Payment of Awards. Awards shall be paid to the Participant as soon as administratively practicable following the end of the Performance Period, but in any event, no later than two and one-half months following the end of such Performance Period or the calendar year in which the Award is no longer subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” (within the meaning of [Section 409A]), unless deferred as described in Section 5 of this Plan. Awards will be paid in cash as determined by the Committee. Payment of Awards may be subject to such vesting, forfeiture, transfer or such other restrictions (or any combination thereof) as the Committee shall specify.

Payment of Awards. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Summary and Terms and Conditions, during the fourth month following the end of the applicable Performance Period, the Company shall deliver to each Participant the Shares, if any, that the Committee has determined (in accordance with Section 5) to be payable with respect to any Award Opportunity.

Payment of Awards. Unless otherwise set forth herein, the payment of the Award, including any accrued dividend equivalents accumulated pursuant to Section 2(a), shall be made in shares of Common Stock and the payment of an Award shall be made within 70 days following the end of the Restricted Period.

Payment of Performance Awards. Performance Awards may be paid in a lump sum or in installments following the close of the performance period or, in accordance with the procedures established by the Committee, on a deferred basis. If a Participant ceases to be employed by any Employer during a performance period because of death, Disability, Retirement or other circumstance in which the Committee in its discretion finds that a waiver would be appropriate, that Participant, as determined by the Committee, may be entitled to a payment of a Performance Award, or a portion thereof, at the end of the performance period; provided, however, that the Committee may provide for an earlier payment in settlement of such Performance Award in such amount and under such terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate or desirable. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Termination of Employment prior to the end of any performance period will result in the forfeiture of the Performance Award, and no payments will be made.

Payment of Performance Awards. Each Participant granted a Performance Share Award shall be entitled to payment on account thereof as of the close of the applicable Award Period, but only if the Committee has determined that the conditions for payment of the Award set by the Committee have been satisfied. Payment of Awards shall be made by Energen promptly following the determination by the Committee that payment has been earned and by March 15 of the year following the year in which the Award is earned. Payment of Performance Shares shall be made in the form of shares of Stock.

Forms of Payment Under Awards. Subject to the terms of the Plan and of any applicable Award Agreement, payments or transfers to be made by the Company or an Affiliate upon the grant, exercise or payment of an Award may be made in such form or forms as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, or other property, or any combination thereof, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis, in each case in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee. Such rules and procedures may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installment or deferred payments or the grant or crediting of Dividend Equivalents in respect of installment or deferred payments.

Conditions to Payment of Awards. As a condition precedent to the payment of the final Award, each Participant shall refrain from engaging in any activity that is directly or indirectly in competition with any activity of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof and shall refrain from acting in a manner inimical or in any way contrary to the best interests of the Company, as determined under the sole discretion of the Committee or the chief people and employee experience officer of the Company (or such individual holding comparable roles in the event of a restructuring of positions or re-designation of titles). The Committee or the chief people and employee experience officer of the Company (or such individual holding comparable roles in the event of a restructuring of positions or re-designation of titles) may make such determination at any time prior to payment in full of an Award.

Payment of Earned Achieved Awards. Each earned Achieved Share will entitle a Participant to receive one share of Stock (or other consideration of equal value, as determined by the Committee, in the event payment is made following a Change in Control). Subject to Section 6, shares of Stock (or other consideration, as applicable) with respect to earned Achieved Shares will be issued to each such Participant in payment of an Award during the 60-day period immediately following the conclusion of the applicable Performance Period. The Company will issue a like number of shares of Stock (or other consideration, as applicable) to the Participant, and the Participant will own such shares of Stock (or other consideration, as applicable) free of all restrictions described herein. A Participant will not have the right to designate the taxable year of payment. At no time prior to the end of the Performance Period will any Stock (or other consideration, as applicable) be issued pursuant to an Award.

Deferral of Payment of Awards. The Director may elect to defer settlement of a percentage of the Awards in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4(c) of the Deferral Plan.

Substitute Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 5 to the contrary, in the case of an Option that is a Substitute Award, the price per Share of the Shares subject to such Option may be less than the Fair Market Value per share on the date of grant; provided, however, that the exercise price of any Substitute Award shall be determined in accordance with the applicable requirements of Sections 424 and 409A of the Code.