PETROHAWK ENERGY CORPORATION REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENTRegistration Rights Agreement • February 3rd, 2011 • Petrohawk Energy Corp • Crude petroleum & natural gas • New York
Petrohawk Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), proposes to issue and sell to Barclays Capital Inc. ( the “Initial Purchaser”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated January 14, 2011 (the “Purchase Agreement”), $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.25% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Initial Securities”) to be unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by certain of the Issuer’s subsidiaries who are signatories hereto as guarantors (collectively, the “Guarantors” and together with the Issuer, the “Company”). The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 17, 2010 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”). As an inducement to the Initial Purchaser, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchaser, for the benefit of the holders of the Initial Securities (including, without limitation, the Initial Purchaser ), the Exchange Securities
