SECOND AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENTRights Agreement • October 18th, 2005 • Vintage Petroleum Inc • Crude petroleum & natural gas • Delaware
This Second Amendment to Rights Agreement (this “Amendment”), effective as of October 13, 2005, by and between Vintage Petroleum, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and Mellon Investor Services LLC (formerly known as ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.), a New Jersey limited liability corporation, as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agent”), further amends that certain Rights Agreement dated as of March 16, 1999, by and between the Corporation and the Rights Agent, as amended by the Corporation and the Rights Agent as of April 3, 2002 (as so amended, the “Rights Agreement”). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Rights Agreement.
