Tax Treatment. The Company makes no commitment or guarantee to you that any federal, state, local, or other tax treatment will (or will not) apply or be available to you and assumes no liability whatsoever for any potential tax consequences (including any penalties or interest related thereto) to you.

Benefits Treatment. In the event that you qualify for short-term disability leave, in accordance with Company policy, you will continue to receive all current benefits through your Termination Date, and in the event you qualify for long-term disability leave, you will be entitled to all of the benefits provided for in the relevant ​ benefit plan documents and polices, including specifically the Long-Term disability plan document. Unless otherwise provided below, your termination date for purposes of ​ benefits programs, including but not limited to the 401(k) Plan, Long Term Incentive Plans and the ​ welfare plans, such as the Health (medical, dental vision), Group Insurance and Spending Account Plans, shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan and awards. For information on continuing Health or Healthcare Spending Account Plans through COBRA, see below. If there are any discrepancies between this Agreement and the official benefit plan documents, the official plan documents will govern. ​ reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change or discontinue its benefit programs at any time, with or without prior notice.

Tax Treatment. Each Reinsured Policy comprising the In-Force Block provides, and since the date of issuance or subsequent modification has provided, the purchaser, policyholder, account holder, other holder or intended beneficiary thereof with tax treatment under the Code, and the regulations promulgated thereunder that is, in all material respects, not less favorable than the tax treatment that was purported to apply in written materials provided by the issuer of such Reinsured Policy at the time of issuance or subsequent modification.

Tax Treatment. The Purchaser and the Seller shall treat any payment of the Net Adjustment Amount and any adjustment thereof pursuant to the terms hereof as an adjustment to the Purchase Price for Tax purposes.

Similar Treatment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Lender agrees that amounts claimed under this [Section 3.04] shall be reasonably determined by such Lender (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and consistent with similarly situated customers of the applicable Lender under agreements having provisions similar to this [Section 3.04] after consideration of such factors as such Lender then reasonably determines to be IF " DOCVARIABLE "SWDocIDLocation" 1" = "1" " DOCPROPERTY "SWDocID" US 172801506" "" US 172791558

Equity Treatment. Set forth on Exhibit A to this Agreement is a list of all outstanding equity awards held by the Executive with respect to shares of the Company’s common stock. Other than as set forth on Exhibit A, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has any obligation otherwise to issue to the Executive any equity award for or shares of capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, # the equity awards listed on Exhibit A shall continue to vest through the Separation Date according to the terms of the applicable award agreements and the Company’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, # the Executive’s termination of employment does not constitute a “qualifying retirement” for purposes of all outstanding stock option, market stock unit or performance share unit awards, and # any outstanding stock option awards shall remain exercisable as specified in the applicable option agreement.

Tax Treatment. If any interest in any Loan Document is transferred to any Transferee which is not incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, the transferor Lender shall cause such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, to comply with the provisions of [Section 3.4(f)].

Tax Treatment. The Parties agree that for U.S. federal income tax purposes and for the purposes of certain state income tax law that incorporates or follows federal income tax principles, the distribution of # the Initial Distribution to Crestwood shall be made # to reimburse Crestwood for expenditures described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.707-4(d) to the extent applicable, and # in a transaction subject to treatment under Section 707(a) of the Code and its implementing Treasury Regulations as in part a sale and in part a contribution of the assets of the Initial Contributed Entities (other than the assets of Crestwood Storage, Inc. and Stagecoach Pipeline & Storage Company, LLC), its Equity Interests in Crestwood Storage Inc. and its Equity Interests in each of Stagecoach Pipeline & Storage Company, LLC and Newco Service Company to the extent Treasury Regulations Section 1.707-4(d) is inapplicable (the amount of such distribution in excess of the amount described in Section 7.1(i), the “Initial Closing Tax Purchase Price”), and # the Second Distribution to Crestwood shall be made # to reimburse Crestwood for expenditures described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.707-4(d) to the extent applicable, and # in a transaction subject to treatment under Section 707(a) of the Code and its implementing Treasury Regulations as in part a sale and in part a contribution of the assets of Crestwood Pipeline East to the extent Treasury Regulations Section 1.707-4(d) is inapplicable (the amount of such distribution in excess of the amount described in Section 7.1(i), the “Second Closing Tax Purchase Price”). The Parties shall and shall cause Newco to report any such consideration consistently therewith.

Treatment of Expenses. All expenses incurred by the Committee and the Trustee in connection with administering this Plan and Trust Fund shall be paid by the Trustee from the Trust Fund to the extent the expenses have not been paid or assumed by the Employer or by the Trustee. The Committee may determine that, and shall inform the Trustee when, reasonable expenses may be charged directly to the Account or Accounts of a Participant or group of Participants to whom or for whose benefit such expenses are allocable, subject to the guidelines set forth in Field Assistance Bulletin 2003-03, to the extent not superseded, or any successor directive issued by the Department of Labor.

Pro Rata Treatment. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein (including, without limitation, pursuant to transactions contemplated by [Section 2.18, 2.19, 2.20, 2.21 or 9.04(b)(v)]): # each Borrowing shall be made from the Lenders, each payment of commitment fee under Section 2.09 shall be made for account of the Revolving Lenders, and each termination or reduction of the amount of the Revolving Commitments under Section 2.06 shall be applied to the respective Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders, pro rata according to the amounts of their respective Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class; # each Borrowing of a Class shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of their respective Commitments of such Class (in the case of the making of Loans) or their respective Loans of such Class that are to be included in such Borrowing (in the case of conversions and continuations of Loans); # each payment or prepayment of principal of Loans of a Class by the Borrower shall be made for account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans of such Class held by them; and # each payment of interest on Loans of a Class by the Borrower shall be made for account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans of such Class then due and payable to the respective Lenders.