Exhibit 99.1
EXECUTION VERSION

     

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Made as of December 23, 2024
Between
M3-BRIGADE SPONSOR III LP
And
BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP
And
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (CANADIAN) LP
And
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (US) LP
And
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (INTERNATIONAL) LP
And
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (CANADIAN FI) LP
And
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (INTERNATIONAL FI) LP
And
GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD.

     




TABLE OF CONTENTS
RECITALS
2
     
Article 1 INTERPRETATION
2
 
Section 1.1 Definitions
2
 
Section 1.2 Headings
7
 
Section 1.3 Including
8
 
Section 1.4 Number and Gender
8
 
Section 1.5 References to Parties
8
 
Section 1.6 References to this Agreement
8
 
Section 1.7 Statutory References
8
 
Section 1.8 Time
8
 
Section 1.9 Time Periods
8
 
Section 1.10 Knowledge
8
 
Section 1.11 Interpretation of this Agreement
9
 
Section 1.12 Schedules
9
     
Article 2 PURCHASE AND SALE
9
 
Section 2.1 Purchased Securities
9
 
Section 2.2 Purchase Price
9
     
Article 3 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OF The VENDORS
9
 
Section 3.1 Representations and Warranties
9
 
Section 3.2 Survival, No Additional Representations or Warranties, and Reliance
12
     
Article 4 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
13
 
Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties
13
 
Section 4.2 Survival, No Additional Representations or Warranties, and Reliance
16
     
Article 5 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS
17
 
Section 5.1 Representations and Warranties
17
 
Section 5.2 Survival; No Additional Representations or Warranties
18
     
Article 6 COVENANTS
19
 
Section 6.1 Consent to Note Indenture Amendments
19
 
Section 6.2 Change of Control Offer
19
     
Article 7 MUTUAL RELEASE
19
     
Article 8 CLOSING
21
 
Section 8.1 Electronic Closing
21
     
Article 9 CLOSING DELIVERABLES
21
 
Section 9.1 Receipt of Closing Deliverables by Purchasers
21
 
Section 9.2 Receipt of Closing Deliverables by Vendors
22
 
Section 9.3 Receipt of Closing Deliverables by Company
22
     
Article 10 INDEMNITIES
22
 
Section 10.1 Indemnification by Vendors
22
 
Section 10.2 Vendors' Limitations
23
 
Section 10.3 Indemnification by Purchasers
23
 
Section 10.4 Purchasers' Limitations
24
 
Section 10.5 Indemnification by Company
24
 
Section 10.6 Company's Limitations
24
 
Section 10.7 Claims Under Vendor's Indemnity
25
 
Section 10.8 Claims Under Purchasers' Indemnity
26
 
Section 10.9 Claims Under Company's Indemnity
26




Article 11 GENERAL
27
 
Section 11.1 Press Release
27
 
Section 11.2 Survival
27
 
Section 11.3 Expenses
27
 
Section 11.4 Notices
27
 
Section 11.5 Governing Law
28
 
Section 11.6 Withholding Tax
29
 
Section 11.7 Severability
29
 
Section 11.8 Entire Agreement
29
 
Section 11.9 Amendment
29
 
Section 11.10 Waiver
29
 
Section 11.11 Further Assurances
29
 
Section 11.12 Enurement
29
 
Section 11.13 Counterparts
30


Schedule 1.1 - Purchased Securities


SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is dated effective as of the Closing Time on December 23, 2024.
Between
M3-BRIGADE SPONSOR III LP, a limited partnership existing under the laws of Delaware
(the "MBSC Sponsor")
And
BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP, a limited partnership existing under the laws of Delaware
("Brigade")
And
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (CANADIAN) LP, a limited partnership existing under the laws of the Province of Alberta
("WEF Canada")
And
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (US) LP, a limited partnership existing under the laws of the Province of Alberta
("WEF US")
And
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (INTERNATIONAL) LP, a limited partnership existing under the laws of the Province of Alberta
("WEF International")
And
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (CANADIAN FI) LP, a limited partnership existing under the laws of the Province of Alberta
("WEF Canada II")
And
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (INTERNATIONAL FI) LP, a limited partnership existing under the laws of the Province of Alberta
("WEF International II", and collectively with WEF Canada, WEF US, WEF International and WEF Canada II, the "Purchasers")
And
GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Alberta
(the "Company")


RECITALS
A.          MBSC Sponsor and the Brigade Funds (as defined herein) are the legal and beneficial owners of an aggregate of (i) 9,311,424 Common Shares (as defined herein), including the 125,000 Common Shares issuable to MBSC Sponsor immediately prior to the Closing Time upon the accelerated vesting and settlement of 125,000 Vendor RSUs, and representing, as of the Closing Time, representing approximately 56.5% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares in the capital of the Company, and (ii) 2,654,179 Purchased Warrants (as defined herein).
B.          The board of directors of the Company has approved the accelerated vesting of the Vendor RSUs to be settled for 125,000 Common Shares immediately prior to the Closing Time (as defined herein).
C.          The Company is a crude oil producer and the holder of oil and gas assets in Alberta.
D.          MBSC Sponsor and Brigade, on behalf of the Brigade Funds and the Brigade Accounts, have agreed to sell, transfer and assign to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers have agreed to purchase and acquire from the Vendors, all of the legal and beneficial interest of MBSC Sponsor, the Brigade Funds and the Brigade Accounts in and to the Purchased Securities (as defined herein), subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions as hereinafter set forth.
E.          The board of directors of the Company has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to enter into this Agreement concurrently with entering into the Investor Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in consideration of the promises and the mutual agreements and covenants herein contained (the receipt and adequacy of which consideration is hereby mutually admitted by each Party), the Parties hereby covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1 Definitions
In this Agreement the following words and phrases will have the meanings set forth after each:

(a)
"2028 Notes" means the Company's 12.00% senior secured notes issued pursuant to the Note Indenture and maturing on October 1, 2028;

(b)
"Affiliate" of any Person means, at the time such determination is being made, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such first Person, where "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities or otherwise;

(c)
"Agreement" means this securities purchase agreement and all attached Schedules, in each case, as may be supplemented, amended, restated or replaced from time to time;

(d)
"Applicable Law" means any Canadian, U.S. or foreign federal, provincial, state, local or municipal statute, law (including common law), ordinance, rule having the force of law, regulation, by-law, order, decree, directive or writ of any Governmental Authority, including Securities Laws that apply in whole or in part to a Party;
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(e)
"Brigade" means Brigade Capital Management LP;

(f)
"Brigade Accounts" means, collectively, Sei Institutional Managed Trust - Multi-Strategy Alternative Fund, City Of Phoenix Employees' Retirement Plan, Big River Group Fund SPC LLC, Northrop Grumman Pension Master Trust, The Coca-Cola Company Master Retirement Trust, SC Credit Opportunities Mandate, LLC, Future Directions Credit Opportunities Fund, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association and Panther BCM LLC;

(g)
"Brigade Funds" means, collectively, Brigade Credit Fund II Ltd., Brigade Collective Investment Trust - Brigade Diversified Credit Cit, Brigade High Income Fund, Brigade High Yield Fund Ltd., Brigade Leveraged Capital Structures Fund Ltd., Brigade-Sierrabravo Fund LP, Brigade Loan Fund Ltd. and Brigade Cavalry Fund Ltd.;

(h)
"Business Day" means a day other than Saturday or Sunday on which Canadian chartered banks are open for transactions of domestic business in Calgary, Alberta;

(i)
"Canadian Securities Laws" means, collectively, the securities laws of each province of Canada and the respective rules, regulations, instruments, blanket orders and blanket rulings and published policies, policy statements and notices of the Canadian Securities Regulators, and includes the rules, regulations and policies of the TSX;

(j)
"Canadian Securities Regulators" means, collectively, the securities commission or other securities regulatory authority of each province of Canada;

(k)
"Change of Control Offer" has the meaning set out in the Note Indenture;

(l)
"Change of Control Payment" has the meaning set out in the Note Indenture;

(m)
"Closing" means the completion of the sale to and purchase by the Purchasers of the Purchased Securities and the completion of all other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(n)
"Closing Date" means the date hereof;

(o)
"Closing Time" means 6:00 a.m. (Calgary time) on the Closing Date;

(p)
"Common Shares" means common shares in the capital of the Company;

(q)
"Company" means Greenfire Resources Ltd.;

(r)
"Company Fundamental Representations and Warranties" means, collectively, the representations and warranties of the Company made in Section 4.1(a) (Organization and Good Standing), Section 4.1(c) (Authority), Section 4.1(d) (Agreement Valid), Section 4.1(h) (Capitalization) and Section 4.1(f) (Absence of Proceedings);

(s)
"Consulting Agreement" means the amended and restated consulting agreement dated May 9, 2024 between the Company and MBSC Sponsor;

(t)
"Continuous Disclosure Documents" means any documents publicly filed by the Company with the Canadian Securities Regulators pursuant to National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations on or subsequent to February 2, 2024;
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(u)
"Credit Facility" means the Company's reserve-based revolving credit facility comprised of an operating facility with a borrowing limit of CAD$20 million and a syndicated facility with a borrowing limit of CAD$30 million;

(v)
"DSUs" means the deferred share units issued by the Company pursuant to the Omnibus Incentive Plan;

(w)
"Encumbrances" means any encumbrance of any kind whatever (registered or unregistered) and whether contingent or otherwise and includes a mortgage, easement, encroachment, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, title retention agreement, option or privilege, lien, hypothec, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge, security or security interest;

(x)
"Exchange Act" means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

(y)
"Existing Directors" means Jonathan Klesch, Derek Aylesworth, Robert Logan, Matthew Perkal and Tom Ebbern;

(z)
"Governmental Authority" means any Canadian, U.S. or foreign governmental body, authority, office, department, or agency, whether federal, provincial, state, territorial, municipal or local governmental regulatory or administrative authority, tribunal, court, commission or any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, expropriation or taxing authority under or for the account of any of the foregoing, or any court, tribunal, judicial or arbitral body, or any stock exchange (including the TSX and the NYSE) or securities commission (including the Canadian Securities Regulators and the SEC), having jurisdiction;

(aa)
"Incentive Awards" means, collectively, RSUs, PSUs, DSUs and Options, in each case, issued pursuant to the Omnibus Incentive Plan;

(bb)
"Investor Agreement" means the investor agreement to be entered into by the Company and the Purchasers to be effective immediately following the Closing Time;

(cc)
"Investor Rights Agreement" means the investor rights agreement dated September 20, 2023 between, among others, the Company, MBSC Sponsor, and certain other shareholders of the Company;

(dd)
"LOC Facility" means the Company's CAD$55 million demand letter of credit facility;

(ee)
"Material Adverse Effect" means any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change that: (a) is, or would reasonably be expected to be, materially adverse to the business, results of operations, financial condition or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (b) either individually or in the aggregate prevents or materially delays, or individually, or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that "Material Adverse Effect" shall not include any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to: (i) general economic or political conditions; (ii) any changes in financial, banking or securities markets in general, including any disruption thereof or any change in prevailing interest rates; (iii) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof; (iv) any action required or permitted by this Agreement or any action taken (or omitted to be taken) with the written consent of or at the written request of the Purchasers; (v) any changes in Applicable Laws or
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accounting rules; (vi) any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God; or (vii) any failure by the Company to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions (provided that the underlying causes of such failures (subject to the other provisions of this definition) shall not be excluded);

(ff)
"MBSC Sponsor" means M3-Brigade Sponsor III LP;

(gg)
"McDaniel" means McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd.;

(hh)
"Meeting Requisition" means the requisition of a special meeting of the shareholders of the Company for the purpose of removing the Existing Directors and appointing the six nominees set forth therein, submitted by the Purchasers to the Company pursuant to letters dated November 18, 2024 and November 19, 2024;

(ii)
"New Directors" means Henry Hager, Brian Heald, Andrew Kim, David Knight Legg, David Roosth and Adam Waterous;

(jj)
"NI 45-106" means National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions in effect on the date of this Agreement;

(kk)
"NI 62-104" means National Instrument 62-104 – Takeover Bids and Issuer Bids in effect on the date of this Agreement;

(ll)
"Note Indenture" means the indenture dated September 20, 2023 between the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, BNY Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian co-trustee, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as collateral agent, governing the 2028 Notes;

(mm)
"NYSE" means the New York Stock Exchange;

(nn)
"Omnibus Incentive Plan" means the omnibus share incentive plan of the Company, as amended or restated from time to time;

(oo)
"Options" means the options to purchase common shares issued by the Company pursuant to the Omnibus Incentive Plan;

(pp)
"Ordinary Course" means with respect to any action taken by any Person, that such action is reasonably consistent in nature and scope with the past practices of such Person, having regard to the circumstances;

(qq)
"Parties" means the Vendors, the Company and the Purchasers and "Party" means any one of them;

(rr)
"Performance Warrant Plan" means the amended and restated performance warrant plan of the Company, as amended or restated from time to time;

(ss)
"Performance Warrants" means the performance warrants issued by the Company pursuant to the Performance Warrant Plan;

(tt)
"Person" includes an individual, corporation, body corporate, partnership, joint venture, association, trust or unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority, or any trustee, executor, administrator or other legal representative thereof;
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(uu)
"Press Release" has the meaning as set out in Section 11.1;

(vv)
"Proceeding" means any litigation, action, application, suit, investigation, hearing, inquiry, claim, grievance, arbitration proceeding or other similar proceeding, whether civil, administrative or criminal, brought, conducted, heard (or threatened in writing to be brought, conducted or heard) by or before any Governmental Authority or by any third party and any appeal or review thereof and any application for appeal or review;

(ww)
"PSUs" means the performance share units issued by the Company pursuant to the Omnibus Incentive Plan;

(xx)
"Purchase Price" has the meaning as set out in Section 2.2;

(yy)
"Purchased Securities" means together, the Purchased Shares and the Purchased Warrants;

(zz)
"Purchased Shares" means 9,311,424 Common Shares to be acquired by the Purchasers from MBSC Sponsor and the Brigade Funds pursuant to this Agreement, which, for greater certainty, includes 125,000 Common Shares issued upon vesting and settlement of the 125,000 Vendor RSUs, and represents approximately 56.5% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares;

(aaa)
"Purchased Warrants" means 2,654,179 SPAC Warrants to be acquired by the Purchasers from MBSC Sponsor pursuant to this Agreement;

(bbb)
"Purchaser Fundamental Representations and Warranties" means, collectively, the representations and warranties of the Purchasers made in Section 5.1(a) (Organization and Good Standing), Section 5.1(c) (Authority) and Section 5.1(d) (Agreement Valid);

(ccc)
"Purchasers" means, collectively, WEF Canada, WEF US, WEF International, WEF Canada II and WEF International II, and each, individually, is referred to herein as a "Purchaser";

(ddd)
"Reserves Report" means the report of McDaniel evaluating reserves associated with the Company's properties effective as of December 31, 2023, as updated by the report of McDaniel evaluating reserves associated with the Company's properties effective as of December 1, 2024;

(eee)
"RSUs" means the restricted share units issued by the Company pursuant to the Omnibus Incentive Plan;

(fff)
"SEC" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;

(ggg)
"Securities Act" means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

(hhh)
"Securities Laws" means, together, Canadian Securities Laws and U.S. Securities Laws;

(iii)
"Securities Regulators" means the Canadian Securities Regulators and the SEC;

(jjj)
"Settled Matters" means any and all matters up to and including the date hereof between the Company and/or its Representatives, the Vendors and/or their
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Representatives and WEF and/or its Representatives relating to any of the following: the Company's adoption of the Shareholder Rights Plan and the shareholder protection rights plan agreement dated as of September 18, 2024, WEF's application dated September 26, 2024 and Greenfire's cross-application to the Alberta Securities Commission dated October 2, 2024, the Meeting Requisition, and all press releases issued or filed by WEF and Greenfire in connection therewith;

(kkk)
"Shareholder Rights Plan" means the shareholder protection rights plan agreement dated as of November 6, 2024 between the Company and Odyssey Trust Company, as amended and restated as of December 7, 2024;

(lll)
"SPAC Warrants" means the common share purchase warrants issued pursuant to the amended and restated warrant agreement dated September 20, 2023 between the Company, Computershare Inc., and Computershare Trust Company, N.A.;

(mmm)
"Special Committee" means the special committee of the board of directors of the Company;

(nnn)
"SRP Rights" means the rights issued pursuant to the Shareholder Rights Plan, and "SRP Right" means any one of them;

(ooo)
"Subsidiary" has the meaning set out in the Securities Act (Alberta);

(ppp)
"Tax Act" means the Income Tax Act (Canada), and the regulations thereunder, each as amended from time to time;

(qqq)
"TSX" means the Toronto Stock Exchange;

(rrr)
"U.S." means the United States of America;

(sss)
"U.S. Securities Laws" means federal and state securities laws of the U.S. and all rules, regulations and orders promulgated thereunder, and includes the rules, regulations and policies of the NYSE;

(ttt)
"Vendor Fundamental Representations and Warranties" means, collectively, the representations and warranties of the Vendors made in Section 3.1(a) (Organization and Good Standing), Section 3.1(c) (Authority), Section 3.1(c)(i) (Agreement Valid), Section 3.1(h) (Title and Ownership Interest) and Section 3.1(h) (Absence of Options or Proceedings);

(uuu)
"Vendor Nominee" means Matthew Perkal, or any replacement nominee of MBSC Sponsor appointed to the board of the Company pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement;

(vvv)
"Vendors" means, together, MBSC Sponsor and Brigade; and

(www)
"Vendor RSUs" means 125,000 RSUs held by MBSC Sponsor as of the date hereof.
Section 1.2 Headings
The headings used in this Agreement, and its division into articles, sections, schedules, and other subdivisions, do not affect its interpretation. All references in this Agreement to a designated "Article", "Section", "paragraph", "subparagraph" or other subdivision, or to a "Schedule", is to the
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designated Article, Section, paragraph, subparagraph or other subdivision of or Schedule to this Agreement, unless otherwise specifically stated.
Section 1.3 Including
Where the word "including" or "includes" is used in this Agreement, it means "including (or includes), without limitation".
Section 1.4 Number and Gender
Unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa, and words importing gender include all genders.
Section 1.5 References to Parties
Unless otherwise specified, every reference to a Party to this Agreement will extend to and include (as the context requires) such Party's successors and permitted assigns, as if specifically named.
Section 1.6 References to this Agreement
Unless otherwise specified, the terms "hereof", "hereunder" and similar expressions refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, Schedule or other portion of this Agreement.
Section 1.7 Statutory References
Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this Agreement to a statute, statutory instrument or regulation includes all regulations, rules and policies made pursuant to such statute and, unless otherwise specified, the provisions of any statute or regulation which amends, supplements, supersedes or replaces any such statute, statutory instrument, regulation, rule or policy.
Section 1.8 Time
Time is of the essence of this Agreement and of every part of this Agreement, and no extension or variation of this Agreement will operate as a waiver of this provision.
Section 1.9 Time Periods
In this Agreement, a period of days begins on the first day after the event that began the period and ends at 5:00 p.m. (Calgary, Alberta time) on the last day of the period. If any period of time is to expire, or any action or event is to occur, on any day that is not a Business Day, the period expires, or the action or event is considered to occur, at 5:00 p.m. (Calgary, Alberta time) on the next Business Day.
Section 1.10 Knowledge
Any statement in this Agreement expressed to be made to the "knowledge" of a Party will be understood to be made on the basis of the actual knowledge of any director or officer of such Party, after reasonable inquiry of the applicable employees, officers or directors of such Party.
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Section 1.11 Interpretation of this Agreement
The Parties acknowledge that they have each participated in settling the terms of this Agreement. The Parties agree that any rule of legal interpretation to the effect that any ambiguity is to be resolved against the drafting Party will not apply in interpreting this Agreement.
Section 1.12 Schedules
The following are the Schedules annexed to this Agreement:
Schedule 1.1 - Purchased Securities
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE
Section 2.1 Purchased Securities

(a)
Based and relying on the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1, Section 4.1 and Section 5.1 hereof, the Purchasers hereby agree to purchase and acquire, either directly or through Affiliates of the Purchasers, the Purchased Securities from the Vendors and the Vendors hereby agree to sell and transfer the Purchased Securities to the Purchasers (or Affiliates of the Purchasers), as the Purchasers may direct, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and the Purchasers hereby agree to pay the Purchase Price on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

(b)
The Purchased Securities will be apportioned among the Purchasers as directed by the Purchasers in writing.
Section 2.2 Purchase Price

(a)
The consideration payable by the Purchasers to the Vendors for the Purchased Securities shall be:

(i)
US$7.83 per Purchased Share; and

(ii)
US$3.37 per Purchased Warrant,
representing an aggregate purchase price (the "Purchase Price") of US$81,853,033.15 (based on 9,311,424 Purchased Shares and 2,654,179 Purchased Warrants).
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OF THE VENDORS
Section 3.1 Representations and Warranties
The Vendors hereby, severally and not jointly, represent and warrant to the Purchasers and the Company as follows:

(a)
Organization and Good Standing. Each Vendor is an entity duly formed and organized and validly existing and is in good standing under, the laws of its jurisdiction of
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organization and has the requisite power and capacity to carry on its business as presently conducted;

(b)
Proceedings. No Proceedings have been taken, authorized or threatened in writing by any Vendor, or, to the Vendors' knowledge, by any other Person, with respect to the bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of any Vendor;

(c)
Authority.

(i)
MBSC Sponsor has due and sufficient right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement on the terms and conditions herein set forth and to transfer the legal and beneficial title and ownership of the Purchased Securities identified as being owned by it on Schedule 1.1 to the Purchasers, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and to perform its obligations hereunder;

(ii)
Brigade has due and sufficient right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement on the terms and conditions herein set forth and to transfer the legal and beneficial title and ownership of the Purchased Securities identified as being owned by the Brigade Funds and the Brigade Accounts on Schedule 1.1 to the Purchasers, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and to perform its obligations hereunder; and

(iii)
the execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar applicable action on the part of each Vendor;

(d)
Agreement Valid. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Vendors enforceable against the Vendors in accordance with its terms. No Vendor is a party to, bound by or subject to any indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement, instrument, statute, regulation, order, judgment, decree or law which would be violated, contravened or breached by or under which any default would occur as a result of the execution and delivery by the Vendors of this Agreement or the performance by the Vendors of any of the terms hereof;

(e)
Residency of Vendor. Each Vendor and each Brigade Fund, and to the Knowledge of Brigade, each Brigade Account, is not a resident of Canada for purposes of the Tax Act and is not located in Canada for the purposes of NI 62-104;

(f)
Consents and Approvals. No consent, approval, order, authorization, registration or declaration of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required by the Vendors in connection with:

(i)
the Closing; or

(ii)
the transactions contemplated by, or the observance and performance by the Vendors of their obligations under, this Agreement;

(g)
Litigation. The Vendors are not subject to any outstanding Proceeding which, if determined adversely to the Vendors, would:

(i)
prevent the Vendors from selling to the Purchasers the Purchased Securities to be sold by it hereunder;
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(ii)
enjoin, restrict or prohibit the transfer of all or any part of the Purchased Securities to be sold by the Vendors as contemplated by this Agreement;

(iii)
prevent the Vendors from fulfilling any of their obligations set out in this Agreement or arising from this Agreement;

(iv)
otherwise prevent or materially impede the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as they relate to the Vendors or the Brigade Funds; or

(v)
adversely affect the ability of the Purchasers to exercise and enjoy full legal rights of ownership (including economic interests associated with such rights of ownership) of the Purchased Securities;

(h)
Title and Ownership Interest. MBSC Sponsor, the Brigade Funds and the Brigade Accounts are the sole legal and beneficial owners of, and have good and marketable title to, or a valid "security entitlement" within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code in respect of, the Purchased Securities identified as being owned by MBSC Sponsor, the Brigade Funds and the Brigade Accounts on Schedule 1.1, free and clear of all Encumbrances and, as at the Closing Time, the Purchased Securities will constitute all of the securities of the Company legally or beneficially owned by the Vendors and the Brigade Funds. MBSC Sponsor has the exclusive right to dispose of the Purchased Securities of which it is the owner as provided in this Agreement. Brigade has the exclusive right to dispose of the Purchased Securities on behalf of the Brigade Funds and Brigade Accounts as provided in this Agreement.

(i)
Absence of Options or Proceedings, etc. Other than this Agreement, the Vendors, the Brigade Funds and the Brigade Accounts have not entered into any other agreement with respect to the Purchased Securities, and there is no contract, agreement or option binding upon or which may become binding upon any Vendor or any Brigade Fund to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, charge, mortgage or in any other way dispose of or encumber, imposing any transfer restrictions on, or adversely affecting the legal rights of ownership (including economic interests associated with such rights of ownership) over, any of the Purchased Securities to be sold by MBSC Sponsor, the Brigade Funds or the Brigade Accounts or giving anyone a claim against or a right or ability to acquire any of, or any interest in, the Purchased Securities to be sold by MBSC Sponsor, the Brigade Funds or the Brigade Accounts. No Proceedings relating to the Purchased Securities are pending or, to the Vendors' knowledge, threatened in writing, against the Vendors, the Brigade Funds, the Brigade Accounts or any of their Affiliates, by or before any Governmental Authority or by any third party that either individually or in the aggregate would, or would reasonably be likely to, adversely effect the Vendors' right to transfer the Purchased Securities to the Purchasers hereunder, adversely affect the ability of the Purchasers to exercise or enjoy full legal rights of ownership (including economic interests associated with such rights of ownership) of the Purchased Securities, or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;

(j)
Securities Voting Agreements. Other than the Investor Rights Agreement, no Vendor, Brigade Fund or Brigade Account is a party to any shareholders' agreement, voting agreement, investor rights agreement or other agreement, which in any manner affects the voting or control of, or any rights associated with, any of the Purchased Securities;
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(k)
Indebtedness to Company. The Vendors are not indebted to the Company;

(l)
Securities Laws.

(i)
Except for matters related to this Agreement and the Investor Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, none of the Vendors, their respective directors and officers or the Vendor Nominee, as applicable, has knowledge of any "material fact" or "material change" (as such terms are defined under applicable Canadian Securities Laws) concerning the business and affairs of the Company or the Purchased Securities that has not been generally disclosed;

(ii)
The Vendors have no reasonable grounds to believe that the Company is in default of applicable Securities Laws; and

(iii)
The Vendors are accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act) and have sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its sale of the Purchased Securities; and

(m)
Finder's Fees. None of the Vendors are a party to any contract with any Person that would give rise to any liability of any of the Parties to pay a brokerage commission, finder's fee or like payment in connection with the purchase and sale of the Purchased Securities or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 3.2 Survival, No Additional Representations or Warranties, and Reliance

(a)
The representations and warranties of the Vendors contained in this Agreement will survive the Closing and, notwithstanding the Closing, will (except where otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement) continue in full force and effect for a period of one (1) year from the Closing Date.

(b)
Except as provided in Section 3.1, neither the Vendors nor any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Company), nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives has made, or is making, any representation or warranty whatsoever to the Purchasers, the Company or their respective Affiliates, respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no such Person shall be liable for the accuracy or completeness of the information provided to the Purchasers, the Company or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit any claim for indemnification in accordance with Section 10.1 (and subject to the limitations in Section 10.2) for a breach or inaccuracy of any of the representations made in Section 3.1; provided further that no Purchaser is disclaiming any claims it may have against the Company not related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties
The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchasers and the Vendors, provided that in the case of the Vendors, the Company is only representing and warranting Section 4.1(a), Section 4.1(c), Section 4.1(d), and Section 4.1(f), as follows:

(a)
Organization and Good Standing. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, organized and validly existing, and is in good standing under the laws of the Province of Alberta, and has the power and capacity to carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder;

(b)
Proceedings. No Proceedings have been taken or authorized by the Company, or, to the Company's knowledge, by any other Person, with respect to the bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company;

(c)
Authority. The Company has due and sufficient right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement on the terms and conditions herein set forth and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company;

(d)
Agreement Valid. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms. The Company is not a party to, bound by or subject to any indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement, instrument, statute, regulation, order, judgment, decree or law which would be violated, contravened or breached by or under which any default would occur as a result of the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the performance by the Company of any of the terms hereof;

(e)
Consents and Approvals. Other than the filing of a material change report, any corresponding Form 6-K, and certain other post-closing customary filings required with the Securities Regulators, Alberta Corporate Registry and the Alberta Energy Regulator and the consents required under the Credit Facility and the LOC Facility for the change of control resulting from the transactions contemplated hereby, to the Company's knowledge no consent, approval, order, authorization, registration or declaration of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required by the Company in connection with:

(i)
the Closing; or

(ii)
the transactions contemplated by, or the observance and performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement;
except, in all cases, for such consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations or filings which if not made, given or received, would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(f)
Absence of Proceedings. No Proceedings relating to the Common Shares or the Purchased Securities are pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened in writing, against the Company or any of its Affiliates, by or before any Governmental Authority or by any third party that either individually or in the aggregate would, or
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would reasonably be likely to, adversely effect the Vendors' right to transfer the Purchased Securities to the Purchasers hereunder, adversely affect the ability of the Purchasers to exercise or enjoy full legal and economic rights of ownership of the Purchased Securities, or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;

(g)
Payments. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not: (i) result in any material payment or benefit by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to any employee (other than a director or officer); (ii) result in any material increase in the compensation, retention or incentive compensation or other benefits payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any director or officer of the Company or any employee (other than a director or officer); (iii) result in the automatic acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any material benefits or entitlements otherwise available pursuant to any employee benefits or incentive plan (including the Omnibus Incentive Plan and the Performance Warrant plan); or (iv) other than (A) the making of the Change of Control Offer and any Change of Control Payment pursuant to the Note Indenture, and (B) any payments resulting from any failure to receive consents required under the Credit Facility and the LOC Facility for the change of control resulting from the transactions contemplated hereby, result in cash payments becoming payable by the Company to any third party or require the Company to offer cash payments to any third party that, in the aggregate, exceed CAD$7,500,000;

(h)
Capitalization.

(i)
As of the date hereof, there are 69,593,464 Common Shares issued and outstanding (before the issuance of any Common Shares on settlement of the Vendor RSUs);

(ii)
As of the date hereof, there are nil Options, 262,408 RSUs (which includes the 125,000 Vendor RRUs), 875,797 PSUs, 21,325 DSUs, 2,519,503 Performance Warrants and 7,526,667 SPAC Warrants issued and outstanding; and

(iii)
Other than the Incentive Awards, Performance Warrants and SPAC Warrants listed in Section 4.1(h)(ii) above, there are no other securities, options or rights outstanding or in existence that may entitle any Person to acquire Common Shares;

(i)
Incentive Plans. Other than the Omnibus Incentive Plan and the Performance Warrant Plan, the Company has no share-based benefit or incentive plan;

(j)
Indebtedness.

(i)
As of the date hereof, the Company has no amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility, CAD$54,0148,575 outstanding under the LOC Facility and US$238,969,000 aggregate principal amount of 2028 Notes outstanding; and

(ii)
Other than as set forth in Section 4.1(j)(i) above, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has outstanding any debentures, notes, mortgages or other indebtedness that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
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(k)
Director and Officer Insurance. The Company maintains customary policies of directors' and officers' liability insurance providing coverage in such amounts and against such risks as is customary for entities similar to the Company, and has purchased run off directors' and officers' liability insurance for the benefit of its officers and directors having a coverage period of six years from the Closing Time.

(l)
Securities Laws.

(i)
Except for matters related to this Agreement and the Investor Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, none of the Company, its directors or its officers has knowledge of any "material fact" or "material change" (as such terms are defined under applicable Canadian Securities Laws) concerning the business and affairs of the Company or the Purchased Securities that has not been generally disclosed;

(ii)
The Company is not in default of applicable Securities Laws;

(iii)
The Company is a "reporting issuer" in the Provinces of Alberta and Ontario and is not included in a list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by the Canadian Securities Regulators of any such jurisdictions. The Company has not taken any action to cease to be a "reporting issuer" in any jurisdiction in which it is a reporting issuer and has not received any notification from a Canadian Securities Regulator seeking to revoke the Company's reporting issuer status. The Company has filed with the Canadian Securities Regulators, on a timely basis, all required financial statements, annual information forms, proxy solicitation materials, material change reports and other documents required to be filed by it under applicable Canadian Securities Laws. As of their respective filing dates, each of the Continuous Disclosure Documents complied with the requirements of applicable Canadian Securities Laws in all material respects and none of the Continuous Disclosure Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; and

(iv)
The Company does not intend to correct or restate, nor, to the Company's knowledge, is there any basis for any correction or restatement of, any aspect of any of the Company's financial statements filed by the Company with the Canadian Securities Regulators on or subsequent to January 1, 2024;

(m)
Reserves Report. The Company has made available to McDaniel, prior to the issuance of the Reserves Reports for the purpose of preparing the Reserves Reports, all information requested by McDaniel, which information did not contain any misrepresentation at the time such information was provided. Except with respect to changes in commodity prices, the Company has no knowledge of any adverse change in any production, cost, price, reserves or other relevant information provided to McDaniel since the dates that such information was provided that would reasonably be expected to be material;

(n)
Listing of Common Shares. The Common Shares, including the Purchased Shares, are listed and posted for trading on the TSX and NYSE and no order ceasing or suspending trading in the Common Shares or prohibiting the sale or issuance of the Common Shares or the trading of any of the Common Shares has been issued and no
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(formal or informal) Proceedings for such purpose are pending or contemplated by the Company or, to the Company's knowledge, have been threatened. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the rules and regulations of the TSX and NYSE, including the applicable listing requirements of the TSX and NYSE;

(o)
Agreements. Other than the Investor Rights Agreement and the Investor Agreement, the Company has not been notified of, nor is it or any of its Subsidiaries a party to, any shareholders' agreement, voting agreement, investor rights agreement or other agreement, which in any manner affects the voting or control of any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(p)
Shareholder Rights Plan. The Company has terminated the Shareholder Rights Plan and all SRP Rights issued thereunder are void and of no further force and effect, and the Company is not a party to and has not proposed any shareholder rights plan and has not unilaterally proposed, adopted, approved or implemented, in its organizational documents or otherwise, any provision that would cause the Purchasers to incur or suffer a detriment (including through disproportionate dilution, relative to other holders of Common Shares, of the Purchasers' equity or voting power or through a requirement to purchase or otherwise acquire, or offer to acquire, additional equity securities of the Company in the form of a mandatory offer requirement or similar provision), including by affecting the Purchasers' ability to continue to hold or acquire additional Common Shares following the Closing;

(q)
Related Party Transactions. Other than the Consulting Agreement, the agreement of the Company to pay on behalf of the Vendors certain fees and disbursements of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP ("OHH") and employment and indemnity agreements between the Company and the officers of the Company, there are no contracts for the supply of goods or services or other contractual arrangements between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Vendor or the Company's related parties or Affiliates. Other than pursuant to the Consulting Agreement and the agreement of the Company to pay on behalf of the Vendors certain fees and disbursements of OHH (none of such fees or disbursements are related to work performed by OHH in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), there have been no payments for goods or services from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Vendor or its related parties or Affiliates; and

(r)
Material Changes. Other than as disclosed in the Continuous Disclosure Documents, since January 1, 2024: (i) there has not been any material change in the share capital, long-term debt, financial condition or operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) other than related to hiring of a new Chief Operating Officer in August 2024 and the adoption by the board of directors of the Company of a change of control severance plan dated July 29, 2024, the Company has not entered into or amended any agreements relating to employment or compensation of any director or officer of the Company, as applicable, material contract or material agreement, including with respect to any disposition or acquisition of a material portion of the Company's property; and (iii) there has not been a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.2 Survival, No Additional Representations or Warranties, and Reliance

(a)
The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement will survive the Closing and, notwithstanding the Closing, will (except where otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement) continue in full force and effect for a period of one (1) year from the Closing Date.
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(b)
Except as provided in Section 4.1, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any of its respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives has made, or is making, any representation or warranty whatsoever to the Vendors, the Purchasers or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no such Person shall be liable for the accuracy or completeness of the information provided to the Vendors, the Purchasers or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit any claim for indemnification in accordance with Section 10.5 (and subject to the limitations in Section 10.6) for a breach or inaccuracy of any of the representations made in Section 4.1.
ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS
Section 5.1 Representations and Warranties
The Purchasers hereby, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Vendors and the Company as follows:

(a)
Organization and Good Standing. Each Purchaser is a limited partnership duly formed, organized and validly existing, and is in good standing under, the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation, as the case may be, and has the power and capacity to carry on its business as presently conducted and to purchase and own the Purchased Securities;

(b)
Proceedings. No Proceedings have been taken or authorized by the Purchasers, or, to the Purchasers' knowledge, by any other Person, with respect to the bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of any Purchaser;

(c)
Authority. The Purchasers have due and sufficient right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement on the terms and conditions herein set forth and to purchase the legal and beneficial title and ownership of the Purchased Securities from the Vendors, and to perform their obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of each of the Purchasers;

(d)
Agreement Valid. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Purchasers enforceable against the Purchasers in accordance with its terms. No Purchaser is a party to, bound by or subject to any indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement, instrument, statute, regulation, order, judgment, decree or law which would be violated, contravened or breached by or under which any default would occur as a result of the execution and delivery by the Purchasers of this Agreement or the performance by the Purchasers of any of the terms hereof;

(e)
Consents and Approvals. To the Purchasers' knowledge, other than the filing of any required early warning reports and insider reports with the Canadian Securities Regulators and reports under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act with the SEC, as applicable, no consent, approval, order, authorization, registration or declaration of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required by the Purchasers in connection with:
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(i)
the Closing; or

(ii)
the transactions contemplated by, or the observance and performance by the Purchasers of their obligations under, this Agreement;

(f)
Meeting Requisition. The Purchasers have withdrawn the Meeting Requisition, and have not initiated or proposed to initiate any requisition of a special meeting of the shareholders of the Company for any purpose;

(g)
Finder's Fees. None of the Purchasers are a party to any contract with any Person that would give rise to any liability of any of the Parties to pay a brokerage commission, finder's fee, success fee, advisor fee or like payment in connection with the purchase and sale of the Purchased Securities or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Investor Agreement;

(h)
Accredited Investors. Each Purchaser is an "accredited investor" as (defined in each of section 1.1 of NI 45-106 and Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act) and is purchasing the Purchased Securities as a principal and was not created, and is not being used, solely to purchase or hold securities as an accredited investor as described in paragraph (m) of the definition of "accredited investor" in NI 45-106;

(i)
Resale Restrictions. The Purchasers acknowledge that they are, collectively, a control person of the Company and that the Purchased Securities may be subject to resale restrictions under applicable Canadian Securities Laws and Rule 144 and Regulation S under the Securities Act;

(j)
Financing. The Purchasers have sufficient funds to consummate the purchase of the Purchased Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and acknowledge that there is no financing condition relating to the purchase of the Purchased Securities hereunder; and

(k)
Due Diligence. The Purchasers' decision to purchase the Purchased Securities and execute this Agreement has not been based on, and the Purchasers have not relied on, any verbal or written representation made by or on behalf of the Vendors or the Company (except as specifically set forth herein).
Section 5.2 Survival; No Additional Representations or Warranties

(a)
The representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained in this Agreement will survive the Closing, and, notwithstanding the Closing, will (except where otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement) continue in full force and effect for a period of one (1) year from the Closing Date.

(b)
Except as provided in Section 5.1, neither the Purchasers nor any of their Affiliates, nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives has made, or is making, any representation or warranty whatsoever to the Vendors, the Company or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no such Person shall be liable for the accuracy or completeness of the information provided to the Vendors, the Company or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit any claim for indemnification in accordance with Section 10.3 (and subject to the
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limitations in Section 10.4) for a breach or inaccuracy of any of the representations made in Section 5.1.
ARTICLE 6
COVENANTS
Section 6.1 Consent to Note Indenture Amendments
The Vendors agree to consent to the amendment of the Note Indenture by January 31, 2025 to raise the aggregate capital expenditure limit of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries on a consolidated basis to US$150.0 million in any twelve-month period. No consent fee shall be payable to the Vendors related to such consent except to extent that any other holder of the 2028 Notes is to receive a consent fee in which case the Vendors shall receive the same consent fee as payable to other holders of 2028 Notes.
Section 6.2 Change of Control Offer

(a)
Except as contemplated by Section 6.1, the Company shall deliver the Change of Control Offer to the holders of outstanding 2028 Notes in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Note Indenture.

(b)
To the extent any Change of Control Payment is deemed to be payable, the Purchasers will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide financial support to the Company to fund the Change of Control Payment in a manner mutually agreed to by the Purchasers and the Special Committee.

(c)
The Vendors hereby covenant and agree not to, and to cause the Brigade Funds and their respective Affiliates not to, tender any of the 2028 Notes owned, either legally or beneficially, by the Vendors, the Brigade Funds or their respective Affiliates to the Change of Control Offer.
ARTICLE 7
MUTUAL RELEASE

(a)
The Vendors, for and on their own behalf and on behalf of their respective current and former directors, officers, and employees (collectively, but excluding any current and former directors and officers of the Company, the "Vendor Releasors") do hereby remise, release and forever discharge:

(i)
the Purchasers, their respective predecessors, successors, and assigns, and their respective current and former directors, officers, employees and professional advisors, as the case may be (collectively the "Purchaser Releasees"); and

(ii)
the Company, its predecessors, successors, assigns, Affiliates (other than the Purchasers) and their respective employees (excluding any current and former directors and officers of the Company) and professional advisors (the "Company Releasees"),
of and from any and all claims and any and all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of money, expenses, general damages, special damages, costs and demands of any and every kind and nature whatsoever against the Purchaser Releasees or the Company Releasees by reason of, or arising
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out of, any act or omission pertaining to the affairs or actions related to the Company that occurred on or prior to the date of this Agreement, provided that this release shall not apply in respect of (i) any breach of this Agreement by a Purchaser Releasee or the Company Releasees; or (ii) any bad faith (except with respect to any Settled Matters), willful misconduct, fraud, criminal behaviour or gross negligence of a Purchaser Releasee or the Company Releasees.

(b)
Each of the Purchasers, for and on their own behalf and on behalf of their respective current and former directors, officers, and employees (collectively the "Purchaser Releasors") do hereby remise, release and forever discharge:

(i)
the Vendors, their respective predecessors, successors, and assigns, and their respective current and former directors, officers, employees and professional advisors, as the case may be (collectively, but excluding the current and former directors and officers of the Company, the "Vendor Releasees"); and

(ii)
the Company Releasees,
of and from any and all claims and any and all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of money, expenses, general damages, special damages, costs and demands of any and every kind and nature whatsoever against the Vendor Releasees or the Company Releasees by reason of, or arising out of, any act or omission pertaining to the affairs or actions related to the Company that occurred on or prior to the date of this Agreement, provided that this release shall not apply in respect of (i) any breach of this Agreement by a Vendor Releasee or the Company Releasees; or (ii) any bad faith (except with respect to any Settled Matters), willful misconduct, fraud, criminal behaviour or gross negligence of a Vendor Releasee or the Company Releasee.

(c)
The Company, excluding any current and former directors and officers of the Company (the "Company Releasor") does hereby remise, release and forever discharge:

(i)
the Purchaser Releasees; and

(ii)
the Vendor Releasees,
of and from any and all claims and any and all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of money, expenses, general damages, special damages, costs and demands of any and every kind and nature whatsoever against the Purchaser Releasees or the Vendor Releasees by reason of, or arising out of, any act or omission pertaining to the affairs or actions related to the Company that occurred on or prior to the date of this Agreement, provided that this release shall not apply in respect of (i) any breach of this Agreement by a Purchaser Releasee or a Vendor Releasee; or (ii) any bad faith (except with respect to any Settled Matters), willful misconduct, fraud, criminal behaviour or gross negligence of a Purchaser Releasee or a Company Releasee.

(d)
For clarity, the release of any current or former director or officer of the Company will be solely and exclusively as set out in the applicable Resignation and Mutual Release delivered concurrently with this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 8
CLOSING
Section 8.1 Electronic Closing
The Closing shall occur electronically at the Closing Time.
ARTICLE 9
CLOSING DELIVERABLES
Section 9.1 Receipt of Closing Deliverables by Purchasers
The Purchasers hereby acknowledge receipt of the following:

(a)
Investor Agreement. An executed copy of the Investor Agreement, which Investor Agreement shall be effective as at the Closing Time;

(b)
Board of Directors. Evidence satisfactory to the Purchasers that the New Directors have been appointed to, and that the Existing Directors, other than Derek Aylesworth and Tom Ebbern, have resigned from, the board of directors of the Company, such appointments and resignations to be effective immediately following the Closing Time. The evidence of such appointments and resignations shall be in the form of (i) resolutions of the board of directors of the Company approving the appointment of the New Directors to the board of directors of the Company and the acceptance of the resignations of the Existing Directors, other than Derek Aylesworth and Tom Ebbern, and (ii) executed resignations of the Existing Directors, other than Derek Aylesworth and Tom Ebbern, in form satisfactory to the Purchasers, acting reasonably, or such other form satisfactory to the Purchasers;

(c)
Shareholder Rights Plan. Evidence satisfactory to the Purchasers that the Shareholder Rights Plan and all SRP Rights issued thereunder have been terminated. The evidence of such terminations shall be in the form of resolutions of the board of directors of the Company approving the termination of the Shareholder Rights Plan and all SRP Rights issued thereunder, or such other form satisfactory to the Purchasers;

(d)
Vendor RSUs. Evidence satisfactory to the Purchasers that the Vendor RSUs have vested and been settled for 125,000 Common Shares, such Common Shares being included in the Purchased Shares. The evidence of such vesting and settlement to be in the form of resolutions of the board of directors of the Company approving such actions, or such other form satisfactory to the Purchasers;

(e)
Purchased Securities. (i) certificates representing the Purchased Securities issued in the name of the Purchasers; (ii) duly executed transfer forms in respect of the Purchased Securities held in book-entry form duly endorsed for transfer to the Purchasers; or (iii) the Purchased Securities by way of "Delivery Free of Payment" settlement through the Purchasers' and Vendors' respective brokerage accounts, in each case as directed by the Purchasers in writing, along with such documents necessary to transfer to the Purchasers, title to such Purchased Securities;

(f)
Certified Resolutions. A certified copy of the resolutions of the directors of the Company approving this Agreement, the Investor Agreement and other matters contemplated herein; and
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(g)
all other necessary consents, resolutions, approvals, waivers and authorizations required to enable the transfer of the Purchased Securities to the Purchasers and the other transactions as provided for in this Agreement.
Section 9.2 Receipt of Closing Deliverables by Vendors
The Vendors hereby acknowledge receipt of the following:

(a)
Wire Transfers. Wire transfer(s) in immediately available funds payable to the Vendors, as the Vendors may direct, in the amount of the Purchase Price; and

(b)
Mutual Releases. Executed copy of the mutual release signed by the Vendors, the Purchasers, the Company and Matthew Perkal, such mutual release to be effective as at the Closing Time.
Section 9.3 Receipt of Closing Deliverables by Company
The Company hereby acknowledges receipt of the following:

(a)
Investor Agreement. An executed copy of the Investor Agreement, which Investor Agreement shall be effective as at the Closing Time;

(b)
Indenture Amendments. Evidence satisfactory to the Company that Brigade has consented to the amendments to the Note Indenture as contemplated by the Investor Agreement, provided that such amendments are approved by the requisite holders of 2028 Notes by January 31, 2025;

(c)
Mutual Releases. Executed copies of the mutual releases signed by the Vendors, the Purchasers and the Company and each of the directors and officers of the Company contemplated by the Investor Agreement, such mutual releases to be effective as at the Closing Time; and

(d)
Certified Resolutions. Certified copies of the resolutions of the directors of each of the Purchasers approving this Agreement and other matters contemplated herein, including the entering into of the Investor Agreement.
ARTICLE 10
INDEMNITIES
Section 10.1 Indemnification by Vendors
Subject to the limitations set out in Section 10.2 hereof, from and after the Closing, the Vendors covenant and agree with the Purchasers to, severally and not jointly, indemnify the Purchasers against all liabilities, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, damages, losses, costs or expenses (including reasonable legal fees on a solicitor and his own client basis) suffered, or incurred by the Purchasers, directly or indirectly, by reason of or arising out of:

(a)
any of the Vendor Fundamental Representations and Warranties being untrue; and

(b)
a breach of any agreement, term or covenant on the part of the Vendors made or to be observed or performed pursuant hereto in any material respect;
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which liabilities, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, damages, losses, costs and expenses are collectively referred to as the "Vendor Indemnifiable Losses". For greater certainty, each Vendor will be severally liable for Vendor Indemnifiable Losses in equal proportion to the proportion of the Purchase Price received by such Vendor. The indemnification provided in this Section 10.1 (as limited by Section 10.2) will be the sole and exclusive recourse of the Purchasers against the Vendors for any and all matters related to or arising out of this Agreement following the Closing.
Section 10.2 Vendors' Limitations
The indemnity obligations of the Vendors pursuant to Section 10.1 hereof will be limited in the following respects:

(a)
the Vendors will be severally and not jointly liable only for Vendor Indemnifiable Losses in respect of which a claim for indemnity is made by the Purchasers within one (1) year of the Closing Date;

(b)
no obligation on the part of the Vendors to indemnify the Purchasers pursuant to Section 10.1 for Vendor Indemnifiable Losses will arise until the aggregate amount of all Vendor Indemnifiable Losses in respect of which a claim for indemnity has been made by the Purchasers exceeds an amount equal to US$500,000, and such obligation will only apply to the aggregate amount of such Vendor Indemnifiable Losses in excess of US$500,000;

(c)
in any event, the maximum amount in respect of which the Vendors will be liable to the Purchasers, in aggregate, will not exceed 25% of the Purchase Price, except in respect of a claim for indemnification arising out of or resulting from any inaccuracy in or breach of a Vendor Fundamental Representation and Warranty or a breach of any covenant made by the Vendors in regards to the delivery of the Purchased Securities to the Purchasers with full rights of legal ownership (including economic interests associated with such rights of ownership) over the Purchased Securities, in which case the maximum amount for which the Vendors will be liable will be 100% of the Purchase Price; and

(d)
the Vendors will not be liable for (i) special, punitive or exemplary damages, (ii) any lost profits, consequential, indirect or incidental damages, or (iii) any damages calculated based on a multiple of profits, revenue or any other financial metric.
Section 10.3 Indemnification by Purchasers
Subject to the limitations set out in Section 10.4 hereof, the Purchasers, from and after the Closing, covenant and agree with the Vendors to, jointly and severally, indemnify the Vendors against all liabilities, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, damages, losses, costs or expenses (including reasonable legal fees on a solicitor and his own client basis) suffered or incurred by the Vendors, directly or indirectly, by reason of or arising out of:

(a)
any of the Purchaser Fundamental Representations and Warranties being untrue; and

(b)
a breach of any agreement, term or covenant on the part of the Purchasers made or to be observed or performed pursuant hereto in any material respect;
which liabilities, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, damages, losses, costs and expenses are collectively referred to as the "Purchaser Indemnifiable Losses". The indemnification provided in this Section 10.3 (as limited by Section 10.4) will be the sole and exclusive recourse of the Vendors
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against the Purchasers for any and all matters related to or arising out of this Agreement following the Closing.
Section 10.4 Purchasers' Limitations
The indemnity obligations of the Purchasers pursuant to Section 10.3 hereof will be limited in the following respects:

(a)
the Purchasers will be jointly and severally liable only for Purchaser Indemnifiable Losses in respect of which a claim for indemnity is made by the Vendors within one (1) year of the Closing Date;

(b)
no obligation on the part of the Purchasers to indemnify the Vendors pursuant to Section 10.3 hereof for Purchaser Indemnifiable Losses will arise until the aggregate amount of all Purchaser Indemnifiable Losses in respect of which a claim for indemnity has been made by the Vendors exceeds an amount equal to US$500,000, and such obligation will only apply to the aggregate amount of the Purchaser Indemnifiable Losses in excess of US$500,000;

(c)
in any event, the maximum amount in respect of which the Purchasers will be liable to the Vendors, in aggregate, will not exceed 25% of the Purchase Price, except in respect of a claim for indemnification arising out of or resulting from any inaccuracy in or breach of a Purchaser Fundamental Representation and Warranty, in which case the maximum amount for which the Purchasers will be liable will be 100% of the Purchase Price; and

(d)
the Purchasers will not be liable for (i) special, punitive or exemplary damages, (ii) any lost profits, consequential, indirect or incidental damages, or (iii) any damages calculated based on a multiple of profits, revenue or any other financial metric.
Section 10.5 Indemnification by Company
Subject to the limitations set out in Section 10.6 hereof, the Company, from and after the Closing, covenants and agrees with the Purchasers to indemnify the Purchasers against all liabilities, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, damages, losses, costs or expenses (including reasonable legal fees on a solicitor and his own client basis) suffered or incurred by the Purchasers, directly or indirectly, by reason of or arising out of:

(a)
any of the Company Fundamental Representations and Warranties being untrue; and

(b)
a breach of any agreement, term or covenant on the part of the Company made or to be observed or performed pursuant hereto in any material respect;
which liabilities, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, damages, losses, costs and expenses are collectively referred to as the "Company Indemnifiable Losses". The indemnification provided in this Section 10.5 (as limited by Section 10.6) will be the sole and exclusive recourse of the Purchasers against the Company for any and all matters related to or arising out of this Agreement following the Closing.
Section 10.6 Company's Limitations
The indemnity obligations of the Company pursuant to Section 10.5 hereof will be limited in the following respects:
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(a)
the Company will be liable only for Company Indemnifiable Losses in respect of which a claim for indemnity is made by the Purchasers within one (1) year of the Closing Date;

(b)
no obligation on the part of the Company to indemnify the Purchasers pursuant to Section 10.5 hereof for Company Indemnifiable Losses will arise until the aggregate amount of all Company Indemnifiable Losses in respect of which a claim for indemnity has been made by the Purchasers exceeds an amount equal to US$500,000, and such obligation will only apply to the aggregate amount of the Company Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Purchasers in excess of US$500,000;

(c)
in any event, the maximum amount in respect of which the Company will be liable to the Purchasers, in aggregate, will not exceed 25% of the Purchase Price, except in respect of a claim for indemnification arising out of or resulting from any inaccuracy in or breach of (i) a Company Fundamental Representation and Warranty, in which case the maximum amount for which the Company will be liable will be 50% of the Purchase Price; and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company made in Section 4.1(p), in which case the liability of the Company shall be unlimited; and

(d)
the Company will not be liable for (i) special, punitive or exemplary damages, (ii) any lost profits, consequential, indirect or incidental damages, or (iii) any damages calculated based on a multiple of profits, revenue or any other financial metric.
Section 10.7 Claims Under Vendor's Indemnity
If any claim is made by any Person against the Purchasers in respect of which the Purchasers may incur or suffer damages, losses, costs or expenses that might reasonably be considered to be subject to the indemnity obligations of the Vendors as provided in Section 10.1 hereof, the Purchasers will notify the Vendors as soon as reasonably practicable of the nature of such claim and the Vendors will be entitled (but not required) to assume the defence of any suit brought to enforce such claim. The defence of any such claim (whether assumed by the Vendors or not) will be through legal counsel and will be conducted in a manner acceptable to the Purchasers and the Vendors, each acting reasonably, and no settlement may be made by the Vendors or the Purchasers, as applicable, without the prior written consent of the other, which consent will not be unreasonably conditioned, delayed, or withheld. If the Vendors assume the defence of any claim then the Purchasers and their counsel will co-operate with the Vendors and their counsel in the course of the defence, such co-operation to include using reasonable commercial efforts to provide or make available to the Vendors and their counsel documents and information and witnesses for attendance at examinations for discovery and trials. The reasonable legal fees and disbursements and other costs of such defence will, from and after such assumption, be borne by the Vendors. If the Vendors assume the defence of any claim and the Purchasers retain additional counsel to act on their behalf, then the Vendors and their counsel will co-operate with the Purchasers and their counsel, such co-operation to include using reasonable commercial efforts to provide or make available to the Purchasers and their counsel documents and information and witnesses for attendance at examinations for discovery and trials. All fees and disbursements of such additional counsel will be paid by the Purchasers. If the Vendors and the Purchasers, as applicable, are or become Parties to the same action, and the representation of all Parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to a conflict of interest, then the Purchasers and the Vendors will be represented by separate counsel and, subject to the indemnity obligations of the Vendors as set out in Section 10.1 hereof, the costs associated with the action will be borne by the Parties incurring such costs.
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Section 10.8 Claims Under Purchasers' Indemnity
If any claim is made by any Person against the Vendors in respect of which the Vendors may incur or suffer damages, losses, costs or expenses that might reasonably be considered to be subject to the indemnity obligation of the Purchasers as provided in Section 10.3 hereof, the Vendors will notify the Purchasers as soon as reasonably practicable of the nature of such claim and the Purchasers will be entitled (but not required) to assume the defence of any suit brought to enforce such claim. The defence of any such claim (whether assumed by the Purchasers or not) will be through legal counsel and will be conducted in a manner acceptable to the Vendors and the Purchasers, each acting reasonably, and no settlement may be made by the Purchasers or the Vendors without the prior written consent of the other, which consent will not be unreasonably conditioned, delayed, or withheld. If the Purchasers assume the defence of any claim, the Vendors and their counsel will cooperate with the Purchasers and their counsel in the course of the defence, such co-operation to include using reasonable commercial efforts to provide or make available to the Purchasers and their counsel documents and information and witnesses for attendance at examinations for discovery and trials. The reasonable legal fees and disbursements and other costs of such defence will be borne by the Purchasers. If the Purchasers assume the defence of any claim and the Vendors retain additional counsel to act on their behalf then the Purchasers and their counsel will co-operate with the Vendors and their counsel, such co-operation to include using reasonable commercial efforts to provide or make available to the Vendors and their counsel documents and information and witnesses for attendance at examinations for discovery and trials. All fees and disbursements of such additional counsel will be paid by the Vendors. If the Purchasers and the Vendors are or become Parties to the same action, and the representation of all Parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to a conflict of interest, then the Vendors and the Purchasers will be represented by separate counsel and, subject to the indemnity obligations of the Purchasers as set out in Section 10.3 hereof, the costs associated with the action will be borne by the Parties incurring such costs.
Section 10.9 Claims Under Company's Indemnity
If any claim is made by any Person against the Purchasers in respect of which the Purchasers may incur or suffer damages, losses, costs or expenses that might reasonably be considered to be subject to the indemnity obligation of the Company as provided in Section 10.5 hereof, the Purchasers will notify the Company as soon as reasonably practicable of the nature of such claim and the Company will be entitled (but not required) to assume the defence of any suit brought to enforce such claim. The defence of any such claim (whether assumed by the Company or not) will be through legal counsel and will be conducted in a manner acceptable to the Purchasers and the Company, each acting reasonably, and no settlement may be made by the Company or the Purchasers, as applicable, without the prior written consent of the other, which consent will not be unreasonably conditioned, delayed, or withheld. If the Company assume the defence of any claim, the Purchasers and their counsel will cooperate with the Company and its counsel in the course of the defence, such co-operation to include using reasonable commercial efforts to provide or make available to the Company and its counsel documents and information and witnesses for attendance at examinations for discovery and trials. The reasonable legal fees and disbursements and other costs of such defence will be borne by the Company. If the Company assumes the defence of any claim and the Purchasers retain additional counsel to act on their behalf then the Company and its counsel will co-operate with the Purchasers and their counsel, such co-operation to include using reasonable commercial efforts to provide or make available to the Purchasers and their counsel documents and information and witnesses for attendance at examinations for discovery and trials. All fees and disbursements of such additional counsel will be paid by the Purchasers. If the Company and the Purchasers are or become Parties to the same action, and the representation of all such Parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to a conflict of interest, then the Purchasers and the Company will be represented by separate counsel and, subject to the indemnity obligations of the Company as set out in Section 10.5 hereof, the costs associated with the action will be borne by the Parties incurring such costs.

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ARTICLE 11
GENERAL
Section 11.1 Press Release
Immediately following the Closing, the Company shall issue a press release, in the form agreed to between the Company and the Purchasers, each acting reasonably, announcing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and ancillary matters (including the termination of the Shareholder Rights Plan, the resignation of the Existing Directors, other than Derek Aylesworth and Tom Ebbern, and the appointment of the New Directors) (the "Press Release"). The Vendors shall be given an opportunity to review and comment on the Press Release and the Company and the Purchasers shall give reasonable and due consideration to all comments of the Vendors and their legal counsel.
Section 11.2 Survival
Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, and without limiting any of the provisions hereof, the obligations of the Parties specified in Article 3 (Representations, Warranties of the Vendors), Article 4 (Representations, Warranties of the Company), Article 5, (Representations, Warranties of the Purchasers), Article 6 (Covenants), Article 10 (Indemnities), Section 11.1 (Press Release), this Section 11.2 (Survival), Section 11.3 (Expenses), Section 11.4 (Notices), Section 11.5 (Governing Law), Section 11.8 (Entire Agreement) and Section 11.12 (Enurement) shall survive Closing and continue to bind the Parties in accordance with their terms.
Section 11.3 Expenses
All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will be paid by the Party incurring such costs and expenses.
Section 11.4 Notices
Any notice required or authorized to be given under this Agreement will be in writing and will be delivered (a) in person, (b) by email, (c) by registered mail, return receipt requested, or (d) by reputable courier service. Notices will be effective upon the date of delivery, if delivered prior to 5:00 p.m. at the recipient's location, or on the next Business Day if delivered after such time. Notices will be addressed to the Parties as follows:

(a)
If to the Purchasers at:
Waterous Energy Fund Management Corp.
Suite 600, 301 – 8th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 1C5
Attention:          Adam Waterous
E-mail:          [REDACTED]
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Suite 3500, 855 – 2nd Street S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 4J8
Attention:          Olga Kary / Kevin Kerr
Email:          [REDACTED]

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(b)
If to the Vendors at:
M3-Brigade Acquisition III Corp.
1700 Broadway, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attention:          Mohsin Y. Meghji; Charles Garner
Email:          [REDACTED]

and

Brigade Capital Management LP
399 Park Avenue. 16th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attention:          Operations Department
Email:          [REDACTED]

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Suite 2700, Brookfield Place
225 – 6th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 1N2
Attention:          Neal Ross
Email:          [REDACTED]


(c)
If to the Company at:
Greenfire Resources Ltd.
Suite 1900, 205 – 5th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 2V7
Attention:          Robert Logan
Email:          [REDACTED]

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
2400, 525 – 8 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 1G1
Attention:          Edward (Ted) Brown
Email:          [REDACTED]

Any Party may change its address by notice to the other Parties given in the same manner as provided in this Section 11.4.
Section 11.5 Governing Law
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the Parties hereto submit and attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the Province of Alberta.
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Section 11.6 Withholding Tax
Provided that the Purchased Shares are listed on the TSX on the Closing Date, the Purchasers will not make any withholdings on, or in respect of, the Purchase Price payable to the Vendors pursuant to section 116 of the Tax Act.
Section 11.7 Severability
If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision or provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby in any other jurisdiction and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, unless in either case as a result of such determination this Agreement would fail in its essential purpose.
Section 11.8 Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, oral or written, by and between any of the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Section 11.9 Amendment
This Agreement will not be varied in its terms or amended by oral agreement or by representations or otherwise other than by an instrument in writing dated subsequent to the date hereof, executed by a duly authorized representative of each Party.
Section 11.10 Waiver
No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any other provision (whether or not similar). No waiver will be binding unless executed in writing by the Party to be bound by the waiver. A Party's failure or delay in exercising any right under this Agreement will not operate as a waiver of that right. A single or partial exercise of any right will not preclude a Party from any other or further exercise of that right or the exercise of any other right.
Section 11.11 Further Assurances
The Parties hereto will with reasonable diligence do all such deeds, acts and things and provide all such reasonable assurances as may be required in the reasonable opinion of the Purchasers' counsel and the Vendors' counsel to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and each Party hereto will provide such further documents or instruments required by the other Party as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to effect the purpose of this Agreement and carry out its provisions whether before or after the Closing Date.
Section 11.12 Enurement
No Party hereto shall assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of the other Parties. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement and each of the terms and provisions hereof will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, and permitted successors and assigns.
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Section 11.13 Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in as many counterparts as may be necessary or by facsimile and each such agreement or facsimile so executed will be deemed to be an original and such counterparts together will constitute one and the same instrument.
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The Parties have executed this Agreement on the date and year first indicated above.
 
GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD.
   
 
By:
(signed) "Robert Logan"
 
Name:
Robert Logan
 
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
     
 
M3-BRIGADE SPONSOR III LP, by its general partner, M3-BRIGADE ACQUISITION PARTNERS III CORP.
   
 
By:
(signed) "Mohsin Y. Meghji"
 
Name:
Mohsin Y. Meghji
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
     
 
BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP, as Investment Advisor on behalf of BRIGADE CREDIT FUND II LTD., BRIGADE COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT TRUST - BRIGADE DIVERSIFIED CREDIT CIT, BRIGADE HIGH INCOME FUND, BRIGADE HIGH YIELD FUND LTD., BRIGADE LEVERAGED CAPITAL STRUCTURES FUND LTD., BRIGADE-SIERRABRAVO FUND LP, BRIGADE LOAN FUND LTD., BRIGADE CAVALRY FUND LTD, SEI INSTITUTIONAL MANAGED TRUST - MULTI-STRATEGY ALTERNATIVE FUND, CITY OF PHOENIX EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN, BIG RIVER GROUP FUND SPC LLC, NORTHROP GRUMMAN PENSION MASTER TRUST, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY MASTER RETIREMENT TRUST, SC CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES MANDATE, LLC, FUTURE DIRECTIONS CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES FUND, LOS ANGELES COUNTY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION, and PANTHER BCM LLC
   
 
By:
(signed) "Patrick Criscillo"
 
Name:
Patrick Criscillo
 
Title:
CFO, Brigade Capital Management LP, as
Investment Advisor



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WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (CANADIAN) LP, by its general partner, WEF III GP (CANADIAN) CORP.
   
 
By:
(signed) "Adam Waterous"
 
Name:
Adam Waterous
 
Title:
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
     
 
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (US) LP, by its general partner, WEF III GP (US) CORP.
   
 
By:
(signed) "Adam Waterous"
 
Name:
Adam Waterous
 
Title:
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
     
 
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (INTERNATIONAL) LP, by its general partner, WEF III GP (INTERNATIONAL) CORP.
   
 
By:
(signed) "Adam Waterous"
 
Name:
Adam Waterous
 
Title:
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
     
 
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (CANADIAN FI) LP, by its general partner, WEF III GP (CANADIAN FI) CORP.
   
 
By:
(signed) "Adam Waterous"
 
Name:
Adam Waterous
 
Title:
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
     
 
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (INTERNATIONAL FI) LP, by its general partner, WEF III GP (INTERNATIONAL FI) CORP.
 
     
 
By:
(signed) "Adam Waterous"
 
 
Name:
Adam Waterous
 
 
Title:
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
 

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SCHEDULE 1.1
PURCHASED SECURITIES
[REDACTED]

Exhibit 99.2
EXECUTION VERSION
INVESTOR AGREEMENT
THIS INVESTOR AGREEMENT dated this 23rd day of December, 2024 (this "Agreement"), is made by and between Greenfire Resources Ltd. ("Greenfire" or the "Company"), each of Waterous Energy Fund III (Canadian) LP, Waterous Energy Fund III (US) LP, Waterous Energy Fund III (International) LP, Waterous Energy Fund III (Canadian FI) LP and Waterous Energy Fund III (International FI) LP (collectively, the "WEF Entities" or "WEF"), Tom Ebbern ("Ebbern") and Derek Aylesworth ("Aylesworth");
WHEREAS WEF beneficially owns, or exercises control or direction over, an aggregate of 29,988,854 Common Shares (as defined herein), representing approximately 43% of the Common Shares issued and outstanding as of the date hereof;
AND WHEREAS contemporaneously with entering into this Agreement, the Company, WEF and Brigade Capital Management LP, as manager of certain private investment funds and accounts ("Brigade") and M3-Brigade Sponsor III LP ("MBSC Sponsor" and, together with Brigade, the "Brigade Entities") have entered into a securities purchase agreement ("SPA") pursuant to which the Brigade Entities have agreed to sell, and WEF has agreed to purchase, an aggregate of 9,311,424 Common Shares and warrants to purchase 2,654,179 Common Shares (the "WEF-Brigade Transaction");
AND WHEREAS on completion of the WEF-Brigade Transaction, WEF will beneficially own, or exercise control or direction over, warrants to purchase 2,654,179 Common Shares and an aggregate of 39,300,278 Common Shares, which Common Shares represent approximately 56.5% of the Common Shares issued and outstanding immediately following the completion of the WEF-Brigade Transaction;
AND WHEREAS on November 18, 2024 and November 19, 2024, WEF delivered to the Company and each member of the Board (as defined below) a requisition (the "Requisition") to call a meeting of Shareholders (as defined below) to consider, among other things, the composition of the Board;
AND WHEREAS the Board has determined it is in the best interest of the Company to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will make certain changes to the Board, WEF will agree to withdraw the Requisition and WEF and Company will agree to certain governance matters with respect to the Company to remain in place for the duration of this Agreement;
AND WHEREAS certain members of the Board have agreed to resign as directors of the Company immediately following the execution of this Agreement to allow for the appointment of certain new directors as agreed to pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the respective representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and conditions hereinafter set forth, and, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1.
Defined Terms
As used in this Agreement, terms defined in the recitals have the meanings given to them in the recitals and the following terms have the meanings indicated:

(a)
"2025 Meeting" means the annual meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2025;

(b)
"ABCA" means the Business Corporations Act (Alberta);

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(c)
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any party to this Agreement, any Person which (i) Controls, (ii) is Controlled by, or (iii) is under common Control with, such party;

(d)
"beneficially owns" or "beneficially owned," is the "beneficial owner" of or has "beneficial ownership" of securities for the purposes of this Agreement shall be determined in the same manner as that set forth for determining a beneficial owner of a security under applicable securities laws;

(e)
"Common Shares" means the common shares in the capital of the Company;

(f)
"Control" means, when applied to the relationship between a Person and a corporation, the beneficial ownership by that Person at the relevant time of shares of that corporation carrying the greater of (i) a majority of the voting rights ordinarily exercisable at meetings of shareholders of that corporation, and (ii) the percentage of voting rights ordinarily exercisable at meetings of shareholders of that corporation that are sufficient to elect a majority of the directors, and, when applied to the relationship between a Person and a partnership, limited partnership, trust, joint venture or other entity, means the beneficial ownership by that Person at the relevant time of more than 50% of the ownership interests of the partnership, limited partnership, trust, joint venture or other entity, or the contractual right to direct the affairs of the partnership, limited partnership, trust, joint venture or other entity; and the words "Controlled by", "Controlling" and similar words have corresponding meanings; provided, that a Person who Controls a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture or other entity will be deemed to Control a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, trust, joint venture or other entity which is Controlled by such Person and so on;

(g)
"Governmental Authority" means any Canadian, U.S., or foreign governmental body, authority, office, department, or agency, whether federal, provincial, state, territorial, municipal or local governmental regulatory or administrative authority, tribunal, court, commission or any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, expropriation or taxing authority under or for the account of any of the foregoing, or any court, tribunal, judicial or arbitral body, or any stock exchange (including the TSX and the NYSE) or securities commission having jurisdiction;

(h)
"Independent Nominees" means Brian Heald and David Knight Legg;

(i)
"Nominee Independence Requirements" means, with respect to a nominee as a director of the Company, such nominee (i) is not employed by, and is not an executive officer of, WEF or any of its Affiliates; (ii) is not a party to any material compensation arrangements with WEF or any of its respective Affiliates; (iii) is independent of the Company for the purposes of applicable Canadian securities laws and the rules of the TSX; and (iv) is independent of the Company for the purposes of applicable United States securities laws and the rules of the NYSE applicable to the Company;

(j)
"NYSE" means the New York Stock Exchange;

(k)
"Outgoing Directors" means Matthew Perkal, Jonathan Klesch and Robert Logan;

(l)
"Person" will be interpreted broadly to include, without limitation, any corporation, company, partnership, limited liability company, other entity or individual.

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(m)
"Representatives" means, in relation to a party to this Agreement, its Affiliates and its and their respective current and former directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents and professional advisors (for greater certainty, for the purposes of this definition the Company shall not be considered a Representative of WEF and WEF shall not be considered a Representative of the Company);

(n)
"Settled Matters" means any and all matters up to and including the date hereof between the Company and/or its Representatives and WEF and/or its Representatives relating to any of the following: the Company's adoption of the Shareholder Rights Plan and the shareholder protection rights plan agreement dated as of September 18, 2024, WEF's application dated September 26, 2024 and Greenfire's cross-application to the Alberta Securities Commission dated October 2, 2024, the Requisition, and all press releases issued or filed by WEF and Greenfire in connection therewith;

(o)
"Shareholder Rights Plan" means the shareholder protection rights plan agreement dated as of November 6, 2024, as amended and restated as of December 7, 2024;

(p)
"Shareholders" means the holders of Common Shares;

(q)
"Special Committee" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4(a)(i);

(r)
"Special Committee Mandate" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4(a)(ii);

(s)
"Strategic Review Period" means the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on May 6, 2025;

(t)
"Strategic Review" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Schedule "C" to this Agreement;

(u)
"TSX" means the Toronto Stock Exchange; and

(v)
"WEF Nominees" means Henry Hager, Andrew Kim, David Roosth and Adam Waterous.
2.
Reconstitution of Board and 2025 Meeting

(a)
Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement:

(i)
the WEF Nominees and the Independent Nominees shall be appointed to the Board effective immediately following the execution of this Agreement to serve until the 2025 Meeting;

(ii)
the Outgoing Directors shall tender their respective resignations as directors of the Company and the Company shall accept such resignations effective immediately following the execution of this Agreement;

(iii)
the foregoing appointments of the WEF Nominees and Independent Nominees and resignations of the Outgoing Directors shall be conducted in accordance with Sections 106(4) and 111(1) of the ABCA;

(iv)
the Company acknowledges that it has received satisfactory written consents to serve as a director from each of the WEF Nominees and Independent Directors;

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(v)
the Company acknowledges that it has received signed resignations from the Outgoing Directors; and

(vi)
immediately after giving effect to the appointment of the WEF Nominees and Independent Nominees and the resignation of the Outgoing Directors, the Board shall consist of the following eight (8) directors: Aylesworth, Ebbern, Henry Hager, Brian Heald, Andrew Kim, David Knight Legg, David Roosth and Adam Waterous.

(b)
The 2025 Meeting shall be held on May 6, 2025, or such later date as may be approved by the Board.

(c)
With respect to the 2025 Meeting, the Company shall take any and all steps necessary and advisable to: (i) fix the number of directors to be elected at the 2025 Meeting at seven (7) directors; (ii) nominate for election to the Board each of the WEF Nominees, each of the Independent Nominees and Ebbern as a director of the Company, with a term expiring at the close of the Company's next annual meeting of Shareholders or until a successor has been elected or appointed in accordance with the Company's articles and bylaws; (ii) recommend to Shareholders that Shareholders vote in favour of the WEF Nominees, the Independent Nominees and Ebbern for election to the Board; (iii) solicit proxies for the election of the WEF Nominees, the Independent Nominees and Ebbern; and (iv) cause all valid proxies received by the Company in connection with such 2025 Meeting to be voted in a manner to give effect to the foregoing.

(d)
WEF and the Company agree that the Board slate for the 2025 Meeting shall consist of seven (7) directors and shall consist of the WEF Nominees, the Independent Nominees and Ebbern; provided that if approved by the Special Committee and agreed to by WEF, the Company may increase the number of directors to be nominated by the Company at the 2025 Meeting and add additional nominees.

(e)
WEF agrees that at all times while serving as a member of the Board, the WEF Nominees and Independent Nominees shall comply with all policies, procedures, processes, codes, rules, standards and guidelines applicable to Board members, including those aimed at preserving the confidentiality of Company business and information, and shall be entitled to the same protections, rights and benefits, including with respect to insurance and indemnification as all other directors of the Company.

(f)
At the 2025 Meeting, provided the Company is in compliance with its obligations under Section 2(c) of this Agreement and the WEF Nominees and the Independent Nominees have been nominated for election at the 2025 Meeting, WEF shall vote, and/or cause to be voted, any Common Shares that they are entitled to vote in respect of such meeting "FOR" the election to the Board of any nominees of the Company listed in the management form of proxy or voting instruction form provided to Shareholders (which form of proxy and voting instruction form shall include the WEF Nominees, the Independent Nominees and Ebbern) in respect of such meeting.

(g)
If a WEF Nominee is unable or unwilling to serve as a director, resigns as a director, is removed as a director, or ceases to be a director for any other reason on or prior to the date of the 2025 Meeting or is not willing to be nominated for election at the 2025 Meeting, WEF shall identify a replacement director (such individual, a "Replacement WEF Director") (provided such Replacement WEF Director being able to serve as a director of

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the Company pursuant to applicable requirements under the ABCA and the Company's articles and by-laws) and subject to approval of the Board (acting reasonably), the Board, and any applicable committees thereof, shall take such actions as are necessary to promptly appoint such Replacement WEF Director to serve as a director of Company and to be nominated for election at the 2025 Meeting. Effective upon the appointment of the Replacement WEF Director to the Board, such Replacement WEF Director will be considered the applicable WEF Director for all purposes of this Agreement.

(h)
If an Independent Director is unable or unwilling to serve as a director, resigns as a director, ceases to be a director for any other reason on or prior to the date of the 2025 Meeting or is not willing to be nominated for election at the 2025 Meeting, WEF shall identify a replacement director (such individual, a "Replacement Independent Director") (provided such Replacement Independent Director must satisfy the Nominee Independence Requirements and be able to serve as a member of the Board pursuant to applicable requirements under the ABCA and the Company's articles and by-laws), and subject to the approval of the Board (acting reasonably), the Board, and any applicable committees thereof, shall take such actions as are necessary to promptly appoint such Replacement Independent Director to serve as a director of Company and to be nominated for election at the 2025 Meeting. Effective upon the appointment of the Replacement Independent Director to the Board, such Replacement Independent Director will be considered the applicable Independent Director for all purposes of this Agreement.

(i)
If Ebbern is unable or unwilling to serve as a director, resigns as a director, ceases to be a director for any other reason on or prior to the date of the 2025 Meeting or is not willing to be nominated for election at the 2025 Meeting, Ebbern and Aylesworth (provided if Ebbern is unable, Aylesworth alone) will, after consultation in good faith and reasonably taking into consideration the opinions of the Independent Directors and WEF, identify a replacement director (such individual, a "Replacement Lead Director") (provided such Replacement Lead Director must satisfy the Nominee Independence Requirements and be able to serve as a member of the Board pursuant to applicable requirements under the ABCA and the Company's articles and by-laws), and subject to approval of the Board (acting reasonably), the Board, and any applicable committees thereof, shall take such actions as are necessary to promptly appoint such Replacement Lead Director to serve as a director of Company and Lead Independent Director and to be nominated for election at the 2025 Meeting. Effective upon the appointment of the Replacement Lead Director to the Board, such Replacement Lead Director will be considered Ebbern for all purposes of this Agreement and all of the rights of Ebbern hereunder shall be assigned to the Replacement Lead Director as if such Replacement Lead Director was a party hereto.

(j)
If Aylesworth is unable or unwilling to serve as a director, resigns as a director, ceases to be a director for any other reason prior to the date of the 2025 Meeting, no replacement director shall be appointed or nominated for election and the number of directors of the Company shall be reduced to seven (7); provided that after the date that Aylesworth ceases to be a director, Ebbern shall be entitled to two (2) votes on any matter considered by the Special Committee at any meeting of the Special Committee.
3.
Chair and Lead Independent Director

(a)
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the Outgoing Directors, the Board shall take all necessary actions to appoint Adam Waterous as the Chair of the Board and Ebbern as the Lead Independent Director.

(b)
Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement and immediately upon giving effect to the appointment of the WEF Nominees and Independent Nominees and the resignation of the Outgoing Directors, the Board shall approve and adopt: (i) a position description for the Chair of the Board in the form attached as Schedule "A" hereto (the "Chair Position Description"); and (ii) a position description for the Lead Independent Director in the form attached as Schedule "B" hereto (the "Lead Director Position Description").

(c)
On or prior to the date of the 2025 Meeting, without the approval of a majority of the Special Committee: (i) the Chair Position Description and the Lead Director Position Description may not be amended or terminated and (ii) except as contemplated by Subsection 2(i), Ebbern may not be removed or replaced in the position of Lead Independent Director and no other Person may be appointed to such position.
4.
Special Committee and Strategic Review

(a)
Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement and immediately upon giving effect to the appointment of the WEF Nominees and Independent Nominees and the resignation of the Outgoing Directors, the Board shall:

(i)
take all necessary actions to establish a special committee of independent directors (the "Special Committee") to be comprised of Aylesworth, Ebbern, Brian Heald and David Knight Legg, and chaired by Ebbern; and

(ii)
approve and adopt a mandate for the Special Committee in the form attached as Schedule "C" hereto (the "Special Committee Mandate").

(b)
During the Strategic Review Period, the Special Committee shall be entitled to conduct the Strategic Review in accordance with the Special Committee Mandate. On or prior to the conclusion of the Strategic Review Period, without the approval of a majority of the Special Committee and the Board: (i) the Special Committee Mandate may not be amended or terminated; (ii) the membership of the Special Committee may not be changed except as contemplated by Sections 2(h) and 2(i) of this Agreement in which event the Replacement Independent Director or Replacement Lead Director, as the case may be, shall be appointed to the Special Committee; and (iii) the Special Committee may not be dissolved or terminated.  Upon completion of the Strategic Review Period, unless otherwise agreed to by the Board, the Special Committee shall be dissolved and its mandate terminated automatically without any further action by the Board.

(c)
During the Strategic Review Period, WEF agrees to (i) discuss with the Special Committee as to the type of transactions that WEF may be supportive of; (ii) not directly restrict any potential counterparty from participating in the Strategic Review; and (iii) not, directly or indirectly, publicly making or otherwise publicly communicating in any way any statement of communication of any kind whatsoever whether verbal or in writing, that is critical of, negative toward, or unsupportive of the Strategic Review.

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5.
Revocation of the Requisition
WEF hereby automatically and without any further action, and with immediate effect, irrevocably withdraws the Requisition.
6.
Termination of Shareholder Rights Plan
The Board has irrevocably approved an amendment to the Shareholder Rights Plan to provide that all outstanding rights issued thereunder shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect effective immediately prior to the execution of the SPA and this Agreement.
7.
Prohibited Activities

(a)
Except in accordance with this Agreement, without the prior written approval of the majority of the Special Committee, neither WEF nor any of its respective Representatives shall, directly or indirectly, do any of the following from the date hereof until the conclusion of the 2025 Meeting in relation to any election or removal of directors of the Company:

(i)
engage in, participate in or in any way initiate, directly or indirectly, any "solicitation" (as such term is defined in the ABCA) of proxies with respect to the voting of any Common Shares of the Company;

(ii)
initiate, propose or otherwise "solicit" (as such term is defined in the ABCA) securityholders of the Company to vote any securities of the Company on any matter;

(iii)
deposit any shares of the Company in any voting trust or subject any shares of the Company to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of any such shares;

(iv)
seek, alone or in concert with others, to (A) requisition or call a meeting of Shareholders, (B) obtain representation on, or nominate or propose the nomination of any candidate for election to, the Board, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, or (C) effect the removal of any member of the Board or otherwise alter the composition of the Board;

(v)
submit, or induce any person to submit, any shareholder proposal pursuant to section 136 of the ABCA or other applicable law; or

(vi)
make any public or private disclosure of any consideration, intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with any of the foregoing.
8.
Mutual Non-Disparagement

(a)
WEF agrees that from the date hereof until the date that is 12 months from the date of this Agreement, neither it nor any of its Representatives will, directly or indirectly, publicly make or otherwise publicly communicate in any way (or cause, further, assist, solicit, encourage, support or participate in any of the foregoing), any statement or other communication, whether verbal or in writing, that is derogatory or critical of, or negative toward, the Company or any of its Representatives, or that would reasonably be expected

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to malign, harm, disparage, defame or reflect adversely on the reputation, qualifications, character, conduct, behaviour or good name of the Company, its business or any of its Representatives.

(b)
The Company agrees that from the date hereof until the date that is 12 months from the date of this Agreement, neither it nor any of its Representatives will, directly or indirectly, publicly make or otherwise publicly communicate in any way (or cause, further, assist, solicit, encourage, support or participate in any of the foregoing), any statement or communication, whether verbal or in writing, that is derogatory or critical of, or negative toward, WEF or any of its Representatives or that would reasonably be expected to malign, harm, disparage, defame or reflect adversely on the reputation, qualifications, character, conduct, behaviour or good name of any of WEF, its businesses (if applicable) or any of its Representatives.

(c)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall prohibit any party or other Person from; (i) making any statement or disclosure required under applicable Canadian or United States securities laws or other applicable laws; or (ii) truthfully answering any question from any regulatory or judicial body.
9.
Representations of the Company
In order to induce WEF to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company hereby represents and warrants to WEF as follows:

(a)
Organization and Good Standing. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, organized and validly existing, and is in good standing, under the laws of the Province of Alberta and has the corporate power and capacity to carry on its business as presently conducted, to enter into this Agreement and fulfill its obligations pursuant to this Agreement;

(b)
Proceedings. No Proceedings have been taken or authorized by the Company, or, to the Company's knowledge, by any other Person, with respect to the bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company;

(c)
Authority. The Company has due and sufficient right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement on the terms and conditions herein set forth and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company;

(d)
Agreement Valid. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms; and

(e)
Consents and Approvals. To the knowledge of the Company, other than in respect of the Company's continuous disclosure obligations under applicable Canadian and United States securities laws and the rules of the TSX and NYSE, no consent, approval, order, authorization, registration or declaration of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required by Greenfire in connection with the transactions contemplated by, or the observance and performance by Greenfire of its obligations under, this Agreement.

(f)
Independence. Each of Ebbern and Aylesworth satisfies the Nominee Independence Requirements.

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10.
Representations of WEF
In order to induce the Company to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, WEF hereby, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to Greenfire as follows:

(a)
Organization and Good Standing. Each WEF Entity is a limited partnership duly formed, organized and validly existing, and is in good standing under, the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation, as the case may be, and has the power and capacity to carry on its business as presently conducted, to enter into this Agreement and fulfill its respective obligations pursuant to this Agreement;

(b)
Authority. Each WEF Entity has due and sufficient right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement on the terms and conditions herein set forth and to perform its respective obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or partnership action on the part of each of the WEF Entities;

(c)
Agreement Valid. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of WEF enforceable against WEF in accordance with its terms;

(d)
Consents and Approvals. To the knowledge of WEF, other than the filing of any required early warning reports and/and insider reports on closing of the WEF-Brigade Transaction with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities and reports under Section 13(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as applicable, no consent, approval, order, authorization, registration or declaration of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required by WEF in connection with the transactions contemplated by, or the observance and performance by WEF of their obligations under, this Agreement;

(e)
Ownership of Greenfire Securities. After the completion of the WEF-Brigade Transaction, WEF will, together with their affiliates, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, an aggregate of 39,300,278 Common Shares and warrants to purchase 2,654,179 Common Shares and such Common Shares and warrants constitute all of the securities of Greenfire beneficially owned by WEF and its Affiliates or in which WEF and its Affiliates have any interest or right to acquire, whether through derivative securities, voting agreements or otherwise; and

(f)
Independence. Each of the Independent Nominees satisfies the Nominee Independence Requirements.
11.
Remedies; Breaches.
WEF, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, acknowledges and agrees that irreparable injury to the other party hereto may occur in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or was otherwise breached and that such injury may not be adequately compensable in damages. It is accordingly agreed that WEF, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, be entitled to specific enforcement of, and injunctive relief to prevent any violation of, the terms hereof and the other party hereto will not take any action, directly or indirectly, in opposition to the party seeking relief on the grounds that any other remedy or relief is available at law or in equity.

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12.
Press Release and Other Public Disclosures
Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, WEF and the Company shall issue a joint press release in a mutually agreed upon form. No party hereto shall, except as required by law, issue or cause the publication of any other press release or make any other public announcement or other disclosure to third parties with respect to the matters that are the subject of this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the parties hereto.
13.
Termination

(a)
This Agreement shall, unless otherwise determined by the Board, automatically terminate without any further action required to be taken by any party hereto on the later of (i) the date of the 2025 Meeting and (ii) May 6, 2025.

(b)
The obligations of the parties specified in this Section 13(b) and Sections 8, 11, 14, 15,  15(a), 17, 18, 19, 20 21 and 22 shall survive termination of this Agreement and continue to bind the parties in accordance with their terms.
14.
Expenses
All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses.
15.
Mutual Release

(a)
The Company, for and on its own behalf and on behalf of its Representatives (collectively, but excluding the current and former directors and officers of the Company, the "Company Releasors") does hereby remise, release and forever discharge WEF, their respective predecessors, successors, and assigns, and their respective Representatives, as the case may be (collectively the "WEF Releasees") of and from any and all claims and any and all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of money, expenses, general damages, special damages, costs and demands of any and every kind and nature whatsoever against the WEF Releasees for or by reason of, or arising out of, any act or omission pertaining to the affairs or actions related to the Company or the Board (or any committee thereof) on or prior to the date of this Agreement, provided that this release shall not apply in respect of (i) any breach of this Agreement by a WEF Releasee; or (ii) any bad faith (except with respect to any Settled Matters), willful misconduct, fraud, criminal behaviour or gross negligence of any WEF Releasee.

(b)
Each of the WEF Entities, for and on its own behalf and on behalf of their respective Representatives (collectively the "WEF Releasors") does hereby remise, release and forever discharge the Company, its predecessors, successors, and assigns, and their respective Representatives, as the case may be (collectively, but excluding the current and former directors and officers of the Company, the "Company Releasees") of and from any and all claims and any and all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of money, expenses, general damages, special damages, costs and demands of any and every kind and nature whatsoever against the Company Releasees for or by reason of, or arising out of, any act or omission pertaining to the affairs or actions of the Company or the Board (or any committee thereof) on or prior to the date of this Agreement, provided that this release shall not apply in respect of (i) any breach of this Agreement by a Company Releasee; or (ii) any bad faith (except with respect to any Settled

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Matters), willful misconduct, fraud, criminal behaviour or gross negligence of any Company Releasee.

(c)
For clarity, the release of any current or former director or officer of the Company will be solely and exclusively as set out in the applicable form of Resignation and Mutual Release delivered concurrently with this Agreement.
16.
Third Party Beneficiaries and Enforcement

(a)
Except as set out in this Section 16, no Person who is not a party to this Agreement shall have any rights hereunder or be a beneficiary of the provisions hereof. The provisions of Section 8, Section 15 and this Section 1616(a), as applicable, are: (i) intended for the benefit of all of the Company's Representatives, as and to the extent applicable in accordance with their terms, and shall be enforceable by each of such Persons and his or her heirs, executors, administrators and other legal representatives (collectively, the "Third Party Beneficiaries") and the Company shall hold the rights and benefits of Section 8, Section 15 and this Section 16 in trust for and on behalf of the Third Party Beneficiaries and the Company hereby accepts such trust and agrees to hold the benefit of and enforce performance of such covenants on behalf of the Third Party Beneficiaries, and (ii) in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights that the Third Party Beneficiaries may have by contract or otherwise.

(b)
The Company shall indemnify each of Ebbern and Aylesworth for, and hold each harmless against, any loss, liability, cost or expense (including reasonable fees and disbursements of legal counsel), reasonably incurred by him without gross negligence, bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct on his part, arising out of or in connection with enforcing the performance of the obligations, agreements and covenants of WEF pursuant to this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with any such matter (collectively, "Expenses"). The Company agrees that neither Ebbern nor Aylesworth shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken pursuant to this Agreement not resulting from the gross negligence, bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct of Ebbern or Aylesworth, as applicable. Each of Ebbern and Aylesworth shall have the right to advancement by the Company, before the final disposition of any matter subject to this Section 16(b), of any, and all, Expenses actually and reasonably paid or incurred or to be so paid or incurred by Ebbern or Aylesworth pursuant to this Section 16(b). Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, within five (5) days after any request by Ebbern or Aylesworth, the Company shall, in accordance with such request, (a) pay such Expenses on behalf of Ebbern or Aylesworth, as the case may be, (b) advance to Ebbern or Aylesworth, as the case may be, funds in an amount sufficient to pay such Expenses, or (c) reimburse Ebbern or Aylesworth, as the case may be, for such Expenses. In connection with any request for an advance of Expenses, Ebbern and Aylesworth shall not be required to provide any documentation or information to the extent that the provision thereof would undermine or otherwise jeopardize solicitor-client or litigation privilege. Ebbern or Aylesworth, as the case may be, shall repay any amounts paid, advanced or reimbursed by the Company for Expenses to the extent that it is ultimately determined, following the final disposition of such matter, that Ebbern or Aylesworth, as the case may be, is not entitled to indemnification hereunder as a result of his gross negligence, bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct. Ebbern and Aylesworth's obligation to reimburse the Company for advances of Expenses shall beunsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.

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17.
Indemnities; Directors' and Officers' Insurance

(a)
The Company and WEF agree that the Company and any successor to the Company will not take any action to terminate or adversely affect, and will fulfill its obligations pursuant to, indemnities provided or available to or in favour of past and present officers and directors of the Company pursuant to the provisions of the articles, by-laws or other constating documents of the Company, applicable corporate legislation and any written indemnity agreements (and each of them), which have been entered into between the Company and its past or current officers or directors effective on or prior to the date hereof.

(b)
The Company and WEF agree that the Company will maintain or cause to be maintained in effect for six years from date hereof, policies of directors' and officers' liability insurance comparable to the coverage provided by the directors' and officers' policies obtained by the Company that is in effect immediately prior to the date hereof (or such other coverage that has been determined by the Board to be reasonable based on the recommendations of a broker representing an insurance or re-insurance company of nationally recognized standing given the risk profile relating to the Company's business, operations and potential liabilities) and providing coverage in respect of claims arising from facts or events that occurred on or prior to the date hereof and which will cover all claims made prior to the date hereof or within six years of the date hereof. Alternatively, the Company may purchase run off directors' and officers' liability insurance for the benefit of its officers and directors having a coverage period of up to six years from the date hereof, and in such event WEF will not have any further obligation under this Section 17(b).
18.
No Waiver.
Any waiver by any party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Agreement. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.
19.
Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement shall not be assignable by the parties hereto. All terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding on the successors of the parties hereto.
20.
Entire Agreement; Amendments; Headings.
This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior and contemporaneous agreements (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the SPA and the documents and agreements delivered in connection herewith and therewith), memoranda, arrangements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended only if approved by an agreement in writing executed by each of the parties hereto, and no waiver of compliance with any provision or condition of this Agreement and no consent provided for in this Agreement shall be effective unless evidenced by a written instrument executed by the party (and in the case of the Company by written approval by both Ebbern and Aylesworth) against whom such waiver or consent is to be effective. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the

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exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder. The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
21.
Notices.
Any notice, request, demand or other instrument which may be required or permitted to be delivered, given or served upon either Party shall be sufficiently delivered, given or served upon the Party in question, if in writing, and if either delivered by personal delivery or courier or by Email, in each case addressed:
if to the Company, to:
Greenfire Resources Ltd.
Suite 1900, 205 – 5th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 2V7
Attn: Tom Ebbern
Email: [REDACTED]
if to WEF, to:
Waterous Energy Fund Management Corp.
Suite 600, 301 – 8th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 1C5
Attention: Adam Waterous
E-mail: [REDACTED]
if to Ebbern, to
3004 – 3rd Avenue
Canmore, Alberta  T1W 2J8
Email: [REDACTED]
if to Aylesworth, to
11 Discovery Valley Cove SW
Calgary, Alberta  T3H 5H3
Email: [REDACTED]
Any written communication delivered or sent as aforesaid shall be deemed to have been given or made on the day on which it was delivered or sent as aforesaid if delivered or sent at or before 4:00 p.m. (Calgary time) on the day in question or, if such day is not a Business Day or if such written communication is delivered or sent after 4:00 p.m. (Calgary time), then delivery shall be deemed to have been given or made on the next following Business Day. A party may from time to time change its address for service hereunder by notice to the other party.
22.
Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the laws of Canada applicable therein.
23.
Time is of the Essence.

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Time is of the essence.
24.
Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
25.
Severability
If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, will remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered this Agreement effective as of the date set forth above.
 
GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD.
     
     
 
Per:
(signed) "Robert Logan"
   
Name: Robert Logan
Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer
 





















Signature page for Investor Agreement dated December 23, 2024


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WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (CANADIAN) LP, by its general partner, WEF III GP (CANADIAN) CORP.
 
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (US) LP, by its general partner, WEF III GP (US) CORP.
     
     
Per:
(signed) "Adam Waterous"
 
Per:
(signed) "Adam Waterous"
 
Name: Adam Waterous
Title: Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
   
Name: Adam Waterous
Title: Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer


WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (INTERNATIONAL) LP, by its general partner, WEF III GP (INTERNATIONAL) CORP.
 
WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (CANADIAN FI) LP, by its general partner, WEF III GP (CANADIAN FI) CORP.
     
     
Per:
(signed) "Adam Waterous"
 
Per:
(signed) "Adam Waterous"
 
Name: Adam Waterous
Title: Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
   
Name: Adam Waterous
Title: Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer


WATEROUS ENERGY FUND III (INTERNATIONAL FI) LP, by its general partner, WEF III GP (INTERNATIONAL FI) CORP.
   
     
     
Per:
(signed) "Adam Waterous"
   
 
Name: Adam Waterous
Title: Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
   





Signature page for Investor Agreement dated December 23, 2024


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(signed) "William Derek Aylesworth"
   
WILLIAM DEREK AYLESWORTH
   


(signed) "Tom Ebbern"
   
TOM EBBERN
   



















Signature page for Investor Agreement dated December 23, 2024



SCHEDULE "A"
POSITION DESCRIPTION OF CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD.
[REDACTED]




SCHEDULE "B"
POSITION DESCRIPTION OF LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
OF GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD.
[REDACTED]



SCHEDULE "C"
MANDATE OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD.
[REDACTED]


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