Vesting Acceleration. Effective as of March 24, 2020, Participants who cease to be Employees due to the sale of Pivotal LNG, Inc. will be deemed to be fully vested in their benefits and Accounts for all purposes hereunder.

Vesting Acceleration. Effective as of January 1, 2019, # Gulf Power Company will cease to be an Employing Company under the Plan; and # Participants who cease to be Employees due to the sale of Gulf Power Company will be deemed to be fully vested in their Accounts for all purposes hereunder.

Vesting Acceleration. Effective as of November 18, 2022, Participants who cease to be Employees due to the sale of Golden Triangle Storage, Inc. will be deemed to be fully vested in their Accounts for all purposes hereunder.

Vesting Acceleration. Effective as of September 22, 2023, Participants who cease to be Employees due to the sale of Central Valley Gas Storage, L.L.C. will be deemed to be fully vested in their Accounts for all purposes hereunder.

Vesting Acceleration. Effective as of July 1, 2021, Participants who cease to be Employees due to the sale of Sequent Energy Management, LP and Sequent Energy Canada Corp. will be deemed to be fully vested for all purposes hereunder.

Acceleration of Vesting. In the event a Notice of Termination of an Involuntary Termination occurs during the CIC Period, and subject to the Executive signing, within 60 days following the Notice of Termination, a Release and the Release becoming effective and non-revocable within such 60-day period, all time based stock options and time based stock-based awards held by the Executive as of the date of the Notice of Termination, shall vest and become exercisable or nonforfeitable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, at the time of a Change in Control, the Company determines in its sole discretion, in reliance upon an opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Company, that the acceleration in the prior sentence would not be permissible under applicable law, then in lieu of the acceleration in the prior sentence, all time based stock options and time based stock-based awards held by the Executive as of the date of such Change in Control, shall vest and become exercisable or nonforfeitable as of the date of such Change in Control.

Acceleration of Vesting. In the event of a Change in Control, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, the Option shall become immediately vested and exercisable with respect to 100% of the shares subject to the Option. To the extent practicable, such acceleration of vesting and exercisability shall occur in a manner and at a time that allows the Optionee the ability to participate in the Change in Control with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option.

The Participant’s vested interest in his Account will automatically be 100% upon the

Acceleration. The Board may at any time provide that any Award shall become immediately exercisable in whole or in part, free of some or all restrictions or conditions, or otherwise realizable in whole or in part, as the case may be.

Acceleration. If any Event of Default shall occur, at the election of the Lender, all Obligations shall become immediately due and payable without notice or demand, except with respect to Obligations payable on DEMAND, which shall be due and payable on DEMAND, whether or not an Event of Default has occurred.