As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2019

Registration No. 333-232001

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

ON FORM S-8 TO FORM S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Occidental Petroleum Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
95-4035997
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110
Houston, Texas 77046
(713) 215-7000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Anadarko Employee Savings Plan
Anadarko Algeria Company Share Incentive Plan
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2012 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Director Compensation Plan
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1998 Director Stock Plan

   
(Full titles of the plans)

Marcia E. Backus, Esq.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110
Houston, Texas 77046
(713) 215-7000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
Faiza J. Saeed, Esq.
George F. Schoen, Esq.
Allison M. Wein, Esq.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Worldwide Plaza
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
(212) 474-1000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer
 
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered (1)(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (3)
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price (3)
Amount of Registration Fee (3)
Common Stock, $0.20 par value per share
2,199,205 shares
N/A
N/A
N/A

(1) This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 (this “ Registration Statement ”) to the Form S-4 (File No. 333-232001), as amended, initially filed by the Company on June 7, 2019 (the “ Form S-4 ”), covers 2,199,205 shares of common stock, par value $0.20 per share (“ Company Common Stock ”), of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ we ,” “ our ,” “ us ,” “ Occidental ,” or the “ Company ”), originally registered on the Form S-4.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 416 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Company Common Stock that may become issuable under any Plan (as defined below) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock.
(3) Not applicable. All filing fees payable in connection with the registration of these securities were paid in connection with the filing of the Form S-4, which registered 149,516,662 shares of Company Common Stock, including Company Common Stock issuable pursuant to stock-based awards that were to be assumed by the Company upon completion of the Company’s acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Anadarko ”), including the 2,199,205 shares being registered hereunder which may be issued pursuant to the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan, Anadarko Algeria Company Share Incentive Plan, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2012 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as Amended and Restated, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Director Compensation Plan and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1998 Director Stock Plan (in each case, as amended or restated from time to time) (collectively, the “ Plans ”), as described in the Explanatory Note below.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Occidental hereby amends the Form S-4 by filing this Registration Statement relating to shares of Company Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the Plans. Such shares of Company Common Stock were previously registered on the Form S-4, but will be subject to issuance pursuant to this Registration Statement (provided that any outstanding stock-based awards will continue to be governed by the terms of such Plans and the Merger Agreement (as defined below)).

On August 8, 2019 (the “ Closing Date ”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 9, 2019 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), among Occidental, Baseball Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Occidental (“ Merger Subsidiary ”), and Anadarko, Occidental acquired all of the outstanding shares of Anadarko through a transaction in which Merger Subsidiary merged with and into Anadarko (the “ Merger ”), with Anadarko continuing as the surviving entity and as an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Occidental.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, which occurred at 10:41 a.m. Eastern Time on the Closing Date (the “ Effective Time ”), each share of Anadarko common stock (an “ Anadarko Share ”) (with certain exclusions) was exchanged for the right to receive a combination of (x) $59.00 cash, without interest, and (y) 0.2934 of a share of Company Common Stock (the “ Merger Consideration ”). In addition:

each outstanding Anadarko Share in the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan’s Company Stock Fund (as defined in the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan) was exchanged for the Merger Consideration;
each outstanding Anadarko Share held in the trust established under the Anadarko Algeria Company Share Incentive Plan was exchanged for the Merger Consideration;
each outstanding Anadarko restricted stock award granted pursuant to the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2012 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as Amended and Restated (the “ Anadarko 2012 Incentive Plan ”) converted into a restricted stock and cash award of Occidental, with respect to the number of shares of Company Common Stock and cash amount calculated in the same proportion as the Merger Consideration, which award will otherwise continue on the same terms and conditions;
each outstanding Anadarko restricted stock unit award granted pursuant to the Anadarko 2012 Incentive Plan converted into a restricted stock and cash unit award of Occidental, with respect to the number of shares of Company Common Stock and cash amount calculated in the same proportion as the Merger Consideration, which award will otherwise continue on the same terms and conditions; and
each Anadarko share subject to an outstanding Anadarko deferred share award granted under the Anadarko 2012 Incentive Plan, the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Director Compensation Plan and the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1998 Director Stock Plan will be exchanged for Merger Consideration, payable within five business days following the Closing Date.

At the Effective Time, each of the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan, Anadarko Algeria Company Share Incentive Plan, Anadarko 2012 Incentive Plan, the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Director Compensation Plan and the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1998 Director Stock Plan will be terminated. Accordingly, the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan’s Company Stock Fund will be closed for new investments and reinvestments, the Anadarko Algeria Company Share Incentive Plan will cease to accept new contributions or effect share purchases, and any unused reserve of Anadarko Shares under the Anadarko 2012 Incentive Plan, the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Director Compensation Plan and the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1998 Director Stock Plan as of the Effective Time will be canceled.

PART I
   
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The documents containing the information specified in Part I with respect to a Plan will be sent or given to employees participating in such Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act. In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute the prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II
   
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents, which have been filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), are hereby incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement:

Occidental’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 .
Occidental’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 and for the quarter ended June 30, 2019 .
Occidental’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 24, 2019 , May 3, 2019 , May 6, 2019 (Film No.: 19798226), May 6, 2019 (Film No.: 19797991), May 10, 2019 (Film No.: 19813015), May 10, 2019 (Film No.: 19815863), July 15, 2019 , August 1, 2019 , August 5, 2019 , August 8, 2019 (Film No.: 191010121 and August 8, 2019 (Film No.: 191010471) (other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed pursuant to the rules promulgated under the Exchange Act).
The description of Company Common Stock contained in the registration statement on Form 8-B dated June 26, 1986 (as amended by Form 8, dated December 22, 1986, Form 8, dated February 3, 1988, Form 8-B/A, dated July 12, 1993, Form 8-B/A, dated March 21, 1994, and Form 8-B/A, dated November 2, 1995, and including any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating this description).

All documents, reports or definitive proxy or information statements subsequently filed by Occidental pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

This Registration Statement does not, however, incorporate by reference any documents or portions thereof that are not deemed “filed” with the SEC, including any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K unless, and except to the extent, specified in such Current Reports.

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Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”) permits the indemnification of any person against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement (other than judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which such person is made a party by reason of his or her being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or serving or having served, at the request of the corporation, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. The statute provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other rights of indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

Article VIII of Occidental’s by-laws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and other agents and any person serving or having served, at the request of the corporation, as a director, officer, manager, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other organization or enterprise, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

As permitted by section 102 of the DGCL, Occidental’s certificate of incorporation eliminates the liability of an Occidental director for monetary damages to Occidental and its stockholders for any breach of the director’s fiduciary duty, except for liability under section 174 of the DGCL or liability for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to Occidental or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

The directors and officers of Occidental are covered by policies of insurance under which they are insured, within limits and subject to limitations, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such actions, suits or proceedings, in which they are parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers; Occidental is similarly insured with respect to certain payments it might be required to make to its directors or officers or directors or officers of its subsidiaries under the applicable statutes and Occidental’s by-law provisions.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

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Item 8. Exhibits.

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, dated November 12, 1999, and Certificates of Amendment thereto dated May 5, 2006, May 1, 2009, and May 2, 2014, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Occidental Petroleum Corporation dated May 1, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference.
Amended and Restated By-laws of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, as of May 5, 2019, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Occidental Petroleum Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 6, 2019 (Film No.: 19798226), and incorporated herein by reference.
Anadarko Employee Savings Plan.
Anadarko Algeria Company Share Incentive Plan.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2012 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as Amended and Restated.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Director Compensation Plan.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1998 Director Stock Plan.
Opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP regarding legality of Company Common Stock being registered.
Consent of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
Consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of Occidental Petroleum Corporation.
Consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to Occidental’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-232001) filed on June 7, 2019, to which this is Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8).
Power of Attorney.
* Previously filed.

Item 9. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) that, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

provided , however , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this Item 9 do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act), that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on August 8, 2019.

 
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Marcia E. Backus
 
 
Name: Marcia E. Backus
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the dates indicated below.

Signature
Title
Date
Principal Executive Officer (and Director)
 
 
*/s/ Vicki Hollub
President and Chief Executive Officer
August 8, 2019
Vicki Hollub
 
 
 
 
 
Principal Financial and Accounting Officers
 
 
*/s/ Cedric W. Burgher
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
August 8, 2019
Cedric W. Burgher
 
 
 
 
 
*/s/ Christopher O. Champion
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
August 8, 2019
Christopher O. Champion
 
 
 
 
 
Directors
 
 
*/s/ Spencer Abraham
Director
August 8, 2019
Spencer Abraham
 
 
 
 
 
*/s/ Eugene L. Batchelder
Chairman of the Board and Director
August 8, 2019
Eugene L. Batchelder
 
 
 
 
 
*/s/ Margaret M. Foran
Director
August 8, 2019
Margaret M. Foran
 
 
 
 
 
*/s/ Carlos M. Gutierrez
Director
August 8, 2019
Carlos M. Gutierrez
 
 
 
 
 
*/s/ William R. Klesse
Director
August 8, 2019
William R. Klesse
 
 
 
 
 
*/s/ Jack B. Moore
Vice Chairman of the Board and Director
August 8, 2019
Jack B. Moore
 
 
 
 
 

Signature
Title
Date
*/s/ Avedick B. Poladian
Director
August 8, 2019
Avedick B. Poladian
 
 
 
 
 
*/s/ Robert M. Shearer
Director
August 8, 2019
Robert M. Shearer
 
 
 
 
 
*/s/ Elisse B. Walter
Director
August 8, 2019
Elisse B. Walter
 
 
*By:
/s/ Marcia E. Backus
 
 
Marcia E. Backus
 
 
Attorney-in-Fact
 


Exhibit 4.3

 

ANADARKO EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN


(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015)

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I   DEFINITIONS 1
  1.1   Account 1
  1.2   Active Service 2
  1.3   Administrative Committee 4
  1.4   Affiliated Employer 5
  1.5   Base Compensation 5
  1.6   Beneficiary 5
  1.7   Board 5
  1.8   Code 5
  1.9   Committee 5
  1.10   Company 5
  1.11   Compensation 6
  1.12   Considered Compensation 6
  1.13   Contribution 7
  1.14   Effective Date 7
  1.15   Eligible Employee 7
  1.16   Employee 7
  1.17   Employer 7
  1.18   Entry Date 7
  1.19   ERISA 7
  1.20   Highly Compensated Employee 8
  1.21   Hour of Service 8
  1.22   Investment Committee 8
  1.23   Leased Employee 8
  1.24   Non-Highly Compensated Employee .9
  1.25   Participant 9
  1.26   Plan 9
  1.27   Plan Administrator 9
  1.28   Plan Sponsor 9
  1.29   Plan Year 9
  1.30   Prior Plan 9
  1.31   Rollover Contribution 9
  1.32   Total and Permanent Disability 9

 

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  1.33   Transferred 9
  1.34   Trust 10
  1.35   Trust Agreement 10
  1.36   Trustee 10
  1.37   Trust Fund 10
  1.38   USERRA 10
  1.39   Valuation Date 10
  1.40   Vesting Account 10
ARTICLE II EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE 10
  2.1   Eligibility Requirements 10
  2.2   Ineligible Classes of Employees 11
  2.3   Frozen Participation 12
  2.4   Transfer between Employers 12
ARTICLE III CONTRIBUTIONS 13
  3.1   Elective Contributions 13
  3.2   Participant Contributions 19
  3.3   Rollover Contributions 19
  3.4   Employer Contributions 21
  3.5   Contribution Limits 24
  3.6   Composition of and Deadline for Payment of Employer Contributions 34
  3.7   Return of Contributions for Mistake, Disqualification or Disallowance of Deduction 34
  3.8   Qualified Military Service 35
ARTICLE IV PARTICIPATION 35
  4.1   Periodic Notification by Employer 35
  4.2   Allocation of Contributions 35
  4.3   Limitation on Additions to Account 37
  4.4   Valuation of Trust Fund 41
  4.5   Determination of Income or Loss and Appreciation or Depreciation 41
  4.6   Forfeitures and Allocation Thereof 41
  4.7   Effective Date of Allocations and Adjustments 43
  4.8   Accounting for Transferred Participant 44
  4.9   No Vesting Unless Otherwise Prescribed 44
  4.10   Investment Elections with respect to Commingled Funds 44
  4.11   Special Transition Rule 45


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ARTICLE V RETIREMENT 46
  5.1   Normal Retirement 46
  5.2   Late Retirement 46
  5.3   Rights of Participants and Prohibition of Unauthorized Distribution 46
ARTICLE VI DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS 46
  6.1   Death Benefit 46
  6.2   Retirement Benefit 49
  6.3   Total and Permanent Disability Benefit 50
  6.4   Severance Benefit 50
  6.5   Accounting for Distributions; Offsets in Special Circumstances 52
  6.6   Distributions Settlement Options 52
  6.7   Lost Participants or Beneficiaries 58
  6.8   Withdrawals by Participants 59
  6.9   Claims Procedure for Benefits 63
  6.10   Loans to Participants and Beneficiaries 66
  6.11   Distributions to Alternate Payee under QDRO 70
  6.12   Minimum Distribution Requirements 70
ARTICLE VII TOP HEAVY PLAN PROVISIONS 75
  7.1   Application of Top-Heavy Provisions 75
  7.2   Definitions 75
  7.3   Accelerated Vesting 78
  7.4   Minimum Contribution 78
ARTICLE VIIIPLAN ADMINISTRATOR AND COMMITTEES 79
  8.1   Named Fiduciaries 79
  8.2   Appointment, Term of Service and Removal of Committees 79
  8.3   Trustee 79
  8.4   Powers of Administrative Committee 79
  8.5   Powers of Investment Committee 80
  8.6   Standard of Performance 81
  8.7   Liability of Plan Administrator and Committee 81
  8.8   Exemption from Bond 82
  8.9   No Compensation 82
  8.10   Persons Serving in Dual Fiduciary Roles 82
  8.11   Indemnification of Members of Plan Administrator and Committees 82

 

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  8.12   Required Information 83
  8.13   Correction of Errors 83
ARTICLE IX ADOPTION OF PLAN BY OTHER EMPLOYERS 83
  9.1   Adoption Procedure 83
  9.2   No Joint Venture Implied 84
  9.3   Transfer of Participants 84
ARTICLE X AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION 84
  10.1   Right to Amend and Limitations Thereon 84
  10.2   Mandatory Amendments 85
  10.3   Termination of Plan 86
  10.4   Voluntary or Involuntary Termination by an Adopting Employer 87
  10.5   Vesting Upon Discontinuance of Employer Contributions, Total or Partial
Termination
88
  10.6   Withdrawal of an Employer 88
  10.7   Continuance Permitted Upon Sale or Transfer of Assets 89
  10.8   Requirement on Merger, Transfer, etc 89
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS 91
  11.1   Plan Not An Employment Contract 91
  11.2   Benefits Provided Solely From Trust Fund 91
  11.3   Spendthrift Provision 91
  11.4   Gender, Tense and Headings 92
  11.5   General Transition Rules Relating to Amendment, Restatement and Continuation of the Plan 92
  11.6   Severability 93
  11.7   Governing Law 93
  11.8   Mandatory Venue 93
  11.9   Notices 94
  11.10   Expenses of Administration 94
  11.11   Counterparts 95


 
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ANADARKO EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015)

 

This amendment and restatement of the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan (the “Plan”) is generally effective as of January 1, 2015, unless otherwise noted under certain terms and provisions of the Plan.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, for the exclusive benefit of its eligible employees and their beneficiaries, the Company previously adopted the Plan;

 

WHEREAS, the Plan is intended to meet the requirements for tax qualification and exemption under applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and to comply with applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Plan has previously been amended from time to time; and

 

WHEREAS, effective December 29, 2006, the Plan was amended and restated at which time the Kerr-McGee Corporation Savings Investment Plan (the “KMG Plan”) and the Western Gas Resources, Inc. Retirement Plan (the “Western Gas Plan”) were merged with and into the Plan with the Plan being the surviving plan; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has amended the Plan from time to time since the December 29, 2006 amendment and restatement, including additional amendment and restatements effective December 31, 2008 and January 1, 2013, respectively, and now desires to again amend and restate the Plan, this time effective as of January 1, 2015;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety under the form hereinafter set forth, effective as of January 1, 2015:

 

 
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ARTICLE I


DEFINITIONS

 

As used herein, the words and phrases set forth below shall have the meanings attributed to them unless the context in which any such word or phrase appears reasonably requires a broader, narrower or different meaning:

 

1.1           Account : “Account” means, with respect to a Participant, all of the ledger accounts maintained by the Administrative Committee under the Plan to set out such Participant’s proportionate interest in the Trust Fund. In addition to accounts maintained in accordance with the provisions of any Prior Plan, and subject to Section 11.5 , the following accounts shall be established for each Participant.

 

A “Participant Contribution Account” shall be maintained to reflect the Participant Contributions that are made on an after-tax basis on behalf of a Participant and the allocable investment earnings or losses on such amounts.

 

An “Elective Contributions Account” shall be maintained to reflect the Elective Contributions that are made on behalf of the Participant and allocable investment earnings or losses on such amounts.

 

A “Roth Contributions Account” shall be maintained to reflect the designated Roth contributions that are made on behalf of the Participant and the allocable investment earnings and losses on such amounts.

 

A “Rollover Account” shall be maintained for each Participant who has made a Rollover Contribution to the Plan, which reflects the amount of Rollover Contributions and the allocable investment earnings or losses on such amounts. For each Participant who made a Rollover Contribution, an “After-Tax Rollover Account” shall be maintained which reflects the after-tax contributions portion of a Rollover Contribution, and the allocable investment earnings or losses on such amount. A “Roth Rollover Account” shall be maintained to reflect the portion of any Rollover Contribution from a designated Roth elective deferral account under another qualified Roth contribution program of another qualified plan that is rolled over to the Plan and the allocable investment earnings and losses on such amounts.

 

An “Employer Matching Contribution Account” shall be maintained to reflect the Employer Matching Contributions that are made on behalf of the Participant and the allocable investment earnings or losses on such amounts.

 

An “Employer Post-2013 Matching Contribution Account” shall be maintained to reflect the Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions that are made on behalf of the Participant and the allocable investment earnings and losses on such amounts.

 

An “Employer Safe Harbor Contributions Account” shall be maintained to reflect the Employer Safe Harbor Contributions that are made on behalf of the Participant and the allocable investment earnings and losses on such amounts.


 

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An “Employer Profit Sharing Account” shall be maintained to reflect the Employer Profit Sharing Contributions, made on behalf of the Participant and the allocable investment earnings and losses on such amounts.

 

A “PWA Contributions Account” shall be maintained to reflect the PWA Contributions, that are made on behalf of each Participant who is eligible to share in such PWA Contributions under the Plan, and the allocable investment earnings and losses on such amounts.

 

Should the Administrative Committee, in its discretion, so direct, any of the above-described Accounts may be divided into subaccounts in order to facilitate administration of the Plan.

 

1.2           Active Service : “Active Service” means the number of whole years and complete months of the Employee’s period(s) of service with any Employer or Affiliated Employer, whether or not such periods of service were completed consecutively, subject to the following provisions. Except as otherwise provided below, in determining the number of whole years and complete months of an Employee’s period of service, non-successive periods of service shall be aggregated, and less than whole year periods of service (whether or not consecutive) shall be aggregated on the basis that twelve complete months of service (thirty days shall be deemed to be a complete month in the case of aggregation of fractional months) equal a Year of Service. Each Participant shall be credited with all Active Service to which he was entitled prior to the Effective Date.

 

Employment service with any Affiliated Employer shall be deemed to be Active Service with the Employer. Furthermore, employment service with an Employer that has adopted the Plan but is not an Affiliated Employer shall be deemed to be Active Service with the Employer.

 

If an Employee severs from service by reason of a quit, discharge, or retirement, and the Employee then performs an Hour of Service within twelve months of the severance from service date, such Employee’s period of severance shall be deemed to have been a period of service.

 

If an Employee severs from service by reason of a quit, discharge, or retirement during an absence from service for any reason other than a quit, discharge or retirement, and then performs an Hour of Service within twelve months of the date on which the Employee was first absent from service, such Employee’s period of severance shall be deemed to have been a period of service.

 

Periods of severance taken into account as periods of service shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining whether an Employee is in the employ of the Employer for purposes of allocating Non-Elective Contributions and forfeitures.

 

In the event that an Employer assumes and maintains the plan of a predecessor employer described in Code Section 414(a)(2), service for such predecessor employer shall be treated as service for the Employer in accordance with Code Section 414(a)(1). However, if the Employer does not maintain the plan of a predecessor employer, the Plan shall treat any Employee’s service with the predecessor employer as service with the Employer only to the extent prescribed in Code Section 414(a)(2).


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In addition, pursuant to nondiscriminatory rules, the Administrative Committee may allow Employees to be credited with Active Service with respect to periods of service that would otherwise be disregarded under the Plan. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, the Administrative Committee may, in its discretion, provide that an individual who was employed by a corporation or other entity that either becomes an Employer or an Affiliated Employer, or sells or otherwise transfers properties or other assets to an Employer or an Affiliated Employer, will be granted credit under the Plan for Active Service based on the service that such individual had with such prior corporation or other entity (or any predecessor thereto) for periods before such individual has commenced or recommenced participation in the Plan, but only if (1) thirty (30) or fewer individuals are to receive crediting for such prior service in a particular acquisition or transfer; (2) such service would not otherwise be credited as Active Service; and (3) such crediting of Active Service (a) has a legitimate business reason, (b) does not by design or operation discriminate significantly in favor of Highly Compensated Employees, and (c) is applied to all similarly situated employees. Any question as to whether an individual is entitled to Active Service credit pursuant to the two preceding sentences and, if so, the amount of such credit, shall be determined by the Administrative Committee in its discretion.

 

If a Participant has an Account balance at the time he incurs a one-year period of severance, and such Participant becomes reemployed by the Employer, the Active Service completed by such Participant before such period of severance shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining the Participant’s vested interest in his Account after such period of severance unless the Participant completes one year of Active Service upon reemployment. If a Participant has incurred five (or more) consecutive periods of severance, the period of Active Service completed after such period of severance shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining the Participant’s vested interest in his Account prior to such five (or more) consecutive periods of service. If a Participant does not have any vested right to Employer Contributions credited to his Account at the time he incurs a period of five (or more) consecutive one year periods of severance, the Active Service completed by the Employee before such period of severance shall not be taken into account for any reason when the period of five (or more) periods of severance equals or exceeds his period of service, whether or not consecutive, completed before such period of severance. In computing the aggregate period of service prior to any such period of severance, any Active Service which may be disregarded by any prior period of severance shall be disregarded.

 

For purposes of vesting, a “Year of Service” shall mean a 12 month period of service with any Employer or Affiliated Employer commencing on the Employee’s employment commencement date or reemployment commencement date, whichever is applicable, and ending on the severance from service date. “Employment commencement date” and “reemployment commencement date” shall mean, respectively, the dates on which the Employee first performs an Hour of Service initially, and following a period of severance not deemed to have been a period of service.

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A “period of severance” shall mean the period of time commencing on the severance from service date and ending on the date on which the Employee again performs an Hour of Service. A “one year period of severance” shall mean a 12-consecutive month period beginning on the severance from service date and ending on the first anniversary of such date if the Employee does not perform an Hour of Service during such 12-consecutive month period; provided, however, solely for purposes of determining whether an Employee has incurred a one year period of severance, any Employee who is absent from employment with the Employer or Affiliated Employer for a period of absence which is incurred by reason of (1) the pregnancy of the Employee, (2) the birth of a child of the Employee, (3) the placement of a child with the Employee in connection with adoption of such child by the Employee, (4) for purposes of caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement, or (5) to which the Employee is entitled under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”), shall not be charged with a period of severance with respect to (a) the 12-consecutive month period commencing on the first day of such absence or (b) the 12-consecutive month period commencing on the first anniversary date of the first day of the period described in clause (a) if the period in clause (a) is included in the Employee’s period of service. The applicable 12-consecutive month period described in clause (a) or (b) shall be subtracted from any period of severance which would otherwise include the period described in clause (a) or (b).

 

An Employee’s “severance from service date” shall occur on the earlier of (i) the date on which the Employee quits, retires, is discharged, or dies; or (ii) the first anniversary of the first day of a period in which the Employee remains absent from service (with or without pay) for any reason other than a quit, retirement, discharge, or death, such as vacation, holiday, sickness, disability, leave of absence or layoff. In addition, any period of absence not described in the preceding sentence which is incurred by reason of (i) the pregnancy of the Employee, (ii) the birth of a child of the Employee, (iii) the placement of a child with the Employee in connection with the adoption of such child by the Employee, or (iv) for purposes of caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement, shall be deemed to be a period of absence described in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence.

 

In addition, if a Participant who is absent from work as a result of military service is reemployed within the relevant reemployment period pursuant to USERRA, the period of the Participant’s military service shall be counted as Active Service.

 

The Plan’s method of crediting Active Service changed from hours of service to elapsed time effective December 29, 2006. For periods prior to December 29, 2006, a “Year of Service” means a Plan Year during which an Employee was credited with at least 1,000 Hours of Service under this Plan or the Western Gas Plan.

 

Each Participant in the Plan received credit for all periods of Active Service as calculated and credited under the terms of the Plan, the KMG Plan, or the Western Gas Plan as of December 29, 2006. For the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Plan Years, any Participant who was in employment service with Western Gas Resources Corporation (“Western Gas”) on August 23, 2006, and whose termination of employment date occurred during the 2007, 2008, or the 2009 Plan Year, received credit for purposes of vesting under the Plan equal to the greater of (i) the number of Years of Service which would be credited to the Participant if such Years of Service had been calculated under the terms of the Western Gas Plan (as in effect on August 23, 2006), or (ii) the number of Years of Service which would be credited as calculated under the terms of the Plan.

 

1.3            Administrative Committee : “Administrative Committee” means the “Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Administrative Subcommittee,” as appointed by the Plan Administrator.

 
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1.4          Affiliated Employer : “Affiliated Employer” means an employer which is a member of the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Code Section 414(b)), or which is a trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control (within the meaning of Code Section 414(c)), or which is a member of an affiliated service group of employers (within the meaning of Code Section 414(m)), which related group of corporations, businesses or employers includes the Employer; and any other entity required to be aggregated with the Employer pursuant to regulations under Code Section 414(o).

 

1.5          Base Compensation: “Base Compensation” means (subject to application of the top-heavy rules of Section 7.2(b) ), as to each Employee, Compensation but excluding the following items:

 

(a) Payments (however denominated) that are not part of the Employer’s Annual Incentive Program, including but not limited to, bonuses under the Company’s Value Creation Plan (or similar bonus payment plan), override plan bonuses, front-end hiring bonuses, retention bonuses, spot award bonuses, overseas bonuses and production bonuses;

 

(b)           Expense reimbursements and other expenses allowances;

 

(c)           Cash and non-cash fringe benefits (including unused paid time off (PTO));

 

(d)           Moving expenses;

 

(e) Amounts deferred by the Employee under a nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement that is subject to Code Section 409A;

 

(f)            Employee welfare benefits; and

 

(g) Any other amounts that receive special tax benefits under the Code that are included in Compensation.

 

1.6           Beneficiary : “Beneficiary” means the person(s) or trust(s) created for the benefit of a person who is the natural object of the Participant’s bounty or estate, whichever is designated by the Participant to receive the benefits payable hereunder upon his death.

 

1.7          Board : “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Plan Sponsor.

 

1.8           Code; “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations and other authority issued thereunder by the appropriate governmental authority. References to any section of the Code or the Treasury Regulations shall include reference to any successor section or provision, as applicable.

 

1.9           Committee : “Committee” means the Administrative Committee or the Investment Committee, as applicable in context.

 

1.10         Company : “Company” means Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.

 

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1.11         Compensation : “Compensation” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 4.3(c)(ii) for purposes of determining the annual addition limitation under Code Section 415.

 

1.12         Considered Compensation : “Considered Compensation” means the total of all wages, salaries, fees for professional service and other amounts received in cash or in kind by a Participant for services actually rendered or labor performed for the Employer to the extent such amounts are includible in his gross income, subject to the following adjustments and limitations. Considered Compensation shall not include (a) Employer contributions to, or payments from, this Plan or any other deferred compensation plan or program, regardless of whether such plan or program is qualified under Code Section 401(a) or nonqualified, (b) amounts realized from the exercise of a stock option that is not an incentive stock option under Code Section 422 or other type of qualified stock option, (c) income realized when restricted stock (or property) held by an employee either becomes freely transferable or is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture as described in Code Section 83, (d) amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other disposition of stock acquired under a statutory stock option, or (e) other amounts which receive special tax benefits, such as premiums for group-term life insurance (but only to the extent that the premiums are not includible in the gross income of the employee) or contributions made by an employee towards the purchase of an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b).

 

Considered Compensation shall be determined before reduction under a Compensation Deferral Agreement under (i) the Plan or another plan described in Code Section 401 (k) or 408(k), (ii) an annuity described in Code Section 403(b), or (iii) an election under a cafeteria plan described in Code Section 125. Considered Compensation will include compensation paid or made available during each Plan Year that is not includible in the gross income of the Participant by reason of Code Section 132(f)(4). A Participant’s Considered Compensation shall be limited to $265,000, as adjusted under Code Section 401(a)(17)(B), in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17), section 1.401(a)(17)-l of the Treasury Regulations and any guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

For purposes of this definition of “Considered Compensation”, and for purposes of any corresponding limitations on Considered Compensation, the following provisions shall apply:

 

(a) The cost-of-living adjustment in effect for a calendar year applies to any period, not exceeding 12 months, over which compensation is determined (“determination period”) beginning in such calendar year. If a determination period consists of fewer than 12 months, the applicable compensation limit will be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the determination period, and the denominator of which is 12; and

 

(b) If Considered Compensation for any prior determination period is taken into account in determining a Participant’s benefits in the current Plan Year, the Considered Compensation for that prior determination period is subject to the applicable compensation limit in effect for that prior determination period.

 

If a Participant who is performing qualified military service (as defined in Code Section 414(u)) while on active duty for a period of more than thirty (30) days is receiving amounts that represent all or a portion of the Considered Compensation such Participant would have received if he were performing services for the Employer during such period of qualified military service, such amounts shall be treated as Considered Compensation for all purposes under the Plan.


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1.13         Contribution : “Contribution” means an amount which the Employer or Participant contributes to the Trust as described in Article III .

 

1.14         Effective Date : “Effective Date” means January 1, 2015, the effective date of the amendment and restatement of the Plan.

 

1.15         Eligible Employee : “Eligible Employee” means an Employee who has satisfied the eligibility requirements of the Plan under Article II .

 

1.16         Employee : “Employee” means each person who is employed as an employee by one or more Employers, is on an Employer’s payroll, and whose wages are subject to FICA withholding. Employee also includes any person who is not employed by an Employer but is performing services for an Employer pursuant to an agreement between such Employer or an Affiliated Employer and a leasing organization and who is a “Leased Employee” as defined herein. However, a Leased Employee shall not be considered an Employee for purposes of the Plan if (a) such person is covered by a money purchase pension plan qualified under Code Section 401(a) providing (i) a nonintegrated employer contribution rate at least ten percent (10%) of Considered Compensation, (ii) immediate participation, and (iii) full and immediate vesting; and (b) “Leased Employees” do not constitute more than twenty percent (20%) of the Employer’s or Affiliated Employer’s workforce who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees.

 

An individual who becomes an Employee pursuant to a transaction described in Code Section 410(b)(6)(c) shall not be considered to be an Employee for purposes of the Plan until after the transaction relief period available under Code Section 410(b)(6)(c) expires, except if the Administrative Committee, in its discretion, elects an earlier date for designating any such Employee (or group of Employees) to be eligible to participate in the Plan. Any such determination of the Administrative Committee shall be made on a non-discriminatory basis under the Code.

 

1.17         Employer : “Employer” means the Company and any other person (described in Code Section 7701(a)) which has adopted the Plan in accordance with its applicable provisions. The adopting Employers shall be listed in the Adopting Employers Appendix which is attached to the Plan, as such Appendix may be updated by the Administrative Committee from time to time without the need for a formal amendment to the Plan.

 

1.18         Entry Date : “Entry Date” means the date on which an Employee becomes a Participant by commencing participation in the Plan after having met its eligibility requirements. Each day of the Plan Year will be an Entry Date.

 

1.19         ERISA : “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and regulations and other authority issued thereunder by the appropriate governmental authority. Reference to any section of ERISA shall include reference to any successor section or provision of ERISA.

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1.20         Highly Compensated Employee : “Highly Compensated Employee” means any
Employee who:

 

(a) was at any time a 5-percent owner (as defined in Code Section 416(i)(l)) during the Plan Year for which the determination is being made (the “determination year”) or during the 12-month period immediately preceding the Plan Year (the “look-back year”); or

 

(b) received compensation (described below) from the Employer in excess of $120,000 (as adjusted at such time and in such manner as prescribed under Code Sections 414(q) and 415(d)) during the look-back year.

 

In accordance with Code Section 414(q)(6), a former Employee shall be treated as a Highly Compensated Employee in the determination year if such former employee (a) was a Highly Compensated Employee when he separated from service or (b) was a Highly Compensated Employee at any time after attaining age 55.

 

For purposes of this Section 1.20 , “compensation” shall mean Considered Compensation. Only compensation received by the Employee, or deemed to be received, shall be considered for purposes of this Section; therefore, compensation shall not be annualized in order to compute an Employee’s compensation in the determination year or the look-back year.

 

The rules of Code Section 414(b), (c), (m), (n) and (o) shall be applied before the above provisions of this Section are applied. The rules described in the immediately preceding sentence do not apply for purposes of determining who is a 5-percent owner. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, the determination of who is a Highly Compensated Employee shall be made in accordance with Code Section 414(q) for all Plan Years.

 

To the extent that the provisions of this Section are inconsistent or conflict with the definition of a “highly compensated employee” set forth in Code Section 414(q), the provisions of Section 414(q) shall govern and control.

 

1.21         Hour of Service : Each hour for which an individual is directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to payment, by an Employer or an Affiliated Employer as an Employee for the performance of duties or for reasons other than the performance of duties.

 

1.22         Investment Committee : “Investment Committee” means the “Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Investment Subcommittee,” as appointed by the Plan Administrator.

 

1.23         Leased Employee : “Leased Employee” means any person (a) who is not a common law employee of the recipient Employer and (b) who (pursuant to an agreement between an Employer (or Affiliated Employer) and any other person (“leasing organization”)) has performed services for the Employer (or for the Employer and related persons determined in accordance with Code Section 414(n)(6) (i) on a substantially full time basis for a period of at least one year (including periods of service for the recipient Employer for which such person would have been a Leased Employee but for the requirements of this subclause (i)) and (ii) such services are performed under the primary direction or control of the recipient Employer.


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1.24        Non-Highly Compensated Employee : “Non-Highly Compensated Employee” means an Employee who is not a Highly Compensated Employee.

 

1.25        Participant : “Participant” means an Employee who is participating in the Plan and, if consistent with the context in which such term is used, a former Employee who still has an Account balance.

 

1.26        Plan : “Plan” means the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan, as herein set forth and all subsequent amendments. The Plan is designated as a profit sharing plan for purposes of Code Sections 401, 402, 412 and 417.

 

1.27        Plan Administrator : “Plan Administrator” means the “plan administrator” as such term is defined in ERISA Section 3(16)(A), which is designated as the “Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Administrative and Investment Committee,” the members of which are appointed by the Executive Vice President responsible for Human Resources of the Company.

 

1.28        Plan Sponsor : “Plan Sponsor” means the Company and any successor thereto which adopts and continues the Plan.

 

1.29        Plan Year : “Plan Year” means the fiscal year of the Plan which is the 12-month period that ends on December 31st of each year.

 

1.30        Prior Plan : “Prior Plan” means a defined contribution plan described in Code Section 414(f), which plan at all relevant times met the requirements for qualification under Code Section 401(a) or 403(a) as in effect on the date immediately prior to the date that such plan was completely amended, restated and continued under the form of the Plan, without a gap or lapse in coverage, time or effect of a qualified plan and exempt trust under applicable provisions of the Code.

 

1.31         Rollover Contribution : “Rollover Contribution” means an amount (a) which the Administrative Committee determines may be deposited in the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 3.3 without adversely impacting the qualification and exemption of the Plan and the Trust under Code Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, and (b) which is contributed by a Participant to his Rollover Account.

 

1.32         Total and Permanent Disability : “Total and Permanent Disability” means a mental or physical disability which will render the Participant incapable of continuing his usual and customary employment with the Employer or an Affiliated Employer. For this purpose, a Participant will be deemed to have suffered a Total and Permanent Disability only if he is eligible to receive benefits from the long term disability plan maintained by the Employer (the “LTD plan”). If the Participant is not covered under the LTD plan for whatever reason, then he will be deemed to have suffered a Total and Permanent Disability only if he is determined to be disabled under the federal Social Security Act.

 

1.33         Transferred : “Transferred” as used with respect to an Employee and “Transfer of an Employee” means the termination of employment with one Employer and the contemporaneous commencement of employment with another Employer or Affiliated Employer.


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1.34         Trust : “Trust” means the trust estate created under the Plan.

 

1.35         Trust Agreement : “Trust Agreement” means the legal instrument creating and embodying the term and conditions of the Trust.

 

1.36         Trustee : “Trustee” means the trustee or trustees qualified and acting as Trustee under the Trust Agreement.

 

1.37        Trust Fund : “Trust Fund” means the cash, bonds, stock and other assets or liabilities held by the Trust.

 

1.38        USERRA : “USERRA” means the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, as amended.

 

1.39        Valuation Date : “Valuation Date” means the date determined by the Administrative Committee to apply with respect to valuation of any Account balance. The Valuation Date may be daily, or at the end of any month, quarter or other time period as specified by the Administrative Committee. In any event, there shall be a Valuation Date as of the last day of each Plan Year.

 

1.40         Vesting Account : “Vesting Account” means the portion of the Account which is subject to a vesting schedule as described in Section 4.6(b) .

 

ARTICLE II

 

EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE

 

2.1           Eligibility Requirements : An Eligible Employee who was a Participant in the Plan on the date immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be deemed to be a Participant hereunder as of the Effective Date.

 

Each other Eligible Employee shall be eligible to be a Participant on the later of (a) the Effective Date or (b) his employment commencement date or reemployment commencement date, as applicable.

 

Eligible Employees include only those Employees who (a) are employed in an employment position with the Employer, (b) on the Employer’s United States payroll regardless of the location of the Employee’s worksite, and (c) not classified in an ineligible class of Employees pursuant to Section 2.2 . An Employee is on an Employer’s United States payroll if the Employee is paid from a payroll department of the Employer located within the United States of America. Under no circumstances are the payroll departments of the Employer’s foreign branches or subsidiaries treated as United States payroll departments of any Employer for purposes of the Plan.

 

Should an Employee be separated from the service of the Employer for any reason during a period which includes his Entry Date, such Employee shall be eligible to commence participation in the Plan on the date he completes an Hour of Service following his return to. service with the Employer.

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Pursuant to nondiscriminatory rules established by the Administrative Committee, the Administrative Committee may vote to allow Employees to enter the Plan as Participants on any date which would not otherwise be permitted under the Plan. Any such decision shall be communicated to the affected Participants.

 

2.2          Ineligible Classes of Employees : The following Employees or other individuals shall not be Eligible Employees under the Plan:

 

(a) Employees who are included in a unit of Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the Employees’ representative and an Employer shall be excluded from participation in the Plan if retirement benefits were the subject of good faith bargaining between the Employees’ representative and the Employer and the agreement does not require the Employer to include such Employees in the Plan. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Employees’ representative” shall not include any organization more than one-half of the members of which are Employees who are owners, officers or executives of the Employer. To the extent that Employees who are included in a unit of Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement are covered under the Plan, the terms of such participation, including but not limited to eligibility, vesting and the right to share in Employer Contributions, shall be set forth in a Union Participation Appendix to the Plan.

 

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, (i) any individual who was considered by the Employer to be an independent contractor, but who is later reclassified as an Employee whose wages should have been reported on Form W-2 (or its successor) (excluding any Leased Employee described in clause (ii) below), with respect to the period for which such individual was paid by the Employer as an independent contractor, or (ii) any Leased Employee, shall be excluded from participation in the Plan with respect to the period in which any individual described in clause (i) was considered to be an independent contractor and the period in which any individual described in clause (ii) is a Leased Employee. The immediately preceding sentence shall fully apply only with respect to Plan Years (or portions thereof) in which none of the individuals described in such sentence is required to be covered in order to ensure that the Plan is operated in compliance with the requirements of Code Sections 401(a) and 410(b). In the event that any individual who is included in the class of reclassified independent contractors or Leased Employees described in clause (i) or (ii) of the first sentence of this paragraph, must be covered with respect to a Plan Year in order to ensure the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence are met, starting with the class of reclassified independent contractors, only such number of individuals within the class which includes the individual (beginning with the individuals with the lowest Considered Compensation determined on an annualized basis) as is necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence shall be covered in the Plan only for the Plan Year (or portion thereof) that is necessary to ensure the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence are met. In the event any individual is later reclassified as an Employee, and such individual is not included as a Participant pursuant to the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the reclassified independent contractor or Leased Employee shall be eligible to become a Participant effective as of the first Entry Date after the Plan Administrator is notified of such reclassification, unless the reclassified individual does not otherwise satisfy the eligibility requirements of Section 2.1 .
 
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(c) Employees who are nonresident aliens and who receive no earned income (within the meaning of Code Section 911(d)(2)) from the Employer which constitutes income from sources within the United States (within the meaning of Code Section 861(a)(3)) shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

(d) Employees who are (i) not classified as regular Employees and/or (ii) classified on the payroll system as “limited benefit employees”, shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

(e) Individuals performing services for the Employer who are on the payroll of a third-party employer of record service, or a staffing or temporary employee agency, shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

(f) Any Employee who is not a citizen or legal resident of the United States and is not regularly employed at a worksite of the Employer within the United States shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

(g) Any individual who is an employee of an entity that is not an Employer or Affiliated Employer and is seconded or “borrowed” by an Employer to provide services on a temporary basis to the Employer shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

2.3            Frozen Participation : While employment service with an Affiliated Employer which is not an Employer is counted for purposes of determining Active Service, no person shall authorize Elective Contributions to the Plan or share in the allocation of any Contributions or forfeitures except for the period(s) of service that he is actually employed as an Eligible Employee. If an Employee is (a) transferred from an Employer to an Affiliated Employer which is not an Employer or (b) otherwise ceases to be employed as an Eligible Employee (but does not have a severance from service), his Account shall thereupon be frozen, he shall not be permitted to authorize Elective Contributions to the Plan, and his Account shall not share in the allocation of any Employer Contributions or, if applicable, any forfeitures (except for the period(s) of service that he is actually employed as an Eligible Employee), but he shall continue to accrue Active Service for vesting purposes.

 

2.4            Transfer Between Employers : Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant who transfers employment between Employers shall not be considered to have incurred a termination of employment for purposes of the Plan, and such transferring Participant shall continue to participate in the Plan in the same capacity as long as he remains an Eligible Employee.

 
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ARTICLE III

 

CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Index of Plan Provisions Covered in Article III

 

Section or Subsection Section Number
   
Elective Contributions 3.1  
Elective Contribution Agreements 3.1(a)  
Roth Contributions Agreements 3.1(b)  
Dollar Limit on Elective Deferrals 3.1(c)  
Remedying Excess Deferrals 3.1(d)  
Participant Contributions 3.2  
Rollover Contributions 3.3  
Employer Contributions 3.4  
Employer Matching Contributions 3.4(a)(1)  
Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions 3.4(a)(2)  
Employer Safe Harbor Contributions 3.4(b)  
Employer Profit Sharing Contributions 3.4(c)  
Restoration of Forfeited Benefits 3.4(d)  
Top-Heavy Minimum Contribution 3.4(e)  
Special Profit Sharing Contribution 3.4(f)  
PWA Contributions 3.4(g)  
Contribution Limits 3.5  
Actual Deferral Percentage Test 3.5(a)  
Excess Employer Contributions over ADP Limits 3.5(b)  
Actual Contribution Percentage Test 3.5(c)  
Excess Aggregate Contributions over ACP Limits 3.5(d)  
Mandatory Disaggregation of Certain Plans 3.5(e)  
Composition of and Deadline for Payment of Employer Contributions 3.6  
Return of Contributions for Mistake, Disqualification and Disallowance of Deduction 3.7  
Qualified Military Service 3.8  

 

 

3.1          Elective Contributions :

 

(a) Elective Contribution Agreements : Subject to applicable conditions and limitations of the Plan, Participants may authorize the Employer to make Elective Contributions on their behalf, in lieu of receipt of such amounts in cash. Elective Contributions shall be held, invested and distributed as provided under applicable provisions of the Plan. No Elective Contribution Agreement (or any other deferral mechanism that may be permitted under the Plan) may be adopted retroactively. The opportunity to authorize Elective Contributions hereunder shall be made available to Participants on a non-discriminatory basis.

 

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Each Participant may enter into an agreement in a form satisfactory to the Administrative Committee (“Elective Contribution Agreement”) whereunder the Participant shall agree, subject to any necessary adjustments’ pursuant to this Section and Sections 3.5 and 4.3 (i) to a reduction (expressed in whole percentages only) of not less than one percent (1%) and not more than thirty percent (30%) of his Base Compensation before such authorized reduction and attributable to the applicable pay periods and (ii) to have the Employer contribute (as an Elective Contribution) an amount equal to the amount of the authorized reduction, which Elective Contribution shall be credited to the Participant’s Elective Contributions Account.

 

Each Eligible Employee hired on or after July 1, 2011 who does not affirmatively elect (i) to not make Elective Contributions under the Plan or (ii) another designated percentage of his Base Compensation as an Elective Contribution, will be deemed to have made an informed consent and automatic election to have the Employer withhold six percent (6%) of his Base Compensation as an Elective Contribution without any affirmative election or other action being required by such Employee under the Plan. The deemed election to make Elective Contributions, if applicable, shall be effective not later than the 90th day following such Eligible Employee’s employment commencement date or reemployment commencement date, as applicable.

 

Each Participant, whether enrolled in the Plan pursuant to an affirmative or automatic enrollment, may elect, in his discretion, to change the election percentage (within the percentage limits set forth herein) applicable to his Elective Contribution election, to suspend his Elective Contribution election, or to reinstate his Elective Contribution election, each in accordance with the Plan’s administrative procedures as in effect at such time.

 

Each Participant who is automatically enrolled in the Plan may elect to take a “permissible withdrawal,” as defined in Code Section 414(w)(2)(A). Such permissible withdrawal shall consist of all Elective Contributions (and allocable investment earnings or losses thereon) that were made prior to the date of the election. The election must be made within 90 days after the first Elective Contribution with respect to such Participant in accordance with Code Section 414(w)(2)(B). If a Participant elects to take a permissible withdrawal pursuant to this paragraph, then the Employer Safe Harbor Contributions or the Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions, if any, allocable to such withdrawn Elective Contributions will be forfeited. Investment earnings allocable to the forfeited Employer Safe Harbor Contributions or Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions will also be forfeited. Any fee charged to the Participant for the permissible withdrawal may not be greater than any other fee charged for a cash distribution.

 

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A Participant who, within the time frames required by USERRA, returns to Active Service of an Employer following a period of “qualified military service,” as defined in Code Section 414(u), shall be entitled to authorize additional Elective Contributions as “makeup contributions” in accordance with Code Section 414(u)(2).

 

Participants who have attained age 50 or older before the close any Plan Year ending on or after December 31, 2001, shall be eligible to make Elective Contributions in addition to the Elective Contributions provided for in the preceding paragraph of this Section 3.1(a) (“Catch-Up Elective Contributions”) in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, Code Section 414(v). Such Catch-Up Elective Contributions shall not be taken into account for purposes of limitations o f Section 3.1(c ) (and Code Section 402(g)) and Section 4.3 (and Code Section 415.) In addition, the Plan shall not be treated as failing to satisfy the provisions of Section 3.5(a) (and Code Section 401(k)(3)), Code Section 410(b), Article VII (and Code Section 416), by reason of making such Catch-Up Elective Contributions.

 

(b) Roth Contribution Agreements : A Participant may elect to make designated Roth Contributions in one percent (1%) increments of any amount from one percent (1%) to thirty percent (30%) of his Base Compensation for a Plan Year in lieu of Elective Contributions that he is otherwise eligible to make pursuant to Section 3.1(a) . The sum of a Participant’s designated Roth Contributions and his Elective Contributions for a Plan Year may not exceed 30% of his Base Compensation. A Participant’s election to make designated Roth Contributions to the Plan pursuant to this Section 3.1(b) shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Administrative Committee at the time he makes the election to authorize Elective Contributions and shall be irrevocable once Roth Contributions have been contributed to the Plan based upon such election.

 

A Participant’s designated Roth Contribution election shall remain in force and effect for all periods following the effective date of such election until modified or terminated or until such Participant terminates his employment or ceases to be an Eligible Employee. A Participant who has elected to make designated Roth Contributions to the Plan may change his election percentage (within the percentage limits set forth herein), may suspend his Roth Contribution election, or reinstate his Roth Contribution election, each in accordance with the Plan’s administrative procedures as in effect at such time.

 

A Participant who is entitled to make and elects to make Catch-Up Elective Contributions to the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1(a ) may designate that such Catch-Up Contributions be Roth Catch-Up Contributions instead of Elective Catch-Up Contributions at the time of such election.

 

A Participant’s designated Roth Contributions for a Plan Year shall be allocated to his Roth Contribution Account, which shall be credited with such contributions and debited for any withdrawals which a Participant elects to make from his Roth Contributions Account. Such Account shall be adjusted as appropriate to reflect any loan made from such Account pursuant to Section 6.10 and principal and interest payments made to repay such loan. No Contributions other than Roth Contributions, and allocated investment earnings, or losses, shall be credited to a Participant’s Roth Contribution Account.

 

 
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(c) Dollar Limit On Elective Deferrals : Elective Contributions pursuant to any Elective Contribution Agreement and Roth Contribution Agreement, except Catch-Up Contributions, when added to (i) any Employer Contribution under the Plan or any other cash or deferred arrangement (described in Code Section 401 (k)) to the extent not includable in gross income for the taxable year under Code Section 402(a)(8), (ii) any employer contribution to a simplified pension plan under a salary reduction agreement to the extent not includable in gross income for the taxable year under Code Section 402(h)(1)(B), (iii) any employer contribution to purchase an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b) under a salary reduction agreement (within the meaning of Code Section 3121(a)(5)(D)) to the extent not includable in gross income for the taxable year under Code Section 403(b), (iv) any employer contribution pursuant to any election to defer under any eligible deferred compensation plan to the extent not includable in gross income under Code Section 457 and (v) any Roth contributions to a plan as described in Code Section 402A are limited to the dollar limit specified in Code Section 402(g) (as adjusted by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue at the same time and in the same manner as prescribed in Code Section 415(d)). In addition, Elective Contributions and/or any similar elective deferrals (described in Code Section 402(g)(3)) to the Plan and/or any other qualified plan, contract or arrangement, which is described in the immediately preceding sentence and maintained by the Employer or any Affiliated Employer, shall not in the aggregate exceed the dollar limitation (as adjusted) of the immediately preceding sentence and Code Section 402(g) as in effect at the beginning of such taxable year. To the extent that the Participant’s Elective Contributions and/or Roth Contributions to this Plan exceed the dollar limit on Elective Deferrals in effect for a Plan Year, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to increase his after-tax Participant Contributions by the amount that he was contributing to this Plan as Elective Contributions and/or Roth Contributions as of the date that such dollar limit is met.

 

(d) Remedying Excess Deferrals : To the extent that a Participant’s elective deferrals authorized pursuant to the Sections of the Code referenced in the immediately preceding subsection (c) exceed the applicable limit under Code Section 402(g) for a Participant’s taxable year (“excess deferrals”), then not later than the first March 1 immediately following the close of the taxable year of such excess deferral, the Participant shall notify the Administrative Committee in writing of any portion of any such excess deferrals which the Participant has elected to allocate to the Plan. Such notice shall include the Participant’s certified claim for a specified amount of excess deferrals for the preceding calendar year and shall be accompanied by the Participant’s certified statement that such excess deferrals, when added to amounts deferred under other plans or arrangements described in Code Sections 402A, 401(k), 408(k), 403(b) or 457, exceeds the limit imposed under Code Section 402(g) for the year in which the deferral occurred. In accordance with Section 1.402(g)-l(e)(2) of the Treasury Regulations, to the extent that the Participant only has Elective Contributions and/or Roth Contributions for the taxable year under the Plan and any other plan or arrangement described in the previous sentence which is maintained by the same Employer, such Employer may notify the Administrative Committee of any excess deferrals made on behalf of the Participant. In that event, such excess deferrals shall be reclassified as after-tax Participant Contributions and shall not be distributed as described below. Any matching contributions based on the reclassified Elective and/or Roth Contributions shall not be forfeited upon such reclassification provided that such Participant would otherwise be entitled to receive matching contributions based on such amount if such amount had been originally contributed as after-tax Participant Contributions.

 

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Following receipt by the Administrative Committee of the notice described in the immediately preceding paragraph (and notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan relating to spousal consent), not later than the first April 15 immediately following such March 1 deadline for written notification of the Administrative Committee, the Plan shall distribute to such Participant in a lump sum the amount of excess deferrals allocated to the Plan (and any income allocable to such amount). Excess deferrals which must be distributed to a Participant will be prorated between his Elective Contributions and his designated Roth Contributions as directed by the Participant or, in the absence of such direction, based on a proration methodology adopted by the Administrative Committee and applied on an uniform basis. Such distribution shall be made first by distribution of nonmatched Elective or Roth Contributions, if any, allocated to the Participant’s Elective and/or Roth Contributions Account (as applicable), and, if necessary, next by distribution of Elective Contributions and/or Roth Contributions which were matched by matching contributions. To the extent that such excess deferrals are attributable to matched Elective Contributions or Roth Contributions (and any income allocable thereto) which amounts are distributed to the Participant pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 3.1(d) , matching contributions (and any income allocable thereto) will be appropriately reduced and such reduced matching contributions (and any income allocable thereto) shall be applied as forfeitures pursuant to Section 4.6 . The provisions of this paragraph (which provide for reduction of matching contributions made with respect to Elective Contributions and/or Roth Contributions which are distributed hereunder) are intended to comply with the requirements of Code Sections 401(a), 401(k), 401(m) and 411. To the extent that any provision of this paragraph is inconsistent with the preceding sentence, such provision shall be deemed to be inoperative and the Plan shall be operated in a manner that complies with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence.

 

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For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2007, the investment earnings income or losses allocable to the portion of the Participant’s Elective Contributions Account and/or his Roth Contributions Account that is attributable to excess deferrals shall be the earnings income or losses for the Plan Year and the gap period that is attributable to Elective Contributions and/or Roth Contributions multiplied by a fraction. The numerator of such fraction is the Participant’s excess deferrals allocable to such Account for the Plan Year and the denominator is the sum of (i) the aggregate Account balance of the Participant attributable to Elective Contributions or Roth Contributions as of the beginning of the Plan Year to which the excess deferral relates, plus (ii) the Participant’s Elective Contributions and/or Roth Contributions for the Plan Year and the gap period. For purposes of this Section, “gap period” means the period between the last day of the Plan Year and a date that is not more than seven (7) days before the excess deferrals are distributed. For Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 2007, no investment earnings or losses will be allocated for the gap period. However, for Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2008, the income or loss allocable to excess deferrals will be determined through the end of the Plan Year to which such excess deferrals relate, and the income or loss allocable to such excess deferrals for the gap period will not be distributed or forfeited.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of subsection (d) , any Participant who has excess deferrals for a taxable year may receive a corrective distribution of such deferrals (and allocable investment earnings thereon) during the same year (i) if the Participant notifies the Administrative Committee of an excess deferral, (ii) the corrective distribution is made after the date on which the Plan received the excess deferral, and (iii) the Plan designates and treats the distribution as a distribution of an excess deferral. Any distribution described in the immediately preceding sentence shall be made as soon as practicable, but absent circumstances beyond the control of the Administrative Committee, not later than 60 days after the first day of the month that occurs on or after the later of (i) the actual receipt by the Administrative Committee of the Participant’s notification of an excess deferral or (ii) the date that the Plan actually receives the excess deferral.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection (d) to the contrary, the amount of excess deferrals that may be distributed under this subsection (d) shall be reduced by any Excess Employer Contributions over the ADP limit (described in Section 3.5 ) previously distributed with respect to a Participant for the Plan Year beginning with or within such Participant’s taxable year. In no event shall any Participant receive from the Plan a corrective distribution for the taxable year of an amount in excess of the Participant’s total Elective Contributions and/or Roth Contributions under the Plan for the taxable year. Except as may be otherwise required under Section 3.5 , any excess deferral not timely distributed shall remain in the Trust and be subject to any otherwise applicable conditions and limitations of the Plan. In addition, any excess deferrals which are timely distributed under the preceding provisions of this subsection (d) shall not be treated as an annual addition under Section 4.3 . Also, excess deferrals by Non-Highly Compensated Employees shall not be taken into account under the ADP Test of Section 3.5 to the extent such excess deferrals are made under the Plan or any other qualified plan of the Employer or any Affiliated Employer. A distribution of Elective Contributions (and allocable investment earnings thereon) under this subsection (d) shall not be considered as a distribution for purposes of compliance with the minimum distribution provisions of Section 6.12 .

 

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3.2            Participant Contributions : A Participant may elect to contribute to the Plan as after-tax Participant Contributions an integral percentage of his Base Compensation which, when added to the integral percentage of his Base Compensation that is contributed to the Plan as Elective Contributions and Roth Contributions, does not exceed 30% of his Base Compensation. Such election shall be made in the manner prescribed by the Administrative Committee. A Participant will be deemed to have elected to make after-tax Participant Contributions, or will be deemed to have elected to increase his after-tax Participant Contributions election, by the amount of his Elective Contributions and/or Roth Contributions elections when the Participant has contributed the maximum amount of Elective Contributions and/or Roth Contributions during a Plan Year for the remainder of that Plan Year.

 

Each Participant may elect, in his discretion, to change the election percentage (within the percentage limits set forth herein) applicable to his Participant Contributions election, to suspend his Participant Contributions election, or to reinstate his Participant Contributions election, each in accordance with the Plan’s administrative procedures as in effect at such time.

 

Participant Contributions will be included in and subject to the ACP Test described in Section 3.5(c) and the corrective actions described in Section 3.5(d).

 

3.3            Rollover Contributions :

 

(a) Rollover from Non-Roth Accounts : Rollover Contributions on the part of Employees shall be permitted from time to time as determined by the Administrative Committee. In the event Rollover Contributions are permitted, the opportunity to contribute shall be made available to Employees on a nondiscriminatory basis. An Employee who is permitted to make a Rollover Contribution shall not be entitled to authorize Elective Contributions to the Plan or share in the allocation of any Employer Contributions or forfeitures unless and until the Employee meets the requirements of Sections 2.1, 3.1 and 4.2 of the Plan. Any Rollover Contribution made by an Employee shall be held in a separate Rollover Account for such Employee which will share in any allocable investment earnings or losses of the Trust Fund. Rollover Contributions shall have no effect on any limitation under the Plan based on Contributions.

 

The qualified plans from which Rollover Contributions may be received pursuant to this Section 3.3 are qualified plans described in Code Sections 401(a) or 403(a), annuity contracts described in Code Section 403(b), and eligible plans under Code Section 457(b) which are maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state. Rollover Contributions pursuant to this Section 3.3 attributable to qualified plans described in Sections 401(a) or 403(a) shall include After-Tax Employee Contributions. Rollover Contributions described in this Section 3.3 attributable to annuity contracts described in Code Section 403(b) may exclude After-Tax Employee Contributions.

 
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Effective on and after July 1, 2012, Rollover Contributions shall also be permitted from a former Employee provided that (1) the qualified plan from which the Rollover Contribution is received is either the Anadarko Retirement Plan or the Kerr-McGee Corporation Retirement Plan; (2) such former Employee has an Account balance in the Plan that is not subject to the automatic cash-out rules set forth in Section 6.6(a)(i) as of the date of the Rollover Contribution (determined without regard to the Rollover Contribution); and (3) the Rollover Contribution is in the form of a direct rollover.

 

Effective on and after July 1, 2012, Rollover Contributions shall also be permitted from a surviving spouse to whom the Participant was married on the date of the Participant’s death, provided that (1) the qualified plan from which the Rollover Contribution is received is either the Anadarko Retirement Plan or the Kerr-McGee Corporation Retirement Plan; (2) the surviving spouse is the sole Beneficiary of the Participant’s Account under the Plan; (3) the Participant’s Account balance under the Plan which is payable to the surviving spouse has not been distributed as of the date of the Rollover Contribution; (4) the Participant’s Plan Account balance is not subject to the automatic cash-out rules set forth in Section 6.6(a)(i) as of the date of the Rollover Contribution (determined without regard to the Rollover Contribution); and (5) the Rollover Contribution is in the form of a direct rollover.

 

(b) Roth Rollover Contributions : An Eligible Employee or Participant who has received a distribution from a designated Roth elective deferral account under another qualified Roth contribution program of another qualified plan described in Code Section 402A(e)(l) may rollover all or any portion of such distribution to the Plan in a Roth Rollover Contribution to the extent that the rollover is permitted under Code Section 402A(c). Any Eligible Employee or Participant desiring to effect a Roth Rollover Contribution must execute and file such request with the Administrative Committee on the form prescribed for such purpose. An Eligible Employee’s or Participant’s Roth Rollover Contribution shall be credited to his Roth Rollover Contribution Account as of the day such Contribution is made.

 

A Roth Rollover Contribution to the Plan may be effectuated only by wire transfer directed to the Trustee or by issuance of a check made payable to the Trustee, which is negotiable only by the Trustee and identifies the Employee for whose benefit the Roth Rollover Contribution is being made. The Administrative Committee may require as a condition to accepting any Roth Rollover Contribution that such Employee furnish any evidence that the Administrative Committee in its discretion deems satisfactory to establish that the proposed Roth Rollover Contribution is eligible for rollover and in accordance with applicable provisions of the Code. All Roth Rollover Contributions to the Plan must be made in cash.

 

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An Eligible Employee who has made a Roth Rollover Contribution in accordance with this Section 3.3(b) , but who has not otherwise become a Participant in accordance with Article II , shall become a Participant coincident with such Roth Rollover Contribution; provided, however, such Participant shall not have a right to authorize Contributions to the Plan or have Employer Contributions made on his behalf unless and until he has otherwise satisfied the eligibility requirements imposed by Article II .

 

3.4           Employer Contributions :

 

(a) Employer Matching Contributions :

 

(1) Employer Matching Contributions were contributed for Plan Years beginning before January 1, 2007 and were allocated to Participants’ Employer Matching Contribution Accounts for such Plan Years. For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2007 and before January 1, 2014, in lieu of the Employer Matching Contributions described in this Section 3.4(a) , the Plan was a “safe harbor 401(k) plan” as described in Code section 401(k)(12) and Employer Safe Harbor Contributions were made in accordance with Section 3.4(b) and allocated to Participants’ Employer Safe Harbor Contributions Accounts. Employer matching contributions for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2014 shall be made as Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions pursuant to Section 3.4(a)(2) .

 

(2) For each payroll period, the Employer shall contribute to the Trust on behalf of each affected Participant, as Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions, an amount that equals the lesser of (i) 6% of the Participant’s Base Compensation for such payroll period or (ii) 100% of the sum of the Participant’s Elective Contributions, Catch-Up Contributions, After-Tax Contributions and designated Roth Contributions made during such payroll period.

 

Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions shall be fully vested when made and cannot be distributed prior to the Participant’s severance from employment, death, Total and Permanent Disability, or attainment of age 59½, or upon termination of the Plan without the establishment of a successor plan, and cannot be distributed on account of hardship pursuant to Section 6.8 .

 

(b) Employer Safe-Harbor Contributions : For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2007 and before January 1, 2014, in lieu of the Employer Matching Contributions described in Section 3.4(a) , the Plan will be a “safe harbor 401(k) plan” as described in Code Section 401(k)(12). The Employer will make Employer Safe Harbor Contributions each month equal to 100% of the sum of each Participant’s Elective Contributions, Catch-Up Contributions, After-Tax Contributions, and Roth Contributions that do not exceed 6% of the Participant’s Base Compensation that is paid during that month.

 

 
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Employer Safe Harbor Contributions shall be fully vested when made and cannot be distributed prior to the Participant’s severance from employment, death, Total and Permanent Disability, or attainment of age 59½, or upon termination of the Plan without the establishment of a successor plan, and cannot be distributed on account of hardship pursuant to Section 6.8 .

 

At least 30 days and not more than 90 days before the beginning of each Plan Year, the Employer shall provide each Eligible Employee with a written notice of the Employee’s rights and obligations under this Section 3.4(b) . If an Eligible Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan after the 90th day before the beginning of the Plan Year and does not receive the notice for that reason, the notice shall be provided no more than 90 days before the Eligible Employee first becomes eligible to participate and not later than the date the Employee becomes eligible to participate.

 

(c) Employer Profit Sharing Contributions : In addition to the Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions or the Employer Safe Harbor Contributions, the Employer may, in its discretion, contribute for a Plan Year an Employer Profit Sharing Contribution, in such amount as determined by the Company in its discretion, that is allocable to the Participants employed by one or more of the business units of the Employer, provided that the Participant must still be employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan Year. The Company shall determine whether any Employer Profit Sharing Contribution shall be made pursuant to this Section 3.4(c) for a Plan Year, the business unit(s) for which such Employer Profit Sharing Contribution shall be made, and the percentage of the Participant’s Base Compensation which shall be contributed as an Employer Profit Sharing Contribution. For purposes of this Section 3.4(c) , a “business unit” shall mean, as determined by the Company in its discretion, (i) an operating division (or subsidiary) of the Employer or (ii) a corporate and/or administrative group of the Employer’s Employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the right to receive an allocation of any Employer Profit Sharing Contribution pursuant to this Section 3.4(c) shall be subject to the applicable provisions of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410(b).

 

(d) Restoration of Forfeited Benefits : Not later than the last day of the Plan Year in which occurs any repayment described in Section 4.6 , the Employer shall contribute an amount which, when added to unallocated forfeitures, shall be equal to the amount previously forfeited under the Plan by any Participant entitled to have his Account restored in accordance with Section 4.6 . In addition, as soon as administratively practicable following receipt of a claim under circumstances described in Section 6.7 , the Employer shall contribute an amount equal to the value of the forfeited benefits payable under Section 6.7 .

 

 
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(e) Top-Heavy Minimum Contribution : In the event that the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan described in Article VII with respect to any Plan Year, the Employer shall contribute any amount necessary to ensure that Participants who are entitled to a minimum allocation pursuant to Section 7.4 receive such an allocation.

 

(f) Special Profit Sharing Contribution : The Company will make a Special Profit Sharing Contribution for the Plan Year commencing on January 1, 2006 and ending on December 31, 2006 (the “2006 Plan Year”) on behalf of each Eligible Employee, as described in Section 2.1 , who (i) was covered in 2006 under the Western Gas Resources, Inc. Retirement Plan (“ WGR Plan ”) prior to its merger into the Plan and (ii) completed at least 1,000 Hours of Service (A) as an employee of Western Gas Resources, Inc. (“ WGR ”) under the WGR Plan and/or (B) as an Eligible Employee of the Company or its Affiliates during the 2006 Plan Year. For purposes of clarity, all Hours of Service earned by an Eligible Employee with WGR and with the Company and its Affiliates during the 2006 Plan Year shall be counted for this purpose. The Special Profit Sharing Contribution shall be in an amount equal to eight percent (8%) of the Compensation, as defined in this Section 3.4(f) , of such Eligible Employee for the 2006 Plan Year including, for this purpose, compensation recognized in 2006 under the WGR Plan.

 

The Company will make a Special Profit Sharing Contribution for the Plan Year commencing on January 1, 2007 and ending on December 31, 2007 (the “2007 Plan Year”) on behalf of each Eligible Employee, as described in Section 2.1 , who (i) was covered in 2006 under the WGR Plan prior to its merger into the Plan and (ii) completed at least 1,000 Hours of Service as an Eligible Employee of the Company or its Affiliates during the 2007 Plan Year. The Special Profit Sharing Contribution shall be in an amount equal to eight percent (8%) of the Compensation, as defined in this Section 3.4(f) , of such Eligible Employee for the 2007 Plan Year.

 

For purposes of this Section 3.4(f) , Compensation shall mean each Participant’s basic salary or wages that is reported on Form W-2 (or its successor form), but shall specifically exclude: bonuses, commissions, overtime pay, compensation in excess of eighty (80) hours of straight time paid during a normal two (2) week pay period for a Participant whose regular schedule is other than a forty (40) hour work week, moving expense reimbursements and any other employee business expense reimbursements, directors’ fees and insurance premiums.

 

The determination of the individuals who are eligible to receive an allocation of the Special Profit Sharing Contribution shall be made by the Plan Administrator based on employment records, and any decision by the Plan Administrator will be deemed to be final and conclusive subject to the claims appeal procedures of the Plan.

 
 
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The Special Profit Sharing Contribution will be subject to the vesting schedule in Section 6.4 .

 

(g) PWA Contributions: Effective for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2007, a Participant who is (i) an Eligible Employee hired on or after January 1, 2007 and (ii) eligible to participate in the Personal Wealth Contributions Account component of the Anadarko Retirement Plan as a Personal Wealth Account Participant, shall receive by January 31, 2008, a PWA Contribution equal to four percent (4%) of his Base Compensation for 2007, and thereafter such Participant shall be entitled to receive a PWA Contribution equal to four percent (4%) of his Base Compensation paid during each payroll period. Effective for Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2008, an Eligible Employee who was covered during 2006 under the Western Gas Plan prior to its merger into the Plan shall be entitled to receive a PWA Contribution equal to four percent (4%) of his Base Compensation paid during each payroll period. Effective for Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2012, a Participant who is a Retirement Choice Participant under the Kerr-McGee Corporation Retirement Plan or the Anadarko Retirement Plan shall be entitled to receive a PWA Contribution equal to four percent (4%) of his Base Compensation paid during each payroll period beginning on and after such date. Further, a Participant who terminates employment with the Employer, subsequently returns to employment with an Employer, and is reinstated as a Personal Wealth Account Participant in either the Kerr-McGee Corporation Retirement Plan or the Anadarko Retirement Plan shall be entitled to receive a PWA Contribution equal to four percent (4%) of his Base Compensation paid during each payroll period beginning on and after such date. All PWA Contributions will be subject to the vesting schedule set forth in Section 6.4 and credited to the affected Participant’s PWA Contributions Account.

 

Any Participant who terminates employment with the Employer, subsequently returns to employment with an Employer, and is reinstated as a participant in either the Kerr-McGee Corporation Retirement Plan or the Anadarko Retirement Plan, in each case other than as a Personal Wealth Account Participant under such retirement plan, shall not be eligible for a PWA Contribution under this Plan.

 

3.5           Contribution Limits : No Contribution by the Employer shall exceed the amount which is deductible by the Employer under Code Section 404.

 

No Contribution shall be made to the Plan under circumstances which would result in any violation of the limitations of Section 3.1 , this Section 3.5 or Section 4.3 .

 
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(a) Actual Deferral Percentage Test (“ADP Test”) : For any Plan Year that the safe harbor requirements of Section 3.4(b) are not met, the actual deferral percentage (“ADP”) for all eligible Highly Compensated Employees shall not exceed the greater of:

 

(i) the ADP for the group of all eligible Non-Highly Compensated Employees multiplied by 1.25; or

 

(ii) the ADP of the group of all eligible Non-Highly Compensated Employees multiplied by two (2); provided, however, that the ADP for the group of eligible Highly Compensated Employees cannot exceed the ADP of the group of all eligible Non-Highly Compensated Employees by more than two percentage points (2%).

 

The relationship of the ADP of all eligible Highly Compensated Employees and the ADP for all eligible Non-Highly Compensated Employees shall be determined based on the ADP of the Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year being tested (the “current year method”).

 

For purposes of performing the ADP Test, the provisions of Code Section 401(k)(3) and Section 1.401(k)-2 of the Treasury Regulations are hereby incorporated into the Plan for all purposes. In addition, if (i) any Highly Compensated Employee is eligible to authorize Elective Contributions or Roth Contributions under the Plan and to have matching contributions allocated with respect thereto or (ii) such Highly Compensated Employee is eligible to make Elective Contributions and/or Roth Contributions under any other cash or deferred arrangement (described in Code Section 401(k)) and/or to make employee contributions (described in Code Section 401(m)) or to receive matching contributions (described in Code Section 401(m)(4)(A)) under any other qualified plan of any Affiliated Employer, regardless of whether such plan contains a cash or deferred arrangement, the disparities between the ADPs of the respective groups of eligible Highly Compensated Employees and Non-Highly Compensated Employees shall be reduced as described in Section 1.401(m)-2 of the Treasury Regulations, and the provisions of Section 3.5(d) below.

 

Provided that the minimum coverage requirements of Code Section 410(b)(1) are satisfied, the Plan Administrator may elect for any Plan Year to perform the ADP Test by testing the groups of Employees (highly compensated and non-highly compensated) who have satisfied the minimum age and service requirements of Code Section 410(a)(1) separately from the groups of Employees (highly compensated and non-highly compensated) who have not satisfied the minimum age and service requirements of Code Section 410(a)(1).

 

The ADP for a specified group of eligible Employees for a Plan Year shall be the average of the actual deferral ratios (calculated separately for each Employee in such group) (“ ADR ”) of the sum of Elective Contributions (excluding Catch-Up Elective Contributions) and Roth Contributions (collectively, “ADP Contributions”), paid to the Trust on behalf of each such Employee for such Plan Year and allocated to the Employee’s Elective Contributions Account and/or his Roth Contribution Account (collectively, “ADP Accounts”) for such Plan Year, to the Employee’s “Compensation” for the Plan Year. For the purposes of performing the ADP Test, to the extent another definition of “Compensation” which satisfies Code Section 414(s) is not used, “Compensation” for this purpose shall mean the Employee’s Considered Compensation for the entire Plan Year and not only while he is a Participant.


 
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An ADP Contribution will be taken into account for purposes of the ADP Test only if it relates to Compensation that either (i) would have been received by the Employee in the Plan Year but for the Employee’s election to make ADP contributions, or (ii) is attributable to services performed by the Employee during the Plan Year and, but for the Employee’s election, would have been received by the Employee within two and one-half (2/4) months after the close of the Plan Year. An ADP Contribution will be considered as having been allocated to the Employee’s ADP Accounts as of a date within a Plan Year, and thus taken into account for purposes of the ADP Test, if allocation of such ADP Contribution is not contingent upon participation or performance of services after such date during the Plan Year and the ADP Contribution is actually paid to the Trust no later than twelve (12) months after the Plan Year to which the Contribution relates.

 

Provided that the ADP Test is satisfied both with and without exclusion of these ADP Contributions, ADP Contributions shall include excess deferrals over the annual dollar limit described in Section 3.1 (even if distributed under Section 3.1(d) ) made by Highly Compensated Employees, as well as all ADP Contributions made by all Participants that are not taken into account in the ACP Test described in Section 3.5(c) below. In accordance with Section 1.402(g)-l(e)(iii) of the Treasury Regulations, excess deferrals described in Section 3.1 made by Non-Highly Compensated Employees, to the extent made under the Plan or a plan maintained by an Affiliated Employer, shall not be taken into account under the ADP Test.

 

In accordance with the requirements of Section 1.401(k)-l(b)(3) of the Treasury Regulations, two or more cash or deferred arrangements (as defined in Code Section 401(k)) may be considered one such arrangement for purposes of determining whether such arrangements satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4), 401(k) and 410(b). In such case, the cash or deferred arrangements included in such plans and the plans including such arrangements shall be treated as one arrangement and as one plan for purposes of applying this Section 3.5(a) and Code Sections 401(a)(4), 401(k) and 410(b). If the Employer and any Affiliated Employer, individually or collectively, maintain two or more plans that are treated as a single plan for purposes of Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410(b) (other than Code Section 410(b)(2)(A)(ii)), all cash or deferred arrangements that are included in such plans are to be treated as a single arrangement for purposes of this Section 3.5(a) and Code Sections 401(a)(4), 401(k) and 410(b). Plans may be aggregated under the preceding provisions of this paragraph only if they have the same Plan Year and only if such plans are (i) all tested using the current year method or (ii) all tested using the prior year method.

 
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If any Highly Compensated Employee is a participant under two or more cash or deferred arrangements (as defined in Code Section 401(k)) of the Employer, for purposes of determining the ADR with respect to such Highly Compensated Employee, all such cash or deferred arrangements shall be treated as one cash or deferred arrangement. If a Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more cash or deferred arrangements that have different plan years, the immediately preceding sentence shall be applied by treating all cash or deferred arrangements with years ending with or within the same calendar year as a single arrangement.

 

(b) Excess Employer Contributions Over ADP Limits : In the event that with respect to any Plan Year, the aggregate amount of ADP Contributions (taken into account in computing the ADP of Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year) exceeds the maximum amount of such ADP Contributions permitted under the ADP Test set out above (“ Excess Employer Contributions”), then (to the extent that another means of satisfying the ADP Test is not implemented by the Administrative Committee), within two and one-half (2 1 / 2 ) months from the end of the Plan Year or as soon as practicable, but not later than the end of the Plan Year immediately following the Plan Year to which any such Excess Employer Contributions pertain, such excess (plus allocable investment earnings or losses) shall be distributed to affected Highly Compensated Employees as provided below.

 

The amount of such Excess Employer Contributions for an affected Highly Compensated Employee shall be determined as follows. First, the ADR of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest ADR shall be reduced to the extent required to (i) enable the Plan to satisfy the ADP Test set out above, or (ii) cause such Highly Compensated Employee’s ADR for the Plan Year to equal the ADR of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest ADR. If two or more Highly Compensated Employees have the same ADR, then the ADR of each such Highly Compensated Employee shall be reduced equally until the Plan satisfies the ADP Test or the ADR of such Highly Compensated Employees is equal to the ADR of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest ADR. This process shall be repeated until the Plan satisfies the ADP Test for the Plan Year. The sum of the amounts by which the Highly Compensated Employee’s ADP Contributions must be reduced is equal to the total Excess Employer Contribution for the Plan Year.

 

The total Excess Employer Contributions for the Plan Year shall be distributed by reducing the amount of the ADP Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employees with the highest dollar amount of ADP Contributions to the extent required to (i) distribute the total amount of the Excess Employer Contributions, or (ii) cause such Highly Compensated Employees’ ADP Contributions to equal the ADP Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employees with the next highest dollar amount of ADP Contributions. This process shall be repeated until the total Excess Employer Contributions for the Plan Year has been fully distributed.


 
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The amount of Excess Employer Contributions to satisfy the ADP Test that may be distributed under this Section 3.5(b) to a Highly Compensated Employee for a Plan Year shall be reduced by any excess deferrals that were previously distributed to such Participant with respect to his taxable year ending with or within such Plan Year.

 

Any such Excess Employer Contributions shall be treated as annual additions subject to Section 4.3 .

 

Excess Employer Contributions (and any allocable investment earnings thereon) shall be distributed from the portion of the Participant’s ADP Contributions Accounts attributable to the Contributions used in the ADP Test. In addition, to the extent that such Excess Employer Contributions are attributable to ADP Contributions (and any allocable investment earnings thereon) which amounts are distributed to the Participant pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 3.5(b) , matching contributions (and any allocable investment earnings thereon determined in the same manner as for other contributions) will be appropriately reduced and such reduced matching contributions (and allocable investment earnings thereon) shall then be applied as forfeitures pursuant to Section 4.6 . The provisions of this paragraph which provide for reduction of matching contributions made with respect to Excess Employer Contributions are intended to comply with the requirements of Code Sections 401(a), 401(k), 401(m) and 411 and shall be applied accordingly.

 

The allocable investment earnings or losses to the portion of the Participant’s ADP Contributions Account that is attributable to Excess Employer Contributions shall be the earnings or loss for the Plan Year, and the gap period that is attributable to ADP Contributions, multiplied by a fraction. The numerator of such fraction is the Participant’s Excess Employer Contributions for the Plan Year and the denominator is the sum of (i) the total Account balance of the Participant attributable to ADP Contributions as of the beginning of the Plan Year to which the Excess Employer Contribution relates, plus (ii) the Participant’s ADP Contributions for the Plan Year and the gap period. For purposes of this Section, “gap period” means the period between the last day of the Plan Year and a date that is not more than seven (7) days before the excess deferrals are distributed. Excess Employer Contributions which must be distributed to a Participant pursuant to this Section 3.5(b) will be prorated between his Elective Contributions and his designated Roth Contributions as directed by the Participant or, in the absence of such direction, based on a proration methodology adopted by Administrative Committee and applied to Participants for that Plan Year on an uniform basis.

 

For Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2008, the investment earnings or loss allocable to Excess Employer Contributions will be determined through the end of the Plan Year to which such Excess Employer Contributions relate, and the earnings or loss allocable to such Excess Employer Contributions for the gap period will not be distributed or forfeited.

 
 
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(c) Actual Contribution Percentage Test (“ ACP Test ”) : The actual contribution percentage (“ ACP ”), as determined for a Plan Year pursuant to this Section 3.5(c), for all eligible Highly Compensated Employees shall not exceed the greater of:

 

(i) the ACP for the group of all eligible Non-Highly Compensated Employees multiplied by 1.25; or

 

(ii) the ACP of the group of all eligible Non-Highly Compensated Employees multiplied by two (2); provided, however, that the ACP for the group of eligible Highly Compensated Employees may not exceed the ACP for the group of all eligible Non-Highly Compensated Employees by more than two percentage points (2%).

 

Unless otherwise elected by the Plan Sponsor, the relationship of the ACP for all eligible Highly Compensated Employees for a Plan Year shall be determined with respect to the ACP of all eligible Non-Highly Compensated Employees based on the current year ACP of the Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year being tested (the “current year method”).

 

For purposes of performing the ACP Test, the provisions of Code Section 401(m) and Section 1.401(m)-l of the Treasury Regulations are hereby incorporated into the Plan for all purposes. In addition, if any Highly Compensated Employee is eligible to authorize ADP Contributions under the Plan and to have matching contributions allocated with respect thereto, or if such Highly Compensated Employee is eligible to make ADP Contributions (described in Code Section 402(g)(3) or Section 402(A)) under any other cash or deferred arrangement (described in Code Section 401(k)) and/or to make employee contributions (described in Code Section 401(m)) or to receive matching contributions (described in Code Section 401(m)(4)(A)) under any other qualified plan of the Employer and/or any Affiliated Employer, regardless of whether such plan contains a cash or deferred arrangement, the disparities between the ACPs of the respective groups of eligible Highly Compensated Employees and Non Highly Compensated Employees shall be reduced as required by applicable provisions of Code Section 40l(m).

 

Provided that the minimum coverage requirements of Code Section 410(b)(1) are satisfied, the Plan Administrator may elect for any Plan Year to perform the ACP Test by testing the groups of Employees (highly compensated and non-highly compensated) who have satisfied the minimum age and service requirements of Code Section 410(a)(1) separately from the groups of Employees (highly compensated and non-highly compensated) who have not satisfied the minimum age and service requirements of Code Section 410(a)(1).

 
 
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Subject to the limitations set forth below, the ACP for a specified group of eligible Employees for a Plan Year shall be the average of the actual contribution ratios (calculated separately for each Employee in such group) (“ ACR ”) of the sum of any (i) matching contributions allocated to his Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions Account pursuant to Section 3.4(a) for the Plan Year, and (ii) Participant Contributions allocated to each Participant’s Participant Contributions Account for the Plan Year (“ACP Contributions”), to the Employee’s Compensation for the Plan Year. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the ACP described in the preceding sentence shall not include Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions that are forfeited either to correct excess aggregate contributions or because the contributions to which they relate are excess deferrals, excess employer contributions or excess aggregate contributions. Only to the extent taken into account under Section 1.401(m)-2(a)(6) of the Treasury Regulations, any Elective Contributions allocated to the Participant’s ADP Accounts may be included as ACP Contributions. To the extent that any contribution is required to satisfy the ADP Test set forth above in Section 3.5(b) , it may not be used to satisfy the ACP Test. For any Plan Year during which the requirements of Section 3.4(b) are satisfied beginning after December 31, 2008, matching contributions may be disregarded from ACP Contributions. For the purposes of performing the ACP Test, to the extent another definition of “Compensation” which satisfies Code Section 414(s) is not used, “Compensation” shall mean Considered Compensation that is received by the eligible Employee during the entire Plan Year and not only while he is a Participant.

 

For purposes of computing an Employee’s ACR, ACP Contributions may include excess deferrals described in Section 3.1 and any ADP Contributions that are not taken into account in the ADP Test, provided that the ADP Test is satisfied both with and without exclusion of these ADP Contributions. The ACR of each eligible Employee and the ACP of each group shall be calculated to the nearest one hundredth of one percent of the eligible Employee’s Compensation. The ACR of an eligible Employee is zero if no ACP Contributions, which are used in computing actual contribution ratios, are allocated on behalf of such Employee.

 

If the Employer and any Affiliated Employer, individually or collectively, maintain two or more plans that are treated as a single plan for purposes of Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410(b) (other than Code Section 410(b)(2)(A)(ii)), all employee contributions and/or matching contributions, as such contributions are defined in Section 1.401(m)~l(f) of the Treasury Regulations, are to be treated as made under a single plan for purposes of this Section 3.5(c) and Code Sections 401(a)(4), 401(k) and 410(b). Plans may be aggregated under the preceding provisions of this paragraph only if they have the same Plan Year and only if such plans are (i) all tested using the current year method or (ii) all tested using the prior year method. If any Highly Compensated Employee is a participant under two or more plans of the Employer or any Affiliated Employer which are subject to Code Section 401(m), then for purposes of determining the ACR with respect to such Highly Compensated Employee, all employee and/or matching contributions made under such plans must be aggregated.

 
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(d) Excess Aggregate Contributions Over ACP Limits : The amount of such excess aggregate contributions shall be determined as follows. First, the ACR of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest ACR shall be reduced to the extent required to (i) enable the Plan to satisfy the ACP Test set out above, or (ii) cause the ACR of such Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year to equal the ACR of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest ACR. Such reduction shall be applied first to the Participant Contributions made by, and next to the Company Matching Contributions, if any, of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest ACR. If two or more Highly Compensated Employee have the same ACR, then the ACR of each such Highly Compensated Employee shall be reduced equally until the Plan satisfies the ACP Test or the ACR of such Highly Compensated Employees is equal to the ACR of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest ACR. This process shall be repeated until the Plan satisfies the ACP Test for the Plan Year. The sum of the amounts by which the individual Highly Compensated Employee’s Contributions must be reduced is equal to the total excess aggregate contribution for the Plan Year.

 

The total excess aggregate contribution for the Plan Year shall be distributed, or if forfeitable, forfeited, by reducing the amount of the relevant Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest dollar amount of Contributions taken into account for the ACP Test to the extent required to (i) distribute or forfeit the total amount of the excess aggregate contribution, or (ii) cause such Highly Compensated Employee’s affected Contributions to equal the affected Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest dollar amount of affected Contributions. This process shall be repeated until the total excess aggregate contribution for the Plan Year has been distributed or, if forfeitable, forfeited. Distributions of excess aggregate contributions shall be made from Participant’s Accounts in the following priority:

 

(1) First the Participant Contributions that were not considered in determining the amount of any Company Matching Contributions that were made pursuant to Section 3.4(a) shall be distributed;

 

(2) Next, the Participant Contributions that were considered in determining the amount of any Matching Contributions that were made pursuant to Section 3.4(a) shall be distributed and the Company Matching Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.4(a) and allocable thereto shall be forfeited; and

 

(3) Next, the Company Matching Contributions that were made to the Plan pursuant to Section 3.4(a) and allocated to the Participant’s Company Matching Contributions Account shall be distributed (or, if forfeitable, forfeited).
 
 
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If Section 3.4(b) is applicable and the only ACP Contributions that are includable in the ACP Test are Participant Contributions, then the excess aggregate contributions shall be distributed first from the Participant Contributions that were not included in determining the amount of any Employer Safe Harbor Contributions. If excess aggregate contributions are not then fully distributed, the Participant Contributions that were included in determining the amount of Employer Safe Harbor Contributions will be distributed and the allocable Employer Safe Harbor Contribution will be forfeited.

 

The investment earnings or loss allocable to the portion of the Participant’s ACP Contributions Account that is attributable to excess aggregate contributions is the earnings or loss for the Plan Year and the gap period that is attributable to ACP Contributions, multiplied by a fraction. The numerator of such fraction is the Participant’s excess aggregate contributions for the year and the denominator is the sum of (i) the total Account balance of the Participant attributable to ACP Contributions as of the beginning of the Plan Year to which the excess aggregate contribution relates, plus (ii) the Participant’s ACP Contributions for the Plan Year and the gap period. For purposes of this Section, “gap period” means the period between the last day of the Plan Year and a date that is not more than seven (7) days before the excess deferrals are distributed.

 

For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2008, the earnings or loss allocable to excess aggregate contributions will be determined through the end of the Plan Year to which such excess aggregate contributions relate, and the earnings or loss allocable to such excess aggregate contributions for the gap period will not be distributed or forfeited.

 

The Administrative Committee (on or before the fifteenth day of the third month following the end of the Plan Year but, in any event, before the end of the next Plan Year) shall direct the Trustee to distribute to the affected Highly Compensated Employees their portions of the excess aggregate contributions (and earnings allocable thereon) or, if forfeitable, forfeit such non-vested excess aggregate contributions. Vested Matching Contributions may not be forfeited to correct excess aggregate contributions; provided, however, an otherwise vested Matching Contribution may be forfeited if the ADP Contribution to which such Matching Contribution relates is an excess contribution (above the ADP limits of Code Section 401(k)(3)) or an excess deferral (above the annual dollar limit of Code Section 402(g)) or a Participant contribution that is an excess aggregate contribution.

 

Excess aggregate contributions are counted as Employer Contributions, for purposes of Code Sections 404 and 415, for the Plan Year when made, even if distributed from the Plan. In addition, forfeitures of excess Matching Contributions to satisfy the ACP Test are counted as annual additions under Code Section 415 for the Plan Year when made on behalf of the applicable Highly Compensated Employees from whose Accounts such amounts were forfeited. If forfeitures are re-allocated to Participants’ Accounts pursuant to Section 4.6 , such forfeitures are also treated as annual additions under Code Section 415 on behalf of such Participants for the Plan Year in which such amounts are re-allocated.


 
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(e) Mandatory Disaggregation of Certain Plans : Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 3.5 to the contrary, the Plan shall be operated in accordance with Section 1.401(k)-l(g)(11) of the Treasury Regulations concerning mandatory disaggregation of certain types of plans. Subject to all the requirements of Section 1.401(k)-l(g)(ll)(iii) of the Treasury Regulations, the following plans shall be treated as comprising separate plans:

 

(i) Plans benefiting collective bargaining unit employees . A plan that benefits employees (A) who are included in a unit of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement and (B) who are not included in such a collective bargaining unit, is treated as comprising separate plans.

 

(ii) ESOP and non-ESOPs . The portion of a plan that is an employee stock ownership plan described in Code Section 4975(e) or 409 (an ESOP) and the portion of the plan that is not an ESOP are treated as separate plans, except as otherwise permitted under Section 54.4975-11(e) of the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the portion of a plan that is an ESOP that provides for elective contributions and/or matching contributions may be aggregated with a plan that is not an ESOP for purposes of the ADP Test and the ACP Test, if applicable.

 

(iii) Plans benefiting employees of qualified separate lines of business . If an Employer is treated as operating qualified separate lines of business for purposes of Code Section 410(b), the portion of a plan that benefits employees of one qualified separate line of business is treated as a separate plan from the portions of the same plan that benefit employees of the other qualified separate lines of business of the Employer.

 

(iv) Plans maintained by more than one employer :

 

(A) Multiple employer plans . If the Plan benefits employees of more than one Employer and the employees are not included in a unit of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement (a multiple employer plan), the Plan will be treated as comprising separate plans each of which is maintained by a separate Employer.

 

(B) Multiemployer plans . The portion of a plan that benefits employees who are included in a collective bargaining unit, the portion of a plan that benefits employees who are included in another collective bargaining unit and the portion of a plan that benefits non-collective bargaining unit employees are all treated as separate plans. Consistent with Code Section 413(b), the portion of a plan that is maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement is treated as a single plan maintained by a single employer that employs all the employees benefiting under the same benefit computation formula and covered pursuant to that collective bargaining agreement. The non-collectively bargained portion of the plan is treated as maintained by one or more employers, depending on whether the non-collective bargaining unit employees who benefit under the plan are employed by one or more employers.

 

 
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3.6            Composition of and Deadline for Payment of Employer Contributions : Contributions shall be paid to the Trustee in cash. Any Elective Contributions, Catch-Up Contributions, Roth Contributions and Participant Contributions shall be paid to the Trustee within the time period required by ERISA. All other Contributions of an Employer for each Plan Year shall be paid to the Trustee in one or more installments as the Administrative Committee may from time to time determine; provided, however, a Contribution must be paid not later than the time prescribed by law for filing the Employer’s federal income tax return (including extensions thereof) for such Employer’s taxable year ending with or within the Plan Year if (a) the Contribution is treated by the Plan in the same manner that the Plan would treat a Contribution actually received on the last day of such taxable year and (b) either of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) the Employer designates the Contribution in writing as a payment on account of such taxable year, or (2) the Employer claims such Contribution as a deduction on its federal income tax return for such taxable year; and further provided, that to the extent required under regulations or other authority prescribed by the appropriate governmental authority, any Contributions which are to be taken into account for purposes of determining the ADP (defined in Section 3.5 ) shall be paid to the Trustee not later than the last day of the 12-month period that immediately follows the end of the Plan Year to which such Contributions pertain. To the extent required under regulations or other authority prescribed by the appropriate governmental authority, Matching Contributions which are taken into account for the ACP Test (defined in Section 3.5 ) shall similarly be paid to the Trustee not later than the last day of the 12-month period that immediately follows the end of the Plan Year to which such Contributions pertain.

 

3.7            Return of Contributions for Mistake, Disqualification or Disallowance of Deduction : The assets of the Trust Fund shall in no event be paid to or revert to any Employer or be used for any purpose other than the exclusive benefit of the Participants and their Beneficiaries and the reasonable expenses of administering the Plan except that:

 

(a) If an Employer makes a Contribution by mistake of fact, such mistaken Contribution may revert and be repaid to the Employer within one year after the payment of the Contribution;

 

(b) The Contribution for each Plan Year is conditioned on the Plan’s initial qualification under Code Section 401(a) and the Employer’s Contribution may revert and be repaid to the Employer within one year after the date of denial of the initial qualification of the Plan; and

 

(c) The Contribution is conditioned upon the deductibility thereof under Code Section 404 and, to the extent the deduction is disallowed, the Contribution may revert and be repaid to the Employer within one year after the disallowance of the deduction.
 
 
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In any case hereinabove described in clauses (a), (b), or (c) of this Section 3.7 , the Employer shall have, subject to the limitations set forth below, the authority and discretion to determine whether a Contribution, or any part thereof, shall revert and be repaid to it or shall instead remain a part of the Trust Fund. The amount which may be repaid to the Employer under clauses (a) or (c) of this Section 3.7 may not exceed the excess of (i) the amount contributed over (ii) the amount that would have been contributed had there not occurred a mistake of fact or a mistake in determining the deduction. Earnings attributable to such excess contribution shall not be repaid, and losses attributable thereto shall reduce the amount which may be returned. If the repayment of the amount attributable to the mistaken Contribution would cause the balance of any Participant’s Account to be reduced to less than the balance which would have been in the Account had the mistaken amount not been contributed, then the amount which may be repaid to the Employer shall be limited so as to avoid such reduction.

 

3.8           Qualified Military Service : Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with Code Section 414(u). Loan repayments may be suspended under the Plan as permitted under Code Section 414(u)(4).

 

ARTICLE IV

 

PARTICIPATION

 

4.1            Periodic Notification by Employer : As soon as practicable after each Plan Year (or such shorter period as may be prescribed by the Administrative Committee), each Employer shall submit to the Administrative Committee the amount of any Elective, Catch-Up, Roth, Participant, Employer Matching, Employer Profit Sharing, Employer Post-2013 Matching and/or Employer Safe Harbor Contributions that it made for the period then ended, the names of its Participants entitled to share in each type of Contribution, the number of years of Active Service of its Participants, the amount of Considered Compensation, and the amount of Base Compensation for each such Participant for such period.

 

4.2           Allocation of Contributions :

 

(a) Elective Contributions : Elective Contributions authorized by the Participant pursuant to an affirmative or a deemed Elective Contribution Agreement (and permitted under applicable limitations of the Plan) under Section 3.1(a) shall be allocated to the Participant’s Elective Contributions Account as soon as administratively practicable after the date that the Employer can reasonably segregate such amounts from its general assets.

 

(b) Roth Contributions : Roth Contributions authorized by a Participant (and permitted under applicable limitations of the Plan) under Section 3.1(b) shall be allocated to the Participant’s Roth Contributions Account as soon as administratively feasible after the date the Employer can reasonably segregate such amounts from its general assets.
 
 
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(c) Participant Contributions : Participant Contributions authorized by a Participant (and permitted under applicable limitations of the Plan) under Section 3.2 shall be allocated to the Participant’s Participant Contribution Account as soon as administratively feasible after such amounts can reasonably be segregated from the Employer’s general assets.

 

(d) Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions : Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions under Section 3.4(a)(2) shall be allocated to the Participant’s Post-2013 Employer Matching Contribution Account on behalf of each Participant who satisfies the requirements of Section 3.4(a)(2) . Such Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions shall be made by the Employer as soon as administratively feasible after the end of each month, but in no event later than the last day of the next Plan Year.

 

(e) Employer Safe Harbor Contributions : Employer Safe Harbor Contributions under Section 3.4(b) shall be allocated to each Participant’s Employer Safe Harbor Contributions Account as soon as administratively feasible after the last day of each month.

 

(f) Employer Profit Sharing Contributions : Employer Profit Sharing Contributions under Section 3.4(c) shall be allocated to the Participant’s Employer Profit Sharing Contributions Account on behalf of each Participant who satisfies the requirements of Section 3.4(c) and is employed by a business unit for which the Profit Sharing Contribution is made. Employer Profit Sharing Contributions shall be made by the Employer not later than the date set forth in Section 3.6 .

 

(g) Top-Heavy Minimum Contribution : Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the Plan is a Top Heavy Plan described in Article VII for the Plan Year, such portion of the Contribution (made pursuant to Section 3.4(e) ) shall be allocated among the Participants who are employed by an Employer on the last day of the Plan Year (including Participants who, except for Section 7.4 , may not otherwise be entitled to share in the allocation) as required to ensure that each such Participant is credited with an amount which when added to any other portion of the Contribution allocated to his Account will equal the minimum allocation required under Section 7.4 . Any such amount allocated hereunder shall be deemed to be an Employer Profit Sharing Contribution which is credited to the Participant’s Employer Profit Sharing Contributions Account.

 

(h) Restoration of Forfeited Amounts : The Administrative Committee shall allocate any Contribution (made in accordance with Section 3.4(d) ) to the Account required to be restored under Section 4.6 . The Administrative Committee shall temporarily hold any Contribution (made in accordance with Section 3.4(d) to restore an Account in accordance with Section 6.7 ) in an unallocated distribution account until it can be paid out as required by Section 6.7 . Distribution from the unallocated distribution account to the appropriate person shall be made as soon as administratively practicable.
 
 
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(i) PWA Contributions : PWA Contributions shall be allocated and credited to the Participant’s PWA Contributions Account on behalf of each Participant who satisfies the requirements of Section 3.4(g) . PWA Contributions after January 1, 2008 shall be made by the Employer as soon as administratively feasible after the end of each payroll period, but in no event later than the date set forth in Section 3.6 .

 

4.3           Limitation on Additions to Account :

 

Capitalized terms used in this Section 4.3 which are not otherwise defined in Article I are defined in Section 4.3(c) .

 

(a) Participant Covered Solely in This Plan : This Section 4.3(a) applies only if the Participant does not participate in, and has never participated in, another qualified plan, a welfare benefit fund, as defined in Code Section 419(e), or an individual medical account, as defined in Code Section 415(1)(2), maintained by the Employer, which provides an Annual Addition.

 

(i) If the Participant does not participate in, and has never participated in another qualified plan, a welfare benefit fund (as defined in Code Section 419(e)), or an individual medical account (as defined in Code Section 415(1)(2)), maintained by the Employer, the amount of Annual Additions which may be credited to the Participant’s Account as of any allocation date for any Limitation Year will not exceed the lesser of (1) the Maximum Permissible Amount or (2) any other limitation contained in the Plan. If the Employer Contribution that would otherwise be contributed or allocated to the Participant’s Account would cause the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount, the amount contributed or allocated will be reduced so that the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year will equal the Maximum Permissible Amount.

 

(ii) Prior to the determination of the Participant’s actual Compensation for a Limitation Year, the Employer may determine the Maximum Permissible Amount on the basis of a reasonable estimation of the Participant’s annual Compensation for such Limitation Year, uniformly determined for all Participants similarly situated.

 

(iii) As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the Maximum Permissible Amount for such Limitation Year shall be determined on the basis of the Participant’s actual Compensation for such Limitation Year.

 

(iv) If the Annual Additions which would be credited to a Participant’s Account under the Plan for a Limitation Year would nonetheless exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount for such Participant for such year, the Excess Amounts which, but for this Section, would have been allocated to such Participant’s Account shall be corrected in accordance with correction procedures provided under the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System in Revenue Procedure 2013-12, or any such subsequent guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service.

 
 
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(b) Participant Covered Under Another Defined Contribution Plan : This Section 4.3(b) applies if, in addition to the Plan, the Participant is covered under another qualified plan which is a defined contribution plan, a welfare benefit fund, as defined in Code Section 419(e), or an individual medical account, as defined in Code Section 415(f)(2), maintained by the Employer during any Limitation Year, which provides an Annual Addition during the Limitation Year.

 

(i) The Annual Additions which may be credited to a Participant’s Account under the Plan for any such Limitation Year will not exceed the lesser of (1) the Maximum Permissible Amount reduced by the Annual Additions credited to a Participant’s account under the other plans, welfare benefit funds and individual medical accounts for the same Limitation Year or (2) any other limitation contained in the Plan. If the Annual Additions with respect to the Participant under other defined contribution plans, welfare benefit funds, and individual medical accounts, maintained by the Employer are less than the Maximum Permissible Amount and the Employer Contribution that would otherwise be contributed or allocated to the Participant’s Account under the Plan would cause the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed this limitation, the amount contributed or allocated will be reduced so that the Annual Additions under all such plans and funds for the Limitation Year will equal the Maximum Permissible Amount. If the Annual Additions with respect to the Participant under such other defined contribution plans, welfare benefit funds, and individual medical accounts, in the aggregate, are equal to or greater than the Maximum Permissible Amount, no amount will be contributed or allocated to the Participant’s Account under the Plan for the Limitation Year.

 

(ii) Prior to determining the Participant’s actual Compensation for the Limitation Year, the Employer may determine the Maximum Permissible Amount in the manner described in Section 4.3(a)(ii) .

 

(iii) As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the Maximum Permissible Amount for the Limitation Year shall be determined on the basis of the Participant’s actual Compensation for such Limitation Year.
 
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(iv) If an Excess Amount was allocated to a Participant’s Account on an allocation date of the Plan which coincides with an allocation date of another plan, the Excess Amount attributed to the Plan will be the product of:

 

(1) the total Excess Amount allocated as of such date, multiplied by

 

(2) the ratio of (A) the Annual Additions allocated to the Participant’s Account for the Limitation Year as of such date under the Plan, divided by (B) the total Annual Additions allocated to the Participant’s Account for the Limitation Year as of such date under the Plan and all other qualified defined contribution plans.

 

(v) Any Excess Amounts attributed to the Plan shall be corrected as provided in Section 4.3(a)(iv) .

 

(c) Definitions : For purposes of this Section 4.3 , the following terms shall be defined as follows:

 

(i) Annual Addition — With respect to any Participant, an Annual Addition for the Limitation Year shall be the sum of (1) all Elective Contributions (except Catch-Up Elective Contributions), Roth Contributions and Participant Contributions; (2) all Employer Contributions allocated to his Account; and (3) any forfeitures allocated to his Account. Contributions do not fail to be Annual Additions merely because they are excess deferrals (described in Section 3.1 ), Excess Employer Contributions above the ADP limits (described in Section 3.5 ), or excess aggregate contributions above the ACP limits (described in Section 3.5) ; provided, however, excess deferrals which are timely distributed by April 15 following the year of deferral to the applicable Participant pursuant to Section 3.1 are not Annual Additions.

 

Amounts allocated to an individual medical account, as defined in Code Section 415(1), which is part of a defined benefit plan maintained by the Employer, are treated as Annual Additions to a defined contribution plan. Also, amounts derived from contributions paid or accrued which are attributable to postretirement medical benefits allocated to the separate account of a key employee (as defined in Code Section 419A(d)(3)) under a welfare benefit fund (as defined in Code Section 419(e)) maintained by the Employer, are treated as Annual Additions to a defined contribution plan.

 

(ii) Compensation — For each Limitation Year, Compensation means Considered Compensation, excluding amounts paid after a Participant’s severance from employment date, except as provided in this paragraph. For this purpose, payments made not later than the later of (a) 2/4 months after the Participant’s severance from service date or (b) the end of the Limitation Year in which the severance from service date occurs and that are regular wages that would have been paid to the Participant if his employment had not been severed for services provided during regular working hours, overtime, commissions, bonuses or similar compensation. Payments made to a Participant in qualified military service, to the extent the amount does not exceed the amount that would have been paid if the Participant had not entered into military service will be considered to be Compensation. Payment of any other post-severance compensation, including (i) severance pay, (ii) Code Section 280G parachute payments, and (iii) nonqualified deferred compensation that would not have been paid but for the severance from employment, will not be considered to be Compensation for this purpose.
 
 
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(iii) Employer — The Employer that adopts the Plan. In the case of a group of Employers which constitutes a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b) as modified by Code Section 415(h)) or which constitutes trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) which are under common control (as defined in Code Section 414(c) as modified by Code Section 415(h)) or all members of an affiliated service group (as defined in Code Section 414(m)) or any other entity required to be aggregated with the Employer pursuant to regulations under Code Section 414(o), all such Employers shall be considered a single Employer for purposes of applying the limitations of this Section 4.3 .
 
(iv) Excess Amount — The excess of the Annual Additions credited to the Participant’s Account for the Limitation Year over the Maximum Permissible Amount.

 

(v) Limitation Year — The 12-consecutive month period which begins on the first day of the Plan Year and anniversaries thereof. All qualified plans maintained by the Employer must use the same Limitation Year. If the Limitation Year is amended to a different 12-consecutive month period, the new Limitation Year must begin on a date within the Limitation Year in which the amendment is made.

 

(vi) Maximum Permissible Amount — The Maximum Permissible Amount with respect to any Participant shall be the lesser of (1) $40,000 (as adjusted) or (2) except as otherwise provided below, 100 percent of his actual Compensation for the Limitation Year. Effective on January 1 of the calendar year prescribed in Code Section 415(d) and each January 1 thereafter, the $40,000 limit above will be automatically adjusted to the new dollar limitation determined by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for that calendar year in accordance with applicable provisions of Code Sections 415(b), 415(c) and 415(d). The new limitation will apply to Limitation Years ending within the calendar year of the date of the adjustment. The 100 percent of actual Compensation limitation referred to above shall not apply to any contribution for medical benefits (within the meaning of Code Section 401(h) or Code Section 419A(f)(2)) after separation from service which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition, or to any other amount otherwise treated as an Annual Addition under Code Section 415(1)(1) or 419A(d)(2).
 
 
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If a short Limitation Year is created because of an amendment changing the limitation to a different 12-consecutive month period, the Maximum Permissible Amount shall not exceed the defined contribution dollar limitation for the short Limitation Year determined as follows: the dollar limitation in effect for the calendar year in which the short Limitation Year ends will be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the short Limitation Year, and the denominator of which is 12.

 

4.4           Valuation of Trust Fund : The fair market value of each Participant’s Account shall be determined as of each Valuation Date. The determination of the fair market value of a Participant’s Account shall reflect its allocable share of the investment earnings or losses of the Trust Fund.

 

4.5           Determination of Income or Loss and Appreciation or Depreciation : For purposes of allocations of income or loss and appreciation or depreciation of the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 4.4 , each Participant’s Accounts shall be divided into subaccounts to reflect such Participant’s investment designation in a particular investment fund pursuant to Section 4.10 . As of each Valuation Date, the allocable share of the investment earnings or losses of each investment fund, separately and respectively, since the next preceding Valuation Date shall be allocated among the corresponding subaccounts of the Participants. With respect to each Participant whose employment is terminated for any reason, so long as there is any balance in his Account, such Account shall continue to receive allocations of investment earnings or losses pursuant to this Section 4.5 .

 

4.6           Forfeitures and Allocation Thereof :

 

(a) General Rule : In the event that a Participant terminates employment with any Employer and all Affiliated Employers, his vested interest in his Account balances will be paid (or deemed to be paid in the case of a nonvested Participant, as described below) in accordance with this Section 4.6 and Section 6.6 , and any nonvested amount shall be immediately forfeited at such time as is provided under subsequent provisions of this Section 4.6 . All forfeitures shall be applied not later than the last day of the Plan Year immediately following the Plan Year in which the forfeiture occurred (i) first to reinstate any Account required to be reinstated during the Plan Year under the subsequent provisions of this Section 4.6 and then (ii) used to pay the administrative expenses of the Plan and Trust to the extent not inconsistent with ERISA and/or applied to reduce the amount of any Employer Contributions.

 

Otherwise vested Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions shall be forfeited if the Contributions to which such matching contributions are attributable are (i) excess deferrals over the dollar limit prescribed in Code Section 402(g) ( Section 3.1(c) ) or (ii) Excess Employer Contributions over the ADP limit ( Section 3.5(a)) . Any forfeitures that result from excess matching contributions described in the immediately preceding sentence shall be allocated in accordance with the procedures described in the first paragraph of this Section 4.6 ; provided, however, no such forfeitures will be allocated back to the Participants’ Accounts from which such forfeitures were taken.

 
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(b) Actual and Deemed Cash-outs of Nonvested or Partially Vested Accounts After the Participant’s Termination of Employment; Reinstatement of such Accounts: With respect to any Participant who terminates employment with the Employer and all Affiliated Employers and (i) has a vested interest in his Employer Matching Contributions Account, his PWA Contributions Account, and/or his Employer Profit Sharing Contributions Account (collectively referred to herein as the “Vesting Account”) that is less than one hundred percent (100%) and (ii) pursuant to Section 6.6 , receives a distribution (including a direct rollover pursuant to Section 6.6(b) ) of the full amount of his entire vested interest in his Vesting Account in the form of a lump sum distribution, which distribution includes the full amount of his entire vested interest in his Vesting Account, then the nonvested amount credited to his Vesting Account shall become a forfeiture as of the distribution date. In the event that a partially vested terminated Participant who received a distribution resumes employment covered under the Plan, his Vesting Account shall be restored pursuant to Section 4.6(c) if he repays to the Trustee the full amount of such distribution attributable to such Vesting Account prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which the Participant incurs a period of five (5) consecutive one-year periods of severance or (ii) five (5) years after the first date that he is subsequently re-employed by the Employer.

 

If a Participant terminates service and has a zero percent (0%) vested interest in his Vesting Account, such Participant will be deemed to have received a distribution of his entire vested interest (i.e., $0) in his Employer Vesting Account on the date his employment terminated and the entire nonvested and forfeitable amount credited to his Vesting Account shall become a forfeiture as of the date his employment terminated. If a terminated Participant had a zero percent (0%) vested interest in his Vesting Account at the time of his termination of employment and such non-vested Participant resumes employment covered under the Plan prior to incurring a period of five (5) consecutive one year periods of severance, such reemployed Participant shall be deemed to have repaid a distribution of zero dollars on the date of his reemployment with the Employer and his Vesting Account shall be restored pursuant to Section 4.6(c) .

 

(c) Amount and Timing of Restoration of Accounts : With respect to Vesting Accounts which are entitled to be restored as a result of compliance with the requirements of Section 4.6(b) , the amount to be restored under this Section 4.6(c) shall be the amount credited to the Participant’s Vesting Account, both the vested and the nonvested portions, immediately prior to the rehired Participant’s distribution date (or deemed distribution), unadjusted by any subsequent investment earnings or losses. Such restoration shall be made as soon as administratively practicable after the later of (i) the date the Participant resumes employment covered under the Plan or (ii) the date on which any required repayment is completed. The restoration shall be effective as of the end of the Plan Year (or other period designated by the Administrative Committee) coincident with or next following the occurrence of the event which gives rise to the restoration of the Participant’s Vesting Account.
 
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Except as otherwise provided above, a Participant’s Vesting Account shall not be restored upon resumption of employment covered under the Plan. Any portion of the Trust Fund attributable to periods prior to resumption of employment by a Participant whose Vesting Account has not been restored shall be held and distributed in accordance with applicable provisions of the Plan. Separate accounts may be established and maintained for Contributions allocable to such a Participant after his resumption of employment covered under the Plan.

 

(d) Cash-outs of Fully Vested Accounts After the Participant’s Termination of Employment; Non-Reinstatement of Such Accounts : With respect to any Participant (i) who terminates employment with any Employer and all Affiliated Employers, (ii) who has a vested interest in his Vesting Account equal to 100% and (iii) who received a distribution from his Vesting Account in the form of a lump sum distribution by the close of the second Plan Year following the Plan Year in which his employment terminated, which distribution includes the full amount of his entire vested interest in his Employer Vesting Account, shall not be permitted to repay to the Trustee the full amount of such distribution attributable to Employer Contributions to restore his Vesting Account.

 

(e) Deferred Distributions of Partially Vested Accounts : With respect to a Participant (i) who terminates employment with any Employer and all Affiliated Employers with greater than a zero percent (0%), but less than a one hundred percent (100%), vested interest in his Vesting Account and (ii) who is not otherwise subject to the forfeiture provisions of Sections 4.6(b) above, the forfeitable portion of such terminated Participant’s Vesting Account shall be forfeited on the date on which such Participant incurs a period of five (5) consecutive one-year periods of severance from Active Service.

 

(f) Investment of Nonforfeitable Portion of Employer Account : If Participants are permitted to direct the investment of their Accounts in accordance with Section 4.10 , a terminated Participant shall be entitled to direct the investment of his Account until distribution of his Account balance in accordance with Article VI .

 

4.7          Effective Date of Allocations and Adjustments : The Administrative Committee will credit to each eligible Participant’s Account his portion of the Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions, Employer Safe Harbor Contributions, PWA Contributions, and, if applicable, Employer Profit Sharing Contributions, so, that all such contributions will be credited to each such Participant’s Account as of the end of the Plan Year (or such shorter accounting period as may be prescribed by the Administrative Committee) for which they are attributable.

 

Any amounts contributed to a Participant’s Rollover Account shall be credited as soon as administratively feasible after such Rollover Contribution is made.

 
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4.8           Accounting for Transferred Participant : In the case of a Participant whose active employment is transferred from the Employer to another Affiliated Employer, or whose employment is transferred from another Affiliated Employer to the Employer, the Administrative Committee, as of the date that the Participant is transferred or as soon as administratively practical thereafter, shall transfer on the Plan’s accounting recordkeeping system such Participant’s Account and any notes evidencing participant loans so that it will be reflected as being attributable to the employer with whom such employee is currently employed.

 

4.9           No Vesting Unless Otherwise Prescribed : No allocations, adjustments, credits or transfers shall ever vest in any Participant any right, title or interest in the Trust Fund except at the times and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.

 

4.10         Investment Elections with respect to Commingled Funds :

 

(a) Investment Funds Established : The assets of the Plan shall be invested at the election of Participants in one or more categories of assets (which conform to any portfolio standards and guidelines established by the Trustee), as may be determined from time to time by the Investment Subcommittee and made available on a nondiscriminatory basis to all Participants subject to the provisions of this Section 4.10 . The Plan Sponsor, in its corporate or settlor capacity, has directed that one of the investment alternatives that are made available to Participants under the Plan shall include a fund that invests primarily in the common stock of the Plan Sponsor, and none of the Plan Administrator, any Committee or any other Plan fiduciary shall have any authority or ability to remove such fund from the investment alternatives of the Plan.

 

(b) Election Procedures Established : Each Participant may designate the percentage of his Account (as such Account presently exists and the percentage of future Contributions, if any, to be allocated to such Account) to be invested in one or more designated mutual funds or other asset categories. Each Participant may change his investment elections for his current Account balance and/or future Contributions at such times as prescribed by the Administrative Committee, in its discretion. Any such change, when made, shall continue to be effective for all succeeding investments of Contributions until revoked or changed in a like manner.

 

The rules established and the discretion exercised by the Administrative Committee hereunder shall apply to all Participants on a nondiscriminatory basis. Furthermore, the rules pertaining to investment funds, election procedures and such other matters affecting the rights of Participants to direct the investment of all or a prescribed portion of their Account balances, as such rules are established by the Administrative Committee and in effect from time to time, shall be communicated to Participants in the summary plan description or by other appropriate notice so that Participants have appropriate information to make informed investment decisions within the parameters established by such rules.


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If a Participant does not make an affirmative investment election, the Trustee will invest the Participant’s Accounts in a default investment option that is intended to meet the requirements for a “qualified default investment alternative” as defined in ERISA Section 404(c).

 

Each Participant, at any time in his complete discretion, may direct that the portion of his Account that is invested in Company Stock shall be divested and reinvested into any other investment option that is available under the Trust. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, investments or reinvestments into Company Stock or any other investment funds available under the Plan may be subject to restrictions that the Administrative Committee, in its discretion, may establish from time to time to prevent excessive trading which could be detrimental to or otherwise adversely affect other Participants who make similar investments; provided, however, that (A) such restrictions shall not prevent a Participant from divesting an existing investment in Company Stock and (B) none of the Plan Administrator, any Committee or any other Plan fiduciary shall have any authority or ability to establish any restrictions on the Company Stock fund required by Section 4.10(a) for a purpose other than preventing excessive trading which could be detrimental to investments in such fund. Any transactions involving Company Stock are subject to (i) all applicable procedures established under the Plan for transactions and (ii) all applicable laws and requirements governing insider trading including, without limitation, securities laws and regulations.

 

(c) Allocations Attributable to Directed Investments in Commingled Funds : Each valuation and determination of income or loss and appreciation or depreciation allocable to each such Participant’s Account with respect to each investment fund shall be administered in accordance with Sections 4.4 and 4.5 .

 

(d) Section 404(c) of ERISA : Except as may otherwise be prescribed by the Administrative Committee, categories of assets, election procedures and other rules relating to investment elections under this Section 4.10 are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 404(c) of ERISA.

 

4.11        Special Transition Rule : Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the Plan is retroactively effective with respect to any Plan Year (or other applicable accounting period) of a Prior Plan, the Account of any individual who was a Participant during such Plan Year (or other applicable accounting period) shall be credited with any Employer Contributions and forfeitures under the Plan attributable to such accounting period, if such Participant’s Account would have been entitled to such an allocation under the Prior Plan immediately prior to the later of (i) the adoption of or (ii) the effective date of the amendment, restatement and continuation of the Prior Plan under the form of the Plan. In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the Participant described in the preceding sentence would have been so entitled under the Prior Plan immediately prior to the later of (i) the adoption of or (ii) the effective date of, its amendment, restatement and continuation under the form of the Plan, the Account of such Participant shall be charged or credited, in accordance with the terms of the Prior Plan, with its proportionate share of the allocable investment earnings or losses attributable to such accounting period.


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ARTICLE V

 

RETIREMENT

 

5.1           Normal Retirement : A Participant may retire on the date he attains his normal retirement age. A Participant’s normal retirement age shall be his sixty-fifth (65th) birthday, at which time he shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested in his entire Account. For Eligible Employees who previously participated in the KMG Plan prior to December 29, 2006, “Normal Retirement Date” means the earlier of the date on which the Participant terminates employment as an Employee (i) by the retirement of the Participant under the terms and conditions of a defined benefit plan maintained by the Employer under which the Participant is entitled to an immediate retirement benefit or (ii) the date the Participant attains age 65. For Eligible Employees who participated in the Western Gas Plan prior to December 29, 2006, the Normal Retirement Date is the date the Participant attains age 60.

 

5.2           Late Retirement : A Participant may continue his employment after he attains normal retirement age and retire on a date thereafter.

 

5.3           Rights of Participants and Prohibition of Unauthorized Distribution : Until a Participant retires or otherwise terminates employment service, he shall be accorded all rights as a Participant under the Plan; provided however; subject to Section 6.8 , he shall receive no distribution until he actually retires or otherwise becomes entitled to a distribution under Article VI.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

 

Subject to the special transition rule of Section 4.11 , distributions under the Trust shall be made to Participants, former spouses and other alternate payees under a QDRO pursuant to Section 6.11 . Beneficiaries, executors or administrators, as the case may be, only upon the following conditions and in the manner specified.

 

6.1          Death Benefit : On the death of a Participant prior to his termination of employment, his death benefit shall be (a) 100% of the amount credited to his Account as of the Valuation Date for which the last valuation was made coincident with or next preceding the date of the Participant’s death, (b) an amount equal to any Contributions made after such Valuation Date and allocated to his Account, and (c) to the extent that the Participant’s Account has any undistributed balance which has not been paid as of the end of the applicable accounting period (for which the last valuation was made), that portion of the periodic adjustments and allocations required by Article IV to be credited to his Account. On the death of a Participant after his termination of employment, his death benefit shall be (i) the vested portion of the amount credited to his Account as of the Valuation Date for which the last valuation was made coincident with or next preceding the date of the Participant’s death and (ii) to the extent that the Participant’s Account has any undistributed balance which has not been paid as of the end of the applicable accounting period (for which the last valuation was made), that portion of the periodic adjustments and allocations required by Article IV to be credited to his Account. In accordance with Section 6.10 , the death benefit shall be reduced by any security interest held by the Plan by reason of any outstanding loan to the Participant. Effective as of January 1, 2007, if the Participant should die performing qualified military service (as defined in Code Section 414(u)), such Participant shall be deemed to have been reemployed at the time of death for purposes of determining the amount of any death benefit that would be applicable hereunder (other than benefit accruals relating to the period of qualified military service, except to the extent otherwise specified in the Plan).

 
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The death benefit shall be paid to the Participant’s surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse or the surviving spouse consents in the manner described below, to such Participant’s designated Beneficiary (other than such surviving spouse). Effective as of June 26, 2013, the term “spouse” where used in the Plan includes an individual of the same sex as the Participant if the Participant and such individual validly entered into a marriage in a domestic or foreign jurisdiction whose laws authorize the marriage of two individuals of the same sex and if the couple is domiciled in a jurisdiction that recognizes the validity of same sex marriages and, effective as of September 16, 2013, the term “spouse” where used in the Plan includes an individual of the same sex as the Participant if the Participant and such individual validly entered into a marriage in a domestic or foreign jurisdiction whose laws authorize the marriage of two individuals of the same sex, even if the couple is domiciled in a jurisdiction that does not recognize the validity of same-sex marriages. At any time, subject to the following provisions of this Section 6.1 , each Participant shall have the right to designate any Beneficiary or Beneficiaries to receive his death benefit and shall have the unrestricted right to revoke any such designation; provided, however, subject to the subsequent provisions hereof which permit the spouse to consent to the Participant’s waiver of the requirements of this sentence, any new designation of a Beneficiary (other than the Participant’s spouse) by a Participant who is lawfully married in a domestic or foreign jurisdiction (or deemed to be married under applicable state law) shall require a new spousal consent, except as provided below. Each such Beneficiary designation or revocation by a Participant shall be evidenced by a written instrument which shall be (i) limited to a benefit for at least one specific Beneficiary (including a nonspouse Beneficiary, or a class of Beneficiaries or contingent Beneficiaries), (ii) filed with and accepted by the Administrative Committee, and (iii) signed by the Participant.

 

With respect to any Participant who is lawfully married in a domestic or foreign jurisdiction (or deemed to be married under applicable state law), any such Participant’s designation of a Beneficiary (other than the Participant’s spouse) to receive any portion of such death benefit shall be deemed to be ineffective, unless the Participant’s spouse consents to such designation and acknowledges the effect of such election, which consent and acknowledgment shall be evidenced by a written instrument which shall be (a) limited to a benefit for at least one specific Beneficiary which may not be changed without spousal consent (or the spouse’s consent expressly permits at least one additional designation of another Beneficiary without any requirement of further consent by such spouse if such spouse’s consent expressly acknowledges that a more limited consent could be provided), (b) filed with and accepted by the Administrative Committee, (iii) signed by the spouse, and (iv) bear the signature of a representative designated by the Administrative Committee or a Notary Public as witness to the signature. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, a Participant’s designation of a Beneficiary (other than the Participant’s spouse) shall be effective if it is established to the satisfaction of the Administrative Committee that the consent required in the preceding sentence cannot be obtained because (i) there is no spouse, (ii) the spouse cannot be located, (iii) the Participant has provided a duly certified copy of a court order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction which recognizes that the Participant is legally separated or has been abandoned (under applicable local law) and the Administrative Committee has not received a certified copy of a qualified domestic relations order (described in Code Section 414(p)) which requires spousal consent, or (iv) there exists such other circumstance (as are prescribed under Code Sections 401(a)(ll) and 417(a)(2)) which obviate the necessity of obtaining the consent described in the preceding sentence. In addition, if the surviving spouse is not legally competent to give consent, such spouse’s legal guardian, who may be the Participant, may give the required consent. Any consent by a Participant’s spouse (or establishment that the consent of a Participant’s spouse cannot be obtained) shall be effective only with respect to such spouse.

 
 
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Notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, any spousal consent which expressly acknowledges that a more limited consent could be provided may expressly provide that the spouse consents to the designation by the Participant of any Beneficiary (or any number of specified Beneficiaries) without any requirement of further consent by the spouse and, in such event, no further spousal consent shall be required, provided that any change of Beneficiary by the Participant does not exceed any limit contained in the spouse’s consent on such Participant’s right to change his Beneficiary. Any spousal consent shall be deemed to be revocable unless it is expressly made irrevocable at the election of the Participant’s spouse.

 

Any designation of a Beneficiary (other than the Participant’s spouse) which otherwise meets the above requirements of this Section shall become inoperative in the event that (a) the Participant subsequently legally marries in a domestic or foreign jurisdiction (or subsequently is deemed to be married under applicable state law), (b) any missing spouse is located, or (c) any other circumstance which earlier precluded the necessity of obtaining consent of the Participant’s spouse no longer exists. If no designation of Beneficiary is on file with the Administrative Committee at the time of the Participant’s death, or if the Administrative Committee for any reason determines that such designation is ineffective, then, subject to the second paragraph above of this Section, such Participant’s spouse, if then living, or if not, then the executor, administrator or other personal representative of the estate of such Participant or, if there is no administration of such Participant’s estate, the Participant’s heirs-at-law under the laws of the state of such Participant’s domicile, shall be conclusively deemed to be the Beneficiary designated to receive such Participant’s death benefit. A Participant’s Beneficiary designation shall be ineffective in the event that all of the Beneficiary(ies) designated by the Participant predecease the Participant and, in such case the Participant’s death benefit, if any, payable under the Plan shall be paid as provided in the preceding sentence. If the Administrative Committee determines that a Participant’s Beneficiary designation is effective, but the situation is present in which one or more, but not all, of the Beneficiary(ies) of the same type (primary or contingent, as applicable) designated by a deceased Participant predecease the Participant, the portion of the Participant’s death benefit, if any, payable under the Plan with respect to such predeceased Beneficiary(ies) shall be paid as follows:

 

(i) If the death benefit payable to an individual predeceased Beneficiary does not exceed $50,000, then such death benefit shall be paid to the Participant’s executor or administrator of his estate, or his heirs-at-law under the laws of the state of the Participant’s domicile if there is no administration of such Participant’s estate; and

 
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(ii) If the death benefit payable to an individual predeceased Beneficiary equals or exceeds $50,000, then such death benefit shall be paid to such Beneficiary’s executor or administrator of his estate, or his heirs-at-law under the laws of the state of the Beneficiary’s domicile if there is no administration of such Beneficiary’s estate.

 

Any designation of the Participant’s spouse as the Beneficiary of his Account shall be automatically voided by a subsequent dissolution of that marriage.

 

The provisions of this Section 6.1 are intended to comply with the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(ll) and 417(a)(2). To the extent any provision hereof is inconsistent with the preceding sentence, such provision shall be deemed to be inoperative and the Plan shall be operated in a manner which complies with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence.

 

Whenever the Trustee is authorized under the Plan or by a designation of Beneficiary to pay funds to a minor or an incompetent, the Trustee shall be authorized to pay such funds to a parent of such minor, to a guardian of such minor or incompetent, or directly to such minor, or to apply such funds for the benefit of such minor or incompetent in such manner as the Administrative Committee may in writing direct. The Trustee, Administrative Committee, and Employer shall be fully discharged with respect to any payment made in accordance with the preceding sentence.

 

No spouse or Beneficiary shall be entitled to receive a benefit from the Plan if such person would be disqualified from inheriting any assets with respect to the Participant under the laws of the state of the Participant’s domicile because he brought about the death of the Participant. In such event, the Participant’s Beneficiary shall be determined under this Section 6.1 disregarding any such disqualified person.

 

6.2          Retirement Benefit : Upon the retirement of a Participant at or after his normal retirement age pursuant to Section 5.1 , his retirement benefit shall be (a) 100% of the amount credited to his Account as of the Valuation Date (for which the last valuation was made) coincident with or next preceding his retirement, (b) an amount equal to any Contributions made after such Valuation Date that are allocated to his Account, and (c) to the extent that his Account has any undistributed balance which has not been paid as of the end of the applicable accounting period (for which the last valuation was made), that portion of the periodic adjustments and allocations required by Article IV to be credited to his Account. In accordance with Section 6.10 , the retirement benefit shall be reduced by any security interest held by the Plan by reason of any outstanding loan to the Participant.

 
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6.3           Total and Permanent Disability Benefit : In the event that the Administrative Committee determines that a Participant’s employment was terminated due to his Total and Permanent Disability, his disability benefit shall be (a) 100% of the amount credited to his Account as of the Valuation Date (for which the last valuation was made) coincident with or next preceding such determination, (b) an amount equal to any Contributions made after such Valuation Date that are allocated to his Account, and (c) to the extent that his Account has any undistributed balance which has not been paid as of the end of the applicable accounting period (for which the last valuation was made), that portion of the periodic adjustments and allocations required by Article IV to be credited to his Account. The determination of the Administrative Committee shall be final and conclusive with respect to all persons and entities. In accordance with Section 6.10 , the disability benefit shall be reduced by any security interest held by the Plan by reason of any outstanding loan to the Participant.

 

6.4           Severance Benefit : Upon a Participant’s severance from employment with the Employer and all Affiliated Employers for any reason other than death, normal retirement pursuant to Section 5.1 , or Total and Permanent Disability, his benefit payable under the Plan shall be an amount equal to the sum of: (a) 100% of the total amount credited to his Elective Contributions Account, Roth Contributions Account, Participant Contribution Account, Employer Safe Harbor Contributions Account, Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions Account, and Rollover Account (including any subaccounts) as of the Valuation Date (for which the last valuation was made) coincident with or next preceding the date of such Participant’s severance, and any Contributions, Rollover Contributions or direct transfers made by or on his behalf after such Valuation Date which are allocated to any of the above-listed accounts; (b) the vested percentage of the total amount credited to his Vesting Accounts (including any subaccounts thereunder), as of such Valuation Date, together with the vested percentage of the amount of any Contributions made on his behalf after such Valuation Date which are allocated to his Vesting Accounts, as such vesting percentage is shown in the Vesting Schedule set out below for the number of whole years of Active Service credited to the Participant prior to his severance of employment; and (c) to the extent that the Participant’s Account has any undistributed balance which has not been paid as of the Valuation Date (for which the last valuation was made), that portion (to the extent vested) of the periodic adjustments and allocations required by Article IV to be credited to his Account. In accordance with Section 6.10 , the benefit payable under this Section 6.4 shall be reduced by any security interest held by the Plan by reason of any outstanding loan to the Participant. All Participants who complete an Hour of Service on or after October 12, 2006, shall be fully vested in their Employer Matching Contributions Accounts. The vested percentage of the Vesting Accounts of each Participant who does not complete an Hour of Service after October 12, 2006 shall be determined in accordance with the applicable vesting schedules that were effective prior to October 12, 2006.

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Profit sharing contributions that were transferred to this Plan from the Howell Corporation qualified retirement plan and credited to the Participant’s transferred Profit Sharing Contributions Account shall continue to vest in accordance with the following vesting schedule:

 

Years of Active Service   Vesting Percentage
     
One Year of Active Service   20%
Two Years of Active Service   40%
Three Years of Active Service   60%
Four Years of Active Service   80%
Five Years of Active Service   100%

 

All other Employer Profit Sharing Contributions Accounts, including the profit sharing contribution accounts transferred from the Western Gas Plan, shall vest in accordance with the following vesting schedule:

 

Years of Active Service   Vesting Percentage
     
One Year of Active Service   33%
Two Years of Active Service   66%
Three Years of Active Service   100%

 

If the undistributed Profit Sharing Account of a former employee in the Western Gas Plan is transferred to the Plan as a result of the merger of the Western Gas Plan into the Plan, the Participant’s vested interest in such transferred Profit Sharing Account shall be equal to the Participant’s vested interest as of his date of termination of employment with his employer under the terms of the Western Gas Plan.

 

All PWA Contributions shall vest in accordance with the following vesting schedule:

 

Years of Active Service   Vesting Percentage
     
One Year of Active Service   0%
Two Years of Active Service   0%
Three Years of Active Service   100%

 

The above vesting schedules are subject to automatic 100% vesting in the event of a full or partial termination of the Plan in accordance with the requirements of Section 10.5 . The amount credited to such Participant’s Account which is not vested upon distribution shall be forfeited and applied as provided in Section 4.6 .

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing vesting schedule for PWA Contributions, a Participant’s PWA Contributions Account will become fully vested if his employment is terminated due to a Qualifying Termination. For this purpose, the term “Qualifying Termination” means an involuntary termination of the Participant’s employment with the Employer and all its Affiliates due to elimination of the Participant’s position, or at the convenience or discretion of the Employer as authorized by the Plan Sponsor’s Vice President of Human Resources.

 

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The Plan Administrator will determine, in its discretion, whether there has been a Qualifying Termination, and all such determinations shall be made on a basis that does not discriminate in favor of the Highly Compensated Employees.

 

Subject to the foregoing accelerated vesting rules, if a Participant terminates employment when his PWA Contributions Account or his Employer Profit Sharing Account is not fully vested, the nonvested portion of such Account will be forfeited on the earlier of (i) the date of distribution of the vested portion of the Participant’s Account balance or (ii) the date the Participant incurs five (5) consecutive one-year periods of severance from Active Service.

 

Any Participant who was actively employed by Western Gas Resources, Inc. as of August 23, 2006 and who is terminated on any date thereafter as a result of either (i) a constructive termination or (ii) a not for cause termination, shall be fully vested in all of his Accounts under the Plan. For this purpose, “constructive termination” means an involuntary relocation of the Participant by the Employer to a new principal place of business more than 25 miles from such Participant’s primary place of business as of August 23, 2006. The term “not for cause termination” means the involuntary termination of the Participant’s employment by the Employer other than for cause, as determined by the Employer. For this purpose, “cause” means (i) deliberate or intentional failure by the Participant to perform his material employment duties, including, without limitation, Participant’s intentional refusal to act upon a reasonable instruction of management; (ii) the Participant’s engaging in willful misconduct, gross neglect, or fraudulent acts; or (iii) a conviction of, or a plea of nolo contendere, a guilty plea or confession by the Participant for or to an act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement, or for or to any felony.

 

6.5           Accounting for Distributions; Offsets in Special Circumstances : Subject to Section 4.6 concerning restoration of Participants’ Accounts and to Section 4.10 concerning individual investment direction, any distribution of benefits under the Plan (and any forfeitures arising incident thereto) shall be subtracted from the affected Participant’s Account balance as of the Valuation Date coincident with or next preceding the date on which such distribution was paid. Moreover, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if after a Participant terminates employment with the Employer and all Affiliated Employers, such person is (a) reemployed by an Employer after receiving a distribution pursuant to Section 6.6 and again becomes eligible for participation in the Plan, and (b) has his Account restored pursuant to Section 4.6 , then any benefits that such Participant may become entitled to receive after reentry in the Plan shall be reduced by any amounts distributed from his Account which were not repaid by such Participant incident to restoration of his Account pursuant to Section 4.6 .

 

6.6           Distributions - Settlement Options :

 

(a) Form and Method of Paym ent of Benefits: Except in the event of a special circumstance as specifically described in an applicable provision of the Plan, distributions shall be made under the Plan only upon the occurrence of one of the events described in Sections 6.1 through 6.4. Distributions provided for under the Plan shall be made in the form of a lump sum payment, including a direct rollover in accordance with Section 6.6(b) .
 
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(i) Distributable Account Balance Does Not Exceed $5,000 . If the Participant’s vested Account balance (including the value of his Rollover Contribution Account, if any) does not exceed $1,000 as of the date of the distribution, the Participant’s vested Account balance will be distributed to the Participant with no consent of the Participant being required; provided, however, if the Participant’s vested Account balance (including the value of the Participant’s Rollover Contribution Account, if any) exceeds $1,000, but does not exceed $5,000 (disregarding the value of the Participant’s Rollover Contribution Account, if any), the Participant’s vested Account balance will be distributed to an individual retirement account established pursuant to the rules established by the Plan Administrator unless the Participant affirmatively elects distribution in another form available pursuant to Section 6.6(a) . To the extent that a Participant’s Account is subject to the mandatory rollover requirements of this paragraph, the Participant’s Roth Contributions Account, if any, must be rolled over to a Roth individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Section 408A (a “Roth IRA”).

 

(ii) Distributable Account Balance Exceeds $5,000 : A Participant must consent to any distribution if the vested portion of his Account balance which is distributable under the Plan exceeds $5,000 (disregarding the value of the Participant’s Rollover Account, if any). If the value of a Participant’s vested Account balance (excluding Rollover Contributions) which is distributable under the Plan is in excess of $5,000, and the Participant consents to the distribution, the Administrative Committee shall direct the Trustee to make settlement of the Participant’s Account in a lump sum distribution or a direct rollover, as elected by the Participant, as soon as practicable after the Administrative Committee receives such consent. No such consent shall be considered valid unless (within the period which begins not more than one hundred eighty (180) days before the annuity starting date (described below) and ends not less than thirty (30) days before the annuity starting date), such Participant has been informed of his right to defer receipt of the distribution and of the consequences of failing to defer receipt of the distribution. This explanation may be provided by any means which will normally ensure or facilitate the continued attention of the Participant during the period prescribed below in which the Participant is to consent to the distribution or otherwise be deemed to have elected to defer receipt (as set out below). Consent of the Participant shall be invalid unless it is given after receipt of the explanation described above and not more than one hundred eighty (180) days before the annuity starting date. The term “annuity starting date” means the first day of the first period for which an amount is paid pursuant to the settlement option elected under the Plan.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph of this Section 6.6(a)(ii) , such distribution may commence less than 30 days after the required notice is given, provided that:

 
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(A) the Administrative Committee informs the Participant that he has a right to a period of at least 30 days after receiving the notice to consider the decision of whether or not to elect a distribution (and, if applicable, a particular distribution option); and

 

(B) the Participant, after receiving the notice, affirmatively elects a distribution.

 

In addition, subject to a designated Beneficiary’s right to elect the date of settlement in the case of a Participant who dies prior to receipt of any benefits under the Plan, a valid consent to distribution may be made by the Participant without the necessity of obtaining the consent of the Participant’s spouse or any other Beneficiary.

 

If the Administrative Committee fails to receive the Participant’s consent to the distribution, the settlement shall be made within a reasonable time after the last day of the Plan Year in which occurs the earlier of (i) the date the Participant dies, (ii) the Participant’s Required Distribution Date pursuant to Section 6.6(a)(iii) , or (iii) the Participant’s Required Beginning Date pursuant to Section 6.6(a)(iv) . The Account balance of any Participant described in the immediately preceding sentence shall continue to be part of the Trust Fund and thus shall continue to be allocated its proportionate share of any allocable investment earnings or losses pending distribution of such Account balance; provided, however, no further Contributions or forfeitures shall be credited to such Account.

 

If Participants are permitted to direct the investment of their Accounts in accordance with Section 4.10 , Participant shall be entitled to direct the investment of his Account after the Participant becomes entitled to a distribution under Article VI .

 

For distributions after December 31, 2007, a Participant may elect to transfer by direct rollover, or by trustee-to-trustee transfer, a distribution of his Account balance to a Roth IRA, if the distribution constitutes an eligible rollover distribution and the Participant is eligible to make rollover contributions to a Roth IRA.

 

(iii) Required Distribution Date . Unless otherwise elected by the Participant, the Trustee must make full settlement or begin benefit payments to the Participant not later than the 60th day after the latest of the close of the Plan Year in which: (a) the Participant attains the normal retirement age set out in Section 5.1 ; (b) occurs the tenth (10th) anniversary of the year in which the Participant commenced participation in the Plan; or (c) the Participant terminates employment with the Employer. However, if a Participant does not affirmatively elect to receive such distribution and a form of distribution prior to the latest of the events described in the preceding sentence, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to defer distribution until the earlier of the date he affirmatively elects to receive the distribution or the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. The entire vested benefit payable to a Participant must be distributed or commence to be distributed no later than the Required Beginning Date, as defined in subsection (iv) below.
 
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(iv) Required Beginning Date . The “Required Beginning Date” of a Participant is the first day of April of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2, if the Participant is a 5% owner as defined in the Code. The Required Beginning Date for all other Participants is the first day of April in the calendar year following the later of (i) the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 7O1/2 or (ii) the calendar year in which the Participant terminates employment. With respect to distributions, the Plan will apply the minimum distribution requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9), notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary.

 


(v) Participant’s Death Prior to Receipt of All Vested Benefits . In the event that the Participant dies prior to payment of benefits hereunder, his entire vested benefit shall be distributed following death on, or as soon as is administratively practicable following, the date elected by the Participant’s Designated Beneficiary (but in any event not later than the date specified in Section 6.12 ).

 

(vi) Protected Benefit Forms : Any Participant who is receiving installment payments from the Plan, the KMG Plan or the Western Gas Plan that commenced to be paid as a distribution prior to the Effective Date, shall continue to receive such installment payments in accordance with his previous installment election.

 

(b) Special Rules Regarding Eligible Rollover Distributions: The Employer shall impose income tax withholding at a flat rate of twenty percent (20%) or such other rate as may be required by the Secretary of the Treasury on any “eligible rollover distribution” (defined below) from the Plan that is not transferred directly to an “eligible retirement plan” (defined below). The Employer shall provide a notice to the recipient of a Plan distribution prior to making the distribution, which notice shall generally explain the tax withholding and rollover rules that apply to such distribution. The requirements of this Section 6.6(b) shall be construed in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(31).

 

(i) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee’s election under this Section 6.6(b) , a distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Administrative Committee, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in a direct rollover. The provisions of this subsection (i) shall apply only if the Participant’s eligible rollover distributions during the Plan Year are reasonably expected to total $200 or more or, if less than 100% of the Participant’s eligible rollover distribution is to be a direct rollover, the direct rollover is $500 or more. For purposes of determining whether the Participant’s eligible rollover distribution exceeds these amounts, the portion of the distribution that is attributable to the Participant’s Roth Contributions Account will be treated as a separate distribution. The Administrative Committee will be entitled to rely on a statement from the (A) Participant of (B) the plan administrator or trustee of the other qualified plan, or the trustee or custodian of the individual retirement account or annuity, to which the direct rollover is to be transferred, to the effect that such plan, account or annuity is, or is intended to be, an eligible retirement plan.
 
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(ii) Definitions.

 

(1) Eligible rollover distribution : An eligible rollover distribution means any distribution of all or any portion of the Participant’s Account, except that an eligible rollover distribution does not include: (i) any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the distributee and the distributee’s designated beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more, (ii) any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Code Section 401(a)(9), (iii) the portion of any distribution that is not includable in gross income determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to employer securities, and (iv) any in-service distribution made on account of hardship. After-tax Employee Contributions shall not be excluded from the definition of eligible rollover distribution pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence. However, any portion of an eligible rollover distribution attributable to after-tax Employee Contributions may be made only to an individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Sections 408(a) or (b), a Roth IRA or to a qualified trust or to an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b), which trust or contract agrees to separately account for amounts so transferred (and earnings thereon), including separately accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includible. Similarly, any portion of an eligible rollover distribution attributable to the Participant’s Roth Contributions Account may only be made to another designated Roth elective deferral account under a qualified Roth contribution program (as defined in Code Section 402A(e)(l)) or a Roth IRA, and then only to the extent permitted under Code Section 402(c).
 
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(2) Eligible retirement plan : An “eligible retirement plan” means any of the following that accepts the distributee’s eligible rollover distribution: an individual retirement account described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(b), a Roth IRA, an annuity plan described in Code Section 403(a), a qualified trust described in Code Section 401(a), an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b), or an eligible plan described in Code Section 457(b) that is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or an agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state and which agrees to account separately for amounts transferred into such plan from this Plan. The foregoing definition of an “eligible retirement plan” shall also apply in the case of an eligible rollover distribution to a surviving spouse, or to a spouse or former spouse who is an alternate payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (as described in Section 6.11 ). If the distributee is a Beneficiary who is not the surviving spouse of the deceased Participant or a former spouse who is an alternate payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, (i) “eligible retirement plan” shall mean an individual retirement account described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(b) or a Roth IRA, (ii) the eligible retirement plan or account must be established in the name of the deceased Participant for the benefit of such non-spouse Beneficiary, and (iii) the distribution must otherwise satisfy the definition of an eligible rollover distribution.

 

Effective as of January 1, 2008, a distributee may elect to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution transferred by direct rollover to a Roth IRA if the distributee is eligible to make rollover contributions to the Roth IRA.

 

(3) Distributee : A distributee includes a Participant. In addition, the Participant’s surviving spouse and the Participant’s spouse or former spouse who is an alternate payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (as described in Section 6.11 ) and any non-spouse Beneficiary are also distributees with regard to the interest of such spouse, former spouse or non-spouse Beneficiary.

 

(4) Direct rollover : A direct rollover is a payment by the Plan to the eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee.
 
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(c) Distributions from the Company Stock Fund . To the extent that any portion of a Participant’s Account is invested in the investment fund maintained under the Plan which primarily invests in the common stock of the Company (the “Company Stock Fund”), such Participant shall have the right to elect to receive distribution in shares of the common stock of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (“Company Stock”), but only with respect to the portion of his Account balance that is invested in the Company Stock Fund. Any fractional shares of Company Stock allocated to the Participant’s Account shall be distributed in cash. If a Participant does not elect to receive distribution in shares of Company Stock, then the entire distribution shall be made in cash.

 

6.7          Lost Participants or Beneficiaries : If the Administrative Committee, after making a reasonably diligent effort, cannot locate a Participant, the amount payable to the Participant shall be forfeited. If the Participant subsequently elects a distribution of his vested benefits, the amount so forfeited will be reinstated and paid to the Participant. The Employer will make such Contributions to the Plan as are necessary to reinstate such benefits.

 
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6.8           Withdrawals by Participants :

 

(a) Withdrawal of Employer Contributions : Subject to the conditions of this Section 6.8 , any Participant who has withdrawn the maximum permissible amount under Section 6.8(b) , utilized all loans available under Section 6.10 and who is suffering an immediate and heavy financial hardship (i) because of expenses previously incurred, or necessary to be incurred, for medical care described in Code Section 213(d) (not covered by insurance or otherwise reimbursable from any other source) of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse or any other person who qualifies as a dependent of the Participant under Code Section 152; (ii) due to lack of funds required to pay expenses and/or other amounts required (excluding mortgage payments) to effect the purchase of a principal residence for the Participant; (iii) due to a lack of funds required to make any payment required to avoid eviction from the Participant’s principal residence; (iv) due to lack of funds required to make any payment required to avoid foreclosure on the Participant’s principal residence; (v) due to a lack of funds to pay tuition or related educational fees for up to the next twelve (12) months of post-secondary education for the Participant, the Participant’s spouse or dependents (described above); (vi) payments for burial or funeral expenses for the Participant’s deceased parent, spouse, children or dependents (as defined in Code Section 152), and, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, without regard to Code Section 152(d)(3); (vii) expenses for the repair of damage to the Participant’s principal residence that would qualify for the casualty deduction under Code Section 165 (determined without regard to whether the loss exceeds 10% of adjusted gross income); or (viii) such other financial needs which the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may deem to be immediate and heavy financial needs through the publication of revenue rulings, notices and other documents of general applicability, shall be entitled in any such event to withdraw from his Elective Contributions Account or his Roth Contributions Account an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount needed to alleviate the hardship or (B) the vested balance then credited to the Participant’s Elective Contributions Account and the Participant’s Roth Contributions Account which is available to be withdrawn for hardship withdrawals. The requested withdrawal under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence may include an additional amount necessary to pay any federal, state or local income taxes or penalties (including additional taxes under Code Section 72(t)) which are reasonably expected to result from the withdrawal.

 

In addition to the foregoing, a Participant will be considered to be suffering an immediate and heavy financial hardship if a withdrawal is necessary in light of an immediate and heavy financial need of the Participant’s primary Beneficiary, which need is on account of (i) expenses for (or necessary to obtain) medical care that would be deductible under Code Section 213(d) (determined without regard to whether the expenses exceed 7.5% of adjusted gross income), (ii) payment of tuition, related educational fees and room and board expenses for up to the next twelve (12) months of post-secondary education for the primary Beneficiary, or (iii) payments for burial or funeral expenses for the primary Beneficiary.

 
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Withdrawals permitted hereunder shall be made from the portion of the Participant’s Elective Contributions Account attributable to Elective Contributions unadjusted for allocable investment earnings or losses and from the amount credited to the Participant’s Roth Contributions Account. All other amounts credited to such Participant’s Account and not withdrawn shall remain in such Participant’s Account.

 

A Participant shall not be considered as suffering an immediate and heavy financial hardship unless such Participant submits to the Administrative Committee (i) written evidence (satisfactory to the Administrative Committee) of such hardship and the amount needed to alleviate the hardship and (ii) and. any other written agreement or other documentation which the Administrative Committee deems to be necessary or appropriate in order to ensure that the Participant understands and will comply with the requirements of this Section 6.8(a) . Absent actual knowledge to the contrary, any Participant shall be deemed to have met the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence if the Participant complies with the requirements of the next sentence and submits a written request in which he specifically identifies the hardship and attaches a photocopy of (i) bills for medical care (described in the first paragraph of this Section 6.8(a) ) previously incurred or physician’s reports and other evidence of medical care to be incurred, (ii) a contract to purchase property which he represents to be his principal residence, (iii) a notice or other evidence of imminent eviction from property which the Participant represents to be his principal residence, (iv) a notice or other evidence of imminent foreclosure action with respect to property which the Participant represents to be his principal residence, (v) enrollment or registration forms or other evidence of tuition and related educational fees due for the next twelve (12) months of post-secondary education, or (vi) other evidence acceptable to the Committee of both the claimed hardship and the amount of funds reasonably required to alleviate such hardship.

 

The Administrative Committee shall have no duty or obligation to independently investigate or verify the truth or accuracy of any representation of the Participant or the authenticity or accuracy of any documentary evidence provided by the Participant and, absent actual knowledge to the contrary, the Administrative Committee may assume that any such representation is true and correct and any such documentary evidence is authentic.

 

Any withdrawal of Elective Contributions hereunder shall result in suspension (for a period of six (6) months after the Participant’s receipt of amounts withdrawn hereunder) of Elective Contributions, Roth Contributions and Participant Contributions and any other elective deferrals (described in Code Section 402(g)(3)) or employee contributions (described in Code Section 401(m)) under any other plan of deferred compensation maintained by the Employer and/or any Affiliated Employer. The term “any other plan of deferred compensation” as used in the immediately preceding sentence shall mean any plan of deferred compensation maintained by the Employer or any Affiliated Employer, including stock option, stock purchase and similar plans, as well as a cash or deferred arrangement under a cafeteria plan described in Code Section 125, but excluding health or welfare benefit plans and excluding the mandatory contributions portion of any defined benefit plan maintained by the Employer or any Affiliated Employer. Accordingly, as a prior condition of any hardship withdrawal, the Participant must execute any written agreement or other document that the Administrative Committee deems to be necessary or appropriate to ensure that during the six month suspension period, the Participant is on notice and will comply with requirements of Code Section 401(k).

 

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No withdrawal hereunder shall result in any forfeiture of a Participant’s vested Account balance, and no repayment of amounts withdrawn in order to wholly or partially restore a withdrawing Participant’s Account shall be permitted.

 

For the purposes of allocating investment earnings or losses, such withdrawal shall be subtracted from the Participant’s Account balance on the Valuation Date coincident with or next preceding the date on which the withdrawal is made.

 

(b) In-Service Withdrawals : Upon proper election to, and acceptance by the Administrative Committee, a Participant may make the following In-Service Withdrawals while still employed by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer:

 

(1) A Participant may withdraw any or all amounts allocated to his Rollover Account, if any.

 

(2) A Participant who has withdrawn all amounts from his Rollover Account, if any, may withdraw from his Participant Contribution Account, any or all amounts allocated to such Account.

 

(3) A Participant who has withdrawn all amounts allocated to his Participant Contribution Account may withdraw from his Employer Matching Contribution Account, PWA Contributions Account and Employer Profit Sharing Contribution Account any or all amounts allocated to such Accounts that have been credited for at least twenty-four (24) months, but not in excess of his vested interest therein.

 

(4) A Participant who has withdrawn all amounts allocated to his Participant Contribution Account and has contributed to or had Elective Contributions made on his behalf to the Plan for at least sixty (60) cumulative months, may withdraw from his Employer Matching Contribution Account and his Employer Profit Sharing Contribution Account an amount not exceeding his vested interest therein.

 

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(5) A Participant who has attained age 591/2 may withdraw his vested interest of any of his Accounts under the Plan, other than an Account that cannot be distributed at such age under the Code (for example, an Account allocable to a money purchase pension plan, if any, that is merged into the Plan).

 

(6) A Participant whose account balance in the Western Gas Plan was transferred to this Plan at the time the Western Gas Plan was merged into this Plan may withdraw any and all amounts from all of his Accounts under the Plan on or after the date that he attains the age of 60.

 

(7) A Participant whose account balance in the KMG Plan was transferred to this Plan at the time the KMG Plan was merged into this Plan may withdraw any and all amounts from all of his Accounts under the Plan on or after the date that he attains the age of 70 1 / 2 ..

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, the election of any Participant to effectuate a withdrawal from his vested interest of his Account under this Section 6.8(b) shall not terminate such Participant’s right to participate in the Plan. For the purposes of allocating investment earnings or losses of the Trust Fund, such withdrawal shall be subtracted from the Participant’s Account balance as of the Valuation Date on which the withdrawal is made. No vested benefit will be forfeited on account of such withdrawal.

 

With respect to a Participant whose vested interest in his Vesting Account is less than 100% and who takes a withdrawal from his Vesting Account, any amount remaining in such Account shall continue to be maintained as a separate account. At any relevant time, such Participant’s nonforfeitable portion of his separate account shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:

 

X=P(AB + (RxD)) – (R x D)

 

For purposes of applying the formula: X is the nonforfeitable portion of such separate account at the relevant time; P is the Participant’s vested interest at the relevant time; AB is the balance of such separate account at the relevant time; R is the ratio of the balance of such separate account at the relevant time to the balance of such separate account after the withdrawal or distribution; and D is the amount of the withdrawal or distribution.

 

(c) General Restriction on Withdrawals : All withdrawals pursuant to this Section 6.8 shall be made in accordance with procedures established by the Plan Administrator subject to the following:

 

(1) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6.8 , not more than two (2) withdrawals pursuant to Section 6.8 may be made in any one Plan Year, and no withdrawal shall be made from an Account to the extent such Account has been pledged to secure a loan from the Plan.
 
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(2) If a Participant’s Account from which a withdrawal is made is invested in more than one investment fund, the withdrawal shall be made pro rata from each investment fund in which such Account is invested.

 

(3) All withdrawals under this Section 6.8 shall be paid in cash.

 

(4) Any withdrawal hereunder that constitutes an Eligible Rollover Distribution shall be subject to the Direct Rollover election described in Section 6.6(b) .

 

(5) This Section 6.8 shall not be applicable to a Participant following termination of employment, and the amounts allocable to such Participant’s Accounts shall be distributable only in accordance with the other provisions of this Article VI .

 

(d) Withdrawal During Qualified Military Service : During any period a Participant is performing qualified military service (as defined in Code Section 414(u)) while on active duty for a period of more than thirty (30) days, such Participant shall be entitled to elect to receive a distribution of all or a part of the portion of the Participant’s Elective Contributions Account attributable to Elective Contributions. Any Participant who elects to receive a distribution pursuant to Section 6.8(d) shall not be permitted to make any Elective Contributions, Roth Contributions or Participant Contributions to the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1 (including any USERRA makeup contributions) during the six (6) month period beginning on the date of such distribution.

 

(e) Qualified Reservist Distributions : A Participant who is ordered or called to active duty after September 11, 2001 may elect a Qualified Reservist Distribution. A “Qualified Reservist Distribution” is a distribution that meets the following requirements: (i) the distribution is from amounts attributable to Elective Contributions; (ii) the Participant was, by reason of being a member of a reserve component, as defined in Section 101 of Title 37 of the United States Code, ordered or called to active duty for a period in excess of 179 days or for an indefinite period; and (iii) such distribution is made during the period beginning on the date of such order or call, and ending at the close of the Participant’s active duty period.

 

6.9          Claims Procedure for Benefits :

 

(a) Filing a Claim : A Participant or Beneficiary (or an authorized representative) (a “Claimant”) may file a claim for benefits under the Plan by filing a written claim, identified as a claim for benefits, with the claims administrator appointed by the Administrative Committee (the “Claims Administrator”). In addition, the Claims Administrator may treat any writing or other communication received by it as a claim for benefits, even if the writing or communication is not identified as a claim for benefits.

 

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The Claims Administrator will send the Claimant a letter acknowledging the receipt of any communication that it treats as a claim for benefits. If the Claimant fails to receive such an acknowledgement within sixty (60) days after making a claim, the Claimant should contact the Claims Administrator to determine whether the claim has been received and identified as a claim for benefits.

 

(b) Approval of Claim : A claim is considered approved only if its approval is communicated in writing to a Claimant.

 

(c) Denial of Claim : If a claim is denied, in whole or in part (also referred to as an “adverse benefit determination”), the Claims Administrator shall notify the Claimant of its decision by written notice, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant.

 

(1) Timing of Notice . The notice of denial must be given within ninety (90) days after the claim is received by the Claims Administrator. If special circumstances (such as a hearing) require a longer period, the Claimant shall be notified in writing, before the expiration of the 90-day period, of the expected decision date and the reasons for an extension of time; provided, however, that no extensions will be permitted beyond 90 days after expiration of the initial 90-day period.

 

(2) Contents of Notice . The notice will set forth:

 

(i) The specific reasons for the denial of the claim;

 

(ii) A reference to specific provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based;

 

(iii) A description of any additional material or information necessary to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and

 

(iv) An explanation of the procedure for review of the denied or partially denied claim, including the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse benefit determination on review.

 

(d) Request for Review of Denial : Upon denial of a claim in whole or in part, a Claimant has the right to submit a written request to the Administrative Committee for a full and fair review of the denied claim, and upon request and free of charge, to reasonable access and copies of all documents, records, and other information relevant to the Claimant’s claim for benefits and may submit issues and comments in writing.

 

(1) Scope of Review . The review takes into account all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination.

 

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(2) Timing of Request for Review . A request for review of a claim must be submitted within sixty (60) days of receipt by the Claimant of written notice of the denial of the claim. If the Claimant fails to file a request for review within 60 days of the denial notification, the claim is deemed abandoned and the Claimant precluded from reasserting it.

 

(3) Contents of Request for Review . If the Claimant files a request for review, his request must include a description of the issues and evidence he deems relevant. Failure to raise issues or present evidence on review may preclude those issues or evidence from being presented in any subsequent proceeding or judicial review of the claim.

 

(e) Denial Upon Review:

 

(i)             Timing of Denial Notice . The Administrative Committee must render its decision on the review of the claim no more than sixty (60) days after the Administrative Committee’s receipt of the request for review, except that this period may be extended for an additional sixty (60) days if the Administrative Committee determines that special circumstances (such as a hearing) require such extension. If an extension of time is required, written notice of the expected decision date and the reasons for the extension will be furnished to the Claimant before the end of the initial 60-day period.

 

(ii)           Contents of Denial . If the Administrative Committee issues a negative decision, it provides a prompt written decision setting forth:

 

(1) The specific reason or reasons for the adverse benefit determination;

 

(2) A reference to specific Plan provisions on which the adverse benefit determination was made;

 

(3) A statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request, and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the Claimant’s claim for benefits; and

 

(4) A statement describing the Claimant’s right to bring an action under Section 502(a) of ERISA.

 

(iii)           Authority of the Administrative Committee : To the extent of its responsibility to review the denial of benefit claims, the Administrative Committee has full authority to interpret and apply, in its discretion, the terms and provisions of the Plan. The decision of the Administrative Committee shall be final and binding upon all Claimants and any person or entity making a claim through or under them.

 

 
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(f) Limits on Right to Judicial Review . A Claimant must follow the claims procedures described by this Section 6.9 before taking any action in any other forum regarding a claim for benefits under the Plan. Any suit or legal action initiated by a Claimant under the Plan must be brought by the Claimant no later than one (1) year following a final decision on the claim for benefits under these claim procedures. The one-year statute of limitations on suits for benefits applies in any forum where a Claimant initiates such suit or legal action. If a civil action is not filed within this period, the Claimant’s benefit claim is deemed permanently waived and abandoned.

 

(g) Other Claims . Any other claims that arise under or in connection with the Plan, even though not claims for benefits, must be filed with the Administrative Committee and are considered in accordance with these claims and appeals procedures.

 

(h) Interpleader Action . The Administrative Committee reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to initiate an interpleader action to resolve any competing claims for a benefit under the Plan or to determine the proper Beneficiary of any benefit under the Plan.

 

6.10       Loans to Participants and Beneficiaries :

 

(a) Loans may be permitted from time to time, as determined by the Administrative Committee, to any (i) Participant who is an Employee or (ii) Participant who is a former Employee, Beneficiary, or alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order described in Code Section 414(p), who is a “party in interest,” as defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA, or a “disqualified person,” as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(2), and (iii) on whose behalf an Account is maintained under the Plan (hereinafter an individual described in clause (i) or (ii) and (iii) shall be. referred to as a “Qualified Participant”). For purposes of this Section 6.10 , a “loan” shall include any modification to an existing loan hereunder so long as, at the time of any such modification, the requirements of this Section 6.10 are met. A Qualified Participant may borrow from his vested Account balance under the Plan, subject to the rules or guidelines adopted by the Administrative Committee, by making prior application in the manner prescribed by the Administrative Committee and communicated to Participants.

 

(b) The Administrative Committee shall issue rules or guidelines which shall be set forth in a Loan Policy (“Loan Policy”) which shall not be inconsistent with applicable provisions of the Code and ERISA and which shall be uniformly applicable to all Qualified Participants who are similarly situated. In addition, the Loan Policy may provide for assessment of a fee for processing loan applications, obtaining credit reports, collection and processing late payments, and similar administrative expenses which amounts may be charged directly to the Account of the affected Qualified Participant. The Administrative Committee shall from time to time prescribe such additional rules or guidelines which it deems to be necessary or appropriate and which are consistent with proper lending practices.

 

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(c) Subject to applicable provisions of this Section 6.10, following receipt by the Administrative Committee of a properly completed loan application, each Qualified Participant who, pursuant to the above-described Loan Policy, the Administrative Committee determines to be entitled to borrow from his Account an amount which (when added to the outstanding balance of all other loans to the Qualified Participant under all “qualified employer plans,” as defined in Code Section 72(p)(4), of the Employer and any Affiliated Employers) is not in excess of the lesser of (i) $50,000, reduced by the excess, if any, of (a) the highest outstanding balance of such loans during the one-year period ending on the day before the latest date on which a loan was made, over (b) the outstanding balance of such loans on the latest date on which a loan was made, or (ii) one-half (1/2) of the present value of the vested account balance of the Qualified Participant under the Plan as of the most recent valuation date. Any modification of an existing loan hereunder shall be deemed to be a new loan for purposes of this Section 6.10. Any such loan shall be secured by such Qualified Participant’s vested interest in his Account balance; provided however, such security interest may not exceed one-half of such Account balance immediately after the origination of each loan hereunder. In addition, any loan originated or modified hereunder with respect to a Qualified Participant who is an Employee shall be repaid by payroll deduction pursuant to a substantially level amortization schedule as provided in the Loan Policy (with payments not less frequently than quarterly) over the term of the loan. Any such loan issued hereunder to a Qualified Participant who is not an Employee shall be repaid by the Qualified Participant in accordance with a substantially level amortization schedule as provided in the Loan Policy (with payments not less frequently than quarterly) over the term of the loan. No loan shall have a maturity date in excess of five (5) years, unless the loan is used to acquire any dwelling unit which within a reasonable time is to be used (determined at the time the loan is made) as a principal residence of the Participant.

 

Any loan may be prepaid without penalty, if the Qualified Participant repays the full amount of the loan, plus all interest accrued and unpaid thereon.

 

A Qualified Participant may request that loan repayments during the Qualified Participant’s qualified military service be suspended under the Plan as permitted under, and in accordance with, Code Section 414(u)(4). Further, a Qualified Participant may request that loan repayments be suspended for a period not exceeding one year during any approved leave of absence; provided, however, the Qualified Participant may not thereafter extend the term of the loan beyond (i) five years from the original date of the loan, or (ii) if the loan was to acquire the principal residence of the Participant, beyond the longest period available under the Loan Policy.

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, (i) no loan shall be made to any Qualified Participant who is or was either an “owner employee” or is a “shareholder employee” of any Employer that is an S corporation within the meaning of such terms under Code Section 4975(d), (ii) no Qualified Participant shall be entitled to a loan from the Trustee if the amount of the requested loan is less than the minimum amount specified in the Loan Policy, (iii) except as may otherwise be prescribed by the Administrative Committee from time to time and communicated to Qualified Participants, no Qualified Participant shall be entitled to originate, renew or modify more than the number of loans specified in the Loan Policy during any single Plan Year, and (iv) no Qualified Participant shall be entitled to a loan from the Trustee if the making of the loan would interfere with the orderly management of the Plan for the benefit of all the Qualified Participants or otherwise contravene any applicable law or regulation.

 

Any loan or loans to a Qualified Participant hereunder shall not be made as an investment of the Trust Fund but instead shall be considered to be an earmarked investment of the Qualified Participant’s Account. A subaccount shall be established for the Qualified Participant and shall be maintained until the loan or loans are repaid in full. Such loan or loans shall be the only investment of such subaccount, and thus such subaccount shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining or allocating investment earnings or losses of the Trust Fund.

 

(d) The Administrative Committee shall, in accordance with the Loan Policy, review and approve or disapprove completed loan applications as soon as practicable after its receipt thereof, and shall promptly notify the applying Qualified Participant of the disposition of his loan application. The Administrative Committee shall have the authority to delegate the power to review and approve or disapprove loans under this Section 6.10 to a Plan Loan Administrator (or such other agents or committees composed of persons appointed by the Administrative Committee as it deems appropriate), provided that any such agents or committees shall act only in accordance with the Loan Policy established pursuant to this Section 6.10 .

 

(e) The unpaid balance owed by a Qualified Participant on a loan under the Plan shall not reduce the amount credited to his Account. However, from the time of payment of the proceeds of the loan to the Qualified Participant, his Account balance shall be deemed invested, to the extent of such unpaid loan balance, in such loan until the complete repayment thereof or distribution from such Account.

 

(f) Except in the event of application of a Qualified Participant’s Account balance to repayment of a loan in the event of a default in accordance with subsection (i) of this Section 6.10 , no withdrawal may be made by a Qualified Participant under Section 6.8 of any amount deemed invested in the outstanding balance of any loan made pursuant to this Section 6.10 .

 

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(g) The amount of any distribution otherwise payable to a Qualified Participant shall be reduced by the amount owed (including any accrued interest) on all loans of the Qualified Participant at the time of such distribution. The Trustee shall apply the pledged portion of the Qualified Participant’s Account to be distributed toward the liquidation of the Qualified Participant’s indebtedness under the Plan. Such reduction shall constitute a complete discharge of all liability to the Plan and the Trust for the loan to the extent of such reduction.

 

(h) Repayment of all loans under the Plan shall be secured by the Qualified Participant’s vested Account balance in the Plan; provided, however, that repayment shall be secured by the Qualified Participant’s vested interest in his Account only for such time that a portion of such loan is allocated to such Account. Any loan repayment shall first be credited as soon as practicable to the Qualifying Participant’s segregated subaccount and to that portion of the loan allocated to the Qualified Participant’s individual accounts. Such credited amounts shall be transferred as soon as practicable following receipt to the individual accounts of the Qualified Participant from which the assets were released upon establishment of the segregated subaccount, and shall thereafter be invested as part of the Trust Fund.

 

(i) In the event of failure to make any loan payment when due in accordance with the loan documents and the Loan Policy, the loan shall be in default (“Default”) and all the unpaid balance owed by the Qualified Participant and all accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable immediately. Following a Default, and subject to any cure period available under the Loan Policy, the Administrative Committee and the Trustee shall apply any pledged portion of the vested Account balance of the Qualified Participant to pay the loan, in whole or in part, and take any other action or remedy as allowed by law, provided that no application of a Qualified Participant’s vested Account balance shall occur prior to the time such vested Account balance is otherwise distributable under the terms of the Plan except as permitted by the Code and ERISA. The amount of any withdrawal or distribution from the vested Account balance of a Qualified Participant or Beneficiary following a Default shall be reduced by the amount of any loan in Default and such amount shall be applied to the unpaid loan balance and any accrued but unpaid interest thereon.

 

(j) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant is transferred from the employ of an Employer to an Affiliated Employer that maintains a qualified plan which provides for plan loans, the Administrative Committee may direct the Participant’s outstanding loan to be transferred to the plan maintained by the Affiliated Employer. Such loan shall be subject to the same payment terms after the transfer, except that the loan may be reamortized, if necessary, for the remainder of its original term to reflect any differences in the payroll cycles from which the payments are withheld. Similar rules will apply if a Participant transfers to the employ of an Employer from an Affiliated Employer that maintains a qualified plan which provides for plan loans. Any such transfer shall be subject to the rules of this Section 6.10(j) , and is available only if the loan has not been deemed to be distributed or offset at the time of such transfer.

 

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6.11        Distributions to Alternate Payee under QDRO : Subject to the provisions of Section 11.3 which pertain to qualified domestic relations orders (“QDRO”) and pursuant to the QDRO procedures of the Plan, in the event that the Administrative Committee receives a domestic relations order that it determines to be a valid QDRO, and if such QDRO provides that distribution of vested benefits to an alternate payee described therein is not to commence or be made immediately, but the QDRO provides for the apportionment of such benefits to be made immediately, the Administrative Committee shall establish a separate account under the Plan for the alternate payee. Subject to Section 11.3 and the QDRO procedures of the Plan, if the Administrative Committee receives a domestic relations order that it determines to be a valid QDRO, and the QDRO provides that distribution of vested benefits to an alternate payee described therein is to commence or be made immediately, the Administrative Committee shall direct the Trustee to effect distribution to the alternate payee who, for the purpose of effecting such distribution, shall be considered and treated as any other Participant who is entitled to receive a benefit payable under the Plan.

 

The Administrative Committee shall comply with the terms and provisions of any valid QDRO, including orders which require distributions to an alternate payee prior to a Participant’s “earliest retirement age” as such term is defined in Section 206(d)(3)(E)(ii) of ERISA and Code Section 414(p)(4)(B).

 

If any such distribution is made at a time when the Participant is not fully vested in his Employer Contributions Account and the Participant can increase his vested percentage in his Employer Contributions Account, the Participant’s vested interest in his Employer Contributions Account shall be determined in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 6.8(b) .

 

6.12         Minimum Distribution Requirements : Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 6.6 to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 6.12 shall apply for purposes of determining required minimum distributions for calendar years beginning with the 2003 calendar year. The requirements of this Section 6.12 shall take precedence over any inconsistent provisions of the Plan. All distributions required under this Section 6.12 shall be determined and made in accordance with the Treasury regulations under Code Section 401(a)(9). Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6.12 , distributions may be made under a designation made before January 1, 1984, in accordance with Section 242(b)(2) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (“ TEFRA ”) and the provisions of the Plan that relate to Section 242(b)(2) of TEFRA. Additional terms are defined in Section 6.12(f) .

 

(a) Required Beginning Date . The Participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, to the Participant no later than the Participant’s Required Beginning Date, as defined in Section 6.6(a) .

 

(b) Death of Participant Before Distributions Begin . If the Participant dies before distributions begin, the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, no later than as follows:

 

(i) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, then distributions to the surviving spouse shall begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died, or by December 31 of the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 70 1 / 2 if later.

 

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(ii) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is not the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, then distributions to the Designated Beneficiary shall begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died.

 

(iii) If there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s entire interest shall be distributed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s death.

 

(iv) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary and the surviving spouse dies after the Participant but before distributions to the surviving spouse begin, this Section 6.12(b) , other than Section 6.12(b)(i) , shall apply as if the surviving spouse were the Participant.

 

For purposes of this Section 6.12(b) and Section 6.12(e) , unless Section 6.12(b)(iv) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. If Section 6.12(b)(4) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section 6.12(b)(i) . If distributions under an annuity purchased from an insurance company irrevocably commence to the Participant before the Participant’s Required Beginning Date (or to the Participant’s surviving spouse before the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section 6.12(b)(i) ), the date distributions are considered to begin is the date distributions actually commence.

 

(c) Forms of Distribution . Unless the Participant’s interest is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company or in a single sum on or before the Required Beginning Date, as of the first Distribution Calendar Year distributions will be made in accordance with Sections 6.12(d) and 6.12(e) . If the Participant’s interest is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company, distributions thereunder will be made in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 401 (a)(9).

 

(d) Required Minimum Distributions During Participant’s Lifetime .

 

(i) Amount of Required Minimum Distribution for each Distribution Calendar Year. During the Participant’s lifetime, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year is the lesser of:

 

(1) the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account balance by the distribution period in the Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury regulations, using the Participant’s age as of the Participant’s birthday in the Distribution Calendar Year; or

 

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(2) if the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary for the Distribution Calendar Year is the Participant’s spouse, the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the number in the Joint and Last Survivor Table set forth in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury regulations, using the Participant’s and spouse’s attained ages as of the Participant’s and spouse’s birthdays in the Distribution Calendar Year.

 

(ii) Lifetime Required Minimum Distributions Continue through Year of Participant’s Death. Required minimum distributions will be determined under this Section 6.12(d) beginning with the first Distribution Calendar Year and up to and including the Distribution Calendar Year that includes the Participant’s date of death.

 

(e) Required Minimum Distributions After Participant’s Death .

 

(i) Death On or After Date Distributions Begin.

 

(1) Participant Survived by Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions begin and there is a Designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant’s death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the longer of the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant or the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant’s Designated Beneficiary, determined as follows:

 

(A) The Participant’s remaining Life Expectancy is calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

 

(B) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, the remaining Life Expectancy of the surviving spouse is calculated for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant’s death using the surviving spouse’s age as of the spouse’s birthday in that year. For Distribution Calendar Years after the year of the surviving spouse’s death, the remaining Life Expectancy of the surviving spouse is calculated using the age of the surviving spouse as of the spouse’s birthday in the calendar year of the spouse’s death, reduced by one for each subsequent calendar year.

 

(C) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is not the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, the Designated Beneficiary’s remaining Life Expectancy is calculated using the age of the Beneficiary in the year following the year of the Participant’s death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

 

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(2) No Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions begin and there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year after the year of the Participant’s death, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant’s death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the Participant’s remaining Life Expectancy calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

 

(ii) Death Before Date Distributions Begin.

 

(1) Participant Survived by Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin and there is a Designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant’s death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant’s Designated Beneficiary, determined as provided in Section 6.12(e)(i)(1) .

 

(2) No Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin and there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of the Participant’s death, distribution of the Participant’s entire interest will be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s death.

 

(3) Designated Beneficiary Not Participant’s Surviving Spouse. If the Participant dies before distributions begin and the Designated Beneficiary is not the Participant’s surviving spouse, distribution to the Designated Beneficiary is not required to begin by the date specified in Section 6.12(b) , but the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed to the Designated Beneficiary by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s death.

 

(4) Death of Surviving Spouse Before Distributions to Surviving Spouse Are Required to Begin. If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin, the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, and the surviving spouse dies before distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section 6.12(b)(i) , this Section 6.12(e) will apply as if the surviving spouse were the Participant.

 

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(f) Definitions .

 

(i) Designated Beneficiary. The individual who is designated as the Beneficiary under Section 6.1 and is the designated beneficiary under Code Section 401(a)(9) and Section 1.401(a)(9)-4, Q&A-l, of the Treasury Regulations.

 

(ii) Distribution Calendar Year. A calendar year for which a minimum distribution is required. For distributions beginning before the Participant’s death, the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. For distributions beginning after the Participant’s death, the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year in which distributions are required to begin under Section 6.12(b) . The required minimum distribution for the Participant’s first Distribution Calendar Year will be made on or before the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. The required minimum distribution for other Distribution Calendar Years, including the required minimum distribution for the Distribution Calendar Year in which the Participant’s Required Beginning Date occurs, will be made on or before December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year.

 

(iii) Life Expectancy. Life expectancy as computed by use of the Single Life Table in Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury regulations.

 

(iv) Participant’s Account Balance. The Account balance as of the last Valuation Date in the calendar year immediately preceding the Distribution Calendar Year (valuation calendar year) increased by the amount of any Contributions made and allocated or Forfeitures allocated to the Account balance as of dates in the valuation calendar year after the Valuation Date and decreased by distributions made in the valuation calendar year after the Valuation Date. The Account balance for the valuation calendar year includes any amounts rolled over or transferred to the plan either in the valuation calendar year or in the Distribution Calendar Year if distributed or transferred in the valuation calendar year.

 

(v) Required Beginning Date. The date specified in Section 6.6(a)(iv) .

 

(g) Suspension of Required Minimum Distributions for the 2009 Plan Year.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant or Beneficiary who would have been required to receive required minimum distributions for 2009 but for the enactment of Code Section 401(a)(9)(H) (“2009 RMDs”), and who would have satisfied that requirement by receiving distributions that are (1) equal to the 2009 RMDs or (2) one or more payments in a series of substantially equal distributions (that include the 2009 RMDs) made at least annually and expected to last for the life (or life expectancy) of the Participant, the joint lives (or joint life expectancy) of the Participant and the Participant’s Designated Beneficiary, or for a period of at least 10 years (“Extended 2009 RMDs”), will not receive those distributions for 2009 unless the Participant or Beneficiary chooses to receive such distributions. Participants and Beneficiaries described in the preceding sentence will be given the opportunity to elect to receive the distributions described in the preceding sentence. In addition, notwithstanding Section 6.6(b) of the Plan, and solely for purposes of applying the direct rollover provisions of the Plan, distributions in 2009 of 2009 RMDs and Extended 2009 RMDs will be treated as eligible rollover distributions.

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

TOP-HEAVY PLAN PROVISIONS

 

7.1           Application of Top-Heavy Provisions : This Article VII set forth the provisions of Code Section 416 and shall be interpreted to apply only in accordance with Code Section 416. The provisions in this Article VII take precedence over any other provisions in the Plan with which they conflict. This Article VII does not apply to any Participant whose terms and conditions of employment are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

 

7.2           Definitions : For purposes of this Article VII , the following words and terms will have the meanings indicated:

 

(a) “Key Employee” means any Employee or former Employee (including any deceased Employee) who at any time during the Plan Year that includes the determination date was an officer of the Employer having annual compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under Code Section 416(i)(l) for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2002), a 5-Percent Owner of the Employer, or a 1-percent owner of the Employer having annual compensation of more than $150,000. For this purpose, “annual compensation” means Considered Compensation. The determination of who is a Key Employee is made in accordance with Code Section 416(i)(l) and the applicable regulations and other guidance of general applicability issued thereunder.

 

(b) “Compensation” means Considered Compensation, including amounts excluded from wages by reason of the Employee’s election:

 

(i) to reduce salary or wages as part of the cost of benefits under a cafeteria plan under Code Section 125, including any amounts not available to a Participant in cash in lieu of group health coverage because the Participant is unable to certify that he or she has other health coverage, provided the Employer does not request or collect information regarding the Participant’s other health coverage as part of the enrollment process for the health plan;

 

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(ii) to reduce salary or wages under a cash or deferred arrangement under Code Section 40l(k); or

 

(iii) to reduce salary or wages in association with the receipt of a qualified transportation fringe benefit provided pursuant to Code Section 132(f)(4).

 

(c) “Top-Heavy Plan” means a Plan where any of the following conditions exist:

 

(i) The Top-Heavy Ratio for this Plan exceeds 60% and this Plan is not part of any Required Aggregation Group or Permissive Aggregation Group;

 

(ii) This Plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group of plans but not part of a Permissive Aggregation Group and the Top-Heavy Ratio for the group of plans exceeds 60%; or

 

(iii) This Plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group and part of a Permissive Aggregation Group and the Top-Heavy Ratio for the Permissive Aggregation Group exceeds 60%.

 

(d) “Top-Heavy Ratio” means:

 

(i) If the Employer maintains one or more defined contribution plans (including any simplified employee pension plan) and the Employer has not maintained any defined benefit plan which during the five-year period ending on the Determination Date has or has had accrued benefits, the Top-Heavy Ratio for this Plan alone, or for the Required or Permissive Aggregation Group as appropriate, is a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the account balances of all Key Employees as of the Determination Date and the denominator of which is the sum of all account balances, both computed in accordance with Code Section 416. Both the numerator and denominator of the Top-Heavy Ratio are increased to reflect any contribution not actually made as of the Determination Date, but which is required to be taken into account on that date under Code Section 416.

 

(ii) If the Employer maintains one or more defined contribution plans (including any simplified employee pension plan) and the Employer maintains or has maintained one or more defined benefit plans which during the five-year period ending on the Determination Date has or has had any accrued benefits, the Top-Heavy Ratio for any Required or Permissive Aggregation Group, as appropriate, is a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of all account balances under the aggregated defined contribution plan or plans for all Key Employees, determined in accordance with the paragraph above, and the present value of accrued benefits under the aggregated defined benefit plan or plans for all Key Employees as of the Determination Date, and the denominator of which is the sum of the account balances under the aggregated defined contribution plan or plans for all members, determined in accordance with the above paragraph, and the present value of accrued benefits under the defined benefit plan or plans for all Participants as of the Determination Date, all determined in accordance with Code Section 416.

 

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(iii) For purposes of the above paragraphs, the value of account balances and the present value of accrued benefits is determined as of the most recent valuation date that falls within or ends with the 12-month period ending on the Determination Date, except as provided in Code Section 416 for the first and second plan years of a defined benefit plan. The calculation of the Top-Heavy Ratio and the extent to which distributions, rollovers, and transfers are taken into account will be made in accordance with Code Section 416. Deductible employee contributions are not taken into account for purposes of computing the Top-Heavy Ratio. When aggregating plans, the value of account balances and accrued benefits is calculated with reference to the Determination Dates that fall within the same calendar year.

 

The accrued benefit of a Participant other than a Key Employee is determined under (i) a method, if any, that uniformly applies for accrual purposes under all defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer, or (ii) if there is no such method, as if such benefit accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted under the fractional rule of Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).

 

(iv) This subsection applies for purposes of determining the present values of accrued benefits and the amounts of account balances of Employees as of the Determination Date.

 

(1) The present values of accrued benefits and the amounts of account balances of an Employee as of the Determination Date are increased by distributions made with respect to the Employee under the Plan and any plan aggregated with the Plan under Code Section 416(g)(2) during the 1-year period ending on the Determination Date. The preceding sentence also applies to distributions under a terminated plan which, had it not been terminated, would have been aggregated with the Plan under Code Section 416(g)(2)(A)(i). In the case of distribution made for a reason other than severance from employment, death, or disability, this provision applies by substituting “5-year period” for “1-year period”.

 

(2) The accrued benefits and accounts of any individual who has not performed services for the Employer or an Affiliated Employer during the 1-year period ending on the Determination Date are not taken into account.

 

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(e) “Permissive Aggregation Group’’’ means a Required Aggregation Group plus any other plan or plans of the Employer or an Affiliated Employer which, when considered as a group with the Required Aggregation Group, satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410.

 

(f) “Required Aggregation Group” means a group consisting of (1) each qualified plan of the Employer or an Affiliated Employer in which at least one Key Employee participated at any time during the determination period (regardless of whether the plan has terminated), and (2) any other qualified plan of the Employer or an Affiliated Employer which enables a plan described in (1) to meet the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) or 410.

 

(g)          “Determination Date” means the last day of the Plan Year immediately preceding the Plan Year for which top-heaviness is determined or, in the case of the first Plan Year of a new plan, the last day of such Plan Year.

 

7.3           Accelerated Vesting : In the event the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan, the vesting schedule described in Section 6.4 shall continue to apply.

 

7.4           Minimum Contribution : For any Plan Year in which this Plan is determined to be a Top-Heavy Plan, a minimum contribution must be made to the account of each non-Key Employee who participates in the Plan, except those who have severed from employment with the Employer at the end of the Plan Year. For the purposes of this Section 7.4 , the minimum employer contribution equals the lesser of (a) three percent (3%) of such non-Key Employee’s Considered Compensation, or (b) the largest percentage of such Compensation provided for a Key Employee during the Plan Year. For purposes of this Section 7.4 , Elective Contributions of Key Employees are treated as Employer Contributions. In determining the amount of Employer Contributions which are needed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.4 , Elective Contributions for non-Key Employees are not taken into account. Notwithstanding the prior provisions of this Section 7.4 , a minimum contribution is not made to any Employee to the extent the Employee is covered under any other plan of the Employer or an Affiliated Employer and the Employer or an Affiliated Employer has provided that the minimum allocation or benefit requirement applicable to Top-Heavy Plans is met in the other plan or plans.

 

Notwithstanding the prior paragraph, if the Employer maintains both this Plan and a defined benefit plan, for Employees covered under both plans, the minimum employer contribution is increased to five percent (5%) (from 3%) of an Employee’s Considered Compensation.

 

Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions are taken into account for purposes of satisfying the minimum contribution requirements of Code Section 416(c)(2) and the Plan. The preceding sentence applies with respect to Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions, under the Plan or, if the Plan provides that the minimum contribution requirement should be met in another plan, such other plan. Employer Post-2013 Matching Contributions that are used to satisfy the minimum contribution requirements are treated as matching contributions for purposes of the ACP Test and other requirements of Code Section 401(m), if applicable.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

PLAN ADMINISTRATOR AND COMMITTEES

 

8.1           Named Fiduciaries : The Plan Administrator is a named fiduciary of the Plan and shall have the authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan, as set forth in this document, except to the extent such responsibility and authority are otherwise specifically (a) allocated to the Committee or to other persons or entities by the Plan or Trust Agreement, (b) delegated to other persons or entities by the Plan Administrator (or its delegates), or (c) allocated to other persons or entities by operation of law. The Plan Administrator shall have the rights and duties and be subject to the rules and procedures set forth in the charter for the Plan Administrator and the Committees, as it may be amended from time to time. Except to the extent required by ERISA, no fiduciary shall have any liability for, or responsibility to inquire into, the acts and omissions of any other fiduciary in the exercise of powers or the discharge of responsibilities assigned to such other fiduciary under the Plan or the Trust Agreement.

 

8.2           Appointment, Term of Service and Removal of Committees : The Plan Administrator shall appoint an Administrative Committee and an Investment Committee. The members of each Committee shall serve until their resignation, death removal or termination of employment with all Employers.

 

8.3           Trustee : The Trustee shall be appointed, removed and replaced by and in the sole discretion of the Board; provided, however, that from and after the date of adoption of this amendment and restatement of the Plan, the Trustee shall be appointed, removed and replaced by and in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator or the Investment Committee, whichever is granted such powers under the charter for the Plan Administrator and the Committees, as it may be amended from time to time. The Trustee shall hold the assets of the Plan in the Trust Fund established pursuant to the Trust Agreement executed in conjunction with the Plan. The Trustee shall exercise all of the powers and duties assigned to the Trustee as set forth in the Trust Agreement.

 

8.4           Powers of Administrative Committee : The Administrative Committee shall have full power, authority, and discretion to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan and to construe and apply all of its provisions, provided that the Administrative Committee shall have no power, authority, or responsibility with respect to those matters which are the responsibility of the Plan Administrator, the Trustee or the Investment Committee. All discretionary powers conferred upon the Administrative Committee shall be absolute, provided that no discretionary power shall be exercised in such manner as to cause prohibited discrimination in favor of Highly Compensated Employees. The Administrative Committee shall (i) be a fiduciary and, in that capacity, have the responsibility for the general administration of the Plan, according to its terms and provisions, and (ii) have all discretion and powers necessary to accomplish such purposes, including, but not by way of limitation, the right, power, and authority:

 

(a) To make nondiscriminatory rules and regulations, including the establishment and amendment of such policies and procedures as the Administrative Committee deems to be appropriate, for the administration of the Plan which are not inconsistent with its terms and provisions;

 

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(b) To construe all terms, provisions, conditions, and limitations of the Plan; and its construction thereof, shall be final and conclusive on all persons and entities subject to the claims review procedures of the Plan;

 

(c) To correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency which may appear in the Plan in such manner and to such extent as it shall deem necessary or appropriate, and its judgment in such matters shall be final and conclusive as to all persons and entities subject to the claims review procedures of the Plan;

 

(d) To select, employ, and compensate from time to time such consultants, actuaries, accountants, attorneys, and other agents as the Administrative Committee may deem necessary or advisable for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan;

 

(e) To determine in its discretion all questions relating to the eligibility of employees to become Participants under the Plan, and to determine the period of Active Service and the amount of compensation upon which the benefits of each Participant shall be calculated;

 

(f) To determine all controversies relating to the administration of the Plan, including but not limited to, any questions it deems advisable to determine in order to promote the efficient administration of the Plan for the benefit of its Participants and Beneficiaries;

 

(g) To delegate to employees or agents such clerical and other duties of the Administrative Committee as it deems necessary or advisable for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan or the Trust;

 

(h) To adopt rules and procedures for the administration of the Plan (including, without limitation, procedures covering directions, elections, or other action by Participants, and the delivery of statements and other disclosure materials to such individuals), that may provide for the use of electronic communications and other media; and

 

(i) Such other rights and duties, and rules and procedures applicable to the Administrative Committee, as set out in the charter for the Plan Administrator and the Committees, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

8.5          Powers of Investment Committee : The Investment Committee shall (i) be a fiduciary and, in that capacity, have the general responsibility for the investment of the assets of the Plan, according to the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Trust Agreement, and (ii) have all discretion and powers necessary to accomplish such purposes, including, but not by way of limitation, the right, power, and authority:

 

(a) To make nondiscriminatory rules and regulations, including the establishment and amendment of such policies and procedures as the Committee deems to be appropriate, for the investment of the assets of the Plan which are not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of the Plan and the Trust Agreement;

 

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(b) Subject to portfolio standards and guidelines which may be established from time to time, to direct and instruct (or to appoint an investment manager which has the power to direct and instruct) the Trustee in all matters relating to the preservation, investment, reinvestment, management and disposition of the Trust fund (or any designation portion thereof), including the authority to review any financial or other reports of the Trustee and to designate the particular investment funds to be made available to participants;

 

(c) To delegate to employees or agents such clerical and other duties of the Investment Committee as it deems necessary or advisable for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan or the Trust;

 

(d) To select, employ, and compensate from time to time such consultants, actuaries, accountants, attorneys, and other agents as the Investment Committee may deem necessary or advisable for the proper and efficient investment of the assets of the Plan;

 

(e) to adopt rules and procedures for administration of the investments of the Plan (including, without limitation, procedures covering any directions, elections, or other action by Participants, and the delivery of statements and other disclosure materials to such individuals), that may provide for the use of electronic communications and other media; and

 

(f) such other rights and duties, and rules and procedures applicable to the Investment Committee, as set out in the charter for the Plan Administrator and the Committees, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

8.6           Standard of Performance : The Plan Administrator, the Administrative Committee and the Investment Committee shall each (a) use the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in conducting its business; (b) when exercising its power to direct investments, if applicable, diversify the investments of the Plan so as to minimize the risk of large losses unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so; and (c) otherwise act in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and ERISA.

 

8.7           Liability of Plan Administrator and Committee : No member of the Plan Administrator or either Committee shall be liable for any act or omission of any other member of the Plan Administrator or either Committee, the Trustee, any investment manager, or any other agent or representative appointed by the Plan Administrator or either Committee, except to the extent required by ERISA and any other applicable state or federal law, which liability cannot be waived. No member of the Plan Administrator or either Committee shall be liable for any act or omission on his own part except to the extent required by ERISA, and any other applicable state or federal law, and then only if and to the extent such liability cannot be waived. It is the express intent of the Plan to waive any such liability to the full extent permitted by law.

 

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8.8           Exemption from Bond : No member of the Plan Administrator or either Committee shall be required to give bond for the performance of his duties hereunder, unless required by ERISA or by other law which cannot be waived.

 

8.9           No Compensation : The members of the Plan Administrator and each Committee shall serve without compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for all expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of its duties under the Plan. The Plan Sponsor may elect to have such expenses paid out of the Trust Fund to the extent not inconsistent with ERISA.

 

8.10         Persons Serving in Dual Fiduciary Roles : Any person, group of persons, corporation, firm or other entity, may serve in more than one fiduciary capacity with respect to the Plan.

 

8.11         Indemnification of Members of Plan Administrator and Committees : To the full extent permitted by law, the Plan Sponsor and each other Employer, jointly and severally, shall indemnify each past, present and future member of the Plan Administrator and each Committee against, and each member of the Plan Administrator and each Committee shall be entitled without further act on his part to indemnity from each Employer for, any and all losses, liabilities, costs and expenses (including the amount of judgments, court costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and the amount of approved settlements made with a view to the curtailment of costs of litigation, other than amounts paid to the Employer itself) incurred by such member in connection with or arising out of any pending, threatened or anticipated possible action, suit, or other proceeding, including any investigation that might lead to such a proceeding, in which he is or may be involved by reason of or in connection with his being or having been a member of the Plan Administrator or either Committee, whether or not he continues to be a member of the Plan Administrator or either Committee at the time of incurring any such losses, liabilities, costs and expenses; provided, however, that such indemnity shall not include any losses, liabilities, costs and expenses incurred by such member of the Plan Administrator or either Committee (i) with respect to any matters as to which he is finally adjudged in any such action, suit or proceeding to have been guilty of gross negligence or willful and culpable misconduct in the performance of his duties as a member of the Plan Administrator or either Committee, or (ii) with respect to any matter to the extent that a settlement thereof is effected in an amount in excess of the amount approved by the Plan Sponsor (or by the affected Employer if it is not an Affiliated Employer), which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

No right of indemnification hereunder shall be available to, or enforceable by, any such member of the Plan Administrator or either Committee unless, within thirty (30) days after his actual receipt of service of process in any such action, suit or other proceeding (or such longer period as may be approved by the Board), he shall have offered the Plan Sponsor (or affected Employer if it is not an Affiliated Employer), in writing, the opportunity to handle and defend same at its sole expense. The decision by the Plan Sponsor or other affected Employer to handle the proceeding shall conclusively determine that such member is entitled to the indemnity provided herein unless then otherwise expressly agreed by the member. Until and unless a final judicial determination has been made that indemnity is not applicable, all such member’s expenses shall be promptly and fully paid or reimbursed by the Plan Sponsor or other Employer upon demand by such member. The foregoing right of indemnification shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives of each such member of the Plan Administrator and either Committee and shall be in addition to all other rights to which such member may be entitled as a matter of law, contract, or otherwise.

 
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8.12        Required Information :

 

(a) The Plan Administrator and each Committee may rely on any information furnished by a Participant and such information is conclusively binding upon the Participant furnishing the evidence, but is not binding upon the Employer, Plan Administrator or Committee.

 

(b) If a person claiming benefits under the Plan makes a false statement that is material to such person’s claim for benefits, the Administrative Committee may adjust the benefits payable to the person or require that the payments be returned to the Plan, or take any other action as the Administrative Committee deems reasonable.

 

(c) Failure on the part of a Participant to comply with a request by the Administrative Committee for information or proof within a reasonable period of time is sufficient grounds for delay in the payment of any benefits that may be due under the Plan until such information or proof is received by the Administrative Committee.

 

8.13        Correction of Errors : If an error has occurred in crediting or debiting any Account as a result of data, recordkeeping, or other administrative error, the Administrative Committee shall correct the error by adjusting the affected Account or by taking such other actions (including but not limited to requesting a repayment by a Participant or a Beneficiary of all or part of a distribution made to him or making a special corrective distribution to a Participant or a Beneficiary).

 

ARTICLE IX

 

ADOPTION OF PLAN BY OTHER EMPLOYERS

 

9.1          Adoption Procedure : Any business organization may, with the approval of Board or the Administrative Committee, adopt the Plan for all or any classification of its Employees, as permitted by Code Section 401(a), by delivering to the Administrative Committee:

 

(a) A certified resolution or consent of the sole proprietor, managing partner(s), or board of directors (or equivalent governing authority) of the adopting Employer, or a duly executed adoption instrument (adopted and approved by the board of directors (or equivalent governing authority) of the adopting Employer) setting forth its agreement to be bound as an Employer by all the terms, provisions, conditions and limitations of the Plan, except those, if any, specifically set forth in the adoption instrument;

 

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(b) All information required by the Administrative Committee and the Trustee with reference to Employees or Participants; and

 

(c) The written consent of the Board or the Administrative Committee to the adoption of this Plan.

 

9.2           No Joint Venture Implied : The adoption instrument executed by an Employer shall become, as to it and its Employees, a part of the Plan. However, neither the adoption of the Plan by an Employer, nor any act performed by it in relation to the Plan, shall create a joint venture or partnership relation between it and any other Employer. Although the Accounts of Participants employed by the Employers which adopt the Plan shall be commingled for purposes of investment thereof, unless the Administrative Committee and the Trustee are otherwise directed by the Board, amounts held in the Trust Fund allocable to a particular Employer shall, on an ongoing basis, be available to pay benefits to Participants employed by that Employer, and to pay benefits to Participants employed by any other Employer which is an Affiliated Employer required to be aggregated with the first Employer, but not otherwise. The Administrative Committee shall maintain completely separate accounts and records for any Employer that is not an Affiliated Employer, as distinguished from maintaining the Plan on a consolidated basis with such other Employer.

 

9.3           Transfer of Participants : If an Employee of one Employer is Transferred to the employment of another Employer, the Employee shall maintain all of his rights under the Plan. Contributions to the Transferred Employee’s Account shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4.2 and 4.8 , and his Active Service shall be considered uninterrupted as if no Transfer had occurred. Unless otherwise specifically provided hereunder, Active Service with any Employer or Affiliated Employer shall count as Active Service with all Employers, whether before or after the date that the Employer adopts the Plan.

 

ARTICLE X

 

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

10.1        Right to Amend and Limitations Thereon : The Board shall have the right and power to amend the Plan at any time and from time to time on behalf of all Employers. In addition, on behalf of all Employers, either (a) the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) acting jointly, or (b) the CFO and the Company’s General Counsel (“GC”) acting jointly, shall each have the right and power (i) to adopt any amendment that is necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law or regulation, including without limitation, ERISA and the Code, or (ii) to adopt any amendment that does not increase the cost of the Plan by more than five percent (5%) per Plan Year, as determined in good faith and with the certification of an actuary if deemed appropriate, or that increases the cost to the Company merely on account of an increase in an applicable statutory limitation. The Board, the CFO and CEO acting jointly, or the CFO and GC acting jointly, as applicable, may delegate to any officer of the Company the authority to execute an amendment to the Plan that has been approved in the manner set out above. Any amendment of the Plan shall (i) be made by a written instrument and executed by an appropriate officer of the Company and (ii) set forth the nature of the amendment and its effective date (which may be a retroactive date to the extent consistent with applicable law). No amendment shall:



(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, cause or permit any Trust Fund assets to be diverted to any purpose other than the exclusive benefit of the Participants and their Beneficiaries;

 

 

 
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(b) Decrease the accrued benefit of any Participant or eliminate a protected form of benefit in violation of Code Section 411 (d)(6);

 

(c) Materially increase the duties or liabilities of the Trustee without its prior written consent; or

 

(d) Change the vesting schedule to one which would result in the vested percentage of the accrued benefit derived from Employer Contributions (determined as of the later of the amendment’s adoption date or effective date) of any Participant being less than such vested percentage computed under the Plan without regard to such amendment. If the Plan’s vesting schedule is amended, or if the Plan is amended in any way that directly or indirectly affects the computation of the Participant’s vested percentage, or if the Plan is deemed amended by an automatic change to or from a Top-Heavy vesting schedule, each Participant with at least three years of Active Service may elect, within a reasonable period after the adoption of the amendment or change, to have the vested percentage computed under the Plan without regard to such amendment or change. The period during which such election may be made shall begin no later than the date upon which the amendment is adopted or deemed to be made and shall end no later than the latest of the following dates: (A) the date which is sixty (60) days after the day the amendment is adopted or deemed to be made; (B) the date which is sixty (60) days after the day that the amendment becomes effective; or (C) the date which is sixty (60) days after the day that the Participant is issued written notice of the amendment by the Employer.

 

In the event of an amendment, each Employer will be deemed to have consented to and adopted the amendment unless an Employer notifies the Administrative Committee to the contrary in writing within thirty (30) days after receipt of a copy of the amendment, in which case the rejection will constitute a withdrawal from the Plan by that Employer.

 

10.2        Mandatory Amendments : Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, or except as otherwise prescribed by applicable law or other authority prescribed thereunder by the appropriate governmental authority, the Contributions of each Employer to the Plan are intended to be:

 

(a) Deductible under applicable provisions of the Code;

 

(b) Exempt from the federal Social Security Act, as amended;

 

(c) Exempt from withholding under the Code; and
 
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(d) Excludable from any Employee’s regular rate of pay, as that term is defined under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.

 

Amendments to the Plan may be made as necessary to carry out this intention, and all such amendments may be made retroactively.

 

10.3       Termination of Plan : The Plan has been established with the intent that it will continue in effect indefinitely. However, the Plan Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, at any time by action of the Board. A termination of the Plan shall be evidenced by a duly adopted resolution of the Board. Termination of the Plan shall be effective on the date specified in the resolution (hereinafter referred to as the “Termination Date”).

 

If the Plan is terminated by the Plan Sponsor with respect to all Employers, except to the extent otherwise required under applicable provisions of the Code and ERISA, (a) no further contributions shall be made to the Trust by the Employers, (b) no Employees shall become Participants of the Plan after the Termination Date, and (c) the Accounts of all Participants and Beneficiaries shall be fully vested and distributed as provided in this Section.

 

Upon termination of the Plan, subject to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall distribute to each Participant the vested amounts then credited to his Account. If a Participant’s vested Account balance (derived from Employer and Employee Contributions) which is distributable hereunder does not exceed $5,000, such Account balance shall be distributed in the form of a lump sum payment. Such distribution may be made without the necessity of obtaining the consent of the Participant. If a Participant’s vested Account balance (derived from Employer and Employee Contributions) which is distributable hereunder is in excess of $5,000, and if the Participant consents to the distribution hereunder in the form of a lump sum payment, the Administrative Committee shall direct the Trustee to make settlement of the Participant’s Account in a lump sum distribution. If a Participant’s vested Account balance (derived from Employer and any Employee Contributions) which is distributable hereunder is in excess of $5,000, and if the Participant fails to consent to the distribution hereunder, the Administrative Committee shall direct the Trustee to make settlement of the Participant’s Account in a lump sum distribution. Upon satisfaction of all liabilities to all Participants and Beneficiaries hereunder, the Trust shall terminate.

 

If the Plan should terminate, the Plan Sponsor or the Administrative Committee in its discretion, may notify the Internal Revenue Service of such termination of the Plan. The Plan Sponsor may apply to the Internal Revenue Service for a determination letter with respect to said termination of the Plan or termination of participation in the Plan by an Employer.

 

Except as may be directed by the Plan Sponsor in its discretion, the Trustee shall not distribute the assets in the Trust Fund in violation of applicable provisions of Article VI or prior to receipt of a copy of a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that an immediate distribution of Plan assets will not adversely affect the prior qualification of the Plan under Code Sections 401(a) and the exemption of the Trust under Code Section 501(a).

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, amounts allocated to the affected Participants’ Accounts may be distributed in any form authorized hereunder which constitutes a lump sum distribution described in Code Section 401(k)(10) prior to the time that such amounts would otherwise be distributed if the Plan is terminated without establishment of an alternative defined contribution plan in contravention of Code Section 401(k)(10)(A). For purposes of the previous sentence, in accordance with Section 1.401(k)-l(d)(4) of the Treasury Regulations, an alternative defined contribution plan is any other defined contribution plan maintained by the same employer. However, if fewer than two percent (2%) of the employees who are eligible under the Plan at the time of its termination are or were eligible under another defined contribution plan at any time during the 24-month period beginning 12 months before the time of the termination, the other plan is not an alternative defined contribution plan. The term “alternative defined contribution plan” means a plan that is a defined contribution plan as defined in Code Section 414(i), but does not include an employee stock ownership plan as defined in Code Section 4975(e) or Code Section 409, a simplified employee pension as defined in Code Section 408(k) or a SIMPLE IRA plan as defined in Code Section 408(p). An alternative defined contribution plan is a successor plan only if it exists at the time the Plan is terminated or within the period ending 12 months after distribution of all assets from the Plan.

 

10.4        Voluntary or Involuntary Termination by an Adopting Employer : Any Employer may terminate its participation in the Plan by executing and delivering to the Administrative Committee and the Trustee a notice which specifies the date on which its participation in the Plan shall terminate. Likewise, participation of an Employer in the Plan will automatically terminate upon the general assignment by that Employer to or for the benefit of its creditors or the liquidation or dissolution of that Employer without a successor (whether or not as the result of a bankruptcy proceeding).

 

In the event that (a) the Plan is maintained by the Plan Sponsor and at least one other Employer which is an Affiliated Employer required to be aggregated with the Plan Sponsor, (b) on an ongoing basis, assets of the Plan are available to pay benefits to any Employee who is a Participant (and Beneficiaries thereof) and thus the Plan should be viewed as a single plan for purposes of Code Section 414(1), and (c) the Plan is operated on a consolidated basis, then, in that event, should any Employer which is an Affiliated Employer terminate participation in the Plan without provision for continuation of the portion thereof attributable to such Employer, subject to application of Section 10.5 (relating to partial terminations), any forfeitures arising incident to the distributions described above shall be allocated in accordance with Section 4.6 among the Employer, and any other Employer which is an Affiliated Employer, to reduce future Employer Contributions. Any unapplied portion (comprised of excess amounts arising from or attributable to Contributions of such terminating Affiliated Employer) of any suspense account described in Section 4.3 shall be applied pro-rata to reduce future Contributions of the Employer and any other remaining Employer which is an Affiliated Employer.

 

Regardless of whether the Plan is operated on an ongoing basis which should result in the Plan being viewed as a single plan for purposes of Code Section 414(1), in the event that the Plan is not operated on a consolidated basis and separate accounts are maintained for each separate Employer under the Plan, then should any Employer which is an Affiliated Employer terminate participation in the Plan without provision for continuation of the portion thereof attributable to such Employer, Participants employed by such terminating Employer as of the date of such termination of participation in the Plan shall have a 100% vested percentage in their Accounts.

 

 

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The termination of participation in the Plan by any one or more of the Employers will not constitute a termination of the Plan with respect to any other remaining Employers.

 

10.5       Vesting Upon Discontinuance of Employer Contributions, Total or Partial Termination : Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, in the event that there is a total termination of the Plan or a partial termination (as determined by legal counsel for the Plan Sponsor), or complete discontinuance of the Employer Contributions hereunder, then, in either event, the vesting schedules contained in Sections 6.4 and 7.3 shall be inapplicable to the affected Participants, and each affected Participant thereupon shall have a 100% vested percentage in the amount credited to his Account as of the end of the last Plan Year for which a substantial Employer Contribution was made and in any amounts thereafter credited or allocated to his Account. However, that if the Employer shall thereafter resume making substantial Contributions hereunder, all amounts credited or allocated to an affected Participant’s Account with respect to the Plan Year for which such Contributions are resumed, and the Plan Years for which they are continued, shall vest only in accordance with the vesting schedules contained in Sections 6.4 and 7.3 . During any such period of termination or complete discontinuance of Employer Contributions, all other provisions of the Plan shall nevertheless continue in full force and effect, other than provisions for Employer Contributions and the allocation thereof to the affected Participants’ Accounts.

 

10.6        Withdrawal of an Employer : An Employer may withdraw from the Plan either by rejecting an amendment or by giving written notice of its intent to withdraw to the Plan Sponsor, the Administrative Committee and the Trustee. The Administrative Committee shall then determine, within ninety (90) days following the receipt of the rejection or notice, the portion of the Trust Fund that is attributable to the Participants employed by the withdrawing Employer and shall forward a copy of such determination to the Trustee. Upon receipt of the determination, the Trustee shall promptly segregate those assets attributable to the Participants employed by the withdrawing Employer and transfer those assets to the successor trustee when it receives a designation of such successor from the withdrawing Employer.

 

The withdrawal from the Plan will not terminate the Plan with respect to the withdrawing Employer. Instead, the withdrawing Employer shall, as soon as practical, either appoint a successor trustee and reaffirm the Plan as a new and separate plan and trust intended to qualify under Code Sections 401(a) and 501(a), or establish another plan and trust intended to qualify under Code Sections 401(a) and 501(a).

 

The determination of the Administrative Committee, in its discretion, of the portion of the Trust Fund that is attributable to the Participants employed by the withdrawing Employer shall be final and binding upon all persons or entities. The Trustee’s transfer of those assets to the designated successor trustee shall relieve the Trustee of any further obligation or duty to the withdrawing Employer, the Participants and Employees employed by that Employer and their Beneficiaries, and to the successor trustee.

 

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10.7       Continuance Permitted Upon Sale or Transfer of Assets : An Employer’s participation in the Plan will not automatically terminate in the event that it consolidates, merges, and is not the surviving corporation; sells substantially all of its assets; is a party to a reorganization and its Employees and substantially all of its assets are transferred to another entity; or liquidates or dissolves, if there is a successor entity. Instead, the resulting successor person, firm, corporation, or other entity may assume and continue the Plan and the Trust by executing a direction, entering into a contractual commitment or adopting a resolution, as the case may be, providing for the continuance of the Plan and the Trust simultaneous with or within one hundred twenty (120) days after such consolidation, merger, sale, reorganization, liquidation or dissolution. If after such 120-day period, the successor entity has not assumed and continued the Plan and otherwise complied with the provisions of this Section 10.7 , the successor entity shall be deemed to have given notice under Section 10.4 and its participation in the Plan will then automatically terminate on the one hundred twenty-first (121st) day. In that event, the appropriate portion of the Trust Fund will be distributed exclusively to the affected Participants or their Beneficiaries as soon as practicable pursuant to Section 10.4 .

 

10.8       Requirement on Merger, Transfer, etc. : Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, in accordance with Code Section 414(1), the Plan will not be merged or consolidated with, nor shall any assets or liabilities of the Plan be transferred to, any other plan unless each Participant would receive (if the Plan then terminated) a benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation, or transfer which is equal to or greater than the benefit that he would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, consolidation, or transfer (if the Plan had then terminated). In addition, any accrued benefits under the Plan which are subject to and protected under Code Section 411(d)(6) shall not be reduced or eliminated in violation of Code Section 411(d)(6) incident to (a) any merger, consolidation, spin-off or transfer of such accrued benefits or (b) any transaction involving an amendment or having the effect of an amendment of the Plan to transfer such accrued benefits.

 

The Trustee, as directed by the Administrative Committee, shall have the authority to enter into (a) an agreement to merge or consolidate the Plan with another plan which meets the requirements of Code Sections 401(a) and 501(a) or (b) an agreement to accept the direct transfer of assets, including in the discretion of the Administrative Committee, notes evidencing participant loans, from any such plan or to transfer Plan assets to any such plan. To the extent that any such assets that are directly transferred to the Plan are comprised of amounts attributable to elective deferrals (described in Code Section 402(g)(3)), or qualified nonelective contributions (described in Code Section 401(m)(4)(C)), or matching contributions (described in Code Section 401(m)(4)(A)) that are treated as elective deferrals under Code Section 401(k), such amounts shall remain subject to any limitations on distribution thereof and, thus shall not be distributed under the Plan prior to such time as is permitted under the transferor plan and Code Section 401(k). Subject to the Code Sections described in the immediately preceding sentence, if assets are accepted on behalf of any Employee prior to the date that such Employee is eligible to enter the Plan as an active Participant, such Employee shall be deemed to be a Participant; provided however, such Employee shall not be entitled to authorize Elective Contributions to the Plan or share in the allocation of any Employer Contributions or any forfeitures, unless and until such Employee meets the applicable eligibility requirements in Article II .

 

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The Trustee shall not consent or be a party to a merger, consolidation or transfer of assets with a defined benefit plan, except with respect to a transfer which the Administrative Committee has determined to be an “elective transfer” (defined below). The Trustee shall hold, administer and distribute the transferred assets as a part of the Trust Fund and the Administrative Committee shall maintain a separate Account for the benefit of each Employee on whose behalf the Trustee accepted the transfer in order to reflect the value of the transferred assets. Unless a transfer of assets to the Plan is a Rollover Contribution (including a direct rollover contribution described in Code Section 401(a)(31)) or an “elective transfer” (defined below), the Plan shall apply the optional forms of benefit protections described in this Section and in Section 10.1 to all of the transferred assets. A transfer is an “elective transfer” if: (i) the transfer satisfies the preceding provisions of this Section 10.8 ; (ii) the transfer is voluntary, under a fully informed election by the Participant; (iii) the Participant has an alternative that retains his Code Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits (including an option to leave his benefit in the transferor plan if that plan is not terminating and the Participant’s transferor plan account exceeds $5,000); (iv) the transfer satisfies the applicable spousal consent requirements of the Code; (v) the transferor plan satisfies the qualified joint and survivor annuity notice requirements of the Code, if the Participant’s transferred benefit is subject to those requirements; (vi) the Participant has the right to immediate distribution from the transferor plan in lieu of the elective transfer; (vii) the Participant is not eligible to receive an immediate distribution of the Participant’s entire nonforfeitable accrued benefit in a single sum distribution that would consist entirely of an eligible rollover distribution (as defined in Section 6.6(b)) ; (viii) the transferred benefit is the entire nonforfeitable accrued benefit under the transferor plan (a) calculated to be at least the greater of the single sum distribution provided by the transferor plan for which the Participant is eligible or the present value of the Participant’s accrued benefit under the transferor plan payable at that plan’s normal retirement age and (b) calculated by using an interest rate that complies with the requirements of Code Section 417(e) and subject to the overall limitations of Code Section 415; (ix) the Participant has 100% vested percentage in the transferred benefit; and (x) the transfer otherwise satisfies applicable regulations or other guidance issued under applicable provisions of the Code by the appropriate governmental authority.

 

The Trustee, as directed by the Administrative Committee and with any required consent of the affected Employee, shall have the authority to (i) accept a direct transfer of assets, including in the discretion of the Administrative Committee, notes evidencing participant loans, from any qualified plan maintained by another company that is an Affiliated Employer, or (ii) transfer any Plan assets to any qualified plan maintained by an Affiliated Employer on behalf of an Employee who transfers active employment either between different Affiliated Employers or between an Affiliated Employer. To the extent that any assets that are directly transferred to the Plan are comprised of amounts attributable to elective deferrals (described in Code Section 402(g)(3)), or qualified nonelective contributions (described in Code Section 401(m)(4)I), or matching contributions (described in Code Section 401(m)(4)(A)) that are treated as elective deferrals under Code Section 401(k), such amounts shall remain subject to any limitations on distribution thereof and, thus shall not be distributed under the Plan prior to such time as is permitted under the transferor plan and Code Section 401(k). Any such transfer of assets shall preserve under the Plan the Employee’s protected forms of benefit under the transferor’s qualified plan to extent required to comply with Code Section 411(d). If transferred assets are accepted under the Plan on behalf of any Employee prior to the date that such Employee is eligible to enter the Plan as an active Participant, such Employee shall be deemed to be a Participant for this limited purpose; provided, however, such Employee shall not be entitled to authorize any Elective Contributions to the Plan or share in the allocation of any Employer Contributions or any forfeitures unless and until such Employee satisfies the applicable eligibility requirements in Article II .

 

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ARTICLE XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.1       Plan Not An Employment Contract : The adoption and maintenance of the Plan shall not be deemed to be a contract between any Employer and its Employees which gives any Employee the right to be retained in the employment of any Employer; to interfere with the rights of any Employer to discharge any Employee at any time; or to interfere with any Employee’s right to terminate his employment at any time.

 

11.2        Benefits Provided Solely From Trust Fund : All benefits payable under the Plan shall be paid or provided for solely from the Trust Fund; the Committee and Employer do not assume any liability or responsibility for such benefits. Each Participant assumes all risks in connection with any decrease in the market value of any common stocks, bonds or other investments held on his behalf under the Trust.

 

11.3        Spendthrift Provision : No principal or income payable, or to become payable, from the Trust Fund prior to its receipt by the Participant or Beneficiary will be subject to: (a) anticipation or assignment by any Participant or by any Beneficiary; (b) attachment by, interference with, or control of any creditor of a Participant or Beneficiary; or (c) being taken or reached by any legal or equitable process in satisfaction of any debt or liability of a Participant or Beneficiary. Any attempted conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage, pledge, or encumbrance of the Trust Fund, any part or interest in it, by a Participant or Beneficiary prior to distribution will be void, whether that conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation or encumbrance is intended to take place or become effective before or after any distribution of Trust Fund assets or the termination of the Trust. Furthermore, the Trustee shall not be required to recognize any conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage, pledge or encumbrance by a Participant or Beneficiary of the Trust, any part or interest in it, or to pay any money or thing of value to any creditor or assignee of a Participant or Beneficiary for any cause whatsoever.

 

This Section 11.3 shall apply to the creation, assignment, or recognition of a right to any benefit payable with respect to a Participant pursuant to a domestic relations order, unless such order is determined to be a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in Code Section 414(p)) pursuant to Section 6.11 . In addition, in the event that pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order described above, an Account is established for the benefit of the former spouse or dependent of a Participant (“alternate payee”), and in the further event that Participants are entitled to direct the investment of their Accounts in accordance with Section 4.10 , unless the Administrative Committee otherwise prescribes pursuant to its uniformly applied nondiscriminatory rules, any alternate payee shall be considered to be a Participant for purposes of Section 4.10 and, thus, shall be entitled to direct the investment of such Account.

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In the event that the Administrative Committee receives notice that a domestic relations order that is intended to be a qualified domestic relations order is being prepared and will be provided to the Administrative Committee within a reasonably short time, the Administrative Committee may place a temporary hold on the rights of a Participant (a) to modify investment elections or (b) to receive a distribution or withdrawal of benefits under the Plan, pending (i) the determination of whether such order is a qualified domestic relations order within the meaning of Code Section 414(p), and (ii) the rights of the alternate payee under such order.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 11.3 will not apply to any offset of a Participant’s Account balance against an amount that the Participant is ordered or required to pay to the Plan if (a) an order or requirement to pay arises (i) under a judgment of conviction for a crime involving the Plan, (ii) under a civil judgment (including a consent order or decree) entered by a court of competent jurisdiction in an action brought in connection with a violation (or alleged violation) of Part 4 of Title I of ERISA, or (iii) pursuant to a settlement agreement between the Secretary of Labor and the Participant in connection with a violation (or alleged violation) of Part 4 of Title I of ERISA, or (b) the judgment, order, decree or settlement agreement expressly provides for the offset of all or part of the amount ordered or required to be paid to the Plan against the Participant’s benefits provided under the Plan.

 

11.4       Gender, Tense and Headings : Whenever the context so requires, words of the masculine gender used herein shall include the feminine and neuter, and words used in the singular shall include the plural. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and other similar compounds of the word “here” shall refer to the entire Plan, not to any particular Section or provision of the Plan. Headings of Articles, Sections and subsections as used herein are inserted solely for convenience and reference and constitute no part of the Plan.

 

11.5       General Transition Rules Relating to Amendment, Restatement and Continuation of the Plan : This Section shall generally apply to any Prior Plan.

 

(a) Application of Plan : Except as otherwise expressly provided under the Plan, in the event that an Employer adopts the Plan as an amendment, restatement and continuation of the Plan or a Prior Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall apply only to Employees whose employment with the Employer terminates after the Effective Date. If an Employee’s employment with the Employer terminates prior to the Effective Date, the former Employee shall be entitled to benefits under the terms and provisions of the Plan or Prior Plan as it existed on the termination of employment date but subject to any required amendments for qualification under Code Section 401(a).

 

(b) Maintenance of Accounts : Amounts credited to a Participant’s accounts under the Prior Plan, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date, shall constitute the opening balances of corresponding Accounts established under the Plan.

 

(c) Employee Elections : Employee elections (under the Plan or Prior Plan as in effect immediately prior to its Effective Date) with respect to Employee contribution rates, investment directions, etc., shall continue in effect under the Plan or Prior Plan unless the Administrative Committee otherwise expressly directs. Similarly, any beneficiary designation in effect under the Plan or Prior Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be deemed to be a valid designation filed with the Administrative Committee under applicable provisions of the Plan, to the extent consistent with the Plan and applicable law, unless and until the Participant revokes such Beneficiary designation under the terms of the Plan.
 
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(d) Withdrawals and Loans: Except as inconsistent with applicable law, and unless the Administrative Committee otherwise directs, any withdrawals authorized and loans made under the Plan or Prior Plan, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date, shall continue to be governed by the terms and provisions of the Plan or Prior Plan as it existed on the date of the withdrawal and/or loan. Any withdrawals or loans permitted under the Plan after its Effective Date shall be governed by the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan.

 

(e) Accounting : Trust accounting for earnings, gain, loss, appreciation and depreciation and forfeitures under the Plan or Prior Plan, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date, shall not be affected by amendment and restatement of the Plan.

 

(f) Distribution of Benefits : Amounts being paid to a Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan or a Prior Plan, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date, shall continue to be paid in accordance with the Plan or Prior Plan as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date.

 

(g) Continued Term of Plan Officials : Unless the Plan Administrator otherwise directs, members of any committee (or comparable administrator or governing authority), and the agent for service of legal process under a Prior Plan, shall not continue in such capacities under the Plan as of the Effective Date.

 

11.6       Severability : Each term and provision of the Plan is severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other term or provision.

 

11.7       Governing Law : Parties to Legal Actions: The terms and provisions of the Plan shall be construed, administered, and governed under the laws of the State of Texas without regard to conflicts of law provisions and, to the extent applicable, by the laws of the United States. The Trustee or any Employer may initiate a legal action or proceeding for the settlement of the account of the Trustee, for the determination of any question, or for instructions. The only necessary parties to any such action or proceeding are the Trustee, the Plan Sponsor or other affected Employer; provided, however, any other person may be included as a party at the election of the Trustee, the Plan Sponsor or other affected Employer.

 

11.8       Mandatory Venue : As the Plan is administered in Montgomery County, Texas, mandatory venue for any claim, legal suit, action, or other proceeding arising out of or relating to this Plan shall be the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas—Houston Division or in a judicial district court of Montgomery County, Texas, subject to removal to federal court if applicable. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the event that the Administrative Committee exercises its right to initiate an interpleader action pursuant to Section 6.9(h) , the Administrative Committee may in its discretion file such interpleader action in (i) a court in the state in which the Participant resides (or, in the event of the Participant’s death, resided at the time of his death), (ii) a court in the state in which at least one claimant of the Participant’s benefit resides or (iii) a court described in the first sentence of this Section 11.8 .

 

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11.9        Notices : Except as otherwise specifically provided under the Plan, any notice, direction, consent, election, waiver or other information required or permitted to be given under the Plan shall be sufficient if (a) it is in writing and otherwise complies with the requirements of applicable provisions of the Plan and any applicable procedures established by the Administrative Committee and (b) if hand-delivered to the Participant, Beneficiary, Trustee or other person to whom such communication is to be given, or if sent by registered mail (return receipt requested) by first class mail or by any other reasonable method to such person at the address last furnished by such person. Any such communication described in the immediately preceding sentence shall be effective as of the date of the postmark if mailed via registered mail and the return receipt is received by the sender, or upon actual receipt by the party receiving such communication in the event that (i) such return receipt is not received by the sender or (ii) such communication was given by in-hand delivery or by first class mail or any other reasonable method.

 

11.10      Expenses of Administration : Unless otherwise paid by the Plan Sponsor, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the operation and administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to, the expenses of the Committee and the Trustee, legal, accounting, actuaries, investment, management, and other administrative fees and expenses, shall be paid out of the assets of the Plan to the full extent permissible under ERISA (and any other applicable laws) for such fees and expenses to be so paid.

 

(a) Reimbursement of Plan Sponsor . The Plan Sponsor may elect to advance an amount that is properly chargeable as an expense to the Plan, and then obtain reimbursement from the Plan for such advance as soon as practicable, but within one year from the date that the expense was paid by the Plan Sponsor. In this case, the Plan Sponsor shall indicate on its records that payment of the expense on behalf of the Plan is subject to reimbursement from the Plan. The Plan shall promptly reimburse the Plan Sponsor for any expense properly chargeable to the Plan that is paid by the Plan Sponsor upon the receipt by the Plan of a reimbursement directive from the Plan Sponsor.

 

(b) Allocation of Expenses to Participants . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan Sponsor, in its discretion, may direct that any or all (i) administrative expenses that are directly allocable to a specific Participant shall be paid from that Participant’s Account (e.g., a Plan loan under Section 6.10 ) and (ii) the costs incident to the management of an investment fund, or to the purchase or sale of securities held in an investment fund, shall be paid by the Trustee from such investment fund, each to the extent not inconsistent with ERISA (or other applicable law) as determined by the Plan Sponsor in such capacity.

 

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11.11     Counterparts : This Plan may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Plan Sponsor has caused this Plan to be executed this 22 day of December, 2014, to be effective as of January 1, 2015, except as otherwise expressly provided under certain terms or provisions of the Plan.

 

  PLAN SPONSOR:
   
  ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
     
  By:  
    Julia A. Struble
    Vice President, Human Resources

 

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FIRST AMENDMENT TO

ANADARKO EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015)

 

WHEREAS , Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) has previously adopted the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan (as Amended and Restated Effective January 1 2015) (the “Plan”); and

 

WHEREAS , the Company has reserved the right under Article X of the Plan to amend the Plan on behalf of the Employers at any time and from time to time; and

 

WHEREAS , the Company desires to amend the Plan to clarify the description in the Plan of how certain matching contributions were computed for Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2007 and before January 1, 2014;

 

NOW, THEREFORE , effective as of January 1, 2015, the Company hereby amends the Plan as follows:

 

1.             The second sentence of Section 3.4(b) of the Plan shall be deleted and the following shall be substituted therefor:

 

“The Employer will make Employer Safe-Harbor Contributions each pay period equal to 100% of the sum of each Participant’s Elective Contributions, Catch-Up Contributions, After-Tax Contributions and Roth Contributions that do not exceed 6% of the Participant’s Base Compensation that is paid during that pay period.”

 

2.             Section 6.8(b)(4) of the Plan shall be deleted and the following shall be substituted therefor:

 

“(4) A Participant who has withdrawn all amounts allocated to his Participant Contribution Account and has contributed to or had Elective Contributions made on his behalf to the Plan for at least sixty (60) cumulative months, may withdraw from his Employer Matching Contribution Account, PWA Contributions Account, and his Employer Profit Sharing Contribution Account an amount not exceeding his vested interest therein.”  

 

3.             As amended hereby, the Plan is specifically ratified and reaffirmed.

 

[Signature on the following page.]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this First Amendment to the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan (as Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015) is hereby approved, ratified and executed by an authorized officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation on this 17 day of DECEMBER, 20 15 , to be effective as provided above.

 

  ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
     
  By:
    Name: Julia A. Struble
    Title: VP, H UMAN R ESOURCES


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SECOND AMENDMENT TO

ANADARKO EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015)

 

WHEREAS, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) has previously adopted the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan (as Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015) (the “Plan”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has reserved the right under Article X of the Plan to amend the Plan on behalf of the Employers at any time and from time to time; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan to clarify the in-service withdrawal provisions;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby amends the Plan as follows, effective as of January 1, 2015, except as otherwise provided herein:

 

1.             Section 6.8(b)(2) of the Plan shall be deleted and the following shall be substituted therefor:

 

“(2) A Participant who has withdrawn all amounts from his Rollover Account, if any, may withdraw from his Participant Contribution Account and, effective January 1, 2003, his After-Tax Rollover Account, if any, any or all amounts allocated to such Accounts.”

 

2.             Section 6.8(b)(4) of the Plan shall be deleted and the following shall be substituted therefor:

 

“(4) A Participant who has withdrawn all amounts allocated to his Participant Contribution Account and, effective from August 1, 2006, has participated in the Plan for at least sixty (60) cumulative months may withdraw from his Employer Matching Contribution Account, PWA Contributions Account and his Employer Profit Sharing Contribution Account an amount not exceeding his vested interest therein.”

 

3.            Section 6.8(c)(1) of the Plan shall be deleted and the following shall be substituted therefor:

 

“(1) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6.8 , no withdrawal shall be made from an Account to the extent such Account has been pledged to secure a loan from the Plan. From January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2017, there shall not be a restriction on the number of withdrawals pursuant to this Section 6.8 . Effective January 1, 2018, not more than two (2) withdrawals pursuant to this Section 6.8 may be made in any one Plan Year, except that no restriction will be imposed on the number of hardship withdrawals under Section 6.8(a) or age 59 1/ 2 withdrawals under Section 6.8(b)(5) and withdrawals under Section 6.8(a) and Section 6.8(b)(5) shall not count against such two-withdrawal limitation.”

 

 

4.             As amended hereby, the Plan is specifically ratified and reaffirmed.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , this Second Amendment to the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan (as Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015) is hereby approved, ratified and executed by an authorized officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation on this 5 TH day of DECEMBER , 20 17 , to be effective as provided above.

 

  ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
     
  By:  
   
Joseph H. Mongrain
   
Vice President, Human Resources

 

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THIRD AMENDMENT TO

ANADARKO EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015)

 

WHEREAS, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) has previously adopted the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan (as Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015) (the “Plan”); and

 

WHEREAS , the Company has reserved the right under Article X of the Plan to amend the Plan on behalf of the Employers at any time and from time to time; and

 

WHEREAS , the Company desires to amend the Plan to streamline withdrawal provisions, grant service credit to certain employees transferred to the Company or an affiliate of the Company in connection with an acquisition, and clarify the language in certain provisions;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby amends the Plan as follows, effective as of January 1, 2015, except as otherwise provided herein:

 

1.            The following new Section 1.7A shall be added immediately following Section 1.7 of the Plan:

 

“1.7A       Catch-Up Contributions :           “Catch-Up Contributions” means contributions described in Code Section 414(v) and includes both Catch-Up Elective Contributions and Roth Catch-Up Contributions.”

 

2.            The following new Section 1.31 A shall be added immediately following Section 1.31 of the Plan:

 

“1.31A    Roth Catch-Up Contributions : “Roth Catch-Up Contributions” means contributions described in Code Section 414(v) that are designated by a Participant to be made from designated Roth Contributions.”

 

3.             Effective as of January 1, 2017, the following new paragraph shall be added to the
end of Section 1.2 of the Plan:

 

“Each Participant who is a “Transferred Employee” (as defined in that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Freeport-McMoRan PSA”) among Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC, Freeport-McMoRan Exploration & Production LLC and Plains Offshore Operations Inc. (collectively, the “Seller”) and Anadarko US Offshore LLC dated September 12, 2016) shall be credited, as of such Participant’s “Transfer Time” (as such term is defined in the Freeport-McMoRan PSA), with Active Service for his years of service with Seller and its affiliates and their respective predecessors before such Transfer Time to the same extent as such Participant was entitled, before such Transfer Time, to credit for such service under the corresponding plan of Seller in which such Participant participated or was eligible to participate immediately prior to such Transfer Time. Such credit for such periods of Active Service shall be based on the information that the Company receives from the Seller for such purpose.”

 


 

4.             The first sentence of the third paragraph of Section 3.1(a) of the Plan shall be deleted and the following shall be substituted therefor:

 

“Each Eligible Employee hired on or after July 1, 2011 who does not affirmatively elect (i) to not make Elective Contributions under the Plan or (ii) another designated percentage of his Base Compensation as an Elective Contribution, Participant Contribution, or a designated Roth Contribution, will be deemed to have made an informed consent and automatic election to have the Employer withhold six percent (6%) of his Base Compensation as an Elective Contribution without any affirmative election or other action being required by such Employee under the Plan.”

 

5.            The reference to “After-Tax Contributions” in Sections 3.4(a)(2) and 3.4(b) of the Plan shall be deleted and references to “Participant Contributions” shall be substituted therefor.

 

6.             The words “(except Roth Catch-Up Contributions)” shall be added immediately after the first reference to “Roth Contributions” in (1) Section 4.3(c)(i) of the Plan and (2) the fifth paragraph of Section 3.5(a) of the Plan.

 

7.             The last sentence of Section 6.6(b)(1) of the Plan shall be deleted and the following shall be substituted therefor:

 

“The Administrative Committee will be entitled to rely on a statement from (A) the Participant or (B) the plan administrator or trustee of the other qualified plan, or the trustee or custodian of the individual retirement account or annuity, to which the direct rollover is to be transferred, to the effect that such plan, account or annuity is, or is intended to be, an eligible retirement plan.”

 

8.             The first two sentences of Section 6.7 of the Plan shall be deleted and the
following shall be substituted therefor:

 

“If the Administrative Committee, after making a reasonably diligent effort, cannot locate a Participant or Beneficiary, the amount payable to the Participant or Beneficiary may be forfeited. If the Participant or Beneficiary subsequently elects a distribution of his vested benefits, the forfeited amount, unadjusted for subsequent Trust Fund earnings or losses, will be reinstated and paid to the Participant or Beneficiary.”

 

9.             The heading of Section 6.8(a) of the Plan (“ Withdrawal of Employer Contributions ”) shall be deleted and the heading “ Hardship Withdrawals ” shall be substituted therefor.

 

10.           Effective as of January 1, 2018, Section 6.8(b)(6) of the Plan and Section 6.8(b)(7) of the Plan shall be deleted.

 

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11.           The first sentence of Section 6.8(d) of the Plan shall be deleted and the following shall be substituted therefor:

 

“During any period a Participant is performing qualified military service (as defined in Code Section 414(u)) while on active duty for a period of more than thirty (30) days, such Participant shall be entitled to elect to receive a distribution of all or a part of the portion of the Participant’s Elective Contributions Account attributable to Elective Contributions (including Catch-Up Elective Contributions) and, effective August 1, 2006, his Roth Contributions Account attributable to designated Roth Contributions (including Roth Catch-Up Contributions).”

 

12.         The second sentence of Section 6.8(e) of the Plan shall be deleted and the following shall be substituted therefor:

 

“A “Qualified Reservist Distribution” is a distribution that meets the following requirements: (i) the distribution is from amounts attributable to Elective Contributions (including Catch-Up Elective Contributions) and, effective August 1, 2006, designated Roth Contributions (including Roth Catch-Up Contributions); (ii) the Participant was, by reason of being a member of a reserve component, as defined in Section 101 of Title 37 of the United States Code, ordered or called to active duty for a period in excess of 179 days or for an indefinite period; and (iii) such distribution is made during the period beginning on the date of such order or call, and ending at the close of the Participant’s active duty period.”

 

13.           The last sentence of the first paragraph of Section 6.10(c) of the Plan shall be deleted and the following shall be substituted therefor:

 

“No loan shall have a maturity date in excess of five (5) years, unless the Loan Policy allows a later maturity date for a loan used to acquire any dwelling unit which within a reasonable time is to be used (determined at the time the loan is made) as a principal residence of the Qualified Participant.”

 

14.          As amended hereby, the Plan is specifically ratified and reaffirmed.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , this Third Amendment to the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan (as Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015) is hereby approved, ratified and executed by an authorized officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation on this 5 TH day of D ECEMBER , 20 17, to be effective as provided above.

  

  ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
     
  By:  
   
Joseph H. Mongrain
   
Vice President, Human Resources

 

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FOURTH AMENDMENT TO

ANADARKO EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015)

 

WHEREAS, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (the Company ”) has previously adopted the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan (as Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015) (the “Plan”), and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has reserved the right under Article X of the Plan to amend the Plan on behalf of the Employers at any time and from time to time; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan to Plan to clarify certain provisions therein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby amends the Plan as follows, effective as of April 1, 2019:

 

1.             The following sentence shall be added at the end of Section 11.3 of the Plan:

 

“Further notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 11.3 will not apply to revocable assignments pursuant to Treasury Regulation §1.401(a)-13(e) during the period beginning on April 1, 2019 and ending on October 30, 2019 with respect to Participants who elect to receive the balance of their Accounts in the form of a lump sum payment directly from the Plan.”

 

2.             As amended hereby, the Plan is specifically ratified and reaffirmed.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Fourth Amendment to the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan (as Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2015) is hereby approved, ratified and executed by an authorized officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation on this 4 th day of A PRIL , 2019, to be effective as provided above.

 

  ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
     
  By:  
   
Joseph H. Mongrain
   
Vice President, Human Resources




Exhibit 4.4
 

 
APPENDIX



ANADARKO ALGERIA COMPANY LLC

A nd

CAPITA IRG TRUSTEES LIMITED



TRUST DEED AND RULES

of the

ANADARKO ALGERIA COMPANY LLC
SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN



Adopted by the Board on 12 February 2002
Approved Under Schedule 8 Finance Act 2000 by the Board of Inland
Revenue in 2002
under Reference A1499/SY

 



 
THE ANADARKO ALGERIA COMPANY LLC
SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN
     
1.
PURPOSE
 7
2.
STATUS
 7
3.
DECLARATION OF TRUST
 7
4.
NUMBER OF TRUSTEES
 8
5.
INFORMATION
 8
6.
RESIDENCE OF TRUSTEES
 9
7.
CHANGE OF TRUSTEES
 9
8.
INVESTMENT AND DEALING WITH TRUST ASSETS
 9
9.
LOANS TO TRUSTEES
 10
10.
TRUSTEES’ OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE PLAN
 10
11.
POWER OF TRUSTEES TO RAISE FUNDS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR A RIGHTS ISSUE
 12
12.
POWER TO AGREE MARKET VALUE OF SHARES
 13
13.
PERSONAL INTEREST OF TRUSTEES
 13
14.
TRUSTEES’ MEETINGS
 13
15.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
 13
16.
EXPENSES OF PLAN
 13
17.
TRUSTEES’ LIABILITY, INDEMNITY AND FEES
 14
18.
COVENANT BY THE PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
 14
19.
ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS
 14
20.
TRUSTEES’ LIEN
 14
21.
AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN
 15
22.
TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
 15
23.
NOTICES
 15
24.
PROPER LAW
 15
     
SCHEDULE - RULES OF THE ANADARKO ALGERIA COMPANY LLC SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN
 17

APPENDIX 1 - PARTNERSHIP SHARE AGREEMENT

APPENDIX 2 - FREE SHARE AGREEMENT
 

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THIS DEED made on 17 December 2014

BETWEEN

ANADARKO ALGERIA COMPANY LLC whose principal place of business in the United Kingdom is situated at 1 Harefield Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1YH (“the Company”);

and
 
CAPITA IRG TRUSTEES LIMITED (registered number 2729260) whose registered office is situated at The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU (“the Trustees”).
 
1.
PURPOSE
 
1.1
The purpose of this Deed is to establish a trust for an employee share ownership plan known as the Anadarko Algeria Company LLC Share Incentive Plan (“the Plan”) which satisfies Schedule 2 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (“ITEPA”).
 
1.2
It is intended that the Plan will constitute an employee benefit trust in accordance with section 86 of the Inheritance Act 1984.

2.
STATUS


The Plan consists of this Deed and the attached Rules and Appendices. The definitions in the Rules apply to this Deed. The Directors shall from time to time determine which of parts A to D of the Rules shall have effect. Where the Directors determine that part A shall have effect they shall also specify whether there is to be an Accumulation Period of up to 12 months, which shall apply equally to all Qualifying Employees in the Plan.
 
3.
DECLARATION OF TRUST
 
3.1
The Company and the Trustees have agreed that all the Shares and other assets which are issued to or transferred to the Trustees are to be held on the trusts declared by this Deed, and subject to the terms of the Rules. When Shares or assets are transferred to the Trustees by the Company with the intention of being held as part of the Plan they shall be held upon the trusts and provisions of this Deed and the Rules.
 
3.2
The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund upon the following trusts namely:


(a)
as to Shares which have not been awarded to Participants (“Unawarded Shares”) upon trust during the Trust Period to allocate those Shares in accordance with the terms of this Deed and the Rules;

 
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(b)
as to Shares which have been awarded to a Participant (“Plan Shares”) upon trust for the benefit of that Participant on the terms and conditions set out in the Rules;
 

(c)
as to Partnership Share Money upon trust to purchase Shares for the benefit of the contributing Qualifying Employee in accordance with the Rules; and
 

(d)
as to other assets (“Surplus Assets”) upon trust to use them to purchase further Shares to be held on the trusts declared in (a) above, at such time during the Trust Period and on such terms as the Trustees in their absolute discretion think fit.
 
3.3
The income of Unawarded Shares and Surplus Assets shall be accumulated by the Trustees and added to, and held upon the trusts applying to, Surplus Assets.

3.4
The income of Plan Shares and Partnership Share Money shall be dealt with in accordance with the Rules.

3.5
The perpetuity period and the Trust Period in respect of the trusts and powers declared by this Deed and the Rules shall be the period of 80 years from the date of this Deed.

4.
NUMBER OF TRUSTEES


Unless a corporate Trustee is appointed, there shall always be at least two Trustees. Where there is no corporate Trustee, and the number of Trustees falls below two, the continuing Trustee has the power to act only to achieve the appointment of a new Trustee.

5.
INFORMATION
 
5.1
The Trustees shall be entitled to rely without further enquiry on all information supplied to them by the Company with regard to their duties as Trustees and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any notice given by the Company to the Trustees in respect of the eligibility of any person to become or remain a Participant shall be conclusive in favour of the Trustees.
 
5.2
Except as otherwise provided, the Trustees may in their discretion agree with the Directors or the Company on matters relating to the operation and administration of the Trust as they may consider advisable in the interest of the Trust and so that no person claiming an interest under this Trust shall be entitled to question the legality or correctness of any arrangement or agreement made between the Directors, the Company and the Trustees in relation to such operation or administration.

5.3
The decision of the Directors in any dispute affecting Participants or the Company shall be final and conclusive.

5.4
The Trustees may employ on such terms as the Directors may agree as to remuneration, any agent or agents to transact all or any business of whatsoever nature required to be done in the proper administration of the Trust.

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6.
RESIDENCE OF TRUSTEES

Every Trustee shall be resident in the United Kingdom. The Directors shall immediately remove any Trustee who ceases to be so resident and, if necessary, appoint a replacement.

7.
CHANGE OF TRUSTEES

7.1
The Company has the power to appoint or remove any Trustee for any reason. The change of Trustee shall be effected by deed and shall take effect from the date that written notice of such removal is delivered to the Trustees, or such later date as the Directors and the Trustees shall agree. Any Trustee may resign on three months notice given in writing to the Company, provided that there will be at least two Trustees or a corporate Trustee immediately after the retirement.
 
7.2
Upon removal of any Trustees, the Trustees shall execute all such transfers or other documents, and shall do all such acts or things, as may be necessary to ensure that any Trust Fund assets held by the retiring Trustees shall be vested in or placed under the control of the new or remaining Trustees and the retiring Trustees shall deliver all documentation in the retiring Trustees’ possession relating to the Plan to the new or remaining Trustees.

7.3
The statutory power of appointing new or additional Trustees shall not apply to this Plan.

8.
INVESTMENT AND DEALING WITH TRUST ASSETS

8.1
Save as otherwise provided for by the Plan the Trustees shall not sell or otherwise dispose of Plan Shares.
 
8.2
The Trustees shall obey any directions given by a Participant in accordance with the Rules in relation to his Plan Shares and any rights and income relating to those Shares. In the absence of any such direction, or provision by the Plan, the Trustees shall take no action. If no directions are received from Participants in relation to the action they wish the Trustees to take in voting their Plan Shares, those Shares will not be voted.
 
8.3
The Company shall, as soon as practicable after deduction from Salary, pass the Partnership Share Money to the Trustees who will put the money into an account with:


(a)
a person falling within section 991(2)(b) of the Income Tax Act 2007 (the “ITA 2007”) (certain persons permitted to accept deposits);


(b)
a Building Society (as defined in the Building Societies Act, 1986); or
 

(c)
a firm falling within section 991(2)(c) of ITA 2007 (European Economic Area firms permitted to accept deposits),

until it is either used to acquire Partnership Shares on the Acquisition Date, or, in accordance with the Plan, returned to the individual from whose Salary the Partnership Share Money has been deducted. The Trustees shall pass on any interest arising on this invested money to the individual from whose Salary the Partnership Share Money has been deducted at least once in each calendar year. The Trustees are, however, not obliged to keep monies in an interest bearing account.

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8.4
The Trustees may either retain or sell Unawarded Shares at their absolute discretion. The proceeds of any sale of Unawarded Shares shall form part of Surplus Assets.

8.5
The Trustees shall have all the powers of investment of a beneficial owner in relation to Surplus Assets.

8.6
The Trustees shall not be under any liability to the Company or to current or former Qualifying Employees by reason of a failure to diversify investments, which results from the retention of Plan Shares or Unawarded Shares.
 
8.7
The Trustees are not required to interfere in the management or conduct of the business of the Parent Company regardless of the size of the Trustees’ holding of Shares, and will not be obliged to seek information about the affairs of the Parent Company and may leave the conduct of the Parent Company’s business wholly to the directors or management of the Parent Company.

8.8
The Trustees may delegate powers, duties or discretions to any persons and on any terms. No delegation made under this Clause shall divest the Trustees of their responsibilities under this Deed or under the Schedule.
 
8.9
The Trustees may allow any Shares to be registered in the name of an appointed nominee or custodian provided that such Shares shall be registered in a designated account. Such registration shall not divest the Trustees of their responsibilities under this Deed or the Schedule.

8.10
The Trustees may at any time, and shall if the Directors so decide, revoke any delegation made under this Clause or require any Plan assets held by another person to be returned to the Trustees, or both.

9.
LOANS TO TRUSTEES

The Trustees shall have the power to borrow money, with the written consent of the Company, for the purpose of:


(a)
acquiring Shares; and


(b)
paying any other expenses properly incurred by the Trustees in administering the Plan.

Where a loan is to be provided by the Company or an Associated Company then it shall be made pursuant to a written loan agreement.

10.
TRUSTEES’ OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE PLAN
 
Notice of Award of Free Shares and Matching Shares

10.1
As soon as practicable after Free Shares and Matching Shares have been awarded to a Participant, the Trustees shall give the Participant a notice stating:


(a)
the number and description of those Shares;
 

(b)
whether those Shares are subject to any restrictions within the meaning of paragraph 99(4) of the Schedule and, if so, the details of those restrictions;


(c)
their Initial Market Value on the date of Award; and

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(d)
the Holding Period applicable to them and any applicable Forfeiture Period.

Notice of Award of Partnership Shares
 
10.2
As soon as practicable after any Partnership Shares have been acquired for a Participant and at least once in every six months, the Trustees shall give the Participant a notice stating:
 

(a)
the number and description of those Shares;
 

(b)
whether those Partnership Shares are subject to any restrictions within the meaning of paragraph 99(4) of the Schedule and, if so, the details of those restrictions;
 

(c)
the amount of money applied by the Trustees in acquiring those Shares on behalf of the Participant; and
 

(d)
the Market Value used to determine the number of Shares awarded, in accordance with Rule 5.14.
 
Notice of acquisition of Dividend Shares
 
10.3
As soon as practicable after Dividend Shares have been acquired on behalf of a Participant, the Trustees shall give the Participant a notice stating:
 

(a)
the number and description of those Shares;


(b)
their Market Value on the Acquisition Date;


(c)
the Holding Period applicable to them; and


(d)
any amount not reinvested and carried forward for acquisition of further Dividend Shares.

Notice of any foreign tax deducted before dividend paid

10.4
Where any foreign cash dividend is received in respect of Plan Shares held on behalf of a Participant, the Trustees shall give the Participant notice of the amount of any foreign tax deducted from the dividend before it was paid.

Restrictions during the Holding Period

10.5
During the Holding Period the Trustees shall not dispose of any Free Shares, Matching Shares or Dividend Shares (whether by transfer to the employee or otherwise) except as allowed by the following paragraphs of the Schedule:


(a)
paragraph 37 (power of participant to direct trustees to accept general offers);
 

(b)
paragraph 77 (power of trustees to raise funds to subscribe for rights issue);


(c)
paragraph 79 (meeting by trustees of PAYE obligations); and


(d)
paragraph 90(5) (effect of plan termination notice: early removal of shares with Participant’s consent).

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PAYE and other tax liabilities

10.6
The Trustees may dispose of a Participant’s Shares or accept a sum from the Participant in order to meet any PAYE liability in the circumstances provided in sections 510 - 512 of ITEPA (PAYE: shares ceasing to be subject to the plan) and any employee’s NICs liability.

10.7
Where the Trustees receive a sum of money which constitutes a Capital Receipt in respect of which a Participant is chargeable to income tax under section 501 of ITEPA, the Trustees shall pay to the employer a sum equal to that on which income tax is so payable.
 
10.8
The Trustees shall maintain the records necessary to enable them to carry out their PAYE and NICs obligations, and the PAYE and employee’s NICs obligations of the employer company so far as they relate to the Plan.

10.9
Where the Participant becomes liable to income tax under ITEPA or Chapter 3 or 4 of Part 4 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (dividends etc from UK or non-UK resident companies etc), the Trustees shall inform the Participant of any facts which are relevant to determining that liability.

10.10
The Trustees shall maintain records of the Participants who have participated in one or more other plans approved under the Schedule or qualifying as a Schedule 2 SIP established by the Company or a Connected Company to ensure compliance with Rules 3.2 and 3.3.

Money’s worth received by Trustees

10.11
The Trustees shall pay over to the Participant as soon as is practicable, any money or money’s worth received by them in respect of or by reference to any shares, other than new shares within paragraph 86 of the Schedule (company reconstructions).

This is subject to:


(a)
the provisions of Part VIII of the Schedule (cash dividend and dividend shares);


(b)
the Trustees’ obligations under sections 510 - 514 of ITEPA (PAYE: obligations to make payments to employer); and


(c)
the Trustees’ PAYE obligations. 

General offers

10.12
If any offer, compromise, arrangement or scheme is made which affects the Free Shares or Matching Shares or Partnership Shares or Dividend Shares the Trustees shall notify Participants. Each Participant may direct how the Trustees shall act in relation to that Participant’s Plan Shares. In the absence of any direction, the Trustees shall take no action.

11.
POWER OF TRUSTEES TO RAISE FUNDS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR A RIGHTS ISSUE

If instructed by a Participant in respect of his Plan Shares the Trustees may dispose of some of the rights under a rights issue arising from those Shares to obtain enough funds to exercise the remaining rights. The rights referred to are the rights to buy additional shares or rights in the same company.

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12.
POWER TO AGREE MARKET VALUE OF SHARES

Where the Market Value of Shares is to be determined for the purposes of the Schedule, the Trustees may agree with HM Revenue & Customs that it shall be determined by reference to such date or dates, or to an average of the values on a number of dates, as specified in the agreement.
 
13.
PERSONAL INTEREST OF TRUSTEES

Trustees, and directors, officers or employees of a corporate Trustee, shall not be liable to account for any benefit accruing to them by virtue of their:
 

(a)
participation in the Plan as a Qualifying Employee;


(b)
ownership, in a beneficial or fiduciary capacity, of any shares or other securities in the Company;


(c)
being a director or employee of the Company, being a creditor, or being in any other contractual relationship with any such company.

14.
TRUSTEES’ MEETINGS

If and so long as there is more than one Trustee, the Trustees shall hold meetings as often as is necessary for the administration of the Plan. There shall be at least two Trustees present at a meeting except where the Trustee is a sole corporate trustee and the Trustees shall give due notice to all the Trustees of such a meeting. Decisions made at such a meeting by a majority of the Trustees present shall be binding on all the Trustees. A written resolution signed by all the Trustees shall have the same effect as a resolution passed at a meeting.

15.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

15.1
Any Subsidiary may with the agreement of the Directors become a party to this Deed and the Plan by executing a deed of adherence agreeing to be bound by the Deed and Rules, for so long as there are subsisting Awards to its employees or ex-employees.

15.2
A Participating Company that ceases to be a Subsidiary shall cease to be a Participating Company.

15.3
The Directors may at any time resolve that a Participating Company shall cease to be a Participating Company and shall notify HM Revenue & Customs (if required), the Trustees and the Participating Company accordingly in writing as soon as possible.

16.
EXPENSES OF PLAN
 
The Company shall meet the costs of the preparation and administration of this Plan.

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17.
TRUSTEES’ LIABILITY, INDEMNITY AND FEES

17.1
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustees, and the directors, officers and employees of a corporate Trustee, against any expenses and liabilities which are incurred through acting as a Trustee of the Plan and which cannot be recovered from the Trust Fund and in respect of indemnities conferred upon the Trustees by law and the Trustee Act 1925. This does not apply to expenses and liabilities which are incurred through fraud, wilful wrongdoing or negligence or are covered by insurance under Clause 17.4.
 
17.2
The Trustee shall have the benefit of all the powers, privileges and immunities conferred on trustees by statute or law.
 
17.3
No Trustee shall be personally liable for any breach of trust (other than through fraud, wilful wrongdoing or negligence) over and above the extent to which the Trustee, and the directors, officers and employees of a corporate Trustee, are indemnified by the Company in accordance with Clause 17.1 above.
 
17.4
A non-remunerated Trustee may insure the Plan against any loss caused by him or any of his employees, officers, agents or delegates. A non-remunerated Trustee may also insure himself and any of these persons against liability for breach of trust not involving fraud or wilful wrongdoing or negligence of the Trustee or the person concerned.
 
17.5
A Trustee who carries on a profession or business may charge for services rendered on a basis agreed with the Company. A firm or company in which a Trustee is interested or by which he is employed may also charge for services rendered on this basis and may, unless otherwise agreed, act in accordance with its general terms and conditions from time to time in force.
 
17.6
Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will, and will procure that each Participating Company will, act in accordance with the terms and conditions of the provision of trustee services as agreed with the Trustee from time to time.

18.
COVENANT BY THE COMPANY

The Company hereby covenants with the Trustees that it shall pay to the Trustees all sums which it is required to pay under the Rules and shall at all times comply with the Rules.

19.
ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS

The Trustees may accept gifts of Shares and other assets which shall be held upon the trusts declared by Clause 3.1 or 3.2 as the case may be.

20.
TRUSTEES’ LIEN

The Trustees’ lien over the Trust Fund in respect of liabilities incurred by them in the performance of their duties (including the repayment of borrowed money and tax liabilities) shall be enforceable subject to the following restrictions:


(a)
the Trustees shall not be entitled to resort to Partnership Share Money for the satisfaction of any of their liabilities; and

(b)
the Trustees shall not be entitled to resort to Plan Shares for the satisfaction of their liabilities except to the extent that this is permitted by the Plan.

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21.
AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN

The Directors may, with the Trustees’ written consent, from time to time amend the Plan provided that:


(a)
no amendment which would adversely prejudice to a material extent the rights attaching to any Plan Shares awarded to or acquired by Participants may be made nor may any alteration be made giving to Participating Companies a beneficial interest in Plan Shares; and


(b)
any amendment to the Deed shall be made by supplemental deed; and
 

(c)
any amendment to the Rules may be made by supplemental deed or resolution of the Directors.

22.
TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

22.1
The Plan shall terminate:


(a)
in accordance with a Plan Termination Notice issued by the Directors acting on behalf of the Company to the Trustees under paragraph 89 of the Schedule; or


(b)
if earlier, on the expiry of the Trust Period.

22.2
The Company shall execute a Plan Termination Notice in the event of its insolvency.
 
22.3
The Directors shall immediately upon executing a Plan Termination Notice provide a copy of the notice to the Trustees and each individual for whom the Trustees hold Plan Shares or who has entered into a Partnership Share Agreement which was in force immediately before the Plan Termination Notice was issued.

22.4
Upon the issue of a Plan Termination Notice or upon the expiry of the Trust Period paragraph 90 of the Schedule shall have effect.

22.5
Any Shares or other assets which remain undisposed of after the requirements of paragraph 90 of the Schedule have been complied with shall be held by the Trustees upon trust to pay or apply them to or for the benefit of the Company as at the termination date in such proportion, having regard to their respective contributions, as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion think appropriate.

23.
NOTICES

Each advice, request, or other communication to be given or made under the Plan shall be in writing and delivered or sent to the relevant party at its postal or electronic address as notified to the other party. The Directors may appoint a Participating Company to act as agent for service in the United Kingdom. To the extent agreed by the Company and the Trustees, communications between the parties to this Deed and to Participants may also be by electronic means.

24.
PROPER LAW

This Deed and the Rules of the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

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IN WITNESS whereof this deed has been executed and delivered the day and year first above written.

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SCHEDULE
 
RULES of the ANADARKO ALGERIA COMPANY LLC
SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN

1.
DEFINITIONS
   
2.
PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
   
3.
ELIGIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS
   
4.
PARTICIPATION ON SAME TERMS
   
5.
PARTNERSHIP SHARES (PART A)
   
6.
MATCHING SHARES (PART B)
   
7.
FREE SHARES (PART C)
   
8.
DIVIDEND SHARES (PART D)
   
9.
ACQUISITION OF SHARES
   
10.
COMPANY RECONSTRUCTIONS
   
11.
RIGHTS ISSUES
   
12.
LEAVERS
   
13.
FORFEITURE
   
14.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
   
15.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

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RULES
of the
ANADARKO ALGERIA COMPANY LLC
SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN

1.
DEFINITIONS

1.1
The following words and expressions have the following meanings:

“Accumulation Period”
 
in relation to Partnership Shares, the period during which the Trustees accumulate a Qualifying Employee’s Partnership Share Money before acquiring Partnership Shares or repaying it to the employee
     
“Acquisition Date”
 
(a)   in relation to Partnership Shares, where there is no Accumulation Period, the meaning given by paragraph 50(4) of the Schedule;
 
(b)   in relation to Partnership Shares, where there is an Accumulation Period, the meaning given by paragraph 52(5) of the Schedule; and
 
(c)   in relation to Dividend Shares, the meaning given by paragraph 66(4) of the Schedule
     
“Associated Company”
 
the meaning given by paragraph 94 of the Schedule
     
“Award Date”
 
in relation to Free Shares or Matching Shares, the date on which such Shares are awarded
     
“Award”
 
(a)   in relation to Free Shares and Matching Shares, the appropriation of Free Shares and Matching Shares in accordance with the Plan; and
 
(b)   in relation to Partnership Shares, the acquisition of Partnership Shares on behalf of Qualifying Employees in accordance with the Plan
     
“CA 2006”
 
the Companies Act 2006
     
“Capital Receipt”
 
the same meaning as in section 502 of ITEPA
     
“Close Company”
 
the same meaning as in section 439 of the CTA 2010, as modified by paragraph 20 of the Schedule
     
“Company”
 
Anadarko Algeria Company LLC

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“Connected Company”
 
the same meaning as in paragraph 18(3) of the Schedule
     
“Control”
 
the same meaning as in section 995 of ITA 2007
     
“CTA 2010”
 
the Corporation Tax Act 2010
     
“Dealing Day”
 
a day on which the Stock Exchange is open for the transaction of business
     
“Deed”
 
the trust deed constituting the Trust to the Plan with any subsequent amendment thereto
     
“Directors”
 
the officers of the Company (or duly authorised committee comprised of officers of the Company)
     
“Dividend Shares”
 
Shares acquired on behalf of a Participant from reinvestment of dividends under Part D of the Plan and which are subject to the Plan
     
“Forfeiture Period”
 
in relation to Free Shares and Matching Shares, the period of up to three years from the Award Date determined by the Directors and specified in the Free Share Agreement or Partnership Share Agreement (as applicable) pursuant to Rule 13
     
“Free Share Agreement”
 
an agreement in the terms set out in Appendix 2 (or in such other form as specified by the Directors and which meets the requirements of the Schedule)
     
“Free Shares”
 
Shares awarded under Part C of the Plan which are subject to the Plan
     
“Holding Period”
 
(a)     in relation to Free Shares, the period specified by the Directors as mentioned in Rule 7.12;
 
(b)     in relation to Matching Shares, the period specified by the Directors as mentioned in Rule 6.5; and
 
(c)     in relation to Dividend Shares, the period of 3 years from the Acquisition Date
     
“ITA 2007”
 
the Income Tax Act 2007
     
“ITEPA”
 
the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003
     
“Initial Market Value”
 
the Market Value of a Share on an Award Date. Where the Share is subject to a restriction or risk of forfeiture, the market value shall be determined without reference to that restriction or risk
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“Market Value”
 
in relation to Shares to be awarded under the Plan on any date:
     
   
(a)   where the Shares are listed on the Stock Exchange
     
   
(i)    if, and only if, all the Shares acquired for Award on an Acquisition Date or an Award Date are purchased and awarded to all Participants over five or fewer consecutive days ending on the Award Date or on the day immediately preceding the Award Date, the average of the prices paid by the Trustees for those Shares in Sterling
     
   
or
     
   
(ii)   if all the Shares acquired for Award are not purchased and awarded to all Participants in the way specified at (i) above, the Sterling equivalent of the closing middle market quotation of a Share on the immediately preceding Dealing Day (as derived from the Stock Exchange)

(b)   on any day where (a) above does not apply, the market value of a Share determined in accordance with the provisions of Part VIII of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 and agreed for the purposes of the Plan with HM Revenue & Customs Shares and Assets Valuation division on or before that day
     
“Matching Shares”
 
Shares awarded under Part B of the Plan and which are subject to the Plan
     
“NICs”
 
National Insurance Contributions
     
“Parent Company”
 
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
     
“Participant”
 
an individual who has received under the Plan an Award of Free Shares, Matching Shares or Partnership Shares, or on whose behalf Dividend Shares have been acquired
     
“Participating Company”
 
the Company and such of its Subsidiaries as are parties to the Deed or have executed deeds of adherence to the Plan under Clause 15 of the Trust Deed

   
“Partnership Share Agreement”
 
an agreement in the terms agreement in the terms set out in Appendix 1 (as specified by the Directors and which meets the requirements of the Schedule)
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“Partnership Shares”
 
Shares awarded under Part A of the Plan and which are subject to the Plan
     
“Partnership Share Money”
 
money deducted from a Qualifying Employee’s Salary pursuant to a Partnership Share Agreement and held by the Trustees to acquire Partnership Shares or to be returned to such a person
     
“PAYE”
 
the “Pay As You Earn” system
     
“Performance Allowances”
 
The criteria for an Award of Free Shares where:
 
(a)    whether Shares are awarded; or
 
(b)    the number or value of Shares awarded is conditional on performance targets being met
     
“Plan”
 
this plan, being the Anadarko Algeria Company LLC Share Incentive Plan including the Trust Deed, Schedule and Appendices
     
“Plan Shares”
 
 
(a)   Free Shares, Matching Shares or Partnership Shares awarded to Participants;

(b)   Dividend Shares acquired on behalf of Participants; and

(c)   shares in relation to which paragraph 87 (company reconstructions: new shares) of the Schedule applies that remain subject to the Plan

“Plan Termination Notice”
 
a notice issued under paragraph 89 of the Schedule
     
“Qualifying Company”
 
the same meaning as in paragraph 17 of the Schedule
     
“Qualifying Corporate Bond”
 
the same meaning as in section 117 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992
     
“Qualifying Employee”
 
an employee who must be invited to participate in an award in accordance with Rule 3.5 and any employee who the Directors have invited in accordance with Rule 3.6
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“Qualifying Period”
 
a period as the Directors shall in their absolute discretion so decide being:


 
(a)   in the case of Free Shares a period not exceeding 18 months before the Award is made;

(b)   in the case of Partnership Shares and Matching Shares where there is an Accumulation Period a period not exceeding six months before the start of the Accumulation Period;

(c)   in the case of Partnership Shares and Matching Shares where there is no Accumulation Period a period not exceeding 18 months before the deduction of Partnership Share Money relating to the Award

“Redundancy”
 
the same meaning as in the Employment Rights Act 1996
     
“Relevant Employment”
 
employment by the Company or any Associated Company
     
“Rules”
 
these Rules together with any amendments thereto effected in accordance with Clause 21 of the Deed
     
“Salary”
 
the same meaning as in paragraph 43(4) of the Schedule
     
“Schedule”
 
Schedule 2 to ITEPA
     
“Schedule 2 SIP”
 
a share incentive plan that meets the requirements of Parts 2 to 9 of the Schedule (as defined in paragraph 1(A1) of the Schedule)

   
“Shares”
 
shares of common stock in the capital of the Parent Company which comply with the conditions set out in paragraphs 26 to 29 (inclusive) of the Schedule
   
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“Subsidiary”
 
any company which is for the time being under the Control of the Company and/or any company that is jointly owned by the Company which is not already a Participating Company under any other share incentive plan which has been approved by HM Revenue & Customs under the Schedule or which qualifies as a Schedule 2 SIP
     
“Stock Exchange”
 
the New York Stock Exchange (or such successor organisation)
     
“Tax Year”
 
a year beginning on 6 April and ending on the following 5 April
     
“Trustees”
 
the trustees or trustee for the time being of the Plan or any subsequent trustee or trustees as provided for in accordance with Clause 7 of the Deed
     
“Trust Fund”
 
all assets transferred to the Trustees to be held on the terms of the Deed and the assets from time to time representing such assets, including any accumulations of income
     
“Trust Period”
 
the period of 80 years beginning with the date of the Deed or (if shorter) the period beginning with the date of the Deed and expiring pursuant to the provisions of Clause 22 of the Deed
     
1.2
References to any Act, or Part, Chapter, or section (including ITEPA, CTA 2010 and ITA 2007) shall include any statutory modification, amendment or re-enactment of that Act, for the time being in force.

1.3
Words of the feminine gender shall include the masculine and vice versa and words in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa unless, in either case, the context otherwise requires or it is otherwise stated.

2.
PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

The purpose of the Plan is as described by paragraph 7 of the Schedule and is to enable, in accordance with the Schedule, Qualifying Employees of Participating Companies to acquire Shares in the Parent Company which give them a continuing stake in the Parent Company.

3.
ELIGIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS

3.1
Subject to Rule 3.3, individuals are eligible to participate in an Award only if:


(a)
they are employees of a Participating Company;


(b)
they have been employees of a Qualifying Company at all times during any Qualifying Period;


(c)
they are eligible on the date(s) set out in paragraph 14 of the Schedule; and

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(d)
they do not fail to be eligible under Rule 3.2.
 
3.2
Individuals are not eligible to participate in an Award of Partnership Shares or Matching Shares or Free Shares in any Tax Year if in that Tax Year they have received (or are to receive at the same time) an award under another plan established by the Company or a Connected Company which has been approved under the Schedule or which qualifies as a Schedule 2 SIP, or if they would have received such an award but for their failure to obtain a Performance Allowance (see Rule 7.5).
 
3.3
If a Participant receives an Award of Shares under the Plan in a Tax Year in which they have already received an award of shares under one or more other plans established by the Company or a Connected Company and approved under the Schedule or qualifying as a Schedule 2 SIP, the following shall apply as if the Plan and the other plan or plans were a single plan:
 

(a)
Rule 7.4 (maximum annual award in respect of Free Shares);
 

(b)
Rules 5.3 and 5.4 (maximum amount of deductions in respect of Partnership Shares).
 
3.4
Notwithstanding any provision of any other of these Rules whatsoever:
 

(a)
the Plan shall not form part of any contract of employment between the Company, the Parent Company, a Subsidiary or any Associated Company and any Participant and it shall not confer on any Participant any legal or equitable rights (other than those constituted by the grant of Awards themselves) whatsoever against the Company, the Parent Company, a Subsidiary or an Associated Company directly or indirectly or give rise to any cause of action at law or in equity against the Company, the Parent Company, a Subsidiary or any Associated Company;
 

(b)
participation in an Award is a matter entirely separate from any pension right or entitlement a Participant may have and from his terms or conditions of employment and participation in the Plan shall in no respect whatever affect his pension rights or entitlements or terms or conditions of employment and in particular (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing) any Participant who ceases to be an employee of the Company, the Parent Company, a Subsidiary or an Associated Company shall not be entitled to any compensation for any loss of any right or benefit or prospective right or benefit under the Plan which he might otherwise have enjoyed whether such compensation is claimed by way of damages for wrongful dismissal or other breach of contract or by way of compensation for loss of office or otherwise howsoever and notwithstanding that he may have been dismissed wrongfully or unfairly (within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996).
 
Employees who must be invited to participate in Awards
 
3.5
Individuals shall be eligible to receive an Award of Shares under the Plan if they meet the requirements in Rule 3.1 and are UK resident taxpayers (within the meaning of paragraph 8(2) of the Schedule). In this case they shall be invited to participate in any Awards of Free Shares, Partnership Shares or Matching Shares, and acquisitions of Dividend Shares, as are set out in the Plan.
 
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Employees who may be invited to participate in Awards

3.6
The Directors may also invite, at their discretion, any employee who meets the requirements in Rule 3.1 to participate in any Award of Free Shares, Partnership Shares or Matching Shares, and acquisitions of Dividend Shares, as are set out in the Plan. The Directors shall notify the Trustees of employees who participate under this Rule.

4.            PARTICIPATION ON SAME TERMS

4.1
Every Qualifying Employee shall be invited to participate in an Award on the same terms. All who do participate in an Award shall do so on the same terms.

4.2
The Directors may make an Award of Free Shares to Qualifying Employees by reference to their remuneration, length of service or hours worked.
 
4.3
The Directors may make an Award of Free Shares to Qualifying Employees by reference to their performance as set out in Rule 7.5.

4.4
The Company shall make contributions to the Trustees to finance any purchase by the Trustees of Free and/or Matching Shares for award on an Award Date.

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PART A

5.
PARTNERSHIP SHARES

5.1
The Directors may at any time invite every Qualifying Employee to enter into a Partnership Share Agreement, should the Directors decide to offer Partnership Shares, in accordance with this Part of the Rules. The Directors shall determine whether there is to be an Accumulation Period. An Accumulation Period may be up to 12 months and shall apply equally to all Qualifying Employees in the Plan.

5.2
Partnership Shares shall not be subject to any provision under which they may be forfeit, and may be withdrawn from the Plan by a Participant at any time.

Maximum amount of deductions

5.3
The amount of Partnership Share Money deducted from an employee’s Salary shall not exceed £1,800 in any tax year (or such other amount as may from time to time be permitted under paragraph 46(1) of the Schedule and approved by the Directors), and the Directors may set a lower limit.

5.4
The amount of Partnership Share Money deducted from an employee’s Salary over any Tax Year shall not exceed 10% (or such other percentage as may from time to time be permitted under paragraph 46(2) of the Schedule and approved by the Directors) of the total of the payments of Salary made to such employee for the Tax Year. The Directors may set a lower annual limit, which may be framed in accordance with paragraph 46(4A) of the Schedule.
 
5.5
Any amount deducted in excess of that allowed by Rule 5.3 or Rule 5.4 shall be paid over to the employee, subject to both deduction of income tax under PAYE and NICs, as soon as practicable.

Minimum amount of deductions

5.6
The minimum amount to be deducted under the Partnership Share Agreement on any occasion shall be the same in relation to all Partnership Share Agreements entered into in response to invitations issued on the same occasion. It shall not be greater than £10, or any other limit as amended by legislation from time to time.

Notice of possible effect of deductions on benefit entitlement

5.7
Every Partnership Share Agreement shall contain a notice under paragraph 48 of the Schedule.

Restriction imposed on number of Shares awarded

5.8
The Directors may specify the maximum number of Shares to be included in an Award of Partnership Shares.

5.9
The Partnership Share Agreement shall contain an undertaking by the Company to notify each Qualifying Employee of any restriction on the number of Shares to be included in an Award of Partnership Shares.

5.10
The notification in Rule 5.9 above shall be given:


(a)
if there is no Accumulation Period, before the deduction of the Partnership Share Money relating to the Award; and

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(b)
if there is an Accumulation Period, before the beginning of the Accumulation Period relating to the Award.

Plan with no Accumulation Period

5.11
The Trustees shall acquire Partnership Shares on behalf of the Qualifying Employee using the Partnership Share Money. They shall acquire the Partnership Shares on the Acquisition Date. The number of Shares awarded to each employee shall be determined in accordance with the Market Value of the Shares on that date.

Plan with Accumulation Period

5.12
If there is an Accumulation Period, the Trustees shall acquire Partnership Shares on behalf of the Qualifying Employee, on the Acquisition Date, using the Partnership Share Money.

5.13
The Partnership Share Agreement must specify when each Accumulation Period begins and ends, and may specify that an Accumulation Period comes to an end on the occurrence of a specified event. The beginning of the first Accumulation Period must not be later than the date on which the first deduction of Partnership Share Money is made.

5.14
The number of Shares acquired on behalf of each Participant shall be determined by reference to one of the following methods:


(a)
the lower of the Market Value of the Shares at the beginning of the Accumulation Period and the Market Value of the Shares on the Acquisition Date;


(b)
the Market Value of the Shares at the beginning of the Accumulation Period; and


(c)
the Market Value of the Shares on the Acquisition Date.


and the method to be used shall be specified in the Partnership Share Agreement.

5.15
If a transaction occurs during an Accumulation Period which results in a new holding of shares being equated for the purposes of capital gains tax with any of the Shares to be acquired under the Partnership Share Agreement, the employee may agree that the Partnership Share Agreement shall have effect after the time of that transaction as if it were an agreement for the purchase of shares comprised in the new holding.

Surplus Partnership Share Money

5.16
Any surplus Partnership Share Money remaining after the acquisition of Partnership Shares by the Trustees:


(a)
may, with the agreement of the Participant, be carried forward to the next Accumulation Period or (where there is no Accumulation Period) the next deduction date; and
 

(b)
in any other case, shall be paid over to the Participant, subject to both deduction of income tax under PAYE and NICs, as soon as practicable.

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5.17
Where the Participant ceases to be in Relevant Employment during an Accumulation Period, the Trustees shall repay all surplus Partnership Share Money to the Participant as soon as practicable.

Scaling down

5.18
If the Company receives applications for Partnership Shares exceeding the Award maximum determined in accordance with Rule 5.8 then the following steps shall be taken in sequence until the excess is eliminated.


Step 1.
the excess of the monthly deduction chosen by each applicant over £10 shall be reduced pro rata;


Step 2.
all monthly deductions shall be reduced to £10;


Step 3.
applications shall be selected by lot, each based on a monthly deduction of £10.

Each application shall be deemed to have been modified or withdrawn in accordance with the foregoing provisions, and each employee who has applied for Partnership Shares shall be notified of the change.

Stopping and re-starting deductions

5.19
An employee may stop, re-start or vary deductions under a Partnership Share Agreement at any time by notice in writing to their employing company, provided that if the Directors so determine (in respect of all Participants), deductions may not be re-started more than once in any Accumulation Period. Unless a later date is specified in the notice, such notice shall take effect as soon as practicable but in any event no later than 30 days after their employing company receives it. A Participant may not make up deductions that have been missed.

Withdrawal from Partnership Share Agreement

5.20
An employee may withdraw from a Partnership Share Agreement at any time by notice in writing to their employing company or the Directors. Unless a later date is specified in the notice, such a notice shall take effect as soon as practicable but in any event no later than 30 days after their employing company or the Directors receive it. Any Partnership Share Money then held on behalf of the employee shall be paid over to that employee as soon as practicable. This payment shall be subject to income tax under PAYE and NICs.

Repayment of Partnership Share Money on Termination

5.21
If a Plan Termination Notice is issued in respect of the Plan, any Partnership Share Money held on behalf of employees shall be repaid to them as soon as practicable, subject to deduction of income tax under PAYE, and NICs.

Repayment of Partnership Share Money on Plan ceasing to be a Schedule 2 SIP
 
5.22
If the Plan ceases to be a Schedule 2 SIP by virtue of paragraph 81H or 81I of the Schedule, any Partnership Share Money held on behalf of employees shall be repaid to them as soon as practicable after the relevant day (as defined in paragraph 56(2A) of the Schedule, if the Plan ceases to be a Schedule 2 SIP by virtue of paragraph 81H of the Schedule, or as defined in paragraph 56(2B) of the Schedule, if the Plan ceases to be a Schedule 2 SIP by virtue of paragraph 81I of the Schedule), subject to deduction of income tax under PAYE, and NICs.


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PART B
 
6.
MATCHING SHARES

6.1
The Partnership Share Agreement sets out the basis on which a Participant is entitled to Matching Shares, should the Directors decide to offer Matching Shares, in accordance with this Part of the Rules.

General requirements for Matching Shares

6.2
Matching Shares shall:


(a)
be Shares of the same class and carrying the same rights as the Partnership Shares to which they relate;
 

(b)
subject to Rule 6.4, be awarded on the same day as the Partnership Shares to which they relate are acquired on behalf of the Participant; and
 

(c)
be awarded to all Participants on exactly the same basis.
 
Ratio of Matching Shares to Partnership Shares
 
6.3
The Partnership Share Agreement shall specify the ratio of Matching Shares to Partnership Shares for the time being offered by the Company and that ratio shall not exceed 2:1 (or such other ratio as may from time to time be permitted under paragraph 60(2) of the Schedule and approved by the Directors). The Directors may vary the ratio before Partnership Shares are acquired. Employees shall be notified of the terms of any such variation before the Partnership Shares are awarded under the Partnership Share Agreement.
 
6.4
If the Partnership Shares acquired on the day referred to in Rule 6.2(b) above are not sufficient to produce a Matching Share, the match shall be made when sufficient Partnership Shares have been acquired to allow at least one Matching Share to be appropriated.

Holding Period for Matching Shares

6.5
The Directors shall, in relation to each Award Date, specify a Holding Period throughout which a Participant shall be bound by the terms of the Partnership Share Agreement to permit the Matching Share Awards awarded to the Participant to remain in the hands of the Trustees and not to assign, charge or otherwise dispose of the beneficial interest in the Shares.
 
6.6
The Holding Period shall, in relation to each Award of Matching Shares, be a specified period of not less than 3 years nor more than 5 years (or such other periods as may be from time to time be specified under paragraph 61 of the Schedule and approved by the Directors), beginning with the Award Date and shall be the same for all Participants who receive an Award of Matching Shares at the same time. The Holding Period shall not be increased in respect of Matching Shares awarded under the Plan.
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6.7
If at any time during the Holding Period the Participant ceases to be in Relevant Employment, the Participant’s obligations with respect to that period come to an end.

6.8
A Participant may during the Holding Period direct the Trustees:


(a)
to accept an offer for any of their Matching Shares if the acceptance or agreement shall result in a new holding being equated with those original Matching Shares for the purposes of capital gains tax; or
 

(b)
to accept an offer of a Qualifying Corporate Bond (whether alone or with other assets or cash or both) for their Matching Shares if the offer forms part of such a general offer as is mentioned in paragraph (c) below; or


(c)
to accept an offer of cash, with or without other assets, for their Matching Shares if the offer forms part of a general offer (which can be made to different shareholders by different means) which is made to holders of shares of the same class as their Matching Shares or to the holders of shares in the same company, and which is made in the first instance on a condition such that if it is satisfied the person making the offer shall have control of that company, within the meaning of sections 450 and 451 of the CTA 2010; or


(d)
to exercise a right arising under section 983 of the CA 2006 to require the offeror to acquire their Matching Shares, in the case of a takeover offer (as defined in section 974 of the CA 2006) that relates to the Parent Company and where the class or classes of shares to which the takeover offer relates includes the class of their Matching Shares; or


(e)
to agree to a transaction affecting their Matching Shares or such of them as are of a particular class, if the transaction would be entered into pursuant to a compromise, arrangement or scheme applicable to or affecting;


(i)
all of the ordinary share capital of the Parent Company or, as the case may be, all the shares of the class in question; or


(ii)
all the shares, or all the shares of the class in question, which are held by a class of shareholders identified otherwise than by reference to their employment or their participation in a plan which has been approved under the Schedule or which qualifies as a Schedule 2 SIP.

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PART C
7.
FREE SHARES

7.1
The Directors may at any time invite every Qualifying Employee to enter into a Free Share Agreement, should the Directors decide to offer Free Shares, in accordance with this Part of the Rules.
 
7.2
The Trustees, acting with the prior consent of the Directors, may from time to time award Free Shares.

7.3
The number of Free Shares to be awarded by the Trustees to each Qualifying Employee on an Award Date shall be determined by the Directors in accordance with this Rule.

Maximum annual Award

7.4
The Initial Market Value of the Shares awarded to a Qualifying Employee in any Tax Year shall not exceed £3,600 (or such other amount as may from time to time be permitted under paragraph 35 of the Schedule and approved by the Directors).

Allocation of Free Shares by reference to performance

7.5
The Directors may stipulate that the number of Free Shares (if any) to be awarded to each Qualifying Employee on a given Award Date shall be determined by reference to Performance Allowances.

7.6
If Performance Allowances are used, they shall apply to all Qualifying Employees.

7.7



(a)
Performance Allowances shall be determined by reference to such fair and objective criteria (performance targets) relating to business results as the Directors shall determine over such period as the Directors shall specify;


(b)
performance targets must be set for performance units of one or more employees; and
 

(c)
for the purposes of an Award of Free Shares an employee must not be a member of more than one performance unit.

7.8
Where the Directors decide to use Performance Allowances it shall, as soon as reasonably practicable:


(a)
notify each employee participating in the Award of the performance targets and measures which, under the Plan, shall be used to determine the number or value of Free Shares awarded to him; and


(b)
notify all Qualifying Employees of any Participating Company, in general terms, of the performance targets and measures to be used to determine the number or value of Free Shares to be awarded to each Participant in the Award.

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7.9
The Directors shall determine the number of Free Shares (if any) to be awarded to each Qualifying Employee by reference to performance using method 1 or method 2. The same method shall be used for all Qualifying Employees for each Award.

Performance Allowances: method 1

7.10
By this method:


(a)
at least 20% of Free Shares awarded in any performance period shall be awarded without reference to performance;


(b)
the remaining Free Shares shall be awarded by reference to performance; and


(c)
the highest Award made to an individual by reference to performance in any period shall be no more than four times the highest Award to an individual without reference to performance.

If this method is used:
 

the Free Shares awarded without reference to performance (paragraph (a) above) shall be awarded on the same terms mentioned in Rule 4 and are to be treated as separate Awards of Free Shares;
 

the Free Shares awarded by reference to performance (paragraph (b) above) need not be allocated on the same terms mentioned in Rule 4; and
 

if Free Shares of different classes are awarded, the requirements of this Rule 7.10 apply separately in relation to each class.
 
Performance Allowances: method 2
 
7.11
By this method:
 

(a)
some or all Free Shares shall be awarded by reference to performance (and the performance targets must be consistent targets);
 

(b)
the Award of Free Shares to Qualifying Employees who are members of the same performance unit shall be made on the same terms, as mentioned in Rule 4; and
 

(c)
Free Shares awarded for each performance unit shall be treated as separate Awards.

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Holding Period for Free Shares

7.12
The Directors shall, in relation to each Award Date, specify a Holding Period throughout which a Participant shall be bound by the terms of the Free Share Agreement to permit the Free Share Awards awarded to the Participant to remain in the hands of the Trustees and not to assign, charge or otherwise dispose of the beneficial interest in the Shares.

7.13
The Holding Period shall, in relation to each Award, be a specified period of not less than 3 years nor more than 5 years (or such other periods as may from time to time be specified under paragraph 36(2) of the Schedule and approved by the Directors), beginning with the Award Date and shall be the same for all Participants who receive an Award at the same time. The Holding Period shall not be increased in respect of Free Shares already awarded under the Plan.
 
7.14
If at any time during the Holding Period the Participant ceases to be in Relevant Employment, the Participant’s obligations with respect to that period come to an end.
 
7.15
A Participant may during the Holding Period direct the Trustees:


(a)
to accept an offer for any of their Free Shares if the acceptance or agreement shall result in a new holding being equated with those Shares for the purposes of capital gains tax; or
 

(b)
to accept an offer of a Qualifying Corporate Bond (whether alone or with other assets or cash or both) for their Free Shares if the offer forms part of such a general offer as is mentioned in paragraph (c) below; or
 

(c)
to accept an offer of cash, with or without other assets, for their Free Shares if the offer forms part of a general offer (which can be made to different shareholders by different means) which is made to holders of shares of the same class as their Shares, or to holders of shares in the same company, and which is made in the first instance on a condition such that if it is satisfied the person making the offer shall have control of that company, within the meaning of sections 450 and 451 of the CTA 2010; or
 

(d)
to exercise a right arising under section 983 CA 2006 to require the offeror to acquire their Free Shares, in the case of a takeover offer (as defined in section 974 of the CA 2006) that relates to the Parent Company and where the class or classes of shares to which the takeover offer relates includes the class of their Shares; or
 

(e)
to agree to a transaction affecting their Free Shares or such of them as are of a particular class, if the transaction would be entered into pursuant to a compromise, arrangement or scheme applicable to or affecting:
 

(i)
all of the ordinary share capital of the Parent Company or, as the case may be, all the shares of the class in question; or
 
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(ii)
all the shares, or all the shares of the class in question, which are held by a class of shareholders identified otherwise than by reference to their employment or their participation in a plan which has been approved under the Schedule or which qualifies as a Schedule 2 SIP.

7.16
The performance targets and measures referred to in this Rule 7 may be relaxed, waived, or amended if an event occurs which causes the Directors to consider that any of the existing targets or measures have become unfair or impractical. Provided that any such relaxation, waiver or amendment shall be fair and reasonable and any amended target or measure shall not be any more difficult or any less difficult to satisfy than the original target or measure.

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PART D
8.
DIVIDEND SHARES

Reinvestment of cash dividends
 
8.1
The Free Share Agreement or Partnership Share Agreement, as appropriate, shall set out the rights and obligations of Participants receiving Dividend Shares under the Plan.

8.2
The Directors may direct that any cash dividend in respect of Plan Shares held on behalf of Participants may be applied in acquiring further Plan Shares on their behalf.
 
8.3
The Directors may decide to direct the Trustees to:


(a)
apply some or all of all Participants’ dividends to acquire Dividend Shares;


(b)
to pay all dividends in cash to all Participants; or


(c)
to offer Participants the choice of either paragraph (a) or (b) above.

If only some of the Participants’ dividends are to be used to acquire Dividend Shares, the Directors must direct how that amount is to be determined.

8.4
Dividend Shares shall be Shares:
 

(a)
of the same class and carrying the same rights as the Shares in respect of which the dividend is paid; and
 

(b)
which are not subject to any provision for forfeiture.

8.5
The Directors may revoke or modify any direction for reinvestment of cash dividends.
 
8.6
In exercising their powers in relation to the acquisition of Dividend Shares the Trustees must treat Participants fairly and equally.

8.7
If the amounts received by the Trustees exceed any limit specified by the Directors, the balance shall be paid to the Participant as soon as practicable.
 
8.8
If dividends are to be reinvested, the Trustees shall apply the cash dividends to acquire Dividend Shares on behalf of the Participant on the Acquisition Date. The number of Dividend Shares acquired on behalf of each Participant shall be determined by the Market Value of the Shares on the Acquisition Date.
 
Certain amounts not reinvested to be carried forward
 
8.9
Subject to Rule 8.8, any amount that is not reinvested because it is insufficient to acquire a Share may be retained by the Trustees and carried forward to be added to the amount of the next cash dividend to be reinvested. If so retained, the Trustees must hold the amount so as to be separately identifiable.
 
8.10
Subject to Rules 8.8 and 8.9, any amount that is not reinvested shall be repaid to the Participant as soon as practicable.
 
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8.11
If:


(a)
the Participant ceases to be in Relevant Employment; or


(b)
a Plan Termination Notice is issued,


the amount not invested shall be repaid to the Participant as soon as practicable. On making such a payment, the Participant shall be provided with the information specified in paragraph 80(4) of the Schedule.

Holding Period for Dividend Shares

8.12
The Directors shall specify a Holding Period throughout which a Participant shall be bound by the terms of the Partnership Share Agreement to permit the Dividends acquired by the Participant to remain in the hands of the Trustees and not to assign, charge or otherwise dispose of the beneficial interest in the Shares.

8.13
The Holding Period shall be a period of 3 years (or such other period as may from time to time be specified under paragraph 67 of the Schedule), beginning with the Acquisition Date.

8.14
If at any time during the Holding Period the Participant ceases to be in Relevant Employment, the Participant’s obligations with respect to that period come to an end.

8.15
A Participant may during the Holding Period direct the Trustees:


(a)
to accept an offer for any of their Dividend Shares if the acceptance or agreement shall result in a new holding being equated with those Shares for the purposes of capital gains tax; or
 

(b)
to accept an offer of a Qualifying Corporate Bond (whether alone or with other assets or cash or both) for their Dividend Shares if the offer forms part of such a general offer as is mentioned in paragraph (c) below; or
 

(c)
to accept an offer of cash, with or without other assets, for their Dividend Shares if the offer forms part of a general offer (which can be made to different shareholders by different means) which is made to holders of shares of the same class as their Dividend Shares or to holders of shares in the same company, and which is made in the first instance on a condition such that if it is satisfied the person making the offer shall have control of that company, within the meaning of sections 450 and 451 of the CTA 2010; or


(d)
to exercise a right arising under section 983 of the CA 2006 to require the offeror to acquire their Dividend Shares, in the case of a takeover offer (as defined in section 974 of the CA 2006) that relates to the Parent Company and where the class or classes of shares to which the takeover offer relates includes the class of their Shares; or


(e)
to agree to a transaction affecting their Dividend Shares or such of them as are of a particular class, if the transaction would be entered into pursuant to a compromise, arrangement or scheme applicable to or affecting:


(i)
all of the ordinary share capital of the Parent Company or, as the case may be, all the shares of the class in question; or

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(ii)
all the shares, or all the shares of the class in question, which are held by a class of shareholders identified otherwise than by reference to their employment or their participation in a plan which has been approved under the Schedule or which qualifies as a Schedule 2 SIP.
 
8.16
Where a Participant is charged to tax in the event of their Dividend Shares ceasing to be subject to the Plan, they shall be provided with the information required by paragraph 80(4) of the Schedule.

9.
ACQUISITION OF SHARES
 
Awards under the Plan may be satisfied by existing Shares which are purchased by the Trustees on the open market or at arms length from any shareholder. The Trustees shall not have the right to subscribe to the Parent Company for newly issued Shares in order to satisfy an Award. The Trustees may purchase the beneficial interest in Shares at the best consideration in money that can reasonably be obtained at the time of the sale from a Participant who has submitted a sale request in accordance with the Rules.
 
10.
COMPANY RECONSTRUCTIONS
 
10.1
The following provisions of this Rule apply if there occurs in relation to any of a Participant’s Plan Shares (referred to in this Rule as “the Original Holding”):
 

(a)
a transaction which results in a new holding (referred to in this Rule as “the New Holding”) being equated with the Original Holding for the purposes of capital gains tax; or
 

(b)
a transaction which would have that result but for the fact that what would be the new holding consists of or includes a Qualifying Corporate Bond.
 
10.2
If an issue of shares of any of the following description (in respect of which a charge to income tax arises) is made as part of a company reconstruction, those shares shall be treated for the purposes of this Rule as not forming part of the New Holding:
 

(a)
redeemable shares or securities issued as mentioned in paragraph C or D of section 1000(1) of CTA 2010;
 

(b)
share capital issued in circumstances such that section 1022(3) of CTA 2010 applies; or
 

(c)
share capital to which section 410 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 applies that is issued in a case where subsection (2) or (3) of that section applies.
 
10.3
In this Rule:

“Corresponding Shares” in relation to any New Shares, means the Shares in respect of which the New Shares are issued or which the New Shares otherwise represent;

“New Shares” means shares comprised in the New Holding which were issued in respect of, or otherwise represent, shares comprised in the Original Holding.

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10.4
Subject to the following provisions of this Rule, references in this Plan to a Participant’s Plan Shares shall be respectively construed, after the time of the company reconstruction, as being or, as the case may be, as including references to any New Shares.

10.5
For the purposes of the Plan:
 

(a)
a company reconstruction shall be treated as not involving a disposal of Shares comprised in the Original Holding; and
 

(b)
the date on which any New Shares are to be treated as having been appropriated to or acquired on behalf of the Participant shall be that on which Corresponding Shares were so appropriated or acquired.
 
10.6
In the context of a New Holding, any reference in this Rule to shares includes securities and rights of any description which form part of the New Holding for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.
 
11.
RIGHTS ISSUES
 
11.1
Any shares or securities allotted under Clause 11 of the Deed shall be treated as Plan Shares identical to the shares in respect of which the rights were conferred. They shall be treated as if they were awarded to or acquired on behalf of the Participant under the Plan in the same way and at the same time as those Plan Shares in respect of which they are allotted.
 
11.2
Rule 11.1 does not apply:
 

(a)
to shares and securities allotted as the result of taking up a rights issue where the funds to exercise those rights were obtained otherwise than by virtue of the Trustees disposing of rights in accordance with this Rule; or
 

(b)
where the rights to a share issue attributed to Plan Shares are different from the rights attributed to other ordinary shares of the Parent Company.
 
12.
LEAVERS
 
12.1
Subject to the forfeiture of a Participant’s Free Shares or Matching Shares in accordance with Rule 13, if a Participant ceases to hold Relevant Employment, his Plan Shares shall immediately cease to be subject to the Plan. Subject to Rule 12.2, the Trustees must within 90 days after such cessation transfer the legal title to any Plan Shares awarded to him or acquired on his behalf under the Plan. If and for so long as the Trustees retain any title to or interest in such Shares, the Trustee shall hold such title or interest on bare trust for the Participant otherwise than in the Plan.
 
12.2
If, in consequence of a Participant’s Plan Shares ceasing to be subject to the Plan, the Participant is chargeable to income tax in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 7 of ITEPA and employee’s NICs and an obligation to make a deduction under PAYE arises in respect of that charge, the Trustees may:
 

(a)
accept a sum from the Participant; and/or


(b)
dispose of sufficient of the Participant’s Shares to meet such liabilities on behalf of the Participant (including but not limited to a purchase by the Trustees of the beneficial interest in such Shares).

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12.3
The Trustees shall pay to the Participant’s employer a sum which is sufficient to discharge its liability to account for income tax and NICs under PAYE in respect of the Participant. If there is no employer to which PAYE then applies or HM Revenue & Customs is of the opinion that it is impracticable for the Participant’s employer to account for the relevant amounts under PAYE, then the Trustees shall account for the same as if the Participant were a former employee of the Trustee.

12.4
For the purposes of this Rule 12, in the event of a Participant’s death, references to a Participant shall include references to his personal representatives.

13.
FORFEITURE

13.1
The Directors may determine that Participants shall, during the Forfeiture Period, forfeit all beneficial entitlement (or such proportion as the Directors shall from time to time determine in respect of all Participants) to Free Shares and/or Matching Shares awarded to them and such beneficial entitlement shall become vested in the Trustees for no consideration, provided that:
 

(a)
prior to the Award Date, the Directors notify Qualifying Employees of the basis on which the Matching Shares and/or Free Shares shall be capable of forfeiture; and
 

(b)
the Participant’s Free Share Agreement or Partnership Share Agreement pursuant to which Free Shares or Matching Shares are awarded provides that such Free Shares or Matching Shares are subject to forfeiture and the circumstances in which those Shares will be forfeited.
 
14.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

14.1
Except as otherwise specifically provided, the Plan shall be administered by the Directors in accordance with its terms and applicable law. The Directors shall have full and complete authority to interpret the Plan, to prescribe such rules and regulations and to make such other determinations as it deems necessary or desirable for the administration for the Plan. The Directors may from time to time, subject to the terms of the Plan, delegate to officers or employees of the Company or to third parties, the whole or any part of the administration of Plan and shall determine the scope and terms and conditions of such delegation, including the authority to prescribe rules and regulations. Any interpretation, rule regulation or determination made or other act of the Directors shall be final and binding on the Participants and their beneficiaries and legal representatives, the Company and its shareholder(s).

14.2
No Director shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith pursuant to the Plan. To the full extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify and save harmless each person made, or threatened to be made, a party to any action or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a member of the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorised committee and, as such, is or was required or entitled to take action pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

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15.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

15.1
Each Participating Company shall provide the Trustees with all information required from it for the purposes of the administration and determination of the Plan and shall do so in such form as the Trustees shall reasonably require and the Trustees may in good faith rely on such information without further enquiry.

15.2
The Trustees shall maintain such records as may be necessary to comply with the Schedule and any other applicable legislation and shall at all times and from time to time give to each Participant such information as shall be in their possession to enable him to determine and quantify any liability he may have to income tax and NICs pursuant to the Schedule.
 
15.3
If a Participant becomes liable to tax and NICs as a result of his participation in the Plan the Trustees shall inform him of any facts relevant to determining that liability.
 
15.4
The Trustees shall arrange for the relevant Participating Companies to account to HM Revenue & Customs or any other authority concerned for any amounts deducted from payments made pursuant to the Plan in respect of income tax, NICs or any other deductions required in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 7 of ITEPA in a timely manner. Where there is no relevant Participating Company in respect of a Participant the Trustees shall account to HM Revenue & Customs or any other authority concerned for any amounts of income tax, NICs or any other deductions required to be made in accordance with the Schedule.

15.5
The costs of establishing and administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company or all or any of the Participating Companies, as the case may be.


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Exhibit 4.5
 
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 
2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
 
(As Amended and Restated Effective as of May 10, 2016)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
SECTION 1 PURPOSES; PRIOR PLAN
1
 
 
         
SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS
1
 
 
 
2.1
 
Award
1
 
 
 
2.2
 
Award Agreement
2
 
 
 
2.3
 
Beneficiary
2
 
 
 
2.4
 
Board
2
 
 
 
2.5
 
Cash Awards
2
 
 
 
2.6
 
Cause
2
 
 
 
2.7
 
Change in Capitalization
3
 
 
 
2.8
 
Change of Control
3
 
 
 
2.9
 
Code
4
 
 
 
2.10
 
Common Stock
4
 
 
 
2.11
 
Company
5
 
 
 
2.12
 
Consultant
5
 
 
 
2.13
 
Covered Employee
5
 
 
 
2.14
 
Dividend Payment Date
5
 
 
 
2.15
 
Effective Date
5
 
 
 
2.16
 
Employee
5
 
 
 
2.17
 
Employer
5
 
 
 
2.18
 
Exchange Act
5
 
 
 
2.19
 
Fair Market Value
5
 
 
 
2.20
 
Full Value Award
6
 
 
 
2.21
 
Good Reason
6
 
 
 
2.22
 
Incentive Award
6
 
 
 
2.23
 
Incentive Stock Option
6
 
 
 
2.24
 
Management Committee
6
 
 
 
2.25
 
Maximum Grant
7
 
 
 
2.26
 
Nonqualified Option
7
 
 
 
2.27
 
Option
7
 
 
 
2.28
 
Option Price
7
 
 
 
2.29
 
Other Stock-Based Award
7
 
 
 
2.30
 
Participant
7
 
 
 
2.31
 
Performance Goals
7
 
 
 
2.32
 
Performance Period
9
 
 
 
2.33
 
Performance Shares
9
 
 
 
2.34
 
Performance Units
9
 
 
 
2.35
 
Permitted Transferee
9
 
 
 
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2.36
 
Plan
9
 
 
 
2.37
 
Plan Administrator
9
 
 
 
2.38
 
Prior Plan
10
 
 
 
2.39
 
Restricted Stock
10
 
 
 
2.40
 
Restricted Stock Units
10
 
 
 
2.41
 
Restriction Period
10
 
 
 
2.42
 
Rule 16b-3
10
 
 
 
2.43
 
Section 16 Insider
10
 
 
 
2.44
 
Section 162(m)
10
 
 
 
2.45
 
Section 409A
10
 
 
 
2.46
 
Securities Act
10
 
 
 
2.47
 
Stock Appreciation Right
10
 
 
 
2.48
 
Subsidiary
11
 
 
 
2.49
 
Termination of Service
11
 
 
         
SECTION 3 ADMINISTRATION
11
 
 
 
3.1
 
Plan Administrator
11
 
 
 
3.2
 
Authority of Plan Administrator
12
 
 
 
3.3
 
Indemnification of Plan Administrator
13
 
 
 
3.4
 
Delegation to Management Committee
13
 
 
         
SECTION 4 ELIGIBILITY
13
 
 
         
SECTION 5 SHARES AVAILABLE FOR THE PLAN
14
 
 
 
5.1
 
Aggregate Shares
14
 
 
 
5.2
 
Individual Limitations
16
 
 
 
5.3
 
Adjustments in Authorized Shares
17
 
 
 
5.4
 
Effect of Certain Transactions
17
 
 
 
5.5
 
Minimum Vesting Requirements for Options and Stock Appreciation Rights
18
 
 
         
SECTION 6 AWARD AGREEMENTS
18
 
 
         
SECTION 7 STOCK OPTIONS
19
 
 
 
7.1
 
Grant of Options
19
 
 
 
7.2
 
Special Provisions Applicable to Incentive Stock Options
19
 
 
 
7.3
 
Terms of Options
20
 
 
         
SECTION 8 STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
23
 
 
 
8.1
 
Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights
23
 
 
 
8.2
 
Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights
23
 
 
 
8.3
 
Special Provisions Applicable to Stock Appreciation Rights
24
 
 
 
8.4
 
No Repricing or Exchange
24
 
 
         
SECTION 9 PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS
24
 
 
 
9.1
 
Grant of Performance Shares and Performance Units
24
 
 
 
9.2
 
Value of Performance Shares and Performance Units
25
 
 
 
ii

 
             
 
9.3
 
Payment of Performance Shares and Performance Units
25
 
 
 
9.4
 
Form and Timing of Payment
25
 
 
 
9.5
 
Dividend Equivalents
25
 
 
         
SECTION 10 RESTRICTED STOCK
26
 
 
 
10.1
 
Grant of Restricted Stock
26
 
 
 
10.2
 
Restriction Period
26
 
 
 
10.3
 
Other Restrictions
26
 
 
 
10.4
 
Voting Rights; Dividends and Other Distributions
27
 
 
 
10.5
 
Issuance of Shares; Settlement of Awards
27
 
 
         
SECTION 11 RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
27
 
 
 
11.10
 
Grant of Restricted Stock Units
27
 
 
 
11.2
 
Restriction Period
27
 
 
 
11.3
 
Other Restrictions
28
 
 
 
11.4
 
Dividend Equivalents
28
 
 
 
11.5
 
Issuance of Shares; Settlement of Awards
28
 
 
         
SECTION 12 INCENTIVE AWARDS
29
 
 
 
12.1
 
Incentive Awards
29
 
 
 
12.2
 
Performance Goal Certification
29
 
 
 
12.3
 
Discretion to Reduce Awards; Participant’s Performance
29
 
 
 
12.4
 
Required Payment of Incentive Awards
30
 
 
     
SECTION 13 CASH AWARDS AND OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS
30
 
 
 
13.1
 
Grant of Cash Awards
30
 
 
 
13.2
 
Other Stock-Based Awards
30
 
 
 
13.3
 
Value of Cash Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards
30
 
 
 
13.4
 
Payment of Cash Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards
31
 
 
         
SECTION 14 DEFERRAL ELECTIONS
31
 
 
         
SECTION 15 TERMINATION OF SERVICE
31
 
 
         
SECTION 16 EFFECT OF A CHANGE IN CONTROL
32
 
 
         
SECTION 17 REGULATORY APPROVALS AND LISTING
33
 
 
       
SECTION 18 GENERAL PROVISIONS
34
 
 
 
18.1
 
Clawback/Forfeiture Events
34
 
 
 
18.2
 
Nontransferability
35
 
 
 
18.3
 
No Individual Rights
35
 
 
 
18.4
 
Other Compensation
35
 
 
 
18.5
 
Leaves of Absence and Change in Status
35
 
 
 
18.6
 
Transfers
36
 
 
 
18.7
 
Unfunded Obligations
36
 
 
 
18.8
 
Beneficiaries
36
 
 
 
18.9
 
Governing Law
37
 
 
 
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18.10
 
Satisfaction of Tax Obligations
37
 
 
 
18.11
 
Participants in Foreign Jurisdictions
38
 
 
         
SECTION 19 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
38
 
 
 
19.1
 
Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and Section 162(m)
38
 
 
 
19.2
 
Section 409A
38
 
 
         
SECTION 20 ESTABLISHMENT AND TERM OF PLAN
39
 
 
         
SECTION 21 AMENDMENT, TERMINATION OR DISCONTINUANCE OF PLAN
39
 
 
 
21.1
 
Amendment of Plan
39
 
 
 
21.2
 
Termination or Suspension of Plan
40
 
 
 
21.3
 
Section 162(m) Approval
40
 
 
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ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
 
(As Amended and Restated Effective as of May 10, 2016)
 
SECTION 1
PURPOSES; PRIOR PLAN
 
The purposes of the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2012 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) are to promote the interests of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) and its stockholders by strengthening its ability to attract, retain and motivate Employees and Consultants of the Company and any Subsidiary by furnishing suitable recognition of their performance, ability and experience, to align their interests and efforts to the long-term interests of the Company’s stockholders, and to provide them with a direct incentive to achieve the Company’s strategic and financial goals. In furtherance of these purposes, the Plan provides for the grant of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Incentive Awards, Cash Awards, and Other Stock-Based Awards to Participants in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth below.
 
The Plan as set forth herein constitutes an amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2012 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date (the “Prior Plan”). The Prior Plan replaced the Company’s 2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan effective as of May 15, 2012, and no further awards have or will be made under such 2008 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan from and after such date. The Plan shall supersede and replace in its entirety the Prior Plan; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, each award granted under the Prior Plan prior to the Effective Date shall be subject to the terms and provisions applicable to such award under the Prior Plan as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date.
 
SECTION 2
DEFINITIONS
 
Unless otherwise required by the context, the following terms when used in the Plan shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 2:
 
2.1   Award
 
Any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit, Incentive Award, Cash Award or Other Stock-Based Award, in each case payable in cash and/or in Common Stock as may be designated by the Plan Administrator.
 
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2.2   Award Agreement
 
The written agreement or other documentation setting forth the terms, conditions, rights and duties applicable to an Award granted under the Plan (which, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, need not be countersigned by a Participant). The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, provide for the use of electronic, internet or other non-paper Award Agreements. The requirement for delivery of a written agreement is satisfied by electronic delivery of such agreement provided that evidence of the Participant’s receipt of such electronic delivery is available to the Company and such delivery is not prohibited by applicable laws and regulations.
 
2.3   Beneficiary
 
The person or persons designated by the Participant pursuant to Section 7.3(f) or Section 18.8 to whom payments are to be paid pursuant to the terms of the Plan in the event of the Participant’s death.
 
2.4   Board
 
The Board of Directors of the Company.
 
2.5   Cash Awards
 
As defined in Section 13.1.
 
2.6   Cause
 
“Cause” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in any employment, consulting or similar service agreement between a Participant and an Employer, or, in the absence of such agreement, a termination of a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries resulting from (a) substandard work performance or repeated unreliability that has not been cured to the Employer’s satisfaction; (b) workplace misconduct; (c) excessive absenteeism; (d) violation of safety rules; (e) violation of an Employer’s policies, including without limitation, the Employer’s “Code of Business Conduct and Ethics”; (f) fraud or other dishonesty against the Employer; (g) engagement in conduct that the Participant knows or should know is materially injurious to the business or reputation of the Employer; (h) falsifying Employer or Employee records (including an employment application); (i) on-the-job intoxication or being under the influence of alcohol or an illegal narcotic or a drug not being used as prescribed; (j) unauthorized use of Employer equipment or confidential information of an Employer or third party who has entrusted such information to the Employer; or (k) conviction of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony. With respect to a Consultant, Cause shall also include a breach by the Consultant of the applicable consulting or similar service agreement. Whether a Participant has been terminated for Cause will be determined by the Board in its sole discretion with respect to a Section 16 Insider and, with respect to all other Participants, by the Vice President of Human Resources or the Company’s General Counsel, each in his or her sole discretion.
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2.7   Change in Capitalization
 
Any increase or reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock, any change (including, without limitation, in the case of a spin-off, dividend or other distribution in respect of shares, a change in value) in the shares of Common Stock or any exchange of shares of Common Stock for a different number or kind of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company or another corporation, by reason of a reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, spin-off, split-up, issuance of warrants, rights or debentures, stock dividend, stock split or reverse stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, property dividend, combination or exchange of shares, repurchase of shares, change in corporate structure or otherwise.
 
2.8   Change of Control
 
The occurrence of any of the following after the Effective Date:
 
(a) any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (A) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (1) any acquisition directly from the Company, (2) any acquisition by the Company, (3) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company or (4) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of Section 2.8(c); or
 
(b) individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, 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; or
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(c) consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another entity (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of Common Stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or
 
(d) approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an Award that (i) is subject to Section 409A and (ii) a Change of Control would accelerate the timing of payment thereunder, the term “Change of Control” shall mean a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, as defined in Section 409A and the authoritative guidance issued thereunder, but only to the extent inconsistent with the above definition, and only to the minimum extent necessary to comply with Section 409A as determined by the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board.
 
2.9   Code
 
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time, and the temporary or final regulations of the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury adopted pursuant to the Code.
 
2.10   Common Stock
 
The Common Stock of the Company, $0.10 par value per share, or such other class of shares or other securities as may be applicable pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.
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2.11   Company
 
As defined in Section 1.
 
2.12   Consultant
 
Any consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor (including a non-employee member of the Board) who renders services to the Company or any Subsidiary that qualifies as a consultant under the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission for registration of Common Stock on a Form S-8 Registration Statement.
 
2.13   Covered Employee
 
With respect to any grant of an Award, a Participant who the Plan Administrator deems is or may become a “covered employee” as defined in Section 162(m) for any year.
 
2.14   Dividend Payment Date
 
As defined in Section 9.5.
 
2.15   Effective Date
 
The effective date of the Plan is May 10, 2016, the date on which this amendment and restatement was approved by the stockholders of the Company.
 
2.16   Employee
 
Any officer or other employee of the Company or of any Subsidiary. An Employee on a leave of absence for such periods and purposes conforming to the personnel policy of the Company may be considered still in the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary for purposes of eligibility for participation in the Plan.
 
2.17   Employer
 
As to any Participant on any date, the Company or a Subsidiary that employs or retains the Participant on such date.
 
2.18   Exchange Act
 
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and rules promulgated thereunder.
 
2.19   Fair Market Value
 
As of any given date, the closing sales price at which Common Stock is sold on such date as reported in the NYSE-Composite Transactions by The Wall Street Journal or any other comparable service the Plan Administrator may determine is reliable for such date, or if no Common Stock was traded on such date, on the next preceding day on which Common Stock was so traded. If the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock cannot be determined pursuant to the preceding provisions, the “Fair Market Value” of the Common Stock shall be determined by the Plan Administrator in such a manner as it deems appropriate, consistent with the requirements of Section 409A.
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2.20   Full Value Award
 
An Award other than of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, which is settled by the issuance of Common Stock.
 
2.21   Good Reason
 
Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the term “Good Reason” shall have the following meaning as applied to a Participant who is an Employee: (i) to the extent defined in an Employee’s employment agreement, the term “Good Reason” shall have the same meaning as set forth in the employment agreement with respect to such Employee, (ii) in the case of an Employee covered by the Company’s Key Employee Change-of-Control Contract, the term “Good Reason” shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Key Employee Change-of-Control Contract entered into with such Employee, (iii) in the case of an Employee covered by the Company’s Key Manager Change-of-Control Agreement, the term “Good Reason” shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Key Manager Change-of-Control Agreement entered into with such Employee; and (iv) in the case of any Employee not covered by clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the term “Good Reason” shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Company’s Change of Control Severance Plan, as it may be amended from time to time. With respect to a Participant who is not an Employee, “Good Reason” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the applicable Award Agreement and, in the absence of the definition of such term in such agreement, the provisions in Section 16 relating to “Good Reason” shall not be applicable to such Participant’s Award evidenced by such agreement.
 
2.22   Incentive Award
 
A percentage of base salary, a fixed dollar amount or other measure of compensation which Participants are eligible to receive, in cash, Common Stock and/or other Awards under the Plan, at the end of a Performance Period if certain performance measures are achieved.
 
2.23   Incentive Stock Option
 
An option intended to meet the requirements of an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code, as in effect at the time of grant of such Option, or any statutory provision that may hereafter replace such section.
 
2.24   Management Committee
 
A committee designated by the Board (either by resolution or by provisions contained in the Plan) and consisting of the Chief Executive Officer, provided that such officer is a member of the Board, and such other members of the Board as the Board may determine from time to time.
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2.25   Maximum Grant
 
The maximum grants set forth in Section 5.2(a).
 
2.26   Nonqualified Option
 
An Option which is not intended to meet the requirements of an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code.
 
2.27   Option
 
An Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Option.
 
2.28   Option Price
 
The price per share of Common Stock at which an Option is exercisable.
 
2.29   Other Stock-Based Award
 
As defined in Section 13.2.
 
2.30   Participant
 
An eligible Employee or a Consultant (which includes, for the avoidance of doubt, a non-employee member of the Board) to whom Awards are granted under the Plan as set forth in Section 4. References to a “Participant” in the Plan will be interpreted to mean an Employee, a Consultant, Employees or Consultants as individual groups or as one group in the aggregate, as the context so provides.
 
2.31   Performance Goals
 
The Plan Administrator may grant Awards subject to one or more Performance Goals set forth in the table below (collectively the “Performance Goals”) to any Participant, including, without limitation, to any Covered Employee. As to any such Awards, the Plan Administrator shall establish one or more of the Performance Goals for each Performance Period in writing. Each Performance Goal selected for a particular Performance Period shall include any one or more of the following, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a Subsidiary or a business unit of the Company or any Subsidiary, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of time, on an absolute basis or relative to the pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by the Plan Administrator:

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Financial Goals
• Earnings
• Revenues
• Debt level
• Cost reduction targets
• Interest-sensitivity gap levels
• EBITDAX
• Debt/average daily production
• Earnings per share
• Cash flow from operations
• Equity ratios
• Capital expended
• Weighted average cost of capital
• Return on assets
• Debt/proved developed reserves
• Net income
• Free cash flow
• Expenses
• Working capital
• Operating or profit margin
• Return on equity or capital employed or investment
• Debt/proved reserves
Operating Goals
• Amount of oil and/or gas reserves
• Lease operating expense or lease operating expense/barrels of oil equivalent
• Oil and/or gas reserve additions
• Costs of finding and/or developing oil and/or gas reserves
• Operating costs
• Oil and/or gas replacement ratios
• Natural gas and/or oil production or sales
Corporate and Other Goals
• Total stockholder return
• Asset quality levels
• Investments
• Satisfactory internal or external audits
• Achievement of balance sheet or income statement objectives
• General and administrative expenses
• Market share
• Assets
• Asset sale targets
• Value of assets
• Employee retention/attrition rates
• Improvement of financial ratings
• Production growth per net debt adjusted share
• Charge-offs
• Non-performing assets
• Fair Market Value of Common Stock
• Regulatory compliance
• Safety targets
• Economic value added
 
The Plan Administrator may adjust the Performance Goals to include or exclude the impact of an event or occurrence which the Plan Administrator determines should appropriately be included or excluded, including, without limitation, extraordinary, unusual or infrequent items or events, charges, gains or losses on the disposition of business units, losses from discontinued operations, restatements and accounting changes and other unplanned special charges such as restructuring expenses, acquisitions, acquisition expenses, including expenses related to goodwill and other intangible assets, stock offerings, stock repurchases and loan loss provisions. The Plan Administrator may also provide for the manner in which performance will be measured against the Performance Goals (or may adjust the Performance Goals) to reflect the impact of specified corporate transactions, a Change in Capitalization, special charges, accounting policy changes and tax law changes. In addition, the Plan Administrator may make such adjustments to the Performance Goals applicable to Participants who are not Covered Employees as it determines are appropriate. Such adjustments may occur at the time of the granting of an Award, or at any time thereafter, but, in the case of Covered Employees, only to the extent permitted by Section 162(m). Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no Awards shall be earned, target levels of performance at which specific Awards will be earned, and a maximum level of performance at which the maximum level of Awards will be earned.
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With respect to “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) for Covered Employees, the Plan Administrator shall establish the applicable Performance Goals within any time period required under Section 162(m) and the Plan Administrator may not in any event increase the amount of compensation payable to a Covered Employee upon the satisfaction of any Performance Goal. Prior to the payment of any “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m), the Plan Administrator shall certify in writing (which shall be satisfied upon the Plan Administrator’s approval of preambles and resolutions regarding such performance results and payout and without condition with respect to any subsequent approval of the minutes of the meeting relating to such certification) the extent to which the applicable Performance Goals were, in fact, achieved and the amounts to be paid, vested or delivered as a result thereof; provided, that the Plan Administrator may reduce, but not increase, such amount.
 
2.32   Performance Period
 
That period of time during which Performance Goals are evaluated to determine the vesting or granting of Awards under the Plan, as the Plan Administrator may determine, provided that the period is no longer than ten (10) years.
 
2.33   Performance Shares
 
An Award granted under the Plan representing the right to receive a number of shares of Common Stock for each Performance Share granted, as the Plan Administrator may determine.
 
2.34   Performance Units
 
An Award granted under the Plan representing the right to receive a payment (either in cash or Common Stock) equal to the value of a Performance Unit, as the Plan Administrator may determine.
 
2.35   Permitted Transferee
 
As defined in Section 7.3(f).
 
2.36   Plan
 
As defined in Section 1.
 
2.37   Plan Administrator
 
Those committees appointed and authorized pursuant to Section 3 to administer the Plan.
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2.38   Prior Plan
 
As defined in Section 1.
 
2.39   Restricted Stock
 
Common Stock granted under the Plan that is subject to the requirements of Section 10 and such other restrictions as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate. References to Restricted Stock in the Plan shall include Restricted Stock awarded in conjunction with Incentive Awards pursuant to Section 12, unless the context otherwise requires.
 
2.40   Restricted Stock Units
 
An Award granted under the Plan representing a right to receive a payment (either in cash and/or Common Stock) equal to the value of a share of Common Stock.
 
2.41   Restriction Period
 
As defined in Sections 10.2 and 11.2, as applicable.
 
2.42   Rule 16b-3
 
Rule 16b-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.
 
2.43   Section 16 Insider
 
Any person who is selected by the Plan Administrator to receive an Award pursuant to the Plan and who is or is reasonably expected to become subject to the requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
2.44   Section 162(m)
 
Section 162(m) of the Code.
 
2.45   Section 409A
 
Section 409A of the Code.
 
2.46   Securities Act
 
The Securities Act of 1933, as amended and rules promulgated thereunder.
 
2.47   Stock Appreciation Right
 
Any right granted under Section 8.
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2.48   Subsidiary
 
An entity that is designated by the Plan Administrator as a subsidiary for purposes of the Plan and that is a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other entity in which the Company owns directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power or profit interests, or as to which the Company or one of its affiliates serves as general or managing partner or in a similar capacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of Options intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, the term “Subsidiary” shall mean a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for tax purposes) in which the Company directly or indirectly holds more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power.
 
2.49   Termination of Service
 
(a) As to an Employee, the time when the employee-employer relationship between a Participant and the Company or any Employer is terminated for any reason, including, without limitation, a termination by resignation, discharge, death, disability or retirement; but excluding terminations where the Participant simultaneously commences or remains in employment or service with the Company or any Employer.
 
(b) As to a Consultant, the time when the engagement of a Participant as a Consultant to the Company or any Employer is terminated for any reason, with or without Cause, including, without limitation, by resignation, discharge, death or retirement, but excluding terminations where the Consultant simultaneously commences or remains in employment or service with the Company or any Employer.
 
SECTION 3
ADMINISTRATION
 
3.1 Plan Administrator
 
(a) The Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board shall be the Plan Administrator with respect to all Covered Employees and all Section 16 Insiders. As to these individuals, the Plan Administrator (including each individual that is a member thereof) shall be constituted at all times so as to (i) be “independent” as such term is defined pursuant to the rules of any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may then be listed, and (ii) meet the non-employee director standards of Rule 16b-3 and the outside director requirements of Section 162(m), so long as any of the Company’s equity securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
 
(b) Other than as set forth in Section 3.1(a) and subject to Section 3.4 (and subject to applicable law), the Management Committee shall be the Plan Administrator. The Board may from time to time remove members from, or add members to, the Management Committee.
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(c) Notwithstanding Sections 3.1(a) and 3.1(b), the Board may designate itself or the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board as the Plan Administrator as to any Participant or groups of Participants unless such designation with respect to a Participant or groups of Participants would not be in compliance with the requirements of the Code, the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
 
(d) The above committees hereby designate the appropriate Employees or other agents of the Company to handle the day-to-day administrative matters of the Plan.
 
3.2 Authority of Plan Administrator
 
Subject to the express terms and conditions set forth herein, the Plan Administrator shall have the power from time to time to:

(a) select the Participants to whom Awards shall be granted under the Plan and the number of shares or amount of cash subject to such Awards and prescribe the terms and conditions (which need not be identical) of each such Award;
 
(b) set the terms and conditions of any Award consistent with the terms of the Plan (which may be based on Performance Goals or other performance measures as the Plan Administrator shall determine), and make any amendments, modifications or adjustments to such Awards;
 
(c) construe and interpret the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder and establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan, including, without limitation, correcting any defect or supplying any omission, or reconciling any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award Agreement, in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or advisable, including so that the Plan and the operation of the Plan comply with Rule 16b-3, the Code, to the extent applicable, and other applicable laws, and otherwise to make the Plan fully effective;
 
(d) exercise its discretion with respect to the powers and rights granted to it as set forth in the Plan; and
 
(e) generally, exercise such powers and perform such acts as are deemed necessary or advisable to promote the best interests of the Company with respect to the Plan.
 
All decisions and determinations by the Plan Administrator in the exercise of the above powers shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Company, a Subsidiary, the Participants and all other persons having or claiming any interest therein. The Plan Administrator shall cause the Company at the Company’s expense to take any action related to the Plan which may be necessary to comply with the provisions of any federal, state or foreign law or any regulations issued thereunder, which the Plan Administrator determines are intended to be complied with. All Awards and any administrative action taken by the Plan Administrator shall be in conformity with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and shall not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veterans status, sexual orientation or any other legally protected categories.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan Administrator shall not be entitled to exercise any discretion otherwise authorized hereunder with respect to any Awards held by Covered Employees that are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) if the ability to exercise such discretion or the exercise of such discretion itself would cause the compensation attributable to such Awards to fail to so qualify.
 
3.3 Indemnification of Plan Administrator
 
Each member of any committee acting as Plan Administrator, while serving as such, shall be entitled, in good faith, to rely or act upon any advice of the Company’s independent auditors, counsel or consultants hired by the committee, or other agents assisting in the administration of the Plan. The Plan Administrator and any Employee of the Company acting at the direction or on behalf of the Company shall not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made, or not taken or made, in good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected under the Company’s charter or by-laws with respect to any such action or determination.
 
3.4 Delegation to Management Committee
 
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and subject to Section 3.1, the Board and the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board hereby delegate to the Management Committee the authority (i) to designate the Employees and Consultants who shall be Participants, (ii) to determine the Awards to be granted to any such Participants or (iii) both (i) and (ii); provided, however, that the Management Committee shall not have the authority to grant Awards to any member of the Management Committee, a Covered Employee or a Section 16 Insider and shall be subject to such other limitations set forth in the Plan. This provision shall be deemed to constitute a delegation from the Board to the Management Committee without further action by the Board. However, the Board or the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board may, from time to time, limit the total number of shares Common Stock subject to such delegation.
 
SECTION 4
ELIGIBILITY
 
To be eligible to be a Participant, an individual must be an Employee or a Consultant of an Employer, as of the date on which the Plan Administrator grants to such individual an Award under the Plan. Members of the Board shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. Each grant of an Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.
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SECTION 5
SHARES AVAILABLE FOR THE PLAN
 
5.1 Aggregate Shares
 
(a) Share Authorization
 
Subject to Section 5.1(b), Section 5.1(d) and adjustment as provided in Section 5.3, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan on or after the Effective Date shall be 40,960,362 shares, less the sum of (i) one (1) share for every one (1) share that was subject to an “Option” or “Stock Appreciation Right” granted under the Prior Plan after December 31, 2015 and prior to the Effective Date and (ii) 2.39 shares for every one (1) share that was granted under the Prior Plan as a “Full Value Award” after December 31, 2015 and prior to the Effective Date.
 
(b) Limit on Full Value Awards - Flexible Share Pool
 
Each share of Common Stock subject to a Full Value Award granted on or after the Effective Date shall reduce the shares that remain available for issuance under the Plan by 2.39 shares of Common Stock. Each share of Common Stock subject to an Award granted on or after the Effective Date other than a Full Value Award shall reduce the shares that remain available for issuance under the Plan by one (1) share of Common Stock.
 
(c) Limit on Incentive Stock Options
 
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.3, the maximum aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the Plan through Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan on or after the Effective Date shall be 10,000,000.
 
(d) Share Usage
 
Any shares of Common Stock related to Awards (or awards granted under the Prior Plan) which, after December 31, 2015, terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of such shares of Common Stock or are settled in cash in lieu of shares of Common Stock shall be available again for grant under the Plan; provided, however, that shares of Restricted Stock issued under the Plan (or similar awards issued under the Prior Plan) and forfeited back to the Plan after December 31, 2015 shall not be considered to have been issued for purposes of this sentence and shall be available again for grant under the Plan. However, shares of Common Stock that are subject to Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan (or that were subject to “Stock Appreciation Rights” (as defined in the Prior Plan) granted under the Prior Plan) but are not issued or delivered as a result of the net settlement in shares of Common Stock of such Stock Appreciation Rights (or such “Stock Appreciation Rights” granted under the Prior Plan) shall not be available again for grant under the Plan. Furthermore, any shares of Common Stock withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations on an Award issued under the Plan (or withheld after December 31, 2015 on an award issued under the Prior Plan), shares of Common Stock tendered to pay the exercise price of an Award under the Plan (or tendered after December 31, 2015 to pay the exercise price of an award issued under the Prior Plan), and shares of Common Stock repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of an Option exercise (or so repurchased after December 31, 2015 with the proceeds of the exercise of an “Option” (as defined in the Prior Plan) granted under the Prior Plan) will no longer be eligible to be again available for grant under the Plan. In addition, the full number of Incentive Stock Options exercised shall be counted against the number of shares that may be issued under the Plan through Incentive Stock Options awarded under the Plan on or after the Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.1(c), regardless of the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued upon exercise of such Incentive Stock Options. The shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan may be authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock or treasury shares of Common Stock.
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Any shares of Common Stock that again become available for Awards under the Plan pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section shall be added as (i) one (1) share for every one (1) share subject to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan or options or stock appreciation rights granted under the Prior Plan, (ii) as 2.39 shares for every one (1) share subject to Awards granted on or after the Effective Date other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, and (iii) 2.39 shares for every one (1) share subject to awards granted under the Prior Plan prior to the Effective Date other than options or stock appreciation rights so granted under the Prior Plan.
 
Substitute Awards (as defined below) shall not reduce the shares authorized for issuance under the Plan or the limitations on grants to a Participant under Section 5.2, nor shall shares subject to a Substitute Award be added to the shares available for issuance under the Plan as provided above. Additionally, in the event that a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines has shares available under a pre-existing plan approved by stockholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may, if and to the extent determined by the Board, be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the shares authorized for issuance under the Plan (and shares subject to such Awards shall not be added to the shares available for issuance under the Plan as provided above); provided that Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals who were not, prior to such acquisition or combination, employed by (and who were not non-employee directors or consultants of) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries immediately prior to such acquisition or combination. For purposes of this Section “Substitute Awards” shall mean Awards granted or shares issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or obligation to make future awards, in each case by a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines.
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5.2 Individual Limitations
 
(a) Maximum Grants
 
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.3, no Participant may be granted (i) Options or Stock Appreciation Rights during any calendar year with respect to more than 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock and (ii) Awards (other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) during any calendar year that are denominated in shares of Common Stock under which more than 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock may be earned for each twelve (12) months in the vesting period or Performance Period (which vesting or Performance Period, as applicable, shall not exceed ten (10) years). No Participant may be granted Awards during any calendar year that are not denominated in shares of Common Stock under which more than $10,000,000 (including the Fair Market Value of any shares of Common Stock paid in satisfaction of such Awards) may be earned for each twelve (12) months in the vesting or Performance Period (which vesting or Performance Period, as applicable, shall not exceed ten (10) years). Each of the limitations in this paragraph shall be multiplied by two (2) with respect to Awards granted to a Participant during the first calendar year in which the Participant commences employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries. If an Award is cancelled, the cancelled Award shall continue to be counted toward the applicable limitation in this paragraph to the extent required by Section 162(m).
 
(b) Additional Limitation Applicable to Non-Employee Directors  
 
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Plan, in any other incentive compensation plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Company’s 2008 Director Compensation Plan), or any other compensatory policy or program of the Company applicable to its non-employee directors (collectively, the “Director Programs”), the sum of “ A ” and “ B ” for any individual, non-employee director for any single calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2016 shall not exceed $750,000, where:
 
A
equals the aggregate grant date fair value (computed as of the date of grant in accordance with applicable financial accounting rules) of all awards granted under the Director Programs (other than with respect to compensation described in “ B ” below) to such director during such calendar year; and
 
B
equals the aggregate cash value of such director’s retainer, meeting attendance fees, committee assignment fees, lead director retainer, committee chair and member retainers and other Board fees related to service on the Board or committee(s) of the Board that are initially denominated as a cash amount or any other property other than Common Stock (whether paid currently or on a deferred basis or in cash or other property (including Common Stock)) for such calendar year;
 
provided, however, that the limitation described in this sentence shall be determined without regard to grants of awards under the Director Programs and compensation, if any, paid to a non-employee director during any period in which such individual was an Employee or Consultant (other than in the capacity of a non-employee director).
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5.3 Adjustments in Authorized Shares
 
(a) In the event of a Change in Capitalization, the Plan Administrator shall make such adjustments, if any, as it determines are appropriate and equitable, and to the extent such an action does not conflict with Delaware or other applicable laws or securities exchange rules, to (i) the maximum number and class of shares of Common Stock or other stock or securities with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and class of shares of Common Stock or other stock or securities that may be issued upon exercise of Nonqualified Options, Incentive Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, (iii) the Maximum Grants, (iv) the number and class of shares of Common Stock or other stock or securities which are subject to outstanding Awards granted under the Plan and the Option Price or exercise price therefor, if applicable, and (v) the Performance Goals; provided, however, that in the case of an “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards No. Update Topic 718), the Board shall make an equitable or appropriate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect such equity restructuring. Any such adjustment shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons claiming any right or interest under the Plan.
 
(b) If, by reason of a Change in Capitalization, a Participant shall be entitled to, or shall be entitled to exercise an Option or Stock Appreciation Right with respect to, new, additional or different shares of stock or securities of the Company or any other corporation, such new, additional or different shares shall thereupon be subject to all of the conditions, restrictions and performance criteria which were applicable to the shares of Common Stock that such shares replaced or to the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, as the case may be, prior to such Change in Capitalization.
 
5.4 Effect of Certain Transactions
 
Following (a) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (b) a merger or consolidation of the Company (a “Transaction”), (i) each outstanding Award shall be treated as provided for in the agreement entered into in connection with the Transaction (which treatment may be different as among different types of Awards and different holders thereof) or (ii) if not so provided in such agreement, each Participant shall be entitled to receive in respect of each share of Common Stock subject to any outstanding Awards, upon exercise of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right or payment or transfer in respect of any other Award, the same number and kind of stock, securities, cash, property or other consideration that each holder of a share of Common Stock was entitled to receive in the Transaction in respect of a share of Common Stock; provided, however, that such stock, securities, cash, property, or other consideration shall remain subject to all of the conditions, restrictions and performance criteria which were applicable to Awards prior to such Transaction, but giving effect to any applicable provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement if the Transaction is a Change of Control. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the treatment of outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 5.4 in connection with a Transaction may include the cancellation of outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights upon consummation of the Transaction provided either (x) the holders of affected Options and Stock Appreciation rights have been given a period of at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the consummation of the Transaction to exercise the Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (whether or not they were otherwise exercisable) or (y) the holders of the affected Options and Stock Appreciation Rights are paid (in cash or cash equivalents) in respect of each share of Common Stock covered by the Options or Stock Appreciation Rights being cancelled an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price paid or distributed to stockholders in the Transaction (the value of any non-cash consideration to be determined by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion) over the exercise price thereof. For avoidance of doubt, (1) the cancellation of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights pursuant to clause (y) of the preceding sentence may be effected notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan or any Award Agreement and (2) if the amount determined pursuant to clause (y) of the preceding sentence is zero or less, the affected Options and Stock Appreciation Rights may be cancelled without any payment therefor. The treatment of any Award as provided in this Section 5.4 shall be conclusively presumed to be appropriate for purposes of Section 5.3.
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5.5 Minimum Vesting Requirements for Options and Stock Appreciation Rights
 
No Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted on or after the Effective Date may vest in less than one year from its date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, up to 5% of the available shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan as of the Effective Date may be subject to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights that vest (in full or in part) in less than one year from their date of grant (the “5% Basket”). Further, any Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan may vest in full or in part upon death or disability of the Participant, or upon a Change of Control, and such vesting shall not count against the 5% Basket.
 
SECTION 6
AWARD AGREEMENTS
 
Upon a determination by the Plan Administrator that an Award is to be granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13, an Award Agreement shall be provided to such Participant as soon as practicable specifying, without limitation, the terms, conditions, rights and duties related thereto, including terms requiring forfeiture of Awards in the event of a Termination of Service by the Participant and terms relating to the Clawback/Forfeiture Events under Section 18.1. Each Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
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SECTION 7
STOCK OPTIONS
7.1 Grant of Options
 
Subject to the limitations in Sections 5.1 and 5.2, Options may be granted to eligible Participants in such number, and at such times during the term of the Plan, as the Plan Administrator shall determine. The Plan Administrator may grant an Option or provide for the grant of an Option, either from time to time in the discretion of the Plan Administrator or automatically upon the occurrence of specified events, including, without limitation, the achievement of Performance Goals or other performance measures, the satisfaction of an event or condition within the control of the recipient of the Option or within the control of others. The granting of an Option shall take place when the Plan Administrator by resolution, written consent or other appropriate action determines to grant such an Option to a particular Participant at the Option Price. Each Option granted under the Plan shall be identified in the Award Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Option (or if no such identification is made, then it shall be a Nonqualified Option). No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Participant who is not an Employee of the Company or any “subsidiary corporation” of the Company (as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code).
 
7.2 Special Provisions Applicable to Incentive Stock Options
 
Each provision of the Plan and each Incentive Stock Option granted thereunder shall be construed so that each such Option shall qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, and any provision thereof that cannot be so construed shall be disregarded, unless the Employee agrees otherwise. Incentive Stock Options, in addition to complying with the other provisions of the Plan relating to Options generally, shall be subject to the following conditions:
 
(a) Ten Percent (10%) Stockholders
 
An Employee must not, immediately before an Incentive Stock Option is granted to him or her, own stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of its parent or any subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code). This requirement is waived if (i) the Option Price of the Incentive Stock Option to be granted is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the stock subject to the Option, determined at the time the Option is granted, and (ii) the Option is not exercisable more than five (5) years from the date the Option is granted.
 
(b) Annual Limitation
 
To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of the grant of the Option) of the stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by the Employee during any calendar year exceeds One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), such Options shall be treated as Nonqualified Options. In applying the limitation in the preceding sentence in the case of multiple Option grants, unless otherwise required by applicable law, Options which were intended to be Incentive Stock Options shall be treated as Nonqualified Options according to the order in which they were granted such that the most recently granted Options are first treated as Nonqualified Options.
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(c) Additional Terms
 
Any other terms and conditions which the Plan Administrator determines, upon advice of counsel, must be imposed for the Option to be an Incentive Stock Option.
 
(d) Notice of Disqualifying Disposition
 
If an Employee shall make any disposition of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to an Incentive Stock Option under the circumstances described in Section 421(b) of the Code (relating to disqualifying dispositions), the Employee shall notify the Company of such disposition within twenty (20) days thereof.
 
7.3 Terms of Options
 
Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement and Section 7.2, all Incentive Stock Options and Nonqualified Options under the Plan shall be granted subject to the following terms and conditions:
 
(a) Option Price
 
The Option Price shall be determined by the Plan Administrator in any reasonable manner, but shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the Option is granted, except in the case of Options that are granted in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by (i) a company acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary, or (ii) a company with which the Company or a Subsidiary combines.
 
(b) Duration of Options
 
Options shall be exercisable at such time and under such conditions as set forth in the Award Agreement, but in no event shall any Option (whether a Nonqualified Option or an Incentive Stock Option) be exercisable later than the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of its grant.
 
(c) Exercise of Options
 
Subject to the limitations in Section 5.5, Common Stock covered by an Option may be purchased at one time or in such installments over the option period as may be provided in the Award Agreement. Any Common Stock not purchased on an applicable installment date may be purchased thereafter at any time prior to the expiration of the Option in accordance with its terms. To the extent that the right to purchase Common Stock has accrued thereunder, an Option may be exercised from time to time by notice to the Company setting forth the amount of Common Stock with respect to which the Option is being exercised.
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(d) Payment
 
The purchase price of Common Stock purchased under Options shall be paid in full to the Company upon the exercise of the Option by delivery of consideration equal to the product of the Option Price and the Common Stock purchased (the “Purchase Price”). Such consideration may be either (i) in cash or (ii) at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, in Common Stock (by either actual delivery of Common Stock or by attestation presenting satisfactory proof of beneficial ownership of such Common Stock) already owned by the Participant, or any combination of cash and Common Stock. The Fair Market Value of such Common Stock as delivered shall be valued as of the day of exercise. The Plan Administrator can determine that additional forms of payment will be permitted. To the extent permitted by the Plan Administrator and applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation, federal tax and securities laws, regulations and state corporate law), an Option may also be exercised in a “cashless” exercise by delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker approved by the Company to promptly deliver to the Company sufficient proceeds to pay the Purchase Price. A Participant shall have none of the rights of a stockholder until the Common Stock is issued to the Participant.
 
The Plan Administrator may permit a Participant to pay all or a portion of the Purchase Price by having Common Stock with a Fair Market Value equal to all or a portion of the Purchase Price be withheld from the shares issuable to the Participant upon the exercise of the Option. The Fair Market Value of such Common Stock as is withheld shall be determined as of the same day as the exercise of the Option.
 
(e) Restrictions
 
The Plan Administrator shall determine and reflect in the Award Agreement, with respect to each Option, the nature and extent of the restrictions, if any, to be imposed on the Common Stock which may be purchased thereunder, including, without limitation, restrictions on the transferability of such Common Stock acquired through the exercise of such Options for such periods as the Plan Administrator may determine. In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, the Plan Administrator may require that a Participant who wants to effectuate a “cashless” exercise of Options be required to sell the Common Stock acquired in the associated exercise to the Company, or in the open market through the use of a broker selected by the Company, at such price and on such terms as the Plan Administrator may determine at the time of grant, or otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, the Plan Administrator may impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by the Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any Common Stock issued as a result of the exercise of an Option, including without limitation (i) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (ii) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by one or more Participants and (iii) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers. No dividend equivalents may be granted in connection with any Option.
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(f) Transferability of Options
 
Notwithstanding Section 18.2 and only if allowed by the Plan Administrator in its discretion, Nonqualified Options may be transferred to a Participant’s immediate family members, directly or indirectly or by means of a trust, corporate entity or partnership (a person who thus acquires this option by such transfer, a “Permitted Transferee”). A transfer of a Nonqualified Option may only be effected by the Company at the request of the Participant and shall become effective upon the Permitted Transferee agreeing to such terms as the Plan Administrator may require and only when recorded in the Company’s record of outstanding Options. In the event an Option is transferred as contemplated hereby, the Option may not be subsequently transferred by the Permitted Transferee except a transfer back to the Participant or by will or the laws of descent and distribution. A transferred Option may be exercised by a Permitted Transferee to the same extent as, and subject to the same terms and conditions as, the Participant (except as otherwise provided herein), as if no transfer had taken place. As used herein, “immediate family member” shall mean, with respect to any person, such person’s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships. In the event of exercise of a transferred Option by a Permitted Transferee, any amounts due to (or to be withheld by) the Company upon exercise of the Option shall be delivered by (or withheld from amounts due to) the Participant, the Participant’s estate or the Permitted Transferee, in the reasonable discretion of the Company.
 
In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law and Rule 16b-3, the Plan Administrator may permit a recipient of a Nonqualified Option to designate in writing during the Participant’s lifetime a Beneficiary to receive and exercise the Participant’s Nonqualified Options in the event of such Participant’s death.
 
(g) Purchase for Investment
 
The Plan Administrator shall have the right to require that each Participant or other person who shall exercise an Option under the Plan, and each person into whose name the Common Stock shall be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option, represent and agree that any and all Common Stock purchased pursuant to such Option is being purchased for investment only and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof and that such Common Stock will not be sold except in accordance with such restrictions or limitations as may be set forth in the Option or by the Plan Administrator. This Section 7.3(g) shall be inoperative during any period of time when the Company has obtained all necessary or advisable approvals from governmental agencies and has completed all necessary or advisable registrations or other qualifications of the Common Stock as to which Options may from time to time be granted as contemplated in Section 17.
 
(h) No Repricing or Exchange
 
Other than pursuant to Section 5.3, the Plan Administrator may not take any action (i) to amend the terms of an outstanding Option to reduce the Option Price thereof, cancel an Option and replace it with a new Option with a lower Option Price, or that has an economic effect that is the same as any such reduction or cancellation or (ii) to cancel an outstanding Option having an Option Price above the then-current Fair Market Value of the Common Stock in exchange for the grant of another type of Award or cash (other than in connection with a Change of Control), without, in each such case, first obtaining approval of the Company’s stockholders of such action.
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SECTION 8
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
 
8.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights
 
Subject to the limitations in Sections 5.1 and 5.2, Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to Participants in such number, and at such times during the term of the Plan, as the Plan Administrator shall determine. The Plan Administrator may grant a Stock Appreciation Right or provide for the grant of a Stock Appreciation Right, either from time to time in the discretion of the Plan Administrator or automatically upon the occurrence of specified events, including, without limitation, the achievement of Performance Goals or other performance measures, the satisfaction of an event or condition within the control of the recipient of the Stock Appreciation Right or within the control of others. The granting of a Stock Appreciation Right shall take place when the Plan Administrator by resolution, written consent or other appropriate action determines to grant such a Stock Appreciation Right to a particular Participant at a particular price. A Stock Appreciation Right may be granted freestanding or in tandem or in combination with any other Award under the Plan.
 
8.2 Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights
 
Subject to the limitations in Section 5.5, a Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised upon such terms and conditions and for such term as the Plan Administrator shall determine; provided, however, no Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable later than the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of its grant. Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, a Participant shall be entitled to receive Common Stock, or the cash equivalent, with an aggregate Fair Market Value determined by multiplying (i) the difference between the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right over the price determined by the Plan Administrator on the date of grant (which price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant, except in the case of Stock Appreciation Rights that are granted in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by (x) a company acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary, or (y) a company with which the Company or a Subsidiary combines) times (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised. The value of any fractional shares shall be paid in cash.
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8.3 Special Provisions Applicable to Stock Appreciation Rights
 
Stock Appreciation Rights are subject to the following restrictions:

(a) A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with any other Award under the Plan shall be exercisable at such time or times as the Award to which it relates shall be exercisable, or at such other times as the Plan Administrator may determine.
 
(b) The right of a Participant to exercise a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with any other Award under the Plan shall be canceled if and to the extent the related Award is exercised or canceled. To the extent that a Stock Appreciation Right is exercised, the related Award shall be deemed to have been surrendered unexercised and canceled.
 
(c) A holder of Stock Appreciation Rights shall have none of the rights of a stockholder until the Common Stock, if any, is issued to such holder pursuant to such holder’s exercise of such rights. No dividend equivalents may be granted in connection with any Stock Appreciation Right.
 
(d) The acquisition of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be subject to the same restrictions as would apply to the acquisition of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of an Option, as set forth in Section 7.3.
 
8.4 No Repricing or Exchange
 
Other than pursuant to Section 5.3, the Plan Administrator may not take any action (i) to amend the terms of an outstanding Stock Appreciation Right to reduce the grant price thereof, cancel a Stock Appreciation Right and replace it with a new Stock Appreciation Right with a lower grant price, or that has an economic effect that is the same as any such reduction or cancellation or (ii) to cancel an outstanding Stock Appreciation Right having a grant price above the then-current Fair Market Value of the Common Stock in exchange for the grant of another type of Award or cash (other than in connection with a Change of Control), without, in each such case, first obtaining approval of the Company’s stockholders of such action.
 
SECTION 9
PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS
 
9.1 Grant of Performance Shares and Performance Units
 
Subject to the limitations in Sections 5.1 and 5.2, (a) Performance Shares or Performance Units may be granted to Participants at any time and from time to time as the Plan Administrator shall determine, and (b) the Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion in determining the number of Performance Shares or Performance Units granted to each Participant and the terms and conditions thereof. Performance Shares and Performance Units may be granted alone or in combination with any other Award under the Plan.
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9.2 Value of Performance Shares and Performance Units
 
The Plan Administrator shall establish Performance Goals for any specified Performance Periods. In no event shall a Performance Period be less than one (1) year with respect to grants of Performance Shares or Performance Units. Prior to each grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units, the Plan Administrator shall establish an initial amount of Common Stock for each Performance Share and an initial value for each Performance Unit granted to each Participant for that Performance Period. Prior to each grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units, the Plan Administrator also shall set the Performance Goals that will be used to determine the extent to which the Participant receives Common Stock for the Performance Shares or payment of the value of the Performance Units awarded for such Performance Period. With respect to each such Performance Goal utilized during a Performance Period, the Plan Administrator may assign percentages or other relative values to various levels of performance which shall be applied to determine the extent to which the Participant shall receive a payout of the number of Performance Shares or value of Performance Units awarded.
 
9.3 Payment of Performance Shares and Performance Units
 
After a Performance Period has ended, the holder of a Performance Share or Performance Unit shall be entitled to receive the value thereof as determined by the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator shall make this determination by first determining the extent to which the Performance Goals set pursuant to Section 9.2 have been met. The Plan Administrator shall then determine the applicable percentage or other relative value to be applied to, and will apply such percentage or other relative value to, the number of Performance Shares or value of Performance Units to determine the payout to be received by the Participant. In addition, with respect to Performance Shares and Performance Units granted to each Participant, no payout shall be made hereunder except upon written certification by the Plan Administrator that the applicable Performance Goals have been satisfied to a particular extent.
 
9.4 Form and Timing of Payment
 
The payment described in Section 9.3 shall be made in Common Stock, or in cash, or partly in Common Stock and partly in cash, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator and set forth in the Award Agreement. The value of any fractional shares shall be paid in cash. Payment shall be made in a lump sum or installments as prescribed in the applicable Award Agreement. If Common Stock is to be converted into an amount of cash on any date, or if an amount of cash is to be converted into Common Stock on any date, such conversion shall be done at the then-current Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on such date.
 
9.5 Dividend Equivalents
 
The Plan Administrator may provide that Performance Shares or Performance Units awarded under the Plan shall be entitled to an amount per Performance Share or Performance Unit equal in value to the cash dividend, if any, paid per share of Common Stock on issued and outstanding shares, on the dividend payment dates (“Dividend Payment Date”) occurring during the period between the date on which the Performance Shares or Performances Unit are granted to the Participant and the date on which such Performance Shares or Performance Units are settled under the Plan (or such other period as designated by the Plan Administrator). Such paid amounts called “dividend equivalents” shall be accrued and paid in cash and/or Common Stock (including reinvestment in additional shares of Common Stock) and paid at such time as the Performance Share or Performance Unit to which it relates vests and settles or at such other time as provided in the applicable Award Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, such dividend equivalents shall also be subject to restrictions and risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the underlying Award). The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued and/or reinvested shall be determined based on the Fair Market Value on the Dividend Payment Date.
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SECTION 10
RESTRICTED STOCK
 
10.1 Grant of Restricted Stock
 
Subject to the limitations in Sections 5.1 and 5.2, Restricted Stock may be granted to Participants in such number and at such times during the term of the Plan as the Plan Administrator shall determine. The Plan Administrator may grant Restricted Stock or provide for the grant of Restricted Stock, either from time to time in the discretion of the Plan Administrator or automatically upon the occurrence of specified events.
 
10.2 Restriction Period
 
Restricted Stock shall be subject to Section 18.2 for the period determined by the Plan Administrator and provided in the applicable Award Agreement (the “Restriction Period”). During the Restriction Period, the Plan Administrator shall evidence the restrictions on the shares of Restricted Stock in such a manner as it determines is appropriate (including, without limitation, (i) by means of appropriate legends on shares of Restricted Stock that have been certificated and (ii) by means of appropriate stop-transfer orders on shares of Restricted Stock credited to book-entry accounts).
 
10.3 Other Restrictions
 
The Plan Administrator shall impose such other restrictions on Restricted Stock granted pursuant to the Plan as it may deem advisable, including Performance Goals or other performance measures or vesting requirements. The Plan Administrator may require, under such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate or desirable, that the certificates for Restricted Stock delivered under the Plan may be held in custody by a bank or other institution, or that the Company may itself hold such shares in custody until the Restriction Period expires or until restrictions thereon otherwise lapse, and may require, as a condition of any issuance of Restricted Stock that the Participant shall have delivered a stock power endorsed in blank relating to the shares of Restricted Stock.
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10.4 Voting Rights; Dividends and Other Distributions
 
A Participant receiving a grant of Restricted Stock shall be recorded as a stockholder of the Company. Except as otherwise provided under the terms of the Plan or an Award Agreement, a Participant who receives a grant of Restricted Stock shall have the rights of a stockholder with respect to such shares (except as provided in the restrictions on transferability), including the right to vote the shares and receive dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the underlying shares of Common Stock. The Plan Administrator may require that any cash dividend paid on a share of Common Stock subject to the Restricted Stock be (i) paid in cash on or about the Dividend Payment Date or accrued and paid at such time as the Restricted Stock to which it relates vests and settles, (ii) paid in Common Stock on or about the Dividend Payment Date or accrued and/or reinvested in additional shares of Common Stock and paid at such time as the Restricted Stock to which it relates vests and settles, or (iii) paid in any combination thereof of cash or Common Stock and paid at such times as the Plan Administrator shall determine. The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued and/or reinvested shall be determined based on the Fair Market Value on the Dividend Payment Date. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section, cash, stock and any other property distributed as a dividend or otherwise with respect to any award of Restricted Stock that vests based on achievement of Performance Goals or other performance measures shall either (x) not be paid or credited or (y) be accumulated, be subject to restrictions and risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock with respect to which such cash, stock or other property has been distributed and be paid at the time such restrictions and risk of forfeiture lapse.
 
10.5 Issuance of Shares; Settlement of Awards
 
When the restrictions imposed by Sections 10.2 and 10.3 expire or otherwise lapse with respect to one or more shares of Restricted Stock, the Participant shall be obligated to return to the Company any certificate(s) representing shares of Restricted Stock (if applicable), and the Company shall deliver to the Participant one (1) share of Common Stock (which may be delivered in book-entry or certificated form) in satisfaction of each share of Restricted Stock, which shares so delivered shall not contain any legend. The delivery of shares pursuant to this Section 10.5 shall be subject to any required share withholding to satisfy tax withholding obligations pursuant to Section 18.10. Any fractional shares subject to such Restricted Stock shall be paid to the Participant in cash.
 
SECTION 11
RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
 
11.1 Grant of Restricted Stock Units
 
Subject to the limitations in Sections 5.1 and 5.2, Restricted Stock Units may be granted to Participants in such number and at such times during the term of the Plan as the Plan Administrator shall determine. The Plan Administrator may grant Restricted Stock Units or provide for the grant of Restricted Stock Units, either from time to time in the discretion of the Plan Administrator or automatically upon the occurrence of specified events.
 
11.2 Restriction Period
 
Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to Section 18.2 for the period determined by the Plan Administrator and provided in the applicable Award Agreement (the “Restriction Period”).
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11.3 Other Restrictions
 
The Plan Administrator shall impose such other restrictions on Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the Plan as it may deem advisable, including Performance Goals or other performance measures or vesting requirements. A Participant receiving a grant of Restricted Stock Units shall not be recorded as a stockholder of the Company and shall not acquire any rights of a stockholder unless or until the Participant is issued shares of Common Stock in settlement of such Restricted Stock Units.
 
11.4 Dividend Equivalents
 
The Plan Administrator may provide that Restricted Stock Units awarded under the Plan shall be entitled to an amount per Restricted Stock Unit equal in value to the cash dividend, if any, paid per share of Common Stock on issued and outstanding shares, on the Dividend Payment Dates occurring during the period between the date on which the Restricted Stock Units are granted to the Participant and the date on which such Restricted Stock Units are settled, cancelled, forfeited, waived, surrendered or terminated under the Plan (or such other period designated by the Plan Administrator). Such paid amounts called “dividend equivalents” shall be (i) paid in cash on or about the Dividend Payment Date or accrued and paid at such time as the Restricted Stock Unit to which it relates vests and settles, (ii) paid in Common Stock on or about the Dividend Payment Date or accrued and/or reinvested in additional shares of Common Stock and paid at such time as the Restricted Stock Units to which it relates vests and settles, or (iii) paid in any combination thereof of cash or Common Stock and paid at such times as the Plan Administrator shall determine. The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued and/or reinvested shall be determined based on the Fair Market Value on the Dividend Payment Date. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section, cash, stock and any other property distributed as a dividend or otherwise with respect to any award of Restricted Stock Units that vests based on achievement of Performance Goals or other performance measures shall either (x) not be paid or credited or (y) be accumulated, be subject to restrictions and risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock Units with respect to which such cash, stock or other property has been distributed and be paid at the time such restrictions and risk of forfeiture lapse.
 
11.5 Issuance of Shares; Settlement of Awards
 
When the restrictions imposed by Sections 11.2 and 11.3 expire or otherwise lapse with respect to one or more Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock Units shall be settled (i) in cash or (ii) by the delivery to the Participant of the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of the Participant’s Restricted Stock Units that are vested, or any combination thereof, as the Plan Administrator shall determine. The delivery of shares pursuant to this Section 11.5 shall be subject to any required share withholding to satisfy tax withholding obligations pursuant to Section 18.10. Any fractional shares subject to such Restricted Stock Units shall be paid to the Participant in cash.
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SECTION 12
INCENTIVE AWARDS
 
12.1 Incentive Awards
 
The Plan Administrator shall establish Performance Goals or other performance measures which must be achieved for any Participant to receive payment with respect to an Incentive Award for a particular Performance Period; provided, however, that, with respect to an Incentive Award that is intended to constitute “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) for Covered Employees, the Plan Administrator shall establish the applicable Performance Goals within any time period required under Section 162(m). The Performance Goals or other performance measures may be based on any combination of corporate and business unit Performance Goals or other performance measures. The Plan Administrator may also establish one or more Company-wide Performance Goals or other performance measures which must be achieved for any Participant to receive payment with respect to an Incentive Award for that Performance Period. Such Performance Goals or other performance measures may include a threshold level of performance below which no Incentive Award shall be earned, target levels of performance at which specific Incentive Awards will be earned, and a maximum level of performance at which the maximum level of Incentive Awards will be earned. Each Incentive Award shall specify the amount of cash, Common Stock and/or the amount of any other Awards subject to such Incentive Award.
 
12.2 Performance Goal Certification
 
An Incentive Award shall become payable to the extent provided herein in the event that the Plan Administrator certifies in writing prior to payment of the Incentive Award that the Performance Goals or other performance measures selected for a particular Performance Period have been attained. In no event will an Incentive Award be payable under the Plan if the threshold level of performance set for each Performance Goal or other performance measure for the applicable Performance Period is not attained.
 
12.3 Discretion to Reduce Awards; Participant’s Performance
 
The Plan Administrator, in its sole and absolute discretion and only prior to a Change of Control, may reduce the amount of any Incentive Award otherwise payable to a Participant upon attainment of any Performance Goal or other performance measure for the applicable Performance Period. A Participant’s individual performance must be satisfactory as determined by the Plan Administrator, regardless of the Company’s performance and the attainment of Performance Goals or other performance measures, before he or she may be paid an Incentive Award. In evaluating a Participant’s performance, the Plan Administrator shall consider the Performance Goals or other performance measures, the Participant’s responsibilities and accomplishments, and such other factors as it deems appropriate.
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12.4 Required Payment of Incentive Awards
 
The Plan Administrator shall make a determination as soon as administratively possible after the information that is necessary to make such a determination is available for a particular Performance Period whether the Performance Goals or other performance measures for the Performance Period have been achieved, the amount of the Incentive Award for each Participant and whether the Incentive Award shall be paid in cash, Common Stock and/or other Awards under the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall certify the foregoing determinations in writing as provided in Section 2.31. In the absence of an election by the Participant pursuant to Section 14, the Incentive Award shall be paid as soon as practicable after the end of the calendar year, but in no event later than March 15 following the end of the calendar year, in which the foregoing determinations have been made.
 
SECTION 13
CASH AWARDS AND OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS
 
13.1 Grant of Cash Awards
 
Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Plan Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may grant cash awards to Participants in such amounts and upon such terms, including the achievement of Performance Goals or other specific performance measures, as the Plan Administrator may determine (each, a “Cash Award”).
 
13.2 Other Stock-Based Awards
 
The Plan Administrator may grant other types of equity-based or equity-related Awards not otherwise described by the terms of the Plan (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted shares of Common Stock and Awards or shares of Common Stock in lieu of obligations to pay cash or deliver other property or Common Stock (including obligations to pay deferred compensation under any plan or program maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary or any other form of compensation)) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions, as the Plan Administrator shall determine (each, an “Other Stock-Based Award”). Such Other Stock-Based Awards may involve the transfer of Common Stock to Participants (either on a current or deferred basis), or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on or valued in whole or in part by reference to the value of Common Stock.
 
13.3 Value of Cash Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards
 
Each Cash Award granted pursuant to this Section 13 shall specify a payment amount or payment range as determined by the Plan Administrator. Each Other Stock-Based Award shall be expressed in terms of Common Stock or units based on Common Stock, as determined by the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator may establish performance measures applicable to such Awards in its discretion. If the Plan Administrator exercises its discretion to establish performance measures, the number and/or value of such Cash Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards that will be paid out to the Participant will depend on the extent to which the performance measures are met.
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13.4 Payment of Cash Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards
 
Payment, if any, with respect to a Cash Award or an Other Stock-Based Award shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Award, in cash and/or Common Stock as the Plan Administrator determines and as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. The value of any fractional shares shall be paid in cash.
 
SECTION 14
DEFERRAL ELECTIONS
 
The Plan Administrator may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, permit Employees and Consultants to defer Awards. Any such deferrals shall be subject to such terms, conditions and procedures that the Company may establish from time to time in its sole discretion and consistent with the advance and subsequent deferral election requirements of Section 409A.
 
SECTION 15
TERMINATION OF SERVICE
 
The Award Agreement applicable to each Award shall set forth the effect of a Termination of Service upon such Award; provided, however, that, unless explicitly set forth otherwise in an Award Agreement or as determined by the Plan Administrator, (i) all of a Participant’s unvested and/or unexercisable Awards shall automatically be forfeited upon a Termination of Service for any reason, and, as to Awards consisting of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, the Participant shall be permitted to exercise the vested portion of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right for at least three (3) months following his or her Termination of Service (but in no event beyond the maximum term of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right), and (ii) all of a Participant’s Awards (whether vested or unvested, exercisable or unexercisable) shall automatically be forfeited upon the Participant’s Termination of Service for Cause. Provisions relating to the effect of a Termination of Service upon an Award shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator and need not be uniform among all Awards or among all Participants. Unless the Plan Administrator determines otherwise, the transfer of employment of a Participant as between the Company and a Subsidiary shall not constitute a Termination of Service. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion to determine the effect, if any, that a sale or other disposition of an Employer will have on the Participant’s Awards.

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SECTION 16
EFFECT OF A CHANGE OF CONTROL
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary and unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement or other agreement, in the event of a Change of Control:
 
(a)
Any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding which are not then exercisable and vested shall become fully exercisable and vested upon the termination of the Participant’s employment or service without Cause or for Good Reason during the Applicable Period.
 
(b)
The restrictions applicable to any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award which are not performance based shall lapse and such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit shall become free of all restrictions and become fully vested and transferable upon the termination of the Participant’s employment or service without Cause or for Good Reason during the Applicable Period.
 
(c)
The restrictions applicable to any Performance Share or Performance Unit Award and any performance-based Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit granted pursuant to Sections 9, 10 or 11 or any other Award that is subject to the attainment of Performance Goals shall become free of all restrictions and become fully vested and transferable upon the termination of the Participant’s employment or service without Cause or for Good Reason during the Applicable Period; provided, however, that any such Awards shall only vest to the extent the applicable Performance Goals have been achieved and the amount of vesting shall be based on actual performance.
 
(d)
Any restrictions applicable to Cash Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards which are not performance based shall immediately lapse and become payable within twenty (20) days following the termination of the Participant’s employment or service without Cause or for Good Reason during the Applicable Period.
 
(e)
Notwithstanding subparagraph (d) above, all Other Stock-Based Awards held by a Participant who is a non-employee member of the Board (irrespective of other payment elections that may be applicable to such Awards) shall be paid to the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary in the case of his or her death) within thirty (30) days after the date of the Change of Control, or at such later time as may be required to enable the Participant to avoid liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, no such Awards shall be paid to the Participant if he or she continues to serve as a member of the Board or upon the board of directors of the Company’s successor, until such time said Awards would otherwise be paid.
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For purposes of this Section 16 and unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, the term “Applicable Period” shall have the following meaning: (i) to the extent provided in an Employee’s employment agreement, severance or other individual agreement, the term “Applicable Period” shall mean the protection period following a Change of Control provided in the such agreement with respect to such Employee, (ii) in the case of an Employee covered by the Company’s Key Employee Change-of-Control Contract, the term “Applicable Period” shall mean the protection period following a Change of Control provided in the Key Employee Change-of-Control Contract entered into with such Employee, (iii) in the case of an Employee covered by the Company’s Key Manager Change-of-Control Agreement, the term “Applicable Period” shall mean the protection period following a Change of Control provided in the Key Manager Change-of-Control Agreement entered into with such Employee; (iv) in the case of any Employee not covered by clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the term “Applicable Period” shall mean the protection period following a Change of Control provided in the Company’s Change of Control Severance Plan, as it may be amended from time to time; and (v) in the case of a Participant who is not an Employee, the term “Applicable Period” shall mean the twelve-month period following a Change of Control.
 
In addition to the Plan Administrator’s authority set forth in Sections 5.3, in order to maintain the Participants’ rights in the event of any Change of Control, the Plan Administrator, as constituted before such Change of Control, is hereby authorized, and has sole discretion, as to any Award, either at the time such Award is made hereunder or any time thereafter, to take any one or more of the following actions: (i) cause any such Award then outstanding to be assumed, or new rights substituted therefor, by the acquiring or surviving corporation after such Change of Control; (ii) provide that Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding as of the date of the Change of Control shall be cancelled and terminated without payment if the Fair Market Value of one share as of the date of the Change of Control is less than the per share Option exercise price or Stock Appreciation Right grant price; or (iii) provide that each Option and Stock Appreciation Right outstanding shall terminate within a specified number of days after notice to the Participant, and/or that each Participant shall receive, with respect to each share subject to such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of such share immediately prior to the occurrence of such Change of Control over the exercise price per share of such Option and/or Stock Appreciation Right (such amount to be payable in cash, in one or more kinds of stock or property (including the stock or property, if any, payable in the transaction, if applicable) or in a combination thereof, as the Plan Administrator, in its discretion, shall determine).
 
SECTION 17
REGULATORY APPROVALS AND LISTING
 
The Company shall not be required to issue any certificate or create a book-entry account for shares of Common Stock under the Plan prior to:
 
(a) obtaining any approval or ruling from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental agency which the Company, in its sole discretion, shall determine to be necessary or advisable;
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(b) listing of such shares on any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may then be listed; and
 
(c) completing any registration or other qualification of such shares under any federal or state laws, rulings or regulations of any governmental body which the Company, in its sole discretion, shall determine to be necessary or advisable.
 
All certificates, or book-entry accounts, for shares of Common Stock delivered under the Plan shall also be subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Plan Administrator may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which Common Stock is then listed and any applicable federal or state securities laws, and the Plan Administrator may cause a legend or legends to be placed on any such certificates, or notations on such book-entry accounts, to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall not be effective if and to the extent that the shares of Common Stock delivered under the Plan are covered by an effective and current registration statement under the Securities Act or if and so long as the Plan Administrator determines that application of such provisions are no longer required or desirable. In making such determination, the Plan Administrator may rely upon an opinion of counsel for the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, the Plan Administrator may impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by a Participant or other subsequent transfers by a Participant of any shares of Common Stock issued under the Plan, including without limitation (i) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (ii) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by one or more Participants and (iii) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers.
 
SECTION 18
GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
18.1 Clawback/Forfeiture Events
 
(a) Awards shall be subject to any clawback policy maintained by the Company, as it may exist or be amended from time to time, subject to the discretion of the Plan Administrator. Furthermore, if required by Company policy, by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and/or by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 or other applicable laws, each Participant’s Award shall be conditioned on repayment or forfeiture in accordance with such applicable laws, Company policy, and any relevant provisions in the related Award Agreement.
 
(b) The Plan Administrator may specify in an Award Agreement or otherwise that a Participant’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events may include, without limitation, termination of employment or service for Cause, violation of material policies that may apply to the Participant, breach of noncompetition, confidentiality, or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant, or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company or a Subsidiary.
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18.2 Nontransferability
 
Unless otherwise provided in the Plan and permitted by law, including but not limited to the Code, the right of a Participant or Beneficiary to the payment of any Award granted under the Plan and the rights and privileges conferred thereby shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process and may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any manner (whether by operation of law or otherwise) other than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution unless the Participant has received the Plan Administrator’s prior written consent. Except as otherwise provided for under the Plan, if any Participant attempts to transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Award under the Plan or of any right or privilege conferred thereby, contrary to the provisions of the Plan or such Award, or suffers the sale or levy or any attachment or similar process upon the rights and privileges conferred hereby, all affected Awards held by such Participant shall be immediately forfeited.
 
18.3 No Individual Rights
 
Nothing contained in the Plan, or in any Award granted pursuant to the Plan, shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or as a Consultant for, the Company or a Subsidiary, nor interfere in any way with the right of the Company or a Subsidiary to terminate the employment or service of such Participant at any time with or without assigning any reason therefor, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Participant and the Company or any Employer.
 
18.4 Other Compensation
 
Unless determined otherwise by the Plan Administrator or required by contractual obligations, the grant, vesting or payment of Awards under the Plan shall not be considered as part of an Employee’s salary or used for the calculation of any other pay, allowance, pension or other benefit unless otherwise permitted by other benefit plans provided by the Company or a Subsidiary, or required by law or by contractual obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary.
 
18.5 Leaves of Absence and Change in Status
 
Leaves of absence for such periods and purposes conforming to the personnel policy of the Company, or of a Subsidiary, as applicable, shall not be deemed a Termination of Service, unless a Participant commences a leave of absence from which he or she is not expected to return to active employment or service with the Company or a Subsidiary. The foregoing notwithstanding, with respect to Incentive Stock Options, employment shall not be deemed to continue beyond the first three (3) months of such leave unless the Participant’s reemployment rights are guaranteed by statute or contract. With respect to any Participant who, after the date an Award is granted under the Plan, ceases to be employed by or provide services to the Company or a Subsidiary on a full-time basis but continues to be employed or provide services on a part-time basis, the Plan Administrator may make appropriate adjustments, as determined in its sole discretion, as to the number of shares issuable under, the vesting schedule of, or the amount payable under any unvested Awards held by such Participant.
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18.6 Transfers
 
In the event a Participant is transferred from the Company to a Subsidiary, or vice versa, or is promoted or given different responsibilities, Awards granted to the Participant prior to such date shall not be affected.
 
18.7 Unfunded Obligations
 
Any amounts (deferred or otherwise) to be paid to Participants pursuant to the Plan are unfunded obligations. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required to segregate any monies from its general funds, to create any trusts or to make any special deposits with respect to this obligation. The Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may direct the Company to share with a Subsidiary the costs of a portion of the Awards paid to Participants who are executives of those companies. Beneficial ownership of any investments, including trust investments which the Company may make to fulfill this obligation, shall at all times remain in the Company. Any investments and the creation or maintenance of any trust or any Participant account shall not create or constitute a trust or a fiduciary relationship between the Plan Administrator, the Company or any Subsidiary and a Participant, or otherwise create any vested or beneficial interest in any Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary or the Participant’s creditors in any assets of the Company or a Subsidiary whatsoever. The Participants shall have no claim against the Company for any changes in the value of any assets which may be invested or reinvested by the Company with respect to the Plan.
 
18.8 Beneficiaries
 
The designation of a Beneficiary shall be on a form provided by the Company, executed by the Participant (with the consent of the Participant’s spouse, if required by the Company for reasons of community property or otherwise), and delivered to a designated representative of the Company. The Company may, in its discretion, utilize an electronic process for Beneficiary designations. A Participant may change his or her Beneficiary designation at any time. A designation by a Participant under any predecessor plans shall remain in effect under the Plan unless such designation is revoked or changed under the Plan. In the event that a Participant becomes divorced, a Beneficiary designation under the Plan or a predecessor plan in favor of his or her divorced spouse shall become void as of the effective date of the divorce, unless the Participant re-designates the former spouse as his or her Beneficiary following the effective date of the divorce. If no Beneficiary is designated, if the designation is ineffective, or if the Beneficiary dies before the balance of a Participant’s benefit is paid, the balance shall be paid to the Participant’s spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, to the Participant’s estate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, a Participant’s Beneficiary shall be determined under applicable state law if such state law does not recognize Beneficiary designations under plans of this sort and is not preempted by laws which recognize the provisions of this Section 18.8. In the event that the Plan Administrator determines that two or more claims are made by claimed Beneficiaries against the Plan for an Award, the Plan Administrator may initiate an interpleader action in a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the controversy.
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In the event that an Award has vested, its restrictions have lapsed, or it has been exercised and the underlying shares of Common Stock relating to such award have been transferred to a brokerage account, it is the responsibility of the Participant to establish and maintain beneficiary designations with that broker.
 
18.9 Governing Law
 
The Plan shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.
 
18.10 Satisfaction of Tax Obligations
 
Appropriate provision shall be made for all taxes required to be withheld in connection with the exercise, grant, vesting or other taxable event of Awards under the applicable laws and regulations of any governmental authority, whether federal, state or local and whether domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the required withholding of a sufficient amount of Common Stock otherwise issuable to a Participant to satisfy the said required minimum tax withholding obligations. To the extent provided by the Plan Administrator, a Participant is permitted to deliver Common Stock (including shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right other than the Option or Stock Appreciation Right currently being exercised, to the extent permitted by applicable law) for payment of withholding taxes on the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or upon the grant, vesting or payout of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Incentive Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards. Common Stock may be required to be withheld from the shares issuable to a Participant upon the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or upon the grant, vesting or payout of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Incentive Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards to satisfy such minimum required tax withholding obligations. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 18.10, withholding taxes may be based on rates in excess of the minimum required tax withholding rates if (a) the Plan Administrator (i) determines that such withholding would not result in adverse accounting, tax or other consequences to the Company or any Employer (other than immaterial administrative, reporting or similar consequences) and (ii) authorizes withholding at such greater rates and (b) the holder of the Award consents to such withholding at such greater rates. The Fair Market Value of Common Stock as delivered pursuant to this Section 18.10 shall be determined as of the day of release, and shall be calculated in accordance with Section 2.19.
 
Any Participant who makes a Section 83(b) election under the Code shall, within ten (10) days of making such election, notify the Company in writing of such election and shall provide the Company or such Participant’s Employer with a copy of such election form filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
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A Participant is solely responsible for obtaining, or failing to obtain, tax advice with respect to participation in the Plan prior to the Participant’s (i) entering into any transaction under or with respect to the Plan, (ii) designating or choosing the times of distributions under the Plan, or (iii) disposing of any Common Stock issued under the Plan.
 
18.11 Participants in Foreign Jurisdictions
 
The Plan Administrator shall have the authority to adopt such modifications, procedures and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of any countries in which the Company or any Subsidiary may operate to ensure the viability of the benefits from Awards granted to Participants employed or providing services in such countries, to meet the requirements of local laws that permit the Plan to operate in a qualified or tax-efficient manner, to comply with applicable foreign laws and to meet the objectives of the Plan; provided, however, that no such action taken pursuant to this Section 18.11 shall result in a “material revision” of the Plan under applicable securities exchange governance rules.
 
SECTION 19
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
 
19.1 Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and Section 162(m)
 
The Company’s intention is that, so long as any of the Company’s equity securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall comply in all respects with the rules of any exchange on which the Common Stock is traded and with Rule 16b-3. In addition, it is the Company’s intention that, as to Covered Employees, unless otherwise indicated in an Award Agreement, Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units and Incentive Awards shall be designed to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m). If any Plan provision is determined not to be in compliance with the foregoing intentions, that provision shall be deemed modified as necessary to meet the requirements of any such exchange, Rule 16b-3 and Section 162(m).
 
19.2 Section 409A
 
The Plan is intended to be administered, operated and construed in compliance with Section 409A and any guidance issued thereunder. Notwithstanding this or any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Board or the Plan Administrator may amend the Plan in any manner, or take any other action, that either of them determines, in its sole discretion, is necessary, appropriate or advisable to cause the Plan to comply with Section 409A and any guidance issued thereunder. Any such action, once taken, shall be deemed to be effective from the earliest date necessary and applicable to avoid a violation of Section 409A and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Employees, Consultants and other individuals having or claiming any right or interest under the Plan.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of the Plan or any Award Agreement, if a Participant is a “specified employee” upon his or her “separation from service” (within the meaning of such terms in Section 409A under such definitions and procedures as established by the Company in accordance with Section 409A), any portion of a payment, settlement or other distribution made upon such a “separation from service” that would cause the acceleration of, or an addition to, any taxes pursuant to Section 409A will not commence or be paid until a date that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the applicable “separation from service.” Any payments, settlements or other distributions that are delayed pursuant to this Section 19.2 following the applicable “separation from service” shall be accumulated and paid to the Participant in a lump sum without interest on the first business day immediately following the required delay period.
 
SECTION 20
ESTABLISHMENT AND TERM OF PLAN
 
This amended and restated Plan was adopted by the Board on February 8, 2016, and is subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders at the 2016 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders. If this amendment and restatement is not so approved by the stockholders, then this amendment and restatement shall be void ab initio , and the Prior Plan shall continue in effect as if this amendment and restatement had not occurred, and any awards previously granted under the Prior Plan shall continue in effect under the terms of the grant and the Prior Plan; provided, further, that thereafter awards may continue to be granted pursuant to the terms of the Prior Plan, as in effect prior to this amendment and restatement and as may be otherwise amended thereafter. This amended and restated Plan shall become effective on the Effective Date if it is approved on such date by the Company’s stockholders, and the Plan shall remain in effect, subject to the right of the Board to terminate the Plan at any time pursuant to Section 21, until all Common Stock subject to it shall have been purchased or acquired according to the provisions herein. However, in no event may an Award be granted under the Plan on or after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date. After the Plan is terminated, no future Awards may be granted pursuant to the Plan, but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the Plan’s terms and conditions.
 
SECTION 21
AMENDMENT, TERMINATION OR DISCONTINUANCE OF PLAN
 
21.1 Amendment of Plan
 
Subject to approval of the Board with respect to amendments that are required by law or regulation or stock exchange rules to be submitted to the stockholders of the Company for approval, the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board may from time to time make such amendments to the Plan as it may deem proper and in the best interest of the Company, including, without limitation, any amendment necessary to ensure that the Company may obtain any regulatory approval referred to in Section 17; provided, however, that (i) to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule, and as provided in Sections 7.3(h) and 8.4, stockholder approval shall be required, and (ii) except as otherwise provided in the Plan, no change in any Award previously granted under the Plan may be made without the consent of the Participant if such change would impair the right of the Participant under the Award to acquire or retain Common Stock or cash that the Participant may have acquired as a result of the Plan.
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21.2 Termination or Suspension of Plan
 
The Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board may at any time suspend the operation of or terminate the Plan with respect to any Common Stock or rights which are not at that time subject to any Award outstanding under the Plan.
 
21.3 Section 162(m) Approval
 
If so determined by the Plan Administrator, the provisions of the Plan relating to Performance Goals and Awards that are intended to constitute “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) shall be disclosed to, and reapproved by, the Company’s stockholders no later than the first stockholder meeting that occurs in the fifth year following the year in which the Effective Date occurs (or at any such other time as may be required or allowed by Section 162(m)) in order for Awards that are intended to constitute “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) granted after such time to be exempt from the deduction limitations of Section 162(m).
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused the Plan to be executed effective as of May 10, 2016.
 
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 
     
By:
/s/ Julia A. Struble
 
 
Julia A. Struble
 
 
Vice President, Human Resources
 
 

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Exhibit 4.6
 
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 
2008 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION PLAN
 
Effective as of May 20, 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1
 
PURPOSE
 
1
1.1
 
Purpose
 
1
SECTION 2
 
DEFINITIONS
 
1
2.1
 
Award
 
1
2.2
 
Award Agreement
 
1
2.3
 
Beneficiary
 
1
2.4
 
Board
 
2
2.5
 
Cash Deferral
 
2
2.6
 
Change in Capitalization
 
2
2.7
 
Change of Control
 
2
2.8
 
Code
 
4
2.9
 
Committee
 
4
2.10
 
Common Stock
 
4
2.11
 
Company Stock Deferral
 
4
2.12
 
Company
 
4
2.13
 
Compensation
 
4
2.14
 
Conversion Premium
 
4
2.15
 
Effective Date
 
4
2.16
 
Eligible Director
 
4
2.17
 
Exchange Act
 
5
2.18
 
Fair Market Value
 
5
2.19
 
Full Value Award
 
5
2.20
 
Memorandum Deferred Account
 
5
2.21
 
Option Price
 
5
2.22
 
Other Stock-Based Award
 
5
2.23
 
Participant
 
5
2.24
 
Payment Date
 
5
2.25
 
Permanent Disability
 
5
2.26
 
Permitted Transferee
 
6
2.27
 
Plan
 
6
2.28
 
Plan Quarter
 
6
2.29
 
Purchase Price
 
6
2.30
 
Restricted Stock
 
6
2.31
 
Restricted Stock Units
 
6
2.32
 
Restriction Period
 
6
2.33
 
Rule 16b-3
 
6
2.34
 
Section 409A
 
6
2.35
 
Stock Appreciation Right
 
6
2.36
 
Stock Option
 
6
SECTION 3
 
ADMINISTRATION
 
7
3.1
 
Committee
 
7
3.2
 
Indemnification of Committee
 
7
SECTION 4
 
PARTICIPATION
 
7
4.1
 
Participants
 
7
SECTION 5
 
SHARES AVAILABLE FOR THE PLAN
 
8
5.1
 
Maximum Number of Shares
 
8
5.2
 
Adjustment in Authorized Shares
 
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SECTION 6
 
STOCK OPTIONS
 
9
6.1
 
Grant of Stock Options
 
9
6.2
 
Terms of Stock Options
 
9
SECTION 7
 
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
 
12
7.1
 
Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights
 
12
7.2
 
Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights
 
13
7.3
 
Special Provisions Applicable to Stock Appreciation Rights
 
13
7.4
 
No Repricing
 
13
SECTION 8
 
RESTRICTED STOCK
 
14
8.1
 
Grant of Restricted Stock
 
14
8.2
 
Restriction Period
 
14
8.3
 
Voting Rights; Dividends and Other Distributions
 
14
8.4
 
Issuance of Shares; Settlement of Awards
 
14
SECTION 9
 
RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
 
15
9.1
 
Grant of Restricted Stock Units
 
15
9.2
 
Restriction Period
 
15
9.3
 
Other Restrictions
 
15
9.4
 
Dividend Equivalents
 
15
9.5
 
Issuance of Shares; Settlement of Awards
 
16
SECTION 10
 
OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS
 
16
SECTION 11
 
COMPENSATION
 
16
11.1
 
Amount of Compensation
 
16
11.2
 
Compensation Election
 
16
SECTION 12
 
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
 
17
12.1
 
Deferred Cash
 
17
12.2
 
Deferred Common Stock
 
17
12.3
 
Memorandum Deferred Account
 
18
SECTION 13
 
CESSATION OF SERVICE
 
18
SECTION 14
 
EFFECT OF A CHANGE OF CONTROL
 
19
SECTION 15
 
PAYMENT OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION
 
19
15.1
 
Payment of Deferred Cash
 
19
15.2
 
Payment of Deferred Common Stock
 
20
15.3
 
Acceleration of Payment of Deferred Cash and Deferred Common Stock
20
SECTION 16
 
GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
21
16.1
 
Issuance of Common Stock
 
21
16.2
 
Unfunded Obligation
 
22
16.3
 
Beneficiary
 
22
16.4
 
Permanent Disability
 
22
16.5
 
Incapacity of Participant or Beneficiary
 
23
16.6
 
Nonassignment
 
23
16.7
 
Termination and Amendment
 
23
16.8
 
Applicable Law
 
24
16.9
 
Effective Date and Term of the Plan
 
24
16.10
 
Compliance With Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act
 
24
16.11
 
Section 409A
 
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ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 
2008 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION PLAN
 
SECTION 1
PURPOSE
 
1.1 Purpose
 
The purpose of the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Director Compensation Plan (the Plan ) is to provide a compensation program for non-employee Directors of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (the Company ) that will attract and retain experienced and knowledgeable non-employees to serve as members of the Company s Board of Directors. The Plan provides for (i) the payment of an annual retainer, meeting fees (if any), committee assignment fees (if any), and other Board of Director retainer fees in the form of cash, deferred cash, Common Stock, or deferred shares of Common Stock or any combination of the foregoing; and (ii) the award of Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Other Stock-Based Awards.
 
SECTION 2
DEFINITIONS
 
Unless otherwise required by the context, the following terms when used in the Plan shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 2:
 
2.1 Award
 
Any Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or any Other Stock-Based Award, in each case payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock as may be designated by the Committee.
 
2.2 Award Agreement
 
The written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions applicable to an Award granted under the Plan (which, in the discretion of the Committee, need not be countersigned by a Participant). The Committee may, in its discretion, provide for the use of electronic, internet or other non-paper Award Agreements.
 
2.3 Beneficiary
 
The person or persons designated by a Participant pursuant to Section 16.3 of this Plan to whom payments (either in cash or shares of Common Stock) are to be paid pursuant to the terms of this Plan in the event of the Participant s death.
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2.4 Board
 
The Board of Directors of the Company.
 
2.5 Cash Deferral
 
Any Compensation deferred by a Participant in the form of cash.
 
2.6 Change in Capitalization
 
Any increase or reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock, any change (including, without limitation, in the case of a spin-off, dividend or other distribution in respect of shares, a change in value) in the shares of Common Stock or any exchange of shares of Common Stock for a different number or kind of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company or another corporation, by reason of a reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, spin-off, split-up, issuance of warrants, rights or debentures, stock dividend, stock split or reverse stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, property dividend, combination or exchange of shares, repurchase of shares, change in corporate structure or otherwise.
 
2.7 Change of Control
 
The occurrence of any of the following after the Effective Date:
 
a) any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a Person ) acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (A) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company (the Outstanding Company Common Stock ) or (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the Outstanding Company Voting Securities ); provided , however, that for purposes of this subsection (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (1) any acquisition directly from the Company, (2) any acquisition by the Company, (3) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company or (4) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (A), (B), and (C) of this Section 2.7(c); or
 
(b) individuals who, as of the Effective Date of the Plan, constitute the Board (the Incumbent Board ) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided , however , that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the effective date of the Plan whose election, or nomination for election by the Company s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, 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; or
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(c) consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another entity (a Business Combination ), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of Common Stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or
 
(d) approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an Award that is (i) subject to Section 409A and (ii) a Change of Control would accelerate the timing of payment thereunder, the term Change of Control shall mean a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company as defined in Section 409A and the authoritative guidance issued thereunder, but only to the extent inconsistent with the above definition, and only to the minimum extent necessary to comply with Section 409A as determined by the Committee.
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2.8 Code
 
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time, and the temporary or final regulations of the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury adopted pursuant to the Code.
 
2.9 Committee
 
A committee consisting of two or more Eligible Directors, as designated by the Board. In the absence of a specific Board designation to the contrary, the committee shall consist of the same members of the Board s Compensation and Benefits Committee.
 
2.10 Common Stock
 
The Common Stock of the Company, $0.10 par value per share, or such other class of shares or other securities as may be applicable pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.
 
2.11 Common Stock Deferral
 
Any Compensation deferred by a Participant in the form of Common Stock.
 
2.12 Company
 
As defined in Section 1.
 
2.13 Compensation
 
The cash value of a Participant s annual retainer, meeting fees (if any), committee assignment fees (if any) and other Board retainer fees related to a Participant s service on the Board.
 
2.14 Conversion Premium
 
As defined in Section 12.2(a).
 
2.15 Effective Date
 
The effective date of the Plan is May 20, 2008, the date on which it was approved by the stockholders of the Company.
 
2.16 Eligible Director
 
Each member of the Board, who is not an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
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2.17 Exchange Act
 
The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and rules promulgated thereunder.
 
2.18 Fair Market Value
 
As of any given date, the closing sales price at which Common Stock is sold on such date as reported in the NYSE-Composite Transactions by The Wall Street Journal or any other comparable service the Committee may determine is reliable for such date, or if no Common Stock was traded on such date, on the next preceding day on which Common Stock was so traded. If the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock cannot be determined pursuant to the preceding provisions, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be determined by the Committee in such a manner as it deems appropriate, consistent with the requirements of Section 409A.
 
2.19 Full Value Award
 
An Award other than of Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, which is settled by the issuance of Common Stock.
 
2.20 Memorandum Deferred Account
 
As defined in Section 12.3.
 
2.21 Option Price
 
The price per share of Common Stock at which a Stock Option is exercisable.
 
2.22 Other Stock-Based Award
 
As defined in Section 10.
 
2.23 Participant
 
Each Eligible Director of the Board to whom Awards are granted or Compensation is paid under the Plan.
 
2.24 Payment Date
 
As defined in Section 11.1.
 
2.25 Permanent Disability
 
As defined in Section 16.4.
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2.26 Permitted Transferee
 
As defined in Section 6.2(f).
 
2.27 Plan
 
As defined in Section 1.
 
2.28 Plan Quarter
 
Each calendar quarter.
 
2.29 Purchase Price
 
As defined in Section 6.2(d).
 
2.30 Restricted Stock
 
Common Stock granted under the Plan that is subject to the requirements of Section 8 and such other restrictions as the Board or the Committee deems appropriate.
 
2.31 Restricted Stock Units
 
An award granted under the Plan representing a right to receive a payment (either in cash or Common Stock) equal to the value of a share of Common Stock.
 
2.32 Restriction Period
 
As defined in Sections 8.2 and 9.2.
 
2.33 Rule 16b-3
 
Rule 16b-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.
 
2.34 Section 409A
 
Section 409A of the Code, and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
2.35 Stock Appreciation Right
 
Any right granted under Section 7.
 
2.36 Stock Option
 
A stock option which is not intended to meet the requirements of an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Code.
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SECTION 3
ADMINISTRATION
 
3.1 Committee
 
Subject to Section 16.7, the Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall interpret the Plan, shall prescribe, amend and rescind rules relating to it from time to time as it deems proper and in the best interests of the Company, and shall take any other action necessary for the administration of the Plan. Any decision or interpretation adopted by the Committee shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding upon all Participants. The Committee may rely on officers, employees or other agents of the Company to handle the day-to-day administrative matters of the Plan.
 
3.2 Indemnification of Committee
 
Each member of the Committee, while serving as such, shall be entitled, in good faith, to rely or act upon any advice of the Company s independent auditors, counsel or consultants hired by the Committee, or other agents assisting in the administration of the Plan. The Committee and any officers or employees of the Company acting at the direction or on behalf of the Company shall not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made, or not taken or made, in good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected under the Company s restated certificate of incorporation or by-laws with respect to any such action or determination.
 
SECTION 4
PARTICIPATION
 
4.1 Participants
 
Each person who is an Eligible Director of the Company on the Effective Date of the Plan shall become a Participant in the Plan on the Effective Date. Thereafter, each Eligible Director of the Company shall become a Participant immediately upon election to the Board.
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SECTION 5
SHARES AVAILABLE FOR THE PLAN
 
5.1 Maximum Number of Shares
 
(a) Share Authorization
 
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.2, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for grant to Participants under this Plan on or after the Effective Date shall be 1,500,000 shares.
 
(b) Limit on Full Value Awards — Flexible Share Pool
 
To the extent that a share of Common Stock is issued pursuant to the grant or exercise of a Full Value Award, it shall reduce the share authorization by 2.27 shares of Common Stock; and to the extent that a share of Common Stock is issued pursuant to the grant or exercise of an Award other than a Full Value Award, it shall reduce the share authorization by one (1) share of Common Stock.
 
(c) Share Usage
 
Shares of Common Stock covered by an Award shall only be counted as used to the extent they are actually issued. Any shares of Common Stock related to Awards which terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of such shares of Common Stock, are settled in cash in lieu of shares of Common Stock, or are exchanged with the Committee s permission, prior to the issuance of shares of Common Stock, for Awards not involving shares of Common Stock, shall be available again for grant under this Plan. However, the full number of Stock Appreciation Rights granted that are to be settled by the issuance of shares of Common Stock shall be counted against the number of shares of Common Stock available for award under the Plan, regardless of the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued upon settlement of such Stock Appreciation Rights. Furthermore, any shares of Common Stock withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations on an Award issued under the Plan, shares of Common Stock tendered to pay the exercise price of an Award under the Plan, and shares of Common Stock repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of an Option exercise will no longer be eligible to be again available for grant under this Plan. The shares of Common Stock available for issuance under this Plan may be authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock or treasury shares of Common Stock.
 
5.2 Adjustment in Authorized Shares
 
In the event of recapitalization, stock split, stock dividend, exchange of shares, merger, reorganization, change in corporate structure or shares of the Company or similar event, the Board shall make such adjustments, if any, as it determines are appropriate and equitable to (i) the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan, (ii) the number of shares allocated under the Common Stock Deferral, and (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock which is subject to outstanding Awards granted under the Plan and the Option Price, if applicable. In the case of an equity restructuring (within the meaning of the Financial Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), the Board shall make an equitable or appropriate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect such equity restructuring. Any such adjustment shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons claiming any right or interest under the Plan. No adjustments made under this Section 5 shall be made if such adjustment would result in adverse taxation to the Participant under Section 409A.
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SECTION 6
STOCK OPTIONS
 
6.1 Grant of Stock Options
 
(a) Stock Options may be granted to Eligible Directors in such number, and at such times during the term of the Plan as the Committee may determine, and as evidenced by an Award Agreement. The granting of a Stock Option shall take place when the Committee by resolution, written consent or other appropriate action determines to grant such a Stock Option to a particular Participant on a particular date for which the Fair Market Value shall be used for the Option Price.
 
6.2 Terms of Stock Options
 
All Stock Options under the Plan shall be granted subject to the following terms and conditions, as specifically set out in the Award Agreement:
 
(a) Option Price
 
The Option Price shall be determined by the Committee in any reasonable manner, but shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the Stock Option is granted, except in the case of Stock Options that are granted in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding Awards previously granted by (i) a company acquired by the Company or a subsidiary, or (ii) a company with which the Company or a subsidiary combines.
 
(b) Duration of Stock Options
 
Stock Options shall be exercisable at such time and under such conditions as set forth in the Award Agreement, but in no event shall any Stock Option be exercisable later than the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of its grant.
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(c) Exercise of Stock Options
 
Shares of Common Stock covered by a Stock Option may be purchased at one time or in such installments over the term of the Stock Option, as may be provided in the Award Agreement. Any shares not purchased on an applicable installment date may be purchased thereafter at any time prior to the expiration of the Stock Option in accordance with its terms. To the extent that the right to purchase shares has accrued thereunder, Stock Options may be exercised from time to time by written notice to the Company setting forth the number of shares with respect to which the Stock Option is being exercised.
 
(d) Payment
 
The Purchase Price of shares purchased under Stock Options shall be paid in full to the Company upon the exercise of the Stock Option by delivery of consideration equal to the product of the Option Price and the number of shares of Common Stock purchased (the Purchase Price ). Such consideration may be either (i) in cash or (ii) at the discretion of the Committee, in Common Stock (by either actual delivery of Common Stock or by attestation presenting satisfactory proof of beneficial ownership of such Common Stock) already owned by the Participant, or any combination of cash and Common Stock. The Fair Market Value of such Common Stock as delivered shall be valued as of the day of exercise. The Committee can determine that additional forms of payment will be permitted. To the extent permitted by the Committee and applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation, federal tax and securities laws, regulations and state corporate law), an option may also be exercised in a cashless exercise by delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker approved by the Company to promptly deliver to the Company sufficient proceeds to pay the Purchase Price. A Participant shall have none of the rights of a stockholder until the shares of Common Stock are issued to the Participant.
 
The Committee may permit a Participant to pay all or a portion of the Purchase Price by having shares of Common Stock with a Fair Market Value equal to all or a portion of the Purchase Price be withheld from the shares issuable to the Participant upon the exercise of the Stock Option. The Fair Market Value of such Common Stock as is withheld shall be determined as of the same day as the exercise of the Stock Option.
 

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(e) Restrictions
 
The Committee shall determine and reflect in the Award Agreement, with respect to each Stock Option, the nature and extent of the restrictions, if any, to be imposed on the shares of Common Stock which may be purchased thereunder, including, without limitation, restrictions on the transferability of such shares acquired through the exercise of such Stock Options for such periods as the Committee may determine and, further, that in the event of a Participant s cessation from service as a member of the Board during the time period in which such Common Stock is nontransferable, the Participant shall be required to sell such Common Stock back to the Company at such prices as the Committee may specify. In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, the Committee may require that a Participant who wants to effectuate a cashless exercise of Stock Options be required to sell the shares of Common Stock acquired in the associated exercise to the Company, or in the open market through the use of a broker selected by the Company, at such price and on such terms as the Committee may determine at the time of grant, or otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by the Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any shares issued as a result of the exercise of a Stock Option, including without limitation (i) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (ii) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by one or more Participants and (iii) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers.

(f) Transferability of Stock Options
 
Notwithstanding Section 16.6, and only as provided by the Committee, Stock Options may be transferred to a Participant s immediate family members, directly or indirectly or by means of a trust, corporate entity or partnership (a person who thus acquires Stock Options by such transfer, a Permitted Transferee ). A transfer of a Stock Option may only be effected by the Company at the request of the Participant and shall become effective upon the Permitted Transferee agreeing to such terms as the Committee may require and only when recorded in the Company s record of outstanding Stock Options. In the event a Stock Option is transferred as contemplated hereby, the Stock Option may not be subsequently transferred by the Permitted Transferee except a transfer back to the Participant or by will or the laws of descent and distribution. A transferred Stock Option may be exercised by a Permitted Transferee to the same extent as, and subject to the same terms and conditions as, the Participant (except as otherwise provided herein), as if no transfer had taken place. As used herein, immediate family member shall mean, with respect to any person, such person s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships. In the event of exercise of a transferred Stock Option by a Permitted Transferee, any amounts due to (or to be withheld by) the Company upon exercise of the option shall be delivered by (or withheld from amounts due to) the Participant, the Participant s estate or the Permitted Transferee, in the reasonable discretion of the Company.
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In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law and Rule 16b-3, and notwithstanding Section 16.6, the Committee may permit a recipient of a Stock Option to designate in writing during the Participant s lifetime a Beneficiary to receive and exercise the Participant s Stock Options in the event of such Participant s death.
 
(g) Purchase for Investment
 
The Committee shall have the right to require that each Participant or other person who shall exercise a Stock Option under the Plan, and each person into whose name shares of Common Stock shall be issued pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option, represent and agree that any and all shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to such Stock Option are being purchased for investment only and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof and that such shares will not be sold except in accordance with such restrictions or limitations as may be set forth in the Stock Option or by the Committee. This Section 6.2(g) shall be inoperative during any period of time when the Company has obtained all necessary or advisable approvals from governmental agencies and has completed all necessary or advisable registrations or other qualifications of shares of Common Stock as to which Stock Options may from time to time be granted as contemplated in Section 16.
 
(h) No Repricing
 
Except in connection with a Change in Capitalization or approval of the Company s stockholders, the Option Price shall not be reduced to less than the Fair Market Value on the date such Stock Options were granted.
 
SECTION 7
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
 
7.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights
 
Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to Eligible Directors in such number, and at such times during the term of the Plan as the Committee shall determine, and as evidenced by the Award Agreement. The Committee may grant a Stock Appreciation Right or provide for the grant of a Stock Appreciation Right, either from time to time in the discretion of the Committee or automatically upon the occurrence of specified events. The granting of a Stock Appreciation Right shall take place when the Committee by resolution, written consent or other appropriate action determines to grant such a Stock Appreciation Right to a particular Participant at a particular price. A Stock Appreciation Right may be granted freestanding or in tandem or in combination with any other Award under the Plan.
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7.2 Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights
 
A Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised upon such terms and conditions and for such term as the Committee shall determine; provided , however , no Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable later than the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of its grant. Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, a Participant shall be entitled to receive Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value determined by multiplying (i) the difference between the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right over the price determined by the Committee on the date of grant (which price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant, except in the case of Stock Appreciation Rights that are granted in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by (x) a company acquired by the Company or a subsidiary, or (y) a company with which the Company or a subsidiary combines) multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised. The value of any fractional shares shall be paid in cash.
 
7.3 Special Provisions Applicable to Stock Appreciation Rights
 
Stock Appreciation Rights are subject to the following restrictions:
 
(a) A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with any other Award under the Plan shall be exercisable at such time or times as the Award to which it relates shall be exercisable, or at such other times as the Committee may determine.
 
(b) The right of a Participant to exercise a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with any other Award under the Plan shall be canceled if and to the extent the related Award is exercised or canceled. To the extent that a Stock Appreciation Right is exercised, the related Award shall be deemed to have been surrendered unexercised and canceled.
 
(c) A holder of Stock Appreciation Rights shall have none of the rights of a stockholder until the Common Stock, if any, is issued to such holder pursuant to such holder s exercise of such rights.
 
(d) The acquisition of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be subject to the same restrictions as would apply to the acquisition of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of a Stock Option, as set forth in Section 6.2.
 
7.4 No Repricing
 
Except in connection with a Change in Capitalization or approval of the Company s stockholders, the price at which Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised shall not be reduced to less than the Fair Market Value on the date such Stock Appreciation Rights were granted.
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SECTION 8
RESTRICTED STOCK
 
8.1 Grant of Restricted Stock
 
Restricted Stock may be granted to Participants in such number and at such times during the term of the Plan as the Committee shall determine and as evidenced by an Award Agreement. The granting of Restricted Stock shall take place when the Committee by resolution, written consent or other appropriate action determines to grant such Restricted Stock to a particular Participant.
 
8.2 Restriction Period
 
Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, determined by the Committee or specified in the Award Agreement, Restricted Stock shall be subject to a time vesting period of no less than one (1) year from the date of grant (the Restriction Period ). During the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock is subject to Section 16.6. During the Restriction Period, the Committee shall evidence the restrictions on the shares of Restricted Stock in such a manner as it determines is appropriate (including, without limitation, (i) by means of appropriate legends on shares of Restricted Stock that have been certificated and (ii) by means of appropriate stop-transfer orders on shares of Restricted Stock credited to book-entry accounts).
 
8.3 Voting Rights; Dividends and Other Distributions
 
A Participant receiving a grant of Restricted Stock shall be recorded as a stockholder of the Company. Each Participant who receives a grant of Restricted Stock shall have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to such shares (except as provided in the restrictions on transferability), including the right to vote the shares and receive dividends and other distributions paid with respect to the underlying shares of Restricted Stock; provided , however , that no Participant awarded Restricted Stock shall have any right as a stockholder with respect to any shares subject to the Participant s Restricted Stock grant prior to the date of issuance to the Participant of a certificate or certificates, or the establishment of a book-entry account, for such shares.
 
8.4 Issuance of Shares; Settlement of Awards
 
When the restrictions imposed by Section 8.2 expire or otherwise lapse with respect to one or more shares of Restricted Stock, the Company shall deliver to the Participant one (1) share of Common Stock in satisfaction of each share of Restricted Stock, which shares so delivered shall not contain any legend. Such delivery of shares may be in the form of either a physical stock certificate or certificates or the establishment of a book-entry account on behalf of such Participant. Any fractional shares subject to such Restricted Stock shall be paid to the Participant in cash.
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SECTION 9
RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
 
9.1 Grant of Restricted Stock Units
 
Restricted Stock Units may be granted to Participants in such number and at such times during the term of the Plan as the Committee shall determine and as evidenced by an Award Agreement. The granting of Restricted Stock Units shall take place when the Committee by resolution, written consent or other appropriate action determines to grant such Restricted Stock Units to a particular Participant.
 
9.2 Restriction Period
 
Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, determined by the Committee or specified in the Award Agreement, Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to a time vesting period of no less than one (1) year from the date of grant (the Restriction Period ). During the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock Units are subject to Section 16.6.
 
9.3 Other Restrictions
 
The Committee may impose such other restrictions on Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the Plan as it deems necessary or appropriate. A Participant receiving a grant of Restricted Stock Units shall not be recorded as a stockholder of the Company and shall not acquire any rights of a stockholder unless or until the Participant is issued shares of Common Stock in settlement of such Restricted Stock Units.
 
9.4 Dividend Equivalents
 
The Board or the Committee may provide that Restricted Stock Units awarded under the Plan shall be entitled to an amount per Restricted Stock Unit equal in value to the cash dividend, if any, paid per share of Common Stock on issued and outstanding shares, on the dividend payment dates occurring during the period between the date on which the Restricted Stock Units are granted to the Participant and the date on which such Restricted Stock Units are settled, cancelled, forfeited, waived, surrendered or terminated under the Plan. Such paid amounts called dividend equivalents shall be (i) paid in cash or Common Stock or (ii) credited to the Participant as additional Restricted Stock Units, or any combination thereof, as the Board or the Committee, as appropriate, shall determine. A Restricted Stock Unit credited to a Participant as a dividend equivalent shall vest and be settled at such time as the Restricted Stock Unit to which it relates vests and is settled.
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9.5 Issuance of Shares; Settlement of Awards
 
When the restrictions imposed by Sections 9.2 and 9.3 expire or otherwise lapse with respect to one or more Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock Units shall be settled (i) in cash or (ii) by the delivery to the Participant of the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of the Participant s Restricted Stock Units that are vested, or any combination thereof, as set forth in the Award Agreement. Any fractional shares subject to such Restricted Stock Units shall be paid to the Participant in cash.
 
SECTION 10
OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS
 
The Board or Committee is hereby authorized to grant to an Eligible Director an Other Stock-Based Award , which shall consist of a right (i) which is not an Award or right described in Sections 6, 7, 8 or 9 and (ii) which is denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Common Stock (including without limitation, securities convertible into Common Stock), as are deemed by the Board or Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan; provided, that any such rights must comply, with applicable law. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, the Board or Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Other Stock-Based Award, including but not limited to dividend equivalents.
 
SECTION 11
COMPENSATION
 
11.1 Amount of Compensation
 
Each Participant s Compensation shall be determined by the Committee and shall be paid, unless deferred pursuant to Section 12, within thirty (30) day after the end of each Plan Quarter in which it is earned (the Payment Date ). The Committee, if necessary, may determine prior to the beginning of the applicable Plan Quarter for which Compensation is to be paid whether payment of Compensation shall be made at a date later than the Payment Date.
 
11.2 Compensation Election
 
(a) By December 31 of a calendar year, or at such later time as may be provided by Section 409A, each Participant may elect to receive his or her Compensation for the following year in the form of cash, deferred cash, Common Stock, deferred Common Stock or any combination of the foregoing, by submitting a written notice to the Company in the manner prescribed by the Committee. In the case of a newly-elected Eligible Director, such election may be made within thirty (30) days of the Director s election to the Board with respect to Compensation for services performed during the portion of the applicable calendar year that is subsequent to the election. Any combination of the alternatives may be elected, provided the aggregate of the alternatives elected may not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the Participant s Compensation, except as provided in Section 12.2(a). Unless otherwise provided under the terms of the Compensation, if no election is received by the Company, the Participant shall be deemed to have made an election to receive his or her Compensation in undeferred cash. An election under this Section 11.2 shall be irrevocable and shall apply to the Compensation earned during the calendar year for which the election is effective.
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, deferred cash elections are only available pursuant to this Plan if an Eligible Director is not otherwise eligible to participate in one of the Company s other deferred compensation plans or programs with respect to their cash Compensation.
 
SECTION 12
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
 
12.1 Deferred Cash
 
If a Participant elects pursuant to Section 11.2 to make a Cash Deferral, such Cash Deferral shall be recorded in a Memorandum Deferred Account as of the date the Compensation otherwise would have been paid.
 
12.2 Deferred Common Stock
 
(a) If a Participant elects pursuant to Section 11.2 to have all or a specified percentage of his or her cash Compensation deferred in Common Stock, then an amount shall be recorded in a Memorandum Deferred Account, in the form of shares of Common Stock, as determined in subsection (b) below, as of the date the Compensation otherwise would have been paid. The Common Stock Deferral credited to the Participant s Memorandum Deferred Account in such case shall be equal to the amount actually deferred plus a premium (the Conversion Premium ). The Conversion Premium shall be a percentage of the Compensation actually deferred as determined by the Committee.
 
(b) The number of shares of Common Stock credited to a Participant s Memorandum Deferred Account shall equal the Common Stock Deferral divided by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the applicable Payment Date.
 
(c) Subject to Section 16.1, each Participant who elects deferred Common Stock shall, once the shares of Common Stock have been credited to his or her Memorandum Deferred Account, receive dividend equivalents and other distributions on such shares, subject to applicable laws. The Board or Committee may determine that dividend equivalents and other distributions shall be paid in cash on a current basis or reinvested promptly in additional shares of Common Stock and such additional shares shall be credited to the Memorandum Deferred Account.
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(d) The deferred Common Stock balance in the Memorandum Deferred Account shall be payable to the Participant in Common Stock.
 
12.3 Memorandum Deferred Account
 
The Company shall establish a ledger account (the Memorandum Deferred Account ) for each Participant for the purpose of recording the Company s obligation to pay the Compensation as provided in Sections 15.1 and 15.2.
 
(a) The Committee shall determine the rate of interest or earnings/losses credited to the Memorandum Deferred Account periodically and in so doing may take into account such factors it deems appropriate.
 
(b) The Company shall promptly credit each Participant s Memorandum Deferred Account with the number of shares of Common Stock calculated in accordance with Section 12.2(b) and (c).
 
SECTION 13
CESSATION OF SERVICE
 
The Award Agreement applicable to each Award shall set forth the effect of a Participant s cessation of service as a member of the Board. However, unless explicitly set forth otherwise in an Award Agreement to the contrary, all of a Participant s unvested and/or unexercisable Awards shall automatically be forfeited when a Participant s ceases to serve as a director of the Board; provided that such Participant shall be permitted to exercise the vested portion of any Stock Options for at least three months following such cessation date. Upon a Participant s cessation of service as a member of the Board, Compensation attributed to the Plan Quarter during which cessation occurred shall be earned by the Participant in an amount equal to the meeting fees earned and a pro rata amount for the quarterly retainer and shall be paid or deferred pursuant to a valid election for the year during which such cessation has occurred. The Committee may, when it finds that a waiver would be in the best interests of the Company, waive in whole or in part any or all remaining restrictions with respect to such Participant s Awards. Unrestricted Shares, evidenced in such manner as the Committee shall deem appropriate, shall be issued to the holder of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other-Stock Based Awards, as applicable, promptly after the applicable restrictions have lapsed or otherwise been satisfied.
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SECTION 14
EFFECT OF A CHANGE OF CONTROL
 
In the event of a Change of Control:
 
(a) all Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights then held by the Participant shall become fully vested and/or exercisable;
 
(b) the Restriction Periods applicable to all shares of Restricted Stock and all Restricted Stock Units then held by the Participant shall immediately lapse; and
 
(c) all Stock-Based Awards, Cash Deferrals and Common Stock Deferrals under this Plan (irrespective of payment elections at the time of such deferrals) shall be paid to a Participant (or his or her Beneficiary in the case of his or her death) within thirty (30) days after the date of the Change of Control, or at such later time as may be required to enable the Eligible Director to avoid liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
 
Notwithstanding Sections 14(b) and (c) above, no such Awards shall be paid to a Participant who continues to serve as a member of the Board of the Company or upon the board of directors of the Company s successor, until such time said Awards would otherwise be paid.
 
SECTION 15
PAYMENT OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION
 
15.1 Payment of Deferred Cash
 
When a Participant ceases to be a member of the Board, the Company shall pay to the Participant (or the Participant s Beneficiary in the case of the Participant s death) an amount equal to the deferred cash balance of his or her Memorandum Deferred Account, plus interest (at a rate determined pursuant to Section 12.3) on the outstanding deferred cash account balance to the date of distribution, as follows:
 
(a) a lump sum cash payment (payable within 30 days),
 
(b) a lump sum cash payment made at a date certain in the future as determined at the time the deferral election is made pursuant to Section 11.2, or
 
(c) in periodic installments over a period of years as determined at the time the deferral election is made under Section 11.2.
 
Payment of deferred cash shall be made or, in the case of installments over a period of years, shall begin to be made, in the month following the date on which a Participant ceases to be a member of the Board.
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15.2 Payment of Deferred Common Stock
 
When a Participant ceases to be a member of the Board, the Company shall distribute Common Stock to the Participant (or the Participant s Beneficiary in the case of the Participant s death) in an amount equal to the number of whole shares of Common Stock in a Participant s Memorandum Deferred Account, as follows:
 
(a) a lump sum distribution (payable within 30 days),
 
(b) a lump sum cash payment made at a date certain in the future as determined at the time the deferral election is made pursuant to Section 11.2, or
 
(c) in annual installments over a period of years as determined at the time the deferral election is made under Section 11.2.
 
Any fractional shares of Common Stock held in the Participant s account shall be paid to the Participant (or the Participant s Beneficiary in the case of the Participant s death) in a lump sum cash payment based on the Common Stock s Fair Market Value on the day preceding the date of such payment.
 
Payment of deferred Common Stock shall be made or, in the case of installments over a period of years, shall begin to be made, in the month following the date on which a Participant ceases to be a member of the Board, or such later date as may be necessary to comply with Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
 
15.3 Acceleration of Payment of Deferred Cash and Deferred Common Stock
 
(a) In the event of a Participant s death or Permanent Disability, notwithstanding the Participant s elections made with respect to form of distribution under Section 15.1 and 15.2, the balance of the Participant s Memorandum Deferred Account shall be distributed in full as soon as practicable (but in no event later than thirty (30) days) following the Participant s death or Permanent Disability.
 
(b) Subject to Section 409A, in case of an unforeseeable emergency, a Participant may request a distribution from the Participant s Memorandum Deferred Account earlier than the date to which it was deferred.
 
For purposes of this Section 15.3(b), an unforeseeable emergency shall be limited to a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant s spouse, or a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, loss of the Participant s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. The circumstances that will constitute an unforeseeable emergency will depend upon the facts of each case, but, in any case, amounts distributed with respect to an unforeseeable emergency may not exceed amounts necessary to satisfy such emergency, plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved: (i) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or (ii) by liquidation of the Participant s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship.
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The Committee shall consider any requests for payment on the basis of an unforeseeable emergency under this Section 15.3(b) on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis and in accordance with the standards of interpretation described in Section 457 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
 
SECTION 16
GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
16.1 Issuance of Common Stock
 
The Company shall not be required to issue any certificate for shares of Common Stock under the Plan prior to:
 
(a) obtaining any approval or ruling from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental agency which the Company, in its sole discretion, shall determine to be necessary or advisable;
 
(b) listing of such shares on any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may then be listed; and
 
(c) completing any registration or other qualification of such shares under any federal or state laws, rulings or regulations of any governmental body which the Company, in its sole discretion, shall determine to be necessary or advisable.
 
All certificates, or book-entry accounts, for shares of Common Stock delivered under the Plan shall also be subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which Common Stock is then listed and any applicable federal or state securities laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be placed on any such certificates, or notations on such book-entry accounts, to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall not be effective if and to the extent that the shares of Common Stock delivered under the Plan are covered by an effective and current registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or if and so long as the Committee determines that application of such provisions are no longer required or desirable. In making such determination, the Committee may rely upon an opinion of counsel for the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by a Participant or other subsequent transfers by a Participant of any shares issued under this Plan, including without limitation (i) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (ii) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by one or more Participants and (iii) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers.
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16.2 Unfunded Obligation
 
Any amounts (deferred or otherwise) to be paid to Participants pursuant to the Plan are unfunded obligations. The Company is not required to segregate any monies from its general funds, to create any trusts or to make any special deposits with respect to this obligation. Beneficial ownership of any investments, including trust investments which the Company may make to fulfill this obligation, shall at all times remain in the Company. Any investments and the creation or maintenance of any trust or any Participant account shall not create or constitute a trust or a fiduciary relationship between the Committee or the Company and a Participant, or otherwise create any vested or beneficial interest in any Participant or the Participant s Beneficiary or the Participant s creditors in any assets of the Company whatsoever. The Participants shall have no claim against the Company for any changes in the value of any assets which may be invested or reinvested by the Company with respect to the Plan.
 
16.3 Beneficiary
 
The designation of a Beneficiary shall be on a form provided by the Company, executed by the Participant (with the consent of the Participant s spouse, if required by the Company for reasons of community property or otherwise), and delivered to a designated representative of the Company. A Participant may change his or her Beneficiary designation at any time. A designation by a Participant under a predecessor plan shall remain in effect under this Plan unless it is revoked or changed under this Plan. If no Beneficiary is designated, if the designation is ineffective, or in the event the Beneficiary dies before the balance of the Memorandum Deferred Account is paid, the balance shall be paid to the Participant s spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, to his or her lineal descendants, pro rata, or if there is no surviving spouse or lineal descendants, to the Participant s legal representatives, the Participant s estate or the person or persons to whom the deceased s rights under the Plan shall have passed by will or the laws of descent and distribution (unless the Committee for a given year has designated investment in an annuity, in which case the payment options selected by the Participant with respect thereto shall govern).
 
16.4 Permanent Disability
 
A Participant shall be deemed to have become Permanently Disabled if the Participant (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan of the Company.
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16.5 Incapacity of Participant or Beneficiary
 
If the Committee finds that any Participant or Beneficiary to whom a payment is payable under the Plan is unable to care for his or her affairs because of illness or accident or is under a legal disability, any payment due (unless a prior claim therefor shall have been made by a duly appointed legal representative), at the discretion of the Committee, may be paid to the spouse, child, parent, brother or sister of such Participant or Beneficiary or to any person whom the Committee has determined has incurred expense for such Participant or Beneficiary. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the obligations of the Company under the provisions of the Plan.
 
16.6 Nonassignment
 
Unless otherwise provided in the Plan, the right of a Participant or Beneficiary to the payment of any Award granted under the Plan and the rights and privileges conferred thereby shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process and may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any manner (whether by operation of law or otherwise) other than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution unless the Participant has received the Company s prior written consent. Except as otherwise provided for under the Plan, if any Participant attempts to transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Award under the Plan or of any right or privilege conferred thereby, contrary to the provisions of the Plan or such Award, or suffers the sale or levy or any attachment or similar process upon the rights and privileges conferred hereby, all affected Awards held by such Participant shall be immediately forfeited.
 
16.7 Termination and Amendment
 
Except as otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee may from time to time make such amendments to the Plan as it may deem proper and in the best interest of the Company, including, but not limited to, any amendment necessary to ensure that the Company may obtain any regulatory approval referred to above; provided, however, that to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule, stockholder approval shall be required. Subject to Section 409A, the Board may at any time suspend the operation of or terminate the Plan. No amendment, suspension or termination may impair the right of a Participant or the Participant s designated Beneficiary to receive benefits accrued prior to the effective date of such amendment, suspension or termination.
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16.8 Applicable Law
 
The Plan shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.
 
16.9 Effective Date and Term of the Plan
 
The Plan was adopted by the Board on February 12, 2008, and is subject to approval by the Company s stockholders. If approved by the stockholders, this Plan will replace the 1998 Director Stock Plan (as amended) and no further awards will be made under that plan. This Plan shall become effective on the Effective Date, and shall remain in effect, subject to the right of the Board to terminate the Plan at any time pursuant to Section 16.7, until the date immediately preceding the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date of the Plan. No Awards shall be granted under this Plan after such date.
 
16.10 Compliance With Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act
 
The Company s intention is that, so long as any of the Company s equity securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, with respect to awards of Common Stock, the Plan shall comply in all respects with any exemption pursuant to Section 16(b) promulgated under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. If any Plan provision is later found not to be in compliance with such exemptions available pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, that provision shall be deemed modified as necessary to meet the requirements of Section 16(b).
 
16.11 Section 409A
 
The Plan is intended to be administered, operated and construed in compliance with Section 409A and any guidance issued thereunder. Notwithstanding this or any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Board and the Committee may amend the Plan in any manner, or take any other action, that either of them determines, in its sole discretion, is necessary, appropriate or advisable to cause the Plan to comply with Section 409A and any guidance issued thereunder. Any such action, once taken, shall be deemed to be effective from the earliest date necessary to avoid a violation of Section 409A and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Participants and other individuals having or claiming any right or interest under the Plan. With respect to any Award granted under the Plan that is subject to Section 409A, cessation of service or ceasing to be a member of the Board shall mean the Eligible Director s separation from service , as defined in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Final Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 409A, including the default presumptions thereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused the Plan to be executed effective as of May 20, 2008.
       
   
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 
       
   
/s/ James T. Hackett
 
   
James T. Hackett
 
   
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
 
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EXHIBIT 10(xli)
 
FIRST AMENDMENT TO  
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
2008 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION PLAN  
 
WHEREAS, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) has heretofore established and currently maintains the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Director Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) for the benefit of non-employee members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 16.7 of the Plan, the Plan may be amended at any time, and from time to time, by the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board (the “Committee”); and
WHEREAS, the Committee desires to amend the Plan on behalf of the Company to impose certain limitations on the compensation that the Company may pay to the non-employee members of the Board;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of February 8, 2016, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:
1. The Plan is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 16.12 to the end of Section 16 of the Plan:
16.12 Compensation and Award Limitations
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Plan, in any other incentive compensation plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Company’s 2012 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan or any successor plan thereto), or any other compensatory policy or program of the Company applicable to the Eligible Directors (collectively, the “Director Programs”), the sum of “ A ” and “ B ” for any individual Eligible Director for any single calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2016 shall not exceed $750,000, where:
   
A
equals the aggregate grant date fair value (computed as of the date of grant in accordance with applicable financial accounting rules) of all awards granted under the Director Programs (other than with respect to compensation described in “ B ” below) to such Eligible Director during such calendar year; and
   
B
equals the aggregate cash value of such Eligible Director’s retainer, meeting attendance fees, committee assignment fees, lead director retainer, committee chair and member retainers and other Board fees related to service on the Board or committee(s) of the Board that are initially denominated as a cash amount or any other property other than Common Stock (whether paid currently or on a deferred basis or in cash or other property (including Common Stock)) for such calendar year;
 

provided, however, that the limitation described in this sentence shall be determined without regard to grants of awards under the Director Programs and compensation, if any, paid to an Eligible Director during any period in which such individual was an employee, consultant or independent contractor providing services to the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than in the capacity of an Eligible Director).”
2. As amended hereby, the Plan is specifically ratified and reaffirmed.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,   the Company has caused this First Amendment to the Plan to be executed on this 8th day of February 2016.
 
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 
 
By:
/s/ Julia A. Struble
 
 
Julia A. Struble
 
Vice President, Human Resources
 
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Exhibit 4.7


APPENDIX A

ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 
1998 DIRECTOR STOCK PLAN

SECTION 1. Purpose.

The purposes of the Plan are to attract and retain experienced and knowledgeable non-employee directors for the benefit of the Company and its stockholders, and for such directors to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company and to further align the interests of such directors with the interests of the Company and its stockholders.

SECTION 2. Definitions.
 
As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“Award” shall mean any Option, Restricted Stock, Stock Compensation Award or Other Stock-Based Award.

“Award Agreement” shall mean any written agreement, contract, or other instrument or document evidencing any Award, which may, but need not, be executed or acknowledged by a Participant.

“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

“Change of Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c) of the Plan.

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

“Company” means Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

“Eligible Director” shall mean each director of the Company, who is not an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
 
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
“Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any given date, the mean between the highest and lowest reported sales prices of a Share on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or, if not listed on such exchange, on any other national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or on NASDAQ. If there is no regular public trading market for such Shares, the Fair Market Value of a Share shall be determined by the Board in good faith.

“Option” shall mean a Non-Qualified Stock Option granted under Section 6(a) of the Plan.
 
“Other Stock-Based Award” shall mean any right granted under Section 6(d) of the Plan.

“Participant” shall mean any Eligible Director granted an Award under the Plan.

“Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or political subdivision thereof or other entity.
 
“Plan” shall mean the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1998 Director Stock Plan.
 
“Restricted Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b) of the Plan.
 
“Restricted Stock” shall mean any Share, prior to the lapse of restrictions thereon, granted under Section 6(b) of the Plan.
 
“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor thereto.
 
“Shares” shall mean the common shares of the Company, $0.10 par value, and such other securities or property as may become the subject of Awards or become subject to Awards pursuant to an adjustment made under Section 4(c) of the Plan.

“Stock Compensation” shall mean any right granted under Section 6(c) of the Plan.
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SECTION 3. Administration.
 
The Plan shall be administered by the Board. Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, the Board shall have full power and authority to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to an Eligible Director; (iii) determine the number of Shares to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, other property, and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or of the Board; (vii) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards are transferable; (viii) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award made under, the Plan; (ix) establish, amend, suspend, or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Board deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of the Board, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all Persons, including the Company, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, any shareholder and any Eligible Director.

SECTION 4. Shares Available for Awards.
 
(a)     Shares Available. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4(c), the number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan shall be 400,000 after the effective date of the Plan, any Shares covered by an Award granted under the Plan, or to which such an Award relates, are forfeited, or if an Award otherwise terminates or is canceled without the delivery of Shares or of other consideration, then the Shares covered by such Award, or to which such Award relates, or the number of Shares otherwise counted against the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted, to the extent of any such forfeiture, termination or cancellation, shall again be, or shall become, Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted. In the event that any Option or other Award granted hereunder is exercised through the delivery of Shares, the number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan shall be increased by the number of Shares surrendered.

(b)   Sources of Shares Deliverable Under Awards. Any Shares delivered pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares or of treasury Shares.

(c)     Adjustments. In the event that the Board determines that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Shares such that an adjustment is determined by the Board to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Board shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or property) with respect to which Awards may be granted, (ii) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards, (iii) the grant or exercise price with respect to any Award, (iv) if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding Award, and/or (v) such other equitable substitutions or adjustments as the Board may determine to be appropriate in its sole discretion; provided, that the number of Shares subject to any Award denominated in Shares shall always be a whole number.
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SECTION 5. Eligibility.

Any Eligible Director shall be eligible to be designated as a Participant.

SECTION 6. Awards.

(a)   Options. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall have authority to determine the Eligible Directors to whom Options shall be granted, the number of Shares to be covered by each Option, the purchase price therefore and the conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of the Option, including the terms and conditions set forth below, and such additional terms and conditions, as the Board shall determine are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as set forth in an Award Agreement.

(i)   Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share purchasable under an Option shall be determined by the Board at the time each Option is granted; provided, however, that the exercise price per Share shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant, except in the case of an Option that is a Substitute Award.
 
(ii)   Time and Method of Exercise. The Board shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part, and the method or methods by which, and the form or forms (which may include, without limitation, cash, Shares, outstanding Awards, other securities or other property, or any combination thereof, having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the relevant exercise price) in which payment of the exercise price with respect thereto may be made or deemed to have been made. Pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Plan, the Board may, at its discretion, accelerate the time at which an Option may be exercised and otherwise modify the time or methods of exercise of the Option.
 
(b)    Restricted Stock. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall have authority to determine the Eligible Directors to whom Restricted Stock shall be granted, the number of Shares of Restricted Stock to be granted to each such Participant, the duration of the Period of Restriction (the “Restricted Period”) during which, and the conditions under which, the Restricted Stock may be forfeited to the Company, and the other terms and conditions of such Awards.
 
(i)   Dividends. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, Restricted Stock Awards shall provide for the payment of dividends during the Restricted Period. Dividends paid on Restricted Stock may be paid directly to the Participant, may be subject to risk of forfeiture and/or transfer restrictions during any period established by the Board, all as determined by the Board in its discretion.
 
(ii) Registration. Any Restricted Stock may be evidenced in such manner as the Board shall deem appropriate, including, without limitation, book-entry registration or issuance of a stock certificate or certificates. In the event any stock certificate is issued in respect of Restricted Stock granted under the Plan, such certificate shall be registered in the name of the Participant and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.

(iii) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by the Board, if a Participant shall cease to be an Eligible Director for any reason during the applicable Restricted Period, all Restricted Stock shall be forfeited by the Participant. The Board may, when it finds that a waiver would be in the best interests of the Company, waive in whole or in part any or all remaining restrictions with respect to such Participant’s Restricted Stock. Unrestricted Shares, evidenced in such manner as the Board shall deem appropriate, shall be issued to the holder of Restricted Stock promptly after the applicable restrictions have lapsed or otherwise been satisfied.
 
(iv) Transfer Restrictions. During the Restricted Period, Restricted Stock will be subject to the limitations on transfer as provided in Section 6(e)(vii).
 

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(c)     Stock Compensation. The Board shall have the authority to pay in Shares all, or such portion as it shall determine, of compensation that such Eligible Director would be entitled to receive for serving as director during a fiscal quarter, including fees paid in connection with service as Chairman of a committee of the Board, as a member of the Board and as a member of any committee of the Board, attendance at meetings and any other services provided to the Company, but excluding any amounts an Eligible Director has elected to defer (the “Quarterly Retainer”) as follows:
 
(i)   Subject to subsection (iii) below, Shares shall be issued automatically to any Eligible Director who files with the Corporate Secretary of the Company, at least 30 days prior to Share Issuance Date, an election to receive Shares in lieu of all or a portion, expressed as a fraction (the “Elected Percentage”) of his or her Quarterly Retainer. As soon as is practicable following the last business day of the relevant fiscal quarter (such last business day, the “Share Issuance Date”), each Eligible Director making such an election under this subsection (i) shall be issued certificates for the Shares as determined under subsection (ii) below; provided that no such election shall be given effect if it is not timely made.
 
(ii)  The number of Shares issued on a Share Issuance Date shall be equal to the nearest number of whole shares determined in accordance with the following formula:
 
  (Elected Percentage)*(Quarterly Retainer)  
  [S]  
    Fair Market Value per Share  

For purposes of this Section 6(c), Fair Market Value shall be determined on the Share Issuance Date.

(iii) The Eligible Director shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect to any Shares acquired pursuant to this Section 6(c) prior to the Share Issuance Date and the receipt by the Eligible Director of a certificate or certificates for such Shares.

(d)    Other Stock-Based Awards. The Board is hereby authorized to grant to an Eligible Director an “Other Stock-Based Award”, which shall consist of a right (i) which is not an Award or right described in Section 6(a), (b), or (c) and (ii) which is denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Shares (including, without limitation, securities convertible into Shares), as are deemed by the Board to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan; provided, that any such rights must comply, to the extent deemed desirable by the Board, with applicable law. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, the Board shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Other Stock-Based Award.

(e)    General.

(i)   Awards May Be Granted Separately or Together. Awards may, in the discretion of the Board, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other Award granted under the Plan or any award granted under any other plan of the Company. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards or awards granted under any other plan of the Company may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards.

(ii)  Forms of Payment by Company Under Awards. Subject to the terms of the Plan and of any applicable Award Agreement, payments or transfers to be made by the Company upon the grant, exercise or payment of an Award may be made in such form or forms as the Board shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, or any combination thereof, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis, in each case in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Board. Such rules and procedures may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installment or deferred payments.

(iii) Term of Awards. The term of each Award shall be for such period as may be determined by the Board.
 
(iv) Share Certificates. All certificates for Shares or other securities of the Company delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Board may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which such Shares or other securities are then listed, and any applicable Federal or state laws, and the Board may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.
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(v)  Consideration for Grants. Awards may be granted for no cash consideration or for such consideration as the Board determines including, without limitation, such minimal cash consideration as may be required by applicable law.

(vi) Delivery of Shares or other Securities and Payment by Participant of Consideration. No Shares or other securities shall be delivered pursuant to any Award until payment in full of any amount required to be paid pursuant to the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement is received by the Company. Such payment may be made by such method or methods and in such form or forms as the Board shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, or any combination thereof; provided that the combined value, as determined by the Board, of all cash and cash equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any such Shares or other property so tendered to the Company, as of the date of such tender, is at least equal to the full amount required to be paid to the Company pursuant to the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement.
 
(vii) Transferability. Except as otherwise provided by the Board, Awards are not transferable other than, as designated by the Participant, in the event of his death, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

SECTION 7. Amendment and Termination.

Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law and unless otherwise expressly provided in an Award Agreement or in the Plan:

(a)   Amendments to the Plan. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan without the consent of any shareholder, Participant, other holder or beneficiary of an Award, or other Person.

(b)   Amendments to Awards. The Board may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter any Award theretofore granted, provided no change in any Award shall reduce the benefit to a Participant without the consent of such Participant.
 
(c)   Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events. The Board is hereby authorized to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events described in Section 4(c) of the Plan) affecting the Company, or the financial statements of the Company, or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Board determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan.

SECTION 8. Change of Control.

(a)   Impact of Event. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event of a Change of Control:

(i)   Any Options outstanding as of the date such Change of Control is determined to have occurred, and which are not then exercisable and vested, shall become fully exercisable and vested to the full extent of the original grant.

(ii)  The restrictions applicable to any Restricted Stock shall lapse, and such Restricted Stock shall become free of all restrictions and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant.

(iii) The restrictions or other limitations applicable to any Other Stock-Based Awards shall lapse, and such Other Stock-Based Awards shall become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant.
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(b)   In addition to the Board’s authority set forth in Sections 7(c) and 8(a) of the Plan, in order to maintain the Participants’ rights in the event of any Change of Control, the Board, as constituted before such Change of Control, is hereby authorized, and has sole discretion, as to any Award, either at the time such Award is made hereunder or any time thereafter, to take any one or more of the following actions: (i) provide for the purchase of any such Award, upon the Participant’s request, for an amount of cash equal to the amount that could have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights had such Award been currently exercisable or payable; (ii) make such adjustment to any such Award then outstanding as the Board deems appropriate to reflect such Change of Control; or (iii) cause any such Award then outstanding to be assumed, or new rights substituted therefor, by the acquiring or surviving corporation after such Change of Control. The Board may, in its discretion, include such further provisions and limitations in any Award Agreement as it may deem equitable and in the best interests of the Company.

 
(c)      A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to occur if:

(i)  any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (A) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (1) any acquisition directly from the Company, (2) any acquisition by the Company, (3) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company or (4) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of subsection (iii) of this Section (c); or

(ii)  individuals who, as of the effective date of the Plan, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the effective date of the Plan whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, 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; or

(iii) approval by the stockholders of the Company of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another entity (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or
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(iv) approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

SECTION 9. General Provisions.

(a)   No Rights to Awards. No Eligible Director, Participant or other Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Eligible Directors, Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each recipient.
 
(b)   No Right to be a Director. Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to create any obligation on the part of the Board to nominate any Eligible Director for re-election by the Company’s shareholders or to limit the rights of the stockholders to remove any Eligible Director.

(c)   Withholding. The Company shall have the right to require, prior to the issuance or delivery of any cash or Shares pursuant to the Plan, that a Participant make arrangements satisfactory to the Board for the withholding of any taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to the issuance or delivery of such cash or Shares, including without limitation by the withholding of Shares that would otherwise be so issued or delivered, by withholding from any other payment due to the Participant, or by a cash payment to the Company by the Participant.

(d)     No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company from adopting or continuing in effect other compensation arrangements (subject to shareholder approval of such other arrangement, if such approval is required), and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.
 
(e)     Governing Law. The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without reference to the principles of conflict of laws.
 
(f)     Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Board, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Board, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.
 
(g)     Other Laws. The Board may refuse to issue or transfer any Shares or other consideration under an Award if, acting in its sole discretion, it determines that the issuance or transfer of such Shares or such other consideration might violate any applicable law or regulation, or entitle the Company to recover the same, under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, and any payment tendered to the Company by a Participant, other holder or beneficiary in connection with the exercise of such Award shall be promptly refunded to the relevant Participant, holder or beneficiary.

(h)   No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and a Participant or any other Person. To the extent that any Participant or Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

(i)   No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Board shall determine whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated.
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(j)   Headings. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof.

SECTION 10. Effective Date of the Plan.

The Plan shall be effective as of January 30, 1998, the date of its approval by the Board.

SECTION 11. Term of the Plan.

The Plan shall remain in full effect until terminated by action of the Board, or until all Participants have received all amounts to which they are entitled, if earlier. Subject to Section 7(a) of the Plan or any Award Agreement, the authority of the Board to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or terminate any Award granted prior to the termination of the Plan or to waive any conditions or rights under any such Award shall extend beyond such date of termination.    
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  Please mark
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ITEMS 1 AND 2.
 
Item 1 - ELECTION OF CLASS III DIRECTORS
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
Larry Barcus and James L. Bryan.

[      ]
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Item 2 - APPROVAL OF 1998 DIRECTOR STOCK
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
PLAN
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[     ]
[      ]

Withheld For: (Write that nominee’s namde in the space provided below)
 

Signature(s)     Date  
          
Please sign as your name appears above. Joint owners should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such.

THIS PROXY MUST BE SIGNED AND RETURNED TO BE COUNTED


ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

P   FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS  
     
R   APRIL 30, 1998  
     
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The undersigned stockholder hereby appoints ROBERT J. ALLISON, JR. AND SUZANNE SUTER, and any one of them, with power of substitution and revocation, the attorneys of the undersigned to vote all shares registered in the name of the undersigned for the election of directors
(unless such authority is withheld), approval of the 1998 Director Stock Plan and on all other matters which may come before the 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to be held on Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 9:30 A.M. or any adjournment thereof.
 
     
  PLEASE MARK THIS PROXY AS INDICATED ON THE REVERSE SIDE TO VOTE ON ANY ITEM. THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE STOCKHOLDER. IF YOU WISH TO VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ RECOMMENDATIONS, PLEASE SIGN THE REVERSE SIDE; NO BOXES NEED TO BE CHECKED.  

(continued, and to be marked, dated and signed on other side)
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Exhibit 5.1

[Letterhead of]

CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP
[New York Office]

August 8, 2019

Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form S-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) of a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 (the “ Registration Statement ”) to the Form S-4 (File No. 333-232001), as amended, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), relating to the registration of the offering by the Company of up to 2,199,205 shares of common stock (the “ Shares ”), par value $0.20 per share, of the Company, issuable pursuant to the Anadarko Employee Savings Plan, the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2012 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, the Anadarko Algeria Company Share Incentive Plan, the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2008 Director Compensation Plan and the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1998 Director Stock Plan (in each case, as amended or restated from time to time) (collectively, the “ Plans ”) (such issuance, the “ Share Issuance ”).

In that connection, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion, including: (a) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended on May 5, 2006, May 1, 2009 and May 2, 2014, (b) the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company, as adopted on May 5, 2019, (c) the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company by unanimous written consent on May 5, 2019, (d) the Plans, (e) the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 9, 2019, by and among the Company, Baseball Merger Sub 1, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and (f) the Registration Statement. We have relied, with respect to certain factual matters, on representations of the Company and documents furnished to us by the Company without independent investigation or verification of their accuracy.

We have also assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.

Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth herein and subject to compliance with applicable state securities laws, we are of the opinion that the Shares, upon issuance and delivery thereof in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable Plan, and in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.



We are admitted to practice in the State of New York, and we express no opinion as to matters governed by any laws other than the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Federal laws of the United States of America.
          
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
          
 
Very truly yours,
   
 
/s/ Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Occidental Petroleum Corporation
5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110
Houston, TX 77046

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Exhibit 23.2
KPMG LLP
811 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Occidental Petroleum Corporation:

We consent to the use of our reports with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Occidental Petroleum Corporation as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes and financial statement schedule II (collectively the “consolidated financial statements”), and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, incorporated herein by reference.


Houston, Texas
August 8, 2019


KPMG LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership and the U.S. member
firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with
KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity.


Exhibit 23.3
KPMG LLP
811 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the use of our report dated February 14, 2019, except as to Notes 2, 5, 6, 8, and 27, which are as of May 15, 2019, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes, incorporated herein by reference to the Form 8-K of Occidental Petroleum Corporation dated August 1, 2019.

Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to a change in the method of accounting for revenue recognition in 2018.


Houston, Texas
August 8, 2019

KPMG LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership and the U.S. member
firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with
KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity.


Exhibit 24.2

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Marcia E. Backus and Nicole E. Clark and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
 
Title
 
Date
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
       
         
/s/ Christopher O. Champion
 
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
 
 
August 8, 2019
Christopher O. Champion
     
         
Director
       
         
/s/ Robert M. Shearer
 
Director
 
August 8, 2019
Robert M. Shearer