Adjustment. Pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan and the Guidelines, the Committee will (in the case of a Covered Employee) and may (with respect to other Participants) adjust the Performance Targets for the relevant Performance Period to exclude the impact of charges for restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items, all non-cash charges resulting from any write-down of oil and gas properties and all other non-cash components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI), other unusual or non-recurring items, and the cumulative effect of accounting changes, each as defined by generally accepted accounting principles and as identified in Southwestern’s audited financial statements, including the notes thereto.

Adjustment. In the event of any equity restructuring (within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation) that causes the per share value of the Shares to change, such as a stock dividend, stock split, spinoff, rights offering or recapitalization through an extraordinary dividend, the number and class of securities subject to the Award shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee. In the event of any other change in corporate capitalization, including a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or partial or complete liquidation of the Company, such equitable adjustments described in the foregoing sentence may be made as determined to be appropriate and equitable by the Committee (or, if the Company is not the surviving corporation in any such transaction, the board of directors of the surviving corporation) to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights of participants. The decision of the Committee regarding any such adjustment and the Fair Market Value of any fractional security shall be final, binding and conclusive.

The aggregate shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed 3,400,000, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 8. Common Stock issued under the Plan may be shares of authorized and unissued Common Stock or previously issued Common Stock reacquired by the Company.

Section # Changes in Company Common Stock; Disposition of Assets and Corporate Events.

Stock Dividends and Splits. If the [[Organization A:Organization]], at any time while this Note is outstanding: # pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, # subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or # combines outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.

Adjustment of Awards. The number of hypothetical shares of Common Stock subject to the Award shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with the Plan.

Actions Affecting Property. Trustor shall appear in and contest any action or proceeding purporting to adversely affect the Property or the rights or powers of Beneficiary or Trustee hereunder, and shall pay all costs and expenses, including cost of evidence of title and reasonable attorneys’ fees, in any such action or proceeding in which Beneficiary or Trustee may appear. Should Trustor fail to make any payment or do any act as and in the manner provided in any of the Credit Documents, Beneficiary and/or Trustee, each in their own discretion, without obligation to do so and after written notice to or demand upon Trustor and without releasing Trustor from any obligation, may make or do the same in such manner and to such extent as either may deem necessary in their reasonable judgment to protect their respective interest in and to the Property. Trustor shall, immediately upon demand therefor by Beneficiary or Trustee, pay all costs and expenses incurred by Beneficiary or Trustee in connection with the exercise by Beneficiary or Trustee of the foregoing rights, including without limitation costs of evidence of title, court costs, appraisals, surveys and reasonable attorneys’ fees.

Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, reorganization, or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the Conversion Rights of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be modified such that upon Conversion of a share of Series A Preferred Stock the holder shall receive the product of the Adjustment Number times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged.

power of the Company’s then outstanding securities (excluding any changes in the voting power solely resulting from any conversion of Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock);

Changes in Capitalization. In the event there are any changes in the Common Stock or the capitalization of the Corporation through a corporate transaction, such as any merger, any acquisition through the issuance of capital stock of the Corporation, any consolidation, any separation of the Corporation (including a spin-off or other distribution of stock of the Corporation), any reorganization of the Corporation (whether or not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368 of the Code), or any partial or complete liquidation by the Corporation, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split or other change in the corporate structure, appropriate adjustments and changes shall be made by the Committee in # the number of shares and the option price per share of stock subject to this option, and # such other provisions of this option as may be necessary and equitable to carry out the foregoing purposes, provided, however that no such adjustment or change may be made to the extent that such adjustment or change will result in the disallowance of a deduction to the Corporation under Section 162(m) of the Code or any successor section.