EX-4.7



 Exhibit 4.7 
 APACHE CORPORATION 
 NON-QUALIFIED RESTORATIVE 

RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN 
 Effective as of January 1, 2012 







 Table of Contents 

 

					
	 Article I Definitions
	  	 	4	  
	 1.01 Account
	  	 	4	  
	 1.02 Affiliated Entity
	  	 	4	  
	 1.03 Apache
	  	 	4	  
	 1.04 Beneficiary
	  	 	4	  
	 1.05 Change of Control
	  	 	4	  
	 1.06 Code
	  	 	5	  
	 1.07 Committee
	  	 	5	  
	 1.08 Company
	  	 	5	  
	 1.09 Company Deferrals
	  	 	5	  
	 1.10 Compensation
	  	 	5	  
	 1.11 Employee
	  	 	6	  
	 1.12 Enrollment Agreement
	  	 	6	  
	 1.13 ERISA
	  	 	7	  
	 1.14 Non-Qualified Retirement Savings Plan
	  	 	7	  
	 1.15 Participant
	  	 	7	  
	 1.16 Participant Deferrals
	  	 	7	  
	 1.17 Payment Processing Date
	  	 	7	  
	 1.18 Plan
	  	 	7	  
	 1.19 Plan Year
	  	 	7	  
	 1.20 Retirement Plan
	  	 	7	  
	 1.21 Savings Plan
	  	 	7	  
	 1.22 Separation from Service and Separate from Service
	  	 	8	  
	 1.23 Trust
	  	 	8	  
	 1.24 Trust Agreement
	  	 	8	  
	 1.25 Trustee
	  	 	8	  
		
	 Article II Eligibility and Participation
	  	 	9	  
	 2.01 Eligibility and Participation
	  	 	9	  
	 2.02 Enrollment
	  	 	9	  
	 2.03 Failure of Eligibility
	  	 	9	  


  
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	 Article III Contribution Deferrals
	  	 	10	  
	 3.01 Participant Deferrals
	  	 	10	  
	 3.02 Company Deferrals
	  	 	11	  
		
	 Article IV Crediting of Accounts
	  	 	13	  
	 4.01 Accounts
	  	 	13	  
	 4.02 Investments
	  	 	13	  
		
	 Article V Distributions
	  	 	15	  
	 5.01 Vesting and Forfeitures
	  	 	15	  
	 5.02 Rehires
	  	 	16	  
	 5.03 Distribution Overview
	  	 	16	  
	 5.04 Distributions after Separation from Service
	  	 	17	  
	 5.05 Payments after a Participant Dies
	  	 	18	  
	 5.06 Change of Control
	  	 	19	  
	 5.07 Divorce
	  	 	19	  
	 5.08 Administrative Delays
	  	 	20	  
	 5.09 Noncompliance with Code Section 409A
	  	 	20	  
	 5.10 Cash Payment and Withholding
	  	 	21	  
		
	 Article VI Administration
	  	 	22	  
	 6.01 The Committee — Plan Administrator
	  	 	22	  
	 6.02 Committee Duties
	  	 	22	  
	 6.03 Organization of Committee
	  	 	23	  
	 6.04 Indemnification
	  	 	23	  
	 6.05 Agent for Process
	  	 	23	  
	 6.06 Determination of Committee Final
	  	 	23	  
	 6.07 No Bonding
	  	 	23	  
		
	 Article VII Trust
	  	 	24	  
	 7.01 Trust Agreement
	  	 	24	  
	 7.02 Expenses of Trust
	  	 	24	  
		
	 Article VIII Amendment and Termination
	  	 	25	  
	 8.01 Termination of Plan
	  	 	25	  
	 8.02 Amendment
	  	 	25	  


  
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	 Article IX Miscellaneous
	  	 	26	  
	 9.01 Funding of Benefits — No Fiduciary Relationship
	  	 	26	  
	 9.02 Right to Terminate Employment
	  	 	26	  
	 9.03 Inalienability of Benefits
	  	 	26	  
	 9.04 Claims Procedure
	  	 	26	  
	 9.05 Disposition of Unclaimed Distributions
	  	 	28	  
	 9.06 Distributions due Infants or Incompetents
	  	 	30	  
	 9.07 Use and Form of Words
	  	 	30	  
	 9.08 Headings
	  	 	30	  
	 9.09 Governing Law
	  	 	30	  


  
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 APACHE CORPORATION 

NON-QUALIFIED RESTORATIVE 
 RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN 
 Apache Corporation (“Apache”) established this Apache
Corporation Non-Qualified Restorative Retirement Savings Plan (“Plan”) effective as of January 1, 2012. Apache intends for this Plan to provide a select group of management or highly compensated employees of the Company (as defined
below) (who are not participants in the Apache Corporation Non-Qualified Retirement Savings Plan) with deferred retirement benefits, in addition to the retirement benefits provided under the Apache Corporation Money Purchase Retirement Plan
and the Apache Corporation 401(k) 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 (each as defined below). Apache also
intends for this Plan to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, and the Plan shall be interpreted in that light. 
 ARTICLE I. 
 DEFINITIONS 

 

	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 Sections 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 5.05. 

 

	1.05	Change of Control 


“Change of Control” means an event described in Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) that pertains to Apache. 

  
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	1.06	Code 


“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

 

	1.07	Committee 


“Committee” means the Retirement Plan Advisory 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.

  

	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; 


  
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	 	(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, payments pursuant to grants made under the Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan of 2007 and payments pursuant to grants made under the Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan of 2011; and 


 

	 	(xiii)	any benefit accrued under, or any payment from, any nonqualified plan of deferred compensation. 


(c) Timing Rules. 
  

	 	(i)	Participant Deferrals. For purposes of calculating Participant Deferrals, Compensation includes only those amounts paid after the Employee has executed 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. 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. For example, a
Participant hired in September 2012 cannot make Participant Deferrals from the incentive compensation paid to him in February 2013 for the 2012 bonus year. 


 

	 	(ii)	Company Deferrals. The Company Deferrals for a Participant, including one who begins participating in the middle of a Plan Year, are calculated by taking into
account all Compensation paid to him during the entire Plan Year, including any incentive compensation paid during the Plan Year. 

  

	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. 

  
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	1.13	ERISA 


“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 

 

	1.14	Non-Qualified Retirement Savings Plan 

 “Non-Qualified Retirement Savings Plan” means the Non-Qualified Retirement Savings Plan of Apache Corporation, as amended. 

 

	1.15	Participant 


“Participant” means any eligible employee who has begun to participate in this Plan. 

 

	1.16	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. 

 

	1.17	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. 
  

	1.18	Plan 


“Plan” means the Apache Corporation Non-Qualified Restorative Retirement Savings Plan as set forth in this document, effective
as of January 1, 2012, as amended from time to time. 
  

	1.19	Plan Year 


“Plan Year” means the period during which the Plan records are kept. The Plan Year is the calendar year. 

 

	1.20	Retirement Plan 


“Retirement Plan” means the Apache Corporation Money Purchase Retirement Plan, as amended. 

 

	1.21	Savings Plan 


“Savings Plan” means Apache Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, as amended. 

  
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	1.22	Separation from Service and Separate from Service 

 “Separation from Service” has the same meaning as the term “separation from service” in Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i), determined using the default rules in the regulations and
other guidance of general applicability issued pursuant to Code Section 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”. 
  

	1.23	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. 
  

	1.24	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. 

 

	1.25	Trust Agreement 


“Trust Agreement” means the written instrument pursuant to which each separate Trust, or a sub-trust thereunder, is created.

  

	1.26	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. 

  
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 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 for a Plan Year from those Employees who are among a select group of
management or highly compensated employees and who are not participants in the Non-Qualified Retirement Savings Plan for the given Plan Year. Participants in the Plan may not also participate in the Non-Qualified Retirement Savings Plan
within the same Plan Year. 
  

	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 a payment option 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. 

  
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 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 percentage of his total Compensation that 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), in whole percentages only. The minimum deferral that a Participant may elect, for both this Plan and the Savings Plan combined, is 8% of his total Compensation. For Plan Years commencing on
or after January 1, 2013, if the Participant does not elect the minimum deferral from a bonus described in Section 1.10(a)(iii) (in his June election during such Plan year), 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 Section 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 from the Savings
Plan). 


  
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	 	(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, 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 8% of his Compensation.


  

	 	(e)	Cancellation of Enrollment Agreements Following a Hardship Withdrawal from 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. 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 in an Enrollment Agreement, and (ii) the Committee’s procedures shall, if practicable, also automatically increase a Participant’s Participant
Deferrals in subsequent pay period(s) covered by that Enrollment Agreement 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 6% retirement 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. 


  
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	 	(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 8% 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 Section 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
Section 401(m) or the limits imposed by Code Sections 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 Contribution. In order to receive an allocation of the 6% retirement contribution to the Plan for a Plan Year, an employee must be eligible to
participate in the Plan on the last business day of the Plan Year. The retirement 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 contribution in this Plan and his Company Mandatory Contribution in the Retirement Plan is 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 contribution for this Plan has been calculated, then the Participant’s retirement 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 6% retirement 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.



  
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	 	(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. 


  
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 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: 


 

					
	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.



  
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	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(a) for the payment of his new Account attributable to Company Deferrals, unless Section 5.05 or
5.06 require faster payment following the Participant’s death or a Change of Control. 

  

	5.03	Distribution Overview 

  

	 	(a)	General. In general, payment 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)	The date the Participant dies. See Section 5.05. 

  

	 	(b)	In-Service Withdrawals. In-Service withdrawals shall not be permitted under the Plan, including Participant loans or hardship withdrawals.


  

	 	(c)	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 5.07.


  

	 	(d)	Change of Control. Special timing rules may apply for distributions upon a Participant’s Separation from Service within the 12-month period following a
Change of Control. See Section 5.06. 


  
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	5.04	Distributions after Separation from Service 

  

	 	(a)	Distribution of Participant and Company Deferrals. 

  

	 	(i)	Initial Election. Upon becoming a Participant, an Employee shall make a payout election to have his vested Account 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)	Minimum Account Balance for Installments. See Section 5.04(b) for the situations when a Participant will be paid a lump sum in spite of having elected
installments. 

  

	 	(b)	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, will be equal to the
vested Account measured as short a period of time before the installment is paid as is administratively convenient, divided by the number of remaining annual installments. 


 

	 	(c)	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. 

  

	 	(d)	Coordination with Other Distribution Sections. 

  

	 	(i)	Change of Control. Section 5.06 will apply to determine the timing and form and amount of certain payments made on or after a Change of Control.


  

	 	(ii)	Death. Section 5.05 will apply to determine the timing and form and amount of all payments made after the Participant dies. 


 

	 	(iii)	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 5.07.



  
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	5.05	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 Section 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
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	5.06	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 those already
receiving installment 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 his normally scheduled
payments for the first six months after he Separated from Service and the remainder of his vested Account balance will be paid to him 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; however, if the Participant is a “specified employee,” (A) his normally
scheduled payments for the first six months after he Separated from Service will be paid as scheduled and (B) the remainder of his vested Account balance 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 Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) and is determined using the default rules contained in the regulations and other guidance of general
applicability issued pursuant to Code Section 409A. Except as provided in paragraph (ii), 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,
or 5.07. 

  

	5.07	Divorce 

  

	 	(a)	General. If a Participant has divorced his Spouse, all or a portion of his Account may be allocated to his former Spouse. 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 



  
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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. 

  

	5.08	Administrative Delays 

 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. 
  

	5.09	Noncompliance with Code Section 409A 

 To the extent that the Company or the Committee takes any action that causes a violation of Code Section 409A or fails to take any reasonable action required to comply with Code Section 409A,
Apache shall pay an additional amount (the “gross-up”) to the individual(s) who are subject to the penalty tax under Code Section 409A(a)(1); the 

  
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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 Section 409A. The Company shall not pay a gross-up
if the cause of the violation of Code Section 409A is 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 Section 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. 
  

	5.10	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. 

  
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 ARTICLE VI. 
 ADMINISTRATION 
  

	6.01	The Committee — Plan Administrator 

  

	 	(a)	Current. As of January 1, 2012, 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. In 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 such 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 such
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 Committee member or if the
sole 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 Section 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
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	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 Executive Vice President and General Counsel shall be the agent 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. 

  
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 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
the benefits of 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. 


  
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 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. 
  

	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 5.05(d) and payments to a former Spouse pursuant to Section 5.07, 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 Section 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. 


  
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	 	(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. 

  

	 	(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. 


  
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	 	(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. 

  
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	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 responsibility of the Committee to see to the application of such 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. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this duly adopted Plan to be executed below by
its duly authorized officer or representative to be effective as of January 1, 2012. 
 APACHE
CORPORATION 
 By: /s/ Margery M. Harris 

Name: Margery M. Harris 
 Its: Senior Vice President – Human Resources 
 Date:
November 7, 2011 

  
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