Exhibit 4.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION

California Resources Corporation, (the “ Corporation ”) a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”), hereby certifies as follows:

1.                                       The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 23, 2014 under the name California Resources Corporation (I).  The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was thereafter amended and restated on May 8, 2014 (the “ May 8, 2014 Certificate of Incorporation ”).

2.                                       This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “ Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ”), which restates and amends the May 8, 2014 Certificate of Incorporation, has been duly adopted and declared advisable by the board of directors of the Corporation, duly adopted by the sole stockholder of the Corporation, acting by written consent in lieu of a meeting, and duly executed and acknowledged by the officers of the Corporation, in accordance with Sections 103, 228, 242 and 245 of the DGCL.

3.                                       The May 8, 2014 Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

FIRST:  The name of the corporation is California Resources Corporation (hereinafter, the “ Corporation ”).

SECOND:  The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 in New Castle County, Delaware.  The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD:  The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”) as it currently exists or may hereafter be amended.

FOURTH:  The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 2,200,000,000 shares of stock, classified as (i) 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), and (ii) 2,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Common Stock ”). The number of authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of either the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor.

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The designations and the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the Preferred Stock and Common Stock are as follows:

1.                                       Provisions Relating to Preferred Stock .

(a)                                  Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series, the shares of each series to have such designations and powers, preferences and rights, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions, as are stated and expressed herein and in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) and set forth on a certificate of designations filed pursuant to and in accordance with the DGCL (a “ Preferred Stock Designation ”).

(b)                                  Authority is hereby expressly granted to and vested in the Board of Directors to authorize the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock, without stockholder approval, from time to time in one or more series, and, with respect to each such series of Preferred Stock, to fix by a resolution or resolutions from time to time adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of such series of Preferred Stock, the designation and the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions relating to such series of the Preferred Stock, including, but not limited to, the following:

(i)                                      whether or not the series is to have voting rights, full, special or limited, or is to be without voting rights, and whether or not such series is to be entitled to vote as a separate series either alone or together with the holders of one or more other classes or series of stock;

(ii)                                   the number of shares to constitute the series and the designations thereof;

(iii)                                the preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, with respect to any series;

(iv)                               whether or not the shares of any series shall be redeemable at the option of the Corporation or the holders thereof or upon the happening of any specified event, and, if redeemable, the redemption price or prices (which may be payable in the form of cash, notes, securities or other property), and the time or times at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such shares shall be redeemable and the manner of redemption;

(v)                                  whether or not the shares of a series shall be subject to the operation of retirement or sinking funds to be applied to the purchase or redemption of such shares for retirement, and, if such retirement or sinking fund or funds are to be established, the annual amount thereof, and the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof;

(vi)                               the dividend rate, whether dividends are payable in cash, stock of the Corporation or other property, the conditions upon which and the times when such dividends are payable, the preference to or the relation to the payment of dividends payable on any other class or classes or series of stock, whether or not such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative, and if cumulative, the date or dates from which such dividends shall accumulate;

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(vii)                            the preferences, if any, and the amounts thereof which the holders of any series thereof shall be entitled to receive upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation;

(viii)                         whether or not the shares of any series, at the option of the Corporation or the holder thereof or upon the happening of any specified event, shall be convertible into or exchangeable for, the shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, securities or other property of the Corporation and the conversion price or prices or ratio or ratios or the rate or rates at which such exchange may be made, with such adjustments, if any, as shall be stated and expressed or provided for in such resolution or resolutions; and

(ix)                               such other powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to any series as the Board of Directors may deem advisable.

(c)                                   The powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to each series of the Preferred Stock may vary from those of any other series of Preferred Stock in any or all of the foregoing respects.

2.                                       Provisions Relating to Common Stock .

(a)                                  Each share of Common Stock of the Corporation shall have identical powers, rights and privileges in every respect.  The powers, rights and privileges of the shares of Common Stock shall be subject to the express terms of the Preferred Stock and any series of Preferred Stock.  Except as may otherwise be provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or by applicable law, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share upon all questions presented to the stockholders, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes, and the holders of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote at or receive notice of any meeting of stockholders.

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or pursuant to the DGCL.

(c)                                   Subject to the prior rights and preferences, if any, applicable to shares of the Preferred Stock or any series of Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them such dividends and distributions (payable in cash, stock or otherwise), if any, as may be declared thereon by the Board of Directors at any time and from time to time out of any funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.

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(d)                                  In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after distribution in full of the preferential amounts, if any, to be distributed to the holders of shares of the Preferred Stock or any series thereof, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them.  A liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, as such terms are used in this paragraph (d), shall not be deemed to be occasioned by or to include any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or corporations or other entity or a sale, lease, exchange or conveyance of all or a part of the assets of the Corporation.

FIFTH:  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

1.                                       Provisions Relating to Board Composition .  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, if any, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, if any:

(a)                                  From and after the first business day following the date on which Occidental Petroleum Corporation (“ Occidental ”) distributes at least 80.1% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock on a pro rata basis to the holders of record of all the issued and outstanding shares of the common stock, par value $0.20 per share, of Occidental, until the election of directors at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, pursuant to Section 141(d) of the DGCL, the directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock entitled to elect directors under specified circumstances, shall be divided, with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as is reasonably possible, with the initial term of office of the first class to expire at the 2015 annual meeting (prior to the election of directors at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, the “ Class I Directors ”), the initial term of office of the second class to expire at the 2016 annual meeting (prior to the election of directors at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, the “ Class II Directors ”), and the initial term of office of the third class to expire at the 2017 annual meeting (prior to the election of directors at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, the “ Class III Directors ”), with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation, disqualification or removal.  The directors elected at the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders to replace the initial Class I Directors shall be elected as Class I Directors for a term of office to expire at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation, disqualification or removal. The Board of Directors is authorized to assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to Class I, Class II or Class III at the time such classification becomes effective.

(b)                                  Commencing with the election of directors at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, pursuant to Section 141(d) of the DGCL, the directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock entitled to elect directors under

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specified circumstances, shall be divided, with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into two classes, with the initial term of office of the first class to expire at the 2017 annual meeting (following the election of directors at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, but prior to the election of directors at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, the “ Class I Directors ”) and the initial term of office of the second class to expire at the 2018 annual meeting (following the election of directors at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, but prior to the election of directors at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, the “ Class II Directors ”). The directors elected at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation, disqualification or removal.  The successor of the directors who, immediately prior to the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, were Class II Directors (and whose terms expired at the 2016 annual meeting) shall be elected to Class II; the directors who, immediately prior to the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, were Class III Directors (and whose terms expire at the 2017 annual meeting) shall become Class I Directors; and the directors who, immediately prior to the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders were Class I Directors (and whose terms expire at the 2018 annual meeting) shall become Class II Directors.

(c)                                   Commencing with the election of directors at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, pursuant to Section 141(d) of the DGCL, there shall be a single class of directors (following the election of directors at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, but prior to the election of directors at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, the “ Class I Directors ”). The directors elected at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation, disqualification or removal.  The successors of the directors who, immediately prior to the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, were Class I Directors (and whose terms expired at the 2017 annual meeting) shall be elected as Class I Directors for a term that expires at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, and the directors who, immediately prior to the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders were Class II directors (and whose terms were scheduled to expire at the 2018 annual meeting) shall become Class I Directors with a term expiring at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders.

(d)                                  Commencing with the election of directors at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (the time at which such directors are elected, the “ Classified Board Expiration Time ”), the Board of Directors shall cease to be classified as provided in Section 141(d) of the DGCL, and the directors elected at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (and each annual meeting thereafter), other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock entitled to elect directors under specified circumstances, shall be elected for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders, with each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, retirement, resignation, disqualification or removal.

2.                                       Vacancies .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any newly created directorship that results from an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from the death, retirement, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director or from any other cause may only be filled by the

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affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and shall not be filled by the stockholders.  Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office for the remaining term of his or her predecessor.  No decrease in the number of authorized directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

3.                                       Removal of Directors .  Prior to and through the date on which the Classified Board Expiration Time occurs, and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, if any, any director may be removed only for Cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, acting at a meeting of the stockholders in accordance with the DGCL, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation. Upon the Classified Board Expiration Time, any director may be removed at any time (a) for Cause upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors and (b) without Cause upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, in the case of each of (a) and (b), acting at a meeting of the stockholders in accordance with the DGCL, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation.  “Cause” shall mean the director’s (i) conviction of a serious felony involving moral turpitude or a violation of federal or state securities laws; (ii) the commission of any material act of dishonesty resulting or intended to result in material personal gain or enrichment of such director at the expense of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries and which act, if made the subject of criminal charges, would be reasonably likely to be charged as a felony; or (iii) adjudication as legally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction.

4.                                       Director Disqualification .  A director who, at the time of taking office as a director, is an employee of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation (an “ Employee Director ”) shall cease to be qualified to serve as a director, shall have his or her term of office automatically terminate and shall automatically cease to be a director without any action on the part of the stockholders or the other members of the Board of Directors, if such person ceases to be an employee of the Corporation or any one of its subsidiaries, with the disqualification of such director and the automatic termination of his or her term of office to take place upon the earliest of (a) such director’s cessation of employment, (b) delivery by such Employee Director to the Corporation, or such subsidiary or subsidiaries, as the case may be, of a notice of resignation of employment or (c) delivery by the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries, as the case may be, to such Employee Director of a notice of termination of employment; provided, however, the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, including the disqualification and automatic termination provisions thereof, shall have no force and effect with respect to any Employee Director if the Board of Directors determines that they shall have no force and effect with respect to such Employee Director prior to the earliest of (a), (b) or (c) above.

SIXTH:  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to such series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders

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of the Corporation must be taken at a duly held annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken by any consent in writing of such stockholders.

SEVENTH:  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board or the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.  Stockholders may not call or request special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation.

EIGHTH:  In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, restate or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation; provided , however , that, the provisions of this Article Eighth notwithstanding, the bylaws of the Corporation shall not be altered, amended, restated or repealed by the stockholders of the Corporation except by the vote of holders of at least 75% in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

NINTH:  No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such elimination or limitation of liability is not permitted under the DGCL as it now exists.  In addition to the circumstances in which a director of the Corporation is not personally liable for monetary damages as set forth in the preceding sentence, a director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the fullest extent permitted by any amendment to the DGCL hereafter enacted that further eliminates or limits the liability of a director.

Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article Ninth shall be prospective only and shall not affect any limitation of liability of a director for acts occurring or omissions prior to the date of such amendment, repeal or modification.

TENTH:  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation), the approval by a majority of the directors then in office and the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, in addition to any vote of holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, shall be required to amend, alter, restate or repeal any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation;; provided , further , that any alteration, amendment, repeal or restatement of Article Fifth, Article Sixth, Article Seventh, Article Eighth, this Article Tenth, Article Eleventh, Article Twelfth or Article Thirteen shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, in addition to any vote of holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, in addition to the approval by a majority of the directors then in office.

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ELEVENTH:  Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Corporation’s bylaws, or (d) any action asserting governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein.  Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article Eleventh.

TWELFTH:

1.                                       This Article Twelfth anticipates the possibility that following the filing and effectiveness of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (a) Occidental may be a significant stockholder of the Corporation for a certain period of time; (b) certain directors of Occidental may serve as directors of the Corporation; (c) the Corporation and Occidental, either directly or through their subsidiaries, may engage in the same or similar activities or lines of business and have an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunities; and (d) the Corporation may derive benefits through its continued contractual, corporate and business relations with Occidental and its subsidiaries.  The provisions of this Article Twelfth shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation and its subsidiaries as they may involve Occidental and its subsidiaries, and its officers and directors, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its officers, directors and stockholders in connection therewith.

2.                                       Except as may be otherwise provided in a written agreement between the Corporation and Occidental, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Occidental shall have no duty to the Corporation or its stockholders to refrain from engaging in the same or similar activities or lines of business as the Corporation, and the Corporation shall not be deemed to have an interest or expectancy in any business opportunity, transaction or other matter (each a “ Business Opportunity ”) in which Occidental engages or seeks to engage merely because the Corporation engages in the same or similar activities or lines of business as that involved in or implicated by such Business Opportunity.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither Occidental nor any director thereof (provided that any such director who is also a director of the Corporation has acted in a manner consistent with the provisions set forth in Article Twelfth, Section 4 below, to the extent it is applicable) shall be deemed to have acted in bad faith or in a manner inconsistent with the best interests of the Corporation or its stockholders or to have acted in a manner inconsistent with or opposed to any fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation or its stockholders by reason of Occidental exercising its right to engage in the same or similar activities or lines of business as the Corporation or by reason of any such director’s participation in any such activities or lines of business (even in the same geographic region).  The Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any Business Opportunity that may be a corporate opportunity of Occidental and the Corporation except as provided in the proviso of Article Twelfth, Section 4 below.

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3.                                       To the fullest extent permitted by law, if Occidental acquires knowledge of a potential Business Opportunity that may be deemed to constitute a corporate opportunity of both Occidental and the Corporation, Occidental shall have no duty to communicate or offer such Business Opportunity to the Corporation and shall be permitted to pursue or acquire such Business Opportunity for itself or direct such Business Opportunity to its affiliates, and as a result of any such actions shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be deemed to have (a) breached or acted in a manner inconsistent with any of its duties to the Corporation and its stockholders with respect to such Business Opportunity or (b) acted in bad faith or in a manner inconsistent with the best interests of the Corporation or its stockholders.

4.                                       To the fullest extent permitted by law, if any director of Occidental who is also a director of the Corporation acquires knowledge of a potential Business Opportunity that may be deemed a corporate opportunity of both the Corporation and Occidental, then such director shall have no duty to communicate or offer such Business Opportunity to the Corporation and shall be permitted to communicate or offer such Business Opportunity to Occidental or any of Occidental’s affiliates (except as set forth in the proviso below) and as a result of any such actions, shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be deemed to have (a) breached or acted in a manner inconsistent with any of his or her duties to the Corporation and its stockholders with respect to such Business Opportunity; or (b) acted in bad faith or in a manner inconsistent with the best interests of the Corporation or its stockholders;  provided ,  however , that the provisions set forth in each of (a) and (b) above, shall not apply in the event a Business Opportunity is offered to any person who is a director of the Corporation, and who is also a director of Occidental, if such opportunity is expressly offered to such person in writing solely in his or her capacity as a director of the Corporation.

5.                                       For purposes of this Article Twelfth only: (a) the term “Corporation” means the Corporation and all corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, associations and other entities in which the Corporation beneficially owns (directly or indirectly) 50% or more of the outstanding voting stock, voting power, partnership interests or similar voting interests; (b) the term “Occidental” means Occidental Petroleum Corporation and all corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, associations and other entities in which Occidental Petroleum Corporation beneficially owns (directly or indirectly) 50% or more of the outstanding voting stock, voting power, partnership interests or similar voting interests (other than the Corporation); and (c) the term “duty” includes, without limitation, fiduciary and any other duties.

6.                                       Anything in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary notwithstanding, the foregoing provisions of this Article Twelfth shall automatically terminate, expire and have no further force and effect on the earlier of the date that (a) no person who is a director of the Corporation is also a director of Occidental or (b) Occidental no longer owns any Common Stock of the Corporation.  No addition to, alteration of or termination of this Article Twelfth or any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall eliminate or impair the effect of this Article Twelfth on any act, omission, right or liability that occurred prior thereto.

7.                                       If any provision or provisions of this Article Twelfth is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions

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of this Article Twelfth (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article Twelfth containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

8.                                       This Article Twelfth shall not limit any protections or defenses available to, or indemnification or advancement rights of, any director or officer of the Corporation under this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation’s bylaws, any agreement between the Corporation and such officer or director, any vote of the disinterested directors or the stockholders or applicable law.  Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise holding any interest in any securities of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article Twelfth.

THIRTEENTH:  Section 203 of the DGCL shall apply to the Corporation.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as of this 24th day of November, 2014.

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Exhibit 4.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION

Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware

Date of Adoption: November 24, 2014

ARTICLE I

OFFICES AND RECORDS

SECTION 1.1                                              Registered Office .  The registered office of California Resources Corporation (the “ Corporation ”) in the State of Delaware shall be located at 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, and the name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.  The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 1.2                                              Other Offices .  The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board may designate or as the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.

SECTION 1.3                                              Books and Records .  The books and records of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may from time to time be designated by the Board.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 2.1                                              Annual Meeting .  If required by applicable law, an annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors shall be held at such date, time and place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be fixed by resolution of the Board.  Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting.  The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled annual meeting of stockholders.

SECTION 2.2                                              Special Meeting .  Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board or the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation (“ Preferred Stock ”), the stockholders of the Corporation do not have the power to call a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation. Business

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transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of the meeting. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting of the stockholders.

SECTION 2.3                                              Record Date .

(A)                                In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting.  If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination.  If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.  A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided , however , that the Board may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting and to notice of the adjourned meeting as set forth in Section 2.7(B).

(B)                                In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action.  If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

SECTION 2.4                                              Stockholder List .  The officer who has charge of the stock ledger shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders ( provided , however , if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10th) day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of such stockholder.  Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either on a reasonably accessible electronic network ( provided that the information required to gain access to the list is provided with the notice of the meeting) or during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation.  If the meeting is to be held at a place, the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.  If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the

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whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled by this section to examine the list required by this section or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.

SECTION 2.5                                              Place of Meeting .  The Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be, may designate the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting of the stockholders called by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.  If no designation is so made and the meeting is not designated to be held by means of remote communication, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive offices of the Corporation.  The Board, acting in its sole discretion, may establish guidelines and procedures in accordance with applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ Delaware General Corporation Law ”) and any other applicable law for the participation by stockholders and proxyholders in a meeting of stockholders held at a place or by means of remote communications, and, notwithstanding the foregoing, may determine that any meeting of stockholders will not be held at any place but will be held solely by means of remote communication.  Stockholders and proxyholders complying with such procedures and guidelines and otherwise entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be deemed present in person and entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication.

SECTION 2.6                                              Notice of Meeting .  Except as otherwise provided by law, notice, stating the place, if any, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, in a manner pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.  The notice shall specify (A) the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), (B) the place, if any, date and time of such meeting, (C) the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, (D) in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called and (E) such other information as may be required by law or as may be deemed appropriate by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation.  If the stockholder list referred to in Section 2.4 of these Bylaws is made accessible on an electronic network, the notice of meeting must indicate how the stockholder list can be accessed.  If the meeting of stockholders is to be held solely by means of electronic communications, the notice of meeting must provide the information required to access such stockholder list during the meeting.  If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.  The Corporation may provide stockholders with notice of a meeting by electronic transmission provided such stockholders have consented to receiving electronic notice in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law.  Such notice by electronic transmission shall be deemed given at such time as provided by applicable law.  Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of

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stockholders as shall have been stated in the notice of meeting.  Meetings may be held without notice if notice is waived in accordance with Section 7.4 of these Bylaws.

SECTION 2.7                                              Quorum and Adjournment of Meetings .

(A)                                Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting (the “ Voting Stock ”), present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders, except that when specified business is to be voted on by a class or series of stock voting as a class or series, the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum of such class or series for the transaction of such business.  The chairperson of the meeting or, if directed by the chairperson of the meeting, a majority of the shares so represented, may adjourn the meeting from time to time, whether or not there is such a quorum.  Abstentions shall be treated as present for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum.  The stockholders present at a duly called meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

(B)                                Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place or by remote communication, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.  At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.  If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.   If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

SECTION 2.8                                              Proxies .  At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder or such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact may authorize another person or persons to vote for such stockholder by a proxy executed in writing (or in such other manner prescribed by the Delaware General Corporation Law).  Any copy, facsimile transmission or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created to authorize such other person or persons to vote by proxy may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile transmission or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.  No proxy may be voted or acted upon after the expiration of three (3) years from the date of such proxy, unless such proxy provides for a longer period.  Every proxy is revocable at the pleasure of the stockholder executing it unless the proxy states that it is irrevocable and such proxy actually is irrevocable under applicable law.  A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by

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filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or by filing another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation.

SECTION 2.9                                              Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations .

(A)                                Annual Meetings of Stockholders .

(1)                                  Nominations of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made only (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of the Board or any duly authorized committee thereof or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (i) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these Bylaws and at the time of the annual meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in these Bylaws as to such business or nomination; clause 1(c) of this Section 2.9(A)  shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business before an annual meeting of the stockholders (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)).

(2)                                  For any nominations or any other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 2.9(A)(1)(c)  of these Bylaws, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action under the Delaware General Corporation Law.  To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day and not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (which anniversary, in the case of the first annual meeting of stockholders following the date of the adoption of these Bylaws, shall be deemed to be May 1, 2015); provided , however , that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than one hundred (100) days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation.  In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.  To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice (whether given pursuant to this Section 2.9(A)(2)  or Section 2.9(B) ) to the Secretary must:

(a)                                  set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s

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books, and of such beneficial owner, if any, (ii)  (A) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (B) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a “ Derivative Instrument ”), directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, (C) a description of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (D) any short interest in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of these Bylaws a person shall be deemed to have a “short interest” in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (F) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (G) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) to which such stockholder is entitled based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such stockholder’s immediate family sharing the same household, (iii) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (iv) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such nomination or other business before the meeting, and (v) a representation as to whether such stockholder or any such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group that intends to (x) deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or to elect each such nominee or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination.  The information required under clauses (a)(i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence of this Section 2.9(A)(2)  shall be supplemented by such stockholder and any such beneficial

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owner not later than ten (10) days after the record date for notice of the meeting to disclose such information as of such record date;

(b)                                  if the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, set forth (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such business, (ii) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment) and (iii) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder;

(c)                                   set forth, as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board (i) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three (3) years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and

(d)                                  with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the Board, include a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 2.9(A)(5)  of these Bylaws.  The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

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(3)                                  Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 2.9(A)(2)  of these Bylaws to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board at the annual meeting is increased after the time period for which nominations would otherwise be due under paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.9 and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by these Bylaws shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(4)                                  The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 2.9(A)  shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination if such stockholder has notified the Corporation of his or her intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.

(5)                                  To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a proposed nominee must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 2.9(A)(2)  of these Bylaws) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director of the Corporation that has not been disclosed therein, and (C) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.

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the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to Section 2.9(A)(2) shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than seven (7) business days prior to the date for the meeting, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date) any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(B)                                Special Meetings of Stockholders .

Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting.  Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to a notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the Board or any duly authorized committee thereof or (2)  provided that the Board has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who (a) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these Bylaws and at the time of the special meeting, (b) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (c) complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 2.9 of these Bylaws.  In the event a special meeting of stockholders is called for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by Section 2.9(A)(2)  of these Bylaws with respect to any nomination (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 2.9(A)(5)  of these Bylaws) shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than one hundred (100) days prior to the date of such special meeting, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting.  In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(C)                                General .

(1)                                  Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws shall be eligible to serve as directors, and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a

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nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with applicable law and the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with applicable law or these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.

(2)                                  For purposes of these Bylaws, “ public announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by Dow Jones News Service, the Associated Press, or any other national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(3)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of these Bylaws, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in these Bylaws; provided , however , that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to Section 2.9(A)(1)(c)  or 2.9(B)  of these Bylaws and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(c) and (B) of this Section 2.9 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than, as provided in paragraph (A)(4), business other than nominations brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, as may be amended from time to time).  Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights (a) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (b) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors if and to the extent provided for under law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

(4)                                  The Corporation may require any proposed stockholder nominee for director to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation.

(5)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.9 , unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.  For purposes of this Section 2.9 , to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

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SECTION 2.10                                       Conduct of Business .

(A)                                Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the Chairman’s absence by the Chief Executive Officer, or in the Chief Executive Officer’s absence, by a chairperson designated by the Board.  The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the Secretary’s absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

(B)                                The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the chairperson of the meeting.  The Board may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate.  Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) recess and/or adjourn the meeting, and prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairperson, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting.  Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairperson of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following:  (1) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (2) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (3) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairperson of the meeting shall determine; (4) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (5) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.  The chairperson of the meeting, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such chairperson should so determine, such chairperson shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered.  Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the chairperson of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

SECTION 2.11                                       Procedure for Election of Directors; Required Vote .  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances specified in the Certificate of Incorporation, at any meeting at which directors are to be elected, so long as a quorum is present, the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes validly cast in such election.  Abstentions shall not count as votes cast.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors and certain non-binding advisory votes described below, the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter shall be the act of the stockholders.  In non-binding advisory matters with more than two possible vote choices, the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter shall be the recommendation of the stockholders.

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Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, cumulative voting for the election of directors shall be prohibited.

SECTION 2.12                                       Treasury Stock .  The Corporation shall not vote, directly or indirectly, shares of its own stock owned by it or any other corporation, if a majority of shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such corporation is held, directly or indirectly by the Corporation, and such shares will not be counted for quorum purposes; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation or such other corporation, to vote stock of the Corporation held in a fiduciary capacity.

SECTION 2.13                                       Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls .  At any meeting at which a vote is taken by ballots, the Board by resolution may, and when required by law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors, which inspector or inspectors may include individuals who serve the Corporation in other capacities, including, without limitation, as officers, employees, agents or representatives, to act at the meetings of stockholders and make a written report thereof.  One or more persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.  If no inspector or alternate has been appointed to act or is able to act at a meeting of stockholders and the appointment of an inspector is required by law, the chairperson of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.  Each inspector, before discharging his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability.  The inspectors shall have the duties prescribed by law.

SECTION 2.14                                       No Stockholder Action by Written Consent .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to such series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be taken at a duly held annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken by any consent in writing of such stockholders.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 3.1                                              General Powers .  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board The directors shall act only as a Board, and the individual directors shall have no power as such.

SECTION 3.2                                              Number, Tenure and Qualifications .  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board.  The term of office of directors shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.  Directors need not be stockholders.

SECTION 3.3                                              Regular Meetings .  Subject to Section 3.5 , regular meetings of the Board shall be held on such dates, and at such times and places, if any, or by remote communication, as are determined from time to time by resolution of the Board.

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SECTION 3.4                                              Special Meetings .  Special meetings of the Board shall be called at the request of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or any three directors.  The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board may fix the place, if any, and time of the meetings.  Any business may be conducted at a special meeting of the Board.

SECTION 3.5                                              Notice .  Notice of any meeting of directors shall be given to each director at his or her business or residence in writing by hand delivery, first-class or overnight mail or courier service, or facsimile transmission, electronic transmission or orally by telephone.  If mailed by first-class mail, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when deposited in the United States mails so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid, at least five (5) days before such meeting.  If by overnight mail or courier service, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the notice is delivered to the overnight mail or courier service company at least twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting.  If by facsimile or electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the notice is transmitted at least twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting.  If by telephone or by hand delivery, the notice shall be given at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time set for the meeting and shall be confirmed by facsimile or electronic transmission that is sent promptly thereafter.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board need be specified in the notice of such meeting, except for amendments to these Bylaws, as provided under Section 8.1 .  A meeting may be held at any time without notice if notice is waived in accordance with Section 7.4 of these Bylaws.

SECTION 3.6                                              Action by Unanimous Written Consent of Board .  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.  Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting, and may be stated as such in any document or instrument filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

SECTION 3.7                                              Conference Telephone Meetings .  Members of the Board, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board or such committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

SECTION 3.8                                              Quorum .  Subject to Section 3.9 , a number of directors equal to at least a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the Board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice unless (A) the date, time and place, if any, of the adjourned meeting are not announced at the time of adjournment, in which case notice conforming to the requirements of Section 3.5 of these Bylaws shall be given to each director, or (B) the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, in which case the notice referred to in clause (A) shall be given to those directors not present at the announcement of the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting.  The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.

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SECTION 3.9                                              Vacancies .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any newly created directorship that results from an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board that results from the death, retirement, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director or from any other cause may only be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and shall not be filled by the stockholders.  Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office for the remaining term of his or her predecessor.  No decrease in the number of authorized directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

SECTION 3.10                                       Removal .  The removal of directors shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 3.11                                       Records .  The Board shall cause to be kept a record containing the minutes of the proceedings of the meetings of the Board and of the stockholders, appropriate stock books and registers and such books of records and accounts as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the Corporation.

SECTION 3.12                                       Compensation .  Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board shall have authority to fix the compensation of directors, including fees and reimbursement of expenses.  The Corporation will cause each non-employee director serving on the Board to be reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by him or her in connection with such service.

SECTION 3.13                                       Regulations .  To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws, the Board may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of the Board and for the management of the affairs and business of the Corporation as the Board may deem appropriate.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

SECTION 4.1                                              Designation; Powers .  The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation.  Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.

SECTION 4.2                                              Procedure; Meetings; Quorum .  Any committee designated pursuant to Section 4.1 shall choose its own chairperson by a majority vote of the members then in attendance in the event that the chairperson has not been selected by the Board, shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested, and shall meet at such times and at such place or places as may be provided by the charter of such committee or by resolution of such committee or resolution of the Board.  At every meeting of any such committee, the presence of a majority of all the members thereof shall constitute a

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quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary for the adoption by it of any resolution.  The Board shall adopt a charter for each committee for which a charter is required by applicable laws, regulations or stock exchange rules, may adopt a charter for any other committee, and may adopt other rules and regulations for the governance of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws or any such charter, and each committee may adopt its own rules and regulations of governance, to the extent not inconsistent with these Bylaws or any charter or other rules and regulations adopted by the Board.

SECTION 4.3                                              Substitution of Members .  The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee.  In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified member.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

SECTION 5.1                                              Officers .  The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as the Board from time to time may deem proper.  The Chairman of the Board shall be chosen from among the directors.  All officers elected by the Board shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of this Article V .  Such officers shall also have such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board or by any committee thereof.  The Board or any committee thereof may from time to time elect, or the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may, in accordance with Section 5.2 of these Bylaws, appoint, such other officers (including one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers) and such agents, as may be necessary or desirable for the conduct of the business of the Corporation.  Such other officers and agents shall have such duties and shall hold their offices for such terms as shall be provided in these Bylaws or as may be prescribed by the Board or such committee thereof or by the Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be.

SECTION 5.2                                              Election and Term of Office .  The officers of the Corporation shall be elected or appointed from time to time by the Board. The Board from time to time may also delegate to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer the power to appoint subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their respective rights, terms of office, authorities and duties. Any action by an appointing officer may be superseded by action by the Board. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected or appointed and shall have qualified or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign, but any officer may be removed from office at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board or, except in the case of an officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board, by the Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer.  Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights, if any, of the person so removed.  No elected officer shall have any contractual rights against the Corporation for compensation by virtue of such election beyond the date of the election of his or her successor, his or her death, his or her resignation or his or her removal, whichever event shall

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first occur, except as otherwise provided in an employment contract or under an employee deferred compensation plan.

SECTION 5.3                                              Chairman of the Board .  The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board.  The Chairman of the Board shall be responsible for the general management of the affairs of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incidental to his or her office which may be required by law and all such other duties as are properly required of him or her by the Board. He or she shall make reports to the Board and the stockholders, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board and of any committee thereof are carried into effect.  The Chairman of the Board may also serve as Chief Executive Officer or Executive Chairman, if so elected or appointed by the Board.

SECTION 5.4                                              Chief Executive Officer .  The Chief Executive Officer shall act in a general executive capacity and shall assist the Chairman of the Board in the administration and operation of the Corporation’s business and general supervision of its policies and affairs.  The Chief Executive Officer shall, in the absence of or because of the inability to act of the Chairman of the Board, perform all duties of the Chairman of the Board and preside at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board.  The Chief Executive Officer shall have the authority to sign, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, checks, orders, contracts, leases, notes, drafts and all other documents and instruments in connection with the business of the Corporation.

SECTION 5.5                                              President .  The President, if any, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Board.

SECTION 5.6                                              Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents .  Each Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President and Vice President, if any, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

SECTION 5.7                                              Treasurer .  The Treasurer shall exercise general supervision over the receipt, custody and disbursement of corporate funds.  The Treasurer shall cause the funds of the Corporation to be deposited in such banks as may be authorized by the Board, or in such banks as may be designated as depositaries in the manner provided by resolution of the Board. He or she shall have such further powers and duties and shall be subject to such directions as may be granted or imposed upon him or her from time to time by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

SECTION 5.8                                              Secretary .  The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept in one or more books provided for that purpose, the minutes of all meetings of the Board, the committees of the Board and the stockholders; he or she shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws and as required by law; he or she shall be custodian of the records and the seal of the Corporation and affix and attest the seal to all stock certificates of the Corporation (unless the seal of the Corporation on such certificates shall be a facsimile, as hereinafter provided) and affix and attest the seal to all other documents to be executed on behalf of the Corporation under its seal; and he or she shall see that the books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept and filed are properly kept and filed; and in general, he or she shall perform all the duties incident to the office of

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Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

SECTION 5.9                                              Vacancies .  A newly created elected office and a vacancy in any elected office because of death, resignation, or removal may be filled by the Board for the unexpired portion of the term at any meeting of the Board.  Any vacancy in an office appointed by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer because of death, resignation, or removal may be filled by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

SECTION 5.10                                       Action with Respect to Securities of Other Entities .  Unless otherwise directed by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have power to waive notice, vote, consent and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or may appoint any person or persons to act as proxy or attorney-in-fact for the Corporation (with or without power of substitution), at any meeting of security holders of or with respect to any action of security holders of any other entity in which this Corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which this Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other entity.

SECTION 5.11                                       Delegation .  The Board may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS

SECTION 6.1                                              Stock Certificates and Transfers .  The shares of the Corporation shall not be represented by certificates, provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock may be certificated shares.  The issuance and transfer of shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be entered in and recorded on the books of the Corporation at the time of such issuance or transfer, as the case may be.  In connection therewith, the date of any such issuance or transfer, the holder’s name, the number of shares, the certificate(s), if any, representing such shares and in the case of cancellation of any such certificate, the date of cancellation, shall be entered in and recorded on the books of the Corporation.  Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws.  Subject to applicable law and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation, which may be maintained by a third-party registrar or transfer agent, by the holder thereof in person or by his or her duly authorized attorney, (i) upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of uncertificated shares and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form or (ii) upon surrender for cancellation of any certificates for at least the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed on any such certificates or attached to any such certificates, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require, at which time the Corporation shall record the transaction upon its books and issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto (if the stock is then represented by certificates) and cancel any old certificate.

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Subject to applicable law, each certificate representing shares of stock shall be signed, countersigned and registered in such manner as the Board may by resolution prescribe, which resolution may permit all or any of the signatures on such certificates to be in facsimile.  In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

SECTION 6.2                                              Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates .  No certificate for shares or uncertificated shares of stock in the Corporation shall be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost, destroyed or stolen, except on production of such evidence of such loss, destruction or theft and on delivery to the Corporation of a bond of indemnity in such amount, upon such terms and secured by such surety, as the Board or any financial officer may in its or his or her discretion require.

SECTION 6.3                                              Ownership of Shares .  The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock of the Corporation as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

SECTION 6.4                                              Regulations Regarding Certificates .  The Board shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration or the replacement of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation.  The Corporation may enter into additional agreements with stockholders to restrict the transfer of stock of the Corporation in any manner not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 7.1                                              Fiscal Year .  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first (1st) day of January and end on the thirty-first (31st) day of December of each year.

SECTION 7.2                                              Dividends .  Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares of stock, which dividends may be paid in either cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation.  A member of the Board, or a member of any committee designated by the Board, shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person as to matters the director reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation, as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities or net profits of the Corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

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SECTION 7.3                                              Seal .  The corporate seal shall have enscribed thereon the words “Corporate Seal,” the year of incorporation and around the margin thereof the words “California Resources Corporation — Delaware.”

SECTION 7.4                                              Waiver of Notice .  Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or director of the Corporation under the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing or by electronic transmission, by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual or special meeting of the stockholders or the Board or committee thereof need be specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting.  Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

SECTION 7.5                                              Resignations .  Any director or any officer, whether elected or appointed, may resign at any time only by giving written notice, including by electronic transmission, of such resignation to the Secretary, and such resignation shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the date said notice is received by the Secretary, or at such later time (including a later time determined upon the happening of an event or events) as is specified therein.  No formal action shall be required of the Board or the stockholders to make any such resignation effective.

SECTION 7.6                                              Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses .

(A)                                The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a “ Covered Person ”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ proceeding ”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.6(C) , the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board.

(B)                                The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided , however , that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced

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if it should be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 7.6 or otherwise.

(C)                                If a claim for indemnification under this Section 7.6 (following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after the Corporation has received a claim therefor by the Covered Person, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this Section 7.6 is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after the Corporation has received a statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the Covered Person shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim.  If successful in whole or in part, the Covered Person shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law.  In any such action, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

(D)                                The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Section 7.6 shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

(E)                                 The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Section 7.6.

(F)                                  This Section 7.6 shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

(G)                                The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.

(H)                               Any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses of any Covered Person arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of these Bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.

SECTION 7.7                                              Notices .  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including Section 3.5 hereof) or required by law, all notices required to be given to any stockholder,

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director, officer, employee or agent shall be in writing and may in every instance be effectively given by hand delivery to the recipient thereof, by depositing such notice in the mails, postage paid, or by sending such notice by commercial courier service, or by facsimile or other electronic transmission, provided that notice to stockholders by electronic transmission shall be given in the manner provided in Section 232 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.  Any such notice shall be addressed to such stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent at his or her last known address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation.  Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively, notice to any stockholder shall be deemed given:  (A) if by facsimile, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (B) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (C) if by posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (1) such posting and (2) the giving of such separate notice; (D) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder; and (E) if by mail, when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 7.8                                              Facsimile Signatures .  In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board or a committee thereof.

SECTION 7.9                                              Time Periods .  In applying any provision of these Bylaws which require that an act be done or not done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included.

SECTION 7.10                                       Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records .  Each director, each member of any committee designated by the Board, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees designated by the Board, or by any other person as to the matters the director reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 8.1                                              Amendments .  Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed (A) by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors present at any special or regular meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting or (B) at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of at least 75% in voting power of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon if, in the case of such

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special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment, alteration or repeal of Section 7.6 shall adversely affect any right or protection existing under these Bylaws immediately prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal, including any right or protection of a present or former director, officer or employee thereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment.

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Exhibit 4.3

EXECUTION VERSION

CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

1.                                       PURPOSE

The purposes of this Plan are (i) to furnish a significant incentive to the employees, consultants and non-employee Directors of the Company and its Affiliates by making available to them the benefits of increased ownership of Shares, (ii) to promote the alignment of the interests of employees, consultants and non-employee Directors of the Company and its Affiliates on the one hand and stockholders on the other hand and (iii) to assist in the recruitment and retention of employees, consultants and non-employee Directors of the Company and its Affiliates.

2.                                       DEFINITIONS

“ Affiliate ” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or partnership, association, trust, or other organization which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any entity or organization, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote more than 50% of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the controlled entity or organization or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the controlled entity or organization, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.

“ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

“ Business Combination ” means a merger, consolidation, or other reorganization, with or into, or the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s business and/or assets as an entirety to, one or more entities that are not Affiliates.

“ Change in Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a)                                  Approval by the stockholders of the Company of the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, other than in the context of a transaction that does not constitute a Change in Control under clause (b) below;

(b)                                  Consummation of a Business Combination, unless (1) as a result of the Business Combination, more than 50 percent of the outstanding voting power of the Successor Entity immediately after the reorganization is, or will be, owned, directly or indirectly, by persons who were holders of the Company’s voting securities immediately before the Business Combination; (2) no “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), excluding the Successor Entity or an Excluded Person, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than 30 percent of the outstanding shares or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Successor Entity, after giving effect to the Business Combination, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination; and (3) at least 50 percent of the members of the board of directors of the entity resulting from the Business Combination were Directors at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board approving the Business Combination;

(c)                                   Any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any Excluded Person) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities, other than as a result of (1) an acquisition directly from the Company; (2) an acquisition by the Company; or (3) an acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or a Successor Entity; or

(d)                                  During any period not longer than two consecutive years and beginning no earlier than the Effective Date, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board cease to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election, or the nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, of each new Director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Directors then still in office who were Directors at the beginning of such period (including for these purposes, new members whose election or nomination was so approved), but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of Directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if a Change in Control constitutes a payment event with respect to any award that provides for the deferral of compensation and is subject to the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules, then the transaction or event described in subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d) above with respect to such award must also constitute a “change in control event,” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5), and as relates to the holder of such award, to the extent required to comply with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules and (ii) in no event shall the separation of the Company from Occidental be a Change in Control.

“ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“ Committee ” means the committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan, which shall be composed of not less than two members of the Board, each of whom shall be a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 and an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m).   Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the period prior to the date the Company becomes a separate publicly-held corporation for purposes of Section 162(m), the “Committee” shall be the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

“ Company ” means California Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

“ Covered Employee ” means an Eligible Person who is a Covered Employee as specified in Section 5.2 of this Plan.

“ Director ” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or an Affiliate.

“ Disability ” means permanent and total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

“ Effective Date ” means the date this Plan is approved by OXY USA Inc., in its capacity as the sole stockholder of the Company.

“ Eligible Person ” means any person who is an officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any Affiliate and any person who is a non-employee Director; provided, however that an ISO may be granted only to an individual who is employed by the Company or any “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” (as such terms are defined in Section 424 of the Code) of the Company at the time the ISO is granted.

“ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

“ Excluded Person ” means Occidental, any employee benefit plan of the Company or Occidental and any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under a Company or Occidental employee benefit plan or any person described in and satisfying the conditions of Rule 13d-1(b)(i) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Occidental, employee benefit plans of Occidental and trustees and fiduciaries holding securities under an Occidental employee benefit plan shall cease to be Excluded Persons at such time as Occidental distributes the approximately 19% of the Company’s outstanding common stock held by Occidental as contemplated in that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement dated as of November 25, 2014, between the Company and Occidental.

“ Fair Market Value ” means, as of any specified date, the closing price of the a Share, if the Shares are listed on a national stock exchange registered under Section 6(a) of the Exchange Act, reported on the stock exchange composite tape on that date (or such other reporting service approved by the Committee); or, if no closing

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price is reported on that date, on the last preceding date on which such closing price of the Share is so reported.  If the Shares are traded over the counter at the time a determination of its fair market value is required to be made hereunder, its fair market value shall be deemed to be equal to the average between the reported high and low or closing bid and asked prices of a Share on the most recent date on which Shares were publicly traded.  In the event Shares are not publicly traded at the time a determination of its value is required to be made hereunder, the determination of its fair market value shall be made by the Committee in such manner as it deems appropriate and as is consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

“ ISO ” means an incentive stock option qualified under Section 422 of the Code.

“ Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules ” means the limitations or requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ Occidental ” means Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its Affiliates.

“ Performance-Based Award ” means any Qualifying Option or award granted pursuant to Section 5.  The Committee may grant Performance-Based Awards intended to constitute Section 162(m) Awards or Performance-Based Awards not intended to constitute Section 162(m) Awards.

“ Performance Goal ” means a preestablished targeted level or levels of any one or more Performance Objectives.

“ Performance Objectives ” means those performance objectives described in Section 5.2.

“ Plan ” means this California Resources Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

“ Qualifying Options ” mean options and stock appreciation rights granted with an exercise price not less than Fair Market Value on the date of grant.  Qualifying Options are intended to be Performance-Based Awards.

“ Rule 16b-3 ” means Rule 16b-3 under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

“ Section 162(m) ” means Section 162(m) of the Code and the applicable regulations and interpretations thereunder.

“ Section 162(m) Award ” means a Performance-Based Award intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m).

“ Share Limit ” means the maximum number of Shares, as adjusted, that may be delivered pursuant to all awards granted under this Plan.

“ Shares ” mean the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

“ Substitute Award ” means an award granted in substitution for similar awards held by individuals who become Eligible Persons as a result of a merger, consolidation, acquisition or other transaction by the Company or an Affiliate with or of another entity or the assets of another entity.

“ Successor Entity ” means the surviving or resulting entity or a parent thereof of a Business Combination.

3.                                       SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN

3.1                                AGGREGATE SHARE LIMIT - Subject to adjustment as provided in or pursuant to this Section 3 or Section 7, (a) a total of 25,000,000 Shares shall be authorized for issuance pursuant to awards granted under this Plan and (b) the aggregate maximum number of Shares that may be issued under this Plan through ISOs shall not

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exceed 25,000,000 (which amount shall be included within the total Share limit set forth in clause (a) of this sentence).

3.2                                INDIVIDUAL LIMIT - Subject to adjustment as provided in or pursuant to this Section 3 or Section 7, the maximum number of Shares that may be subject to options, stock appreciation rights or other awards (other than cash-based awards) granted under the Plan to any one individual during the ten-year period beginning on the Effective Date may not exceed 12,500,000 Shares.  The maximum amount of compensation that may be paid under all Performance-Based Awards denominated in cash (including the Fair Market Value of any Shares paid in satisfaction of such Performance-Based Awards) granted to any one individual during any calendar year may not exceed $20,000,000 (and any payment due with respect to such a Performance-Based Award shall be paid no later than 10 years after the date of grant of such Performance-Based Award).

3.3                                REISSUE OF AWARDS AND SHARES - Awards payable in cash or payable in cash or Shares, including restricted shares, that are forfeited, cancelled, or for any reason do not vest under this Plan, and Shares that are subject to awards that expire or for any reason are terminated, cancelled or fail to vest shall be available for subsequent awards under this Plan.  If an award under this Plan is or may be settled only in cash, such award need not be counted against any of the share limits under this Section 3, except as may be required to preserve the status of an award as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m).  Shares subject to options or stock appreciation rights that are exercised shall not be available for subsequent awards.  The following transactions involving Shares will not result in additional Shares becoming available for subsequent awards under this Plan:  (i) Shares tendered in payment of an option; (ii) Shares withheld for taxes; and (iii) Shares repurchased by the Company using option proceeds.

3.4                                SOURCE OF SHARES DELIVERED UNDER PLAN — The Shares to be offered pursuant to the grant of an award may (a) be authorized but unissued Shares, (b) Shares held in the treasury of the Company, or (c) previously issued Shares reacquired by the Company, including shares purchased on the open market.

4.                                       PLAN ADMINISTRATION

This Plan shall be administered by the Committee.

4.1                                POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE - Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the Committee shall be authorized and empowered to do all things necessary or desirable in connection with the authorization of awards and the administration of this Plan within its delegated authority, including, without limitation, the authority to:

(a)                                  adopt, amend and rescind rules, regulations and procedures relating to this Plan and its administration or the awards granted under this Plan and determine the forms and terms of individual awards;

(b)                                  determine who is an Eligible Person and to which Eligible Persons, if any, awards will be granted under this Plan;

(c)                                   grant awards to Eligible Persons and determine the terms and conditions of such awards, including but not limited to the number and value of Shares issuable pursuant thereto, the times (subject to Section 5.5) at which and conditions upon which awards become exercisable or vest or shall expire or terminate, and (subject to applicable law) the consideration, if any, to be paid upon receipt, exercise or vesting of awards;

(d)                                  determine the date of grant of an award, which may be a designated date after but not before the date of the Committee’s action;

(e)                                   determine whether (subject to Section 7.2), and the extent to which, adjustments are required pursuant to Section 7 hereof;

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(f)                                    interpret and construe this Plan and terms and conditions of any award granted hereunder (including under any award agreement) and correct any defect therein, whether before or after the date set forth in Section 5;

(g)                                   determine the circumstances under which, consistent with the provisions of Section 8.2, any outstanding award may be amended and make any amendments thereto that the Committee determines are necessary or appropriate; and

(h)                                  acquire or settle rights under options, stock appreciation rights or other awards in cash, stock of equivalent value, or other consideration.

All authority granted herein shall remain in effect so long as any award remains outstanding under this Plan.  The Committee and each member thereof shall be entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to him or her by any officer or employee of the Company or any Affiliate, the Company’s legal counsel, independent auditors, consultants or any other agents assisting in the administration of this Plan.  Members of the Committee and any officer or employee of the Company or any Affiliate acting at the direction or on behalf of the Committee shall not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Plan, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be indemnified and held harmless by the Company with respect to any such action or determination.

4.2                                SPECIFIC COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITY AND DISCRETION REGARDING AWARDS - Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine all of the terms and conditions of each award granted under this Plan, which terms and conditions may include, subject to such limitations as the Committee may from time to time impose, among other things, provisions that:

(a)                                  permit the recipient of such award to pay the purchase price of the Shares or other property issuable pursuant to such award, or any applicable tax withholding obligation upon such issuance or in respect of such award or Shares, in whole or in part, by any one or more of the following:

(i)                                      cash, cash equivalent, or electronic funds transfer,

(ii)                                   the delivery of previously owned shares of capital stock of the Company (including shares acquired as or pursuant to awards) or other property,

(iii)                                a reduction in the amount of Shares or other property otherwise issuable pursuant to such award,

(iv)                               a cashless exercise, or

(v)                                  any other legal consideration the Committee deems appropriate;

(b)                                  are intended to qualify such award as an ISO;

(c)                                   accelerate the receipt of benefits pursuant to an award or adjust the exercisability, term (subject to other limits) or vesting schedule of any or all outstanding awards, adjust the number of Shares subject to any award, adjust the price of any or all outstanding awards or otherwise change previously imposed terms and conditions, pursuant to a termination of employment or an event referenced in Section 7 (in which case the Committee’s discretion shall be exercised in a manner consistent with Section 7) or in other circumstances or upon the occurrence of other events as deemed appropriate by the Committee, by amendment of an outstanding award, by substitution of an outstanding award, by waiver or by other legally valid means (which may result, among other changes, in a greater or lesser number of shares subject to the award, a shorter or longer vesting or exercise period, or, except as provided below, an exercise or purchase price that is higher or lower than the original or prior award), in each case subject to Sections 3 and 8.2; provided, however, that in no case (other than an adjustment contemplated by Section 7.2) shall the exercise price of any option or stock appreciation right be reduced by an amendment to the award or a

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cancellation and re-grant of the award to effect a repricing of the award to a price below the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares on the grant date of the original option or stock appreciation right unless specific stockholder consent is obtained;

(d)                                  authorize (subject to Sections 7, 8, and 10) the conversion, succession or substitution of one or more outstanding awards upon the occurrence of an event of the type described in Section 7 or in other circumstances or upon the occurrence of other events as deemed appropriate by the Committee; and

(e)                                   determine the value of and acquire or otherwise settle awards upon termination of employment, upon such terms as the Committee (subject to Sections 7, 8 and 10) deems appropriate.

4.3                                DELEGATION - Subject to Section 4.5, the Board may delegate different levels of authority to different committees with administrative and grant authority under this Plan, provided that each designated committee granting any awards hereunder shall consist exclusively of a member or members of the Board.  A majority of the members of the acting committee shall constitute a quorum.  The vote of a majority of the members present assuming the presence of a quorum or the unanimous written consent of the Committee shall constitute action by the committee.  The Committee may delegate authority to grant awards under this Plan for new employees to an officer of the Company who is also a director and may delegate ministerial, non-discretionary functions to individuals who are officers or employees of the Company or a subsidiary or to third parties.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such delegation pursuant to this Section 4.3 shall be made to the extent that such delegation would result in the loss of an exemption under Rule 16b-3(d)(1) for awards granted to Eligible Persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company and will not cause Performance-Based Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) to fail to so qualify.

4.4                                BIFURCATION - Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the provisions of this Plan may at any time be bifurcated by the Board or the Committee in any manner so that provisions of any award agreement (or this Plan) intended or required in order to satisfy the applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3, Section 162(m) or other applicable law, to the extent permitted thereby, are applicable only to persons subject to those provisions and to those awards to those persons intended to satisfy the requirements of the applicable legal restriction.

4.5                                AWARDS TO NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS - Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary and without being subject to management discretion, the Board, acting through the non-employee Directors only, shall have the authority, in its sole and absolute discretion, to select non-employee Directors to receive awards other than ISOs under this Plan.  The Board, acting through the non-employee Directors only shall set the terms of any such awards in its sole and absolute discretion, and the Board, acting through the non-employee Directors only, shall be responsible for administering and construing such awards in substantially the same manner that the Committee administers and construes awards to other Eligible Persons.

5.                                       AWARDS

5.1                                TYPE AND FORM OF AWARDS - All awards shall be evidenced in writing (including electronic form), substantially in the form approved by the Committee or its delegate.  The types of awards that the Committee may grant include, but are not limited to, any of the following, on an immediate or deferred basis, either singly, or in tandem or in combination with or in substitution for, other awards of the same or another type:  (i) Shares, (ii) options (ISOs or nonqualified stock options), stock appreciation rights (including limited stock appreciation rights), restricted stock, stock units, or similar rights to purchase or acquire shares, whether at a fixed or variable price or ratio related to the Shares, upon the passage of time, the occurrence of one or more events, or the satisfaction of Performance Goals or other conditions, or any combination thereof, (iii) any similar securities with a value derived from the value of or related to the Shares or other securities of the Company and/or returns thereon, or (iv) cash.  Share-based awards may include (without limitation) stock options, stock purchase rights, stock bonuses, stock units, stock appreciation rights, limited stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, dividend equivalents (independently or in tandem with any form of stock grant), dividend rights (independently or in tandem with any form of stock grant), Shares, any of which may be payable in Shares or cash, and may consist of one or more of such features in any combination, as determined by the Committee.

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5.2                                PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS -

5.2.1                      Performance Conditions - The right of a participant to exercise or receive a grant or settlement of any type of award listed in Section 5.1, and the timing thereof, may be subject to such performance conditions as may be specified by the Committee.  The Committee may use such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any performance conditions, and may exercise its discretion to reduce or increase the amounts payable under any award subject to performance conditions, except as limited under Section 5.2.2 in the case of a Performance-Based Award intended to qualify under Section 162(m).

5.2.2                      Performance-Based Awards Granted to Designated Covered Employees - If the Committee determines that a Performance-Based Award to be granted to an Eligible Person who is designated by the Committee as likely to be a Covered Employee should qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Section 162(m), the grant, exercise and/or settlement of such Performance-Based Award may be contingent upon achievement of pre-established Performance Goals and other terms set forth in this Section 5.2.2.

(a)                                  Performance Goals Generally .  The Performance Goals for such Performance-Based Awards shall consist of one or more business criteria or individual performance criteria and a targeted level or levels of performance with respect to each of such criteria, as specified by the Committee consistent with this Section 5.2.2, which level may also be expressed in terms of a specified increase or decrease in the particular criteria compared to a past period.  Performance Goals shall be objective and shall otherwise meet the requirements of Section 162(m), including the requirement that the level or levels of performance targeted by the Committee result in the achievement of Performance Goals being “substantially uncertain” at the time the Committee actually establishes the Performance Goal or Goals.  The Committee may determine that such Performance-Based Awards shall be granted, exercised and/or settled upon achievement of any one Performance Goal or that two or more of the Performance Goals must be achieved as a condition to grant, exercise and/or settlement of such Performance-Based Awards.  Performance Goals may differ for Performance-Based Awards granted to any one participant or to different participants.

(b)                                  Business and Individual Performance Criteria .

(i)                                      Business Criteria .  Means any one or more of the following business criteria for the Company, on a consolidated basis, and/or for specified subsidiaries or business or geographical units of the Company (except with respect to the total stockholder return (TSR) and earnings per share (EPS) criteria): (A) accounts receivable to day sales outstanding, (B) accounts receivable to sales, services and/or other income, (C) debt, (D) debt to debt plus stockholder equity, (E) debt to earnings before interest expense and taxes (EBIT) or earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), (F) EBIT, (G) EBITDA, (H) EPS, (I) economic value added, (J) expense reduction or improvement, (K) interest coverage, (L) inventory to sales, (M) inventory turns, (N) net income, (O) operating cash flow,(P) pre-tax margin, (Q) return on assets, (R) return on capital employed, (S) return on equity, (T) sales, (U) stock price appreciation, (V) TSR, (W) operational measures such as changes in proved reserves, production goals, drilling costs, lifting costs, exploration costs, environmental compliance, safety and accident rates, (X) mix of oil and natural gas production or reserves; (Y) finding and development costs; (Z) recycling ratios; (AA) reserve growth, (BB) additions or revisions; (CC) captured prospects; (DD) lease operating expense; (EE) captured net risked resource potential, in each case, as determined on an absolute or relative basis or as compared to the performance of a published or special index deemed applicable by the Committee including, but not limited to, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index or a group of comparable companies.  These terms are used as applied under generally accepted accounting principles (if applicable) and in the Company’s financial reporting.  In addition, subject to any limitations under Section 162(m), such performance measures may be subject to adjustment by the Committee for changes in accounting

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principles, to satisfy regulatory requirements and other specified significant extraordinary items or events.

(ii)                                   Individual Performance Criteria .  The grant, exercise and/or settlement of Performance-Based Awards may also be contingent upon individual performance goals established by the Committee.  If required for compliance with Section 162(m), such criteria shall be approved by the stockholders of the Company.

(c)                                   Performance Period; Timing for Establishing Performance Goals .  Achievement of Performance Goals in respect of such Performance-Based Awards shall be measured over a performance period of up to ten years, as specified by the Committee.  Performance Goals shall be established not later than 90 days after the beginning of any performance period applicable to such Performance-Based Awards, or at such other date as may be required or permitted for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m).

(d)                                  Performance-Based Award Pool .  The Committee may establish a Performance-Based Award pool, which shall be an unfunded pool, for purposes of measuring performance of the Company in connection with Performance-Based Awards.  The amount of such Performance-Based Award pool shall be based upon the achievement of a Performance Goal or Goals based on one or more of the criteria set forth in Section 5.2.2(b)(i) during the given performance period, as specified by the Committee in accordance with this Section 5.2.2.  The Committee may specify the amount of the Performance-Based Award pool as a percentage of any of such criteria, a percentage thereof in excess of a threshold amount, or as another amount which need not bear a strictly mathematical relationship to such criteria.

(e)                                   Settlement of Performance-Based Awards; Other Terms .  After the end of each performance period, the Committee shall certify the amount, if any, of (A) the Performance-Based Award pool, and the maximum amount of the potential Performance-Based Award payable to each Participant in the Performance-Based Award pool, or (B) the amount of the potential Performance-Based Award otherwise payable to each Participant.  Settlement of such Performance-Based Awards shall be in cash, Stock, other awards or other property, in the discretion of the Committee.  The Committee may, in its discretion, reduce the amount of a settlement otherwise to be made in connection with such Performance-Based Awards, but may not exercise discretion to increase any such amount payable to a Covered Employee in respect of a Performance-Based Award subject to this Section 5.2.2.  The Committee shall specify the circumstances in which such Performance-Based Awards shall be paid or forfeited in the event of termination of employment by the participant prior to the end of a performance period or settlement of Performance-Based Awards.

(f)                                    Written Determinations .  All determinations by the Committee as to the establishment of Performance Goals, the amount of any Performance-Based Award pool or potential individual Performance-Based Awards and as to the achievement of Performance Goals relating to and final settlement of Performance-Based Awards under this Section 5.2.2 shall be certified in writing in the case of any award intended to qualify as a Section 162(m) Award.  The Committee may not delegate any responsibility relating to such Performance-Based Awards.

(g)                                   Status of Performance-Based Awards under Section 162(m) .  It is the intent of the Company that Performance-Based Awards under Section 5.2.2 granted to persons who are designated by the Committee as likely to be Covered Employees within the meaning of Section 162(m) shall, if so designated by the Committee, constitute qualified “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m).  Accordingly, the terms of this Section 5.2, including the definitions of Covered Employee and other terms used therein, shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with Section 162(m).  The foregoing notwithstanding, because the Committee cannot determine with certainty whether a given Eligible Person will be a Covered Employee with respect to a fiscal year that has not yet been completed, the term Covered Employee as used herein shall mean only a person designated by the Committee, at the time of grant of a Performance-Based Award, who is likely to be a Covered Employee with respect to that fiscal year.  If any

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provision of this Plan or any agreement relating to such Performance-Based Awards that are designated as intended to comply with Section 162(m) does not comply or is inconsistent with the requirements of Section 162(m), such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements.

5.3                                CONSIDERATION FOR SHARES - Shares may be issued pursuant to an award for any lawful consideration as determined by the Committee, including, without limitation, services rendered by the recipient of such award, but shall not be issued for less than the minimum lawful consideration.  Awards may be payable in cash, stock or other consideration or any combination thereof, as the Committee shall designate in or (except as required by Section 5.2) by amendment to the terms and conditions governing such award.

5.4                                LIMITED RIGHTS - Except as otherwise expressly authorized by the Committee or this Plan or in the applicable award terms and conditions, a participant will not be entitled to any privilege of stock ownership as to any Shares not actually delivered to and held of record by the participant.  No adjustment will be made for dividends or other rights as a stockholder for which a record date is prior to such date of delivery.

5.5                                OPTION/STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT PRICING AND TERM LIMITS - The purchase price per share of the Shares covered by any option or the base price of any stock appreciation right shall be determined by the Committee at the time of the grant, but, except in the case of a Substitute Award, shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant.  No option or stock appreciation right shall be exercisable after the expiration of 10 years from the date of grant.  An award may be converted or convertible, notwithstanding the foregoing limits, into or payable in, Shares or another award that otherwise satisfies the requirements of this Plan.

5.6                                SPECIAL LIMITATIONS RELATING TO ISOS - An ISO may be granted only to an individual who is employed by the Company or any “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” (as such terms are defined in Section 424 of the Code) of the Company at the time the ISO is granted.  To the extent that the aggregate fair market value (determined at the time the respective ISO is granted) of stock with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by an individual during any calendar year under all incentive stock option plans of the Company and its parent and subsidiary corporations, within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code, exceeds $100,000 or such other amount as may be prescribed under Section 422 of the Code or applicable regulations or rulings from time to time, such ISOs shall be treated as options that do not constitute ISOs.  The Committee shall determine, in accordance with applicable provisions of the Code, Treasury regulations, and other administrative pronouncements, which of a participant’s ISOs will not constitute ISOs because of such limitation and shall notify the participant of such determination as soon as practicable after such determination.  No ISO shall be granted to an individual if, at the time the option is granted, such individual owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of its parent or subsidiary corporation, within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code, unless (i) at the time such option is granted, the option price is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Share and (ii) such option by its terms is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date of grant.  Except as otherwise provided in Sections 421 or 422 of the Code, an ISO shall not be transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the participant’s lifetime only by such participant or the participant’s guardian or legal representative.

5.7                                TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS - Unless otherwise expressly provided in or permitted by this Section 5.7, by applicable law or by the award terms and conditions (i) all awards are nontransferable and shall not be subject in any manner to sale, transfer, anticipation, alienation, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge; (ii) awards shall be exercised only by the holder; and (iii) amounts payable or shares issuable pursuant to an award shall be delivered only to (or for the account of) the holder.

5.7.1                      Exceptions by Committee Action - The Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit an award to be transferred for estate and/or tax planning purposes and on a basis consistent with the Company’s lawful issue of securities and the incentive purposes of the award and this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, awards intended as ISOs or restricted stock awards for purposes of the Code shall be subject to any and all additional transfer restrictions necessary to preserve their status as ISOs or restricted shares, as the case may be, under the Code.

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5.7.2                      Exclusions - The exercise and transfer restrictions in this Section 5.7 shall not apply to:

(a)                                  transfers to the Company,

(b)                                  the designation of a beneficiary to receive benefits in the event of the participant’s death or, if the participant has died, transfers to or exercise by the participant’s beneficiary, or, in the absence of a validly designated beneficiary, transfers by will or the laws of descent and distribution,

(c)                                   transfers pursuant to a domestic relations order (if approved or ratified by the Committee), if (in the case of ISOs) permitted by the Code,

(d)                                  if the participant has suffered a Disability, permitted transfers to or exercises on behalf of the holder by his or her legal representative, or

(e)                                   the authorization by the Committee of “cashless exercise” procedures with third parties who finance or who otherwise facilitate the exercise of awards consistent with applicable laws and the express authorization of the Committee.

5.8                                TAX WITHHOLDING - The Company and any of its Affiliates are authorized to withhold from any award granted, or any payment relating to an award under this Plan, including from a distribution of Shares, amounts of withholding and other taxes due or potentially payable in connection with any transaction involving an award, and to take such other action as the Committee may deem advisable to enable the Company, its Affiliates and participants to satisfy obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to any award.  This authority shall include authority to withhold or receive Shares or other property and to make cash payments in respect thereof in satisfaction of a participant’s tax obligations, either on a mandatory or elective basis in the discretion of the Committee.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Affiliates may, in their sole discretion and in satisfaction of the foregoing requirement, withhold or permit the participant to elect to have the Company or its Affiliate withhold a sufficient number of Shares that are otherwise issuable to the participant pursuant to an award (or allow the surrender of Shares by the participant to the Company or its Affiliate).  The number of Shares that may be so withheld or surrendered shall be limited to the number of Shares that have a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding or repurchase equal to the aggregate amount of such liabilities based on the applicable minimum statutory withholding rates for U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. income and social insurance taxes and payroll taxes, as determined by the Committee.

5.9                                CASH AWARDS - The Committee shall have the express authority to pay awards in cash under this Plan, whether in lieu of, in addition to or as part of another award.

5.10                         TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE - If an Eligible Person’s employment with or service to the Company or to any Affiliate terminates for any reason, his or her outstanding awards may thereafter be exercised (if at all) to the extent provided in the agreement evidencing such award, or as otherwise determined by the Committee.

6.                                      TERM OF PLAN

No award shall be granted under this Plan after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date.  After that date, this Plan shall continue in effect as to then outstanding awards.  Any then outstanding award may be amended thereafter in any manner that would have been permitted earlier, except that no such amendment shall increase the number of Shares subject to, comprising or referenced in the award or reduce the exercise or base price of an option or stock appreciation right or permit cash payments in an amount that exceeds the limits of Section 3 (as adjusted pursuant to Section 7.2).

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7.                                       ADJUSTMENTS; CHANGE IN CONTROL

7.1                                CHANGE IN CONTROL; ACCELERATION AND TERMINATION OF AWARDS - Unless prior to a Change in Control, the Committee determines that, upon its occurrence, benefits under any or all awards will not accelerate or determines that only certain or limited benefits under any or all awards will be accelerated and the extent to which they will be accelerated, or establishes a different time in respect of such Change in Control for such acceleration, then upon the occurrence of a Change in Control:

(a)                                  each option and stock appreciation right shall become immediately exercisable,

(b)                                  restricted stock shall immediately vest free of restrictions,

(c)                                   each award under Section 5.2 shall become payable to the participant,

(d)                                  the number of Shares covered by each stock unit account shall be issued to the participant, and

(e)                                   any other rights of a participant under any other award will be accelerated to give the participant the benefit intended under any such award.

The Committee may override the limitations on acceleration in this Section 7.1 and may accord any Eligible Person a right to refuse any acceleration, whether pursuant to the award agreement or otherwise, in such circumstances as the Committee may approve. Any acceleration of awards shall comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may deem an acceleration to occur immediately prior to or up to 30 days before the applicable event and/or reinstate the original terms of an award if an event giving rise to an acceleration does not occur.

If any option or other right to acquire Shares under this Plan has been fully accelerated as required or permitted by this Plan but is not exercised prior to (i) a dissolution of the Company, or (ii) an event described in this Section 7.1 that the Company does not survive, or (iii) the consummation of a Change in Control approved by the Board, such option or right will terminate, subject to any provision that has been expressly made by the Committee or the Board through a plan of reorganization approved by the Board or otherwise for the survival, substitution, assumption, exchange or other settlement of such option or right.

7.2                                ADJUSTMENTS —

7.2.1                      ADJUSTMENTS GENERALLY . The following provisions will apply if any extraordinary dividend or other extraordinary distribution occurs in respect of the Shares (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), or any reclassification, recapitalization, stock split (including a stock split in the form of a stock dividend), reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, combination, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, or any similar, unusual or extraordinary corporate transaction (or event in respect of the Shares) or a sale of substantially all the assets of the Company as an entirety occurs. The Committee will, in such manner and to such extent (if any) as it deems appropriate and equitable:

(a)                                  proportionately adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of Shares (or other securities) that thereafter may be made the subject of awards (including the specific maxima and numbers of shares set forth elsewhere in this Plan and the individual award limitations set forth in Section 3), (ii) the number, amount and type of shares (or other securities or property) subject to any or all outstanding awards, (iii) the grant, purchase, or exercise price of any or all outstanding awards, (iv) the securities, cash or other property deliverable upon exercise of any outstanding awards, or (v) the Performance Goals or Performance Objectives appropriate to any outstanding awards, or

(b)                                  in the case of an extraordinary dividend or other distribution, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, reorganization, consolidation, combination, sale of assets, split-up, exchange, or spin-off, make

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provision for a cash payment or for the substitution or exchange of any or all outstanding awards or the cash, securities or property deliverable to the holder of any or all outstanding awards based upon the distribution or consideration payable to holders of the Shares of the Company upon or in respect of such event.

7.2.2                      EQUITY RESTRUCTURING - If the Company recapitalizes, reclassifies its capital stock or otherwise changes its capital structure or another change or event occurs that constitutes an “equity restructuring” pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation , or any successor accounting standard (a “ recapitalization ”), (a) the Committee shall equitably adjust the number and class of Shares (or other securities or property) covered by each outstanding award and the terms and conditions, including the exercise price and performance criteria (if any), of such award to equitably reflect such recapitalization and shall adjust the number and class of Shares (or other securities or property) with respect to which awards may be granted after such recapitalization and (b) the Committee shall make a corresponding and proportionate adjustment with respect to the maximum number of Shares (or other securities) that may be delivered with respect to awards under this Plan as provided in Section 3, the individual award limitations set forth in Section 3 and the class of Shares (or other securities) available for grant under this Plan.

8.                                       PLAN AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

8.1                                AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD - Subject to Section 8.2, the Board may amend or terminate this Plan at any time and in any manner; provided, that, any such amendments shall be subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders if such stockholder approval is required by any federal or state law or regulation or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Shares may then be listed or quoted (and such approval shall be obtained in accordance with the requirements of such laws, regulations and rules).

8.2                                RESTRICTIONS - No amendment or termination of this Plan or change in or affecting any outstanding award shall deprive in any material respect the holder, without the consent of the holder, of any of his or her rights or benefits under or with respect to the award. Adjustments contemplated by Section 7 shall not be deemed to constitute a change requiring such consent.

9.                                       LEGAL MATTERS

9.1                                COMPLIANCE AND CHOICE OF LAW; SEVERABILITY - This Plan, the granting and vesting of awards under this Plan and the issuance and delivery of Shares and/or the payment of money under this Plan or under awards granted hereunder are subject to compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any listing, regulatory or governmental authority as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be necessary or advisable in connection therewith.  This Plan, the awards, all documents evidencing awards and all other related documents shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Delaware. If any provision shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid and unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Plan shall continue in effect.

9.2                                NO RIGHT TO AN AWARD - Neither the adoption of this Plan nor any action of the Board or of the Committee shall be deemed to give any individual any right to be granted an award or any other rights hereunder except as may be evidenced by an award agreement duly executed on behalf of the Company, and then only to the extent and on the terms and conditions expressly set forth therein.

9.3                                NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF PLAN - Nothing in this Plan shall limit or be deemed to limit the authority of the Board or the Committee to grant awards or authorize any other compensation, with or without reference to the Shares, under any other plan or authority.

9.4                                NO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS CONFERRED - Nothing contained in this Plan (or in any other documents relating to this Plan or to any award) shall confer upon any Eligible Person or other participant any right to continue in the employ or other service of the Company or any Affiliate or constitute any contract or agreement of

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employment or other service, nor shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Affiliate to change such person’s compensation or other benefits or to terminate the employment of such person, with or without cause.

10.                                MISCELLANEOUS

10.1                         UNFUNDED PLAN - Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, this Plan shall be unfunded and shall not create (or be construed to create) a trust or a separate fund or funds. This Plan shall not establish any fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate and any participant or other person. To the extent any person holds any rights by virtue of awards granted under this Plan, such rights shall be no greater than the rights of an unsecured general creditor of the Company.

10.2                         AWARDS NOT COMPENSATION - Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, settlements of awards received by participants under this Plan shall not be deemed a part of a participant’s regular, recurring compensation for purposes of calculating payments or benefits from any Company benefit plan, severance program or severance pay law of any country.

10.3                         FRACTIONAL SHARES - The Company shall not be required to issue any fractional Shares pursuant to this Plan. The Committee may provide for the elimination of fractions or for the settlement thereof in cash.

10.4                         COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS - Nothing herein or in any award granted hereunder shall require the Company to issue any shares with respect to any award if that issuance would, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, constitute a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar or superseding statute or statutes, any other applicable statute or regulation, or the rules of any applicable securities exchange or securities association, as then in effect.

10.5                         CLAWBACK - To the extent required by applicable law or any applicable securities exchange listing standards, or as otherwise determined by the Board or Committee, awards and amounts paid or payable pursuant to or with respect to awards shall be subject to the provisions of any applicable clawback policies or procedures adopted by the Company, which clawback policies or procedures may provide for forfeiture, repurchase and/or recoupment of awards and amounts paid or payable pursuant to or with respect to awards.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or any award agreement to the contrary, the Company reserves the right, without the consent of any participant or beneficiary of any award, to adopt any such clawback policies and procedures, including such policies and procedures applicable to the Plan or any award agreement with retroactive effect.

10.6                         SECTION 409A - In the event that any award granted pursuant to this Plan provides for a deferral of compensation within the meaning of the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules, it is the general intention, but not the obligation, of the Company to design such award to comply with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules and such award should be interpreted accordingly.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, to the extent that the Committee determines that any award under this Plan may be subject to the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules, the Committee may, without a participant’s consent, adopt such amendments to this Plan and the applicable award agreement or take any other actions (including amendments and actions with retroactive effect), that the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines are necessary or appropriate to preserve the intended tax treatment of the award, including, without limitation, actions intended to (a) exempt such award from the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules, or (b) comply with the requirements of the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules; provided, however , that nothing in this Section 10.6 shall create any obligation on the part of the Company or any Affiliate to adopt any such amendment or take any other such action or any liability for any failure to do so. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Company or any Affiliate have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise compensate any participant for any taxes or interest imposed under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules or similar provisions of state or foreign law.

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