Cessation of Participation. Effective as of January 1, 2019, Participants who cease to be Employees due to the sale of Gulf Power Company will cease to be eligible to actively participate in the Plan.

Cessation of Participation. Effective as of November 18, 2022, # Golden Triangle Storage, Inc. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries will cease to be affiliated companies of Southern Company Gas for purposes of determining Employing Company status under the Plan; and # Participants who cease to be Employees due to the sale of Golden Triangle Storage, Inc. will cease to be eligible to actively participate in the Plan.

Cessation of Participation. Effective as of March 24, 2020, # Pivotal LNG, Inc. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries will cease to be affiliated companies of Southern Company Gas for purposes of determining Employing Company status under the Plan; and # Participants who cease to be Employees due to the sale of Pivotal LNG, Inc. will cease to be eligible to participate in the Plan.

Cessation of Participation. Effective as of July 1, 2021, # Sequent Energy Management, LP and Sequent Energy Canada Corp. and their direct and indirect subsidiaries will cease to be affiliated companies of Southern Company Gas for purposes of determining Employing Company status under the Plan; and # Participants who cease to be Employees due to the sale of Sequent Energy Management, LP and Sequent Energy Canada Corp., will cease to be eligible to actively participate in the Plan.

Cessation. Immediately following the admission of Purchaser as the sole member of the Blocker described in Section 2 of this Agreement, Blocker Parent does hereby cease to be a member of the Blocker and shall cease to have or exercise any right or power of a member of the Blocker.

Participation. The Administrator may, from time to time, select from among all Eligible Individuals, those to whom one or more Awards shall be granted and shall determine the nature and amount of each Award, which shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Plan. No Eligible Individual shall have any right to be granted an Award pursuant to the Plan.

Participation. Participation in any such increase in the Aggregate Commitments may be offered to each of the existing Lenders, but no such Lender shall have any obligation to provide all or any portion of any such increase in the Aggregate Commitments. The Borrowers may invite additional Eligible Assignees to join this Agreement as Lenders hereunder for any portion of such increase in the Aggregate Commitments; provided that such Eligible Assignees shall enter into such lender joinder agreements to give effect thereto as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

Participation. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine and designate, from time to time, from among the Eligible Employees, those persons who will be granted one or more Awards under the Plan, and thereby become “Participants” in the Plan. In the discretion of the Committee, a Participant may be granted any Award permitted under the provisions of the Plan, and more than one Award may be granted to a Participant. Awards may be granted as alternatives to or replacement of awards outstanding under the Plan, or any other plan or arrangement of the Company or a Related Company (including a plan or arrangement of a business or entity, all or a portion of which is acquired by the Company or a Related Company).

PARTICIPATION. No Employee or Nonemployee Director shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award under this Plan or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award.

Participation. Borrowers recognize and acknowledge that the Bank may sell participating interests in the Loans (or either of them) to one or more financial institutions (the "Participants"). Upon receipt of notice of the identity and address of each such Participant, Borrowers shall thereafter supply such Participant with the same information and reports communicated to the Bank, whether written or oral. Borrowers hereby acknowledge that each Participant shall be deemed a holder of the Revolver Note to the extent of its participation, and Borrowers hereby waive their rights, if any, to offset amounts owing to the Bank from Borrowers against any Participant's portion of such Revolver Note.