附件 4.12

阿帕奇石油公司,

发行人

1-4482

COMPUTERSHARE信托公司，N.A.，

受托人

第二次补充契约

日期为 [    ], 2024

托盟契约

日期为 2011年5月19日

债务证券

第二次补充契约

第二次补充签约，日期为 2024 年 []（此」第二次补充签约」)，其中 APACHE 公司是一家根据特拉华州法律合法组织和现有的公司（」公司」)，以及 N.A. 计算机股信托公司（作为全国协会威尔斯法戈银行的继承人），作为受托人 以下提及的契约（」受托人”).

公司的独奏会:

答：本公司至今已于 2011 年 5 月 19 日签订并向受托人交付签约（ 」契约」)，规定不时发行本公司一或多个系列的高级无抵押债券、票据或其他债务证据，包括 [(i) 2043 年到期 4.75% 债券及 (ii) 4.250% 2044 年到期票据]（合并为」证券”).

b. 本公司已根据契约发行证券，以及 有关证券的各种主要金额于本公告日期为未偿还。

C.《契约》第 902 条规定， 不少于持有人的同意 66-2/3% 根据该等持有人法交付给本公司的每一系列受该补充约影响之未偿还证券的本金额及 受托人、公司（经董事会决议授权或根据董事会决议授权时）和受托人可于该契约中签订补充契约，以增加任何条文或以任何方式更改或消除任何条文 该契约条文或以任何方式修改该等系列证券持有人或该系列证券持有人权利的条文，但需要每个人持有人同意的若干变更除外 因此受到影响卓越的安全性。

D. 本公司已根据《契约》第 902 条征求同意修订合约为 删除某些条文并修改某些条文（」建议修正案」)，根据《APA》提交的说明书中所载的条款和条件约束，日期为 []，2024 年 公司是一家特拉华州公司，证券交易委员会作为表格注册声明的一部分 S-4 （不时修订和补充， 」招股章程”).

E. 本公司能够实施建议修订的能力，以下条件包括： 本公司于到期日（如本招股章程所定义）之前收到必要同意（如本招股章程中所定义），并且建议修订对其任何一系列证券生效。 收到必要的同意。

F. 关于 [每一系列未偿还证券]、本公司及受托人 已收到证明必要同意的持有人行为。

 

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G. 本公司特此要求受托人与本公司一起执行及 交付本第二次补充契约，并且本公司已向受托人提供董事会决议，授权就该契约修订。

现在，因此，公司和受托人同意如下：

第一篇文章

定义

正如本第二次补充契约中所使用的，《契约》中定义的术语具有《契约》中所述的含义和条款中所述的含义 上面定义具有上面所述的含义。本第二份补充契约中使用的「本文」、「本文」及「特此」字词，以及其他类似意义的词汇，指本第二次补充契约为 全部，而不适用于本文的任何特定部分。

第二条

《契约》的修订

第二节 修订条款 101.

(a)《契约》第 101 条被修订，按字母顺序插入以下内容：

「合并有形资产净值」指本公司及其附属公司的资产总额（包括投资于 非合并 人士) 扣除其后 (a) 所有流动负债（不包括资助债务的目前到期期及任何因原因构成资助债务的流动负债 根据债务人的选择可续订或扩展）和 (b) 所有商誉、商标、商标和专利，全部载列于本公司及其合并子公司的综合资产负债表上并根据以下规定计算 不可思议。

「资助债务」是指本公司或其任何附属公司对未来自其借款的所有债务 付款权的条款与证券的预先全额付款有关条款，由发行日起计的到期超过 12 个月，或于该发行日期起计少于 12 个月，但其条款为 (a) 根据债务人的选择，可在该日期起计 12 个月以上续期或延长，或 (b) 根据银行或其他金融机构承诺贷款而发出，以使该等债务被视为该等债务一样被视为有 根据 GAAP，届满超过 12 个月。

「主要财产」指任何 (i) 石油、天然气或物业权益 其他液体或气态碳氢化合物，或 (ii) 天然气、天然气液体或原油管道、配送系统、收集系统、储存设施或加工厂，在 (i) 和 (ii) 的情况下，属本公司或其所有 位于美国或美国境外的附属公司，以及其总帐值（不扣除任何折旧或耗尽储备金），如截至该日期所有人的帐本所有人帐目中所有人的帐本所有人帐目中所示 决心是

 

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如果该财务报表中列示的最近一个财政年度末的综合净有形资产超过该综合净有形资产的5％ 季末 或年底， 在董事会宣布对公司及其附属公司业务不具重要性的任何物业之外。

(b)“债务”之定义在此删除并替换为以下内容：

“债务”表示任何人造成或承担的为弥补借出的款项，任何这样的人所造成或承担的购买款项，以及对前述款项的任何担保。

第2.2节 条款的修订 (4)以及第 501。信托契约书第501​​条的第（4）和第（5）款在其全文被删除，以及信托契约书或证券中对其的任何参考， 并以以下内容代替：“[保留]”。

第2.3条 章的修订 704。信托契约书第704​​条在其全文被删除，并以以下内容代替：

第704​​条。公司的报告。

只要有任何证券尚未清偿，公司根据信托契约法第314（a）条之规定，应：

 

(1)

提交给董事会委托人的档案，在公司应将相同档案提交给委员会后的15天内，应包括公司根据1934年证券交易法第13条或第15(d)条的规定而应提交给委员会的年度报告、信息、文件和其他报告的副本（或根据委员会不时依据规则法规规定提交的上述任何部分的副本）；

 

(2)

按照委员会不时制定的规则和法规，向董事会和委员会提交有关公司遵守本契约条款和约定的附加信息、文件和报告，这些信息、文件和报告可能是根据这些规则和法规不时要求的；

 

(3)

在将档案提交给董事会委托人后的30天内，按照信托契约法第313(c)条的规定进行传送，提交公司根据本条第(1)和(2)段所要求提交的任何信息、文件和报告的摘要，这些摘要可能是根据委员会不时制定的规则和法规要求的；

提供 任何在委员会EDGAR系统（或任何后续系统）中提交并在网际网路上公开可得的上述报告、文件或其他信息应被视为已提交给董事会委托人，应理解为董事会委托人无义务判断任何此类报告、文件或其他信息是否已提交或已公开可得。

 

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Delivery of the reports, documents or other information to the Trustee is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

SECTION 2.4 Amendment of Section 1005. Section 1005 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Section 1005. Limitation on Liens.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities shall in any way restrict or prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from issuing, assuming, guaranteeing or otherwise incurring any Indebtedness; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue, assume or guaranty any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of Indebtedness for money borrowed secured by any Lien on any Principal Property now owned or hereafter acquired by it without making effective provision whereby any and all Securities then or thereafter outstanding shall be secured by a Lien equally and ratably with any and all other obligations thereby secured, so long as any such obligations shall be so secured. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company or any Subsidiary, without so securing the Securities, may issue, assume or guaranty Indebtedness secured by the following Liens:

 

(a)

Liens existing on the date of this Indenture or provided for under the terms of agreements existing on the date hereof;

 

(b)

Liens on property to secure (i) all or any portion of the cost of exploration, production, gathering, processing, marketing, drilling or development of such property, (ii) all or any portion of the cost of acquiring, constructing, altering, improving or repairing any property or assets, real or personal, or improvements used in connection with such property, and (iii) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary to provide funds for the activities set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above;

 

(c)

Liens which secure Indebtedness owing by a Subsidiary to the Company, or to one or more other Subsidiaries, or to the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries;

 

(d)

Liens on the property of any person existing at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary;

 

(e)

Liens on any property securing (i) Indebtedness incurred in connection with the construction, installation or financing of pollution control or abatement facilities or other forms of industrial revenue bond financing, (ii) Indebtedness issued or guaranteed by the United States, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either or (iii) Indebtedness issued or guaranteed by (Y) a foreign government, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either or (Z) an international finance agency or any division or department thereof, including the World Bank, the International Finance Corp. and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency;

 

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(f)

any Lien extending, renewing or replacing (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements of) any Lien of the type set forth in paragraph (a) through (e) above, which Lien exists on the date of this Indenture;

 

(g)

any Ordinary Course Lien (as defined below) arising, and only so long as continuing, in the ordinary course of the Company’s business; or

 

(h)

Liens which secure Limited Recourse Indebtedness.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and any one or more Subsidiaries may issue, assume or guaranty the following Indebtedness secured by Liens on assets without regard to Indebtedness in any aggregate principal amount which, together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all other Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries so secured (excluding Indebtedness secured by the permitted Liens described above), does not at the time such Indebtedness is incurred exceed 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as shown on the most recent audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 1005 shall be deemed to prohibit or otherwise limit the following types of transactions:

 

(1)

(i) the sale, granting of Liens with respect to or other transfer of crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in place, for a period of time until, or in an amount such that, the transferee will realize therefrom a specified amount (however determined) of money or such crude oil, natural gas, or other petroleum hydrocarbons, or (ii) the sale or other transfer of any other interest in property of the character commonly referred to as a production payment, overriding royalty, forward sale, or similar interest; and

 

(2)

the granting of Liens required by any contract or statute in order to permit the Company or a Subsidiary to perform any contract or subcontract made by it with or at the request of the United States government or any foreign government or international finance agency, any state or any department thereof, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or to secure partial, progress, advance, or other payments to the Company or any Subsidiary by any such entity pursuant to the provisions of any contract or statute.

“Lien” shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or encumbrances of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law. The Company or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset. The right of set-off, whether by operation of law or by contract, does not constitute a Lien unless there is a related obligation to maintain a deposit of cash or other assets in respect of which such right of set-off may be exercised.

 

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“Ordinary Course Lien” shall mean:

 

(a)

Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental changes or levies on the property of the Company or any Subsidiary if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on the books of the Company;

 

(b)

Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlords’ and mechanics’ liens and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure obligations not more than 60 days past due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on the books of the Company;

 

(c)

Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under worker’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation;

 

(d)

Utility easements, building restrictions and such other encumbrances or charges against real property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a similar character and which do not in any material way affect the marketability of the same or interfere with the use thereof in the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be;

 

(e)

Liens arising under operating agreements or similar agreements in respect of obligations which are not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(f)

Liens reserved in oil, gas and/or mineral leases for bonus or rental payments and for compliance with the terms of such leases;

 

(g)

Liens pursuant to partnership agreements, oil, gas and/or mineral leases, farm-out-agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, purchase, exchange, or processing of oil, gas and/or other hydrocarbons, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, operating agreements, development agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, forward sale agreements, oil and gas delivery obligations, and other agreements which are customary in the oil, gas and other mineral exploration, development and production business and in the business of processing of gas and gas condensate production of the extraction of products therefrom;

 

(h)

Liens on personal property (excluding the capital stock or indebtedness of any Subsidiary) securing Indebtedness maturing not more than one year from the date of its creation; and

 

(i)

Liens relating to a judgment or other court-ordered award or settlement as to which the Company has not exhausted its appellate rights.

 

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SECTION 2.5 Amendment of Section 1006. Section 1006 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety, together with any references thereto in the Indenture or the Securities, and is replaced with the following: “[Reserved].”

SECTION 2.6 Amendment of Section 1102. Section 1102 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officers’ Certificate. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of (a) less than all of the Securities of any series or (b) all of the Securities of any series, with the same issue date, interest rate or formula, Stated Maturity and other terms, the Company shall, at least seven days before notice of redemption is required to be sent to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1104 hereof (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.

SECTION 2.7 Amendment of Section 1104. Section 1104 of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Registered Securities designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities or portion thereof.

Any notice that is sent to the Holder of any Registered Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such Holder receives the notice.

All notices of redemption shall state:

 

(1)

the Redemption Date,

 

(2)

the Redemption Price,

 

(3)

if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed,

 

(4)

in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,

 

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(5)

that, on the Redemption Date, unless a condition to the redemption of the Security described in the notice of redemption is not satisfied, the Redemption Price shall become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,

 

(6)

the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case of Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued interest pertaining thereto,

 

(7)

that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished,

 

(8)

if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made,

 

(9)

the conditions, if any, for the redemption of Securities, and

 

(10)

the CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers, if applicable, of such Securities and may state that no representation is made as to the accuracy or correctness of the CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers, if applicable, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.

A notice of redemption sent as contemplated by Section 106 need not identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

SECTION 2.8 Amendment of Article Fifteen. Article Fifteen of the Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety, together with any references thereto in the Indenture or the Securities, and is replaced with the following: “[Reserved].”

SECTION 2.9 Conforming Changes. The Indenture is hereby amended by deleting (a) any definitions that are no longer used in the Indenture and (b) any section or article references that cease to have meaning in the Indenture as a result of the amendments to the Indenture pursuant this Article II. All references in the Indenture and any Security to any of the provisions modified as provided herein, or the terms defined in such provisions, shall also be deemed modified in accordance with this Article II.

 

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ARTICLE III

Miscellaneous

SECTION 3.1 Effectiveness of this Second Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall be amended and supplemented in accordance herewith, and this Second Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes and each Holder shall be bound thereby, all effective as of the date first written above.

SECTION 3.2 Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim under or in respect of this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.

SECTION 3.3 Governing Law. THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. BY THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE COMPANY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT HAVING SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, SITTING, IN EACH CASE, IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES.

SECTION 3.4 Severability Clause. In case any provision in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability.

SECTION 3.5 Ratification of Indenture; Second Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions, and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 3.6 Counterparts. This Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed manually or by electronic signature in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by email or other electronic format (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) transmission or other electronically-imaged signature (including, without limitation, DocuSign or Adobe Sign) acceptable to the Trustee shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Second Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by email or

 

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other electronic format (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) (including, without limitation, DocuSign or Adobe Sign) acceptable to the Trustee shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Securities, the words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” and “signature” and words of similar import used in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Securities or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including amendments, waivers, consents and other modifications) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures and the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature in ink or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as applicable, to the fullest extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, and any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

SECTION 3.7 Headings. The headings of the Articles and the sections in this Second Supplemental Indenture are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

SECTION 3.8 The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity, sufficiency or adequacy of this Second Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the statements or recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

SECTION 3.9 FATCA. The Company hereby confirms to the Trustee that this Second Supplemental Indenture has not resulted in a material modification of the Securities for Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) purposes. The Trustee shall assume that no material modification for FATCA purposes has occurred regarding the Securities, unless the Trustee receives written notice of such modification from the Company.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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The parties have executed this Second Supplemental Indenture as of the date first above written.

 

[Signature Page - Second Supplemental Indenture (May 19, 2011 Indenture)]

[Signature Page - Second Supplemental Indenture (May 19, 2011 Indenture)]