Business Combinations. In addition to the rights and obligations of the Committee to modify, adjust or accelerate exercisability of outstanding options, in the event that, while any Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Units or Restricted Shares are outstanding under the Plan, there shall occur # a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation in which the Company shall not be the surviving corporation (for purposes of this [Section 1.11], the Company shall not be deemed the surviving corporation in any such transaction if, as the result thereof, the existing shareholders of the Company hold less than 51% of the outstanding stock of the Company), # a dissolution of the Company, or # a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets or shares of stock of the Company in one transaction or a series of related transactions to one or more other persons or entities (any of the foregoing events as described in [(i)-(iii) above], a “Change of Control”), then, with respect to each Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Performance Unit and share of Restricted Stock outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction and without the necessity of any action by the Committee:

Business Purpose. The Loan proceeds shall be used only for a business purpose and not for any personal, family or household purpose.

Business Expenses. While Employee is employed by [[Organization A:Organization]] during [[Organization A:Organization]] Term, [[Organization A:Organization]] shall reimburse Employee for all reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket business, travel and entertainment expenses incurred by Employee in [[Organization A:Organization]] performance of Employee’s duties and responsibilities hereunder, subject to [[Organization A:Organization]]’s normal policies and procedures for expense verification and documentation.

Business Expenses. Employer shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable travel and other business expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties and responsibilities subject to such reasonable requirements with respect to substantiation and documentation as may be specified by Employer.

#[[Organization A:Organization]] agrees to establish, maintain and implement per the terms thereof, a Business Continuity Plan. The Business Continuity Plan must be in place and delivered to [[Bank of America:Organization]] within forty-five (45) calendar days after the Effective Date of this Agreement. The Business Continuity Plan shall be delivered annually thereafter and shall include, but not be limited to, the items called for in SCHEDULE G entitled “Recovery,” as applicable. If [[Bank of America:Organization]] objects in writing to any provision of such plans and controls, [[Organization A:Organization]] shall respond in writing within thirty (30) calendar days, explaining, among other matters [[Organization A:Organization]] wishes to include in its response, the actions [[Organization A:Organization]] intends to take to cure [[Bank of America:Organization]]’s objection.

Business Continuity. Describe the business and technical disaster recovery management process.

Business Ideas. Subject to Section 19(h), the Participant acknowledges that the Corporation owns all rights in all Business Ideas (as defined below). For the avoidance of doubt, in the event an assignment is needed during the term of the Participant's employment with the Corporation or any Affiliate and at any time following the termination of employment, the Participant hereby assigns without further action being required to the Corporation all Business Ideas. The Participant shall promptly execute all documents which the Corporation may reasonably require to perfect, maintain and protect its patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark and any and all other rights to such Business Ideas throughout the world, and shall provide other reasonable assistance and cooperation as may be necessary for the Corporation to investigate, perfect, maintain and protect those rights, including assistance and cooperation with litigation relating to any Business Ideas. Even after the Participant's employment with the Corporation or any Affiliate terminates, the Participant will continue to be reasonably available to assist the Corporation with its efforts to investigate, perfect, maintain and protect rights in any Business Ideas, including assistance with litigation relating to any Business Ideas. “Business Ideas” as used in this Award Agreement means all ideas, concepts, innovations, inventions, strategy, data, developments, and works of authorship, whether or not patentable, both technical and business, which the Participant originates, conceives or develops, either alone or in conjunction with others, at any time during the Participant's employment with the Corporation or any Affiliate, except those which satisfy all three of the following criteria: # unrelated to the Corporation’s business; # not originated, conceived or developed during the Participant's working hours; and # not originated, conceived or developed by use of any Corporation property such as tools, supplies, equipment, materials, facilities or other Corporation employees. Any idea, concept, innovation, invention, strategy, data, development or work of authorship that the Participant originates, conceives or develops, through the use of Corporation Confidential Information, at any time within six (6) months after the Participant's employment with the Corporation or any Affiliate terminates (for any reason) will be presumed to be a Business Idea unless the Participant can prove otherwise by clear and convincing evidence.

Business Criteria. One or more of the following business criteria for the Company, on a consolidated basis, and/or for specified Subsidiaries, business or geographical units or operating areas of the Company (except with respect to the total stockholder return and earnings per share criteria), shall be used by the Committee in establishing performance goals for [Section 162(m)] Awards: # oil and gas revenues, oil and gas revenues and other income or total revenues; # cash flow, discretionary cash flow, cash flows from operations, cash flows from investing activities, or cash flows from financing activities; # return on net assets, return on assets, return on investment, return on capital, return on capital employed or return on equity; # income, operating income or net income; # earnings before any one or more of depletion, depreciation and amortization expense; exploration and abandonments; impairment of oil and gas properties; impairment of inventory and other property and equipment; accretion of discount on asset retirement obligations; interest expense; net gain or loss on the disposition of assets; income or loss from discontinued operations, net of tax; noncash derivative related activity; amortization of stock-based compensation; income taxes; or other items; # income excluding noncash mark- to-market derivative gains or losses, or income excluding noncash mark-to-market derivative gains or losses and unusual items; # equity; net worth; tangible net worth; book capitalization; debt; debt, net of cash and cash equivalents; capital budget or other balance sheet goals; # debt or equity financings or improvement of financial ratings; # production volumes, production growth, or debt-adjusted production growth, which may be of oil, gas, natural gas liquids or any combination thereof; (10) general and administrative expenses;

Business Purpose. None of the Secured Obligations is a Consumer Transaction, as defined in the U.C.C., and none of the Collateral has been or will be purchased or held primarily for personal, family or household purposes.

During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.1 or the Closing (the “Interim Period”), each of # the Company on the one hand, and # Parent on the other, shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, as required by applicable Laws, as set forth on [Schedule 6.2], or to the extent consented to by the Parties in writing: # conduct its respective business, in all material respects, in the Ordinary Course of Business, # not take any action except in the Ordinary Course of Business and in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws, # comply with all Laws applicable to their respective businesses, assets, directors, officers, employees, independent contractors, consultants, equity holders, agents, Representatives and Covered Persons, and # take all commercially reasonable measures necessary or appropriate to preserve intact, in all material respects, their respective business organizations, business, operations, material assets, material rights, franchises, goodwill and relations with its customers, vendors, regulators, employees and other persons with which it has significant business or other relationships, to keep available the services of their respective managers, directors, officers, employees and consultants, and to preserve the possession, control and condition of their respective material assets, all as consistent with past practice.