Covenant Running with the Land The dedication and commitment made by Producer under this Article 2 is a covenant running with the land. Producer shall not, and shall not permit any Rice Subsidiary to, Transfer any or all of its interest in any Dedicated Property unless (1) Producer obtains and delivers to Gatherer a written acknowledgment by the Transferee in favor of Gatherer acknowledging that the Transferred Dedicated Property shall remain subject to this Agreement in all respects and (2) each instrument of conveyance expressly so states. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Producer and each Rice Subsidiary shall be permitted to Transfer any Dedicated Property free of the dedication hereunder and without complying with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence in a Transfer in which a number of net acres of Dedicated Properties that, when added to the total of net acres of Dedicated Properties theretofore and, where applicable, simultaneously Transferred free of dedication hereunder pursuant to this Section 2.4, does not exceed the aggregate number of net acres of Dedicated Properties acquired by Producer after the Effective Date, including in a transaction in which Dedicated Properties are exchanged for other properties located in the Dedication Area that would be subject to dedication hereunder; provided, however, that any such release of Dedicated Properties from dedication and commitment hereunder shall not include any Dedicated Gas produced from any Well that is located on a Well Pad if other Xxxxx on such Well Pad are or have been connected to the Gathering System (whether producing, shut-in, temporarily abandoned or which has been spud or as to which drilling, completion, reworking or other well operations have commenced) or that is located on a Well Pad if a Connection Notice has previously been delivered by Producer for a Well on such Well Pad. At the request of Gatherer, Producer, Gatherer, and Alpha Shale shall execute and record an amendment to the memorandum of this Agreement previously entered into, as provided in Section 18.16, to reflect additions to the Dedicated Properties.