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. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, select those Eligible Employees who will be permitted to participate in the Plan (each, a “Participant”). Each such Participant shall be notified in writing and his or her name shall be set forth on [Exhibit A] attached hereto, which [Exhibit A] shall be updated by the Committee from time to time.

Participation. No individual 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. 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. No employee shall have a right to be selected as a Participant, or, having been so selected, to be selected again as a Participant.

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. 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).

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.

Employee. An “Employee” is an individual who performs services for a Participating Employer as an employee of the Participating Employer (as classified by the Participating Employer at the time the services are preformed and without regard to any subsequent reclassification) and does not include any individual who is classified an independent contractor.

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