Following the closing of the Merger (as defined herein), and to give effect to certain transactions related thereto, on December 30, 2020, CONSOL Energy Inc., Transformer Holdings LP Inc., a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of CEIX (Holdings"), and CONSOL Coal Resources GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the General Partner") and the general partner of CONSOL Coal Resources LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership"), entered into the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (the Fourth A&R Partnership Agreement") to, among other things, admit Holdings as a limited partner of the Partnership, delete provisions relating to the incentive distribution rights representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the Incentive Distribution Rights"), which were automatically cancelled immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined herein) for no consideration in accordance with the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of CONSOL Coal Resources LP, dated as of November 28, 2017 (the Third A&R Partnership Agreement"), and reflect the conversion of the economic general partner interest in the Partnership into a non-economic general partner interest in the Partnership. In connection with the Merger, as of the Effective Time, Michael L. Greenwood, Dan D. Sandman and Jeffrey L. Wallace stepped down from their respective roles as members of the Board of Directors of the General Partner (the GP Board"). The decision of each of Messrs. Greenwood, Sandman and Wallace to step down as a member of the GP Board was not the result of any disagreement with the General Partner or the Partnership on any matter relating to the operations, policies or practices of the General Partner or the Partnership and was solely as a result of the Merger.