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• Clinical Data and Regulatory Compliance The preclinical tests and clinical trials, and other studies (collectively, “studies”) that are described in, or the results of which are referred to in, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus were and, if still pending, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with the protocols, procedures and controls designed and approved for such studies and with standard medical and scientific research procedures; each description of the results of such studies is accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly presents the data derived from such studies, and the Company and its subsidiaries have no knowledge of any other studies the results of which are inconsistent with, or otherwise call into question, the results described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus; the Company and its subsidiaries have made all such filings and obtained all such approvals as may be required by the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any committee thereof or from any other U.S. or foreign government or drug or medical device regulatory agency, or health care facility Institutional Review Board (collectively, the “Regulatory Agencies”); neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of, or correspondence from, any Regulatory Agency requiring the termination, suspension or modification of any clinical trials that are described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus; and the Company and its subsidiaries have each operated and currently are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable rules, regulations and policies of the Regulatory Agencies.

• Tax and Regulatory Matters No Buyer Entity or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, any Affiliate thereof has taken or agreed to take any action, and Buyer does not have any Knowledge of any agreement, plan or other circumstance, that is reasonably likely to (i) prevent the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or (ii) materially impede or delay receipt of any of the Requisite Regulatory Approvals.

• Tests and Preclinical and Clinical Trials The preclinical studies and clinical trials conducted by or, to the Company’s knowledge, on behalf of the Company, that are described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as applicable, and are intended to be submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) or other comparable government entities, were and, if still ongoing, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to accepted professional scientific standards and all Authorizations and Applicable Laws, including, without limitation, current Good Clinical Practices and Good Laboratory Practices and any applicable rules and regulations of the jurisdiction in which such trials and studies are being conducted; the descriptions of the results of such studies and trials contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are, to the Company’s knowledge, accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the data derived from such studies and trials; except to the extent disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any studies or trials, the results of which the Company believes reasonably call into question the study or trial results described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus when viewed in the context in which such results are described and the clinical stage of development; and, except to the extent disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company has not received any written notices or written correspondence from the FDA or any governmental entity requiring the termination or suspension of any preclinical studies or clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company, other than ordinary course communications with respect to modifications in connection with the design and implementation of such trials, copies of which communications have been made available to you.

• Regulatory Matters (a) VFL and Purchaser shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all consents, approvals and agreements of, and to give and make all notices and filings with, any Governmental Entity necessary to authorize, approve or permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Related Agreements and any other agreements contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, as set forth on Schedule 3.04 and Schedule 4.04. Purchaser and VFL will provide each other and their counsel the opportunity to review in advance and comment on all such filings with any Governmental Entity. Purchaser and VFL will keep each other informed of the status of matters relating to obtaining the regulatory approvals specified in Schedule 3.04 and Schedule 4.04. It is expressly understood by the parties hereto that each party hereto shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that representatives of both Purchaser and VFL shall have the right to attend and participate in any hearing, proceeding, meeting, conference or similar event before or with a Governmental Entity or other organization relating to this Agreement or a Related Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, Purchaser and VFL shall provide each other reasonable advance notice of any such hearing, proceeding, meeting, conference or similar event. The notice required to be given under this Section 5.04 shall be given to representatives of VFL or Purchaser entitled to receive notices hereunder. (b) VFL and Purchaser shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all other approvals and consents to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Agreements, including the consents of third parties under Assigned Contracts. In the event and to the extent that VFL is unable to obtain any required approval or consent of non-governmental authorities to any agreement to be assigned to Purchaser hereunder, (i) VFL shall use commercially reasonable efforts in cooperation with Purchaser to (A) provide or cause to be provided to Purchaser the benefits of any such agreement, (B) cooperate in any arrangement, reasonable and lawful as to VFL and Purchaser, designed to provide such benefits to Purchaser and (C) enforce for the account of Purchaser any rights of VFL arising from such agreements, including the right to elect to terminate in accordance with the terms thereof on the advice of Purchaser and (ii) Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to perform the obligations of VFL arising under such agreements and licenses, to the extent that, by reason of the transactions consummated pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, Purchaser has control over the resources necessary to perform such obligations. If and when any such approval or consent shall be obtained or such agreement or license shall otherwise become assignable, VFL shall promptly assign all of its rights and obligations thereunder to Purchaser without the payment of further consideration and Purchaser shall, without the payment of any further consideration therefor, assume such rights and obligations and VFL shall be relieved of any and all obligation or liability hereunder.

• Commercialization Reports Throughout the term of this Agreement and during the Sell-Off Period, and within thirty (30) days of December 31st of each year, Company will deliver to University written reports of Company’s and Sublicensees’ efforts and plans to develop and commercialize the innovations covered by the Licensed Rights and to make and sell Licensed Products. Company will have no obligation to prepare commercialization reports in years where (a) Company delivers to University a written Sales Report with active sales, and (b) Company has fulfilled all Performance Milestones. In relation to each of the Performance Milestones each commercialization report will include sufficient information to demonstrate achievement of those Performance Milestones and will set out timeframes and plans for achieving those Performance Milestones which have not yet been met.

• Development Reports Beginning six months after Effective Date and ending on the date of first commercial sale of a Licensed Product in the United States, LICENSEE shall report to Cornell progress covering LICENSEE's (and Affiliate's and Sublicensee's) activities and efforts in the development of rights granted to LICENSEE under this Agreement for the preceding six months. The report shall include, but not be limited to, activities and efforts to develop and test all Licensed Products and obtain governmental approvals necessary for marketing the same. Such semi-annual reports shall be due within sixty days (60) of the reporting period and shall use the form as provided herein as Appendix C.

• Development Plans Shipper has provided Gatherer with a report attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Current Development Plan”) describing in detail, as of January 1, 2017, the planned development, drilling, and production activities to take place with respect to Dedicated Production for the applicable Development Period. The information contained in the TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**). Current Development Plan is broken out on a Subsystem-by-Subsystem basis and, with respect to the first three Years covered by the Current Development Plan, on a Quarter-by-Quarter basis, and with respect to the remaining Years covered by the Current Development Plan, on a Year-by-Year basis. The Current Development Plan attached hereto has been approved by the Parties. (a) From time to time during each Year of the Term, the Parties shall meet to discuss the planned development, drilling, and production activities that Shipper expects to take place with respect to Dedicated Production for the then-applicable Development Period. Shipper and Gatherer shall each make their respective representatives available to participate in such meetings and discussions. No later than August 1 of each such Year, Shipper shall provide (or cause to be provided) to Gatherer a proposed update of the then-currently agreed Development Plan, prepared on the same basis as the Current Development Plan and describing in detail the planned development, drilling, and production activities to take place with respect to Dedicated Production for the then-applicable Development Period (any such update, an “Updated Development Plan” and, together with the Current Development Plan, each, a “Development Plan”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall Gatherer be required to agree to any Updated Development Plan and corresponding updated Gathering System Plan that contains a Committed Build-Out that (i) has a corresponding Target Completion Date that occurs after the end of the Initial Term, and (ii) Gatherer, in its sole discretion, does not wish to approve. (b) Each proposed Development Plan shall include information as to the following, in each case, broken out on a Subsystem-by-Subsystem basis and, with respect to the first three Years covered by such Development Plan, on a Quarter-by-Quarter basis, and, with respect to the remaining Years covered by such Development Plan, on a Year-by-Year basis: (i) all Xxxxx that, as of the date such Development Plan was delivered, are currently in existence and (A) the production therefrom is being delivered into the Gathering System, or (B) are awaiting connection to the Gathering System; (ii) the Xxxxx that are expected to be drilled during the time period covered by such Development Plan (each such Well reflected in such Development Plan, a “Planned Well”), and the estimated timing of the drilling of such Planned Xxxxx; (iii) forward-looking production estimates for the applicable time period covered by such Development Plan for all Shipper Gas (A) that Shipper reasonably and in good faith believes will become owned or Controlled by Shipper during the time period covered by such Development Plan, and/or (B) that will be produced from (I) in the aggregate, all Xxxxx then-existing and (II) in the aggregate, any Planned Xxxxx included in such Development Plan (such collective estimates described in subsections (A) and (B), both with respect to a particular Quarter and an entire Year, the “Dedicated Production Estimates”); TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**). (iv) forward-looking estimates for the applicable time period covered by such Development Plan of the aggregate volumes of those Shipper Injected Liquids that Shipper intends to Tender to the Injection Points hereunder to receive the System Services (such estimates, both with respect to a particular Quarter and an entire Year, the “System Liquids Estimates” and, together with the Dedicated Production Estimates, the “System Production Estimates”); (v) (A) each new receipt point (including the location thereof) proposed by Shipper with respect to the System Production Estimate reflected in such Development Plan (each such receipt point, including those located at the site of a Planned Well, a “Planned Receipt Point”), (B) each Receipt Point at which Shipper expects to Tender Shipper Gas and/or Shipper Injected Liquids reflected in such Development Plan into the Gathering System, and (C) the estimated portion of the System Production Estimate contained in such Development Plan that Shipper expects to Tender at each such Receipt Point and Planned Receipt Point; (vi) the earliest date on which each Planned Well included in the Development Plan is estimated to be completed and producing, which date shall not be earlier than three Months after the January 1st that is immediately subsequent to the date that the Development Plan that initially reflected such Planned Well was delivered to Gatherer hereunder; (vii) the anticipated characteristics of the production from the Xxxxx and Planned Xxxxx reflected in such Development Plan (including liquids content and gas and liquids composition) and the projected production volumes and production pressures applicable thereto; provided that Shipper may utilize the existing and historical production information from similarly situated Xxxxx; (viii) (A) each new delivery point (including the location thereof) proposed by Shipper with respect to the System Production Estimate reflected in such Development Plan (each such delivery point, a “Planned Delivery Point”), (B) each Delivery Point at which Shipper expects Shipper Gas produced from the Xxxxx and Planned Xxxxx reflected in such Development Plan to be redelivered to Shipper, (C) each Delivery Point at which Shipper expects any Drip Liquids allocated to Shipper in accordance with this Agreement and/or Shipper Injected Liquids to be redelivered to Shipper, and (D) the estimated portion of the System Production Estimate contained in such Development Plan that Shipper expects to be redelivered to Shipper at each such Delivery Point and Planned Delivery Point; (ix) any (A) proposed revision to the then-existing Dedicated Area and/or any then-existing Dedicated Contract and/or (B) any new contract that Shipper proposes to be a Dedicated Contract; and (x) other information reasonably requested by Gatherer that is relevant to the design, construction, and operation of the Gathering System, including (A) any Subsystem Extension proposed by Shipper, (B) the relevant Receipt Point, Planned Receipt Point, Delivery Point and Planned Delivery Point facilities applicable to such TERMS IN THIS EXHIBIT HAVE BEEN REDACTED BECAUSE CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THOSE TERMS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE REDACTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND THE TERMS HAVE BEEN MARKED AT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WITH TWO ASTERISKS (**). Development Plan, and (C) any treating, processing, or liquids handling facilities proposed by Shipper that may be required for any Shipper Gas and/or Shipper Injected Liquids to meet applicable Downstream Facility specifications at the Delivery Points.

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• Reports; Regulatory Matters (a) Each of the Companies and their Subsidiaries have timely filed or furnished, as applicable, all reports, registrations, statements and certifications, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file or furnish, as applicable, since January 1, 2006 with (i) any state regulatory authority, (ii) the SEC, (iii) any foreign regulatory authority, and (iv) any self-regulatory authority, (collectively, “Regulatory Agencies”) and with each other applicable Governmental Entity, and all other reports and statements required to be filed or furnished by them since January 1, 2006, including any report or statement required to be filed pursuant to the laws, rules or regulations of the United States, any state, any foreign entity, or any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity, and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. Except as set forth in Section 3.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity has initiated since January 1, 2006 or has pending any proceeding, enforcement action or, to the knowledge of Seller, investigation into the business, disclosures or operations of any of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries. Since January 1, 2006, no Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity has resolved any proceeding, enforcement action or, to the knowledge of Seller, investigation into the business, disclosures or operations of any of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries. There is no unresolved, or, to Seller’s knowledge, threatened criticism, comment, exception or stop order by any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity with respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations or inspections of any of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries. Since January 1, 2006, there have been no formal or informal inquiries by, or disagreements or disputes with, any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity with respect to the business, operations, policies or procedures of any of the Companies or any of its Subsidiaries (other than normal inquiries made by a Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity in the Companies’ ordinary course of business). (b) No Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any cease-and-desist or other order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party to any written agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or is a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any order or directive by, or has been ordered to pay any civil money penalty by, or has been since January 1, 2006 a recipient of any supervisory letter from, or since January 1, 2006 has adopted any policies, procedures or board resolutions at the request or suggestion of, any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity that currently restricts or affects in any material respect the conduct of its business (or to Seller’s knowledge that, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, would restrict in any material respect the conduct of the business of either Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries), or that in any material manner relates to its capital adequacy, its ability to pay dividends, its credit, risk management or compliance policies, its internal controls, its management or its business, other than those of general application that apply to similarly situated companies or their Subsidiaries (each item in this sentence, a “Company Regulatory Agreement”), nor has any of the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries been advised since January 1, 2006 by any Regulatory Agency or other Governmental Entity that it is considering issuing, initiating, ordering, or requesting any such Company Regulatory Agreement. (c) Seller has previously made available to Buyers an accurate and complete copy of each (i) final registration statement, prospectus, report, schedule and definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC by Seller pursuant to the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since January 1, 2006 (the “Seller SEC Reports”) and prior to the date of this Agreement and (ii) communication mailed by Seller to its shareholders since January 1, 2006 and prior to the date of this Agreement. No such Seller SEC Report or communication, at the time filed or communicated (or, if amended prior to the date hereof, as of the date of such amendment), with respect to the Companies and their Subsidiaries only, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. To the knowledge of Seller, other than as set forth in Section 3.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Seller SEC Reports is the subject of any ongoing review or investigation by the SEC or any other Governmental Entity and there are no unresolved SEC comments with respect to any of such documents.

• Development Plan document specifying the work program, schedule, and relevant investments required for the Development and the Production of a Discovery or set of Discoveries of Oil and Gas in the Concession Area, including its abandonment.