Amendment to 2nd Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

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EXHIBIT 10.0

EXECUTION VERSION

FIFTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This FIFTH AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to as the “Amendment”) executed as of the 21^st day of March, 2006, by and among RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), GREAT LAKES ENERGY PARTNERS, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“GLEP”, and together with the Company and each of their respective successors and permitted assigns, the “Borrowers” and each a “Borrower”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (successor by merger to Bank One, N.A. (Illinois)), a national banking association (“JPMorgan Chase”), each of the financial institutions which is a party hereto (as evidenced by the signature pages to this Amendment) or which may from time to time become a party to the Credit Agreement pursuant to the provisions of Section 29 thereof or any successor or permitted assignee thereof (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Lenders”, and individually, “Lender”), JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent and together with its successors in such capacity, “Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment have the meanings assigned to such terms in that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 23, 2004, by and among Borrower, Agent and Lenders (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Agent and the Lenders amend the Credit Agreement to (i) extend the Maturity Date to January 1, 2011, (ii) permit the Borrowers to transfer, sell, or dispose of Oil and Gas Properties which do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Borrowing Base in the aggregate between Borrowing Base redeterminations and (iii) permit the Borrowers to make investments which do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Borrowing Base in effect on the date hereof; and Agent and the Lenders have agreed to do so on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and confessed, the Borrowers, Agent and the Lenders, hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing of each condition precedent set forth in Section 2 hereof, and in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Amendment, the Credit Agreement shall be amended in the manner provided in this Section 1.

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1.1 Additional Definition. The following definition shall be added to Section 1 of the Credit Agreement in alphabetical order:

Fifth Amendment Effective Date shall mean March 21, 2006.

1.2 Amended Definition. The following definition set forth in Section 1 of the Credit Agreement shall be and it hereby is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

Maturity Date shall mean January 1, 2011.

1.3 Restricted Payments. Section 13(a)(ii) of the Credit Agreement shall be and it hereby is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(ii) sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in any fiscal year, any of its assets including any Capital Stock owned by it except for (A) sales, leases, transfers or other dispositions made in the ordinary course of such Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s oil and gas businesses, (B) sales, leases, transfers or other dispositions of Oil and Gas Properties with an Engineered Value that does not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Borrowing Base in the aggregate between Borrowing Base redeterminations; (C) transfers or other dispositions of Oil and Gas Properties to Marbel upon the exercise of its Deep Participation Rights and (C) other sales, leases, transfers or other dispositions made with the consent of Super Majority Lenders.

1.4 Loans, Advances and Investments. Section 13(g) of the Credit Agreement shall be and it hereby is amended by deleting clauses (iii) and (iv) of such section and inserting the following as clause (iii) of such section:

(iii) other loans, advances or investments; provided that, on the date any such investment is made, the amount of such investment, together with all other investments made after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date pursuant to this clause (in each case determined based on the cost of such investment) does not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Borrowing Base in effect on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.

SECTION 2. Conditions. The amendments to the Credit Agreement contained in Section 1 of this Amendment shall be effective upon the satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in this Section 2.

2.1 Execution and Delivery. Each Borrower and each Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this Amendment.

2.2 Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Borrower under this Amendment are true and correct in all material respects as of such date, as if then made (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date).

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2.3 No Event of Default. No Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing nor shall any event have occurred or failed to occur which, with the passage of time or service of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

2.4 Other Documents. The Agent shall have received such other instruments and documents incidental and appropriate to the transaction provided for herein as the Agent or its special counsel may reasonably request, and all such documents shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

2.5 Legal Matters Satisfactory. All legal matters incident to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory to special counsel for the Agent retained at the expense of the Borrowers.

SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties of Borrowers. To induce the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, the Borrowers hereby represent and warrant to the Lenders as follows:

3.1 Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties/Further Assurances. After giving effect to the amendments herein, each representation and warranty of any Borrower or any Guarantor contained in the Credit Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents is true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date).

3.2 Corporate Authority; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower and each Guarantor (to the extent a party hereto or thereto) of this Amendment and all documents, instruments and agreements contemplated herein are within each such Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s corporate or other organizational powers, have been duly authorized by necessary action, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any court or agency of government and do not violate or constitute a default under any provision of any applicable law or other agreements binding upon any Borrower or any Guarantor or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the assets of any Borrower or any Guarantor except for Permitted Liens and otherwise as permitted in the Credit Agreement.

3.3 Enforceability. This Amendment constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each Borrower and each Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditor’s rights generally, and (ii) the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general application.

SECTION 4. Miscellaneous.

4.1 Reaffirmation of Loan Documents and Liens. Any and all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents shall, except as amended and modified hereby, remain in full force and effect. Each Borrower hereby agrees that the amendments and modifications herein contained shall in no manner affect or impair the liabilities, duties and obligations of such Borrower or any Guarantor under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents or the Liens securing the payment and performance thereof.

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4.2 Parties in Interest. All of the terms and provisions of this Amendment shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

4.3 Legal Expenses. The Borrowers hereby agree, jointly and severally, to pay all reasonable fees and expenses of special counsel to the Agent incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment and all related documents.

4.4 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same document. However, this Amendment shall bind no party until the Borrowers, the Lenders, and the Agent have executed a counterpart. Delivery of photocopies of the signature pages to this Amendment by facsimile or electronic mail shall be effective as delivery of manually executed counterparts of this Amendment.

4.5 Complete Agreement. THIS AMENDMENT, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

4.6 Headings. The headings, captions and arrangements used in this Amendment are, unless specified otherwise, for convenience only and shall not be deemed to limit, amplify or modify the terms of this Amendment, nor affect the meaning thereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.


		BORROWER:

		RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION a Delaware corporation

		By:		/s/ Roger S. Manny

		Name: Roger S. Manny
		Title: Senior Vice President


GREAT LAKES ENERGY PARTNERS, L.L.C. a Delaware limited liability company

By:	Range Holdco, Inc.
	Its member

By:	/s/ Roger S. Manny

Name:		Roger S. Manny
Title:		Senior Vice President

By:	Range Energy I, Inc.
	Its member

By:	/s/ Roger S. Manny

Name:		Roger S. Manny
Title:		Senior Vice President