Exhibit 10.9

 

CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION SAVINGS INVESTMENT PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2009)

 

Third Amendment

 

WHEREAS, effective January 1, 1991, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (the “Company”)
established the Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation Savings Investment Plan and has
amended and restated the Plan on several occasions since that date, most
recently as of January 1, 2009 (the “Plan”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan to eliminate any reference to the
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation Pension Plan, which has been terminated;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, having reserved the right to amend the Plan pursuant to
Section 10.4 thereof, the Company hereby amends the Plan, effective as of
January 1, 2012, as follows:

 

Section 1.42 of the Plan is hereby amended, in its entirety, to read as follows:

 

“1.42             Retirement Date:  The first day of the month following a
Member’s termination of Service on or after his sixty-fifth (65th) birthday or,
if earlier, the first day of the month following a Member’s termination of
Service after he has completed at least ten (10) years of Vesting Service and
has attained age fifty-five (55).  Effective as of                 , 2012, for
any Member who, as of such date, has not attained age 65 and does not have at
least three (3) years of Vesting Service, a Member shall not be considered to
have reached his or her Retirement Date until such Member has completed at least
five (5) years of Vesting Service.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, acting by and through its duly authorized
officer, has caused this Amendment to be executed as of the          day
of                        , 2012, to become effective as of the dates set forth
above.

 

 

 

CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

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