Term Loan Credit Agreement Amendment

On April 18, 2017 (the “Eighth Amendment Effective Date”), Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Eighth Amendment (Increase Amendment) to Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Eighth Term Loan Agreement Amendment”) by and among the lenders named therein (the “Term Loan Lenders”), Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (“Wilmington”), as administrative agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), as collateral agent, the Company, and the guarantors named therein, which further amends the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated April 15, 2016, by and among Wilmington, the Term Loan Lenders, and the Company (the “Term Loan Agreement”), by increasing the Term Loan Lenders’ commitment and the principal amount borrowed by the Company under the Term Loan Agreement from $65,800,000 to $69,320,000 (the “Eighth Amendment Additional Term Commitment”). The Eighth Amendment Additional Term Commitment is in partial satisfaction of the requirement to fund Supplemental Term Loans (as defined in the Fifth Amendment to Term Loan Credit Agreement).

Pursuant to the Eighth Term Loan Agreement Amendment, the Company is required to use a portion of the net cash proceeds of the Eighth Amendment Additional Term Commitment of $3.52 million to pay the fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Eighth Term Loan Agreement Amendment. The remaining net cash proceeds, subject to satisfaction of certain release conditions, will be available for general operating, working capital and other general corporate purposes. The Company intends to use the additional liquidity provided by the Eighth Amendment Additional Term Commitment to fund its business operations until the filing of a prepackaged plan of reorganization under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

As a condition to the effectiveness of the Eighth Term Loan Agreement Amendment, the Company was required to enter into a letter agreement with the agent under the Company’s asset-based lending facility (the “ABL Facility”) providing, among other things, that the agent under the ABL Facility would not exercise any remedies with respect to the Eighth Amendment Additional Term Commitment deposited in the Company’s Master Account (as defined in the ABL Facility), subject to the terms of such letter agreement.

The Eighth Term Loan Agreement Amendment requires the Company, among other things, to (i) comply with the terms and conditions of the previously disclosed Restructuring Support Agreement; and (ii) within 5 days of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, cause mortgage title policies to be issued for all real property collateral under the Company’s Term Loan Agreement and to pay all premiums for such title policies.

The foregoing description of the Eighth Term Loan Agreement Amendment is only a summary and does not purport to be a complete description of the terms and conditions under the Eighth Term Loan Agreement Amendment, and such description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Eighth Term Loan Agreement Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

Letter Agreement Regarding Eighth Amendment Additional Term Commitment

On April 18, 2017, in connection with the Eighth Term Loan Agreement Amendment, the Company and Wells Fargo entered into a letter agreement regarding the Eighth Amendment Additional Term Commitment (the “Eighth Amendment Letter Agreement”). Pursuant to the Eighth Amendment Letter Agreement, Wells Fargo agreed to not exercise any remedies with respect to the cash proceeds received from the Eighth Amendment Additional Term Commitment that are deposited in the Company’s Master

Account, subject to the terms of such Eighth Amendment Letter Agreement. In addition, the Eighth Amendment Letter Agreement provides that in the event Wells Fargo or the lenders under the ABL Facility foreclose or otherwise obtain direct control over the Eighth Amendment Additional Term Commitment, such Eighth Amendment Additional Term Commitment shall be deemed to be held in trust by Wells Fargo or the lenders under the ABL Facility for the benefit of the Term Loan Lenders.

The foregoing description of the Eighth Amendment Letter Agreement is only a summary and does not purport to be a complete description of the terms and conditions under the Eighth Amendment Letter Agreement, and such description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Eighth Amendment Letter Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

Intercreditor Agreement Amendments

On April 18, 2017, in connection with the Eighth Term Loan Agreement Amendment, the Company acknowledged and agreed to the terms and conditions under Amendment No. 6 to Intercreditor Agreement (the “Sixth Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement Amendment”), dated April 18, 2017, by and among Wells Fargo, as pari passu collateral agent, Wells Fargo, as revolving credit agreement agent under the ABL Facility, and Wilmington, as administrative agent under the Term Loan Agreement, which further amends the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2016, between Wells Fargo, as pari passu collateral agent, Wells Fargo, as administrative agent under the ABL Facility, and Wilmington, as administrative agent under the Term Loan Agreement. On April 18, 2017, in connection with the Eighth Term Loan Agreement Amendment, the Company acknowledged and agreed to the terms and conditions under Amendment No. 6 to Intercreditor Agreement (the “Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement Sixth Amendment”), dated April 18, 2017, by and among Wells Fargo, as revolving credit agreement agent under the ABL Facility, Wilmington, as administrative agent under the Term Loan Agreement, and Wilmington, as second lien agent under the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, which further amends the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2016, between Wells Fargo, as administrative agent under the ABL Facility, Wilmington, as administrative agent under the Term Loan Agreement, and Wilmington, as collateral agent under the indenture governing the 2021 Notes. The Sixth Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement Amendment and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement Sixth Amendment permit the Eighth Amendment Additional Term Commitment by increasing the Term Loan Cap (as defined therein) from $72,380,000 to $76,252,000. The Term Loan Cap is higher than the commitment under the Term Loan Agreement, as it includes, in addition to the Lenders’ commitment under the Term Loan Agreement, origination fees paid in kind and a 10% cushion.

The foregoing descriptions of the Sixth Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement Amendment and Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement Sixth Amendment are only summaries and do not purport to be a complete description of the terms and conditions under the Sixth Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement Amendment and Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement Sixth Amendment, and such descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Sixth Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement Amendment and Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement Sixth Amendment, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.