Equity Participation. You (or to a trust or other related or affiliated entity designated by you for estate planning purposes) will be eligible to receive stock options (the “Stock Options”) and other Stock Awards including Performance Based (“Equity Incentives”). In the event of a “Change in Control” as defined by below, all Stock Options shall vest immediately. The Stock Option Plan is attached hereto as [Exhibit A].

Equity Participation Plan - Option Shares. (i) Except with respect to incentive stock options outstanding at the effective date of the Participant’s Agreement for which the Option Price is lower than the Fair Market Value of the Stock at such date, all stock options that were granted to the Participant under any of the Equity Plans, including but not limited to any substitute plans adopted prior to the Relevant Date (or any successor or additional plan), that were outstanding both on the Relevant Date and immediately before the Qualified Termination of Employment, shall vest and become exercisable and the Qualified Termination of Employment of the Participant shall be deemed a retirement for purposes of exercising the stock options under the terms of the Equity Plans, and # notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Incentive Stock Options that were outstanding at the effective date of the Participant’s Agreement for which the Option Price is lower than the Fair Market Value of the Stock at such date, and which were forfeited upon the Participant’s Separation from Service, a lump sum amount equal to the excess of # the aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of termination of the shares of common stock of the Corporation or other equity security then subject to such Incentive Stock Options over # the aggregate option price for such shares or other equity security;

No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Seller.

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. 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.

Participation. If at any time on or after ​ and except in connection with the exercise of a demand registration pursuant to [Section 2.03] prior to ​, 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 ​ 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