Participation In Employee Benefit Plans. Employee shall have the same rights, privileges, benefits and opportunities to participate in any of the Company’s employee benefit plans (health, dental and vision) which may now or hereafter be in effect on a general basis for executive officers or employees of the Company. The Company may discontinue any benefit plans and otherwise amend and change the type and quantity of benefits it provides in its sole discretion, provided that the Company continues to provide to Employee any benefits specifically set forth herein. In the event Employee receives payments from a disability plan maintained by the Company, the Company shall have the right to offset such payments against Employee’s Base Salary and any bonuses otherwise payable to Employee during the period for which payments are made by such disability plan.

Participation in Employee Benefit Plans. The Executive’s participation in savings, retirement, profit sharing, stock option, and/or stock appreciation rights plans of the Corporation and/or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue only through the last day of the Executive’s employment. Any terminating distributions and/or vested rights under such plans shall be governed by the terms of those respective plans. Furthermore, the Executive’s participation in any insurance plans of the Corporation and rights to any other fringe benefits shall except as otherwise specifically provided in such plans or corporate policy, terminate as of the close of the Executive’s last day of employment, except to the extent specifically provided to the contrary in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to entitle the Executive to any rights, or to payments under this Agreement, with respect to any employee benefit plan in which the Executive was not a participant prior to a Qualified Termination of Employment.

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. An Eligible Employee shall become a Participant on the later of the Effective Date or the first day actively employed by an Employer.

Participation. The Committee or the Board shall designate from time to time those Employees or classes of Employees who are Participants in the Plan. In the event the Committee or the Board designates certain Participants by job title, position, function or responsibilities, an Employee who is appointed to such a position after the Effective Date of this Plan shall be a Participant upon the date he or she begins his or her duties in such position, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or the Board. The Board may add or remove individual Participants or classes of Participants at any time prior to a Change in Control; provided, however, that the removal of individual Participants or classes of Participants from the Plan shall not be effective for at least 12 months after notification to the Participants of such Committee or Board action. If a Change in Control occurs during such 12-month period, any such action to remove individual Participants or classes of Participants shall be null and void.

Participation. Any Employee who satisfies the requirements of Section 3.01 shall become a Participant as of the first Plan Year in which such requirements are met. The Employee shall continue to be a Participant until the payment or forfeiture of the balance of the Employee’s Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Employee must be a member of the Employer's select group of management or highly compensated employees as of the end of the applicable Plan year in order to be credited with any additional amounts based upon Excess Earnings for such Plan Year.

Participation. An employee eligible on the Offering Commencement Date of any Offering may participate in such Offering by completing and submitting the enrollment and payroll deduction authorization or other forms prescribed by the Committee in accordance with enrollment procedures prescribed by the Committee (which may include accessing the website designated by the Company and electronically enrolling and authorizing payroll deductions or completing other forms) prior to the applicable Offering Commencement Date. The forms will authorize a regular payroll deduction from the Compensation received by the employee during the Plan Purchase Period. Unless an employee changes his or her enrollment authorizations or withdraws from the Plan in accordance with the prescribed procedures, his or her deductions and purchases will continue at the same rate for future Offerings under the Plan as long as the Plan remains in effect. The term “Compensation” means the amount of money reportable on the employee’s Federal Income Tax Withholding Statement (or analogous non-U.S. statement), excluding overtime, shift premium, incentive or bonus awards, allowances and reimbursements for expenses such as relocation allowances for travel expenses, income or gains associated with the grant or vesting of restricted stock, income or gains on the exercise of Company stock options or stock appreciation rights, and similar items, whether or not shown or separately identified on the employee’s Federal Income Tax Withholding Statement (or analogous non-U.S. statement), but including, in the case of salespersons, sales commissions to the extent determined by the Board or the Committee.

Participation. Officers of the Company who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act (“Executive Officers”), management-level employees with “vice president” titles (together with the Executive Officers, “Executive Participants”), and certain other employees identified by the Committee upon the recommendation of the CEO (“Other Participants”), shall participate in the LTIP. Each participating employee is referred to herein as a “Participant”.

Participation. No Employee will 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. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Board shall determine and designate, from time to time, # the full-time employees of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries who will participate in the Plan, and # any consultants, independent contractors or directors of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries who will participate in the Plan. In the discretion of the Board, a Participant may be awarded Stock Options with or without tandem Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Units or Restricted Stock or any combination thereof, and more than one award may be granted to a Participant; provided, however, that Incentive Stock Options shall not be awarded to Participants who are not employees of the Company. Except as otherwise agreed to by the Company and the Participant, any award under the Plan shall not affect any previous award to the Participant under the Plan or any other plan maintained by the Company or its Subsidiaries.

Participation. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the directors of the Company who are not employees of the Company or its subsidiaries, and certain consultants, are eligible to 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. If at any time on or after January 1, 2019 and except in connection with the exercise of a demand registration pursuant to Section 2.03 prior to December 31, 2023, the Partnership proposes to file a Registration Statement related to an Underwritten Offering, including pursuant to Section 2.03, then the Partnership shall give not less than four Business Days’ notice (including notification by electronic mail) (the “Piggyback Notice”) of such proposed Underwritten Offering to the BlackRock Purchaser and such Piggyback Notice shall offer the BlackRock Purchaser (on behalf of itself and as representative of the other Holders ) the opportunity to include in such Underwritten Offering up to one-third (including the securities being registered pursuant to Section 2.03) of aggregate number of Registrable Securities outstanding as of the latest Closing Date (or such larger number of Registrable Securities to the extent consented to by the Partnership in its sole and absolute discretion) (the “Included Registrable Securities”), as the BlackRock Purchaser may request in writing (a “Piggyback Registration”); provided, however, that the Partnership shall not be required to offer such opportunity # if the BlackRock Purchaser, together with the other Holders, do not offer a minimum of $50 million of Registrable Securities, in the aggregate (determined by multiplying the number of Common Unit Registrable Securities owned by the Average VWAP for the 10 Trading Days preceding the date of such notice) or # if the Partnership has been advised by the Managing Underwriter that the inclusion of Registrable Securities for sale for the benefit of the BlackRock Purchaser and such Holders will have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Common Units in such Underwritten Offering, in which case the amount of Registrable Securities to be offered for the accounts of the BlackRock Purchaser and all other Holders shall be determined based on the provisions of Section 2.02(b). Each Piggyback Notice shall be provided to the BlackRock Purchaser on a Business Day pursuant to Section 3.01 and receipt of such notice shall be confirmed and kept confidential by the BlackRock Purchaser and the Holders (and neither the BlackRock Purchaser nor any other Holder receiving such notice shall purchase or sell Common Units) (provided that any Holder may provide such notice to its personnel, advisors and other representatives on a confidential basis) until either # such proposed

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.

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. Participants in the Plan shall be selected by the Committee from those Employees who, in the judgment of the Committee, have significantly contributed or can be expected to significantly contribute to Energen’s success; provided, however, that the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of Energen and/or its Subsidiaries the authority to select and make Awards to Participants (who shall not include “covered employees” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m)(3), officers or directors of Energen or its Subsidiaries), provided that such delegation must be made pursuant to a resolution of the Committee specifying the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to Awards by such officer(s).