Valid and Binding Agreements. This Agreement has, and the Seller Agreements have been or as of the Closing Date will have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by Seller and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other party or parties thereto, this Agreement and, as of the Closing Date, the Seller Agreements constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller and are enforceable against Seller in accordance with the respective terms thereof, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity;

Binding Agreements. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Borrower is a party, when executed and delivered by Borrower, will constitute the legal, valid, and binding obligations of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their terms except as the enforceability hereof or thereof may be affected by: # bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and # equitable principles of general applicability (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law).

Valid and Binding Obligations. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered, and is enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with the terms thereof except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

Valid and Binding Obligation. This Guaranty Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Guarantor and constitutes a ​, valid and binding obligation of Guarantor, enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and similar laws affecting

The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company expressly to assume and to agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent the Company would be required to perform if no succession had taken place. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and any such successor, and such successor shall thereafter be deemed the “Company” for the purposes of this Agreement.

Power, Legal, Valid and Binding Obligations. The Seller # is duly organized and validly existing and # has all necessary power and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and each of the other agreements and instruments contemplated hereby (collectively, the “Ancillary Documents”) and to perform, observe and comply with all of its agreements and obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement and the Ancillary Documents to which it is or will be a party have been or will be duly and validly executed by the Seller and, upon delivery thereof by the Seller, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with their terms.

Valid Title. The Selling Stockholder has (subject solely to the 3,285,622 Common Shares that have been pledged in connection with the Delayed Start Supplemental Confirmation (as defined in the Prospectus) under the control agreement, dated September 14, 2023, by and among the Company, the Forward Purchaser and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States with offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which has been amended and restated on the date hereof), and at each Settlement Date will have, valid title to, or a valid “security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York (the “UCC”) in respect of, the Common Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver the Common Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder or a valid security entitlement in respect of such Common Shares.

Valid Consideration. You agree and acknowledge that you have received valid, bargained for consideration in exchange for the terms of this Agreement, including but not limited to the Limits on Adverse Comments and Publications Section above.

Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each Assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases to the Issuing Entity constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment to the Issuing Entity. Each related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases is freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor. Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold) interest in the Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below) and the exceptions to paragraph # set forth on [Exhibit C] (each such exception, a “Title Exception”)), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. Such Mortgaged Property (subject to and excepting Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions) as of origination was, and as of the Cut-off Date, to the Seller’s knowledge, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ liens, recorded materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances which are prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by a lender’s title insurance policy (as described below), and, to the Seller’s knowledge and subject to the rights of tenants (as tenants only) (subject to and excepting Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions), no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by a lender’s title insurance policy (as described below). Notwithstanding anything in this representation to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required in order to effect such perfection.

Authorization/Valid Obligation. Crestwood Midstream has the limited liability company authority to execute, deliver and perform under this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Crestwood Midstream has been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action and no additional authorizations are required in connection with Crestwood Midstream’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will violate the articles of organization, limited liability company agreement or other governing documents of Crestwood Midstream or will result in any breach or default under any agreement or other instrument to which Crestwood Midstream is a party.