Adjustment. In the event of a stock split, a stock dividend or a similar change in Company stock, the number of Shares covered by the Option and the Exercise Price per Share may be adjusted pursuant to the Plan.

Adjustment. The individual goals performance component of each Participant’s Annual Incentive Award (determined without application of this Section 4.4) is subject to the aggregate funded amount for the individual goals performance component of all Participants (determined based on the AOI Performance Factor) and to adjustment by managers. Such adjustment may be negative for those Participants who do not achieve the applicable goals, and positive for those Participants who demonstrate outstanding accomplishments. For purposes of applying this Section 4.4, any positive adjustment made to the individual goals performance component of the Annual Incentive Award of one Participant must result in a dollar-for-dollar negative adjustment to the individual goals performance component of the Annual Incentive Award of one or more other Participants so that, in the aggregate, the application of the manager adjustment described in this Section 4.4 to all the Participants shall not result in any additional cost to the Company and its Affiliates for the group of Participants over which a particular manager retains authority.

Adjustment. In the event of any equity restructuring, whether a stock dividend, recapitalization, split-up or combination of shares, or otherwise, affects the Common Stock such that an adjustment is required in order to preserve the benefits intended to be provided by the Plan, the Committee (subject in the case of Incentive Stock Options to any limitation required under the Code) shall equitably adjust any or all of # the number and kind of shares in respect of which Awards may be made under the Plan, # the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards and # the exercise price with respect to any of the foregoing, provided that the number of shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number.

Adjustment. Pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan and the Guidelines, the Committee will (in the case of a Covered Employee) and may (with respect to other Participants) adjust the Performance Targets for the relevant Performance Period to exclude the impact of charges for restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items, all non-cash charges resulting from any write-down of oil and gas properties and all other non-cash components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI), other unusual or non-recurring items, and the cumulative effect of accounting changes, each as defined by generally accepted accounting principles and as identified in Southwestern’s audited financial statements, including the notes thereto.

Article #Tax Adjustment Payment

The Seller Representative shall recalculate the [Section 338] Tax Adjustment as of the due date of payment of the Earnout Amount for the Earnout Period ending on the two (2) year anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Recalculated [Section 338] Tax Adjustment”) and the Seller Representative shall provide a schedule to the Buyer within thirty (30) days of the date of the final contingent payment which sets forth the amount of the Recalculated [Section 338] Tax Adjustment. In making such computation, # the highest federal, state and local Tax rate to which any Seller is subject shall be used and any other items of income, deduction, gain, loss or credits shall be ignored, # net present value shall be calculated with the due date of the final contingent payment as the reference date using an eight percent (8%) discount rate, compounded annually, and # any capital loss generated by the transaction which is not used to offset capital gain generated by the transaction shall be disregarded. If the Recalculated [Section 338] Tax Adjustment differs from the initial [Section 338] Tax Adjustment, the Buyer shall pay Sellers or Sellers shall pay Buyer, as the case may be, the difference between the Recalculated [Section 338] Tax Adjustment and the initial [Section 338] Tax Adjustment within thirty (30) days of agreement by the Buyer and the Seller Representative of the amount of the Recalculated [Section 338] Tax Adjustment.

Notwithstanding the above, should there be an increase in the applicable value-added tax rate, without any fault of Contractor, the Contractor shall be entitled to an equitable adjustment. Similarly, there shall be an equitable adjustment for any decrease in the applicable value-added tax rate.

The “Gross-Up Amount” # shall be determined if any payment or distribution by the Company to or for your benefit, whether paid, distributed, payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any stock option or stock award plan, retirement plan or otherwise (such payment or distribution, other than an Excise Tax Adjustment Payment under [clause (ii)], is referred to herein as a “Payment”), would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision) or any interest or penalties with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax together with any such interest or penalties are referred to herein as the “Excise Tax”), and # shall mean an additional payment (the “Excise Tax Adjustment Payment”) in an amount such that after subtracting from the Excise Tax Adjustment Payment your payment of all applicable Federal, state and local taxes (computed at the maximum marginal rates and including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including any Excise Tax imposed upon the Excise Tax Adjustment Payment, the balance will be equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments. All determinations required to be made with respect to the “Gross-Up Amount”, including whether an Excise Tax Adjustment Payment is required and the amount of such Excise Tax Adjustment Payment, shall be made by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or such national accounting firm as the Company may designate prior to a Change in Control, which shall provide detailed supporting calculations to the Company and you. Except as provided in clause (iv) of paragraph 10, all such determinations shall be binding upon you and the Company.

There is no claim against ​ for any Taxes which are owed by ​ and due under applicable Law, but have not been paid in full, and no assessment, deficiency, or adjustment has been asserted, proposed, or threatened with respect to any Tax Return of or with respect to ​. No written claim has ever been received by ​ from any Tax authority in a jurisdiction where ​ does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation in the jurisdiction. No # audit of ​ by any Tax authority has ever been conducted, is currently pending or is threatened, and # no notice of any proposed Tax audit, or of any Tax deficiency or adjustment, has been received by ​, and there is no reasonable basis for any Tax deficiency or adjustment to be assessed against ​.

In the event of an audit by the Internal Revenue Service, or another applicable taxing authority, the PR shall make on a timely basis, to the extent permissible under applicable law, the election provided by [Section 6226(a)] of the Partnership Tax Audit Rules to treat a “partnership adjustment” as an adjustment to be taken into account by each Unitholder in accordance with [Section 6226(b)] of the Partnership Tax Audit Rules. If the election under [Section 6226(a)] of the of the Partnership Tax Audit Rules is made, each Unitholder who was a Unitholder of the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the “reviewed year” (within the meaning of Code Section 6225(d)(1) of the Partnership Tax Audit Rules) shall take such adjustment into account as required under [Section 6226(b)] of the Partnership Tax Audit Rules and shall be liable for any related tax, interest, penalty, addition to tax, or additional amounts.