Appointment and Authority. (a) Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints [[Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, an L/C Issuer, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Book Runner:Organization]] to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Multicurrency Lenders and the Multicurrency L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints [[Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, an L/C Issuer, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Book Runner:Organization]] to act on its behalf as the Multicurrency Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Multicurrency Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Multicurrency Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Multicurrency Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. The term “Administrative Agent” is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

Each of the ​ and the ​ hereby irrevocably appoints Barclays Bank PLC to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article X are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the ​ and the L/C Issuer, and no Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

Appointment of Committees. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan to one or more committees or subcommittees of the Board (a “Committee”). All references in the Plan to the “Board” shall mean the Board or a Committee of the Board or the officers referred to in Section 3(c) to the extent that the Board’s powers or authority under the Plan have been delegated to such Committee or officers.

The employer shall appoint a trustee for the proper care and custody of all funds, securities and other properties in the trust, and for investment of plan assets (or for execution of such orders as it receives from an investment manager appointed for investment of plan assets). The duties and powers of the trustee shall be set forth in a trust agreement executed by the employer, which is incorporated herein by reference. The named fiduciary shall review at regular intervals the performance of the trustee and shall re-evaluate the appointment of such trustee. After the employer has appointed the trustee and the named fiduciary has received a written notice of acceptance of its responsibility, the fiduciary responsibility with respect to the proper care and custody of plan assets shall be considered as the responsibility of the trustee. Unless otherwise allocated to an investment manager, the fiduciary responsibility with respect to investment of plan assets shall likewise be considered as the responsibility of the trustee.

the value submitted by the acquired Party is no more than five percent (5%) above the Cash Value determined by the independent expert, the acquired Party’s value shall be used for the Cash Value and the Disagreeing Parties shall pay all costs of the expert. If the value submitted by the acquired Party is more than five percent (5%) above the Cash Value determined by the independent expert, the independent expert’s value shall be used for the Cash Value and the acquired Party shall pay all costs of the expert. Subject to the independent expert’s value being final and binding in accordance with clause 18.3, the Cash Value determined by the procedure shall be final and binding on all Parties.

If the Members are unable to agree in writing upon the Purchase Price for the Affected Interest within thirty (30) days following delivery of a Price Determination Notice, then either party may deliver written notice to the other of its election to require an independent determination of the Purchase Price (an “Appraisal Notice”). Within ten (10) days following delivery of an Appraisal Notice, the Affected Member shall appoint an independent expert and the other Members (acting by a majority of their collective Ownership Percentages) shall appoint an independent expert. Within five (5) days following delivery of an Appraisal Notice, the two experts appointed pursuant to the foregoing shall select a third independent expert. The fees and expenses of each of the three independent experts shall be borne 50% by the Affected Member and 50% by the Members who delivered a Price Determination Notice. Each such expert shall have reasonable access to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ facilities, books and records and, within thirty (30) days following the appointment of the third expert, shall deliver to each Member its report setting forth its independent determination of the Fair Market Value of the Affected Interest (each, an “Appraised Value”). For purposes of this Section 5.03, the “Purchase Price” for the Affected Interest shall be # such amount as may be agreed upon by the Members, or # absent such agreement, an amount equal to the average of the two Appraised Values that are closest in amount to each other.

request of any of the parties to the Dispute, the International Centre for Expertise of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) shall appoint such expert with at least fifteen (15) years’ experience in the valuation of deepwater oil and gas fields in excess of one hundred and fifty million (150,000,000) barrels expected ultimate recovery and such expert shall administer such expert determination through the ICC’s Rules for Expertise, unless challenged in an arbitration pursuant to clause 18.2(c) within thirty (30) Days after the date the expert’s final decision is received by the parties to the Dispute and until replaced by such subsequent arbitral award. The only basis upon which the expert’s final decision may be challenged is a claim that the procedure set forth in this clause 18.3 was not complied with in a material respect. The amount of the valuation determined by the expert will not be subject to challenge.

Dispute”), the Reconciliation Dispute shall be submitted for determination to a nationally recognized expert (the “Expert”) in the particular area of disagreement mutually acceptable to such parties. The Expert shall be a partner or principal in a nationally recognized accounting firm. If the Corporation and the TRA Party Representative are unable to agree on an Expert within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt by the respondent(s) of written notice of a Reconciliation Dispute, the selection of an Expert shall be treated as a dispute subject to [Section 7.8] and an arbitration panel shall pick an Expert. The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to a Schedule or an amendment thereto as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within thirty (30) calendar days after the matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement would be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, the undisputed amount shall be paid on the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporation, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporation except as provided in the next sentence. The Corporation and the TRA Party Representative shall bear their own costs and expenses of such proceeding, unless # the Expert entirely adopts the position of the TRA Party Representative, in which case the Corporation shall reimburse the TRA Party Representative for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding, or # the Expert entirely adopts the Corporation’s position, in which case Tax Benefit Payments to the TRA Parties that would have increased Tax Benefit Payments if the position of the TRA Party Representative had been adopted shall be reduced proportionately in the aggregate by any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in such proceeding. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute and the determinations of the Expert pursuant to this [Section 6.2] shall be binding on the Corporation and the TRA Parties and may be entered and enforced in any court having competent jurisdiction.

All Parties agree to cooperate fully in the expeditious conduct of such expert determination and to provide the expert with access to all facilities, books, records, documents, information and personnel necessary to make a fully informed decision in an expeditious manner.

Sellers’ Representative may require, by written notice to the other, that the Independent Expert be selected by the Wilmington Regional Offi ce of the American Arbitration Association in accordance with the procedures of the American Arbitration Association. The Parties agree that the Independent Expert will be deemed to be independent even though a party or its Affiliates may, in the future, designate the Independent Expert to resolve disputes of the types described in [Section 1.5].