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Exhibit 10.24




NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT/SAVINGS PLAN




OF




APACHE CORPORATION




Amended and restated as of January 1, 2009




Prepared December 31, 2008







 









 








Table of Contents




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1.01
	 	Account	 	 	1	 
	1.02
	 	Affiliated Entity	 	 	1	 
	1.03
	 	Apache	 	 	1	 
	1.04
	 	Beneficiary	 	 	1	 
	1.05
	 	Change of Control	 	 	1	 
	1.06
	 	Code	 	 	1	 
	1.07
	 	Committee	 	 	1	 
	1.08
	 	Company	 	 	1	 
	1.09
	 	Company Deferrals	 	 	2	 
	1.10
	 	Compensation	 	 	2	 
	1.11
	 	Employee	 	 	3	 
	1.12
	 	Enrollment Agreement	 	 	3	 
	1.13
	 	ERISA	 	 	3	 
	1.14
	 	Participant	 	 	3	 
	1.15
	 	Participant Deferrals	 	 	3	 
	1.16
	 	Payment Processing Date	 	 	3	 
	1.17
	 	Plan	 	 	3	 
	1.18
	 	Plan Year	 	 	3	 
	1.19
	 	Retirement Plan	 	 	3	 
	1.20
	 	Savings Plan	 	 	3	 
	1.21
	 	Separation from Service and Separate from Service	 	 	3	 
	1.22
	 	Spouse	 	 	3	 
	1.23
	 	Trust	 	 	4	 
	1.24
	 	Trust Agreement	 	 	4	 
	1.25
	 	Trustee	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2.01
	 	Eligibility and Participation	 	 	4	 
	2.02
	 	Enrollment	 	 	4	 
	2.03
	 	Failure of Eligibility	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III CONTRIBUTION DEFERRALS	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3.01
	 	Participant Deferrals	 	 	4	 
	3.02
	 	Company Deferrals	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV CREDITING OF ACCOUNTS	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4.01
	 	Accounts	 	 	7	 
	4.02
	 	Investments	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V DISTRIBUTIONS	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5.01
	 	Vesting and Forfeitures	 	 	7	 
	5.02
	 	Rehires	 	 	8	 
	5.03
	 	Distribution Overview	 	 	9	 
	5.04
	 	Distributions after Separation from Service and In-Service Withdrawals	 	 	9	 
	5.05
	 	Age-70-and-Older Distributions	 	 	11	 
	5.06
	 	Payments after a Participant Dies	 	 	12	 
	5.07
	 	Change of Control	 	 	12	 
	5.08
	 	Hardship Withdrawals	 	 	13	 
	5.09
	 	Divorce	 	 	14	 
	5.10
	 	Administrative Delays in Payments	 	 	15	 
	5.11
	 	Noncompliance with Code §409A	 	 	15	 
	5.12
	 	Cash Payment and Withholding	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI ADMINISTRATION	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6.01
	 	The Committee — Plan Administrator	 	 	15	 
	6.02
	 	Committee Duties	 	 	16	 
	6.03
	 	Organization of Committee	 	 	16	 
	6.04
	 	Indemnification	 	 	16	 
	6.05
	 	Agent for Process	 	 	16	 
	6.06
	 	Determination of Committee Final	 	 	16	 
	6.07
	 	No Bonding	 	 	16	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII TRUST	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7.01
	 	Trust Agreement	 	 	17	 
	7.02
	 	Expenses of Trust	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8.01
	 	Termination of Plan	 	 	17	 
	8.02
	 	Amendment	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS	 	 	17	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9.01
	 	Funding of Benefits — No Fiduciary Relationship	 	 	17	 
	9.02
	 	Right to Terminate Employment	 	 	18	 
	9.03
	 	Inalienability of Benefits	 	 	18	 
	9.04
	 	Claims Procedure	 	 	18	 
	9.05
	 	Disposition of Unclaimed Distributions	 	 	19	 
	9.06
	 	Distributions Due Infants or Incompetents	 	 	19	 
	9.07
	 	Use and Form of Words	 	 	20	 
	9.08
	 	Headings	 	 	20	 
	9.09
	 	Governing Law	 	 	20	 






 









 






NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT/SAVINGS PLAN

OF

APACHE CORPORATION



Apache established this Plan effective as of November 16, 1989. Apache is now restating the Plan
in its entirety effective as of January 1, 2009, except as otherwise provided herein.



Apache intends for this Plan to provide a select group of management or highly compensated
employees of the Company with deferred retirement benefits, in addition to the retirement benefits
provided under the Retirement Plan and the Savings Plan, in consideration of the valuable services
provided by such employees to the Company and to induce such employees to remain in the employ of
the Company.



Apache intends that the Plan not be treated as a “funded” plan for purposes of either the Code or
ERISA. Apache’s also intends for this Plan to comply with the requirements of Code §409A, and the
Plan shall be interpreted in that light.




ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS



Defined terms used in this Plan have the meanings set forth below or the same meanings as in the
Retirement Plan or the Savings Plan, as the case may be:





	1.01	 	Account
	 
	 	 	“Account” means the account maintained for each Participant to which is credited all
Participant Deferrals made by a Participant, all Company Deferrals on behalf of a Participant,
and all adjustments thereto. Each Account is divided into a variety of subaccounts, as
detailed in Article V.
	 
	1.02	 	Affiliated Entity
	 
	 	 	“Affiliated Entity” means any legal entity that is treated as a single employer with Apache
pursuant to Code §414(b), §414(c), §414(m), or §414(o).
	 
	1.03	 	Apache
	 
	 	 	“Apache” means Apache Corporation or any successor
thereto.

	 
	1.04 	 	Beneficiary


	 
	 	 	
“Beneficiary” means a Participant’s beneficiary, as determined in section 5.06.

	 
	1.05	 	 Change of Control
	 
	 	 	“Change of Control” means a change of control as defined in the Income Continuance Plan that
is also described in Code §409A(a)(2)(A)(v).
	 
	1.06	 	Code
	 
	 	 	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

	 
	1.07 	 	
Committee

	 
	 	 	
“Committee” means the administrative committee provided for in section 6.01.

	 
	1.08	 	
 Company
	 
	 	 	“Company” means Apache and any Affiliated Entity that, with approval of the Board of Directors of
Apache, has adopted the Plan.





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	1.09	 	Company Deferrals
	 
	 	 	“Company Deferrals” means the allocations to a Participant’s Account made pursuant to section 3.02.
	 
	1.10	 	Compensation
	 
	 	 	“Compensation” generally means regular compensation paid by the Company.






	 	(a)	 	Inclusions. Specifically, Compensation includes:






	 	(i)	 	regular salary or wages,
	 
	 	(ii)	 	overtime pay, and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the regular annual bonus (i.e., incentive compensation), to the extent
that it is payable in cash, and any other bonus designated by the Committee.






	 	(b)	 	Exclusions. Compensation excludes:






	 	(i)	 	commissions,
	 
	 	(ii)	 	severance pay,
	 
	 	(iii)	 	moving expenses,
	 
	 	(iv)	 	any gross-up of moving expenses to account for increased income taxes,
	 
	 	(v)	 	foreign service premiums paid as an inducement to work outside of the
United States,
	 
	 	(vi)	 	Company contributions under the Retirement Plan
	 
	 	(vii)	 	Company contributions under the Savings Plan,
	 
	 	(viii)	 	other contingent compensation,
	 
	 	(ix)	 	contributions to any other fringe benefit plan (including, but not
limited to, overriding royalty payments or any other exploration-related payments),
	 
	 	(x)	 	any amounts relating to the granting of a stock option by the Company
or an Affiliated Entity, the exercise of such a stock option, or the sale or deemed
sale of any shares thereby acquired,
	 
	 	(xi)	 	any bonus other than a bonus described in paragraph (a)(iii),
	 
	 	(xii)	 	payments from any benefit plan, such as any stock appreciation right
or payments from a Share Appreciation Plan, any payment from the Deferred Delivery
Plan or the Executive Restricted Stock Plan, and payments pursuant to grants made
under the Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan of 2007, and
	 
	 	(xiii)	 	any benefit accrued under, or any payment from, any nonqualified plan of deferred
compensation.






	 	(c)	 	Timing Rules. Compensation includes only those amounts paid after the
Employee has made both his initial payout election under section 5.04 and his Enrollment
Agreement under section 3.01. Compensation does not include any amounts paid after the
Participant ceased to be eligible to participate in the Plan. Effective January 1, 2007,
a Participant who begins participating in the middle of a Plan Year cannot make
Participant Deferrals from a bonus under paragraph (a)(iii) that is attributable to the
Participant’s services during the Plan Year in which his participation begins. However,
the Company Deferrals for a Participant who begins participating in the middle of a Plan
Year are calculated by including a bonus under paragraph (a)(iii) that is attributable to
the Participant’s services during the Plan Year in which his participation began. For
example, a Participant hired in September 2007 cannot make Participant Deferrals from the
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2008, but the Participant’s Company Deferrals for 2008 shall be calculated by including
the incentive compensation paid in February 2008 in the Participant’s Compensation.




	1.11	 	Employee
	 
	 	 	“Employee” means any common-law employee of Apache or any Affiliated Entity. An Employee
ceases to be an Employee on the date he Separates from Service.
	 
	1.12	 	Enrollment Agreement
	 
	 	 	“Enrollment Agreement” means an agreement made by an eligible employee whereby he elects the
amounts to be withheld from his Compensation pursuant to section 3.01.
	 
	1.13	 	ERISA
	 
	 	 	“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
	 
	1.14	 	Participant
	 
	 	 	“Participant” means any eligible employee who has begun to participate in this Plan.
	 
	1.15	 	Participant Deferrals
	 
	 	 	“Participant Deferrals” means the amounts of a Participant’s Compensation that he elects to
defer and have allocated to his Account pursuant to section 3.01.
	 
	1.16	 	Payment Processing Date
	 
	 	 	“Payment Processing Date” means the date selected by the Committee on which payments from this
Plan will be processed. Except in extraordinary circumstances, there will be at least one
Payment Processing Date each calendar month.
	 
	1.17	 	Plan
	 
	 	 	“Plan” means the plan set forth in this document, as amended.
	 
	1.18	 	Plan Year
	 
	 	 	“Plan Year” means the period during which the Plan records are kept. The Plan Year is the calendar year.
	 
	1.19	 	Retirement Plan
	 
	 	 	“Retirement Plan” means the Apache Corporation Money Purchase Retirement Plan, as amended.
	 
	1.20	 	Savings Plan
	 
	 	 	“Savings Plan” means Apache Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, as amended.
	 
	1.21	 	Separation from Service and Separate from Service
	 
	 	 	“Separation from Service” has the same meaning as the term “separation from service” in Code
§409A(a)(2)(A)(i), determined using the default rules in the regulations and other guidance of
general applicability issued pursuant to Code §409A, except that a Separation from Service
occurs only if both the Company and the Participant expect the Participant’s level of services
to permanently drop by more than half. A Participant who has a Separation from Service
“Separates from Service.”
	 
	1.22	 	Spouse
	 
	 	 	“Spouse” means the individual of the opposite sex to whom a Participant is lawfully
married according to the laws of the state of the Participant’s domicile.





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	1.23	 	Trust
	 
	 	 	“Trust” means the trust or trusts, if any, created by the Company to provide funding for the
distribution of benefits in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The assets of any
such Trust remain subject to the claims of the Company’s general creditors in the event of the
Company’s insolvency.
	 
	1.24	 	Trust Agreement
	 
	 	 	“Trust Agreement” means the written instrument pursuant to which each separate Trust is created.
	 
	1.25	 	Trustee
	 
	 	 	“Trustee” means one or more banks, trust companies, or insurance companies designated by the
Company to hold and invest the Trust Fund and to pay benefits and expenses as authorized by
the Committee in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.





ARTICLE II

ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION





	2.01	 	Eligibility and Participation
	 
	 	 	The Committee shall from time to time in its sole discretion select those Employees who are
eligible to participate in the Plan from those Employees who are among a select group of
management or highly compensated employees.
	 
	2.02	 	Enrollment
	 
	 	 	Employees who have been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan shall complete
the enrollment procedure specified by the Committee. The enrollment procedure may include
written or electronic form(s) for the employee to designate his beneficiary or beneficiaries,
provide instructions regarding the investment of his Account, make Participant Deferrals by
entering into one or more Enrollment Agreements with the Company, select one or more payment
options for the eventual distribution of his benefits, and provide such other information as
the Committee may reasonably require.
	 
	2.03	 	Failure of Eligibility
	 
	 	 	The Committee has the authority to determine that a Participant is no longer eligible to
participate in the Plan. No Company Deferrals will be accrued, nor any Participant Deferrals
made after the Participant ceases to be eligible to participate in the Plan. The
determination of the Committee with respect to the termination of participation in the Plan
will be final and binding on all parties affected thereby. Any benefits accrued under the
Plan at the time the Participant becomes ineligible to continue participation will be
distributed in accordance with the provisions of Article V.





ARTICLE III

CONTRIBUTION DEFERRALS





	3.01	 	Participant Deferrals






	 	(a)	 	General. A Participant may elect to defer a portion of his Compensation by
submitting a completed Enrollment Agreement. Each Enrollment Agreement must specify the
amount the Participant elects to defer. Participant Deferrals are deducted through
payroll withholding from the Participant’s cash Compensation payable by the Company.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Maximum and Minimum Deferrals. A Participant may elect to defer up to 50%
of his Compensation (other than a bonus described in section 1.10(a)(iii)) and up to 75%
of a bonus described in section 1.10(a)(iii). The minimum deferral that a Participant
may elect, for both this Plan and the Savings Plan combined, is 6% of his Compensation.
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bonus described in section 1.10(a)(iii) (in his June election), he cannot make any
deferrals from his regular pay during the next regular-pay deferral election (in
December).




	 	(c)	 	Deadlines for Enrollment Agreements.






	 	(i)	 	Enrollment Period. In order to make Participant Deferrals, a
Participant must submit an Enrollment Agreement during the enrollment period
established by the Committee. The enrollment period must precede the Plan Year in
which the services giving rise to the Compensation are performed, except in the
following situations.






	 	(A)	 	Performance-Based Compensation. If the
Compensation is “performance-based compensation based on services performed
over a period of at least 12 months” (within the meaning of Code
§409A(a)(4)(B)(iii)), the enrollment period must end at least six months
before the end of the performance period.
	 
	 	(B)	 	New Participant. The enrollment period for a new
Participant must end no later than 30 days after he became eligible to
participate in the Plan; the new Participant’s initial Enrollment Agreement
may only apply to Compensation for which he has not yet performed any
services.






	 	(ii)	 	Duration. The Enrollment Agreement shall apply to
Compensation, or to a specific form of Compensation, paid during one entire Plan
Year unless it is earlier canceled or revised by the Committee pursuant to
subsection (f), cancelled because the Participant ceases to be eligible to
participate in the Plan, or cancelled pursuant to subsection (e) (relating to
hardship withdrawals).






	 	(d)	 	Procedures for Making Elections. The Committee has complete discretion to
establish procedures for the completion of Enrollment Agreements, including the
acceptable forms and formats of the deferral election (for example, written or
electronic, as a whole percentage of Compensation or specific dollar amount, and the
manner in which the Enrollment Agreement coordinates with the Savings Plan). The
Committee has complete discretion to establish the enrollment periods during which
Participants may make Enrollment Agreements, within the bounds described in subsections
(a) and (c). The Committee may establish different enrollment periods for different
types of Compensation or different groups of Participants. The Committee may specify any
default choices that will apply unless the Participant affirmatively elects otherwise.
For example, the Committee could decide that the failure to complete a new Enrollment
Agreement means that (i) the prior Plan Year’s Enrollment Agreement will be continued for
another year, or (ii) no Participant Deferrals will be made, or (iii) the Participant
will defer 6% of his Compensation.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Cancellation or Modification of Enrollment Agreements Following a Hardship
Withdrawal.






	 	(i)	 	Hardship Withdrawal from this Plan. If a Participant receives
a hardship withdrawal from this Plan pursuant to section 5.08, all his outstanding
Enrollment Agreements shall be modified to require future Participant Deferrals of
6% of his future Compensation. The Participant may subsequently enter into new
Enrollment Agreements at the usual times specified in subsection (c).
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Hardship Withdrawal from the Savings Plan. If the Participant
receives a hardship withdrawal from the Savings Plan, all outstanding Enrollment
Agreements that apply or might apply to Compensation paid in the six months after
the hardship withdrawal shall be cancelled. The Participant may subsequently enter
into new Enrollment Agreements at the usual times under subsection (c), but the new
Enrollment Agreements cannot apply to any Compensation paid within the six-month
period following the hardship withdrawal from the Savings Plan.






	 	(f)	 	Committee-Initiated Changes in Enrollment Agreement. The Committee may
adjust any Participant’s Enrollment Agreement for the remainder of any Plan Year by
reducing the amount of the Participant’s future Participant Deferrals, provided that the
Committee believes that such reduction will assist either






					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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the Retirement Plan or the Savings Plan in satisfying any legal requirement. If the
amounts to be withheld from a Participant’s paycheck (including, without limitation,
loan repayments, Participant Deferrals, taxes, contributions to the Savings Plan, and
premium payments for various benefits) are greater than the paycheck, (i) the Committee
shall establish the order in which the deductions are applied, with the result that
Participant Deferrals may be reduced below what the Participant had elected, and (ii)
the Committee’s procedures may also automatically increase a Participant’s Participant
Deferrals in subsequent pay periods to make up for any missed deferrals.




	3.02	 	Company Deferrals
	 
	 	 	The Company shall credit to a Participant’s Account a matching contribution for the Plan Year
and a retirement-6 contribution for the Plan Year. Company Deferrals begin to share in the
investment earnings (or losses) at the time specified in section 4.01. The Company may credit
matching contributions to a Participant’s Account during the Plan Year on a contingent basis;
if the Participant does not satisfy the requirements to receive a matching contribution for
the Plan Year, or if the matching contribution credited to the Participant’s Account for the
Plan Year is incorrect, the Participant will forfeit any excess matching contribution
(adjusted to reflect investment earnings or losses thereon) credited to his Account.






	 	(a)	 	Matching Contribution.






	 	(i)	 	Basic Match. The “total match” for the Plan Year is equal to
the Participant’s “total deferrals” for the Plan Year, up to a maximum total match
for the Plan Year of 6% of the Participant’s Compensation for the Plan Year, except
that the match in this Plan is $0 if the Participant has not made the maximum
contributions to the Savings Plan that are excludable from his gross income
pursuant to Code §402(g).
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Definitions.
	 
	 	 	 	The “total match” for a Plan Year is equal to the matching contribution to the
Participant’s Account in this Plan for the Plan Year plus the Company Matching
Contribution allocated to the Participant’s account in the Savings Plan for the
Plan Year.
	 
	 	 	 	The “total deferrals” for a Plan Year are equal to the Participant Deferrals for
the Plan Year plus the Before-Tax Contributions to the Savings Plan for the Plan
Year.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Additional Match. If a Participant’s match in the Savings
Plan is reduced to comply with any requirement of federal law (such as the ACP test
of Code §401(m) or the limits imposed by Code §415 or §401(a)(17)) after the match
for this Plan has been calculated, then the Participant’s match for this Plan will
be increased by the amount of the reduction in the match in the Savings Plan.






	 	(b)	 	Retirement-6. In order to receive an allocation of the retirement-6
contribution, an employee must be eligible to participate in the Plan on the last
business day of the Plan Year. The retirement-6 contribution is calculated each Plan
Year after the Company Mandatory Contribution is calculated in the Retirement Plan for
the Plan Year. The sum of the Participant’s retirement-6 contribution in this Plan and
his Company Mandatory Contribution in the Retirement Plan are equal to 6% of the
Participant’s Compensation for the Plan Year. If a Participant’s Company Mandatory
Contribution in the Retirement Plan is reduced to comply with any requirement of federal
law after the retirement-6 contribution for this Plan has been calculated, then the
Participant’s retirement-6 contribution for this Plan will be increased by the amount of
the reduction in the Company Mandatory Contribution in the Retirement Plan.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Additional Contribution. A Company may make an additional Company Deferral
to any Participant’s Account at any time, provided that the Company advises the Committee
in writing of the contribution.





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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ARTICLE IV

CREDITING OF ACCOUNTS





	4.01	 	Accounts






	 	(a)	 	Establishment of Accounts. The Committee shall establish one Account for
each Participant, which will be subdivided into various subaccounts. The Accounts and
subaccounts are merely for recordkeeping purposes, and do not represent any actual
property that has been set aside for Participants. Nothing contained in this Article may
be construed to require the Company or the Committee to fund any Participant’s Account.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Crediting of Contributions. Participant Deferrals are credited to a
Participant’s Account as of the date that the Participant Deferral would have been paid
to the Participant had there been no Enrollment Agreement. Company Deferrals are
credited to a Participant’s Account as of the date that the Company Deferral was earned
by the Participant.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Crediting of Earnings. Each Account is credited with investment earnings
or losses calculated in accordance with section 4.02. Participant Deferrals and Company
Deferrals start to be credited with investment earnings or losses as soon as
administratively convenient after such amounts are credited to Accounts, except that the
retirement-6 contribution under section 3.02(b) is not credited with investment earnings
or losses until the corresponding Company Mandatory Contribution to the Retirement Plan
is actually paid to the Retirement Plan (usually in late February).






	4.02	 	Investments






	 	(a)	 	Investment Options. All amounts credited to a Participant’s Account are
credited with investment earnings or losses as if the Participant’s Account was invested
in one or more investments. The Committee shall designate the default investment as well
as any alternatives, and may change the available alternatives or the default investment
from time to time. One or more of the investment alternatives may consist, in whole or
in part, of Apache common stock. At such times and under such procedures as the
Committee may designate, a Participant may determine the portion of his Account that is
to be deemed invested in each alternative. The Participant may make prospective changes
for his investment selection as often as the Committee permits and subject to the
procedures established by the Committee. A Participant may never make any retroactive
changes to his investment selections.
	 
	 	(b)	 	No Ownership Rights. A Participant has no ownership rights with respect to
any investment of his Account. Nothing contained in this Article may be construed to
give any Participant any power or control to make investment directions or otherwise
influence in any manner the investment and reinvestment of assets contained within any
investment alternative, such control being at all times retained in the full discretion
of the Committee. As a consequence, for example, if a Participant has elected to invest
a portion of his Account in Apache stock, the Participant has no voting rights with
respect to that stock.





ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS





	5.01	 	Vesting and Forfeitures






	 	(a)	 	Participant Deferrals. A Participant is fully vested in the portion of his
Account that is attributable to his Participant Deferrals.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Company Deferrals, General Rule. A Participant’s years of completed service in this
Plan are identical to his “Period of Service” in the Savings Plan. A Participant will vest in the
portion of his Plan Account that is attributable to Company Deferrals according to the
following schedule, unless subsection (c) provides for faster vesting:





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	Years of Completed Service	 	Vested Portion
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Less than 1
	 	 	0	%
	1
	 	 	20	%
	2
	 	 	40	%
	3
	 	 	60	%
	4
	 	 	80	%
	5 or more
	 	 	100	%







	 	(c)	 	Company Deferrals, Accelerated Vesting. A Participant is fully vested in
the portion of his Plan Account that is attributable to Company Deferrals in the
following circumstances.





	 	(i)	 	The Participant is fully vested if he attains age 65 while he is an
Employee.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The Participant is fully vested if he becomes an Employee after
attaining age 65.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	The Participant is fully vested if, while he is an Employee, he incurs
a disability that qualifies the Employee for long-term disability payments under
Apache’s Long-Term Disability Plan.
	 
	 	(iv)	 	The Participant is fully vested if he dies while he is an Employee.
	 
	 	(v)	 	All Participants are fully vested if a change of control, as defined in
the Income Continuance Plan, occurs.






	 	(d)	 	Forfeiture Timing. The portion of a Participant’s Account that is not
vested is forfeited immediately upon his Separation from Service.






	5.02	 	Rehires






	 	(a)	 	Distributions. If a Participant Separated from Service and subsequently
becomes eligible to participate in the Plan again, the benefits from his earlier episode
of participation will be paid out as originally scheduled; the new participation will not
affect the timing of any benefit payments from his earlier episode of participation.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Vesting. If a Participant becomes eligible to again make Participant
Deferrals more than five years after Separating from Service, (i) the Plan will establish
a new Account for the benefits he accrues during his second episode of participation;
(ii) his years of completed service for his new Account will include only his service
from his second episode; and (iii) his new service will not increase the vesting of any
benefits from his first episode of participation. If a Participant becomes eligible to
again make Participant Deferrals less than five years after Separating from Service, the
Participant’s years of completed service for his benefits from his second episode of
participation will include his service from both episodes of employment.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Restoration of Forfeiture. If a Participant begins to participate in the Plan again
within five years after his Separation from Service, the exact amount of any forfeiture upon
his earlier Separation from Service will be restored to his Account, and will be credited to a
separate subaccount. The restoration will occur on the 31st day after the
Participant again begins participating in the Plan, but only if the Participant is still
eligible to participate in the Plan on that date. The restored subaccount vests based on his
service from both episodes of employment (and thus will almost always be partially vested
immediately when the Participant again starts to participate). The vested portion of the
restored subaccount will be paid to the Participant as the Participant elects in section
5.04(b) for the payment of his new Account attributable to Company Deferrals, unless section
5.06 or 5.07 require faster payment following the Participant’s death or a Change of Control
or the Participant takes a hardship withdrawal under section 5.08.





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	5.03	 	Distribution Overview






	 	(a)	 	General. In general, a single payment will occur, or a stream of
installment payments will commence, on the Payment Processing Date following the earliest
of the following dates, or as soon thereafter as is administratively convenient:






	 	(i)	 	Six months after the Participant Separates from Service. See section
5.04.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	For unmatched Participant Deferrals only, at the time(s) selected by
the Participant. See sections 5.04(c)(ii) and 5.04(c)(iii).
	 
	 	(iii)	 	The date the Participant dies. See section 5.06.
	 
	 	(iv)	 	The date of a Change of Control. See section 5.07.






	 	(b)	 	Special Rule for Distributions after Age 70. Payments that began before
December 31, 2004 because the Participant had attained age 70 will continue to be made
pursuant to section 5.05.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Hardships. A Participant may take a withdrawal under section 5.08 if he
has a financial hardship.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Divorce. Some or all of a Participant’s benefits in this Plan may be
allocated to, and distributed to, his former Spouse, pursuant to section 5.09.





	5.04	 	Distributions after Separation from Service and In-Service Withdrawals





	 	(a)	 	General. A Participant who Separated from Service before January 1, 2009
will be paid according to the payout provisions in the Plan (and any payout elections
that had been made) that were effective when he Separated from Service, except that (i)
sections 5.06 or 5.07 will apply to such Participants (and accelerate any remaining
payments) if there is a Change of Control or the Participant dies, (ii) section 5.08 will
apply if the Participant has a financial hardship, and (iii) section 5.09 will apply if
the Participant becomes divorced. This remainder of this section contains the rules for
distributions following a Separation from Service that occurs on or after January 1,
2009.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Distribution of Company Deferrals.






	 	(i)	 	Initial Election. Upon becoming a Participant, an Employee
shall make a payout election to have his vested Account attributable to Company
Deferrals paid out in a single payment or in two to ten annual installments. To be
effective, the Participant’s payout election must be provided to the Plan within 30
days after the date the Participant became a Participant or by such earlier date
established by the Committee. The single payment or the first installment payment
will be paid on the first Payment Processing Date that occurs six months or more
after the Participant’s Separation from Service. Subsequent installments will be
paid each 12 months thereafter.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Special 2007 Payout Election. The Committee extended to
certain Participants the opportunity a new payout election in 2007 to have his
vested Account attributable to Company Deferrals paid out in a single payment or in
two to ten annual installments. To be effective, the Participant’s payout election
must have been provided to the Plan by December 31, 2007 or by such earlier
deadline established by the Committee, and the Participant must have been an
Employee on the last business day of 2007. The single payment or the first
installment payment will be paid on the first Payment Processing Date that occurs
six months or more after the Participant’s Separation from Service; subsequent
installments will be paid each 12 months thereafter.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Minimum Account Balance for Installments. See section 5.04(d) for the situations
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	 	(c)	 	Distribution of Participant Deferrals.






	 	(i)	 	Matched and Unmatched Participant Deferrals. Because different
payout alternatives are available for matched and unmatched Participant Deferrals,
the Plan will separately account for matched and unmatched Participant Deferrals.
Each Plan Year’s unmatched Participant Deferrals, if any, are equal to the amount
by which the sum of the Participant Deferrals to this Plan for the Plan Year and
the Before-Tax Contributions to the Savings Plan for the Plan Year are greater than
6% of the Participant’s Compensation for the Plan Year. The Committee has full
discretion in determining an appropriate and administratively feasible method for
differentiating between matched and unmatched Participant Deferrals. The Committee
may wait until the end of the Plan Year to make this determination, and may
attribute the investment earnings or losses on the Participant Deferrals to the
matched Participant Deferrals, to the unmatched Participant Deferrals, or partly to
each.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Matched Participant Deferrals. A Participant’s matched
Participant Deferrals will be paid out in the same fashion as the balance of his
Account attributable to Company Deferrals under subsection (b).
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Payout Elections for Unmatched Participant Deferrals. A
Participant shall make a separate payout election for the next year’s unmatched
Participant Deferrals. Beginning with Enrollment Agreements entered into in 2009,
the payout election must be made no later than June 30 (or such earlier date
established by the Committee) of the year preceding the year in which the unmatched
Participant Deferral occurs. The payout elections for 2007, 2008, and 2009
unmatched Participant Deferrals must be made by the end of the year preceding the
year in which the unmatched Participant Deferral occurs or such earlier date
established by the Committee. Newly eligible Participants must complete a payout
election at the same time as their initial Enrollment Agreement. The Participant
may choose from among the following payout alternatives for the subaccount
containing that Plan Year’s unmatched Participant Deferrals.






	 	(A)	 	No In-Service Withdrawal. The subaccount will be
paid out in a single payment or in two to ten annual installments. The
single payment or the first installment payment will be paid on the first
Payment Processing Date that occurs six months or more after the
Participant’s Separation from Service; subsequent installments will be paid
each 12 months thereafter. Each installment will be equal to the balance in
the subaccount measured as short a period of time before the installment is
paid as is administratively convenient, divided by the number of remaining
annual installments.
	 
	 	(B)	 	In-Service Withdrawal, Single Payment. The
subaccount will be paid in a single payment on the first Payment Processing
Date that occurs during the month and year selected by the Participant. The
Participant cannot choose to receive the single payment until the second year
following the year in which the Participant Deferral occurred. For example,
unmatched Participant Deferrals made in 2008 cannot be withdrawn pursuant to
this paragraph until January 2010. If the Participant Separates from Service
before receiving the single payment, (1) if the single payment is scheduled
to be paid during the six months after the Separation from Service, it will
be paid as scheduled, and (2) if the single payment is scheduled to be paid
more than six months after the Separation from Service, it will instead be
paid on the first Payment Processing Date that occurs six months or more
after the Separation from Service.
	 
	 	(C)	 	In-Service Withdrawal, Installments. The subaccount will be paid in a two to ten
annual installments, with the first installment paid on the first Payment Processing Date that occurs during the month and year selected by the Participant, and subsequent
installments paid each 12 months thereafter. The Participant cannot choose
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	 	 	occurred. Each installment will be equal to
the balance in the subaccount measured as short a period of time before the
installment is paid as is administratively convenient, divided by the number
of remaining annual installments. If the Participant Separates from Service
before receiving all installments, (1) any installment scheduled to be paid
during the six months after the Separation from Service will be paid as
scheduled, and (2) the remaining subaccount balance will be paid on the first
Payment Processing Date that occurs six months or more after the Separation
from Service.






	 	(d)	 	Calculating Installment Payments.
	 
	 	 	 	If the value of the Participant’s Account is less than $50,000 six months after the
Participant’s Separation from Service, the Participant will be paid a lump sum of his
Account on the first Payment Processing Date that occurs six months or more after his
Separation from Service. If the preceding sentence does not apply, each installment,
other than installments of unmatched Participant Deferrals under section 5.03(c)(iii)
above, will be equal to the vested Account balance (ignoring the subaccount(s)
containing unmatched Participant Deferrals) measured as short a period of time before
the installment is paid as is administratively convenient, divided by the number of
remaining annual installments.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Additional Rules for Payout Elections. The Committee has complete
discretion to establish procedures for the completion of payout elections, including the
acceptable forms and formats of the payout election. The Committee has complete
discretion to establish deadlines for the completion of payout elections, within the
bounds described in this section. The Committee may establish default choices in the
absence of an affirmative Participant election.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Coordination with Other Distribution Sections.







	 	(i)	 	Change of Control. Section 5.07 will apply to determine the
timing and amount of [certain] payments made on or after a Change of Control.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Death. Section 5.06 will apply to determine the timing and
amount of all payments made after the Participant dies.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Age 70. Section 5.05 will apply, instead of this section, to
payments made to an Employee who attained age 70 before December 31, 2004.
	 
	 	(iv)	 	Hardships. A Participant may take a withdrawal under section
5.08 if he has a financial hardship.
	 
	 	(v)	 	Divorce. Some or all of a Participant’s benefits in this Plan
may be allocated to, and distributed to, his former Spouse, pursuant to section
5.09.






	5.05	 	Age-70-and-Older Distributions.






	 	(a)	 	General. This section applies only to a Participant who, while an Employee, attained
age 70 before December 31, 2004. Such a Participant will receive annual payments from the
Plan. Payments will be made as soon as administratively convenient after the Company
Deferrals under section 3.02 for the prior Plan Year have been determined (which usually does
not occur until late February at the earliest). Each payment will be equal to the
Participant’s Account balance as of the end of the prior Plan Year,
including all amounts credited to the Participant’s Account as of any date in the prior Plan
Year, and adjusted pursuant to Article IV to reflect investment experience until the date
the payment is processed. A payment will not include any amount credited to the
Participant’s Account as of any date within the current Plan Year.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Coordination with Other Distribution Sections.






	 	(i)	 	Death. Any payment after the Participant’s death will be
determined under section 5.06.





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	 	(ii)	 	Separation from Service. When a Participant who has received
one or more payments pursuant to subsection (a) Separates from Service, (A) any
payments pursuant to subsection (a) that are scheduled to occur within six months
after the Separation from Service will occur as scheduled, and (B) his remaining
Account balance will be paid on the first Payment Processing Date that occurs six
months or more after his Separation from Service.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	Change of Control. Section 5.07 will apply to determine the
timing and amount of certain payments made on or after a Change of Control.
	 
	 	(iv)	 	Hardships. A Participant may take a withdrawal under section
5.08 if he has a financial hardship.
	 
	 	(v)	 	Divorce. Some or all of a Participant’s benefits in this Plan
may be allocated to, and distributed to, his former Spouse, pursuant to section
5.09.






	5.06	 	Payments after a Participant Dies






	 	(a)	 	Payout. When a Participant dies, his remaining vested Account balance will
be distributed to each of his Beneficiaries on the Payment Processing Date in the fourth
month following the Participant’s death, provided that the Beneficiary has completed the
tax-withholding forms and supplied such other information as the Committee may reasonably
require. For example, if the Participant dies in November, the Beneficiary will be
paid in March. This four-month delay should give the Beneficiary adequate time to decide
whether to disclaim all or any part of his interest under subsection (d)). Each
Beneficiary will receive a single payment.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Beneficiary Designation. Each Participant shall designate one or more
persons, trusts, or other entities as his Beneficiary to receive any amounts
distributable hereunder at the time of the Participant’s death. In the absence of an
effective beneficiary designation as to part or all of a Participant’s interest in the
Plan, such amount will be distributed to the Participant’s surviving Spouse, if any,
otherwise to the personal representative of the Participant’s estate.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Special Rules for Spouses. A beneficiary designation may be changed by the
Participant at any time and without the consent of any previously designated Beneficiary.
However, if the Participant is married, his Spouse will be his Beneficiary unless such Spouse
has consented to the designation of a different Beneficiary. To be effective, the Spouse’s
consent must be in writing, witnessed by a notary public, and filed with the Committee. If the
Participant has designated his Spouse as a primary or contingent Beneficiary, and the
Participant and Spouse later divorce (or their marriage is annulled), then the former Spouse
will be treated as having pre-deceased the Participant for purposes of
interpreting a beneficiary designation that was completed prior to the divorce or annulment;
this provision will apply only if the Committee is informed of the divorce or annulment
before payment to the former Spouse is authorized.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Disclaiming. Any individual or legal entity who is a beneficiary may
disclaim all or any portion of his interest in the Plan, provided that the disclaimer
satisfies the requirements of Code §2518(b) and applicable state law. The legal guardian
of a minor or legally incompetent person may disclaim for such person. The personal
representative (or the individual or legal entity acting in the capacity of the personal
representative according to applicable state law) may disclaim on behalf of a beneficiary
who has died. The amount disclaimed will be distributed as if the disclaimant had
predeceased the individual whose death caused the disclaimant to become a beneficiary.






	5.07	 	Change of Control






	 	(a)	 	Former Employees.






	 	(i)	 	Separated More than Six Months. Each Participant who Separated
from Service more than six months before the date of a Change of Control, including
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	 	 	 	payments, will be paid a single payment of his
entire remaining vested Account balance on the date of a Change of Control or as
soon thereafter as is administratively practicable.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Recent Separations. Each Participant who Separated from
Service within six months before the date of the Change of Control will be paid a
single payment of his entire Account balance six months after his Separation from
Service, or as soon thereafter as is administratively practicable.






	 	(b)	 	Current Employees. Each Participant who is an Employee on the date of a
Change of Control, and who Separates from Service before the first anniversary of the
Change of Control, will be paid a single payment of his entire vested Account balance as
soon as administratively practicable after the Separation from Service, unless the
Participant is a “specified employee,” in which case the single payment will be paid as
soon as administratively practicable six months after the Separation from Service. As
used in this section, the term “specified employee” has the same meaning as in Code
§409A(a)(2)(B)(i); in determining the identity of specified employees, the default rules
contained in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(i) will be applied, except that the primary
document evidencing the Change of Control (such as a Purchase and Sale Agreement or
Merger Agreement or Stock Acquisition Agreement) may contain different rules for
determining the identity of specified employees after the Change of Control. Each
Participant who does not Separate from Service within one year of a Change of Control
will be paid his benefits pursuant to section 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.08, or 5.09.






	5.08	 	Hardship Withdrawals






	 	 	 	A Participant may withdraw all or part of the vested portion of his Account if he has a
financial hardship, subject to the following rules. A Participant may take a hardship
withdrawal while he is an Employee and also after he has Separated from Service. Payment
shall be made as soon as practicable after the Committee has approved the withdrawal, except
that payment for a financial hardship that occurs less than six months after the Participant’s
Separation from Service shall be made as soon as practicable after the Participant has been
Separated from Service for six months.






	 	(a)	 	Request for Hardship Withdrawal. The Participant must file a request for withdrawal
with the Committee, along with such information and documentation as the Committee may request
for this purpose. The Committee shall review the information filed as soon as practicable
after it is received and shall promptly inform the Participant of the results of the
Committee’s determination.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Unforeseeable Emergency. A hardship withdrawal may be made only for the
purpose of meeting an unforeseeable emergency, which is a severe financial hardship to
the Participant resulting from (i) a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the
Participant, the Participant’s Spouse, the Participant’s dependent (within the meaning of
Code §152(a) without regard to Code §152(b)(1), §152(b)(2), or §152(d)(1)(B)), or the
Participant’s Beneficiary; (ii) loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty; (iii)
other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events
beyond the control of the Participant, such as the imminent foreclosure of or eviction
from the Participant’s primary residence or the payment of medical expenses, or (iv) the
funeral expenses of the Participant’s Spouse, Beneficiary, or dependent (within the
meaning of Code §152(a) without regard to Code §152(b)(1), §152(b)(2), or §152(d)(1)(B)).
The Committee shall determine whether an unforeseeable emergency exists based on all
relevant facts and circumstances, all documentation provided by the Participant, and any
guidance provided by the IRS.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Amount of Withdrawal. The amount withdrawn with respect to an
unforeseeable emergency may not exceed the amount necessary to satisfy the emergency plus
amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated to be incurred because of the
withdrawal. The withdrawal will be reduced to take into account the extent to which such
hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or
otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of
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	 	(d)	 	Coordination with Savings Plan. If the Participant’s circumstances are
such that he can take a hardship withdrawal from both the Savings Plan and from this
Plan, the withdrawal will first be taken from this Plan and, if the Participant exhausts
his vested Account in this Plan, the Participant may elect to satisfy any remaining
hardship by taking a hardship withdrawal from the Savings Plan.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Cancellation or Modification of Participant Deferrals. See section 3.01(e)
for the cancellation or modification of Enrollment Agreements after a hardship withdrawal
from this Plan or the Savings Plan.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Source of Funds. A Participant’s hardship withdrawal will be taken first
from the subaccounts containing unmatched Participant Deferrals, with the earliest-made
unmatched Participant Deferrals withdrawn first. Then, if necessary, amounts will be
withdrawn from the subaccount(s) containing matched Participant Deferrals. And finally,
if necessary, vested amounts will be withdrawn from the subaccount(s) containing Company
Deferrals.






	5.09	 	Divorce






	 	(a)	 	General. If a Participant has divorced his Spouse, all or a portion of his
Account may be allocated to his former Spouse at any time after December 31, 2007. The
Participant may be a former or current employee of the Company. 
	 
	 	(b)	 	Contents of Order. The allocation will occur as soon as practicable after
the Plan receives a judgment, decree, or order (collectively, an “order”) that (i) is
made pursuant to a state domestic relations law or community property law, (ii) relates
to the marital property rights of the former Spouse, (iii) unambiguously specifies the
amount or percentage of the Participant’s Account that is to be allocated to the former
Spouse, or unambiguously specifies the manner in which the amount or percentage is to be
calculated, (iv) does not allocate any benefits that have already been allocated to a
different former Spouse, (v) contains the name and last known mailing address of the
Participant and the former Spouse, (vi) the name of the Plan, (vii) does not contain any
provision that violates subsections (c), (d), or (e), and (viii) contains the former
Spouse’s Social Security number (or other similar taxpayer identification number) unless
such number has been provided by the former Spouse to the Plan in a manner acceptable to
the Committee.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Payout Provisions. The vested portion of the amount allocated to the
former Spouse will be paid to the former Spouse in a single payment on the first Payment
Processing Date that is administratively practicable after (i) the Plan has determined
that the order meets the requirements of subsection (b), (ii) the Plan has communicated
its interpretation of the order to the Participant and former Spouse, and given them a
reasonable amount of time (such as 30 days) to object to the Plan’s interpretation, (and
if there is a timely objection, the parties must submit a revised order or withdraw their
objections), and (iii) the parties agree to the Plan’s interpretation of the order.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Not Fully Vested. If the former Spouse is allocated any unvested amounts,
the Plan will establish a separate account for the former Spouse and she may direct the
Plan as to how those amounts will be deemed to be invested, in the same manner as a
Participant directs the Plan in Article IV. Unvested amounts are forfeited at the same
time as the Participant’s unvested amounts are forfeited. If an amount allocated to the
former Spouse subsequently become vested, the newly-vested amount will be paid to the
former Spouse in a single payment on the first Payment Processing Date that is
administratively practicable following the additional vesting. If the former Spouse dies
before award is fully vested, she shall forfeit her remaining Account balance, and that
exact amount shall be returned to the Participant’s subaccount containing Company
Deferrals. 
	 
	 	(e)	 	Source of Funds. If a Participant is not fully vested in his Account when
the allocation to the former Spouse occurs, the amount allocated to the former Spouse
will be taken on a pro-rata basis from each of the Participant’s subaccounts.





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	5.10	 	Administrative Delays in Payments





	 	 	 	The Committee may delay any payment from this Plan for as short a period as is
administratively necessary. For example, a delay may be imposed upon all payments when there
is a change of recordkeeper or trustee, and a delay may be imposed on payments to any
recipient until the recipient has provided (a) the information needed to determine the
appropriate tax withholding and tax reporting and (b)any other information reasonably
requested by the Committee.






	5.11	 	Noncompliance with Code §409A






	 	 	 	To the extent that the Company or the Committee takes any action that causes a violation of
Code §409A or fails to take any reasonable action required to comply with Code §409A, Apache
shall pay an additional amount (the “gross-up”) to the individual(s) who are subject to the
penalty tax under Code §409A(a)(1); the gross-up will be sufficient to put the individual in
the same after-tax position he would have been in had there been no violation of Code §409A.
The Company shall not pay a gross-up if the cause of the violation of Code §409A is the due to
the recipient’s action or due to the recipient’s failure to take reasonable actions (such as
failing to timely provide the information required for tax withholding or failing to timely
provide other information reasonably requested by the Committee — with the result that the
delay in payment violates Code §409A). Any gross-up will be paid as soon as administratively
convenient after the Committee determines the gross-up is owed, and no later than the end of
the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the additional taxes are
remitted. However, if the gross-up is due to a tax audit or litigation addressing the
existence or amount of a tax liability, the gross-up will be paid as soon as administratively
convenient after the litigation or audit is completed, and no later than the end of the
calendar year following the calendar year in which the audit is completed or there is a final
and non-appealable settlement or other resolution of the litigation.






	5.12	 	Cash Payment and Withholding






	 	 	 	All payments from the Plan will be made in cash. The Plan will withhold any taxes or other
amounts that it is required to withhold pursuant to any applicable law. The Committee may
direct the Plan to withhold additional amounts from any payment, either because the
Participant so requested or to repay the Participant’s debt or obligation to Apache and
Affiliated Entities.





ARTICLE VI

ADMINISTRATION





	6.01	 	The Committee — Plan Administrator






	 	(a)	 	Current. As of January 1, 2009, the Committee is comprised of the members
of the Retirement Plan Advisory Committee.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Before a Change of Control. Before a change of control, as defined in the
Income Continuance Plan, the board of directors of Apache shall appoint an administrative
Committee consisting of no fewer than three individuals who may be, but need not be,
Participants, officers, directors, or employees of the Company. Apache’s board of
directors may remove Committee members at will. If the absence of any Committee members,
Apache shall become the sole Committee member.
	 
	 	(c)	 	After a Change of Control. This subsection applies on and after the date
of a change of control, as defined in the Income Continuance Plan. The only individuals
who are able to serve on the Committee after the date of the Change of Control are those
who are not then employed by Apache, its successor, or any related legal entities. No
Committee members may be added on or after the day of the Change of Control, except that,
if the Committee is comprised solely of individuals, (i) the Committee may appoint a
legal entity as a Committee member, and (ii) if the number of Committee members drops
below three, the remaining member(s) may not resign until having appointed a legal entity
or another individual as a Committee member. If all Committee members leave the
Committee (if, for example, all Committee members die before the last one appoints a new
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	 	 	 	Committee member is a legal entity that goes out of
business), the Committee shall automatically consist of the three Participants with the
largest Accounts who are not then employed by Apache, its successor, or any related legal
entities.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Plan Administrator. The Committee is the Plan’s “administrator” within the
meaning of ERISA §3(16)(A). The sole named fiduciaries of the Plan are the Committee and
any Trustees.






	6.02	 	Committee Duties






	 	 	 	The Committee shall administer the Plan and shall have all discretion and powers necessary for
that purpose, including, but not by way of limitation, full discretion and power to interpret
the Plan, to determine the eligibility, status, and rights of all persons under the Plan and,
in general, to decide any dispute and all questions arising in connection with the Plan. The
Committee shall direct the Company, the Trustee, or both, as the case may be, concerning
distributions in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The Committee shall maintain all
Plan records except records of any Trust. The Committee shall publish, file, or disclose —
or cause to be published, filed, or disclosed — all reports and disclosures required by
federal or state laws. The Committee may authorize one or more of its members or agents to
sign instructions, notices, and determinations on its behalf.






	6.03	 	Organization of Committee






	 	 	 	The Committee shall adopt such rules as it deems desirable for the conduct of its affairs and for
the administration of the Plan. It may appoint agents (who need not be members of the
Committee) to whom it may delegate such powers as it deems appropriate, except that any
dispute shall be determined by the Committee. The Committee may make its determinations with
or without meetings. It may authorize one or more of its members or agents to sign
instructions, notices, and determinations on its behalf. If a Committee decision or action
affects a relatively small percentage of Plan Participants including a Committee member, such
Committee member will not participate in the Committee decision or action. The action of a
majority of the disinterested Committee members constitutes the action of the Committee.






	6.04	 	Indemnification






	 	 	 	The Committee and all of the agents and representatives of the Committee shall be indemnified
and saved harmless by the Company against any claims, and the expenses of defending against
such claims, resulting from any action or conduct relating to the administration of the Plan,
except claims judicially determined to be attributable to gross negligence or willful
misconduct.






	6.05	 	Agent for Process






	 	 	 	Apache’s Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary shall be the agents of the Plan for
service of all process on the Plan.






	6.06	 	Determination of Committee Final






	 	 	The decisions made by the Committee are final and conclusive on all persons.






	6.07	 	No Bonding






	 	 	 	Neither the Committee nor any committee member is required to give any bond or other security
in any jurisdiction in connection with the administration of the Plan, unless Apache
determines otherwise or any applicable federal or state law so requires.





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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ARTICLE VII

TRUST





	7.01	 	Trust Agreement






	 	 	 	The Company may, but is not required to, adopt one or more Trust Agreements for the holding,
investment, and administration of funds for Plan benefits. The Trustee may maintain and
allocate assets to a separate account for each Participant under the Plan. The assets of any
Trust remain subject to the claims of the Company’s general creditors in the event of the
Company’s insolvency.






	7.02	 	Expenses of Trust






	 	 	 	The parties expect that any Trust created pursuant to section 7.01 will be treated as a
“grantor” trust for federal and state income tax purposes and that, as a consequence, the
Company will recognize taxable income from the Trust assets, but the Trust itself will not
separately be subject to income tax with respect to its income. However, if the Trust should
be separately taxable, the Trustee will pay all such taxes out of the Trust. All expenses of
administering any Trust, if not paid by the Company, will be a charge against and will be paid
from the assets of the Trust.





ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION





	8.01	 	Termination of Plan






	 	 	 	Apache expects to continue the Plan indefinitely, but each Company may terminate its
participation in the Plan at any time with Apache’s permission, and Apache may terminate the
entire Plan at any time.






	8.02	 	Amendment






	 	(a)	 	Before a Change of Control. Before a change of control, as defined in the Income
Continuance Plan, Apache may amend the Plan at any time and from time to time, retroactively
or otherwise, on behalf of
all Companies, but no amendment may reduce any vested benefit that has accrued on the
later of (a) the effective date of the amendment, or (b) the date the amendment is
adopted.
	 
	 	(b)	 	After a Change of Control. The Plan may be amended after a change of
control, as defined in the Income Continuance Plan, (i) at any time but only to the
extent necessary to alleviate a material adverse tax consequence to one or more
Participants, former Spouses, or Beneficiaries, and (ii) at any time after the second
anniversary of such change of control, but only with respect to Participants who are
then employed by Apache, its successor, or any related entity.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Procedure. Each amendment must be in writing. Each amendment must be
approved by the board of directors of Apache or its successor, or by an officer of Apache
or its successor who is authorized by its board of directors to amend the Plan. Each
amendment must be executed by an officer of Apache or its successor who is authorized to
execute the amendment.





ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS





	9.01	 	Funding of Benefits — No Fiduciary Relationship






	 	 	 	All benefits payable under the Plan will be paid either from the Trust or by the Company out
of its general assets. Nothing contained in the Plan may be deemed to create any fiduciary
relationship between the Company and the Participants. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, to the extent that any person acquires a right to receive benefits under the Plan,
such right will be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company,
except to the extent provided in the Trust Agreement, if any.





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	9.02	 	Right to Terminate Employment






	 	 	 	The Company may terminate the employment of any Participant as freely and with the same effect
as if the Plan were not in existence.






	9.03	 	Inalienability of Benefits






	 	 	 	Except for disclaimers under section 5.06(d), payments to a former Spouse pursuant to section
5.09, and amounts paid to the Company under section 5.12, no Participant or Beneficiary has
the right to assign, alienate, pledge, transfer, hypothecate, encumber, or anticipate his
interest in any benefits under the Plan, nor are the benefits subject to garnishment by any
creditor, nor may the benefits under the Plan be levied upon or attached. The preceding
sentence does not apply to the enforcement of a federal tax levy made pursuant to Code §6331,
the collection by the United States on a judgment resulting from an unpaid tax assessment, or
any debt or obligation that is permitted to be collected from the Plan under federal law (such
as the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of 1977).






	9.04	 	Claims Procedure






	 	(a)	 	General. Each claim for benefits will be processed in accordance with the
procedures established by the Committee. The procedures will comply with the guidelines
specified in this section. The Committee may delegate its duties under this section.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Representatives. A claimant may appoint a representative to act on his behalf. The
Plan will only recognize a representative if the Plan has received a written authorization
signed by the claimant and on a form prescribed by the Committee, with the following
exceptions. The Plan will recognize a claimant’s legal representative, once the Plan is
provided with documentation of such representation. If the claimant is a minor child, the
Plan will recognize the claimant’s parent or guardian as the claimant’s representative. Once
an authorized representative is appointed, the Plan will direct all information and
notification regarding the claim to the authorized representative and the claimant will
be copied on all notifications regarding decisions, unless the claimant provides
specific written direction otherwise.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Extension of Deadlines. The claimant may agree to an extension of any
deadline that is mentioned in this section that applies to the Plan. The Committee or
the relevant decision-maker may agree to an extension of any deadline that is mentioned
in this section that applies to the claimant.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Fees. The Plan may not charge any fees to a claimant for utilizing the
claims process described in this section.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Filing a Claim. A claim is made when the claimant files a claim in
accordance with the procedures specified by the Committee. Any communication regarding
benefits that is not made in accordance with the Plan’s procedures will not be treated as
a claim.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Initial Claims Decision. The Plan will decide a claim within a reasonable
time up to 90 days after receiving the claim. The Plan will have a 90-day extension, but
only if the Plan is unable to decide within 90 days for reasons beyond its control, the
Plan notifies the claimant of the special circumstances requiring the need for the
extension by the 90th day after receiving the claim, and the Plan notifies the claimant
of the date by which the Plan expects to make a decision.
	 
	 	(g)	 	Notification of Initial Decision. The Plan will provide the claimant with
written notification of the Plan’s full or partial denial of a claim, reduction of a
previously approved benefit, or termination of a benefit. The notification will include
a statement of the reason(s) for the decision; references to the plan provision(s) on
which the decision was based; a description of any additional material or information
necessary to perfect the claim and why such information is needed; a description of the
procedures and deadlines for appeal; a description of the right to obtain information
about the appeal procedures; and a statement of the claimant’s right to sue.





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	 	(h)	 	Appeal. The claimant may appeal any adverse or partially adverse decision.
To appeal, the claimant must follow the procedures specified by the Committee. The
appeal must be filed within 60 days of the date the claimant received notice of the
initial decision. If the appeal is not timely and properly filed, the initial decision
will be the final decision of the Plan. The claimant may submit documents, written
comments, and other information in support of the appeal. The claimant will be given
reasonable access at no charge to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other
relevant information.
	 
	 	(i)	 	Appellate Decision. The Plan will decide the appeal of a claim within a
reasonable time of no more than 60 days from the date the Plan receives the claimant’s
appeal. The 60-day deadline will be extended by an additional 60 days, but only if the
Committee determines that special circumstances require an extension, the Plan notifies
the claimant of the special circumstances requiring the need for the extension by the
60th day after receiving the appeal, and the Plan notifies the claimant of the
date by which the Plan expects to make a decision. If an appeal is missing any
information from the claimant that is needed to decide the appeal, the Plan will notify
the claimant of the missing information and grant the claimant a reasonable period to
provide the missing information. If the missing information is not timely provided, the
Plan will deny the claim. If the missing information is timely provided, the 60-day
deadline (or 120-day deadline with the extension) for the Plan to make its decision will
be increased by the length of time between the date the Plan requested the missing
information and the date the Plan received it.
	 
	 	(j)	 	Notification of Decision. The Plan will provide the claimant with written
notification of the Plan’s appellate decision (positive or adverse). The notification of any
adverse or partially adverse decision must include a statement of the reason(s) for the
decision; reference to the plan provision(s) on which the decision was based; a description of
the procedures and deadlines for a second appeal, if any; a
description of the right to obtain information about the second-appeal procedures; a statement
of the claimant’s right to sue; and a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive,
free of charge and upon request, reasonable access to and copies of all documents,
records, and other information relevant to the claim.
	 
	 	(k)	 	Limitations on Bringing Actions in Court. Once an appellate decision that
is adverse or partially adverse to the claimant has been made, the claimant may file suit
in court only if he does so by the earlier of the following dates: (i) the one-year
anniversary of the date of an appellate decision made on or before a Change of Control or
the three-year anniversary of the date of an appellate decision made after a Change of
Control, or (ii) the date on which the statute of limitations for such claim expires.






	9.05	 	Disposition of Unclaimed Distributions






	 	 	 	It is the affirmative duty of each Participant to inform the Plan of, and to keep on file with
the Plan, his current mailing address and the mailing address of any beneficiaries. If a
Participant fails to inform the Plan of these current mailing addresses, neither the Plan nor
the Company is responsible for any late payment of benefits or loss of benefits. The Plan,
the Committee, and the Company have no duty to search for a missing individual until the date
of a Change of Control, at which point the Company has the duty to undertake reasonable
measures to search for the proper recipient of any payment under the Plan that is scheduled to
be paid on or after the date of the Change of Control. If the missing individual is not found
within a year after a payment should have been made to him, all his benefits will be
forfeited. If the missing individual later is found, the exact amount forfeited will be
restored to his Account as soon as administratively convenient, without any adjustment for
forgone investment earnings or losses.






	9.06	 	Distributions due Infants or Incompetents






	 	 	If any person entitled to a distribution under the Plan is an infant, or if the Committee
determines that any such person is incompetent by reason of physical or mental disability,
whether or not legally adjudicated an incompetent, the Committee has the power to cause the
distributions becoming due to such person to be made to another for his benefit, without
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	 	 	 	distributions.
Distributions made pursuant to such power will operate as a complete discharge of the Company,
the Trustee, the Plan, and the Committee.






	9.07	 	Use and Form of Words






	 	 	 	When any words are used herein in the masculine gender, they are to be construed as though
they were also used in the feminine gender in all cases where they would so apply, and vice
versa. Whenever any words are used herein in the singular form, they are to be construed as
though they were also used in the plural form in all cases where they would so apply, and vice
versa.






	9.08	 	Headings






	 	 	 	Headings of Articles and sections are inserted solely for convenience and reference, and
constitute no part of the Plan.






	9.09	 	Governing Law






	 	 	 	The Plan shall be construed in accordance with ERISA, the Code, and, to the extent applicable,
the laws of the State of Texas excluding any conflicts-of-law provisions.





	 	 	 	 	 
	 	APACHE CORPORATION

 	 
	 	/s/ Margery M. Harris
 	 
	 	Margery M. Harris
 	 
		Vice President, Human Resources 

December 31, 2008 	 
	 



					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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