Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated August 5, 2021, between Evolution Petroleum Corporation and MidFirst Bank effective June 30, 2021

THIS SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), is made and entered into effective as of August ___, 2021 (the "Effective Date"), by and between EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation ("EPC"), EVOLUTION PETROLEUM OK, INC., a Texas corporation (“Evolution Texas”), NGS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“NGS”), EVOLUTION ROYALTIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Evolution Royalties”; EPC, Evolution Texas, NGS, and Evolution Royalties are collectively referred to herein as the “Original Borrowers”), EVOLUTION PETROLEUM WEST, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Evolution West”; Evolution West and the Original Borrowers are collectively referred to herein as the “Borrowers”) and MIDFIRST BANK, a federally chartered savings association ("Lender").

A.Borrowers and Lender are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 11, 2016, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2017, and as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of February 1, 2018, and as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 25, 2018, and as further amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 31, 2018, and as further amended by that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of November 2, 2020, and as further amended by that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 28, 2020 (the "Existing Credit Agreement"). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Existing Credit Agreement.

B.The Loan is currently evidenced by that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note in the face amount of $50,000,000.00 dated as of February 1, 2018 (the “Note”).

C.The Borrowers and the Lender have agreed to modify and replace certain financial covenants and such other modifications as set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

Section 1.1    Terms Defined in the Existing Credit Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise expressly defined herein, the terms defined in the Existing Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings whenever used in this Amendment.

Section 1.2    Other Defined Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms when used in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.2.

“Amendment” means this Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement.

“Amendment Documents” means this Amendment, and all other Loan Documents executed and delivered in connection herewith.

“Credit Agreement” means the Existing Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

Section 2.1    Amendments to Article 1 of the Existing Credit Agreement.

(a)    Additional definitions for the terms “Acquired Entity or Mineral Interests” and “Acquired Entity or Mineral Interests EBITDA Adjustment” shall be added to Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement, Defined Terms, to be inserted in their appropriate alphabetical location and to state as follows:

"Acquired Entity or Mineral Interests" shall mean any entity or Mineral Interests acquired by Borrower by way of corporate merger or contracted purchase after April __, 2021. For the avoidance of doubt the assets acquired under the Tokyo Gas acquisition shall be deemed an Acquired Entity or Mineral Interests.

“Acquired Entity or Mineral Interests EBITDA Adjustment” shall mean an amount that may be added in the Lender’s sole discretion associated with cash flow from Acquired Entity or Mineral Interests defined above for covenant purposes. EBITDA under this adjustment must be documented separately inside the Borrower’s Compliance Certificate and is to be net of EBITDA associated with any Acquired Entity or Mineral Interests sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of or, closed or classified as discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary during such period. The adjustment under this provision shall be equal to: the actual EBITDA contributed from the Acquired Entity or Mineral Interests, divided by (i) the number of days in such trailing 12 month period being tested that the acquisition generated EBITDA outlined above, multiplied by (ii) the number of days in such trailing 12 month test period. The adjustment must be based on at least 30 days of actual EBITDA during the period and will exclude any extraordinary items.

(b)    The definition for the term “EBITDA” in Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement, Defined Terms, shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

"EBITDA" means (a) net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period in question, plus (b) (to the extent deducted in determining net income) depreciation, amortization, depletion, write-down of oil and gas properties, non-cash ceiling test impairments and other non-cash expenses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period (including other non-cash stock-based compensation expense, non-cash accretion expense, non-cash income

taxes, non-cash charges attributable to the application of ASC 410 - Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations , ASC 718 - Compensation - Stock Compensation or ASC 815 - Derivative and Hedging), plus (c) (to the extent deducted in determining net income) Taxes expenses for such period, less (d) (to the extent added in determining net income) gain on sale of assets and other non-cash income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period (including non-cash gains attributable to the application of ASC 410, ASC 718 or ASC 815) plus the Acquired Entity or Mineral Interests EBITDA Adjustment.

Section 2.2    Amendments to Article 7 of the Existing Credit Agreement.

(a)    Paragraph “(c)”, Consolidated Tangible Net Worth, of Section 7.12 of the Existing Credit Agreement, Financial Covenants, is hereby amended restated in its entirety as follows:

(c)    Consolidated Tangible Net Worth. Maintain, as of last day of each fiscal quarter, a Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of not less than $40,000,000.00.

Section 3.1    Effective Date. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first above written when and only when:

(a)    Amendment Documents. Lender shall have received duly executed and delivered counterparts of each Amendment Document (i) in form, substance and date satisfactory to Lender, and (ii) in such numbers as Lender or its counsel may reasonably request.

(b)    Certificate. Lender shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Borrower certifying as of the date of this Amendment (i) that there have been no changes to its Organizational Documents since the Closing Date, and (ii) that there are no resolutions or other action of Borrower prohibiting the transactions described in this Amendment.

(c)    Other Documentation. Lender shall have received all documents and instruments which Lender has then reasonably requested, in addition to those described in this Section 4.1. All such additional documents and instruments shall be reasonably satisfactory to Lender in form, substance and date.

(d)    No Default. No event shall have occurred and be continuing that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.

Section 4.1    Representations and Warranties of Borrower. In order to induce Lender to enter into this Amendment, each Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that:

(a)    All representations and warranties made by each Borrower in any Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein) on and as of time of the effectiveness hereof as if such representations and warranties had been made as of the time of the effectiveness hereof (except to the extent that such representation or warranty was made as of a specific date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein) as of such specific date).

(b)    Each Borrower has duly taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of the Amendment Documents to which it is a party and to authorize the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the performance of its obligations thereunder and will provide Lender with any approval thereof at the next scheduled meeting of any such Borrower’s board of directors.

(c)    The execution and delivery by each Borrower of the Amendment Documents to which it is a party, the performance by each Borrower of its obligations under such Amendment Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Amendment Documents, do not and will not (a) conflict with, violate or result in a breach of any provision of (i) to any Borrower’s knowledge, any Law, (ii) any Borrower’s Organization Documents, or (iii) any material agreement, judgment, license, order or permit applicable to or binding upon any Borrower, (b) result in the acceleration of any Indebtedness owed by any Borrower, or (c) result in or require the creation of any Lien upon the assets or properties of any Borrower except as expressly contemplated or permitted in the Loan Documents. Except (x) as expressly contemplated in the Amendment Documents and (y) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, to each Borrower’s knowledge, no permit, consent, approval, authorization or order of, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or third party is required on the part of or in respect of any Borrower in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by each Borrower of any Amendment Document or to consummate any transactions contemplated by the Amendment Documents.

(d)    This Amendment is, and the other Amendment Documents when duly executed and delivered will be, legal, valid and binding obligations of each Borrower, enforceable against each Borrower in accordance with their terms except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Laws of general application relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by general principles of equity.

Section 5.1    Ratification of Agreements. The Existing Credit Agreement as hereby amended is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. The Loan Documents, as they may be amended or affected by the various Amendment Documents, are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Any reference to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document shall be deemed to be a reference to the Existing Credit Agreement as hereby amended. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment and the other Amendment Documents shall not, except as expressly provided herein or therein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of Lender under the Credit Agreement, the Note, or any other Loan Document nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement, the Note or any other Loan Document.

Section 5.2    Survival of Agreements. All of each Borrower’s various representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in the Amendment Documents shall survive the execution and delivery thereof and the performance thereof, including the making or granting of the Loans and the delivery of the other Loan Documents, and shall further survive until all of the Obligations are paid in full to Lender and all of Lender’s obligations to Borrowers are terminated.

Section 5.3    Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE BORROWERS AND LENDER (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE HEREOF) HEREBY VOLUNTARILY, KNOWINGLY, IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) BETWEEN OR AMONG THE BORROWERS AND THE LENDER, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THIS DOCUMENT, ANY OTHER RELATED DOCUMENT, OR ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LENDER AND THE BORROWERS OR ANY BORROWER. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO THE LENDER TO PROVIDE THE FINANCING DESCRIBED HEREIN.

Section 5.4    Interpretive Provisions. Section 1.2 of the Existing Credit Agreement is incorporated herein by reference herein as if fully set forth. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, all references to "Borrower" mean either or any Borrower. Each Borrower is jointly and severally liable for the Obligations. Lender may sue any Borrower, jointly or individually, without impairing Lender's rights against any other Borrower. Lender may compromise with any Borrower or any other Person for any sum Lender sees fit. Lender may release any Borrower or any other Person from any liability for the Obligations without impairing Lender's right to demand and collect the balance of the Obligations from any Borrower or other Person. No compromise or release will, except as specifically set forth in the Agreement, impair Borrowers’ rights amongst themselves.

Section 5.5    Loan Documents. The Amendment Documents are each a Loan Document, and all provisions in the Existing Credit Agreement pertaining to Loan Documents apply thereto.

Section 5.6    Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Texas.

Section 5.7    Counterparts; Fax. This Amendment may be separately executed in counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to constitute one and the same Amendment. The Amendment Documents may be validly executed by facsimile or other electronic transmission.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.