid in equal monthly installments by no later than April 1, 2025, and the Texas Comptroller shall receive interest on such Allowed Priority Tax Claims after the Effective Date to the extent provided by the Texas Tax Code in accordance with sections 511 and 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Discharge and Release

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Plan shall not release or discharge any entity, other than the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, from any liability owed to the Texas Comptroller for a tax debt, including interest and penalties on such tax. This provision is not an admission by any party that such liability exists, and all rights and defenses of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors under non-bankruptcy law are reserved and preserved with respect to such issues.

Setoff

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Plan shall not limit the Texas Comptroller’s setoff rights under section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code. This provision is not admission by any party that such setoff rights exist, and all rights and defenses of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors under non-bankruptcy law are reserved and preserved with respect to such issues.

Default

A failure by the Reorganized Debtors to make a payment to the Texas Comptroller pursuant to the terms of the Plan shall be an event of default. If the Reorganized Debtors fail to cure an event of default as to tax payments within ten (10) days after service of written notice of default from the Texas Comptroller, the Comptroller may (a) enforce the entire amount of its claim, (b) exercise all rights and remedies under applicable nonbankruptcy law, and (c) seek such relief as may be appropriate in this court. Notice of the default shall be served by both first class mail and email upon the Reorganized Debtors and counsel thereto in accordance with Article XIII.G of the Plan and is effective when deposited in the mail and sent by email.

ARTICLE IX.

EFFECT OF CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN

Upon entry of the Confirmation Order, the Bankruptcy Court shall be deemed to have made and issued on the Confirmation Date, pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 7052, made applicable to this proceeding pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9014, the following findings of fact and conclusions of law as though made after due deliberation and upon the record at the Confirmation Hearing. Upon entry of the Confirmation Order, any and all findings of fact in the Plan shall constitute findings of fact even if they are stated as conclusions of law, and any and all conclusions of law in the Plan shall constitute conclusions of law even if they are stated as findings of fact.

A.	Jurisdiction and Venue

On the Petition Date, the Debtors commenced the Chapter 11 Cases by filing voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors were and are qualified to be debtors under section 109 of the Bankruptcy Code. Venue in the Southern District of Texas was proper as of the Petition Date and continues to be proper. Confirmation of the Plan is a core proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2). The Bankruptcy Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334 and the Bankruptcy Court has exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether the Plan complies with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and should be confirmed.

B.	Order Approving the Disclosure Statement

On July 1, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court entered the Disclosure Statement Order, which, among other things, (a) approved the Disclosure Statement as containing adequate information within the meaning of section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3017 and (b) approved certain procedures and documents for soliciting and tabulating votes with respect to the Plan.

C.	Voting Report

Prior to the Confirmation Hearing, the Solicitation Agent filed the Voting Report. All procedures used to distribute solicitation materials to the applicable Holders of Claims and Interests and to tabulate the ballots were fair and conducted in accordance with the Disclosure Statement Order, the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, and all other applicable rules, laws, and regulations. Pursuant to sections 1124 and 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code, at least one Impaired Class entitled to vote on the Plan has voted to accept the Plan.

D.	Judicial Notice

The Bankruptcy Court takes judicial notice of the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases maintained by the clerk of the Bankruptcy Court and/or its duly appointed agent, including all pleadings and other documents Filed, all orders entered, and all evidence and arguments made, proffered, or adduced at the hearings held before the Bankruptcy Court during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases (including the Confirmation Hearing). Resolutions of any objections to Confirmation explained on the record at the Confirmation Hearing are hereby incorporated by reference. All entries on the docket of the Chapter 11 Cases shall constitute the record before the Bankruptcy Court for purposes of the Confirmation Hearing.

E.	Transmittal and Mailing of Materials; Notice

Due, adequate, and sufficient notice of the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Confirmation Hearing, and the release and exculpation provisions set forth in Article VIII of the Plan, along with all deadlines for voting on or objecting to the Plan, has been given to (1) all known Holders of Claims and Interests, (2) parties that requested notice in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 2002, (3) all parties to Unexpired Leases and Executory Contracts, and (4) all taxing authorities listed on the Schedules or in the Claims Register, in compliance with Bankruptcy Rules 2002(b), 3017, 3019, and 3020(b), the Disclosure Statement Order, and such transmittal and service were appropriate, adequate, and sufficient. Adequate and sufficient notice of the Confirmation Hearing and other dates, deadlines, and hearings described in the Disclosure Statement Order was given in compliance with the Bankruptcy Rules and such order, and no other or further notice is or shall be required.

F.	Solicitation

Votes for acceptance and rejection of the Plan were solicited in good faith and complied with sections 1125 and 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rules 3017, 3018, and 3019, the Disclosure Statement Order, all other applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and all other applicable rules, laws, and regulations. The Debtors and their respective directors, managers, officers, employees, agents, affiliates, representatives, attorneys, and advisors, as applicable, have solicited votes on the Plan in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and the Disclosure Statement Order and are entitled to the protections afforded by section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code and the exculpation provisions set forth in Article VIII of the Plan. The Debtors and the Released Parties solicited acceptance of the Plan in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and they participated in good faith, and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code in the offer, issuance, sale, or purchase of New Common Stock and any debt securities that were offered or sold under the Plan and, pursuant to section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, and no Released Party is or shall be liable on account of such solicitation for violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing solicitation of acceptance of a chapter 11 plan or the offer, issuance, sale, or purchase of such debt securities.

G.	Burden of Proof

The Debtors, as proponents of the Plan, have satisfied their burden of proving the elements of sections 1129(a) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code by a preponderance of the evidence, which is the applicable evidentiary standard. The Debtors have satisfied the elements of section 1129(a) and 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code by clear and convincing evidence.

H.	Bankruptcy Rule 3016(a) Compliance

The Plan is dated and identifies the proponents thereof, thereby satisfying Bankruptcy Rule 3016(a).

I.	Compliance with the Requirements of Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code

The plan complies with all requirements of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code as follows:

Section 1129(a)(1)–Compliance of the Plan with Applicable Provisions of the Bankruptcy Code

The Plan complies with all applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code as required by section 1129(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 1121, 1122, 1123, and 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Standing

Each of the Debtors has standing to file a plan and the Debtors, therefore, have satisfied section 1121 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Proper Classification

Pursuant to sections 1122(a) and 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Article III of the Plan designates Classes of Claims and Interests, other than Administrative Claims, Professional Fee Claims, and Priority Tax Claims, which are not required to be classified. As required by section 1122(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, each Class of Claims and Interests contains only Claims or Interests that are substantially similar to the other Claims or Interests within that Class.

Specification of Unimpaired Classes

Pursuant to section 1123(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, Article III of the Plan specifies all Classes of Claims and Interests that are not Impaired.

Specification of Treatment of Impaired Classes

Pursuant to section 1123(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, Article III of the Plan specifies the treatment of all Classes of Claims and Interests that are Impaired.

No Discrimination

Pursuant to section 1123(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code, Article III of the Plan provides the same treatment for each Claim or Interest within a particular Class, as the case may be, unless the Holder of a particular Claim or Interest has agreed to less favorable treatment with respect to such Claim or Interest, as applicable.

Plan Implementation

Pursuant to section 1123(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Plan provides adequate and proper means for the Plan’s implementation. Immediately upon the Effective Date, sufficient Cash and other consideration provided under the Plan will be available to make all payments required to be made on the Effective Date pursuant to the terms of the Plan. Moreover, Article IV and various other provisions of the Plan specifically provide adequate means for the Plan’s implementation.

Voting Power of Equity Securities; Selection of Officer, Director, or Trustee under the Plan

The New Organizational Documents comply with sections 1123(a)(6) and 1123(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Impairment/Unimpairment of Classes of Claims and Equity Interests

Pursuant to section 1123(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, (i) Class 1 (Other Secured Claims), Class 2 (Other Priority Claims), and Class 4 (Trade Claims) are Unimpaired under the Plan, (ii) Class 3 (RBL Claims), Class 5 (General Unsecured Claims), Class 8 (Existing Interests), and Class 9 (Section 510(b) Claims) are Impaired under the Plan, and (iii) Class 6 (Intercompany Claims) and Class 7 (Intercompany Interests) are either Unimpaired or Impaired under the Plan as agreed by the Debtors and the Requisite Creditors.

Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

In accordance with section 1123(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, pursuant to Article V of the Plan, on the Effective Date, each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease shall be deemed assumed unless such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease is listed on the Schedule of Rejected Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, if any. The assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases hereunder may include the assignment of certain of such contracts to Affiliates. The Debtors’ assumption and assignment of the Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases listed on the Schedule of Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases pursuant to Article V of the Plan governing assumption and rejection of executory contracts and unexpired leases satisfies the requirements of section 365(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and, accordingly, the requirements of section 1123(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

The Debtors have exercised reasonable business judgment in determining whether to reject, assume, or assume and assign each of their Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases under the terms of the Plan. Each pre- or post-Confirmation rejection, assumption, or assumption and assignment of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to Article V of the Plan will be legal, valid and binding upon the applicable Debtor and all other parties to such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, as applicable, all to the same extent as if such rejection, assumption, or assumption and assignment had been effectuated pursuant to an appropriate order of the Court entered before the Confirmation Date under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. Each of the Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases to be rejected, assumed, or assumed and assigned is deemed to be an executory contract or an unexpired lease, as applicable.

Settlement of Claims and Causes of Action

All of the settlements and compromises pursuant to and in connection with the Plan or incorporated by reference into the Plan comply with the requirements of section 1123(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019.

Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and in consideration for the distributions and other benefits provided under the Plan, any and all compromise and settlement provisions of the Plan constitute good-faith compromises, are in the best interests of the Debtors, the Estates, and all Holders of Claims and Interests, and are fair, equitable, and reasonable.

Specifically, the settlements and compromises pursuant to and in connection with the Plan are substantively fair based on the following factors: (a) the balance between the litigation’s possibility of success and the settlement’s future benefits; (b) the likelihood of complex and protracted litigation and risk and difficulty of collecting on the judgment; (c) the proportion of creditors and parties in interest that support the settlement; (d) the competency of counsel reviewing the settlement; the nature and breadth of releases to be obtained by officers and directors; and (e) the extent to which the settlement is the product of arm’s-length bargaining.

Cure of Defaults

Article V of the Plan provides for the satisfaction of default claims associated with each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease to be assumed in accordance with section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Cure Costs identified in the Schedule of Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases and any amendments thereto, as applicable, represent the amount, if any, that the Debtors propose to pay in full and complete satisfaction of such default claims. Any disputed cure amounts will be determined in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article V of the Plan, and applicable bankruptcy and nonbankruptcy law. As such, the Plan provides that the Debtors will cure,

or provide adequate assurance that the Debtors will promptly cure, defaults with Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases in compliance with section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. Thus, the Plan complies with section 1123(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Other Appropriate Provisions

The Plan’s other provisions are appropriate and consistent with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including provisions for (i) distributions to holders of Claims and Interests, (ii) objections to Claims, (iii) procedures for resolving disputed, contingent, and unliquidated claims, (iv) cure amounts, procedures governing cure disputes, and (v) indemnification obligations.

Section 1129(a)(2)–Compliance of Plan Proponents with Applicable Provisions of the Bankruptcy Code

The Debtors, as proponents of the Plan, have complied with all applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code as required by section 1129(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 1125 and 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules 3017, 3018, and 3019. In particular, the Debtors are proper debtors under section 109 of the Bankruptcy Code and proper proponents of the Plan under section 1121(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Furthermore, the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan was (i) pursuant to the Disclosure Statement Order; (ii) in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations governing the adequacy of disclosure in connection with such solicitation; and (iii) solicited after disclosure to Holders of Claims or Interests of adequate information as defined in section 1125(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Accordingly, the Debtors and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates, and Professionals have acted in “good faith” within the meaning of section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Section 1129(a)(3)–Proposal of Plan in Good Faith

The Debtors have proposed the Plan in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law based on the totality of the circumstances surrounding the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, the Plan itself, and the process leading to its formulation. The Chapter 11 Cases were filed, and the Plan was proposed, with the legitimate purpose of allowing the Debtors to reorganize.

Section 1129(a)(4)–Bankruptcy Court Approval of Certain Payments as Reasonable

Pursuant to section 1129(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code, the payments to be made for services or for costs in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases or the Plan are approved. The fees and expenses incurred by Professionals retained by the Debtors or the Creditors’ Committee shall be payable according to the orders approving such Professionals’ retentions, the Interim Compensation Order, other applicable Bankruptcy Court orders, or as otherwise provided in the Plan.

Section 1129(a)(5)–Disclosure of Identity of Proposed Management, Compensation of Insiders, and Consistency of Management Proposals with the Interests of Creditors and Public Policy

Pursuant to section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, information concerning the individuals proposed to serve on the Reorganized Whiting Parent Board and each such individual’s compensation upon Consummation of the Plan has been fully disclosed (in the Plan Supplement) to the extent available, and the appointment to, or continuance in, such office of such person is consistent with the interests of Holders of Claims and Interests and with public policy.

Section 1129(a)(6)–Approval of Rate Changes

Section 1129(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code is not applicable because the Plan does not provide for rate changes by any of the Debtors.

Section 1129(a)(7)–Best Interests of Creditors and Interest Holders

The liquidation analysis included in the Disclosure Statement, and the other evidence related thereto that was proffered or adduced at or prior to, or in affidavits in connection with, the Confirmation Hearing, is reasonable. The methodology used and assumptions made in such liquidation analysis, as supplemented by the evidence proffered or adduced at or prior to, or in affidavits filed in connection with, the Confirmation Hearing, are reasonable. With respect to each Impaired Class, each Holder of an Allowed Claim or Interest in such Class has accepted the Plan or will receive under the Plan on account of such Claim or Interest property of a value, as of the Effective Date, that is not less than the amount such Holder would receive if the Debtors were liquidated under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Section 1129(a)(8)–Conclusive Presumption of Acceptance by Unimpaired Classes; Acceptance of the Plan by Each Impaired Class

Certain Classes of Claims and Interests are Unimpaired and are deemed conclusively to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. In addition, at least one Impaired Class that was entitled to vote has voted to accept the Plan. Because the Plan provides that the certain Classes of Claims and Interests will be Impaired and because no distributions shall be made to Holders in such Classes, such Holders are deemed conclusively to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code and, therefore, are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.

Section 1129(a)(9)–Treatment of Claims Entitled to Priority Pursuant to Section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code

The treatment of Administrative Claims, Professional Fee Claims, Other Priority Claims, and Priority Tax Claims under Article II of the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code.

10.

Section 1129(a)(10)–Acceptance by at Least One Impaired Class

At least one Impaired Class has voted to accept the Plan. Accordingly, section 1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code is satisfied.

11.

Section 1129(a)(11)–Feasibility of the Plan

The Plan satisfies section 1129(a)(11) of the Bankruptcy Code. Based upon the evidence proffered or adduced at, or prior to, or in affidavits filed in connection with, the Confirmation Hearing, the Plan is feasible and Confirmation of the Plan is not likely to be followed by the liquidation, or the need for further financial reorganization, of the Debtors or any successor to the Debtors under the Plan, except as such liquidation is proposed in the Plan. Furthermore, the Debtors will have adequate assets to satisfy their respective obligations under the Plan.

12.

Section 1129(a)(12)–Payment of Bankruptcy Fees

Article II.E of the Plan provides for the payment of all fees payable under 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a) in accordance with section 1129(a)(12) of the Bankruptcy Code.

13.

Section 1129(a)(13)–Retiree Benefits

The Plan provides for the treatment of all retiree benefits in accordance with section 1129(a)(13) of the Bankruptcy Code.

14.

Section 1129(a)(14)–Domestic Support Obligations

The Debtors are not required by a judicial or administrative order, or by statute, to pay any domestic support obligations, and therefore, section 1129(a)(14) of the Bankruptcy Code is inapplicable in these Chapter 11 Cases.

15.

Section 1129(a)(15)–The Debtors Are Not Individuals

The Debtors are not individuals, and therefore, section 1129(a)(15) of the Bankruptcy Code is inapplicable in these Chapter 11 Cases.

16.

Section 1129(a)(16)–No Applicable Nonbankruptcy Law Regarding Transfers

Each of the Debtors that is a corporation is a moneyed, business, or commercial corporation or trust, and therefore, section 1129(a)(16) of the Bankruptcy Code is inapplicable in these Chapter 11 Cases.

17.

Section 1129(b)–Confirmation of Plan Over Rejection of Impaired Classes

The Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Classes presumed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code or that have actually rejected the Plan (if any). To determine whether a plan is “fair and equitable” with respect to a class of claims, section 1129(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Bankruptcy Code provides in pertinent part that “the holder of any claim or interest that is junior to the claims of such class will not receive or retain under the plan on account of such junior claim or interest any property.” To determine whether a plan is “fair and equitable” with respect to a class of interests, section 1129(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that “the holder of any interest that is junior to the interests of such class will not receive or retain under the plan on account of such junior interest any property.” There are no classes junior to the deemed (or actual) rejecting classes of claims or interests that will receive any distribution under the Plan. The Plan, therefore, satisfies the requirements of section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

18.

Section 1129(c)–Confirmation of Only One Plan With Respect to the Debtors

The Plan is the only plan that has been filed in these Chapter 11 Cases with respect to the Debtors. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(c) of the Bankruptcy Code.

19.

Section 1129(d)–Principal Purpose Not Avoidance of Taxes

The principal purpose of the Plan is not the avoidance of taxes or the avoidance of the application of section 5 of the Securities Act. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.

20.

Section 1129(e)–Small Business Case

Section 1129(e) is inapplicable because these Chapter 11 Cases do not qualify as small business cases thereunder.

J.	Securities Under the Plan

Pursuant to the Plan, and without further corporate or other action, the New Common Stock and any debt issued or assumed by the Reorganized Debtors will be issued or entered into, as applicable, on the Effective Date subject to the terms of the Plan.

K.	Releases and Discharges

The releases and discharges of Claims and Causes of Action described in the Plan, including releases by the Debtors and by Holders of Claims and Interests, constitute good faith compromises and settlements of the matters covered thereby. Such compromises and settlements are made in exchange for consideration and are in the best interest of Holders of Claims and Interests, are fair, equitable, reasonable, and are integral elements of the resolution of the Chapter 11 Cases in accordance with the Plan. Each of the discharge, release, indemnification, and exculpation provisions set forth in the Plan: (a) is within the jurisdiction of the Court under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1334(a), 1334(b), and 1334(d); (b) is an essential means of implementing the Plan pursuant to section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code; (c) is an integral element of the transactions incorporated into the Plan; (d) confers material benefit on, and is in the best interests of, the Debtors, their estates, and their creditors; (e) is important to the overall objectives of the Plan to

finally resolve all Claims and Interests among or against the parties in interest in the Chapter 11 Cases with respect to the Debtors; (f) is consistent with sections 105, 1123, 1129, and all other applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code; (g) given and made after due notice and opportunity for hearing; and (h), without limiting the foregoing, with respect to the releases and injunctions in Article VIII of the Plan, are (i) essential elements of the Restructuring Transactions and Plan, terms and conditions without which the Consenting Creditors would not have entered into the Restructuring Support Agreement, and (ii) narrowly tailored. Furthermore, the injunction set forth in Article VIII is an essential component of the Plan, the fruit of long-term negotiations and achieved by the exchange of good and valuable consideration that will enable unsecured creditors to realize distributions in the Chapter 11 Cases.

L.	Release and Retention of Causes of Action

It is in the best interests of Holders of Claims and Interests that the provisions in Article VIII of the Plan be approved.

M.	Approval of Restructuring Support Agreement and Other Restructuring Documents and Agreements

All documents and agreements necessary to implement the Plan, including the Restructuring Support Agreement, are essential elements of the Plan, are necessary to consummate the Plan and the Restructuring Transaction, and entry into and consummation of the transactions contemplated by each such document and agreement is in the best interests of the Debtors, the Estates, and Holders of Claims and Interests. The Debtors have exercised reasonable business judgment in determining which agreements to enter into and have provided sufficient and adequate notice of such documents and agreements. The terms and conditions of such documents and agreements have been negotiated in good faith, at arm’s-length, are fair and reasonable, and are hereby reaffirmed and approved, and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date and execution and delivery in accordance with their respective terms, shall be in full force and effect and valid, binding, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, without the need for any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, or other action under applicable law, regulation, or rule.

N.	Confirmation Hearing Exhibits

All of the exhibits presented at the Confirmation Hearing have been properly received into evidence and are a part of the record before the Bankruptcy Court.

O.	Objections to Confirmation of the Plan

Any and all objections to Confirmation have been withdrawn, settled, overruled, or otherwise resolved.

P.	Retention of Jurisdiction

The Bankruptcy Court may properly retain jurisdiction over the matters set forth in Article XII of the Plan and section 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Q.	Plan Supplement

The Debtors filed the Plan Supplement. All of the documents contained in the Plan Supplement comply with the terms of the Plan, and the filing and notice of such documents was adequate, proper and in accordance with the Disclosure Statement Order, the Bankruptcy Code, and the Bankruptcy Rules.

ARTICLE X.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE

A.	Conditions Precedent to the Effective Date

It shall be a condition to the Effective Date that the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived pursuant to Article X.B of the Plan:

1. the Definitive Documents (as defined in the Restructuring Support Agreement) will contain terms and conditions consistent in all material respects with the Restructuring Support Agreement and will otherwise be subject to the consent of the Requisite Creditors (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld);

2. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Confirmation Order, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Requisite Creditors, and the Confirmation Order shall have become a Final Order; provided that in accordance with Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h), and 6006(d) (and notwithstanding any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules), the Confirmation Order shall not be stayed and shall be effective immediately upon its entry;

3. Each of the Plan and all documents contained in any supplement to the Plan, including the Plan Supplement and any exhibits, schedules, amendments, or modifications thereto, shall have been executed in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Requisite Creditors;

4. The Exit Facility Documents shall have been duly executed, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Requisite Creditors, and delivered by all of the Entities that are parties thereto and all conditions precedent (other than any conditions related to the occurrence of the Effective Date) to the effectiveness of the Exit Facility shall have been satisfied or duly waived in writing;

5. No court of competent jurisdiction or other competent governmental or regulatory authority shall have issued a final and non-appealable order making illegal or otherwise restricting, preventing or prohibiting, in any material respect, the consummation of the Plan, the Restructuring Support Agreement, or any of the Restructuring Transactions contemplated thereby;

6. The Debtors shall have obtained all material authorizations, consents, regulatory approvals, rulings, or documents that are necessary to implement and effectuate the Restructuring Transactions;

7. The Bankruptcy Court shall have authorized, and the Debtors shall have paid or reimbursed when due, all Transaction Expenses then known or submitted to the Debtors; and

8. All Allowed Professional Fee Claims shall have been paid in full or amounts sufficient to pay such Allowed Professional Fee Claims after the Effective Date shall have been placed in the Professional Fee Escrow Account pending approval of the Professional Fee Claims by the Bankruptcy Court.

B.	Waiver of Conditions

The conditions to the Effective Date of the Plan set forth in Article X of the Plan may be waived by the Debtors, subject to the consent of the Requisite Creditors (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), without notice, leave, or order of the Bankruptcy Court or any formal action other than proceedings to confirm or consummate the Plan.

C.	Effect of Non-Occurrence of Conditions to Consummation

If the Effective Date does not occur on or before the termination of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Plan shall be null and void in all respects and nothing contained in the Plan or the Disclosure Statement shall: (1) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims, Interests, or Causes of Action by any Entity; (2) prejudice in any manner the rights of any Debtor, the Consenting Creditors, or any other Entity; or (3) constitute an admission, acknowledgment, offer, or undertaking of any sort by any Debtor, Consenting Creditor, or any other Entity; provided, that all provisions of the Restructuring Support Agreement that survive termination thereof shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms thereof.

D.	Substantial Consummation

“Substantial consummation” of the Plan, as defined in section 1101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be deemed to occur on the Effective Date.

ARTICLE XI.

MODIFICATION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL OF THE PLAN

A.	Modification of Plan

Effective as of the date hereof: (1) the Debtors reserve the right, subject to the consent of the Requisite Creditors (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules, to amend or modify the Plan before the entry of the Confirmation Order, consistent with the terms set forth herein, and, as appropriate, not resolicit votes on such modified Plan, including (a) modifying the treatment applicable to a Class of Claims or Interests to the extent the Bankruptcy Court indicates it will not confirm the Plan on account of such treatment, and (b) reclassifying any Claim or Interest in one particular Class together with any substantially similar Claim or Interest in a different Class, as applicable, to the extent permitted by the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules; and (2) after the entry of the Confirmation Order, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, subject to the consent of the Requisite Creditors (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), may, upon order of the Bankruptcy Court, amend or modify the Plan, in accordance with section 1127(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019, remedy any defect or omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in such manner as may be necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan consistent with the terms set forth herein.

B.	Effect of Confirmation on Modifications

Entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute approval of all modifications to the Plan occurring after the solicitation of votes thereon pursuant to section 1127(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and a finding that such modifications to the Plan do not require additional disclosure or resolicitation under Bankruptcy Rule 3019.

C.	Revocation or Withdrawal of Plan

Subject to the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Debtors reserve the right to revoke or withdraw the Plan with respect to any or all Debtors before the Confirmation Date and to File subsequent chapter 11 plans. If the Debtors revoke or withdraw the Plan, or if Confirmation or the Effective Date does not occur, then: (1) the Plan will be null and void in all respects; (2) any settlement or compromise embodied in the Plan, assumption or rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases effectuated by the Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant hereto will be null and void in all respects; and (3) nothing contained in the Plan shall (a) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims, Interests, or Causes of Action by any Entity, (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of any Debtor or any other Entity, or (c) constitute an admission, acknowledgement, offer, or undertaking of any sort by any Debtor or any other Entity.

ARTICLE XII.

RETENTION OF JURISDICTION

Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising out of, or related to, the Chapter 11 Cases and the Plan pursuant to sections 105(a) and 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, including jurisdiction to:

1. allow, disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, estimate, or establish the priority, Secured or unsecured status, or amount of any Claim against a Debtor, including the resolution of any request for payment of any Claim and the resolution of any and all objections to the Secured or unsecured status, priority, amount, or allowance of Claims;

2. decide and resolve all matters related to the granting and denying, in whole or in part, any applications for allowance of compensation or reimbursement of expenses to Professionals authorized pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or the Plan;

3. resolve any matters related to Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, including: (a) the assumption or assumption and assignment of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which a Debtor is party or with respect to which a Debtor may be liable and to hear, determine, and, if necessary, liquidate, any Cure Costs or

Claims arising therefrom, including pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) any potential contractual obligation under any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that is assumed; and (c) any dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or expired;

4. ensure that distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests are accomplished pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and adjudicate any and all disputes arising from or relating to distributions under the Plan;

5. adjudicate, decide, or resolve any motions, adversary proceedings, contested or litigated matters, and any other matters, and grant or deny any applications involving a Debtor that may be pending on the Effective Date;

6. enter and implement such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to execute, implement, or consummate the provisions of (a) contracts, instruments, releases, indentures, and other agreements or documents approved by a Final Order in the Chapter 11 Cases, and (b) the Plan, the Confirmation Order, and contracts, instruments, releases, indentures, and other agreements or documents created in connection with the Plan;

7. enforce any order for the sale of property pursuant to sections 363, 1123, or 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code;

8. grant any consensual request to extend the deadline for assuming or rejecting Unexpired Leases pursuant to section 365(d)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code;

9. issue injunctions, enter and implement other orders, or take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by any Entity with Consummation or enforcement of the Plan;

10. hear, determine, and resolve any cases, matters, controversies, suits, disputes, or Causes of Action in connection with or in any way related to the Chapter 11 Cases, including: (a) with respect to the repayment or return of distributions and the recovery of additional amounts owed by the Holder of a Claim for amounts not timely repaid pursuant to Article VI.F.1 of the Plan; (b) with respect to the releases, injunctions, and other provisions contained in Article VIII of the Plan, including entry of such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to implement such releases, injunctions, and other provisions; (c) that may arise in connection with the Consummation, interpretation, implementation, or enforcement of the Plan, the Confirmation Order, and contracts, instruments, releases, and other agreements or documents created in connection with the Plan; or (d) related to section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code;

11. enter and implement such orders as are necessary or appropriate if the Confirmation Order is for any reason modified, stayed, reversed, revoked, or vacated;

12. consider any modifications of the Plan, to cure any defect or omission, or to reconcile any inconsistency in any Bankruptcy Court order, including the Confirmation Order;

13. hear and determine matters concerning state, local, and federal taxes in accordance with sections 346, 505, and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code;

14. enter an order or Final Decree concluding or closing the Chapter 11 Cases;

15. enforce all orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court;

16. hear and determine disputes involving any matter related to the implementation of the Plan, provided, however, that upon the closing of the Exit Facility and execution of the New Organizational Documents, disputes with respect to the Exit Facility and the New Organizational Documents that are not related to the Plan shall otherwise be governed by the jurisdictional, forum selection or dispute resolution clause contained in such document; and

17. hear any other matter not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Code.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Bankruptcy Court retains jurisdiction, but not exclusive jurisdiction, to determine whether environmental liabilities asserted by any Governmental Unit are discharged or otherwise barred by the Confirmation Order or the Plan, or the Bankruptcy Code. As of the Effective Date, notwithstanding anything in this Article XII to the contrary, the Exit Facility and the New Organizational Documents shall be governed by the jurisdictional provisions contained therein.

ARTICLE XIII.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

A.	Immediate Binding Effect

Subject to Article X.A hereof, and notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h), or 7062 or otherwise, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the terms of the Plan and the Plan Supplement shall be immediately effective and enforceable and deemed binding upon the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and any and all Holders of Claims or Interests (irrespective of whether such Holders of Claims or Interests have accepted or are deemed to have accepted the Plan), all Entities that are parties to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, discharges, and injunctions described in the Plan, each Entity acquiring property under the Plan, and any and all non-Debtor parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases with the Debtors. All Claims and debts shall be as fixed, adjusted, or compromised, as applicable, pursuant to the Plan regardless of whether any Holder of a Claim or debt has voted on the Plan.

B.	Additional Documents

On or before the Effective Date, and subject to the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Debtors may File with the Bankruptcy Court such agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan. The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and all Holders of Claims receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan and all other parties in interest shall, from time to time, prepare, execute, and deliver any agreements or documents and take any other actions as may be necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions and intent of the Plan.

C.	Dissolution of the Statutory Committees

On the Effective Date, the Creditors’ Committee and any other statutory committee appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases shall dissolve automatically and the members thereof shall be released and discharged from all rights, duties, responsibilities, and liabilities arising from, or related to, the Chapter 11 Cases and under the Bankruptcy Code, except for the purposes of (a) prosecuting requests for payment of Professional Fee Claims for services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred prior to the Effective Date by the Creditors’ Committee and its Professionals, (b) participating in any adversary proceeding commenced on or before the Effective Date in which the Creditors’ Committee (or any member thereof in its capacity as such) is named, and (c) participating in any appeals of the Confirmation Order. The Debtors shall no longer be responsible for paying any fees or expenses incurred by the members of or advisors to the Creditors’ Committee or any other statutory committee after the Effective Date except for those purposes set forth in the preceding sentence. Upon the dissolution of the Creditors’ Committee and any other statutory committee, the members of such committees and their respective professionals will cease to have any duty, obligation or role arising from or related to the Chapter 11 Cases and shall be released and discharged from all rights and duties from or related to the Chapter 11 Cases.

D.	Payment of Statutory Fees

All fees payable pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a) prior to the Effective Date shall be paid by the Debtors. On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall pay any and all such fees when due and payable, and shall File with the Bankruptcy Court quarterly reports in a form reasonably acceptable to the U.S. Trustee. Each Debtor and Reorganized Debtor shall remain obligated to pay quarterly fees to the U.S. Trustee until the earliest of that particular Debtor’s or Reorganized Debtor’s case being closed, dismissed, or converted to a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.

E.	Reservation of Rights

The Plan shall have no force or effect unless the Bankruptcy Court shall enter the Confirmation Order. None of the Filing of the Plan, any statement or provision contained in the Plan, or the taking of any action by any Debtor with respect to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, or the Plan Supplement shall be or shall be deemed to be an admission or waiver of any rights of any Debtor with respect to the Holders of Claims or Interests prior to the Effective Date.

F.	Successors and Assigns

The rights, benefits, and obligations of any Entity named or referred to in the Plan shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of any heir, executor, administrator, successor or assign, Affiliate, officer, director, agent, representative, attorney, beneficiaries, or guardian, if any, of each Entity.

G.	Service of Documents

After the Effective Date, any pleading, notice, or other document required by the Plan to be served on or delivered to the Reorganized Debtors shall be served on:


Reorganized Debtors	Whiting Petroleum Corporation 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 4700 Denver, Colorado 80203 Attn: Bruce R. DeBoer (bruced@whiting.com) with copies to:

Counsel to Debtors	Kirkland & Ellis LLP
	609 Main Street
	Houston, Texas 77002
	Attn:	Brian Schartz, P.C.
		(brian.schartz@kirkland.com)
		Anna Rotman, P.C.
		(anna.rotman@kirkland.com)
	-and-

	Kirkland & Ellis LLP
	601 Lexington Avenue
	New York, New York 10022
	Attn:	Stephen Hessler, P.C.
		(stephen.hessler@kirkland.com)

	-and-

	Kirkland & Ellis LLP
	300 North LaSalle
	Chicago, Illinois 60654
	Attn:	Gregory F. Pesce
		(gregory.pesce@kirkland.com)

	-and-


	Jackson Walker L.L.P.
	1401 McKinney Street, Suite 1900
	Houston, Texas 77010
	Attn:	Matthew D. Cavenaugh
		(mcavenough@jw.com)
		Jennifer F. Wertz
		(jwertz@jw.com)
		Veronica A. Polnick
		(vpolnick@jw.com)

Counsel to the RBL Agent	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
	425 Lexington Avenue
	New York, New York 10017
	Attn:	Sandeep Qusba, Esq.
		(squsba@stblaw.com)
		Kathrine A. McLendon, Esq.
		(kmclendon@stblaw.com)

Counsel to the Consenting Creditors	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
	1285 Avenue of the Americas
	New York, New York 10019
	Attn:	Andrew N. Rosenberg
		(arosenberg@paulweiss.com)
		Alice Belisle Eaton
		(aeaton@paulweiss.com)
		Michael M. Turkel
		(mturkel@paulweiss.com)
		Omid Rahnama
		(orahnama@paulweiss.com)

	-and-

	Porter Hedges LLP
	1000 Main Street, 36th Floor
	Houston, Texas 77002
	Attn:	John F. Higgins
		(jhiggins@porterhedges.com)
		Eric M. English
		(eenglish@porterhedges.com)
		Genevieve M. Graham
		(ggraham@porterhedges.com)

Counsel to the Creditors’ Committee	Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
	780 Third Avenue, 34th Floor
	New York, New York 10017
	Attn:	Robert J. Feinstein
		(rfeinstein@pszjlaw.com)

	-and-

	Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
	10110 Santa Monica Boulevard, 13th Floor
	Los Angeles, California 90667
	Attn:	Jeffrey N. Pomerantz
		(jpomerantz@pszjlaw.com)

H.	Term of Injunctions or Stays

Unless otherwise provided herein or in the Confirmation Order, all injunctions or stays in effect in the Chapter 11 Cases (pursuant to sections 105 or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Bankruptcy Court) and existing on the Confirmation Date (excluding any injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order) shall remain in full force and effect until the Effective Date. All injunctions or stays contained in the Plan or the Confirmation Order shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

I.	Entire Agreement

Except as otherwise indicated, the Plan supersedes all previous and contemporaneous negotiations, promises, covenants, agreements, understandings, and representations on such subjects, all of which have become merged and integrated into the Plan.

J.	Plan Supplement

All exhibits and documents included in the Plan Supplement are incorporated into and are a part of the Plan as if set forth in full in the Plan. After any of such documents included in the Plan Supplement are Filed, copies of such documents shall be made available upon written request to the Debtors’ counsel at the address above or by downloading such exhibits and documents from the Solicitation Agent’s website at https://cases.stretto.com/whitingpetroleum or the Bankruptcy Court’s website at https://www.pacer.gov/.

K.	Non-Severability

If, prior to Confirmation, the Bankruptcy Court holds any term or provision of the Plan to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the Bankruptcy Court shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or provision to make it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, and such term or provision shall then be applicable as altered or interpreted. Notwithstanding any such holding, alteration, or interpretation, the remainder of the terms and provisions of the Plan will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated by such holding, alteration, or interpretation. The Confirmation Order shall constitute a judicial determination and shall provide that each term and provision of the Plan, as it may have been altered or interpreted in accordance with the foregoing, is: (1) valid and enforceable pursuant to its terms; (2) integral to the Plan and may not be deleted or modified without the consent of the Debtors and the consent of the Requisite Creditors (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld); and (3) non-severable and mutually dependent.

L.	Votes Solicited in Good Faith

Upon entry of the Confirmation Order, the Debtors will be deemed to have solicited votes on the Plan in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code, and pursuant to section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors and each of the Supporting Noteholders and each of their respective Affiliates, agents, representatives, members, principals, equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), officers, directors, managers, employees, advisors, and attorneys will be deemed to have participated in good faith and in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code in the offer, issuance, sale, and purchase of Securities offered and sold under the Plan, and, therefore, neither any of such parties or individuals or the Reorganized Debtors will have any liability for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of votes on the Plan or the offer, issuance, sale, or purchase of the Securities offered and sold under the Plan.

M.	Waiver or Estoppel

Each Holder of a Claim or an Interest shall be deemed to have waived any right to assert any argument, including the right to argue that its Claim or Interest should be Allowed in a certain amount, in a certain priority, Secured or not subordinated by virtue of an agreement made with the Debtors or their counsel, or any other Entity, if such agreement was not disclosed in the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Restructuring Support Agreement, or papers Filed with the Bankruptcy Court prior to the Confirmation Date.

Exhibit B

Confirmation Notice

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

HOUSTON DIVISION



	)
In re:	)	Chapter 11
	)
WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION, et al.¹	)	Case No. 20-32021 (DRJ)
	)
Debtors.	)	(Jointly Administered)
	)

NOTICE OF (A) ENTRY OF ORDER (I) CONFIRMING

THE JOINT CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF

WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND ITS DEBTOR AFFILIATES AND

(II) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF, AND (B) OCCURRENCE OF EFFECTIVE DATE

TO ALL CREDITORS, INTEREST HOLDERS, AND OTHER PARTIES IN INTEREST:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on August [●], 2020, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”), entered an order [Docket No. [●]] (the “Confirmation Order”) approving the confirming the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Whiting Petroleum Corporation And Its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. [●]] (with all supplements and exhibits thereto, the “Plan”),² attached as Exhibit A to the Confirmation Order.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Effective Date of the Plan occurred on [●], 2020.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to Article V.B of the Plan, Proofs of Claim with respect to Claims arising from the rejection of Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, if any, must be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court within 30 days after the date of entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court (including the Confirmation Order) approving such rejection. Any Claims arising from the rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that are not Filed within such time will be automatically disallowed, forever barred from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against, as applicable, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, or property of the foregoing parties, without the need for any objection by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, or further notice to, or action, order, or

²	Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, as applicable.

approval of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity, and any Claim arising out of the rejection of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged, notwithstanding anything in a Proof of Claim to the contrary.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, except with respect to Administrative Claims that are Professional Fee Claims or as otherwise set forth in the Plan, requests for payment of an Allowed Administrative Claim other than requests for payment of Administrative Claims arising in the ordinary course of business must be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court no later than 30 days after the Effective Date (the “Administrative Claims Bar Date”). HOLDERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO FILE AND SERVE A REQUEST FOR PAYMENT OF SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS BAR DATE THAT DO NOT FILE AND SERVE SUCH A REQUEST BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS BAR DATE SHALL BE FOREVER BARRED, ESTOPPED, AND ENJOINED FROM ASSERTING SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS AGAINST THE DEBTORS OR THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, AND SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS SHALL BE DEEMED COMPROMISED, SETTLED, AND RELEASED AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, HOLDERS OF DIP FACILITY CLAIMS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO FILE OR SERVE ANY REQUEST FOR PAYMENT OF SUCH DIP FACILITY CLAIMS.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, all final requests for payment of Professional Fee Claims must be Filed with the Bankruptcy Court no later than 45 days after the Effective Date.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the terms of the Plan, the Plan Supplement, and the Confirmation Order shall be immediately effective and enforceable and deemed binding upon the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, and any and all Holders of Claims or Interests (regardless of whether such Claims or Interests are deemed to have accepted or rejected the Plan), all Entities that are parties to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, and injunctions described in the Plan, each Entity acquiring property under the Plan, the Confirmation Order and any and all non-Debtor parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases with the Debtors.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Confirmation Order, and copies of all documents Filed in these Chapter 11 Cases are available free of charge by visiting https://cases.stretto.com/WhitingPetroleum or by calling the Debtors’ restructuring hotline at (800) 330-2531. You may also obtain copies of any pleadings filed in these Chapter 11 Cases for a fee via PACER at: https://ecf.txsb.uscourts.gov.


Houston, Texas
[ ], 2020

Respectfully Submitted,

/s/ Draft
JACKSON WALKER L.L.P.		KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
Matthew D. Cavenaugh (TX Bar No. 24062656)		KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP
Jennifer F. Wertz (TX Bar No. 24072822)		Brian Schartz, P.C. (TX Bar No. 24099361)
Veronica A. Polnick (TX Bar No. 24079148)		Anna Rotman, P.C. (TX Bar No. 24046761)
1401 McKinney Street, Suite 1900		609 Main Street
Houston, Texas 77010		Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone: (713) 752-4200		Telephone: (713) 836-3600
Facsimile: (713) 752-4221		Facsimile: (713) 836-3601
Email: mcavenaugh@jw.com		Email: brian.schartz@kirkland.com
jwertz@jw.com		anna.rotman@kirkland.com
vpolnick@jw.com

		-and-
Co-Counsel to the Debtors and Debtors in Possession
		Gregory F. Pesce (admitted pro hac vice)
		300 North LaSalle Street
		Chicago, Illinois 60654
		Telephone: (312) 862-2000
		Facsimile: (312) 862-2200
		Email: gregory.pesce@kirkland.com

		-and-

		Stephen Hessler, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)
		601 Lexington Avenue
		New York, New York 10022
		Telephone: (212) 446-4800
		Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
		Email: stephen.hessler@kirkland.com

		Co-Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors in Possession

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS NOTICE, PLEASE CONTACT STRETTO BY CALLING (800) 330-2531